Considering that the use of who instead of whom is not ambiguous I think you should pick a better battle. The first purpose is communication. Following the subtle rules, while not completely unimportant, is a bit down the list.
So for straight writing a single, large, contiguous piece of data, it's only 3.5 times faster. For loading 200 random, tiny files, it's ten times faster.
As fast, not faster. If something normally takes 24 seconds and you can do it in 8, then you're three times as fast. If you can do it in 12 you're twice as fast. If you take 24 then you're as fast. Certainly not 1 times faster, which would be retarded.
But now GTA IV has eclipsed all the previous games just on its merits as a single-player game
The player control seems absurdly bad to me. It's as if he's on inline skates and listing from side to side. How is it that they cannot make it more manageable?
i'm 23 myself, and i really hope to god that i haven't reached my intellectual peak already
Not even close. What will happen to you over the next decade is that you will learn to think in more organized ways and clean out a lot of the crap. I've been programming since 1980, and while I don't have the same raw horsepower I'm better now than I was then.
I never understood what these guys were trying to do.
If it ever comes out who the money is behind them then it may become much more clear. Perhaps it is someone like Dell, trying for a decision that would allow them to do the same thing. That would be a *huge* victory for them, and worth a small anonymous gamble to try to pull it off.
Love em or Hate em, Microsoft also pays a healthy dividend
Based on the current share price, the dividend is more than 2.5%, and the stock has has PEG of only 0.85.
Here's an interesting tidbit - MSFT's market cap is ~171B, which is *less* than what AAPL's was back in January.
So I hate to be a wet blanket, but do you have any actual legitimate evidence that Apple would be as evil as Microsoft given the same position?
I've been using Macs since 1984, and expect to continue to do so, but if the way they are handling the iPhone app store is any indication, then yeah, I think under the right circumstances they might be Microsoft-esque in their evilness.
Microsoft offered $33 per share - the yahoo share is now around $10.
If I was a shareholder I'd be pissed as well.
The open market price at that time was $30. Anybody who didn't take some off the table then gets no sympathy. If not they were taking a huge risk in order to squeeze out another $3. When the upside is effectively capped like that, then without specific knowledge is foolhardy to risk everything for that relatively small return.
What bugs me is the lack of documentation. Where is the data coming from? Is it offline or online (e.g. every URL submitted), how is the data secured?
It comes from Google. It is their "Safe Browsing" technology. Safari gets a list of hashes of known bad URLs. The list is continuously updated by Google, and Safari periodically fetches an update. By Google's rules the browser can only put up the warning if its list has been updated in the last 30 minutes. Presumably that means that if Safari finds a suspect it does a special refresh.
Safari stores the hashes in a SQLite database in its cache folder. You can browse it if you want to, though it's only hashes.
The warning itself is located at/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources/PhishingAlert.html, so you can change it if you want to.
All of this info is courtesy of MDJ.
it's probably from steroids, the same reason athletic records of all kinds have been broken in recent years.
It's not a new phenomenon. Athletic records have been consistently being bettered for as long as they have been keeping them. I'm not denying enhancements, I'm just saying that the facts that records are falling is not by itself proof.
nfinitely respawning enemies> In 2008? What the fuck?
That to me was the only truly disappointing element in an otherwise brilliant game. However, from reading TFA, this is encouraging:
I can't say that there's no place in the entire game where enemies might be infinite, but believe me, it was a big concern to us. I'm pretty sure we reduced it down to nil in almost any situation. Except one, where from a plot perspective, it was important for enemies to keep pouring out to get the player to move on.
Slashdot Mirror
I don't know any casual Windows users who are actually happy about it. But they just think it's their own fault.
Wouldn't that be a good thing?
If the bots blindly accepted commands with authentication. But that would be really dumb.
HP's pricing is 545% higher. That's some fine arithmetic there, Lou.
Considering that the use of who instead of whom is not ambiguous I think you should pick a better battle. The first purpose is communication. Following the subtle rules, while not completely unimportant, is a bit down the list.
As fast, not faster. If something normally takes 24 seconds and you can do it in 8, then you're three times as fast. If you can do it in 12 you're twice as fast. If you take 24 then you're as fast. Certainly not 1 times faster, which would be retarded.
You just threw that sniglets thing in there to see if anyone actually reads your comments, right? I mean, it's clearly not his best work.
When you look upon your customers as suckers and sheep to be sheared, these types of decisions start to appear rational.
The player control seems absurdly bad to me. It's as if he's on inline skates and listing from side to side. How is it that they cannot make it more manageable?
Yeah, that's a real knee-slapper there, losing a bag and all.
Not even close. What will happen to you over the next decade is that you will learn to think in more organized ways and clean out a lot of the crap. I've been programming since 1980, and while I don't have the same raw horsepower I'm better now than I was then.
He can't? Are you sure? Bush gave it up, but I believe it was voluntary to avoid it becoming pubic record. I could be mistaken though.
He prolly just made a mistake.
If it ever comes out who the money is behind them then it may become much more clear. Perhaps it is someone like Dell, trying for a decision that would allow them to do the same thing. That would be a *huge* victory for them, and worth a small anonymous gamble to try to pull it off.
How does he account for the gravity?
Based on the current share price, the dividend is more than 2.5%, and the stock has has PEG of only 0.85.
Here's an interesting tidbit - MSFT's market cap is ~171B, which is *less* than what AAPL's was back in January.
I've been using Macs since 1984, and expect to continue to do so, but if the way they are handling the iPhone app store is any indication, then yeah, I think under the right circumstances they might be Microsoft-esque in their evilness.
The open market price at that time was $30. Anybody who didn't take some off the table then gets no sympathy. If not they were taking a huge risk in order to squeeze out another $3. When the upside is effectively capped like that, then without specific knowledge is foolhardy to risk everything for that relatively small return.
It comes from Google. It is their "Safe Browsing" technology. Safari gets a list of hashes of known bad URLs. The list is continuously updated by Google, and Safari periodically fetches an update. By Google's rules the browser can only put up the warning if its list has been updated in the last 30 minutes. Presumably that means that if Safari finds a suspect it does a special refresh.
Safari stores the hashes in a SQLite database in its cache folder. You can browse it if you want to, though it's only hashes. /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources/PhishingAlert.html, so you can change it if you want to.
All of this info is courtesy of MDJ.
The warning itself is located at
I'm guessing at least one of those is wrong.
I liked it.
Well they did call her an ambulance.
It's not a new phenomenon. Athletic records have been consistently being bettered for as long as they have been keeping them. I'm not denying enhancements, I'm just saying that the facts that records are falling is not by itself proof.
That to me was the only truly disappointing element in an otherwise brilliant game. However, from reading TFA, this is encouraging:
I once visited the Creation Museum and got some ID on me. Fortunately it scrubs off.