Actually, the US has the Upright Citizens Brigade which makes monty python look like a bunch of amateurs (and I have been a python fan for quite some time)
Um, you can loose the attitude dick. If you'd read my article at all instead of looking for an opportunity to be an asshole and mention your project you would have seen that we more or less agree.
Actually fractures will be the least of his problems. Remember all those kids who worked out a ton in junior high and high school? The really short ones?
Too much exercise as a kid can cause your bones to harden prematurely, then they don't grow. It's extra creul because these kids end up with napolean complexes later:)
Long story short, I hope this kid is being advised to not really work out or use these muscles, as he's probably *screwed* already.
Ok, thats cool:) So there is a 3rd party pthreads implementation for windows, but it is *NOT* native windows, so therefore, in that respect, windows is not posix complaint? Which was the original intent of the grandparent post.
Actually, I do see the similarity. Taking personal information and giving it to a spammer, illegal. Taking personal information and giving it to the FBI, legal? I don't really trust the FBI any more then I do a spammer.
As far as Kerry, I'd like to see him stand up to the conservative "waffler" clap track and say, "I'm a servant of the people, I do my best to represent the will of the people, and I can't do that if I am not allowed to change my mind." I have heard the "waffler" argument repeated by quite a lot of small minds. I will admit though, that bush is uniformely evil
Nah, not in this case. They took away cinemax and hbo from basic cable and moved them to digital. Curiously, they did it *THE WEEK OF THE SOPRANOS SERIES FINALE*. Thats no co-incidence my friend:)
Yea, but when I go to the store to buy macaroni and cheese, they don't say "we'll only sell you macaroni and cheese if you buy this stick of butter for 8$ You probably wanted butter right? That GOES WITH macaroni and cheese, right? Oh, by the way, the butter is expired, and its terrible butter...BUT! You can only get broadband errr macaroni and cheese at our store."
Bundling is the anthesis of a free market. If I want dish network and a cable modem, theres no reason I shouldn't have it.
Ever notice how fiscal conservatives bitch, moan and worship a free market, but when its preventing their customers from paying less for better service, their tune changes?:)
um? Bundling broadband is a travesty. In my town there are two choices for broadband internet: Adeplhia Cable or Verizon DSL. Verizon DSL is *HORRIBLY* oversubscribed and slow, so I choose adelphia internet. But I can only get adelphia internet by subscrining to adelphia cable TV.
Adelphia cable TV is *TERRIBLE*. Digital Cable looks like *CRAP* and they keep moving services over to it and taking them away from analog cable. They lie, cheat, steal (sending out letters telling you to "come pick up" a new cable box -- not telling you they charge for them monthly!) And no cartoon network! And did I mention all this service costs far more then dish?
Here's the reason they weren't: You have to hire REAL programmers to write a QNX program, your MCSE visual basic hacks can't drag and drop their way to an application on QNX.
THG is a bunch of fuckheads. You want to hear my "I almost worked for THG" story? Great! Here it is:
A few years ago THG put out a call for reviewers in southern california... I responded, they offered me a "job" reviewing based on my qualifications and I believe, a writing sample. So when it came to compensation, the representative said, "we don't pay our reviewers." "Ohhh freebies then!?" "no, we may give you a t-shirt though, and you will have to pick up the hardware." "You can't have it shipped to me?" "no."
At that point I politely declined the "job" and stopped reading/respecting THG. Basically the deal was, I did all the work, they kept all the money. So when you're reading THG, keep in mind that the reviewers are asshats who are willing to put up with a lot of abuse. I might have even done it still to beef up my publications list, but when they couldn't SHIP crap to me (was still about a 400 mile round trip), I would have to pick it up. What a joke!
umm, what logic? People are pissed at MS for *DELAYS* associated with longhorn, and them stripping "features" out of it (I secretly suspect they realized that a database filesystem is retarded).
Isn't this just what Nvidia did? The XBOX is already the most capable console out there, it makes the ps2 look primitive, and it is signifigantly more powerful than the GC but I wouldn't say dramatically so. For years when Nvidia was the only real manufacturer of GPU's, instead of resting on their laurels they pushed ahead and released new products month after month after month. A lot of companies were prevented from competing with Nvidia had raised the bar dramatically. I submit this is exactly what MS is trying to do, raise the bar for Sony, make it more expensive for them, to screw up their PS3 plans, and prevent competition in the general sense.
Yea my spelling sucks:) I will admit that the last assembler I used with any frequency was Turbo Assembler 5, but I was trying to simplify their role for the laymen:) You must admit a compiler and assembler are two entirely different animals, if they did the same thing they would both be called compilers. A compiler generates code from a functional description of a program (a language which does not correspond to the underlying architecture). Whereas the role of the an assembler is to merely abstract the underlying architecture for human readability.
All of this was in an attempt to illustrate that while assembly is a language it really doesn't belong on that list of computer languages for various reasons, the least of which is theres no one assembly language.
Yea but the history of machine code/assembly is the history of processors, not the history of languages. The point I was trying to make is that they have NOTHING to do with the evolution of computer languages.
Because you are mistaken about the nature of computer languages. Machine code (which you refer to as binary) is not a language. Basically the binary patterns that make up machine code are read by the processor, and the processor internally reads a "table" that tells it how to configure its circuitry to perform the operation indicated by the machine code. (yes this is a gross simplification, yes I have designed *simple* processors before).
Assembley language is simply assigning pneumonics to those binary patterns instead of binary numbers, so instead of writing "10010000" for "No Operation" (the only one I recall off hand) you write "NOP". Assemblers are relatively trivial to write, and the only other function they perform is error checking and binding variables to addresses.
Now it is true the machine code and assembley are languages in the technical sense (they can be used to express algorithms and they are turing complete), they are useless as languages except for people writing OS's and code that needs to go as fast as possible, because by definition assembley and machine code are tied to the architecture of the specific processor/system design you have chosen. Each processor speaks its own variant of these languages although each processor family is very similiar (usually every generation of processors gets a few new instructions/capabilities added, and the timing for them varies wildly). Long story short, there is a machine code/assembley code language for EVERY type of processor out there, and they are functional languages, not expressive languages, and they are not meant to work on any different computers. It would be like if you knew a human language that you could only use to talk to people born on the same day you were, not very useful huh?
Actually, WTF is up with gentoo? Has anyone else noticed the new packages have slowed to a trickle in the last few weeks? GCC 3.4 has been out for 12 days and theres no ebuild for it.
Every time there is a copyright story I tell this story -- but its similar to yours.
Few years back I bought a copy of Steinbergs LM4 and 3 sample cds to go with it (200$ total I think)... LM4 won't install on Windows 2k because it has a LAME copy protection that only works in 95 EVEN THOUGHT WIN2k IS A SUPPORTED PLATFORM FOR CUBASE (lm4 plugs into cubase). Steinberg basically says "fuck you" and I download the Oxygen release of LM4 and continue about my business having vowed not to purchase any more steinberg software.
A *YEAR LATER* Steinberg releases an installer that will install on 2k, but won't install the samples that come with it.
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Actually, the US has the Upright Citizens Brigade which makes monty python look like a bunch of amateurs (and I have been a python fan for quite some time)
Um, you can loose the attitude dick. If you'd read my article at all instead of looking for an opportunity to be an asshole and mention your project you would have seen that we more or less agree.
Heh, priced robot components lately? I built a robot last year taht picked up ping pong balls for a science fair, it cost about 400$.
Being manipulated by the bush white house my friend!
Too much exercise as a kid can cause your bones to harden prematurely, then they don't grow. It's extra creul because these kids end up with napolean complexes later :)
Long story short, I hope this kid is being advised to not really work out or use these muscles, as he's probably *screwed* already.
You do know that the patriot act was printed at like 2:00am on the day of the vote, that *NOBODY* got to read it?
Ok, thats cool :) So there is a 3rd party pthreads implementation for windows, but it is *NOT* native windows, so therefore, in that respect, windows is not posix complaint? Which was the original intent of the grandparent post.
Windows supports posix command line, but I don't think its fully posix compliant is it? You can't write a pthreads app for instance?
As far as Kerry, I'd like to see him stand up to the conservative "waffler" clap track and say, "I'm a servant of the people, I do my best to represent the will of the people, and I can't do that if I am not allowed to change my mind." I have heard the "waffler" argument repeated by quite a lot of small minds. I will admit though, that bush is uniformely evil
And BTW, BZBOYZ is bullshit :)
Bundling is the anthesis of a free market. If I want dish network and a cable modem, theres no reason I shouldn't have it.
Ever notice how fiscal conservatives bitch, moan and worship a free market, but when its preventing their customers from paying less for better service, their tune changes? :)
Adelphia cable TV is *TERRIBLE*. Digital Cable looks like *CRAP* and they keep moving services over to it and taking them away from analog cable. They lie, cheat, steal (sending out letters telling you to "come pick up" a new cable box -- not telling you they charge for them monthly!) And no cartoon network! And did I mention all this service costs far more then dish?
Basically, bundling is a bend over and take it.
I know a few hungry artists and musicians.
Fee's my good man! You think you can just pay your bill at a convience store and not pay an extra fee? You did RTFA right?
Here's the reason they weren't: You have to hire REAL programmers to write a QNX program, your MCSE visual basic hacks can't drag and drop their way to an application on QNX.
The only difference between the daily show and fox news is, the daily show lets you know its fake up front.
A few years ago THG put out a call for reviewers in southern california ... I responded, they offered me a "job" reviewing based on my qualifications and I believe, a writing sample. So when it came to compensation, the representative said, "we don't pay our reviewers." "Ohhh freebies then!?" "no, we may give you a t-shirt though, and you will have to pick up the hardware." "You can't have it shipped to me?" "no."
At that point I politely declined the "job" and stopped reading/respecting THG. Basically the deal was, I did all the work, they kept all the money. So when you're reading THG, keep in mind that the reviewers are asshats who are willing to put up with a lot of abuse. I might have even done it still to beef up my publications list, but when they couldn't SHIP crap to me (was still about a 400 mile round trip), I would have to pick it up. What a joke!
umm, what logic? People are pissed at MS for *DELAYS* associated with longhorn, and them stripping "features" out of it (I secretly suspect they realized that a database filesystem is retarded).
Isn't this just what Nvidia did? The XBOX is already the most capable console out there, it makes the ps2 look primitive, and it is signifigantly more powerful than the GC but I wouldn't say dramatically so. For years when Nvidia was the only real manufacturer of GPU's, instead of resting on their laurels they pushed ahead and released new products month after month after month. A lot of companies were prevented from competing with Nvidia had raised the bar dramatically. I submit this is exactly what MS is trying to do, raise the bar for Sony, make it more expensive for them, to screw up their PS3 plans, and prevent competition in the general sense.
All of this was in an attempt to illustrate that while assembly is a language it really doesn't belong on that list of computer languages for various reasons, the least of which is theres no one assembly language.
Yea but the history of machine code/assembly is the history of processors, not the history of languages. The point I was trying to make is that they have NOTHING to do with the evolution of computer languages.
Assembley language is simply assigning pneumonics to those binary patterns instead of binary numbers, so instead of writing "10010000" for "No Operation" (the only one I recall off hand) you write "NOP". Assemblers are relatively trivial to write, and the only other function they perform is error checking and binding variables to addresses.
Now it is true the machine code and assembley are languages in the technical sense (they can be used to express algorithms and they are turing complete), they are useless as languages except for people writing OS's and code that needs to go as fast as possible, because by definition assembley and machine code are tied to the architecture of the specific processor/system design you have chosen. Each processor speaks its own variant of these languages although each processor family is very similiar (usually every generation of processors gets a few new instructions/capabilities added, and the timing for them varies wildly). Long story short, there is a machine code/assembley code language for EVERY type of processor out there, and they are functional languages, not expressive languages, and they are not meant to work on any different computers. It would be like if you knew a human language that you could only use to talk to people born on the same day you were, not very useful huh?
I honestly don't think congress is smart enough to be that conspiratorial, but what you said is right out of 1984, and very insightful if you ask me.
Actually, WTF is up with gentoo? Has anyone else noticed the new packages have slowed to a trickle in the last few weeks? GCC 3.4 has been out for 12 days and theres no ebuild for it.
Few years back I bought a copy of Steinbergs LM4 and 3 sample cds to go with it (200$ total I think)... LM4 won't install on Windows 2k because it has a LAME copy protection that only works in 95 EVEN THOUGHT WIN2k IS A SUPPORTED PLATFORM FOR CUBASE (lm4 plugs into cubase). Steinberg basically says "fuck you" and I download the Oxygen release of LM4 and continue about my business having vowed not to purchase any more steinberg software.
A *YEAR LATER* Steinberg releases an installer that will install on 2k, but won't install the samples that come with it.