That story is bullshit. He had a 386, and and was using the minix OS (which was a somewhat popular unix-like OS for 8086 computers, but licensed under terms so modifcations were only possible via patches). Linux was written to circumvent those licensing terms, and fix some of minix's deficiencies. Browse google for the "linux is obsolete" thread.
you're right though, you should have an understanding of hat goes on beneath the surface if you want to produce good code. That doesn't mean being anal about it -- optimizing compilers get better, machines get faster -- but you should be aware of what you're really asking for.
I agree. the 8086 binstruction set is poorly designed, but it's miles head of the 6502. 6502 is 8 bit with 1 accumulator and 2 index registers, and 256 byte stack. 8086 has 4 "general purpose" (sort of) 16 bit registers tha can be treated as 8 8-bit registers, plus a few more limited purpose registers (bp, etc). Every 6502 instruction has an equivalent, more powerful 8086 instruction. And then some!
6502 beats 8086 for simplicity though. And teh fact that it took 4 cycles for the 8086 to fetch memory and 1 cycle for the 6502 made the 6502 effectively faster in a mhz/mhz comparison.
that's a bad idea. VMS DCL commnds are much more cryptic than standard unix (or linux) commands. A revitalized [Opsn]VMS could siphon away 3l1te linux users!
Paul Read's book is one of the most applicable, thorough, and "practiceable" UML books to date (and I have read a lot of them). One of the concepts that was a real breakthrough for me was the event list/table. There always seemed to be a step missing in the transition from a client requirements document to use cases, and the notion of the event list was it. A number of projects I've worked on have suffered from the use cases being far to granular, resulting in a nearly unmanageable number of them. The event list serves as the perfect tool for eliminating this problem.
While the sample project is not unnecessarily complex, it provides the level of detail necessary to apply RUP and UML to just about any Java project. Furthermore, most UML books fail to move beyond the theoretical level and provide concrete examples. This is not the case with Java and UML. This book is written in a style that is easy to read and will have you familiar with the concepts and applying them to your own projects in a matter of days.
I think the back lash of angry users adn whatnot will squelch this quickly, surely they dont' think people will actually pay after it's been free for so many years
Like it squelched gif?
perl vs other languages
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Whenever perl pops up in slashdot, there are plenty of language zealots claiming perl is obsolete and you should really be using php or ruby or python instead.
What are your thoughts on these other scripting languages? What do you like about them, what do you dislike?
Note: Due to Slashdot's line length restrictions, lines of code over 50 characters long may not display correctly. Please be aware of this if you include code samples in your question.
excellent point. You paid $15 for a.org. I paid $12. I also pay 10/month for hosting ($120 a year). Granted, a non-profit may get free hosting from a local isp, but the cost of registering a domain name isn't the deciding factor. If you drop it to a $0.25 a domain, you will see a lot of speculating. Trying to limit it to real non-profit orgs (which.org wasn't ever intended to be specifically for) and only allowing one domain/group/indivudual will mean a lot of paperwork, and will push the price back up.
Slashdot Mirror
It's called "Flash." Look into it.
ebay is dropping their cc service in favor of paypal.
If $25 goes missing or gets frozen, it's probably not worth your time to bother.
Does slashdot still use paypal as the only billing option for subscriptions?
That story is bullshit. He had a 386, and and was using the minix OS (which was a somewhat popular unix-like OS for 8086 computers, but licensed under terms so modifcations were only possible via patches). Linux was written to circumvent those licensing terms, and fix some of minix's deficiencies. Browse google for the "linux is obsolete" thread.
HTML is a good programming language, but I think a better introductory programming language is Microsoft Word.
you're right though, you should have an understanding of hat goes on beneath the surface if you want to produce good code. That doesn't mean being anal about it -- optimizing compilers get better, machines get faster -- but you should be aware of what you're really asking for.
and he has an army of fags like you, just waiting for the chance to suck him off.
6502 beats 8086 for simplicity though. And teh fact that it took 4 cycles for the 8086 to fetch memory and 1 cycle for the 6502 made the 6502 effectively faster in a mhz/mhz comparison.
for (register long l = 0; l < 0xffffffff; l++)
{
}
and got:
nop
For a giant speed increase!
Just install windows 2k without any service packs and start up IIS. They'll distribute themselves automagically.
60 million users who don't want to pay for anything. The companies that would have killed for that all went bankrupt when the VC was spent.
wow. a new phrase for masturbating. may the force be with you.
*second* biggest douchebag. You're forgetting the slashdot pt cruiser!
Although you might argue it's still complicated :)
The main ideas of RISC are
- lots of general purpose registers
- Fixed-width instruction coding
- one instruction to read memory to register, one to read register to memory
By those criteria, PPC is RISC (although it's not 100% RISC), and x86 is not.that's a bad idea. VMS DCL commnds are much more cryptic than standard unix (or linux) commands. A revitalized [Opsn]VMS could siphon away 3l1te linux users!
seriously. Where else but slashdot would a bunch of teenagers discuss "double slits" and "creases" and not be thinking of girls?
Paul Read's book is one of the most applicable, thorough, and "practiceable" UML books to date (and I have read a lot of them). One of the concepts that was a real breakthrough for me was the event list/table. There always seemed to be a step missing in the transition from a client requirements document to use cases, and the notion of the event list was it. A number of projects I've worked on have suffered from the use cases being far to granular, resulting in a nearly unmanageable number of them. The event list serves as the perfect tool for eliminating this problem.
While the sample project is not unnecessarily complex, it provides the level of detail necessary to apply RUP and UML to just about any Java project. Furthermore, most UML books fail to move beyond the theoretical level and provide concrete examples. This is not the case with Java and UML. This book is written in a style that is easy to read and will have you familiar with the concepts and applying them to your own projects in a matter of days.
Like it squelched gif?
What are your thoughts on these other scripting languages? What do you like about them, what do you dislike?
Do you have any suggestions for improving SLASH?
excellent point. You paid $15 for a .org. I paid $12. I also pay 10/month for hosting ($120 a year). Granted, a non-profit may get free hosting from a local isp, but the cost of registering a domain name isn't the deciding factor. If you drop it to a $0.25 a domain, you will see a lot of speculating. Trying to limit it to real non-profit orgs (which .org wasn't ever intended to be specifically for) and only allowing one domain/group/indivudual will mean a lot of paperwork, and will push the price back up.
Sorry, Chancellor RMS forbids advertising clauses!
maybe you should complain about a redundant story. This review was so short, why wasn't it just posted as a comment to the original review?
I ordered the WindRiver (now BSDMall) FreeBSD 4.6 from CheapBytes last week. The discs/jewel case say 4.6/June 2002. The install CD is named "4.6.1".