Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code
By Martin Fowler.
What I love about this book, is that it starts with bad code and transforms it into good code. The book defines what is and is not good code, with clear examples. As many new developers start out maintaining bad code, this is a must for new OO developers.
In the Java course I teach I recomend the Refactoring book followed by the Design Pattern book.
They did the same thing when puting fast track or web site pro web server on NT Workstation was cheaper than getting NT Server + IIS for 'free'. They changed NT Worstation licence to say you couldn't have more than 10 tcp/ip clients at a time.
If the DOD wants to keep the source closed, the can still comply with the GPL. All they have to do is make the source available to the people who use the system, namely other Military people. That may be enough to make them happy.
Of course I doubt you'd be happy as the whole point of leting the code out under the GPL was to help more than just the Military right?
BTW I think you may have just shot yourself in the foot by
A) not getting things in writing
B) admiting in public that they did not understand the GPL. If they did not understand it, it makes it hard to say they argreeded. (IANAL)
If they win then AOL has got to be on their hit list, and suddenly patent reform is at the top of the political agenda at least as seen by CNN. Gofigure.
Sooner or later one of these things has got to lead to reform, cause it's such a mess now.
I'm a bit disturbed by my side bar in NS6 they only way to customize it seems to be to go through the NS Web site, will NS end up being hard wired to AOL? For me that will back fire, I might leave some of their tabs there if I can build some of my own, but I'll leave the window closed if I can't add my own content to it.
Anyone know how to hack the my sidebar to load off a custom url, or do I have to build it from scratch using xul?
Was the season opener on CBC's The Nature of things. Here's the write up.
Digging a new Panama Canal with nuclear bombs. Blasting out an
instant harbour. Launching a giant rocket with nuclear explosions.
Science fiction? No. Actual plans.
Between 1957 and 1988, American and Soviet scientists used nuclear
bombs in more than 150 civilian engineering experiments around the
world.
Edward Teller, co-inventor of the H-bomb, had the most effective
blasting service on the market. And he was looking for business. He
promised prospective clients bang for their buck, "to reshape the land
to their pleasure." The idea was to use atomic bombs to carve out
harbours from Arctic coastline, to divert rivers, even to blast a new
Panama Canal through Central America using 300 megatons of nuclear
explosives.
Filmmaker Gary Marcuse combines newly discovered footage and
interviews with key Russian and American scientists, including Teller,
to document these atomic mega-projects and the environmental
movement that emerged in opposition to them.
A feature-length version of Nuclear Dynamite played at the Vancouver International Film Festival (2000)
You can get more info on the documentry from the
[Canadian] National Film Board:
Nuclear Dynamite
Every time I read an article like this I am reminded of Dirk Gentry, who reversed Holm's famous line about improbabiliy: "When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth"
Dirk said "When you have eliminated all which is improbable, then whatever remains, however impossible, must be the truth"
Given the impossible, the we are created, we create increasingly improbable explanations for our improbability. I find it more probable that we are wrong in our definition of the imposible than accepting our own improbability.
I liked the fact that the article picked a theist to quote not form some random place like oh say the kansas school board, but from MIT.
So People react to the headline. In this case the head line asks "is there is anyone left to sell computers to." That's what many posts are reacting to, hoping for the early mod point rush.
We could get a better mod system (lots of work)
or/. could get better headlines.
Or we could hope the nature of the average poster/moderator would change, but well you know
... hot grits.
never played Rock and Roll racing, but played all the Top Gears (I,II&3000) and Top Gear 3000 rocked! I'm not sure I've ever been as fustrated as when turbo jumping a fule pad. (worst thing you could do in TG 3000)
It was the secret bonus system/upgrades and the great head to head play that kept you coming back.
Haven't had that much fun since EA's Racing Destruction set for the C64.
When I got my super nes, the first 15 games available all sucked. It wasn't till Street Fighter II came out that I felt the machine lived up to the hype. (About 6 months later)
I've heard that none of the PS2 Games on the market in Japan are killer games. Is this true?
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- Scripting Languages for Java
- Interactive Languages
- Non-interactive Languages
The google search JVM languages turned up a ton of stuff. Jython seems to be the most popular scripting lang for the JVM. -Peace-Peace
Dave
And what took you so long? Me, I'm 31, and have been married for 10 years :)
When I give tech interviews, people who say they know UML get asked, so how do you use it? The blank stares I get are a riot.
"Well it's UML and we uh use it with the UML process." Thank you for playing.
UML is a great notation, works well with white boards. But for too many people it's just another TLA to check off on their CV.
-Peace
Dave
"News.com notes that this will be used in slot machines and ATMs. Insert obligatory free-money joke."
see subject line.
Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code
By Martin Fowler.
What I love about this book, is that it starts with bad code and transforms it into good code. The book defines what is and is not good code, with clear examples. As many new developers start out maintaining bad code, this is a must for new OO developers.
In the Java course I teach I recomend the Refactoring book followed by the Design Pattern book.
-Peace
Dave
if you can't get a mate at least you know how the firefly does.
-Peace
Dave
Ok since I'm not a laywer, does this mean it's back to sqaure zero? What does the new judge do first?
-Peace
Dave
they will change the License for W2K cals.
They did the same thing when puting fast track or web site pro web server on NT Workstation was cheaper than getting NT Server + IIS for 'free'. They changed NT Worstation licence to say you couldn't have more than 10 tcp/ip clients at a time.
doh, that's what's driving WinXP.
-Peace
Dave
not that I do, but it was nice to think that I could;)
-Peace
Dave
If the DOD wants to keep the source closed, the can still comply with the GPL. All they have to do is make the source available to the people who use the system, namely other Military people. That may be enough to make them happy.
Of course I doubt you'd be happy as the whole point of leting the code out under the GPL was to help more than just the Military right?
BTW I think you may have just shot yourself in the foot by
A) not getting things in writing
B) admiting in public that they did not understand the GPL. If they did not understand it, it makes it hard to say they argreeded. (IANAL)
-Peace
Dave
context covers a multitude of spelling sins.
IF they loose, then it's one less bad patent.
If they win then AOL has got to be on their hit list, and suddenly patent reform is at the top of the political agenda at least as seen by CNN. Gofigure.
Sooner or later one of these things has got to lead to reform, cause it's such a mess now.
-Peace
Dave
Seems the only way to modify my side bar is with JS
. see the article on xml.com
http://www.xml.com/pub/2000/03/15/xul/
still I'd be happier if people din't need to know JS to add something like that.
-Peace
Dave
I'm a bit disturbed by my side bar in NS6 they only way to customize it seems to be to go through the NS Web site, will NS end up being hard wired to AOL? For me that will back fire, I might leave some of their tabs there if I can build some of my own, but I'll leave the window closed if I can't add my own content to it.
Anyone know how to hack the my sidebar to load off a custom url, or do I have to build it from scratch using xul?
-Peace
Dave
OK when I got my first system (Atari 2600), I never would have guessed that one day we'd have console scalpers, now that's progress.
Still I guess ebay beats fist fights at zellars for cabage patch dolls.
-Peace
Dave
It works,
it is a cheaters heaven.
It's called Star Craft and Battelnet. Battelnet just sets the game up (like napster's servers) after that it's pure P2P.
You can even loose your connection to Battelnet and still play.
-Peace
Dave
Digging a new Panama Canal with nuclear bombs. Blasting out an instant harbour. Launching a giant rocket with nuclear explosions. Science fiction? No. Actual plans.
Between 1957 and 1988, American and Soviet scientists used nuclear bombs in more than 150 civilian engineering experiments around the world.
Edward Teller, co-inventor of the H-bomb, had the most effective blasting service on the market. And he was looking for business. He promised prospective clients bang for their buck, "to reshape the land to their pleasure." The idea was to use atomic bombs to carve out harbours from Arctic coastline, to divert rivers, even to blast a new Panama Canal through Central America using 300 megatons of nuclear explosives.
Filmmaker Gary Marcuse combines newly discovered footage and interviews with key Russian and American scientists, including Teller, to document these atomic mega-projects and the environmental movement that emerged in opposition to them.
A feature-length version of Nuclear Dynamite played at the Vancouver International Film Festival (2000)
You can get more info on the documentry from the [Canadian] National Film Board: Nuclear Dynamite
Every time I read an article like this I am reminded of Dirk Gentry, who reversed Holm's famous line about improbabiliy: "When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth"
Dirk said "When you have eliminated all which is improbable, then whatever remains, however impossible, must be the truth"
Given the impossible, the we are created, we create increasingly improbable explanations for our improbability. I find it more probable that we are wrong in our definition of the imposible than accepting our own improbability.
I liked the fact that the article picked a theist to quote not form some random place like oh say the kansas school board, but from MIT.
-Peace
Dave
Mod points happen more for the first few posts.
/. could get better headlines.
So People react to the headline. In this case the head line asks "is there is anyone left to sell computers to." That's what many posts are reacting to, hoping for the early mod point rush.
We could get a better mod system (lots of work)
or
Or we could hope the nature of the average poster/moderator would change, but well you know
... hot grits.
-Peace
Dave
- a high-end user's connection speed grows by 50% per year
- you don't get to use this added bandwidth to make your Web pages larger until 2003
If you don't know who he is see hisWhat's with that?
What I want to know is can it let me know when I have a lock on those camping *&!s in quake III
-Peace
Dave
never played Rock and Roll racing, but played all the Top Gears (I,II&3000) and Top Gear 3000 rocked! I'm not sure I've ever been as fustrated as when turbo jumping a fule pad. (worst thing you could do in TG 3000)
It was the secret bonus system/upgrades and the great head to head play that kept you coming back.
Haven't had that much fun since EA's Racing Destruction set for the C64.
-Peace
Dave
Is there a killer game for the PS2?
When I got my super nes, the first 15 games available all sucked. It wasn't till Street Fighter II came out that I felt the machine lived up to the hype. (About 6 months later)
I've heard that none of the PS2 Games on the market in Japan are killer games. Is this true?
-Peace
Dave