You might bash the x86 ISA, but dumping it isn't a cure-all. In any case, the designers have been very clever. All of the nasty instructions that are almost never used and are hard for compilers to take advantage of have been
It's not all the instructions that make it suck (IMHO). It's the sad lack of general purpose registers and that ridiculous segmented addressing scheme.
As a matter of interest, do projects using CVS find that the builds of software projects get broken under a concurrent development scheme, as changes by others working on the same files may have unforeseen side effects not picked up by the automated merge tools?
Yes. In fact, we've implemented a couple things at work to alleviate this. Some of the cvs commands have been abstracted into a script. You can't commit changes to the repository unless you put a lock on it first with a new command. Once in a while things still get stomped, but it's happening a lot less frequently now.
And drug tests? Don't get me started on those! What does my off-the-job activity have to do with my on-the-job activity? Nothing!
Well, for one, if your job requires a security clearance, they want to make sure you're not going to compromise national security while you're in a drug-induced haze.:-b
I think they just use plain ol' radio silence to avoid detection.
Er. If you're trying to find a submarine, you don't look for radio transmissions, you use your sonar and listen for it to make noise (or ping it). The article says the messages are sent using sound waves. The original poster was asking if this would give away the sub's position.
Not quite true. You can have a hell of a lot of amps at negligible voltage and it won't hurt you, and you can have a high voltage at low amps and not hurt you. The concern is the amount of raw energy going through you which is a product of both volts and amps.
Er, no. "A hell of a lot of amps" will kill you at any voltage, if it goes through your body. It only takes something like 100 milliamps to kill you. As long as you're not grounded, you can grab a 100 kV line no problem, because no current is flowing.
However; more voltage implies more current given the same resistance (Ohm's law). So, a shock (the current) from a 240 V outlet will be twice as bad as from a 120 V line.
Actually, I liked the Simpsons pinball game. "Double chocolate!" "Triple chocolate!!":) Jurassic Park was kind of fun too, when the T-Rex ate your ball. Except, I think Jurassic Park used the electronic launcher instead of the good old-fashioned plunger, which is far superior, and allows for the time-honored initial Skill Shot.:)
There is no reason to believe that there will be other sentient races (orcs, half orcs, etc.0 in 20 or even 39 years, and no reason to believe that we will have magic
Heard it the other day on the radio (DC101) here in Washington. This morning they said that Napster had reached an agreement with Offspring so that they could sell stuff with the Napster logo and the proceeds would go to charity.
The author does a good job of summarising a whole lot of questions we don't know about the dinosaurs.
*Sigh* No, he doesn't. The author is Ted Holden, known kook and suspected idiot of the talk.origins newsgroup. He also believes wholeheartedly in Velikovsky's "theories" about Venus careering around the solar system in Biblical times, and he believes that the Earth once orbited Saturn.
Don't bother trying to figure out that, ahem, article. It was written by Ted Holden, net.kook extraordinarie of the talk.origins newsgroup (among others). Basically, you just have to pat him on the head and hope he goes away.
The only thing to travel faster than normal light is monarchy. It works like this: you can only have one king, and tradition demands that there's no gap between kings, so the succession must pass instantaneously from one to the other. There are theories that the succession is carried by particles know as kingons or queons. Sometimes the succession fails if they strike an anti-particle (republicon) on the way.
The inventor was about to explain his plans to use this phenomenon to transmit a signal by carefully torturing a small king. However, at that point, the bar closed.
I don't think MS can tell you how to distribute your book just b/c you wrote it using Word. No one can tell you the terms of your own copyright.
I think I remember reading in the license agreement for MS Visual C++ 6.0 that you cannot use it to create applications which do not run on a Windows box. *shrug*
Sometimes it gets hot, yes, but then you just open a window or dress lightly.
Heh. I know a guy from Sweden online. One day he was complaining about how hot it was. Turned out it was about 27C (80F). I don't know about Europe, but when I'm from (Pennsylvania), 80 degrees is a nice comfortable day.:)
First I should start off by saying that I wouldn't know Qt or GTK if I tripped over them. I've also done a fair amount of development with Motif, though. What these new toolkits need more than anything else is the equivalent to the big thick O'Reilly X Windows System reference books, especially volumes 5 and 6 (Xt and Motif). Every function, every parameter, every return value. I can't begin to tell how useful they are.
On another note, I think the reason most Motif apps are "ugly" is that most programmers are lazy. (Hey, I lump myself in there too!) You can make some really nifty looking apps if you work at it, but I'll agree it can be a bear to work with.
And no, don't ask me to post my source code, because I can't.:)
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Here is my reading list for any aspiring geeks:
Lord of the rings
The Silmarillion
The Hobbit
Urk. Don't get me wrong, I love LotR as much as the next guy, but the Silmarillion is really really really hard going. I'd go so far as to say it blows.:)
Not really pink, I feel I should point out, but bright glaring day-glo orangish-pink!
And I didn't like the actual book as much as most others. I fact, I thought he had been really going downhill with the last several (didn't like Last Continent, Carpe Jugulum was ho-hum). The Truth managed to restore my faith though.:)
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It's not all the instructions that make it suck (IMHO). It's the sad lack of general purpose registers and that ridiculous segmented addressing scheme.
Ha! Would that it were. :-b
Yes. In fact, we've implemented a couple things at work to alleviate this. Some of the cvs commands have been abstracted into a script. You can't commit changes to the repository unless you put a lock on it first with a new command. Once in a while things still get stomped, but it's happening a lot less frequently now.
They *do* ask you. You fill it in on the form. Then they do the check to see if you're a liar or not.
Well, for one, if your job requires a security clearance, they want to make sure you're not going to compromise national security while you're in a drug-induced haze. :-b
Yeah, but they have to surface to do it.
Er. If you're trying to find a submarine, you don't look for radio transmissions, you use your sonar and listen for it to make noise (or ping it). The article says the messages are sent using sound waves. The original poster was asking if this would give away the sub's position.
I can just see it now: the first translation of a dolphin message: "MAKE FISH FAST!!!! Hi, I'm Dolphin Delaney..."
Er, no. "A hell of a lot of amps" will kill you at any voltage, if it goes through your body. It only takes something like 100 milliamps to kill you. As long as you're not grounded, you can grab a 100 kV line no problem, because no current is flowing.
However; more voltage implies more current given the same resistance (Ohm's law). So, a shock (the current) from a 240 V outlet will be twice as bad as from a 120 V line.
Anyway.
Actually, I liked the Simpsons pinball game. "Double chocolate!" "Triple chocolate!!" :) Jurassic Park was kind of fun too, when the T-Rex ate your ball. Except, I think Jurassic Park used the electronic launcher instead of the good old-fashioned plunger, which is far superior, and allows for the time-honored initial Skill Shot. :)
Amen, brother. I would rather have 2 mediocre pinball games than another 6 clones of Mortal Kombat or Yet Another Driving Game.
Er, Shadowrun is a game, not a simulation. :-b
Name two.
Heard it the other day on the radio (DC101) here in Washington. This morning they said that Napster had reached an agreement with Offspring so that they could sell stuff with the Napster logo and the proceeds would go to charity.
*Sigh* No, he doesn't. The author is Ted Holden, known kook and suspected idiot of the talk.origins newsgroup. He also believes wholeheartedly in Velikovsky's "theories" about Venus careering around the solar system in Biblical times, and he believes that the Earth once orbited Saturn.
Nuff said.
Don't bother trying to figure out that, ahem, article. It was written by Ted Holden, net.kook extraordinarie of the talk.origins newsgroup (among others). Basically, you just have to pat him on the head and hope he goes away.
The inventor was about to explain his plans to use this phenomenon to transmit a signal by carefully torturing a small king. However, at that point, the bar closed.
I think I remember reading in the license agreement for MS Visual C++ 6.0 that you cannot use it to create applications which do not run on a Windows box. *shrug*
Ask Jesus!
At least once more, I think, since you got it backwards. :)
Why, just last night I got email from MS telling me about the ILOVEYOU virus and what to do about it. Seriously. :-b
Heh. I know a guy from Sweden online. One day he was complaining about how hot it was. Turned out it was about 27C (80F). I don't know about Europe, but when I'm from (Pennsylvania), 80 degrees is a nice comfortable day. :)
On another note, I think the reason most Motif apps are "ugly" is that most programmers are lazy. (Hey, I lump myself in there too!) You can make some really nifty looking apps if you work at it, but I'll agree it can be a bear to work with.
And no, don't ask me to post my source code, because I can't. :)
Lord of the rings
The Silmarillion
The Hobbit
Urk. Don't get me wrong, I love LotR as much as the next guy, but the Silmarillion is really really really hard going. I'd go so far as to say it blows. :)
Not really pink, I feel I should point out, but bright glaring day-glo orangish-pink!
And I didn't like the actual book as much as most others. I fact, I thought he had been really going downhill with the last several (didn't like Last Continent, Carpe Jugulum was ho-hum). The Truth managed to restore my faith though. :)