In my book there are only three ways to measure code:
* For speed
* For size
* For readability
Perhaps you've got a few pages missing. Usability, functionality, reliability...
That's the end product. This is about the actual writing of code. You can apply any or all of those in respect to the end product independently. A coder could write very neat code, fast code, or compact code, which has any kind of interface or performance.
We saw all the tricks people employed to copy-protect games on the C64. Most of them were pretty weak. The most effective I recall were the methods which spread out their information gathering throughout the boot process. This prevented someone trying to break copy protection from easily identifying the part of code where the detection was executed. If Microsoft gathered information, throuhout the boot process it could easily assemble some sort of checksum to check the boot sector and identify if it wasn't genuine. Does it take more than 30 years to figure this sort of thing out?
Whatever you measure will be gamed. Measure bugs fixed, and you will find people wasting time listing each tiny variation of a bug. Measure lines of code, you will get spaghetti code.
It almost seems better to measure a bunch of things and use a secret formula to determine productivity.
In my book there are only three ways to measure code:
For speed
For size
For readability
Emphasis on any one and the others suffer. They're goal should be on bug-free code which meets a spec. Writing code is like practicing medicine, every patient is different and has its own demands.
But for those that do recognize its intricate gears and dials, this tiny, complex piece of machinery tells a vivid and incredible tale of gigantic scientific upheaval, of adventure and shipwreck on the high seas, of war and death."
Which will be turned out as a Dreamworks film because Spielberg will have always wanted to make a movie like this - it'll be 300, but with some yucks and absolutely no suspense as Steve finds it so enjoyable to have characters blather on about things to the point there's no mystery left.
[quote]The company said it will use a mix of industrial astronauts and advanced robotic systems[/quote]
Great, just what we need -- mass-produced clones having an existential break-down while being gently prodded on by a robot with the voice of Kevin Spacey.
I'd land a lot of robots, to explore, before landing another man on the moon. Something found with the South Pole examination of the lunar surface is that surface is very soft, fluffy and deep. Land there with care or become lost at sea, so to speak.
But that's just it. He sees people getting content electronically online as taking (Stealing) things out of his members trucks.He doesn't care if you bought a legal electronic copy or not. Even if you buy a physical copy his members deliver it. He's speaking solely out of self interest. He doesn't like anything that lets you get delivery electronically.
Too bad for him, as that's the direction of entertainment delivery - no hard copy sitting in your bookshelf, bought at Sam Goody, down on the corner, delivered to that store by loaders and drivers.
Ever find yourself in a public place, like a mall or stadium and the little thought flashes through your mind, "I just need the really big gun and I could clear this place out." or "I wonder how much gold I could get clearing this place out" Fortunately some little sanity barrier prevents you.
Found ideas like that in my mind after epic gaming sessions. Don't play those kinds of games now so those thoughts haven't popped up in years. I hope they're gone for good, I didn't like the idea I could even visualise something like those thoughts.
Now I wonder how much wood I need, with that port near by, to build another settlement.
Rambus must have some sort of war chest for suits and appeals. They've been at it for over a decade. By appearance it seems they're developing Lawyer Technology rather than memory technology.
While the potential of a $12 billion or even $4 billion pay off might be considered mouthwatering, they'd probably have made that kind of money by now if they were putting all their money into R&D, manufacturing and licencing of revolutionary technologies.
It may look like thinking bit, but it's really very negative, thinking small.
Be sure to run such arguments through the Abraham Lincoln test. Quite a few Americans were killed in defense of his "regime."
Not in the same ballpark, not in the same league, not even in the same sport.
Syrian "Arab Spring" revolt isn't about secession and landholders right to keep slaves, it's about people tired of a leader who, though elected, they have no real say in his election. His father was leader for 29 years. Don' t think that fits Abe or the conferacy even tangentially.
So the dissident first has to jailbreak out of his cell, only to have to jailbreak his cell? Why would they want to rely on an app that can be remote wiped by Apple at a moments notice? Not only are the Android phones more free, the faster processors will speed up encryption/decryption. Poor choice of phone.
Phillip.
Wait. You think Apple would do that? You don't work at Apple. If they did Apple would be seen as a tool of bloodthirsty tyrants. I expect if the Syrian government even suggested Apple drop these apps you'd find an epidemic of "deaf ears" in Cupertino.
Apple is all about saluting the Rebel in you, after all.
You can't quit union in non-right to work states. So they don't care, they still get your money.
You can drop AFL-CIO as your union and switch to another by a vote. It's not unpossible. Probably more effective to just get a letter writing campaign going, though.
What is your position on Captain Picard stationed on the Enterprise replicating the Earl Gray Tea leaves off of your trucks?
Thank you.
Sorry, dude, but the Enterprise is a tool of the government. Did you actually not think about that all these years? Earl Grey Tea supplier, which provided the original pattern for the replicator probably got a big payoff.
Would be rather fitting if the iPhone helped along a revolution for freedom.
Which would somehow make all the Apple marketing people puff out their chests in so much pride you'd have to walk through Cupertino sideways.
That kind of PR you can't buy -- just quietly do what you can for them and let the media go on tooting your horn for you.
Perhaps Microsoft or Google could take a page from that book -- Twitter was part of the Green Revolt in Iran, which certainly enhanced their exposure -- maybe Microsoft or Google could foment a rebellion somewhere... Gad. What a cynic I'm becoming.
What cost? Ionizing radiation is bad for you. There, no charge. When there's a benefit, then the risk may be justified, such as in medical applications, but security theater is not a good enough reason for exposing people to ionizing radiation.
Preaching to the choir, AC.
I underwent Radiation Therapy for 6 weeks after having a malignant tumor removed. My doctors, ever since, have tried to minimize how frequently I have X-Rays taken, opting for MagRes or Ultrasound to check things. I feel I've been baked and now must be wary.
In a landscape that far from large water bodies the nightly/daily temperatures differ much more than here. That can perfectly give them pretty annoying 110F during day and 40F every night.
Sounds like Sacramento, or even Mountain View, California. The humidity of the surrounding air has an insulative effect. Drier air, like you'll find in Nevada, Arizona and California can have similar daily temperature swings. You'll feel the heat much less in dry surroundings. Ulan Bator has relative humidity around 60% during the Summer months, so wide swings are likely.
I still think they would benefit more found creating some parks with broad shallow ponds, with some fountains. If they have the water for ice then they should be able to muster enough for these and evaporation would cool the air quite effectively.
It will be interesting to see how many posters here will back Al-assad claiming that he is the rightful ruler of Syria.
No ruler has a greater right to life than any of the people he governs. He's past the tipping point already. Start killing people and cooking up preposterous storys to back up your claim and you might as well leave now, rather than gunned down by a rebel soldier after escaping from your flamin motorcade.
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Perhaps you've got a few pages missing. Usability, functionality, reliability...
That's the end product. This is about the actual writing of code. You can apply any or all of those in respect to the end product independently. A coder could write very neat code, fast code, or compact code, which has any kind of interface or performance.
We saw all the tricks people employed to copy-protect games on the C64. Most of them were pretty weak. The most effective I recall were the methods which spread out their information gathering throughout the boot process. This prevented someone trying to break copy protection from easily identifying the part of code where the detection was executed. If Microsoft gathered information, throuhout the boot process it could easily assemble some sort of checksum to check the boot sector and identify if it wasn't genuine. Does it take more than 30 years to figure this sort of thing out?
So, you want to reward Wally? He probably doesn't introduce much bugs...
Neither does he produce. If the PHB weren't so inept he wouldn't be there.
Tell me you've never been in a workplace there didn't have a goldbricker like Wally.
Whatever you measure will be gamed. Measure bugs fixed, and you will find people wasting time listing each tiny variation of a bug. Measure lines of code, you will get spaghetti code.
It almost seems better to measure a bunch of things and use a secret formula to determine productivity.
In my book there are only three ways to measure code:
Emphasis on any one and the others suffer. They're goal should be on bug-free code which meets a spec. Writing code is like practicing medicine, every patient is different and has its own demands.
But for those that do recognize its intricate gears and dials, this tiny, complex piece of machinery tells a vivid and incredible tale of gigantic scientific upheaval, of adventure and shipwreck on the high seas, of war and death."
Which will be turned out as a Dreamworks film because Spielberg will have always wanted to make a movie like this - it'll be 300, but with some yucks and absolutely no suspense as Steve finds it so enjoyable to have characters blather on about things to the point there's no mystery left.
It would be amazing if they can get a patent on that.
True. Prior art of 2100 years might be a small hurdle.
[quote]The company said it will use a mix of industrial astronauts and advanced robotic systems[/quote]
Great, just what we need -- mass-produced clones having an existential break-down while being gently prodded on by a robot with the voice of Kevin Spacey.
I'd land a lot of robots, to explore, before landing another man on the moon. Something found with the South Pole examination of the lunar surface is that surface is very soft, fluffy and deep. Land there with care or become lost at sea, so to speak.
A movie prop is not prophetic enablement.
How about birds, who have been found to follow magnetic field of the Earth for migration?
Apple has been granted an injunction against all migrating bird species - prepare for Really Angry Birds
Besides doing a fat license deal, you're probably thinking about Baystar. Though there were others.
Baystar was the one - Gads, I've been following this since I had no grey hairs, not I've got a whole mess of them.
Don't be evil, Don't be greedy, because doing so invites competition to eat your lunch.
There's two ways to try winning a horse race, one is to run the fastest.
The other, Rambus way, is to attack all the other horses.
Please, MS has NOTHING on Rambus when it comes to using the courts.
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Didn't they slip SCO a few bucks to keep them going, though?
I only ask, I'm not accusing.
But that's just it. He sees people getting content electronically online as taking (Stealing) things out of his members trucks.He doesn't care if you bought a legal electronic copy or not. Even if you buy a physical copy his members deliver it. He's speaking solely out of self interest. He doesn't like anything that lets you get delivery electronically.
Too bad for him, as that's the direction of entertainment delivery - no hard copy sitting in your bookshelf, bought at Sam Goody, down on the corner, delivered to that store by loaders and drivers.
Ever find yourself in a public place, like a mall or stadium and the little thought flashes through your mind, "I just need the really big gun and I could clear this place out." or "I wonder how much gold I could get clearing this place out" Fortunately some little sanity barrier prevents you.
Found ideas like that in my mind after epic gaming sessions. Don't play those kinds of games now so those thoughts haven't popped up in years. I hope they're gone for good, I didn't like the idea I could even visualise something like those thoughts.
Now I wonder how much wood I need, with that port near by, to build another settlement.
Rambus must have some sort of war chest for suits and appeals. They've been at it for over a decade. By appearance it seems they're developing Lawyer Technology rather than memory technology.
While the potential of a $12 billion or even $4 billion pay off might be considered mouthwatering, they'd probably have made that kind of money by now if they were putting all their money into R&D, manufacturing and licencing of revolutionary technologies.
It may look like thinking bit, but it's really very negative, thinking small.
The leech that used the courts.
No hard feelings, eh?
Be sure to run such arguments through the Abraham Lincoln test. Quite a few Americans were killed in defense of his "regime."
Not in the same ballpark, not in the same league, not even in the same sport.
Syrian "Arab Spring" revolt isn't about secession and landholders right to keep slaves, it's about people tired of a leader who, though elected, they have no real say in his election. His father was leader for 29 years. Don' t think that fits Abe or the conferacy even tangentially.
So the dissident first has to jailbreak out of his cell, only to have to jailbreak his cell? Why would they want to rely on an app that can be remote wiped by Apple at a moments notice? Not only are the Android phones more free, the faster processors will speed up encryption/decryption. Poor choice of phone.
Phillip.
Wait. You think Apple would do that? You don't work at Apple. If they did Apple would be seen as a tool of bloodthirsty tyrants. I expect if the Syrian government even suggested Apple drop these apps you'd find an epidemic of "deaf ears" in Cupertino.
Apple is all about saluting the Rebel in you, after all.
It all depends on whom gets to define "steal".
+1
You can't quit union in non-right to work states. So they don't care, they still get your money.
You can drop AFL-CIO as your union and switch to another by a vote. It's not unpossible. Probably more effective to just get a letter writing campaign going, though.
What is your position on Captain Picard stationed on the Enterprise replicating the Earl Gray Tea leaves off of your trucks?
Thank you.
Sorry, dude, but the Enterprise is a tool of the government. Did you actually not think about that all these years? Earl Grey Tea supplier, which provided the original pattern for the replicator probably got a big payoff.
Laying all that fibre, installing servers, manning phones at the offices of *AA attorneys, etc.
Would be rather fitting if the iPhone helped along a revolution for freedom.
Which would somehow make all the Apple marketing people puff out their chests in so much pride you'd have to walk through Cupertino sideways.
That kind of PR you can't buy -- just quietly do what you can for them and let the media go on tooting your horn for you.
Perhaps Microsoft or Google could take a page from that book -- Twitter was part of the Green Revolt in Iran, which certainly enhanced their exposure -- maybe Microsoft or Google could foment a rebellion somewhere... Gad. What a cynic I'm becoming.
What cost? Ionizing radiation is bad for you. There, no charge. When there's a benefit, then the risk may be justified, such as in medical applications, but security theater is not a good enough reason for exposing people to ionizing radiation.
Preaching to the choir, AC.
I underwent Radiation Therapy for 6 weeks after having a malignant tumor removed. My doctors, ever since, have tried to minimize how frequently I have X-Rays taken, opting for MagRes or Ultrasound to check things. I feel I've been baked and now must be wary.
In a landscape that far from large water bodies the nightly/daily temperatures differ much more than here. That can perfectly give them pretty annoying 110F during day and 40F every night.
Sounds like Sacramento, or even Mountain View, California. The humidity of the surrounding air has an insulative effect. Drier air, like you'll find in Nevada, Arizona and California can have similar daily temperature swings. You'll feel the heat much less in dry surroundings. Ulan Bator has relative humidity around 60% during the Summer months, so wide swings are likely.
I still think they would benefit more found creating some parks with broad shallow ponds, with some fountains. If they have the water for ice then they should be able to muster enough for these and evaporation would cool the air quite effectively.
Knowledge is power.
It will be interesting to see how many posters here will back Al-assad claiming that he is the rightful ruler of Syria.
No ruler has a greater right to life than any of the people he governs. He's past the tipping point already. Start killing people and cooking up preposterous storys to back up your claim and you might as well leave now, rather than gunned down by a rebel soldier after escaping from your flamin motorcade.