they are artificial barriers, by definition. without this technology, anyone could run any binaries, with this technology, there is a barrier to running code.
if you had multiple source files, you had to be sure that you left extra lines at the end of each file, due to the way the files were cat'd together before being processed into C files...
you're talking about programming/systems/ not programming the assignments at an introductory computer science class.
Seriously, in most universities, if you cant do the basic programming and problem solving skills involved in writing basic Intorductory programs - Then an CS or an EE degree probably isnt the right degree for you.
>Indeed. There is no way a start-up could afford >to buy an established competitor just to remove >them from the market. That's what competition is >for
you DO buy out your competitor when they start floundring - at the very least, you get a large portion of their customers at a fraction of the cost to you needed to acquire them through traditional channels (competition, sales force).
At best, you can absorb their "good" technologies, as well as take on some of their sharpest people in areas you need to strengthen.
Gracenote checks tracklength down to an obscenely small interval, and uses that to determine "source" - and apparently there are 8 different sources of fake Em cd's floating out there...
this type of a system takes the control of creating superstars out of the hands of the RIAA - hell, if some company/band/whatever has enough money to go bribe ClearChannel into plaing non-riaa members...
yeh, its "hard* not in the "my god this algorithm is complex" way but in the "why the fuck would anyone do it that way, and why cant they all do SANE things" way...
i used to work for a major corporation that did school records -
do you know how *insane* processing report cards is? yeh yeh - you *think* you can do it in 2 weeks -nope, uh-uh... its totally evil...
though i do have a beef with *this* article in particular.... IBM isnt supposed to be selling netvistas anymore... my shit is supposed to be running on all these POS terminals...
>There's also the fact that it probably doesn't >take as long to learn how to play bass for a >punk band as it does to learn C++ and OpenGL (or >Python/SDL, or whatever).
hate to break it to ya, but any decent musician has been playing for YEARS and YEARS before they manage to put out a cd and are discovered.
picking up a new programming language is a couple weeks at worst.
(though - learning the obscene black magic needed to optimize game graphics routines takes forever)
why is it that americans fail to see the value of standing together?
How old are you? over 40? waht happens when you're put out to pasture because you cost too damn much, and a 23 year old can replace you for half the cost?
GO ahead, keep doing what you're doing now - the companies love it when you dont stand together.
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umm...
they are artificial barriers, by definition. without this technology, anyone could run any binaries, with this technology, there is a barrier to running code.
10 gigs of clear case design views? bleh...
ewww...
let me guess - the place you worked reminded you of office space?
hate to tell ya - the nazi's carried bibles the first time, too
if you had multiple source files, you had to be sure that you left extra lines at the end of each file, due to the way the files were cat'd together before being processed into C files...
thank you Mr. Astro-Physicist.
everyone who goes to MIT has the chance at a *ton* of scholarships.
its not like they take outside of the top 5% of high school seniors...
the problem with using CD's, is that they arent articularly aerodynamic - no curves, not strategically placed holes...
too flat and smooth.
now... if only i could spend 30 minutes getting to work in an underground cave ... that smelt like urine... i would _love_ it here!!!!!
You mean the ones that poppy brought back with him from spain in his diplomatic pouch?
first of all, its an URL buffer overflow, a gopher link isnt needed.
al thats needed is for someone to disguise an "evil" link, and whammo - you've got r00t.
big big big remote exploit.
thats not the point -
if you make a link to a gopher site in an html page, the average MS surfer will not hesitate to click on it.
which is what the web was supposed to do, make it transparent.
what, like election results in florida that were not counted as per state law? those kinds of facts?
no comparison. we may be a little dirty, but you're up to yer eyes in your own filth.
you're talking about programming /systems/ not programming the assignments at an introductory computer science class.
Seriously, in most universities, if you cant do the basic programming and problem solving skills involved in writing basic Intorductory programs - Then an CS or an EE degree probably isnt the right degree for you.
They're *weed out* courses for a reason.
>or is that a tautology.
no, thats redundant. But i'm being repetitive.
>Indeed. There is no way a start-up could afford
>to buy an established competitor just to remove
>them from the market. That's what competition is
>for
you DO buy out your competitor when they start floundring - at the very least, you get a large portion of their customers at a fraction of the cost to you needed to acquire them through traditional channels (competition, sales force).
At best, you can absorb their "good" technologies, as well as take on some of their sharpest people in areas you need to strengthen.
Its a damn good way to grow a business.
>It's because of people like you that we are
/calculator/ it is...
>stuck in x86 in the very first place.
and what a wonderful, well-thought out, coherent instruction set, designed for a friggin'
you didnt read the article, did you?
sigh...
you're right, this isnt MP3's
Gracenote checks tracklength down to an obscenely small interval, and uses that to determine "source" - and apparently there are 8 different sources of fake Em cd's floating out there...
you should've seen V2R1 :-)
you never looked at how emacs does versioning, didya?
no shit... jwz has been bad mouthing the project forever, and now is gonna throw the "main" mozilla party...
sigh... you're right, maybe the theme song could be Alanis' greatest hit...
its about control.
this type of a system takes the control of creating superstars out of the hands of the RIAA - hell, if some company/band/whatever has enough money to go bribe ClearChannel into plaing non-riaa members...
yeh, its "hard* not in the "my god this algorithm is complex" way but in the "why the fuck would anyone do it that way, and why cant they all do SANE things" way...
i used to work for a major corporation that did school records -
do you know how *insane* processing report cards is? yeh yeh - you *think* you can do it in 2 weeks -nope, uh-uh... its totally evil...
though i do have a beef with *this* article in particular.... IBM isnt supposed to be selling netvistas anymore... my shit is supposed to be running on all these POS terminals...
>There's also the fact that it probably doesn't
>take as long to learn how to play bass for a
>punk band as it does to learn C++ and OpenGL (or
>Python/SDL, or whatever).
hate to break it to ya, but any decent musician has been playing for YEARS and YEARS before they manage to put out a cd and are discovered.
picking up a new programming language is a couple weeks at worst.
(though - learning the obscene black magic needed to optimize game graphics routines takes forever)
why is it that americans fail to see the value of standing together?
How old are you? over 40? waht happens when you're put out to pasture because you cost too damn much, and a 23 year old can replace you for half the cost?
GO ahead, keep doing what you're doing now - the companies love it when you dont stand together.
i think that "they" would prefer to nail you to your chair, clockwork orange style, instead of coming up with a new revenue model.
i mean, if you dont watch the commercials, then the terrorists have won.
(the only thing i Like about The War Against Terrorism, is the acronym)