This may be obvious to most americans, but I'm wondering if somebody can explain the whole democrat/republican thing to an outsider? To me, there's no difference, and either one is just trampling on whomever they feel they need to in order to keep votes from the mob, and the differences are only in what the mob thinks at the time....
Always with the "what are the long term effects of space travel" argument... You know the only way we'll ever know about this is to *gasp* send somebody on a long mission.... I don't know about you, but I'd be very happy to be a guinea pig for such science, and I'm damn sure there's a pile of people actually qualified to do it who feel the same way.
I use both, depending on situation, but to me, the right-click-drag option is much more flexible and intiutive.
Same. Although I agree with many points of the article, the right-click drag is IMHO probably the best file-management innovation ever since dragging between two panes in a split window. It's very easy to discover by accident (important), but also has a "cancel" option for that time when you didn't mean it. Note that windows also allows you to hit ctrl, shift, shift-control before or after you begin your drag to change the behaviour.
And the whole "it doesn't popup the context menu till you let go of mouse2" complaint is bunk- This is the way menus have worked in windows always, the whole "hold the button thing" is a secondary effect, only available on file/etc menus to make life easier for those used to macs.
It doesn't have to be a real inode, just a 128bit MD5 based on the original name and the original inode... just that every file really does need a unique identifier that programs / OS can refer to with confidence.
The answer to this is simple. If you're typing (determined on some magic "keys pressed in the last minute" sort of thing), the window manager should NEVER EVER AMEN NO MATTER WHAT interrupt you. What we need is a little thing in the corner somewhere (corner because it's easier to click, usability 101), that blinks orange/whatever when the computer has something to tell you. Just like ICQ in shrunken mode. In fact it could be intergrated with any message protocol, it blinks blue when people want to talk to you, orange when the computer wants to talk to you, and red when the computer really wants to talk to you.
What we need is a system where an undo log is created and saved alongside the data, but as it gets older, its granularity is adjusted... ie, if a file is updated daily, perhaps the last 48 hours can be restored to the hour, the last fortnight to the day, the last 6 months to the week, and anything older can be restored to the month? You could end up with a lot of wasted space, but space is constantly getting cheaper, and our software far outweighs our data when it comes to documents (except mp3, video data which is edited less often if at all)
More importantly though, is, will this run MacOnLinux? If it does, I'll be a happy happy man... A nice linux box, and a nice mac, for the price of a PC? What more could you ask for? Plus you get to tell people you have a new amiga;-)
SSSHHHH! Don't spoil the slashdot fud tantrum! Geeze, next you'll be saying you can turn off palladium, and that you don't _have_ to listen to celine dion, even if you own a mac.
I was gonna mod you, but I figured I'd reply instead...
Windows perspective the opposite is true: it was made to be fast, and can't be made as flexible as X without sacrificing speed (try using an XP remote desktop over a WAN, for example, or PC Anywhere).
This argument is pretty ordinary. PC anywhere, years and years ago, was much faster than X now. PCAnywhere could actually be usable over a 33.6kb modem connection, and the same can definitely _not_ be said for X. It wasn't wonderful, but it was usable.
SHEESH! The deal pool is the stage with the chains hanging from the roof, and you can upercut your opponent (while holding hold lp and lk) and they fall into the acid and turn into a skeleton...
Hey I never said it was a good idea, i just said people do it....
"Just because you can do it, doesn't mean it's to be done... You can drive a car with your feet if you want to, but that doesn't make it a good fuckin idea"
I don't know about ruby or c#, but in java interfaces are a form of multiple inheritence. And encapsulation as an OO term is data hiding. Containing things is not what encapsulation means when you're talking about OO... Just because I can say "polymoprhism is the ability of a small alien creature to change shape in order to feed on your emotions" doesn't mean that particular definition is applicaple outside of red dwarf.
So let me get this straight... None of them have any talent, and their success is based on their "attitude" (read: marketing to teenagers), and this is a good thing?
PHP supports some parts of polymorphism, in that you can override methods, but it does not support multiple inheritance, virtual classes, or encapsulation. If you need to ask "how is php lacking in encapsulation" then you either A) know dick all about PHP, or B) do not know what the term encapsulation means.
I'll assume it's B, so in short terms, encapsulation is the support for private,protected, and public methods, lacking from PHP.
Bzzzt! Nice try, it's not my definition, there is an actual definition of what and object oriented language must support, and it includes (among other things) encapsulation and polymorphism, which last time I looked at PHP (4.something) were both lacking. I have a book which references the actual list, if I can be arsed I'll have a look when I get home from work.
If you think PHP supports OO, then my friend, I'm afraid you don't really know what the term "Object Oriented" means.... It could pass as object-based, but it's definitely not object oriented.
Open Source (Apache and PHP) is the standard in the webserver space already and is gaining more marketshare every year.
Apache yes, in its varied forms. But PHP is far from the standard. It may be the standard for hobbyist sites, but most commercial sites run on ASP,Perl,JSP+Servlets, or something proprietry like Vignette. Althogh PHP can be made secure by a good admin, it's often (usually?) not.
When will you slashdotters learn? Fair use is a law, not a right. You do not have a right to fair use. You can't be sued for it, it's legal, but you do not have a right to do it. You have a right to live, to no be imprisoned without due process...
It's legal to have a million dollars, but you don't have a right to it.
Nope. Car manufacturers are in the business of selling parts. Give away the razor, sell the blades.
Wow, either american cars are really crap, or you're an idiot. This isn't an XBOX people. Yes, most car companies sell one or two models as a loss leader, but not to make money on parts!!! The reason they do it is because if you buy a cheapo toyota when you're young, you're more likely to buy a decent toyota when you're older.
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This may be obvious to most americans, but I'm wondering if somebody can explain the whole democrat/republican thing to an outsider? To me, there's no difference, and either one is just trampling on whomever they feel they need to in order to keep votes from the mob, and the differences are only in what the mob thinks at the time....
Always with the "what are the long term effects of space travel" argument... You know the only way we'll ever know about this is to *gasp* send somebody on a long mission.... I don't know about you, but I'd be very happy to be a guinea pig for such science, and I'm damn sure there's a pile of people actually qualified to do it who feel the same way.
Already done, but it doesn't work all that well, apps can still give themselves focus.
I use both, depending on situation, but to me, the right-click-drag option is much more flexible and intiutive.
Same. Although I agree with many points of the article, the right-click drag is IMHO probably the best file-management innovation ever since dragging between two panes in a split window. It's very easy to discover by accident (important), but also has a "cancel" option for that time when you didn't mean it. Note that windows also allows you to hit ctrl, shift, shift-control before or after you begin your drag to change the behaviour.
And the whole "it doesn't popup the context menu till you let go of mouse2" complaint is bunk- This is the way menus have worked in windows always, the whole "hold the button thing" is a secondary effect, only available on file/etc menus to make life easier for those used to macs.
It doesn't have to be a real inode, just a 128bit MD5 based on the original name and the original inode... just that every file really does need a unique identifier that programs / OS can refer to with confidence.
The answer to this is simple. If you're typing (determined on some magic "keys pressed in the last minute" sort of thing), the window manager should NEVER EVER AMEN NO MATTER WHAT interrupt you. What we need is a little thing in the corner somewhere (corner because it's easier to click, usability 101), that blinks orange/whatever when the computer has something to tell you. Just like ICQ in shrunken mode. In fact it could be intergrated with any message protocol, it blinks blue when people want to talk to you, orange when the computer wants to talk to you, and red when the computer really wants to talk to you.
What we need is a system where an undo log is created and saved alongside the data, but as it gets older, its granularity is adjusted... ie, if a file is updated daily, perhaps the last 48 hours can be restored to the hour, the last fortnight to the day, the last 6 months to the week, and anything older can be restored to the month? You could end up with a lot of wasted space, but space is constantly getting cheaper, and our software far outweighs our data when it comes to documents (except mp3, video data which is edited less often if at all)
More importantly though, is, will this run MacOnLinux? If it does, I'll be a happy happy man... A nice linux box, and a nice mac, for the price of a PC? What more could you ask for? Plus you get to tell people you have a new amiga ;-)
SSSHHHH! Don't spoil the slashdot fud tantrum! Geeze, next you'll be saying you can turn off palladium, and that you don't _have_ to listen to celine dion, even if you own a mac.
I was gonna mod you, but I figured I'd reply instead...
Windows perspective the opposite is true: it was made to be fast, and can't be made as flexible as X without sacrificing speed (try using an XP remote desktop over a WAN, for example, or PC Anywhere).
This argument is pretty ordinary. PC anywhere, years and years ago, was much faster than X now. PCAnywhere could actually be usable over a 33.6kb modem connection, and the same can definitely _not_ be said for X. It wasn't wonderful, but it was usable.
We need a -1 (Dear lord no!) rating
SHEESH! The deal pool is the stage with the chains hanging from the roof, and you can upercut your opponent (while holding hold lp and lk) and they fall into the acid and turn into a skeleton...
Don't you people know anything?
US School zones are 24 hours? Wow, that's alien and strange to me... They're (8|7)-4 in most parts of australia, and 7-9am, and 3-4pm in QLD..
Hey I never said it was a good idea, i just said people do it....
"Just because you can do it, doesn't mean it's to be done... You can drive a car with your feet if you want to, but that doesn't make it a good fuckin idea"
I don't know about ruby or c#, but in java interfaces are a form of multiple inheritence. And encapsulation as an OO term is data hiding. Containing things is not what encapsulation means when you're talking about OO... Just because I can say "polymoprhism is the ability of a small alien creature to change shape in order to feed on your emotions" doesn't mean that particular definition is applicaple outside of red dwarf.
So let me get this straight... None of them have any talent, and their success is based on their "attitude" (read: marketing to teenagers), and this is a good thing?
PHP supports some parts of polymorphism, in that you can override methods, but it does not support multiple inheritance, virtual classes, or encapsulation. If you need to ask "how is php lacking in encapsulation" then you either A) know dick all about PHP, or B) do not know what the term encapsulation means.
I'll assume it's B, so in short terms, encapsulation is the support for private,protected, and public methods, lacking from PHP.
In short (see my other post) polymorphism and encapsulation, both required to qualify as an object-oriented language.
Bzzzt! Nice try, it's not my definition, there is an actual definition of what and object oriented language must support, and it includes (among other things) encapsulation and polymorphism, which last time I looked at PHP (4.something) were both lacking. I have a book which references the actual list, if I can be arsed I'll have a look when I get home from work.
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"Look marge, there's two kinds of people at college: jocks, and nerds. As a jock, it's my duty to give nerds a hard time."
Hmm, I think perhaps his boss may have a better grasp of english. It's You're not Your.
If you think PHP supports OO, then my friend, I'm afraid you don't really know what the term "Object Oriented" means.... It could pass as object-based, but it's definitely not object oriented.
Open Source (Apache and PHP) is the standard in the webserver space already and is gaining more marketshare every year.
Apache yes, in its varied forms. But PHP is far from the standard. It may be the standard for hobbyist sites, but most commercial sites run on ASP,Perl,JSP+Servlets, or something proprietry like Vignette. Althogh PHP can be made secure by a good admin, it's often (usually?) not.
When will you slashdotters learn? Fair use is a law, not a right. You do not have a right to fair use. You can't be sued for it, it's legal, but you do not have a right to do it. You have a right to live, to no be imprisoned without due process...
It's legal to have a million dollars, but you don't have a right to it.
Nope. Car manufacturers are in the business of selling parts. Give away the razor, sell the blades.
Wow, either american cars are really crap, or you're an idiot. This isn't an XBOX people. Yes, most car companies sell one or two models as a loss leader, but not to make money on parts!!! The reason they do it is because if you buy a cheapo toyota when you're young, you're more likely to buy a decent toyota when you're older.