A database MUST treat all of these names the same: McClean...MCLean...[et cetera]...
But what if they're substantively not the same? McLean would be the son of Lean, and McClean would be the son of Clean (referring to the surnames' origins). Would you insist all databases should treat "lean" and "clean" as though they were the same word?
He's essentially arguing that, because names vary a lot and are complex, your software should never do anything useful with them. Sorry, but that's a stupid answer.
Actually, he's arguing that you should become infinitely wise and knowledgeable prior to doing anything useful with names, and failing that you should never do anything useful with them. Which is an even stupider answer.
I don't have two ancestors with the exact same name as me, but since the various parts come from two different relatives my parents settled on III.
Normally, you get the parts from different relatives and don't get a suffix. In fact, that's extremely common. So common that getting various parts of your name from multiple relatives could not possibly justify adding "III". I'm guessing that's just what they told you, and the real reason was to make you feel special. Either that, or you're disinherited royalty.
Pinyin is how Chinese is typed. The numbers represent tones...
No it isn't. Pinyin is how Chinese is romanized. Chinese is typed using an IME to produce Han characters. Pinyin is typically only used to represent pronunciation, for example in dictionaries, and to represent names in contexts where romanization is necessary (such as international contexts, like Western media), as well as a few other limited contexts. Writing Chinese in Pinyin, even with tone marks, is often inadequate because each syllable/tone combination corresponds to several characters, and the distinction between them is easily lost in romanization. For example, Zhang Zilin and Zhang Ziyi do not have the same surname, even though both are Zhang1 in pinyin.
It fires a single projectile (basically a Lego bullet) with each discharge, whereas a shotgun, by definition, discharges several projectiles which spread after leaving the barrel.
Oh, please. Before any of you posted you'd already violated my patent on the business method of 'patenting methods that others are already employing'. I am entitled to all proceeds derived from enforcing your respective patents.
Re:The smell of slashdot in the morning...
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Those who think CS should be unsullied by actual computers should make sure to note this belief on their resume. (Trust me, everybody you send your resume to will appreciate that.)
"Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes." --Edsger Dijkstra
FTFA... Web sites that contain violence have grown by 10.8 per cent, terrorism content by 8.5 per cent, and illegal drugs purchase by 6.8 per cent, and are continuing to grow, according to to the study, although it failed to define what it means by these terms.
So a gaming site mentioning GTA4 could be counted as violence, drugs & porn.
Yes, and now so could slashdot, thanks to you. Good job, buddy.
kdawson, next time, RTFA before you post someone's lame summary.
Yeah, it's a sad day on/. when TFS doesn't even RTFA.
Are you serious? Do you even know how to read?
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"disk is slower than RAM. some doofs don't realize their system is swapping. ergo algorithm is bad."
Poul-Henning is definitely not a "doof"...To suggest that phk doesn't know what he's talking about is absurd.
Dude, chill. Nobody called Poul-Henning a doof. They only paraphrased him as calling other people doofs, namely those people who blindly follow Knuth's algorithm without checking whether its assumptions apply to their modern situations. If such people are doing professional software development, I would also call them doofs. Everybody acknowledges phk's all-knowingness, but some people were criticizing the headline by kdawson. Nothing to see here, move along.
Unfortunately Axe body spray didn't think it was a good marketing item as their reply to me was "We thank you for your interest but we don't accept marketing ideas from the public".
That's kind of odd, considering that's exactly the kind of ad they go for. That rejection notice was probably just cover for when they "think up" that exact same idea a year from now and use it.
Yup, cougars like perfume...what else is new... they also like diamonds, fast cars, and rich guys.
Oh, I guess I should RTFA.
Forget RTFA, please for the love of God at least RTFS (summary) OR RTFD (discussion) where the cougar joke was already made, and its redundancy was already commented upon.
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A database MUST treat all of these names the same: McClean...MCLean...[et cetera]...
But what if they're substantively not the same? McLean would be the son of Lean, and McClean would be the son of Clean (referring to the surnames' origins). Would you insist all databases should treat "lean" and "clean" as though they were the same word?
Help me Slashdot, you're my only hope.
Help me Obi-wan CowboyNeal, you're my only hope!
He's essentially arguing that, because names vary a lot and are complex, your software should never do anything useful with them. Sorry, but that's a stupid answer.
Actually, he's arguing that you should become infinitely wise and knowledgeable prior to doing anything useful with names, and failing that you should never do anything useful with them. Which is an even stupider answer.
I don't have two ancestors with the exact same name as me, but since the various parts come from two different relatives my parents settled on III.
Normally, you get the parts from different relatives and don't get a suffix. In fact, that's extremely common. So common that getting various parts of your name from multiple relatives could not possibly justify adding "III". I'm guessing that's just what they told you, and the real reason was to make you feel special. Either that, or you're disinherited royalty.
Pinyin is how Chinese is typed. The numbers represent tones...
No it isn't. Pinyin is how Chinese is romanized. Chinese is typed using an IME to produce Han characters. Pinyin is typically only used to represent pronunciation, for example in dictionaries, and to represent names in contexts where romanization is necessary (such as international contexts, like Western media), as well as a few other limited contexts. Writing Chinese in Pinyin, even with tone marks, is often inadequate because each syllable/tone combination corresponds to several characters, and the distinction between them is easily lost in romanization. For example, Zhang Zilin and Zhang Ziyi do not have the same surname, even though both are Zhang1 in pinyin.
Who the hell has numbers in there name?
Former New York Times writer Jennifer 8 Lee does.
It fires a single projectile (basically a Lego bullet) with each discharge, whereas a shotgun, by definition, discharges several projectiles which spread after leaving the barrel.
Still wicked cool, though.
How many of you built cool things out of legos when you were kids just to see if you could make it work.
Well, I'm not sure any of the things I built were cool...even if I thought so when I was 10...
I hereby patent the antisocial network. Now get off my lawn.
No!
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shit, did I just violate your patent?
How long has 411 been using a networked computer system?
What's the 411?
Even the USPTO has its own Facebook page. Bizarre!
http://www.facebook.com/uspto.gov
Why does the USPTO need that when their own website is sufficient for posting information...
Because this way we can all show what fans we are of the USPTO!
it appears that the declining quality of education in this country is reaching all the way to the patent registrars themselves.
Yes, it's been quite some time since patent offices could attract the Einsteins of the world.
Oh, please. Before any of you posted you'd already violated my patent on the business method of 'patenting methods that others are already employing'. I am entitled to all proceeds derived from enforcing your respective patents.
Those who think CS should be unsullied by actual computers should make sure to note this belief on their resume. (Trust me, everybody you send your resume to will appreciate that.)
"Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes." --Edsger Dijkstra
That's shocking!
Not to mention, a sharp decline since the "83.5%" of the mid-nineties.
FTFA... Web sites that contain violence have grown by 10.8 per cent, terrorism content by 8.5 per cent, and illegal drugs purchase by 6.8 per cent, and are continuing to grow, according to to the study, although it failed to define what it means by these terms.
So a gaming site mentioning GTA4 could be counted as violence, drugs & porn.
Yes, and now so could slashdot, thanks to you. Good job, buddy.
37%? What does that tell you about the average marriage?
That it's a lot hotter than the average marriage used to be. If the slice of that 37% that I've seen is any indication, that is.
Martin Rimm? Is that you?
kdawson, next time, RTFA before you post someone's lame summary.
Yeah, it's a sad day on /. when TFS doesn't even RTFA.
article summary:
"disk is slower than RAM. some doofs don't realize their system is swapping. ergo algorithm is bad."
Poul-Henning is definitely not a "doof"...To suggest that phk doesn't know what he's talking about is absurd.
Dude, chill. Nobody called Poul-Henning a doof. They only paraphrased him as calling other people doofs, namely those people who blindly follow Knuth's algorithm without checking whether its assumptions apply to their modern situations. If such people are doing professional software development, I would also call them doofs. Everybody acknowledges phk's all-knowingness, but some people were criticizing the headline by kdawson. Nothing to see here, move along.
...that old Calvin was marketing to the wrong species all along.
Unfortunately Axe body spray didn't think it was a good marketing item as their reply to me was "We thank you for your interest but we don't accept marketing ideas from the public".
That's kind of odd, considering that's exactly the kind of ad they go for. That rejection notice was probably just cover for when they "think up" that exact same idea a year from now and use it.
Yup, cougars like perfume...what else is new... they also like diamonds, fast cars, and rich guys. Oh, I guess I should RTFA.
Forget RTFA, please for the love of God at least RTFS (summary) OR RTFD (discussion) where the cougar joke was already made, and its redundancy was already commented upon.
...or did Bezos already patent this?
German Researchers Show Off a Gesture-Based Interface
Shurley you jest sir, this could only have been invented by the Italians.
Or maybe you mean the French, what with their love of mimes.