No, bloat is avoidable yet not avoided in high level languages too.
For example, I wrote an RSS and Atom library in Ruby, because I didn't like the one in the standard library--it was ugly code and badly documented. I expected my replacement to be slower and larger, because it was clean understandable code. To my surprise it was half the size and twice as fast.
But we're still stuck with the crappy one, because it was the first one hacked together and therefore became part of the standard libraries. And that's the root problem--we have a culture where implementation speed is valued over everything else.
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"...lacks some graphical refinement..."
Which is a polite way of saying that it's hideously ugly and designed as if the last 20 years of HCI research never happened. I mean, look at those scroll bars.
I don't bother with any series on a major network that has an overall plot line, until it has at least survived the first season. Then I watch it in reruns, or as DVD rental.
The thing is, the UK system makes a lot more sense than the US approach. In the UK, a first season will only have 6 or 8 episodes. The TV station can therefore commit to showing all of them, even if ratings are bad. This, in turn, means that viewers are more willing to commit to watching, and giving the show time to develop.
Contrast with the US, where they'll cancel a show after as little as 3 episodes, even if the rest of the first season has already been made and there's plot to be resolved. Gosh, wonder why major network audience figures are dropping, eh?
Some of the cable channels understand this. Futurama revived partly because Cartoon Network was prepared to give it a regular slot, and not expect instant success. After a while, it grew to have the highest ratings on the channel, even though a rerun.
NBC = Now Being Canceled
ABC = Already Been Canceled
CBS = Canceled Before Showing
I tell my friend that I'll gladly install and configure Linux for him, and help him migrate his data, or he can bend over and take it from Microsoft if he prefers. In fact, I tend to tell people they need to use the recovery discs that came with their PCs; I'm not going to provide them with a warez CD even if they have a Windows serial number or paperwork.
What, you didn't get a Windows CD with your PC? Vendor won't send you one? Boy, you were ripped off. Off you go to Best Buy to buy a copy of Windows XP, sucker.
Or, there's that Linux option I told you about, with free updates forever, free office software, and support from me any time you need it. Your choice.
You're mostly right, except about text editors. You fail to understand the design of vi (and vim). It's designed to be optimal in long term use, not to be something you can pick up and operate easily. That's not wrong, it's just a different set of priorities.
Given how much of my time is spent editing text, it's worth my while to learn vim. (And by the way, it has mouse support.) If I worked as a graphic designer, it wouldn't be worth it to deal with vim's idiosyncrasies.
But the nice thing about the Mac is you have a choice, because it's running a real Unix OS. Those who need serious text editing can use vim or Eclipse, and those who don't can use TextEdit or TextWrangler (though the latter is on the serious side).
All I'm saying is, in Dubai they don't have this level of crime... but they do have a lot of police (including a lot under-cover so you never know if one is watching) and if they catch you stealing, they'll cut your hand off. Now that's justice - it punishes and reduces recidivism - try nicking an iPod with one hand ; )
The problem is with the ad-serving companies that these websites use. Either they're less-than-trustworthy, and are directly responsible for the exploits being used, or they sub-contract out, and don't care enough to keep an eye on their "partners".
Funny, that's the same kind of excuse spammers use. "Oh, I'm not a spammer... I purchased this list of e-mail addresses in good faith, how was I to know they weren't all 100% verified opt in like the seller said?"
It's also the same excuse The Pirate Bay use. "Oh, no, we're not responsible... we just provide a service which other people use to serve up illegal content."
...speaks with the developers of... Flight Simulator X...seem pretty stoked about the new technology's ability to get visual detail to a much higher level of realism...
Oh, gee, the Microsoft employees who develop Microsoft Flight Simulator are upbeat about DirectX 10? I'd never have guessed that.
Yes, I don't see the PS3's horrible pricing or low availability as being a major issue. Unlike Nintendo, Sony has plenty of games coming out for its current generation hardware, so it doesn't need to ship the PS3 by Christmas. In fact, since margins on the console will be very low at first release, they probably won't benefit much profit-wise if they do manage to ship it.
Nintendo's the one that could slow the industry. There's hardly anything for GameCube coming out, so if people decide they don't want to wave a Wii stick around and the system tanks, Nintendo won't be selling anything at Christmas.
This doesn't mean introversion, but someone who has no morals, remorse for wrongdoing or any capability of foresight. People with an APD are the stereotypical criminal masterminds or street-smart con-men.
Or politicians.
Total lack of foresight before starting war in Iraq? Check. Lack of remorse over it? Check.
The GIMP has a very bad interface. I know there are many people who love its interface, but as someone who has used every graphics suite in a professional setting, the GIMP's interface is by far the worst.
Seconded. And it's nothing to do with the fact that the GIMP's UI isn't Photoshop's.
I had no trouble picking up Corel PhotoPaint and Corel Draw and using them. I had no trouble picking up Inkscape and using it. I had no trouble picking up PhotoStudio and using it. I had no trouble picking up Fireworks and using it.
Yet every time I try to do something significant with the GIMP, it seems to get into some weird state where the entire canvas is shown as selected with animated "marching ant" rectangle, I can't deselect it using the selection tab, and none of the tools will do anything because the canvas area with the selection around it somehow doesn't count as selected as far as the tools are concerned.
The GIMP's UI is simply confusing and user-hostile. Sadly, the developers are deeply in denial about it. I'd try and find a way to report the sequence of operations I go through to get into the confusing state, but I have no confidence they'd do anything about it; they'd just say that I was expecting the GIMP's selection mechanisms to behave like every other piece of graphics software, and it's therefore my expectation that's at fault.
Inkscape, on the other hand, is freakin' awesome. One of the best UIs I've seen on any piece of vector art software.
I'm not so convinced. I'd really like to see Vega Strike for PlayStation 2, for example, because there's a big gap in the space strategy/combat genre on the console.
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My library isn't API-compatible with the current RSS library.
It's on RubyForge, named Syndication.
C is also getting old, and wasn't designed to be used for applications, or for any kind of graphical UI. So what?
No, bloat is avoidable yet not avoided in high level languages too. For example, I wrote an RSS and Atom library in Ruby, because I didn't like the one in the standard library--it was ugly code and badly documented. I expected my replacement to be slower and larger, because it was clean understandable code. To my surprise it was half the size and twice as fast. But we're still stuck with the crappy one, because it was the first one hacked together and therefore became part of the standard libraries. And that's the root problem--we have a culture where implementation speed is valued over everything else.
Which is a polite way of saying that it's hideously ugly and designed as if the last 20 years of HCI research never happened. I mean, look at those scroll bars.
Every time I think software can't get any more bloated, I wait a year or two and it doubles in size again.
I don't bother with any series on a major network that has an overall plot line, until it has at least survived the first season. Then I watch it in reruns, or as DVD rental. The thing is, the UK system makes a lot more sense than the US approach. In the UK, a first season will only have 6 or 8 episodes. The TV station can therefore commit to showing all of them, even if ratings are bad. This, in turn, means that viewers are more willing to commit to watching, and giving the show time to develop. Contrast with the US, where they'll cancel a show after as little as 3 episodes, even if the rest of the first season has already been made and there's plot to be resolved. Gosh, wonder why major network audience figures are dropping, eh? Some of the cable channels understand this. Futurama revived partly because Cartoon Network was prepared to give it a regular slot, and not expect instant success. After a while, it grew to have the highest ratings on the channel, even though a rerun. NBC = Now Being Canceled ABC = Already Been Canceled CBS = Canceled Before Showing
I hope it's as successful and lucrative as the Xbox.
I tell my friend that I'll gladly install and configure Linux for him, and help him migrate his data, or he can bend over and take it from Microsoft if he prefers. In fact, I tend to tell people they need to use the recovery discs that came with their PCs; I'm not going to provide them with a warez CD even if they have a Windows serial number or paperwork. What, you didn't get a Windows CD with your PC? Vendor won't send you one? Boy, you were ripped off. Off you go to Best Buy to buy a copy of Windows XP, sucker. Or, there's that Linux option I told you about, with free updates forever, free office software, and support from me any time you need it. Your choice.
You're mostly right, except about text editors. You fail to understand the design of vi (and vim). It's designed to be optimal in long term use, not to be something you can pick up and operate easily. That's not wrong, it's just a different set of priorities. Given how much of my time is spent editing text, it's worth my while to learn vim. (And by the way, it has mouse support.) If I worked as a graphic designer, it wouldn't be worth it to deal with vim's idiosyncrasies. But the nice thing about the Mac is you have a choice, because it's running a real Unix OS. Those who need serious text editing can use vim or Eclipse, and those who don't can use TextEdit or TextWrangler (though the latter is on the serious side).
Are you a taxi driver by any chance?
Funny, that's the same kind of excuse spammers use. "Oh, I'm not a spammer... I purchased this list of e-mail addresses in good faith, how was I to know they weren't all 100% verified opt in like the seller said?"
It's also the same excuse The Pirate Bay use. "Oh, no, we're not responsible... we just provide a service which other people use to serve up illegal content."
I use almost every major non-MS platform, including Linux, OS X, GameCube, PS2, Palm and GBA.
PS2 isn't 1% in sales.
Hopefully they'll make a version for some non-Microsoft platform.
MPEG-4.
Oh, gee, the Microsoft employees who develop Microsoft Flight Simulator are upbeat about DirectX 10? I'd never have guessed that.
Yes, I don't see the PS3's horrible pricing or low availability as being a major issue. Unlike Nintendo, Sony has plenty of games coming out for its current generation hardware, so it doesn't need to ship the PS3 by Christmas. In fact, since margins on the console will be very low at first release, they probably won't benefit much profit-wise if they do manage to ship it.
Nintendo's the one that could slow the industry. There's hardly anything for GameCube coming out, so if people decide they don't want to wave a Wii stick around and the system tanks, Nintendo won't be selling anything at Christmas.
Or politicians.
Total lack of foresight before starting war in Iraq? Check. Lack of remorse over it? Check.
Where were you when the ASBO was introduced, before the last general election? And Blair still got voted in.
Seconded. And it's nothing to do with the fact that the GIMP's UI isn't Photoshop's.
I had no trouble picking up Corel PhotoPaint and Corel Draw and using them.
I had no trouble picking up Inkscape and using it.
I had no trouble picking up PhotoStudio and using it.
I had no trouble picking up Fireworks and using it.
Yet every time I try to do something significant with the GIMP, it seems to get into some weird state where the entire canvas is shown as selected with animated "marching ant" rectangle, I can't deselect it using the selection tab, and none of the tools will do anything because the canvas area with the selection around it somehow doesn't count as selected as far as the tools are concerned.
The GIMP's UI is simply confusing and user-hostile. Sadly, the developers are deeply in denial about it. I'd try and find a way to report the sequence of operations I go through to get into the confusing state, but I have no confidence they'd do anything about it; they'd just say that I was expecting the GIMP's selection mechanisms to behave like every other piece of graphics software, and it's therefore my expectation that's at fault.
Inkscape, on the other hand, is freakin' awesome. One of the best UIs I've seen on any piece of vector art software.
I'm not so convinced. I'd really like to see Vega Strike for PlayStation 2, for example, because there's a big gap in the space strategy/combat genre on the console.
Interfaces are nice, but I need a command line Linux MusicBrainz client.
Truth hurts, eh American moderators?
So, have you replaced your server with a VIA EDEN or C3 based one?