Interesting example... (virtually) every tex binary is built with web2c which converts the TeX WEB/Pascal source code to C. Literate Programming and WEB are both mindshare failures.
If me girlfriend wants to have sex, she strokes my cock 3 times. If she doesn't want to have sex, she strokes my cock 100 times.
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The first version of ed was written in assembly language on paper. It was then manually assembled to octal opcodes and burned to ROM/BIOS. It could then be used to edit itself.
ask Jamie McCarthy over at slashcode.org. Slashdot is 6 servers: 4 of them serve cached content, 1 serves dynamic (perl) content, 1 runs mysql (a custom version). When a logged in user reads a story, front page, etc, the db is queried for the user account and preferences, everything else comes from cached html files. An AC reading doesn't even require a database hit.
but the reality is, testing, getting regulatory approval, the risk of lawsuits, and (in the US) the health insurance industry are responsible for high drug prices. It sounds like these researchers are suggesting we can save money by testing drugs on 3rd world, uneducated "volunteers". About what I'd expect form the British.
slashdot uses a very customized version of mysql and a LOT of caching. Remember a few months back when threaded comment posting was disabled for 24+ hours so they could rebuild the comment index?
most doctors spend their time writing prescriptions for drugs a patient has seen advertised on tv. If I need a prescription for Fukitall, that's fine. If I have a couple odd symptoms that aren't explained by a 5 minutes of googling, that's not fine.
Linux audio/video support is much better than Windows audio/video support (I'm sure we've all had the frustration of dealing with unsupported hardware). I suggest installing the real-time linux patches to decrease latency.
If an artist only writes one or two good songs for every 15 they release, they suck. Why are you buying their shit anyway?
Greatest hits/box sets: These often include a couple new/unreleased songs. If you are a fan and own all the original songs, it's silly to buy a new CD for 2 new songs.
Compilation CDs of various artists, soundtracks, etc. (again, new songs from a variety of musicians, you might only be interested in a few of the songs).
re-releases of old material: In a grasp for even more money, records from the 60s and 70s are being repackaged with outtakes.
Singles: Some bands release CD singles backed with outtakes or live recordings.
iTunes exclusives: They have a fair amount of stuff you can't even get on CD
Special Guests: a lot of rap/hip hop music (if you can call it that) features other people.
C-Span's argument that they ought to be allowed to pan the room and take congressional "reaction shots" seems idiotic to me. Who gives a crap what their reaction is? What's important is what's going on at the damn speakers podium, and I don't want to miss any of that because some jackass producer thinks that I'm interested in what the redneck representative from Virginia is flicking at his new Muslim archenemy.
Most of the time, their is no audience.... most of the time, congress critters don't even show up to vote (vote by proxy).
everything you mentioned (LaTeX, python, web stuff, etc) can be done in Windows. Install cygwin, mktex, TeXnic Center, and you're golden.
I've tried dual (or even triple) booting in the past and it's the worst of both worlds. However, virtualization lets you run side by side and leverage the particular advantages of each environment.
Zune is a failure vs Ipod because consumers don't want to deal with DRM everytime they want to listen to something, especially when there are hundreds if not thousands of music players that will play non DRM files. Including the Ipod.
I've been reading about Hans since the murder indictment, but haven't really found much besides technical details of ReiserFS. What kind of behavior is he known for that would cause people to avoid him, or his products?
It's ResierFS. Compare that to ext(2/3), HPFS, NTFS, HFS, XFS, ZFS, BFS, notice a pattern? You don't have to be a cynic to think maybe he's a little too interested in drumming up support for his consulting business. Obviously, it was successful or we wouldn't be seeing/. stories about him.
More importantly, ReiserFS is developed primarily by Reiser/Namesys. If they dropped suport and moved on (or got arrested), nobody would be left to maintain it.
Novell is not the hypothetical patent holder in these scenarios -- MS is. That argument is cute when applied to SCO, but irrelevant here.
Due to patents, encryption, and other artificial limitations, many GPL and FOSS projects include "illegal for export" encryption code and "might be patented in your country" algorithms ("wink wink, only enable this functionality if it's legal for you to do so!").
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Interesting example... (virtually) every tex binary is built with web2c which converts the TeX WEB/Pascal source code to C. Literate Programming and WEB are both mindshare failures.
If me girlfriend wants to have sex, she strokes my cock 3 times. If she doesn't want to have sex, she strokes my cock 100 times.
The first version of ed was written in assembly language on paper. It was then manually assembled to octal opcodes and burned to ROM/BIOS. It could then be used to edit itself.
Usually from the bell-end of Apple. I wonder if IBM's fab plants can cash the check their PR department writes.
the article was kind of vague. this is the patent in question. Personally, it seems kind of obvious, but that's how it goes.
ask Jamie McCarthy over at slashcode.org. Slashdot is 6 servers: 4 of them serve cached content, 1 serves dynamic (perl) content, 1 runs mysql (a custom version). When a logged in user reads a story, front page, etc, the db is queried for the user account and preferences, everything else comes from cached html files. An AC reading doesn't even require a database hit.
but the reality is, testing, getting regulatory approval, the risk of lawsuits, and (in the US) the health insurance industry are responsible for high drug prices. It sounds like these researchers are suggesting we can save money by testing drugs on 3rd world, uneducated "volunteers". About what I'd expect form the British.
slashdot uses a very customized version of mysql and a LOT of caching. Remember a few months back when threaded comment posting was disabled for 24+ hours so they could rebuild the comment index?
most doctors spend their time writing prescriptions for drugs a patient has seen advertised on tv. If I need a prescription for Fukitall, that's fine. If I have a couple odd symptoms that aren't explained by a 5 minutes of googling, that's not fine.
Some ARM processors have support for native Java bytecode.
Linux audio/video support is much better than Windows audio/video support (I'm sure we've all had the frustration of dealing with unsupported hardware). I suggest installing the real-time linux patches to decrease latency.
That reminds me of a joke:
Q: What's in CmdrTaco's brown?
A: Zonk's white!
If an artist only writes one or two good songs for every 15 they release, they suck. Why are you buying their shit anyway?
You worked for 30 years at barclays (that makes you 50+) yet your nick is "TrisexualPuppy".... Either you're full of shit or you're a pedophile.
Delegation was used because the emphasis was on the noun in the phrase "United States".
more Americans died in 3.75 years of combat than died in 3 hours of plane crashes... What's your point again?
Apple already controls the input components and drivers, so they're two steps ahead of MS here.
that's a well established fact. check any (decent) US history book or biography (Jefferson, Hamilton, Adams, etc).
Most of the time, their is no audience.... most of the time, congress critters don't even show up to vote (vote by proxy).
everything you mentioned (LaTeX, python, web stuff, etc) can be done in Windows. Install cygwin, mktex, TeXnic Center, and you're golden.
I've tried dual (or even triple) booting in the past and it's the worst of both worlds. However, virtualization lets you run side by side and leverage the particular advantages of each environment.
Zune is a failure vs Ipod because consumers don't want to deal with DRM everytime they want to listen to something, especially when there are hundreds if not thousands of music players that will play non DRM files. Including the Ipod.
The Zune plays non-DRM mp3, WMA, and AAC files.
Slashdot editors struggle with heterosexuality.
To help clarify:
It's ResierFS. Compare that to ext(2/3), HPFS, NTFS, HFS, XFS, ZFS, BFS, notice a pattern? You don't have to be a cynic to think maybe he's a little too interested in drumming up support for his consulting business. Obviously, it was successful or we wouldn't be seeing /. stories about him.
More importantly, ReiserFS is developed primarily by Reiser/Namesys. If they dropped suport and moved on (or got arrested), nobody would be left to maintain it.
Due to patents, encryption, and other artificial limitations, many GPL and FOSS projects include "illegal for export" encryption code and "might be patented in your country" algorithms ("wink wink, only enable this functionality if it's legal for you to do so!").