Two sources for acronyms in 'geek speak' 1. The need to feel special -- explaining the reason why geeks can't get laid (b/c it's clearly not the polos, the cheap jeans, the bad sneakers, the random shit attached @ the belt, and the utter lack of confidence). 2. Military background for almost all major modern computer technologies (VR - military training, Databases - CIA, Internet - DARPA/BBNT, etc.)
An assert failure's supposed to break right in the programmer's console or in the debugger -- d'tors aren't necessary, as it just slows the debugging process down.
Option click on its icon in the dock, and you'll see the menu item "Hide Others." This will hide every other running program but the one you clicked on.
I suspect quite a bit of the complaint comes from both the pure number of holes and the ratio of found holes to fixed holes. The number of holes is related to the design of the software.
He can't, because he's talking out of his ass. It's amazing how many PC users can't understand what good engineering really is. They can understand that an OS can be powerful because of Linux, or it can be easy to use because of Windows. The dichotomy of OSs to run makes them think that power & usability also form a dichotomy.
They can't get how an OS can be easier to use than Windows and still at least as powerful as Linux (I'll argue moreso, because you don't spend 2 weeks setting up your OS for your hardware (wireless cards, 3D cards, I'm looking at you)). Or that having to know how to deal with mundane setup & maintenence tasks on computers is a fault of the _OS_ vendor. Computers are supposed to simplify our lives, not give us more shit to worry about.
Seriously, why can't people understand this? Why can't they understand that whatever 'overpricedness' they feel macs have doesn't matter compared to the hours & days they save not putting up with the bullshit of Windows & Linux? Yes, I said & Linux.
Hell, most Linux users still bitch about which 20 year old text editor's better: vi or emacs. Here's a hint: neither, they're both antiquidated pieces of shit. Mice are useful, _especially_ when text editing. They're response: write your own! Linux comes with dev tools and the shitty apps are open source! My response: fuck you! I've got real work to do, and I'm not wasting my time fixing brain-dead software that 'scratched the itch' of some jackass who jerks off on Lisp macros.
People, including me, love macs because they leave you the fuck alone and let you get your work done. You don't have to make sacrifices. How hard is this for people to understand? It's my fault, really. Lots of people come to slashdot to jerk off on how much computer knowledge they have, and the idea that a computer doesn't need them to be experts destroys their purpose in life. I guess I should understand that.
Sony's been calling it early adopter pricing, and they pulled the same thing with the PS2 when it came out. For market share, for both the ps3 and blue ray, sony's not one to have a problem pricing aggressively.
When the gaming media has real stories to go after, instead of more bitching about early adopter pricing or the technological risks sony's taking. And also when the competition stops paying for 'studies.'
There are some large ethical questions programmers have to ask themselves when taking on jobs these days. After my last DoD gig, I've really started filtering what opportunities I'll consider. Mass surveillance, for example, is something most of my contacts know I won't touch.
As for the 9 namespaces, it's actually pretty reasonable. From TFA: xmlns:u="http://niem.gov/niem/universal/1.0" xmlns:s="http://niem.gov/niem/structures/1.0" xmlns:c="http://niem.gov/niem/common/1.0" xmlns:j="http://niem.gov/niem/domains/justice/1.0" xmlns:emer="http://niem.gov/niem/domains/emergency -management/1.0" xmlns:im="http://niem.gov/niem/domains/immigration /1.0" xmlns:ip="http://niem.gov/niem/domains/infrastruct ureProtection/1.0" xmlns:int="http://niem.gov/niem/domains/intelligen ce/1.0" xmlns:it="http://niem.gov/niem/domains/internation alTrade/1.0"
The actual OS that will kill Vista will be Windows XP.
Nobody will upgrade via actual choice, just having it on their new computers, as forced by their hardware vendor. And that doesn't actually get MS any more money for developing Vista over XP (unless they raise prices).
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Um.. the last major string of killing in India I can remember was in the mid 80s. It's a lot more recent than most people think.
Two sources for acronyms in 'geek speak'
1. The need to feel special -- explaining the reason why geeks can't get laid (b/c it's clearly not the polos, the cheap jeans, the bad sneakers, the random shit attached @ the belt, and the utter lack of confidence).
2. Military background for almost all major modern computer technologies (VR - military training, Databases - CIA, Internet - DARPA/BBNT, etc.)
An assert failure's supposed to break right in the programmer's console or in the debugger -- d'tors aren't necessary, as it just slows the debugging process down.
You do disable assert() in release builds, right?
Some committees will give an upper maximum to dissertations... (~100 pgs) Of course, that means lots of references to an external appendix :-)
DOS would actually have to do something for it to crash while doing it.
Or run them all in Parallel.
Option click on its icon in the dock, and you'll see the menu item "Hide Others." This will hide every other running program but the one you clicked on.
Agreed. OTOH, this is slashdot :-P Hence your flamebait moderation.
I'm pretty disappointed that this wasn't modded up.
Congrats, Zonk! You just made my killfile!
Question is, how do you keep people from making portals that give them visibility of _way_ more players than normal, saturating their network pipes?
I suspect quite a bit of the complaint comes from both the pure number of holes and the ratio of found holes to fixed holes. The number of holes is related to the design of the software.
When they're able to put out a New Windows OS once, then I'll take that claim seriously.
Wow, they must've spent nearly $2000 on all those SGIs on ebay.
That'd be a good argument if most software didn't really suck.
Well shit, stop using Java and
Well, people weren't appreciating the iPod enough, so MS in all their generosity wanted to show people how bad a music player could be.
He can't, because he's talking out of his ass. It's amazing how many PC users can't understand what good engineering really is. They can understand that an OS can be powerful because of Linux, or it can be easy to use because of Windows. The dichotomy of OSs to run makes them think that power & usability also form a dichotomy.
They can't get how an OS can be easier to use than Windows and still at least as powerful as Linux (I'll argue moreso, because you don't spend 2 weeks setting up your OS for your hardware (wireless cards, 3D cards, I'm looking at you)). Or that having to know how to deal with mundane setup & maintenence tasks on computers is a fault of the _OS_ vendor. Computers are supposed to simplify our lives, not give us more shit to worry about.
Seriously, why can't people understand this? Why can't they understand that whatever 'overpricedness' they feel macs have doesn't matter compared to the hours & days they save not putting up with the bullshit of Windows & Linux? Yes, I said & Linux.
Hell, most Linux users still bitch about which 20 year old text editor's better: vi or emacs. Here's a hint: neither, they're both antiquidated pieces of shit. Mice are useful, _especially_ when text editing. They're response: write your own! Linux comes with dev tools and the shitty apps are open source! My response: fuck you! I've got real work to do, and I'm not wasting my time fixing brain-dead software that 'scratched the itch' of some jackass who jerks off on Lisp macros.
People, including me, love macs because they leave you the fuck alone and let you get your work done. You don't have to make sacrifices. How hard is this for people to understand? It's my fault, really. Lots of people come to slashdot to jerk off on how much computer knowledge they have, and the idea that a computer doesn't need them to be experts destroys their purpose in life. I guess I should understand that.
Sony's been calling it early adopter pricing, and they pulled the same thing with the PS2 when it came out. For market share, for both the ps3 and blue ray, sony's not one to have a problem pricing aggressively.
When the gaming media has real stories to go after, instead of more bitching about early adopter pricing or the technological risks sony's taking. And also when the competition stops paying for 'studies.'
Same old bullshit, different product.
Maybe [adult swim] isn't the best place for marketing ideas?
There are some large ethical questions programmers have to ask themselves when taking on jobs these days. After my last DoD gig, I've really started filtering what opportunities I'll consider. Mass surveillance, for example, is something most of my contacts know I won't touch.
" y -management/1.0"n /1.0"t ureProtection/1.0"n ce/1.0"n alTrade/1.0"
As for the 9 namespaces, it's actually pretty reasonable. From TFA:
xmlns:u="http://niem.gov/niem/universal/1.0"
xmlns:s="http://niem.gov/niem/structures/1.0"
xmlns:c="http://niem.gov/niem/common/1.0"
xmlns:j="http://niem.gov/niem/domains/justice/1.0
xmlns:emer="http://niem.gov/niem/domains/emergenc
xmlns:im="http://niem.gov/niem/domains/immigratio
xmlns:ip="http://niem.gov/niem/domains/infrastruc
xmlns:int="http://niem.gov/niem/domains/intellige
xmlns:it="http://niem.gov/niem/domains/internatio
Not in CS :-D The demand for PhDs in CS is ridiculous, at least around here (Mideast USA)
That's fairly true for the MS level. PhDs are a different ballgame.
The actual OS that will kill Vista will be Windows XP.
Nobody will upgrade via actual choice, just having it on their new computers, as forced by their hardware vendor. And that doesn't actually get MS any more money for developing Vista over XP (unless they raise prices).