Re:There's one good thing about it.
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Sorry, but you need to convince me that tab damage isn't going to be a problem with Python, even though it is with every other programming language I've ever used (over a dozen).
Maybe there *is* something remarkable about Python that makes it not subject to the formatting problems encountered in every other programming language, but convincing me of such a remarkable claim will require more than telling me to shut up.
Game guides are a waste of money. However, if they sold sets of nice glossy color maps for (say) $5, I'd probably buy those. F'rinstance, I could have used a good map of Vice City, and I'm currently addicted to Ratchet and Clank and could use some maps for that.
The problem is, they don't sell the maps without the useless book...
So does that mean I could buy a Sharp SL-C760 from Dynamism, replace the OS with OpenZaurus, replace the PIM stuff with Opie, and have an SL-C760 in English running completely open source software?
Would there be a hit on storage space from doing this, or could I flash over the Sharp ROM?
Re:There's one good thing about it.
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Well, the obvious answer is to just use an editor where this isn't a concern.
Oh, so now I need a special text editor to use Python. Are there any editors which automatically adjust their tab width to match the apparent value used in the file being edited? Or are you talking about some hypothetical editor?
It really isn't too much to ask to standardize the tools on a project so things like this don't become an issue.
On the contrary, I think the chances of my persuading the open source developers whose code I use to conform to one standard, let alone my standard, are slim to none.
As to why tab damage is worse than a missing curly brace in Java: the difference between a curly brace and the absence of a curly brace is always visible.
"...so why not give this piece of 1980s computing history a try?"
Because I remember it?
I didn't consider Perl usable until Perl 5, because that's when it *finally* got lexically scoped local variables... Pretty horrifying that it took four major revisions to get that far.
Re:There's one good thing about it.
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So when I pull up a piece of Python code that's indented with three spaces, and edit it in vi which is configured to indent with tabs and display tabs as three spaces, the Python interpreter is going to somehow divine which lines line up? I don't think so.
No matter how much Python advocates try to convince me that it'll all somehow be better, I already spend too much time having to clean up irregularly-formatted Java and Objective-C code, and that's just for my own benefit when I have time spare. I don't want to deal with a language where I have to reformat other people's code just so I can work with it.
It actually reminds me of the ol' Amiga days, where you couldn't easily buy apps off the shelf, but you could get dodgy compilation disks from the guy across town, with screeds of apps on them. That worked for me, but no good for Joe Public...
Well, it worked for you until all the commercial software companies stopped developing Amiga software because nobody bought legal copies. Then it was adios, Amiga.
Would it be that hard for them to make a few more 16Cs? I'd dash out and buy a couple (one for office, keep my existing 16C for home, and one for a spare in case the idiots discontinued it again).
Of course, this is completely at odds with the quantum mechanical quantization of time inherent from the planck length, so it'll be interesting to see how he resolves the two.
Well, the real reason is that the literal translation of "black hole" means something obscene in Russian. Perhaps someone knowledgeable in Russian slang can tell us what...
The Ingres project used a database query language called QUEL, short for QUEry Language.
IBM developed a query language inspired by QUEL, which they jokingly named "sequel", rationalized as "Structure English (version of) QUEL".
That name was then shortened to SQL, still pronounced "sequel" by people who know what they're talking about, "ess queue ell" by people who don't.
So the name "SQL" was not really derived from "Structured Query Language"; rather, SQL was derived from SEQUEL, which was derived from QUEL. The S, Q and L did originally stand for "Structured", "Query" and "Language", but at different times during the evolution of the final terminology...
I started working on an HTML version of the previous edition of the SRD. I'm potentially interested, but I think I need to tackle it again, with more automation this time...
She should sue them for damages. It's negligent of them to play the sound dangerously loud.
I say this not because I like lawyers or want them to make more money, but because I'm sick of the ridiculous state of play that bands turn the volume up way too loud and expect everyone to wear earplugs. Of the last three live shows I've been to, two of them were ruined by the sound system being turned up way too high... one was painful even *with* earplugs.
#1: Autechre. The whole appeal of Autechre is the delicate intricacy of their music. Live, however, it was like being on the beach at D-Day, operating a jackhammer, while someone on the horizon fiddled with a shortwave radio.
#2: Wire. Seminal band, incredible poetic lyrics. Which were totally inaudible. Bruce Gilbert stormed off the stage in disgust at the end.
I've almost given up going to live shows, but every now and again someone like Negativland or Royksopp does it right.
You should get a Xin super-mini headphone amp from fixup.net.
Re:Hopefully this fulfills the Exchange Need
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Uh, there's Domino for iSeries. It works just fine on iSeries. It has been benchmarked supporting over 100,000 simultaneous users, that's why I mentioned it. AIX or Linux versions won't scale that far.
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Sorry, but you need to convince me that tab damage isn't going to be a problem with Python, even though it is with every other programming language I've ever used (over a dozen).
Maybe there *is* something remarkable about Python that makes it not subject to the formatting problems encountered in every other programming language, but convincing me of such a remarkable claim will require more than telling me to shut up.
Game guides are a waste of money. However, if they sold sets of nice glossy color maps for (say) $5, I'd probably buy those. F'rinstance, I could have used a good map of Vice City, and I'm currently addicted to Ratchet and Clank and could use some maps for that.
The problem is, they don't sell the maps without the useless book...
So does that mean I could buy a Sharp SL-C760 from Dynamism, replace the OS with OpenZaurus, replace the PIM stuff with Opie, and have an SL-C760 in English running completely open source software?
Would there be a hit on storage space from doing this, or could I flash over the Sharp ROM?
Oh, so now I need a special text editor to use Python. Are there any editors which automatically adjust their tab width to match the apparent value used in the file being edited? Or are you talking about some hypothetical editor?
On the contrary, I think the chances of my persuading the open source developers whose code I use to conform to one standard, let alone my standard, are slim to none.
As to why tab damage is worse than a missing curly brace in Java: the difference between a curly brace and the absence of a curly brace is always visible.
It may not be a nice thing to do, but that doesn't mean it isn't the right thing to do.
(Personally, my MP3 server is filled with MP3s from CDs I legally own.)
UNICODE support added yet?
"...so why not give this piece of 1980s computing history a try?"
Because I remember it?
I didn't consider Perl usable until Perl 5, because that's when it *finally* got lexically scoped local variables... Pretty horrifying that it took four major revisions to get that far.
So when I pull up a piece of Python code that's indented with three spaces, and edit it in vi which is configured to indent with tabs and display tabs as three spaces, the Python interpreter is going to somehow divine which lines line up? I don't think so.
No matter how much Python advocates try to convince me that it'll all somehow be better, I already spend too much time having to clean up irregularly-formatted Java and Objective-C code, and that's just for my own benefit when I have time spare. I don't want to deal with a language where I have to reformat other people's code just so I can work with it.
Well, it worked for you until all the commercial software companies stopped developing Amiga software because nobody bought legal copies. Then it was adios, Amiga.
So why not report the pirates?
If the 'dozers I knew had to pay for their Microsoft software, they'd all switch to Linux.
Yes! A thousand times yes!
Would it be that hard for them to make a few more 16Cs? I'd dash out and buy a couple (one for office, keep my existing 16C for home, and one for a spare in case the idiots discontinued it again).
In other words, time is like voltage.
Of course, this is completely at odds with the quantum mechanical quantization of time inherent from the planck length, so it'll be interesting to see how he resolves the two.
Well, the real reason is that the literal translation of "black hole" means something obscene in Russian. Perhaps someone knowledgeable in Russian slang can tell us what...
http://meta.ath0.com/d20/
http://meta.ath0.com/d20/
The Ingres project used a database query language called QUEL, short for QUEry Language.
IBM developed a query language inspired by QUEL, which they jokingly named "sequel", rationalized as "Structure English (version of) QUEL".
That name was then shortened to SQL, still pronounced "sequel" by people who know what they're talking about, "ess queue ell" by people who don't.
So the name "SQL" was not really derived from "Structured Query Language"; rather, SQL was derived from SEQUEL, which was derived from QUEL. The S, Q and L did originally stand for "Structured", "Query" and "Language", but at different times during the evolution of the final terminology...
I have a set of DB2 manuals on my shelf, and can therefore answer your question with a confident "No".
Sure it does. Just convert the license text to a license and copyright page, and add a link to that page to each of your HTML files, and you're legal.
:-)
Unlike you, I looked into the legal questions before I started the work
Not knowing Ruby makes me far from ideal as the person to fit it with Unicode.
I started working on an HTML version of the previous edition of the SRD. I'm potentially interested, but I think I need to tackle it again, with more automation this time...
...will someone please hurry up and add Unicode support to Ruby so that I don't have to learn Perl 6?
Uh, dynamic range of CD is 90dB. Thanks for playing, though.
She should sue them for damages. It's negligent of them to play the sound dangerously loud.
I say this not because I like lawyers or want them to make more money, but because I'm sick of the ridiculous state of play that bands turn the volume up way too loud and expect everyone to wear earplugs. Of the last three live shows I've been to, two of them were ruined by the sound system being turned up way too high... one was painful even *with* earplugs.
#1: Autechre. The whole appeal of Autechre is the delicate intricacy of their music. Live, however, it was like being on the beach at D-Day, operating a jackhammer, while someone on the horizon fiddled with a shortwave radio.
#2: Wire. Seminal band, incredible poetic lyrics. Which were totally inaudible. Bruce Gilbert stormed off the stage in disgust at the end.
I've almost given up going to live shows, but every now and again someone like Negativland or Royksopp does it right.
You should get a Xin super-mini headphone amp from fixup.net.
Uh, there's Domino for iSeries. It works just fine on iSeries. It has been benchmarked supporting over 100,000 simultaneous users, that's why I mentioned it. AIX or Linux versions won't scale that far.