...i start with the manuals and if i like the language or will need to for work i find the authoratative books on the subject, buy em used from amazon.com and read em.
most respectable languages have good online documentation (java, perl, php, python, ruby) -- manuals are great for "small" questions like getting the equivalent of switch/case to work. however, if you really want to master the language -- read a book.
That is why research into regexps is doomed to failure. It is a dead end.
yeah... just look at perl, a language that is tightly tied to regular expressions. it's only one of the most-used programming languages on the planet.
i don't mean to be a regexp or perl nazi, but i've found regexp's to be nothing but useful for the times when a split-by-whitespace isn't enough and a full-fledged parser is too much.
regexp's won't solve world hunger or cure cancer, but last time i checked there were alot of folks using perl and grep.
But in contrast to petty criminals and warring gangs, Internet piracy groups have a worldwide impact of at least tens of millions of dollars, if not more. Such groups secure their reputations by releasing thousands of free movies, games, music and software programs on the Internet each year.
Does this sound like the author is saying it's better for society than young folks be in a street gang than a w@r3z d00d? Interesting point of view. Hold on while I shoot someone for wearing a purple shirt.
"Trusted Computing" is vaporware; it does not exist nor will it exist. Anyone trying to make money on/off it is doing so at the expense of even greedier corporations. Technology in the hands of idiots is a scary thing.
'cyberbuffs are afflicted with "insufficient perspective, disdain for history, unnecessary futurology and technophilia."'"
oh yeah?! well... my dad could beat up their dads!
I believe they've changed it so that all you need to do is change the function definition. Whereas once once needed:
function f($o){
print_r($o);
}
f(&$o);
one can now do the simpler:
function f(&$o){
print_r($o);
}
f($o);
This is easier to deal with because, as you've pointed out, hunting down everyhwere one calls a function can be a pain.
In all seriousness,/. posted a link to a good article recently (the author's name escapes me) where he said that the big difference is that once someone has your physical/molecular data, they've got it forever. passwords, combinations, cc#'s and phone numbers expire. ss#s can even change. but your fingerprint and your dna won't. once someone gets your fingerprint data in an electric format, how do you ever recover from that? how will it ever be known whether the user is legitimate or not?
I think it's great. Instead of sending me spam via mail, fax and email -- now they can engineer ads based on my DNA.
ad: pizza -- you have an 18% chance of getting colon cancer and only 32.34 years left to live, wouldn't you like to spend some of it drinking a nice, cold, refreshing Pepsi?
I disagree. How well can one manage a project if they don't understand the steps or the relative complexity of the steps involved? It reminds me of a Dilbert cartoon where PHB assigns Dilbert the task of designing a global client/server infrastructure. Time alotted: 6 minutes.
Has anyone ever read the SQL for Smarties series (I think there are two)? I 've heard some good things about them and am curious what your reactions are.
In an interview, Prakash and company CEO Karl Jacob said Cloudmark's software solves the problem of identifying spam and quickly updating e-mail filters by harnessing the intelligence of the Web community at large.
The problem is that in a few weeks the competing offer will be gone, and then they fire you. The odds are you won't find a similiar offer within that short time, and thus you've blown it.
In general, sites like Amazon, eBay, and half.com should be driving used book prices down
I disagree. What they really do well is make it easier to find what you want. It's much easier to find a particular book online than it is to go through all the used book shops in a 50 mile radius, but I bet you that you can find it cheaper locally.
I find it ironic that while the popular vision of the future is that we will have most things (may everything) available at our fingertips instantly and transparently, isn't this the nightmare of existing media outlets (magazine and book publishers, the music and movie industries)?
I mean, whether it's legitimate (like used books) or illegitimate (watching "Insomnia" on one's laptop the day before it comes out) the media outlets that make money from selling society more than it needs are going to make less money.
I suppose they just charge more... but then that would give more folks an incentive to turn to "alternative" methods. It isn't a simple answer, I guess. Things are definately changing though.
I spent/spend many evenings at Boarders just reading
Well, then you should know it's Borders:P
Nitpicking aside, i did the same thing... just read as much as you can, practice and write shitty programs, download and check out other people's source and repeat.
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Yup, today your kid is doing algebra, tomorrow he's smoking crack. Just say no.
...in several asian countries your employees and children could be the same people! *ba dum bum*
why do you think they keep them secret?
most respectable languages have good online documentation (java, perl, php, python, ruby) -- manuals are great for "small" questions like getting the equivalent of switch/case to work. however, if you really want to master the language -- read a book.
yeah... just look at perl, a language that is tightly tied to regular expressions. it's only one of the most-used programming languages on the planet.
i don't mean to be a regexp or perl nazi, but i've found regexp's to be nothing but useful for the times when a split-by-whitespace isn't enough and a full-fledged parser is too much.
regexp's won't solve world hunger or cure cancer, but last time i checked there were alot of folks using perl and grep.
there's some truth to that... one can use a mouse like a bolas... just get it swinging around a couple of times to get momentum up....
Does this sound like the author is saying it's better for society than young folks be in a street gang than a w@r3z d00d? Interesting point of view. Hold on while I shoot someone for wearing a purple shirt.
"Trusted Computing" is vaporware; it does not exist nor will it exist. Anyone trying to make money on/off it is doing so at the expense of even greedier corporations. Technology in the hands of idiots is a scary thing.
'cyberbuffs are afflicted with "insufficient perspective, disdain for history, unnecessary futurology and technophilia."'" oh yeah?! well... my dad could beat up their dads!
function f($o){ print_r($o); } f(&$o); one can now do the simpler:
function f(&$o){ print_r($o); } f($o); This is easier to deal with because, as you've pointed out, hunting down everyhwere one calls a function can be a pain.
this is not the first year that a free office suite was available.
this is very unsurprising. what can you expect when 4 out of every 5 radio stations in the USA are owned by the same company?
hell, if i was Clear Channel i'd make it cost $500,000... what are the record companies going to do -- not release singles on the radio?
behold the train wreck that happens in an industry where monopolies are legal.
In all seriousness, /. posted a link to a good article recently (the author's name escapes me) where he said that the big difference is that once someone has your physical/molecular data, they've got it forever. passwords, combinations, cc#'s and phone numbers expire. ss#s can even change. but your fingerprint and your dna won't. once someone gets your fingerprint data in an electric format, how do you ever recover from that? how will it ever be known whether the user is legitimate or not?
I think it's great. Instead of sending me spam via mail, fax and email -- now they can engineer ads based on my DNA.
ad: pizza -- you have an 18% chance of getting colon cancer and only 32.34 years left to live, wouldn't you like to spend some of it drinking a nice, cold, refreshing Pepsi?
nuff said
How long would it really take before someone made a hybrid drive with a red and blue laser that could read both formats, and maybe write both too?
I'm thinking perhaps one purple laser...
I disagree. How well can one manage a project if they don't understand the steps or the relative complexity of the steps involved? It reminds me of a Dilbert cartoon where PHB assigns Dilbert the task of designing a global client/server infrastructure. Time alotted: 6 minutes.
Has anyone ever read the SQL for Smarties series (I think there are two)? I 've heard some good things about them and am curious what your reactions are.
In an interview, Prakash and company CEO Karl Jacob said Cloudmark's software solves the problem of identifying spam and quickly updating e-mail filters by harnessing the intelligence of the Web community at large.
Ad that is why it will never work.
The problem is that in a few weeks the competing offer will be gone, and then they fire you. The odds are you won't find a similiar offer within that short time, and thus you've blown it.
but many of my friends pass books around
I envy you. My friends can barely even read.
In general, sites like Amazon, eBay, and half.com should be driving used book prices down
I disagree. What they really do well is make it easier to find what you want. It's much easier to find a particular book online than it is to go through all the used book shops in a 50 mile radius, but I bet you that you can find it cheaper locally.
well, if you could make exact copies of your moldy old couch to everyone for free, that would probably hurt the moldy old couch business.
I find it ironic that while the popular vision of the future is that we will have most things (may everything) available at our fingertips instantly and transparently, isn't this the nightmare of existing media outlets (magazine and book publishers, the music and movie industries)?
I mean, whether it's legitimate (like used books) or illegitimate (watching "Insomnia" on one's laptop the day before it comes out) the media outlets that make money from selling society more than it needs are going to make less money.
I suppose they just charge more... but then that would give more folks an incentive to turn to "alternative" methods. It isn't a simple answer, I guess. Things are definately changing though.
I spent/spend many evenings at Boarders just reading
:P
Well, then you should know it's Borders
Nitpicking aside, i did the same thing... just read as much as you can, practice and write shitty programs, download and check out other people's source and repeat.