I loved Sim Earth. Thanks for the very educational link. I may be very naive in believing that since the chemical make up of planets vary from our Solar System and would vary even more from galaxy to galaxy that there would be a high chance of O2 existing on a planet without life. The abundance of C02 having to be converted to O2 by only life I'm not sure is a constant for all planets. Again though, I could be wrong and am basing this on nothing but intuition. I thought I remember from chemistry that there were chemical reactions that would release O2 from CO2 or H2O. Maybe I've just had too many beers since then. Anyway, thanks again for the link. Very interesting. Mod him up!:)
How can you quote the specific example of the NYC justice system protecting your job and your employer, then ignore it in your response?
I didn't. The justice system might protect my employer and my employer are already paying taxes for that. There is no need for me to pay additional taxes because I logon into a machine that falls in their police jurisdiction.
How should NYC pay for the costs of legislating, policing, and judging the protections of the workers while they're telecommunting to NYC businesses? Or any of the other municipal/state costs that keep NYC such a great place to work, even virtually?
How much does NYC pay of my telecom bill to access the network in New York? It's your Verizons or your Sprints that are paying for the infrastructure not New York City's government. Conversely how much is the company that is IN New York paying in taxes? You talk about the Dark Ages, does that include Government Greed? If I'm sitting in Kansas City (which I am), working for a company on Long Island (which I am), why the heck does NY deserve my money? The taxes I pay here will go to Kansas Schools (No evolution jokes allowed), but money I would pay to NY would be completely lost to me. I think it's only right to pass a bill of this nature.
>Finally, Java makes it hard to add debug functionality
>into your code without a performance hit.
You are utterly clueless about Java. Log4j: if(_log.isDebugEnabled()) _log.("tiny hit on this");
His point is that that is a runtime check. While the application is running it has to ask LOG4J the question "Am I in DEBUG mode?" This takes takes a few cycles to check the variable in memory to see what debug level we are in.
On the other hand the with C you can put #ifdef statements in code to tell the compiler to completely include or exclude sections of code based on a compile time variable. This increases the efficiency of non-debug builds because no runtime checks are made.
The disadvantage of the second approach is that you have to have separate builds for debug and production versions, whereas with LOG4J you can dynamically change the level using a config file. You might even be able to change the logging level at runtime* (not sure about this, but I don't see why not).
The guys over in Apache claim that debug level check's "cost is typically in the 5 to 50 nanosecond range" This being the case, it's really a non-issue IMHO. But I do believe the original poster knows what he is talking about.
There is always the argument: Why should you care, if you have nothing to hide?
There are certain things in my life I don't want public, but if some wank job in Virginia wants to know where I spend my money what do I care? I'm not doing anything illegal. If allowing him to see how much money I spend at Outback helps them capture people doing money laundering or worse. I'm willing to make the sacrifice.
Is it even possible to have a monopoly in the OSS market?
Yes. Corporations desire the cost efficiency, stability, features, and "coolness" of using OSS. However, they need to have the security blanket of support to the caliber that IBM would provide (snicker). If something breaks and the developers can't fix it, they want to be able to go to the source. The perceived source would be the company that is distributing and managing the software, i.e. RedHat.
I think it's a good move by RedHat to act as the corporate intermediary to the OSS way of life.
Isn't it true that the coffee content could only be accessed if someone hacked into the software to expose the hidden libraries. It's one thing, if you could click up up down down... to get the content, but it doesn't seem fair to blame ESRB for not being psychic. The industry doesn't understand this.
On the other hand how could you expect someone to view all the content in a Final Fantasy game with who knows how many hours of content to rate the content propperly. I think the software makers should be more responsible to code to a particular rating much like movie makers do. They should be fined if they don't meet the rating they certified it's product to. Just a thought.
In the new system, federal regulators will be checking to see that companies are keeping diversity data on all applicants, according to a new, more uniform definition of "applicant."
How is this going to effect the computer programmer/contracting positions. We are currently hiring and most of our applicants are of Asian decent. Does this mean that we are not picking "randomly" enough or that we are racist against white developers? I wonder if we hire a lot of Indians it will balance out all the white management we have. This is such a grey area and I'm really not sure what they expect to accomplish.
Why not just let them be happy? I give respect to those who can find a way to be happy even if it is "uncool". So what if you don't get married. Many times in life wives/husbands/girlfriends/boyfriends leave while friends remain until the end. I rather be an elite game master than be someone who works out to please others, gets plastered every weekend, yet feels completely empty inside.
What's next? No Boxing!? No martial arts!? Anything can be positive in a controlled environment. I think the problem is parents aren't taking the responsibility to control their children's gaming habits.
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I loved Sim Earth. Thanks for the very educational link. I may be very naive in believing that since the chemical make up of planets vary from our Solar System and would vary even more from galaxy to galaxy that there would be a high chance of O2 existing on a planet without life. The abundance of C02 having to be converted to O2 by only life I'm not sure is a constant for all planets. Again though, I could be wrong and am basing this on nothing but intuition. I thought I remember from chemistry that there were chemical reactions that would release O2 from CO2 or H2O. Maybe I've just had too many beers since then. Anyway, thanks again for the link. Very interesting. Mod him up! :)
From the article:
...but not life!
"'This gives you some information on habitability,' said Wesley Traub, chief scientist on the US space agency's (Nasa) Navigator Program..."
How can you quote the specific example of the NYC justice system protecting your job and your employer, then ignore it in your response?
I didn't. The justice system might protect my employer and my employer are already paying taxes for that. There is no need for me to pay additional taxes because I logon into a machine that falls in their police jurisdiction.
How should NYC pay for the costs of legislating, policing, and judging the protections of the workers while they're telecommunting to NYC businesses? Or any of the other municipal/state costs that keep NYC such a great place to work, even virtually?
How much does NYC pay of my telecom bill to access the network in New York? It's your Verizons or your Sprints that are paying for the infrastructure not New York City's government. Conversely how much is the company that is IN New York paying in taxes? You talk about the Dark Ages, does that include Government Greed? If I'm sitting in Kansas City (which I am), working for a company on Long Island (which I am), why the heck does NY deserve my money? The taxes I pay here will go to Kansas Schools (No evolution jokes allowed), but money I would pay to NY would be completely lost to me. I think it's only right to pass a bill of this nature.
You are right. I misread the summary. I apologize for reading to fast. Thanks for clearing things up, even if it wasn't in the nicest way.
Where is the revenue if it's free?
>Finally, Java makes it hard to add debug functionality
>into your code without a performance hit.
You are utterly clueless about Java. Log4j: if(_log.isDebugEnabled()) _log.("tiny hit on this");
His point is that that is a runtime check. While the application is running it has to ask LOG4J the question "Am I in DEBUG mode?" This takes takes a few cycles to check the variable in memory to see what debug level we are in.
On the other hand the with C you can put #ifdef statements in code to tell the compiler to completely include or exclude sections of code based on a compile time variable. This increases the efficiency of non-debug builds because no runtime checks are made.
The disadvantage of the second approach is that you have to have separate builds for debug and production versions, whereas with LOG4J you can dynamically change the level using a config file. You might even be able to change the logging level at runtime* (not sure about this, but I don't see why not).
The guys over in Apache claim that debug level check's "cost is typically in the 5 to 50 nanosecond range" This being the case, it's really a non-issue IMHO. But I do believe the original poster knows what he is talking about.
~Justin
There is always the argument: Why should you care, if you have nothing to hide?
There are certain things in my life I don't want public, but if some wank job in Virginia wants to know where I spend my money what do I care? I'm not doing anything illegal. If allowing him to see how much money I spend at Outback helps them capture people doing money laundering or worse. I'm willing to make the sacrifice.
How can there NOT be any World of Warcraft references posted? Need roll FTW!
Is it even possible to have a monopoly in the OSS market?
Yes. Corporations desire the cost efficiency, stability, features, and "coolness" of using OSS. However, they need to have the security blanket of support to the caliber that IBM would provide (snicker). If something breaks and the developers can't fix it, they want to be able to go to the source. The perceived source would be the company that is distributing and managing the software, i.e. RedHat.
I think it's a good move by RedHat to act as the corporate intermediary to the OSS way of life.
Curious Matrix is the coolest looking cat. No real point her, but that is an awesome pattern.
Isn't it true that the coffee content could only be accessed if someone hacked into the software to expose the hidden libraries. It's one thing, if you could click up up down down... to get the content, but it doesn't seem fair to blame ESRB for not being psychic. The industry doesn't understand this.
On the other hand how could you expect someone to view all the content in a Final Fantasy game with who knows how many hours of content to rate the content propperly. I think the software makers should be more responsible to code to a particular rating much like movie makers do. They should be fined if they don't meet the rating they certified it's product to. Just a thought.
In the new system, federal regulators will be checking to see that companies are keeping diversity data on all applicants, according to a new, more uniform definition of "applicant."
How is this going to effect the computer programmer/contracting positions. We are currently hiring and most of our applicants are of Asian decent. Does this mean that we are not picking "randomly" enough or that we are racist against white developers? I wonder if we hire a lot of Indians it will balance out all the white management we have. This is such a grey area and I'm really not sure what they expect to accomplish.
I wonder if McDonalds will start tracking where we go after we scarf down a Big McRFID.
"He says he doesn't believe Mr. Schmidt..."
Denial is the first step to inner peace.
"President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency"
LOL
Thanks....I think. :)
~If you are lazy and happy...Why work hard to be happy?~
Why not just let them be happy? I give respect to those who can find a way to be happy even if it is "uncool". So what if you don't get married. Many times in life wives/husbands/girlfriends/boyfriends leave while friends remain until the end. I rather be an elite game master than be someone who works out to please others, gets plastered every weekend, yet feels completely empty inside.
What's next? No Boxing!? No martial arts!? Anything can be positive in a controlled environment. I think the problem is parents aren't taking the responsibility to control their children's gaming habits.
Isn't there some rule of thumb - never fight evil with evil? This is a vigilante approach which is reserved exclusively for BATMAN
In Microsoft's white paper on Output Protection:
t _protect.mspx/
"This paper discusses the mechanisms to protect against hardware attacks when playing premium content that are planned for the Microsoft® Windows®"
So what I want to know is, when was the last time you were attacked by your hardware?
Here is a link to the white paper - http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/stream/outpu
Me-> Who's your daddy Alice-> I was programmed by Dr. Richard S. Wallace. *smile* At least she knows her place.
Alice: No I have not?
Me: No you have not what?
Alice: Are you serious? I don't think I ever have what. What's it like?
"I don't think I ever have what" Do they have grammar check on this thing?