As far as I'm aware, I don't think your entire app is supposed to be in main(). I normally don't ever nullify references, but my code is modular enough, (i.e. not all in main()) that objects go out of scope when they are no longer needed. This is one of the most ridiculous examples of a straw man argument I have seen.
it would take tons of the substance refined with sophisticated technology to harvest enough uranium for a single bomb. and It was a small amount and it wasn't being peddled as a sample. and the Rotterdam specimen was scarcely refined at all from natural uranium ore and may have come from a known mine in Iraq that was active before the 1991 Gulf War.
So this is the best evidence we've found in over a year of having occupied the country that they have nukes? Is this a subtle troll? If so, congratulations on your excellent work, otherwise you have a serious case of cognitive dissonance going on. In this case, I have a suggestion: extract head from ass, open eyes, look around.
Wow, I never expected such a huge reaction to my work. For your benefit, I will try to break it down for you, but I should warn you: if you didn't appreciate it the first time around, you're probably not going to enjoy it.
First of all, I am going to discount possibility number 2 out of hand, since I have used lynx before. I know that anyone who has used lynx would know that it is text only. That is most definitely the most defining characteristic about it. If someone had used lynx, there is no way they could believe that it renders graphics.
Critical to understanding my original post is the knowledge of the opinion that the original post "Does my lynx browser need updating?" is not that funny. I do recognize it as a valid joke, but it got moderated to 5, illustrating a widespread appreciation of the original joke. The joke wasn't bad, but in my opinion it certainly didn't deserve the 5. Although I don't know for sure, my hypothesis on why it received this moderation is that the punchline of the joke can only be understood by someone who knows what lynx is, which is some kind of nerd insider knowledge. I think people tend to give more credit than is due to this type of joke when they have the necessary insider knowledge. My only theory on why this happens is that visibly "getting" the joke identifies one as being an insider of the group, thus people tend to give the joke more credit than it deserves, at least in my opinion.
My comment was more of a response to my perception of this phenomenon than the literal comment. Taken at face value, my comment indicates that I do have the insider knowledge about lynx, yet do not get the joke. To break it down to the simplest level, the meaning I had in mind was something to the effect of Just because you know what lynx is does not necessarily make this funny.
Of course, humor is subjective, so it's difficult to quantify precisely how humorous something is, but in my estimation, there would be at least a few people who agreed with me. It's possible that the original post was actually so universally funny that it deserved the maximum possible moderation. If that's the case, then I misjudged the original joke. But of course, jokes are in the eye of the beholder. There is no such thing as "univerally funny", at least in any strict sense.
It's fine if you disagree with me, but I at least want you to know what I'm saying before you do it.
Very true. Certainly better to keep the tables than use CSS. After all, how many people can this obscure "table reflow" problem be affecting? Surely not as many as all the people using Irix, Amiga, and OS/2 combined!
Hm.. 69 respondents at the time of this writing with no authentication to make sure respondents are who they say they are? Are you (greatgrandparent) taking these numbers seriously? Because that's a pretty shitty basis on which to make generalizations.
It's well known (by me, and for no good reason at that) that they don't use CSS because they think HTML should be enough for any web page. After all, everyone knows that CSS is for LiveJournal lusers to set their scroll bar colors, and could not possibly have any practical application. Real men use tables for layout, and that's that. A real programmer would never prefer CSS's long spelled out english words like border-color in favor of HTML's ULs and TDs. People who use CSS to obtain some result that could be possible with straight HTML are obviously being inefficient. They are probably wasting several bytes on those long, spelled out words. The content is the only thing matters is the content anyway. If it's so bad, why don't you make your own front end for the RSS feed? That's the true Open Source way! Plus, what if someone tries to access/. in Netscape Navigator 3.0. It will surely choke on the CSS, and give some unpredictable result.
They sell many formats, including raw WAV audio in many cases. Plus, it's only $.01/MB, and as far as I can tell it's legal. (though only through some loophole apparently) I have happily purchased several albums from this service, and their service is exceptional.
Respondents to what? If I may ask, what are your source for those figures? This is not a passive aggressive way of saying I doubt it, but I am quite curious about that issue, and haven't been able to find much trustworthy info that doesn't have an obvious bias one way or another.
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I'd wager that there are plenty of people in occupied Iraq whose lives would be more affected than mine will.
Thanks. I'll make a note of this for my next attempt. I appreciate the help. I think you should also let the original poster (remember? lynx?) know too. I don't think he knows about that yet either.
It does show a BSOD. It does also have a countdown to reboot. I've seen it. It's definitely not fast enough that someone would miss it or blame it on glitchy power. (at least 30 seconds)
The fact that no one else seems to have seen this is evidence that WinXP is indeed more stable than Win9x. In my experience this is unquestionably true. In my experience Win9x crashing was a regular occurrence. The only time WinXP has rebooted is when I've rebooted it or there was a power outage. (yes, a real one with clocks losing their time too)
The only BSOD I have seen from WinXP is my room mate's laptop trying to go into power saving mode.
nothing to do with the video drivers. i've got a geforce4 with recent drivers, and i get this all the time. (well, only ever on porn, so... yeah, all the time) The problem is typically exhibited on pages containing at least 100 large images.
The ratio of money you spent on monitors versus audio interface for your computer must set some sort of world record. Mackie monitors, and your using the integrated sound IO in the mobo? I have a somewhat similar setup. ABIT NF7 motherboard (which has 5.1 outputs, Event monitors (lower class than Mackie), and Adobe Audition). I am using an M-Audio Audiophile 2496. I tried using the integrated inputs for recording, and I found them to be basically unusable for any serious work. Recording from those inputs adds a significant amount of noise to your signal, plus adds a DC bias. (though annoying, this can be mitigated to some degree) This type of behavior is pretty standard for integrated audio I/O on motherboards. It works well enough, but they cut corners to save costs, because most people don't have very high requirements.
Considering the Audiophile and similar cards can be had for $100, unless the Soyo Dragon uses drastically non-standard audio I/O, I think a semi-professional sound card would be one of the best investments you could make, considering what other equipment you're working with. Of course, the Audiophile is only stereo, but there are plenty of serious audio interfaces to be had with 6 outputs or more.
Movies aren't interactive. In particular, they are not interactive and rely on fast reflexes. It only makes sense. You get all the information you need to enjoy a movie at 24fps. However, that is insufficient for fast-paced interactive content.
I can't really explain this then. I am also using the Noia theme. This computer has 512 MB of RAM. I don't know if FF gets swapped or not, but I haven't seen the behavior you describe on other computers either. Maybe you should file a bug report?
I've never seen this happen. I frequently have over a dozen tabls open. (at the moment I count 16) In fact, I'm running Windows XP, and use the fast user switching feature. Frequently I'll have a browser open in my session while someone else is using the computer, and I've never noticed any delay at all.
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5 insightful?
As far as I'm aware, I don't think your entire app is supposed to be in main(). I normally don't ever nullify references, but my code is modular enough, (i.e. not all in main()) that objects go out of scope when they are no longer needed. This is one of the most ridiculous examples of a straw man argument I have seen.
I bet you two are a blast at parties.
I'd love to see some if you'd care to provide some. On the other hand, you could just keep it a secret.
Quotes from your link:
it would take tons of the substance refined with sophisticated technology to harvest enough uranium for a single bomb.
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It was a small amount and it wasn't being peddled as a sample.
and
the Rotterdam specimen was scarcely refined at all from natural uranium ore and may have come from a known mine in Iraq that was active before the 1991 Gulf War.
So this is the best evidence we've found in over a year of having occupied the country that they have nukes? Is this a subtle troll? If so, congratulations on your excellent work, otherwise you have a serious case of cognitive dissonance going on. In this case, I have a suggestion: extract head from ass, open eyes, look around.
Wow, I never expected such a huge reaction to my work. For your benefit, I will try to break it down for you, but I should warn you: if you didn't appreciate it the first time around, you're probably not going to enjoy it.
First of all, I am going to discount possibility number 2 out of hand, since I have used lynx before. I know that anyone who has used lynx would know that it is text only. That is most definitely the most defining characteristic about it. If someone had used lynx, there is no way they could believe that it renders graphics.
Critical to understanding my original post is the knowledge of the opinion that the original post "Does my lynx browser need updating?" is not that funny. I do recognize it as a valid joke, but it got moderated to 5, illustrating a widespread appreciation of the original joke. The joke wasn't bad, but in my opinion it certainly didn't deserve the 5. Although I don't know for sure, my hypothesis on why it received this moderation is that the punchline of the joke can only be understood by someone who knows what lynx is, which is some kind of nerd insider knowledge. I think people tend to give more credit than is due to this type of joke when they have the necessary insider knowledge. My only theory on why this happens is that visibly "getting" the joke identifies one as being an insider of the group, thus people tend to give the joke more credit than it deserves, at least in my opinion.
My comment was more of a response to my perception of this phenomenon than the literal comment. Taken at face value, my comment indicates that I do have the insider knowledge about lynx, yet do not get the joke. To break it down to the simplest level, the meaning I had in mind was something to the effect of Just because you know what lynx is does not necessarily make this funny.
Of course, humor is subjective, so it's difficult to quantify precisely how humorous something is, but in my estimation, there would be at least a few people who agreed with me. It's possible that the original post was actually so universally funny that it deserved the maximum possible moderation. If that's the case, then I misjudged the original joke. But of course, jokes are in the eye of the beholder. There is no such thing as "univerally funny", at least in any strict sense.
It's fine if you disagree with me, but I at least want you to know what I'm saying before you do it.
Thanks! I do it for the fans. It's always good to hear from the people on the street who are following my work! I do appreciate my public.
Very true. Certainly better to keep the tables than use CSS. After all, how many people can this obscure "table reflow" problem be affecting? Surely not as many as all the people using Irix, Amiga, and OS/2 combined!
wget perhaps?
Hm.. 69 respondents at the time of this writing with no authentication to make sure respondents are who they say they are? Are you (greatgrandparent) taking these numbers seriously? Because that's a pretty shitty basis on which to make generalizations.
It's well known (by me, and for no good reason at that) that they don't use CSS because they think HTML should be enough for any web page. After all, everyone knows that CSS is for LiveJournal lusers to set their scroll bar colors, and could not possibly have any practical application. Real men use tables for layout, and that's that. A real programmer would never prefer CSS's long spelled out english words like border-color in favor of HTML's ULs and TDs. People who use CSS to obtain some result that could be possible with straight HTML are obviously being inefficient. They are probably wasting several bytes on those long, spelled out words. /. in Netscape Navigator 3.0. It will surely choke on the CSS, and give some unpredictable result.
The content is the only thing matters is the content anyway. If it's so bad, why don't you make your own front end for the RSS feed? That's the true Open Source way! Plus, what if someone tries to access
Better safe than sorry.
Ain't it grand? I owe a debt of gratitude to the Russian mob for the legal low-cost alternative to the RIAA's practices they've provided me with.
allofmp3.com
They sell many formats, including raw WAV audio in many cases. Plus, it's only $.01/MB, and as far as I can tell it's legal. (though only through some loophole apparently) I have happily purchased several albums from this service, and their service is exceptional.
Respondents to what? If I may ask, what are your source for those figures? This is not a passive aggressive way of saying I doubt it, but I am quite curious about that issue, and haven't been able to find much trustworthy info that doesn't have an obvious bias one way or another.
I'd wager that there are plenty of people in occupied Iraq whose lives would be more affected than mine will.
Thanks. I'll make a note of this for my next attempt. I appreciate the help. I think you should also let the original poster (remember? lynx?) know too. I don't think he knows about that yet either.
Textbook FUD.
It does show a BSOD. It does also have a countdown to reboot. I've seen it. It's definitely not fast enough that someone would miss it or blame it on glitchy power. (at least 30 seconds)
The fact that no one else seems to have seen this is evidence that WinXP is indeed more stable than Win9x. In my experience this is unquestionably true. In my experience Win9x crashing was a regular occurrence. The only time WinXP has rebooted is when I've rebooted it or there was a power outage. (yes, a real one with clocks losing their time too)
The only BSOD I have seen from WinXP is my room mate's laptop trying to go into power saving mode.
Really, a joke? I looked it up in the dictionary, but the definition didn't really make sense. What exactly is it?
(Ok, i'll give you a hint: you just replied to one)
No. Lynx doesn't render graphics. I'm surprised you didn't know that.
nothing to do with the video drivers. i've got a geforce4 with recent drivers, and i get this all the time. (well, only ever on porn, so... yeah, all the time) The problem is typically exhibited on pages containing at least 100 large images.
That would not work. The answer to your question is that it would be used for spam.
And furthermore, I already have received a significant amount of IM spam. (AIM network)
The ratio of money you spent on monitors versus audio interface for your computer must set some sort of world record. Mackie monitors, and your using the integrated sound IO in the mobo? I have a somewhat similar setup. ABIT NF7 motherboard (which has 5.1 outputs, Event monitors (lower class than Mackie), and Adobe Audition). I am using an M-Audio Audiophile 2496. I tried using the integrated inputs for recording, and I found them to be basically unusable for any serious work. Recording from those inputs adds a significant amount of noise to your signal, plus adds a DC bias. (though annoying, this can be mitigated to some degree) This type of behavior is pretty standard for integrated audio I/O on motherboards. It works well enough, but they cut corners to save costs, because most people don't have very high requirements.
Quick comparison, S/N ratio:
mobo: ~40dB
audiophile: >80dB
Considering the Audiophile and similar cards can be had for $100, unless the Soyo Dragon uses drastically non-standard audio I/O, I think a semi-professional sound card would be one of the best investments you could make, considering what other equipment you're working with. Of course, the Audiophile is only stereo, but there are plenty of serious audio interfaces to be had with 6 outputs or more.
Movies aren't interactive. In particular, they are not interactive and rely on fast reflexes. It only makes sense. You get all the information you need to enjoy a movie at 24fps. However, that is insufficient for fast-paced interactive content.
I can't really explain this then. I am also using the Noia theme. This computer has 512 MB of RAM. I don't know if FF gets swapped or not, but I haven't seen the behavior you describe on other computers either. Maybe you should file a bug report?
I've never seen this happen. I frequently have over a dozen tabls open. (at the moment I count 16) In fact, I'm running Windows XP, and use the fast user switching feature. Frequently I'll have a browser open in my session while someone else is using the computer, and I've never noticed any delay at all.
Who still buys RIAA artist CDs?
Oh, just a couple of people... here and there.