YOu really should have called the ambulance for that bottle up your ass. They can make sure it doesn't break on the way to the hospital. They also know not to take rush hour traffic routes to a hospital;)
Americans drive left-hand drive cars and drive on the right hand side of the road. I had to take travel sickness tablets after watching that.
Umm.. the guy was driving on a single-direction highway, with a camera mounted to the front of the car in a neutral location. It doesn't matter if the driver is inside of a gyroscope spinning around, flicking buttons continuously to make the car go, it's going to be the same view. Just imagine the drivers in the right-hand side, then your sickness tablets will be saved.
The roads are a lot wider? Is that because the US has bigger cars?
No, it's basically to allow you more cushion between you and your neighbor on the road. It allows us to get from point-A to point-B without superficial damage to our vehicles. Nevermind the fact that the view was of a major interstate highway that carries commercial traffic also. Aussie cars are the same size as American cars relatively.. hell, I have an Aussie-built car sold in both Oz and America and made in Adelaide, I should know.
That reminds me of when I went from Maryland to Arizona to go back home after visiting my parents. I wanted to see what Route 66 was like so I started driving on it... I went a couple miles, picked up some speed, was really enjoying it (right besides I-40...) then suddenly it just ended! LOL
I've never seen a Jeep Grand Cherokee slide to a stop so fast:P No signs, nothing.. just.. ended...
I-40 was the replacement for Route 66... it runs pretty much parallel to it.
I have people trying that all the time around here, on a 4 lane highway with traffic everywhere.
It's kind of funny actually, someone with a hopped up honda or something coming up behind me, and blinking their lights like their on the autobahn or something ahah... Of course, I don't think that they realize that if I manage to find a way to get out of the way, the person in front of me, or the person in front of them, or the person in front of them, might not. (think full lanes)
Usually the first thing that pops in my head when someone does that is, "Who the hell do you think *you* are?"
Easy to learn, maybe, but I wouldn't call it programming.
I could care less what you would call it, Assembly Language is the purest of programming. It's not a high-level programming language, and that's why it doesn't have some of these "major concepts" that you talk about. The high-level languages abstract those ideas into themselves.
As far as her learning it, I don't think it'd be the best language either... but have a little respect in yourself. You're on Slashdot, man... it's best not to deny the one true language as "not being programming" Remember that the next time you compile the x86 branch of the linux kernel and the "as" app is called.
When you are burnt enough times, you tend to believe that fire is hot:) It's along the same lines...
Although just analyzing the situation I really think she was just wondering what he does with the computer, in a parent sort of way. I'm not knocking being a woman, nor being "old". Most of the people at my job are older than I am and are programmers. No women coders though, but that's a different story.
No... a language is different. A language has sounds, which properly put together form words, and those words used in certain ways form sentences which you must use in a certain way in order to make sense. Think of a human language as a network protocol, sort of.
A computer programming language is a blueprint of what you want the computer to do. You don't have to learn the intricities of a real lexicon to program a computer, believe me. If that were the case, there'd be a whole lot less programmers in this world. I've known some damn lazy programmers.
Yeah, debian is excellent for older hardware. Whenever I need to put a linux distribution onto my 133mhz laptop, or one of my older machines that aren't my laptop, I always use Debian. I'm a Gentoo person, at that:)
Apache isn't well optomized for Windows (it creates like 500 threads instead of an IO completion port or something).
They went with the threading model because it's relatively inexpensive in Windows to create threads. That's one of the reasons why Apache 2.x is considered Apache For Windows to many....
Come on, that's hardly Windows causing that; the attacker is.
It's because there's a silly exploit. If silly exploits like that didn't exist for longer than 1 week, his log wouldn't have those things in it.
Ah well, I better put on my flamesafe suit - I forgot to criticize Microsoft...
You might want to get it right. You're going to get flamed because your insinuating that somehow XP and Win2K are somehow stable when you really use the subsystems.
Of course you CAN make them unstable, but that goes for PenguinWare as well...
Installing software is not considered "making them unstable."
Ahh don't let them get you all worked up. It seems that some people insist that Windows is rock solid even real life proof shoved in their face.
My opinion is this... it's fine and dandy that some people like how the interface on Windows is, and how well the different applications interoperate. However, when an operating system that's obviously geared towards a hands-on approach is heralded as the next coming of christ in the server room, that's when I worry. This is totally forgetting about any stability issues or compatibility issues.
It seems that 90% of the cars sold here have automatic transmission which negatively affects gas mileage quite a bit.
That "quite a bit" is like 2mph or so. Not a significant amount if you like a slushbox. I personally love a manual, but I know they can be nice sometimes.
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That's hilarious! ;)
Flamebait for telling the truth ahah...
It's fun coming back to see how vindictive moderators are
Nah, I drive a Mercury Capri XR2.. they were made from 1991 to 1994 there.
:)
I think your right about the perception of a wide road being from the low viewpoint.. it reminds me of just about every highway west of the rockies.
I've travelled that path.. I have to say it's pretty much mundane, and normal. Well, once you get out of Los Angeles
YOu really should have called the ambulance for that bottle up your ass. They can make sure it doesn't break on the way to the hospital. ;)
They also know not to take rush hour traffic routes to a hospital
Americans drive left-hand drive cars and drive on the right hand side of the road. I had to take travel sickness tablets after watching that.
Umm.. the guy was driving on a single-direction highway, with a camera mounted to the front of the car in a neutral location. It doesn't matter if the driver is inside of a gyroscope spinning around, flicking buttons continuously to make the car go, it's going to be the same view. Just imagine the drivers in the right-hand side, then your sickness tablets will be saved.
The roads are a lot wider? Is that because the US has bigger cars?
No, it's basically to allow you more cushion between you and your neighbor on the road. It allows us to get from point-A to point-B without superficial damage to our vehicles. Nevermind the fact that the view was of a major interstate highway that carries commercial traffic also. Aussie cars are the same size as American cars relatively.. hell, I have an Aussie-built car sold in both Oz and America and made in Adelaide, I should know.
That reminds me of when I went from Maryland to Arizona to go back home after visiting my parents. I wanted to see what Route 66 was like so I started driving on it... I went a couple miles, picked up some speed, was really enjoying it (right besides I-40...) then suddenly it just ended! LOL
:P No signs, nothing.. just.. ended...
I've never seen a Jeep Grand Cherokee slide to a stop so fast
I-40 was the replacement for Route 66... it runs pretty much parallel to it.
why, for not following florida highway code?
I have people trying that all the time around here, on a 4 lane highway with traffic everywhere.
It's kind of funny actually, someone with a hopped up honda or something coming up behind me, and blinking their lights like their on the autobahn or something ahah...
Of course, I don't think that they realize that if I manage to find a way to get out of the way, the person in front of me, or the person in front of them, or the person in front of them, might not. (think full lanes)
Usually the first thing that pops in my head when someone does that is, "Who the hell do you think *you* are?"
Easy to learn, maybe, but I wouldn't call it programming.
I could care less what you would call it, Assembly Language is the purest of programming. It's not a high-level programming language, and that's why it doesn't have some of these "major concepts" that you talk about. The high-level languages abstract those ideas into themselves.
As far as her learning it, I don't think it'd be the best language either... but have a little respect in yourself. You're on Slashdot, man... it's best not to deny the one true language as "not being programming" Remember that the next time you compile the x86 branch of the linux kernel and the "as" app is called.
When you are burnt enough times, you tend to believe that fire is hot :) It's along the same lines...
Although just analyzing the situation I really think she was just wondering what he does with the computer, in a parent sort of way.
I'm not knocking being a woman, nor being "old". Most of the people at my job are older than I am and are programmers. No women coders though, but that's a different story.
I don't mean to be a stickler, but that would require the person to actually have something in their .bash_history file.
If a user has been using the GUI since day 1 (beginner...) they more than likely haven't been typing in the a command prompt.
No... a language is different.
A language has sounds, which properly put together form words, and those words used in certain ways form sentences which you must use in a certain way in order to make sense. Think of a human language as a network protocol, sort of.
A computer programming language is a blueprint of what you want the computer to do. You don't have to learn the intricities of a real lexicon to program a computer, believe me.
If that were the case, there'd be a whole lot less programmers in this world. I've known some damn lazy programmers.
Windows options: Linux, OS/2 (with gnu extensions), Solaris, BeOS.
Sure, 2 of them are dead but the support is still there in the community.
doom and all it's hybrids :D
They work under SVGAlib.
There are quite a few SVGAlib games.
Boy, you catch on pretty quick :)
I think it has alot to do with the fact that slackware doesn't really have a repository system at all. It's merely a bunch of tarballs.
That could possibly be the whole reason why dependencies aren't managed....
(wipes sarcasm off of floor)
Yeah, debian is excellent for older hardware. Whenever I need to put a linux distribution onto my 133mhz laptop, or one of my older machines that aren't my laptop, I always use Debian. I'm a Gentoo person, at that :)
Both have their place...
Well there's no real doubt that for most tasks GUI is faster. If your tools are right there in front of you, it makes it quicker and more intuitive.
However, "most tasks" being the key phrase. Administration and that type of thing is much easier and quicker once I hit a command prompt.
Apache isn't well optomized for Windows (it creates like 500 threads instead of an IO completion port or something).
They went with the threading model because it's relatively inexpensive in Windows to create threads. That's one of the reasons why Apache 2.x is considered Apache For Windows to many....
Come on, that's hardly Windows causing that; the attacker is.
It's because there's a silly exploit. If silly exploits like that didn't exist for longer than 1 week, his log wouldn't have those things in it.
Ah well, I better put on my flamesafe suit - I forgot to criticize Microsoft...
You might want to get it right. You're going to get flamed because your insinuating that somehow XP and Win2K are somehow stable when you really use the subsystems.
Of course you CAN make them unstable, but that goes for PenguinWare as well...
Installing software is not considered "making them unstable."
What I fail to understand is why anyone would need a gui at all on a headless embedded system. (!)
Isn't that like having a picture nailed to the inside of the drywall that makes your wall?
The question you need to ask yourself is "Why?"
Yep.. everyone knows that hardware issues are remedied by a reinstall of Windows :)
Ahh don't let them get you all worked up. It seems that some people insist that Windows is rock solid even real life proof shoved in their face.
My opinion is this... it's fine and dandy that some people like how the interface on Windows is, and how well the different applications interoperate. However, when an operating system that's obviously geared towards a hands-on approach is heralded as the next coming of christ in the server room, that's when I worry. This is totally forgetting about any stability issues or compatibility issues.
It seems that 90% of the cars sold here have automatic transmission which negatively affects gas mileage quite a bit.
That "quite a bit" is like 2mph or so. Not a significant amount if you like a slushbox.
I personally love a manual, but I know they can be nice sometimes.
It also has alot to do with the stringent emissions control features that are tacked onto American vehicles to conform to Federal regulations.