In the US, you could have 60% of the ballots "faked" and still come up under the electorial roll. Gotta love those turnouts... do you guys really love freedom as much as you say you do?
Since I have autobotcity.net at home, my computers are optimus (linux server), jetfire (windows PC), hotrod (macbook). At work we use boring old numbers with an OS prefix (eg. NTS255 = Windows NT Server #255).
Specifically, swamp coolers work because of the energy (heat) absorbed in the phase change from liquid water to vapour. Changing a litre of liquid water to vapour, with no temperature change, requires that siginificant energy must be added to the system.
Another way to look at it, is that a given quantity of liquid water has the same specific heat as a much cooler quantity of vapour.
Corporate donations are ALWAYS done in the pursuit of wealth. Sometimes indirectly, via publicity, but always with the bottom line in mind.
As the AC above correctly states, The Gates' foundation is NOT related to Microsoft. In fact, the bulk of the Money is Warren Buffet's, not Bill's at all.
Absolutely, that's what I meant. We package ActiveX controls for the business users, and then push them out through SMS. Frankly we haven't even upgraded to IE7 yet because of all the apps that would break.
Are you saying that it isn't worthwhile, or that it should be done by the private sector? Because I just don't see how it could exist without government funding given there is no realistic potential for a monetary return on investment.
ActiveX is the only thing keeping large businesses TIED to IE. The last thing MS would do is scrap them. And to be honest, within a corporate intranet (where users don't have the rights to install activex controls), ActiveX is a pretty solid technology.
I was thinking about this a few days ago... basically the best solution (to me) would be a ROM-based bootloader (not upgradable) which attempts to load the latest firmware, and if the system doesn't boot with a success code within a certain timeframe, it automatically restores the previous firmware with a warning message saying that the upgrade failed. If it boots successfully, the previous firmware would then be purged.
This allows for full OS upgrades (except for the low-level bootloader), without bricked systems.
I didn't realize that I LIKED programming until my OO class (taught in Java). Pascal was okay, I guess, and assembly was interesting but tedious and frustrating. Java brought back that kid who played with lego. I could build objects that did stuff in it, and I didn't get confused when the program got larger!
I'm sure there are better OO languages (i use C# mostly now. Don't judge! I'm working on ObjC/Cocoa.) but this was the one most of us learned on. For those who love OO programming, Java gets credit where credit is due. I'd call it the first successful OO language. C++ is used a lot, but it arguably isn't a succcessful language from an OO perspective - too complex, and there's too much procedural C++ code out there.
I've not had a lot of experience with JavaScript, but the whole concept of writing a large application in a prototype-based language seems daunting to me. Probably because I always start with an object diagram, translate that to a class diagram, and then write the classes. What sort of code diagram would you use to describe the high-level object interactions in a javascript app? How does the source code get broken up? (I tend to use 1 file per class).
Yeah, this article had me rolling my eyes... the "journalist" basically strung a bunch of urban legends together, and didn't even bother to use a grammar checker. He should be fired and made into a Fox News anchor.
Lots of plants that appear to be a different colour (red leaves, for example) also have other pigments such as carotenoids, which absorb certain wavelengths (green) and then reemit them as light usable by chlorophyl (orange, in this case).
Since most of the java source is in java, I doubt there are many (if any) "NOP"s in there... also, you're aware comments don't get compiled, right? So like, they won't slow it down? Yeesh. Anyhow, as mentioned above, this is based on the official Sun code so the performance should be pretty damn close.
I'm incorporated myself, but that doesn't mean I'm pro-corporation. It does make me a bit of a hypocrite, but when in Rome you really do have to do as the Romans. That doesn't mean I can't lobby against the idea.
Anyhow, it seems to me that a corporation only really becomes pathologically out of control once it becomes publicly traded. Until then, you can still choose to make ethical decisions (even though there is no real benefit; see above). Once the board of directors is responsible to the shareholders, the corporation becomes a monster that only seeks to serve its shareholders. And shareholders by and large DON'T CARE HOW YOU MAKE THEM MONEY. Think about it; do you even know what companies your mutual funds invest in, let alone what they're up to? No, you don't. You just care that they keep increasing in value.
Is it just me, or did CGI effects cease to evolve about 10 years ago? I'm sure they're cheaper to make now, but I really thought that suspension of disbelief would be easier by now.
They still don't look real... it still looks like animation overtop of a movie. There is no "weight" to the way things move. Very disappointing... I miss the way movies used to look! Aliens (and Terminator 2, actually, curiously a very early CGI movie) have almost no shots that look "weird", even today.
That's a good point... In this day and age it probably makes more sense to:
a) Write it the easy-to-understand way. b) Write some really good unit tests (100% or greater code coverage. c) Optimize the hell out of it, and make sure the tests still pass.
The unit tests work as a form of documentation, as well as for regression testing. a and b can of course be reversed, if you're into that sort of thing. I usually do a bit of both.
I think its a bad policy, simply because the bulk of the code doesn't need to be optimized. Usually there are only a few loops in any given program that get called often enough for the user to notice. Users DO notice bugs and missing features though, which are both often the result of hard-to-maintain code.
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In the US, you could have 60% of the ballots "faked" and still come up under the electorial roll. Gotta love those turnouts... do you guys really love freedom as much as you say you do?
Since I have autobotcity.net at home, my computers are optimus (linux server), jetfire (windows PC), hotrod (macbook). At work we use boring old numbers with an OS prefix (eg. NTS255 = Windows NT Server #255).
Specifically, swamp coolers work because of the energy (heat) absorbed in the phase change from liquid water to vapour. Changing a litre of liquid water to vapour, with no temperature change, requires that siginificant energy must be added to the system.
Another way to look at it, is that a given quantity of liquid water has the same specific heat as a much cooler quantity of vapour.
Corporate donations are ALWAYS done in the pursuit of wealth. Sometimes indirectly, via publicity, but always with the bottom line in mind.
As the AC above correctly states, The Gates' foundation is NOT related to Microsoft. In fact, the bulk of the Money is Warren Buffet's, not Bill's at all.
Absolutely, that's what I meant. We package ActiveX controls for the business users, and then push them out through SMS. Frankly we haven't even upgraded to IE7 yet because of all the apps that would break.
Are you saying that it isn't worthwhile, or that it should be done by the private sector? Because I just don't see how it could exist without government funding given there is no realistic potential for a monetary return on investment.
ActiveX is the only thing keeping large businesses TIED to IE. The last thing MS would do is scrap them. And to be honest, within a corporate intranet (where users don't have the rights to install activex controls), ActiveX is a pretty solid technology.
I'm pretty happy with Avast!. Only complaint is the default cheesy voice warning message... you can turn it off though.
I was thinking about this a few days ago... basically the best solution (to me) would be a ROM-based bootloader (not upgradable) which attempts to load the latest firmware, and if the system doesn't boot with a success code within a certain timeframe, it automatically restores the previous firmware with a warning message saying that the upgrade failed. If it boots successfully, the previous firmware would then be purged.
This allows for full OS upgrades (except for the low-level bootloader), without bricked systems.
The carbon economy works even less well on Mars. No hydrocarbons, AND no oxygen to burn them with.
I didn't realize that I LIKED programming until my OO class (taught in Java). Pascal was okay, I guess, and assembly was interesting but tedious and frustrating. Java brought back that kid who played with lego. I could build objects that did stuff in it, and I didn't get confused when the program got larger!
I'm sure there are better OO languages (i use C# mostly now. Don't judge! I'm working on ObjC/Cocoa.) but this was the one most of us learned on. For those who love OO programming, Java gets credit where credit is due. I'd call it the first successful OO language. C++ is used a lot, but it arguably isn't a succcessful language from an OO perspective - too complex, and there's too much procedural C++ code out there.
Yes, because scientists are totally saying that climate change is 100% caused by humans. *eyeroll*
I've not had a lot of experience with JavaScript, but the whole concept of writing a large application in a prototype-based language seems daunting to me. Probably because I always start with an object diagram, translate that to a class diagram, and then write the classes. What sort of code diagram would you use to describe the high-level object interactions in a javascript app? How does the source code get broken up? (I tend to use 1 file per class).
Yeah, this article had me rolling my eyes... the "journalist" basically strung a bunch of urban legends together, and didn't even bother to use a grammar checker. He should be fired and made into a Fox News anchor.
I've heard sublimation referred to in both directions (my highschool text book called them sublimation 1 and sublimation 2).
Yes it does and can, at low atmospheric pressures (such as there is on Mars).
I use AnkhSVN (Visual studio plugin) plus the CLI executable.
Lots of plants that appear to be a different colour (red leaves, for example) also have other pigments such as carotenoids, which absorb certain wavelengths (green) and then reemit them as light usable by chlorophyl (orange, in this case).
Since most of the java source is in java, I doubt there are many (if any) "NOP"s in there... also, you're aware comments don't get compiled, right? So like, they won't slow it down? Yeesh. Anyhow, as mentioned above, this is based on the official Sun code so the performance should be pretty damn close.
I'm incorporated myself, but that doesn't mean I'm pro-corporation. It does make me a bit of a hypocrite, but when in Rome you really do have to do as the Romans. That doesn't mean I can't lobby against the idea.
Anyhow, it seems to me that a corporation only really becomes pathologically out of control once it becomes publicly traded. Until then, you can still choose to make ethical decisions (even though there is no real benefit; see above). Once the board of directors is responsible to the shareholders, the corporation becomes a monster that only seeks to serve its shareholders. And shareholders by and large DON'T CARE HOW YOU MAKE THEM MONEY. Think about it; do you even know what companies your mutual funds invest in, let alone what they're up to? No, you don't. You just care that they keep increasing in value.
The system is broken.
Not bad, considering it was from memory, hey? I know, I know; lazy.
Coffee Maker: Do you want cream in your coffee?
Fry: please.
Coffee Maker: THERE IS NO CREAM
Coffee Maker: Do you want sugar?
Fry: uh huh
Coffee Maker: THERE IS NO COFFEE. HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOWWWWWWWWWW???
Is it just me, or did CGI effects cease to evolve about 10 years ago? I'm sure they're cheaper to make now, but I really thought that suspension of disbelief would be easier by now.
They still don't look real... it still looks like animation overtop of a movie. There is no "weight" to the way things move. Very disappointing... I miss the way movies used to look! Aliens (and Terminator 2, actually, curiously a very early CGI movie) have almost no shots that look "weird", even today.
That's a good point... In this day and age it probably makes more sense to:
a) Write it the easy-to-understand way.
b) Write some really good unit tests (100% or greater code coverage.
c) Optimize the hell out of it, and make sure the tests still pass.
The unit tests work as a form of documentation, as well as for regression testing. a and b can of course be reversed, if you're into that sort of thing. I usually do a bit of both.
I think its a bad policy, simply because the bulk of the code doesn't need to be optimized. Usually there are only a few loops in any given program that get called often enough for the user to notice. Users DO notice bugs and missing features though, which are both often the result of hard-to-maintain code.
I also hope I never get a job at such a place!