that's the first thing I looked for while going through the list:)
The lesser exec-count for emacs could be explained by the fact that for editing and developement an emacs user is likely to keep that instance of emacs running to avoid the wait when starting a new instance of emacs.
I prefer vim.:)
Re:this can essentially already be done in /bin/ba
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the habit of calling something stupid that you don't understand doesn't polish your image.
"fault-tolerant coding encouraging sloppy coding" was addressing a common misconception in this thread:
namely a shell that will recognize misspelt commands
such as the spelling correction mechnism in tcsh
the rest of the comment was an example that demonstrated that the simple functionaly of ftsh could be done in bash *without* entending bash
with a new statement operator.
Not a solution.
The solution would be to extend an existing shell and not write a complete new shell. If the ftsh happens to be a fork of an existing shell, well then good for him, but I didn't find any reference anywhere in the ftsh site, manual or paper. So basically the ftsh is a new shell that can do
try-statements and error-catching
but doesn't yet have the mileage of standard true-and-tried shells that is used by many and where the bugs a few (when's the last time you had your unix command line shell crash on you, eh?)
basically this is just a repost of the original post. hope you understand now.
flame on.
additionally you could also "set -x"
to see where the script exited exactly
this can essentially already be done in /bin/bash
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(the concept of fault-tolerant coding encourages sloppy coding.
and it makes it harder to see what's actually happening in the script.
but that's not what they actually mean.)
what they seem to essentially want is
a try statement and error catching and
a fortran like syntax for testing and arithmetic
I think the authors were a bit misguided.
Instead of creating a whole new shell how about just extending a good existing shell with a new
try statement a described.
all the examples you supply only work because the effort of switching was high.
think of the time spent installing a new large
software package, not to mention the time needed to
switch formats and learn the usage.
these difficulties simply don't apply to when it
comes to switching search engine preference.
this also nicely explains how Google even became
search engine leader so fast:
there were no hurdles for the users
Re:this could become a huge failure for MS...
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Hotmail works. I don't want to get into any
uptime wars but for the masses, it's good enough.
yeah, you're right about that.
but...
what made and makes Google King of the Hill is
still
quality and
speed.
MS simply doesn't have what it takes to do both simultaneously.
It can supply search-result quality similar to that of Google (if it wanted to), but what it'll
be lacking then is speed, since this would
necessitate thousands of nodes. ...but that just will never happen.
It can supply speed similar to Google
(by reducing the size of the database and the level of cleverness in the search-code),
but what'll be lacking then is quality. ...similar to where it is now.
I also dare to doubt it could achieve Googles level of cleverness since this is more then
mere "programming"...
There's a difference between being a good or even excellent programmer, and being able to
write "hardcore CS code" e.g. for efficiently finding
acceptable "solutions" for the travelling
salesman problem or doing fast computational
fluid dynamics on huge clusters...
this could become a huge failure for MS...
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since competing with Google would mean
being able to administer thousands of machines remotely.
No, not just simply administering thousands remotely, but also being able to administer
them incredibly well and easy.
since I don't see that happening, I look forward to seeing this MS-project crash and burn...
(this is great for future google stock)
(And if you want to check my predictions for 2003 - which I'd say stand up well - they're online at http://news. independent.co.uk/digital/features/story.jsp?story =366810).
yeah. sure.
did anybody actually click on this? You have to pay to read the 2003 article...
Some of the music download stores... will "consolidate" - that is, close or merge, because...
very kind of him to explain "consolidate"
oh, btw what does "galvanise" mean?
The majority of the download stores will keep using Microsoft's Windows Media Audio format, but Apple won't support that on the iPod.
is this really noteworthy? all download stores use mp3.
At least one other download store will join Apple in using the Dolby "AAC" encoding format, because that's the only way to reach iPod owners.
yeah. sure.
USB "flash memory" sticks... and applications will be released that can be stored on them to run on any computer without altering its settings.
aka "files"
on the computer there will be a general software framework that can "read" these "files" and enable you to "work" with the "contents" independent of the OS and hardware:
document files, excel files, image files, html files, audio files.
You could soon carry a stripped-down operating system in your pocket to boot any machine to look like yours.
can anyone imagine normal users doing that?
There won't be a single virus or worm that attacks the Mac OSX operating system.
I don't use the Mac, but I can't imagine that to be true: document and email macro viruses?
in a society without scarcity the better idea
newer wins.
you can apply this to probably any venue of life.
you can apply this to a lot a managers now.
many managers are only good at one thing: the corporate power circus.
they don't need to be the best when it comes to manufacturing, since we today already have enough resources to permit waste.
they're good at elbowing.
why isn't this behavoir even worse? because results ultimately still count. and results depend on scarce resources and their efficient allocation.
as soon as this changes the economy is going to start filling up with nutcases and crackpots claiming to be as good at whatever as the serious people.
you can apply this concept to any field where results aren't quite measurable and resources aren't scarce.
example: religion, cults and esoterics.
too religious/spritual?
2nd example: how about the qualitity of programming in closed source projects, eh?
in other news: Gus Roberston to be dead in future
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In an interview with Xzine and Unix, Unix tells Xzine why it believes Gus Roberston will be dead since in will be in the future. "A Guy (Gus) simply can only live so long. If he won't last, why hire him?" it said. However, Robertson countered, claiming all rumours of his death were exaggerated and that he was in excellent condition.
be diligent about it.
If you've read Clifford Stall's "The Cuckoo's Egg"
you'll understand.
contact the right people:
* another poster already said it: contact the press
* see if one of the other victims has more bureaucratic might than you
* there must be such a thing as an "internet task force", in the worst case the FBI has this...
* contact a lawyer that's savy about this stuff to represent you when contacting autorities
if he's enterprising maybe he'll forgo the fees for a part of the story rights instead
- hey, who knows? it's a good story...
it even has a sort-of car-chase in it...
This totally stinks. If your design is good enough, they use it and everybody buys it; what do you get? less than $100 If your design is so good they should give you a cut. period.
Part three The Matrix Revolutions is also in production and will be released in December 2000
HA! unbelievable! just heard interview on NPR...
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just heard an interview on national public radio with one of the researchers that setup the rats.
The last question was how the rats were "motivated".
The guy started tippy-toeing and touchy-feely explaining it... his answer:
"to be able to run around is reward enough for the rats, they love not having to be in the cages"
he went on a bit more and sounded very strained about it...
we all know the real reason:
When signaled by a laptop computer, the electrodes stimulated the rodents' brains and cued them to scurry in the desired direction, then rewarded them by stimulating a pleasure center in the brain.
well, well, now we now why they do:
they get a fucking kick out of doing it!
that might also explain the mysterious results concerning some guy that tried this on himself:
a Tulane University researcher tried [this on himself] during the 1960s, with unclear results...
Slashdot Mirror
ugh, too tired
was thinking that somehow those were exec-count rankings
nah, just install counts
The lesser exec-count for emacs could be explained by the fact that for editing and developement an emacs user is likely to keep that instance of emacs running to avoid the wait when starting a new instance of emacs.
I prefer vim. :)
"fault-tolerant coding encouraging sloppy coding" was addressing a common misconception in this thread:
namely a shell that will recognize misspelt commands such as the spelling correction mechnism in tcsh
the rest of the comment was an example that demonstrated that the simple functionaly of ftsh could be done in bash *without* entending bash with a new statement operator. Not a solution. The solution would be to extend an existing shell and not write a complete new shell. If the ftsh happens to be a fork of an existing shell, well then good for him, but I didn't find any reference anywhere in the ftsh site, manual or paper. So basically the ftsh is a new shell that can do
basically this is just a repost of the original post. hope you understand now. flame on.
this works also:
but "set -e" hits the nail on its headadditionally you could also "set -x" to see where the script exited exactly
what they seem to essentially want is
- a try statement and error catching and
- a fortran like syntax for testing and arithmetic
I think the authors were a bit misguided. Instead of creating a whole new shell how about just extending a good existing shell with a new try statement a described.it can even be done without extending the shell:
as for the new syntax of .eq. .ne. .lt. .gt. .to.
certainly looks like fortran-hugging to me , yuck
as for integer arithmetic, that can be done with by either using backticks or the $[ ] expansion
- import rlcompleter, readline
and
- here
autocompletion in the editor is availible in vim hereeffort of switching was high.
think of the time spent installing a new large
software package, not to mention the time needed to
switch formats and learn the usage.
these difficulties simply don't apply to when it
comes to switching search engine preference.
this also nicely explains how Google even became
search engine leader so fast:
there were no hurdles for the users
uptime wars but for the masses, it's good enough.
yeah, you're right about that.
but...
what made and makes Google King of the Hill is still
- quality and
- speed.
MS simply doesn't have what it takes to do both simultaneously.It can supply search-result quality similar to
...but that just will never happen.
that of Google (if it wanted to), but what it'll
be lacking then is speed, since this would
necessitate thousands of nodes.
It can supply speed similar to Google
...similar to where it is now.
(by reducing the size of the database and the
level of cleverness in the search-code),
but what'll be lacking then is quality.
I also dare to doubt it could achieve Googles
level of cleverness since this is more then
mere "programming"...
There's a difference between being a good or
even excellent programmer, and being able to
write "hardcore CS code" e.g. for efficiently finding
acceptable "solutions" for the travelling
salesman problem or doing fast computational
fluid dynamics on huge clusters...
being able to administer thousands of machines
remotely.
No, not just simply administering thousands
remotely, but also being able to administer
them incredibly well and easy.
since I don't see that happening, I look forward
to seeing this MS-project crash and burn...
(this is great for future google stock)
yeah. sure.
did anybody actually click on this? You have to pay to read the 2003 article...
very kind of him to explain "consolidate"
oh, btw what does "galvanise" mean?
is this really noteworthy? all download stores use mp3.
yeah. sure.
aka "files"
on the computer there will be a general software framework that can "read" these "files" and enable you to "work" with the "contents" independent of the OS and hardware: document files, excel files, image files, html files, audio files.
can anyone imagine normal users doing that?
I don't use the Mac, but I can't imagine that to be true: document and email macro viruses?
in a society without scarcity the better idea newer wins.
you can apply this to probably any venue of life.
you can apply this to a lot a managers now. many managers are only good at one thing: the corporate power circus.
they don't need to be the best when it comes to manufacturing, since we today already have enough resources to permit waste. they're good at elbowing. why isn't this behavoir even worse? because results ultimately still count. and results depend on scarce resources and their efficient allocation.
as soon as this changes the economy is going to start filling up with nutcases and crackpots claiming to be as good at whatever as the serious people.
you can apply this concept to any field where results aren't quite measurable and resources aren't scarce.
example: religion, cults and esoterics.
too religious/spritual?
2nd example: how about the qualitity of programming in closed source projects, eh?
In an interview with Xzine and Unix, Unix tells
Xzine why it believes Gus Roberston will be dead
since in will be in the future. "A Guy (Gus) simply
can only live so long. If he won't last, why hire
him?" it said. However, Robertson countered,
claiming all rumours of his death were exaggerated
and that he was in excellent condition.
- Turns out you can't leave Earth without them.
well, of course!if you can't sink 'em to the bottom of the ocean
try shooting 'em to the moon!
be diligent about it.
If you've read Clifford Stall's "The Cuckoo's Egg" you'll understand.
contact the right people:
* another poster already said it: contact the press
* see if one of the other victims has more bureaucratic might than you
* there must be such a thing as an "internet task force", in the worst case the FBI has this...
* contact a lawyer that's savy about this stuff to represent you when contacting autorities
if he's enterprising maybe he'll forgo the fees for a part of the story rights instead
- hey, who knows? it's a good story... it even has a sort-of car-chase in it...
is because it can go down.
Because of the outsourced jobs to india and
that there simply are fools here willing to work
at such wagelevels.
this young reader is the way of the free market
and what people are willing to put up with.
Do not struggle against what will always be,
instead use it to your advantage turn to the dark side,
become part of management
finds out about it.
paper stealth airplanes are just around the corner.
This totally stinks.
If your design is good enough, they use it and everybody buys it; what do you get?
less than $100
If your design is so good they should give you a cut. period.
so... when the boilers burst
the shit hits the fan, eh?
and ecologically friendly PP SUVs would really be transporting a shitload of stuff...
(PP=poop propelled)
..running their server on one of those gizmos....
slow...
The last question was how the rats were "motivated". The guy started tippy-toeing and touchy-feely explaining it... his answer:
- "to be able to run around is reward enough for the rats, they love not having to be in the cages"
he went on a bit more and sounded very strained about it...we all know the real reason: well, well, now we now why they do:
they get a fucking kick out of doing it!
that might also explain the mysterious results concerning some guy that tried this on himself: I thought this stuff was only science fiction...
If the Rock can survive tyrants, thieves, traitors,
in Hollywood, the WWF or the movie
Does anybody know:
* if this is the same technology that Motorola presented a year ago?
* who owns the patents to these concepts?
how about that!
there's still a fundamental right left that corporate layers haven't
been able to erode with the aid of the DMCA or USA PATRIOT Bills
</sarcasm>
there's no denying it, CNN says so, just look at the URL:
.../09/leisure.terminator.reut/index.html