Those who promote the cyclic-universe theory, shall hereby be called cyclists. The conventional way of seeing the universe is just a lot more pedestrian.
> Wolf was great because it brought FPS's on to the scene...but IMO it was not very immersive.
It played well on my 10MHz 286. It was the most immersive thing back then. Probably a lot of this is due to the music which kept up the gloomy atmosphere. Of course the graphics were crap by today's standards, but you didn't have them to compare to. You just accepted seeing blocky scenes on computers in general.
reminds me of an ornithopter. It's the idea played around by Da Vinci et al. that you could wield mechanical wings and flap around in the sky. Some people tried those things and crushed down pretty badly... just like this fscking processor that's yet another extension to sux86!
I thought it's obvious that in electronics, you do things a bit differently from Gutenberg's style. For example, black on white isn't very good on CRT like it is on paper, though many web designers still insist on that. Fortunately this one doesn't have that problem.
Still, if eBooks don't catch on, I don't see how a folding screen would help.
Somehow 'Swiss Army Knife' sounds a bit mundane these days. And we all know that 'Swiss Army Chainsaw' already exists and has more blades than Larry Wall can count. Therefore, I propose the term SwissCard for this beauty. (Something under that name is already being made by Victorinox, but I rest assured none of the/.ers care about IP SchmIP issues.)
FORTRAN has had pointers for ages, but they are rarely needed because of other useful features: e.g. array expressions, array subscripts, modules.
My previous reply was meant to illustrate the language features useful for parallel computing, and I don't really know how the compiler handles them. There is also High Performance FORTRAN specifically designed for supercomputers, but I only have experience on common F90 on unix boxen.
It should also be noticed that the parallelism required in many applications goes beyond array expressions. A naive example is the distributed.net RC5 contest where each node is more or less independent, and the required bandwidth is a tiny fraction of the local memory bandwidth. Of course this requires that the application is designed for this kind of parallelization.
FORTRAN 90/95 has built-in vector expressions such as A = sin(X) where A, X are vectors, so it is relatively easy to parallelize. The compiler doesn't have to look for hidden parallelism in FOR loops and the like.
Electronics are beautiful, it's the damn beige/grey cases that are ugly. It's like hiding a curvaceous female body behind clunky and unsexy clothes.
OK it's a personal opinion, but electronics have the cyber-futuristic look inherently, just like robots and the like. I admit some people don't like that look, but I could imagine many of the/. crowd do.
I could go further by saying that electronics is beautiful because it's 100% functional. Beige/grey cases are not functional.
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Those who promote the cyclic-universe theory, shall hereby be called cyclists. The conventional way of seeing the universe is just a lot more pedestrian.
Where are Joseph Malik and Saul Goodman when you need them?
It played well on my 10MHz 286. It was the most immersive thing back then. Probably a lot of this is due to the music which kept up the gloomy atmosphere. Of course the graphics were crap by today's standards, but you didn't have them to compare to. You just accepted seeing blocky scenes on computers in general.
Kind of makes you see that quote in a new light. Now waiting for the 'web services' people to say something like "SOAP. I make and sell SOAP."
..are great machines for using the editor called...
reminds me of an ornithopter. It's the idea played around by Da Vinci et al. that you could wield mechanical wings and flap around in the sky. Some people tried those things and crushed down pretty badly... just like this fscking processor that's yet another extension to sux86!
Still, if eBooks don't catch on, I don't see how a folding screen would help.
Somehow 'Swiss Army Knife' sounds a bit mundane these days. And we all know that 'Swiss Army Chainsaw' already exists and has more blades than Larry Wall can count. Therefore, I propose the term SwissCard for this beauty. (Something under that name is already being made by Victorinox, but I rest assured none of the /.ers care about IP SchmIP issues.)
Toyota has made a consumer hybrid car for a few years now. It's called Prius.
Is that like the Perri-Air from Spaceballs?
My previous reply was meant to illustrate the language features useful for parallel computing, and I don't really know how the compiler handles them. There is also High Performance FORTRAN specifically designed for supercomputers, but I only have experience on common F90 on unix boxen.
It should also be noticed that the parallelism required in many applications goes beyond array expressions. A naive example is the distributed.net RC5 contest where each node is more or less independent, and the required bandwidth is a tiny fraction of the local memory bandwidth. Of course this requires that the application is designed for this kind of parallelization.
FORTRAN 90/95 has built-in vector expressions such as A = sin(X) where A, X are vectors, so it is relatively easy to parallelize. The compiler doesn't have to look for hidden parallelism in FOR loops and the like.
Somebody forgot RC5 from the application list.
Ahh, so that's where the term 'reboot' comes from!
Nope, it was developed in the early 1970s by Vinton Cerf and others. I don't have any links right now but surely someone can second me.
Time flies like an arrow.
Since frequency is the inverse of time, the solution is obviously with fruit flies!
Almost makes me want to switch to Linux.. if only I didn't use it already!
You call Mozilla fast? You might try Opera and see what 'fast' really means...
BTW can anyone tell where I could find any of these:
- The Unix Kernel in a Bourne-shell
- Gunpowder in a Bombshell
- Perl in a Clamshell
- Boycott Shell
Of course, they would add to my book collection which I keep in my Nutshelf.OK it's a personal opinion, but electronics have the cyber-futuristic look inherently, just like robots and the like. I admit some people don't like that look, but I could imagine many of the /. crowd do.
I could go further by saying that electronics is beautiful because it's 100% functional. Beige/grey cases are not functional.
your cat is named Erwin S. and he brings home animals that are (|dead> + |alive>)?
I wouldn't put a half CD in my drive. It must be horribly out of balance and the drive would be broken.
Oh, you mean it's a CD only half full (half empty ?) of stuff...
Only if your PC has a Cup Holder. As a member of CUPS I ought to know.
My hard drive actually runs on pixie dust!