What, the fact that I've seen people on Slashdot claim iPods can't play MP3? Not hardly. People make all sorts of misinformed statements about what you can and can't do with an iPod -- including that it won't play MP3s or that you have to buy your music from the iTunes music store.
but the fact that I cannot play my.ogg files on my iPod does not endear me to Apple.
First of all, I don't think endearing you to Apple is important. It may not endear them to you, but you're not their market.
You know, the overwhelming majority of people don't know WTF ogg-vorbis is. So, why would Apple build in support? To keep happy the 0.5% of the population who cares?
And, quite frankly, the only time I ever even hear about ogg is when someone is whining that some device doesn't support it. For me, ogg is like GNU Hurd -- nobody really cares except those indignant that nobody else is using it.
Pascal - at least, the dialect that I was taught - has pointers and they behaved like pointers in C. They also supported pointer arithmetic.
Pascal was a long time ago, but the pointers didn't support arithmetic as I recall. They were mostly smoething you could assign, dereference, and free.
I don't think I've ever come across a pointer to a pointer to a function (and I work on a couple of C compilers). The language supports them, but you'd need some pretty crazy code to actually use them.
I've seen it used for things like registering callbacks and defining certain kinds of functions which was used for run-time binding. It's pretty obscure, and probably not always a good idea. But, I have seen it and used it -- though, admittedly, at least once I used it so I could try to understand WTF it meant.:-P
The fact that there are songs about it and it's documented in K&R tells me that they do get some usage.
Left to right is more sane because it lets you evaluate each argument, push the result onto the stack, and then go on to the next one.
*laugh* You know, I don't think I've ever checked which order my args got pushed onto the stack that closely.:-P
the winds of "trendy" are a changing, my son, and so goes the lion's share of Apple's sales.
Fuck "trendy"... I'll stick with "works".
Do you really think most people buy Apple stuff because its "trendy", or do you think they might be "trendy" because they do what the users want it to?
a 6 digit ID number should indicate that you already know the answer to that.
Oh god, you mean he's already started SlashPooping?
It's rare nowadays for him to post something like "hey, I watched a movie and really enjoyed it, what do you think". He usually refrains from treating it like Facebook status updates.
"I still see people claiming you can't play MP3s on a Zune."
Don't think for a second that Microsoft wouldn't do that if MP3 wasn't ubiquitous already. And also don't think for a second that Microsoft wouldn't be tickled pink to see MP3 die entirely to make room for.wma to take over.
This just in, companies seek to sell their own products.
I know it's cool to be anti Apple on slashdot these days, but does the hatred have to include loss of logic?
Have you been reading Slashdot lately? It's nothing but screeching monkeys and poo flinging at the merest mention of Apple.
People seem to hate Apple nowadays the way they used to hate Microsoft. Heck, half of the things people are saying isn't factually correct -- it's just what they believe. I still see people claiming you can't play MP3s on an iPod.
I think in many cases, logic has gone completely out the window when Apple is the topic.
Which means your professor has just shortchanged your degree. Because "Computer Science" is much more widely used, and if I was looking through resumes I would think "Computing Science" was some kind of semi-fake degree from a degree mill.
Well, it's technically "Mathematics and Computing Science", and I don't feel the prof shortchanged me... and, there's also about 16 years of resume to back it up.
I wouldn't say "trivial" -- I know a lot of people who had a hard time adjusting to the pointer arithmetic and pointers in C. There's a lot of tricky stuff in there to get through.
Things like "pointers to pointers to printf-like functions" will leave many people weeping (or laughing if they can dig up the original ditty -- I can only find bastardized versions of it)
Pointers to pointers to printf()-like functions; Unary minus and nested conjunctions; Integers, booleans, characters, strings; These are a few of my favourite things.
Mod this AC insightful. That is exactly it. That is why I suspect Pascal is often used, because it has one of the least abstracted set of logical operators out there.
It also has pretty solid barriers between you and some really sharp edges. You can't run amok with pointers or incorrectly index arrays -- well, you can, but just not like you would in C.
It teaches you syntax and structure, but doesn't let you hurt yourself too badly. And, really, once you know Pascal, you can pick up pretty much any procedural language pretty readily.
I was disappointed to note that the 3D glasses darkened the film in general and when I took them off for comparison during 2D scenes, the colours were much move vivid.
Well, from what I recall the few times I've seen a 3D movie... the lenses are tinted. So, this seems hardly surprising.
A good effort, but I wonder if seeing the film in 2D (ie: without the glasses) would be more visually stunning.
At the very least, less visually straining. I find 3D gives me a headache and sore eyes for several hours after. I'm not willing to pay an extra three bucks or so for that.
However, it seems like everybody is falling over themselves to make 3D, so I can't see it going away any time soon.
My prof drilled into me (and my degree matches because he fought for it) that it's Computing Science. Computer science is doing science on a computer -- Computing Science is is the science of computers.
Ah well, just some random nit-picking and pedantry. Either way, basic computer literacy is not "Computer Science".
Be creative? Negotiate better wholesale costs so that you can offer your customers lower prices? If not, someone else will. Isn't that capitalism?
You're describing the race to the bottom that is Wal Mart economics. Most companies can't negotiate (or force) a better wholesale rate. Wal Mart relies on more or less gutting US manufacturing, off-shoring, and asking for lower quality goods that they can sell at lower prices. I don't think you want that as an end-point.
If a restaurant had better food, a nicer atmosphere and cheaper prices, wouldn't you frequent that place as well?
I'll be happy with better food and nicer atmosphere. I don't expect the sit-down Italian place down the road to be price competitive with McDonalds. I expect to get great food, really good service, and a more enjoyable experience.
Economics doesn't allow for this infinite downwards elasticity that everybody seems to think is the way it works. Eventually, there is no lower unless you're doing things on the massive scale that is Wal Mart -- which leads to less choice in the market, as well as an undercutting of everybody else and an erosion of local business.
But, hey, if you want everybody to be beholden to Wal Mart for everything because nobody else has a supply chain left, go ahead and support the notion that everybody can negotiate a better wholesale price or simply lower other costs.
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What, the fact that I've seen people on Slashdot claim iPods can't play MP3? Not hardly. People make all sorts of misinformed statements about what you can and can't do with an iPod -- including that it won't play MP3s or that you have to buy your music from the iTunes music store.
First of all, I don't think endearing you to Apple is important. It may not endear them to you, but you're not their market.
You know, the overwhelming majority of people don't know WTF ogg-vorbis is. So, why would Apple build in support? To keep happy the 0.5% of the population who cares?
And, quite frankly, the only time I ever even hear about ogg is when someone is whining that some device doesn't support it. For me, ogg is like GNU Hurd -- nobody really cares except those indignant that nobody else is using it.
Pascal was a long time ago, but the pointers didn't support arithmetic as I recall. They were mostly smoething you could assign, dereference, and free.
I've seen it used for things like registering callbacks and defining certain kinds of functions which was used for run-time binding. It's pretty obscure, and probably not always a good idea. But, I have seen it and used it -- though, admittedly, at least once I used it so I could try to understand WTF it meant. :-P
The fact that there are songs about it and it's documented in K&R tells me that they do get some usage.
*laugh* You know, I don't think I've ever checked which order my args got pushed onto the stack that closely. :-P
Well, it was more about a distinction between "doing other sciences with a computer" and "the science of computing in and of itself".
I'm not sure I could either, to be honest. :-P
However, if anybody has anything to support an invocation of Rule 34, then I'd be interested. For, um, academic purposes.
I for one welcome our new naked, pickle-throwing overlords.
Fuck "trendy" ... I'll stick with "works".
Do you really think most people buy Apple stuff because its "trendy", or do you think they might be "trendy" because they do what the users want it to?
I have no idea. Don't wear fall colors if you're a winter?
My wife is in charge of the ties. She pairs 'em with the shirts and pants. I just need to pick out sock and shoes.
It really does simplify my life. :-P
Yo, Dawg ... I hear you like to hate, so I installed some hate so you can hate while you're hating. :-P
On that, we agree. =)
Oh god, you mean he's already started SlashPooping?
It's rare nowadays for him to post something like "hey, I watched a movie and really enjoyed it, what do you think". He usually refrains from treating it like Facebook status updates.
This just in, companies seek to sell their own products.
You mean, other than the millions of customers they have now and the new ones they get every week?
Why, practically nobody.
Have you been reading Slashdot lately? It's nothing but screeching monkeys and poo flinging at the merest mention of Apple.
People seem to hate Apple nowadays the way they used to hate Microsoft. Heck, half of the things people are saying isn't factually correct -- it's just what they believe. I still see people claiming you can't play MP3s on an iPod.
I think in many cases, logic has gone completely out the window when Apple is the topic.
Well, it's technically "Mathematics and Computing Science", and I don't feel the prof shortchanged me ... and, there's also about 16 years of resume to back it up.
Maybe you're not qualified to evaluate resumes?
I'd buy that ... though, they also seemed to be somewhat tinted. Or at least, that's what I thought at the time.
News flash, cool new security technology only works when everybody is already using it and would require massive amounts of code to be changed.
Is anybody even surprised by this?
While I applaud you for this ... I typically don't voluntarily spend time with high-school kids, let alone volunteer for it. ;-)
I wouldn't say "trivial" -- I know a lot of people who had a hard time adjusting to the pointer arithmetic and pointers in C. There's a lot of tricky stuff in there to get through.
Things like "pointers to pointers to printf-like functions" will leave many people weeping (or laughing if they can dig up the original ditty -- I can only find bastardized versions of it)
It also has pretty solid barriers between you and some really sharp edges. You can't run amok with pointers or incorrectly index arrays -- well, you can, but just not like you would in C.
It teaches you syntax and structure, but doesn't let you hurt yourself too badly. And, really, once you know Pascal, you can pick up pretty much any procedural language pretty readily.
Well, from what I recall the few times I've seen a 3D movie ... the lenses are tinted. So, this seems hardly surprising.
At the very least, less visually straining. I find 3D gives me a headache and sore eyes for several hours after. I'm not willing to pay an extra three bucks or so for that.
However, it seems like everybody is falling over themselves to make 3D, so I can't see it going away any time soon.
Yeah, since when did Slashdot become CmdTaco's blog?
Is he going to start SlashPooping now?
My prof drilled into me (and my degree matches because he fought for it) that it's Computing Science. Computer science is doing science on a computer -- Computing Science is is the science of computers.
Ah well, just some random nit-picking and pedantry. Either way, basic computer literacy is not "Computer Science".
No, like most people who say that ... he only supports someone else's information being made public.
You're describing the race to the bottom that is Wal Mart economics. Most companies can't negotiate (or force) a better wholesale rate. Wal Mart relies on more or less gutting US manufacturing, off-shoring, and asking for lower quality goods that they can sell at lower prices. I don't think you want that as an end-point.
I'll be happy with better food and nicer atmosphere. I don't expect the sit-down Italian place down the road to be price competitive with McDonalds. I expect to get great food, really good service, and a more enjoyable experience.
Economics doesn't allow for this infinite downwards elasticity that everybody seems to think is the way it works. Eventually, there is no lower unless you're doing things on the massive scale that is Wal Mart -- which leads to less choice in the market, as well as an undercutting of everybody else and an erosion of local business.
But, hey, if you want everybody to be beholden to Wal Mart for everything because nobody else has a supply chain left, go ahead and support the notion that everybody can negotiate a better wholesale price or simply lower other costs.
Yes, I know.
But ... can anything else read it? Or do I get a nice hunk of XML I'm free to do with as I please?
I don't want to fire up an XML parser and XSLT just to be able to work with it. Although, I've been looking for something to play with ...
I've got over 500 bookmarks and over 300 tags. I sure as hell don't want to lose this stuff.
Perhaps Google should set it on basic by default. It's not like people would notice the internet getting any dumber.
You might be surprised.
Just one, and it's been del.icio.us for around 5 years or so.