Some compilers create warning for this kind of things.
For instance Borland C++ will issue:
[C++ Warning] W8019 Code has no effect
I suppose gcc would do the same if instructed to be on maximum warning level and in pedantic mode. I'm too lazy to test it out, too.
That's why you should always compile your code with the maximum level of warnings that your compiler supports. I know it's boring and you're going to have to redo some perfectly valid code, but it's also going to save you time in the long run.
TV's normally use the same signal either to turn off or on. TV sets are capable of understanding more than one single set of codes (some TV even listen to almost all the codes belonging to its brand). If you cycle thru all the known codes for "ON/OFF" certainly you could send more than one "ON/OFF" signal to the TV set, therefore turning it OFF then ON.
There's also hundreds of known codes, cycling thru all of them will certainly take long time. IR communications are certainly very slow.
Now, using a microcontroller to create something like this is pretty easy. Check the one this guy designed: http://www.webelectricmagazine.com/99/2/uirr.htm
"forget the OpenSource crap argument, those guys are too in love with Perl, Python, and Ruby..."
I believe he meant the "OpenSource crap arguments" as:
"Sun should make java open source"
"Sun is bad bad, OS community should take care of Java"
etc, etc.
Maybe he was trying to drive people away from that argument instead of focusing on this other arguments. Which (btw) are as good as that one to start a flame war.
Will it work if I just simple type (in cpan) install Mail::SpamAssassin ?
2.6 is working very good on my production servers and certainly I don't have the time to go install a test server. I guess I'll wait until somebody else test it out.
Remember that being smart has nothing to do with being educated. Analogizing: If you are MENSA smart, it means you have something like a 500HP engine in your head, it doesn't mean you are a sports or luxury car; you could merely be a Caterpillar.
I don't think most of the Nazis were geniousies either. I'm telling that people who "caused" not "executed" the genocidies were smart.
Hitler was one of the best demagogs in the entire world history. Brainwashing was just one of his methos. Calling upon German's strong nationalism, beliefs and emotions towards his ends was a genius move. Some people will say that Hitler wasn't that smart, that it was his henchmen who did the job. That could be true, sometimes the ruler of a country is just a puppet, but I don't think a person with an ego such as Hitler would be the kind the could be manipulated into being a puppet.
That should be true. The nature of postgres is always to go for completness and correctness (full featured SQL complaince and less defects) vs. optimization.
In the early days I even remembering the SQL developers apologizing (on the WebSite or in some README, I can't remember and couldn't find the reference) about the slowness. They reason: We want to make it work flawlessy first, then we'll start working on the optimization.
Which I find great. Specially since most of the features that are long ago into postgres are starting to be optimized (or already are) and you can practically use any SQL code you want on it and you won't be surprised by features missing or incomplete (except maybe some really obscure instructions which basically are there cause IBM or Oracle added them for a single customer or two).
Yeah right! Most of history's genocides were caused by smart (MENSA smart) people who were highly literate (not all of them were really educated, but they were literate).
Most important thing in a child education it's not about reading books or education, it's about moral fiber. If a child grows with no good moral foundations whatsoever it doesn't really matter what books he has access to, it works the other way around. A kid whose morality is well founded (shown by example) can have access to any book and not be influenced by them but in a good way.
And i've installed quite a bit of these: * SuperMicro motherboard (any of the newer ones, depend on your choice of architecture). Be sure to get one with PCI 133/64 and gigabit onboard. * 3Ware RAID board(s). * Chembro rackmount cases (they have a very nice one with 16 SATA hotplug slots with backplane and all) * Don't go cheap on the power supply. You'll need at least 600W. I always go for redundant ones. * 16 SATA disks of your choice (250, 120 or 80GB) * Linux!!! (Be careful with fedora core2, it doesnt support nativelly the 3Ware cards - you'll need to compile your own)
Of course you could save about $1000 by using a cheap motherboard, chassis and PS. But it really pays off using the good brands on those.
By the way, you should always get an extra hard drive (or two). They will fail (sooner or later) and you don't want to be left hanging.
I would agree with you. But there's a problem with Windows 2000, it doesn't run a lot of games properly.
Basically I only install Windows XP in computers that are going to be use for gaming. Anything else I still setup windows 2000. It is by far more stable (and faster) than XP.
Actually, at office we work from 8 to 6. And at 6:00 we all start playing UT2004. It's fun. Relieves stress and improves teamwork (you can hear the team members shouting at each other or even making conference calls between every participant).
We usually end up at 6:30/6:45 and people who had to stay late to work starts up after the game more relaxed then if just kept working.
We even have a dedicated server running on the network.
We have been doing this since Quake2 back in 1998.
"What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?" (James 2:14)
"For just as a body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead." (James 2:26)
[Note on the Verses] The theme of these verses is the relationship of faith and works (deeds). It has been argued that the teaching here contradicts that of Paul (see especially Romans 4:5-6). The problem can only be understood if the different viewpoints of the two authors are seen. Paul argues against those who claim to participate in God's salvation because of their good deeds as well as because they have committed themselves to trust in God through Jesus Christ (Paul's concept of faith). Paul certainly understands, however, the implications of true faith for a life of love and generosity (see Gal 5:6, 13-15). The author of James is well aware that proper conduct can only come about with an authentic commitmentto God in faith (James 2:18, 26). Many think he was seeking to correct a misunderstanding of Paul's view.
Don't know about editors, but anyone with a lick of sense can see that after three decades, the War on (Some) Drugs is a failure in every way. Hard drugs are readily available in any urban area, our prisons are overflowing, our society several times more violent, and our liberties eroding.
The comparison to the current push for a War on Copying is that both unauthorized copying and drug use are widespread non-violent activities. They are both impossible to stop, but both Wars require gross invasions of privacy and civil liberties to continue their futile attempts at enforcement.
That's true, current war against drugs is a waste of money, people's rights and liberties. But that doesn't make it wrong. Nor does the widespread use of drugs a good thing just because it's non-violent. Excuse me, but you have you ever seen a heroin addict missing his dose? Now that's violent
On the unauthorized copying matter, I don't see how it's going to end, but I certainly don't see iTunes addicted whores in the future. That doesn't mean that is right, it's certainly pretty bad for the small publisher/developer/etc, but 'cause it hurts the big ones, slashdotters seem to see it as a good thing(tm), it's not, it's illegal, we all know.
And for what - Something that amounts to a community service project? Hey, I'll give Google full credit for their current image in the geek community, but this seems a tad ridiculous.
Hmm... Wouldn't it be easier to select the process on a GUI, right click on it, the select, "Send signal to process and all child processes", then select the "9 - KILL" signal. ?
Sorry to flame but an intuitive GUI is way better than a cryptic CLI.
What could be really good is an intuitive CLI. Which *nix doesn't have (not that I know of). It easy to use to all we geeks, because we are ALREADY used to it, but damn, let's admin the learning curve is STEEEEP.
For SOME tasks the CLI is still more powerful than any GUI. But that's because the current GUI's aren't powerful enough not because the CLI is excellent.
I believe that the best way to go is to use the current GUI toolset for the most common tasks (on any OS) and learn to use the CLI if you need to do more advanced tasks. The secret for making any OS mainstream is to make it easy for ANYONE to do the common tasks without the need to switch to a cryptic CLI except when it's completely unavoidable.
The common user is not a power user and doesn't WANT to learn how to use a command line, that he/she may never use.
Well, no matter how much "better positioned" in life would my kids get if I managed to put them through 12 hrs of education for 12 years of their lives. I'd prefer to see them poor and happy than filthy rich (as if an excelent education would equal wealth, most millionaries never finished school anyway) and with enough trauma for not having had a NORMAL CHILDHOOD. Plus hating their fathers and cursing their children by repeating the same procedure that was inflicted upon them.
I really think I can teach my children responsibility (and lots of other values) and compensate at home for any deficiences of the school system, without amputating their right to be kids/pre-teen/teens.
A lot of people is starting to realize that is way better to have a 40/48 hrs week on a lower wage job and spend time with the family. Why it should be different with the kids?
Ziff-Davis has always been like that (although not everyone in there. I admit there are some respectable journalists working there). Basically because they rely on having articles biased towards their sponsors to keep the cash coming in (free subscriptions aren't really free, are they?).
I know it's unethically, but event some (again, not all) of the most respected journalist, sometimes are forced to write/modify a biased article under management pressure.
You should write to the editors about this, telling your discontent, property worded so it doesn't look like a flame, and that could hint them to publish another article with the opposite view of the original article, of course it could be all in vain, but you won't lose anything but a couple minutes of your time.
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Some compilers create warning for this kind of things.
For instance Borland C++ will issue:
[C++ Warning] W8019 Code has no effect
I suppose gcc would do the same if instructed to be on maximum warning level and in pedantic mode. I'm too lazy to test it out, too.
That's why you should always compile your code with the maximum level of warnings that your compiler supports. I know it's boring and you're going to have to redo some perfectly valid code, but it's also going to save you time in the long run.
TV's normally use the same signal either to turn off or on. TV sets are capable of understanding more than one single set of codes (some TV even listen to almost all the codes belonging to its brand). If you cycle thru all the known codes for "ON/OFF" certainly you could send more than one "ON/OFF" signal to the TV set, therefore turning it OFF then ON.
There's also hundreds of known codes, cycling thru all of them will certainly take long time. IR communications are certainly very slow.
Now, using a microcontroller to create something like this is pretty easy. Check the one this guy designed: http://www.webelectricmagazine.com/99/2/uirr.htm
"forget the OpenSource crap argument, those guys are too in love with Perl, Python, and Ruby..."
I believe he meant the "OpenSource crap arguments" as:
"Sun should make java open source"
"Sun is bad bad, OS community should take care of Java"
etc, etc.
Maybe he was trying to drive people away from that argument instead of focusing on this other arguments. Which (btw) are as good as that one to start a flame war.
I don't know if this is should be rated funny or scary. Why? 'Cause corporate drones actually listen to whatever Gartner says even though they are owned in 38% by VC's (Michael Dell, Larry Ellison, and Bill Gates to name a few.).
The question is:
Will it work if I just simple type (in cpan)
install Mail::SpamAssassin ?
2.6 is working very good on my production servers and certainly I don't have the time to go install a test server. I guess I'll wait until somebody else test it out.
> Enjoy playing with use flags with experimental :)
:)
> compilers on your overpriced workstation while I
> get real work done.
Or while you post in slashdot. What's the difference anyway ?
Have you forgot that there's a war going on?
I'm not implying that I'm pro or anti war, just remarking you that goverments need more money on war times than in peace times.
Remember that being smart has nothing to do with being educated. Analogizing: If you are MENSA smart, it means you have something like a 500HP engine in your head, it doesn't mean you are a sports or luxury car; you could merely be a Caterpillar.
I don't think most of the Nazis were geniousies either. I'm telling that people who "caused" not "executed" the genocidies were smart.
Hitler was one of the best demagogs in the entire world history. Brainwashing was just one of his methos. Calling upon German's strong nationalism, beliefs and emotions towards his ends was a genius move. Some people will say that Hitler wasn't that smart, that it was his henchmen who did the job. That could be true, sometimes the ruler of a country is just a puppet, but I don't think a person with an ego such as Hitler would be the kind the could be manipulated into being a puppet.
Just my 2 cents.
And how do you keep the audience from doing so?
That rule must apply only for contestants to leak to the media/public appearances, etc.
This leak must have come from several people in the audience, which started up as a rumor until the media catched on.
That should be true. The nature of postgres is always to go for completness and correctness (full featured SQL complaince and less defects) vs. optimization.
In the early days I even remembering the SQL developers apologizing (on the WebSite or in some README, I can't remember and couldn't find the reference) about the slowness. They reason: We want to make it work flawlessy first, then we'll start working on the optimization.
Which I find great. Specially since most of the features that are long ago into postgres are starting to be optimized (or already are) and you can practically use any SQL code you want on it and you won't be surprised by features missing or incomplete (except maybe some really obscure instructions which basically are there cause IBM or Oracle added them for a single customer or two).
Yeah right! Most of history's genocides were caused by smart (MENSA smart) people who were highly literate (not all of them were really educated, but they were literate).
Most important thing in a child education it's not about reading books or education, it's about moral fiber. If a child grows with no good moral foundations whatsoever it doesn't really matter what books he has access to, it works the other way around. A kid whose morality is well founded (shown by example) can have access to any book and not be influenced by them but in a good way.
Exactly where do you get paying customers with a $75/hr rate?
I need to move down there ASAP.
Sorry, I meant the 9500-SATA cards.
You can find a pre-compiled driver for FC2 at:
http://atrpms.net/dist/fc2/3w-9xxx/
And i've installed quite a bit of these:
* SuperMicro motherboard (any of the newer ones, depend on your choice of architecture). Be sure to get one with PCI 133/64 and gigabit onboard.
* 3Ware RAID board(s).
* Chembro rackmount cases (they have a very nice one with 16 SATA hotplug slots with backplane and all)
* Don't go cheap on the power supply. You'll need at least 600W. I always go for redundant ones.
* 16 SATA disks of your choice (250, 120 or 80GB)
* Linux!!! (Be careful with fedora core2, it doesnt support nativelly the 3Ware cards - you'll need to compile your own)
Of course you could save about $1000 by using a cheap motherboard, chassis and PS. But it really pays off using the good brands on those.
By the way, you should always get an extra hard drive (or two). They will fail (sooner or later) and you don't want to be left hanging.
I would agree with you. But there's a problem with Windows 2000, it doesn't run a lot of games properly.
Basically I only install Windows XP in computers that are going to be use for gaming. Anything else I still setup windows 2000. It is by far more stable (and faster) than XP.
Actually, at office we work from 8 to 6. And at 6:00 we all start playing UT2004. It's fun. Relieves stress and improves teamwork (you can hear the team members shouting at each other or even making conference calls between every participant).
We usually end up at 6:30/6:45 and people who had to stay late to work starts up after the game more relaxed then if just kept working.
We even have a dedicated server running on the network.
We have been doing this since Quake2 back in 1998.
Translation ;)
"What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?" (James 2:14)
"For just as a body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead." (James 2:26)
[Note on the Verses] The theme of these verses is the relationship of faith and works (deeds). It has been argued that the teaching here contradicts that of Paul (see especially Romans 4:5-6). The problem can only be understood if the different viewpoints of the two authors are seen. Paul argues against those who claim to participate in God's salvation because of their good deeds as well as because they have committed themselves to trust in God through Jesus Christ (Paul's concept of faith). Paul certainly understands, however, the implications of true faith for a life of love and generosity (see Gal 5:6, 13-15). The author of James is well aware that proper conduct can only come about with an authentic commitmentto God in faith (James 2:18, 26). Many think he was seeking to correct a misunderstanding of Paul's view.
Don't know about editors, but anyone with a lick of sense can see that after three decades, the War on (Some) Drugs is a failure in every way. Hard drugs are readily available in any urban area, our prisons are overflowing, our society several times more violent, and our liberties eroding.
The comparison to the current push for a War on Copying is that both unauthorized copying and drug use are widespread non-violent activities. They are both impossible to stop, but both Wars require gross invasions of privacy and civil liberties to continue their futile attempts at enforcement.
That's true, current war against drugs is a waste of money, people's rights and liberties. But that doesn't make it wrong. Nor does the widespread use of drugs a good thing just because it's non-violent. Excuse me, but you have you ever seen a heroin addict missing his dose? Now that's violent
On the unauthorized copying matter, I don't see how it's going to end, but I certainly don't see iTunes addicted whores in the future. That doesn't mean that is right, it's certainly pretty bad for the small publisher/developer/etc, but 'cause it hurts the big ones, slashdotters seem to see it as a good thing(tm), it's not, it's illegal, we all know.
And for what - Something that amounts to a community service project? Hey, I'll give Google full credit for their current image in the geek community, but this seems a tad ridiculous.
Advertising perhaps?Hmm... Wouldn't it be easier to select the process on a GUI, right click on it, the select, "Send signal to process and all child processes", then select the "9 - KILL" signal. ?
Sorry to flame but an intuitive GUI is way better than a cryptic CLI.
What could be really good is an intuitive CLI. Which *nix doesn't have (not that I know of). It easy to use to all we geeks, because we are ALREADY used to it, but damn, let's admin the learning curve is STEEEEP.
For SOME tasks the CLI is still more powerful than any GUI. But that's because the current GUI's aren't powerful enough not because the CLI is excellent.
I believe that the best way to go is to use the current GUI toolset for the most common tasks (on any OS) and learn to use the CLI if you need to do more advanced tasks. The secret for making any OS mainstream is to make it easy for ANYONE to do the common tasks without the need to switch to a cryptic CLI except when it's completely unavoidable.
The common user is not a power user and doesn't WANT to learn how to use a command line, that he/she may never use.
Just my 2 cents.
Actually Color TV is older than 50 years. And it was developed by a mexican engineer.
Some links for you to explore:Ronald knows better
Another history on the subject
Quoted in slashdot on a previous article
Well, no matter how much "better positioned" in life would my kids get if I managed to put them through 12 hrs of education for 12 years of their lives. I'd prefer to see them poor and happy than filthy rich (as if an excelent education would equal wealth, most millionaries never finished school anyway) and with enough trauma for not having had a NORMAL CHILDHOOD. Plus hating their fathers and cursing their children by repeating the same procedure that was inflicted upon them.
I really think I can teach my children responsibility (and lots of other values) and compensate at home for any deficiences of the school system, without amputating their right to be kids/pre-teen/teens.
A lot of people is starting to realize that is way better to have a 40/48 hrs week on a lower wage job and spend time with the family. Why it should be different with the kids?
We need smarter not harder [schools].
Just my 2 old cents.
Well, you can't expect Ziff-Davis to be unbiased.
Ziff-Davis has always been like that (although not everyone in there. I admit there are some respectable journalists working there).
Basically because they rely on having articles biased towards their sponsors to keep the cash coming in (free subscriptions aren't really free, are they?).
I know it's unethically, but event some (again, not all) of the most respected journalist, sometimes are forced to write/modify a biased article under management pressure.
You should write to the editors about this, telling your discontent, property worded so it doesn't look like a flame, and that could hint them to publish another article with the opposite view of the original article, of course it could be all in vain, but you won't lose anything but a couple minutes of your time.