I actually really like this idea:
Define a Star as a body that has achieved a nuclear fusion reaction.
Define a Planet as a body that has enough mass to be spherical that orbits a star.
Define a Planetoid as a body that has enough mass to be spherical that does not orbit a star.
Define a Moon as a body that has enough mass to be spherical that orbits a planet.
Define an Asteroid as a body that does not have enough mass to be spherical that orbits a star.
Define a Natural Satellite (here's to you, potato shaped Phobos) as a body that does not have enough mass to be spherical that orbits a planet. Maybe call it a Moonoid?
Define Pluto and Charon as a binary planet; since they appear to orbit each other (and binary stars are already defined).
If this means Sedna and a few other bodies become planets -- fine. But at least the definitions are easy.
You know the old saying... You get what you pay for...
That said, who do you think benefits the local economy? The guy who lives here and spends his money here or the guy who sends 80% of it back to India?
Which guy helps you more?
If I wasn't permanently blacklisted from getting mod points, I'd mod you up.
Don't blame the tool, blame the user. A chainsaw is dangerous, but if I'm clearing brush or cutting tree limbs blown down by a storm, it's the best tool for that job. If I cut off my foot with it, is it the chainsaw's fault?
Oh please.
2016 Election: Cruz vs. Clinton -- You'll vote Clinton.
Just like you would if it was Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Scott Walker, Rick Perry, Jeb Bush...
You'll vote for Clinton, and happily remind yourself she'd be Obama's third term -- only a bigger disaster than Obama's been.
Clintons had far more than 2 scandals. Look, I realize you were probably in diapers during the Clinton administration, so please google the following:
Vince Foster's death
Ron Brown's death
Rose Law Firm
Troopergate
Travelgate
Whitewater
The alleged rape of Juanita Brodderick
The Paula Jones Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
Bill Clinton lying under oath, aka PERJURY about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky
"It depends what your definition of the word 'is' is"
Missile strikes on an aspirin factory in the Sudan
Removing 'W' from White House keyboards
My God, people... the Clinton administration was the most corrupt in history, and we want to go BACK to that?
Two C++ programmers will argue, 'What will my compiler do with this code?"
You have a very good point, but that's less about the language and more about the compiler. Arguably the most broken compiler was (and likely still is) Microsoft's Visual C++.
Dude, the original poster who claimed that C++ is bloated probably loves him some Java or C#, both of which are arguably even more bloated that C++ is, since the "bloat" of C++ is the STL and Boost... which is comparably smaller than.NET, Swing, JavaFX, etc.
A better developer who understands what it is he or she is trying to accomplish would help more.
I'd say I've seen just as much piss poor code written in Java and C#, but that'd be a lie. I've seen FAR worse code written in Java and C# than I have in C++ because the level of entry is much lower.
When I was in college, not understanding pointers means you didn't graduate. Now... I interview "C# Developers" who claim 10+ years experience who can't tell me the difference between pass-by-value and pass-by-reference, and don't know the difference between the heap and the stack.
If you care about performance, the ability of C++ to "run on the iron" is a valuable tool to have in your arsenal. Add in inline assembler, and IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING you can write blazing fast code in C++ and still provide a sensible code architecture.
There's no sense in blaming the language for the abuses developers have written -- you might as well indict English for the horrible spelling and grammar of many Americans...
If you know what you're doing, C++ is a terrific, powerful language suitable for a plethora of projects. On the other hand, if you don't know what you're doing, well, I guess there's Visual Basic or C#.
I asked Barack Obama about Ms. Lee, he said he learned about her idiocy from the papers. You know, like he learned about Benghazi, Hillary's illegal email accounts, etc.
Being prevented from possessing a small class of items is obviously different from complete prohibition which was discussed above.
The problem with that is who decides where that line is?
Liberals want to ban "assault rifles", and by assault rifles they mean "black and scary looking". My AR-15 fires both.223 Remington and 5.56 NATO -- it's a small round, useful for hunting small game and Deer. AR-15's are popular because they're accurate, and have very low recoil. Meanwhile, because it's not a "assault rifle", you libs ignore my bolt action.308 Winchester... which is FAR NASTIER of a round, capable of taking down medium to large game -- Elk, Moose, etc.
Here's another example of stupidity -- I have a Springfield XDS chambered in.45 ACP. Single stack, 5 rounds. On the hard shell case it a huge label: "NOT LEGAL IN CALIFORNIA".
somehow the CCW crowd missed violent crime dropping to its lowest level in decades
Here in Texas, this drop corresponded with former Governor George W. Bush signing the CCW law into place. All of the sudden, criminals didn't know if the person they were about to mug would shoot them.
It's an old truism -- an armed society is a polite society.
No, Texas does not have an Open Carry law permitting the open carry of hand guns in public. On your property, open carry away. You can open carry a long gun (rifle, shotgun, even the "scary" AR-15) but we can't openly carry hand guns.... yet.
As someone who lives in Texas, our gun laws are pretty good with one notable exception -- we need an Open Carry law for hand guns. Otherwise, we can own / carry just about any gun.
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I actually really like this idea:
Define a Star as a body that has achieved a nuclear fusion reaction.
Define a Planet as a body that has enough mass to be spherical that orbits a star.
Define a Planetoid as a body that has enough mass to be spherical that does not orbit a star.
Define a Moon as a body that has enough mass to be spherical that orbits a planet.
Define an Asteroid as a body that does not have enough mass to be spherical that orbits a star.
Define a Natural Satellite (here's to you, potato shaped Phobos) as a body that does not have enough mass to be spherical that orbits a planet. Maybe call it a Moonoid?
Define Pluto and Charon as a binary planet; since they appear to orbit each other (and binary stars are already defined).
If this means Sedna and a few other bodies become planets -- fine. But at least the definitions are easy.
Did your horoscope tell you to post that?
You know the old saying... You get what you pay for...
That said, who do you think benefits the local economy? The guy who lives here and spends his money here or the guy who sends 80% of it back to India?
Which guy helps you more?
The mean salary in 2000 for a Sr. Software Engineer... $75K.
The mean salary in 2015 for a Sr. Software Engineer... $75K.
Time to end the H1-B program, or at the least, severely curtail it's use.
As someone who recently lost his job in favor of an H1-B...
Fuck 'em all.
My table saw has a removable shield for when I'm working with something other than a typical pine board.
Band saws and jigsaws typically do not contain shields, as they're used for curved cuts.
There is an inherent danger to most tools, and why training on how to properly use that tool is important.
Programming Languages are tools. If you don't understand how to use the tool, the tool can be destructive.
Now I know why you didn't log in, you didn't want your stupidity broadcast to the world.
If I wasn't permanently blacklisted from getting mod points, I'd mod you up.
Don't blame the tool, blame the user. A chainsaw is dangerous, but if I'm clearing brush or cutting tree limbs blown down by a storm, it's the best tool for that job. If I cut off my foot with it, is it the chainsaw's fault?
Oh please.
2016 Election: Cruz vs. Clinton -- You'll vote Clinton.
Just like you would if it was Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Scott Walker, Rick Perry, Jeb Bush...
You'll vote for Clinton, and happily remind yourself she'd be Obama's third term -- only a bigger disaster than Obama's been.
Ever wonder what Denise Rich and her uh, very large (and spectacular) rack did for ol' Slick Willie to get him to pardon her husband, Marc Rich?
Clintons had far more than 2 scandals. Look, I realize you were probably in diapers during the Clinton administration, so please google the following:
Vince Foster's death
Ron Brown's death
Rose Law Firm
Troopergate
Travelgate
Whitewater
The alleged rape of Juanita Brodderick
The Paula Jones Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
Bill Clinton lying under oath, aka PERJURY about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky
"It depends what your definition of the word 'is' is"
Missile strikes on an aspirin factory in the Sudan
Removing 'W' from White House keyboards
My God, people... the Clinton administration was the most corrupt in history, and we want to go BACK to that?
Personally, I would rather not see Hillary Clinton as president.
Bullshit. You'll vote for her.
she isn't overly corrupt
Now THAT's the funniest thing I've ever read on Slashdot.
Please google the following: Rose Law Firm, Whitewater, Vince Foster, Benghazi, Travelgate, Troopergate, the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy...
Hitlary Clinton is as corrupt and fascist as they come.
FreeSpace (and expecially FreeSpace 2) were the better games.
Two C++ programmers will argue, 'What will my compiler do with this code?"
You have a very good point, but that's less about the language and more about the compiler. Arguably the most broken compiler was (and likely still is) Microsoft's Visual C++.
But somehow C# is "fixed". LOL.
Emacs lost that argument when it added a vi mode. :)
gVim FTW
Dude, the original poster who claimed that C++ is bloated probably loves him some Java or C#, both of which are arguably even more bloated that C++ is, since the "bloat" of C++ is the STL and Boost... which is comparably smaller than .NET, Swing, JavaFX, etc.
A better developer who understands what it is he or she is trying to accomplish would help more.
I'd say I've seen just as much piss poor code written in Java and C#, but that'd be a lie. I've seen FAR worse code written in Java and C# than I have in C++ because the level of entry is much lower.
When I was in college, not understanding pointers means you didn't graduate. Now... I interview "C# Developers" who claim 10+ years experience who can't tell me the difference between pass-by-value and pass-by-reference, and don't know the difference between the heap and the stack.
If you care about performance, the ability of C++ to "run on the iron" is a valuable tool to have in your arsenal. Add in inline assembler, and IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING you can write blazing fast code in C++ and still provide a sensible code architecture.
There's no sense in blaming the language for the abuses developers have written -- you might as well indict English for the horrible spelling and grammar of many Americans...
If you know what you're doing, C++ is a terrific, powerful language suitable for a plethora of projects. On the other hand, if you don't know what you're doing, well, I guess there's Visual Basic or C#.
Pretty sure both Rick Perry and Greg Abbott -- and especially Ted Cruz -- would wipe the floor with any Democrat on Jeopardy.
Especially the "brilliant" Sheila Jackson Lee.
I asked Barack Obama about Ms. Lee, he said he learned about her idiocy from the papers. You know, like he learned about Benghazi, Hillary's illegal email accounts, etc.
Being prevented from possessing a small class of items is obviously different from complete prohibition which was discussed above.
.223 Remington and 5.56 NATO -- it's a small round, useful for hunting small game and Deer. AR-15's are popular because they're accurate, and have very low recoil. Meanwhile, because it's not a "assault rifle", you libs ignore my bolt action .308 Winchester... which is FAR NASTIER of a round, capable of taking down medium to large game -- Elk, Moose, etc.
.45 ACP. Single stack, 5 rounds. On the hard shell case it a huge label: "NOT LEGAL IN CALIFORNIA".
The problem with that is who decides where that line is?
Liberals want to ban "assault rifles", and by assault rifles they mean "black and scary looking". My AR-15 fires both
Here's another example of stupidity -- I have a Springfield XDS chambered in
Why not? What the fuck is wrong with California?
somehow the CCW crowd missed violent crime dropping to its lowest level in decades
Here in Texas, this drop corresponded with former Governor George W. Bush signing the CCW law into place. All of the sudden, criminals didn't know if the person they were about to mug would shoot them.
It's an old truism -- an armed society is a polite society.
3 / 12 = 1/4, not 1/6. Learn math, libtard.
So Bush was right all along.
<NelsonMuntz>HA, HA!</NelsonMuntz>
No, Texas does not have an Open Carry law permitting the open carry of hand guns in public. On your property, open carry away. You can open carry a long gun (rifle, shotgun, even the "scary" AR-15) but we can't openly carry hand guns.... yet.
Not you Texas, your gun laws suck.
As someone who lives in Texas, our gun laws are pretty good with one notable exception -- we need an Open Carry law for hand guns. Otherwise, we can own / carry just about any gun.