You're correct, but that's not what the original post is saying. The only way to provide a sparse-matrix class in C++ is with member functions. You can't do it by overloading [] to accept two arguments, e.g. array[2,4]. You have to use a member function, making it look like array.get(2,4), or perhaps overloading () for array(2,4). There's no way to write a matrix class that uses square brackets for indexing more than one dimension.
The post is arguing that both the money in the game and the money exchanged via paypal (or using some other online transaction) are just electronic bits of information, so calling one of them "real money" but not the other is, in that sense, a contradiction.
You could maintain that both were not real money. It may not be a very reasonable position to take, but it would at least be logically consistent based on them both being bits you cannot touch.
You're defining the "real money" as the bits that can be converted to cash at an ATM. If you can sell the game money (or game items) to someone to increase your electronic bank account balance, which you then withdraw as cash at an ATM, what is the difference between that scenario and selling (exchanging) a certain amount of French or German currency for US dollars? None. So, as I think you agree, both can be considered real money.
The parent is just pointing out that it's not really a sane position to call one real and the other not real.
You can extend your point in so many ways too. For example, the green pieces of paper are in theory representing gold bars in a vault somewhere. They're used because they're more convenient to carry around. But what would you do if you had a gold bar? I doubt many people would find it useful for anything except to trade for something else. So you trade and you trade until you get what you want, and everything you gave away is, in some sense, money -- no matter if it's paper, a gold bar, or a chicken.
Have you ever managed to get any of the big shots (for example, Gates) to sit down and try Linux for a few minutes? If so, what did they say? If not, why not? Did they have an allergic reaction and try to run away from you, or have you not asked?
I think it would be interesting to hear the opinions of people at Microsoft who actually have tried Linux (with KDE, OpenOffice, Firefox, etc.), versus the standard "Linux is evil" public relations line.
I signed up for a state do-not-call list, and the following week I had three times as many telemarketing calls as usual. The calls continued at that rate for several months, during which time I told everyone who called to take me off their list. Now it's back the rate it was at before I joined the do-not-call list. I really don't think it did anything.
One flip side to these DNC lists is that most don't prevent calls by non-profit organizations, so the non-profits get the DNC list and start calling everyone on the list. It's an easy way for them to get phone numbers. The ones I hate most are the non-profit credit consolidation people.
On a lighter note, the next time someone calls and asks for the lady of the house, I'm considering saying "speaking" instead of "there is none," just to see if the caller plays along or gets freaked out.
to compile for Itanium. Speaking as a compiler researcher, Itanium is great for generating research papers because there are all sorts of things that you can do from a compiler perspective. The problem is, outside a research environment, someone has to implement a lot of the ideas in an Itanium compiler to make it useful. Unfortunately, most of the stuff in the Itanium research papers isn't easy to implement and most of what gets put into commercial compilers are the easily implementable ideas.
Pretty sure. It's either that or the hard drive, because the sound is mechanical and I know it isn't any of the fans. I built the system myself so I know exactly what's in the case.
It's been an ongoing issue for about 2 years now. It doesn't seem to be hurting anything, but I would like to understand the cause.
Is the problem I have with my power supply. Nobody I've talked to seems to know what it is. There have been guesses that it's the power supply's way of compensating for some resonance that has built up over that period of time. It's actually closer to 23 hours 55 minutes, so the squeek sound drifts. For a while it will be during the night when I'm asleep and I don't hear it, but then it'll drift back to waking hours and I hear it daily for a while. Does anybody know what this is?
I'm a heavy computer user but whenever I have a glaucoma test, I get 5 points subtracted off the result because I have super-thick corneas, and that puts me back in the safe range. Doctors have only begun measuring thickness relatively recently, but studies show that the thicker your cornea is the less likely you are to develop glaucoma, and that people with very thick corneas can safely have larger scores on the glaucoma test.
I don't accept comparing Rush to Carville or Matalin as a valid comparison. You could at least have a reasonable discussion of issues with those two. Rush, however, I doubt you'd get very far. He's in the same category as O'Reilly as far as I'm concerned.
CNN is not biased in favor of Kerry.
Woodruff seems to hate Kerry, as do most of their political analysts, and Kagan is dating Rush Limbaugh. Come on man.
Tell them their feeback site doesn't work properly:
ADODB.Command error '800a0d5d'
Application uses a value of the wrong type for the current operation./linuxDfeedback/datasource.asp, line 57
I am convinced that if Congress re-ratified the Patriot Act, Kerry would _NOT_ veto it.
Bush is asking for it to be made permanent, hence if Congress passes it, he will sign it.
Kerry has said publicly that he's uncomfortable with at least some portions of the act, hence he might sign it.
Therefore, if you oppose the act (as I do), logically you should vote for Kerry. Of course you may have other issues that trump your concern for the act, and you're entitled to those opinions, but please don't base your decision to vote for Bush on assuming Kerry would sign the act.
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Seriously hated that game more than any other. Graphics made it impossible to tell what to click so it was just a random click fest.
From the review: For one thing, the issue of just whether Section 9 should have quite as much power as it does is never really addressed
That's the issue that the end of SAC focuses on, and it carries over into 2nd Gig.
You're correct, but that's not what the original post is saying. The only way to provide a sparse-matrix class in C++ is with member functions. You can't do it by overloading [] to accept two arguments, e.g. array[2,4]. You have to use a member function, making it look like array.get(2,4), or perhaps overloading () for array(2,4). There's no way to write a matrix class that uses square brackets for indexing more than one dimension.
religion is outside of science by definition.
Apparently not in Kansas as of today.
The post is arguing that both the money in the game and the money exchanged via paypal (or using some other online transaction) are just electronic bits of information, so calling one of them "real money" but not the other is, in that sense, a contradiction.
You could maintain that both were not real money. It may not be a very reasonable position to take, but it would at least be logically consistent based on them both being bits you cannot touch.
You're defining the "real money" as the bits that can be converted to cash at an ATM. If you can sell the game money (or game items) to someone to increase your electronic bank account balance, which you then withdraw as cash at an ATM, what is the difference between that scenario and selling (exchanging) a certain amount of French or German currency for US dollars? None. So, as I think you agree, both can be considered real money.
The parent is just pointing out that it's not really a sane position to call one real and the other not real.
Very nice comment.
You can extend your point in so many ways too. For example, the green pieces of paper are in theory representing gold bars in a vault somewhere. They're used because they're more convenient to carry around. But what would you do if you had a gold bar? I doubt many people would find it useful for anything except to trade for something else. So you trade and you trade until you get what you want, and everything you gave away is, in some sense, money -- no matter if it's paper, a gold bar, or a chicken.
Have you ever managed to get any of the big shots (for example, Gates) to sit down and try Linux for a few minutes? If so, what did they say? If not, why not? Did they have an allergic reaction and try to run away from you, or have you not asked?
I think it would be interesting to hear the opinions of people at Microsoft who actually have tried Linux (with KDE, OpenOffice, Firefox, etc.), versus the standard "Linux is evil" public relations line.
I signed up for a state do-not-call list, and the following week I had three times as many telemarketing calls as usual. The calls continued at that rate for several months, during which time I told everyone who called to take me off their list. Now it's back the rate it was at before I joined the do-not-call list. I really don't think it did anything.
One flip side to these DNC lists is that most don't prevent calls by non-profit organizations, so the non-profits get the DNC list and start calling everyone on the list. It's an easy way for them to get phone numbers. The ones I hate most are the non-profit credit consolidation people.
On a lighter note, the next time someone calls and asks for the lady of the house, I'm considering saying "speaking" instead of "there is none," just to see if the caller plays along or gets freaked out.
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to compile for Itanium. Speaking as a compiler researcher, Itanium is great for generating research papers because there are all sorts of things that you can do from a compiler perspective. The problem is, outside a research environment, someone has to implement a lot of the ideas in an Itanium compiler to make it useful. Unfortunately, most of the stuff in the Itanium research papers isn't easy to implement and most of what gets put into commercial compilers are the easily implementable ideas.
Some fan you are. You spelled their name upside-down.
when's the galaxy due to flip over?
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Pretty sure. It's either that or the hard drive, because the sound is mechanical and I know it isn't any of the fans. I built the system myself so I know exactly what's in the case. It's been an ongoing issue for about 2 years now. It doesn't seem to be hurting anything, but I would like to understand the cause.
Is the problem I have with my power supply. Nobody I've talked to seems to know what it is. There have been guesses that it's the power supply's way of compensating for some resonance that has built up over that period of time. It's actually closer to 23 hours 55 minutes, so the squeek sound drifts. For a while it will be during the night when I'm asleep and I don't hear it, but then it'll drift back to waking hours and I hear it daily for a while. Does anybody know what this is?
That would be amusing to say the least.
I'm a heavy computer user but whenever I have a glaucoma test, I get 5 points subtracted off the result because I have super-thick corneas, and that puts me back in the safe range. Doctors have only begun measuring thickness relatively recently, but studies show that the thicker your cornea is the less likely you are to develop glaucoma, and that people with very thick corneas can safely have larger scores on the glaucoma test.
neutered Aibos?
I don't accept comparing Rush to Carville or Matalin as a valid comparison. You could at least have a reasonable discussion of issues with those two. Rush, however, I doubt you'd get very far. He's in the same category as O'Reilly as far as I'm concerned.
CNN is not biased in favor of Kerry. Woodruff seems to hate Kerry, as do most of their political analysts, and Kagan is dating Rush Limbaugh. Come on man.
Tell them their feeback site doesn't work properly: ADODB.Command error '800a0d5d' Application uses a value of the wrong type for the current operation. /linuxDfeedback/datasource.asp, line 57
I keep getting a JavaScript "Please select a product" message when I click submit even though I've selected a product. Anyone else bumping into this?
Haven't we heard that enough recently? It should be up for most abused expression of the year by now.
I am convinced that if Congress re-ratified the Patriot Act, Kerry would _NOT_ veto it.
Bush is asking for it to be made permanent, hence if Congress passes it, he will sign it.
Kerry has said publicly that he's uncomfortable with at least some portions of the act, hence he might sign it.
Therefore, if you oppose the act (as I do), logically you should vote for Kerry. Of course you may have other issues that trump your concern for the act, and you're entitled to those opinions, but please don't base your decision to vote for Bush on assuming Kerry would sign the act.
And they've been running ads promising new episodes, so until they say otherwise I'm inclined to believe that.