In real languages, functions can handle returning l-values just fine. In fact, this can even be done in perl, which resembles the syntax that you are using above (e.g. $variables).
With Summer temperatures running in the mid 90s to the mid 100s (35-39c), there is no amount of insulation short of ~20 feet of earth thrown over your house that will make a difference...
Well, how about it? Why are there no underground homes? Cut-and-cover (dig, build below ground, then heap the earth back on over top) can't be *too* exorbitantly expensive.
Shakespeare's take on it: Henry VI (Part 2):
"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers". - (Act IV, Scene II).
Read the surrounding context. The men in this scene are discussing how to take over the kingdom and, essentially, get away with murder. They are acknowledging that lawyers are a force for good.
it's just completely different from writing for a single core and requires programmers to think in ways that they never had to with single core programming.
it's just completely different from writing for a single core and requires programmers to think in ways that they never had to with single core programming.
I'll second that. You can read more about concurrent programming (and why it is vital to learn it) in http://www.gotw.ca/publications/concurrency-ddj.ht m">Herb Sutter's excellent article, "The Free Lunch is Over".
..Right up until a kidnapper takes the wrist band/dogtag off the kid and leaves it in a bathroom.
I'd put the RFID tag in something the kid can swallow. It'll pass in a day or so, but until then you know that you can track the kid.
I'd still also not let the kid out of my sight -- the chip is a backup only, not a replacement for good parenting.
After paying for the item in the store, take it to the customer service counter (or just ask the person at the register) to open it for you (use some excuse like "I have a hand injury and am not too good with scissors right now", if you like). Let the retailer realize just how awful the packaging is.
I've done this a few times when faced with particularly annoying packaging. Once, they actually damaged the merchandise trying to get it out, so gave me a new one. (I doubt they would have done that had I damaged it myself.)
They have this shit up in Canada for recordable media..
yeah, so would a new kickback to the music companies mean that I'd be paying the fee *twice*?? They might as well dig us a tunnel to China so they can shovel pirated music at us even faster... Do they even know what "happy customer" means? Brand loyalty goes right out the window when they so obviously #$%! us over.
Oil wells are not gas tanks that keep going until they're empty. It's simply the case that oil gets more and more expensive as supplies get smaller and smaller. As the price of oil passes certain thresholds, then other resources will be used that are cheaper.
That is only true if you use oil to run the pumps. Wind, Solar, Geothermal, Hydro, Nuclear power are all viable options. Or even, *gasp*, coal and natural gas!
Wrong. Oil is extracted from the earth for only one reason, as an energy source*. Once it costs more than one unit of oil's worth in energy to extract it, it has no value.
* Yes, oil is used for other things too (e.g. plastics), but there are cheaper above-ground sources for that given a high cost of extraction.
In 1993 on a University VAX my bet would of been Gopherspace
Yep, my friends will never let me forget my initial assessment of the web in 1993: "that's stupid.":) I was also a big fan of gopher (being a university student at the time as well).
Shure headphones are excellent and better than any "active" noise-cancelling 'phones I've tried. Get the E3c model -- the E2 is a little too low-grade for normal use, and the E5 is more than you need (unless you are an audio professional). The foamy sleeves take a few hours to get used to (it feels funny at first to drink or eat with them in, as they really do fill the ear canal), but it's so wonderful to make the rest of the world disappear. Plus the audio quality, right down to the lowest bass, is quite good.
It's the best $200 (US) that I've ever spent on work equipment.
If you do all the tests, and one comes up negative, they ask you if you want to terminate it.
I'm not getting your point. Wouldn't you want to know as soon as possible if there was a problem? You seem to be implying that being asked about termination is a horrible thing, but I can't tell.
(For the record, I would terminate a pregnancy if a test revealed a serious problem. Life sucks enough already without being given an unfair deal from day one, and every child deserves to be a healthy child.)
I'm surprised no one has linked to Joel on Software yet. Our pal Joel has written some good stuff on sorting resumes as an employer, and what job applicants can do to get your resume read.
It doesn't even need to be passed as a law. All you need is one of the parties to stand up and say "we will ALWAYS vote against any legislation with unrelated riders on it, and we won't write any of our own". And then stick to it. Other countries don't have to outlaw this nonsense, because if anyone tried to pull it they would be laughed out of town. All you need to do is announce it for the foolishness that it is, so it will no longer be tolerated.
Why are you writing for a platform with no documentation? Either the platform was developed in-house, in which case the respective team should be shot, or you're licensing it from some company that should have written documentation already (otherwise you're paying too much for it, even if it's free).
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I'm thrilled to see skydiving discussed on slashdot. 46 jumps here, BSBD!
There are too many lame names for all the "standards"! They aren't self-explanatory at all.
I once solved P=NP while doodling in my combinatorics class, but I didn't have enough space to give the solution in the margin.
In real languages, functions can handle returning l-values just fine. In fact, this can even be done in perl, which resembles the syntax that you are using above (e.g. $variables).
Read the surrounding context. The men in this scene are discussing how to take over the kingdom and, essentially, get away with murder. They are acknowledging that lawyers are a force for good.
(doh, reposted due to URL mangling)
I'd put the RFID tag in something the kid can swallow. It'll pass in a day or so, but until then you know that you can track the kid.
I'd still also not let the kid out of my sight -- the chip is a backup only, not a replacement for good parenting.
After paying for the item in the store, take it to the customer service counter (or just ask the person at the register) to open it for you (use some excuse like "I have a hand injury and am not too good with scissors right now", if you like). Let the retailer realize just how awful the packaging is.
I've done this a few times when faced with particularly annoying packaging. Once, they actually damaged the merchandise trying to get it out, so gave me a new one. (I doubt they would have done that had I damaged it myself.)
I think this was meant to be a joke, because this article is a dup.
:(
PS. what happened to the karma bonus?
Yeah, how would you call tech support?
yeah, so would a new kickback to the music companies mean that I'd be paying the fee *twice*?? They might as well dig us a tunnel to China so they can shovel pirated music at us even faster... Do they even know what "happy customer" means? Brand loyalty goes right out the window when they so obviously #$%! us over.
* Yes, oil is used for other things too (e.g. plastics), but there are cheaper above-ground sources for that given a high cost of extraction.
Yep, my friends will never let me forget my initial assessment of the web in 1993: "that's stupid." :) I was also a big fan of gopher (being a university student at the time as well).
What about an elected politician referring to his ex-girlfriend as a dog? Ah, Canada leads the way :)
It's the best $200 (US) that I've ever spent on work equipment.
(For the record, I would terminate a pregnancy if a test revealed a serious problem. Life sucks enough already without being given an unfair deal from day one, and every child deserves to be a healthy child.)
I still remember the good old days when the web was first born, and I had the (realistic!) goal of visiting every single web page in existence...
It doesn't even need to be passed as a law. All you need is one of the parties to stand up and say "we will ALWAYS vote against any legislation with unrelated riders on it, and we won't write any of our own". And then stick to it. Other countries don't have to outlaw this nonsense, because if anyone tried to pull it they would be laughed out of town. All you need to do is announce it for the foolishness that it is, so it will no longer be tolerated.
Okay, call me naive.. but then, I'm Canadian.
Or this one...
Why are you writing for a platform with no documentation? Either the platform was developed in-house, in which case the respective team should be shot, or you're licensing it from some company that should have written documentation already (otherwise you're paying too much for it, even if it's free).