>Using the constant on the left hand side of an equality test such as
>this will cause a compile-time error if you accidentally type
>const int SCREEN_WIDTH = 456;
>if (SCREEN_WIDTH = xCoordinate) {...
It depends on the language. Any language that has a boolean type is going to give a compile time error to xCoordinate = SCREEN_WIDTH. The only time it will not is if you write if (something = true). But then again that comes down to bad code.
In the days of all the bandwith chopping and caps, this is definitely a welcome trend. I hope ATT and Comcast can take a hint.
Actually I have comcast and when the installer was putting it in I mentioned to my roommate that it was 1.5mb. The installer said it was actually 3mb. I guess they only gaurentee 1.5 and in some areas already have 3mb. Oh, and I am pretty sure it is NOT 1.5mb since I have gotten some transfers at 200KBPS+.
"WOW, Buzzwords galore on their website, no doubt they were trying to ride the DotCom bandwagon. I still cant figre out what it does, anytime I see, collaboration, enterprise content managment, Web content framework, Im assuming it something for people too stupid to write or autogen their own pages and automatically upload em, aka use rsync"
They made the ACS(ArsDigita Community System) and offered programming for it. It is currently written in java and runs under Aolserver. What is offers is:
message boards
user management
Ecommerce
Content management - that means having a whole system of library articles that can be edited through a web interface. That is the overlysimplified answer.
Intranet type functions
Ticket tracker
Much Much More
That is just the short skinny on acs. It basically removes 3-5 months of programming an ecomm site. Kinda like Mason on steroids.
Luckally OpenACS exists for future ACS incarnations that do NOT use oracle for its database.
So to answer no, it is not rsync and it is not for people that are "stupid." It is actually a lot of useful code. My guess is that RedHat is going to try and sell a website in a box.
OK, let's say you steal $50,000 from the bank, and the police come to your house and say "Give us the $50,000 or we'll throw you in jail." Is that extortion? Hardly.
Ok, lets say the police show up at your door with a warrent because they want to see if you have stolen any money. They have no proof of course, they just want to see.
Isn't that why we're all here -- to promote open source software solutions? Well, Uh, no. I am here to check up on geek news that has been concentrated and umm... filtered (?) into 1 place. Open Source is nice, but that is not the point of this story.
See, the BSA decides they want to audit you because you might be stealing software. That is like the cops doing an audit on a normal person. I can see it now.
"Mr. Smith, we are here to do an audit of the premisis."
"What are you looking for?"
"Um anything illigal, stolen items, drugs, you name it, were looking for it."
"Uh, don't you need a warrent?"
"Well, no, this is just an audit, we are trying to help YOU comply with the law."
Seems pretty sketchy to me. I do not like the idea at all, and government officials should not be the enforcers of contract law. Remember it is not copyright law until there is enough proof to get a warrent to search the premisis.
Anyway, the whole thing sucks. Futhermore, it does not matter you use Open Source or not. What is to stop the thugs from coming into your shop and making sure you are compliant? It is still a big hassle.
Why is it that nothing has a dolby digital encoder built in? Well, the nforce does, but why is that the only option. How hard is it to take D3D sound and then encode it into DD.
The only reason I mention this is with the 5.1 surround speakers with DD Decoders in them, you plug in SPDIF (for movies) and 2 audio outs (for games).
I have a Game Theater XP sound card, and you have to reboot to change which output gets used. I have one of the midiland 7100+ speaker setups (Got em like 2 weeks before the Klipsch 5.1s came out, or I would have them), and you can either have DD5.1 , or 2 speakers. It is really annoying, and most manufacturers do not put up giant warnings about this.
So how hard is it to do the DD encoding so that all you need is the spdif output. Arggg.
The Yamaha u100 looks mighty cool, but why is it only 14watts per channel, and no eax. Sure you do not need more than 14 watts per channel, but then again, I would rather it not sound crappy when I crank them to 14w, when distortion kicks in.
I guess that is the major problem with soundcards. They always have a downside to them, making none better than the other. Really I just want opticle 5.1 sound that sounds good, and works. I probably will be waiting for a while.:(
You say you work at a lab, with what? If you work with viruses and what not, I hope that they would search you.
Some of this privacy stuff is being taken too far but this is not that extreme. They want to know what is going in and comming out of nih, and I have no problem with that as long as it is within work premisis. If they try and search your house that is a different story.
I suggest that you leave your 12" dildo home or anything else you do not want anyone to see. This is the annoying thing about all this people are bitching about searches at government institutions, but what are they hiding that they do not want others to see.
I am glad that this is the first ppc linux distro to include it. Too bad SuSE PPC 7.1 comes with it and has been out for a while. Why doesn't anyone check thier facts before posting stories? It is like that little IPFilters licensing issue yesterday.
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>Using the constant on the left hand side of an equality test such as ...
>this will cause a compile-time error if you accidentally type
>const int SCREEN_WIDTH = 456;
>if (SCREEN_WIDTH = xCoordinate) {
It depends on the language. Any language that has a boolean type is going to give a compile time error to xCoordinate = SCREEN_WIDTH. The only time it will not is if you write if (something = true). But then again that comes down to bad code.
In the days of all the bandwith chopping and caps, this is definitely a welcome trend. I hope ATT and Comcast can take a hint.
Actually I have comcast and when the installer was putting it in I mentioned to my roommate that it was 1.5mb. The installer said it was actually 3mb. I guess they only gaurentee 1.5 and in some areas already have 3mb. Oh, and I am pretty sure it is NOT 1.5mb since I have gotten some transfers at 200KBPS+.
They made the ACS(ArsDigita Community System) and offered programming for it. It is currently written in java and runs under Aolserver. What is offers is:
That is just the short skinny on acs. It basically removes 3-5 months of programming an ecomm site. Kinda like Mason on steroids.
Luckally OpenACS exists for future ACS incarnations that do NOT use oracle for its database.
So to answer no, it is not rsync and it is not for people that are "stupid." It is actually a lot of useful code. My guess is that RedHat is going to try and sell a website in a box.
Ok, lets say the police show up at your door with a warrent because they want to see if you have stolen any money. They have no proof of course, they just want to see.
Isn't that why we're all here -- to promote open source software solutions?
Well, Uh, no. I am here to check up on geek news that has been concentrated and umm... filtered (?) into 1 place. Open Source is nice, but that is not the point of this story.
See, the BSA decides they want to audit you because you might be stealing software. That is like the cops doing an audit on a normal person. I can see it now.
"Mr. Smith, we are here to do an audit of the premisis."
"What are you looking for?"
"Um anything illigal, stolen items, drugs, you name it, were looking for it."
"Uh, don't you need a warrent?"
"Well, no, this is just an audit, we are trying to help YOU comply with the law."
Seems pretty sketchy to me. I do not like the idea at all, and government officials should not be the enforcers of contract law. Remember it is not copyright law until there is enough proof to get a warrent to search the premisis.
Anyway, the whole thing sucks. Futhermore, it does not matter you use Open Source or not. What is to stop the thugs from coming into your shop and making sure you are compliant? It is still a big hassle.
The only reason I mention this is with the 5.1 surround speakers with DD Decoders in them, you plug in SPDIF (for movies) and 2 audio outs (for games).
I have a Game Theater XP sound card, and you have to reboot to change which output gets used. I have one of the midiland 7100+ speaker setups (Got em like 2 weeks before the Klipsch 5.1s came out, or I would have them), and you can either have DD5.1 , or 2 speakers. It is really annoying, and most manufacturers do not put up giant warnings about this. So how hard is it to do the DD encoding so that all you need is the spdif output. Arggg.
The Yamaha u100 looks mighty cool, but why is it only 14watts per channel, and no eax. Sure you do not need more than 14 watts per channel, but then again, I would rather it not sound crappy when I crank them to 14w, when distortion kicks in.
I guess that is the major problem with soundcards. They always have a downside to them, making none better than the other. Really I just want opticle 5.1 sound that sounds good, and works. I probably will be waiting for a while. :(
You say you work at a lab, with what? If you work with viruses and what not, I hope that they would search you.
Some of this privacy stuff is being taken too far but this is not that extreme. They want to know what is going in and comming out of nih, and I have no problem with that as long as it is within work premisis. If they try and search your house that is a different story.
I suggest that you leave your 12" dildo home or anything else you do not want anyone to see. This is the annoying thing about all this people are bitching about searches at government institutions, but what are they hiding that they do not want others to see.
I am glad that this is the first ppc linux distro to include it. Too bad SuSE PPC 7.1 comes with it and has been out for a while. Why doesn't anyone check thier facts before posting stories? It is like that little IPFilters licensing issue yesterday.