> Contrast to php, where every script has to be > loaded, interpreted, then flushed out of the > system so it leaves a clean memory footprint for > the next script, and where tons of variables that > your script may never call have to be initialized > each run. Obviously only compiling what you need > and loading it once is more efficient:-)
With APC, which Facebook uses, the scripts are compiled to bytecode once then cached in memory. APC also provides a nice interface to PHP's SHM functionality and allows you to keep many of your variables there, which Facebook also does. FB use APC SHM as first level cache and Memcached as second level cache.
If you're using Eclipse for development then combining Redmine (or one of the many other supported bug trackers) with Mylyn (using http://sourceforge.net/projects/redmin-mylyncon/develop ) can be a big win. More so if you have multiple developers but still. Among other things Mylyn stores a context against your bugs (locally by default but it can attach it to the ticket for other users to fetch). The context keeps a track of which files you were working on, including which functions if you're using the Java tools, and restores them when you activate the task/ticket.
Also they have a commercial add-on called Tasktop which extends the integration out to other more desktop oriented stuff like Outlook and Firefox.
The burden of proof for loss of encryption keys was shifted from the defence to the prosecution before RIPA was passed.
I know they re-introduced some of the stuff removed from RIPA before it's passing, after the fact in amendments, but I'm not sure that the burden of proof was swapped again. Do you have a reference?
Even if you had a business method patent the chances are you'd still be defenceless in front of gigantic corporations who have the resources to just kick your arse up and down the legal system until you ran out of money.
There's no public trim on the Intel controllers yet.
Do you mean the experimental trim support in the beta Indilinx firmwares that caused data corruption when your computer went into sleep? Great! Those drivers got pulled for obvious reasons.
The offline 'trim' doesn't count btw, it's not using the trim command and you have to run it manually periodically rather than it running automatically when the disk's idle.
Trim will be great but don't pretend it's available.
Latest FF and IE at least make a *huge* fuss about self-signed certs, you have to do something like 3 clicks, including waits, plastered with big warnings.
> or if you're using https or other secure > connection, change the certificates.
Am I missing something here? I know about Tor MITM attacks from exit nodes, but how are they supposed to fake a cert? Seeing as proper certificates 'guarantee' identity as well as encryption.
Assuming they're not using that null in the name string attack. But let's assume they're using a secure browser to begin with:)
Look you can't completely decouple the masculine and feminine genders from the sexual genders, otherwise it wouldn't be the case that all the words for people or animals in the female sexual gender fall into the feminine noun gender and vice-versa for male/masculine.
So going back to my original point, what purpose do the genders in the Romantic languages actually serve? How do they actually improve communication? Do they improve communication enough to justify the extra complexity they bring to the language?
That would make more sense if the masculine and feminine gendered words were consistently spelled and pronounced, which they're not in Spanish for example.
As you mention, the main issues in English are spelling and pronunciation which are extremely irregular, and phrasal verbs which often have little logic to them. Take 'get over' (as in stop being upset about something) vs 'get across' (as in make a point) for example.
On the other hand our verb conjugation is very easy when compared to Romantic languages due to it's heavy use of modifiers instead of having to learn 40 odd words per verb.
Also we have don't have the (IMHO ridiculous) gender system for all nouns whether they are things that actually have a gender or not, which simplifies use of adjectives among other advantages.
The spelling and pronunciation issues are pretty bad though.
There are loads of good games on Live. Much as I hate it's DRM-y-ness (!;) the choice of good fun, and cheap games means I've ended up spending loads more on Live than full games. They're not all simple 2D style stuff either, BF1943 is a great shooter, a really nice new take on BF1942 on a new engine for something like £10 - £15. Only 3 normal maps + 1 aerial (sp?) combat one but they've been enough to keep me busy for ages.
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> Contrast to php, where every script has to be :-)
> loaded, interpreted, then flushed out of the
> system so it leaves a clean memory footprint for
> the next script, and where tons of variables that
> your script may never call have to be initialized
> each run. Obviously only compiling what you need
> and loading it once is more efficient
With APC, which Facebook uses, the scripts are compiled to bytecode once then cached in memory. APC also provides a nice interface to PHP's SHM functionality and allows you to keep many of your variables there, which Facebook also does. FB use APC SHM as first level cache and Memcached as second level cache.
If you're using Eclipse for development then combining Redmine (or one of the many other supported bug trackers) with Mylyn (using http://sourceforge.net/projects/redmin-mylyncon/develop ) can be a big win. More so if you have multiple developers but still. Among other things Mylyn stores a context against your bugs (locally by default but it can attach it to the ticket for other users to fetch). The context keeps a track of which files you were working on, including which functions if you're using the Java tools, and restores them when you activate the task/ticket.
Also they have a commercial add-on called Tasktop which extends the integration out to other more desktop oriented stuff like Outlook and Firefox.
It seems to be more of an app framework which can run on top of their existing OS, or Linux.
Because it was also a comment on Bada sounding a bit like bad?
Voosh! ;p
The burden of proof for loss of encryption keys was shifted from the defence to the prosecution before RIPA was passed.
I know they re-introduced some of the stuff removed from RIPA before it's passing, after the fact in amendments, but I'm not sure that the burden of proof was swapped again. Do you have a reference?
"for any serious work."
PHP:
Yahoo
Flickr
Facebook
Digg
MySQL:
Youtube
Facebook
Flickr
Wikipedia
All minor low traffic sites I'm sure you'll agree.
Hacked Xbox 360s run PPC Linux :)
Well quite a lot of stuff is available in the backports repository.
Even if you had a business method patent the chances are you'd still be defenceless in front of gigantic corporations who have the resources to just kick your arse up and down the legal system until you ran out of money.
Where do you think they keep the bookmarks to allow you to sync them? Hint: it's not in the browser. ;)
It does now, after a fashion:
http://www.ps3news.com/XBox-360/video-xbmc-running-on-xbox-360-ubuntu-by-team-cygnos/
but it's not usable.
It's a recursive acronym. Like GNU.
Don't you ever get bored?
> What we need is, something combines ODF and PDF. You can add binary file to PDF document like some layer.
Already exists:
http://www.oooninja.com/2008/06/pdf-import-hybrid-odf-pdfs-extension-30.html
(scroll down a little)
Aaaand now it's been pulled.
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/10/28/intel_yanks_ssd_update/ :p
I do apologise for being several hours out of date!
There's no public trim on the Intel controllers yet.
Do you mean the experimental trim support in the beta Indilinx firmwares that caused data corruption when your computer went into sleep? Great! Those drivers got pulled for obvious reasons.
The offline 'trim' doesn't count btw, it's not using the trim command and you have to run it manually periodically rather than it running automatically when the disk's idle.
Trim will be great but don't pretend it's available.
Latest FF and IE at least make a *huge* fuss about self-signed certs, you have to do something like 3 clicks, including waits, plastered with big warnings.
> or if you're using https or other secure
> connection, change the certificates.
Am I missing something here? I know about Tor MITM attacks from exit nodes, but how are they supposed to fake a cert? Seeing as proper certificates 'guarantee' identity as well as encryption.
Assuming they're not using that null in the name string attack. But let's assume they're using a secure browser to begin with :)
Look you can't completely decouple the masculine and feminine genders from the sexual genders, otherwise it wouldn't be the case that all the words for people or animals in the female sexual gender fall into the feminine noun gender and vice-versa for male/masculine.
So going back to my original point, what purpose do the genders in the Romantic languages actually serve? How do they actually improve communication? Do they improve communication enough to justify the extra complexity they bring to the language?
That would make more sense if the masculine and feminine gendered words were consistently spelled and pronounced, which they're not in Spanish for example.
Uhuh, and in the Romantic languages the genders include masculine and feminine. In what way is a table feminine?
As you mention, the main issues in English are spelling and pronunciation which are extremely irregular, and phrasal verbs which often have little logic to them. Take 'get over' (as in stop being upset about something) vs 'get across' (as in make a point) for example.
On the other hand our verb conjugation is very easy when compared to Romantic languages due to it's heavy use of modifiers instead of having to learn 40 odd words per verb.
Also we have don't have the (IMHO ridiculous) gender system for all nouns whether they are things that actually have a gender or not, which simplifies use of adjectives among other advantages.
The spelling and pronunciation issues are pretty bad though.
There are loads of good games on Live. Much as I hate it's DRM-y-ness (! ;) the choice of good fun, and cheap games means I've ended up spending loads more on Live than full games. They're not all simple 2D style stuff either, BF1943 is a great shooter, a really nice new take on BF1942 on a new engine for something like £10 - £15. Only 3 normal maps + 1 aerial (sp?) combat one but they've been enough to keep me busy for ages.