I mean, how could such a thinly deployed layer of integrated sound be constant through analog conversions and back again? Very unlikely.
Even if by some miracle they manage to create a watermarking system that is fully transparent and encrypted somehow, and manages to retain itself when converted to analogue and tampered with, there will always be programmers who can get around it. Steve Woston springs to mind, and I'm sure there are many others.
While the QIII engine is brilliant, the gaming industry seems to be getting into a rut - the rut of duplicating games to the point that they're all really dialects of the same language.
Certainly there are big names in the Industry that have made progress in their fields: Carmack, Woston, etc...but should there really be this kind of duplication in the industry? Surely this is not a healthy situation.
I'm not saying write your own 3D engine - because that will be similar to reinventing the language itself - still copying, duplication - in essence. Create new gaming paradigms!
To me, the ideal game would be multi-paradigmed. With an option to switch between 1st person, 3rd person, 3D-quest (ala Sierra games of the late 90s)...and strategy...(ala Civilization). You should be able to switch between these in real-time. Thanks in advance.
Hey, I'm not arguing that all these guys were influential...but sheesh, gimme a break.
Berner's Lee and Steve Jobs, but not Alan Kay? For cripes sake, Kay invented modern GUI.
What about Steve Wozniak ? Hello? Steve Jobs wouldn't have been as sucessful if not for Woz!
Ummm, sheesh. Linus Torvalds, good and well. What about Richard Stallman? What good is a kernel if you can't compile it and don't have OS utilities to use it with?
Also, there's an area that they didn't cover: modern gaming. While this might not seem like an overly important part of tech: consider this: Games in general have pushed hardware designers to increase the potential and capacity - for example, video cards and sound cards, which have grown so powerful over the last 6 or 7 years that they rival top stuff from 10 years ago, state of the art stuff that cost millions of dollars. Why don't we see any mention of Carmack, Sweeney, Woston or Romero?
I don't think any of the current languages are truly brilliant. There should be a language that combines the best of Basic, Fortran, Forth, and the newer structured languages with a combination of its own syntax.
I want to thank the e-communities for inviting me here today to allow me to answer the charges that my lying reindeer vagina of an opponent has leveled against me.
This slanderous individual has accused ME of having "shady" financial dealings with some businessmen from Finland.
While it's true that I sold a Fax machine to these gentlemen from Finland for a measly 5 thousand dollars, NEVER was their any mention of my supplying "nuclear secrets" as that reindeer vagina suggests.
All of the photos you have seen are doctored fakes and this is all part of a vast conspiricy by the synergised e-business owners and the open-source advocates to undermine your faith in me.
In order to drive turn-key functionalities in the new economy, any company or profit-making entity - banks included, need to utilize integrated web-readiness and reintermediate web-enabled networks without goverment interference - in such a way that it's possible for them to optimize dot-com infrastructures as they relate to the banking and commercial world. In this way, they can engineer efficient commercial applications and incubate a sophisticated userbase.
Richard Stallman is a man who is heavily concerned with creating a society of free information, where the community help eachother and strive for greater goals of self-awareness. Richard Stallman also loves animals, especially butterflies, so would be an ideal candidate from the point of view of saving the world's ecosystems. I think Richard Stallman should run for President of the USA.
When I'm sitting down at a Windows box, I find myself constantly wishing that I had "grep", "tail", "less","cat",etc. The best thing I've found for Windows in a long time is the native GNU utilities. Sure, you can always download CygWin, which is a kinda emulation layer, emulating the Linux API with the Win32 API, but I find that the native GNU utilities mentioned about (native Win32) are quite cool. It's the first thing I put onto a Windows box I'm working on. Oh, that and, if it's a Windows 98 box, 98 Lite. This thing takes out a lot of the useless rubbish (bloatfiles) in Windows 98. The free version removes Internet Explorer from the OS, making it quite a lot faser sicne IE doesn't have to bog down the system by being "integrated" into it.
Hehe. I told you I'm not a programmer!! Yes, the HTML messed it up. I used "IDLE" which automatically puts the lines in the right place (usually after a ":" the next line is one tab-space to the right).
All I'm trying to do is take a list of files (As a string) , and split that into sub strings, and then assign a variable to each of those sub strings so that I can use them later in the program.
What I'm trying to do is take a string, split it into several strings, and assing a variable to each of the split strings... It doesn't seem to be working:(:( Now, I'm not a programmer. I would never consider programming professionally. I just downloaded Python yesterday after I read the/. article. I'm thinking of downloading Perl next. How would you do this in Perl? Here is what I've written. I don't understand why it isn't working.
Mozilla rules. Even in Milestones (M16,M17), it's extremely stable. I suggest that you give it a try. Mozilla. Of course, there's always Lynx. IMO, most important information can still be transferred by plain text. There's absolutely no reason to use Flash animations to get messages across to people and indeed, web sites that do this sort of thing....well...you have to wonder? Is this content really useful information, or is it more a "Fun Thing"? I'm not so sure anymore. Anyway, even on the GFX side, there's always Mozilla - it's coming along very nicely, IMO.
No, it's not an intangible concept. All currency is based on some tangible resource in the country in question. This concept is known as "National reserve", and it's pretty much where the term "Reserve bank" comes into play. For every monetary unit, there is a Reserve unit which can be equated to it.
Now, what about IP, where are the reserve units (physical substance) for that.....? Oh - there are none. Sorry. Bye.
Well Cedric, thanks for your advice. You've been quite helpful , unlike some of these rude individuals **cough cough** that have posted here today. What they don't realize is that I just downloaded this software earlier today. I first posted about it 30 minutes after installing it and finding the bug in the system.
I'm standing on the crossroads of choice at the moment. I have the option of using either Python or Perl. I'm going to check out both, no doubt, but I've heard from various sources that Python is the easier of the two to learn. Granted, my experiences so far have been both embarrassing and bad, but I'll try for a few more hours, and if Python doesn't cooperate with me, then I'll think about alternate language choices.
Ok, ok. You're right. But I don't think that's right. The program should automatically detect which open I'm talking about. As you can see from the reply to one of the other posters that commented, (Cedric), I just tried it with from os import listdir (instead of *), and it worked. But it still doesn't allow writing from a variable. But I'm not going to comment on that because it's probably some other dumb thing that I've done:|
Well, thanks for the advice, but I don't think you understand what I'm doing. (BTW, please note, I just downloaded this system today, when I read the Slashdot article about Python 1.6 being released)!!
Ok, this is what I'm doing:
>>> from os import listdir
>>> direc = '/python20'
Ok....no problem there. Now, the next step:
>>> g = listdir(direc)
Seemingly easy! (I thought to myself, hmmmm. Quite a nice language). Next:
>>> g[18]
'xyzzy.py'
So, now we've got g[18].
>>> testv = g[18]
Aha! Perfect. Next:
>>>f=open(testv,'r')
Errrr:/ Darn, this is embarrassing. I was typing in the program as I was writing this post to show you (and the other 2 people that posted) that it didn't work, but it seems to now. But it didn't - a while back. But anyway. Oh well.
Python can't seem to do this. Unfortunately, that is a major drawback since most other major languages CAN do that. What is "that"? "That" is having a variable as a filename. What I tried to do there was to insert text extracted from a directory listing into a variable which could be opened and read. That's all. But the software doesn't seem to be able to do it. I've read through a lot of the documentation and I can't find anything about the ability to do this. I think more people should be aware of the limitations of Python before they attempt to use it.
We need Python to have a compiler than compiles to machine code, not bytecode. Sure, leave the bytecode in, but add a machine-language compile option in, please!
Slashdot Mirror
Won't work.
I mean, how could such a thinly deployed layer of integrated sound be constant through analog conversions and back again? Very unlikely.Even if by some miracle they manage to create a watermarking system that is fully transparent and encrypted somehow, and manages to retain itself when converted to analogue and tampered with, there will always be programmers who can get around it. Steve Woston springs to mind, and I'm sure there are many others.
While the QIII engine is brilliant, the gaming industry seems to be getting into a rut - the rut of duplicating games to the point that they're all really dialects of the same language.
Certainly there are big names in the Industry that have made progress in their fields: Carmack, Woston, etc...but should there really be this kind of duplication in the industry? Surely this is not a healthy situation.I'm not saying write your own 3D engine - because that will be similar to reinventing the language itself - still copying, duplication - in essence. Create new gaming paradigms!
To me, the ideal game would be multi-paradigmed. With an option to switch between 1st person, 3rd person, 3D-quest (ala Sierra games of the late 90s)...and strategy...(ala Civilization). You should be able to switch between these in real-time. Thanks in advance.Yep. Try networking without a computer and networking utilities:=)
Hey, I'm not arguing that all these guys were influential...but sheesh, gimme a break.
Berner's Lee and Steve Jobs, but not Alan Kay? For cripes sake, Kay invented modern GUI.What about Steve Wozniak ? Hello? Steve Jobs wouldn't have been as sucessful if not for Woz!
Ummm, sheesh. Linus Torvalds, good and well. What about Richard Stallman? What good is a kernel if you can't compile it and don't have OS utilities to use it with?Also, there's an area that they didn't cover: modern gaming. While this might not seem like an overly important part of tech: consider this: Games in general have pushed hardware designers to increase the potential and capacity - for example, video cards and sound cards, which have grown so powerful over the last 6 or 7 years that they rival top stuff from 10 years ago, state of the art stuff that cost millions of dollars. Why don't we see any mention of Carmack, Sweeney, Woston or Romero?
Imagine if Steve Woston had been around. The war would have ended years sooner.
I don't think any of the current languages are truly brilliant. There should be a language that combines the best of Basic, Fortran, Forth, and the newer structured languages with a combination of its own syntax.
I want to thank the e-communities for inviting me here today to allow me to answer the charges that my lying reindeer vagina of an opponent has leveled against me. This slanderous individual has accused ME of having "shady" financial dealings with some businessmen from Finland.
While it's true that I sold a Fax machine to these gentlemen from Finland for a measly 5 thousand dollars, NEVER was their any mention of my supplying "nuclear secrets" as that reindeer vagina suggests.All of the photos you have seen are doctored fakes and this is all part of a vast conspiricy by the synergised e-business owners and the open-source advocates to undermine your faith in me.
In order to drive turn-key functionalities in the new economy, any company or profit-making entity - banks included, need to utilize integrated web-readiness and reintermediate web-enabled networks without goverment interference - in such a way that it's possible for them to optimize dot-com infrastructures as they relate to the banking and commercial world. In this way, they can engineer efficient commercial applications and incubate a sophisticated userbase.
Richard Stallman is a man who is heavily concerned with creating a society of free information, where the community help eachother and strive for greater goals of self-awareness. Richard Stallman also loves animals, especially butterflies, so would be an ideal candidate from the point of view of saving the world's ecosystems. I think Richard Stallman should run for President of the USA.
Cheers
can't believe it. all I needed to do was use "list".
Hehe. I told you I'm not a programmer!! Yes, the HTML messed it up. I used "IDLE" which automatically puts the lines in the right place (usually after a ":" the next line is one tab-space to the right).
All I'm trying to do is take a list of files (As a string) , and split that into sub strings, and then assign a variable to each of those sub strings so that I can use them later in the program.I'm just trying to write a thing:
What I'm trying to do is take a string, split it into several strings, and assing a variable to each of the split strings... It doesn't seem to be working :(:( Now, I'm not a programmer. I would never consider programming professionally. I just downloaded Python yesterday after I read the /. article. I'm thinking of downloading Perl next. How would you do this in Perl? Here is what I've written. I don't understand why it isn't working.
import os
h='/'
j=os.listdir(h)
print j
p=list(j)
for xj in j:
fj=j+j+p
list(fj)
for kv in fj:
fj=j
Mozilla rules. Even in Milestones (M16,M17), it's extremely stable. I suggest that you give it a try. Mozilla. Of course, there's always Lynx. IMO, most important information can still be transferred by plain text. There's absolutely no reason to use Flash animations to get messages across to people and indeed, web sites that do this sort of thing....well...you have to wonder? Is this content really useful information, or is it more a "Fun Thing"? I'm not so sure anymore. Anyway, even on the GFX side, there's always Mozilla - it's coming along very nicely, IMO.
Thought Apple was supposed to make you do that:P
Now, what about IP, where are the reserve units (physical substance) for that.....? Oh - there are none. Sorry. Bye.
Well Cedric, thanks for your advice. You've been quite helpful , unlike some of these rude individuals **cough cough** that have posted here today. What they don't realize is that I just downloaded this software earlier today. I first posted about it 30 minutes after installing it and finding the bug in the system.
Sorry, I didn't realize that only people who developed seriously complex software systems were allowed to use this software.
I'm standing on the crossroads of choice at the moment. I have the option of using either Python or Perl. I'm going to check out both, no doubt, but I've heard from various sources that Python is the easier of the two to learn. Granted, my experiences so far have been both embarrassing and bad, but I'll try for a few more hours, and if Python doesn't cooperate with me, then I'll think about alternate language choices.
Well, thanks for the advice, but I don't think you understand what I'm doing. (BTW, please note, I just downloaded this system today, when I read the Slashdot article about Python 1.6 being released)!!
Ok, this is what I'm doing:>>> from os import listdir
>>> direc = '/python20'
Ok....no problem there. Now, the next step:>>> g = listdir(direc)
Seemingly easy! (I thought to myself, hmmmm. Quite a nice language). Next:>>> g[18]
'xyzzy.py'So, now we've got g[18].
>>> testv = g[18]
Aha! Perfect. Next:>>>f=open(testv,'r')
Errrr:/ Darn, this is embarrassing. I was typing in the program as I was writing this post to show you (and the other 2 people that posted) that it didn't work, but it seems to now. But it didn't - a while back. But anyway. Oh well.from os import *
direc = '/'g = listdir(direc)
testf = g[14]print g[14]
f=open(testf, 'r')Python can't seem to do this. Unfortunately, that is a major drawback since most other major languages CAN do that. What is "that"? "That" is having a variable as a filename. What I tried to do there was to insert text extracted from a directory listing into a variable which could be opened and read. That's all. But the software doesn't seem to be able to do it. I've read through a lot of the documentation and I can't find anything about the ability to do this. I think more people should be aware of the limitations of Python before they attempt to use it.
Yeh, but can it do SWING calls?
We need Python to have a compiler than compiles to machine code, not bytecode. Sure, leave the bytecode in, but add a machine-language compile option in, please!
GNU bash RMS? (Sorry, couldn't resist)