Oh I know all the justifications, and yes it can be defended. It all comes down to whether the semi-colon is a statement terminator or a statement separator.
The usage in Pascal is as a terminator and that violates the principle of least surprise to someone who is familiar with natural English.
To use your example, it's perfectly reasonable to write:
c) If something happens do something; else do something different.
It depends on the public space really, and to be honest I'm more in agreement with you than otherwise. I can see a use for such a gadget, but more by someone who's responsible for policing a public space. Say a park warden with a zapper which muted boom-boxes. In private hands it's more likely to be abused.
I loved the way the compiler would fix simple syntax errors for you, like a missing ';' at the end of the line. It print a warning, attempt to fix the problem, and carry on compiling. What's more , when it tried to fix something it was usually right!
Couldn't seem to handle getting rid of a ';' before an 'else' though (one of the more brain-dead features of the Pascal syntax IMO).
So you're right not to here a TV in a public place is more important than an illiterate person's[...]
I suspect you have a vested interest in this...
Anyway, the point is that loud noises in a public place are a form of pollution - that's why there are laws against them. So yes, my right to not be bombarded by loud TVs/radios in a public place does take precedence.
It was a perfectly valid response indicating that the patent question is not such a big deal. FWIW I agree with him - people get far too worked up about the issue.
The complaint against Wallace says he and his companies' practices "cause or have caused consumers' computers to malfunction, slow down, crash, or cease working properly, and cause or have caused consumers to lose data stored on their computers."
Wouldn't just about every software vendor in the world be guilty of these charges?
I'm not saying Wallace shouldn't be prosecuted, but they need to come up with something a bit more specific.
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If the college you chose makes you worry about security on campus then choose a different college.
If you think security is a worry at all colleges then beware, because you're setting yourself up for a life of paranoia.
Getting stuff stolen is an annoyance, but not the end of the world. Keep backups and remember that once you graduate you'll be able to get a far better system anyway.
What's not so clear is the definition of "derivative" as used in the GPL.
Is a work derivative if it uses one line of GPL'd code? A function? A library call? How about if the library call is in a shared library. How about if it's a kernel call?
These types of question have already led to a licence fork in the GPL and who's to say we won't end up with more.
Landsharks could have a field day arguing about that sort of thing.
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It was in the test, did quite well, and was the only one not mentioned in the /. story.
Yeah, I realised that as soon as I posted. I reckon the great-grandparent meant to reply to the article, not to the message. SNAFU.
That's his sig, not the book. I don't see any connection.
Man, that was beautiful. Thanks.
Gotta love calculus.
Oh I know all the justifications, and yes it can be defended. It all comes down to whether the semi-colon is a statement terminator or a statement separator.
The usage in Pascal is as a terminator and that violates the principle of least surprise to someone who is familiar with natural English.
To use your example, it's perfectly reasonable to write:
c) If something happens do something; else do something different.
Couldn't resist the dig.
It depends on the public space really, and to be honest I'm more in agreement with you than otherwise. I can see a use for such a gadget, but more by someone who's responsible for policing a public space. Say a park warden with a zapper which muted boom-boxes. In private hands it's more likely to be abused.
I loved the way the compiler would fix simple syntax errors for you, like a missing ';' at the end of the line. It print a warning, attempt to fix the problem, and carry on compiling. What's more , when it tried to fix something it was usually right!
Couldn't seem to handle getting rid of a ';' before an 'else' though (one of the more brain-dead features of the Pascal syntax IMO).
So you're right not to here a TV in a public place is more important than an illiterate person's[...]
...
I suspect you have a vested interest in this
Anyway, the point is that loud noises in a public place are a form of pollution - that's why there are laws against them. So yes, my right to not be bombarded by loud TVs/radios in a public place does take precedence.
Good point. A better invention would be a universal "mute and turn on subtitles" control.
It was a perfectly valid response indicating that the patent question is not such a big deal. FWIW I agree with him - people get far too worked up about the issue.
For example, the exclamation point key will stop working on a keyboard: Murphy's Law.
/. and completely reverse the subject's meaning: Sod's Law.
It'll do it when typing a subject into
And yes, it really did stop working. Bugger.
Murphy's Law: If it can go wrong it will
Sod's Law: It will go wrong at the worst posible time.
Wouldn't just about every software vendor in the world be guilty of these charges?
I'm not saying Wallace shouldn't be prosecuted, but they need to come up with something a bit more specific.
...leveraging...integrated...client/service architecture...enterprise-class...industry leading..
BINGO!!!
That seems anonymous enough.
Wouldn't that result in some kind of explosion?
If the college you chose makes you worry about security on campus then choose a different college.
If you think security is a worry at all colleges then beware, because you're setting yourself up for a life of paranoia.
Getting stuff stolen is an annoyance, but not the end of the world. Keep backups and remember that once you graduate you'll be able to get a far better system anyway.
CPU-crushing eyecandy
Uh oh, time to upgrade that Celeron 300Mz you're running.
What's not so clear is the definition of "derivative" as used in the GPL.
Is a work derivative if it uses one line of GPL'd code? A function? A library call? How about if the library call is in a shared library. How about if it's a kernel call?
These types of question have already led to a licence fork in the GPL and who's to say we won't end up with more.
Landsharks could have a field day arguing about that sort of thing.
And especially don't trust anyone with a /. id less than 50000.
They're the puppet masters behind the original conspiracy.
Well, since they are only used in English and not in other languages, yes I'd say so.
I believe they're used in American as well.
Well, being as "e.g" and "i.e" are both Latin abbreviations knowledge of English is hardly a prerequisite for understanding them...
E.g. = for example
I.e. = that is
Marid is an Arabic name meaning "rebellious". I'm just wondering if this was intentional or a coincidence.
Where's the patch?