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I think Perl is great for what it is, yet I still claim that it is harder to read in most cases than any other commonly used language.
Being easy to learn and hard to read aren't mutually exclusive.
Even if you are familiar with the ins and outs of Perl, it can often take a few seconds or more to parse one of the more complex lines of code contained in your average Perl program, especially if the programmer likes to do 'clever' things with regexps. With C/C++ programs of similar complexity and a programmer as skillful in C/C++ as the Perl programmer is in Perl, on average I find the C/C++ code much easier to do a quick scan and determine what the code is doing even if all the code is uncommented.
Since they only tested with a single OS, and that OS was Windows XP(a fairly new release of a historically unstable operating system, probably rife with performance bottlenecks that are more apparent on some types of hardware than others) these benchmarks are principally useful to Microsoft Windows users.
Since Microsoft Windows users are about 90% of the desktop computer using population and about 99.9% of the gaming population (as even Linux users who game tend to have Windows partitions because that's where all the games are) and these benchmarks are primarily focused on gaming...Why should they bother testing non-Windows platforms?
Clearly everyone needs to take responsibility for their own actions.
However, I must admit it does make me rather upset that a large portion of the game industry is shifting away from games that were actually fun for their own sake to basically creating carrot-on-a-stick obsessive-compulsive disorder actuators.
While I don't play these types of games (I stick more with the murder simulators myself, ones that I can play a quick game of without disrupting my somewhat busy lifestyle) I know a lot of people who do, and I do have to admit its kind of frightning how many people I've met who proclaim to hate the game (be it EverQuest, Asheron's Call or whatever else) yet play it for 20 hours or more a week.
Of course, I don't think Sony is culpable in this man's death...
I know I'm not the only one who feels this way and this post is partially redundent, but what ever happened to the art of performing ONE GOOD April Fools day joke that actually has a chance of fooling someone with an IQ over 60? Having so many April Fool's Day joke references on Slashdot, even if some of them would be good on their own, totaly cancels out the effectiveness of ALL OF THEM, making them just seem completely STUPID. The true joy of a good April's Fool Day joke isn't the perceived 'chortle-cleverness' of an obvious joke, but the reaction of those fooled into believing it. The Slashdot editors have robbed us of seeing any of this type of reaction post by stupidly linking to every semi-geek April Fool's Day joke on the web.
Next year how about one good April Fool's Day joke that is Slashdot specific and that might be somewhat ridiculous but also is somewhat in the realm of possibility, followed by a 'Quickie' post containing the good geeky April Fool's Day jokes from around the web on April 2nd?
I know I'm not the only one who feels this way and this post is partially redundent, but what ever happened to the art of performing ONE GOOD April Fools day joke that actually has a chance of fooling someone with an IQ over 60?
Having so many April Fool's Day joke references on Slashdot, even if some of them would be good on their own, totaly cancels out the effectiveness of ALL OF THEM, making them just seem completely STUPID. The true joy of a good April's Fool Day joke isn't the perceived 'chortle-cleverness' of an obvious joke, but the reaction of those fooled into believing it. The Slashdot editors have robbed us of seeing any of this type of reaction post by stupidly linking to every semi-geek April Fool's Day joke on the web.
Next year how about one good April Fool's Day joke that is Slashdot specific and that might be somewhat ridiculous but also is somewhat in the realm of possibility, followed by a 'Quickie' post containing the good geeky April Fool's Day jokes from around the web on April 2nd?
ELF is only widely used for executable files. So... while it somewhat fits the bill its not that relevant to the bigger discussion here of file metadata that is completely independent of filetype.
Funny he should mention that as one of.Net's shortcomings.... Also he feels "ripped off"? Sure, C# is an awful lot like Java, but then Java was an awful lot like C++. Borrowing good features from past languages isn't robbery, its just smart.
Go ahead and mod me down for being a troll or offtopic, but take a look at the other posts here. They prove that the question was dumb to begin with.
To be more explicit, this question is unanswerable in its current form. More information is needed:
What user base are you going after? Linux users? Windows users? What OSes are you going to support? What does your technical support organization look like? Are you gunning for experienced surfers? Total newbies?
Paper shredders are just much more convient. You can leave one running in your office all the time and just drop large chunks of paper in as needed (depending upon capacity of shredder).
To burn it you either need to play very fast & loose with fire safety laws (burn it in your waste bucket?...Going to set off the fire alarm!) or haul stuff off-site or perhaps to the basement and toss it in a furnace.
I concur. In fact, MSNBC seems to be one of the most critical news sources of all when it comes to reporting on Microsoft. I think they might feel compelled to be aggressive to avoid any hints of pro-Microsoft bias.
Wait until more people get to playing CounterStrike or the new Warcraft.... The Sims has nothing compared to those
The Sims has MASS MARKET appeal. That's why its the #1 selling game of all time.
Sure, CS and Warcraft3 and Doom3 appeal greatly to the 'hardcore' gaming crowd, but that market is insignificant next to the throngs of women, men, adults, children of all ages who think The Sims is a lot of fun.
And I hate to break it to you, but these games (CS, Warcraft) aren't ever going to appeal to the mass market -- unless later iterations are changed to the point of pissing off the existing players, that is.
Because if a few thousand unspecialized computers can brute force the best encryption allowed by law with minimal optimization and research, then we have some good reasons to push for the law to be changed.
There's absolutely no evidence to suggest that the government will ever change crypto laws based on what happens at distributed.net.
Its not like those in government who are responsible for consulting in these matters (NSA, etc) aren't aware of the issues at play here with current export-level encryption -- if you think that they are somehow unaware of these issues and dnet is required to bring them to light, please pass the crack pipe.
The new thing with this system is it streams game content as needed. So you can be playing level 1 while its downloading level 2 (simple example). The Sega channel would just download the full Genesis ROM image, put it in RAM, and then play it.
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11. Some dingus points out the obvious.
Jon Lasser is an idiot.
Being easy to learn and hard to read aren't mutually exclusive.
Even if you are familiar with the ins and outs of Perl, it can often take a few seconds or more to parse one of the more complex lines of code contained in your average Perl program, especially if the programmer likes to do 'clever' things with regexps. With C/C++ programs of similar complexity and a programmer as skillful in C/C++ as the Perl programmer is in Perl, on average I find the C/C++ code much easier to do a quick scan and determine what the code is doing even if all the code is uncommented.
Sounds like you work for a rather dipshitted company.. RTFC.
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Since Microsoft Windows users are about 90% of the desktop computer using population and about 99.9% of the gaming population (as even Linux users who game tend to have Windows partitions because that's where all the games are) and these benchmarks are primarily focused on gaming...Why should they bother testing non-Windows platforms?
And so do you!
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However, I must admit it does make me rather upset that a large portion of the game industry is shifting away from games that were actually fun for their own sake to basically creating carrot-on-a-stick obsessive-compulsive disorder actuators.
While I don't play these types of games (I stick more with the murder simulators myself, ones that I can play a quick game of without disrupting my somewhat busy lifestyle) I know a lot of people who do, and I do have to admit its kind of frightning how many people I've met who proclaim to hate the game (be it EverQuest, Asheron's Call or whatever else) yet play it for 20 hours or more a week.
Of course, I don't think Sony is culpable in this man's death...
I know I'm not the only one who feels this way and this post is partially redundent, but what ever happened to the art of performing ONE GOOD April Fools day joke that actually has a chance of fooling someone with an IQ over 60?
Having so many April Fool's Day joke references on Slashdot, even if some of them would be good on their own, totaly cancels out the effectiveness of ALL OF THEM, making them just seem completely STUPID. The true joy of a good April's Fool Day joke isn't the perceived 'chortle-cleverness' of an obvious joke, but the reaction of those fooled into believing it. The Slashdot editors have robbed us of seeing any of this type of reaction post by stupidly linking to every semi-geek April Fool's Day joke on the web.
Next year how about one good April Fool's Day joke that is Slashdot specific and that might be somewhat ridiculous but also is somewhat in the realm of possibility, followed by a 'Quickie' post containing the good geeky April Fool's Day jokes from around the web on April 2nd?
Having so many April Fool's Day joke references on Slashdot, even if some of them would be good on their own, totaly cancels out the effectiveness of ALL OF THEM, making them just seem completely STUPID. The true joy of a good April's Fool Day joke isn't the perceived 'chortle-cleverness' of an obvious joke, but the reaction of those fooled into believing it. The Slashdot editors have robbed us of seeing any of this type of reaction post by stupidly linking to every semi-geek April Fool's Day joke on the web.
Next year how about one good April Fool's Day joke that is Slashdot specific and that might be somewhat ridiculous but also is somewhat in the realm of possibility, followed by a 'Quickie' post containing the good geeky April Fool's Day jokes from around the web on April 2nd?
Argh.
ELF is only widely used for executable files. So... while it somewhat fits the bill its not that relevant to the bigger discussion here of file metadata that is completely independent of filetype.
Gosling is fat. Also, Java has serious issues itself when it comes to scientific computing.
Please see this paper for further information.
Funny he should mention that as one of .Net's shortcomings.... Also he feels "ripped off"? Sure, C# is an awful lot like Java, but then Java was an awful lot like C++. Borrowing good features from past languages isn't robbery, its just smart.
In short, shut up fatty!
There's a killer robot clone on the loose and he looks like Queen Elizabeth. BEWARE!!!
There's a killer robot clone on the loose and he looks like Queen Elizabeth. BEWARE!!!
There's a killer robot clone on the loose and he looks like Queen Elizabeth. BEWARE!!!
There's a killer robot clone on the loose and he looks like Queen Elizabeth. BEWARE!!!
Go ahead and mod me down for being a troll or offtopic, but take a look at the other posts here. They prove that the question was dumb to begin with.
To be more explicit, this question is unanswerable in its current form. More information is needed:
What user base are you going after? Linux users? Windows users? What OSes are you going to support? What does your technical support organization look like? Are you gunning for experienced surfers? Total newbies?
To burn it you either need to play very fast & loose with fire safety laws (burn it in your waste bucket?...Going to set off the fire alarm!) or haul stuff off-site or perhaps to the basement and toss it in a furnace.
I concur. In fact, MSNBC seems to be one of the most critical news sources of all when it comes to reporting on Microsoft. I think they might feel compelled to be aggressive to avoid any hints of pro-Microsoft bias.
The Sims has MASS MARKET appeal. That's why its the #1 selling game of all time.
Sure, CS and Warcraft3 and Doom3 appeal greatly to the 'hardcore' gaming crowd, but that market is insignificant next to the throngs of women, men, adults, children of all ages who think The Sims is a lot of fun.
And I hate to break it to you, but these games (CS, Warcraft) aren't ever going to appeal to the mass market -- unless later iterations are changed to the point of pissing off the existing players, that is.
There's absolutely no evidence to suggest that the government will ever change crypto laws based on what happens at distributed.net.
Its not like those in government who are responsible for consulting in these matters (NSA, etc) aren't aware of the issues at play here with current export-level encryption -- if you think that they are somehow unaware of these issues and dnet is required to bring them to light, please pass the crack pipe.
The new thing with this system is it streams game content as needed. So you can be playing level 1 while its downloading level 2 (simple example). The Sega channel would just download the full Genesis ROM image, put it in RAM, and then play it.