Then your job becomes finding someone else to pay you for doing it.
Since there weren't any openings for professional beer drinkers (I'm not good enough at darts) I became a programmer instead. 18 years later I'm a programmer with a much more impressive job title!
I hate it when people use extreme amounts of decimal precision when talking about irrational numbers. Really, is 1.6180339887 (or 1.6180339887498948482045868343656) much more informative than 1.618? If you're going to do calculations with it, use the exact value:
1/2 * (sqrt(5) + 1)
and sort out the irrational bits at the end, rather than introduce rounding errors at the beginning.
That's just a rationalisation, of course. My real reason for complaining about decimals is that it feels wrong. 1.6180339887 does not look like a profound number. It's like the number is a beautiful woman, and the decimal representation is the pornographic pictures she posed for when she was young and needed the money. Yes, it looks like her, and it may even be useful. But the real thing is *so* much better.
Stephen Evans' computer may or may not be mailing copies of the MyDoom worm to everyone in his address book, but the misinformation he provides in his article today does nothing but further the aims of the worm's author.
Only one quarter of infected PCs will participate in the attempted DDoS. The other three quarters remain silent, yet the worm opens a back door on these computers, accessible to anyone who can extract the password from the code of the virus. The DDoS attack is an attempt to divert attention from the true purpose of the worm - to create "zombie" PCs that can be used for sending massive amounts of unsolicited email.
Most journalists would be excited to penetrate such a cover story, and reveal the truth behind it. Stephen Evans it appears, would rather repeat the lie.
int should be the native size for the machine. short should not be longer than an int, and long should not be shorter.
Unfortunately, so much code has been written over the years by people who don't understand this, (or more likely just didn't care so long as it compiled) that any compiler vendor who wants their customers existing code to have a hope in hell of compiling is going to have to support the brokenness.
There used to be another Rupert Morrish show up in a Googlesearch. He was born in Australia in the 1880s and died in the 1960s. Now there's only four hits. All of them are me, and three of them are embarassing. So the first link in this post is an attempt to get Google to start linking to my (crap) homepage. The vacation it refers to was in May last year. I haven't updated it since.
They published a benchmark showing Windows outperforming Linux doing a specific task on specific hardware. Everyone here yelled how the benchmark was rigged, that windows had been tweaked by MS developers, but the RedHat install was "out of the box".
So they did the test again, this time with RedHat personnel doing the RedHat setup. Windows still won.
So Linus et al looked at the setup, and changed the kernel. If you did the test today, Linux would win. So MS don't use that benchmark any more.
So really, MS have to do vague and misleading studies, because doing clear accurate ones only benefits Linux!
A hogshead, as mentioned elsewhere in this thread, is 54 gallons (3 kilderkins). Unless you're measuring wine, in which case it's 63 gallons (you get an extra firkin).
A yard is 3 feet. A rod is 5.5 yards. A chain is 4 rods. A furlong is 10 chains. A mile is 8 furlongs. A league is three miles. A cable is damn nearly metric, at 10,000 links, or a bit more than 12 miles.
A pound is 16 ounces. A stone is 14 pounds. A hundredweight is 8 stone. A ton is 20 hundredweight. I would break the ounce down into drachms and grains, if I could remember them, but I'm pretty sure no factors of twelve are involved.
That's right folks. In the opinion of the Academy, Annie Hall was a better picture than Star Wars. That's one reason I ignore the whole pageant these days.
It is bad for you and for the Windows box to be living in the same house if you hate it. Obviously the Windows box isn't going anywhere, so it is up to you to take the initiative and move out. It'll be best for both of you.
I knew it a week beforehand, when I saw the trailer. Here we have a show about a technologically enhanced (nanites!) government agent. Next week, special guest star Lee Majors. No, he wasn't playing Steve Austin, although that's probably because they were afraid of a WWE lawsuit, rather than the intrinsic lameness of the idea.
My wife and I both liked Jake 2.0. The writers did a good job of keeping Jake's inherent geekiness to the fore.
Where in trademark law is the following exchange prohibited?
You: Tell me what you know about Playboy. Me: You can look Hustler* over there.
I am not passing myself off as Playboy. Nor is Hustler. So I don't think trademark law is being violated. I also don't think trademark law should force anyone setting themselves up as a provider of information to give owners of trademarks preference. It would suck if I got ford.com as the first link every time I searched for Ford Prefect.
* Chosen at random. I haven't bought a dead tree porn mag since I got an internet connection.
Slashdot Mirror
Or THOU.
Not TOU.
That would be stupid.
Then your job becomes finding someone else to pay you for doing it.
Since there weren't any openings for professional beer drinkers (I'm not good enough at darts) I became a programmer instead. 18 years later I'm a programmer with a much more impressive job title!
43 is very plain, bordering on the ugly.
I hate it when people use extreme amounts of decimal precision when talking about irrational numbers. Really, is 1.6180339887 (or 1.6180339887498948482045868343656) much more informative than 1.618? If you're going to do calculations with it, use the exact value:
1/2 * (sqrt(5) + 1)
and sort out the irrational bits at the end, rather than introduce rounding errors at the beginning.
That's just a rationalisation, of course. My real reason for complaining about decimals is that it feels wrong. 1.6180339887 does not look like a profound number. It's like the number is a beautiful woman, and the decimal representation is the pornographic pictures she posed for when she was young and needed the money. Yes, it looks like her, and it may even be useful. But the real thing is *so* much better.
Stephen Evans' computer may or may not be mailing copies of the MyDoom worm to everyone in his address book, but the misinformation he provides in his article today does nothing but further the aims of the worm's author.
Only one quarter of infected PCs will participate in the attempted DDoS. The other three quarters remain silent, yet the worm opens a back door on these computers, accessible to anyone who can extract the password from the code of the virus. The DDoS attack is an attempt to divert attention from the true purpose of the worm - to create "zombie" PCs that can be used for sending massive amounts of unsolicited email.
Most journalists would be excited to penetrate such a cover story, and reveal the truth behind it. Stephen Evans it appears, would rather repeat the lie.
the individual(s) responsible for the first nuclear detonation on American soil
That would be Robert Oppenheimer.
This is broken.
int should be the native size for the machine. short should not be longer than an int, and long should not be shorter.
Unfortunately, so much code has been written over the years by people who don't understand this, (or more likely just didn't care so long as it compiled) that any compiler vendor who wants their customers existing code to have a hope in hell of compiling is going to have to support the brokenness.
General Nanosystems is a cool store. I never knew their website went into so much detail, though.
They probably do. However, they have no choice. They may not even choose how their computers are monitored. The city has made that decision for them.
I agree with the bit that you have no expectation of privacy in a cybercafe.
They use those cotton swabs in places much more sensitive than your throat. I've had broken bones that hurt less.
Three words: "substantial non-infringing uses". Something that Betamax has, and Kazaa et al have yet to demonstrate.
Definitions of robot vary, of course, but I feel that something that has to be attached by a human to the object on which it works does not meet mine.
A real graffiti robot would have suckers, or crampons, or a big extending ladder, not rely on someone else placing pulleys for it.
There used to be another Rupert Morrish show up in a Google search. He was born in Australia in the 1880s and died in the 1960s.
Now there's only four hits. All of them are me, and three of them are embarassing. So the first link in this post is an attempt to get Google to start linking to my (crap) homepage. The vacation it refers to was in May last year. I haven't updated it since.
They published a benchmark showing Windows outperforming Linux doing a specific task on specific hardware. Everyone here yelled how the benchmark was rigged, that windows had been tweaked by MS developers, but the RedHat install was "out of the box".
So they did the test again, this time with RedHat personnel doing the RedHat setup. Windows still won.
So Linus et al looked at the setup, and changed the kernel. If you did the test today, Linux would win. So MS don't use that benchmark any more.
So really, MS have to do vague and misleading studies, because doing clear accurate ones only benefits Linux!
The post is wrong, the moderation is wrong, and the author of the post did no research.
In other words, you're reading slashdot.
You're new here, aren't you?
the soon-to-be former prime minister, is a huge Gates fanboy. The knighthood for Gates is undoubtedly one of his nominations.
A hogshead, as mentioned elsewhere in this thread, is 54 gallons (3 kilderkins). Unless you're measuring wine, in which case it's 63 gallons (you get an extra firkin).
A yard is 3 feet. A rod is 5.5 yards. A chain is 4 rods. A furlong is 10 chains. A mile is 8 furlongs. A league is three miles. A cable is damn nearly metric, at 10,000 links, or a bit more than 12 miles.
A pound is 16 ounces. A stone is 14 pounds. A hundredweight is 8 stone. A ton is 20 hundredweight. I would break the ounce down into drachms and grains, if I could remember them, but I'm pretty sure no factors of twelve are involved.
Why RotK will not win Best Picture:
Annie Hall.
That's right folks. In the opinion of the Academy, Annie Hall was a better picture than Star Wars. That's one reason I ignore the whole pageant these days.
Does the FBI arrest GPL violators?
When they do, I will listen to you about how the laws that the MPAA and RIAA purchased also protect the Linux kernel.
Indeed I could! See my journal to see how easy it was.
It is bad for you and for the Windows box to be living in the same house if you hate it. Obviously the Windows box isn't going anywhere, so it is up to you to take the initiative and move out. It'll be best for both of you.
I knew it a week beforehand, when I saw the trailer. Here we have a show about a technologically enhanced (nanites!) government agent. Next week, special guest star Lee Majors. No, he wasn't playing Steve Austin, although that's probably because they were afraid of a WWE lawsuit, rather than the intrinsic lameness of the idea.
My wife and I both liked Jake 2.0. The writers did a good job of keeping Jake's inherent geekiness to the fore.
Disclaimer: IAABE (I Am A Bastard Englishman).
Imagine that. A few rich people own most of the land, and the rest of the population have to pay rent on it. What a historical aberration.
Where in trademark law is the following exchange prohibited?
You: Tell me what you know about Playboy.
Me: You can look Hustler* over there.
I am not passing myself off as Playboy. Nor is Hustler. So I don't think trademark law is being violated. I also don't think trademark law should force anyone setting themselves up as a provider of information to give owners of trademarks preference. It would suck if I got ford.com as the first link every time I searched for Ford Prefect.
* Chosen at random. I haven't bought a dead tree porn mag since I got an internet connection.
were doing this when I got my first commercial internet connection (circa 1994) and AFAIK are still doing it.