If what you're abbreviating isn't obvious from the abbreviation, and it isn't a standard abbreviation that has already existed for many years, you shouldn't use it.
I was very excited about Perl 6 when Larry started releasing apocalypses. I really hate to say it, because I'm as big a fan of Perl as anyone... but at the current rate, we're not going to see a full specification (much less implementation) of Perl 6 anytime in the next 15 years. There have been 6 apocalypses in the past 3 years, and there are supposed to be about 30 in all.
Perl has a long history of being practical and useful rather than theoretically perfect, and it makes me sad to see the trend reversing with Perl 6. It seems like Larry is trying to make Perl 6 everything to everyone. That's one sure way to fail (although TMTOWTDI, of course:-) It's just not useful to anyone if it doesn't exist.
They're mostly EverAnime discs I got off eBay over the last few years. But they're not too bad quality, I don't think. Unfortunately, I don't know of a good place to get them... the guy I bought most of the discs from apparently died in a car accident last year.
I would love to go to this. Of course, I'm probably the exact person they're targeting... I have about 20 Final Fantasy soundtrack CDs, including all the piano collections, remixes and all that. It makes nice background music while coding, so I listen to them all the time. And almost makes me feel like I'm playing video games, which is nice:-)
I have a hard enough time holding a regular ruler still and getting it in exactly the right place when I'm measuring stuff. Now you're telling me I have to hold it still enough that it doesn't slip by a couple of nanometers??? What kind of sadist would think up such a thing?
That's why you include a mini-fridge and snack stockpile in your video game set up, of course. That way, you don't have to get up for anything except to pee. And if you have an huge bladder like this kid apparently does, you don't even have to do that.
This morning a local Utah radio station was playing McBride sound bites trashing the Linux community, too. And it was made painfully obvious that nobody had a clue what this whole thing is about, since immediately after the clips, a newscaster reported that "SCO is suing Microsoft because they say Microsoft copied a program called Unix and renamed it Linux". (pronounced LYE-nucks)
I've written to the station to point out the fact that almost every syllable in that report was incorrect. But I have to think that Darl loves this virus, since it gives him more opportunity to take unchallenged potshots at the Linux and Open Source community on TV and radio.
Me too... and I tried hard to make sense of "cultured spam" before I took a closer look. The only thing I could guess was the spam that's been sitting on my hard drive for a few years. But what that had to do with zebrafish...?
I think we all know this hasn't been a last-ditch effort to prevent the corporate bankruptcy of SCO. It's more like a last-ditch effort to prevent the personal bankruptcy of Darl &co.
You know, I've had the same thing happen at certain places of business, like banks or pizza parlors. I'll be standing there nicely at the counter, having taken the courtesy of moving my physical person to their place of business, and I'll be preempted by someone calling in on the telephone. "Hang on just a second, I have to help this person on the phone." Umm, okay. If I want priority, should I not stand in line, but rather jump the line by staying home and giving you a call?
It's especially annoying in movie theaters because you know the ringing is going to get louder before it stops. I always hate hearing a muffled ring, because the sheer anticipation of the person pulling it out of the purse/bag to turn it off is almost worse than the ring itself.
I've thought that I've solved calculus (and other) problems in my sleep before. Once I even forced myself awake so I could write down on paper whatever brilliant thing had come to me in my dream. When I woke up in the morning, the writing was mostly unreadable, but the readable words said something utterly stupid, like "half of pigs rolling will unite the values". Maybe dreaming is sort of like being drunk, in that you perceive yourself as much smarter than you really are.
I don't know about removing the freedom of computer use, but I'm surprised that something really catastrophic hasn't happened yet. The nastiest worms and viruses we've seen on a large scale haven't even done anything truly malicious. I'm just waiting for the one that spreads itself far and wide, destroying data. When (not if) that happens, we're going to see some serious crap hit the fan.
It's 6 years of potential new discoveries and technology, but such things don't make it into the mainstream instantly. Banks still rely on mainframes running 30-year old COBOL code. Average users today are still using Windows 98 (which is itself almost 6 years old), or even Windows 95. I wouldn't be surprised if a great many people were still using today's software and security techniques in 2010, regardless of what happens on the security front between now and then.
Um, wait a minute. Wasn't it just two days ago that SCO posted a notice of compliance with the court's order? I haven't been following the details very closely, but even I remember that one. Two days ago they were in compliance, but now they're not? Unless I've seriously misunderstood something (which often happens), exactly how fragile do they expect our memories to be?
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If what you're abbreviating isn't obvious from the abbreviation, and it isn't a standard abbreviation that has already existed for many years, you shouldn't use it.
It is, it is, and it has.
I was very excited about Perl 6 when Larry started releasing apocalypses. I really hate to say it, because I'm as big a fan of Perl as anyone... but at the current rate, we're not going to see a full specification (much less implementation) of Perl 6 anytime in the next 15 years. There have been 6 apocalypses in the past 3 years, and there are supposed to be about 30 in all.
:-) It's just not useful to anyone if it doesn't exist.
Perl has a long history of being practical and useful rather than theoretically perfect, and it makes me sad to see the trend reversing with Perl 6. It seems like Larry is trying to make Perl 6 everything to everyone. That's one sure way to fail (although TMTOWTDI, of course
Hey, I didn't know! I was young and innocent then. All I saw was Final Fantasy music on CD and my excitement blinded me to all else :-)
They're mostly EverAnime discs I got off eBay over the last few years. But they're not too bad quality, I don't think. Unfortunately, I don't know of a good place to get them... the guy I bought most of the discs from apparently died in a car accident last year.
I would love to go to this. Of course, I'm probably the exact person they're targeting... I have about 20 Final Fantasy soundtrack CDs, including all the piano collections, remixes and all that. It makes nice background music while coding, so I listen to them all the time. And almost makes me feel like I'm playing video games, which is nice :-)
What's wrong with earplugs and eye shades?
Sorry, your subject line does not compile:
$ perl -e 'my $.'
Can't use global $. in "my" at -e line 1, at end of line
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.
Jeez, my brain has been soaking in Perl too long.
Well, sure, if you don't mind being blinded for life.
Why would they need one? They don't have an OS division either.
I have a hard enough time holding a regular ruler still and getting it in exactly the right place when I'm measuring stuff. Now you're telling me I have to hold it still enough that it doesn't slip by a couple of nanometers??? What kind of sadist would think up such a thing?
Ha ha ha ha!!! Oh, that joke gets funnier every time I hear it. It never, ever gets old, no matter how many thousand times I read it on Slashdot.
That's why you include a mini-fridge and snack stockpile in your video game set up, of course. That way, you don't have to get up for anything except to pee. And if you have an huge bladder like this kid apparently does, you don't even have to do that.
This morning a local Utah radio station was playing McBride sound bites trashing the Linux community, too. And it was made painfully obvious that nobody had a clue what this whole thing is about, since immediately after the clips, a newscaster reported that "SCO is suing Microsoft because they say Microsoft copied a program called Unix and renamed it Linux". (pronounced LYE-nucks)
I've written to the station to point out the fact that almost every syllable in that report was incorrect. But I have to think that Darl loves this virus, since it gives him more opportunity to take unchallenged potshots at the Linux and Open Source community on TV and radio.
Me too... and I tried hard to make sense of "cultured spam" before I took a closer look. The only thing I could guess was the spam that's been sitting on my hard drive for a few years. But what that had to do with zebrafish...?
I think we all know this hasn't been a last-ditch effort to prevent the corporate bankruptcy of SCO. It's more like a last-ditch effort to prevent the personal bankruptcy of Darl &co.
Being literally pissed off... now there's an image I didn't need in my head.
I just have to say thank you. :-) I hope they realized it, too.
If only we could convince everyone to buy only used CDs! Er, wait...
You know, I've had the same thing happen at certain places of business, like banks or pizza parlors. I'll be standing there nicely at the counter, having taken the courtesy of moving my physical person to their place of business, and I'll be preempted by someone calling in on the telephone. "Hang on just a second, I have to help this person on the phone." Umm, okay. If I want priority, should I not stand in line, but rather jump the line by staying home and giving you a call?
It's especially annoying in movie theaters because you know the ringing is going to get louder before it stops. I always hate hearing a muffled ring, because the sheer anticipation of the person pulling it out of the purse/bag to turn it off is almost worse than the ring itself.
I've thought that I've solved calculus (and other) problems in my sleep before. Once I even forced myself awake so I could write down on paper whatever brilliant thing had come to me in my dream. When I woke up in the morning, the writing was mostly unreadable, but the readable words said something utterly stupid, like "half of pigs rolling will unite the values". Maybe dreaming is sort of like being drunk, in that you perceive yourself as much smarter than you really are.
I don't know about removing the freedom of computer use, but I'm surprised that something really catastrophic hasn't happened yet. The nastiest worms and viruses we've seen on a large scale haven't even done anything truly malicious. I'm just waiting for the one that spreads itself far and wide, destroying data. When (not if) that happens, we're going to see some serious crap hit the fan.
It's 6 years of potential new discoveries and technology, but such things don't make it into the mainstream instantly. Banks still rely on mainframes running 30-year old COBOL code. Average users today are still using Windows 98 (which is itself almost 6 years old), or even Windows 95. I wouldn't be surprised if a great many people were still using today's software and security techniques in 2010, regardless of what happens on the security front between now and then.
Um, wait a minute. Wasn't it just two days ago that SCO posted a notice of compliance with the court's order? I haven't been following the details very closely, but even I remember that one. Two days ago they were in compliance, but now they're not? Unless I've seriously misunderstood something (which often happens), exactly how fragile do they expect our memories to be?
Who is tossing these PCs out? Where can we find them?