Yes. That the time and effort required to rewrite a large, complex codebase in a new language/platform for arguably little benefit is better spent elsewhere
The more I look at the issue, the more I'm concerned that this could open the floodgate of a free-for-all where you don't have a voice unless you've got a bunch of money to be able to pay for it.
Good god... what you're saying is the Internet is going to turn into... the US GOVERNMENT?!? NOOOOOO!
The not-dying due to the machinations of a poor anesthesiologist (a practice which is still, in this day and age, largely a black art) is probably one good reason...
Actually, it's the trades, in general, that can be quite lucrative, assuming you're willing to work hard and put in the effort. Thanks to the public crush on post-secondary degrees, the number of people entering the trades has dwindled significantly, despite the constant need for them. Heck, here in Edmonton Alberta, Canada, we have a massive shortage of skilled and unskilled trades, to the point where there's construction boot camps popping up, in order to try and fill the need.
Which is why you provide some sort of authenticated mechanism for apps to make port forwarding requests to the firewall. But, as the GP points out, no work was done in this vein, as people just bypassed firewalls by pushing everything over port 80.
Actually, if you really want to get technical about it, all our crop seeds are genetically altered.
Interestingly, another way to look at it is that we, as species, have co-evolved with our crop varieties, to the mutual benefit of each other. After all, human-cultivated crops are massively successful, from an evolutionary standpoint, and those same crops have ensured our own survival. The same can be said for the huge number of domesticated animal species out there.
Yeah, I'm much the same. Grew up around cats and dogs, and yet I have developed allergies (along with asthma) to them now that have only gotten worse as I've gotten older. Interestingly, this started around puberty, which seems to be a common theme...
Actually, the *real* reason to go electric (or hydrogen) is that it lets you leverage alternative energy sources, meaning more flexibility. In addition, the centralization makes it easy to upgrade existing plants with new technology. Not so easy with millions of little ICEs.
Which has already been covered elsewhere. The GCC IL isn't suitable for a dynamic language like Python.
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Why? If you can convert Python to reasonably optimized C++, then you can leverage the C++ compiler to do all the machine-level optimizations, rather than reinventing yet another wheel.
Ad hominem? Notice how instead of addressing the argument, you are belittling me.
Uhh... hurting your poor wittle feeling isn't an ad hominem. An ad hominem is the process of arguing by attacking the opponent, rather than their position. To quote Merriam-Webster:
1 : appealing to feelings or prejudices rather than intellect 2 : marked by an attack on an opponent's character rather than by an answer to the contentions made
But to say Canada is different? Have you looked at how the country has fallen in corruption indicies over the last decade?
And, funny enough, most of the examples you cite are *illegal* attempts at bribary. Illegal. Why? Because, as I already stated, in this country, the practice isn't condoned, unlike our neighbour to the south. Does that mean it doesn't happen? Of course not. But to suggest that our system is anywhere *near* as corrupt as the the US system is laughable. Furthermore, because the public chose to *punish* our corrupt officials, we now have legislation which will make these sorts of things more difficult in the future. Thus, I would argue we're on the path to a less corrupt system, whereas down south, there's no end in sight.
So, yes, Canada is different. Is it perfect? No. But it's infinitely better.
Well, given that the article claims pore widths allowing only seven water molecules to pass through at a time, one can probably conclude that it would also serve to sterilize (since most pathogens in the water would almost certainly be bigger than that).
You're absolutely right. Of course, given that the GP said "But C is like a fully equipped kitchen... the results are incomparably better", I'm not sure what your point is...
By what metric? Expressiveness? Ease of implementation? Ease of maintenance? Error rate? Because, last I checked, low-level languages like C fail on all those points compared to a higher-level language.
Actually, researchers have been working on auto-parallelization for quite a long time. The problem is that it's *exceedingly* hard to do, and in fact may very well be an NP-class problem.
I used to do something very similar until I got my Palm. Now I just use GNU Keyring to store all my passwords, locked up behind a single strong password.
I see you completely missed what I was getting at. My point is that, if the PS3 isn't a loss leader, then you have to accept that their stand alone BR player is 40% profit. That seems extremely unlikely. As such, I think it's far more reasonable to assume that the PS3 will be, at least to some degree, a loss leader.
Actually, generally speaking, that *doesn't* describe the Canadian government (I can't speak for others, of course). You see, unlike the US, we have laws (such as campaign finance limitations) which prevent what amounts to institutionalized bribary of government officials. Of course, that doesn't prevent lobbiests from finding ways of working around those rules, but the practice is greatly discouraged, and is absolutely unacceptable to the public.
Second of all I doubt they are losing any money at $600 a piece.
Hmm...
Standalone BR player == $1000 Playstation 3 == $600
Now, it seems logical that a stand alone BR player is cheaper to manufacture than a PS3. Yet, if the PS3 *isn't* gonna be a loss leader, as you claim, then that means they're planning to make at *least* $400 profit per stand alone BR player! Jebus, I remember why I don't buy Sony gear...
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Yes. That the time and effort required to rewrite a large, complex codebase in a new language/platform for arguably little benefit is better spent elsewhere
The more I look at the issue, the more I'm concerned that this could open the floodgate of a free-for-all where you don't have a voice unless you've got a bunch of money to be able to pay for it.
... the US GOVERNMENT?!? NOOOOOO!
Good god... what you're saying is the Internet is going to turn into
The not-dying due to the machinations of a poor anesthesiologist (a practice which is still, in this day and age, largely a black art) is probably one good reason...
Actually, it's the trades, in general, that can be quite lucrative, assuming you're willing to work hard and put in the effort. Thanks to the public crush on post-secondary degrees, the number of people entering the trades has dwindled significantly, despite the constant need for them. Heck, here in Edmonton Alberta, Canada, we have a massive shortage of skilled and unskilled trades, to the point where there's construction boot camps popping up, in order to try and fill the need.
Which is why you provide some sort of authenticated mechanism for apps to make port forwarding requests to the firewall. But, as the GP points out, no work was done in this vein, as people just bypassed firewalls by pushing everything over port 80.
When was the last time that the police force was profitable? The standing army?
Bah, merely sucking at the governmental teat! The private sector can do domestic security far more efficiently! Damn pinko commies...
Actually, if you really want to get technical about it, all our crop seeds are genetically altered.
Interestingly, another way to look at it is that we, as species, have co-evolved with our crop varieties, to the mutual benefit of each other. After all, human-cultivated crops are massively successful, from an evolutionary standpoint, and those same crops have ensured our own survival. The same can be said for the huge number of domesticated animal species out there.
Yeah, I'm much the same. Grew up around cats and dogs, and yet I have developed allergies (along with asthma) to them now that have only gotten worse as I've gotten older. Interestingly, this started around puberty, which seems to be a common theme...
Actually, the *real* reason to go electric (or hydrogen) is that it lets you leverage alternative energy sources, meaning more flexibility. In addition, the centralization makes it easy to upgrade existing plants with new technology. Not so easy with millions of little ICEs.
Actually, it can if the DHCP lease expires, which depends on your ISPs configuration. Typically it's on the order of weeks to months.
Which has already been covered elsewhere. The GCC IL isn't suitable for a dynamic language like Python.
Why? If you can convert Python to reasonably optimized C++, then you can leverage the C++ compiler to do all the machine-level optimizations, rather than reinventing yet another wheel.
Ad hominem? Notice how instead of addressing the argument, you are belittling me.
Uhh... hurting your poor wittle feeling isn't an ad hominem. An ad hominem is the process of arguing by attacking the opponent, rather than their position. To quote Merriam-Webster:
1 : appealing to feelings or prejudices rather than intellect
2 : marked by an attack on an opponent's character rather than by an answer to the contentions made
But to say Canada is different? Have you looked at how the country has fallen in corruption indicies over the last decade?
And, funny enough, most of the examples you cite are *illegal* attempts at bribary. Illegal. Why? Because, as I already stated, in this country, the practice isn't condoned, unlike our neighbour to the south. Does that mean it doesn't happen? Of course not. But to suggest that our system is anywhere *near* as corrupt as the the US system is laughable. Furthermore, because the public chose to *punish* our corrupt officials, we now have legislation which will make these sorts of things more difficult in the future. Thus, I would argue we're on the path to a less corrupt system, whereas down south, there's no end in sight.
So, yes, Canada is different. Is it perfect? No. But it's infinitely better.
Uhh... just FYI, the NHL was founded in Montreal, Canada.
Ugh... don't remind me... *sigh* My only consolation is that many of the Hurricanes are, in fact, Canadian (heck, Cam Ward is from Sherwood Park :).
Forget bacteria, what about, say... salt? :)
Well, given that the article claims pore widths allowing only seven water molecules to pass through at a time, one can probably conclude that it would also serve to sterilize (since most pathogens in the water would almost certainly be bigger than that).
You're absolutely right. Of course, given that the GP said "But C is like a fully equipped kitchen ... the results are incomparably better", I'm not sure what your point is...
but the results are incomparably better
By what metric? Expressiveness? Ease of implementation? Ease of maintenance? Error rate? Because, last I checked, low-level languages like C fail on all those points compared to a higher-level language.
Actually, researchers have been working on auto-parallelization for quite a long time. The problem is that it's *exceedingly* hard to do, and in fact may very well be an NP-class problem.
I used to do something very similar until I got my Palm. Now I just use GNU Keyring to store all my passwords, locked up behind a single strong password.
I see you completely missed what I was getting at. My point is that, if the PS3 isn't a loss leader, then you have to accept that their stand alone BR player is 40% profit. That seems extremely unlikely. As such, I think it's far more reasonable to assume that the PS3 will be, at least to some degree, a loss leader.
Actually, generally speaking, that *doesn't* describe the Canadian government (I can't speak for others, of course). You see, unlike the US, we have laws (such as campaign finance limitations) which prevent what amounts to institutionalized bribary of government officials. Of course, that doesn't prevent lobbiests from finding ways of working around those rules, but the practice is greatly discouraged, and is absolutely unacceptable to the public.
Second of all I doubt they are losing any money at $600 a piece.
Hmm...
Standalone BR player == $1000
Playstation 3 == $600
Now, it seems logical that a stand alone BR player is cheaper to manufacture than a PS3. Yet, if the PS3 *isn't* gonna be a loss leader, as you claim, then that means they're planning to make at *least* $400 profit per stand alone BR player! Jebus, I remember why I don't buy Sony gear...