C & Fortran represents far more code where I work than C++ (or any other single language solution) and there is not single line of java in production code (we use a lot of Perl in house come to think of it).
I think the main reason is that Fortran can describe the problem space in ways that scientists can use well (and hence is maintainable) and C handles the rest fine.
I don't understand why some many younger people are so quick to put older languages down, my sister has made a small fortune maintaining / extending COBOL apps for various financial institutions using more or less the same method (C & COBOL together). I guess it's because they've never understood the various problem spaces to begin with and see the world in a web-centric sort of way.
We don't use Fortran that much any more, mostly variations of existing code rather than the from the ground up sort of things, but that is exactly how I use it!
Though I had put it down to my comfort with C and the lead propeller head's comfort with Fortran...
I know everyone hasn't already pointed out how silly your comment is but I can't resist... Any parent with adventurous children learns quickly that the trick is have lose enough control that your kids don"t have the perception of being under your control or observation so the quit trying (as the spy novels say) "lose their tail". But your have to be adept and quick enough to prevent them from committing any felonies or terrorist acts. On top of that I want my kids to have some independence so they do stupid childish Eight year old things, and learn not to rather than making it to being a teenager without these lessons and learning them when she has a peer group with motor vehicles.
And as someone else pointed out she is eight and she walks to school (with her younger bother) without supervision (school started last week) and apparently fun & cool (we do live in a very safe city in Austria).
My only real concern is that her brother will antagonize her until he finds himself tied to a freight train head for Timbuktu.
On the RFID thing... in a theme park the kids may think it fun but in the real world it's just an invasion of privacy and kids don't really have any to begin with, so I'd never foist that on any off them it only pushes them away.
The mere thought of me knowing exactly where she was would send my 8 year old into apoplexy. She probably would stick this on the first ugly person she found, preferably some one bound for far, far away...
If these wind generators were significantly more widely distributed (and I see no reason why they can't be) the need for power goes down. Most of the power generated in the US is consumed by the delivery method. If the power is generated where it is used the whole thing becomes cheaper.
Is it just me or does the whole thing sound over whiny, sort of like a Jr. SCO. Honestly I just read the text someone had in the thread so I didn't see the groovy picture claimed to be ITFA. If I was blogging about my companies products... well I guess I'd blog about my companies products and not about IBM's. did I miss something?
A well put phrase: "fascist minimum" I actually was thinking along those lines with a statistical bend: once a society has a given number of Fascist qualities or tendencies (or if the last few administrations have enacted more and more policies which exhibit fascist qualities) you are pretty much safe calling it Fascist. (hence my sig)
Not being a historian I'm not familiar with Paxton and only moderately familiar with the others.
For some reason I find lately that my non-fiction offline reading is work related and my online reading is mostly non-fiction... I hadn't really that, so you've given stuff to read...
I think racism can be a part of fascism if only to unite the unwashed massed against something, but I suppose if the uniting bit has already been done, say with nationalism, then racism need not be a part of Fascism. Although I guess you could argue that Nationalism is just another form of Racism
Oh and in reference to Wikipedia, I don't suppose published historians need to read it (although I wish they'd contribute) but the average/. poster ought to at least scan relevant parts of before posting.
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I think the main reason is that Fortran can describe the problem space in ways that scientists can use well (and hence is maintainable) and C handles the rest fine.
I don't understand why some many younger people are so quick to put older languages down, my sister has made a small fortune maintaining / extending COBOL apps for various financial institutions using more or less the same method (C & COBOL together). I guess it's because they've never understood the various problem spaces to begin with and see the world in a web-centric sort of way.
Though I had put it down to my comfort with C and the lead propeller head's comfort with Fortran...
So that's why the courts have mandated you stay 500 yards away from young boys ;)
I know everyone hasn't already pointed out how silly your comment is but I can't resist... Any parent with adventurous children learns quickly that the trick is have lose enough control that your kids don"t have the perception of being under your control or observation so the quit trying (as the spy novels say) "lose their tail". But your have to be adept and quick enough to prevent them from committing any felonies or terrorist acts. On top of that I want my kids to have some independence so they do stupid childish Eight year old things, and learn not to rather than making it to being a teenager without these lessons and learning them when she has a peer group with motor vehicles.
And as someone else pointed out she is eight and she walks to school (with her younger bother) without supervision (school started last week) and apparently fun & cool (we do live in a very safe city in Austria).
My only real concern is that her brother will antagonize her until he finds himself tied to a freight train head for Timbuktu.
On the RFID thing... in a theme park the kids may think it fun but in the real world it's just an invasion of privacy and kids don't really have any to begin with, so I'd never foist that on any off them it only pushes them away.
"we could Fed-Ex most of population of Earth, to Mars for what we now spend on blowing each other up"
OK how about this argument: "we Fed-Ex most of population of Earth to Mars for what we now spend blowing each other up"
P.S. Carl Sagan was a nifty guy!
If we're not RTFA why should the submitter?
Still if they forgo the usual I'm interested...
The mere thought of me knowing exactly where she was would send my 8 year old into apoplexy. She probably would stick this on the first ugly person she found, preferably some one bound for far, far away...
Actually it's simple to explain: "I don't support Windows"
Both of which are interesting
If these wind generators were significantly more widely distributed (and I see no reason why they can't be) the need for power goes down. Most of the power generated in the US is consumed by the delivery method. If the power is generated where it is used the whole thing becomes cheaper.
The grid itself
Heated Hot water or Chilled Cold water.
All you have to do is free yourself of the plug it in mentality.
You would be better off making hydrogen from electrolysis and then spiking the natural gas supply with it
From the woman who I learned English from:"You can mash potatoes but not buttons"
Ain't EASL great!
To me this is just more evidence of the true value of the old Unix Sys V (n) code. looks like everyone but SCO is moving on to greener pastures.
Is it just me or does the whole thing sound over whiny, sort of like a Jr. SCO. Honestly I just read the text someone had in the thread so I didn't see the groovy picture claimed to be ITFA. If I was blogging about my companies products... well I guess I'd blog about my companies products and not about IBM's. did I miss something?
"The four-way IBM eServer OpenPower 720 .... will use 1.5GHz or 1.65GHz processors and run either Red Hat or SuSE Linux"
They Must be talking about a single proc system, even without AIX it just doesn't fit their pricing scheme.
NetBSD, only because it's the only one which has not supported a device I had. However ports is really, really useful
It's really accurate
The dollar is lower already, 1.23 Euro today and it has not seen one Euro in a long time.
The article talked about ideas for potential successor craft. All I have to say is I hope that they are a LOT faster!
Not being a historian I'm not familiar with Paxton and only moderately familiar with the others.
For some reason I find lately that my non-fiction offline reading is work related and my online reading is mostly non-fiction... I hadn't really that, so you've given stuff to read...
I think racism can be a part of fascism if only to unite the unwashed massed against something, but I suppose if the uniting bit has already been done, say with nationalism, then racism need not be a part of Fascism. Although I guess you could argue that Nationalism is just another form of Racism
Oh and in reference to Wikipedia, I don't suppose published historians need to read it (although I wish they'd contribute) but the average /. poster ought to at least scan relevant parts of before posting.