OK, I sound like a fanboy, but Red vs. Blue is actually quite good:)
You fanboy, you!
Rules on languages...
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Java 1.5 vs C#
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I have a couple of rules when regarding languages:
1. Does it have wide industry support or is it merely another "we ship it until we kill it" single-sourced language.
2. Does the name sound like it could hurt you?
C# pretty much fills the bill (no pun intended) for both 1 and 2.
MS is no stranger to introducing something and then killing it some time later (hence my avoidance of both.NET and C#). And just when you get used to version XYZ, they come out with XYZ+1 which changes EVERYTHING. Sorry, I don't need my code to die at the whims of MS.
Then there is the whole "C#" name which, frankly, I think sounds retarded. To most Americans, the '#' symbol is pronounced "pound". Few people I know call it a "sharp" (actually, NO ONE that I know calls it that).
Finally, just the sound of it sounds dangerous and, if inserted in the wrong place (like my MIND) could cause harm.
Go back to the part about "selling". When I buy a paper, I don't buy a contract, yet the paper still retains copyright. Some places GIVE away papers and YET they still retain copyright.
Cost does not always imply monetary nor contract. Nor did they send them to you out of the blue. You do not own them. No more than you "own" the content distributed in "free" papers.
Re:Not the death, but certainly less market
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32-bit Processors, Cheap
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The 8-bit MCU market has been shrinking for over a decade. It's no secret. Of course there will always be a market for small-time CPUs; certainly hobbyists will want them. But traditional places like your car computers need more real-time DSP computation and the like, and require the MCU to grow with them.
Has the 8-bit MCU market shrunk? Sounds like "repeat it enough and EVENTUALLY some dumbass will believe it".
I've been writing 8 bit code for nigh 20 years. Somehow, whether it be luck or skill, I have remained employed. And so have a lot of programmers who, oddly enough, are still programming those "dead" 8 bitters. "I'm not dead." "What?" "Nothing. There's your ninepence." "I'm not dead." "'Ere, he says he's not dead." "Yes he is." "I'm not." "He isn't." "Well, he will be soon, he's very ill."
Pretty much sez where we are with the 8 bitters. They aren't dead but there are those just ready to club them over the head (over and over and over) to try to make it so.
Copyright gives holder no right to determine how one USES content, it merely gives them a monolopy right over copying the content for distributation. There are some copyright limitations on use, such as public displaying and the like, but fair use clearly says once you give ME a copy of your work, I can do anything I damn well chose to it.
Hold on there Sparky, you just ran over a couple of key points at about 180 MPH, much like those motorists with the "defective" cruise controls.
You are correct when you say that once the artist "sells" (I'll get back to that in a minute) a copy of his work to you, you can do whatever you want - burn it, destroy it, cut the nose out of a Picasso (if you can find a nose!). The ONLY thing you are not allowed to do is reproduce copies for profit (another nebulous word, but for the moment lets leave it at that).
Now here is where it gets tricky. Most people think of "selling" as being monetary. It is not. For example, I may ask that in order to view my work of art you have to bring food for the homeless, etc. You may also specify that in order to get access (which is really what you are getting) that you must abide to certain rules. Rules which you may not find that you like.
You are arguing that you have the right to access it anyway you please. That is not your right. I haven't seen that anywhere in the Copyright law nor have I seen that anywhere else. Buying music via Apple or Microsoft sez you will abide by the DRM (not that I am a fan of the DRM - I think it falls back to the bad old days of copy protection and adds unneeded cost to the product).
No one gave a copy of the document to you for free. You were given access provided that you were prevented from saving or printing it (i.e. the price of access). That does not, from my point of view, violate the spirit or the law.
Apple used to give away System Software. Up 'till System 7.1, IIRC. Now it's $130 every year or so.
IIRC, that was up until their lawyers said that they had to give it SOME price for it to have value (I believe it has something to do with development and tax reasons... But IANA tax lawyer, so I could be wrong on that one).
Personally, I don't think that $130 is that much for the killer apps that come with OS X. And as much as you want to say "my money, my copy", remember the ONLY thing you bought was the CD and the license -- the software on it was just a little added gratuity.
Funny how people will say "my money, my copy" up until THEY are selling software... they they get kinda' cranky when people are "ripping them off"...
Microsoft has just announced that since the first sale of "Windows Starter Edition" there are now 10,000 illegal copies of it in Russia.
This has required a major rethink at Microsoft who have so far rejected "Windows, Starter Starter Edition", "Windows: Bob Doesn't Live Here Anymore" and the most unpopular "Windows: No, Really, THIS is NOT to be Copied, Edition".
Russians have been using the illegal copies mostly as coasters as they have no real value beyond that.
Linux became an issue when Combe's Web applications needed a database
You see, Combe didn't do the first thing you do when designing a system: plan for the future. As such he picked out an OS, had things running and then went "OH, I need a database and the only thing I ever heard of was Oracle so it must be the only thing out there".
Hmmm... poor planning and bad decisions... sounds like he and Microsoft were a marriage made in heaven!
I remember back in the day when I used to rat-race CAT's just for jollies and hack on CP/M systems for the money. Those were good times.
But, frankly, as I have aged, a couple of things have come up: one, I know have a helluva' property-tax to get out of...er... pay, yeah, pay. And you think we can send all those poor kids in Africa medicine with cheap software? No sir, buckeroo, it requires a lot of dough.
As for treating our customers "like idiots", I take umbrage at the remark. We treat everyone exactly the same. No favoritism. Except for Michael.
We have responded to the problem. After all, we have said security is job #1. Well, actually, we said profits, didn't we? Okay, let's call it job #2. Or maybe #3? We can't forget all those poor African children. Or do you have something against African children, now?
Again, I hope for the best for you. Perhaps this is merely a subject you and I can agree to disagree.
i'm not an expert, so i'll leave that to people like you and your wife
Don't rightly recall ever saying I was an expert. Merely expressed an opinion.
The Hearing think about Deaf culture as much as Americans think about Canadian or Mexican politics - pretty much 0%. It is out there, we just don't consider it as important.
IIRC, the interrupt controller ORIGINALLY used in the IBM PC (Programmable Interrupt Controller? I think that was what the part was called) could, in theory, cascade to as many interrupts as your heart desires.
So why did they stop at so few?
Need vs. cost. Most people (i.e. the masses) don't need very many interrupts. They are going to play a few games, check their mail and that pretty much covers it.
So, what do you expect from a low cost platform but low quality specs? Blame the masses and the designers. Much like getting cheap coffee - you get what you pay for.
It conceivable that you could see this as a way to change someone to be productive rather than destructive. By giving them goals and giving them the tools to accomplish them.
On the other hand we all know what business is REALLY like.
people dont steal music, they copy it. for many people, this is legal.
I guess I would have to see the law that sez this. Otherwise, it is merely someone's belief. Last I checked, belief systems were not law.
But, then, by this logic why should I be tossed into the pokey if I copied thousand dollar bills and bought stuff with it? After all, there was no "theft" of money. I just COPIED it!
Yup, I've had a lot of interaction as well. I'd go into it, but let's cut to the chase and just pull out a ruler and measure.
Many (but by no means all) deaf people i've seen tend to stick to themselves and not communicate much with the hearing in their daily lives.
Much like those who speak Chinese gravitate to other Chinese speakers, those who speak German gravitate to others who speak German, etc. Hmmm, I think I see a pattern here...
It is very human to want to be in association with a group of people like yourself. People who don't have to go out of their way to communicate with you.
What you are arguing is that the Deaf are to be faulted for being human.
I've not run into someone with this attitude for a long, long time, even before I started attending RIT. I'd be interested to hear you expand on where this has been a problem for you.
Come to Texas. or hell, anywhere in the South. You'll find that attitude quite common. One man I knew used to tell me how when folks would ask him how he could drive he would point out that its his ears that don't work, not his eyes.
Man, I'm truly amazed at the amount of freakin' ignorance there is about the Deaf and Deaf culture. (I'm not an expert, just worked several years on my American Sign Language and have a wife who worked on her masters in anthropology with a slant towards communication).
o Deaf children of hearing parents will frequently create home signs to communicate to their parents.
o Human beings are hard wired for language.
o Creation of an informal language (hey, like slang!) to be used amongst others is neither new (my wife studied her masters in the 80's) nor "surprising". Apparently it is "news" because the children were Deaf (which DOESN'T make them stupid!).
BTW American Sign Languange is a great language to learn. Very expressive. There is slang the kids use, jokes that TRULY don't translate into English, and a whole culture that is the same yet very different from the Hearing.
And most of them HATE these stupid stories about "those amazing Deaf people".
This is pretty much up with the one my wife posed in our early years of marriage (men, you can NOT answer this one correctly... no, trust me on this!)
"Do I look fat in this?"
However, I am still typing up my GUT (I prove that there are only 17 dimensions, string theory is wrong, the Multiverse doesn't REALLY exist, and that the cat is alive or dead BEFORE you open the box), and should have it available for subscribers shortly.
What you DIDN'T know is that I ate the cat in a nicely stewed cranberry sauce. Which is going to be a real bitch if you open up the box and find out that it is alive.
Everything happens at once. We merely perceive it as being sequential
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Gates has always said that there isn't any judgement that he won't ignore (okay, so not the exact quote, but it is the intent).
Why is anyone surprised by MS actions?
The crock is that the law only applies to those who can't afford to get out of it. For Gates and such, laws are only inconveniences.
OK, I sound like a fanboy, but Red vs. Blue is actually quite good :)
You fanboy, you!
I have a couple of rules when regarding languages:
.NET and C#). And just when you get used to version XYZ, they come out with XYZ+1 which changes EVERYTHING. Sorry, I don't need my code to die at the whims of MS.
1. Does it have wide industry support or is it merely another "we ship it until we kill it" single-sourced language.
2. Does the name sound like it could hurt you?
C# pretty much fills the bill (no pun intended) for both 1 and 2.
MS is no stranger to introducing something and then killing it some time later (hence my avoidance of both
Then there is the whole "C#" name which, frankly, I think sounds retarded. To most Americans, the '#' symbol is pronounced "pound". Few people I know call it a "sharp" (actually, NO ONE that I know calls it that).
Finally, just the sound of it sounds dangerous and, if inserted in the wrong place (like my MIND) could cause harm.
Nor did they send them to you out of the blue. You do not own them
Sorry, cut and paste got out of hand. That should read:
Nor did Google send you those documents out of the blue. You do not own them.
Go back to the part about "selling". When I buy a paper, I don't buy a contract, yet the paper still retains copyright. Some places GIVE away papers and YET they still retain copyright.
Cost does not always imply monetary nor contract. Nor did they send them to you out of the blue. You do not own them. No more than you "own" the content distributed in "free" papers.
The 8-bit MCU market has been shrinking for over a decade. It's no secret. Of course there will always be a market for small-time CPUs; certainly hobbyists will want them. But traditional places like your car computers need more real-time DSP computation and the like, and require the MCU to grow with them.
Has the 8-bit MCU market shrunk? Sounds like "repeat it enough and EVENTUALLY some dumbass will believe it".
I've been writing 8 bit code for nigh 20 years. Somehow, whether it be luck or skill, I have remained employed. And so have a lot of programmers who, oddly enough, are still programming those "dead" 8 bitters.
"I'm not dead."
"What?"
"Nothing. There's your ninepence."
"I'm not dead."
"'Ere, he says he's not dead."
"Yes he is."
"I'm not."
"He isn't."
"Well, he will be soon, he's very ill."
Pretty much sez where we are with the 8 bitters. They aren't dead but there are those just ready to club them over the head (over and over and over) to try to make it so.
Copyright gives holder no right to determine how one USES content, it merely gives them a monolopy right over copying the content for distributation. There are some copyright limitations on use, such as public displaying and the like, but fair use clearly says once you give ME a copy of your work, I can do anything I damn well chose to it.
Hold on there Sparky, you just ran over a couple of key points at about 180 MPH, much like those motorists with the "defective" cruise controls.
You are correct when you say that once the artist "sells" (I'll get back to that in a minute) a copy of his work to you, you can do whatever you want - burn it, destroy it, cut the nose out of a Picasso (if you can find a nose!). The ONLY thing you are not allowed to do is reproduce copies for profit (another nebulous word, but for the moment lets leave it at that).
Now here is where it gets tricky. Most people think of "selling" as being monetary. It is not. For example, I may ask that in order to view my work of art you have to bring food for the homeless, etc. You may also specify that in order to get access (which is really what you are getting) that you must abide to certain rules. Rules which you may not find that you like.
You are arguing that you have the right to access it anyway you please. That is not your right. I haven't seen that anywhere in the Copyright law nor have I seen that anywhere else. Buying music via Apple or Microsoft sez you will abide by the DRM (not that I am a fan of the DRM - I think it falls back to the bad old days of copy protection and adds unneeded cost to the product).
No one gave a copy of the document to you for free. You were given access provided that you were prevented from saving or printing it (i.e. the price of access). That does not, from my point of view, violate the spirit or the law.
Apple used to give away System Software. Up 'till System 7.1, IIRC. Now it's $130 every year or so.
IIRC, that was up until their lawyers said that they had to give it SOME price for it to have value (I believe it has something to do with development and tax reasons... But IANA tax lawyer, so I could be wrong on that one).
Personally, I don't think that $130 is that much for the killer apps that come with OS X. And as much as you want to say "my money, my copy", remember the ONLY thing you bought was the CD and the license -- the software on it was just a little added gratuity.
Funny how people will say "my money, my copy" up until THEY are selling software... they they get kinda' cranky when people are "ripping them off"...
Hell, boy, we've been doing that in Texas for YEARS!
Microsoft has just announced that since the first sale of "Windows Starter Edition" there are now 10,000 illegal copies of it in Russia.
This has required a major rethink at Microsoft who have so far rejected "Windows, Starter Starter Edition", "Windows: Bob Doesn't Live Here Anymore" and the most unpopular "Windows: No, Really, THIS is NOT to be Copied, Edition".
Russians have been using the illegal copies mostly as coasters as they have no real value beyond that.
Linux became an issue when Combe's Web applications needed a database
You see, Combe didn't do the first thing you do when designing a system: plan for the future. As such he picked out an OS, had things running and then went "OH, I need a database and the only thing I ever heard of was Oracle so it must be the only thing out there".
Hmmm... poor planning and bad decisions... sounds like he and Microsoft were a marriage made in heaven!
Hi Tom,
I remember back in the day when I used to rat-race CAT's just for jollies and hack on CP/M systems for the money. Those were good times.
But, frankly, as I have aged, a couple of things have come up: one, I know have a helluva' property-tax to get out of...er... pay, yeah, pay. And you think we can send all those poor kids in Africa medicine with cheap software? No sir, buckeroo, it requires a lot of dough.
As for treating our customers "like idiots", I take umbrage at the remark. We treat everyone exactly the same. No favoritism. Except for Michael.
We have responded to the problem. After all, we have said security is job #1. Well, actually, we said profits, didn't we? Okay, let's call it job #2. Or maybe #3? We can't forget all those poor African children. Or do you have something against African children, now?
Again, I hope for the best for you. Perhaps this is merely a subject you and I can agree to disagree.
Your pal,
Bill
i'm not an expert, so i'll leave that to people like you and your wife
Don't rightly recall ever saying I was an expert. Merely expressed an opinion.
The Hearing think about Deaf culture as much as Americans think about Canadian or Mexican politics - pretty much 0%. It is out there, we just don't consider it as important.
Merely personal observation and nothing more.
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And for the old farts, does this mean 1 is no longer the loneliest number?
IIRC, the interrupt controller ORIGINALLY used in the IBM PC (Programmable Interrupt Controller? I think that was what the part was called) could, in theory, cascade to as many interrupts as your heart desires.
So why did they stop at so few?
Need vs. cost. Most people (i.e. the masses) don't need very many interrupts. They are going to play a few games, check their mail and that pretty much covers it.
So, what do you expect from a low cost platform but low quality specs? Blame the masses and the designers. Much like getting cheap coffee - you get what you pay for.
It conceivable that you could see this as a way to change someone to be productive rather than destructive. By giving them goals and giving them the tools to accomplish them.
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On the other hand we all know what business is REALLY like
Microsoft - Stuff that doesn't suck as bad as it used to...
CNN or my paycheck?
My paycheck still clocks in at the same rate as it did three years ago.
Time to start buying Grecian formula, I guess...
And while (paper ballots are) human readable, they take much longer to count than electronic ballots.
Yeah, try to count an electron. Man it is a bitch! Give me anything that isn't sub-atomic...
people dont steal music, they copy it. for many people, this is legal. I guess I would have to see the law that sez this. Otherwise, it is merely someone's belief. Last I checked, belief systems were not law. But, then, by this logic why should I be tossed into the pokey if I copied thousand dollar bills and bought stuff with it? After all, there was no "theft" of money. I just COPIED it!
Yup, I've had a lot of interaction as well. I'd go into it, but let's cut to the chase and just pull out a ruler and measure.
Many (but by no means all) deaf people i've seen tend to stick to themselves and not communicate much with the hearing in their daily lives.
Much like those who speak Chinese gravitate to other Chinese speakers, those who speak German gravitate to others who speak German, etc. Hmmm, I think I see a pattern here...
It is very human to want to be in association with a group of people like yourself. People who don't have to go out of their way to communicate with you.
What you are arguing is that the Deaf are to be faulted for being human.
I've not run into someone with this attitude for a long, long time, even before I started attending RIT. I'd be interested to hear you expand on where this has been a problem for you.
Come to Texas. or hell, anywhere in the South. You'll find that attitude quite common. One man I knew used to tell me how when folks would ask him how he could drive he would point out that its his ears that don't work, not his eyes.
Not everywhere is as utopian as New York state.
Man, I'm truly amazed at the amount of freakin' ignorance there is about the Deaf and Deaf culture. (I'm not an expert, just worked several years on my American Sign Language and have a wife who worked on her masters in anthropology with a slant towards communication).
o Deaf children of hearing parents will frequently create home signs to communicate to their parents.
o Human beings are hard wired for language.
o Creation of an informal language (hey, like slang!) to be used amongst others is neither new (my wife studied her masters in the 80's) nor "surprising". Apparently it is "news" because the children were Deaf (which DOESN'T make them stupid!).
BTW American Sign Languange is a great language to learn. Very expressive. There is slang the kids use, jokes that TRULY don't translate into English, and a whole culture that is the same yet very different from the Hearing.
And most of them HATE these stupid stories about "those amazing Deaf people".
This is pretty much up with the one my wife posed in our early years of marriage (men, you can NOT answer this one correctly... no, trust me on this!) "Do I look fat in this?"
However, I am still typing up my GUT (I prove that there are only 17 dimensions, string theory is wrong, the Multiverse doesn't REALLY exist, and that the cat is alive or dead BEFORE you open the box), and should have it available for subscribers shortly.
What you DIDN'T know is that I ate the cat in a nicely stewed cranberry sauce. Which is going to be a real bitch if you open up the box and find out that it is alive.
Everything happens at once. We merely perceive it as being sequential
"You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door."
Open mailbox.
The mailbox is open.
Examine mailbox.
You see a letter inside the mailbox
Read letter.
Congratulations! You installed the security fix and nothing broke!
Shrug shoulders. Get on to other computer related stuff.