Here's a hint - whilst you may have found maths easy, others in your class didn't, and needed the practice.
So why did they insist GP do the homework? Isn't that the real problem-- not that they gave lots of work, but that they required him to do it?
...and generally I consider people who are, uh, academically gifted but interpersonally immature to be perhaps not so smart after all.
Umm... why? I mean, other than to insult the GP. A serial killer can be quite intelligent-- in fact, it makes him more effective-- but I don't think anyone would argue that serial killing is a useful social skill.
Wouldn't it be about 50,000,000 times easier if Ubuntu just regression-tested their product to make sure they didn't break shit?
Well, we *are* talking about a test release. Should they regression test an entire OS (including drivers, which requires all sorts of weird hardware) before they put out a release to test?
Type inference has been around for over two decades. There are well understood algorithms for deducing type. Applying such inference to an imperative object orientated language like Java is not particularly more difficult than applying them to a functional language.
But earlier you complained about NullPointerExceptions, which seems to be a problem with predicting values, especially in client code-- that is the potential problem I meant. I didn't doubt that inferrence could be used in an imperative language (sorry if I came across that way), but I don't know how successfully; a (very smart) friend worked with O'Caml for a semester project and complained about trying to get the language to infer types correctly.
Both Haskell and Java are statically typed, and both functions have equivalent typing, yet there is a clear difference between their respective type systems.
Apples and oranges. What is knowable at compile-time in a functional language like Haskell is not the same as what is knowable at compile-time in an imperative language like Java.
Now, duck typing in a statically-typed compiled language would be interesting. Anyone know of any examples?
Actually, he seems to be making the game an allegory of sorts. Allegories can work well in games; American McGee's Alice did an amazing job, although the ending was pretty heavy handed, alas.
I'd expect a legion to have a significant number of camp followers, including plenty of prostitutes.
I was thinking the same thing, but how many of the original bunch would have stuck with the legion for 17 years? Seems likely to me that they would have dropped out over time and been gradually replaced by locals. <shrug>
The free market is one big mechanism for increasing efficiency. Sometimes it values efficiency too highly (e.g., WalMart), but it is far better than government.
Aside from the fact that heavier taxation to support government investments in place of private ones is less free, it's also less efficient. Look at the Soviet Union for example.
*If you have a copy of XP to use, guess what? The key that comes with the HP box is restricted to the version of Windows on the restore CD.
Yes, that's called a OEM key. They also have VLKs and Retail keys. Don't pirate.
How is it piracy to use a copy of the same version of the same OS on the same machine from a different CD? I understand that this is an antipiracy measure on Microsoft's part, but it got in the way of legitimate use here, as it not infrequently does.
The post about jihad may not have been the most brilliantly argued, but your response is disingenious. Jihad means struggle; words are allowed to have more than one use, and the one he intended is obvious. Billy Graham may hold Crusades, but that does not mean that what began in 1095 has anything to do with Graham. Likewise for jihad.
I'm tired of people saying that because jihad has a personal meaning it should not be used to refer to a Muslim holy war. That's just absurd.
I did like the printer, but they had a Mac using DOS paths and drive letters-- though that's a relatively forgiveable offence, since a Mac will be easier to follow on-screen.
Microsoft likely put high requirements on purpose to ensure the operating system has a decent lifecycle. Like buying a shirt that's too big for a child since they'll "grow into it" anyway.
Because, as we all know, Microsoft wouldn't want their OS to perform too well on that new hardware near the end of its lifecycle.
Let me rephrase that: Given that these are the only two options, how is providing a censored version of Google to the citizens of China more evil than allowing access to be blocked?
I'm not the grandparent, but I'd summarize it in one word: complicity.
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It certainly would have ended it much more quickly.
So why start at level one?
That's the annoying bit; TFA didn't state the arguments in favor of overturning the law. Perhaps it reaches too far into intrastate commerce?
That's the year K&R was first published, so I assume the GP means K&R C.
So why did they insist GP do the homework? Isn't that the real problem-- not that they gave lots of work, but that they required him to do it?
Umm... why? I mean, other than to insult the GP. A serial killer can be quite intelligent-- in fact, it makes him more effective-- but I don't think anyone would argue that serial killing is a useful social skill.
Well, we *are* talking about a test release. Should they regression test an entire OS (including drivers, which requires all sorts of weird hardware) before they put out a release to test?
Sadly, no. I was working with Scheme at the time and *other* kinds of weirdness. ;-)
But earlier you complained about NullPointerExceptions, which seems to be a problem with predicting values, especially in client code-- that is the potential problem I meant. I didn't doubt that inferrence could be used in an imperative language (sorry if I came across that way), but I don't know how successfully; a (very smart) friend worked with O'Caml for a semester project and complained about trying to get the language to infer types correctly.
I'm curious enough to look into Boo, though.
Apples and oranges. What is knowable at compile-time in a functional language like Haskell is not the same as what is knowable at compile-time in an imperative language like Java.
Now, duck typing in a statically-typed compiled language would be interesting. Anyone know of any examples?
He may be thinking of oligarchy, but fiefdom is more appropriate.
Actually, he seems to be making the game an allegory of sorts. Allegories can work well in games; American McGee's Alice did an amazing job, although the ending was pretty heavy handed, alas.
I doubt the GP was assuming anything-- he seems to just be offering it up as a possibility.
I was thinking the same thing, but how many of the original bunch would have stuck with the legion for 17 years? Seems likely to me that they would have dropped out over time and been gradually replaced by locals. <shrug>
What if the paper were citing Wikipedia policies in a discussion of online communities? There's always an exception.
Which is odd since you read Slashdot which, while it predates the word, is pretty much a blog.
The free market is one big mechanism for increasing efficiency. Sometimes it values efficiency too highly (e.g., WalMart), but it is far better than government.
Aside from the fact that heavier taxation to support government investments in place of private ones is less free, it's also less efficient. Look at the Soviet Union for example.
How is it piracy to use a copy of the same version of the same OS on the same machine from a different CD? I understand that this is an antipiracy measure on Microsoft's part, but it got in the way of legitimate use here, as it not infrequently does.
The post about jihad may not have been the most brilliantly argued, but your response is disingenious. Jihad means struggle; words are allowed to have more than one use, and the one he intended is obvious. Billy Graham may hold Crusades, but that does not mean that what began in 1095 has anything to do with Graham. Likewise for jihad.
I'm tired of people saying that because jihad has a personal meaning it should not be used to refer to a Muslim holy war. That's just absurd.
Am I the only one who missed the connection here?
There's a difference?
I did like the printer, but they had a Mac using DOS paths and drive letters-- though that's a relatively forgiveable offence, since a Mac will be easier to follow on-screen.
Because, as we all know, Microsoft wouldn't want their OS to perform too well on that new hardware near the end of its lifecycle.
How so?
So, instead of punishing people for doing something, you want to play mind games with them to subvert their will to do that thing?
By all means, if people want out we should help them. But trying to force people to want out (which is what such a system would do) is unreasonable.
I'm not the grandparent, but I'd summarize it in one word: complicity.