Finally. I was waiting for ONE good news in this so far pretty crappy day. Religious fanatics go back in time! The Dark Ages were your time, not the 21st century.
MINUS: if i wanted to read the Table of Contents, I would go to google print or B&N - what a worthless review. PLUS: I own this book. It's actually very good.
"I'll grant you the mouse though, for specific things." Wrong. The only things the mouse is not good for are flight simulators. Everything else can be played -better- with the mouse.
I'll never buy a console (never say never, i know) to play games for the following reasons: - huge amount of sport, stupid or low quality games - hardware/quality issues (see xbox 360) - game controls (I can't do anything without KB+M) - game resolution & eye candy (a game is meant to be played at 1600x1200x32 with all settings up) I have seen halo on TV it made me cry. Why do people torture themselves this way? - i don't have a TV - hardware is usually obsolete the day it comes out when compared to PCs. Except for the xbox but see related item above. If it's not, it becomes obsolete 6 months later.
Another fine article showing up on Slashdot because there is the word "France" in it. It is rubbish. France is a strong Open Source supporter. Every government branch is considering getting rid of proprietary software. The French RIAA says it's bad and they're gonna sue everyone one... and it makes the "news for nerds" on Slashdot. Come on people it wouldn't even be accepted on foxnews. Who's the moron who accepted it?
Man, make it circulate! Post it on/.! Denounce the disgusting tactics from microsoft. Aren't these guys rich enough? They rush an unfinished product to profit more from xmas. Let people know! Free the world from microsofte.
The sadest thing is nowadays people don't really care about defective computer products because they are used to it. Before microsoft, rebooting your computer was uncommon, to say the least.
Yeah! Another post related to France. I can't wait for the flow of rioting cheese eating surrender monkey hate posts to follow. Boycott France, United we stand and God bless america.
Would you use an ad-supported windows? 1. Er... yes, 'cause I'm already brainwashed... what wuz the question again? 2. Hell no, I'll stop using computers 3. Fuck no, I'll switch to a free, better alternative 4. Doesn't apply to me, I already switched to a free, better alternative 5. cowboyneal
digg takes on slashdot so slashdot posts about digg that takes on slashdot so digg posts about slashdot posting about digg taking on slashdot. You just read this on slashdot.
People here seem to focus on coding rules but in my experience developers don't follow coding rules. The better the developer, the less likely he/she will follow coding rules. IMO what's more important than coding rules is the environment. I would first standardize compilers, tools and OS between all developers.
So it appears that Linux/UNIX* runs on about 95% of all super computers. The Story headline should have been: Linux Claims Almost All Supercomputers Spots
Liberal? Propaganda? Not at all! It was just the first obvious answer to the parent post that came to my mind at the time. "Everyone believed"? Surely by "Everyone believed" you mean half of the US population (labeled "Conservative"), some spaniards and Poland. What about the other 5.9 billion human beings that didn't believe AND are not "Liberal"?
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Finally. I was waiting for ONE good news in this so far pretty crappy day.
Religious fanatics go back in time! The Dark Ages were your time, not the 21st century.
MINUS: if i wanted to read the Table of Contents, I would go to google print or B&N - what a worthless review.
PLUS: I own this book. It's actually very good.
"I'll grant you the mouse though, for specific things."
Wrong. The only things the mouse is not good for are flight simulators. Everything else can be played -better- with the mouse.
I'll never buy a console (never say never, i know) to play games for the following reasons:
- huge amount of sport, stupid or low quality games
- hardware/quality issues (see xbox 360)
- game controls (I can't do anything without KB+M)
- game resolution & eye candy (a game is meant to be played at 1600x1200x32 with all settings up) I have seen halo on TV it made me cry. Why do people torture themselves this way?
- i don't have a TV
- hardware is usually obsolete the day it comes out when compared to PCs. Except for the xbox but see related item above. If it's not, it becomes obsolete 6 months later.
$2700 for this??? I hate to say it but you've been ripped off. Ouch.
...and why did they do it? Because they bought a Dell.
Wikipedia's Accuracy Compared to Britannica - what does Wikipedia say about it?
"Competition between two standards we believe is a very good thing"
What a ridiculous statement.
If there are multiple standards then there is no standard by definition.
Competition between products using a common standard is a good thing.
because "open source" and "France" show up in the same article. Slashbots can't have enough of it.
Another fine article showing up on Slashdot because there is the word "France" in it. It is rubbish. France is a strong Open Source supporter. Every government branch is considering getting rid of proprietary software. The French RIAA says it's bad and they're gonna sue everyone one... and it makes the "news for nerds" on Slashdot. Come on people it wouldn't even be accepted on foxnews. Who's the moron who accepted it?
mod parent up!
It happened on digg.com. Someone posted the FF 1.5 Released story, it got 700+ points in no time and... just disappeared.
Great yet another IE security flaw. Go get Firefox 1.5 people. It's out.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20051111 Firefox/1.5
(yes I use windows because I'm at work)
It just sits there.
OMFGLOLROFLMAO!
This is awesome.
Man, make it circulate! Post it on /.! Denounce the disgusting tactics from microsoft. Aren't these guys rich enough? They rush an unfinished product to profit more from xmas. Let people know! Free the world from microsofte.
The sadest thing is nowadays people don't really care about defective computer products because they are used to it. Before microsoft, rebooting your computer was uncommon, to say the least.
Like our ancestors used to say:
"The day Microsoft makes a product that does not suck will be the day they start making vacuum cleaners."
Yeah! Another post related to France. I can't wait for the flow of rioting cheese eating surrender monkey hate posts to follow. Boycott France, United we stand and God bless america.
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The French Scapegoat http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2005/10/19/193648/4
(Score 5: Offtopic.)
Please make this ask/. a Poll. /. POLL:
Would you use an ad-supported windows?
1. Er... yes, 'cause I'm already brainwashed... what wuz the question again?
2. Hell no, I'll stop using computers
3. Fuck no, I'll switch to a free, better alternative
4. Doesn't apply to me, I already switched to a free, better alternative
5. cowboyneal
digg takes on slashdot so slashdot posts about digg that takes on slashdot so digg posts about slashdot posting about digg taking on slashdot. You just read this on slashdot.
Thanks. You should take the spot in the back while I seat in the front of the class. See you there.
People here seem to focus on coding rules but in my experience developers don't follow coding rules. The better the developer, the less likely he/she will follow coding rules. IMO what's more important than coding rules is the environment. I would first standardize compilers, tools and OS between all developers.
OMFG:
3. Use software revision control... VSS
Read:
3. Use software revision control except VSS. Stay clear of VSS if you want to keep your job and your life.
Of course. I meant Technology-wise.
Looking at this chart http://www.top500.org/lists/2005/11/l/Operating_Sy stem it actually appears that the OS ran on all system are:
- Linux: 72.2%
- Max OS: 1.0%
- Others 4.4%
- UNIX and Linux: everything else (~22%)
So it appears that Linux/UNIX* runs on about 95% of all super computers. The Story headline should have been:
Linux Claims Almost All Supercomputers Spots
What a scoop.
*Linux,UNIX, what's the difference really?
Liberal? Propaganda? Not at all! It was just the first obvious answer to the parent post that came to my mind at the time.
"Everyone believed"? Surely by "Everyone believed" you mean half of the US population (labeled "Conservative"), some spaniards and Poland. What about the other 5.9 billion human beings that didn't believe AND are not "Liberal"?