I was talking about our genes and memes. Not "us".
Authors sound like idiots
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What do they mean by "we"? Susan Blackmore's "The Meme Machine", and noted philosopher Daniel Dennet's "Conciousness Explained" both evince that there is another non-biological life entity that we are composed of. That is the meme. (do some reaserch if you don't know what I'm talking about). Recent history and the world as it is now have been great for memes. So givin that all good replicators are selfish, memes and genes will compete. Who should win?
Also, you can download the API and IDE for iButton development for free, and the actual iButtons and adapters are cheap enough for hobbyists to afford.
Itterative Development/Refactoring
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I use IntelliJ IDEA which has insane refactoring. (I'm using the Early access preview which is even better that 2.5.2). As some book I read put it, "refactor ruthlessly". I do. I think that's my one saving grace.
My biggest problem is that I over-engineer. Quite often I end up with a bunch of interfaces, abstract classes and implementations, where, in hindsight, something really simple would have worked just as well.
Or I end up "bending over backwards" to create more re-usable objects that are never re-used.
Object Oriented Overkill is my problem.
I was just reading this at the bookstore...
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My problem is that I'm working as an independant contractor. And many other people work on solo projects. Most of these systems (SCRUM, Extreme, etc.) are geared towards a group of developers. It's much harder when there's only one of you.
Well some circumvention devices contain the following: 1. A data tranfer medium: wires, space, fiber-optics 2. Data: electrons, photons, magnetized particles. 3. Algorithms: hardware, software, or just ideas. 4. A container: metal housing, zip file meta-data.
Basically what we see here (if we simplify), is that a circumvention device will contain "stuff". So all we need to do is ban all "stuff" as well as any talk of "stuff", and we'll all be safe.
As computer "intelligence" increases, and the line between artificial and biological "hardware" becomes thinner, this will actually become an issue.
I was thinking about this before because it seems that human language is very "GPL-ish". People can modify it at will, and generally make available their modifications. And much like a GPL-ed compiler or image editor, the results (poems, books) can still be licensed in a different manner.
I guess Microsoft should stop using open source language, and instead use a proprietary one they create themselves.
Slashdot Mirror
Typical Slashdot readers will be the first to point out that you're not a criminal and shouldn't be labeled one until you commit the crime.
Aren't people allowed to buy a rifle scope without it being your business?
>So givin that all good replicators are selfish
I was talking about our genes and memes. Not "us".
What do they mean by "we"?
Susan Blackmore's "The Meme Machine",
and noted philosopher Daniel Dennet's "Conciousness Explained" both evince that there is another non-biological life entity that we are composed of. That is the meme.
(do some reaserch if you don't know what I'm talking about).
Recent history and the world as it is now have been great for memes.
So givin that all good replicators are selfish, memes and genes will compete. Who should win?
"copmuter": one who silences law officers.
In refence to using "pings" to perform calculations, and using the game of life to generate prime numbers...
it would be neat if we could use the universe as a copmuter to play a huge interactive game like The Sims.
Maybe one day.
You're free to use it any way you want, so long as you're using it in a way I want.
The problem is not developing for 4, 10, or 100 distros - It's very much a matter of ./configure make 4, 10 or 100 times.
The big problem is supporting or certifying distros. "UnitedLinux" just makes it easier for companies to support more distros.
I'm sure there are European companies with software tested on SuSE but not Turbo, and Asian companies where the reverse is true.
Rik van Riel VM (RMAP) or Andrea Arcangeli VM?
Not so recently it was shown that BOTH are better.
If a post to this story is on-topic, it must also be redundant (seeing as the story was already posted).
So every post should either be modded down to offtopic or redundant.
....I'm waiting...
Do the slashdot authors know about the search features?
Well, the story aimed to show how easy it was to get data off a smart card.
So far we've determined it's somewhat more difficult to simply open an iButton.
How do we get at the data?
Also, you can download the API and IDE for iButton development for free, and the actual iButtons and adapters are cheap enough for hobbyists to afford.
It immediatly destroys it's internal data when forced open.
Here's the link.
AS/400s are indestructible.
No worries.
I was about to spend 5 million dollars on a new zSeries setup, but after reading the article I thought "maybe my laptop is good enough for now".
Ha ha ha!
That's good material.
I hope you used GNU/sed to do that.
Thanks for the link.
I should have read before I posted my (now redundant) comment.
It seems we share the same dream.
is an AIBO hump someone's leg.
I use IntelliJ IDEA which has insane refactoring. (I'm using the Early access preview which is even better that 2.5.2).
As some book I read put it, "refactor ruthlessly". I do. I think that's my one saving grace.
My biggest problem is that I over-engineer. Quite often I end up with a bunch of interfaces, abstract classes and implementations, where, in hindsight, something really simple would have worked just as well.
Or I end up "bending over backwards" to create more re-usable objects that are never re-used.
Object Oriented Overkill is my problem.
My problem is that I'm working as an independant contractor. And many other people work on solo projects. Most of these systems (SCRUM, Extreme, etc.) are geared towards a group of developers. It's much harder when there's only one of you.
What about techniques/systems for the 1 man show?
Doesnt IFS (e.g. xlock -mode ifs) work by randomly chosing a transformation froma set of pre-defined ones?
What do you find in every circumvetion device?
Well some circumvention devices contain the following:
1. A data tranfer medium: wires, space, fiber-optics
2. Data: electrons, photons, magnetized particles.
3. Algorithms: hardware, software, or just ideas.
4. A container: metal housing, zip file meta-data.
Basically what we see here (if we simplify), is that a circumvention device will contain "stuff". So all we need to do is ban all "stuff" as well as any talk of "stuff", and we'll all be safe.
As computer "intelligence" increases, and the line between artificial and biological "hardware" becomes thinner, this will actually become an issue.
I was thinking about this before because it seems that human language is very "GPL-ish". People can modify it at will, and generally make available their modifications. And much like a GPL-ed compiler or image editor, the results (poems, books) can still be licensed in a different manner.
I guess Microsoft should stop using open source language, and instead use a proprietary one they create themselves.