Well, it is certainly more "assholish" for lack of a better term. But I don't think either is more evil than the other -- the reality is that there's a need, and in both cases it isn't being met.
No, code is never self-documenting. Anyone who says this is deluding themselves and will eventually realize otherwise.
An assignment with a calculation, for instance, perfectly explains a formula in a way anyone familiar with the language can understand. But no matter how descriptive the variable names are, it doesn't explain why the calculation is taking place, or why it's taking place NOW, what if any assumptions are made about the inputs, and what the ultimate goal for the calculation is./p
Oh, I wasn't expecting you to quote an episode number. I just figured if I looked up the one I meant, you'd be able to see if it was the same one...
I like CSI, but I'm certainly not going to argue that it's realistic. Honestly, it was probably a different episode and did end the way you remember.
CSI has the kind of stories that you think "Sure, that could happen. Once. But there's no way 22 things that weird are happening in a single year." The acting is pretty good, though, so it's interesting enough that I watch it.
CSI: Miami, on the other hand, is just insane. The main character... talks... like William Shatner... only... more annoying!! They've got a hot blonde chick who lusts after guns, stories that can only be found close to realistic in the dictionary (under "stupid," but still less than an inch of paper from "realistic"), and a general... I don't know. I like it anyway, but mostly because I can yell at the main characters. ("Get a real job, you hack!" and "The only reason you knew that is you read the next scene!" sort of thing.)
CSI: New York somehow combines the worst of the too with a thick New York accent that leaves me wanting to claw the eyes of the actors right off my TV set. Or maybe I just hate New York accents.
Which series was that? The only episode I've ever seen where someone fabricated evidence, it ended with the investigator cuffed (216: "Felonius Monk").
The only reason I've got is that not many people code malware for the platform, but that's security by obscurity isn't it?
In a word: No.
It's amazing how many people buy into this argument. It's simply nonsensical. It's like arguing that the brick house the third little piggy built was only secure because there were so few brick houses and so many straw houses.
At the same time, B&W has other excelent characteristics. The creature is less personable than in the previous version, but is also more intelligent. He helps now more than he hinders. I for one spent most of my time in B&W1 trying to get my creature not to destroy everything.
This is, in a nutshell, why I liked the first B&W -- seeing what stupid thing I'd have to break my creature out of next!
I suspect that "half" figure is very conservative. The first paragraph of that article is:
"Take an LED that produces intense, blue light. Coat it with a thin layer of special microscopic beads called quantum dots. And you have what could become the successor to the venerable light bulb."
I don't even think we have 15 watt LEDs, let alone 30...
I agree it would be good to half good numbers, though.
There's no wattage listed for the LED bulbs. However, they do specify the light source was a bright blue LED. If we assume it is the most power hungry LED currently available, it's about 5 watts. That means this bulb is producing light equivalent to a 120 watt incandescent bulb at 5 watts, or roughly 24 times as much light per watt as incandescent.
There have been free Mac-native PDF solutions since about the same time, including a port of ps2pdf. The grandparent was probably referring to single click PDF generation in Mac OS X: you don't even have to pick it as your printer. It's definitely very convenient having it available as a command button in every print window.
Of course I'm still using client/server mail. IMAP, rather than POP. There's just no way I'd rely on a freemail implementation or my ISP's email, either of which could disappear tomorrow.
With IMAP, if my email host disappears I still have a locally-cached copy of everything in a format I can upload to another web host....plus the interface in a desktop application is 10x better.
Fanless video cards aren't just for those who want silence. They're also for people who want their computer to still be alive when they come home from a weekend away.
The Radeon 9800 is in for repairs, the nVidia was just fried, and the Fury was okay but too old when it died to be worth bothering with.
I haven't got a good success ratio. Sometimes you catch it in time to do some heroics, but often you don't. We need more fanless systems (or, I guess more reliable fans).
I've never had a video card die any kind of death other than the fan breaking. On my ATI RAGE Fury, the fan just stopped turninig. On my nVidia Ti 4600, one of the blades broke off and the fan wobbled itself to death. On my ATI 9800 Pro, the fan seized to the point that I couldn't even turn it with my finger.
Dave Matthews Band also has a page outlining how to work around copy protection. (Now that I know this, I might actually buy their new cd. I passed on it when I saw it stores because of the copy protection sticker.)
As usual, the "security by obscurity" comment is seriously flawed. Mac OS X does not support autorun, so a technique like this wouldn't be possible were the percentages reversed.
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Well, it is certainly more "assholish" for lack of a better term. But I don't think either is more evil than the other -- the reality is that there's a need, and in both cases it isn't being met.
Well, the reality is that Sony never would have made the offer to begin with. But making and then withdrawing it certainly appears more evil. :)
And yes, code should be mostly self documenting.
No, code is never self-documenting. Anyone who says this is deluding themselves and will eventually realize otherwise.
An assignment with a calculation, for instance, perfectly explains a formula in a way anyone familiar with the language can understand. But no matter how descriptive the variable names are, it doesn't explain why the calculation is taking place, or why it's taking place NOW, what if any assumptions are made about the inputs, and what the ultimate goal for the calculation is./p
Oh, I wasn't expecting you to quote an episode number. I just figured if I looked up the one I meant, you'd be able to see if it was the same one...
I like CSI, but I'm certainly not going to argue that it's realistic. Honestly, it was probably a different episode and did end the way you remember.
CSI has the kind of stories that you think "Sure, that could happen. Once. But there's no way 22 things that weird are happening in a single year." The acting is pretty good, though, so it's interesting enough that I watch it.
CSI: Miami, on the other hand, is just insane. The main character... talks... like William Shatner... only... more annoying!! They've got a hot blonde chick who lusts after guns, stories that can only be found close to realistic in the dictionary (under "stupid," but still less than an inch of paper from "realistic"), and a general... I don't know. I like it anyway, but mostly because I can yell at the main characters. ("Get a real job, you hack!" and "The only reason you knew that is you read the next scene!" sort of thing.)
CSI: New York somehow combines the worst of the too with a thick New York accent that leaves me wanting to claw the eyes of the actors right off my TV set. Or maybe I just hate New York accents.
Which series was that? The only episode I've ever seen where someone fabricated evidence, it ended with the investigator cuffed (216: "Felonius Monk").
Oddly enough, at this point we don't even know what Apple's x86 hardware will cost.
Your son may have... issues later in life. :)
The only reason I've got is that not many people code malware for the platform, but that's security by obscurity isn't it?
In a word: No.
It's amazing how many people buy into this argument. It's simply nonsensical. It's like arguing that the brick house the third little piggy built was only secure because there were so few brick houses and so many straw houses.
It could be done without breaking many programs by having certain APIs invoke a privlege escalation warning; a lot like XP's firewall.
Isn't it obvious? It has different porn now.
There's been some steps value added with each release, but not as much as there probably should be.
At the same time, B&W has other excelent characteristics. The creature is less personable than in the previous version, but is also more intelligent. He helps now more than he hinders. I for one spent most of my time in B&W1 trying to get my creature not to destroy everything.
This is, in a nutshell, why I liked the first B&W -- seeing what stupid thing I'd have to break my creature out of next!
I suspect that "half" figure is very conservative. The first paragraph of that article is:
"Take an LED that produces intense, blue light. Coat it with a thin layer of special microscopic beads called quantum dots. And you have what could become the successor to the venerable light bulb."
I don't even think we have 15 watt LEDs, let alone 30...
I agree it would be good to half good numbers, though.
There's no wattage listed for the LED bulbs. However, they do specify the light source was a bright blue LED. If we assume it is the most power hungry LED currently available, it's about 5 watts. That means this bulb is producing light equivalent to a 120 watt incandescent bulb at 5 watts, or roughly 24 times as much light per watt as incandescent.
What was stopping you?
ICQ chats are accessible via irc.icq.com.
Agreed. I was very much looking forward to an end to the travesty that is the Real client-side application.
I tried that. I found after a week, I just hated it more than I had hated the other options.
Only if you're an idiot trying to redefine "sacrifice."
There have been free Mac-native PDF solutions since about the same time, including a port of ps2pdf. The grandparent was probably referring to single click PDF generation in Mac OS X: you don't even have to pick it as your printer. It's definitely very convenient having it available as a command button in every print window.
Of course I'm still using client/server mail. IMAP, rather than POP. There's just no way I'd rely on a freemail implementation or my ISP's email, either of which could disappear tomorrow.
...plus the interface in a desktop application is 10x better.
With IMAP, if my email host disappears I still have a locally-cached copy of everything in a format I can upload to another web host.
Fanless video cards aren't just for those who want silence. They're also for people who want their computer to still be alive when they come home from a weekend away.
The Radeon 9800 is in for repairs, the nVidia was just fried, and the Fury was okay but too old when it died to be worth bothering with.
I haven't got a good success ratio. Sometimes you catch it in time to do some heroics, but often you don't. We need more fanless systems (or, I guess more reliable fans).
I've never had a video card die any kind of death other than the fan breaking. On my ATI RAGE Fury, the fan just stopped turninig. On my nVidia Ti 4600, one of the blades broke off and the fan wobbled itself to death. On my ATI 9800 Pro, the fan seized to the point that I couldn't even turn it with my finger.
Burnout 3 did screens like that, so I'm sure they're in-game snaps.
Dave Matthews Band also has a page outlining how to work around copy protection. (Now that I know this, I might actually buy their new cd. I passed on it when I saw it stores because of the copy protection sticker.)
As usual, the "security by obscurity" comment is seriously flawed. Mac OS X does not support autorun, so a technique like this wouldn't be possible were the percentages reversed.