...is for the publicity. If they had simply ignored
this blog, who would know about this company whose
initials are TP? Now everyone on slashdot, among other
web forums, knows. Troll successful.
print "Customer #@{[$c->id]} has @{[scalar @{$c->acct_a_list}]} A accounts " . "and @{[scalar @{$c->acct_b_list}]}\n";
as (though indented...)
printf "Customer #%s has %s A accounts and %s\n", $c->id, scalar(@{$c->acct_a_list}), scalar(@{$c->acct_a_list});
The problem of `length' not working as you'd expect
it to on lists is supposed to be fixed in perl 6. Maybe
Ruby and Perl 6 won't be very different syntaxically.
There's a big difference between the two in terms of community and history, however. So I think it ultimately
comes down to choosing which community you want to belong to.
These have been slow and calculated moves! They have been planning on attacking the P2P networks, getting people to switch to legally downloaded media formats (which basically eliminate distribution costs as the RIAA doesn't even pay for it), and now they want to end recordable media!
I think it also serves as a kind of publicity move.
Keeping music or movies in the public attention,
maintaining the impression that there are hordes of people
listening to their music and watching their movies,
which makes more people want to do that.
I've never really liked calling a Game's 'AI' Artificial Intelligence for one reason - they don't learn. It's always seemed more of what I'd call Simulated Intelligence.
That's a good point about them not learning, but in that
case the distinction doesn't seem to be between Artificial and Simulated. More like Intelligence versus... I dunno, Behavior.
Have you programmed in Lisp? I haven't used it much,
but when I did it seemed elegant and natural.
It's kind of like the difference between infix and postfix notation:
2 + 4 * 3
vs.
2 4 3 * +
It might take a little practice to get used to postfix
notation, but there are clear advantages to it. The reason I don't generally use Lisp isn't its syntax, but rather that I couldn't find sufficient libraries for it.
It's funny, because I've heard the opposite explanation. That they drive on the left-hand side in the UK because they wanted to have their sword ready in case the other man attacked.:)
chips: n. [British] Fried potatoes cut into thick rectangular strips. see fries [American].
Or "potatoes cut into thick rectangular strips and then fried". Cutting fried potatoes to make french fries would be kind of silly.:) (Incidentally, in French you use the same word as Americans do for chips, though it's pronounced like "sheeps". They also say "frites" (or "pommes frites"), which means the same thing as "fries" (or "frieds", I guess).)
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Don't put easter eggs like Hot Coffee in.
...is for the publicity. If they had simply ignored this blog, who would know about this company whose initials are TP? Now everyone on slashdot, among other web forums, knows. Troll successful.
"Slashdot editors post exponentially increasing number of dupes"
Give me a break, "most Americans" do not play Flash games. What do you base that on?
Whoever named eDonkey must be an eJackass.
This story was posted a million years ago. What is with the editors nowadays?
Once we control the spice, we control the worm.
Someone is going to have to start a senior citizen version of slashdot soon. :)
If only Reed and Kellogg had known about XML in the 19th century.... :)
I'd normally write
as (though indented...)
The problem of `length' not working as you'd expect it to on lists is supposed to be fixed in perl 6. Maybe Ruby and Perl 6 won't be very different syntaxically. There's a big difference between the two in terms of community and history, however. So I think it ultimately comes down to choosing which community you want to belong to.
For what it's worth, I also immediately thought of Lisp after reading your original comment.
Yet another bit of culture ruined by commercialization. I'm never watching the olympics again.
I think it also serves as a kind of publicity move. Keeping music or movies in the public attention, maintaining the impression that there are hordes of people listening to their music and watching their movies, which makes more people want to do that.
You mean the highest priority for the media and general public, who also accord a high priority to NASCAR racing and Janet Jackson's nipple.
A prelude to "Hot Coffee"? :)
That's a good point about them not learning, but in that case the distinction doesn't seem to be between Artificial and Simulated. More like Intelligence versus... I dunno, Behavior.
Have you programmed in Lisp? I haven't used it much, but when I did it seemed elegant and natural. It's kind of like the difference between infix and postfix notation:
vs.
It might take a little practice to get used to postfix notation, but there are clear advantages to it. The reason I don't generally use Lisp isn't its syntax, but rather that I couldn't find sufficient libraries for it.
It's funny, because I've heard the opposite explanation. That they drive on the left-hand side in the UK because they wanted to have their sword ready in case the other man attacked. :)
As if anybody here knows what a female orgasm is like. :)
I can't touch your play on words, but I note for trivia purposes that most of the world drives on the right.
My inner child, that is!
How badass do you have to be to breath metal?
Or "potatoes cut into thick rectangular strips and then fried". Cutting fried potatoes to make french fries would be kind of silly. :) (Incidentally, in French you use the same word as Americans do for chips, though it's pronounced like "sheeps". They also say "frites" (or "pommes frites"), which means the same thing as "fries" (or "frieds", I guess).)
Try telling that to Girls Gone Wild!
More hardcore pixel-on-pixel action!