I'd like to take issue with several of your comments, by the way. I don't think it's "easier" by any means to skip learning some assembly. My current programming experience is continually enriched by what I learned from my real-mode x86 days, and I'm sure if I took the time to learn modern protected-mode techniques I'd be able to understand some of the Linux error messages and such a little better. The more you know as background information, the less time it should take to figure out a particular solution, and if time is money, it's certainly not "cheaper" to skip it either.
Take issues with my comments all you like, after all that's why I posted them.:) Jesus, don't play the devil's advocate on this site, people jump on you!
At any rate, I myself learned assembly first and went on to learn other languages. And I definitely agree with you in that "assembly thinking" helps me all the time in my job as a programmer. What I was referring to when I said "cheaper" was the actual learning of the language, not the application (or lack) of it at a later date.
C isn't "high level", either. It's a portable assembly language
I hear what you're saying, and part of my agrees wholeheartedly. I learned assembler first in school before moving up to higher level languages. However, in this day and age is there really a need for people to learn it? I mean it gives them a far better understanding of what their computer's actually doing, but people don't want to bother learning the low level stuff that they'll never directly work with. It's easier and cheaper to jump to learn to the high level languages like C, VB, Java, and whatnot.
Another perspective on that is if I were just starting schooling now, do I want to waste a year learning archaic languages? In this industry a year is a LONG time to be sitting around not learning what will get you jobs.
Now is this really an AI or simply just a kind of statistical probability and analysis "tool" (for lack of a better word)? Is all it doing just simply watching what you do, saying "oh when he comes across a zombie he's more likely to cast x spell" and storing that somewhere? Sounds more like a self-adjusting script to me, and if that's all AI is considered these days then oh well.:)
Oh I agree that AOL definitely caters to a niche market of computer users -- ones that can barely turn the machine on.
See most people just want to browse the internet and get some mail, maybe talk in the chat rooms and do some IM. These want to spend very little time understanding the innards of their computer and their OS's innards.
And it's these very same people that provide a big huge petri dish for viruses and trojan horses, due to to their lack of understanding (or lack of wanting to understand).
Like you didn't see THAT one coming. Every time something like this happens, people on/. act all shocked and surprised, like this is somehow NEW. Get a grip, this stuff isn't newsworthy.
Thanks man. I'll check out that O'Reilly book, I already have a decent windows programming background so I probably won't bother much with the second. If it's good I might pick up a copy.
The rediculous design, like the brightly coloured plaster casts used nowadays, could be a "selling point" to children. That said, the ones used in radiotherapy are small things, barely visible unless you know where to look. Small could be cheaper too.
Yeah, and will the painful and expensive removal be a selling point to the parents? Or to the person when he/she has reached a mature age and has a stupid looking Pikachu tattooed on them?
The problem with the cigarette anology is that by the time cancer kills the user they would have already had kids...thus the faulty gene gets passed on.
Likely this will start to change the attitudes of parents who have been resisting the urging of their kids to get Tattoos.
I HIGHLY doubt this will change parents' attitudes towards their children getting a skull or a big frickin dragon wrapped around their arm. I think as a medical tool, a doctor is not going to give some ridiculous design, more like a small shape (dot, square) located somewhere that can be covered easily yet accessible to the patient to view.
Think about it. How many people do you know who routinely shock themselves using these? Hardly any, right? Probably because the stupid inferior ones shocked themselves to death when they were young. Those of us who survived have learned a simple lesson: touch prongs when in plug, get shock.
The same type of thing's going on all around is with things like seatbelts and cigarettes.:)
You know, I didn't mind Shinji. At first, yes he's annoying. Everyone like "just get into the damn thing and blow stuff up!", but that's not really the point of the character. That's Asuka's angle. Shinji probably would do his part to save the world if he had a reason for doing it other than his father wants him to do it. And that it's the ONLY thing his father wants him for. He's a messed up kid really, which was what made the series likable for me. It caught me off guard, I was expecting the kind of "woo hoo! I watched Gundam as a kid and now I get to beat aliens up in a big mecha!" character we've seen ad nauseum in other anime.
Ah, Ghibli.:) Forgot about that. I don't think there is a bad Ghibli release out there, they're all fantastic with original storylines and great animation. Personal faves: Nausicaa and Laputa. I haven't seen the new one Spirited Away, but I anticipate that one to be added to my favorites list.
If you like story, check out Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade. It's basically by the same people who did GitS. Has one of the best stories I've seen in a while for anime movies.
Ok the show had some very slick animation, and had a pretty good story that could easily be the basis of a show. But to say it "redefined" anime is silly. I can think of a lot of other anime that were a lot more "redefining" qualities to them than that: Neon Genesis Evangelion, Cowboy Bebop, Serial Experiments Lain, Gundam, Ah! Megami-sama, Akira, Tenchi Muyo!, and others.
Anyone else have some more worthy contenders? Intelligent responses please:)
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Ah, the old catch-all argument.:)
But a good one!:)
See the difference? Think advertising. "We use this imagery not because we like it, but because we think you like it and we want your attention...and your money...."
An interesting analogy. Applied to/. of course, money=clicks/hits/karma.
Done that, but I miss the trolling too much. Maybe it's my twisted sense of humour.
Hahhaha, yeah really. I swear my karma does a nosedive everytime someone posts a Microsoft patch submission. God forbid anyone should go against the grain on/. .
I'm vain enough to thing that the question of what interests me or not is a little more complex than ticking checkboxes...if a story is funny/interesting, it doesn't matter what topic it's on. Hell, I've had more interesting conversations about women's fashion than some of the "techie" items that get re-tread in the same way over and over again.:)
I won't even touch that last bit.:) But at least the checkboxes help to *reduce* the clutter.
I guess this is why I don't get people who refer to themselves as a "nerd" (or "geek", or whatever), as if a 4-letter word could summarise your personality. (If it does, you need help! and a life) I hate people pigeonholing me - why should I do it to myself?
Oh there's no way in hell you can get a four letter word to sum up someone who goes to lan parties and cools their athlons with liquid N. Just use a five letter one: avoid.:D
So if we share like 99% of our DNA with chimps and other primates, does that mean that the immunity gene is somewhere in that missing 1%, and that people who show some measure of immunity are more chimpy than the rest of us?:D
So basically you're at work not doing work. Is your employee aware of this? Don't blame slashdot when you're standing in the unemployment line, slacker.
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Does this actually sound like a recommendation to anyone at all, or just faintly patronising and insulting?
What site do you think you're reading?:) This isn't PrepNews, or GothNet. It's Slashdot, for nerds (read:geeks). It has a demographic, and if you don't like it you have two options. 1) stop reading/., and 2) Start using the story filters to take out categories you feel affect the SNR on here for you. Personally, I take the latter option. But that's just me.:P
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Take issues with my comments all you like, after all that's why I posted them. :) Jesus, don't play the devil's advocate on this site, people jump on you!
At any rate, I myself learned assembly first and went on to learn other languages. And I definitely agree with you in that "assembly thinking" helps me all the time in my job as a programmer. What I was referring to when I said "cheaper" was the actual learning of the language, not the application (or lack) of it at a later date.
C isn't "high level", either. It's a portable assembly language
I was speaking comparatively.
Another perspective on that is if I were just starting schooling now, do I want to waste a year learning archaic languages? In this industry a year is a LONG time to be sitting around not learning what will get you jobs.
Just my 2c. :P
Sure, it was an excellent service in its prime and I will miss THAT, but present day there are far better services available. (WinMX comes to mind)
Now is this really an AI or simply just a kind of statistical probability and analysis "tool" (for lack of a better word)? Is all it doing just simply watching what you do, saying "oh when he comes across a zombie he's more likely to cast x spell" and storing that somewhere? Sounds more like a self-adjusting script to me, and if that's all AI is considered these days then oh well. :)
See most people just want to browse the internet and get some mail, maybe talk in the chat rooms and do some IM. These want to spend very little time understanding the innards of their computer and their OS's innards.
And it's these very same people that provide a big huge petri dish for viruses and trojan horses, due to to their lack of understanding (or lack of wanting to understand).
Oh god. Like what, now they give like 1500 hours of free time? Come on, the service still sucks ass.
As evidence, may I present the millions of AOL subscribers.
Like you didn't see THAT one coming. Every time something like this happens, people on /. act all shocked and surprised, like this is somehow NEW. Get a grip, this stuff isn't newsworthy.
Thanks man. I'll check out that O'Reilly book, I already have a decent windows programming background so I probably won't bother much with the second. If it's good I might pick up a copy.
This is a great review of a book from the perspective of a Java developer, but has anyone on /. reviewed a decent book teaching the language (period)?
Yeah, and will the painful and expensive removal be a selling point to the parents? Or to the person when he/she has reached a mature age and has a stupid looking Pikachu tattooed on them?
*snicker* Never thought about it that way.
That'd make it useless in combat situations if the opposing force has detection gear for infrared. I'm sure the thing generates an awful lot of heat!
I HIGHLY doubt this will change parents' attitudes towards their children getting a skull or a big frickin dragon wrapped around their arm. I think as a medical tool, a doctor is not going to give some ridiculous design, more like a small shape (dot, square) located somewhere that can be covered easily yet accessible to the patient to view.
The same type of thing's going on all around is with things like seatbelts and cigarettes. :)
You know, I didn't mind Shinji. At first, yes he's annoying. Everyone like "just get into the damn thing and blow stuff up!", but that's not really the point of the character. That's Asuka's angle. Shinji probably would do his part to save the world if he had a reason for doing it other than his father wants him to do it. And that it's the ONLY thing his father wants him for. He's a messed up kid really, which was what made the series likable for me. It caught me off guard, I was expecting the kind of "woo hoo! I watched Gundam as a kid and now I get to beat aliens up in a big mecha!" character we've seen ad nauseum in other anime.
Ah, Ghibli. :) Forgot about that. I don't think there is a bad Ghibli release out there, they're all fantastic with original storylines and great animation. Personal faves: Nausicaa and Laputa. I haven't seen the new one Spirited Away, but I anticipate that one to be added to my favorites list.
If you like story, check out Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade. It's basically by the same people who did GitS. Has one of the best stories I've seen in a while for anime movies.
Ok the show had some very slick animation, and had a pretty good story that could easily be the basis of a show. But to say it "redefined" anime is silly. I can think of a lot of other anime that were a lot more "redefining" qualities to them than that: Neon Genesis Evangelion, Cowboy Bebop, Serial Experiments Lain, Gundam, Ah! Megami-sama, Akira, Tenchi Muyo!, and others. Anyone else have some more worthy contenders? Intelligent responses please :)
But a good one! :)
See the difference? Think advertising. "We use this imagery not because we like it, but because we think you like it and we want your attention...and your money...."
An interesting analogy. Applied to /. of course, money=clicks/hits/karma.
Done that, but I miss the trolling too much. Maybe it's my twisted sense of humour.
Hahhaha, yeah really. I swear my karma does a nosedive everytime someone posts a Microsoft patch submission. God forbid anyone should go against the grain on /. .
I'm vain enough to thing that the question of what interests me or not is a little more complex than ticking checkboxes...if a story is funny/interesting, it doesn't matter what topic it's on. Hell, I've had more interesting conversations about women's fashion than some of the "techie" items that get re-tread in the same way over and over again. :)
I won't even touch that last bit. :) But at least the checkboxes help to *reduce* the clutter.
I guess this is why I don't get people who refer to themselves as a "nerd" (or "geek", or whatever), as if a 4-letter word could summarise your personality. (If it does, you need help! and a life) I hate people pigeonholing me - why should I do it to myself?
Oh there's no way in hell you can get a four letter word to sum up someone who goes to lan parties and cools their athlons with liquid N. Just use a five letter one: avoid. :D
So if we share like 99% of our DNA with chimps and other primates, does that mean that the immunity gene is somewhere in that missing 1%, and that people who show some measure of immunity are more chimpy than the rest of us? :D
So basically you're at work not doing work. Is your employee aware of this? Don't blame slashdot when you're standing in the unemployment line, slacker.
What site do you think you're reading? :) This isn't PrepNews, or GothNet. It's Slashdot, for nerds (read:geeks). It has a demographic, and if you don't like it you have two options. 1) stop reading /., and 2) Start using the story filters to take out categories you feel affect the SNR on here for you. Personally, I take the latter option. But that's just me. :P
Odd. I figured that was what I was implying in my statement. And I know what semantic means. :)
Funny how sometimes trivial semantic changes to licenses allow for so much in the way of legal bullying down the road.