In the '70s, example programs tend to have a sausage-grinder structure: Inputs enter at one end, and outputs emerge at the other. Programs written in this style have not disappeared, but they are no longer the center of attention.
This idea that modern programing is not about input one one side and output on the other is probably why it is still near impossible to write programs without bugs.
The last real revolution in programming was not OOP but programs like Visual Basic which let people design interfaces without a single line of code.
The next real revolution will be when code will be used only to create small modules which focus on ONE thing (following the model : input on one side and output on the other) and when the "linking" of these modules will be done with a CAD-like GUI.
Stealing has nothing to do-- in the deep, cultural, moral sense-- with depriving anybody of anything. It has to do with taking something for nothing, regardless of the circumstances.
Are you breathing right now? How much did you pay for all this air?
There is also something else I want to know : is making profit equivalent to stealing? After all, if stealing means taking something for nothing then profit, in the sense of selling something at a higher price than what was spent for acquiring it (including salary), certainly fall into this category.
copyright isn't about money, it's about control.
I agree. This mean that, yes, downloading MP3 is stealing. It is stealing the control someone has over you. This leave us with the question : is this control over someone else moral?
I understand that everyone should be rewarded for having an idea but I'm really against the concept of owning an idea.
that's what morality is. It's a set of rules that tell you how you should feel under various circumstances
I disagree. First, how I feel is not under my control. I cannot decide to feel in a certain way simply because I want it. I just feel. So if I cannot force me to feel the way I want, you certainly can't force me to feel the way you want. Second, I am the only one who can decide what my morale value will be. You may not like it, but, if I'm stronger than you, I don't care. In fact, if I'm stronger than you, it means that my morality is the right one.
I think the idea that stealing is wrong is so fundamental to every culture
Saying that "you can't define something by what it's not" does not define how to define things. Saying that my car is not a Ferrari does not define what my car is.
Movies like The Matrix are great because instead of pretentiously telling some "deep meaning" they mainly show you symbols. It's up to you to take these symbols and give them a meaning as deep as you want.
You must realize there is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path. Free your mind.
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In the '70s, example programs tend to have a sausage-grinder structure: Inputs enter at one end, and outputs emerge at the other. Programs written in this style have not disappeared, but they are no longer the center of attention.
This idea that modern programing is not about input one one side and output on the other is probably why it is still near impossible to write programs without bugs.
The last real revolution in programming was not OOP but programs like Visual Basic which let people design interfaces without a single line of code.
The next real revolution will be when code will be used only to create small modules which focus on ONE thing (following the model : input on one side and output on the other) and when the "linking" of these modules will be done with a CAD-like GUI.
Could it be that the PCI-SIG want to start a similar service? After all, if it's useful then there's money to be made...
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William Baric
This is not the first time someone does this kind of research.
:p df
If you are interested, I think this paper is better
www.pl.ecp.fr/~yannou/Publis/ Ants%20keyboard%202001%20-%20Wagner%20&%20Yannou.
Wow, you can tell me the weights and volumes of... water!
The point is that it's very easy to calculate the mass of something if you know its volume.
1 liter (1 dm3) of water = 1 kg
The best part is that, since the volumetric mass of water is equal to 1, you can calculate the mass of any volume of any material pretty easily.
Stealing has nothing to do-- in the deep, cultural, moral sense-- with depriving anybody of anything. It has to do with taking something for nothing, regardless of the circumstances.
Are you breathing right now? How much did you pay for all this air?
There is also something else I want to know : is making profit equivalent to stealing? After all, if stealing means taking something for nothing then profit, in the sense of selling something at a higher price than what was spent for acquiring it (including salary), certainly fall into this category.
copyright isn't about money, it's about control.
I agree. This mean that, yes, downloading MP3 is stealing. It is stealing the control someone has over you. This leave us with the question : is this control over someone else moral?
I understand that everyone should be rewarded for having an idea but I'm really against the concept of owning an idea.
that's what morality is. It's a set of rules that tell you how you should feel under various circumstances
I disagree. First, how I feel is not under my control. I cannot decide to feel in a certain way simply because I want it. I just feel. So if I cannot force me to feel the way I want, you certainly can't force me to feel the way you want. Second, I am the only one who can decide what my morale value will be. You may not like it, but, if I'm stronger than you, I don't care. In fact, if I'm stronger than you, it means that my morality is the right one.
I think the idea that stealing is wrong is so fundamental to every culture
Really? I think you should read a history book.
Saying that "you can't define something by what it's not" does not define how to define things. Saying that my car is not a Ferrari does not define what my car is.
Movies like The Matrix are great because instead of pretentiously telling some "deep meaning" they mainly show you symbols. It's up to you to take these symbols and give them a meaning as deep as you want.
You must realize there is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path. Free your mind.