The supremum of all reals less than one is one. The set itself, as you said, doesn't have a maximum element.
In a not-at-all-patronising way, I'm surprised that this is even up for discussion on/. but that's probably my bad. Anyway, say X was the maximum real number less than one. Let Y = 1 - (1 - X) / 2. Now clearly Y is less than 1, but also Y - X = (1 - X) / 2 which is > 0 since 1 - X > 0, so Y > X, and therefore X is not the maximum.
I suppose the short answer is that it costs a lot of time and money to get instruments, learn to play them, write songs, practice them, get some studio time, record, edit, master and distribute.
Oddly enough, it took me an awful lot of time and money to build my snot sculpture. It also took some fast talking and, let's face it, a rather large amount of snot.
But I'd never claim that everybody who looks at it owes me a living.
What Slashdot needs (tm) is an option like the ones that lower the score for, e.g, anonymous postings, but applies it to comments made within, say, ten minutes of the article being posted.
I would have pretended that I was doing a purposely deadpan and subtle commentary on overly helpful but slightly clueless geek wannabees on slashdot and other web-based discussion pages.
But your way was good too.
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This could create some developer confusion.
Like what, exactly? The odd undeclared identifier error?
Once again, I'm glad I use Ada, because my compiler would say:
authflavor: undeclared identifier possible misspelling of 'authflavour'
The word you may not have read is "Accompany." That is, accompany the binary distribution with this offer. Which is not the same as giving the source to any third party who asks.
Also, that is one of THREE options you have. If, for example, you just distribute with the source in the first place, you don't need to do this.
Finally, I really don't blame you for posting anonymously, because you're an idiot.
First thing: read Tony Hoare's critique of Ada. (CAR Hoare, Hints on Programming Language Design, 1978). All the current common languages are way too complex.
1978? Ada wasn't standardised until 1983, though it was essentially complete by 1980. Hoare has had much nicer things to say since then.
Second, make sure the language has a formal semantics from the start. This semantics needs to include concurrency and how it works. I can think of half a dozen languages (Ada, C++, Java,...) in the last 20 years that decided this was just too hard, and eventually paid for it.
Ada has this. Built-in concurrency, and carefully defined semantics.
Third, make sure that the notation either explicitly uses files, or is completely independent of files.
Oooh, Ada again. I think you secretly love this language which you were bagging earlier.
Fourth, write a lot of sample programs, and test each with experienced programmers, saying 'what does this program do?'
I think it should sanitize *all* mails not explicitly marked as safe
Tools/Options/Advanced/Privacy has a "block loading of remote images in mail messages" check box.
This doesn't fit your "not explicitly marked as safe" criteria, but for me, if I want to see a picture, I can follow the URL myself. I don't need my mail client to pretend it's a web browser.
I have to wonder if the annoyingly repetitive "not getting laid" jokes are made by people who themselves never get laid, and are hoping against hope that everybody else is in the same situation.
And what does this meta-not-getting-laid comment say about me? Maybe that I can't talk about it.
Famously, if he was at a talk and the speaker put up a slide that had more than one color in it, Djikstra would interrupt and ask what the different colors meant.
Fair question. There's far too many people splashing colour around just because they can.
I know I am putting many words in your mouth in this reply,
Oh, just a bit:-)
I agree that a private organisation should be able to make, within reason, any rules they like. I'm just staggered that they choose these particular rules.
I can concieve of a severely nested loop with an exit condition that would have to be propagated all the way out of a the loop.
In Ada,
Top_Level_Loop: for I in 1.. 100 loop
for J in 1.. 100 loop
for K in 1.. 100 loop
exit Top_Level_Loop when Some_Condition;
end loop;
end loop; end loop Top_Level_Loop;
The goto statement is occasionally useful, but not here.
More to the point, if LORD is in all caps, it means Jehova, who commanded his people (Israel, through Moses) to eat animals. It's amazing what people will forget in order to try to make a point.
Genesis 1:29 says "And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat."
Sounds like God telling everybody to be a vegetarian. OK, so after the flood he gives up and lets them eat meat, but that's only because everybody was so bad, and he was just throwing up his hands in despair and saying "Like, WHATEVER"
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The supremum of all reals less than one is one. The set itself, as you said, doesn't have a maximum element.
In a not-at-all-patronising way, I'm surprised that this is even up for discussion on
a true-to-book one hour narration by Viggo Mortensen.
You know, I would totally watch that.
I suppose the short answer is that it costs a lot of time and money to get instruments, learn to play them, write songs, practice them, get some studio time, record, edit, master and distribute.
Oddly enough, it took me an awful lot of time and money to build my snot sculpture. It also took some fast talking and, let's face it, a rather large amount of snot.
But I'd never claim that everybody who looks at it owes me a living.
And there's some things a rat just won't do.
What Slashdot needs (tm) is an option like the ones that lower the score for, e.g, anonymous postings, but applies it to comments made within, say, ten minutes of the article being posted.
I would have pretended that I was doing a purposely deadpan and subtle commentary on overly helpful but slightly clueless geek wannabees on slashdot and other web-based discussion pages.
But your way was good too.
This could create some developer confusion.
Like what, exactly? The odd undeclared identifier error?
Once again, I'm glad I use Ada, because my compiler would say:
authflavor: undeclared identifier
possible misspelling of 'authflavour'
Isn't that helpful?
Well, this blows the myth of unearthly elven beauty right out of the water.
Read before commenting.
The word you may not have read is "Accompany." That is, accompany the binary distribution with this offer. Which is not the same as giving the source to any third party who asks.
Also, that is one of THREE options you have. If, for example, you just distribute with the source in the first place, you don't need to do this.
Finally, I really don't blame you for posting anonymously, because you're an idiot.
First thing: read Tony Hoare's critique of Ada. (CAR Hoare, Hints on Programming Language Design, 1978). All the current common languages are way too complex.
...) in the last 20 years that decided this was just too hard, and eventually paid for it.
1978? Ada wasn't standardised until 1983, though it was essentially complete by 1980. Hoare has had much nicer things to say since then.
Second, make sure the language has a formal semantics from the start. This semantics needs to include concurrency and how it works. I can think of half a dozen languages (Ada, C++, Java,
Ada has this. Built-in concurrency, and carefully defined semantics.
Third, make sure that the notation either explicitly uses files, or is completely independent of files.
Oooh, Ada again. I think you secretly love this language which you were bagging earlier.
Fourth, write a lot of sample programs, and test each with experienced programmers, saying 'what does this program do?'
Ada is notoriously easy to understand.
Well, it must have been a great product, if one guy was able to clone it well enough to drive them out of business.
By the way, you don't seem terribly familiar with the story either, because you've distorted the hell out of it.
I think it should sanitize *all* mails not explicitly marked as safe
Tools/Options/Advanced/Privacy has a "block loading of remote images in mail messages" check box.
This doesn't fit your "not explicitly marked as safe" criteria, but for me, if I want to see a picture, I can follow the URL myself. I don't need my mail client to pretend it's a web browser.
4. Still never get laid
I have to wonder if the annoyingly repetitive "not getting laid" jokes are made by people who themselves never get laid, and are hoping against hope that everybody else is in the same situation.
And what does this meta-not-getting-laid comment say about me? Maybe that I can't talk about it.
ADA is what happens when you let a language be designed by committee.
The American Dental Association was designed by a committee?
Famously, if he was at a talk and the speaker put up a slide that had more than one color in it, Djikstra would interrupt and ask what the different colors meant.
Fair question. There's far too many people splashing colour around just because they can.
It's a curse that affects newspapers as well.
I know I am putting many words in your mouth in this reply,
:-)
Oh, just a bit
I agree that a private organisation should be able to make, within reason, any rules they like. I'm just staggered that they choose these particular rules.
the Masters can prohibit women, and the Boy Scouts can prohibit atheists and homosexuals
What, seriously?
I mean, I can't stand golf or the boy scouts, so whatever, but is this really true? I'm too surprised to be articulate right now.
(subtle reference to early 80's pyramid mysticism crap...)
Well, it was until you explained it.
Redhat 8.0 appears to have a 9K binary. How odd. I might replace it and save some disk space.
it should, they have a good safety record, compared to everything else thats mobile.
In the sense that the ones that haven't exploded still work? Enviable.
Slashdot must be the only place in the world where proof by Star Trek gets rated "Insightful."
I can concieve of a severely nested loop with an exit condition that would have to be propagated all the way out of a the loop.
.. 100 loop .. 100 loop .. 100 loop
In Ada,
Top_Level_Loop:
for I in 1
for J in 1
for K in 1
exit Top_Level_Loop when Some_Condition;
end loop;
end loop;
end loop Top_Level_Loop;
The goto statement is occasionally useful, but not here.
GNV (GNU V - GNV is Not V)
Nah, that's just the Roman GNU.
Oh, just fucking register already. Gender, age, zip code, country. You can even lie if you want.
At least you have an excuse for not reading the article.
More to the point, if LORD is in all caps, it means Jehova, who commanded his people (Israel, through Moses) to eat animals. It's amazing what people will forget in order to try to make a point.
Genesis 1:29 says
"And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat."
Sounds like God telling everybody to be a vegetarian. OK, so after the flood he gives up and lets them eat meat, but that's only because everybody was so bad, and he was just throwing up his hands in despair and saying "Like, WHATEVER"