As someone who's worked with Python for years both in personal projects and professionally, I've never had an issue with that. Maybe python attracts more intelligent programmers than the dime-a-dozen.Net / Java programmers being pumped out of university.
Actually the complaint is that China didn't play the game. They cheated by dumping and are now cheating by restricting exports. Not unexpected from them, but don't claim it's capitalism in action.
That is exactly how TESCO, WALL-MART and every other of these huge stores work...
This might be stating the obvious, but it looks like Yahoo wont be around for much longer. Looking at the current state of things, one could deduce the following lifecycle for a company:
1) Found Company 2) Innovate 3) Profit 4) Rest and watch the competition overtake you while profits decrease. 5) Start suing everyone around you for patent infringement 6) Bankrupcy
So they are analizing what kind of products a customer buys, and if they are products associated with pregnancy then they market them even more products associated with pregnancy. Seems like that without all that funny little anecdotes about pregnancy prediction, this is just the same algorithm everyone else uses: offering a customer the types of products they have bought in the past. Also, a pregnant woman in the second trimester is quite easy to detect by the good old method of looking at her.
Is this the US? Last time I visited, most women looked as if they were pregnant...
One might suggest it's the people who wouldn't pay for Whitney Houston's music until after she died who were doing something "in bad taste". So much for supporting artists while they're sitll alive.
Not really no. People do not buy her music because she died. People buy her music now because her death has been given a lot of media attention (as it usually is with deaths of celebrities) and :
a) some people are too young to have known this music and just discover it now b) some people have somply forgotten how good her music was
This is really a turd move from a turd of a company
What if you use a HDD password additionally? You cannot read any data from the hdd (without taking it apart) without entering the password. (http://www.laptoptips.ca/security/hard-disk-password/)
Once you enter the professional world (e.g. get a job in that business) you become part of the decision process on which software the company should purchase. Since you will have already gathered experience in photoshop, the company might be more inclined to go with that instead of GIMP.
Simalarly, it is easier to find people with the relevant skills. E.g. if it becomes hard to find people with photoshop skills, the business which change their applications, so that it is easier to find people with the correct skillset.
So you see, it does benefit them in one way or another.
I never argued that JS is hard to use. I only argued that it becomes unmanageable once your code base becomes large (e.g. more than 1 js file), especially if you work on a team.
Did you try renaming a function and following all instances which use that function? You cannot be sure that you have found all instances (especially if it has a similar name to a different function in a different class) unless you run the code over all code paths.
Am I really the only one on Slashdot who dislikes JavaScript? Every time I have to work with JS, I feel like shooting myself in the head -> Little IDE support, no type safety, no compile phase... These things make it extremely hard to work on a large application base. In fact, at work we have a custom Java -> JavaScript compiler, which makes things a lot more manageable. Most of the bugs we get in our issue tracker are related to the web interface which is still written in plain JavaScript.
I actually commend google on trying to fix this part of the web. I am not sure if this is the correct approach, but we have to start somewhere.
On the Xbox M$ gets a cut from every game sold (even if it was produced by a third party studio). On the PC, not so much.
This means, that M$ can afford to sell the hardware at a lower price point, and then getting the money back in game sales. On the PC, this business model does not work, therefore the hardware price increases.
Here in Switzerland you can buy your phone at any shop that sells mobiles and sign a contract with a phone company.
The cool thing is, if you do so, you get a phone which came directly from a factory, e.g. no sim lock, no bloatware, etc. It is a really cool approach, but I dont know how heager us companies would be to adapt this approach.
How is this not a violation of the data protection act? I quote from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Protection_Act_1998)
1. Personal data shall be processed fairly and lawfully and, in particular, shall not be processed unless- [...]
Personal data should only be processed fairly and lawfully. In order for data to be classed as 'fairly processed', at least one of these six conditions must be applicable to that data (Schedule 2).
The data subject (the person whose data is stored) has consented ("given their permission") to the processing;
Processing is necessary for the performance of, or commencing, a contract;
Processing is required under a legal obligation (other than one stated in the contract);
Processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject;
Processing is necessary to carry out any public functions;
Processing is necessary in order to pursue the legitimate interests of the "data controller" or "third parties" (unless it could unjustifiably prejudice the interests of the data subject).[8]
Is any of the above true? I certainly did not consent for my data to be processed when I am not on Facebook. Also note, it is not important who has given the data to Facebook, the DPA talks about the data subject -> The person the data is about.
One unnamed Queensland shopping centre is next month due to become the first in the nation to fit receivers that detect unique mobile phone radio frequency codes to pinpoint location within two metres.
how do they know the radio frequency codes without actually reading the signal? Communication in this sense means the phone signal, not the actual talking on the phone. It doesnt matter whether you are actually talking on the phone.
While I totally agree with you, the lawyers of the mall might not. They probably will come up with some lame excuse, quoting a dictionary that:
intercept verb [with object]
obstruct (someone or something) so as to prevent them from continuing to a destination:
intelligence agencies intercepted a series of telephone callsI intercepted Edward on his way to work
chiefly Physicscut off or deflect (light or other electromagnetic radiation):
a second prism can be swung in to intercept the light beam
Mathematics(of a line or surface) mark or cut off (part of a space , line , or surface).
Some people might want to be reachable while shopping. Was this not the point of mobile phones? To be reachable independent of your location? To me this is a clear privacy invasion, since it seems that I cannot opt out of this scheme.
Had this guy been beaten to death and had he not worn a costume, he would be now hailed as a hero and probably given a medal or two.
Since, this guy survived and hides his identity (one way or another) he is treated like a common thug.
WTF? Its ******** pepper spray. It is not like he has caused any irrepairable damage. Such treatment only discourages people from helping each other >_>
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I thought the only use for IE is to download chrome or firefox?
As someone who's worked with Python for years both in personal projects and professionally, I've never had an issue with that. Maybe python attracts more intelligent programmers than the dime-a-dozen .Net / Java programmers being pumped out of university.
just as javascript and php does ^^
Actually the complaint is that China didn't play the game. They cheated by dumping and are now cheating by restricting exports. Not unexpected from them, but don't claim it's capitalism in action.
That is exactly how TESCO, WALL-MART and every other of these huge stores work...
This might be stating the obvious, but it looks like Yahoo wont be around for much longer. Looking at the current state of things, one could deduce the following lifecycle for a company:
1) Found Company
2) Innovate
3) Profit
4) Rest and watch the competition overtake you while profits decrease.
5) Start suing everyone around you for patent infringement
6) Bankrupcy
Yahoo is at step 5 now.
This is a very unfair fight for us. The big coorps only need to get lucky once, while we have to keep our guard up all the time.
To me it seems that it is only a matter of time until such a law passes, unless we change the way how copyright is handled.
Let me guess. This is how IE code looks like
[...] /* NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN!!111one */ }
SecuritySettings s= new SecuritySettings();
try {
s.allowCookied= true;
parseP3P(header, s);
} catch (Exception e) {
[...]
So they are analizing what kind of products a customer buys, and if they are products associated with pregnancy then they market them even more products associated with pregnancy. Seems like that without all that funny little anecdotes about pregnancy prediction, this is just the same algorithm everyone else uses: offering a customer the types of products they have bought in the past. Also, a pregnant woman in the second trimester is quite easy to detect by the good old method of looking at her.
Is this the US? Last time I visited, most women looked as if they were pregnant...
One might suggest it's the people who wouldn't pay for Whitney Houston's music until after she died who were doing something "in bad taste". So much for supporting artists while they're sitll alive.
Not really no. People do not buy her music because she died. People buy her music now because her death has been given a lot of media attention (as it usually is with deaths of celebrities) and :
a) some people are too young to have known this music and just discover it now
b) some people have somply forgotten how good her music was
This is really a turd move from a turd of a company
What if you use a HDD password additionally? You cannot read any data from the hdd (without taking it apart) without entering the password. (http://www.laptoptips.ca/security/hard-disk-password/)
It is.
Once you enter the professional world (e.g. get a job in that business) you become part of the decision process on which software the company should purchase. Since you will have already gathered experience in photoshop, the company might be more inclined to go with that instead of GIMP.
Simalarly, it is easier to find people with the relevant skills. E.g. if it becomes hard to find people with photoshop skills, the business which change their applications, so that it is easier to find people with the correct skillset.
So you see, it does benefit them in one way or another.
Hi, Thanks for the response
I never argued that JS is hard to use. I only argued that it becomes unmanageable once your code base becomes large (e.g. more than 1 js file), especially if you work on a team.
Did you try renaming a function and following all instances which use that function? You cannot be sure that you have found all instances (especially if it has a similar name to a different function in a different class) unless you run the code over all code paths.
Am I really the only one on Slashdot who dislikes JavaScript? Every time I have to work with JS, I feel like shooting myself in the head -> Little IDE support, no type safety, no compile phase... These things make it extremely hard to work on a large application base. In fact, at work we have a custom Java -> JavaScript compiler, which makes things a lot more manageable. Most of the bugs we get in our issue tracker are related to the web interface which is still written in plain JavaScript.
I actually commend google on trying to fix this part of the web. I am not sure if this is the correct approach, but we have to start somewhere.
On the Xbox M$ gets a cut from every game sold (even if it was produced by a third party studio). On the PC, not so much.
This means, that M$ can afford to sell the hardware at a lower price point, and then getting the money back in game sales. On the PC, this business model does not work, therefore the hardware price increases.
you dont want to do test driven design. You want to use formal methods and static verification of the correctness of your code.
I wonder how many car accidents this failure has caused.
This is why I don't trust drive by wire systems
Here in Switzerland you can buy your phone at any shop that sells mobiles and sign a contract with a phone company.
The cool thing is, if you do so, you get a phone which came directly from a factory, e.g. no sim lock, no bloatware, etc. It is a really cool approach, but I dont know how heager us companies would be to adapt this approach.
How is this not a violation of the data protection act? I quote from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Protection_Act_1998)
1. Personal data shall be processed fairly and lawfully and, in particular, shall not be processed unless- [...]
Personal data should only be processed fairly and lawfully. In order for data to be classed as 'fairly processed', at least one of these six conditions must be applicable to that data (Schedule 2).
The data subject (the person whose data is stored) has consented ("given their permission") to the processing;
Processing is necessary for the performance of, or commencing, a contract;
Processing is required under a legal obligation (other than one stated in the contract);
Processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject;
Processing is necessary to carry out any public functions;
Processing is necessary in order to pursue the legitimate interests of the "data controller" or "third parties" (unless it could unjustifiably prejudice the interests of the data subject).[8]
Is any of the above true? I certainly did not consent for my data to be processed when I am not on Facebook. Also note, it is not important who has given the data to Facebook, the DPA talks about the data subject -> The person the data is about.
Finally!
I was working on drawing a perfect circle and 5 trillion digits were just not good enough.
Thank you for wasting the earths resources (electricity, etc..) to make the world a better place!
From the article:
One unnamed Queensland shopping centre is next month due to become the first in the nation to fit receivers that detect unique mobile phone radio frequency codes to pinpoint location within two metres.
how do they know the radio frequency codes without actually reading the signal? Communication in this sense means the phone signal, not the actual talking on the phone. It doesnt matter whether you are actually talking on the phone.
While I totally agree with you, the lawyers of the mall might not. They probably will come up with some lame excuse, quoting a dictionary that:
intercept
verb
[with object]
obstruct (someone or something) so as to prevent them from continuing to a destination:
intelligence agencies intercepted a series of telephone callsI intercepted Edward on his way to work
chiefly Physicscut off or deflect (light or other electromagnetic radiation):
a second prism can be swung in to intercept the light beam
Mathematics(of a line or surface) mark or cut off (part of a space , line , or surface).
source: http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/intercept
They will probably argue that they do not prevent the signal from reaching its destination
It is not.
Some people might want to be reachable while shopping. Was this not the point of mobile phones? To be reachable independent of your location? To me this is a clear privacy invasion, since it seems that I cannot opt out of this scheme.
Thank you Dennis Ritchie.
Thank you for making the world a better place.
Had this guy been beaten to death and had he not worn a costume, he would be now hailed as a hero and probably given a medal or two.
Since, this guy survived and hides his identity (one way or another) he is treated like a common thug.
WTF? Its ******** pepper spray. It is not like he has caused any irrepairable damage. Such treatment only discourages people from helping each other >_>
It might be a combination of multiple existing technologies.
Assume that Sony buys out the stake from Erricson. What becomes left of Erricson? Does Erricson make anything else?