Everything you write about humanity all those many years ago is pure speculation. I am not going to get into a debate about it with you though because you sound like a bit of a tosser.
In any event, the post was kind of a joke. Not a serious criticism of your great worship-worthy master "visionary". Now go away and suck on his arse!
See my comment above (http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=5380749&cid=47412325), but in a nutshell when you are learning how to program C is the best starting point and you definitely want to get exposed to memory allocation pointers and machine/hardware specific details.
This is why it should be C. If you want to teach how a program works inside the computer then you don't want to abstract away from the hardware too much. You do want the kids to understand that they are asking for a lump of RAM to store data in. You do want them to understand what a memory pointer is. You really do.
It does not mean that C is the best language to actually write your programs in. But for learning how to program and what is happening when you program, C is ideal. Python is completely not ideal. The kids will have no real understanding of what is going on. Nada. Ziltch.
I sometimes think that the days of the C16, C64, ZX Spectrum etc... even Amiga, they were to glory days for youngsters interested in programming. You could really feel like you were programming the hardware.
Why does this comment appear under the wrong parent comment. Sometimes it appears in the right place and sometimes in the wrong place. Is there a bug in the/. comment system?
Nice one - and absolutely true. Python is a hodgepodge of a language. There does not seem to have been any forethought or actual "design" in the language, just an: "Uh we should have objects now..."... "uh, okay, let's do it like this..." CRASH! BAG! WALLOP! There you go, Python version 23498259376932457239457.23495723495723450984375. Download it today!
Android is a crap user experience. I hope that the madness about Android stops. Not to mention that Google are a far more "evil" company that MS ever was. They are dominating the entire internet, they have virtually scraped anonymity by insisting that you must log in with a google+ account to make any comments on most websites. Even non google websites are too lazy to say no to google+.
Think about it. You no longer have anonymity. Well that is okay if all you want to comment on is stuff that does not matter, like "Does Justin Beiber look cool in a hat". But if you want to comment on stuff that does matter. Stuff where freedom of speech is heavily stifled - then this is a serious assault on your ability to exercise your freedom of speech. NOT THAT ANYBODY SEEMS TO CARE!
It is such a pity that MS destroyed themselves with that fucking Windows 8 crap. let's hope that Window 9 does not pretend that your non-touch-screen laptop or desktop is a tiny touch screen device. Whoever at MS decided to go down that route should be... well unless I can say so anonymously...
PS yes I know that i can use anonymous coward setting on/. before anybody tries to grab an easy point.
Linux based OS's are fantastic but you have to be a *nix expert in order to not get completely stuck inside the ridiculously complicated "installation of packages" problem. I don't are what any Linuxers say - eventually you always do have to get down and dirty with the command line as you desperately try to configure the OS and an application to install.
Let me repeat: Linux is fantastic and superior to Windows. BUT, it cannot really be used by my nan. She would not stand a chance. She would not last an hour without getting completely stuck.
I can tell you that our union will never stand for this. This is the first step in phasing out pilots altogether and replacing us with computer programs. By blanking out the cockpit windows the passengers will become accustomed to never seeing the pilots. The next step is then to simply remove the pilots. Nobody will question it.
A computer could never fly a plane. It is too complex. Computers cannot even drive cars yet. They can't even operate the subway system without humans.
This is bad for pilots, bad for safety, bad for the public, bad for cockpit window manufacturers, the list would be endless if I could think of more items.
Buy something and give it away for free then falsify the accounts to show a profit.
Seriously though they probably thought that they could make money from advertising. They did not work out yet that Facebook and Google must be heavily subsidised by a government black ops program to gather a massive database. There is *no way* that they can make all of that money from people clicking on the adverts in facebook and google, no way. I do not know a single person who clicks on them - let alone buys something after being tricked into clicking.
That's true. I should add that once you imagined the 40,000 subway cars then imagine that you have huge tape measure and you start at one end of the train and stretch it out to the other end of the train... imagine the number at the end of the tape measure. NOW YOU HAVE DEFINITELY IMAGINED THE SIZE OF 40,000 SUBWAY CARS.
It is not true that hyper capitalism is destroying humanity. Yes, the majority will suffer and likely perish. But the super duper rich might manage to live forever with access to the best medicine etc... So don't be too hard on them. They are the ones who will keep humanity alive, keep the torch lit and all that.
There is nothing else to say. The best thing MS can do is just give us Windows 7 in a box labelled Windows 9. Most of us will be so happy to not have that fucking Charms Bars and Metro Screen interrupt us every 5 minutes for no apparent reason whatsoever that we would not even notice. Honestly, hand on heart, I would prefer Windows 95 to Windows 8.
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Everything you write about humanity all those many years ago is pure speculation. I am not going to get into a debate about it with you though because you sound like a bit of a tosser.
In any event, the post was kind of a joke. Not a serious criticism of your great worship-worthy master "visionary". Now go away and suck on his arse!
By the time it is old it is worthless. Just smash it up and throw it in the river.
See my comment above (http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=5380749&cid=47412325), but in a nutshell when you are learning how to program C is the best starting point and you definitely want to get exposed to memory allocation pointers and machine/hardware specific details.
This is why it should be C. If you want to teach how a program works inside the computer then you don't want to abstract away from the hardware too much. You do want the kids to understand that they are asking for a lump of RAM to store data in. You do want them to understand what a memory pointer is. You really do.
It does not mean that C is the best language to actually write your programs in. But for learning how to program and what is happening when you program, C is ideal. Python is completely not ideal. The kids will have no real understanding of what is going on. Nada. Ziltch.
I sometimes think that the days of the C16, C64, ZX Spectrum etc... even Amiga, they were to glory days for youngsters interested in programming. You could really feel like you were programming the hardware.
PS this is only a joke.
I am sure that he gives a lot to poor people too.
"hundreds of millions of people are dying of thirst all around the world... ...so your charity was to supply them with clean water, right"
"No. I built a huge telescope to look for ripples from the theorised big bang."
Why does this comment appear under the wrong parent comment. Sometimes it appears in the right place and sometimes in the wrong place. Is there a bug in the /. comment system?
Nice one - and absolutely true. Python is a hodgepodge of a language. There does not seem to have been any forethought or actual "design" in the language, just an: "Uh we should have objects now..." ... "uh, okay, let's do it like this..." CRASH! BAG! WALLOP! There you go, Python version 23498259376932457239457.23495723495723450984375. Download it today!
Android is a crap user experience. I hope that the madness about Android stops. Not to mention that Google are a far more "evil" company that MS ever was. They are dominating the entire internet, they have virtually scraped anonymity by insisting that you must log in with a google+ account to make any comments on most websites. Even non google websites are too lazy to say no to google+.
Think about it. You no longer have anonymity. Well that is okay if all you want to comment on is stuff that does not matter, like "Does Justin Beiber look cool in a hat". But if you want to comment on stuff that does matter. Stuff where freedom of speech is heavily stifled - then this is a serious assault on your ability to exercise your freedom of speech. NOT THAT ANYBODY SEEMS TO CARE!
It is such a pity that MS destroyed themselves with that fucking Windows 8 crap. let's hope that Window 9 does not pretend that your non-touch-screen laptop or desktop is a tiny touch screen device. Whoever at MS decided to go down that route should be... well unless I can say so anonymously...
PS yes I know that i can use anonymous coward setting on /. before anybody tries to grab an easy point.
Not C++ or C#, just plain old C.
Please justify this statement if you agree with me.
Linux based OS's are fantastic but you have to be a *nix expert in order to not get completely stuck inside the ridiculously complicated "installation of packages" problem. I don't are what any Linuxers say - eventually you always do have to get down and dirty with the command line as you desperately try to configure the OS and an application to install.
Let me repeat: Linux is fantastic and superior to Windows. BUT, it cannot really be used by my nan. She would not stand a chance. She would not last an hour without getting completely stuck.
I have never heard of you but just want to join in with the tributes.
Is a plane safer or less safe with pilots?
Much safer with a highly paid pilot at the helm.
I could not load the page linked to - probably because their bandwidth is swamped due to the publicity!
I can tell you that our union will never stand for this. This is the first step in phasing out pilots altogether and replacing us with computer programs. By blanking out the cockpit windows the passengers will become accustomed to never seeing the pilots. The next step is then to simply remove the pilots. Nobody will question it.
A computer could never fly a plane. It is too complex. Computers cannot even drive cars yet. They can't even operate the subway system without humans.
This is bad for pilots, bad for safety, bad for the public, bad for cockpit window manufacturers, the list would be endless if I could think of more items.
it is the same as stealing money from old women at knifepoint.
Buy something and give it away for free then falsify the accounts to show a profit.
Seriously though they probably thought that they could make money from advertising. They did not work out yet that Facebook and Google must be heavily subsidised by a government black ops program to gather a massive database. There is *no way* that they can make all of that money from people clicking on the adverts in facebook and google, no way. I do not know a single person who clicks on them - let alone buys something after being tricked into clicking.
That's true. I should add that once you imagined the 40,000 subway cars then imagine that you have huge tape measure and you start at one end of the train and stretch it out to the other end of the train... imagine the number at the end of the tape measure. NOW YOU HAVE DEFINITELY IMAGINED THE SIZE OF 40,000 SUBWAY CARS.
Who do they think they are? Holocaust "survivors".
ha ha ha ha ha ha, ho ho ho ho, ha ha ha ha ha ha, ho ho ho ho, .....
OMG, almost fell off my chair.
This is an irrelevant analogy because there is no such consensus.
If only the public would give all of their money to the bankers then the banking crisis will be solved. Honest guy.
It is not true that hyper capitalism is destroying humanity. Yes, the majority will suffer and likely perish. But the super duper rich might manage to live forever with access to the best medicine etc... So don't be too hard on them. They are the ones who will keep humanity alive, keep the torch lit and all that.
because I will be retired and living on a hotel on the Moon.
There is nothing else to say. The best thing MS can do is just give us Windows 7 in a box labelled Windows 9. Most of us will be so happy to not have that fucking Charms Bars and Metro Screen interrupt us every 5 minutes for no apparent reason whatsoever that we would not even notice. Honestly, hand on heart, I would prefer Windows 95 to Windows 8.