Yahoo! is reporting that Gracenote (previously CDDB, an open source project) is planning to sell aggregate usage data to advertisers and such like. Makes me glad I use a freedb-based CD player (CD Max, for the curious).
Exactly. If you want to satisfy the power user, you can have those options available, in the "Advanced" settings or something, but keep it simple for the average user. Take Larry Wall's guidance from Perl (here, 3rd bullet): : "Common operations should be ``Huffman coded.'' That is, frequently used operators should be shorter than infrequently used ones....". The UI should be the same way.
2) It says if you use C++, you are restricted to using C++ strings (null terminated char * I guess?) Actually, I imagine they mean the string class, and notchar*, which is a C (as opposed to C++) string.
I read of a very good reaction to this: The guy told the company that he couldn't sign it without having it looked over by a lawyer beforehand, and since it was a work requirement, he demanded that the company pre-approve the expense claim for the fees. Never had to sign. And if they do, then you've got a lawyer's read on the form. Win both ways.
to enter Customer's premises (the "Premises") at mutually agreed upon times
In other words, ouy allow them to come into your premises, when you agree, to provide service. Hardly equivalent to Comcast. It's a standard way to allow service. Would you rather have to take the equipment to them? Hard to fix your wiring that way. They're not coming in to your house when you're not there, without your permission.
Vacuum chamber? You're kidding, right? Please tell me you don't actually believe that. For some real information, check the Santa Cruz SPCA, for example.
Once again, I have to ask how this largely redundant comment got moderated as 2? Or is this some karma laden user who gets to post crap at an inflated level?
Actually, StarTeam from Starbase uses a DBMS as a backend, and it's configurable. I worked at a place that used it with an Access backend <shudder>, but upgraded to a full Oracle DB when we (quickly) outgrew it.
I love CodeWright. It's Windows and it's commercial. It supports a ton of languages out of the box, and you can add more (including your own), sometimes without programming. Syntax colouring can nest languages within another (like PHP in HTML). It's got lots of add ons (via real API), plus Perl and Basic scripting languages.
It may not be registered, but that is not required for copyright (Besides, you showed a trademark). Trademarks don't require registration either, it just makes them stronger.
And since OpenBSD is based here in Canada, the above (NAL) summarized US rules don't necessarily apply, other than through treaties on Intellectual Property. It is not a registered trademark in Canada either, as you can check here.
Was it just me, or did this sound less like an interview and more like two guys who agree making alternating points? I don't have a problem with that, they made some good points, but it really didn't seem interview-y.
My little Universe is cool for the people who can fit inside it (being 250 6'4" there aren't that many who can)
I can. And based on experience, your universe won't include any cars (non-luxury) built in Japan, like the old Eagle Talon, or the Subaru Impreza WRX. But I'm not bitter.
Actually, Works does not include Word. It has an editor that supports many formats, including older word formats, but not the newest. That's why Works is so cheap. And frankly, for most people, it seems to have more than enough power and features.
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Well, that doesn't really help answer the "hard numbers" part of the question, as that article is ancient as hell (6 years!). The RISC/CISC lines are even more blurred now, and they don't necessarily tranlsate into better performance, though that may be the tendency. You can quote theory all you want, but let's see some actual tests. Maybe that 30% figure held then, but what about now? That's what the asker (and I) would like to see. The chips have progressed, is there still an adavantage?
Ok, I hate to be pedantic (no wait, no I don't) but your sig would be more accurate if it said "Get your damn sig off me, you damn dirty ape!" since the original quote is "Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!"
The quote is here on IMDb, about the 9th one down.
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That's enough pedantry from me, please continue.
Yahoo! is reporting that Gracenote (previously CDDB, an open source project) is planning to sell aggregate usage data to advertisers and such like. Makes me glad I use a freedb-based CD player (CD Max, for the curious).
Gives a whole new meaning to "IP" (or would that be "I pee"?).
Exactly. If you want to satisfy the power user, you can have those options available, in the "Advanced" settings or something, but keep it simple for the average user. ...". The UI should be the same way.
Take Larry Wall's guidance from Perl (here, 3rd bullet): : "Common operations should be ``Huffman coded.'' That is, frequently used operators should be shorter than infrequently used ones.
Just to be pedantic, the correct (or at least, original) attribution for your quote should be:
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Denis Diderot, "Dithyrambe sur la fete de rois"
You can see this at http://www.positiveatheism.org/hist/quotes/didero
2) It says if you use C++, you are restricted to using C++ strings (null terminated char * I guess?)
Actually, I imagine they mean the string class, and not char*, which is a C (as opposed to C++) string.
I read of a very good reaction to this: The guy told the company that he couldn't sign it without having it looked over by a lawyer beforehand, and since it was a work requirement, he demanded that the company pre-approve the expense claim for the fees. Never had to sign. And if they do, then you've got a lawyer's read on the form. Win both ways.
Am I the only person who thought, based on the subject, that the message was going to be a pr0n spam?
to enter Customer's premises (the "Premises") at mutually agreed upon times
In other words, ouy allow them to come into your premises, when you agree, to provide service. Hardly equivalent to Comcast. It's a standard way to allow service. Would you rather have to take the equipment to them? Hard to fix your wiring that way. They're not coming in to your house when you're not there, without your permission.
Vacuum chamber? You're kidding, right? Please tell me you don't actually believe that. For some real information, check the Santa Cruz SPCA, for example.
I don't think an 81 year old financier has much of a future doin' much of anything. Probably why he's funding cloning.
Once again, I have to ask how this largely redundant comment got moderated as 2? Or is this some karma laden user who gets to post crap at an inflated level?
Actually, StarTeam from Starbase uses a DBMS as a backend, and it's configurable. I worked at a place that used it with an Access backend <shudder>, but upgraded to a full Oracle DB when we (quickly) outgrew it.
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How is this question Insightful?
I believe he was complaining about the proliferation of competing journalling file systems, not about journalling filesystems themselves.
Ok, just to be clear, I don't love CodeWright because it's commercial and Windows. That was just meant as information.
I love CodeWright. It's Windows and it's commercial. It supports a ton of languages out of the box, and you can add more (including your own), sometimes without programming. Syntax colouring can nest languages within another (like PHP in HTML). It's got lots of add ons (via real API), plus Perl and Basic scripting languages.
Ok, crack head moderators, how is this parent post Offtopic?
It may not be registered, but that is not required for copyright (Besides, you showed a trademark). Trademarks don't require registration either, it just makes them stronger.
And since OpenBSD is based here in Canada, the above (NAL) summarized US rules don't necessarily apply, other than through treaties on Intellectual Property. It is not a registered trademark in Canada either, as you can check here.
Was it just me, or did this sound less like an interview and more like two guys who agree making alternating points? I don't have a problem with that, they made some good points, but it really didn't seem interview-y.
My little Universe is cool for the people who can fit inside it (being 250 6'4" there aren't that many who can)
I can. And based on experience, your universe won't include any cars (non-luxury) built in Japan, like the old Eagle Talon, or the Subaru Impreza WRX. But I'm not bitter.
Actually, Works does not include Word. It has an editor that supports many formats, including older word formats, but not the newest. That's why Works is so cheap. And frankly, for most people, it seems to have more than enough power and features.
Well, that doesn't really help answer the "hard numbers" part of the question, as that article is ancient as hell (6 years!). The RISC/CISC lines are even more blurred now, and they don't necessarily tranlsate into better performance, though that may be the tendency. You can quote theory all you want, but let's see some actual tests.
Maybe that 30% figure held then, but what about now? That's what the asker (and I) would like to see. The chips have progressed, is there still an adavantage?
Crap, I suck. It would make more sense as "Get your stinking sig off me, you damned dirty ape!". I can't even copy & paste competently.
Ok, I hate to be pedantic (no wait, no I don't) but your sig would be more accurate if it said "Get your damn sig off me, you damn dirty ape!" since the original quote is "Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!"
The quote is here on IMDb, about the 9th one down.