I think there is a hidden ideology here...that the world should use open source software only. Otherwise, I don't see why it is that important for the average person to use Linux.
But in most games reward comes from achieving the game's goals. I haven't played any MMORG, but it seems like those games don't have so much content and therefore reply on a monetary/gold system for rewarding players.
Why do you consider taxation as penalization? many things must be done for the general population. Your giving is a way to sustain the organized society.
Lot's of acronyms and buzzwords in order to explain the simple concept of passing callbacks to functions. I feel sorry for the IT industry that has to reinvent itself every few years. On the other hand, it keeps the economy going:-).
The real goal of President Obama at this point is to reduce anti-americanism around the world, which has been dramatically increased during the Bush years, thanks to Bush's arrogance.
Business analysts should be different from software engineers which should be different from code monkeys. The business analyst communicates with the customer, helps them understand their needs and plans the high level functions. The software engineer takes the input from the business analyst and converts it to a high level description of code. A code monkey takes the high-level description of code and turns it into actual code. The quality department makes sure all the above work within company procedures and the result product is within specifications.
The above model works for most cases. Small projects can have many roles fused into one roles, for economic purposes. But in general, it is not possible and even desirable to make people jump from one role they are comfortable with to another. The result is catastrophic.
For example, I enjoy tremendously designing stuff, that's why I am a software engineer. I like to take decisions, and therefore I would not like it if I only was a code monkey. But I certainly hate all those pompous managers with their SUVs, expensive rollexes and suits, that 90% of their talk is about their image. I don't wish to hang out with those people, and although I have communication skills, I am not willing to spend my valuable time in being a hypocrite asshole. Therefore, I am not the right person to be a high-level manager. But I understand that when it comes to money, people activate all their instincts, and showing off plays a big role in persuading others to give you their money...
Well, it's correct that 'restrict' is part of the C99 standard. But:
a) it is not supported by all C compilers. b) it is not in the C++0x standard. c) people don't use it because it is cumbersome to do so (having to type 'restrict' at each and every turn...)
On the other hand, pure functional languages are in 'restrict' mode by default, and so is FORTRAN.
Isn't it high time for a 80x86 cleanup?
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There are lots of instructions and other craft inside 80x86 processors that occupy silicon that is never used. A clean break from 80x86 is needed. Legacy 80x86 code can run perfectly in emulation (and need not be slow, using JIT techniques).
What I like most about Larrabee is the scatter-gather operations. One major problem in vectorized architectures is how to load the vectors with data coming from multiple sources. the Larrabee ISA solves this neatly by allowing vectors to be loaded from different sources in hardware and in parallel, thus making loading/storing vectors a very fast operation.
The programming languages that will benefit from Larrabee though will not be C/C++. It will be Fortran and the purely functional programming languages. Unless C/C++ has some extensions to deal with the pointer aliasing issue, that is.
And if we could collapse a specific area of the universe in the same way the particles pop out of existence, we could connect the space around the collapsed part.
When the event A happens, I am already at that event and not at the event C, and therefore Bob, even if he receives the message in my past, he can not affect me in any way, except by sending me another message using the ansible.
In other words, by the moment Bob receives the message, a photon will take so much time to travel from Bob to me, that when the photon reaches me, I would be at event A.
I don't see how a causality paradox can take place. Bob can not affect me in any way. By the time Bob is in range that he can affect me, I will already have sent the message. Even if Bob had a death ray, and fired it towards me instantly after the reception of the message, the ray would take so much time that it would reach me just as I sent the message.
It seems to me that the very definition of relativity protects causality, actually, without forbidding FTL. Of course, the above assumes that whatever is sent down the FTL tube is 'information only', i.e. not a material that can interact with the universe in any known way. Entangled photons is a good candidate for such a thing.
(by the way, until relativity is unified with quantum mechanics, we can't way which is correct and which is not.)
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...would we need a separate application for managing emails?
My gut feeling says no.
I think there is a hidden ideology here...that the world should use open source software only. Otherwise, I don't see why it is that important for the average person to use Linux.
What difference does it make? is it somehow more legal if being homosexual is not a choice?
If the Christian God exists, then why don't we let homosexuals do to themselves what they want? it's God that will judge them as sinners, not us.
But in most games reward comes from achieving the game's goals. I haven't played any MMORG, but it seems like those games don't have so much content and therefore reply on a monetary/gold system for rewarding players.
Many more people die from heart attacks and car accidents each year. Why the big fuss over terrorism?
On the other hand, it's good to have progress. We can't be stuck on COBOL forever.
Maybe it is, but the alternative was a banana republic with a puppet drinker governor whose strings were pulled by oil and media tycoons.
At least with Putin there is some decency and stability.
If you want to have a stripper in your bed, then you should not want to have a stripper in your bed.
If you understand this, strippers will flow to your bed like water flows on a river.
Why do you consider taxation as penalization? many things must be done for the general population. Your giving is a way to sustain the organized society.
They should have released Saddam in the middle of Tel Aviv. It would be a fun day for him.
Does it really work? at first the bot replies 'yes', and fails to register. Then it answers 'no' and succeeds.
Good post.
I wish more people understood that the brain is a Turing machine...
Lot's of acronyms and buzzwords in order to explain the simple concept of passing callbacks to functions. I feel sorry for the IT industry that has to reinvent itself every few years. On the other hand, it keeps the economy going :-).
The real goal of President Obama at this point is to reduce anti-americanism around the world, which has been dramatically increased during the Bush years, thanks to Bush's arrogance.
Business analysts should be different from software engineers which should be different from code monkeys. The business analyst communicates with the customer, helps them understand their needs and plans the high level functions. The software engineer takes the input from the business analyst and converts it to a high level description of code. A code monkey takes the high-level description of code and turns it into actual code. The quality department makes sure all the above work within company procedures and the result product is within specifications.
The above model works for most cases. Small projects can have many roles fused into one roles, for economic purposes. But in general, it is not possible and even desirable to make people jump from one role they are comfortable with to another. The result is catastrophic.
For example, I enjoy tremendously designing stuff, that's why I am a software engineer. I like to take decisions, and therefore I would not like it if I only was a code monkey. But I certainly hate all those pompous managers with their SUVs, expensive rollexes and suits, that 90% of their talk is about their image. I don't wish to hang out with those people, and although I have communication skills, I am not willing to spend my valuable time in being a hypocrite asshole. Therefore, I am not the right person to be a high-level manager. But I understand that when it comes to money, people activate all their instincts, and showing off plays a big role in persuading others to give you their money...
Well, it's correct that 'restrict' is part of the C99 standard. But:
a) it is not supported by all C compilers.
b) it is not in the C++0x standard.
c) people don't use it because it is cumbersome to do so (having to type 'restrict' at each and every turn...)
On the other hand, pure functional languages are in 'restrict' mode by default, and so is FORTRAN.
There are lots of instructions and other craft inside 80x86 processors that occupy silicon that is never used. A clean break from 80x86 is needed. Legacy 80x86 code can run perfectly in emulation (and need not be slow, using JIT techniques).
What I like most about Larrabee is the scatter-gather operations. One major problem in vectorized architectures is how to load the vectors with data coming from multiple sources. the Larrabee ISA solves this neatly by allowing vectors to be loaded from different sources in hardware and in parallel, thus making loading/storing vectors a very fast operation.
The programming languages that will benefit from Larrabee though will not be C/C++. It will be Fortran and the purely functional programming languages. Unless C/C++ has some extensions to deal with the pointer aliasing issue, that is.
...French is an ancient obscure language.
Do they have a licensing fee for games? if not, then indie developers might prefer the EVO console.
The development tools would also be free and open source, which is an additional advantage.
And if we could collapse a specific area of the universe in the same way the particles pop out of existence, we could connect the space around the collapsed part.
By the way, FTL does not mean to 'travel' or to move a bubble of space. FTL means to collapse or expand the universe.
Or not.
When the event A happens, I am already at that event and not at the event C, and therefore Bob, even if he receives the message in my past, he can not affect me in any way, except by sending me another message using the ansible.
In other words, by the moment Bob receives the message, a photon will take so much time to travel from Bob to me, that when the photon reaches me, I would be at event A.
I don't see how a causality paradox can take place. Bob can not affect me in any way. By the time Bob is in range that he can affect me, I will already have sent the message. Even if Bob had a death ray, and fired it towards me instantly after the reception of the message, the ray would take so much time that it would reach me just as I sent the message.
It seems to me that the very definition of relativity protects causality, actually, without forbidding FTL. Of course, the above assumes that whatever is sent down the FTL tube is 'information only', i.e. not a material that can interact with the universe in any known way. Entangled photons is a good candidate for such a thing.
(by the way, until relativity is unified with quantum mechanics, we can't way which is correct and which is not.)
I wonder why all filesharing is not encrypted by default. Then your ISP wouldn't know what you download.