a science teacher of mine did this when i was in high school... it was probably the coolest demo i ever saw:) the "put the rose in the liquid nitrogen and then break it" was kinda cool but he didn't put it in long enough...
I feel your pain -- I'm taking a course using C++ and my code compiles and runs just peachy on gcc/linux but VC++ is giving me this one error that I cannot figure out. Of course, when I went back to try again the compile froze, I gave it the three-finger-salute and windows froze. Every so often I'm reminded why I switched in the first place.
Did corporations flock to using Java^H^H^H^HECMAScript) just because it became "standardized"?
As far as I know, one of the major complaints about Java is the fact that it isn't standardized by an outside party like ECMA or ISO, but by Sun itself, meaning developers have as much say in the Java standard as they do over MS's VB. (please let me know if i'm wrong about this).
personally, I've taken a look at C# and like it. of course MS claims it's more related to C++ thna Java, but C# has more in common with Java than anthing else.
I assume the reasoning behind the standardization is to compete with Java... MS hasn't really had its own enterprise-level language before this (the candidates would be VB, which IMHO sucks and forces you to stick with Windoze and C++ which doesn't mean you have to use VC++). personally I'm much more likely to use it if its standardized, because I know MS can't easily pull off an "upgrade" or change the EULA and break/change the language for their benefit.
of course, by the time C# is ISO standardized (assuming it will be) the MONO project should be well enough along to use C# seriously... of course since the languages are so similiar why not just use Java in the first place?
the actors will have to be very good at stressed-out grunting and making their *grrrrrrr* faces. on the bright side, anna nicole smith can play tetsuo when he grows into that blob in the stadium.
I have to agree with you 100%. Every time I hear someone bitching and moaning about the job market; that they can't make $100k/year doing HTML and Javascript I can't help but snicker. Yes, some good people have fallen on hard times, but mostly I see alot of lazy/unmotivated people that expected everything to fall in their lap.
I'm here at the crash scene... there is a glow and a deep hum and a glow coming from the crater... a door is opening... oh my god... they're coming towards me... this is the most incredible thing i've ever trererewwerw
Next they'll start charging per-mouseclick, so go ahead now and enable the "View as Webpage" setting in Windows Explorer so you can make do with a single-click.
That future might suck. For example: You finally meet the girl of your dreams. She's smart, funny, beautiful, available, and she digs you. She's perfect in every way -- except that she's been wired for an incompatible communications protocol.
in the future? i thought women have always been like this.
This is from the University of Arizona: http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanet s/hypo.html#planetx
Article starts with: "In 1841, John Couch Adams began investigating the by then quite large residuals in the motion of Uranus. In 1845, Urbain Le Verrier started to investigate them, too."
sure, real world analog can not be protected, but they can make the computer totaly encrypted with all decryption done in the output device....I am sure that 99% of folks who pirate would not waist there time...
but you're wrong. all we need is one person on the planet, somewhere, to come up with a good "unprotected" copy in digital form.
someone, somewhere will figure out a decent way of getting this copy. then they put it on kazaa, or an ftp site or a web site. within hours it's all over the planet.
digital files are like viruses... as long as one survives there is always a chance for a "breakout"
if you really want a good name...
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igf you really want to impress people with your weird degree, come up with a TLA for it, like "CPS" or "BCX". The kind of people that you're trying to impress will be embarassed that they don't know that the acronym stands for. If they do inquire, you can just make up whatever name sounds best for the position you're looking for.
I agree - Y10K is the next big problem. In 7991 years and 2 months all the four digit dates will read 0000. I set up a website a while ago to solve this problem: www.parseerror.com/y10k/
Kodak explains why photo and color science are as important as clock speeds and data rates in this expanding market.
I'll tell you why they'd say that right now -- because that's what their company does. They make money selling imaging devices and technology. Obviously they need to look out for and push the market for what their company sells.
I'm sure the RIAA could tell us why Digital Right Management is more important than clockspeeds and data rates -- it doesn't mean it's true:P
Britney Spears is among the pop stars fronting a new advertising campaign aimed at warning people against online piracy.
It has been funded by the world's biggest record labels to educate people about illegally downloading music off the internet, which is being blamed for a dip in sales.
According to industry estimates, over 2.6 billion music files are downloaded illegally every month, mainly through unlicensed "peer-to-peer" services.
CD sales reportedly dropped by 7% in the first half of 2002.
sorry, but Britney Spears telling me that "due to piracy my sales went from $10,000,000.00 in 2001 H2 to $9,300,000.00 in 2002 H1" will not jerk any tears from my eyes.
and yes, i know there are many artists out there that are just scraping by; IMHO i believe that an artist's popularity and success are directly related to how many songs of their are pirated on file-sharing services (i.e. kids are more likely to pirate songs from bands they see on MTV's TRL than they are a small-time supporting act).
this kind of stuff always makes me laugh. could systems automate themselves better? sure. will there ever be a time when folks who know nothing about technology will be able to run their computers w/o the aid of a technical person? no.
if there's one rule it's this: people are morons. as a management moron, I'd want a moron dedicated to making the computer break less. besides, who would management nag?
I'm not sure if I believe a virgin birth... maybe this guy had something to do with it? if the aquarium security is found to be lax and he doesn't have a good alibi...
All in all, I suspect there is nothing miraculous about reproduction. My guess is either the shark has weird 6 year gestation or that the shark was a builtin survival mechanism where if it does not produce offspring for a long time it essentially clones itself by reproducing from its own sole DNA.
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a science teacher of mine did this when i was in high school... it was probably the coolest demo i ever saw :) the "put the rose in the liquid nitrogen and then break it" was kinda cool but he didn't put it in long enough...
I feel your pain -- I'm taking a course using C++ and my code compiles and runs just peachy on gcc/linux but VC++ is giving me this one error that I cannot figure out. Of course, when I went back to try again the compile froze, I gave it the three-finger-salute and windows froze. Every so often I'm reminded why I switched in the first place.
ah, but it could hold conversations with many people at once very easily
As far as I know, one of the major complaints about Java is the fact that it isn't standardized by an outside party like ECMA or ISO, but by Sun itself, meaning developers have as much say in the Java standard as they do over MS's VB. (please let me know if i'm wrong about this).
personally, I've taken a look at C# and like it. of course MS claims it's more related to C++ thna Java, but C# has more in common with Java than anthing else.
I assume the reasoning behind the standardization is to compete with Java... MS hasn't really had its own enterprise-level language before this (the candidates would be VB, which IMHO sucks and forces you to stick with Windoze and C++ which doesn't mean you have to use VC++). personally I'm much more likely to use it if its standardized, because I know MS can't easily pull off an "upgrade" or change the EULA and break/change the language for their benefit.
of course, by the time C# is ISO standardized (assuming it will be) the MONO project should be well enough along to use C# seriously... of course since the languages are so similiar why not just use Java in the first place?
lots of questions, not many answers.
the actors will have to be very good at stressed-out grunting and making their *grrrrrrr* faces. on the bright side, anna nicole smith can play tetsuo when he grows into that blob in the stadium.
I have to agree with you 100%. Every time I hear someone bitching and moaning about the job market; that they can't make $100k/year doing HTML and Javascript I can't help but snicker. Yes, some good people have fallen on hard times, but mostly I see alot of lazy/unmotivated people that expected everything to fall in their lap.
I'm here at the crash scene... there is a glow and a deep hum and a glow coming from the crater... a door is opening... oh my god... they're coming towards me... this is the most incredible thing i've ever trererewwerw
Next they'll start charging per-mouseclick, so go ahead now and enable the "View as Webpage" setting in Windows Explorer so you can make do with a single-click.
in the future? i thought women have always been like this.
Article starts with: "In 1841, John Couch Adams began investigating the by then quite large residuals in the motion of Uranus. In 1845, Urbain Le Verrier started to investigate them, too."
i hate to be juvenile, but then this is slashdot
but you're wrong. all we need is one person on the planet, somewhere, to come up with a good "unprotected" copy in digital form.
someone, somewhere will figure out a decent way of getting this copy. then they put it on kazaa, or an ftp site or a web site. within hours it's all over the planet.
digital files are like viruses... as long as one survives there is always a chance for a "breakout"
igf you really want to impress people with your weird degree, come up with a TLA for it, like "CPS" or "BCX". The kind of people that you're trying to impress will be embarassed that they don't know that the acronym stands for. If they do inquire, you can just make up whatever name sounds best for the position you're looking for.
I agree - Y10K is the next big problem. In 7991 years and 2 months all the four digit dates will read 0000. I set up a website a while ago to solve this problem: www.parseerror.com/y10k/
s/rand 3/rand 4/
ok, who wants to build this DNA and see what happens?
*patent pending
I'll tell you why they'd say that right now -- because that's what their company does. They make money selling imaging devices and technology. Obviously they need to look out for and push the market for what their company sells.
I'm sure the RIAA could tell us why Digital Right Management is more important than clockspeeds and data rates -- it doesn't mean it's true :P
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It has been funded by the world's biggest record labels to educate people about illegally downloading music off the internet, which is being blamed for a dip in sales.
According to industry estimates, over 2.6 billion music files are downloaded illegally every month, mainly through unlicensed "peer-to-peer" services.
CD sales reportedly dropped by 7% in the first half of 2002.
sorry, but Britney Spears telling me that "due to piracy my sales went from $10,000,000.00 in 2001 H2 to $9,300,000.00 in 2002 H1" will not jerk any tears from my eyes.
and yes, i know there are many artists out there that are just scraping by; IMHO i believe that an artist's popularity and success are directly related to how many songs of their are pirated on file-sharing services (i.e. kids are more likely to pirate songs from bands they see on MTV's TRL than they are a small-time supporting act).
my $.02
if there's one rule it's this: people are morons. as a management moron, I'd want a moron dedicated to making the computer break less. besides, who would management nag?
I'm not sure if I believe a virgin birth... maybe this guy had something to do with it? if the aquarium security is found to be lax and he doesn't have a good alibi...
I agree... I think that's how I was born.
i say abandon the whole Jesus-worshipping thing... nail those shark babies to a wooden cross and someone'll worship them. not me though. nope.
the word is "draconian", which means "severe" or "unusually harsh".
sheesh, i don't mean to nitpick but there are few simpler ways to come off as less-than-brilliant than to misuse "big words".
look them up before you use them. thanks. (checks own spelling)