"Post Office Protocol", one large hack of an inadequate mess
You jest, but it's somewhat true. GMail provides over 2GB of storage now. They promote the idea of storing all your email forever. Why the heck don't they have an IMAP interface?
Is there something I fail to understand here? First you suggest that free radio sucks, then you question why somebody would pay for something better? Heh...yeah.
I see no contradiction. The "something better" would still be mostly the music I already own. Why should I bother paying for it again, along with other stuff that I may or may not like?
Again, if any of these services have unique material, like an "Unreleased Rock Concerts" station consisting of concerts that have been broadcasted by radio stations but never released on CD, gimme a link.
Nope. Why would I want to pay for radio? The only reason I'd want such a service is if they regularly broadcast concerts. That I would pay for. Otherwise, I have plenty of diverse material in my ever-expanding CD collection.
You've responded to a very simple point by attempting to redefine "global warming", completely changing the subject, and making baseless assumptions about my views. Good job.
There is no margin of error*, either someone voted for a particular choice or they didn't.
If you have some magic way of translating one person's vote into one counted vote, I'd love to hear it.
I'm not talking about polling a sample. I'm talking about how every single voting method (except, perhaps, for an ideal computer voting system) produces a certain percentage invalid ballots.
I'm glad there's someone here who understands statistics. Most tech reviewers certainly don't.
Nor do our politicians and judges, who apparently think that a 0.001% edge is enough to decide a vote, when the margin of error due to the voting method is much higher than that. Clueless, all of them.
Ouch. No offense, but that's a horrible abuse of Python. Take some time and familiarize yourself with common Unix tools so you don't waste all that time writing some ugly script.
You call yourself a geek, sir? Digital Fortress was so riddled with errors that the entire plot was completely unbelievable.
I read the book a while ago, but here are some glaring errors:
1) A piece of data that the NSA computer is analyzing somehow manages to become a virus.
2) Said computer BLOWS UP when its processors overheat. Apparently the NSA is using rather old processors that can't even shut themselves down when they're overheating.
3) When they're scrambling to prevent intruders from accessing the database server, they start shutting down the server, a process that takes a while. No one thinks of just cutting the fucking network cables.
4) A group of NSA employees, when confronted with a riddle involving plutonium and uranium, somehow forget that the number of protons is the fundamental difference between each element.
And on and on. It was awful. Deception Point is almost as bad. His Robert Langdon novels are decent, though.
How is that a troll? The "ideal solution" is that this guy doesn't want to move away from Linux.
I can sympathize; I think Windows is awful as a development platform. No decent WM, no screen (not even for Cygwin), and a godawful mess just to get a few Python modules installed.
All this talk about digital comics and not a peep about UserFriendly [userfriendly.org]?? This 'is'/. right?
UF is a lot like PvP. Both seem to go for quantity over quality, often rehashing the same tired old jokes. It gets tedious. A lot like newspaper comics actually.
Penny Arcade takes a different approach. They only do a few comics per week, but they're usually really good. Not always, but...they don't keep pulling out the same old gag like Scott Kurtz.
Most of us here are probably taking mostly science/engineering and math classes. It's a real PITA to write equations and draw diagrams with a word processor.
Precisely. If you want to do well, reading the relevant chapters before lecture is key. Take notes while reading the textbook (I only use this as an aid to concentration, but it can be very useful if your professor follows the textbook closely) and do the problems. Go to lecture with a decent understanding of the material. The notes you take should only be a rough outline to refresh your memory, plus details about difficult concepts.
Taking copious, multimedia notes seems like a waste of time to me. Anyway, that's just my strategy; I'm sure it won't work for everyone.
The few Xeon and Pentium 4 processors that do use EM64T have not been around for very long. The vast majority of Intel's processors are still 32-bit. They don't have anything that Apple could offer in a reasonably-priced desktop. Compare with AMD, which is almost entirely focused on AMD64 now, from the cheaper Athlon64s to the gamer-oriented FX series to the dual-core X2s.
Apple's compiler doesn't even support AMD64 yet; it's just IA-32. Kind of weird when they've been selling 64-bit G5s for years to go back to 32-bit, but maybe not too surprising, since Intel doesn't have a mature line of AMD64/EM64T products just yet.
You're forgetting that there are far more web hosts providing PHP than Ruby / Ruby On Rails.
Which doesn't really matter if you're willing to shop around. I've found several inexpensive hosts that support Django, which hasn't even had a stable release yet. I'm sure you can find hosts supporting Rails.
Sure enough, the Rails guys even have an official host. Reasonable prices.
4) Avoid buying high and selling low. It sounds utterly obvious, but so many people will buy a stock when it's soaring then panic and dump it when it starts going down. In short, don't buy overvalued stocks, and don't be afraid to hold (unless the company is actually in trouble).
5) Mutual funds. Do your research, pick 2-3 mutual funds, and put your money in. Leave it there, and keep investing in the same funds (especially when they go down). If you've made decent choices, you'll typically outperform the market in the long term.
Is it done in the game, like the seller puts it down before the buyer and he picks it up and owns it?
Pretty much every online RPG after Diablo has had a simple trading interface. Indicate that you want to trade with another player, and a window will pop up where you can place items/money. Once both players are satisfied, they tick a checkbox and the trade is done.
Guild Wars (and perhaps other games) have further simplified things by letting you "ship" items to another player's mailbox, so you can transfer items even if that player isn't online.
Even (or especially!) in games with complex PvP like Guild Wars, a bot is going to be able to monitor the situation and execute the 'ideal' strategy far better than any human. If you can design a combat system that requires true human intelligence, I would be most impressed.
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Well, I know I'm prettier with long hair :)
You jest, but it's somewhat true. GMail provides over 2GB of storage now. They promote the idea of storing all your email forever. Why the heck don't they have an IMAP interface?
There are already efficient ways of using Python for web apps. FastCGI and mod_python, for example. I'd like to see benchmarks for this new one.
Troll successful! Unless, you know, BBEdit Lite really does run on a TI-89...
I see no contradiction. The "something better" would still be mostly the music I already own. Why should I bother paying for it again, along with other stuff that I may or may not like?
Again, if any of these services have unique material, like an "Unreleased Rock Concerts" station consisting of concerts that have been broadcasted by radio stations but never released on CD, gimme a link.
Nope. Why would I want to pay for radio? The only reason I'd want such a service is if they regularly broadcast concerts. That I would pay for. Otherwise, I have plenty of diverse material in my ever-expanding CD collection.
You actually listen to the radio? How can you tolerate that crap?
You've responded to a very simple point by attempting to redefine "global warming", completely changing the subject, and making baseless assumptions about my views. Good job.
If you have some magic way of translating one person's vote into one counted vote, I'd love to hear it.
I'm not talking about polling a sample. I'm talking about how every single voting method (except, perhaps, for an ideal computer voting system) produces a certain percentage invalid ballots.
No, it's not at all interesting. Global warming is happening. That is fact. Don't try to dispute it, or you'll look like an even bigger idiot.
What is debatable is how much does human activity contribute to it?
Nor do our politicians and judges, who apparently think that a 0.001% edge is enough to decide a vote, when the margin of error due to the voting method is much higher than that. Clueless, all of them.
I read the book a while ago, but here are some glaring errors: 1) A piece of data that the NSA computer is analyzing somehow manages to become a virus.
2) Said computer BLOWS UP when its processors overheat. Apparently the NSA is using rather old processors that can't even shut themselves down when they're overheating.
3) When they're scrambling to prevent intruders from accessing the database server, they start shutting down the server, a process that takes a while. No one thinks of just cutting the fucking network cables.
4) A group of NSA employees, when confronted with a riddle involving plutonium and uranium, somehow forget that the number of protons is the fundamental difference between each element.
And on and on. It was awful. Deception Point is almost as bad. His Robert Langdon novels are decent, though.
I know, it's a stupid little detail, but it still pisses me off. P.S. MechWarrior 2 was the best.
I can sympathize; I think Windows is awful as a development platform. No decent WM, no screen (not even for Cygwin), and a godawful mess just to get a few Python modules installed.
UF is a lot like PvP. Both seem to go for quantity over quality, often rehashing the same tired old jokes. It gets tedious. A lot like newspaper comics actually.
Penny Arcade takes a different approach. They only do a few comics per week, but they're usually really good. Not always, but...they don't keep pulling out the same old gag like Scott Kurtz.
Most of us here are probably taking mostly science/engineering and math classes. It's a real PITA to write equations and draw diagrams with a word processor.
Precisely. If you want to do well, reading the relevant chapters before lecture is key. Take notes while reading the textbook (I only use this as an aid to concentration, but it can be very useful if your professor follows the textbook closely) and do the problems. Go to lecture with a decent understanding of the material. The notes you take should only be a rough outline to refresh your memory, plus details about difficult concepts.
Taking copious, multimedia notes seems like a waste of time to me. Anyway, that's just my strategy; I'm sure it won't work for everyone.
The few Xeon and Pentium 4 processors that do use EM64T have not been around for very long. The vast majority of Intel's processors are still 32-bit. They don't have anything that Apple could offer in a reasonably-priced desktop. Compare with AMD, which is almost entirely focused on AMD64 now, from the cheaper Athlon64s to the gamer-oriented FX series to the dual-core X2s.
I think the people who are most disappointed are the Linux geeks who like playing with exotic hardware. No more cheap PPC hardware for us.
Apple's compiler doesn't even support AMD64 yet; it's just IA-32. Kind of weird when they've been selling 64-bit G5s for years to go back to 32-bit, but maybe not too surprising, since Intel doesn't have a mature line of AMD64/EM64T products just yet.
Which doesn't really matter if you're willing to shop around. I've found several inexpensive hosts that support Django, which hasn't even had a stable release yet. I'm sure you can find hosts supporting Rails.
Sure enough, the Rails guys even have an official host. Reasonable prices.
4) Avoid buying high and selling low. It sounds utterly obvious, but so many people will buy a stock when it's soaring then panic and dump it when it starts going down. In short, don't buy overvalued stocks, and don't be afraid to hold (unless the company is actually in trouble).
5) Mutual funds. Do your research, pick 2-3 mutual funds, and put your money in. Leave it there, and keep investing in the same funds (especially when they go down). If you've made decent choices, you'll typically outperform the market in the long term.
Pretty much every online RPG after Diablo has had a simple trading interface. Indicate that you want to trade with another player, and a window will pop up where you can place items/money. Once both players are satisfied, they tick a checkbox and the trade is done.
Guild Wars (and perhaps other games) have further simplified things by letting you "ship" items to another player's mailbox, so you can transfer items even if that player isn't online.
Even (or especially!) in games with complex PvP like Guild Wars, a bot is going to be able to monitor the situation and execute the 'ideal' strategy far better than any human. If you can design a combat system that requires true human intelligence, I would be most impressed.