What compulsiveness? One certainly could write a compiler hosted on a 16-bit architecture and targetting a 32-bit one. I don't know if such a beast exists, though. Come to think of it, there probably were such things in the early days of 32-bit machines.
I know exactly what Dijkstra meant, since I did learn BASIC first. I don't think I'm permanently damaged, but only because I realized the extremely bad programming style I'd developed as soon as I learned a decent language (Pascal).
The problem with BASIC (not Q or Visual, but the traditional ones, like GW) was that they lacked almost all useful control structures and modularization tools. They had FOR loops and GOTOs, and GOSUBs (fancy GOTOs) for flow control. There were no flexible looping structures, conditional structures, functions, or local variables. Unless one was extremely careful, one's program would spaghettify quickly.
QBASIC may be OK to start with, but I wouldn't wish a traditional BASIC, like GWBASIC on anyone. I shudder when I remember the spaghetti I wrote using IFs and GOTOs. I had been programming for fun for several years in GWBASIC and Epson BASIC (on an ancient CPM-80 laptop) when I discovered Pascal.
When I looked at some QBASIC code a few years later, I realized it was a very different beast from its forbears. It has control structures and functions.
You're probably right about disappointing the audience, since most of the audience probably won't have read the original.Perhaps the sequence of the plot could be reordered to make a good movie while not losing too much of the original. TTT interleaved the plot of Frodo and Sam with that of the others for better flow. Hopefully, the Scourging will be included in the 4 disc set.
Man, Fraggles bring back good childhood memories of when I was about six or seven. I can barely remember the show, though, since I haven't seen it since then.
In addition, it turns out that not only did Sauron create the One Ring, but it's the sixth One. Also, Gandalf had a hand in its creation and didn't mention that destroying it will also destroy all of Middle Earth. In the end, Frodo decides he must destroy the One Ring anyway to save Sam. Meanwhile, Gollum hates Frodo for being kind to him and tries to kill him at every step.
What's wrong with Gimli being comical? The comedy element, especially between Gimli and Legolas was quite a bit more in the movies than the original, but I don't think it detracts from the characters.
What they did to Faramir, however, is unexcusable. In the original, he is portrayed as noble and gracious above all else. He only opposed the Hobbits because of his duty to the law.
I also noticed the conspicuously missing Huorns. The Voice of Saruman also needs to be heard.
Leave out the "Scouring of the Shire"? I will lose much respect for Jackson and crew if they do that. I already lost some when they transformed Faramir into a petty, grabby, opportunist. They'd also better include the "Voice of Saruman" in the final movie, as it was conspicuously missing from TTT.
Well, there's a good example of the contrast. In the places I grew up, if one wanted reliable delivery, one had something sent to an address in Miami, and a courier took it from there. The school I attended when I was in elementary in Paramaribo, Suriname even had its official address in Miami and a continuous, established service to deliver mail from that address to the school. People associated with the school were also able to use it for some stuff.
Here in the US, Miami is an example of poor service, based on what you've said.
Why doesn't someone at least try comparing PNG and JPEG on fair terms? Maybe create a lower res PNG, then scale it up, and see which (PNG or JPEG) looks better at equal file sizes...
So, try it. I'll look at your results. However, I am confident that JPEG will always win for photographic images. No PNG proponents are pushing PNG instead of JPEG for typical photographs on websites.
Of course, most of the MyFirstHomepages suck royally too. Perhaps it won't help much if they use a superior image format. Just like a microwave allows one to burn one's food in half the time, PNG's in the hands of newbies will allow anyone to download a crappy page faster. I know I'm being cynical.
Consider that inflammable and flammable mean the same thing in English. Of course, flammable probably exists because someone mistakenly thought the "in-" means "not."
I guess I made the mistake of assuming that you were talking about a single user machine, since this thread claims to be about laptops. I can certainly understand the need for caution on a production server with many users.
Rumors only persist if people repeat them. If people are willing to believe them, no amount of facts will kill them. This is the nature of FUD. I've been using ReiserFS for all my main filesystems for at least a year and a half (probably more like two years). I may have had some weirdness a couple of times, but that was over a year ago. I wasn't even sure data was lost; I only saw some strange filenames. Complaints about stability should be backed by real data, not rumors.
The US military must have decided it would be too expensive also, though they had favorable field trials. I guess the G11 was just ahead of its time. H&K designs since then, such as the the UMP and G36, have been much more conventional. The MP7 does have a new type of ammunition, but it's still not caseless. I guess the H&K guys decided that they were being too innovative for their own good and stuck to what they knew would sell.
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Just more proof that the more one examines the source of one's food, the more disgusted one will be. I guess that's what city slickers get for forgetting how things work in nature. But, seriously, that's a very interesting project. It certainly makes sense to me.
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What compulsiveness? One certainly could write a compiler hosted on a 16-bit architecture and targetting a 32-bit one. I don't know if such a beast exists, though. Come to think of it, there probably were such things in the early days of 32-bit machines.
I know exactly what Dijkstra meant, since I did learn BASIC first. I don't think I'm permanently damaged, but only because I realized the extremely bad programming style I'd developed as soon as I learned a decent language (Pascal).
The problem with BASIC (not Q or Visual, but the traditional ones, like GW) was that they lacked almost all useful control structures and modularization tools. They had FOR loops and GOTOs, and GOSUBs (fancy GOTOs) for flow control. There were no flexible looping structures, conditional structures, functions, or local variables. Unless one was extremely careful, one's program would spaghettify quickly.
QBASIC may be OK to start with, but I wouldn't wish a traditional BASIC, like GWBASIC on anyone. I shudder when I remember the spaghetti I wrote using IFs and GOTOs. I had been programming for fun for several years in GWBASIC and Epson BASIC (on an ancient CPM-80 laptop) when I discovered Pascal.
As soon as I grasped the concepts of structured programming (Pascal's forté) I was immediately disgusted with BASIC's lack of control structures. It didn't even have functions or local variables of any kind. Despite being a higher level, "safe" language, it was much more primitive than C.
When I looked at some QBASIC code a few years later, I realized it was a very different beast from its forbears. It has control structures and functions.
You're probably right about disappointing the audience, since most of the audience probably won't have read the original.Perhaps the sequence of the plot could be reordered to make a good movie while not losing too much of the original. TTT interleaved the plot of Frodo and Sam with that of the others for better flow. Hopefully, the Scourging will be included in the 4 disc set.
Man, Fraggles bring back good childhood memories of when I was about six or seven. I can barely remember the show, though, since I haven't seen it since then.
In addition, it turns out that not only did Sauron create the One Ring, but it's the sixth One. Also, Gandalf had a hand in its creation and didn't mention that destroying it will also destroy all of Middle Earth. In the end, Frodo decides he must destroy the One Ring anyway to save Sam. Meanwhile, Gollum hates Frodo for being kind to him and tries to kill him at every step.
What's wrong with Gimli being comical? The comedy element, especially between Gimli and Legolas was quite a bit more in the movies than the original, but I don't think it detracts from the characters.
What they did to Faramir, however, is unexcusable. In the original, he is portrayed as noble and gracious above all else. He only opposed the Hobbits because of his duty to the law.
I also noticed the conspicuously missing Huorns. The Voice of Saruman also needs to be heard.
Leave out the "Scouring of the Shire"? I will lose much respect for Jackson and crew if they do that. I already lost some when they transformed Faramir into a petty, grabby, opportunist. They'd also better include the "Voice of Saruman" in the final movie, as it was conspicuously missing from TTT.
Well, many normal could be equally enchanted with elvish gracing Arwen's lips.
There are plenty of things you can complain about in the movies, but that has to be one of the least significant. You give nit-pickers a bad name.
Well, there's a good example of the contrast. In the places I grew up, if one wanted reliable delivery, one had something sent to an address in Miami, and a courier took it from there. The school I attended when I was in elementary in Paramaribo, Suriname even had its official address in Miami and a continuous, established service to deliver mail from that address to the school. People associated with the school were also able to use it for some stuff.
Here in the US, Miami is an example of poor service, based on what you've said.
That's for sure. I grew up in third world countries, so the USPS has always seemed perfect to me. It's not, but I've never seen it fail.
It sounds like you are confused about the difference between current and potential (voltage).
So, try it. I'll look at your results. However, I am confident that JPEG will always win for photographic images. No PNG proponents are pushing PNG instead of JPEG for typical photographs on websites.
Of course, most of the MyFirstHomepages suck royally too. Perhaps it won't help much if they use a superior image format. Just like a microwave allows one to burn one's food in half the time, PNG's in the hands of newbies will allow anyone to download a crappy page faster. I know I'm being cynical.
Yeah, that's almost as bad as pages with Flash or Java Applet navigation buttons (I've seen 'em, though I could hardly believe the boneheadedness).
Consider that inflammable and flammable mean the same thing in English. Of course, flammable probably exists because someone mistakenly thought the "in-" means "not."
I guess I made the mistake of assuming that you were talking about a single user machine, since this thread claims to be about laptops. I can certainly understand the need for caution on a production server with many users.
Rumors only persist if people repeat them. If people are willing to believe them, no amount of facts will kill them. This is the nature of FUD. I've been using ReiserFS for all my main filesystems for at least a year and a half (probably more like two years). I may have had some weirdness a couple of times, but that was over a year ago. I wasn't even sure data was lost; I only saw some strange filenames. Complaints about stability should be backed by real data, not rumors.
You make it sound like it's a major project. Here's my fstab line:
/tmp tmpfs size=300m 0 0
tmpfs
That's all there is to it.
I had the same problem with Ext2, so it may not have to do with a specific filesystem.
Ha, you and your puny notail on /tmp. I just use tmpfs (with max size 300M). It has tmp in the name, right?
Man, I hope you're kidding. When exactly did "getting your internet access revoked" come to mean "having your stuff confiscated by the police?"
The US military must have decided it would be too expensive also, though they had favorable field trials. I guess the G11 was just ahead of its time. H&K designs since then, such as the the UMP and G36, have been much more conventional. The MP7 does have a new type of ammunition, but it's still not caseless. I guess the H&K guys decided that they were being too innovative for their own good and stuck to what they knew would sell.
Just more proof that the more one examines the source of one's food, the more disgusted one will be. I guess that's what city slickers get for forgetting how things work in nature. But, seriously, that's a very interesting project. It certainly makes sense to me.