>From what I've read, you'd be doing the environment a favor by driving a Hummer H2 to the mall instead of almost any motorcycle, because of the pollutants per mile spewed out by them.
Err.. no. Sorry. Doesn't make any sense. Quick google reveals that a random harley has a worst recorded MPG of 26.5 MPG (http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/sub_mo tor_cycles/1272871.html), while the hummer H2 has "10-13" (http://www.azcentral.com/class/marketplace/cars/0 210hummer10.html).
Now, Harley's - while distinctive and much loved - have some of the least sophisticated engines and heaviest bikes in the motorcycle world. Even so, creating more pollution out of half the gas would be a pretty impressive trick.
[ There may be an argument that two-strokes create different / worse pollutants than fourstroke engines, but I don't know much about that. But anyone who seriously claims that a bike emits more pollutants than an H2 didn't do the math].
Now, noise pollution, I completely agree with you. I really don't understand why most bikers want their machines to sound like fighter jets taking off...well, maybe there's a connection there;) But a lot of the noise comes from after sale modifications - I've met people who have to sets of mufflers, one for MOT, and one for driving.
>There's no technical reason these things can't be achieved on bikes, only the monetary reason that it saves costs for the manufacturers. Actually, the manufacturer doesn't care that much, since the cost would be passed on to the consumer.
So, do you feel really good about not compensating poor third world artists either?
Sorry, not paying poor artists does not make it better than not paying rich artists/companies. If you're into world music, buy the CDs. By all means sample it via filesharing, but then actually go & buy the CDs,
>> Often, Theimer said, it's more important to have a program as soon as possible than to have it running at peak performance, he said.
>Ah, the fast food approach to software design. Don't you know that stuff makes you code obese and causes an early demise necessitating frequent checkups?
Meanwhile, back in the real world, who's going to bu y this stuff? Investment banks. Places that care about getting stuff delivered because it can make (or save) them a LOT of money.
Much as we care about nice software, sometimes quick and dirty is the right thing. Disturbingly often, actually.
to do whatever they like with their product. Personally, I think it's counterproductive - it's likely to piss off paying customers, although it might help them nab some shady dealers as well.
If you find it too irritating to deal with MS, you check out the alternatives. Isn't competition a wonderful thing?
If you're using C, you can use SWIG (http://www.swig.org/)to automatically generate Python bindings. Well, some manual work is probably required if you go beyond the trivial, but not that much.
Sadly, SWIG breaks for more complicated C++ stuff, so you're better off using boost::python (http://www.boost.com). Very nice.
(1/3)^18 = 1/387,420,489 - so the odds are not quite as staggering, although still bad. But you probably fit a common profile that they use. For example, travelling to Cali regularly. Maybe short trips? Little Luggage?
.. not even from Dell. In fact, you don't even have to be that large, but if you are committing to buy a reasonable amount of kit, you can get discounts of 15% or more.
See, that is why you actually need all these weird people in companies that don't program: Purchasing Managers do have a purpose;)
> Wrong, they do care a lot because it makes all imports more expensive, especially oil.
What does that have to do with MSFT? Producing software takes remarkably little oil;) I never said it doesn't have a negative impact on other parts of the economy.
Although, to be honest, a falling USD is probably good for the US. Not sure about the rest of the world, though.
>Garbage collection in Java has been faster than free/malloc in C for years. This is in large part due to the fact that the runtime can recognize very short lived objects and put them on a special part of the heap.
Of course, in C and C++, programmers put short-lived objects on the stack. No matter how special the heap in Java, it's not going to be faster than incrementing / decrementing the stack pointer;)
>IIRC the dollar lost 26% of it's value in 2004 (compared to Euro and Yen), so the 6% increase in revenue (10-12 2004/2005 in dollars) don't look so great anymore.
a) I'll confidently assert that the majority of MSFT stockholders are US based, so they'll care not one jot about FX rates. 6% is not a bad return in the current environment
b) the lower US dollar will boost revenues considerably next year (if it stays low)
c) asset allocation usually considers FX rates separately from local performance; also, sophisticated investors can easily hedge the FX exposure.
Either way, I only see MSFT winning on the desktop "at this point in time"; all major banks I've heard about are using Linux more and more on the backend. But Excel on the desktop is, sadly, still unbeatable.
If we all believed James Gosling, we would all be writing everything only in Java, We would have rewritten everything in Java. There would be no more software flaws. No more security problems, No more world hunger. Pigs would fly past our windows.
Or a slimdevices Squeezebox. http://www.slimdevices.com/ - I've just bought one, and it works a treat. Sounds good, to. And it's cheaper than the Roku stuff.
If your C++ code is slower than your C code, you're doing it wrong, or your compiler sucks. That's all there's too it; there is no reason why C++ should be slower than C at all.
Make sure you only put stuff on your CV that you actually know - I hate nothing more in a candidate than claiming skills they don't actually have. If you only know C, and have just looked at a C# book, that's fine - as long as you don't pretend to be a C# expert. Otherwise you will be found out, and you won't get the job.
Shouldn't the farmer be suing Monsanto for negligently polluting his seed stock? He could suffer serious damages, e.g. from not being able to sell his products as GM free anymore.
Pay as you go phones. Pay for the credit upfront, and when it's used up, you stop until you can buy more from your pocket money.
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>The number of innocent civilians killed in the Ivory Coast (by French forces) this year: 18,000
I know French-bashing is still very much en vogue on/., but where the hell did you get that figure from? I've googled, I've googled, I've googled, and can't find any supporting evidence for it.
AFAIK, the French have a very limited deployment there, as active peacekeepers, with a proper UN mandate, to keep a ceasefire in a long and bloody civil war.
> * Trade secrets and information that might affect the commercial interests of an organisation or another person This is particularly insidious. Surely tax payers should be able to find out how their money is spent?
>* Information about the formulation of government policy... So we won't find out whether the Attorney General said "The Iraq War is legal" or not, at least not for another thirty years.
>* Qualified exemption: The public interest in withholding the information is greater than the public interest in releasing it Nice one. A blanket exemption that you can't effectively challenge.
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... and use Jython to script you Java stuff
Just imagine if it had been called ssgcf ;)
>From what I've read, you'd be doing the environment a favor by driving a Hummer H2 to the mall instead of almost any motorcycle, because of the pollutants per mile spewed out by them.
o tor_cycles/1272871.html), while the hummer H2 has "10-13" (http://www.azcentral.com/class/marketplace/cars/0 210hummer10.html).
;) But a lot of the noise comes from after sale modifications - I've met people who have to sets of mufflers, one for MOT, and one for driving.
Err.. no. Sorry. Doesn't make any sense. Quick google reveals that a random harley has a worst recorded MPG of 26.5 MPG (http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/sub_m
Now, Harley's - while distinctive and much loved - have some of the least sophisticated engines and heaviest bikes in the motorcycle world. Even so, creating more pollution out of half the gas would be a pretty impressive trick.
[ There may be an argument that two-strokes create different / worse pollutants than fourstroke engines, but I don't know much about that. But anyone who seriously claims that a bike emits more pollutants than an H2 didn't do the math].
Now, noise pollution, I completely agree with you. I really don't understand why most bikers want their machines to sound like fighter jets taking off...well, maybe there's a connection there
>There's no technical reason these things can't be achieved on bikes, only the monetary reason that it saves costs for the manufacturers.
Actually, the manufacturer doesn't care that much, since the cost would be passed on to the consumer.
So, do you feel really good about not compensating poor third world artists either?
Sorry, not paying poor artists does not make it better than not paying rich artists/companies. If you're into world music, buy the CDs. By all means sample it via filesharing, but then actually go & buy the CDs,
>> Often, Theimer said, it's more important to have a program as soon as possible than to have it running at peak performance, he said.
>Ah, the fast food approach to software design. Don't you know that stuff makes you code obese and causes an early demise necessitating frequent checkups?
Meanwhile, back in the real world, who's going to bu y this stuff? Investment banks. Places that care about getting stuff delivered because it can make (or save) them a LOT of money.
Much as we care about nice software, sometimes quick and dirty is the right thing. Disturbingly often, actually.
"Am I a fool for giving up steady work and good pay?" Over the choice of compiler? Yes, a bloody fool.
Unless you want to take some time off or have another job lined up. It's a trivial issue.
to do whatever they like with their product. Personally, I think it's counterproductive - it's likely to piss off paying customers, although it might help them nab some shady dealers as well.
If you find it too irritating to deal with MS, you check out the alternatives. Isn't competition a wonderful thing?
If you're using C, you can use SWIG (http://www.swig.org/)to automatically generate Python bindings. Well, some manual work is probably required if you go beyond the trivial, but not that much.
Sadly, SWIG breaks for more complicated C++ stuff, so you're better off using boost::python (http://www.boost.com). Very nice.
(1/3)^18 = 1/387,420,489 - so the odds are not quite as staggering, although still bad. But you probably fit a common profile that they use. For example, travelling to Cali regularly. Maybe short trips? Little Luggage?
.. not even from Dell. In fact, you don't even have to be that large, but if you are committing to buy a reasonable amount of kit, you can get discounts of 15% or more.
;)
See, that is why you actually need all these weird people in companies that don't program: Purchasing Managers do have a purpose
> Wrong, they do care a lot because it makes all imports more expensive, especially oil.
;) I never said it doesn't have a negative impact on other parts of the economy.
What does that have to do with MSFT? Producing software takes remarkably little oil
Although, to be honest, a falling USD is probably good for the US. Not sure about the rest of the world, though.
>Garbage collection in Java has been faster than free/malloc in C for years. This is in large part due to the fact that the runtime can recognize very short lived objects and put them on a special part of the heap.
;)
Of course, in C and C++, programmers put short-lived objects on the stack. No matter how special the heap in Java, it's not going to be faster than incrementing / decrementing the stack pointer
>IIRC the dollar lost 26% of it's value in 2004 (compared to Euro and Yen), so the 6% increase in revenue (10-12 2004/2005 in dollars) don't look so great anymore.
a) I'll confidently assert that the majority of MSFT stockholders are US based, so they'll care not one jot about FX rates. 6% is not a bad return in the current environment
b) the lower US dollar will boost revenues considerably next year (if it stays low)
c) asset allocation usually considers FX rates separately from local performance; also, sophisticated investors can easily hedge the FX exposure.
Either way, I only see MSFT winning on the desktop "at this point in time"; all major banks I've heard about are using Linux more and more on the backend. But Excel on the desktop is, sadly, still unbeatable.
If we all believed James Gosling, we would all be writing everything only in Java, We would have rewritten everything in Java. There would be no more software flaws. No more security problems, No more world hunger. Pigs would fly past our windows.
Or a slimdevices Squeezebox. http://www.slimdevices.com/ - I've just bought one, and it works a treat. Sounds good, to. And it's cheaper than the Roku stuff.
Just run cable ducts. Raised floors are a bit excessive, but cable ducts are cheap and give you complete flexibility later.
This isn't exactly what you're after, but have a look at http://www.redshift.de/ - that's pretty impressive astronomy software.
If your C++ code is slower than your C code, you're doing it wrong, or your compiler sucks. That's all there's too it; there is no reason why C++ should be slower than C at all.
Make sure you only put stuff on your CV that you actually know - I hate nothing more in a candidate than claiming skills they don't actually have. If you only know C, and have just looked at a C# book, that's fine - as long as you don't pretend to be a C# expert. Otherwise you will be found out, and you won't get the job.
Come ON guys, it's a movie. And not even a great one.
Shouldn't the farmer be suing Monsanto for negligently polluting his seed stock? He could suffer serious damages, e.g. from not being able to sell his products as GM free anymore.
Pay as you go phones. Pay for the credit upfront, and when it's used up, you stop until you can buy more from your pocket money.
>The number of innocent civilians killed in the Ivory Coast (by French forces) this year: 18,000
/., but where the hell did you get that figure from? I've googled, I've googled, I've googled, and can't find any supporting evidence for it.
I know French-bashing is still very much en vogue on
AFAIK, the French have a very limited deployment there, as active peacekeepers, with a proper UN mandate, to keep a ceasefire in a long and bloody civil war.
> * Trade secrets and information that might affect the commercial interests of an organisation or another person
This is particularly insidious. Surely tax payers should be able to find out how their money is spent?
>* Information about the formulation of government policy...
So we won't find out whether the Attorney General said "The Iraq War is legal" or not, at least not for another thirty years.
>* Qualified exemption: The public interest in withholding the information is greater than the public interest in releasing it
Nice one. A blanket exemption that you can't effectively challenge.
http://gallery.hd.org/index.jsp
Quite comprehensive, been up for a couple of years, and nicely organised. And yes, a small fraction of them are mine.