Yeah, Perl can get pretty funky... I'm used to C++ and the first time I really sat down and looked at a simple program (forms mailer), I had to look it over a few times just to figure out what the functions were doing. Plus, all the '$'s and '@'s reminded me of Basic.
I'm betting on Funny just because it's not another 'firt post' post.
I suppose upcoming artists are grateful to be signed on to a label, and won't dare bitch about their cut. When they do become popular, they're probably making assloads of money and couldn't care about making any more. Besides, if a popular artist demanded more money, his public image would go down the toliet.
It's too bad musicians can't get into the same situations professional athletes are in, in that if they're very talented they can get absurd sums of money right off the bat.
Apparently electronic readers are supposed to be pretty nice for reading. While I've never used one, I'm sure somebody could get modded up for providing a link to a review / preview of one.
I'm reading an MFC book right now that's fucking huge; it would be really nice to be able to read it from a lightweight screen rather than a bulky book.
In addition to that, Paul Steed lived in a breast-shaped house until he got "voted off", or rather smashed by a falling laser cannon.
Be sure to check it out tomorrow, as either John Carmack, Level Lord, or Cliffy B. will be killed off. I voted for Carmack, as the others have more comedic value.
After read about mechanical computers, I recalled having learned about asynchronous computers. Have asynchronous computers been built that run a lot faster than conventional clock-controlled computers? As events in an asynchronous computer are triggered by a previous event, and not a central clock, it would seem to me that they could really scream, if timing issues could be worked out.
I've got a K6-2 300 with 64MB of RAM, and Win2k is running very well. I've only had to reboot my computer twice out of necessity since early Feburary. Granted, that's more than when I was running Linux but that's a tradeoff I'm willing to accept for some fucking fonts I can actually read.
Nice points, dude. I'm in the Computer Engineering program at school, learning C++, Assembly, and whatnot and it's pretty easy to look down at those "high-level" languages. But like you said, as long as you get the job done and people like it, more power to ya.
Remember V = I*R... The voltage is constant, but the current flowing is determined by how much resistance is there. I think your body has a resistance of a few Mohms, last I checked. I suppose being wet would lower that number, though.
I can't see hardware companies ever releasing specs for even outdated products as it would probably give away trade secrets. Just because the product is old doesn't mean they wouldn't use the same techniques in their current line of products. You might be able to compare this with a Coppermine and an old Pentium 90 chip. I doubt Intel is supporting the old chip, but there probably are some similarities in the cores of the two chips.
Heh, sorry about the first post crap, I just couldn't help myself.
That's pretty much my impression of the Slashdot community. A good majority of you guys consistently fail to see the big picture and instead choose to find faults in the articles or what other people have said.
As I scroll down the list of posts, I see the occasional post that actually discusses the issue at hand, but the majority of them are composed of arguments between two people or maybe a relevant discussion of how to pronouce "Linux." I suppose I could set my threshold level higher, but then I only can see what others think is worth reading.
As an aside, I'm in the Computer Engineering program here at MSOE, and I see the same traits in my CD classmates. A good portion of them, while being intelligent people, can only focus on the small details at hand, rather than being concerned with the grand scheme of things, which is usually the more important thing to be concerned with.
Slashdot Mirror
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What about Notepad? It even has a word wrap feature!
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Yeah, Perl can get pretty funky... I'm used to C++ and the first time I really sat down and looked at a simple program (forms mailer), I had to look it over a few times just to figure out what the functions were doing. Plus, all the '$'s and '@'s reminded me of Basic.
I'm betting on Funny just because it's not another 'firt post' post.
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I suppose upcoming artists are grateful to be signed on to a label, and won't dare bitch about their cut. When they do become popular, they're probably making assloads of money and couldn't care about making any more. Besides, if a popular artist demanded more money, his public image would go down the toliet.
It's too bad musicians can't get into the same situations professional athletes are in, in that if they're very talented they can get absurd sums of money right off the bat.
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Just "finished" reading it, pretty good story!
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But the quote says "souped-up version of...". Sounds to me like it's not using Beowulf, but some sort of souped-up version of it. Heh.
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Apparently electronic readers are supposed to be pretty nice for reading. While I've never used one, I'm sure somebody could get modded up for providing a link to a review / preview of one.
I'm reading an MFC book right now that's fucking huge; it would be really nice to be able to read it from a lightweight screen rather than a bulky book.
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In addition to that, Paul Steed lived in a breast-shaped house until he got "voted off", or rather smashed by a falling laser cannon. Be sure to check it out tomorrow, as either John Carmack, Level Lord, or Cliffy B. will be killed off. I voted for Carmack, as the others have more comedic value.
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Easy there, it's just a TV show... I'm actually proud to say I've never actually seen the show yet.
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Haha, yeah! Microsoft sucks!! Linux is the most perfect piece of software ever concieved!!
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/me forbids any trolling beyond this post!
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Good call there, slick...
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But it's still useful nonetheless, no?
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Thanks for the link!
The main site is pretty freaking busy, and that one just clipped along.
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Thanks for the link! I couldn't figure out why the heck I was getting a 404 with the other one.
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Funny shit, faeryman! We need more Slashdot Theatre around here.
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After read about mechanical computers, I recalled having learned about asynchronous computers. Have asynchronous computers been built that run a lot faster than conventional clock-controlled computers? As events in an asynchronous computer are triggered by a previous event, and not a central clock, it would seem to me that they could really scream, if timing issues could be worked out.
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I've got a K6-2 300 with 64MB of RAM, and Win2k is running very well. I've only had to reboot my computer twice out of necessity since early Feburary. Granted, that's more than when I was running Linux but that's a tradeoff I'm willing to accept for some fucking fonts I can actually read.
Now if only MS would let Visual Studio make executables for other platforms...
Nice points, dude. I'm in the Computer Engineering program at school, learning C++, Assembly, and whatnot and it's pretty easy to look down at those "high-level" languages. But like you said, as long as you get the job done and people like it, more power to ya.
Remember V = I*R... The voltage is constant, but the current flowing is determined by how much resistance is there. I think your body has a resistance of a few Mohms, last I checked. I suppose being wet would lower that number, though.
I can't see hardware companies ever releasing specs for even outdated products as it would probably give away trade secrets. Just because the product is old doesn't mean they wouldn't use the same techniques in their current line of products. You might be able to compare this with a Coppermine and an old Pentium 90 chip. I doubt Intel is supporting the old chip, but there probably are some similarities in the cores of the two chips.
Heh, sorry about the first post crap, I just couldn't help myself.
That's pretty much my impression of the Slashdot community. A good majority of you guys consistently fail to see the big picture and instead choose to find faults in the articles or what other people have said.
As I scroll down the list of posts, I see the occasional post that actually discusses the issue at hand, but the majority of them are composed of arguments between two people or maybe a relevant discussion of how to pronouce "Linux." I suppose I could set my threshold level higher, but then I only can see what others think is worth reading.
As an aside, I'm in the Computer Engineering program here at MSOE, and I see the same traits in my CD classmates. A good portion of them, while being intelligent people, can only focus on the small details at hand, rather than being concerned with the grand scheme of things, which is usually the more important thing to be concerned with.
David Peters
Hate to admit it but I laughed out loud on that one.