I have developed/maintained software for some bigger companies like our National Trains' Company. I came across code that was done by some guy comming from the java eco system. It seems to me, like he was an amateur OR that java folks do lots of useless commenting. Not that there were more commenting lines than code lines, but the comment itself was that trivial that it just obstructed reading the code.
Consider something like this (actually i cannot post the real function, but its pretty much the same triviality):/* * if num1 or num2 are both greater than 0 add num1 to num2 and return the result. * in all other cases return -1 */ int addNumIfPositive(num1, num2) {/* if num1 or num2 is smaller than 0 return -1 */ if(num1 0 || num2 0 ) return -1;/* add num1 to num2 and return */ return (num1 + num2); }
Why would one need any comments at all? Code comments should be helpful for people that maintain or extend existing functionality and not for people who cannot read code. Comments should be used on code sections that are not clear from reading the code. eg some series of function calls, or exception handling, but PLEASE dont use them on trivialities or for people that cant read code!
The problem is, not everyone knows how to do that.
Thats why so many NON-IT folks are using cloud crap. Remember dropbox and rapidshare and co. They ALL make a living off people not knowing how to do better.
If you do not want to be tracked, DO NOT SEND REQUESTS. But sending requests with a "please handle this one but dont use it to track me or put it in logfiles" comment... did anyone *really* expect that to work?
How much tracking is done via log file analysis alone? Not Logging requests that the user specifies makes it a standard for script kiddies only.
If it was intended for just not putting a cookie... well fail? Thats what browser settings are for and what could have been done with more aggressive browser settings alone.
Sorry to say that, but this whole standard seems to not ever made sense at all...
Thats exactly whats KDE is like. You can configure anything. But you also NEED to configure anything, as their defaults seem totally screw'd to me, but at least you CAN do it.
Its better every release. At least if you dont have a touch screen device KDE 4.9 is the my new old way of getting work done.
Unlike gnome which seems to regress every release. I am waiting for them to release their own version of X and Linux. A system with integration of all components into one monolithic thing. Like Kernel/X/DE/... in just on bin. Also might want to start calling bins excecutable files and shotren their extensions to.exe and.so files could be called dll i guess...
The interesting thing is, that someone is actually willing to accept bitcoins (a virtual not value backed currency) and give in return real stuff. E.g: There is a $ value for bitcoins. OK trade porn for bitcoins, but anything else makes me just shake my head...
Your argument is invalid. Most of us are using http1.1 which has connection keep alive. That would make your example 0.80625 seconds where uris would still need 1,07 seconds. Also if you live somewhere where you need 25ms for a tcp handshake to complete, consider changing your ISP.
you do not need to care about script kiddies and such nuisances... just ignore them - if they can get in, their actions will be logged, fix the broken service and you are done. if they can get root privs, you failed somewhere.
Consider them like a free security/penetration check.
i (man) was paired up with a girl. She was fine as a human, but getting work done was kinda pain in the ass. I could not scroll anywhere and did not understand anything about the codebase and annoyed the hell outta her permanently asking (trivial, but not obviously trivial) questions.
Later when i got my laptop, it was heaven: i was alone, could scroll and look up stuff and together we were much more productive. And i even had IRC for private + work chat.
Did anyone seriously expect it to become anything? Have you ever looked at their installation manual? I tried it like 2 years ago, and fail'd miserably... I liked the idea, but needing to go thru a longer installation manual than the gentoo quickinstall guide, JUST for checking it out... no thanks, i stopped somewhere in the process. Also because I failed to install the pod, im not gonna try again, it was just a too big waste of time back then.
And if noone can easily bring up an pod and all just join the one pod, how is that diffrent from joining facebook?
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I have developed/maintained software for some bigger companies like our National Trains' Company.
I came across code that was done by some guy comming from the java eco system.
It seems to me, like he was an amateur OR that java folks do lots of useless commenting.
Not that there were more commenting lines than code lines, but the comment itself was that trivial that it just obstructed reading the code.
Consider something like this (actually i cannot post the real function, but its pretty much the same triviality): /* /* if num1 or num2 is smaller than 0 return -1 */ /* add num1 to num2 and return */
* if num1 or num2 are both greater than 0 add num1 to num2 and return the result.
* in all other cases return -1
*/
int addNumIfPositive(num1, num2) {
if(num1 0 || num2 0 ) return -1;
return (num1 + num2);
}
Why would one need any comments at all?
Code comments should be helpful for people that maintain or extend existing functionality and not for people who cannot read code.
Comments should be used on code sections that are not clear from reading the code. eg some series of function calls, or exception handling, but PLEASE dont use them on trivialities or for people that cant read code!
The problem is, not everyone knows how to do that.
Thats why so many NON-IT folks are using cloud crap.
Remember dropbox and rapidshare and co. They ALL make a living off people not knowing how to do better.
The cloud is just a new fancy word for mainframe or terminal server.
move along nothing to see here.
THIS
start killing the laws and the politics?
ie. start contributing to the free internet and start boykotting the idiots?
If you do not want to be tracked, DO NOT SEND REQUESTS. ... did anyone *really* expect that to work?
But sending requests with a "please handle this one but dont use it to track me or put it in logfiles" comment
How much tracking is done via log file analysis alone?
Not Logging requests that the user specifies makes it a standard for script kiddies only.
If it was intended for just not putting a cookie... well fail?
Thats what browser settings are for and what could have been done with more aggressive browser settings alone.
Sorry to say that, but this whole standard seems to not ever made sense at all...
10 years ago: yes.
1 year ago: not anymore, thants to the intagration of filemanagers to DEs...
None of your reasons imply the need of locking the screen at all.
Thats exactly whats KDE is like.
You can configure anything. But you also NEED to configure anything, as their defaults seem totally screw'd to me, but at least you CAN do it.
This
Its better every release. At least if you dont have a touch screen device KDE 4.9 is the my new old way of getting work done.
Unlike gnome which seems to regress every release. I am waiting for them to release their own version of X and Linux. .exe and .so files could be called dll i guess...
A system with integration of all components into one monolithic thing.
Like Kernel/X/DE/... in just on bin.
Also might want to start calling bins excecutable files and shotren their extensions to
Thats why i switched to KDE like 1 year ago.
Its not even eating more ressources than gnome 3.2 did.
So what?
if you rely on security thru obscurity, please, PLEASE, immidiately resign from any work related to the network/system security field.
The interesting thing is, that someone is actually willing to accept bitcoins (a virtual not value backed currency) and give in return real stuff. E.g: There is a $ value for bitcoins.
OK trade porn for bitcoins, but anything else makes me just shake my head...
If not, lets abuse it till this whole copyright and patent shit drops dead!
or be served from there?
Your argument is invalid.
Most of us are using http1.1 which has connection keep alive.
That would make your example 0.80625 seconds where uris would still need 1,07 seconds.
Also if you live somewhere where you need 25ms for a tcp handshake to complete, consider changing your ISP.
Why publically introduce censorship, if you can call it "computer infected by malware".
'nuff said.
I switched to OpenJDK a while back.
In its early days it was bugged and crashed all the time, but that time seems long forgotten past.
Is there a reason to favor Oracle's Java over OpenJDK?
you do not need to care about script kiddies and such nuisances...
just ignore them - if they can get in, their actions will be logged, fix the broken service and you are done.
if they can get root privs, you failed somewhere.
Consider them like a free security/penetration check.
THIS!
thats what came to my mind.
how could one not want to live forever?
i (man) was paired up with a girl. She was fine as a human, but getting work done was kinda pain in the ass.
I could not scroll anywhere and did not understand anything about the codebase and annoyed the hell outta her permanently asking (trivial, but not obviously trivial) questions.
Later when i got my laptop, it was heaven: i was alone, could scroll and look up stuff and together we were much more productive.
And i even had IRC for private + work chat.
That kinda ruins the idea?
wasnt everyone supposed to host his/her own pod?
Did anyone seriously expect it to become anything? Have you ever looked at their installation manual?
I tried it like 2 years ago, and fail'd miserably...
I liked the idea, but needing to go thru a longer installation manual than the gentoo quickinstall guide, JUST for checking it out... no thanks, i stopped somewhere in the process.
Also because I failed to install the pod, im not gonna try again, it was just a too big waste of time back then.
And if noone can easily bring up an pod and all just join the one pod, how is that diffrent from joining facebook?