If you could actually point and aim "like a real gun", you'd get killed every freaking time because it would take you many times as long to actually do it.
"Defacement of currency is a violation of Title 18, Section 333 of the United States Code. Under this provision, currency defacement is generally defined as follows: Whoever mutilates, cuts, disfigures, perforates, unites or cements together, or does any other thing to any bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt issued by any national banking association, Federal Reserve Bank, or Federal Reserve System, with intent to render such item(s) unfit to be reissued, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
Defacement of currency in such a way that it is made unfit for circulation comes under the jurisdiction of the United States Secret Service."
I would say they didn't intend to render such item(s) unfit to be reissued....
I'm not saying that it isn't good to be cautious, but just because a technology can be used in a "Big Brother" way doesn't mean it will.
Yes it does, It's only a matter of time before the fed/state/local authorities start to supoena onstar. First it will be for a good reason (murder, kidnapping) but once it starts, we'll be sliding right on down that slope. How long until someone is arrested for terrorism because their SUV was parked at a fertilizer store, a diesel station, and an airport in the same day?
Everything is wrong with my insurance company knowing I'm speeding. If I don't get in an accident it's none of their damn business. Insurance is a scam anyway, you are legally forced to purchase it, and if you ever use it they'll raise your rates or simply just drop you altogether. If everyone invested the $150 a month they spend on insurance in mutual funds our economy would be a lot better off...
I'm a strong believer in "no blood, no foul" when it comes to traffic laws. If I'm the only one on the road, and I'm speeding, why should that be illegal? I'm not harming anyone, even if I do wreck I'll be the only one involved. Why regulate how fast I can go?
Don't hate me, but has anyone ever thought that this might not be a *good* thing? As irrational as it sounds there are probably a number of companies out there who are using Java just because the PHB's have decided that since it's "owned" by a major company like Sun, it must be good/stable/etc... These same cover your arse PHB's may not like the fact that the language they depend on has no "official support"... I'm thinking of the type of boss who would deploy RH or SuSE but not Debian...
You're both wrong...
You're saying nothing is faster than native code which is partially true. It is almost always possible to implement an algorithm in several different ways. What their saying is that JAVA is able to ferret out very efficient ways of representing it's code in natively whereas most things/people implement the generic case.
What you're saying is nothing is faster than native.
What they're saying is that their native implementation is faster than most....
But are non-intrusive, relevant banner ads such a bad thing? I hate to say it but I've actually been glad to have my attention snagged by relevant ads a few times. The other 90% of the time I have no trouble absolutely ignoring the banners...
I guess it's a matter of perspective, but I see it as a win for the consumer as well when they are brought together with a merchant who supplies them with something they really wanted or needed. The problem with banner ads in general is that they are usually huge spammy catch alls pimping products that no-one gives a shit about. Googles adwords go a long way towards fixing this problem, at least their ads are somewhat relevant to the subject at hand, whatever that may be....
Um, what country are you living in? Uneducated untrained people can get jobs in the construction industry that pay more than many "white collar" degree required jobs thanks to record low interest rates and a booming real-estate market. The hell with wal-mart, become a framer. And these people are producing something...
At some point the floor under your entertainment center will collapse, with the weight of the NES, SNES, N64, GC, PS1, PS2, PS3, Xbox, and Xbox2 on it....
Do you know what a lathe? Maybe you're thinking of a planer, because I can think of no reason why spinning a processor at several thousand rpm's would help answer the question....
A lathe spins an object about a point very fast allowing you to work it into a cylindrical shape.
A planer shaves a layer off the top (or bottom) of an object allowing you to quickly work it down to a desired thickness...
mark parent as idiot.
Run a python script and check top. What do you see as the name of the process smartass? I'll give you a hint, it's Python.
My point was mainly that interpreted languages such as python tend to take more resources than non-interpreted languages. And since resources are at a premium on small devices, using interpreted languages on said devices MAY not be the best idea...
Yay! This makes *much* more sense. Python rocks and is perfectly suited for portable devices on small devices, hence the successful PalmOS port.
Why exactly is python "perfectly suited" for portable devices? I recently stopped running gDesklets on my desktop because the python interpreter consumed somewhere between 22-26MB of ram and a constant 15% of CPU cycles just for the one app... Granted the CPU number is a bit misleading b/c it's a pII 400, but you aren't going to get a whole lot more horsepower than that on a portable device.
So long story short, if thats typical of python apps I'd say they're terribly suited for small devices.
The point is that you don't tack $189 worth of MS tax onto the price of your box when you're just going to format and install [insert favorite x86 compatible OS here].
So by your reasoning all I have to do to see anyones source is make a wild claim that it infringes on my IP and then I get to see their code...
That would work well...
This book is a superb exploration of the current state of the web application development framework market.
Please please tell me you aren't writing web application frameworks to be served from your handheld devices.
Obviously, the guy that submitted this story doesn't know about handheld devices and embedded software.
The poster didn't imply that no-one will ever have to write low level code again. He said that you shouldn't have to in this specific context, which is web application frameworks. Of course there will be other areas where low level code is still quite neccesary, no-one said otherwise.
Yet it (OBVIOUSLY) contains a lot more research and effort so their costs are much higher and profits not much on software.
No it doesn't. Thats the sad thing. MS clobbers EVERYONE on R&D spending, which implies that they put a lot more research and effort into their products. The sad thing is they still get them wrong.
Before you flame, I'm not contending that MS makes a better OS, I'm contending that their product contains more research and effor.
Bzzzt. Wrong. It IS Visa/MC that Apple deals with.
All the bank does is issue you the credit line associated with your credit card. They make their money on interest and service fee's charged to the CARD HOLDER.
Visa/MC make their money by brokering the transaction and charging the VENDOR a percentage (2-5%). It's this vendor service charge that eats apples profit. And again, if you think they will deal with Apple on the charge, think again. They don't deal with WalMart, why would they deal with someone as small as apple?
Once they are established, Visa will have no choice but to lower their charges. Once they get comfortable with that steady revenue, they'll bend over backwards to keep it.
Bullshit, to badly quote the matrix "they (the credit card companies) are the gatekeepers, they are guarding all the doors, they are hold all the keys". Visa/MC have every choice available to them. iTunes is dick to them, and they are everything to it. How many songs do you think apple is going to sell if people have to mail a money order to pay for it? The entire service hinges on easy and quick availability, if people suddenly have to wait 2 weeks for shipping and processing or their payment to download that 80's song they simple have to hear, they'll go right back to Kazaa.
Interestingly enough, I live in AK (not that it matters), and the warmest room in my house by far is the room with my 2 athlon comps in it... There is an almost identical room right next to it with less exterior wall space and it stays 5 degree's cooler. They're on the same heat loop and have the same amount of radiator coverage. The only difference is one room has 4GHZ of athlon "heaters".
Define "random". Depending on implementation this could be a simple "smoke and mirrors" scheme to make people feel safe.
You do know that given the same seed almost any random number generator will produce the same set of "random" results every time, right? So then all you need to know is the seed and you know exactly who voted for whom.
I'd say it's the other way around. Parents are ultra careful with the firstborn and by the second or third kid it's coke and a bigmac for breakfast.
Firstborns are more likely to succeed though. So I guess the ultimate would be a firstborn, tall, male with good vision and all his hair.
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If you could actually point and aim "like a real gun", you'd get killed every freaking time because it would take you many times as long to actually do it.
"Defacement of currency is a violation of Title 18, Section 333 of the United States Code. Under this provision, currency defacement is generally defined as follows: Whoever mutilates, cuts, disfigures, perforates, unites or cements together, or does any other thing to any bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt issued by any national banking association, Federal Reserve Bank, or Federal Reserve System, with intent to render such item(s) unfit to be reissued, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
Defacement of currency in such a way that it is made unfit for circulation comes under the jurisdiction of the United States Secret Service."
I would say they didn't intend to render such item(s) unfit to be reissued....
I'm not saying that it isn't good to be cautious, but just because a technology can be used in a "Big Brother" way doesn't mean it will.
Yes it does, It's only a matter of time before the fed/state/local authorities start to supoena onstar. First it will be for a good reason (murder, kidnapping) but once it starts, we'll be sliding right on down that slope. How long until someone is arrested for terrorism because their SUV was parked at a fertilizer store, a diesel station, and an airport in the same day?
Everything is wrong with my insurance company knowing I'm speeding. If I don't get in an accident it's none of their damn business. Insurance is a scam anyway, you are legally forced to purchase it, and if you ever use it they'll raise your rates or simply just drop you altogether. If everyone invested the $150 a month they spend on insurance in mutual funds our economy would be a lot better off...
I'm a strong believer in "no blood, no foul" when it comes to traffic laws. If I'm the only one on the road, and I'm speeding, why should that be illegal? I'm not harming anyone, even if I do wreck I'll be the only one involved. Why regulate how fast I can go?
Don't hate me, but has anyone ever thought that this might not be a *good* thing? As irrational as it sounds there are probably a number of companies out there who are using Java just because the PHB's have decided that since it's "owned" by a major company like Sun, it must be good/stable/etc... These same cover your arse PHB's may not like the fact that the language they depend on has no "official support"... I'm thinking of the type of boss who would deploy RH or SuSE but not Debian...
There was no cutting or bending involved. All metal bits were simply cut, drilled, and bolted together using 4-40 hardware.
So what was it? No cutting, or cutting?
You're both wrong... You're saying nothing is faster than native code which is partially true. It is almost always possible to implement an algorithm in several different ways. What their saying is that JAVA is able to ferret out very efficient ways of representing it's code in natively whereas most things/people implement the generic case.
What you're saying is nothing is faster than native.
What they're saying is that their native implementation is faster than most....
But are non-intrusive, relevant banner ads such a bad thing? I hate to say it but I've actually been glad to have my attention snagged by relevant ads a few times. The other 90% of the time I have no trouble absolutely ignoring the banners...
I guess it's a matter of perspective, but I see it as a win for the consumer as well when they are brought together with a merchant who supplies them with something they really wanted or needed. The problem with banner ads in general is that they are usually huge spammy catch alls pimping products that no-one gives a shit about. Googles adwords go a long way towards fixing this problem, at least their ads are somewhat relevant to the subject at hand, whatever that may be....
Um, what country are you living in? Uneducated untrained people can get jobs in the construction industry that pay more than many "white collar" degree required jobs thanks to record low interest rates and a booming real-estate market. The hell with wal-mart, become a framer. And these people are producing something...
At some point the floor under your entertainment center will collapse, with the weight of the NES, SNES, N64, GC, PS1, PS2, PS3, Xbox, and Xbox2 on it....
Do you know what a lathe? Maybe you're thinking of a planer, because I can think of no reason why spinning a processor at several thousand rpm's would help answer the question....
A lathe spins an object about a point very fast allowing you to work it into a cylindrical shape.
A planer shaves a layer off the top (or bottom) of an object allowing you to quickly work it down to a desired thickness...
mark parent as idiot. Run a python script and check top. What do you see as the name of the process smartass? I'll give you a hint, it's Python. My point was mainly that interpreted languages such as python tend to take more resources than non-interpreted languages. And since resources are at a premium on small devices, using interpreted languages on said devices MAY not be the best idea...
Yay! This makes *much* more sense. Python rocks and is perfectly suited for portable devices on small devices, hence the successful PalmOS port.
Why exactly is python "perfectly suited" for portable devices? I recently stopped running gDesklets on my desktop because the python interpreter consumed somewhere between 22-26MB of ram and a constant 15% of CPU cycles just for the one app... Granted the CPU number is a bit misleading b/c it's a pII 400, but you aren't going to get a whole lot more horsepower than that on a portable device.
So long story short, if thats typical of python apps I'd say they're terribly suited for small devices.
Actually most MS site liscences state that you MUST buy a copy of windows with each new PC. The Windows site liscence just covers upgrades...
off topic, but the 2 minute rule sucks.
The point is that you don't tack $189 worth of MS tax onto the price of your box when you're just going to format and install [insert favorite x86 compatible OS here].
So by your reasoning all I have to do to see anyones source is make a wild claim that it infringes on my IP and then I get to see their code... That would work well...
This book is a superb exploration of the current state of the web application development framework market.
Please please tell me you aren't writing web application frameworks to be served from your handheld devices.
Obviously, the guy that submitted this story doesn't know about handheld devices and embedded software.
The poster didn't imply that no-one will ever have to write low level code again. He said that you shouldn't have to in this specific context, which is web application frameworks. Of course there will be other areas where low level code is still quite neccesary, no-one said otherwise.
Yet it (OBVIOUSLY) contains a lot more research and effort so their costs are much higher and profits not much on software. No it doesn't. Thats the sad thing. MS clobbers EVERYONE on R&D spending, which implies that they put a lot more research and effort into their products. The sad thing is they still get them wrong.
Before you flame, I'm not contending that MS makes a better OS, I'm contending that their product contains more research and effor.
Bzzzt. Wrong. It IS Visa/MC that Apple deals with.
All the bank does is issue you the credit line associated with your credit card. They make their money on interest and service fee's charged to the CARD HOLDER.
Visa/MC make their money by brokering the transaction and charging the VENDOR a percentage (2-5%). It's this vendor service charge that eats apples profit. And again, if you think they will deal with Apple on the charge, think again. They don't deal with WalMart, why would they deal with someone as small as apple?
AMD doesn't sell only processors. Actually untill about a year ago they made the majority of their profit off of flash memory.
Processors may be their most visible product, but don't think for a second it's their only product.
Once they are established, Visa will have no choice but to lower their charges. Once they get comfortable with that steady revenue, they'll bend over backwards to keep it.
Bullshit, to badly quote the matrix "they (the credit card companies) are the gatekeepers, they are guarding all the doors, they are hold all the keys". Visa/MC have every choice available to them. iTunes is dick to them, and they are everything to it. How many songs do you think apple is going to sell if people have to mail a money order to pay for it? The entire service hinges on easy and quick availability, if people suddenly have to wait 2 weeks for shipping and processing or their payment to download that 80's song they simple have to hear, they'll go right back to Kazaa.
I prefer to simplify things and only allow x number of attempts in x minutes. The y is just too confusing ;)
Interestingly enough, I live in AK (not that it matters), and the warmest room in my house by far is the room with my 2 athlon comps in it... There is an almost identical room right next to it with less exterior wall space and it stays 5 degree's cooler. They're on the same heat loop and have the same amount of radiator coverage. The only difference is one room has 4GHZ of athlon "heaters".
Define "random". Depending on implementation this could be a simple "smoke and mirrors" scheme to make people feel safe.
You do know that given the same seed almost any random number generator will produce the same set of "random" results every time, right? So then all you need to know is the seed and you know exactly who voted for whom.
I'd say it's the other way around. Parents are ultra careful with the firstborn and by the second or third kid it's coke and a bigmac for breakfast. Firstborns are more likely to succeed though. So I guess the ultimate would be a firstborn, tall, male with good vision and all his hair.