No no, you've either got it all wrong or you're making a satire of other comments saying similar things. I just saw the odd spelling and thought "that's funny!" without regard to the actual content of your post. I wasn't being serious, and it's kind of ironic that you accused me of missing the joke in your post when you seem to have missed it in mine.:-)
"pwnz"? Is this some sort of new varition on "0wnz"? Could it be that in some more years of trying to set themselves apart through unusual 5pe|_|_1ng, the 31337 communities of tomorrow will degenerate into incomprehensible gibberish as everyone tries to be slightly different?
Some pages have links in them for "back" "forward" "up" and such in a standardized way. Some browsers support toolbars to navigate these. Is it too much to ask that a browser prefetch the next page?
Can they please fix the bug, though, that causes a new HTTP request if I want to view the source? Why can't it just use cached HTML?
I imagine that you could work around that by installing a caching proxy server on localhost. Assuming your computer isn't ass-slow, it should speed things up a bit.
What I can't figure out is that relatively simple GUI-based desktop applications that spend most of their time waiting for the user, something that Python could handle perfectly, tend to be written in C. At the same time, websites on high load webservers are written in PHP, which is horribly inefficient compared to C in processor use.
I think a large part of that is distribution---C may not be the best language for GUI programs, but it sure is easy to distribute. You don't have to worry about whether or not your user has Python installed, or if you should bring along python23.dll, or what; you just have to send some binaries over.
Of course, it is simpler in the Linux/BSD/MacOSX worlds, where various scripting languages are generally installed by default or easily installed by a dependency manager. Python 2.3's release date was actually changed to coincide with a new version of OS X, so you can count on support there. But on Windows, C/C++/.NET/who-knows-what-else reigns supreme.
Personally, I think Slashdot needs to be re-written in C. See my journal for the complete idea.
NEWS FLASH: buffer overflow hole found in Slashcode! Quickly taking advantage of this newfound opportunity, a rather clever hacker set a trained Bayesian filter loose on Slashdot's posts, deleting all that got marked as "lame". In one epic few hours, Slashdot was purged of all the accumulated filth of the years, everyone's karma was set to 42, and the "Caldera" section was renamed "SCO: Litigious Bastards". The editors declared this a day of rejoicing, and set the karma of Micah (278) to 43 for suggesting that slashdot be rewritten in C.
Seriously, I'm not knocking the idea, just having fun with it. Although I would prefer a fast language without the usual pointer and buffer problems, like OCaml.
The problem is that this guy is supporting spammers in the worst way: giving them money, which keeps them in business spamming millions of aggravated people.
Scott Richter, who runs a mass e-mailing company called Optinrealbig.com LLC in Westminster, Colo., says about a fifth of those who order his vitamins and other products buy again. "Those repeat buyers help generate a bulk of the revenue," he says.
And this guy says that he reads spams for recreation. I guess he's either a masochist or stupid, probably both since he spends hundreds of dollars keeping spamming scum in business.
Yet she increased her whorings, remembering the days of her youth, when she played the whore in the land of Egypt and lusted after her paramours there, whose members were like those of donkeys, and whose emission was like that of stallions.
Just when you (well, maybe not you) think the Bible is a steaming pile of shit, something like that comes along....
The embedded Postscript fonts don't have to look bad. I advise using GhostScript to view PS and PDF files, since it makes the fonts look nice on the screen. If you use Linux, chances are you already have this installed.
Let me get this straight: Microsoft is making XP more secure in a way that could break some programs (sort of like the grsecurity linux kernel patches break some programs), and you're against that? Sure, it would be nice if it was optional---but it's Microsoft! Doing something about security! Even if it means actually announcing that some programs may be broken!
I'll say. Have you noticed that, despite the fact that there's no real reason to, people stay with keyboards that seem almost designed to slow people down when they're typing in 1337 5P33k3? They put all the numbers up at the top of the keyboard! That's why I use the d00dv0ra|.
I think it may be possible to get pretty far on borrowed intuition. For example, I'm learning some computer science on my own. The other day I wrote my second symbolic differentiation program, and it was pretty elegant---mainly because I remembered the organizational plan from a textbook.
Still, I wouldn't bet on it. It could be that you can only go so far with borrowed aesthetics. But it may be farther than I would think.
I propose that we do away with Acrobat entirely and just use GhostScript. Not only will this let us view most PDF files in a decent way (albeit without some PDF-specific features, IIRC), it will also let us view one of the most neglected file formats I know of: postscript.
Of course, actually implementing this is left as an excersise to the reader.
Well, they do have that bit at the bottom about "licensing". I quote:
PARC is seeking corporate partners interested in leveraging the Obje platform inside their own products and applications. To learn more, please contact Hermann Calabria, Business Development, 650-812-4751.
You should remember that Java "the language" and Java "the platform" are different things, and can be used seperately. For example, Python on the Java VM = Jython.
I've been saying for years "Flash ram is cheap, put some in every device to contain a BASIC device driver. The real driver can then be loaded to deliver the total package."
Please oh please tell me that you capitalized "basic" for emphasis, and you don't mean a device driver written in BASIC. *cower*
Not as cool-looking as a bridge made with carbon nanotubes. Imagine a suspension bridge held up by threads. It would seem to be levitating there, almost. At least, I think it would.
The ping times should be kind of unpleasant, but they shouldn't be too bad. I've heard of ping times of as little as 1 second using satellite internet access, and this shouldn't be much worse.
Oh, you mean like the creepy guy with the anthrax bomb deep inside Fort Knox? Seriously, anything this expensive is going to have excellent security. When it comes to such things as armies and security, you generally get what you pay for. In the USA at least, we've been paying for a lot. I'm not too worried.
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No no, you've either got it all wrong or you're making a satire of other comments saying similar things. I just saw the odd spelling and thought "that's funny!" without regard to the actual content of your post. I wasn't being serious, and it's kind of ironic that you accused me of missing the joke in your post when you seem to have missed it in mine. :-)
The logical progression: ph33r m3 -> |oH133re M33!!!! -> \ohieieieieir3 o|a b1g z/-\mb0n1? -> fu3sd5ahf6ui7ahf89ohw2eroif3!!!!! -> 42.
Some pages have links in them for "back" "forward" "up" and such in a standardized way. Some browsers support toolbars to navigate these. Is it too much to ask that a browser prefetch the next page?
I imagine that you could work around that by installing a caching proxy server on localhost. Assuming your computer isn't ass-slow, it should speed things up a bit.
I think a large part of that is distribution---C may not be the best language for GUI programs, but it sure is easy to distribute. You don't have to worry about whether or not your user has Python installed, or if you should bring along python23.dll, or what; you just have to send some binaries over.
Of course, it is simpler in the Linux/BSD/MacOSX worlds, where various scripting languages are generally installed by default or easily installed by a dependency manager. Python 2.3's release date was actually changed to coincide with a new version of OS X, so you can count on support there. But on Windows, C/C++/.NET/who-knows-what-else reigns supreme.
NEWS FLASH: buffer overflow hole found in Slashcode! Quickly taking advantage of this newfound opportunity, a rather clever hacker set a trained Bayesian filter loose on Slashdot's posts, deleting all that got marked as "lame". In one epic few hours, Slashdot was purged of all the accumulated filth of the years, everyone's karma was set to 42, and the "Caldera" section was renamed "SCO: Litigious Bastards". The editors declared this a day of rejoicing, and set the karma of Micah (278) to 43 for suggesting that slashdot be rewritten in C.
Seriously, I'm not knocking the idea, just having fun with it. Although I would prefer a fast language without the usual pointer and buffer problems, like OCaml.
Yes, you're right that that's the root cause, but I was thinking "the problem I have with this guy".
Ah, I had wondered about that. Thanks for setting me straight. :-)
And this guy says that he reads spams for recreation. I guess he's either a masochist or stupid, probably both since he spends hundreds of dollars keeping spamming scum in business.
Wouldn't the OH- and H+ ions combine to form Hydrogen (I) Oxide?
I remember when people gave examples to back up their assertions rather than just repeating that single sentence.
The embedded Postscript fonts don't have to look bad. I advise using GhostScript to view PS and PDF files, since it makes the fonts look nice on the screen. If you use Linux, chances are you already have this installed.
Let me get this straight: Microsoft is making XP more secure in a way that could break some programs (sort of like the grsecurity linux kernel patches break some programs), and you're against that? Sure, it would be nice if it was optional---but it's Microsoft! Doing something about security! Even if it means actually announcing that some programs may be broken!
Ordinary users shouldn't need to jump-start a car. Therefore, they shouldn't be able to!
I'll say. Have you noticed that, despite the fact that there's no real reason to, people stay with keyboards that seem almost designed to slow people down when they're typing in 1337 5P33k3? They put all the numbers up at the top of the keyboard! That's why I use the d00dv0ra|.
Still, I wouldn't bet on it. It could be that you can only go so far with borrowed aesthetics. But it may be farther than I would think.
Of course, actually implementing this is left as an excersise to the reader.
You should remember that Java "the language" and Java "the platform" are different things, and can be used seperately. For example, Python on the Java VM = Jython.
Please oh please tell me that you capitalized "basic" for emphasis, and you don't mean a device driver written in BASIC. *cower*
Not as cool-looking as a bridge made with carbon nanotubes. Imagine a suspension bridge held up by threads. It would seem to be levitating there, almost. At least, I think it would.
The ping times should be kind of unpleasant, but they shouldn't be too bad. I've heard of ping times of as little as 1 second using satellite internet access, and this shouldn't be much worse.
Oh, you mean like the creepy guy with the anthrax bomb deep inside Fort Knox? Seriously, anything this expensive is going to have excellent security. When it comes to such things as armies and security, you generally get what you pay for. In the USA at least, we've been paying for a lot. I'm not too worried.