i'm not a microsoftie... open source all the way, its just i've been around and read all his history.
him and paul allen were both geniuses.
one thing that impressed me was he wrote a BASIC interpretter straight through, and it ran correctlly on the very first attempt. hopefully that will qualify for a piece of code he wrote.
sure the basic language is fairly weak, but it opened the doors for so much, and got me started coding (like most of you probably i started in apple ][ basic... a dying breed of coder)
gates is an evil monopolistic business man. he is a genius coder. i stand by that.
$10 a square, the bet - when will china simply be cut off the internet and all chinese traffic blocked by all of the major routers?
my guess is sooner than later. china already blocks the internet from itself, maybe its time for us to do if for them... although that herbal viagra really did work!!
actually gates is a genius programmer... his accomplishments back in the day far supercede anything ANYONE who posts to this site have accomplished.
and IIRC, he is now chief software architect and gave up his marketing / business role. so in some sense i would bet he at LEAST has input on the code even if he isn't typing it all in himself. 90% of coding is the design anyways and the rest is just typing it in.
probably because some channels don't broadcast the correct info, some don't broadcast any info, and some think they are too hip to actually say whats on, rather they just put their call letters in the show title section (eg MTV, VH1)
my TV (sanyo 32") has used this info for about 3 years now, and i find it very useful on the channels that make use of it, but many don't.
NBC is especially funny, i think they only have 1 or 2 live satellite feeds, so most NBA games they broadcast live show up as "Saturday Night Live" because some genius forgot to switch it on the transmitter.
did you go to mine and get the idea to do it for real? i had always thought about making a real one but couldn't figure out how to validate all the submitted prices unless there were a TON of users from every area who would post and moderate.
my guess is just like joystick calibration, you go through a process where you center your head, all the way to the left, all the way to the right, up and down. then the program can make a smooth curve and make the mouse speed consistent.
however, if they didn't, then this product is just retarded.
yes, this interests me a little more than most research that is going on, but this same thinking applies to EVERYTHING.
maybe not on such a grand scale, but all research could be used for good or evil. we can't always assume that it will be evil or earth is basically dead.
make your nano-bots... make them do useful things... take a million dollars from al queada and develop evil nano-bots... go to federal prison... USA will stop the bots and blow up your country... that is how it works. if you use new technology for evil, you will get knocked the fuck out.
i thought all of these shops already were switched over to linux? all I ever here about on the news about CG in movies is how many linux machines it took to render...
Man, that has to be a joke. The constitution of the US revolutionized the concept of freedom throughout the world. It's hard to imagine how long it would have taken to get where we are if we hadn't had a "virgin land" to try the Great Experiment in self-government by the people.
this is exactlly what i was talking about. that machine that HP has costs more than the product it produces (sorts) is worth. and just throwing the product away is hazardous. so we ship it.
now they are going to make me pay for the difference of operating costs and value of product. that is NOT fair. i am all for preserving the earth and shit, but companies just can do this shit. it is the same thinking that lets sports team TAX their state, so they can buy a new stadium. they are a PRIVATE business funded by public tax money. why doesn't my business get tax funding?!
i saw a story a while ago about the cost of recycling PCs, and how america just ships them off to africa or something cause they are hazardous to just bury or burn.
IS THIS MY PROBLEM?! no. if i pay the fee, and still just throw the PC in the dumpster, my money never went towards the cause of recycling it, just the cost in general.
comparing a novelist to a programmer is fair. comparing a surgeon to a programmer is not fair.
in either case, their is more DEMAND for programmers than novelists or surgeons. Writing a novel is easier to a novelist, doing surgery is easier to a surgeon and coding is easier to a programmer. common sense. which is easier to learn? is that your question?
writing a novel requires a creative skill that is not obtainable to some. programming requires a problem solving mindset and desire to learn not obtinable to some. surgery requires steady hands, concentration and much schooling.
are there more people that qualify to learn how to program. yes. does that mean it is easier? who knows.
the problem with novel writing and coding is you spend the VAST amount of your time siting in front of a CRT staring at text and altering it to your satisfaction. THIS GETS VERY REPETITIVE! surgeons are walking (running) around and dealing with things in the real world that affect peoples lives. if they don't perform, people die. that is motivation enough. if there was someone put in my cube, and if i was told that they would be killed if i didn't perform, and their family was waiting in a conference room down the hall, I WOULD PERFORM.
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i'm not a microsoftie... open source all the way, its just i've been around and read all his history.
him and paul allen were both geniuses.
one thing that impressed me was he wrote a BASIC interpretter straight through, and it ran correctlly on the very first attempt. hopefully that will qualify for a piece of code he wrote.
sure the basic language is fairly weak, but it opened the doors for so much, and got me started coding (like most of you probably i started in apple ][ basic... a dying breed of coder)
gates is an evil monopolistic business man. he is a genius coder. i stand by that.
FLAMEBAIT!! I'm 100% honest. this is criminal
months accross the top, days on the side...
$10 a square, the bet - when will china simply be cut off the internet and all chinese traffic blocked by all of the major routers?
my guess is sooner than later. china already blocks the internet from itself, maybe its time for us to do if for them... although that herbal viagra really did work!!
actually first person observation is all the accuracy YOU'LL ever need...
if you need a php coder and none are available, that sucks for you. who cares about the rest of america?
by the way, i'm a php coder and i'm swamped, so that PROVES that the market is good.
actually gates is a genius programmer... his accomplishments back in the day far supercede anything ANYONE who posts to this site have accomplished.
and IIRC, he is now chief software architect and gave up his marketing / business role. so in some sense i would bet he at LEAST has input on the code even if he isn't typing it all in himself. 90% of coding is the design anyways and the rest is just typing it in.
probably because some channels don't broadcast the correct info, some don't broadcast any info, and some think they are too hip to actually say whats on, rather they just put their call letters in the show title section (eg MTV, VH1)
my TV (sanyo 32") has used this info for about 3 years now, and i find it very useful on the channels that make use of it, but many don't.
NBC is especially funny, i think they only have 1 or 2 live satellite feeds, so most NBA games they broadcast live show up as "Saturday Night Live" because some genius forgot to switch it on the transmitter.
wow... i LOVE your website.
did you go to mine and get the idea to do it for real? i had always thought about making a real one but couldn't figure out how to validate all the submitted prices unless there were a TON of users from every area who would post and moderate.
GOOD LUCK!
maybe i could send you some traffic?? email me.
honestly, you don't think they thought of this?
my guess is just like joystick calibration, you go through a process where you center your head, all the way to the left, all the way to the right, up and down. then the program can make a smooth curve and make the mouse speed consistent.
however, if they didn't, then this product is just retarded.
before this gets out of control, the blinking mouse clicks will never be implemented into the product so says the article.
rather a keyboard key is designated as the left and right mouse button.
SLDave wrote in to request his database be slashdotted.
US definition of evil:
anything that impedes freedom. pretty straight foreward.
also because he still could have said no and it would have been just as correct.
gates: we can give you a stripped down version of windows... here's windows 3.1.
consumer: can i install the competitors latest media player?
gates: no.
consumer: no?! why not?!
gates: well because that competitors media player depends on all of integrated code in later versions of windows.
consumer: !@#$!@ that is monopolistic behavior!! you MUST put back all that functionality into windows or go to federal prison!
gates: ugh.
i can see this going on for some time.
the junk taking up the memory/cpu is what CAUSES the instability!!
yes, this interests me a little more than most research that is going on, but this same thinking applies to EVERYTHING.
maybe not on such a grand scale, but all research could be used for good or evil. we can't always assume that it will be evil or earth is basically dead.
make your nano-bots... make them do useful things... take a million dollars from al queada and develop evil nano-bots... go to federal prison... USA will stop the bots and blow up your country... that is how it works. if you use new technology for evil, you will get knocked the fuck out.
seriously.
JIMMY FALLEN? like from SNL? that idiot has a record deal?
jimmy, you are not adam sandler. wake up.
i thought all of these shops already were switched over to linux? all I ever here about on the news about CG in movies is how many linux machines it took to render...
what WERE they using? win98 with premier 3?
Man, that has to be a joke. The constitution of the US revolutionized the concept of freedom throughout the world. It's hard to imagine how long it would have taken to get where we are if we hadn't had a "virgin land" to try the Great Experiment in self-government by the people.
you're right, the computer is more important...
if she's anything like modern day female programmers, i probably couldn't get a date with her either.
maybe if you mispronounce broccoli as broccly...
this is exactlly what i was talking about. that machine that HP has costs more than the product it produces (sorts) is worth. and just throwing the product away is hazardous. so we ship it.
now they are going to make me pay for the difference of operating costs and value of product. that is NOT fair. i am all for preserving the earth and shit, but companies just can do this shit. it is the same thinking that lets sports team TAX their state, so they can buy a new stadium. they are a PRIVATE business funded by public tax money. why doesn't my business get tax funding?!
again: america is retarded.
hmm... a near 700 comments.
WHO could be posting these comments if everyone is picketing?
what a joke.
i saw a story a while ago about the cost of recycling PCs, and how america just ships them off to africa or something cause they are hazardous to just bury or burn.
IS THIS MY PROBLEM?! no. if i pay the fee, and still just throw the PC in the dumpster, my money never went towards the cause of recycling it, just the cost in general.
america is retarded.
comparing a novelist to a programmer is fair. comparing a surgeon to a programmer is not fair.
in either case, their is more DEMAND for programmers than novelists or surgeons. Writing a novel is easier to a novelist, doing surgery is easier to a surgeon and coding is easier to a programmer. common sense. which is easier to learn? is that your question?
writing a novel requires a creative skill that is not obtainable to some. programming requires a problem solving mindset and desire to learn not obtinable to some. surgery requires steady hands, concentration and much schooling.
are there more people that qualify to learn how to program. yes. does that mean it is easier? who knows.
the problem with novel writing and coding is you spend the VAST amount of your time siting in front of a CRT staring at text and altering it to your satisfaction. THIS GETS VERY REPETITIVE! surgeons are walking (running) around and dealing with things in the real world that affect peoples lives. if they don't perform, people die. that is motivation enough. if there was someone put in my cube, and if i was told that they would be killed if i didn't perform, and their family was waiting in a conference room down the hall, I WOULD PERFORM.
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