Uh, and the keyboard knows what you "meant" to type, how? It's psychic? 90% of my frustration in using computers is when it's convinced it knows what I want and it's *wrong*. "No, I don't want that. If you'll just let me specify exactly--no, I don't want that either!"
Maintainable code is not always a requirement since a lot of software written in research labs is intended to be written once and run a handful of times.
While those of us who write programs on a regular basis know that often there's nothing more permanent than temporary code.
The problem with that "answer" is that the contract has to completely cover *every possible loophole* or you get reamed. Quality depends more on the people you hire than the processes you follow anyways (though I'm not saying that good processes can't help a lot).
The US could introduce a goods and services tax at the federal level
Well, actually, no, they can't. At least not without a Constitutional amendment. By the US Constitution, the federal government may not lay direct taxes except in proportion to the population of the states (in other words, a poll tax). The income tax is an exception to this because the 16th Amendment authorizes it; before the 16th Amendment, the Supreme Court struck down the income tax as unconstitutional.
Well, still going. Sales are growing (mostly online; per store sales are falling), but it's running at a growing loss. It's currently facing a takeover bid from Liberty Media. Stay tuned.
Depends on the university. I'm staff at fairly large private university, and the library has carded entrance gates. You don't have a valid University ID, you can't come in.
"Oh something new and shiny that breaks backwards compatibility! Therefore it must automaticly be bad!"
Well, yes, actually. Breaking backwards compatibility is always bad. It may on occasion be necessary to do so to gain a greater good, but it's still bad.
Conversely, the LLVM will eventually obliterate GCC for the same reasons, multiple participants engaging in healthy competition. Oh, plus the LLVM simplifies writing compilers for virtually any language.
I follow open source software a fair bit and had never heard of LLVM before your post. Maybe it will take over GCC, but you've got quite a ways to go still.
a foreign, private, and fully unaccountable organisation.
Man, you're fond of that phrase. It's at least the second post you've used it verbatim in. Let's have a look at it.
"Foreign": Not to me, they're not. And everybody's foreign to somebody.
"Private": Which means they don't have the right to extract money and obedience by force. Oooh, evil.
"Unaccountable": On the contrary, they're very accountable--to the people who do searches. If they compromise their ability to serve up accurate, comprehensive and useful searches, people will go elsewhere. They're not accountable at all to the sites being searched, and a damn good thing, too.
Given the total ignorance that the internet community has for the hurd it is probably better that the development is left to the few who are willing to put in the time and effort to understand the problem correctly so that they can make meaningful contributions.
Your choice! We'll check back in another ten years and see how you're doing.
But NASA hasn't put a man on Mars. It hasn't even done a complete study of *how* to put a man on Mars. On the other hand, while NASA's budget is considerably up from its low point, it should be noted that it's still much lower (in constant dollars) than it was at the height of the Moon missions.
Does anyone has some insight as to how this compares to, say the NIH budget and budgetary process? The NIH seems to function slightly better than NASA. Are there significant differences in the way Congress handles the two?
Yes, they're different. NIH grants are handed out by a peer-review board. NASA projects have their funding set by Congress.
The problem is, they're only "illegal" because the UN says so.
No, they're illegal because North Korea voluntarily signed a treaty making them illegal.
There is no international law except for that which nations agree on through organizations like the UN.
Wrong! International law has been established by treaties long before there were organizations like the UN. And North Korea broke their treaty, voluntarily entered into.
can anyone tell me if the US, France, UK, Israel, India, Pakistan, South Africa (while it had nukes), China, USSR/Russia/Belarus/Kazakhstan/Ukraine have ever headed it?
None of them signed a treaty giving up nuclear weapons. In the case of US, France, UK, China, USSR and its constituent parts, the Non-Proliferation Treaty didn't require them to give up their nukes. Israel, India and Pakistan never signed it, nor had South Africa signed it when they had nukes. North Korea, on the other, *did* sign it and it *did* require them to forswear nukes.
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I don't need large brains to have a good time!
We could even do a cartoon based on it. Spacelab 2021!
Spell-check? Bleah. A great way of making sure you correctly spelled the wrong word.
Uh, and the keyboard knows what you "meant" to type, how? It's psychic? 90% of my frustration in using computers is when it's convinced it knows what I want and it's *wrong*. "No, I don't want that. If you'll just let me specify exactly--no, I don't want that either!"
Let's play "Where's the 'e' key *today*?"
While those of us who write programs on a regular basis know that often there's nothing more permanent than temporary code.
"Internet-based political party can only find jobs as doormen"
The problem with that "answer" is that the contract has to completely cover *every possible loophole* or you get reamed. Quality depends more on the people you hire than the processes you follow anyways (though I'm not saying that good processes can't help a lot).
Web server software doesn't cut it because it's not popular with people who aren't running web servers? Hanh?
Also, "niche".
Losses in both third quarter 2010 and fourth quarter 2010. Fourth quarter loss was bigger.
Because we like you!
Well, actually, no, they can't. At least not without a Constitutional amendment. By the US Constitution, the federal government may not lay direct taxes except in proportion to the population of the states (in other words, a poll tax). The income tax is an exception to this because the 16th Amendment authorizes it; before the 16th Amendment, the Supreme Court struck down the income tax as unconstitutional.
Every day, I'm shuttering.
Well, still going. Sales are growing (mostly online; per store sales are falling), but it's running at a growing loss. It's currently facing a takeover bid from Liberty Media. Stay tuned.
Depends on the university. I'm staff at fairly large private university, and the library has carded entrance gates. You don't have a valid University ID, you can't come in.
Well, yes, actually. Breaking backwards compatibility is always bad. It may on occasion be necessary to do so to gain a greater good, but it's still bad.
I follow open source software a fair bit and had never heard of LLVM before your post. Maybe it will take over GCC, but you've got quite a ways to go still.
Man, you're fond of that phrase. It's at least the second post you've used it verbatim in. Let's have a look at it.
"Foreign": Not to me, they're not. And everybody's foreign to somebody.
"Private": Which means they don't have the right to extract money and obedience by force. Oooh, evil.
"Unaccountable": On the contrary, they're very accountable--to the people who do searches. If they compromise their ability to serve up accurate, comprehensive and useful searches, people will go elsewhere. They're not accountable at all to the sites being searched, and a damn good thing, too.
That's evicted. "You can come back when you have rent money."
I keep hearing how HURD is simple and maintainable, but nobody seems to be able to get it running. That's not "simple and maintainable" in my book...
Your choice! We'll check back in another ten years and see how you're doing.
But NASA hasn't put a man on Mars. It hasn't even done a complete study of *how* to put a man on Mars. On the other hand, while NASA's budget is considerably up from its low point, it should be noted that it's still much lower (in constant dollars) than it was at the height of the Moon missions.
Yes, they're different. NIH grants are handed out by a peer-review board. NASA projects have their funding set by Congress.
I see. So we shouldn't get upset by it. After all, it's just a piece of paper.
No, they're illegal because North Korea voluntarily signed a treaty making them illegal.
Wrong! International law has been established by treaties long before there were organizations like the UN. And North Korea broke their treaty, voluntarily entered into.
None of them signed a treaty giving up nuclear weapons. In the case of US, France, UK, China, USSR and its constituent parts, the Non-Proliferation Treaty didn't require them to give up their nukes. Israel, India and Pakistan never signed it, nor had South Africa signed it when they had nukes. North Korea, on the other, *did* sign it and it *did* require them to forswear nukes.