Again, no further comment, except to note that no one, I mean no one in business computing considers using Lisp. (Now some smartass Slashdotter will come along and triumphantly cite some obscure exception, which only confirms the rule.)
Disclaimer: I like Lisp. But I'm not going to
advocate it, defend it, or give exceptions here.
I just wanted to thank you for providing me with
what has to be the best debating technique I've
seen all day!
All apples, and I mean all apples, are always red! And if some
smartass comes up with some exception, it only
prooves that I'm right!
Thanks, knucklehead; er, I mean "get behind
the mule!"
A post above mentioned that most fantasy work
these days is character driven, and has elements
of good vs. evil; whereas, most SF these days
is focused almost entirely on technology.
If that's true (that's a big if), then I would
have to say that Vinge's work is an exception.
Maybe that's why these books are so admired.
Oh no, I'm going to get moderated down, but
honestly, I don't mean this as a troll.
This got posted to a thread I was following
once:
/* * S_intuit_method * * Does all the checking to disambiguate * foo bar * between foo(bar) and bar->foo. Returns 0 if not a method, otherwise * FUNCMETH (bar->foo(args)) or METHOD (bar->foo args). * * First argument is the stuff after the first token, e.g. "bar". * * Not a method if bar is a filehandle. * Not a method if foo is a subroutine prototyped to take a filehandle. * Not a method if it's really "Foo $bar" * Method if it's "foo $bar" * Not a method if it's really "print foo $bar" * Method if it's really "foo package::" (interpreted as package->foo) * Not a method if bar is known to be a subroutne ("sub bar; foo bar") * Not a method if bar is a filehandle or package, but is quoted with * => */
Without being too negative, I would say that
this is an example of a core language feature
that makes for difficult-to-understand
code. I imagine that there are more
examples like this.
It takes some getting used to, but you end up with
having CRTL and ALT on both sides, and even better,
they're on your thumbs. Emacs was driving me
crazy before I switched to this.
Technobabble is wretched within the Star
Trek franchise, but technobabble doesn't
have to be wretched.
Think about Blade Runner, especially
the scene between Roy Batty and Eldon Tyrell.
If you just read a printed copy of that scene,
without reading the rest of the script (or
without seeing the movie), it would be some
prime technobabble.
But, that scene really
works for me. Why? Because I am interested
in the characters, and what they're doing.
Hauer and Turkel convey an incredible amount
of tension! I really believed that Tyrell
was trying to talk his way into saving his
own life!
If the newer Treks could manage scenes like that,
I might be able to watch it again. But that
would be hard to do, with a franchise based
on weekly episodes.
In high school, my friend intentionally took the
polarizing filter off of the display of his TI
calculator. Then, he could only see the display
with the polarizing-style 3d glasses on. One
eye saw black-on-white, the other eye saw
white-on-black. It was weird indeed.
But the best part was that he would be wearing
these ridiculous 3D glasses he had taken from a
movie theater. It was a combo of Friday the 13th
Part III in 3-D, and Jaws III, and perhaps even
Space Hunter. So the artwork on the glasses
themselves had a fireplace poker dripping with
blood, shark fins, and (I think) flying saucers.
The theatre chain was very thrifty to combine
all the 3D movies into one set of glasses.
Predictably, the instructor would tell him to take
those stupid things off, but he would show them
that that's the only way he could see his
calculator. They'd reluctantly let him leave
them on.
No, using the -remote parameter will open a new window of exactly the same Mozilla instance that is already running on that machine.
D'oh! Sorry, I misunderstood your previous
message.
Actually, this was the first thing I tried.
Unfortunately, it does not work. Using the
-remote option causes mozilla to communicate
with the existing mozilla process, but it
communicates via some X11 thing (properties,
I think, but I'm not sure). Thus, if you
don't have your DISPLAY set to the same
DISPLAY as the extant mozilla, it can't
communicate. If you do have the DISPLAY set
the same, well, the new window just pops up
on the other DISPLAY.
However, I think there is a bug about bookmarks sharing that is in the works too...
That's not too bad, but it doesn't get me the
bookmark sharing that I want. I guess it would
share pages of VM, due to the apps running on
the same machine, but the overhead of X11
traffic probably wouldn't make it worth it.
Here's the "one last feature" that would make
my day.:-)
I would like a way to have one mozilla process
display itself on multiple X11 displays. Xemacs
does this; so does gnu emacs, I believe.
With this, I could run one mozilla process on my
"server" machine upstairs, and have my browser
displayed on all the laptops throughout the house.
Right now, I run a mozilla process on each
machine; the annoying thing about this is keeping
all my bookmarks in sync, since mozilla doesn't
let me run multiple browsers on the same
profile.
I do this kind of thing all the time with xemacs
(gnuclient helps get things started). The
advantage here is that I can leave my editing
sessions up, possibly with unsaved changes,
and I never need to worry about stomping on
my changes as I move from one room to another.
[...]followed by the billygoat on the front of the Monster Manual, and that HORRIBLE illustration on the cover of the DM's Guide[...]
<sarcasm>
What? Are you kidding? That cover art of which
you speak (especially the DM's Guide) gave
the television media some of the images they needed
to show the viewers how utterly satanic those games were!
I still remember the sound bites on the Oklahoma
City TV stations; the voice-overs, and the camera
slowly zooming on Mr. Giant Devil on the cover...
I agree with the above posting, about
contractors being more that project managers.
Whoever said that they're just PMs, and not
very good ones, obviously didn't work with my
contractor.
There's even more to it than their relationships
with the subcontractors.
I recently build a custom home -- less than
$500000 (USD), but not by much. I went with a
highly
recommend general contractor, who was not cheap.
At first, I was alarmed by how much money was
going to the general contractor. But I was
way out of my depth, and I was much happier
than I would have been had I gone to a tract
builder.
Then, the problems began, and I was so
glad we had a good contractor on our
side.
The city inspectors found lots of problems that
the framers refused to fix. The framers
blamed the city, the city blamed the framers.
After much argument
and delay, the general contractor hired a
different framing crew to finish the job.
The general contractor ate this cost.
The hardwood floor guy used nails that punched
through the floor to the ceiling below,
and ruined the radiant heat pipes
that were there. The general contractor
fixed everything, at his cost.
After moving in, a bad water leak sprung in one
of the upstairs walls. It turned out that a
drywall screw had pierced a hot water pipe,
and plugged the hole at the same time. Until
it rusted out, and the leak began several weeks
later.
The plumber blamed the drywaller, the drywaller
blamed the plumber for using shields that were
too thin, to protect the pipes passing through
the studs.
The general contractor (or rather, his insurance)
fixed this, at no cost to me.
I can't imagine having to deal with all of these
problems myself. Sometimes I wonder if the
general contractor even made money on my house,
after all the things he had to pay for!
So, be cautious before you think, "I'll do
it myself; after all, what good is a
general contractor?"
Note that I'm NOT saying that
I disagree with the Kazaa decision. I just
thought that it was an interesting read.
I'll be modded down for OT, I suppose. Oh well.
Armageddon was the worst movie I've ever seen,
period. This reminded me of one of my favorite
things about this movie.
"You won't have to worry about gravity.
Your space suits have little bitty rocket motors
on them that will simulate gravity, pushing you
down to the asteroid surface as though it had
normal earth gravity.".
Yeah, sure. Notice that they had nice, healthy
gravity when they were in their little
spaceships, too, even while parked
on the asteroid surface. There's one point where one
character tosses a tool to another character.
Notice the nice, clean little arc the tool
takes. Please.
Just one of a thousand or so things about this
movie that made me want to strangle the people
who made it.:-)
The part of the movie I was most disappointed
with was "The Council of Elrond".
This wasn't omitted from the movie, but
I thought the book did a much better job of
exploring what they might do.
They have the ring; Sauron is back; now what?
Use the ring
against Sauron? Keep it safe, without using
it? Throw it into the sea? Melt it some place
other than Mt. Doom? Give it to Bombadill?:-)
By the time they decide to send Frodo to Mordor, the book had me convinced that it's the only
thing they could do; they had explored all
other options.
And the fact that Sauron didn't even
see it coming is my favorite part of the
entire series.
I liked your link on
Correctly using who/whom, but I quickly
noticed that there was no similar help for
then/than. So, the site not so good for the
slashdot crowd after all.
The same thing happened to me with a certain
phone company that starts with a "Q".
I got an unlisted phone number, and immediately
started getting phone solicitation from the
phone company. The first two times, I politely
told them to put me on their "do not
call" list. The third time I became angry,
and the fourth time, I talked to a supervisor for
a long time.
Afterward, I got mail from them, saying that
they would not bother me any more. But, it also
said that most of their customers who have
unlisted phone numbers enjoy getting
solicited by them!
Slashdot Mirror
1 isn't a prime. :-)
Disclaimer: I like Lisp. But I'm not going to advocate it, defend it, or give exceptions here.
I just wanted to thank you for providing me with what has to be the best debating technique I've seen all day!
All apples, and I mean all apples, are always red! And if some smartass comes up with some exception, it only prooves that I'm right!
Thanks, knucklehead; er, I mean "get behind the mule!"
A post above mentioned that most fantasy work these days is character driven, and has elements of good vs. evil; whereas, most SF these days is focused almost entirely on technology.
If that's true (that's a big if), then I would have to say that Vinge's work is an exception. Maybe that's why these books are so admired.
Oh no, I'm going to get moderated down, but honestly, I don't mean this as a troll.
This got posted to a thread I was following once:
Without being too negative, I would say that this is an example of a core language feature that makes for difficult-to-understand code. I imagine that there are more examples like this.
Would you agree, or would you argue against this?
If you use emacs, and get annoyed with CTRL and ALT, I highly recommend the Kinesis countoured keyboard.
It takes some getting used to, but you end up with having CRTL and ALT on both sides, and even better, they're on your thumbs. Emacs was driving me crazy before I switched to this.
A Full FreeBSD Filesystem? What good is that? It would be better if it had some free space in it, to store your own data.
Sorry, I couldn't resist. :-)
Gay Deceiver Override! Emergency program Number-of-the-Beast activate!
I've recently found this essay which I've found to be insightful.
Hmm, maybe this explains that movie, Armageddon?
Technobabble is wretched within the Star Trek franchise, but technobabble doesn't have to be wretched.
Think about Blade Runner, especially the scene between Roy Batty and Eldon Tyrell. If you just read a printed copy of that scene, without reading the rest of the script (or without seeing the movie), it would be some prime technobabble.
But, that scene really works for me. Why? Because I am interested in the characters, and what they're doing. Hauer and Turkel convey an incredible amount of tension! I really believed that Tyrell was trying to talk his way into saving his own life!
If the newer Treks could manage scenes like that, I might be able to watch it again. But that would be hard to do, with a franchise based on weekly episodes.
In high school, my friend intentionally took the polarizing filter off of the display of his TI calculator. Then, he could only see the display with the polarizing-style 3d glasses on. One eye saw black-on-white, the other eye saw white-on-black. It was weird indeed.
But the best part was that he would be wearing these ridiculous 3D glasses he had taken from a movie theater. It was a combo of Friday the 13th Part III in 3-D, and Jaws III, and perhaps even Space Hunter. So the artwork on the glasses themselves had a fireplace poker dripping with blood, shark fins, and (I think) flying saucers. The theatre chain was very thrifty to combine all the 3D movies into one set of glasses.
Predictably, the instructor would tell him to take those stupid things off, but he would show them that that's the only way he could see his calculator. They'd reluctantly let him leave them on.
D'oh! Sorry, I misunderstood your previous message.
Actually, this was the first thing I tried. Unfortunately, it does not work. Using the -remote option causes mozilla to communicate with the existing mozilla process, but it communicates via some X11 thing (properties, I think, but I'm not sure). Thus, if you don't have your DISPLAY set to the same DISPLAY as the extant mozilla, it can't communicate. If you do have the DISPLAY set the same, well, the new window just pops up on the other DISPLAY.
Great! This might be enough to make me happy.
That's not too bad, but it doesn't get me the bookmark sharing that I want. I guess it would share pages of VM, due to the apps running on the same machine, but the overhead of X11 traffic probably wouldn't make it worth it.
Oh well, thanks for the suggestion anyway...
Here's the "one last feature" that would make my day. :-)
I would like a way to have one mozilla process display itself on multiple X11 displays. Xemacs does this; so does gnu emacs, I believe.
With this, I could run one mozilla process on my "server" machine upstairs, and have my browser displayed on all the laptops throughout the house. Right now, I run a mozilla process on each machine; the annoying thing about this is keeping all my bookmarks in sync, since mozilla doesn't let me run multiple browsers on the same profile.
I do this kind of thing all the time with xemacs (gnuclient helps get things started). The advantage here is that I can leave my editing sessions up, possibly with unsaved changes, and I never need to worry about stomping on my changes as I move from one room to another.
<sarcasm>
What? Are you kidding? That cover art of which you speak (especially the DM's Guide) gave the television media some of the images they needed to show the viewers how utterly satanic those games were!
I still remember the sound bites on the Oklahoma City TV stations; the voice-overs, and the camera slowly zooming on Mr. Giant Devil on the cover...
</sarcasm>
I agree with the above posting, about contractors being more that project managers. Whoever said that they're just PMs, and not very good ones, obviously didn't work with my contractor. There's even more to it than their relationships with the subcontractors.
I recently build a custom home -- less than $500000 (USD), but not by much. I went with a highly recommend general contractor, who was not cheap.
At first, I was alarmed by how much money was going to the general contractor. But I was way out of my depth, and I was much happier than I would have been had I gone to a tract builder.
Then, the problems began, and I was so glad we had a good contractor on our side.
I can't imagine having to deal with all of these problems myself. Sometimes I wonder if the general contractor even made money on my house, after all the things he had to pay for!
So, be cautious before you think, "I'll do it myself; after all, what good is a general contractor?"
Yeah, but the problem is that it will be populated with grups and onlies.
- Sam
http://www.atlanet.org/cjfacts/other/mcdonald.ht
Thanks to memepool for this one.
Note that I'm NOT saying that I disagree with the Kazaa decision. I just thought that it was an interesting read. I'll be modded down for OT, I suppose. Oh well.
Armageddon was the worst movie I've ever seen, period. This reminded me of one of my favorite things about this movie.
"You won't have to worry about gravity. Your space suits have little bitty rocket motors on them that will simulate gravity, pushing you down to the asteroid surface as though it had normal earth gravity.".
Yeah, sure. Notice that they had nice, healthy gravity when they were in their little spaceships, too, even while parked on the asteroid surface. There's one point where one character tosses a tool to another character. Notice the nice, clean little arc the tool takes. Please.
Just one of a thousand or so things about this movie that made me want to strangle the people who made it. :-)
The part of the movie I was most disappointed with was "The Council of Elrond". This wasn't omitted from the movie, but I thought the book did a much better job of exploring what they might do.
They have the ring; Sauron is back; now what? Use the ring against Sauron? Keep it safe, without using it? Throw it into the sea? Melt it some place other than Mt. Doom? Give it to Bombadill? :-)
By the time they decide to send Frodo to Mordor, the book had me convinced that it's the only thing they could do; they had explored all other options. And the fact that Sauron didn't even see it coming is my favorite part of the entire series.
Please!
I liked your link on Correctly using who/whom, but I quickly noticed that there was no similar help for then/than. So, the site not so good for the slashdot crowd after all.
The same thing happened to me with a certain phone company that starts with a "Q".
I got an unlisted phone number, and immediately started getting phone solicitation from the phone company. The first two times, I politely told them to put me on their "do not call" list. The third time I became angry, and the fourth time, I talked to a supervisor for a long time.
Afterward, I got mail from them, saying that they would not bother me any more. But, it also said that most of their customers who have unlisted phone numbers enjoy getting solicited by them!
Wintel. <sigh>
(Hi Tom!)
- Sam
It seems that POKEY was right about those Italians all along.