Better yet, write tests that explicitly state and test what your software is supposed to do.
Write them before you write the code that implements them, if at all possible. If you can't, the 'supposed to do' part in the first sentence is all the more important. Don't test what the code *does*, test what it's *supposed to do*.
Comments are lies waiting to happen, and the computer can't tell you when they're wrong. Failing tests will tell you your system is not working the way it's supposed to.
how many of the utorrent users (and torrent users in general) would you consider to be savvy enough to know about these things?
i really think enough are that the switch could be done.
of help, of course, will be the pira...er...private trackers who will almost certainly stick to the open protocol.
it's time to leave bram and his bullshit behind.
The way they get around that is to allow you to redeem a set of virtual (their word) cards for a complete set of the real thing. That's their justification for the price, even though it costs them a mere pittance to print these cards (regardless of what they may say publically.) Of course, the trading-in will likely end in a few weeks when they get hacked.
Caffeine and sleeping pills were the only way to maintain any type of schedule. Because so many professors don't seem to understand that you're probably taking other classes besides theirs, late nights are inevitable. Soft drinks were ok, but eventually I would need to stay awake and alert longer than Jolt would allow (and that much sugar is fucking terrible anyway.) Then there are the times when you have the time to sleep, but just can't. Maximum strength Sominex quelled that particular fire. I'm so glad I'm done with school.
The whole fucking state has holes in the roads. You begin to hit potholes IMMEDIATELY after crossing into the state in so many cases. Stump jumpers 4 life.
You're preaching to the choir here. The vast majority of people actually affected by this are oblivious. I showed the kazaa crap to a couple friends recently and they nearly shit themselves. They had *no idea* that this was going on. The mainstream is going to have to run with this story before any real progress can be made.
You have a good point, but the way this is presented, it seems like it's more subliminal than would be allowed on television. Furthermore, with television you can do something else during commercials.
It seems the only way to make people understand is to somehow exploit said software and show them just how much they're being watched. Of course the legality of doing so is questionable, but that topic has been debated ad nauseum.
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Yeah, and the whole fucking world knows about April Fool's day. Think a little bit beyond the normal idiots. You don't seem bright enough to have even figured out my point.
if i could roll my eyes on screen, i'd do it here.
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this is stupid. do these guys actually check these things out before they post? It's not even the right day yet, and this yearly crap has already begun. I maintain a 24/hour slashdot blackout on april fool's day, because of the overall retardedness displayed by the site in the past, but now they start a day early? Could an april fool's policy be posted somewhere? Something along the lines of, "Don't bother coming to the site on April 1. There'll be nothing worth reading and you won't learn anything. The humor isn't funny, either, so come at your own risk." Or something.
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This begs the question: just what the hell IS slashdot now? "News for Nerds; Stuff that Matters" -- no. Small community that's become so arrogant as to think they have a bigger voice in the world than they actually do. -- getting there. I hope you understand that this has become nothing more than a geek political site. Geeks are supposed to be smarter than everyone else, but they get involved with possibly the stupidest game ever created. The fat white men in suits don't care what we think.
And as a feature request, I'd like to be able to place a vote within my posts as to whether they'll get moderated as troll, offtopic, or flamebait. I also think you should be able to put comments into more than one category. Not that someone affiliated with the site will actually read this. Not that I care.
That's fine. Let them set me to zero karma or -8 karma, or whatever. It doesn't mean anything anyway. It's monopoly money used in a small society that in many ways has turned into it's own small fanatic sect, complete with blind views and failure to listen to the opposition.
Since the moderator is going to remain anonymous, why should I care what that person has to say? I talked bad about his precious LotR, so he had to get his revenge and moderate me down. Zero care factor.
I don't understand how an award ceremony where the winners are decided by politicking counts as either "News for Nerds" or "Stuff that Matters." It's nothing more than a semi-fixed election, or if you prefer, a professional wrestling match, where the outcome is already known by those involved, and the actors just have to increase the drama for the viewing public, to keep the ratings up.
They stay together because if you can single them out, it's easy to dominate someone as weak-spined as a sales rep. Grouping together for protection, to maintain their small, filthy place in life.
are you fucking kidding me? i can't believe this kind of neo-patriotism still gets air-time. live with it. spanish words have crept into the english language, and vice versa. instead of pissing and moaning, why not do something more constructive? now that we're out of the 1700's, languages are going to intermingle whether you like it or not. look at japanese. there is an *entire character set* for words loaned from other languages (mostly english.) this may very well be true for other languages.
i can't believe things like this get space on/. almost as stupid as an autobiography by linus (i can see the fanboys now buying multiple copies to get autographed to sell on ebay. i would love to kick those people in the skull.)
the fact that the ads show up on my screen show that something was sent to me, regardless of how big it actually was, and even shadier is the fact that they have said that when gnutella has filtering implemented, they will find a way around it. do you work for flatplanet or something?
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Better yet, write tests that explicitly state and test what your software is supposed to do.
Write them before you write the code that implements them, if at all possible. If you can't, the 'supposed to do' part in the first sentence is all the more important. Don't test what the code *does*, test what it's *supposed to do*.
Comments are lies waiting to happen, and the computer can't tell you when they're wrong. Failing tests will tell you your system is not working the way it's supposed to.
or less.
come on. let's get real here.
universal is gonna get owned.
probably. bitcomet is the same client without the ad-crap.
how many of the utorrent users (and torrent users in general) would you consider to be savvy enough to know about these things? i really think enough are that the switch could be done. of help, of course, will be the pira...er...private trackers who will almost certainly stick to the open protocol. it's time to leave bram and his bullshit behind.
Wandaba Style!
The way they get around that is to allow you to redeem a set of virtual (their word) cards for a complete set of the real thing. That's their justification for the price, even though it costs them a mere pittance to print these cards (regardless of what they may say publically.)
Of course, the trading-in will likely end in a few weeks when they get hacked.
GBA Emu (Also works via Linux binary emulation on FreeBSD)
Caffeine and sleeping pills were the only way to maintain any type of schedule. Because so many professors don't seem to understand that you're probably taking other classes besides theirs, late nights are inevitable.
Soft drinks were ok, but eventually I would need to stay awake and alert longer than Jolt would allow (and that much sugar is fucking terrible anyway.)
Then there are the times when you have the time to sleep, but just can't. Maximum strength Sominex quelled that particular fire.
I'm so glad I'm done with school.
The whole fucking state has holes in the roads. You begin to hit potholes IMMEDIATELY after crossing into the state in so many cases.
Stump jumpers 4 life.
You're preaching to the choir here. The vast majority of people actually affected by this are oblivious. I showed the kazaa crap to a couple friends recently and they nearly shit themselves. They had *no idea* that this was going on.
The mainstream is going to have to run with this story before any real progress can be made.
Does anyone close to the Chess community know about this?
Were there problems in the past with it? Any anecdotes?
This is incredibly bizarre to me.
A simple google search would have found it, but it's spamassassin.org.
SpamAssassin does this already, using a genetic algorithm.
You have a good point, but the way this is presented, it seems like it's more subliminal than would be allowed on television. Furthermore, with television you can do something else during commercials.
It seems the only way to make people understand is to somehow exploit said software and show them just how much they're being watched.
Of course the legality of doing so is questionable, but that topic has been debated ad nauseum.
Yeah, and the whole fucking world knows about April Fool's day. Think a little bit beyond the normal idiots. You don't seem bright enough to have even figured out my point.
this is stupid. do these guys actually check these things out before they post?
It's not even the right day yet, and this yearly crap has already begun. I maintain a 24/hour slashdot blackout on april fool's day, because of the overall retardedness displayed by the site in the past, but now they start a day early?
Could an april fool's policy be posted somewhere?
Something along the lines of, "Don't bother coming to the site on April 1. There'll be nothing worth reading and you won't learn anything. The humor isn't funny, either, so come at your own risk."
Or something.
This begs the question: just what the hell IS slashdot now?
"News for Nerds; Stuff that Matters" -- no.
Small community that's become so arrogant as to think they have a bigger voice in the world than they actually do. -- getting there.
I hope you understand that this has become nothing more than a geek political site. Geeks are supposed to be smarter than everyone else, but they get involved with possibly the stupidest game ever created. The fat white men in suits don't care what we think.
And as a feature request, I'd like to be able to place a vote within my posts as to whether they'll get moderated as troll, offtopic, or flamebait. I also think you should be able to put comments into more than one category.
Not that someone affiliated with the site will actually read this. Not that I care.
That's fine. Let them set me to zero karma or -8 karma, or whatever. It doesn't mean anything anyway. It's monopoly money used in a small society that in many ways has turned into it's own small fanatic sect, complete with blind views and failure to listen to the opposition.
Since the moderator is going to remain anonymous, why should I care what that person has to say? I talked bad about his precious LotR, so he had to get his revenge and moderate me down. Zero care factor.
I wonder if this'll get an "Offtopic" or "Troll."
I don't understand how an award ceremony where the winners are decided by politicking counts as either "News for Nerds" or "Stuff that Matters."
It's nothing more than a semi-fixed election, or if you prefer, a professional wrestling match, where the outcome is already known by those involved, and the actors just have to increase the drama for the viewing public, to keep the ratings up.
They stay together because if you can single them out, it's easy to dominate someone as weak-spined as a sales rep.
Grouping together for protection, to maintain their small, filthy place in life.
if that happened, i'd respect this place a lot more than i do now.
are you fucking kidding me? i can't believe this kind of neo-patriotism still gets air-time. live with it. spanish words have crept into the english language, and vice versa. instead of pissing and moaning, why not do something more constructive? now that we're out of the 1700's, languages are going to intermingle whether you like it or not. look at japanese. there is an *entire character set* for words loaned from other languages (mostly english.) this may very well be true for other languages. i can't believe things like this get space on /. almost as stupid as an autobiography by linus (i can see the fanboys now buying multiple copies to get autographed to sell on ebay. i would love to kick those people in the skull.)
the fact that the ads show up on my screen show that something was sent to me, regardless of how big it actually was, and even shadier is the fact that they have said that when gnutella has filtering implemented, they will find a way around it. do you work for flatplanet or something?
I go to RIT, yet this is the first I've heard about this. I guess I'll go back to my school-mandated Pepsi (with no alcohol, of course.)