Any reference material (most perl docs, man pages in general), I read online. Like you said, the searchability is infinitely useful. Anything where I have to jump to a certain section, get what I need, then quit, is preferably online.
However, 'handholding' tutorials (ORA's _Learning_Perl_ springs to mind) are better perused in dead-tree form.
Another factor is how hard it is to switch between docs and code (assuming programming docs) or between docs and the command prompt (OS or app related docs). If I need short bits of information (code snippets), man pages/info/etc work well. If I'm following a long list of instructions, I prefer to have a paper version too keep me from switching between X desktops too often.
Overall, both options have their pros and cons. Just keep your laser printer and super-duper-infinitesimal-resolution scanner available, just in case one doesn't work and you need to try the other....;-)
Sorry for any brain farts, it's late here... even by my standards...
Even as a 17 year old (with no credit card) I can see the downside to this. Nobody takes the time to read the gnat tracks at the bottom of any contract anyway....
I like having a dead tree version, signed by a human (preferably, or one of those autopen thingies). Then again, with about $5 (US) in my checking account....
As a side note, can we do SOMETHING about this color scheme? Brown and pea-soup green? Ugh... I think I'm gonna hurl.
Hmm... in the space of a single Pentium [23] we could have thousands of micro-micro-micro (that's 10^-18, for those who care) processors... what does this mean for cryptography? Brute forced keys in fractions of seconds.... *shudder*
"Why the big secret? People are smart, they can handle it."
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, impulsive animals and you know it."
Ob: This thing looks like it would hurt after a couple of hours (or days,as the case may be.) I could see, however, a slightly more rigid seat which reclines, but not that dang soft. I'd fall asleep between Deathmatches.
Heh... been using Linux too long, huh? Me too. I had to write a small autoexec.bat using copy con (no vi, drag) and I had a good four or five ^Ds at the end before I got wise. Benjamin Geiger
"Communism is not an economic system at all. It is a political repression system, where one of the major ways to make the people completely dependent on the government is to prohibit private property (other than personal one)."
This is not true. Communism, as it was originally intended, is the united force of the population taking care of itself through cooperation. ("Workers of all nations unite" (At least, I think that's how it goes)) What most misinformed Americans (including myself up until about two or three months ago) believe the only form of communism is the supposed Russian atrocities, but this is false. Many countries are using some form of communism.
In true communism, people give up their possessions voluntarily, to provide for a better life for others. It is only when these rules are enforced at penalty of death that communism becomes what most consider it to be.
Personally, I'll forever be thankful that I live in the United States, but I can actually see that other systems are not totally evil.
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I've always seen it phrased this way.
A man travels back in time to kill his own mother before he is born. Therefore the man is never born, so who killed the mother?
Here's what I've found.
;-)
Any reference material (most perl docs, man pages in general), I read online. Like you said, the searchability is infinitely useful. Anything where I have to jump to a certain section, get what I need, then quit, is preferably online.
However, 'handholding' tutorials (ORA's _Learning_Perl_ springs to mind) are better perused in dead-tree form.
Another factor is how hard it is to switch between docs and code (assuming programming docs) or between docs and the command prompt (OS or app related docs). If I need short bits of information (code snippets), man pages/info/etc work well. If I'm following a long list of instructions, I prefer to have a paper version too keep me from switching between X desktops too often.
Overall, both options have their pros and cons. Just keep your laser printer and super-duper-infinitesimal-resolution scanner available, just in case one doesn't work and you need to try the other....
Sorry for any brain farts, it's late here... even by my standards...
> Hey, if it worked for an hour straight, Microsoft would release it! ;-P
Actually, if it worked for an hour straight, Micro$oft would try to add some new bugs...
You forgot my favorite:
It will replace your shampoo with Nair and your Nair with Rogaine....
(By the way, it's from the 'Bad Times' virus/joke..)
It was gigawatts.
Damn, I've got to go see that movie again...
I agree.
Even as a 17 year old (with no credit card) I can see the downside to this. Nobody takes the time to read the gnat tracks at the bottom of any contract anyway....
I like having a dead tree version, signed by a human (preferably, or one of those autopen thingies). Then again, with about $5 (US) in my checking account....
As a side note, can we do SOMETHING about this color scheme? Brown and pea-soup green? Ugh... I think I'm gonna hurl.
Heheh.... the difference is, it takes _seconds_ to reboot a N64. It takes _minutes_ to reboot a computer, whether or not you shut it down properly.
Honestly, I don't see why the console makers don't make their controllers hotswappable....
Heh... isn't "Internet Time" those Beat things Swatch was pushing for a while back? Didn't everyone hate them? (I know I did.)
Personally, I'd rather live on London Time. (I live in Georgia, USA... and all my clocks are set to GMT.)
b underscore geiger at hotmail dot com
Hmm... in the space of a single Pentium [23] we could have thousands of micro-micro-micro (that's 10^-18, for those who care) processors... what does this mean for cryptography? Brute forced keys in fractions of seconds.... *shudder*
b underscore geiger at hotmail dot com
Umm... wasn't ESR actually supposed to be Obi-Wan? I thought the Dust Puppy was Luke.
Not like it matters.... the strip's still hilarious.
b underscore geiger at hotmail dot com
Uh... all logins are free. It's a free site.
The reason it doesn't say so is that Rob & Co. were sick of writing "Free registration required" at the end of EVERY news item linking to NYT.
Actually, I don't think he actually suggests the 'gasbag lifeform' idea... but yes, Jupiter becomes a star, and Europa melts....
It's also in 2010 that he mentions the Europan ice crust.
Just clarifying....
If you don't love it, leave it. That's all I have to say.
;-)
No one is forcing you to read Slashdot. (If someone is, you've got a captor with a sense of taste.
My $0.02, minus taxes.
My fear is:
"Beowulf? Oh, Microsoft has this 'Wolfpack' thing... that must be what they meant."
Anyone else wonder about this?
Awww... that means Erwin can't get in and get them to nuke Micros~1...
:-P
we finally got a good IDE for Linux...
That's from Men in Black, by the way.
"Why the big secret? People are smart, they can handle it."
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, impulsive animals and you know it."
Ob: This thing looks like it would hurt after a couple of hours (or days,as the case may be.) I could see, however, a slightly more rigid seat which reclines, but not that dang soft. I'd fall asleep between Deathmatches.
Megahertz, a popular (but simplistic) measure of performance, usually increases around 35% annually.
Rather than being just 35% faster, the new Power Mac G4 is up to a stunning 100% to 200% faster than the fastest Pentium III-based PCs.
I mean... the P3s are at 550 MHz IIRC... The 64 is at 500 MHz... and there's a 35% increase? Gimme a break.
Heh... been using Linux too long, huh? Me too. I had to write a small autoexec.bat using copy con (no vi, drag) and I had a good four or five ^Ds at the end before I got wise. Benjamin Geiger
Urgh.
"Communism is not an economic system at all. It is a political repression system, where one of the major ways to make the people completely dependent on the government is to prohibit private property (other than personal one)."
This is not true. Communism, as it was originally intended, is the united force of the population taking care of itself through cooperation. ("Workers of all nations unite" (At least, I think that's how it goes)) What most misinformed Americans (including myself up until about two or three months ago) believe the only form of communism is the supposed Russian atrocities, but this is false. Many countries are using some form of communism.
In true communism, people give up their possessions voluntarily, to provide for a better life for others. It is only when these rules are enforced at penalty of death that communism becomes what most consider it to be.
Personally, I'll forever be thankful that I live in the United States, but I can actually see that other systems are not totally evil.