Reminds me of the amusing Google image search for Ainsley Harriot (he's very popular UK chef, always on the telly) that brings back Adolf Hitler for the second match...
Tell ya what, I'll give him $3000 dollars a day (but only for 2 weeks... which should be ample time).
I'd like him to produce a fully fault-tolerant pre-emptive multi-tasking "real-time" UNIX-like operating system, with a gorgeous Apple-beating GUI.
Oh yeh, bang in full compatibility with every existing CPU architecture / alternative OS as well on the last couple of coding days if you can.
Don't forget the future-proof (can work out codec formats, just by analysing the input files) media player and 4D (!) sound system... I reckon that's just half a days effort
Get back to me - and send me your PayPal details...
If you live in a shared house, as long as you don't lock your bedroom door - thus your telly is "available" for anyone in the house to watch, they can't get ya for extra tv licenses.
EU legislation now forces produce to be displayed in metric weights (though you may in addition display in imperial and any made-up system [jedis? groats?] you can think of). This hasn't stopped jobs-worths trying to prosecute whenever they see a lb (pound) sign though... Interestingly, British school-children have been taught, in mathemetics/physics classes since the late 70's, virtually solely metric. Yet, (myself included) I'd wager most of 'em would have no idea whether 400g of turkey was enough for a single meaty sandwich, or enough to feed a family for 4 for a week. We weigh ourselves in imperial stone and pounds, but cannot cope with pure US "pounds". Rest of the EU does KG. Living in a cosmopolitan house-hold, the switch on the bathroom scales goes back and forth daily, to the annoyance of everyone...
Paradox man, you're wrong. You are so wrong. Trust me - or not, just PLEASE google for the C++ FAQ, and read what they have to say about NULL and the null-pointer... Then, google for any C/C++ spec you can grab (without having to payout $200 for) and check what they have to say... Then google for the source code of GCC/TCC (nice and complete) and examine it... Then try to explain how "if (ptr)" works using your logic... It will enlighten you as to why "NULL" MUST always be defined as 0, not just as a "convention", and why comparing *ANY* pointer to 0 is strictly MOST necessary and GUARANTEED allowable and ABSOLUTELY FUNDAMENTAL to all C/C++ compilers. Learn the difference between NULL (always 0) and the null-pointer representation (any bit pattern) and why that matters not whether your system base address (0) is a valid memory address of not. Incidently, look up the specification for the Motorola 680x0 processor. Memory address (bytes) 0 to 8 are NOT valid. They are BY DEFINITION the initial stack pointer and code start addresses. It matters not...
You are correct. It's quite amazing how many people refuse to believe this and come out with crap such as "I used a machine in 1985 where NULL was 7" and such like.
NULL is ALWAYS 0
The null pointer (which is a different thing altogether) can be any bit pattern.
Where the compiler sees a 0 in a pointer context, it gets replaced with the null pointer.
A situation where you must explicity put a null pointer (instead of just 0 and relying on the compiler) would be to a variable args function, since the compiler doesn't know if you mean "int 0" or a null pointer.
Check your man pages for examples using execl etc... functions, they'll aways be shown with explicit (char*)0's on the end. That's why.
Buy a TV in the UK and you will have to give a name and address so that they can insure you pay it.
No quite. You have to give some name and address. They certainly have no way of checking in the actual shop. They can't even argue if it doesn't match your credit card, since you could be buying it as a gift. I've always given false info, and never had any problems.
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If you like puzzles, board games, thinking stuff and all that, then check out Zillions of games which is a Windows engine that runs an enormous number of games and variants, all mouse and single-click driven with a pretty consistent interface. Extra free games are added on a regular basis, and they've got a downloadable demo.
Ah, I have no idea how logs are actually calculated, though I seem to remember you can do it with just a slide-rule and lotsa patience... I'd presume that the mistakes he makes, when being tested would tend to reveal the process behind his feats.
...I gave my personal account rights to write and alter the settings file ...unless you have full admin rights to certain files in the Zinf directory
Pardon my ignorance, but can you do what you're saying with XP home edition? I thought per user/per directory access configuration was only possible with XP professional?
I noticed the other day that the internet archive is now offering proper movies to download, not just collections of old adverts, corporate training videos and government anti-drug educational films.
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Reminds me of the amusing Google image search for Ainsley Harriot
(he's very popular UK chef, always on the telly) that brings back Adolf Hitler for the second match...
Don't just knock this guy, he's shit hot!
I want to hire him!
Tell ya what, I'll give him $3000 dollars a day (but only for 2 weeks... which should be ample time).
I'd like him to produce a fully fault-tolerant pre-emptive multi-tasking "real-time" UNIX-like operating system, with a gorgeous Apple-beating GUI.
Oh yeh, bang in full compatibility with every existing CPU architecture / alternative OS as well on the last couple of coding days if you can.
Don't forget the future-proof (can work out codec formats, just by analysing the input files) media player and 4D (!) sound system... I reckon that's just half a days effort
Get back to me - and send me your PayPal details...
If you live in a shared house, as long as you don't lock your bedroom door - thus your telly is "available" for anyone in the house to watch, they can't get ya for extra tv licenses.
EU legislation now forces produce to be displayed in metric weights (though you may in addition display in imperial and any made-up system [jedis? groats?] you can think of). This hasn't stopped jobs-worths trying to prosecute whenever they see a lb (pound) sign though...
Interestingly, British school-children have been taught, in mathemetics/physics classes since the late 70's, virtually solely metric. Yet, (myself included) I'd wager most of 'em would have no idea whether 400g of turkey was enough for a single meaty sandwich, or enough to feed a family for 4 for a week.
We weigh ourselves in imperial stone and pounds, but cannot cope with pure US "pounds". Rest of the EU does KG. Living in a cosmopolitan house-hold, the switch on the bathroom scales goes back and forth daily, to the annoyance of everyone...
(excuse bad grammer/spelling == drunk)
42nd found, but not necessarily the 42nd in sequential order, since there are still gaps to be filled in below it.
well, i meant calculating the initial tables, not doing computations with 'em...
Paradox man, you're wrong. You are so wrong.
Trust me - or not, just PLEASE google for the C++ FAQ, and read what they have to say about NULL and the null-pointer...
Then, google for any C/C++ spec you can grab (without having to payout $200 for) and check what they have to say...
Then google for the source code of GCC/TCC (nice and complete) and examine it...
Then try to explain how "if (ptr)" works using your logic...
It will enlighten you as to why "NULL" MUST always be defined as 0, not just as a "convention", and why comparing *ANY* pointer to 0 is strictly MOST necessary and GUARANTEED allowable and ABSOLUTELY FUNDAMENTAL to all C/C++ compilers.
Learn the difference between NULL (always 0) and the null-pointer representation (any bit pattern) and why that matters not whether your system base address (0) is a valid memory address of not.
Incidently, look up the specification for the Motorola 680x0 processor. Memory address (bytes) 0 to 8 are NOT valid. They are BY DEFINITION the initial stack pointer and code start addresses. It matters not...
You are correct. It's quite amazing how many people refuse to believe this and come out with crap such as "I used a machine in 1985 where NULL was 7" and such like.
NULL is ALWAYS 0
The null pointer (which is a different thing altogether) can be any bit pattern.
Where the compiler sees a 0 in a pointer context, it gets replaced with the null pointer.
A situation where you must explicity put a null pointer (instead of just 0 and relying on the compiler) would be to a variable args function, since the compiler doesn't know if you mean "int 0" or a null pointer.
Check your man pages for examples using execl etc... functions, they'll aways be shown with explicit (char*)0's on the end. That's why.
Visit whatismyip.com...
Address reported: 213.107.x.x...
Actual address: 81.98.x.x
Visit other "whatismyip" type web pages...
Address correctly reported as 81.98.x.x
Conclusion: someone paid a lot of money for crap
Buy a TV in the UK and you will have to give a name and address so that they can insure you pay it.
No quite. You have to give some name and address. They certainly have no way of checking in the actual shop. They can't even argue if it doesn't match your credit card, since you could be buying it as a gift. I've always given false info, and never had any problems.
If you like puzzles, board games, thinking stuff and all that, then check out Zillions of games which is a Windows engine that runs an enormous number of games and variants, all mouse and single-click driven with a pretty consistent interface.
Extra free games are added on a regular basis, and they've got a downloadable demo.
Ah, I have no idea how logs are actually calculated, though I seem to remember you can do it with just a slide-rule and lotsa patience...
I'd presume that the mistakes he makes, when being tested would tend to reveal the process behind his feats.
I don't understand. There is nothing intrinsic in the number 2 and the number 5 that will tell you what they will equal when they are multiplied.
Perhaps he's adept with logs?
log(ab) = log(a) + log(b)
(I think, it's been many, many years since school)
As if a million voices cried out in Agony
That's the shout P2P'ers will make, when they find they've accidentally downloaded the tripe, due to others misnaming files
Napster UK accepts debit cards. You can get these when you're 11.
Thanks for the reply. Is this the mechanism used to restrict access to individual "My Documents" directories amongst multiple users?
...I gave my personal account rights to write and alter the settings file
...unless you have full admin rights to certain files in the Zinf directory
Pardon my ignorance, but can you do what you're saying with XP home edition? I thought per user/per directory access configuration was only possible with XP professional?
That their software download site is called respectcopyrights.org, when they don't respect them themselves when they're about to run out...
I noticed the other day that the internet archive is now offering proper movies to download, not just collections of old adverts, corporate training videos and government anti-drug educational films.
Some examples are Night of the living dead and Roger Corman's Fast and the furious
They're also building a collection of Open source movies
First post! ...and it's already down.
That must be somekind of record
Yeh, but he had the patents, and that's what matters.
Not entirely different *cough* 1-click *cough* from today...
Would this be the very same Hollywood that sited itself on the West coast
of America to avoid paying Edison his rightful dues?
Does anyone know where to look?
Upwards?
I'm not a grammar Nazi either, but am embarrassed by your spelling of "emberassed" and "nazi"
Slashdot TV? I dread to think.
Tune in at peak times, and you'd just get a "service unavailable" test-card.
Every-so-often the picture would be off to the left by a couple of inches - though tuning to another station and back again would usually fix this.
They'd claim to be broadcasting in widescreen, but a closer look would reveal 240 line monochrome