I worked on the Commodore 64 version of the BTTF2 game (ah, the joys of hand optimised 8-bit assembly language!;). We did a lot of work from an early draft of the script...
...an interesting fact that many people might not know is that the stories in BTTF2 and BTTF3 were originally destined to be crammed into just the one movie.
Actually, there are probably some better pictures out there if only I'd spelt the artist's name correctly (I took my spelling from the Guardian's article, fwiw).
This article reminded me of this, also photographed from this angle too.
To be honest, I'm surprised no one has already posted links to pics of this already!..it simply needs to be shared!
Of course, it's not real!..it's a wax-work. It was shown at an exhibition at the Royal Academy entitled 'Apocalypse' - but it has also been shown at other exhibitions, elsewhere in the world. Here's what The Guardian said about it:-
Maurizio Catellan's Pope has celluloid forebears, too, in this case the face-down prelate in Un chien Andalou, burdened with a piano containing a donkey's corpse. But the prostration of John Paul II is hardly so savage or surreal. The fake meteorite that has supposedly plunged through the ceiling - a hole has been engineered in the skylight - rests upon a waxwork with its vestments still in perfect order. The Pope has his eyes closed and frowns as if in prayer. He is down, but not out; indeed, he looks a sight more robust than the pontiff himself. Catellan has a genuine gift for tragi-comedy, but his latest piece makes no headway in either direction. It feels like a punchline without the joke. You can't get close to the Pope - he's yards away behind the barrier ropes. Crowds strain to see what's going on through the scrummage of shoulders. It's a tactical measure, consistent with the governing principle of this show, which is that you should always be aware that you're having the Apocalypse Experience.
You can read another article on this here (2nd article from bottom of page) although it looks to be a variation on the same theme.
Enjoy! (Sorry about the lack of bigger/better pictures)
IANAT (I am not a typographer), but only last week I stumbled across this interesting article entitled 'The Scourge of Arial', written by a designer called Mark Simonson (who, IMHO, show some slick design work elsewhere on his site).
The article discusses the history of several common / well known fonts, where they evolved from, and why.
It could make a refreshing change if we were to see the death of these Microsoft fonts -- if they were replaced by something better.
There's no need for you to create a new matrix - I would just write:-
Matrix x = a.matrixMultiply(b);
...I have in fact done exactly this in the past.
There are many arguments against operator overloading, which I'll not get too into here - try some of these pages if you're interested. Mostly, the argument against revolves around the fact that they can lead to 'tricky' code if used in a stupid fashion. Countering that argument: I've programmed C++ and I've implemented matrices in the fashion you imply - and the code was fairly intuitive, and seemed much more readable than if it'd been implemeted using objects' methods. (Of course, under the hood, it's really all the same in C++!)
Perhaps we need something like java.math.Matrix, which would work in the way you suggest? - but without needing operator overloading. Afterall, what we really want is probably support for matrices, imaginary numbers, etc - and not operator overloading per se.
Already Python can be compiled into java bytecode, and if the capability doesn't already exist for Ruby, it will soon. Similar compilers could be created for any number of other languages (scheme, smalltalk, whatever).
Python in/under Java is known as JPython, and apparently there is also an implementation of JRuby underway. There are already several implementations of Scheme and of Smalltalk too. Caveat emptor: I've not tried playing with any of these myself - with the exception of JPython.
Below is a fantastic recipe, which I would say is definitely on par with cOdEgUru's chicken (korma style?) curry. (...who needs to worry about karma when you can cook a korma?!?!;o)
Curried Mushrooms with Spinach Serves 6
450g / 1 lb button mushrooms 120 ml / 4 fl oz / 1/2 cup white wine vinegar 45 ml / 3 tbsp clear honey 45 ml / 3 tbsp oil 2.5 cm / 1 in ginger root, grated 450 g / 1 lb spinach, chopped 5 ml / 1 tsp ground cloves 2.5 ml / 1/2 tsp chilli powder 1 clove garlic, crushed 2.5 ml / 1 tsp paprika
Mix together the mushrooms, wine vingar and honey and leave to marinade for 1 hour. Drain off the liquid. Heat 30 ml / 2 tsp of oil and fry the ginger for 30 seconds. Add the mushrooms and fry for 3-4 minutes, stirring, then remove from the pan. Add the remaining oil and fry the ginger for a further 1 minute. Add the spinach, cloves, chilli powder and garlic, cover and simmer for 3-4 minutes. Stir in the mushrooms, sprinkle with paprika and simmer, stirring, until well blended.
His earliest stuff was kinda punk/thrash, and I liked it.
Then he went through a period of hard-dance/techo, and I liked it (and the remixes he did of this too).
The album 'Play' was also a fine album.
Someone offered to lend me his latest stuff, which I did listen to, but didn't copy, and certainly won't buy.
(I used to buy Pearl Jam's stuff too, once upon a time - I've not got any of their latest stuff neither)
Maybe Moby's evolved his style of music (again), and it simply isn't as popular with his existing audience?
Let's face it, Moby is certainly more 'commercial' than he used to be - a few years ago nobody knew him ('cept on the club scene) - and now he's in the charts (which I'm sure is great for sales, but what does it say about your target audience??).
Assymetric encryption (public key) can be ok in these situations, like the previous guy suggests. It all depends on the clearing house in question and the exact implementation details (ie: don't store the 'decrypt' key on the web server, the merchant should keep this offline).
That aside, there are two other methods sometimes offered, which are less error prone as they do not require the merchant to store the cc details anywhere.
(a) some cc clearing houses allow a merchant to set up a recurring charge on a card at the time of initial payment.
(b) some clearing houses allow a merchant to repeat a previous charge/transaction, the merchant simply provides a reference/id of the transaction to repeat.
Most of those benchmarks showed little or no performance benefit.
The article is about PC1066, a new kind of memory. The memory specific benchmarks do show quite a big performance increase!! (see the last three graphs on this page of the article)
The fact that the other graphs show little or no performance difference I think is quite likely due to the fact that the tests employed have different kinds of bottlenecks due to system limitations -- limitations other than memory bandwidth.
You might get similar results if you tested a new sound card (for example) that had faster hardware acceleration -- sure, the Quake III benchmark would only show a small difference, but another test that made more significant usage of the sound card (a test in Cubase for example) would show a greater performance increase. (Umm, I know it's not a great example, but I'm hope you get what I mean!).
...maybe this myth has a measurable reality due the fact that Windows is by default very open and lax in it's permission settings (everyone can access everything), and an admin must lock things down to ensure security, whereas Linux has everything locked down by default, and requires the admin to specificially open things up, specifying what/who has permission to access which parts of the system.
Don't even get me started on the fact that IIS (and other services) have the equivilant of 'root' access, and once compromised can more easily trash the whole server...
Whilst the stats you quote may show something -- that something certainly isn't your knowledge of security.
(I should not bite the trolls. I should not bite the trolls. I should not bite the trolls.)
I'd not read about the Warhol Worm before: that's one hell of a bunch truly evil ideas!!
If I had mod points today, you'd get +1 from me coz that's the most fascinating article on any kind of worm (theoretical or otherwise) that I've ever read (heers for the link!)
If you define structure with public stuff but default, why the hell are you using 'class'? Use 'struct'.
The original poster said he was programming Java, and in Java you've not got 'struct' like you have in C/C++ -- so you're stuck with using 'class' for everything.
Whilst I (and lots of other posters) agree that Code Complete is a great book, I personally think that Writing Solid Code is simply not on the same level. In short, if I had to recommend one of these books over the other, Code Complete would win hands down - it's a book I've gone back to time and time again, whereas Writing Solid Code has been sat on my shelf collecting dust for a while now. Not that it's a bad book, it's just not as good as Code Complete.
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(Hmm.. I must need more coffee - sorry about the bad maths, of course 2x127000 = 254000)
..will he get $264,000 when Hemos or Taco repost this article in a couple of days? ;o)
I worked on the Commodore 64 version of the BTTF2 game (ah, the joys of hand optimised 8-bit assembly language! ;). We did a lot of work from an early draft of the script...
...an interesting fact that many people might not know is that the stories in BTTF2 and BTTF3 were originally destined to be crammed into just the one movie.
You are correct: this isn't allowed by Java's security model.
Actually, there are probably some better pictures out there if only I'd spelt the artist's name correctly (I took my spelling from the Guardian's article, fwiw).
Anyway, here's a Google search that might help.
<irrelavant-point>I live near North Allerton, N.Yorks</irrelavant-point>
This article reminded me of this, also photographed from this angle too.
To be honest, I'm surprised no one has already posted links to pics of this already! ..it simply needs to be shared!
Of course, it's not real! ..it's a wax-work. It was shown at an exhibition at the Royal Academy entitled 'Apocalypse' - but it has also been shown at other exhibitions, elsewhere in the world. Here's what The Guardian said about it:-
You can read another article on this here (2nd article from bottom of page) although it looks to be a variation on the same theme.
Enjoy! (Sorry about the lack of bigger/better pictures)
...a lot of Microsoft patches do not under go regression testing.
HotFixes and QFE patches state that they have NOT been fully regression tested.
This is a known fact to most decent NT/W2K sysadmins.
IANAT (I am not a typographer), but only last week I stumbled across this interesting article entitled 'The Scourge of Arial', written by a designer called Mark Simonson (who, IMHO, show some slick design work elsewhere on his site).
The article discusses the history of several common / well known fonts, where they evolved from, and why.
It could make a refreshing change if we were to see the death of these Microsoft fonts -- if they were replaced by something better.
well, there's a truth if ever I've read one.
There's no need for you to create a new matrix - I would just write:-
Matrix x = a.matrixMultiply(b);There are many arguments against operator overloading, which I'll not get too into here - try some of these pages if you're interested. Mostly, the argument against revolves around the fact that they can lead to 'tricky' code if used in a stupid fashion. Countering that argument: I've programmed C++ and I've implemented matrices in the fashion you imply - and the code was fairly intuitive, and seemed much more readable than if it'd been implemeted using objects' methods. (Of course, under the hood, it's really all the same in C++!)
Perhaps we need something like java.math.Matrix, which would work in the way you suggest? - but without needing operator overloading. Afterall, what we really want is probably support for matrices, imaginary numbers, etc - and not operator overloading per se.
Just my tuppence worth...
Python in/under Java is known as JPython, and apparently there is also an implementation of JRuby underway. There are already several implementations of Scheme and of Smalltalk too. Caveat emptor: I've not tried playing with any of these myself - with the exception of JPython.
You can find a comprehensive list of alternative langauges for the JVM at http://flp.cs.tu-berlin.de/~tolk/vmlanguages.html
The Java Developer's Journal can be found here: http://www.sys-con.com/java/
Unfortunately one needs to pay a subscription fee to access the archives. :(
...erm, '&' is the notation for AND.... and it's perfectally normal to use '^' for XOR.
Below is a fantastic recipe, which I would say is definitely on par with cOdEgUru's chicken (korma style?) curry. (...who needs to worry about karma when you can cook a korma?!?! ;o)
Curried Mushrooms with Spinach
Serves 6
450g / 1 lb button mushrooms
120 ml / 4 fl oz / 1/2 cup white wine vinegar
45 ml / 3 tbsp clear honey
45 ml / 3 tbsp oil
2.5 cm / 1 in ginger root, grated
450 g / 1 lb spinach, chopped
5 ml / 1 tsp ground cloves
2.5 ml / 1/2 tsp chilli powder
1 clove garlic, crushed
2.5 ml / 1 tsp paprika
Mix together the mushrooms, wine vingar and honey and leave to marinade for 1 hour. Drain off the liquid. Heat 30 ml / 2 tsp of oil and fry the ginger for 30 seconds. Add the mushrooms and fry for 3-4 minutes, stirring, then remove from the pan. Add the remaining oil and fry the ginger for a further 1 minute. Add the spinach, cloves, chilli powder and garlic, cover and simmer for 3-4 minutes. Stir in the mushrooms, sprinkle with paprika and simmer, stirring, until well blended.
Enjoy!!
...simply isn't as good as it used to be.
His earliest stuff was kinda punk/thrash, and I liked it.
Then he went through a period of hard-dance/techo, and I liked it (and the remixes he did of this too).
The album 'Play' was also a fine album.
Someone offered to lend me his latest stuff, which I did listen to, but didn't copy, and certainly won't buy.
(I used to buy Pearl Jam's stuff too, once upon a time - I've not got any of their latest stuff neither)
Maybe Moby's evolved his style of music (again), and it simply isn't as popular with his existing audience?
Let's face it, Moby is certainly more 'commercial' than he used to be - a few years ago nobody knew him ('cept on the club scene) - and now he's in the charts (which I'm sure is great for sales, but what does it say about your target audience??).
Animal Clothing often put similar crazy stuff on their labelling - I have a pair of trousers in which the label reads: May contain nuts
..and one a sweatshirt labelled as Y2K compliant!
10. What difference does it make to serve the cookie using https when cookies are then subsequently transmitted with every http request anyway?
Assymetric encryption (public key) can be ok in these situations, like the previous guy suggests. It all depends on the clearing house in question and the exact implementation details (ie: don't store the 'decrypt' key on the web server, the merchant should keep this offline).
That aside, there are two other methods sometimes offered, which are less error prone as they do not require the merchant to store the cc details anywhere.
(a) some cc clearing houses allow a merchant to set up a recurring charge on a card at the time of initial payment.
(b) some clearing houses allow a merchant to repeat a previous charge/transaction, the merchant simply provides a reference/id of the transaction to repeat.
hth
this doesn't work for me using rc3 - maybe it's slashdotted, but I've got a 'stuck' software installation dialog that I can't cancel. :(
The article is about PC1066, a new kind of memory. The memory specific benchmarks do show quite a big performance increase!! (see the last three graphs on this page of the article)
The fact that the other graphs show little or no performance difference I think is quite likely due to the fact that the tests employed have different kinds of bottlenecks due to system limitations -- limitations other than memory bandwidth.
You might get similar results if you tested a new sound card (for example) that had faster hardware acceleration -- sure, the Quake III benchmark would only show a small difference, but another test that made more significant usage of the sound card (a test in Cubase for example) would show a greater performance increase. (Umm, I know it's not a great example, but I'm hope you get what I mean!).
...maybe this myth has a measurable reality due the fact that Windows is by default very open and lax in it's permission settings (everyone can access everything), and an admin must lock things down to ensure security, whereas Linux has everything locked down by default, and requires the admin to specificially open things up, specifying what/who has permission to access which parts of the system.
Don't even get me started on the fact that IIS (and other services) have the equivilant of 'root' access, and once compromised can more easily trash the whole server...
Whilst the stats you quote may show something -- that something certainly isn't your knowledge of security.
(I should not bite the trolls. I should not bite the trolls. I should not bite the trolls.)
I'd not read about the Warhol Worm before: that's one hell of a bunch truly evil ideas!!
If I had mod points today, you'd get +1 from me coz that's the most fascinating article on any kind of worm (theoretical or otherwise) that I've ever read (heers for the link!)
..what next? A Lord Vader Worm?
The original poster said he was programming Java, and in Java you've not got 'struct' like you have in C/C++ -- so you're stuck with using 'class' for everything.
hth clarify things somewhat.Whilst I (and lots of other posters) agree that Code Complete is a great book, I personally think that Writing Solid Code is simply not on the same level. In short, if I had to recommend one of these books over the other, Code Complete would win hands down - it's a book I've gone back to time and time again, whereas Writing Solid Code has been sat on my shelf collecting dust for a while now. Not that it's a bad book, it's just not as good as Code Complete.
Just my humble opinion....