+5 insightful. Please upgrade your phone's firmware to version 2.0. It sends 2.0 copies of every packet.
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Our politicians would always be green, learning the ropes. Think about it.
That would be a GOOD thing. How the hell can Congress represent us if they are NOT us? I want to see farmers and teachers and programmers and physicians and salesmen and janitors in congress, instead of it being nearly all lawyers. I want to see someone who has lived in the real world, instead of someone who's been in office since the first time the ran for high school president.
No, think about it some more. Congress is full of power-brokers and special interest groups. These people are not going away, and term limits will simply push them into the back rooms. Incoming congressmen are already dependant on others for political support, and this would ensure that the people who actually hold power are not elected, and totally unaccountable.
scrolling menus are the most horrible invention I've come across.
Try having a lot of bookmarks in your webbrowser. With horizontally expanding menus they can expand right off the screen, at which point the menu is completely unusable. Also, the position of the entries does change if the window is moved, and it may not be obvious which column an entry is in.
"If someone discovered the combination of your bike lock, should they be able to publish it? I think the making it public part is the real sticking point."
I dread to think of a society where the answer to that question is no. Of course, a better analogy is that someone discovers that every bike lock can be opened by 1234. Or maybe with a Bic pen. Should they be allowed to publish that ?
Well, eventually you have to lock it down and call it stable. Their problem stems from trying to get too much milage out of each version. Just because 2.4 and 2.6 were huge leaps doesn't mean that will always be the way to go. They should lock down 2.6, put the "semi-stable" features into 2.7, and release 2.8 in a year or a year and a half. Save the big changes for 3.0. Unless they have some secret plan to konquer the world, nothing good will come from the current process.
For the grandparent, it was announced back when 2.6.1 or so was released that there would be no 2.7.x. 2.6.x would be used as development releases, however there would be no official "stable" version, the distributions had to decide which were stable enough for their OSes.
So, how long until Linus admits that this was a mistake ? It was the right decision initially, and I think the 2.6 kernel is better now for it, but it's not feasible in the long run. People want a stable branch, especially if this kernel is going to last 5+ years. It is ridiculous (please people, note the spelling of this word!) to have no official stable version for that period of time. It will only complicate things and slow Linux adoption. I think we are seeing the beginnings of that already.
I'm sorry, but if you are using an exponential time algorithm where a polynomial time algorithm will do, then you are probably incompetent. Your point more appropriate for polynomial time algorithms, where extra work can often turn an O(n^3) operation into O(n^2 log(n)) or something.
An important thing to keep in mind is that you can often get better average case complexity by employing some sort of simple caching mechanism. This is especially true in high-level languages, where you can often do it in two or three lines of code. An O(n^3) algorithm with caching might run in O(n^2) 95% of the time, which would look pretty good next to the O(n^2 log(n)) algorithm.
They're called Macintosh and apparently you don't need to wear them. You just buy the computer and use it regularly to become a stark-raving zealot:) There seems to be something similar called Linux, and it's free. It doesn't come with a computer though.
Even simpler: On Windows, I think you can use the sound mixer to record your current output. It just treats your sound card's output as recording input source. I *believe* this is a purely digital recording, but I'm not sure.
Usually it's not digital, and for those times when it is Windows has "secure audio path". It's supported by almost all soundcard drivers, and in theory it will authenticate your speakers and prevent you from recording anything while music is playing. Of course, if you are the type of person who objects to your computer enforcing what you can and can't do on someone elses' behalf, then you would have abandoned Windows years ago.
Apple with their iTunes Music Prison really isn't any different, but they do seem to have less of this garbage built into the system. Then again, maybe we just can't see it.
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+5 insightful. Please upgrade your phone's firmware to version 2.0. It sends 2.0 copies of every packet.
Our politicians would always be green, learning the ropes. Think about it.
That would be a GOOD thing. How the hell can Congress represent us if they are NOT us? I want to see farmers and teachers and programmers and physicians and salesmen and janitors in congress, instead of it being nearly all lawyers. I want to see someone who has lived in the real world, instead of someone who's been in office since the first time the ran for high school president.
No, think about it some more. Congress is full of power-brokers and special interest groups. These people are not going away, and term limits will simply push them into the back rooms. Incoming congressmen are already dependant on others for political support, and this would ensure that the people who actually hold power are not elected, and totally unaccountable.
This sort of kills Mac OS X on a dual-G5.
I'm sorry, but how is Steve Jobs not a megalomaniac ?
scrolling menus are the most horrible invention I've come across.
Try having a lot of bookmarks in your webbrowser. With horizontally expanding menus they can expand right off the screen, at which point the menu is completely unusable. Also, the position of the entries does change if the window is moved, and it may not be obvious which column an entry is in.
The best alternative to spanking is to have a family friend who is a dentist :)
The article gives a funny analogy.
"If someone discovered the combination of your bike lock, should they be able to publish it? I think the making it public part is the real sticking point."
I dread to think of a society where the answer to that question is no. Of course, a better analogy is that someone discovers that every bike lock can be opened by 1234. Or maybe with a Bic pen. Should they be allowed to publish that ?
Most big companies seem to have crop rotation down to an art.
I guess seatbelts are the be-all end-all of safe car design then.
You're right, that's coming in the next version of OS X, dummy.
Well, eventually you have to lock it down and call it stable. Their problem stems from trying to get too much milage out of each version. Just because 2.4 and 2.6 were huge leaps doesn't mean that will always be the way to go. They should lock down 2.6, put the "semi-stable" features into 2.7, and release 2.8 in a year or a year and a half. Save the big changes for 3.0. Unless they have some secret plan to konquer the world, nothing good will come from the current process.
For the grandparent, it was announced back when 2.6.1 or so was released that there would be no 2.7.x. 2.6.x would be used as development releases, however there would be no official "stable" version, the distributions had to decide which were stable enough for their OSes.
So, how long until Linus admits that this was a mistake ? It was the right decision initially, and I think the 2.6 kernel is better now for it, but it's not feasible in the long run. People want a stable branch, especially if this kernel is going to last 5+ years. It is ridiculous (please people, note the spelling of this word!) to have no official stable version for that period of time. It will only complicate things and slow Linux adoption. I think we are seeing the beginnings of that already.
I'm sorry, but if you are using an exponential time algorithm where a polynomial time algorithm will do, then you are probably incompetent. Your point more appropriate for polynomial time algorithms, where extra work can often turn an O(n^3) operation into O(n^2 log(n)) or something.
An important thing to keep in mind is that you can often get better average case complexity by employing some sort of simple caching mechanism. This is especially true in high-level languages, where you can often do it in two or three lines of code. An O(n^3) algorithm with caching might run in O(n^2) 95% of the time, which would look pretty good next to the O(n^2 log(n)) algorithm.
Hahaha, I guess that's the theory, anyway. Wait till Longhorn ships.
he dared to violate a sacred EULA!
And an NDA, I think they kill you twice for that one.
1) Rewind and instant-replay for your life.
2) porn! porn! porn!
Is there a reason for this, does anybody know ? If the device malfunctions with old strips the company might be liable.
Fine, but you don't get a gun until you tell me your name.
I'm sorry, I couldn't find Apple's 64 bit operating system or any 64 bit programs for the Mac. duh!
They're called Macintosh and apparently you don't need to wear them. You just buy the computer and use it regularly to become a stark-raving zealot :) There seems to be something similar called Linux, and it's free. It doesn't come with a computer though.
Even simpler: On Windows, I think you can use the sound mixer to record your current output. It just treats your sound card's output as recording input source. I *believe* this is a purely digital recording, but I'm not sure.
Usually it's not digital, and for those times when it is Windows has "secure audio path". It's supported by almost all soundcard drivers, and in theory it will authenticate your speakers and prevent you from recording anything while music is playing. Of course, if you are the type of person who objects to your computer enforcing what you can and can't do on someone elses' behalf, then you would have abandoned Windows years ago.
Apple with their iTunes Music Prison really isn't any different, but they do seem to have less of this garbage built into the system. Then again, maybe we just can't see it.
A golden parachute right before the company files for bankruptcy ?
If everyone is hell bent on stripping their cars to the bone and leaning their engines out to perpetual stalling, the race has become irrelevant.
Not to the spectators, who like to see things catch fire.
It was probably afraid that it was a Windows computer. Your Mac could get a disease.
I can confirm this on my iBook G4. Maybe a previous update to Mail didn't prelink it ? This update seemed to spend a long time prelinking.