Ok, but C++ templates aren't really generics either.
Sigh... nobody reads my sig. I never said C++ templates were generics. I said "generic programming" which is the umbrella term for writing programs where the type is somehow parameterized. Ada, Java, C#, and C++ all have different manefestations of "generic programming."
The snake-oil salesmen don't bring it up using precise langauge. Try reading Sun's own literature about why Java is better. Any PHB would come away thinking that no pointer errors can ever happen. Ever.
So, for example, in Java, you can't go outside the bounds of an array. Ever. Period.
Of course you can. The JVM then throws an exception. Unless you have a test case that specifically tests array bounds, you're never going to be sure that your application won't die at 2:36am when you get paged.
The snail-oil marketing around Java has always annoyed me. "Java has no pointers, so no more pointer errors!" What crap. Kindly explain NullPointerException then. Sure, you can't do some of the free-wheeling things you can do in C with pointers, but Java does have pointers (hidden by a coating syntactic sugar).
The Java snail-oil salesmen try to convince you that your code will be bug free because certain classes of errors just can't happen. Again, what crap. They can happen. The only thing the JVM does is tell you precisely when they happen. Is this better than insideous bugs in C that change memory they shouldn't but don't crash as a result until later? Certainly. But the bugs still happen in Java. And they can be insideous in different ways.
Because from what I read, java generics look very usable.
In their very limited sort of way, sure. If you want to see what real generic programming can be like, have a look at "Modern C++ Design" by Alexandrescu. I've been using C++ since the cfront days, but, by only reading through page 14 of the book, I was astonished at the kinds of amazing things you can do with C++ templates that Java generics (as implemented) will never be able to do.
I don't think you need a separate script to provide notification - if you just forward the e-mail to your Verizon account you will get however many first bytes of the e-mail, which is usually sufficient to figure out what it's about.
Probably true; however, I still prefer to "clean up" the e-mail and grab just the sender's name and subject so I can see the name at a glance.
The vtext.com site and addresses is ONLY an e-mail-to-SMS gateway. You can't send messages to those addresses exceeding 160 characters (which rules out 99% of e-mail). vtext.com is NOT an ordinary POP or IMAP e-mail account.
However, Verizon acquired airbridge.net and will, if you ask Verizon's data group, set you up with a POP e-mail account there. But e-mail sent there has nothing to do with your phone.
The number@provider.net e-mail address is an e-mail-to-SMS gateway. It can NOT handle messages over 160 characters which makes it useless for 99% of e-mail. Said e-mail address is NOT intended to be a regular e-mail account. This is why I have a seperate e-mail account (a real one) with the notification ONLY going to the provider.
It's certainly been annoying to have a common web graphics format protected by patents...
While it may be annoying to you, the entire point of a company patenting anything is the hope that it will become common so they can make money from it via licensing. There's no money to be had (and thus no point) in patenting anything that will have no use. Your annoyance level doesn't factor into it.
Fortunately for you, some people were sufficiently annoyed so as to invent other graphics formats (JPEG, PNG) that completely circumvented the GIF patent (as opposed to merely complaining about one's annoyance) and the world is better for it. If the mousetrap you want to use is patented, build a better mousetrap.
... limiting its usability by free software.
Free software has nothing to do with anything in this case. Both free and non-free software makers have to obtain a license just the same.
Nope. You're forgetting that the seconds (as in m/s, i.e., your speed) get longer due to time dialation. The universe slows your time down to prevent you from travelling at (or beyond) 'c'.
The most important point here is that sending SMSs costs something...
Only if you do it from a phone. If you bothered to RTFA, you'd know that most (probably all) wireless carriers have e-mail to SMS gateways, e.g., 1235551212@somecarrier.com. E-mail sent to that address gets transformed into an SMS message. Since the sender uses ordinary e-mail there is no way to charge the sender.
Don't towers use some form of arbitration to figure out passing off a call from one tower to another?
Yes, based on signal strength which is proportional to distance. But being above towers means that a phone is equidistant from a significant number of them. Towers aren't designed to handle that (because it's can't possibly happen in 2D).
... the web site you gave only says that cell phone use is prohibited (we knew that already), but not why.
Of course not: it's the CFR. (No code of laws says why.) The thing to note is that it's an FCC (not an FAA) regulation. And the fact that it's still on the books means the technical problem hasn't been solved.
I heard (from a pilot, but it was 1995 when he told me this) that you can't use cell phones because you would be in range of a number of cell towers at the same time, which would mess up either your cell phone or the towers.
... people are working longer hours, and IMO getting less work done. I have yet to meet a person who has actually gotten any real work done sitting at a coffee shop.
Maybe you don't get out much. Or maybe such places are confined to Silicon Valley. But I work a lot from a coffee shop (Dana Street Roasting Co, Mountain View, California) and I get real work done. The only other place I work is at home.
I think people are relying too much on e-mail and IM to communicate. Now with Wi-Fi everywhere, people will be sitting alone tapping on their keyboard everywhere.
Working at home provides me with close-to-zero chance of meeting new people (except for the rare, unsolicited IM). Working at a coffee shop provides me with a much greater chance of meeting new people (and it has).
Even though I run OS X on my desktop, I still run Pine in a shell because I've yet to find a GUI mail reader that has the feature in Pine whereby you can auto-set the From header (when composing a reply) based on other headers.
For example, if I receive e-mail that contains at least one e-mail address containing mycompany.com, then I want the mailer, upon selecting Reply, to auto-set the From header to my work e-mail address rather than my home e-mail address. (All my e-mail routes my my home Linux server and is split into mailbox files by procmail.)
Anybody know of a GUI mail client with rules like Pine's? (Oh, and it has to be able to support IMAP over SSL and SMTP AUTH too.)
And to be honest, I'd rather lift the ipod into my field of view while driving than look down at the head unit all the time.
Nobody is putting a gun to your head to buy an Alpine head unit and adapter. Don't use it. Fine. We don't care. But allow those of us who do want to use it to do so. To each, his own.
The word you obviously missed: I said probably. And I made an educated guess bases on his apparent attitude, not something he didn't write. So, yes, I do follow my own advice. Pity it's not clear to you.
I wrote no such things. Your attitude is cranky. (That's a criticism of your attitude, not you as a person.) Being alleged poor is a conjecture on your financial status; again, not you as a person. It's clear you don't really know what ad hominem means, however.
All I'm saying is Apple didn't invent the MP3 player
Where would we be without you to point out such obvious truths to us? Nobody believes Apple invented the MP3 player.
... they don't have the best one out there, and I am highly impressed with Apple's marketing machine making everyone think they do. But she ain't true.
And how convenient that you fail to say why it's not true. Let's see: large capacity, syncs amazingly fast thanks to FireWire, simple UI, high-fidelity sound, seamless integration with desktop jukebox and best music store. Yeah, all that sucks, huh?
And PLEASE choose the playlist you want to listen to before you start driving, or while you're at a stoplight. I don't want you killing me or my daughter while looking at the head unit display trying to pull up some jazz.
And this is different from glancing down to change the radio station... how, exactly?
If a song comes on you don't like...why the hell is it on your MP3 player?!
I never said anything about a song I don't like. However, I will say now that sometimes I feel like listening to a bit of this, and other times a bit of that. It's nice to be able to navigate by the name of the playlist rather than having to remember that Jazz is playlist #7.
Shouldn't you know what the hell is on your own MP3 player?
Of course I do. I never said I didn't.
If you don't and finding out the song/artist is so freaking important, you should pull over to find out.
How would I do that if it didn't display it in the first place?
You're also missing part of the benefit: so the passenger can know the information.
You're probably just cranky because you're a poor college student or something and can't afford an iPod, so you criticize anything you can't afford (and also criticize those who can).
How does it work? During normal operation, nothing apparently touches the rail. I've seen them on sections under bridges. It's not clear why they would be there.
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The snake-oil salesmen don't bring it up using precise langauge. Try reading Sun's own literature about why Java is better. Any PHB would come away thinking that no pointer errors can ever happen. Ever.
The snail-oil marketing around Java has always annoyed me. "Java has no pointers, so no more pointer errors!" What crap. Kindly explain NullPointerException then. Sure, you can't do some of the free-wheeling things you can do in C with pointers, but Java does have pointers (hidden by a coating syntactic sugar).
The Java snail-oil salesmen try to convince you that your code will be bug free because certain classes of errors just can't happen. Again, what crap. They can happen. The only thing the JVM does is tell you precisely when they happen. Is this better than insideous bugs in C that change memory they shouldn't but don't crash as a result until later? Certainly. But the bugs still happen in Java. And they can be insideous in different ways.
However, Verizon acquired airbridge.net and will, if you ask Verizon's data group, set you up with a POP e-mail account there. But e-mail sent there has nothing to do with your phone.
The number@provider.net e-mail address is an e-mail-to-SMS gateway. It can NOT handle messages over 160 characters which makes it useless for 99% of e-mail. Said e-mail address is NOT intended to be a regular e-mail account. This is why I have a seperate e-mail account (a real one) with the notification ONLY going to the provider.
See my instructions. While specifically for Verizon, the technique should work for any carrier that supplies you with an e-mail address.
This isn't what he asked. He asked specifically about SMS notification of e-mail.
Fortunately for you, some people were sufficiently annoyed so as to invent other graphics formats (JPEG, PNG) that completely circumvented the GIF patent (as opposed to merely complaining about one's annoyance) and the world is better for it. If the mousetrap you want to use is patented, build a better mousetrap.
Free software has nothing to do with anything in this case. Both free and non-free software makers have to obtain a license just the same.Nope. You're forgetting that the seconds (as in m/s, i.e., your speed) get longer due to time dialation. The universe slows your time down to prevent you from travelling at (or beyond) 'c'.
For example, if I receive e-mail that contains at least one e-mail address containing mycompany.com, then I want the mailer, upon selecting Reply, to auto-set the From header to my work e-mail address rather than my home e-mail address. (All my e-mail routes my my home Linux server and is split into mailbox files by procmail.)
Anybody know of a GUI mail client with rules like Pine's? (Oh, and it has to be able to support IMAP over SSL and SMTP AUTH too.)
This has nothing to do with open-source. Apple would have done the same thing if the software were closed-source.
The word you obviously missed: I said probably. And I made an educated guess bases on his apparent attitude, not something he didn't write. So, yes, I do follow my own advice. Pity it's not clear to you.
You're also missing part of the benefit: so the passenger can know the information.
You're probably just cranky because you're a poor college student or something and can't afford an iPod, so you criticize anything you can't afford (and also criticize those who can).
How does it work? During normal operation, nothing apparently touches the rail. I've seen them on sections under bridges. It's not clear why they would be there.