i think the wheat is used instead of(/in addition to) the barley - the hops are there to counter balance the sweetness of the wheat/barley malt. also, the difference between lager and ale is the type of yeast used - lager yeast sinks to the bottom, and the stuff used for ale doesn't. so using wheat and lager yeast gives you a wheat lager.
the point about it being marketed as "white beer" was i seem to remember more to do with that it was the opposite colour to the stout than what type of malt was used.
thats the stuff - it was marketed as "white beer" which i guess i took to mean lager. i thought it tasted a bit like the carling premier, caffreys, creamy beers that i never know what to call...
there was a guinness brand lager, in a grey/silver can - haven't seen it for ages, haven't seen carling premier in a can for ages either which is more of a shame - at least its still on tap at me local. the guinness was probably just their harp stuff in a shiny can anyhows.
knowing stuff about beer doesn't make you an adult. why you bothering to be elitist about guinness? its just guinness like everyone else drinks, and its not even "GOOD" unless you get the stuff brewed in Ireland.
i always thought that google had a clean interface 'cos thats what they think the "clever" people would prefer. however, now i think it boils down to money:
less page wieght = less bandwidth cost.
with the number of hits/day that google gets, every byte counts...
after a while i realise i'm not so "clever" after all;-)
this/. blind worship of google's "extreme talent" is quite amusing. sure, there are some clever people there, the thing grew out of Stanford from what i understand, but, there are clever people in all companies. what tends to stifle the clever peoples' talent is business case - i.e. is your stuff gonna give Return On Investment. whilst your vc is throwing money at you it is quite easy to seem like the coolest company (as far as i understand google is a private company and can say what they want about their finances, profitable or not).
thing is, i'm sure there are some extremely talented people working at inkotomi, altavista, etc. but, those companies have been around long enough to have to 'fess up to the accountants and justify the work they do.
google, i think, is just hitting that stage - the google competition, whilst being an ingenious idea to most of you guys, suggests to me (cynical engineer type that i am) that they have run stone dry of ideas... talented people working at inkotomi, altavista, etc. but, those companies have been around long enough to have to 'fess up to the accountants and justify the work they do.
google, i think, is just hitting that stage - the google competition, whilst being an ingenious idea to most of you guys, suggests to me (cynical engineer type that i am) that they have run stone dry of ideas...
if you wanted to make sure that code was platform indepenedent you would use char, short, long or long long (or __int64 on MS).
int is there to allow the compiler to choose the most efficient integer size for the CPU you are using (i.e. the native integer size).
C/C++ is as much about writing effecient code as well structured code. you don't have to use the keywords that help optimization (register, etc) but sometimes they get overused (int, goto).
Java is excellent if you are not to bothered about the effeciency of the program, which interestingly is not in the boss' spec in the original posting.
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i think the wheat is used instead of(/in addition to) the barley - the hops are there to counter balance the sweetness of the wheat/barley malt. also, the difference between lager and ale is the type of yeast used - lager yeast sinks to the bottom, and the stuff used for ale doesn't. so using wheat and lager yeast gives you a wheat lager. the point about it being marketed as "white beer" was i seem to remember more to do with that it was the opposite colour to the stout than what type of malt was used.
thats the stuff - it was marketed as "white beer" which i guess i took to mean lager. i thought it tasted a bit like the carling premier, caffreys, creamy beers that i never know what to call...
there was a guinness brand lager, in a grey/silver can - haven't seen it for ages, haven't seen carling premier in a can for ages either which is more of a shame - at least its still on tap at me local. the guinness was probably just their harp stuff in a shiny can anyhows.
knowing stuff about beer doesn't make you an adult. why you bothering to be elitist about guinness? its just guinness like everyone else drinks, and its not even "GOOD" unless you get the stuff brewed in Ireland.
i always thought that google had a clean interface 'cos thats what they think the "clever" people would prefer. however, now i think it boils down to money:
;-)
less page wieght = less bandwidth cost.
with the number of hits/day that google gets, every byte counts...
after a while i realise i'm not so "clever" after all
this /. blind worship of google's "extreme talent" is quite amusing. sure, there are some clever people there, the thing grew out of Stanford from what i understand, but, there are clever people in all companies. what tends to stifle the clever peoples' talent is business case - i.e. is your stuff gonna give Return On Investment. whilst your vc is throwing money at you it is quite easy to seem like the coolest company (as far as i understand google is a private company and can say what they want about their finances, profitable or not).
thing is, i'm sure there are some extremely talented people working at inkotomi, altavista, etc. but, those companies have been around long enough to have to 'fess up to the accountants and justify the work they do.
google, i think, is just hitting that stage - the google competition, whilst being an ingenious idea to most of you guys, suggests to me (cynical engineer type that i am) that they have run stone dry of ideas...
talented people working at inkotomi, altavista, etc. but, those companies have been around long enough to have to 'fess up to the accountants and justify the work they do.
google, i think, is just hitting that stage - the google competition, whilst being an ingenious idea to most of you guys, suggests to me (cynical engineer type that i am) that they have run stone dry of ideas...
if you wanted to make sure that code was platform indepenedent you would use char, short, long or long long (or __int64 on MS).
int is there to allow the compiler to choose the most efficient integer size for the CPU you are using (i.e. the native integer size).
C/C++ is as much about writing effecient code as well structured code. you don't have to use the keywords that help optimization (register, etc) but sometimes they get overused (int, goto).
Java is excellent if you are not to bothered about the effeciency of the program, which interestingly is not in the boss' spec in the original posting.