Some implementations of popular dynamic languages (e.g., LISP, Scheme), let you do some type inference and/or some explicit declarations, and will spit out machine code or C that will do the job that much faster. Tweak your algorithm in the slow version of the language and then produce a program that runs ten times faster with an optimizing compiler.
The Squeak VM is a great example of this. The whole thing is written in Squeak itself. Running a Smalltalk VM this way is painfully slow, but a Smalltalk->C translator generates the code that will be compiled and used as the actual, runtime VM (which can support a whole host of things, including raster and vector graphics, sound, MP3 audio and MPEG video!).
The fact that Link was hornier than Vinnie Delpino (of TV's "Doogie Howser, M.D.") AND he ripped off Martin Short made him painful to watch in those days.
People learning physics better from movies is exactly who most people think they can leap through a plate glass window from an exploding car, submachineguns blazing with no apparent need to reload, ever.
Physics lessons from Hollywood is like, the exact opposite of what we need.
I know I've used efence to find some nasty, tricksy segfault problems in game programs I've written. Microsoft's "security check" software doesn't really check for security; it checks for memory errors that could lead to security issues in the future, as well as other problems.
I would say that the potential for insight is the same in all humans but the ability we have for insight depends on how much we practice using it. It's like a muscle -- use it and it builds; stop using it and it deteriorates.
One good thing about blue LEDs
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Giant LED-based video walls no longer look like plates of hurl. I remember seeing these things on television years ago and they all had this orangey tint because the entire blue end of the spectrum was essentially verboten. Nowadays we have vibrant full-color ads on our blimps and in our stadiums.
(Imagine UT2k4 on one of these! Driven by a Beowulf cluster of Power Mac G5s!)
Please, God, let Peta Wilson get the role of Samus. There are few women who can match her in that magic combo of smarts, sex appeal, and sheer kickassitude.
Used to be my hometown had an arcade. A real one. People lining up, putting their tokens on the screen to play the next round of Street Fighter. The works. There were several pinball machines, mini golf, and Lazer Tag upstairs.
Those days are gone. There's a Staples there now.
Some of the games from that arcade made it into a back room at our local ghetto mall along with an assortment of kiddie rides. The result is called "Ride-A-Rama" and it looks like all that equipment was set up there and promptly neglected. Half the arcade machines are broken; the rest have such severe monitor burn-in that you can barely make out what's on the screen.
I'm afraid one of them kiddie rides will break down and some toddler will get hurt.
Perhaps in imitation of Neal Stephenson (whose novel Snow Crash had a character named Da5id), I had a friend in high school who called himself "Da3vid" or "Da3ve". The 3 was silent...
When it comes to GUI programming, nothing beats Smalltalk in the ease department. Smalltalk is smart enough to make some convenient assumptions and dynamic enough to let you whip up data structures as you need them, so the nature of having to fill out structs like tax forms is somewhat ameliorated.
Cocoa has ease and power somewhat approaching Smalltalk's, which is why it's so popular.
If I recall, the "Brick", a tiny form factor PC from back in the day, dispensed with cooling fans by pressing a bag of Fluorinert right up against the mobo. The stuff had a consumer-level use too.
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Some implementations of popular dynamic languages (e.g., LISP, Scheme), let you do some type inference and/or some explicit declarations, and will spit out machine code or C that will do the job that much faster. Tweak your algorithm in the slow version of the language and then produce a program that runs ten times faster with an optimizing compiler.
The Squeak VM is a great example of this. The whole thing is written in Squeak itself. Running a Smalltalk VM this way is painfully slow, but a Smalltalk->C translator generates the code that will be compiled and used as the actual, runtime VM (which can support a whole host of things, including raster and vector graphics, sound, MP3 audio and MPEG video!).
I know nothing of this trench but it seems to bear a distinct flavor not unlike ESR's latest game "ski".
:) Mod offtopic as you see fit.
http://www.catb.org/~esr/ski/
Written in Python, unfortunately, not BASIC.
Should be:
(define (cube-of x)
(* x (* x (* x 1))))
(+ (cube-of 2) 9)
(define (cube-of (x))
(* x (* x (* x 1))))
(+ (cube-of 2) 9)
Evaluate that to get the number of syllables in a haiku. ^_^
Interesting that they should mention unmanned surveillance planes for homeland security as an application for this wing technology.
Because a scientific idea isn't any good unless it can be used to FITE THE TERRISTS.
The fact that Link was hornier than Vinnie Delpino (of TV's "Doogie Howser, M.D.") AND he ripped off Martin Short made him painful to watch in those days.
I hope that footage isn't just a bunch of VR Missions because that would be boring as hell.
People learning physics better from movies is exactly who most people think they can leap through a plate glass window from an exploding car, submachineguns blazing with no apparent need to reload, ever.
Physics lessons from Hollywood is like, the exact opposite of what we need.
Having installed Squeak on Windows, Linux, and Mac, I can say that I've never had a problem with Squeak.
There are two factors here, that I can see: Squeak, and Windows 2000. Which is the more reliable of the two? I think I know...
I know I've used efence to find some nasty, tricksy segfault problems in game programs I've written. Microsoft's "security check" software doesn't really check for security; it checks for memory errors that could lead to security issues in the future, as well as other problems.
I would say that the potential for insight is the same in all humans but the ability we have for insight depends on how much we practice using it. It's like a muscle -- use it and it builds; stop using it and it deteriorates.
Giant LED-based video walls no longer look like plates of hurl. I remember seeing these things on television years ago and they all had this orangey tint because the entire blue end of the spectrum was essentially verboten. Nowadays we have vibrant full-color ads on our blimps and in our stadiums.
(Imagine UT2k4 on one of these! Driven by a Beowulf cluster of Power Mac G5s!)
Because we need to protect Grandma from the terrible secret of space. When she goes down the stairs, she will be protected.
"A pretty woman with a gun in her hand is way sexier than one without." --Eric S. Raymond
Please, God, let Peta Wilson get the role of Samus. There are few women who can match her in that magic combo of smarts, sex appeal, and sheer kickassitude.
Yancy Butler would be an acceptable second.
Used to be my hometown had an arcade. A real one. People lining up, putting their tokens on the screen to play the next round of Street Fighter. The works. There were several pinball machines, mini golf, and Lazer Tag upstairs.
Those days are gone. There's a Staples there now.
Some of the games from that arcade made it into a back room at our local ghetto mall along with an assortment of kiddie rides. The result is called "Ride-A-Rama" and it looks like all that equipment was set up there and promptly neglected. Half the arcade machines are broken; the rest have such severe monitor burn-in that you can barely make out what's on the screen.
I'm afraid one of them kiddie rides will break down and some toddler will get hurt.
So... when can we expect to see the ports to the popular "Mushroom" and "Snake" platforms?
With all 7 chaos emeralds in the Chaos Computer, Dr. Eggman can finally solve the ultimate equation necessary to CONQUER THE WORLD!!!!
Perhaps in imitation of Neal Stephenson (whose novel Snow Crash had a character named Da5id), I had a friend in high school who called himself "Da3vid" or "Da3ve". The 3 was silent...
Unfortunately Word's layout is shit. That's why anyone who is serious about layout either uses something like Quark, or if they're geeky, rely on TeX.
Word layout is tolerable if you're making a seventh grade science project. Any more sophisticated than that and it starts looking crappy.
Wasn't there an episode of Home Improvement where Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor lit a barbecue grille with LOX like that?
When it comes to GUI programming, nothing beats Smalltalk in the ease department. Smalltalk is smart enough to make some convenient assumptions and dynamic enough to let you whip up data structures as you need them, so the nature of having to fill out structs like tax forms is somewhat ameliorated.
Cocoa has ease and power somewhat approaching Smalltalk's, which is why it's so popular.
It's like "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow", done Nippon-style.
I must see this.
the approximate number of lions and tigers in Kenya, or the trajectory that might be followed if Kenya were to urinate on Norway?
Thinking of booking with "Holy Crap. Lions!" Tours.
If I recall, the "Brick", a tiny form factor PC from back in the day, dispensed with cooling fans by pressing a bag of Fluorinert right up against the mobo. The stuff had a consumer-level use too.