I would suggest that perhaps Perl is particularly effective in separating good from bad programmers. In other languages, restrictions allow bad programmers to write code that *looks* good.
But if you see readable, understandable Perl code, you know you've got a keeper.
Hmm. Slashdot without funny commenters is like a foot without a big toe. I think that we owe a big round of applause to our newest, bestest buddy, and big toe... ubrgeek.
I mean really, imagine where we'd be if mankind had just sat around discussing the ethical issues of fire, as opposed to learning what it is and how to harness it. "Which is precisely the sort of thing we need to know. Do people want fire that can be fitted nasally?"
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Ahem. Excuse me, but why O why is the parent post a "troll", moderators? I think it makes perfect sense to levy the road taxes on the people who are using them.
There seem to be a lot of people bitching about IP and copyrights, and "well of course the Napster kicked their butts -- it was free!"
But what Doctorow is saying is that both Napster then and YouTube now *want* to do deals with the copyright holders, but they only see a revenue stream coming from lawsuits (especially given Google's deep pockets). He points out that both the recording industry and cable television started out by poaching someone else's IP (sheet music and already-broadcast material, respectively), then doing a deal with the copyright holders after they were able to make money doing it.
How do they expect to distinguish between music that I have legally ripped from purchased CDs and music that has been downloaded from a p2p filesharing network illegally?
[T]he blogosphere has (for the most part) taken up the sound-bite model instead of the reasoned-discourse model of media. Again, I suspect this is more due to the present internet advertisement model than to anything else.
Call me cynical, but I suspect it also has a lot to do with the inability or disinterest of people in engaging in reasoned discourse. That would require them to think logically about things, rather than reacting in knee-jerk fashion about something which has affected them emotionally.
And before I get flamed for my short response without any supporting evidence, I'll concede that it's an emotional response. Oh, and this is Slashdot. Were you expecting reasoned discourse? You must be new here.
Yes, using the phrase "facing criminal proceedings" is weaselly.
But they went even further: "facing criminal proceedings in Russia". So what? They failed to grease the proper palms? They said something bad about Putin? They "earned" their wealth by cosying up to the Yeltsin regime, then used it to support Putin's opposition? They moved a statue? Could be anything!
Copyright infringement, however terrible it may be, does not deserve to be placed on the same level as the climate change problem. These "truths" may be inconvenient to them, but they are hardly a global crisis.
See items 5 and 10 (paraphrased here): File sharing forces record companies to devote resources to big-name marketing vehicles rather than "artists" [item 5]; You won't find new music through file-sharing because it's mostly "popular music" [item 10]. It sounds to me as though they're playing into the hands of the infringers, then, by continuing to produce and promote exactly those things that are the bread and butter of their nemeses.
However, I will concede that point 3 is correct. In fact, I purchased a bootleg Britney Spears CD from a poorly-disguised gentleman calling himself Mr. "Lin-Baden" last week.
"Of course, your grand-dad, Dan Coolidge, had already erased all the First Gulf War pics, and loaded it up with porn for his stint in Anti-Terror War I. So here you go -- enjoy some 50-year-old porn."
I don't think anybody would seriously try to argue that alcohol directly is connected to earning power. I'd like to hear a coherent argument in favour though.
Sorry, I'm too drunk to argue coherently. If you ever need incoherent rambling, however, I'm your man.
While the study may be correct in its findings, I must take issue with your conclusion, "[T]he study is sure to get many parents thinking about how much time in front of the Xbox and idiot box is too much."
If history is any guide, the parents who have failed to monitor their childrens' study habits and recreational activities in the past will continue to do so. And those parents who have been responsible in their child-raising duties will also continue to do so.
Bingo. They mention in TFA that "[M]ost have focused on straight tracks, which have to gather speed in one quick burst. Supplying the huge spike of energy needed for this method has proven difficult."
But this quick burst seems to assume that the track is relatively short. Why not a longer track? Which would then obviate the need for payloads or containers that could withstand such high gees (at least the angular ones).
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I would suggest that perhaps Perl is particularly effective in separating good from bad programmers. In other languages, restrictions allow bad programmers to write code that *looks* good.
But if you see readable, understandable Perl code, you know you've got a keeper.
Vic Sage.
$375 < $500.
I've heard about dogs and their owners becoming slowly more like each other over time, but that's ridiculous!
Hmm. Slashdot without funny commenters is like a foot without a big toe. I think that we owe a big round of applause to our newest, bestest buddy, and big toe... ubrgeek.
Ahem. Excuse me, but why O why is the parent post a "troll", moderators? I think it makes perfect sense to levy the road taxes on the people who are using them.
You might want to check out anacron: http://anacron.sourceforge.net/. It was written for exactly the case you're describing.
GP did not say he wanted the nomenclature to make sense, or be intuitive -- just consistent.
No, he's just full of shit.
There seem to be a lot of people bitching about IP and copyrights, and "well of course the Napster kicked their butts -- it was free!"
But what Doctorow is saying is that both Napster then and YouTube now *want* to do deals with the copyright holders, but they only see a revenue stream coming from lawsuits (especially given Google's deep pockets). He points out that both the recording industry and cable television started out by poaching someone else's IP (sheet music and already-broadcast material, respectively), then doing a deal with the copyright holders after they were able to make money doing it.
Please, read the fine ar... oh, right.
How do they expect to distinguish between music that I have legally ripped from purchased CDs and music that has been downloaded from a p2p filesharing network illegally?
Checking the evil bit?
[T]he blogosphere has (for the most part) taken up the sound-bite model instead of the reasoned-discourse model of media. Again, I suspect this is more due to the present internet advertisement model than to anything else.
Call me cynical, but I suspect it also has a lot to do with the inability or disinterest of people in engaging in reasoned discourse. That would require them to think logically about things, rather than reacting in knee-jerk fashion about something which has affected them emotionally.
And before I get flamed for my short response without any supporting evidence, I'll concede that it's an emotional response. Oh, and this is Slashdot. Were you expecting reasoned discourse? You must be new here.
No.
Definition: ram, n., a male sheep.
Yes, using the phrase "facing criminal proceedings" is weaselly.
But they went even further: "facing criminal proceedings in Russia". So what? They failed to grease the proper palms? They said something bad about Putin? They "earned" their wealth by cosying up to the Yeltsin regime, then used it to support Putin's opposition? They moved a statue? Could be anything!
Copyright infringement, however terrible it may be, does not deserve to be placed on the same level as the climate change problem. These "truths" may be inconvenient to them, but they are hardly a global crisis.
See items 5 and 10 (paraphrased here): File sharing forces record companies to devote resources to big-name marketing vehicles rather than "artists" [item 5]; You won't find new music through file-sharing because it's mostly "popular music" [item 10]. It sounds to me as though they're playing into the hands of the infringers, then, by continuing to produce and promote exactly those things that are the bread and butter of their nemeses.
However, I will concede that point 3 is correct. In fact, I purchased a bootleg Britney Spears CD from a poorly-disguised gentleman calling himself Mr. "Lin-Baden" last week.
Unfortunately, he's not involved according to TFA.
> Now if we just renamed both to "Freedom Software"...
But that's my name for what used to be "French Software".
Oh yeah, they're used for shading metallic surfaces.
"Of course, your grand-dad, Dan Coolidge, had already erased all the First Gulf War pics, and loaded it up with porn for his stint in Anti-Terror War I. So here you go -- enjoy some 50-year-old porn."
I'll wait for the Special Edition.
Sorry, I'm too drunk to argue coherently. If you ever need incoherent rambling, however, I'm your man.
While the study may be correct in its findings, I must take issue with your conclusion, "[T]he study is sure to get many parents thinking about how much time in front of the Xbox and idiot box is too much."
If history is any guide, the parents who have failed to monitor their childrens' study habits and recreational activities in the past will continue to do so. And those parents who have been responsible in their child-raising duties will also continue to do so.
The study will have no effect whatsoever.
Yes, IAAP. (I am a parent.)
Bingo. They mention in TFA that "[M]ost have focused on straight tracks, which have to gather speed in one quick burst. Supplying the huge spike of energy needed for this method has proven difficult."
But this quick burst seems to assume that the track is relatively short. Why not a longer track? Which would then obviate the need for payloads or containers that could withstand such high gees (at least the angular ones).
About 13 seconds. And the next 2 minutes after that. And...