That's just bullshit. It took Ruby on Rails (and ZRecords, *snicker*) for Zend to understand why that would be useful. Meanwhile, there are dozens of bug reports (predating PHP 5 development), dismissed and closed because its "not a bug."
PHP is full of half-assed and poorly implemented features... references, function parameters, core functionality, etc. Depending on which version you're using, http_build_query, for example, may take three parameters. Or maybe two. Or maybe the function doesn't even exist. Why do they bother polluting the namespace when you're going to have to rewrite the (5-line) function yourself?
Linux isn't the problem, per se... current kernel speed for threading, etc. is generally better in Linux than in BeOS. Where BeOS sparkled was the desktop. The problem is X/KDE/GNOME. A combination of "good enough" and "legacy apps" means it probably won't ever be replaced.
Remember when CmdrTaco bashed wikipedia for not being scalable? That was a month before they overtook slashdot in popularity. Meanwhile, Everything2 is (according to alexa and anybody who's ever used e2) slow as hell. The one obvious conclusion is that CmdrTaco is a shitty programmer.
When the database connections are abstracted properly it becomes fairly trivial to swap out DB backends without changing much, if anything of the application itself.
Nice in theory, but MySQL, being an "extended subset" of SQL, doesn't support a lot of standard SQL features, then makes up for it by doing it their own nonstandard way. Perl is nice about abstraction with the DBI, but PHP is a complete mess. Every PHP project I've seen either a) uses raw mysql_* functions or b) uses a roll-your-own db "abstraction" which is tied to mysql tighter than the ball gag in CmdrTaco's mouth when Cowboy Neal re-enacts the gimp scene from Pulp Fiction.
register globals - has anyone in the last four years ever located a PHP installation that uses this? Agreed this was a horribly bad idea, but long since been fixed.
confusion about escaped quotes - so the programmer can get confused, therefore the language isn't good enough?
osCommerce, one of the most widely used open source PHP packages, fails on both accounts. Most open source PHP projects I've seen suffer from one of those shortcomings. I've also seen plenty of server-generated emails and input fields that have \ escaped quotes.
Another issue I'll add is with the functions themselves. Many are half-assed, and depending on which particular version of PHP you're using, the function doesn't exist, can take extra parameters, or may even produce a different result. And the lack of namespacing really hurts here.
iTunes Music store sells entire CDs for $9.99 (if they have more than 10 songs). Double CDs are double expensive, but the price is almost always better than buying a new CD retail.
As opposed to the slashdot model: Wait a week, then post it as breaking news. Wait a couple months, then re-post it as breaking news. Wait another year, then re-post it as breaking news.
Interesting theory... the iPod does predate fairplay, and playsforsure predates the Zune... I remember the Windows (Me?) media player using drm wmv by default when ripping CDs. That was back in 2001 or so.
That doesn't make any sense. Apple (Records) owned their trademark outright. The only people infringing on it was Apple (Computer) Inc. If a burglar broke into your house, would you agree to sign the title over if he let you live in it?
Remastering for iTunes isn't worth giving that up. They're either incompetent or they'll be getting a huge pile of cash from Apple (Computer) possibly in exchange for an exclusive iTMS deal (maybe including movies?), a beatles iPod, etc.
if Google doesn't pay these 3 millions a year, rest assured that someone else will, most probably taxpayers in one form or another.
Let's assume Google builds a data center in North Carolina employing 200 people. But they also get certain tax breaks. Your opinion seems to be that North Carolina citizens would be better off if google built the data center in Kentucky, Tennessee, or anywhere else.
Consider: does the presence of a google data center (and $600 million investment) increase the state expenses? Since most of the state budget is consumed by entitlement programs and education, 200 decent paying jobs with healthcare, retirement funding, etc, will not increase state expenses. The fact that they're getting certain tax breaks (sales tax on equipment, electricty, property taxes, etc) does not reduce the NC government funds -- that money wouldn't be collected if google built somewhere else.
You seem to have a liberal mindset that all money is the rightful property of the government.The reality is, google is increasing the size of the economic pie. And a small piece of a big pie is more than a big piece of jack shit.
If the screen width is too narrow, a left/right scroll bar is acceptable (in fact, preferable) to me. I tried the original example with the min-width: property (which ff supports) but that actually made the div overlap worse when narrow.
How about the circumstance that you want something after the 3 columns? The absolute positioning screws that up. How about the circumstance that the window is resized? At smaller widths, the columns overlap each other. How about the circumstance that you want all 3 columns to have the same height? Every 3 column css/div layout I've seen fails at some of the above or require multiple layers of non-intuive divs and css hackery that make a table layout seem elegant.
Tables are overused, but they're less problematic than a 3-column css layout.
If I buy the book through that link, I'll save $6.30. How is that bad? The fact that someone else makes a some money in the process doesn't adversely affect me (in fact it save me money).
postgresql is a more oracle-like (eg, plpgsql) and BSD licensed. Of course, postgres could cannibalize oracle sales; mysql is like sqlite, but with less features.
the minimum wage monkey doesn't know what he's talking about. The google checkout API allows the merchant to specify the shipping mehtod (and costs associated with it). Maybe they screwed that up.
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That's just bullshit. It took Ruby on Rails (and ZRecords, *snicker*) for Zend to understand why that would be useful. Meanwhile, there are dozens of bug reports (predating PHP 5 development), dismissed and closed because its "not a bug."
PHP is full of half-assed and poorly implemented features... references, function parameters, core functionality, etc. Depending on which version you're using, http_build_query, for example, may take three parameters. Or maybe two. Or maybe the function doesn't even exist. Why do they bother polluting the namespace when you're going to have to rewrite the (5-line) function yourself?
Linux isn't the problem, per se... current kernel speed for threading, etc. is generally better in Linux than in BeOS. Where BeOS sparkled was the desktop. The problem is X/KDE/GNOME. A combination of "good enough" and "legacy apps" means it probably won't ever be replaced.
Remember when CmdrTaco bashed wikipedia for not being scalable? That was a month before they overtook slashdot in popularity. Meanwhile, Everything2 is (according to alexa and anybody who's ever used e2) slow as hell. The one obvious conclusion is that CmdrTaco is a shitty programmer.
you didn't accuse CmdrTaco and Cowboy Neal of being homosexual.
When the database connections are abstracted properly it becomes fairly trivial to swap out DB backends without changing much, if anything of the application itself.
Nice in theory, but MySQL, being an "extended subset" of SQL, doesn't support a lot of standard SQL features, then makes up for it by doing it their own nonstandard way. Perl is nice about abstraction with the DBI, but PHP is a complete mess. Every PHP project I've seen either a) uses raw mysql_* functions or b) uses a roll-your-own db "abstraction" which is tied to mysql tighter than the ball gag in CmdrTaco's mouth when Cowboy Neal re-enacts the gimp scene from Pulp Fiction.
LAMP still easily give you the best price/performance.
Illegal division by zero
Not exactly.... The sites in question have the news freely available for a while, then archive it (which requires paid access).
Google has had an arrangement with the New York Times to index but not cache their stories. I think NYT had to file a lawsuit in that situation too.
register globals - has anyone in the last four years ever located a PHP installation that uses this? Agreed this was a horribly bad idea, but long since been fixed.
confusion about escaped quotes - so the programmer can get confused, therefore the language isn't good enough?
osCommerce, one of the most widely used open source PHP packages, fails on both accounts. Most open source PHP projects I've seen suffer from one of those shortcomings. I've also seen plenty of server-generated emails and input fields that have \ escaped quotes.
Another issue I'll add is with the functions themselves. Many are half-assed, and depending on which particular version of PHP you're using, the function doesn't exist, can take extra parameters, or may even produce a different result. And the lack of namespacing really hurts here.
The PHP 5 PDO is certainly an improvement though.
Like slashdot posting news about Obama Barack formally announcing that he is running for President?
Oh wait that was news for nerds because he wants broadband for everybody, just like every other politician in the last 7 years.
iTunes Music store sells entire CDs for $9.99 (if they have more than 10 songs). Double CDs are double expensive, but the price is almost always better than buying a new CD retail.
As opposed to the slashdot model: Wait a week, then post it as breaking news. Wait a couple months, then re-post it as breaking news. Wait another year, then re-post it as breaking news.
Interesting theory... the iPod does predate fairplay, and playsforsure predates the Zune... I remember the Windows (Me?) media player using drm wmv by default when ripping CDs. That was back in 2001 or so.
That doesn't make any sense. Apple (Records) owned their trademark outright. The only people infringing on it was Apple (Computer) Inc. If a burglar broke into your house, would you agree to sign the title over if he let you live in it?
Remastering for iTunes isn't worth giving that up. They're either incompetent or they'll be getting a huge pile of cash from Apple (Computer) possibly in exchange for an exclusive iTMS deal (maybe including movies?), a beatles iPod, etc.
if Google doesn't pay these 3 millions a year, rest assured that someone else will, most probably taxpayers in one form or another.
Let's assume Google builds a data center in North Carolina employing 200 people. But they also get certain tax breaks. Your opinion seems to be that North Carolina citizens would be better off if google built the data center in Kentucky, Tennessee, or anywhere else.
Consider: does the presence of a google data center (and $600 million investment) increase the state expenses? Since most of the state budget is consumed by entitlement programs and education, 200 decent paying jobs with healthcare, retirement funding, etc, will not increase state expenses. The fact that they're getting certain tax breaks (sales tax on equipment, electricty, property taxes, etc) does not reduce the NC government funds -- that money wouldn't be collected if google built somewhere else.
You seem to have a liberal mindset that all money is the rightful property of the government.The reality is, google is increasing the size of the economic pie. And a small piece of a big pie is more than a big piece of jack shit.
He didn't say Firefox was the most used browser, he said it was "more used" than Netscape.
in other words, your ideas are shit?
I was looking forward to perl 6 until I heard about that.
I can't count the number of times I've jacked off thinking about her tight teen pussy. Actually, I can. Zero.
If the screen width is too narrow, a left/right scroll bar is acceptable (in fact, preferable) to me. I tried the original example with the min-width: property (which ff supports) but that actually made the div overlap worse when narrow.
How about the circumstance that you want something after the 3 columns? The absolute positioning screws that up. How about the circumstance that the window is resized? At smaller widths, the columns overlap each other. How about the circumstance that you want all 3 columns to have the same height? Every 3 column css/div layout I've seen fails at some of the above or require multiple layers of non-intuive divs and css hackery that make a table layout seem elegant.
Tables are overused, but they're less problematic than a 3-column css layout.
point 3: the referral doesn't affect the price.
If I buy the book through that link, I'll save $6.30. How is that bad? The fact that someone else makes a some money in the process doesn't adversely affect me (in fact it save me money).
postgresql is a more oracle-like (eg, plpgsql) and BSD licensed. Of course, postgres could cannibalize oracle sales; mysql is like sqlite, but with less features.
CowboyKneel and CmdrTaco are known to have a sex life, if you know what I mean (*cough*turd burglars*cough*)
They made a promise, which you relied on, to your detriment. Ask them if losing a lawsuit supersedes their internal relocation policy.
the minimum wage monkey doesn't know what he's talking about. The google checkout API allows the merchant to specify the shipping mehtod (and costs associated with it). Maybe they screwed that up.