Because Line- Ox is the natural way to pronounce the word "Linux." Ask someone who's never heard the word before to pronounce it and see what comes out. It won't be lyn-uhx, that's for sure.
That's because the cost savings of hiring a developer to write a Java program, which will be done in a 1/3 the time of an equivelant C++ program, is far, far greater than the savings gained by skimping on RAM. (let's see, one designer day is the difference between 64megs and 256megs on my server-class machine. But it makes much more since to hire a C++ developer for a week to shoe-horn it in 64 megs. Riiiight...)
I was saying that anyone who actually used a CoCo with any regularity would feel no need to distinguish between the two in any way whatsoever - they were, for all intents and purposes, identical. If there was a RAM differentiation, then fine, it's like the difference between having 32megs of RAM and having 256 megs of RAM, but it's still the same machine.
]jump to the game industry. All I had at the time was the MS Basic compiler, so I made my library for it.
Cool, it worked fine from Turbo C++ (2.0? 1.0?) after a bit of coaxing. It was actually the first time I was able to do nifty effects like I'd seen in those 'cool demo things'. heh. I've actually got lots of memories that start with that library. Thanks for releasing it.
Hey, are you the Mode-X guy? I seem to remember your library was hard to link from C because of the C name-mangling convention. Anyways, Was your Mode-X library the way you got into the industry? Just curious.
If you need speed, great, use assembly. If you need portability, wonderful, use Java. Or, if you're feeling the need for speed and are willing to sacrifice readability, use C++. IF your manager forces you at gunpoint, wonderful, use C. That's all there is to it.
No offense intended, but C's day has come and gone. You're opening up yourself to a world of pain by sticking to it. C occupies a non-existant middle ground between high-level languages like Java and low-level languages like assembly.
Your best solution is to write just enough C code to send the data over a TCP/IP socket, and then write the actual presental code in a real language which reads the data from the C program and analyzes the data.
]These saddening stabs at an international air just make you look desperate.
ROFL Laughing! I'm Canadian too, and I have to say, this encapsulated my feelings perfectly. It's so true, Americans wouldn't know what it's like to be cultured if it weren't for yeast infections.
I find it amusing that the trolls on Slashdot are so incompetent at using the technology./ trumpets that it took them this long to figure out how to use CGI.
Congrats, guys, you're clearly of superior intelligence.
Do you understand the Ultima plot? The Avatar is from Earth, not Britannia, and only ends up in Britannia when all shit breaks loose. When on Earth, he doesn't do much except watch TV (have you seen the Ultima 6 intro?).
Now of course, you'll whine and piss and complain and say 'No, no. Any song except an actual hit, using a hit song as an example, well that's just WRONG.'
I'm not sure if you were trying to be sarcastic or not, but I was just trying to point out the de-sexualization of female behavioral motivations in North American society.
(I wish I could be more precise with my terminology, but I'm not a sociology major. So sorry.)
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Because Line- Ox is the natural way to pronounce the word "Linux." Ask someone who's never heard the word before to pronounce it and see what comes out. It won't be lyn-uhx, that's for sure.
That's because the cost savings of hiring a developer to write a Java program, which will be done in a 1/3 the time of an equivelant C++ program, is far, far greater than the savings gained by skimping on RAM. (let's see, one designer day is the difference between 64megs and 256megs on my server-class machine. But it makes much more since to hire a C++ developer for a week to shoe-horn it in 64 megs. Riiiight...)
I have Rogers@home, and 1.0mbit - 1.3mbit seems pretty close to the actual speed. Anyone saying they're only getting 300kbps should be pitied.
Hey, I must say that Solaris (1971, Russia) is first rate entertainment. (cough)
Well, colour me disillusioned.
I was saying that anyone who actually used a CoCo with any regularity would feel no need to distinguish between the two in any way whatsoever - they were, for all intents and purposes, identical. If there was a RAM differentiation, then fine, it's like the difference between having 32megs of RAM and having 256 megs of RAM, but it's still the same machine.
That would be CoCo = TRS-80 .
Umm, Coco TRS-80 . Don't try to fake old-school cool when you just don't get it, okay Safety Cap?
]jump to the game industry. All I had at the time was the MS Basic compiler, so I made my library for it.
Cool, it worked fine from Turbo C++ (2.0? 1.0?) after a bit of coaxing. It was actually the first time I was able to do nifty effects like I'd seen in those 'cool demo things'. heh. I've actually got lots of memories that start with that library. Thanks for releasing it.
I hate to say 'me too,' but I'm stunned; this is a post of epic proportions. It transcends Slashdot.
Hey, are you the Mode-X guy? I seem to remember your library was hard to link from C because of the C name-mangling convention. Anyways, Was your Mode-X library the way you got into the industry? Just curious.
If you need speed, great, use assembly. If you need portability, wonderful, use Java. Or, if you're feeling the need for speed and are willing to sacrifice readability, use C++. IF your manager forces you at gunpoint, wonderful, use C. That's all there is to it.
Never mind. I seriously misinterpreted what you were asking about.
No offense intended, but C's day has come and gone. You're opening up yourself to a world of pain by sticking to it. C occupies a non-existant middle ground between high-level languages like Java and low-level languages like assembly.
Your best solution is to write just enough C code to send the data over a TCP/IP socket, and then write the actual presental code in a real language which reads the data from the C program and analyzes the data.
]These saddening stabs at an international air just make you look desperate.
ROFL Laughing! I'm Canadian too, and I have to say, this encapsulated my feelings perfectly. It's so true, Americans wouldn't know what it's like to be cultured if it weren't for yeast infections.
I find it amusing that the trolls on Slashdot are so incompetent at using the technology ./ trumpets that it took them this long to figure out how to use CGI.
Congrats, guys, you're clearly of superior intelligence.
Man, enjoy your dream world.
Aww, gee, it's so easy to participate in that fine capitalistic patent system! That'll only be $15,000 up front, sir. Have a nice day.
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]will having our color depth set to 32bpp
]instead of 24 make a difference.
Oh dear god, you idiots are at it again.
Do you understand the Ultima plot? The Avatar is from Earth, not Britannia, and only ends up in Britannia when all shit breaks loose. When on Earth, he doesn't do much except watch TV (have you seen the Ultima 6 intro?).
Shay it ain't be so, my heart is foh evah mo.
Now of course, you'll whine and piss and complain and say 'No, no. Any song except an actual hit, using a hit song as an example, well that's just WRONG.'
What about the other video? Good times,something something, something, by the group.. umm.. yeah. Well guess things didn't work out for them, oh well.
Listen, I've heard about the AMD motherboard problem before.
But you can't help but wonder if AMD is just using that as an excuse. It's an easy scapegoat, after all.
Perhaps AMD should be trying to distance themselves from inferior motherboards in some way.
I'm not sure if you were trying to be sarcastic or not, but I was just trying to point out the de-sexualization of female behavioral motivations in North American society.
(I wish I could be more precise with my terminology, but I'm not a sociology major. So sorry.)