One look at the number of lobbyists and lawmakers on drug company payrolls is enough to realize that they don't give a shit about anyone, developing country or otherwise. Where'd you get your $1,000,000,000 figure, anyway?
Ah, yes. Easily the greatest, unsung hero of the STL. Whenever GC zealots would try their old rigmarole, I'd just point to this handy dandy little class and smile. Sure, the lack of array (delete []) support made it less useful as a generic auto-cleanup pointer, but C++ offers so many ways around its own shortcomings that it wasn't really a problem. And, really, doesn't everyone just allocate their arrays on the stack anyway? Just kidding. Damn, I miss C++.:)
she had bought her way to the front page of the story-ranking site Digg
What's that about a fool and his/her money? I fail to see the point of cheating to get on the front page of a site with even less intelligent discourse than Slashdot.
"the Democrat congressman from Louisiana with $90,000 of bribes found in his freezer was just put by Pelosi on the committee overseeing Homeland Security affairs"
By that logic, should Slashdot be sued by sites that suffer the Slashdot Effect? It is a form of DoS, after all, and Slashdot are obviously aware when it occurs yet do little (mirrors after the fact) or nothing (no mirror at all) to prevent it.
I'm most concerned about the American legislation that Microsoft will dream up to fight shops like this which will end up harming us all by limiting innovation.
Microsoft is probably too busy dreaming up Vista sales to be bothered with this issue.
Is there a system for transfering digital data to vinyl?
Sure is!. However, I wouldn't bank on a long lifespan from vinyl you cut yourself. There is a lot more to producing quality vinyl than meets the eye. I looked into doing my own 12" releases in the early 90s when I was big on live remixing (I used to fancy myself a dj at one point). The quality is extremely difficult to maintain without extremely expensive equipment (and proper masters). Still, cutting your own records from something that'll fit on your desk is pretty nice, and you can't beat the sound of fresh vinyl through a good stylus!
which means everyone is going to start programming for that now (at least the bigger companies...)
Not really true, so long as sales are dismal and compatibility issues overshadow Vista's features (assuming there are new features). It's a simple matter of ROI. Questionable sales + new, unproven APIs (new Winsock, anyone?) do not make for strong appeal. I'm a programmer, and most of my career has been spent on various Windows platforms. Vista is making me finally switch to Linux full-time (can't wait to check out KDE 4!). I wouldn't say Vista is the sole reason as much as the last straw. I've already picked up Python in an attempt to ween myself off of such proprietary tools as C# and ASP.NET. Yes, I have tried Mono. No, I do not have the same high hopes for it as other developers seem to have. In any case, I rather enjoy the dynamic nature of Python programming. Plus, there is something to be said for writing a few thousand lines of code and being fairly certain that your program will run on many different platforms without modification. No.NET developer can say that, Mono or no Mono. That said, Django and a seemingly endless selection of open, 3rd party libraries really rock my world.
Considering there's not even a driver for my Wireless Card (Linksys, common one too...) I think there's still some time we need to wait before jumping to these apocalyptical conclusions.
In my opinion, that is one of the motivators behind such conclusions. If you cannot find a driver for commonly available hardware (how many millions of Linksys WiFi cards are out there?), how complete (e.g., usable) can Vista possibly be? At what price?
MS really dropped the ball, and it's plain to see. People aren't jumping to conclusions, they are simply pointing out the obvious.
Slashdot Mirror
One look at the number of lobbyists and lawmakers on drug company payrolls is enough to realize that they don't give a shit about anyone, developing country or otherwise. Where'd you get your $1,000,000,000 figure, anyway?
Amen to that.
Screen savers.
std::auto_ptr in C++
:)
Ah, yes. Easily the greatest, unsung hero of the STL. Whenever GC zealots would try their old rigmarole, I'd just point to this handy dandy little class and smile. Sure, the lack of array (delete []) support made it less useful as a generic auto-cleanup pointer, but C++ offers so many ways around its own shortcomings that it wasn't really a problem. And, really, doesn't everyone just allocate their arrays on the stack anyway? Just kidding. Damn, I miss C++.
she had bought her way to the front page of the story-ranking site Digg
What's that about a fool and his/her money? I fail to see the point of cheating to get on the front page of a site with even less intelligent discourse than Slashdot.
This would then lead to the richest 1% having say 80% influence (which may not be a bad thing).
You don't think that's already the case?
Or maybe too much Iron in the ol' diet.
And they'll call it SuperHyperTransport?
SHyT has a nice ring to it.
"the Democrat congressman from Louisiana with $90,000 of bribes found in his freezer was just put by Pelosi on the committee overseeing Homeland Security affairs"
That actually sounds about right.
Who would want to?
I have the same problem, but that's just because I use the keyboard knee-pads from Thinkgeek.
Well because you could only get away with this in closed source. Open source would make this a give-away.
:)
Unfortunately, so would a decent debugger. It's a pretty cool idea, though.
Isn't Vinyl just Physical Rights Management?
Maybe for some.
All the more reason to support the folk(s) over at Perceptive Pixel. Let's get rid of clicks altogether. I'm talkin' to you, too, Amazon!
By that logic, should Slashdot be sued by sites that suffer the Slashdot Effect? It is a form of DoS, after all, and Slashdot are obviously aware when it occurs yet do little (mirrors after the fact) or nothing (no mirror at all) to prevent it.
Time != productivity
I'm most concerned about the American legislation that Microsoft will dream up to fight shops like this which will end up harming us all by limiting innovation.
Microsoft is probably too busy dreaming up Vista sales to be bothered with this issue.
Is there a system for transfering digital data to vinyl?
Sure is!. However, I wouldn't bank on a long lifespan from vinyl you cut yourself. There is a lot more to producing quality vinyl than meets the eye. I looked into doing my own 12" releases in the early 90s when I was big on live remixing (I used to fancy myself a dj at one point). The quality is extremely difficult to maintain without extremely expensive equipment (and proper masters). Still, cutting your own records from something that'll fit on your desk is pretty nice, and you can't beat the sound of fresh vinyl through a good stylus!
which means everyone is going to start programming for that now (at least the bigger companies...)
.NET developer can say that, Mono or no Mono. That said, Django and a seemingly endless selection of open, 3rd party libraries really rock my world.
Not really true, so long as sales are dismal and compatibility issues overshadow Vista's features (assuming there are new features). It's a simple matter of ROI. Questionable sales + new, unproven APIs (new Winsock, anyone?) do not make for strong appeal. I'm a programmer, and most of my career has been spent on various Windows platforms. Vista is making me finally switch to Linux full-time (can't wait to check out KDE 4!). I wouldn't say Vista is the sole reason as much as the last straw. I've already picked up Python in an attempt to ween myself off of such proprietary tools as C# and ASP.NET. Yes, I have tried Mono. No, I do not have the same high hopes for it as other developers seem to have. In any case, I rather enjoy the dynamic nature of Python programming. Plus, there is something to be said for writing a few thousand lines of code and being fairly certain that your program will run on many different platforms without modification. No
Considering there's not even a driver for my Wireless Card (Linksys, common one too...) I think there's still some time we need to wait before jumping to these apocalyptical conclusions.
In my opinion, that is one of the motivators behind such conclusions. If you cannot find a driver for commonly available hardware (how many millions of Linksys WiFi cards are out there?), how complete (e.g., usable) can Vista possibly be? At what price?
MS really dropped the ball, and it's plain to see. People aren't jumping to conclusions, they are simply pointing out the obvious.
Cheers,
Michael
how exactly will these light-sensitive chloride pumps get into the brains of already-living sick people?
It's still early, but I hear they are also working on an automated delivery system
I thought all they did at Fark was hack Photoshop and drool over Anne Coulter. They say stuff, too?
(oh, I'm gonna pay for that)
Art Bell has him on allowance.
Cover your windows with tin foil and never leave the house. Works for me.
I thought he meant constant miles.
I like the link thingies better. :)