"Intelligent Design" fails to meet the basic definition of a scientific idea: its proponents do not present testable hypotheses and do not provide evidence for their views that can be verified or duplicated by subsequent researchers. I may not have the proper language to express it, (and I'm not going to spend the time to write a thesis!) but here's an example to prove your claim false:
"ID" predicts that a designer created complex organisms with complex components. These components would often bear resemblance to each other, being a "good design". By using a finite set of components, organisms would be able to be organized by similarities into "classes". There would not be a gradual transition from one organism to another, because intermediate steps would not be viable.
This could be developed further in to many case studies. The very fact that biology can classify organisms and that there is no gradual progression of species could be seen as evidence...
Anyway, just saying, ID can make predictions, and they can be tested. The result of this is another matter.
Just look into one of the scripts to update a dynamic IP address with a dynamic DNS service, and set it up to be automatic. As soon as the computer connects, it will update the address.
Just like when people mistake firecrackers for gunshots.
...and vice versa. When the reporter asks witnesses why they didn't call the cops right away, they're very likely to say "It didn't sound like a gun." What they really mean is "It didn't sound like a movie gun."
Oh yeah, the worst is silencers. Gotta love that "zip" sound effect that has no relation to truth.
From the review seeing "require_once" as the solution to including files shows that code organization is apparently not being taught. It's the "goto" of PHP. Instead of laying out the code in a clean logical fashion that avoids redundant includes you can simply use "require_once" and avoid that whole process. It's not always that easy, and the test is simple. It's probably not worth the time to sort out.
PHP isn't the only place this metaphor is used, many C headers have something like: #ifndef DATA_H/*... code... */
Well the latency of the web isn't so much the problem as the scalability of the script. An extra 50ms means nothing to the end user, but if you're getting twenty page views a second, you're going to find your server getting back-logged really quickly.
However, I think (hope) the confusion may have been in the word "interpolated", which should have been 'interpreted', 'substituted', 'replaced', or any number of other words. "50ms" is a made up number. Show me where a real world profiler (on a realistic php script) has shown interpolation to be a major bottleneck. Don't optimize prematurely - there are almost always far bigger problems to deal with than variable interpolation.
And yes, "interpolation" is the exact correct word in this context.
Re:Shouldn't it be just "Wicked PHP?"
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Yeah, it doesn't quite fit. Wicked PHP - ok. Wicked Cool - Ok. Cool PHP. Nope.
I use PHP all the time. It can be used well, though it has been abused terribly by the masses. But cool? I think it lost its coolness quite some time ago.
The reviewer also nitpicks about the use of single quotes vs double qoutes, as double quotes have to interpolate variables etc... Come on, most code out there has bigger performance problems to deal with. Variable interpolation is not that bad.
I keep finding blogger who benchmark millions of iterations of similar functions to prove method X is faster than method Y, but in the real world, those things just don't matter. Knowing how your data structures and sql code work, and minimizing your Big O runtime is far, far more important.
If you have a site that is getting so many hits that variable interpolation is truly an issue, you need to learn how to scale horizontally, or choose a different language/platform.
What I can't believe is that people called the police in the first place. I mean, it's half size, and the armor is wood! There's no mistaking it for a real tank. Just like when people mistake firecrackers for gunshots. If you actually take the time to fire a gun a few times, you realize there's a considerable difference.
The antinuke protest people flooding your neighborhood would make it very hard for you to go to work in the morning. Ha, I was getting ready to flame until I read the rest of you post. Good one.;)
Seriously, I would love for a lot of nuke plants to spring up around here. I think making more would lower the cost in the long run, and provide far cleaner energy.
Just go and put it back together randomly, or do one of those devious swaps, and you'll have fun watching him try to solve it. Within about 10 moves I usually get told that it is rigged. Someone who knows how to solve a cube also knows how to spot a rigged cube.
Because with any mass emailing, there are a ton of bounces or "out of the office" messages that come back to the sender. I made the mistake of posting to bugtraq recently, and it is horribly configured such that I got all the stupid vacation and undeliverable messages. That stuff should go to a bounces address for the list, not me. By making a link to click, you can reduce the noise/signal ratio.
such as large TV adds that say "TEXT JOKE to xxxxx for a joke of the day" shown during kids shows... and only disclose that this is enrolling you in a recurring service that will charge you $1.50 per message, per day in the scrolling fine print. Not that the kids doing this will read it, or care. They don't pay the bill, you do. Well, the problem here is parents giving their children access to something that is connected to finances with no control over it. Technically, I'd call this a security hole. Bugtraq anyone?
When and if my kids get cell phones, it will be set up so that those phones are incapable generating new charges. (Cell phone providers, are you listening? This is a make or break deal)
Personally, I will not allow text messaging of any kind on my bill at all, until they stop charging extra for it - it's a sham anyways, as it costs them next to nothing.
Why Debian? A desktop distro? That's got to be one of the least scalable and cluster-friendly distros.. Keep going, I was expecting to hear you claim Windows XP was a server OS next...
Not sure why you call Debian a desktop distro, it's much more useful as a server.
Get rid of cd keys, license terms, eulas, and stop suing your customers!!!
I hear that a lot. "They sue their customers!!", when talking about MS, the RIAA, etc... Yet it so rarely happens, I don't know why people use that in their arguments. They sue everyone BUT their customers...which is the whole point: sue people trying to get your product without being your customer.
MS uses the BSA to frequently raid their own customers. I can't say for sure how often, but there's got to be a lot of collateral damage, folks who just didn't keep good track of their licenses but *were* paying customers.
There have been quite a few examples of RIAA suing people incorrectly. Granted, not all of those mistakes were customers, being *DEAD*, but the PR is there - These organizations are known for being adversarial in nature.
I prefer to do business with people who at least *pretend* to be friendly, and I think that sentiment is getting round.
Saying that MS and Linux are irrelevant because Google and web 2.0 are the thing is missing the boat just as bad.
The real issue is freedom - people want to be able to use software without being treated like criminals. Get rid of cd keys, license terms, eulas, and stop suing your customers!!!
This is where Google has been getting it right so far.... they don't treat their user base as if they are adversaries. It's not so much about the technology as the presentation - any of these technologies *could* get the job done; what people want is the solution with the least hassle, the most dependability, and where they trust the vendor to not screw them over. MS and Novell have both sunk themselves in this regard.
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Of course, if the lossy-ness of this bothers you, why did you buy this format in the first place?
For most of the junk out there, you don't really lose much.
"ID" predicts that a designer created complex organisms with complex components. These components would often bear resemblance to each other, being a "good design". By using a finite set of components, organisms would be able to be organized by similarities into "classes". There would not be a gradual transition from one organism to another, because intermediate steps would not be viable.
This could be developed further in to many case studies. The very fact that biology can classify organisms and that there is no gradual progression of species could be seen as evidence...
Anyway, just saying, ID can make predictions, and they can be tested. The result of this is another matter.
Just look into one of the scripts to update a dynamic IP address with a dynamic DNS service, and set it up to be automatic. As soon as the computer connects, it will update the address.
#ping remote-soldier-164457
PING 10.2.56.34 (10.2.56.34) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 10.2.56.1 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.2.56.1 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.2.56.1 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.2.56.1 icmp_seq=4 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.2.56.1 icmp_seq=5 Destination Host Unreachable
What? Slashdot looks pretty good when you disable javascript and styles. One could do a lot worse.
I think it's silly to say it sounds like a gun if they've never heard a gun.
It would be equally silly for me to say something smells like a wombat. I've never smelled a wombat.
...and vice versa. When the reporter asks witnesses why they didn't call the cops right away, they're very likely to say "It didn't sound like a gun." What they really mean is "It didn't sound like a movie gun."
Oh yeah, the worst is silencers. Gotta love that "zip" sound effect that has no relation to truth.PHP isn't the only place this metaphor is used, many C headers have something like:
#ifndef DATA_H
#endif
However, I think (hope) the confusion may have been in the word "interpolated", which should have been 'interpreted', 'substituted', 'replaced', or any number of other words. "50ms" is a made up number. Show me where a real world profiler (on a realistic php script) has shown interpolation to be a major bottleneck. Don't optimize prematurely - there are almost always far bigger problems to deal with than variable interpolation.
And yes, "interpolation" is the exact correct word in this context.
Yeah, it doesn't quite fit. Wicked PHP - ok. Wicked Cool - Ok. Cool PHP. Nope.
I use PHP all the time. It can be used well, though it has been abused terribly by the masses. But cool? I think it lost its coolness quite some time ago.
The reviewer also nitpicks about the use of single quotes vs double qoutes, as double quotes have to interpolate variables etc... Come on, most code out there has bigger performance problems to deal with. Variable interpolation is not that bad.
I keep finding blogger who benchmark millions of iterations of similar functions to prove method X is faster than method Y, but in the real world, those things just don't matter. Knowing how your data structures and sql code work, and minimizing your Big O runtime is far, far more important.
If you have a site that is getting so many hits that variable interpolation is truly an issue, you need to learn how to scale horizontally, or choose a different language/platform.
What I can't believe is that people called the police in the first place. I mean, it's half size, and the armor is wood! There's no mistaking it for a real tank. Just like when people mistake firecrackers for gunshots. If you actually take the time to fire a gun a few times, you realize there's a considerable difference.
You misunderstand what that term means in a legal sense.
The antinuke protest people flooding your neighborhood would make it very hard for you to go to work in the morning. Ha, I was getting ready to flame until I read the rest of you post. Good one.
Seriously, I would love for a lot of nuke plants to spring up around here. I think making more would lower the cost in the long run, and provide far cleaner energy.
Yeah, it makes more sense to me. hey, this drop down edit box is snazzy.
Wait. You're saying that you can make statistic lie? Say it ain't so!
</sarcasm>
Unbelievable. Both of those got insightful mods. What was this thread about again? Oh yeah, robots. Maybe that explains the mods.
They're both nasty. For a good burger, find the local place that owns their own herd for their burgers.
...and you stated the obvious, so you are funny.
(please be kind, the next step would be that this post was not funny, and therefore modded off topic.)
Because with any mass emailing, there are a ton of bounces or "out of the office" messages that come back to the sender. I made the mistake of posting to bugtraq recently, and it is horribly configured such that I got all the stupid vacation and undeliverable messages. That stuff should go to a bounces address for the list, not me. By making a link to click, you can reduce the noise/signal ratio.
If that means Java will be thrown into the fiery pit, count me in!
When and if my kids get cell phones, it will be set up so that those phones are incapable generating new charges. (Cell phone providers, are you listening? This is a make or break deal)
Personally, I will not allow text messaging of any kind on my bill at all, until they stop charging extra for it - it's a sham anyways, as it costs them next to nothing.
Not sure why you call Debian a desktop distro, it's much more useful as a server.
I hear that a lot. "They sue their customers!!", when talking about MS, the RIAA, etc... Yet it so rarely happens, I don't know why people use that in their arguments. They sue everyone BUT their customers...which is the whole point: sue people trying to get your product without being your customer.
MS uses the BSA to frequently raid their own customers. I can't say for sure how often, but there's got to be a lot of collateral damage, folks who just didn't keep good track of their licenses but *were* paying customers.
For example, Sterling Ball
There have been quite a few examples of RIAA suing people incorrectly. Granted, not all of those mistakes were customers, being *DEAD*, but the PR is there - These organizations are known for being adversarial in nature.
I prefer to do business with people who at least *pretend* to be friendly, and I think that sentiment is getting round.
Saying that MS and Linux are irrelevant because Google and web 2.0 are the thing is missing the boat just as bad.
The real issue is freedom - people want to be able to use software without being treated like criminals. Get rid of cd keys, license terms, eulas, and stop suing your customers!!!
This is where Google has been getting it right so far.... they don't treat their user base as if they are adversaries. It's not so much about the technology as the presentation - any of these technologies *could* get the job done; what people want is the solution with the least hassle, the most dependability, and where they trust the vendor to not screw them over. MS and Novell have both sunk themselves in this regard.