I also have this book [actually right next to me]. I'd put off learning perl [and indirectly regexes] for some time, because... well, I was a windows admin by trade. Now that I do other [actual] work, time came to pickup on some other tools.
Even having not dealt with regexes pretty much at all, the book was very easy to get into. The first few chapters go through the basic matching structures, along with requisite history. All of the points are done with understandable real life examples, with diagrams and [a small amount] of actual code. The later chapters go through individual languages, and goes through which features are there, what the nuances are, and a few of the gotchas. I must admit that I probably learned more useful things about perl from this book than from any other source. There is also a large section [which I did not read, and caanot comment on] which actually details the nuts and guts of regexes.
All and all, it's easily the best instructional [as opposed to reference] text I've ever purchased.
Sorry, my comment was unclear... I'm not confidant windows is going to keep kicking ass, but until OSX and/or linux gain enough market share to become indespensable it won't matter. In other words software developers will continue to largely ignore the minority platforms for things outside their 'niche'. Once that critical mass is reached there will be *much* more software for the minority platforms, and desktop software will run on each one [give or take a few months and features].
Because then if it fails it's the manager's fault for hiring the engineers that couldn't do the job. Now it's some other company's fault for producing crappy code...
I wear my seatbelt under my arm, as I find over the shoulder terribly irritating. This is in violation of the seatbelt code which requires the seatbelt of a driver to be worn 'across the chest'.
So I got cited [on May 31st no less! tell me cops don't have quotas] because god knows I cannot protect myself, the state must do it for me!
This of course assumes that pedophiles don't use file-sharing...
I wouldn't be suprised if tracking pedophiles was the first excuse the government uses to validate this. After all *nobody* could possibly be against keeping our children safe!...
And unfortunately it seems as though most police[wo]men these days signed on to get immunity from being harrassed from other police[wo]men...
(ps- my appologies to any law enforcement officers reading; I recently was fined $30 for wearing my seatbelt, and am thus slightly bitter; law enforcement is not to blame for lawmakers' idiocy.)
Not terribly unique or interesting, but I recently started playing Ice Hockey. Pretty much because I have wanted to for a while, and never had the motivation or $$$ to do so. I've also played many other sports for years and years, despite the fact that I'm on a computer probably close to 8 hours a day.
I also [like most geeks] have a passing interest in number theory. I'm currently [when I've the time/when I feel like it (hence a hobby)] poking around a little bit at my own implimentation of the quadratic sieve, seeing if I can make it better. It's on the computer, but technically doesn't have to be.
simple, just imbed them into our skin/clothing/jewlery and have them link up to a wireless control device that's connected to your nervous system...
Seriously though; eventually there's going to be some sort of nervous system -> computer interface developed that doesn't involve actual physical contact/motion. Until then, what we have now [and in some situations voice commands] should be sufficient.
Indeed. The only way to even know is to pretty much do it, and learn from our mistakes. [and do it in such a way to mitigate the mistakes...]
IMO GM stuff is going to be alot like the industrial revolution. In the end it creates tons of bonuses, but has some negatives, and it took lots of work to realise the side-effects and to account for many of the problems it caused.
Hopefully neither will cause catastrophic problems...
If left to their own devices simple mutation will eventually lead to the hardier species anyways.
More of a problem is if they are not hardier species and rely upon artificial environments [man] to survive. Even then it's simply an ethical consideration about making a species that is doomed without us. Are we ready for the responsibility and the such.
Personally I think it's cool. I also think that *someone* is going to do it, as someone will always disregard ethics for some reason or another...
garagegames isn't making any money, at least last I heard. They're a dev house like any other dev house, only they happen to peddle things on the side; or would if anyone would buy.
PopCap isn't succeeding because of shareware, PopCap is succeeding because their games are like heroin!
Well, let's see... One time the cavemen managed to smash certain rocks together and reliably get sparks -> fire. Pretty much the basis of civilization...
Well, generally governments are needed to step in to allow competition since with [anti-competative] monopolies a market cannot decide for itself... That said however, this is still an awful idea.
Umm why? A distro doesn't have to include GPLd software in their distro; and they certainly don't need to support it. If you don't like it, pick another distro/support contract. The GPL will ensure that the distro provides the source so that you may do your own support if needs be, and that others can provide competative support [unlike microsoft for example because they're the only ones that *can* provide support/fixes on certain issues]
People like luxury to set themselves apart from others, to exhibit their dominance over other [wo]men (insert caveman mating reasoning here). Now that most Americans can get luxury, the top of the top want even more luxurious items to set themselves apart...
I never played the first [actually I did once and hated it... but then again I hated the 2nd until I got used to it]
The constant patching was pretty annoying, but iirc tribes2 came out the same day/month? as diablo II and Icewind Dale II. So pretty much anyone who was into rpg's at all went that way rather than to Tribes.
I'll almost certainly look into the 3rd when it arrives; though the way the franchise has been handled they'll probably try to release it right after doom3...
eh? Yegods, a game that has a learning curve! A FPS that you actually have to aim to hit something!
Sure, being a game like tribes won't garner a super following like even UT2k3 or the such, but the actual gameplay and fanbase that is there tends to be alot better.
So it comes down to a fairly common question. Do the developers want to make tons of cash, or do they want to make a unique game?
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Just because they're pleased with the changes doesn't mean that they're still not pushing for more.
Indeed. It's probably the best because it's the version of windows that's closest to being 'just an OS'.
What I want is physical pain upon the sender whenever spam is sent. *THAT* would be much better I think :]
Hell, even a fee or mental anguish would suffice...
Shouldn't that really be "dumbass sysadmin exposes student information"
And really; with all of the unemployed admins in the area, you'd think the school district could pick and choose one that was competant.
I also have this book [actually right next to me]. I'd put off learning perl [and indirectly regexes] for some time, because... well, I was a windows admin by trade. Now that I do other [actual] work, time came to pickup on some other tools.
Even having not dealt with regexes pretty much at all, the book was very easy to get into. The first few chapters go through the basic matching structures, along with requisite history. All of the points are done with understandable real life examples, with diagrams and [a small amount] of actual code. The later chapters go through individual languages, and goes through which features are there, what the nuances are, and a few of the gotchas. I must admit that I probably learned more useful things about perl from this book than from any other source. There is also a large section [which I did not read, and caanot comment on] which actually details the nuts and guts of regexes.
All and all, it's easily the best instructional [as opposed to reference] text I've ever purchased.
Sorry, my comment was unclear... I'm not confidant windows is going to keep kicking ass, but until OSX and/or linux gain enough market share to become indespensable it won't matter. In other words software developers will continue to largely ignore the minority platforms for things outside their 'niche'. Once that critical mass is reached there will be *much* more software for the minority platforms, and desktop software will run on each one [give or take a few months and features].
Seriously. As long as Windows beats them both to a bloody pulp on the desktop, it doesn't matter.
Because then if it fails it's the manager's fault for hiring the engineers that couldn't do the job. Now it's some other company's fault for producing crappy code...
Well, yes, but only if you assume that there will be less cars on the road, and the traffic caused by only having 3 lanes rather than 4 is negligable.
It's not. Usually the non-carpool cars are stuck in traffic [running, emitting exhaust] enough to make up for there being less cars overall.
No no, actually it was for wearing my seatbelt...
I wear my seatbelt under my arm, as I find over the shoulder terribly irritating. This is in violation of the seatbelt code which requires the seatbelt of a driver to be worn 'across the chest'.
So I got cited [on May 31st no less! tell me cops don't have quotas] because god knows I cannot protect myself, the state must do it for me!
This of course assumes that pedophiles don't use file-sharing...
I wouldn't be suprised if tracking pedophiles was the first excuse the government uses to validate this. After all *nobody* could possibly be against keeping our children safe!...
And unfortunately it seems as though most police[wo]men these days signed on to get immunity from being harrassed from other police[wo]men...
(ps- my appologies to any law enforcement officers reading; I recently was fined $30 for wearing my seatbelt, and am thus slightly bitter; law enforcement is not to blame for lawmakers' idiocy.)
Not terribly unique or interesting, but I recently started playing Ice Hockey. Pretty much because I have wanted to for a while, and never had the motivation or $$$ to do so. I've also played many other sports for years and years, despite the fact that I'm on a computer probably close to 8 hours a day.
I also [like most geeks] have a passing interest in number theory. I'm currently [when I've the time/when I feel like it (hence a hobby)] poking around a little bit at my own implimentation of the quadratic sieve, seeing if I can make it better. It's on the computer, but technically doesn't have to be.
simple, just imbed them into our skin/clothing/jewlery and have them link up to a wireless control device that's connected to your nervous system...
Seriously though; eventually there's going to be some sort of nervous system -> computer interface developed that doesn't involve actual physical contact/motion. Until then, what we have now [and in some situations voice commands] should be sufficient.
Indeed. The only way to even know is to pretty much do it, and learn from our mistakes. [and do it in such a way to mitigate the mistakes...]
IMO GM stuff is going to be alot like the industrial revolution. In the end it creates tons of bonuses, but has some negatives, and it took lots of work to realise the side-effects and to account for many of the problems it caused.
Hopefully neither will cause catastrophic problems...
How is that a problem?
If left to their own devices simple mutation will eventually lead to the hardier species anyways.
More of a problem is if they are not hardier species and rely upon artificial environments [man] to survive. Even then it's simply an ethical consideration about making a species that is doomed without us. Are we ready for the responsibility and the such.
Personally I think it's cool. I also think that *someone* is going to do it, as someone will always disregard ethics for some reason or another...
both of course.
garagegames isn't making any money, at least last I heard. They're a dev house like any other dev house, only they happen to peddle things on the side; or would if anyone would buy.
PopCap isn't succeeding because of shareware, PopCap is succeeding because their games are like heroin!
Well, let's see... One time the cavemen managed to smash certain rocks together and reliably get sparks -> fire. Pretty much the basis of civilization...
Well, generally governments are needed to step in to allow competition since with [anti-competative] monopolies a market cannot decide for itself... That said however, this is still an awful idea.
Could be a BSD distro I suppose :P
Umm why? A distro doesn't have to include GPLd software in their distro; and they certainly don't need to support it. If you don't like it, pick another distro/support contract. The GPL will ensure that the distro provides the source so that you may do your own support if needs be, and that others can provide competative support [unlike microsoft for example because they're the only ones that *can* provide support/fixes on certain issues]
Not a formal ranking system, though unfortunately most ranking systems can be spoiled by people looking to take advantage of others...
People still want luxury. How is this news?
People like luxury to set themselves apart from others, to exhibit their dominance over other [wo]men (insert caveman mating reasoning here). Now that most Americans can get luxury, the top of the top want even more luxurious items to set themselves apart...
I never played the first [actually I did once and hated it... but then again I hated the 2nd until I got used to it]
The constant patching was pretty annoying, but iirc tribes2 came out the same day/month? as diablo II and Icewind Dale II. So pretty much anyone who was into rpg's at all went that way rather than to Tribes.
I'll almost certainly look into the 3rd when it arrives; though the way the franchise has been handled they'll probably try to release it right after doom3...
eh? Yegods, a game that has a learning curve! A FPS that you actually have to aim to hit something!
Sure, being a game like tribes won't garner a super following like even UT2k3 or the such, but the actual gameplay and fanbase that is there tends to be alot better.
So it comes down to a fairly common question. Do the developers want to make tons of cash, or do they want to make a unique game?