ANSI C++? Have you got a time machine that the rest of us haven't heard about? Because as far as I know, C++ still is not an ANSI standardized language.
ANSI finally got around to standardizing C++ a few months ago. I'm not sure, but I think most of the holdup had to do with how templates were implemented.
Check out Stroustrup's Third Edition, it covers ANSI C++.
Two identical machines. 1 Windows team, 1 Linux Team, 2 Hour setup.
Don't forget that they both have to use versions of their products that are available off the shelf. Otherwise Microsoft might pull out a "special" version of IIS that isn't available to the public.
Do you know how much damn a fusion bomb could do, a lot more than a nuke. And it would have low radiation meaning that the guy dropping could wait a few years and move on in.
Um, fusion bombs have been around for a long time. There are two types of nukes: atomic (uses fission) and thermonuclear (fusion). The reason fusion nukes release as much radiation as fission nukes is because they rely on fission to release the heat necessary to jump-start the fussion process. And then there are neutron bombs...
> As for breaking into the highly classified > pentagon systems, I still have a hard time > believing that. Secure systems like that would > be next to impossible to breach, even by > dedicated, sophisticated crackers who know what > they're doing and have the equipment and > training necessary.
I wouldn't worry about that too much. I'm a software engineer for a government contractor, and there are all sorts of rules about classified computers. First, they can't ever be connected to the internet or any other unclassed network, not even through a firewall. In fact, they can't be within three feet of any computer that is.
Pentagon computer cracked? Sure. Classified systems? Impossible unless the Pentagon isn't following their own security rules (which the rest of the Military is following) or the crackers manage physical access.
Windows already had this problem - check this out
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Nice page. I'm curious what will happen so I've bookmarked it.
By the way, when its all done where do I send the gum?
No, 50 icons on the desktop is stupid. For one thing, windows can hide the desktop. A good GUI would have something like the panels that come with KDE, CDE, or GNOME. Very few programs can't be accessed in less than two mouse clicks, and those are infrequent enough that users don't care. With each of the panels, you can have just a few icons represent "trays" of programs with logical grouping (like Internet, Games, Apps, Utils, etc.).
I don't know why you would even use that argument. Very few users have obscene number of icons on their desktop, prefering trays and menus to access their programs. Those with cluttered desktops are usually newbies who haven't figured out all the time saving features of the interface yet.
Since when does having a decent GUI make you become Windows? The problem with Microsoft isn't its GUI but rather the fact that they are proprietary software.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with a GUI that is open and easy to use. You may prefer the CLI for its power and flexibility (I do too), but Free Software is about choice. The CLI is there. If you prefer it, use it. If someone wants the simple GUI, they should use that.
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ANSI finally got around to standardizing C++ a few months ago. I'm not sure, but I think most of the holdup had to do with how templates were implemented.
Check out Stroustrup's Third Edition, it covers ANSI C++.
Don't forget that they both have to use versions of their products that are available off the shelf. Otherwise Microsoft might pull out a "special" version of IIS that isn't available to the public.
Um, fusion bombs have been around for a long time. There are two types of nukes: atomic (uses fission) and thermonuclear (fusion). The reason fusion nukes release as much radiation as fission nukes is because they rely on fission to release the heat necessary to jump-start the fussion process. And then there are neutron bombs...
> As for breaking into the highly classified
> pentagon systems, I still have a hard time
> believing that. Secure systems like that would
> be next to impossible to breach, even by
> dedicated, sophisticated crackers who know what
> they're doing and have the equipment and
> training necessary.
I wouldn't worry about that too much. I'm a software engineer for a government contractor, and there are all sorts of rules about classified computers. First, they can't ever be connected to the internet or any other unclassed network, not even through a firewall. In fact, they can't be within three feet of any computer that is.
Pentagon computer cracked? Sure. Classified systems? Impossible unless the Pentagon isn't following their own security rules (which the rest of the Military is following) or the crackers manage physical access.
Nice page. I'm curious what will happen so I've bookmarked it.
By the way, when its all done where do I send the gum?
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No, 50 icons on the desktop is stupid. For one thing, windows can hide the desktop. A good GUI would have something like the panels that come with KDE, CDE, or GNOME. Very few programs can't be accessed in less than two mouse clicks, and those are infrequent enough that users don't care. With each of the panels, you can have just a few icons represent "trays" of programs with logical grouping (like Internet, Games, Apps, Utils, etc.).
I don't know why you would even use that argument. Very few users have obscene number of icons on their desktop, prefering trays and menus to access their programs. Those with cluttered desktops are usually newbies who haven't figured out all the time saving features of the interface yet.
Since when does having a decent GUI make you become Windows? The problem with Microsoft isn't its GUI but rather the fact that they are proprietary software.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with a GUI that is open and easy to use. You may prefer the CLI for its power and flexibility (I do too), but Free Software is about choice. The CLI is there. If you prefer it, use it. If someone wants the simple GUI, they should use that.