Circa 1979-80... first computer was a DEC PDP-8, we did most of our programming in BASIC with mark-sense cards. A little later I graduated to an account at the University on their DEC-10 (TOPS-10), BASIC and FORTRAN with punch cards and occasionally a terminal if you could find one.
Not a good analogy. Driving a car is more analogous to using a program than to writing one. So perhaps a better analogy would be anyone who can't build a model T in their garage is incompetent to be a mechanic. While that's overkill, there's some basic truth there.
My experience is that people who didn't grow up on assembler and/or C have a very fuzzy idea as to what a pointer is, and often as to what a stack is or a memory space. It's particularly bad with people who learned Java as a first language.
Not really. Almost no oil is used for electrical generation. We had a very warm winter in the NE US which is about the only area of the country that uses oil for heating.
Cheap natural gas is mostly being used for electrical generation and industry (esp. feed stocks for plastics).
I pretty much agree (IANAL, though). I have served on 3 juries and it's pretty clear... open and shut cases rarely go to trial. Generally speaking jury trials only happen when the defense (for whatever reason) is convinced they can win, but the prosecution still thinks they can win (or, due to politics, has to try anyway). That's a pretty small number of cases.
James Blish wrote a lot of good stuff, but in particular his "Cities in Flight" series is really awesome. The four books are:
They Shall Have Stars
A Life for the Stars
Earthman, Come Home
The Triumph of Time
The third is the best, IMHO but they are all good.
It doesn't appear in this article, but in other articles I've seen on this (http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20030992-1.html) it stated that the app has received an imprimatur from the bishop of the diocese where the authors are located. That's the usual process.
An imprimatur does not imply church agreement with the document (app, in this case), merely that it is not contrary to Church teaching.
Oh geez, this is just stupid. At least the headline is stupid. There's nothing in TFA to suggest that testosterone as such has anything to do with! It's just age and presumably experience. Geez.
That's correct, the student users of PLATO never saw a command prompt. However, get an "author" signon was not that hard for computer geek types, especially at UIUC.
If you actually bothered to read, you might realize that while PLATO was started in 1960, it didn't blossom as a community until 1973 when notesfiles began. Newbie.
If you have an administrative assistant (admin) for your group, whatever you do, DON'T piss him/her off! Show respect. They can make your life a living hell if they want, or a lot easier.
Many Arizonans did not/do not support SB1070. Don't call us all racist because we have stupid people in our government. I didn't vote for these people.
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Circa 1979-80... first computer was a DEC PDP-8, we did most of our programming in BASIC with mark-sense cards. A little later I graduated to an account at the University on their DEC-10 (TOPS-10), BASIC and FORTRAN with punch cards and occasionally a terminal if you could find one.
The Cathedral and the Bizarre? Was that the sequel to ESR's "The Cathedral and the Bazaar"?
Not a good analogy. Driving a car is more analogous to using a program than to writing one. So perhaps a better analogy would be anyone who can't build a model T in their garage is incompetent to be a mechanic. While that's overkill, there's some basic truth there. My experience is that people who didn't grow up on assembler and/or C have a very fuzzy idea as to what a pointer is, and often as to what a stack is or a memory space. It's particularly bad with people who learned Java as a first language.
Not really. Almost no oil is used for electrical generation. We had a very warm winter in the NE US which is about the only area of the country that uses oil for heating. Cheap natural gas is mostly being used for electrical generation and industry (esp. feed stocks for plastics).
I never used TOPS-20, just TOPS-10. I found VMS to be MUCH, MUCH more full-featured and flexible.
It's under development... http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/many-integrated-core/intel-many-integrated-core-architecture.html
First post?
The irony is that we'll have no (unfixable) disabilities, but we'll all be suffering with *asthma * diabetes * obesity * food allergies (esp. gluten)
Seriously? 10 tapes x $20/tape = $200/TB, almost twice as much as a 1 TB drive would cost you. And "tape lasts forever"? Hell no!
You got something? Next time use a condom. Kids these days!
I pretty much agree (IANAL, though). I have served on 3 juries and it's pretty clear ... open and shut cases rarely go to trial. Generally speaking jury trials only happen when the defense (for whatever reason) is convinced they can win, but the prosecution still thinks they can win (or, due to politics, has to try anyway). That's a pretty small number of cases.
That DOES sound about right. Woohoo I'll have to track it down! Thanks!
Awesome even though a bit dated. I re-read it a couple of months ago.
Wow! That sounds vaguely familiar... I know I read it but I can't remember who wrote it either :-(. Now I'm going to go nuts.
James Blish wrote a lot of good stuff, but in particular his "Cities in Flight" series is really awesome. The four books are: They Shall Have Stars A Life for the Stars Earthman, Come Home The Triumph of Time The third is the best, IMHO but they are all good.
It doesn't appear in this article, but in other articles I've seen on this (http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20030992-1.html) it stated that the app has received an imprimatur from the bishop of the diocese where the authors are located. That's the usual process. An imprimatur does not imply church agreement with the document (app, in this case), merely that it is not contrary to Church teaching.
>Let's not make this into something it's not.
Too late!
Good grief, is it really that hard to actually READ the FA?
Oh geez, this is just stupid. At least the headline is stupid. There's nothing in TFA to suggest that testosterone as such has anything to do with! It's just age and presumably experience. Geez.
This is really a caricature. Have you read any Thomas Aquinas?
That's correct, the student users of PLATO never saw a command prompt. However, get an "author" signon was not that hard for computer geek types, especially at UIUC.
OMG I worked on the Physics 2 series in 1984-85ish... good times. I was at U of Arizona.
If you actually bothered to read, you might realize that while PLATO was started in 1960, it didn't blossom as a community until 1973 when notesfiles began. Newbie.
If you have an administrative assistant (admin) for your group, whatever you do, DON'T piss him/her off! Show respect. They can make your life a living hell if they want, or a lot easier.
Many Arizonans did not/do not support SB1070. Don't call us all racist because we have stupid people in our government. I didn't vote for these people.