You're advocating encoding metadata in a unique identifier.
Don't do that.
Version numbers should have no inherent meaning. They are simply identifiers of a particular source code set. If you want to communicate ideas about maturity and stability, make it obvious and put it elsewhere.
it's a chemical, that's meant to be ingested, (and thus a drug) and that has no medical use, and (presumably, like alcohol) is likely to be abused, and that (presumably) can cause damage or death if abused.
By US law at present, this should be Schedule I and banned immediately.
All you need is a string, a weight, three poles, and a protractor.
Make a crossbar out of the poles, and mount the protractor to it, with 90* facing downward. Tie the weight to the string, and hang the lot right next to the protractor. Align the contraption such that the length of the protractor runs parallel with the keel of the boat.
With some (very) simple fizzix, you've just built an accelerometer.
Say the inventor of these languages wrote and then translated some stories (say, 50 or 100 of them). Say he also transcribed his invented histories. Further, let's assume his stories and invented history told tales of gods, their mythical deeds, and other such fabulous things.
Now say he printed this in a book or series of books, and someone bought it, and promptly buried it, only for it to be found, oh, 5000 years later.
It could make for some interesting theological and anthropological discussion, eh?
I got burned out at college very quickly because I knew exactly what I wanted to specialize in, but saw three years of B.S. keeping me from getting there. Instead of focusing on classwork, I focused on my employment and building my skills outside of school. I've now got a 7-year-deep resume in a variety of very marketable fields, but no degree. I think that had I not known what I wanted to do I would have been more receptive to the "fluff" classes (which are valuable in their own right!), and might still be in school today.
My advice: keep with it, and keep an open mind. Don't confine yourself to any major until you've got your A.A. (mid-bachelor's). Dabble in as many things as possible, until you find something that really ignites your passion. Then, and only then, should you begin to flirt with the idea of specialization (as loose a term as that is w.r.t. your Bachelor's degree).
Well, I imagine I could send a digital signal with AM modulation. Pick a carrier frequency and turn the transmitter on and off, and viola! You've got a digital signal.
I'm sorry, I could hear you. My 250cc, 15hp Japanese sport-standard had just left you in the dust in a straight line and the twisties. Let me know when you get it out of the shop, too, if you'd like me to blow your POS "bike" away again.:)
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A: Because it breaks the flow of information. Q: Why is top-posting irritating?
Because I do more than work on my computers, and when I do work, it's typically within a single monolithic applicaion (e.g. MATLAB) or on the command line.
I want an OS that I can use to get work done AND watch movies and listen to MP3s and browse teh intarweb. Unfortunately, I find Linux to be exemplary for the former purpose, and horrid for the latter. Contrarily, Windows XP is just the opposite. This, admittedly, has little to do with the actual OS in question - it's more about the applications available, and I'm hopelessly addicted to Winamp5 (the Media Library rocks my world) and Trillian (which no Linux IM client can even approach). I also find KDE's window manager to be superior, but XP's media type integration to be much nicer.
My hope is that BeOS offers some ideal combination of the two, being so heavily Mac-influenced.
One of the nice things about Linux as a replacement for Windows (in my case) is the rich suite of applications available. I can do all the development I require (MCU and FPGA, among other things) in such an environment, and the software for which there's no functional replacement generally runs under WINE (with a working windows partition for dlls and such). I'm even generally more productive under Linux to boot - if it weren't for the abysmal user interfaces available, I'd use it exclusively (note: KDE is Getting There, and quickly).
What about BeOS/et. al? Can I run all that GNU software? Is there a windows emulator so I can be 100% happy and still get to use Winamp5 and Trillian Pro (without which I CANNOT LIVE:] ).
Please, someone, say yes; until OS X is available for x86, BeOS seems like the most useable thing going...
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You're advocating encoding metadata in a unique identifier.
Don't do that.
Version numbers should have no inherent meaning. They are simply identifiers of a particular source code set. If you want to communicate ideas about maturity and stability, make it obvious and put it elsewhere.
Okay, so let me get this straight:
it's a chemical,
that's meant to be ingested, (and thus a drug)
and that has no medical use,
and (presumably, like alcohol) is likely to be abused,
and that (presumably) can cause damage or death if abused.
By US law at present, this should be Schedule I and banned immediately.
Holy cow. This is probably the best dupe-complaint post I've ever seen. If only I had teh mod pointz.
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To summarise the summary of the summary: Mu.
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w00t.
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+1, Obscure.
And here's my $14.72/hr advice:
You're an idiot if you let your thousands of underlings each take home their own personal copy of the classified data that they work on.
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HAH. I guess YOU'VE never listened to Judas Priest backwards!
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Based on what I've read about it, it's more a replacement for xinetd and the sysv init scripts than cron.
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I love that! I actually ran this without thinking it through (ON A TEST MACHINE!), and it's brilliant.
:)
This is a perfect example of how UNIX allows you to elegantly shoot yourself in the face.
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All you need is a string, a weight, three poles, and a protractor.
Make a crossbar out of the poles, and mount the protractor to it, with 90* facing downward. Tie the weight to the string, and hang the lot right next to the protractor. Align the contraption such that the length of the protractor runs parallel with the keel of the boat.
With some (very) simple fizzix, you've just built an accelerometer.
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Say the inventor of these languages wrote and then translated some stories (say, 50 or 100 of them). Say he also transcribed his invented histories. Further, let's assume his stories and invented history told tales of gods, their mythical deeds, and other such fabulous things.
Now say he printed this in a book or series of books, and someone bought it, and promptly buried it, only for it to be found, oh, 5000 years later.
It could make for some interesting theological and anthropological discussion, eh?
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One more thing: Don't rush. You've got the rest of your life to run the rat race, and believe me, it's not nearly as much fun as college can be.
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I got burned out at college very quickly because I knew exactly what I wanted to specialize in, but saw three years of B.S. keeping me from getting there. Instead of focusing on classwork, I focused on my employment and building my skills outside of school. I've now got a 7-year-deep resume in a variety of very marketable fields, but no degree. I think that had I not known what I wanted to do I would have been more receptive to the "fluff" classes (which are valuable in their own right!), and might still be in school today.
My advice: keep with it, and keep an open mind. Don't confine yourself to any major until you've got your A.A. (mid-bachelor's). Dabble in as many things as possible, until you find something that really ignites your passion. Then, and only then, should you begin to flirt with the idea of specialization (as loose a term as that is w.r.t. your Bachelor's degree).
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Well, I imagine I could send a digital signal with AM modulation. Pick a carrier frequency and turn the transmitter on and off, and viola! You've got a digital signal.
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If the cost of supporting freedom of speech is supporting political dissent, I'd say it's time to find new ways of supporting freedom of speech.
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Nota bene: I am NOT condoning child abuse.
I'm sorry, I could hear you. My 250cc, 15hp Japanese sport-standard had just left you in the dust in a straight line and the twisties. Let me know when you get it out of the shop, too, if you'd like me to blow your POS "bike" away again. :)
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A: Because it breaks the flow of information.
Q: Why is top-posting irritating?
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You're forgetting one thing.
Advertising influences your perception of quality.
YFI. HAND.
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Then you should also be drooling with anticipation, since id hired the same guys who made Theif to do the gameplay. :)
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One name:
Bill Evans.
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Because I do more than work on my computers, and when I do work, it's typically within a single monolithic applicaion (e.g. MATLAB) or on the command line.
I want an OS that I can use to get work done AND watch movies and listen to MP3s and browse teh intarweb. Unfortunately, I find Linux to be exemplary for the former purpose, and horrid for the latter. Contrarily, Windows XP is just the opposite. This, admittedly, has little to do with the actual OS in question - it's more about the applications available, and I'm hopelessly addicted to Winamp5 (the Media Library rocks my world) and Trillian (which no Linux IM client can even approach). I also find KDE's window manager to be superior, but XP's media type integration to be much nicer.
My hope is that BeOS offers some ideal combination of the two, being so heavily Mac-influenced.
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One of the nice things about Linux as a replacement for Windows (in my case) is the rich suite of applications available. I can do all the development I require (MCU and FPGA, among other things) in such an environment, and the software for which there's no functional replacement generally runs under WINE (with a working windows partition for dlls and such). I'm even generally more productive under Linux to boot - if it weren't for the abysmal user interfaces available, I'd use it exclusively (note: KDE is Getting There, and quickly).
:] ).
What about BeOS/et. al? Can I run all that GNU software? Is there a windows emulator so I can be 100% happy and still get to use Winamp5 and Trillian Pro (without which I CANNOT LIVE
Please, someone, say yes; until OS X is available for x86, BeOS seems like the most useable thing going...
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But pray tell, if you put in the wrong figures, will the right answers come out?
Having worked with Mike a few years ago, all I can say is that he is used to getting slashdotted... give it your worst. Those servers can take it. ;)
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