My first job I came across/*Why did I do this?*/ above two pages (when printed out) of uncommented code. Code that started with
if(pow(2,(typeof(int)somenumber){while(something){for{...two pages of stuff}}}
He was, it turned out, checking to see if bits in an int (a 16 bit int) were set in order to control a machine. The machine's physical layout allowed 24 objects, but when the operators set it up for that it went berserk, because the 16 bit int was wrapping...
And no comments explaining what (and more importantly why) he was doing.
You think diplomats should stop telling the truth to their superiors because that truth might be embarassing, or start a war, if it were to be publicly released?
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So don't buy one...
with the collateral damage when EasyDNS is mistakenly identified as having cut off wikileaks?
Yeah, because no one (other than major networks, newspapers, and websites) is reporting on the attempts by the US and others to shutdown Wikileaks.
I don't think anybody is worried about the Vikings.
I keep my mouse right handed (but on the left side of the keyboard) so that my co-workers can use it without having to reconfigure it every time.
Kissinger and Le Duc Tho. Arafat. Etc.. It's always been political, actually.
Been playing with one. 3/4ths as good as an iPad (twice as good in some respects...) at half the price.
There hasn't been that since, well, ever. Unix vs VMS in the 70's and 80's, Mac vs PC vs Sparc (aaah. The fun of endianness...)...
My first job I came across /*Why did I do this?*/ above two pages (when printed out) of uncommented code. Code that started with
if(pow(2,(typeof(int)somenumber){while(something){for{...two pages of stuff}}}
He was, it turned out, checking to see if bits in an int (a 16 bit int) were set in order to control a machine. The machine's physical layout allowed 24 objects, but when the operators set it up for that it went berserk, because the 16 bit int was wrapping...
And no comments explaining what (and more importantly why) he was doing.
I told the boss "I don't write perfect code, and that's why we have testers." That day I was fired. A week later the test lead was laid off.
6 months later the company lost the contract and the manager was laid off...
Also, a WiFi only version so it doesn't cost $500.
Where? Certainly not Fox, National Review, et. alia.
So use a proxy server.
you seem to have made the incorrect assumption that somehow car manufacturers don't add safety features when pressured by consumers. They do.
Actually, no, they don't. Seat belts weren't commonly added until they were required. Airbags weren't added until required.
of the commons known as commercial broadcasting. That's the entire basis of the FCC.
Cybernetic Lifeform Node!
You think diplomats should stop telling the truth to their superiors because that truth might be embarassing, or start a war, if it were to be publicly released?
< Insert Dalek joke here >
The same poles, yes, but not the same cables.
Or you can buy the Samsung Galaxy Tab, which doesn't need to be jailbroken.
A natural monopoly being one where actual physical things, like cable, have to be invested in on a large scale.
He's too cool (in several senses of the word) for that.
We'll have the President ordering the military out to seize distilleries that aren't paying their taxes!
with unparalleled control over his refrigerator,
How much control does a fridge need?
That depends on where you live. The article is about Kuwait.
For even more lulz, try it in the PRC or Cuba.