> What's wrong with using the programming
> language which is best for the job, which he
No, chosing language for task this is good. Nothing to do with my comment. I was merely defending C against his criticism that it is very pedantic/difficult. The comment about -Wall supports my view that the compiler is _good_ to be so pedantic - hey it's a tool, might as well use it to its best!!!
> seems to have found is Python? Does it threaten
> your existence as a great l33t C programmer
> (Look at me, I use -Wall, I'm BETTER THAN ALL
> OF YOU) that Python might have an advantage
> over C?
Don't care if Python is better or whatever... as you said, depends on the task.
Just seemed to me that the original poster didn't really understand why C is pedantic and obviously shouldn't be using it...
And anyway, as I'm sure you know I AM BETTER THAN ALL OF YOU
Wahaaarahahhhaahaahaahaaaa!!!!
[Now that *is* flamebait;) ]
At the moment, this article has 72 comments in total - the lowest on the page and a third of of the number netted by the article with the most comments.
Does this say something about the proprotion of the readership that doesn't care about the environment?
I though of this long ago, but thought that Hotmail should implement the system - they can see 10000's of mail boxes and see which messages people have deleted, which are likely to be spam by rules and who read/replied to a message. This would give a pretty accurate indication as to whether it was spam or not (e.g. contains $$$, no one replies, and most deleted without reading).
As for using checksums... it's obvious that it wouldn't work (for reasons already mentioned). Instead a system that gives some checksum whereby a message with sum 10 is very similar to message of sum 11 etc... is needed so that slight changes to the message don't make the message appear unique. I'm sure fingerprint databases must do something like this to allow fast indexing/retrieval of similar prints... Anyone know how that works.
...when I make a Java application I end up feeling like the app is a 2nd class citizen on my computer.
The JVM is big and takes noticable time to load and then impairs system performance (Okay, maybe I should upgrade, but then don't we criticise M$ for bloatwear?) by consuming all CPU and lots of memory.
I also find coding with Java is a poor experience with no good IDE (The Sun IDE is okay, but written in java cripples my system) and the debugger is awful - System.out.println is my main debugging aide.
Essentially I think that all these technologies are about compile time.
e.g.
Java - Compile 'just in time'
C - Compile 'on install'/'by distributer'.net ? Compile prior to running?
Handling spam at the user level doesn't work....
on
ORBS Forks
·
· Score: 1
I've tried to block all spam using mail filters, and generally I find that some always gets through, and that the filters sometimes get it wrong. I also have to download my messages prior to filters being applied.
I would say that the upstream mail relays are the *best* place to put filters. They can see thousands of identical messages being sent to unnamed recipients and pull it is spam before it wastes resources at the next hops.
If only hotmail would look at the mail arriving and delete all the junk when it sees the same message reaching >10,000 users.
I don't find ping ever to be a problem. The issue is the relative pings. If everyone was put to the same [dis]advantage pings wouldn't matter. As it is I get peeved when I play a game of CTF and the team with the lower pings wins.
In team games, the sum of a teams ping values probably determines who wins.
Ideally we need servers that only allow people with a very specific ping range to join (Apparently the capabilities are there in the Q3 server, but I never see them) and let other people join of their ping is lower than the range, but implement a delay so that their ping becomes the minimum allowed.
It's a great shame we can't up the speed of light!
Mike
I think you will have to use a voice modem and use a careful dialing string. Otherwise the modem will notice the repeated failed connection atttempts and 'BLACKLIST' the number for a period, refusing to dial it anyway.
Slashdot Mirror
I heard that Europeans are not welcome to give blood in NYC, even during this crisis.
Can anyone verify this, and if so offer an explanation as to why?
Or is this just another strange foreign policy of the US?
> That is flamebait of the worst sort.
;) ]
So flame me....
> What's wrong with using the programming
> language which is best for the job, which he
No, chosing language for task this is good. Nothing to do with my comment. I was merely defending C against his criticism that it is very pedantic/difficult. The comment about -Wall supports my view that the compiler is _good_ to be so pedantic - hey it's a tool, might as well use it to its best!!!
> seems to have found is Python? Does it threaten
> your existence as a great l33t C programmer
> (Look at me, I use -Wall, I'm BETTER THAN ALL
> OF YOU) that Python might have an advantage
> over C?
Don't care if Python is better or whatever... as you said, depends on the task.
Just seemed to me that the original poster didn't really understand why C is pedantic and obviously shouldn't be using it...
And anyway, as I'm sure you know I AM BETTER THAN ALL OF YOU
Wahaaarahahhhaahaahaahaaaa!!!!
[Now that *is* flamebait
At the moment, this article has 72 comments in total - the lowest on the page and a third of of the number netted by the article with the most comments.
Does this say something about the proprotion of the readership that doesn't care about the environment?
It's a shame.
> tremendously intolerant attitude C takes toward even the slightest failing.
This is a good thing, it finds bugs.
I compile with gcc -Wall. Maybe you should go back to Basic?
Just another mad yank trying to sue someone... where's the news?
Hi,
I though of this long ago, but thought that Hotmail should implement the system - they can see 10000's of mail boxes and see which messages people have deleted, which are likely to be spam by rules and who read/replied to a message. This would give a pretty accurate indication as to whether it was spam or not (e.g. contains $$$, no one replies, and most deleted without reading).
As for using checksums... it's obvious that it wouldn't work (for reasons already mentioned). Instead a system that gives some checksum whereby a message with sum 10 is very similar to message of sum 11 etc... is needed so that slight changes to the message don't make the message appear unique. I'm sure fingerprint databases must do something like this to allow fast indexing/retrieval of similar prints... Anyone know how that works.
Mike
...when I make a Java application I end up feeling like the app is a 2nd class citizen on my computer. The JVM is big and takes noticable time to load and then impairs system performance (Okay, maybe I should upgrade, but then don't we criticise M$ for bloatwear?) by consuming all CPU and lots of memory. I also find coding with Java is a poor experience with no good IDE (The Sun IDE is okay, but written in java cripples my system) and the debugger is awful - System.out.println is my main debugging aide. Essentially I think that all these technologies are about compile time. e.g. Java - Compile 'just in time' C - Compile 'on install'/'by distributer' .net ? Compile prior to running?
I've tried to block all spam using mail filters, and generally I find that some always gets through, and that the filters sometimes get it wrong. I also have to download my messages prior to filters being applied.
I would say that the upstream mail relays are the *best* place to put filters. They can see thousands of identical messages being sent to unnamed recipients and pull it is spam before it wastes resources at the next hops.
If only hotmail would look at the mail arriving and delete all the junk when it sees the same message reaching >10,000 users.
...STATIC LINKING!!!!
Disk space is cheap and computers are powerful. Why bother with libraries except in some extreme cases where the benefits are suitably huge?
I'd prefer 30% less free disk space and RAM for greater ease of install/uninstall and greater reliability any day.
I don't find ping ever to be a problem. The issue is the relative pings. If everyone was put to the same [dis]advantage pings wouldn't matter. As it is I get peeved when I play a game of CTF and the team with the lower pings wins. In team games, the sum of a teams ping values probably determines who wins. Ideally we need servers that only allow people with a very specific ping range to join (Apparently the capabilities are there in the Q3 server, but I never see them) and let other people join of their ping is lower than the range, but implement a delay so that their ping becomes the minimum allowed. It's a great shame we can't up the speed of light! Mike
May also mean that we don't have a Linux napster client either :(
Sounds like you want some sort of component architecture for algorithms... Kinda like JavaBeans, but without the emphasis on graphical representation.
I guess OO languages already do this in essence, by putting all common functions in some class with some interface to the world...
...to spot the boss approaching when playing Quake! Saves spending money on one of those little things they sell over at ThinkGeek...
I think you will have to use a voice modem and use a careful dialing string. Otherwise the modem will notice the repeated failed connection atttempts and 'BLACKLIST' the number for a period, refusing to dial it anyway.