It's hilarious that you say "If you're going to reply to this post, please read it first!" but it's clear you didn't read the article.
Knuth never says that he doesn't see ANY value in unit tests, and also doesn't go beyond his own reasons for unit tests. He also admits that parallel code can be useful for several applications.
And so he prefers "re-editable code" to code reuse. So what?
It's pretty inane to end the post with "whether you love him or hate him". Who hates him? For what? Maybe you're confusing him with someone else. He's not a controversial figure in the CS world, and he's not part of the Free Software or Open Source punditry.
This goes to show how the metaphors in ESR's The Cathedral and the Bazaar often are not useful in describing software. I know of no software project that can be described as having a 'Bazaar' model, except for projects that consist largely of disconnected components such as CPAN or collections of drivers for OSs (including Linux), but I think these are special cases.
A more apt description is 'Open Cathedral', in my opinion.
Wikipedia is also like a 'Bazaar', but that also falls under the concept of many parts that are not precisely interconnected.
Hey, I'm a WA state resident. I just saw two people using a Segway today! It was a guy who had one, and his son. They were waiting at a crosswalk just standing there on them. The segways actually look kind of silly, plasticy and playskoolish. It was cool though. I thought it was funny that I read this story then went out and saw a Segway for the first time.
If there was a big crunch, then another expansion, maybe there would be the possibility for life again. Instead, there will be a cold death... and, it seems, eventually it will be a lot like nothing at all.
Since most people that use Morpheus have their harddrives filled to capacity with MP3s and such, and they're already sharing all of that on Moprheus, who cares?:)
Really though, this is pretty sad since the paranoid people who have been saying that P2P software makes you vulnerable are right in this instance.
I think that a large portion of the/. community falls under the "malfunctioning eye" category.
Your fine work during the 911 disaster
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Thank you. You were my main on-line information source. CNN got evened-out later in the day, but from my point of view Slashdot never faltered. I was deeply affected by the events and stayed home all day and I *needed* information. Even now I'm deeply shaken, but I appreciate you guys almost as much as the rescue workers.
Well, first of all, he wasn't involved himself as he posted today. Secondly, take a look at some of his past postings. He really likes numbers. A lot. A couple of his favorites are 311 and 113, and perhaps just the number 11 by itself. Who knows, maybe he likes the number 911 also. Anyway, I am just saying that this could be a coincidence with him playing the number game and happening to get a guess correctly.
It's called TopCoder, located at www.topcoder.com (use my name khaladan as referrer if you sign up). You can participate in a contest usually once or twice a week with 7 other programmers trying to solve various problems of increasing difficulty.
It's based on time. Whoever submits code the fastest, gets the most points. Of course, then there's a challenge round where you inspect other people's code for bugs, and if you find one, supply input that will produce bad output (or crasht the program).
It's a greate contest. Currently you can choose either Java or C++ to program solutions in.
Plus, if you get 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place in your room (of max 8 people), you get $150, $75, or $25 dollars, respecitively. I myself have not been playing very long but I got 2nd place once, and sure enough, a check came about two weeks later for $75.
So, sign up and try it... use my name, khaladan, as the person who referred you.
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Exactly!
Now, what do you do for food?
Do you eat plants?
How dare you assume that you can eat plants and not eat animals! Who said plants weren't as good as animals? If one living thing has worth, then they all have worth! Don't you dare eat the plants!
Don't drink water either. Who said that H20 molecules deserve to quench your thirst? Just die.
There is a flaw with many proposed electronic voting systems. It is not a techical problem per se, it is a problem inherent in the design.
There are many voting systems. For example, punching a card of some sort that is later tallied by a group of people. I personally, for all of the problems with this system, trust it more than most electronic systems.
Why is that? The answer is that electronic systems are centralized. One could say that the other systems are too, but with an electronic voting system one person can serepitiously alter the results in a way that will be guarenteed to change the final count. In other systems, one person may miscount on purpose, but it is (usually) likely not to have any outcome on who is chosen as the winner.
On the other hand, one crafty person on the inside of an electronic tallying system could simply press a few buttons and automatically have every fifth vote for person X go to person Y.
New methods for learning will be developed. Of course, I'm not sure about the timeframe, but it will be a drastic improvement in how long it takes us to grasp something, how long it takes us to retain and absorb information. New, better methods for communicating person-to-person will be created.
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Been wondering what happened to him.
It's hilarious that you say "If you're going to reply to this post, please read it first!" but it's clear you didn't read the article.
Knuth never says that he doesn't see ANY value in unit tests, and also doesn't go beyond his own reasons for unit tests. He also admits that parallel code can be useful for several applications.
And so he prefers "re-editable code" to code reuse. So what?
Your mom is a dinosaur.
It's pretty inane to end the post with "whether you love him or hate him". Who hates him? For what? Maybe you're confusing him with someone else. He's not a controversial figure in the CS world, and he's not part of the Free Software or Open Source punditry.
I hope he lives to 100+ so he can keep writing.
This goes to show how the metaphors in ESR's The Cathedral and the Bazaar often are not useful in describing software. I know of no software project that can be described as having a 'Bazaar' model, except for projects that consist largely of disconnected components such as CPAN or collections of drivers for OSs (including Linux), but I think these are special cases.
A more apt description is 'Open Cathedral', in my opinion.
Wikipedia is also like a 'Bazaar', but that also falls under the concept of many parts that are not precisely interconnected.
Jaron Lanier has been a "virtual reality pioneer" for a really, really long time now. Is he going to do anything else?
At least Will Wright done something interesting lately in making a popular game.
I really don't like his latest work. I much prefer the Belgariad and the Mallorean.
No doubt it would be better! So how about you write up that extension and upgrade everyone's browser for us so we can start doing it?
Hey, I'm a WA state resident. I just saw two people using a Segway today! It was a guy who had one, and his son. They were waiting at a crosswalk just standing there on them. The segways actually look kind of silly, plasticy and playskoolish. It was cool though. I thought it was funny that I read this story then went out and saw a Segway for the first time.
If there was a big crunch, then another expansion, maybe there would be the possibility for life again. Instead, there will be a cold death... and, it seems, eventually it will be a lot like nothing at all.
This post contains no metals.
Only one button... only one menu bar... why more than one computer? That would just be making things too complicated!
You mean not much of a fuss, aside from the 555 posts attached to Wu-ftpd Remote Root Hole, right?
Since most people that use Morpheus have their harddrives filled to capacity with MP3s and such, and they're already sharing all of that on Moprheus, who cares? :)
Really though, this is pretty sad since the paranoid people who have been saying that P2P software makes you vulnerable are right in this instance.
...computer made out of vacuum tubes.
:)
Oh wait, that did end up being kind of useful
Hurray for old tube things.
Great, now if there is a problem booting the OS, LILO can say:
"Error: could not boot OS. Do you want to play a game instead?"
That's user friendly.
int lat = 0;
int long = 0;
while(1) {
for(lat = 0; lat < 360; lat++) {
for(long = 0; long < 360; long++) {
GPS_printf(lat, long, "ALL YOUR COORDINATES ARE BELONG TO US!!!\n");
}
}
}
So... you want something that can't be found in a book? Like what?
"I hope you don't just teach differentiation and integration in this calculus course, because that's in the book!"
I think that a large portion of the /. community falls under the "malfunctioning eye" category.
Thank you. You were my main on-line information source. CNN got evened-out later in the day, but from my point of view Slashdot never faltered. I was deeply affected by the events and stayed home all day and I *needed* information. Even now I'm deeply shaken, but I appreciate you guys almost as much as the rescue workers.
Khaladan's dad
Well, first of all, he wasn't involved himself as he posted today. Secondly, take a look at some of his past postings. He really likes numbers. A lot. A couple of his favorites are 311 and 113, and perhaps just the number 11 by itself. Who knows, maybe he likes the number 911 also. Anyway, I am just saying that this could be a coincidence with him playing the number game and happening to get a guess correctly.
It's called TopCoder, located at www.topcoder.com (use my name khaladan as referrer if you sign up). You can participate in a contest usually once or twice a week with 7 other programmers trying to solve various problems of increasing difficulty.
It's based on time. Whoever submits code the fastest, gets the most points. Of course, then there's a challenge round where you inspect other people's code for bugs, and if you find one, supply input that will produce bad output (or crasht the program).
It's a greate contest. Currently you can choose either Java or C++ to program solutions in.
Plus, if you get 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place in your room (of max 8 people), you get $150, $75, or $25 dollars, respecitively. I myself have not been playing very long but I got 2nd place once, and sure enough, a check came about two weeks later for $75.
So, sign up and try it... use my name, khaladan, as the person who referred you.
Exactly!
Now, what do you do for food?
Do you eat plants?
How dare you assume that you can eat plants and not eat animals! Who said plants weren't as good as animals? If one living thing has worth, then they all have worth! Don't you dare eat the plants!
Don't drink water either. Who said that H20 molecules deserve to quench your thirst? Just die.
Will it be the same way for the proposed book The Art of Unix Programming?
ESR says that he doesn't have the arrogance to think that he could write this book alone.
But I bet he'd have the arrogance to only have his name on the cover.
There is a flaw with many proposed electronic voting systems. It is not a techical problem per se, it is a problem inherent in the design.
There are many voting systems. For example, punching a card of some sort that is later tallied by a group of people. I personally, for all of the problems with this system, trust it more than most electronic systems.
Why is that? The answer is that electronic systems are centralized. One could say that the other systems are too, but with an electronic voting system one person can serepitiously alter the results in a way that will be guarenteed to change the final count. In other systems, one person may miscount on purpose, but it is (usually) likely not to have any outcome on who is chosen as the winner.
On the other hand, one crafty person on the inside of an electronic tallying system could simply press a few buttons and automatically have every fifth vote for person X go to person Y.
Could it happen?
Conspiracy theory time!
New methods for learning will be developed. Of course, I'm not sure about the timeframe, but it will be a drastic improvement in how long it takes us to grasp something, how long it takes us to retain and absorb information. New, better methods for communicating person-to-person will be created.