Perhaps a little discussion about personal property.
For example net time she breaks something, break her favorite toy. She'll learn right quick.
Troll, you'd be teaching that a) breaking things is acceptable, b) hurting people that you love is acceptable, and c) your emotional development ceased at around the three or four year-old level, except that two year-olds don't hate and don't hurt on purpose.
Note that a two year-old is not capable of handling a DVD without scratching it, nor understanding this "personal property" thing you're talking about.
that is pseudo analog. analog would be infinite resolution!
it's an approximation at a higher res than 1 bit per pixel! ie, 8,16,24,32 etc bits per pixel! More bits per pixel = closer approximation. Not pseudo, for if this is pseudo analog, then everything digital is pseudo analog. (Which would be ok with me.)
plus, antialiasing has nothing to do with 3d. it is a pseudo-analog (vs. digital) not psuedo 3d technology; furthermore, alpha blending is just eye candy.
anti-aliasing is not pseudo analog, it increases the effective resolution. And good eye candy isn't just any old eye candy. Alpha blending during a drag and drop operation is unquestionably good, whereas translucent xterms, well who knows. So there.
I remember the Breathed "retired" oh so many years ago, but I wonder if this comeback is like many 60's and 70's band "comeback tours"... that is to say he's found that he needs the money and there is still (somehow) enough interest out there to him to milk...?
Based on the evolution of his themes, I'd say he fell in love, had kids, had enough money to take time off to devote to them in their early years, (writing kids' books as a creative outlet) Now they are old enough that he can get working regularly. Just my speculation holding a sleeping 4 month old on my shoulder as I type this.
I'd stay at a more physical level than programming. Describe literally what you do. Everyone knows about computers to some degree like everyone knows about airplanes. I'd hit the extents of how computers touch our lives - really quickly. Maybe a book store versus amazon.com via the web. (Everything is information) But not much detail. The whole web poster.
Show them your work. (slideshow) I mean the basics - you work in an office. You probably work in a cubicle. There is a server room and L@@K!! at all those wires and blinkenlights. your desk. slip in a pic of a 60's machine room, maybe quote that IBM guy who said there was maybe a market for 5 or 6 computers in the whole world.
me as a 5th grader would have gone ape over some complicated diagrams - the kernel poster comes to mind.
Librarians have been working on these problems for centuries, why not start with what they know?
Well for one thing, what they organize and classify are well-defined, unchanging units of information - books, movies, etc. Organizing by author, subject, etc. makes sense. I don't see anything like that situation on my hard drive.
Only empty, vague generalities are impartial. everything else is quite flexible. The appearance of objectivity is a red flag, especially when we're talking about politicians (or your job).
Here's the amusing part: if it were a Microsoft product that did this, hordes of Slashbots would post hundreds of "+5" posts decrying the evil antics and poor design. But it's standard procedure when it comes to major Linux apps, and nobody bats an eye.
Hey Overly Critical Guy, I was going to write a nice, well thought-out response but then I thought, so what?
But I can buy compatible processors from two different companies and compatible systems from many different companies. With Apple there is no freedom of choice.
But that's the thing - it's too easy to misuse C++'s features. YES, a well-trained, experienced C++ programmer can work wonders, BUT that's like 1% or less of the programming population!
sad to say, but I agree, and I'd add that this is true for OO in general (since we're talking about abstraction). Most people just aren't abstractionists.
It's a really weird, funky balance - it tries to be high level, but also tries not to do anything for you else risk wasting CPU cycles for some corner-case performance hungry situation.
The thing about C++ is that it really is "C with classes" and not anything bigger. C is a systems programming language, and C++ is a systems programming language with tons of extra compile-time stuff that maybe makes it not so well suited to being a systems programming language. It's critical for people to realize that objects in C++ are not analogous to objects in Smalltalk or even Java. In C++ the difference between a class and an object is quite different than in Smalltalk and Java, so the idea of a design at the class hierarchy level being portable among those languages makes very little literal sense. A single SmallTalk class may require one to five classes in C++ (in my experience, like, so you can become:, have similar polymorphic behavior, etc.)
Hey, it's Friday night, 11 PM and I'm posting to Slashdot about C++ !
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Their 3d were even more primitive, if you can call that 3d. Like Eye of the Beyholder games. They don't really count, and you can find games like that going way back to the '70s (although even more primitive).
True... my comment reflects the fact that the primitive pseudo-3D of wizardry and the bard's tale made a bigger impact on me than did Wolf3D.
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or really, Ultima Underworld-like.. Of course it's another type of game, but the 3d concept was there first.
Wizardry, 1979... Ultima ][... then in '87, the Bard's Tale
funny, I just decided recently to get a PhD, because I've always idolized the Alan Kays of the world and the famous research labs, where of course a PhD is a minimum requirement (so far as I know). So it's no question in my mind. So I guess the question for you is - do you want to do research? do you want to be the world authority on one subject area? I think those are the key questions.
For example, Linux is free but there is more division in the Linux community than there is with Windows.
I don't think that's what he meant. A proprietary company wants their customers to be as dependent on the company as possible - both for products and information. Even Apple deletes posts in their forums.
If a school can't afford systems that can run above Windows 3.1, then I'd say they have much larger problems to deal with than considering which platform to run.
True. But a) 12 years of school is a long time to attempt any kind of standard preservation, and b) it is economically infeasible to replace all the old stuff at once. Therefore, the kids will experience evolution - such as from windows 3.1 to XP and will always have a mix of everything. Not to mention the fact that the user interface experience is basically converging - the competing platforms have never been more similar in their details and the prominence and cross-platform nature of the popular applications.
I won't even get into the argument about whether schools are to educate or provide vocational training. Or just keep the under 17 crowd off the streets from 7am - 3pm. (thank you Matt Groening)
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Troll, you'd be teaching that a) breaking things is acceptable, b) hurting people that you love is acceptable, and c) your emotional development ceased at around the three or four year-old level, except that two year-olds don't hate and don't hurt on purpose.
Note that a two year-old is not capable of handling a DVD without scratching it, nor understanding this "personal property" thing you're talking about.
Sheesh. uncoated iron, steel, tinned copper.
I've heard yoga and meditation can help.
There can be no guarantees in life. All is transitory - people, nations, religions, linux. Consequently, it is beautiful.
Vowels were a later addition in the history of (alphabetic) writing.
it's an approximation at a higher res than 1 bit per pixel! ie, 8,16,24,32 etc bits per pixel! More bits per pixel = closer approximation. Not pseudo, for if this is pseudo analog, then everything digital is pseudo analog. (Which would be ok with me.)
anti-aliasing is not pseudo analog, it increases the effective resolution. And good eye candy isn't just any old eye candy. Alpha blending during a drag and drop operation is unquestionably good, whereas translucent xterms, well who knows. So there.
Based on the evolution of his themes, I'd say he fell in love, had kids, had enough money to take time off to devote to them in their early years, (writing kids' books as a creative outlet) Now they are old enough that he can get working regularly. Just my speculation holding a sleeping 4 month old on my shoulder as I type this.
I'd stay at a more physical level than programming. Describe literally what you do. Everyone knows about computers to some degree like everyone knows about airplanes. I'd hit the extents of how computers touch our lives - really quickly. Maybe a book store versus amazon.com via the web. (Everything is information) But not much detail. The whole web poster.
Show them your work. (slideshow) I mean the basics - you work in an office. You probably work in a cubicle. There is a server room and L@@K!! at all those wires and blinkenlights. your desk. slip in a pic of a 60's machine room, maybe quote that IBM guy who said there was maybe a market for 5 or 6 computers in the whole world.
me as a 5th grader would have gone ape over some complicated diagrams - the kernel poster comes to mind.
have fun.
Well for one thing, what they organize and classify are well-defined, unchanging units of information - books, movies, etc. Organizing by author, subject, etc. makes sense. I don't see anything like that situation on my hard drive.
that is an oxymoron
Only empty, vague generalities are impartial. everything else is quite flexible. The appearance of objectivity is a red flag, especially when we're talking about politicians (or your job).
Good list though :-)
or impossible
Yes it will, if there are enough spaceflight companies.
Hey Overly Critical Guy, I was going to write a nice, well thought-out response but then I thought, so what?
so my response is: so what?
OS X is Unix.
public key encryption is a good model
sad to say, but I agree, and I'd add that this is true for OO in general (since we're talking about abstraction). Most people just aren't abstractionists.
It's a really weird, funky balance - it tries to be high level, but also tries not to do anything for you else risk wasting CPU cycles for some corner-case performance hungry situation.
The thing about C++ is that it really is "C with classes" and not anything bigger. C is a systems programming language, and C++ is a systems programming language with tons of extra compile-time stuff that maybe makes it not so well suited to being a systems programming language. It's critical for people to realize that objects in C++ are not analogous to objects in Smalltalk or even Java. In C++ the difference between a class and an object is quite different than in Smalltalk and Java, so the idea of a design at the class hierarchy level being portable among those languages makes very little literal sense. A single SmallTalk class may require one to five classes in C++ (in my experience, like, so you can become:, have similar polymorphic behavior, etc.)
Hey, it's Friday night, 11 PM and I'm posting to Slashdot about C++ !
Fonts. Dock. drag & drop. etc, etc, etc.
this is good news for Nisus though.
go for it
True... my comment reflects the fact that the primitive pseudo-3D of wizardry and the bard's tale made a bigger impact on me than did Wolf3D.
Wizardry, 1979... Ultima ][... then in '87, the Bard's Tale
funny, I just decided recently to get a PhD, because I've always idolized the Alan Kays of the world and the famous research labs, where of course a PhD is a minimum requirement (so far as I know). So it's no question in my mind. So I guess the question for you is - do you want to do research? do you want to be the world authority on one subject area? I think those are the key questions.
I don't think that's what he meant. A proprietary company wants their customers to be as dependent on the company as possible - both for products and information. Even Apple deletes posts in their forums.
True. But a) 12 years of school is a long time to attempt any kind of standard preservation, and b) it is economically infeasible to replace all the old stuff at once. Therefore, the kids will experience evolution - such as from windows 3.1 to XP and will always have a mix of everything. Not to mention the fact that the user interface experience is basically converging - the competing platforms have never been more similar in their details and the prominence and cross-platform nature of the popular applications.
I won't even get into the argument about whether schools are to educate or provide vocational training. Or just keep the under 17 crowd off the streets from 7am - 3pm. (thank you Matt Groening)