If price is your major consideration, you'd be waiting until next year, when you'll likely get more features for same/less money.
Well, obviously. Technology always gets better and cheaper over time. But it hasn't been a year. After less than 3 months, to make the high-end model cost less than the low-end model? No one was expecting that much of a drop that quickly. I can't think of any other technology that has been that steeply discounted that quickly--and that reckoning even includes HD & BluRay DVD players.
Yes, that's right--a 33% price drop after just two and a half months. Existing iPhone customers can bring their phone to their local Apple retail store and get a white-on-black shirt that says 'Chump' or 'Sucker', your choice.
(I bought a 4 GB refurb model last week for $399. However, that does not qualify me for a shirt.)
who decided that TextLikeThis is more readable than text_like_this?
AFAIK, there actually have been studies done that found camel case to be easier to read than words separated with underscores. It's certainly easier to type. However, "found to be better by most" = "always better for everyone" so if you prefer to code like_this, by all means, do so.
I use lowerCamelCase instead of UpperCamelCase so my single-word variables can be lowercase and not look out of place, and I value readability by humans more than absolute consistency* so I would indeed use 'XMLparser' instead of 'XmlParser'.
* I typically work alone, so I can do that. Anyone working on big projects should probably create an absolute set of rules and follow them. This PDF (120k) is a fun read and a good example.
All salespeople work on commission, one way or another. Those who don't work on commission directly still only keep their jobs if they perform at certain levels. They all want to sell, and sell a lot. Even the geniuses at Apple stores are expected to sell a certain number of Pro Care subscriptions in a month. If a salesperson ever tells you "I don't work on commission" as a way to earn your trust, say "Really? And your manager doesn't care how much you sell in a month? So I could talk to you for 3 hours and then go home and mull over this decision for two months and no one here will mind?" There's not a store on Earth where the managers don't track who sells how much.
OK, OK, never say never. There is the occasional gem. But I'm literally talking about 99% of all retail outlets here.
Remember rule #1 of the universe: your goal is to spend as little money as possible, but the goal of every company is to get as much money from you as they can. Your goals are diametrically opposed. Their interests are literally 180 degrees away from yours. Sunshine and rainbows and talk about "keeping the customer happy" is only a sliver of what is essentailly a cutthroat, zero-sum game. Assume that everything they tell you is a lie.
Like our anonymous friend here, they have mouths to feed by God, and they don't give a shit that you do too. If you walk into a store, you're just some chump with more money than them and you don't deserve to walk out of that store with your fucking shirt on your back. Every one of us has had the same experience. We're all tech savvy and we've all had the same experience--we walk into stores and when we hear sales people talking--to us or to other customers-- we hear misinformation and lies from the uninformed and the devious 95% of the time.
Q: Microsoft's biggest competition is... 1) Linux 2) Mac OS X 3) Old MS products The correct answer is 'C'. I know a company that is *very* Microsoft-centric. Last year they were announcing ambitious plans to move to Vista as soon as possible. Not only are they still on XP, they evidently now have no plans to move to Vista. I guess a cold dose of reality was enough to bring them to their senses.
MS is facing two problems with regard to Vista adoption: 1) Vista mostly sucks* and 2) XP is mostly OK. Either one would be an obstacle. Both together are nearly insurmountable.
In the next 2-3 years, I predict... - most apps will work OK on Vista - driver issues will have been worked out - another service pack or two will shave off all the rough edges--they'll fix that networking/multimedia issue, they'll have better default settings so UAC isn't as annoying, etc. - OEM hardware with Vista will work pretty well
Basically, they'll get past the current state of Vista having "no redeeming merits to overcome the compatibility headaches it causes." But I really do think that will take 2-3 years, and it'll be interesting to see what MS does in that time. I'm sure Vista will eventually be the dominant OS, but I think it'll take that long--which is too bad, because spam simply will not go away until the bulk of the boxes on the Internet are not insecure Windows systems. (Of course, if Mac OS X or Linux wins, that'll be fine too.) MS really screwed up, though. Once Vista was spiraling out of control, they should have pulled back and did what Apple did with OS X--release a whole new OS with the old OS in a VM. That way they could have had a relatively cruft-free OS with the old crufty stuff contained in a VM, rather than making the single largest collection of cruft ever.
* where "mostly sucks" means "some things that used to work are now broken, and the things that are new and work aren't really that great."
Like the kid in Jurassic Park said, "It's a UNIX system! I know this!" sudo crontab -e * * * * * screencapture -x/var/log/screen`date +%s`.png or 'pdf' if you're still on 10.3.
1 screenshot every minute. Can't get much more detailed than that! And it's free! Tell me again that OS X doesn't rule.:-)
OTOH, you could just put the computer in a public area, don't let your kid have 24/7/365 access to it, and keep an eye on them when they're using it. Whatever.
And disks have gotten very good in the last few years. I haven't seen any (immediate) data loss from hard power cycling/plug pulling in I don't know how long. A former co-worker used to turn her G5 off every day by pressing the front button. I saw her do this once and said (very nicely) "You know it's better to shut down from the menu, right?" and she answered "Yeah, I know you're not supposed to do that, but it's faster." She had been doing that nightly (or maybe just weekly) for a couple years.
If you suspect a system is cracked: 1. Take it offline and take the disks out.
And I've been told don't use the 'shutodwn' command--instead, pull the power plug out of the wall. A rootkit could include a cleanup routine that gets run at shutdown time.
Or maybe it'll be like car insurance, where your rates are determined in part by what zip code you live in. "You live near a lot of crackheads. Pay up."
I put the shotgun in an Adidas bag and padded it out with four pairs of tennis socks, not my style at all, but that was what I was aiming for: If they think you're crude, go technical; if they think you're technical, go crude.
It's an interesting question--does encryption count as encryption if it's trivial to bypass? Can anyone release anything, ROT-13 it, and claim protection?
Reminds me of the old joke: "Anything that's not nailed down is ours. Anything we can pry loose, isn't nailed down."
"[We] disseminated copies of relevant newspaper and magazine articles in the good faith belief that it was lawful to do so," the company said in the statement. "We now understand that practice may violate the copyright rights of those publications." [emphasis added]
So they don't even know for sure that what they did was wrong, but they buckled under. Wow. Three hundred grand for a "maybe." You've got to wonder how hard they leaned on them to get that kind of response. If that isn't extortion, I don't know what is.
It might not come across in text, but that's the point of the joke/trick. It's like sleight of hand. You get people focusing on the wrong thing and make them try to figure it out. I think I first heard this in a math or logic class in junior high.
That's the point of the joke/trick. It's like sleight of hand. You get people focusing on the wrong thing and make them try to figure it out. I think I first heard this in a math or logic class in junior high.
What double standard? Don't look at it as "A goes in a direction opposite of their normal direction" and "B goes in a direction opposite of their normal direction", look at it as "A moves towards openness" and "B moves away from openness." Makes sense to me. That's not a double standard, that's a single standard. By his logic, all standards are double standards if you look at them with the right perspective.
This is like the riddle about the three guys who pay $30 for a hotel room, but the manager meant to charge them $25, so he gives the bellboy $5 to take to their room, but the bellboy gives each man $1 and pockets the other $2.
- men paid $27 - bellboy has $2 - $27 + $2 = $29. Where did the other dollar go?
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Shirts available here. (No, that's not me.)
If price is your major consideration, you'd be waiting until next year, when you'll likely get more features for same/less money.
Well, obviously. Technology always gets better and cheaper over time. But it hasn't been a year. After less than 3 months, to make the high-end model cost less than the low-end model? No one was expecting that much of a drop that quickly. I can't think of any other technology that has been that steeply discounted that quickly--and that reckoning even includes HD & BluRay DVD players.
Yes, that's right--a 33% price drop after just two and a half months. Existing iPhone customers can bring their phone to their local Apple retail store and get a white-on-black shirt that says 'Chump' or 'Sucker', your choice.
(I bought a 4 GB refurb model last week for $399. However, that does not qualify me for a shirt.)
who decided that TextLikeThis is more readable than text_like_this?
AFAIK, there actually have been studies done that found camel case to be easier to read than words separated with underscores. It's certainly easier to type. However, "found to be better by most" = "always better for everyone" so if you prefer to code like_this, by all means, do so.
I use lowerCamelCase instead of UpperCamelCase so my single-word variables can be lowercase and not look out of place, and I value readability by humans more than absolute consistency* so I would indeed use 'XMLparser' instead of 'XmlParser'.
* I typically work alone, so I can do that. Anyone working on big projects should probably create an absolute set of rules and follow them. This PDF (120k) is a fun read and a good example.
I need one that says...
"You appear to be creating an infinite loop. Would you like me to change if ($b=$a) to if ($b==$a)?"
(I did that the other day.)
All salespeople work on commission, one way or another. Those who don't work on commission directly still only keep their jobs if they perform at certain levels. They all want to sell, and sell a lot. Even the geniuses at Apple stores are expected to sell a certain number of Pro Care subscriptions in a month. If a salesperson ever tells you "I don't work on commission" as a way to earn your trust, say "Really? And your manager doesn't care how much you sell in a month? So I could talk to you for 3 hours and then go home and mull over this decision for two months and no one here will mind?" There's not a store on Earth where the managers don't track who sells how much.
OK, OK, never say never. There is the occasional gem. But I'm literally talking about 99% of all retail outlets here.
Remember rule #1 of the universe: your goal is to spend as little money as possible, but the goal of every company is to get as much money from you as they can. Your goals are diametrically opposed. Their interests are literally 180 degrees away from yours. Sunshine and rainbows and talk about "keeping the customer happy" is only a sliver of what is essentailly a cutthroat, zero-sum game. Assume that everything they tell you is a lie.
Like our anonymous friend here, they have mouths to feed by God, and they don't give a shit that you do too. If you walk into a store, you're just some chump with more money than them and you don't deserve to walk out of that store with your fucking shirt on your back. Every one of us has had the same experience. We're all tech savvy and we've all had the same experience--we walk into stores and when we hear sales people talking--to us or to other customers-- we hear misinformation and lies from the uninformed and the devious 95% of the time.
Q: Microsoft's biggest competition is...
1) Linux
2) Mac OS X
3) Old MS products
The correct answer is 'C'. I know a company that is *very* Microsoft-centric. Last year they were announcing ambitious plans to move to Vista as soon as possible. Not only are they still on XP, they evidently now have no plans to move to Vista. I guess a cold dose of reality was enough to bring them to their senses.
MS is facing two problems with regard to Vista adoption: 1) Vista mostly sucks* and 2) XP is mostly OK. Either one would be an obstacle. Both together are nearly insurmountable.
In the next 2-3 years, I predict...
- most apps will work OK on Vista
- driver issues will have been worked out
- another service pack or two will shave off all the rough edges--they'll fix that networking/multimedia issue, they'll have better default settings so UAC isn't as annoying, etc.
- OEM hardware with Vista will work pretty well
Basically, they'll get past the current state of Vista having "no redeeming merits to overcome the compatibility headaches it causes." But I really do think that will take 2-3 years, and it'll be interesting to see what MS does in that time. I'm sure Vista will eventually be the dominant OS, but I think it'll take that long--which is too bad, because spam simply will not go away until the bulk of the boxes on the Internet are not insecure Windows systems. (Of course, if Mac OS X or Linux wins, that'll be fine too.) MS really screwed up, though. Once Vista was spiraling out of control, they should have pulled back and did what Apple did with OS X--release a whole new OS with the old OS in a VM. That way they could have had a relatively cruft-free OS with the old crufty stuff contained in a VM, rather than making the single largest collection of cruft ever.
* where "mostly sucks" means "some things that used to work are now broken, and the things that are new and work aren't really that great."
Like the kid in Jurassic Park said, "It's a UNIX system! I know this!" /var/log/screen`date +%s`.png
:-)
sudo crontab -e
* * * * * screencapture -x
or 'pdf' if you're still on 10.3.
1 screenshot every minute. Can't get much more detailed than that! And it's free! Tell me again that OS X doesn't rule.
OTOH, you could just put the computer in a public area, don't let your kid have 24/7/365 access to it, and keep an eye on them when they're using it. Whatever.
No, she pressed it and held it until the machine went dark.
You stopped a hundred years early and missed one: A.D. 2101: War was beginning
And disks have gotten very good in the last few years. I haven't seen any (immediate) data loss from hard power cycling/plug pulling in I don't know how long. A former co-worker used to turn her G5 off every day by pressing the front button. I saw her do this once and said (very nicely) "You know it's better to shut down from the menu, right?" and she answered "Yeah, I know you're not supposed to do that, but it's faster." She had been doing that nightly (or maybe just weekly) for a couple years.
If you suspect a system is cracked:
1. Take it offline and take the disks out.
And I've been told don't use the 'shutodwn' command--instead, pull the power plug out of the wall. A rootkit could include a cleanup routine that gets run at shutdown time.
Budget cuts. He's got a Ruger 10/22.
Or maybe it'll be like car insurance, where your rates are determined in part by what zip code you live in. "You live near a lot of crackheads. Pay up."
It's an interesting question--does encryption count as encryption if it's trivial to bypass? Can anyone release anything, ROT-13 it, and claim protection?
Reminds me of the old joke: "Anything that's not nailed down is ours. Anything we can pry loose, isn't nailed down."
"Level 3 could not be reached for comment."
Well, duh. Their fiber's been all shot up. Of course they couldn't be reached.
Welcome to Slashdot, where even FA submitters don't RTFA. :-)
Willie "The Actor" Sutton
An excellent article on the subject.
Someone beat you to it. By about a decade.
It might not come across in text, but that's the point of the joke/trick. It's like sleight of hand. You get people focusing on the wrong thing and make them try to figure it out. I think I first heard this in a math or logic class in junior high.
That's the point of the joke/trick. It's like sleight of hand. You get people focusing on the wrong thing and make them try to figure it out. I think I first heard this in a math or logic class in junior high.
What double standard? Don't look at it as "A goes in a direction opposite of their normal direction" and "B goes in a direction opposite of their normal direction", look at it as "A moves towards openness" and "B moves away from openness." Makes sense to me. That's not a double standard, that's a single standard. By his logic, all standards are double standards if you look at them with the right perspective.
This is like the riddle about the three guys who pay $30 for a hotel room, but the manager meant to charge them $25, so he gives the bellboy $5 to take to their room, but the bellboy gives each man $1 and pockets the other $2.
- men paid $27
- bellboy has $2
- $27 + $2 = $29. Where did the other dollar go?
This is like an optical illusion... nothing more.