I've had more than one post that I considered hilarous, that got moded insightful or informative.
What's annoying to me is when I make a humorous post and it gets modded flamebait or troll. It happens more often than I'd like.
PS. About your sig: have you read the TOS (AUP) for that company? All it would take is one slashdotting, and you would be out many, many bucks. Thay claim that there are no limits, but what they don't tell you (unless you read their TOS, which is not linked to from their front page) is that you will pay extra for it. Sounds kind of dishonest to me.
It's not the "Patriot" Act; it's the "USAPATRIOT" Act. Please use the full acronym, or its full name: "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism". The "USAPATRIOT" Act has nothing to do with patriotism, so calling it the "Patriot Act" is misleading. (Considering how the Act is being misused these days, even using its full name is somewhat misleading (How is copyright infringement "terrorism"?).) Personally, I pronounce it "the you sap at riot act" to avoid confusion. Other pronunciations are "the US ap uh TRY ot act" and (as Jar-Jar) "the YOUsa pah TR-R-RE-E-E at act".
I download all slashdot articles at once, then read through them. This can take up to 12 hours or more. At the time that I made my reply, my copy of the page did not have your reply on it. So I did not repeat what you wrote (and you wrote it; you didn't say it); I simply happened to write something similar at a later time.
The reason that your post is at 0 is because you posted as an Anonymous coward. The reason that my post is at 2 is because I used my kharma bonus. Neither of our posts has been moderated (at this time).
The code is thread safe becuase if you interrupt it at ant [sic] location, the list is still VALID
The list may be valid in the sense that it is never in a state where it is unsafe to access, but your code can end up dropping items from the list if two or more threads are trying to update it at the same time. Here is how:
Thread 1:
Item item = new Item(); Thread 1: item->next = first; Thread 1 is interrupted, and thread 2 runs. Thread 2: Item item = new Item(); Thread 2: item->next = first; Thread 2: first = item; Thread 2 is interrupted, and thread 1 runs. Thread 1: first = item;
At this point, thread 2's item is no longer on the list. In addition, if Item::~Item() checks next and does a recursive delete if it's non-null, then the list will be corrupted if Thread 2's item is deleted.
Expecting a person to remember, in a high stress situation, the terminology you learned in school tests the trivia.
"singly-linked list" is not some obscure specialized computer term. Anyone who doesn't even know what a singly-linked list is has no business writing software (except maybe some financial software or web pages (if you consider HTML et al to be "software")).
Here is my solution, written in LISP. Since the OP didn't specify where on the list to add the item, I will add it to the front.
she made threatening statements about the President.
Your post is so full of such a humongously massive quantity of shit that light has difficulty escaping from its immediate vicinity. Any halfway-intelligent chimp should realize that the article was tongue-in-cheek. Even if it wasn't, she was praying that God kill Bush et al. She did not make any statements that she herself was going to kill anyone, nor did she request that other humans kill anyone. She did say that she hated Bush with a passion, but that's pretty common these days. Wishing someone dead is not a threat. She was expressing her opinion, and should not have been harassed by the jack-boots or anyone else.
By the way, the word "its" should not have an apostrophe unless it's a contraction of "it is", and the name of the act is the "USAPATRIOT" Act, not the "Patriot" Act. The "USAPATRIOT" Act has nothing to do with patriotism, so calling it the "Patriot Act" is misleading. (Considering how the Act is being misused these days, even using its full name is somewhat misleading (How is copyright infringement "terrorism"?).) Personally, I pronounce it "the you sap at riot act" to avoid confusion. Other pronunciations are "the US ap uh TRY ot act" and (as Jar-Jar) "the YOUsa pah TR-R-RE-E-E at act".
It's not the "Patriot" Act; it's the "USAPATRIOT" Act. Please use the full acronym, or its full name: "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism". The "USAPATRIOT" Act has nothing to do with patriotism, so calling it the "Patriot Act" is misleading. (Considering how the Act is being misused these days, even using its full name is somewhat misleading. (How is copyright infringement "terrorism"?)) Personally, I pronounce it "the you sap at riot act" to avoid confusion. Other pronunciations are "the US ap uh TRY ot act" and (as Jar-Jar) "the YOUsa pah TR-R-RE-E-E at act".
one of the biggest flaws of the X prize, in my opinion, is that it doesn't encourage new component research. For example, SpaceShipOne used a standard nozzile, a standard composite frame, etc. There's little incentive for such companies to do the expensive thing: basic research.
But "basic research" wasn't the purpose of the X-Prize. Its purpose was to create (or spur on) an incentive for the private sector to produce a reusable (i.e., "cheap") manned spacecraft. It has accomplished this goal.
Now, the other items that you mentioned may make space travel even cheaper in the long run, and may be worth creating prizes for, but it had to start somewhere. The X-Prize has helped jump-start the private manned spacecraft industry. As the industry grows and prospers, the other stuff that you mentioned may follow (or things may take off in entirely different direction, such as the Space Elevator).
But the X-Prize helped to start it all. This, IMO, was in no way a "flaw".
in the US the Presidential Office is held by exactly one person. So, there's only one person who has a chance of winning the election.
There is only one person (at most) who will actually win the election. Everyone else (who meets the constitutional requirements) has a chance (even me!), however slim that chance may be.
Here is a more common example that will, hopefully, illustrate "chance" more clearly: If you flip a coin, only one side will face up once the coin has landed and stopped moving. But until the coin is flipped, both sides (and, possibly, even the (third-party) edge!) have a chance of facing up when the coin lands and stops moving.
It was just a matter of time before our own bodies figured out how to survive this virus.
Actually, the gene has been around a long time. The reason that it is more prevalent in caucasians is because the same gene provided resistance to the Plague, which wiped out a large portion of the European (caucasian) population during the Middle Ages. Those who had the gene were more likely to survive, and thus pass on the gene to their offspring. So cuacasians can thank the Plague for their increased likelyhood of immunity. (IIRC, both parents must pass the gene to their children in order to confer immunity.)
The book also provided some background for the two main characters, for some of which the TV series provided only hints.
I would like to see SciFi or BBCA show reruns of the series. (BBCA is currently rerunning "The Prisoner", so there's hope there, and Sci-Fi is rerunning "Lexx", and any channel that will rerun "Lexx" will rerun anything.)
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"Grant Naylor", a pseudonym for the two co-producers of the series. For the record, I found the first book (the only one that I've read) to be mildly amusing throughout, except for the part where Rimmer is preparing for his test, which was so funny that I laughed out loud (which is rare for me vis a vis reading).
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It happens more often than I'd like.
PS. About your sig: have you read the TOS (AUP) for that company?
All it would take is one slashdotting, and you would be out many, many bucks.
Thay claim that there are no limits, but what they don't tell you (unless you read their TOS, which is not linked to from their front page) is that you will pay extra for it.
Sounds kind of dishonest to me.
It's not the "Patriot" Act; it's the "USAPATRIOT" Act.
Please use the full acronym, or its full name: "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism".
The "USAPATRIOT" Act has nothing to do with patriotism, so calling it the "Patriot Act" is misleading.
(Considering how the Act is being misused these days, even using its full name is somewhat misleading (How is copyright infringement "terrorism"?).)
Personally, I pronounce it "the you sap at riot act" to avoid confusion.
Other pronunciations are "the US ap uh TRY ot act" and (as Jar-Jar) "the YOUsa pah TR-R-RE-E-E at act".
I download all slashdot articles at once, then read through them.
This can take up to 12 hours or more.
At the time that I made my reply, my copy of the page did not have your reply on it.
So I did not repeat what you wrote (and you wrote it; you didn't say it); I simply happened to write something similar at a later time.
The reason that your post is at 0 is because you posted as an Anonymous coward.
The reason that my post is at 2 is because I used my kharma bonus.
Neither of our posts has been moderated (at this time).
Here is how:At this point, thread 2's item is no longer on the list.
In addition, if Item::~Item() checks next and does a recursive delete if it's non-null, then the list will be corrupted if Thread 2's item is deleted.
Here is my solution, written in LISP. Since the OP didn't specify where on the list to add the item, I will add it to the front.
Any halfway-intelligent chimp should realize that the article was tongue-in-cheek.
Even if it wasn't, she was praying that God kill Bush et al.
She did not make any statements that she herself was going to kill anyone, nor did she request that other humans kill anyone.
She did say that she hated Bush with a passion, but that's pretty common these days.
Wishing someone dead is not a threat.
She was expressing her opinion, and should not have been harassed by the jack-boots or anyone else.
By the way, the word "its" should not have an apostrophe unless it's a contraction of "it is", and the name of the act is the "USAPATRIOT" Act, not the "Patriot" Act.
The "USAPATRIOT" Act has nothing to do with patriotism, so calling it the "Patriot Act" is misleading.
(Considering how the Act is being misused these days, even using its full name is somewhat misleading (How is copyright infringement "terrorism"?).)
Personally, I pronounce it "the you sap at riot act" to avoid confusion.
Other pronunciations are "the US ap uh TRY ot act" and (as Jar-Jar) "the YOUsa pah TR-R-RE-E-E at act".
Please use the full acronym, or its full name: "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism".
The "USAPATRIOT" Act has nothing to do with patriotism, so calling it the "Patriot Act" is misleading.
(Considering how the Act is being misused these days, even using its full name is somewhat misleading. (How is copyright infringement "terrorism"?))
Personally, I pronounce it "the you sap at riot act" to avoid confusion.
Other pronunciations are "the US ap uh TRY ot act" and (as Jar-Jar) "the YOUsa pah TR-R-RE-E-E at act".
The 419ers are getting more imaginative, also.
See this account of how a person looking for a roommate was almost scammed out of $5000.
And here they are converted to actual links:
u by/Software/
Ruby Home
http://www.ruby-lang.org/
Ruby Forum (new! primarily for beginners)
http://www.ruby-forum.org/bb/
Ruby Online Docs
http://www.ruby-doc.org/
Ruby Project Archives
http://raa.ruby-lang.org/
http://rubyforge.org/
Ruby Package Manager (easy to install ruby apps)
http://rubygems.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl
Ruby IDE (free!)
http://freeride.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl
Ruby One-Click Installer for Windows
http://rubyinstaller.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl
Ruby IRC channel
#ruby-lang at irc.openprojects.net
Ruby Newsgroup
news://comp.lang.ruby
Ruby Links
http://www.rubycentral.com/links/index.html
http://dmoz.org/Computers/Programming/Languages/R
Anybody who thinks otherwise is being deluded by reality.
Your sig contains too many lines.
Please eliminate three.
I am not a crackpot.
-- Abraham Simpson
We get COUPONS?!?!?!?
Sign me up!
Wow, talk about your voter apathy.
The man's a frickin' genius!
Its purpose was to create (or spur on) an incentive for the private sector to produce a reusable (i.e., "cheap") manned spacecraft.
It has accomplished this goal.
Now, the other items that you mentioned may make space travel even cheaper in the long run, and may be worth creating prizes for, but it had to start somewhere.
The X-Prize has helped jump-start the private manned spacecraft industry.
As the industry grows and prospers, the other stuff that you mentioned may follow (or things may take off in entirely different direction, such as the Space Elevator).
But the X-Prize helped to start it all.
This, IMO, was in no way a "flaw".
Here is a more common example that will, hopefully, illustrate "chance" more clearly: If you flip a coin, only one side will face up once the coin has landed and stopped moving. But until the coin is flipped, both sides (and, possibly, even the (third-party) edge!) have a chance of facing up when the coin lands and stops moving.
The reason that it is more prevalent in caucasians is because the same gene provided resistance to the Plague, which wiped out a large portion of the European (caucasian) population during the Middle Ages.
Those who had the gene were more likely to survive, and thus pass on the gene to their offspring.
So cuacasians can thank the Plague for their increased likelyhood of immunity.
(IIRC, both parents must pass the gene to their children in order to confer immunity.)
The book also provided some background for the two main characters, for some of which the TV series provided only hints.
I would like to see SciFi or BBCA show reruns of the series.
(BBCA is currently rerunning "The Prisoner", so there's hope there, and Sci-Fi is rerunning "Lexx", and any channel that will rerun "Lexx" will rerun anything.)
For the record, I found the first book (the only one that I've read) to be mildly amusing throughout, except for the part where Rimmer is preparing for his test, which was so funny that I laughed out loud (which is rare for me vis a vis reading).