I'm sure everyone will believe your theory that linus just can't grasp C++'s advantages and that's the reason why he doesn't want to rewrite the entire kernel in C++
C++ object can be linked with C code, I have used that ability to add C++ code incrementally to projects originally developed in C. As a result, have had plenty of opportunity to compare the C++ result to the original C. Typically, equivalent or identical object code but source is more consise, readable and maintainable.
You're making that up. Linus's actual arguments against C++ for kernel is mainy rhetoric about "substandard programmers". The real issue is that Linus has no real experience with C++, therefore does not deeply understand its organizational advantages. Speaking as a longtime C hacker who did make the effort to figure out what C++ is all about. It's true, C++ is far from perfect, but on the whole it beats the crap out of good ole C along multiple dimensions.
I take it that only luddites and sycophants are moderating this thread. Look, Linus has many great qualities for which I admire him, but sometimes he just drops the ball. Other examples: initial refusal to use any form of source control. Initial refusal to allow an in-kernel debugger. Plenty of other examples. Eventually he usually figures these things out eventually, but it can take time. Sometimes ridiculous amounts of time.
You're making that up. Linus's actual arguments against C++ for kernel is mainy rhetoric about "substandard programmers". The real issue is that Linus has no real experience with C++, therefore does not deeply understand its organizational advantages. Speaking as a longtime C hacker who did make the effort to figure out what C++ is all about. It's true, C++ is far from perfect, but on the whole it beats the crap out of good ole C along multiple dimensions.
Japan’s recent history of catastrophic earthquakes has driven a great deal of its former data centre infrastructure to outsourcing to more stable locations
Hmmph. According to news reports, some Tokyo data centers established backup locations in Osaka, near the epicenter of Great Hanshin earthquake. Hardly a "more stable location".
If this ruling sticks then a major adjustment in AAPL's price is coming down the tracks. Should be good for roughly a 15-20% drop. At 16, AAPL's p/e is looking a little pricey in any case. Other tech perps are no doubt peering anxiously over their shoulders but AAPL is the standout bad actor.
Or maybe Apple should engineer their products better.
It would seem that Apple astromodders running rampant. And why not? It is worth $billions to Apple to spin this issue away. Why not shed a little ethics to achieve such a worthy goal?
The pattern is pretty much all the same. The paid astromodders show up a day or two after the article, to protect Apple's shiny reputation from any tarnish by truth.
But don't you think it's kind of crappy that the iPhone 6 is so flimsy, especially for the price?
If it were flimsy, perhaps , but in reality it's not - some Android phones are worse, and if you pick one up you can tell "flimsy" does not describe it at all.
But you can bend the iPhone 6+ in half with your fingers. I call that flimsy.
Apple bills its latest product as a premium phone and brags endlessly about the supposed build quality, apparently justify the high price tag. But the truth is, Apple's latest product is a questionably engineered flimsy thing that costs just $200 to make. Not premium at all. Nothing to distinguish it from the competition, quite the contrary. Apple is now engaged in a desperate dance to hide that rather obvious fact from joe idiot apple consumer.
Hey Apple astromod, what is not accurate about that? I would say the odour of desperation is getting pretty thick.
Practically everybody puts their phone in a case. Which makes wonder: why is phone thinness such a huge issue?
Apple especially acts like the thinness of the phone is one of, if not *the* most important feature. But once you put the phone in a case, then shaving 2mm off the thickness means nothing.
Perhaps. By making the iPhone 2 mm thicker Apple could have avoided bendgate and also the embarrassing situation where the camera sticks out so the phone can't lie flat. But Jobs is dead, so...
Apple bills its latest product as a premium phone and brags endlessly about the supposed build quality, apparently justify the high price tag. But the truth is, Apple's latest product is a questionably engineered flimsy thing that costs just $200 to make. Not premium at all. Nothing to distinguish it from the competition, quite the contrary. Apple is now engaged in a desperate dance to hide that rather obvious fact from joe idiot apple consumer.
Or maybe Apple should engineer their products better.
It would seem that Apple astromodders running rampant. And why not? It is worth $billions to Apple to spin this issue away. Why not shed a little ethics to achieve such a worthy goal?
Hmm, this is for Apple astroturfers downmodding that inconvenient truth. New video posted by the bendgate dude to rebut the swarm of camp followers claiming the test was somehow faked or exaggerated. If anything, worse results for Apple this time.
Watch the vid, there is a legit reason for round numbers.
You mean, there is an "excuse" for the the round numbers, not a legitimate reason. Consider that upping the force in 1 pound increments would have scarcely increased the cost of the experiment while dramatically improving the quality of the result.
Now, finding that the 6+ is significantly stiffer than the smaller and only slightly thinner 6 is really surprising isn't it? So surprising that you wonder about the repeatability of the result. Notice in the video that the right hand side of the 6+ is positioned noticeably past the pencil mark, while the HTC one is positioned perceptibly inside the mark. Oops.
So... these guys found that the 6+ is stiffer than the 6. Wow, what a surprise considering that the length/thickness ratio of the 6+ is 22.27 while the 6 is 20.01. OK, I am going to have to raise a flag here. Sorry, just calling themselves "consumer" does not mean they are immune to bad science, or worse.
Obviously, the consumer reports testing was completely scientific, after all, they are known to be on the side of the consumer, right? It is nothing less than astonishing that the HTC One happened to tie the iPhone 6 exactly. And of course, this video must have been faked.
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I'm sure everyone will believe your theory that linus just can't grasp C++'s advantages and that's the reason why he doesn't want to rewrite the entire kernel in C++
C++ object can be linked with C code, I have used that ability to add C++ code incrementally to projects originally developed in C. As a result, have had plenty of opportunity to compare the C++ result to the original C. Typically, equivalent or identical object code but source is more consise, readable and maintainable.
You're making that up. Linus's actual arguments against C++ for kernel is mainy rhetoric about "substandard programmers". The real issue is that Linus has no real experience with C++, therefore does not deeply understand its organizational advantages. Speaking as a longtime C hacker who did make the effort to figure out what C++ is all about. It's true, C++ is far from perfect, but on the whole it beats the crap out of good ole C along multiple dimensions.
I take it that only luddites and sycophants are moderating this thread. Look, Linus has many great qualities for which I admire him, but sometimes he just drops the ball. Other examples: initial refusal to use any form of source control. Initial refusal to allow an in-kernel debugger. Plenty of other examples. Eventually he usually figures these things out eventually, but it can take time. Sometimes ridiculous amounts of time.
You're making that up. Linus's actual arguments against C++ for kernel is mainy rhetoric about "substandard programmers". The real issue is that Linus has no real experience with C++, therefore does not deeply understand its organizational advantages. Speaking as a longtime C hacker who did make the effort to figure out what C++ is all about. It's true, C++ is far from perfect, but on the whole it beats the crap out of good ole C along multiple dimensions.
Not a great comparison Big physics requires precise alignment, computer equipment not so much.
Japan’s recent history of catastrophic earthquakes has driven a great deal of its former data centre infrastructure to outsourcing to more stable locations
Hmmph. According to news reports, some Tokyo data centers established backup locations in Osaka, near the epicenter of Great Hanshin earthquake. Hardly a "more stable location".
I loved the Microsoft Sidewinder game controller for the PC back in the day.
So of course they cancelled that.
If this ruling sticks then a major adjustment in AAPL's price is coming down the tracks. Should be good for roughly a 15-20% drop. At 16, AAPL's p/e is looking a little pricey in any case. Other tech perps are no doubt peering anxiously over their shoulders but AAPL is the standout bad actor.
they should pay tax somewhere... I do and most of the world does... it's that or death...
Correction: it's that and death.
Or maybe Apple should engineer their products better.
Insightful? Really???
It's only Apple that doesn't regard a wake up call for good engineering as insightful.
Or maybe Apple should engineer their products better.
It would seem that Apple astromodders running rampant. And why not? It is worth $billions to Apple to spin this issue away. Why not shed a little ethics to achieve such a worthy goal?
The pattern is pretty much all the same. The paid astromodders show up a day or two after the article, to protect Apple's shiny reputation from any tarnish by truth.
But don't you think it's kind of crappy that the iPhone 6 is so flimsy, especially for the price?
If it were flimsy, perhaps , but in reality it's not - some Android phones are worse, and if you pick one up you can tell "flimsy" does not describe it at all.
But you can bend the iPhone 6+ in half with your fingers. I call that flimsy.
Android phones bend too...
Apple bills its latest product as a premium phone and brags endlessly about the supposed build quality, apparently justify the high price tag. But the truth is, Apple's latest product is a questionably engineered flimsy thing that costs just $200 to make. Not premium at all. Nothing to distinguish it from the competition, quite the contrary. Apple is now engaged in a desperate dance to hide that rather obvious fact from joe idiot apple consumer.
Hey Apple astromod, what is not accurate about that? I would say the odour of desperation is getting pretty thick.
Practically everybody puts their phone in a case. Which makes wonder: why is phone thinness such a huge issue?
Apple especially acts like the thinness of the phone is one of, if not *the* most important feature. But once you put the phone in a case, then shaving 2mm off the thickness means nothing.
Perhaps. By making the iPhone 2 mm thicker Apple could have avoided bendgate and also the embarrassing situation where the camera sticks out so the phone can't lie flat. But Jobs is dead, so...
But don't you think it's kind of crappy that the iPhone 6 is so flimsy, especially for the price?
Android phones bend too...
Apple bills its latest product as a premium phone and brags endlessly about the supposed build quality, apparently justify the high price tag. But the truth is, Apple's latest product is a questionably engineered flimsy thing that costs just $200 to make. Not premium at all. Nothing to distinguish it from the competition, quite the contrary. Apple is now engaged in a desperate dance to hide that rather obvious fact from joe idiot apple consumer.
Or maybe Apple should engineer their products better.
It would seem that Apple astromodders running rampant. And why not? It is worth $billions to Apple to spin this issue away. Why not shed a little ethics to achieve such a worthy goal?
Hmm, this is for Apple astroturfers downmodding that inconvenient truth. New video posted by the bendgate dude to rebut the swarm of camp followers claiming the test was somehow faked or exaggerated. If anything, worse results for Apple this time.
OK, spin that Apple.
Watch the vid, there is a legit reason for round numbers.
You mean, there is an "excuse" for the the round numbers, not a legitimate reason. Consider that upping the force in 1 pound increments would have scarcely increased the cost of the experiment while dramatically improving the quality of the result.
Now, finding that the 6+ is significantly stiffer than the smaller and only slightly thinner 6 is really surprising isn't it? So surprising that you wonder about the repeatability of the result. Notice in the video that the right hand side of the 6+ is positioned noticeably past the pencil mark, while the HTC one is positioned perceptibly inside the mark. Oops.
So... these guys found that the 6+ is stiffer than the 6. Wow, what a surprise considering that the length/thickness ratio of the 6+ is 22.27 while the 6 is 20.01. OK, I am going to have to raise a flag here. Sorry, just calling themselves "consumer" does not mean they are immune to bad science, or worse.
Obviously, the consumer reports testing was completely scientific, after all, they are known to be on the side of the consumer, right? It is nothing less than astonishing that the HTC One happened to tie the iPhone 6 exactly. And of course, this video must have been faked.
Or maybe Apple should engineer their products better.
It's amazing how metal objects bend when subjected to repeated and prolonged stress.
No that's not it. It's a reality distortion field.
...It couldn't be about some nerds just wanting to scratch and itch, could it?
No, not in this case.
The way I read it, Systemd is mainly a hail mary from the gnome cabal to try to jumpstart a stalled heart. The words "walking dead" come to mind.
Beat me too it. It is beyond me why the Debian priests insist on continued dead horse beating.
We’re opinionated and socially maladjusted dwellers who lead monotonous lives and are trying to bring some variety in our existences by seeing if we can win a Darwin Award, or at least rustle your jimmies.
I'm in.