> Java applets were HUGE when users predomaninantly had 28.8K connections and 56K was still considered fast.
The Java Runtime Environment is currently 10MB as a one-time download, but the applets themselves are typically ~10-50KB
> Write-once/Run-anywhere was a lie -- deploying a Java applet that worked reliably across multiple platforms was an expensive and time-consuming task. > it was extremely rare that we had to code work-arounds for the Windows JVMs
If you write to the MS standard, you do work-arounds for the rest, but using the Sun's Offical Java Developer Kit to run on Sun's Offical Java Runtime *does* work with "write one / run anywhere"
I'd say learn BASIC for about a week to show that programming isn't scary, do a copule of months java to show the basics of Real Programming, then C++ from then on.
Trying to teach C++ to people who don't know what an IF statement is is like the proverbial "stapling dihorrhea to a wall". And yes, I was in an A-Level classroom just a couple of days ago - There ARE people who want a computing carrer and get to 18 without knowing what an IF is. Indeed, of a class of ~12 only one had proir programming experience, and that was VBScript embedded in HTML...
Well, maybe not genetic per se, but it's hardwired into the brain from birth - that's how graphology (reading someone's character from thir handwriting) works.
According to a graphology talk I went to, people with messy handwriting tend to me *more* intelligent than people who write "properly" - an individual style shows individual thinking. If you can't get past a 5-year old's standard school handwriting, it shows you have the brain of a 5-year old...
AFAIK upx does pretty much the same thing, for free
http://upx.sourceforge.net
it generally gets 50-75% too. IIRC it make a really fast (faster than a HD read) decompressor prepended to a compressed program.
The only thing I can think of to do better is to actually rearrange the binary in a more efficient order / go in at the assembler level and replace any repeated 5 instruction or more sequence with a function call.
unix doesn't stand for anything, it's just that The Creator (Ken Thompson IIRC?) was "having a bit too much fun with the new smallcaps printer function"
JPG: under power - http://underpower.non-essential.com/ sluggy - http://www.sluggy.com helen - http://www.comicspage.com/helen/index.html dr fun - http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/Dr-Fun/latest.jpg tot aliarian burger - http://unquietmind.com/tburger/totalitarian122.htm l
Damn, this was supposed to be pro-png >:-( Something I noticed though was that 75% of the sites using gif appear to be using the same serving system, whilst the pngs and jpgs are all done custom. Anyone know any reason why?
I've noticed that too - whenever I put red next to another colour the other always floods into the red, not the other way round, even pure red ends up smudged brown... Anyone know why?
"Often the production of unlicensed goods is used by organised crime to launder money made from selling drugs, pornography and prostitution and to generally expand "business" opportunities."
Oh god, not *that* argument again... In my experience 99.9%+ of piracy is kids sharing stuff instead of them all paying to get the same thing. Has anyone got *any* proof that piracy is directly related to drugs, porn, or prostitution at all, let alone "often"? anyone?
I agree with most of the arguments, but let's please try and be realistic...
Unobtanium (iirc a fictional element, the chemist's version of "foo")? Basing the system on a readings from a crystal ball (odd)? gravity changes the mass (false)?
There's no man version because they claim that men could use it as an offensive weapon, and that although women can too, they just won't.
But then how often do you see muggers attacking old ladies with pepper spray? Methinks it shows how the world is conviniently politically correct - it's not OK to say women are weak and men are strong, but it is ok to give women protection and deny it to men.
I hear the great big tunneler that made the channel tunnel was sold off privately, and now it stands in some guy's back yard (?)
Also I heard of people using old aeroplane fans, pointed down, and then using the thrust to push themselves upwards, so they get an effect just like skydiving, but only a few feet off the ground. It was used for training and safety tests and such, could these be used like that? My guestimates figure you could do car-diving with wind tunnels that big!
^^^ ^^^ <- air |||0-|-<||| <- guy ||||||||||| <- air ########### <- grille # ------- # <- fan # # <- air intake ----------- <- floor
So we know we hate this guy and he'd never be our official representative, but who *is*? Everyone's views are different, but who is the most agreed with overall? poll?
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> Java applets were HUGE when users predomaninantly had 28.8K connections and 56K was still considered fast.
The Java Runtime Environment is currently 10MB as a one-time download, but the applets themselves are typically ~10-50KB
> Write-once/Run-anywhere was a lie -- deploying a Java applet that worked reliably across multiple platforms was an expensive and time-consuming task.
> it was extremely rare that we had to code work-arounds for the Windows JVMs
If you write to the MS standard, you do work-arounds for the rest, but using the Sun's Offical Java Developer Kit to run on Sun's Offical Java Runtime *does* work with "write one / run anywhere"
I'd agree that it's americans being fools, but it tends to be [teller's home country] being clever and [teller's rival country] being stupid.
I vote we stop the anglo-american rivalry and just blame Iraq....
Pointers? I thought windows was done in VB!
And is this "good quality" in comparison to other professional code or what the uni students themselves can do?
Java = C++ - pain in the arse bits
I'd say learn BASIC for about a week to show that programming isn't scary, do a copule of months java to show the basics of Real Programming, then C++ from then on.
Trying to teach C++ to people who don't know what an IF statement is is like the proverbial "stapling dihorrhea to a wall". And yes, I was in an A-Level classroom just a couple of days ago - There ARE people who want a computing carrer and get to 18 without knowing what an IF is. Indeed, of a class of ~12 only one had proir programming experience, and that was VBScript embedded in HTML...
Well, maybe not genetic per se, but it's hardwired into the brain from birth - that's how graphology (reading someone's character from thir handwriting) works.
According to a graphology talk I went to, people with messy handwriting tend to me *more* intelligent than people who write "properly" - an individual style shows individual thinking. If you can't get past a 5-year old's standard school handwriting, it shows you have the brain of a 5-year old...
AFAIK upx does pretty much the same thing, for free
http://upx.sourceforge.net
it generally gets 50-75% too. IIRC it make a really fast (faster than a HD read) decompressor prepended to a compressed program.
The only thing I can think of to do better is to actually rearrange the binary in a more efficient order / go in at the assembler level and replace any repeated 5 instruction or more sequence with a function call.
unix doesn't stand for anything, it's just that The Creator (Ken Thompson IIRC?) was "having a bit too much fun with the new smallcaps printer function"
The webcomics in my "funnies" slashbox
A fter y2k - http://www.geekculture.com/geekycomics/Aftery2k/af tery2kmain.html
t aliarian burger - http://unquietmind.com/tburger/totalitarian122.htm l
PNG:
8-bit theatre - http://www.nuklearpower.com/
diesel sweeties - http://www.dieselsweeties.com/
kevin & kell - http://www.herdthinners.com/
GIF:
red meat - http://www.redmeat.com/redmeat/current/
dilbert - http://www.dilbert.com/
goats - http://www.goats.com/
superiosity - http://www.superosity.com/
doonesbury - http://www.doonesbury.com/ (link to MSN, coincidence?)
The 5th wave - http://www.ucomics.com/thefifthwave/index.phtml
pvp - http://www.pvponline.com/
fopxtrot - http://www.ucomics.com/foxtrot/index.phtml
mikey - http://www.mikeycomics.com/
user friendly - http://www.userfriendly.org/
sinfest - http://sinfest.net/
penny-arcade - http://www.penny-arcade.com/
JPG:
under power - http://underpower.non-essential.com/
sluggy - http://www.sluggy.com
helen - http://www.comicspage.com/helen/index.html
dr fun - http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/Dr-Fun/latest.jpg
to
Damn, this was supposed to be pro-png >:-( Something I noticed though was that 75% of the sites using gif appear to be using the same serving system, whilst the pngs and jpgs are all done custom. Anyone know any reason why?
I've noticed that too - whenever I put red next to another colour the other always floods into the red, not the other way round, even pure red ends up smudged brown... Anyone know why?
2200% = 22x = 1:22 = normal:after exploit
how he got a ratio of 1:22 from 2:23 I don't know...
"Often the production of unlicensed goods is used by organised crime to launder money made from selling drugs, pornography and prostitution and to generally expand "business" opportunities."
Oh god, not *that* argument again... In my experience 99.9%+ of piracy is kids sharing stuff instead of them all paying to get the same thing. Has anyone got *any* proof that piracy is directly related to drugs, porn, or prostitution at all, let alone "often"? anyone?
I agree with most of the arguments, but let's please try and be realistic...
Damn, it's back up... Come on slashdot! Let's melt their servers *permanantly*!!
It may break encryption, but entering and stealing? WTF???
with science based on a crystal ball, measurements of Unobtanium, and gravity changing mass, methinks this is a prank story
Unobtanium (iirc a fictional element, the chemist's version of "foo")?
Basing the system on a readings from a crystal ball (odd)?
gravity changes the mass (false)?
is this real?
On the spam ingridients list:
Spam: Pork, Ham
why not just "pig meat"?
There's no man version because they claim that men could use it as an offensive weapon, and that although women can too, they just won't.
But then how often do you see muggers attacking old ladies with pepper spray? Methinks it shows how the world is conviniently politically correct - it's not OK to say women are weak and men are strong, but it is ok to give women protection and deny it to men.
It's windows, not even the bugs work properly...
I hear the great big tunneler that made the channel tunnel was sold off privately, and now it stands in some guy's back yard (?)
Also I heard of people using old aeroplane fans, pointed down, and then using the thrust to push themselves upwards, so they get an effect just like skydiving, but only a few feet off the ground. It was used for training and safety tests and such, could these be used like that? My guestimates figure you could do car-diving with wind tunnels that big!
^^^ ^^^ <- air
|||0-|-<||| <- guy
||||||||||| <- air
########### <- grille
# ------- # <- fan
# # <- air intake
----------- <- floor
My first thought of PSP was paint shop pro, like "hey guys, our teams at sony have drawn a picture of a handheld games console!"
In some of the kernel docs it's written (quoted from old memory) that the TCP timeout can be maxed to 255 seconds, so sorry, no SpaceQuake :(
Does IPv6 have longer timeouts, or will we need *another* systems specifically for space comms?
the phearbot
(note, not my site)
> Would you get up at 6 am on a workday /me sticks little finger in mouth
One Hundred _biiiiiilion_ dollars!!!
Somewhat of an abstract answer, but you should get the point
So we know we hate this guy and he'd never be our official representative, but who *is*? Everyone's views are different, but who is the most agreed with overall? poll?
RMS
Linus
Anyone else?
Thanks dude! All I can remember of it was naming a roman warrior guy I made is school jayce in his honour, but I can't remember any of the show...