You still have to "record", don't you? Like hook something to the input, play it, and record onto the MD? I think that's why mp3 players are more popular -- you just burn/transfer.
Does anyone even care about this site anymore? Ever since I've stopped regularly visiting Slashdot, I swear my blood pressure has dropped. All the fucking Linux zealots just got to me. Wake up, people.
Interesting, that second article mentioned. I, of course, am one of those 7,000 remaining users. So where exactly are all the other/.ers that were using Napster for "legitimate" uses?
Of course, HP's printers are still shipping with Windows-only drivers... and Windows-only configuration tools... and described as "Linux-compatible" in their advertisements.
Of course, if HP did supply Linux drivers, you'd bitch if they weren't open source, or bitch that they didn't work right... and you'd bitch that no one needs a configuration tool, just give me a text file to edit.
They're just saving themselves time and money, and letting the h4x0rs do the work. Seems pretty smart to me.
I have worked in much that way since I joined the industry - golden rules are never test your own code
I'm glad I don't work with you. Always test your own code. That way you're less likely to look stupid when you hand your code over to the testing department. The golden rule you're probably thinking of is always get someone else to test your code. That doesn't mean that you shouldn't as well.
It's clear that's what he meant. Of course you test your own code.
But I wouldn't want to do the test unit before the real unit
Why not? I always do. It's always useful to have something that runs the bit of code that you are writing, in isolation, so that you can easily see what is going on in that bit without worrying about the rest of the system. It also helps to focus you on exactly what the function that you are testing should actually be doing.
Do you understand what unit test means? He didn't mean don't unit test, he meant don't write the test before you write the unit.
Say you find out that VB and VC++ don't represent booleans in the same way (could never happen, of course, but just suppose) and you've got to change your code, then all your unit tests have to be updated.
Why? Only the ones that are testing the bit of code that returns your boolean to VB, surely. And the rest of the tests will be useful to make sure that you haven't broken anything when you altered the type.
Of course that's all you'd have to change. And if you'd written the units before the tests, you wouldn't have to go back and change anything.
I look for hardware to be the same way, which is why i like the visor and it's springboard system so much (...) why would i want one device which does everything and if one part breaks i'm fucked
A Visor with a bunch of modules is something else entirely. Visor breaks, you're fucked. Comparing it to the kernel might be more accurate.
Your point was good, and I understood it fine. I was correcting the jackass who replied to your post, saying that you don't have to agree to google's TOS to use their service. You agree to it by using the service at all.
you can use Google without ever agreeing to (or even reading) those terms
That is, if you ignore the very first sentence in the TOS:
Welcome! By using Google's search engine services, ("Google Search Services") you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions (the "Terms of Service").
Yes, even companies besides Microsoft have TOS agreements.
Multiple www and ftp sites can be placed on a single server; all the server software has to do is check the request string. (eg. 'http://www.server1.com' goes to one virtual directory, 'http://www.server2.com' goes to another; both are on the same server).
ftp over http... sounds interesting. Sounds like the April fool's story posted a couple weeks ago.
Main Entry: news
Pronunciation: 'nüz, 'nyüz
Function: noun plural but singular in construction
Usage: often attributive
Date: 15th century
1 a : a report of recent events
Microsoft, for example, plans to severely limit the quality of music that can be recorded as an MP3 file using software built into the next version of its personal-computer operating system.
Um... this is only talking about Windows Media Player, which no one uses anyhow. How about using a third party tool? You honestly expect me to believe they're going to prevent high-bitrate mp3s at the file level? Please.
Making MS look bad must be more important than accuracy. That's right, this is Slashdot.
Document Recovery gives you the option to automatically save your current document, spreadsheet, or presentation at the time an application stops responding, so you don't lose a moment's work.
So wait... they know when the application is going to stop responding, so they can save the document just before. That's cool.
But shouldn't they just fix the fucking problem that's going to make the app stop responding?
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News.com notes that this will be used in slot machines and ATMs. Insert obligatory free-money joke.
Is that free-as-in-beer money or free-as-in-speech money?
it be?
You still have to "record", don't you? Like hook something to the input, play it, and record onto the MD? I think that's why mp3 players are more popular -- you just burn/transfer.
Does anyone even care about this site anymore? Ever since I've stopped regularly visiting Slashdot, I swear my blood pressure has dropped. All the fucking Linux zealots just got to me. Wake up, people.
Surprising that this one made it through the lameness filter...
Interesting, that second article mentioned. I, of course, am one of those 7,000 remaining users. So where exactly are all the other /.ers that were using Napster for "legitimate" uses?
Of course, if HP did supply Linux drivers, you'd bitch if they weren't open source, or bitch that they didn't work right... and you'd bitch that no one needs a configuration tool, just give me a text file to edit.
They're just saving themselves time and money, and letting the h4x0rs do the work. Seems pretty smart to me.
I'm glad I don't work with you. Always test your own code. That way you're less likely to look stupid when you hand your code over to the testing department. The golden rule you're probably thinking of is always get someone else to test your code. That doesn't mean that you shouldn't as well.
It's clear that's what he meant. Of course you test your own code.
But I wouldn't want to do the test unit before the real unit
Why not? I always do. It's always useful to have something that runs the bit of code that you are writing, in isolation, so that you can easily see what is going on in that bit without worrying about the rest of the system. It also helps to focus you on exactly what the function that you are testing should actually be doing.
Do you understand what unit test means? He didn't mean don't unit test, he meant don't write the test before you write the unit.
Say you find out that VB and VC++ don't represent booleans in the same way (could never happen, of course, but just suppose) and you've got to change your code, then all your unit tests have to be updated.
Why? Only the ones that are testing the bit of code that returns your boolean to VB, surely. And the rest of the tests will be useful to make sure that you haven't broken anything when you altered the type.
Of course that's all you'd have to change. And if you'd written the units before the tests, you wouldn't have to go back and change anything.
Read, think, then reply. In that order.
Formal Education
College:
Summa Cum Laude or not, I think I'd hide, too.
Agreed. That's why Emacs users amuse me. (ducking)
I look for hardware to be the same way, which is why i like the visor and it's springboard system so much (...) why would i want one device which does everything and if one part breaks i'm fucked
A Visor with a bunch of modules is something else entirely. Visor breaks, you're fucked. Comparing it to the kernel might be more accurate.
Looks like it's time to go back to ZoneAlarm.
And, of course, the instruction book on how to use it.
Which will conveniently be available on ThinkGeek.
Your subconscious was probably looking at the punctuation in the sentence you quoted.
Your point was good, and I understood it fine. I was correcting the jackass who replied to your post, saying that you don't have to agree to google's TOS to use their service. You agree to it by using the service at all.
That is, if you ignore the very first sentence in the TOS:
Welcome! By using Google's search engine services, ("Google Search Services") you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions (the "Terms of Service").
Yes, even companies besides Microsoft have TOS agreements.
Can you purchase this book at ThinkGeek?
As usual, the answer is a resounding YES!!
Sure. It's called Le Spam. There's even a website, though it appears to be free of content. But at least they're running Apache.
Actually, it's more like suggesting that a 2x4 is better than a wheel and you should use it instead.
ftp over http... sounds interesting. Sounds like the April fool's story posted a couple weeks ago.
Right. That's why ThinkGeek requires payment in non-sequential bills rather than Visa/Mastercard. You're a smart cookie.
Uh huh...
However, ThinkGeek now has a link back to the review.
Okay, I'm following...
Work that one out, conspiracy theorists...
Ah. I got it now. You work for ThinkGeek. And you like blowing your own horn. Much clearer.
No, but...
Main Entry: news
Pronunciation: 'nüz, 'nyüz
Function: noun plural but singular in construction
Usage: often attributive
Date: 15th century
1 a : a report of recent events
Now sit down and shut up.
Perhaps, but 2 weeks ago, ThinkGeek probably didn't have it in stock. Get it?
Microsoft, for example, plans to severely limit the quality of music that can be recorded as an MP3 file using software built into the next version of its personal-computer operating system.
Um... this is only talking about Windows Media Player, which no one uses anyhow. How about using a third party tool? You honestly expect me to believe they're going to prevent high-bitrate mp3s at the file level? Please.
Making MS look bad must be more important than accuracy. That's right, this is Slashdot.
Document Recovery gives you the option to automatically save your current document, spreadsheet, or presentation at the time an application stops responding, so you don't lose a moment's work.
So wait... they know when the application is going to stop responding, so they can save the document just before. That's cool.
But shouldn't they just fix the fucking problem that's going to make the app stop responding?