I think even those will be lost over a century. A hundred years from now "Star Wars" might be mentioned in some kind of documentary on film history, in a node far, far away in whatever hypermedium they live in then (who will care and be aware that they can access it?). Films will probably have been a quaint form of entertainment for those poor folks who lived a hundred years ago.
Copying and pasting code should generally be avoided (refactored instead of duplicated if possible). Otherwise, if there is a bug in the code copied, you have to fix it in multiple places.
Gasp, you have to fix it in multiple places? Sorry, but compared to refactoring, that is much faster. Especially if you're programming professionally, you avoid refactoring and copy/paste like a WINNER! Refactoring is a waste of time on code that you're probably going to throw away anyway. Refactoring (except when necessary) is a best practice only for people who write books or blogs, not for real programmers. Refactor only after you copy/pasted at least 10 times and you're pretty sure that you'll have to do it many more times.
It's a bit of a strawman, since everybody wasn't stopping by the library every evening before the internet (laugh). Now a lot more people do, in a way, online; of course a lot more people also do the equivalent of going to pubs or other kinds of entertainment, but that's fine too.
I don't think it's a waste, anyway. Investment in information-age infrastructure. In the 50s, how expensive it was to build all those highways! Yeah, but look at how much easier it is to get (things) from here to there. Relative to the previous economy it was a huge cost, but then again you also boosted the economy. (Maybe "economy" has a bad connotation; I should say "productivity" or "power" (to do things).) Could've saved by riding around on horses, but then "lost" a lot more. The boost we get from the internet enables us to tackle problems we previously couldn't. I don't think we should be trying to save energy, instead we should be trying to figure out how to make more of it! (And how to get rid of the waste properly, too.)
Calling people idiots. He's young looking, maybe not so mature? Let's see, what has Jim Zemlin done... The about him from his blog. His staff page at the Linux foundation. Seems like... a manager in marketing? Aside from blabbing off, what are his contributions?
Depends where the postage-stamp sized display is. People could wear goggles instead of monitors, or eventually retinal projectors attached to their glasses. You think it's funny, but I remember when people started talking on mobile phones how odd they seemed to be, talking to themselves. It'll seem weird at first when people are gesturing and manipulating things that aren't there, but people will get used to it.
If you write a WWW application that uses HTML, anything can use it.
I think you've hit on the next idea. Why even refer to it as Firefox? Just an unpronounceable symbol, The Application Formerly Known as Firefox. ("Application", because why call it a browser? (But is anything really being "applied"...?))
As a Perl programmer, I find it strange to see someone arguing that Python has an English-like syntax. For one thing, I guess you've forgotten "def", "len", (for that matter, "print", "return", and "break" are a bit awkward on a natural English level, though obviously not specific to Python. "pass" what? "try"...."except" - so I should try everything except these ones? "while True" (with an unnatural capitalized "True") "yield" a....generator, mkay....). I find it strange because it's usually the opposite of what Python lovers argue. Compared to Perl, which Pythonistas generally abhor due to its complicated (natural!) syntax, Python is supposed to be a model of sterile cleanliness and simplicity -- which is about like trying to write poetry in Lojban.
Are we reading the same article? The one I see has nothing about venture capitalists, and says the execs departed. The summary seems like it was written by a paranoid schizophrenic after I read the article.
If you were solving a math problem, would you prefer to type it in, or to write it on a notepad? Do you think that a physicist would be more free to make abstractions by typing his solutions, or by scribbling on a chalkboard? Tapping 50 or so keys with 10 fingertips is surely not the most expressive interface there can be.
Slashdot Mirror
No, no, TSA = Transportation Security Administration, but security != safety. Consider: "the prisoners are secure" vs. "the prisoners are safe".
I think even those will be lost over a century. A hundred years from now "Star Wars" might be mentioned in some kind of documentary on film history, in a node far, far away in whatever hypermedium they live in then (who will care and be aware that they can access it?). Films will probably have been a quaint form of entertainment for those poor folks who lived a hundred years ago.
Copying and pasting code should generally be avoided (refactored instead of duplicated if possible). Otherwise, if there is a bug in the code copied, you have to fix it in multiple places.
Gasp, you have to fix it in multiple places? Sorry, but compared to refactoring, that is much faster. Especially if you're programming professionally, you avoid refactoring and copy/paste like a WINNER! Refactoring is a waste of time on code that you're probably going to throw away anyway. Refactoring (except when necessary) is a best practice only for people who write books or blogs, not for real programmers. Refactor only after you copy/pasted at least 10 times and you're pretty sure that you'll have to do it many more times.
It's a bit of a strawman, since everybody wasn't stopping by the library every evening before the internet (laugh). Now a lot more people do, in a way, online; of course a lot more people also do the equivalent of going to pubs or other kinds of entertainment, but that's fine too.
I don't think it's a waste, anyway. Investment in information-age infrastructure. In the 50s, how expensive it was to build all those highways! Yeah, but look at how much easier it is to get (things) from here to there. Relative to the previous economy it was a huge cost, but then again you also boosted the economy. (Maybe "economy" has a bad connotation; I should say "productivity" or "power" (to do things).) Could've saved by riding around on horses, but then "lost" a lot more. The boost we get from the internet enables us to tackle problems we previously couldn't. I don't think we should be trying to save energy, instead we should be trying to figure out how to make more of it! (And how to get rid of the waste properly, too.)
Also why we have Wikileaks and Anonymous. Consent of the (governed) governing is not required or desirable.
I remember Emacs was going to switch to Guile back in, oh....around 2000? hmmm, around the same time Perl 6 was conceived. Millennium mania?
Of course.... this story has....nothing to do with....Code::Blocks. But we surely appreciate your zealous albeit irrelevant input, sergeant.
I'm yet to use it for a real project
LOL. Oh, wasn't that meant to be funny?
Calling people idiots. He's young looking, maybe not so mature? Let's see, what has Jim Zemlin done... The about him from his blog. His staff page at the Linux foundation. Seems like... a manager in marketing? Aside from blabbing off, what are his contributions?
Well, personally I still hesitate when I see products beginning with 'i' because of integrated graphics cards like the i810.
Depends where the postage-stamp sized display is. People could wear goggles instead of monitors, or eventually retinal projectors attached to their glasses. You think it's funny, but I remember when people started talking on mobile phones how odd they seemed to be, talking to themselves. It'll seem weird at first when people are gesturing and manipulating things that aren't there, but people will get used to it.
If you write a WWW application that uses HTML, anything can use it.
I think you've hit on the next idea. Why even refer to it as Firefox? Just an unpronounceable symbol, The Application Formerly Known as Firefox. ("Application", because why call it a browser? (But is anything really being "applied"...?))
Yeah, coz the FBI don't lie.
Republicans dont care if ...
...look at the individual, not the party.
Ahem, take your own advice?
What does "serve the economy" mean? Sounds like some fascist slogan.
[I don't] suffer fools gladly is a crude way of pointing out that you're an arrogant douchebag.
Probably why St. Paul used it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffer_fools_gladly
dander is redneck slang for anger.
There's a good explanation of its origins here: http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/5/messages/289.html
I tried DuckDuckGo recently, but the results SuckSuckNo.
As a Perl programmer, I find it strange to see someone arguing that Python has an English-like syntax. For one thing, I guess you've forgotten "def", "len", (for that matter, "print", "return", and "break" are a bit awkward on a natural English level, though obviously not specific to Python. "pass" what? "try"...."except" - so I should try everything except these ones? "while True" (with an unnatural capitalized "True") "yield" a....generator, mkay....). I find it strange because it's usually the opposite of what Python lovers argue. Compared to Perl, which Pythonistas generally abhor due to its complicated (natural!) syntax, Python is supposed to be a model of sterile cleanliness and simplicity -- which is about like trying to write poetry in Lojban.
Are we reading the same article? The one I see has nothing about venture capitalists, and says the execs departed. The summary seems like it was written by a paranoid schizophrenic after I read the article.
The mid 1990s also called, and they want their WebRing back.
or "alloc"
Your pay is inversely proportional to how much you work, so actual workers weren't wealth pumpees.
We secretly want to improve everything and if we had the resources to do so, the world could be amazing.
Enginertopia
The desire to "improve" everything can also lead to a dystopia....
If you were solving a math problem, would you prefer to type it in, or to write it on a notepad? Do you think that a physicist would be more free to make abstractions by typing his solutions, or by scribbling on a chalkboard? Tapping 50 or so keys with 10 fingertips is surely not the most expressive interface there can be.
There's no visual do-it-yourself heart transplant tools either. For a reason
The primitive programming tools available make it too difficult to implement?