I remember one of my first ah has with my Palm was the realization that I didn't have to hit save. It just was saved automatically. I could type a few words and hit the off button and it would just be there when I turned it on next. I love this, and wonder how long before the PC interface gets to the steady state point of view.
It's very easy to become a Mason, they even have a little geek speak they put on bumperstickers. "2B1ASK1." You guys just might enjoy it, I do.:) But then, I enjoy old rooms, symbols and secret words. Sounds like programming when I put it that way.
When I took programming class in 1977, we started out with a limited instruction emulated assembler language one of the instructors had designed. Then we learned assembler language, and then finally Fortran and Cobol. This forced us to learn the binary reality of the machine, it's data formats and how it actually worked instruction by instruction. I've met programmers in years since who lacked this approach to training, and thier lack of understanding of binary data representation and the assembler code generated by the higher level compilers always keeps them from reaching the highest levels of proficiency. In programming you will inevitably be faced with situations in which a deep level of what is happening at the assembler and binary level will aid you in solving a problem. It's what separates the good programmers from the excellent programmers.
DirecTV's HD offerings are better than the Time Warner options. One thing I learned is that where I live, in Minneapolis, most of the local channels are already broadcasting digital channels with a lot of HD content. I got the Zenith HD-SAT520 combination DirecTV and love it. Plug a UHF anntenna in, and depending on your area you may be all set to get a wide selection of HDTV programming. You have to get the triple element satellite though, which will cost a little more. I added this set up to my new Samsung HLN507W DLP and I'm in HDTV heaven.
whats the lowest oldest 'puter any programmed BASIC on...
In sixth or seventh grade (1970 or so) we learned basic. We used a teletype kind of contraption and typed up our programs onto paper tape. Then we dialed up a computer somewhere with an acustic coupler and fed the tape in through the paper tape reader. Everyone hated it except a couple of us who stayed late to get our programs to actually work. Me and the other kid I remember are still programmers to this day:)
It might be nice if moderators also got the advance reading. That might increase the chances that the moderators have had a chance to read the topic before they moderate. Plus, moderators would get a peek at what the advance viewing system would be like, and it might encourage them to subscribe.
I'm paying less than 15.00 a month for a virtual private server with hostmania.net. There are some oddities, like you can't upgrade the kernel since it is a shared kernel environment. I love the fact that I have root access and can install just about anything. I'm running a qmail virtual domain set up which I really like, but isn't usually available on shared cpanel type hosting. With 3GB of disc space and 30GB of transfer per month, I'm pretty happy. I think the virtual server environments are going to become more and more popular options and definitely give you more flexibility than you get in a typical shared hosting environment. Plus the costs are coming down to the point where it isn't even that much of a premium.
sqwebmail has gpg support that seems to work pretty well. It's the only webmail client I've found that has it. GPG in a webmail client is often considered a bad idea because you have to trust your sysadmin, but I still appreciate it as an option.
I've been a cobol programmer for over 20 years, so this is an area I've got a lot of familiarity with. It actually did make sense in the 70's to save precious storage space and use 2 digits to store the year. It made sense later to make the necessary modifications to fix what software was still in use. The reason Y2K wasn't a disaster is because programmers like me spent some time upgrading old code. IT's part of what we do:)
I pity the archaeologist who first has to rediscover EBCDIC.
They'll find my old green card which is printed on nice cardboard and it won't be so bad.
Here's how COBOL does it
on
Pet Bugs?
·
· Score: 1
From the IBM COBOL Manual
The ROUNDED phrase is an optional phrase that can be coded for certain arithmetic statements.
It indicates that any fractional result that exceeds the number of places provided in the recieving field is to be rounded (i.e., the least significant digit that will fit is incremented by 1 whenever the most significant digit in the excess portion is greater than or equal to 5). When ROUNDED is not specified, a fractional result that exceeds the number of places provided is truncated.
Given the items defined below:
05 WS-ROUNDED PIC S9(3)V99 COMP-3 VALUE +8. 05 WS-TRUNCATED PIC S9(3)V99 COMP-3 VALUE +8.
The following DIVIDE statements would give the results shown to the right of each statement:
DIVIDE +3 INTO WS-ROUNDED ROUNDED. 2.67 DIVIDE +3 INTO WS-TRUNCATED. 2.66
Slashdot Mirror
I remember one of my first ah has with my Palm was the realization that I didn't have to hit save. It just was saved automatically. I could type a few words and hit the off button and it would just be there when I turned it on next. I love this, and wonder how long before the PC interface gets to the steady state point of view.
It's very easy to become a Mason, they even have a little geek speak they put on bumperstickers. "2B1ASK1." You guys just might enjoy it, I do.
When I took programming class in 1977, we started out with a limited instruction emulated assembler language one of the instructors had designed. Then we learned assembler language, and then finally Fortran and Cobol. This forced us to learn the binary reality of the machine, it's data formats and how it actually worked instruction by instruction. I've met programmers in years since who lacked this approach to training, and thier lack of understanding of binary data representation and the assembler code generated by the higher level compilers always keeps them from reaching the highest levels of proficiency. In programming you will inevitably be faced with situations in which a deep level of what is happening at the assembler and binary level will aid you in solving a problem. It's what separates the good programmers from the excellent programmers.
DirecTV's HD offerings are better than the Time Warner options. One thing I learned is that where I live, in Minneapolis, most of the local channels are already broadcasting digital channels with a lot of HD content. I got the Zenith HD-SAT520 combination DirecTV and love it. Plug a UHF anntenna in, and depending on your area you may be all set to get a wide selection of HDTV programming. You have to get the triple element satellite though, which will cost a little more. I added this set up to my new Samsung HLN507W DLP and I'm in HDTV heaven.
Would all be rewritten before 12/31/1999
In sixth or seventh grade (1970 or so) we learned basic. We used a teletype kind of contraption and typed up our programs onto paper tape. Then we dialed up a computer somewhere with an acustic coupler and fed the tape in through the paper tape reader. Everyone hated it except a couple of us who stayed late to get our programs to actually work. Me and the other kid I remember are still programmers to this day :)
It might be nice if moderators also got the advance reading. That might increase the chances that the moderators have had a chance to read the topic before they moderate. Plus, moderators would get a peek at what the advance viewing system would be like, and it might encourage them to subscribe.
I'm beginning to think the real terrorists are the guys running our country.
I'm paying less than 15.00 a month for a virtual private server with hostmania.net. There are some oddities, like you can't upgrade the kernel since it is a shared kernel environment. I love the fact that I have root access and can install just about anything. I'm running a qmail virtual domain set up which I really like, but isn't usually available on shared cpanel type hosting. With 3GB of disc space and 30GB of transfer per month, I'm pretty happy. I think the virtual server environments are going to become more and more popular options and definitely give you more flexibility than you get in a typical shared hosting environment. Plus the costs are coming down to the point where it isn't even that much of a premium.
Enterprise Cobol for z/OS and OS/390 include a native highspeed XML parser. It only handles inbound.
Enterprise Cobol for z/OS and OS/390
sqwebmail has gpg support that seems to work pretty well. It's the only webmail client I've found that has it. GPG in a webmail client is often considered a bad idea because you have to trust your sysadmin, but I still appreciate it as an option.
I've been a cobol programmer for over 20 years, so this is an area I've got a lot of familiarity with. It actually did make sense in the 70's to save precious storage space and use 2 digits to store the year. It made sense later to make the necessary modifications to fix what software was still in use. The reason Y2K wasn't a disaster is because programmers like me spent some time upgrading old code. IT's part of what we do :)
From the IBM COBOL Manual
The ROUNDED phrase is an optional phrase that can be coded for certain arithmetic statements.
It indicates that any fractional result that exceeds the number of places provided in the recieving field is to be rounded (i.e., the
least significant digit that will fit is incremented by 1 whenever the most significant digit in the excess portion is greater than or equal to 5). When ROUNDED is not specified, a fractional result that exceeds the number of places provided is truncated.
Given the items defined below:
05 WS-ROUNDED PIC S9(3)V99 COMP-3 VALUE +8.
05 WS-TRUNCATED PIC S9(3)V99 COMP-3 VALUE +8.
The following DIVIDE statements would give the results shown to the right of each statement:
DIVIDE +3 INTO WS-ROUNDED ROUNDED. 2.67
DIVIDE +3 INTO WS-TRUNCATED. 2.66