I just didn't get much out of this movie. I think I've seen a directors cut too...but, extra footage...unicorns or something, just didn't make it any better for me. I don't see any ominous themes...twists, etc....none of the stuff that sends so many Slashdot readers into a sci-fi geek tizzy.
I guess the important question is when did you see it? When it came out? On video years later?
Ridley Scott (with the help of Mobius and Syd Mead, et al.) created a future world that was really unlike anything seen in previous SF films; it was film noir in a dystopian future-retro setting. Remember that a lot of the stuff that has now become cliché in SF movies was done first in Blade Runner.
I think my problem here is that calling something a "scripting language" is meaningless; there's no useful definition that I'm aware of which doesn't fall apart under inspection.
The loose functional definition I've always used is: programming languages are used to develop applications, and scripting languages are used to tell those applications what to do.
There's a lot of wiggle room, of course - you can develop applications in Perl, for example, and issue command-line instructions from C, but in general I find this distinction holds true.
"In ambient light environments which induce screen reflections, the late-2008 MacBook Pro 15 inch's glossy screen moves deep into the not acceptable category."
Moore's original law states that: the number of transistors we are able to pack into a given size of silicon real estate inexpensively, doubles every 18 months. He changed this prediction to every 2 years in 1975, which bolstered the perceived accuracy of his prediction.
Close, but he never originally stated it as a law, just as an observation - and he said it doubled every year, not every 18 months. Someone else dubbed it "Moore's Law" years later.
Things are like what they are today because we are a beligerant race, because when there's shortage of anything (be it land, gold, water, oil or whatever) we will do what any other animal would do assure its survival: we fight.
Except that in the case of nuclear war, the fight does not assure our survival - quite the opposite!
Definitely don't use recordable media that are dye-based or phase-change. If you can get the CDs or DVDs pressed professionally, do it - music CDs are made from durable polycarbonate with a layer of silvering applied on the top side, then covered over with lacquer or, preferably, another layer of polycarbonate.
Wrap the discs in paper, then vacuum-seal them in shrink wrap. Seal them in a padded sealed tyvec envelope. Label "Do not open until Christmas 2060" with a Sharpie.
> The pieces of paper belong to you, but most of the information in them will belong to the lecturer.
No, it belongs to the authors of the text or to whichever teacher SHE learned it from. No wait, it belongs to whoever THEY learned it from.
Obviously she was right to put a stop to this cascade of information from one person to the next, propagating willy-nilly with abandon, from one class to the next - this insidious practice known as "teaching!"
Sorry, I thought I vetted those links thoroughly in preview before posting. The first quote does appear on this page as of today.
You're right, though, I did gloss over the difference between "using a language" in a project and using it exclusively for that project. But the point still stands that they did not break down the second set of numbers, so whichever of these new projects use C++ or C# (with or without C), they had to come in at less than 20% (Javascript's total).
What's their methodology? How can you tell a valid line of C from its valid C++ equivalent? It's too bad the actual numbers are locked away in Blackduck's proprietary knowledge base. Maybe if it were open source, we could find out which projects use a single language and which use more than one.
Facebook is more complex than that. Their Inside Facebook Engineering page says:
"We've built a lightweight but powerful multi-language RPC framework that allows us to seamlessly and easily tie together subsystems written in any language, running on any platform. Facebook is built in PHP, C++, Perl, Python, Erlang, Java, and even a little bit of ML--and it all works together."
If this is accurate, they deserve credit for a feat of integration that goes well beyond just scaling PHP and MySQL!
"47% of these newly created projects used the C language. Java came in as the number two language of choice at nearly 28%. Third was Javascript at over 20%."
...which adds up to 95%, so unless there's some seriously bad math here, they included C++ and C# in that 47% which they refer to as "the C language."
How is future Biff, when he takes the almanac back to 1955, able to travel back to the unaffected future? Remember, when Doc explains to Marty they can't just go back to the future they once knew because they are now on another time line?
Nobody tortured the Japanese Americans, yes they went to camps, yes they weren't compensated, yes it wasn't nice, but it was WW2 and there was plenty of not nice to go around.
It isn't merely "not nice," it's completely contrary to everything the hypocritical flag-waving hawks claimed to be fighting to defend.
While I am in favor of them getting trials, I don't think they should have the same rights as US citizens.
You are part of the problem then. The American government and Constitution were founded on the idea that everyone has the same rights, whether they are citizens of the U.S. or not.
That's also why this wiretapping program is unethical if not illegal; how does it promote American values and the principles of liberty to say "different rules for you than for us" ?
The story about Khan's chest is true. And by "true," I mean "false" - it's all lies. But they're entertaining lies. And in the end, isn't that the real truth?
The point is that Psystar has proven that you do NOT need a Mac or prior installation of Mac OS X to use this "upgrade."
Whether Apple can legally require that it be run only on Apple hardware is an entirely separate issue from whether it's an upgrade or a full install. Maybe Apple's license specifies that it's an upgrade (I admit I haven't read it in full), but if not, I would argue that from a technical standpoint, a boxed Mac OS X package is NOT in fact an upgrade.
I call bullshit on that. If you can install a working copy on a blank disk, then it's not an "upgrade" (at least in the technical sense), it's a full install.
Of course, from Apple's point of view, you need a Mac to qualify, but Psystar has obviously proved that claim wrong!
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I guess the important question is when did you see it? When it came out? On video years later?
Ridley Scott (with the help of Mobius and Syd Mead, et al.) created a future world that was really unlike anything seen in previous SF films; it was film noir in a dystopian future-retro setting. Remember that a lot of the stuff that has now become cliché in SF movies was done first in Blade Runner.
The loose functional definition I've always used is: programming languages are used to develop applications, and scripting languages are used to tell those applications what to do.
There's a lot of wiggle room, of course - you can develop applications in Perl, for example, and issue command-line instructions from C, but in general I find this distinction holds true.
Did you read the second page..?
"In ambient light environments which induce screen reflections, the late-2008 MacBook Pro 15 inch's glossy screen moves deep into the not acceptable category."
That's where the summary and headline come from.
Close, but he never originally stated it as a law, just as an observation - and he said it doubled every year, not every 18 months. Someone else dubbed it "Moore's Law" years later.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_Law#History
> The father's name is Bill or Mac or Buddy or something.
Hmmm, that was apropos of nothing!
Except that in the case of nuclear war, the fight does not assure our survival - quite the opposite!
"The only problem with Microsoft is, they just have no taste. They have absolutely no taste."
"In the sense that they don't think of original ideas, and they don't bring much culture into their product."
"...I have a problem with the fact that they just make really third-rate products."
- Steve Jobs, "Triumph of the Nerds"
> Silvering? No, it's aluminum
Okay, *metaphorical* silvering! ...except when it's gold. :)
Definitely don't use recordable media that are dye-based or phase-change. If you can get the CDs or DVDs pressed professionally, do it - music CDs are made from durable polycarbonate with a layer of silvering applied on the top side, then covered over with lacquer or, preferably, another layer of polycarbonate.
Wrap the discs in paper, then vacuum-seal them in shrink wrap. Seal them in a padded sealed tyvec envelope. Label "Do not open until Christmas 2060" with a Sharpie.
> The pieces of paper belong to you, but most of the information in them will belong to the lecturer.
No, it belongs to the authors of the text or to whichever teacher SHE learned it from. No wait, it belongs to whoever THEY learned it from.
Obviously she was right to put a stop to this cascade of information from one person to the next, propagating willy-nilly with abandon, from one class to the next - this insidious practice known as "teaching!"
Sorry, I thought I vetted those links thoroughly in preview before posting. The first quote does appear on this page as of today.
You're right, though, I did gloss over the difference between "using a language" in a project and using it exclusively for that project. But the point still stands that they did not break down the second set of numbers, so whichever of these new projects use C++ or C# (with or without C), they had to come in at less than 20% (Javascript's total).
What's their methodology? How can you tell a valid line of C from its valid C++ equivalent? It's too bad the actual numbers are locked away in Blackduck's proprietary knowledge base. Maybe if it were open source, we could find out which projects use a single language and which use more than one.
Facebook is more complex than that. Their Inside Facebook Engineering page says:
"We've built a lightweight but powerful multi-language RPC framework that allows us to seamlessly and easily tie together subsystems written in any language, running on any platform. Facebook is built in PHP, C++, Perl, Python, Erlang, Java, and even a little bit of ML--and it all works together."
If this is accurate, they deserve credit for a feat of integration that goes well beyond just scaling PHP and MySQL!
Take another look. On this page they say:
"Over 90% of open source code is written in the major languages: C, C++, Java, Javascript and C#"
And on this page they say:
"47% of these newly created projects used the C language. Java came in as the number two language of choice at nearly 28%. Third was Javascript at over 20%."
...which adds up to 95%, so unless there's some seriously bad math here, they included C++ and C# in that 47% which they refer to as "the C language."
It's a different Biff!
Q: What's the difference between a viola and an onion?
A: Nobody cries when you cut up a viola.
It isn't merely "not nice," it's completely contrary to everything the hypocritical flag-waving hawks claimed to be fighting to defend.
You are part of the problem then. The American government and Constitution were founded on the idea that everyone has the same rights, whether they are citizens of the U.S. or not.
That's also why this wiretapping program is unethical if not illegal; how does it promote American values and the principles of liberty to say "different rules for you than for us" ?
The story about Khan's chest is true. And by "true," I mean "false" - it's all lies. But they're entertaining lies. And in the end, isn't that the real truth?
The answer... is no. I'm Leonard Nimoy.
Or in case anyone is wondering, here's where the Romans got it.
Either that or they'd say, "Sure, NOW we have the technology to land on the moon-- which is why you put all that stuff here last week!"
Their is nothing Ron with speech wreck ignition. I use it inns Ted of my keyboard awl the thyme.
The point is that Psystar has proven that you do NOT need a Mac or prior installation of Mac OS X to use this "upgrade."
Whether Apple can legally require that it be run only on Apple hardware is an entirely separate issue from whether it's an upgrade or a full install. Maybe Apple's license specifies that it's an upgrade (I admit I haven't read it in full), but if not, I would argue that from a technical standpoint, a boxed Mac OS X package is NOT in fact an upgrade.
I call bullshit on that. If you can install a working copy on a blank disk, then it's not an "upgrade" (at least in the technical sense), it's a full install.
Of course, from Apple's point of view, you need a Mac to qualify, but Psystar has obviously proved that claim wrong!
How the fuck is this a troll???
"We simply cannot accept terms that fail to appropriately and fairly compensate recording artists"
So instead, for all practical purposes, they're accepting terms in which both the company AND the artists get: nothing... zero... nada... zilch.
But the videos will still be on YouTube!