This is so similar to c#! I love it. C++ and C are too time consuming, Java blows ass, c# is a happy medium. C# is the perfect mix of RAD and Power IMHO.
Way to be insensitive. Some of us have no choice
but to use C. I've heard conditions at other shops
are so bad that the developers are forced to use
Java.
Also, could you give an example of some valid C that isn't valid C++? I have yet to encounter any.
1. implicit casting of 'void *' is valid C, but
not valid C++.
2. pre-ansi function defs: arg types specified
following arg list is valid in C, not in C++
But worse awaits... Valid C that is also valid C++
with a different meaning.
1. prototype 'foo ()' means any type, any number args in C. means no args in C++
2. const
Those are just standard and documented differences. When you start running real code on
real machines things get much, much worse. Many C++ features require deep magic from the linker and cause plenty of difficult to solve problems.
States that border states free of sales tax have bitched about this class of
problems for a long time.
They call it stolen, lost, or evaded
tax revenue and the feds have told
them to get bent when they sought a remedy. I hope the states get slapped hard for this stunt.
Sales tax is unfair. All of our forms of
taxation are unfair, but sales tax is the worst of
the lot, and this silly scam is worse than regular
sales tax.
In her ruling last week, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of Federal District Court for the District of Columbia in Washington recognized that server software competition represented the most likely threat to Microsoft. She specifically required Microsoft to disclose more technical information to its server rivals. Her provision is an attempt to ensure that Microsoft competes more fairly against Linux than it did against Netscape in the browser wars.
This is such a backwards take on things that I'm confused how to address it. The only reason MS has had any success in the server market is that they have owned the client market for the 7 years.
When did Netscape stop being inferior? It's still slow and it's a memory hog compared to IE. Not only that, but they waited 2 years to release a new version. They tiptoed along while MS was happily updating IE, making new useful features, and making it error-resistent.
I use mozilla on four different machines running
XP, linux, solaris. Very stable, very fast, tons
of cool fetures IE will never have.
The only reason I keep IE is for my corporate intranet and because windows seems to become unstable if IE is not the default browser.
IE has lost lost its technical lead and is a security nightmare. Mozilla looks pretty good in
comparison.
The entire point of his post is that the information is not classified. You do not need privileged access to get unclassified information. It is perfectly legal to "leak" information that is not classified
I recognize that. I just want to caution that this is not a free spech issue.
From the article:
After months of discussions, Dr. Colglazier said, the academy published the report in September. He said a few detailed examples of the threats to the nation's food supplies were removed from the published report and placed in an appendix that was not made public.
"We made our own decision" on what to remove, Dr. Colglazier emphasized.
These scientists recognized that some of this information was dangerous. Publicizing it to spite the White House would have been very, very misguided.
He never mentioned G.W. Bush. Why the hell is everyone reading any negative comment about the government as an attack on Bush and leaping to counter attack??
::Blush:: You caught me there. The article title
"Researchers Say Science Is Hurt by Secrecy Policy Set Up by the White House" had me assuming a Bush bashing agenda.
As an aside, I am apolitical by temperament and belief. I was not defending Bush - just questioning the motivation of attacking the policy.
Im thinking something like civil disobedience or "leaks" would be the most appropriate in cases like this.
I really hope that you do not have any sort of privileged access
to anything worth knowing.
The problem here is that some of these ideas are obvious: intentionally introducing diseases to US livestock could hurt us - pretty obvious. The same sort of mind that sees a comercial jet as a weapon sees poison and disease as a weapon.
Some of these things are
specific threats: numbers, weaknesses, breeding histories, especially deadly or dangerous disease strains, etc - things only profesional researchers are in a position to discover. Why should this sort of tactical information be published before the government can take action regarding it?
Or are you just lashing out against W. without thinking?:)
Not really clear on how much cooperation is needed from the "tracked device". The fact that the ekahu site lists requirements for such devices is a bit confusing.
And yeah, yeah, triangulation and signal strength and stuff, but does this software do it the hard way or depend on the truthful clients?
First off, anyone claiming that global warming is going to hold off an ice age couldn't possibly be bright enough to hold any kind of political position. Furthermore, if we're just talking about straight party line, that is NOT the position conservatives take on the matter.
The only place I've really seen this was some mind candy by Jerry Pournelle. Or maybe it was Clancy or Niven or Barnes or Heinlein? I just wanted to pay a tribute to sf political thought.
Okay, so I probably wouldn't get invited to too many conservative parties with this post. I suppose calling for "rabid conservatives" gets a pass to the "kneejerk liberal" get togethers though.
Shucks. I just do the kneejerk liberal thing to pick up chicks.
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Way to be insensitive. Some of us have no choice but to use C. I've heard conditions at other shops are so bad that the developers are forced to use Java.
So your company wasted four days trying to get unblocked and ignored possible technical solutions.
nice. I say sue someone, sue everyone, you was robbed!
But worse awaits... Valid C that is also valid C++ with a different meaning.
Those are just standard and documented differences. When you start running real code on real machines things get much, much worse. Many C++ features require deep magic from the linker and cause plenty of difficult to solve problems.
Sales tax is unfair. All of our forms of taxation are unfair, but sales tax is the worst of the lot, and this silly scam is worse than regular sales tax.
In her ruling last week, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of Federal District Court for the District of Columbia in Washington recognized that server software competition represented the most likely threat to Microsoft. She specifically required Microsoft to disclose more technical information to its server rivals. Her provision is an attempt to ensure that Microsoft competes more fairly against Linux than it did against Netscape in the browser wars.
This is such a backwards take on things that I'm confused how to address it. The only reason MS has had any success in the server market is that they have owned the client market for the 7 years.
More like a skeet shoot than hurdles for MS.
This must violate FCC requirements - you know that text on the bottom of your keyboard and mouse.
You mispelled Mammon twice.
I use mozilla on four different machines running XP, linux, solaris. Very stable, very fast, tons of cool fetures IE will never have.
The only reason I keep IE is for my corporate intranet and because windows seems to become unstable if IE is not the default browser.
IE has lost lost its technical lead and is a security nightmare. Mozilla looks pretty good in comparison.
A consumer whore. Just like the rest of us.
Seriously though, watch both - OTTW.
I recognize that. I just want to caution that this is not a free spech issue.
From the article:
These scientists recognized that some of this information was dangerous. Publicizing it to spite the White House would have been very, very misguided.
He never mentioned G.W. Bush. Why the hell is everyone reading any negative comment about the government as an attack on Bush and leaping to counter attack??
As an aside, I am apolitical by temperament and belief. I was not defending Bush - just questioning the motivation of attacking the policy.
I really hope that you do not have any sort of privileged access to anything worth knowing.
The problem here is that some of these ideas are obvious: intentionally introducing diseases to US livestock could hurt us - pretty obvious. The same sort of mind that sees a comercial jet as a weapon sees poison and disease as a weapon.
Some of these things are specific threats: numbers, weaknesses, breeding histories, especially deadly or dangerous disease strains, etc - things only profesional researchers are in a position to discover. Why should this sort of tactical information be published before the government can take action regarding it?
Or are you just lashing out against W. without thinking? :)
I learned unix doing admin work for a couple bottom feeder ISPs in Salem. Pretty decent odds that I registered the guys first domain.
Vitalife salesman, pederasts, mlm, usenet kooks, and other lowlife were among the many interesting customers I dealt with.
Might be that a city of ~114k has 5 prisons and the state mental hospital but Salem is a really rotten place to live.
And yeah, yeah, triangulation and signal strength and stuff, but does this software do it the hard way or depend on the truthful clients?
And the dry ice is needed to save Kilamanjaros Melting Snowcap
(c) could get you put on a list of suspected pot growers faster than a subscription to High Times.
Sorry to be pedantic here - bu the proper term is fat wad of cash.
Thanks!
The only place I've really seen this was some mind candy by Jerry Pournelle. Or maybe it was Clancy or Niven or Barnes or Heinlein? I just wanted to pay a tribute to sf political thought.
Okay, so I probably wouldn't get invited to too many conservative parties with this post. I suppose calling for "rabid conservatives" gets a pass to the "kneejerk liberal" get togethers though.
Shucks. I just do the kneejerk liberal thing to pick up chicks.
Better make it the CEWG. The phrase "shag carpet collecting comitee" makes me think of Lilith Fair for some reason. And that just makes me feel funny.
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Evolution In Action
And how is that ice 11,000 years old when the earth is only ~6000?
Another pagan for my enemies list.
Thanks Guy!
If only...
Easy category. The answer is always "Downsize".