Because Rovio brought us the first of this wonderful concept of projectile-tower crushing. No ripping off there.
Hang on there! Your misunderstanding the portion you quote! Hed said "or ripping off its fans". Not at all the same thing as copying an idea or plagiarizing.
Ummm...I've been using Perl for close to ten years now in production environments and I both call functions with an ampersand (to clearly delineate that this a function defined with the program itself, as opposed to a built-in Perl function) and use C-style loops.
Get yourself a copy of "Perl Best Practices" and read it. It will show you the errors of your ways and make you write better and more readable code.
No, but perhaps a "my ($a,$b,$c) = @_;" would have been. Since I'm a long-time Perl programmer, I can't really speak for the newbie. But the use of the numerous $_[n]-lines is probably unclear. In any case, it is considered bad code, since it is both hard to read and error prone.
Using a foreach, instead of the C-style for loop, is certainly easier and MUCH closer to the implementation used in Quorum and Randomo. So that, at least, was very poorly thought-out. And Randomo? Is it really random? Or is it really Quorum with a bunch of substitutions made? Just look at the code samples.
When I had a look at the paper, the first thing I noticed was the use of the ampersand sigil in a function call. This has been considered bad code in Perl since time immemmorial and really goes to show to things:
* The researchers didn't know the first thing about contemporary Perl and didn't bother to find out, ie. do research. * The researchers did nothing to make the Perl code readable, which is paramount for newbies to any language.
And worst of all, and this is really appalling, they are cherry-picking their methods. Just look at the table and the numbers, then read their analysis. And don't even get me started on the sample-size...
Torvalds was 9 when Jobs and Wozniak were doing their revolutionizing. There is a good case to be made that without Woz, Torvalds wouldn't have done what he did.
That's a ridiculous idea! Torvalds has never shown anything but contempt for Apple's products. When Torvalds started hacking together linux, Mac OS was still in version 7 (or was it even 6). Say what you like about the GUI, but under the hood, OS 7 was a complete mess, as were 8 and 9.
Of course, OS X changed all this, after ten years of Linux, when Torvalds and his kernel had become world-famous. If anything, it is the other way around. Iow, the success of Linux inspired Apple enough to believe that they could greatly improve on their system. Now, OS X is based on FreeBSD, which certainly has been heavily influenced by Linux. I'm not claiming that OS X would never have seen the light of day without Linux, but it would certainly have been a crappier product.
Of course, this all applies to the technology under the hood. Linus has never been active in GUI development, which is were Apple has become famous.
Using Emacs as your main tool for web development is like pounding nails in with your fist instead of a hammer. Sure, you could do it, but other than a misguided need to prove your masculinity and/or street cred, why would you?
If you actually knew what you're doing and are using the correct modes and macros, coding HTML with emacs can be quite OK. I certainly haven't found anything better, but HTML has never been my main language.
What's worse, instead of making you seem like a badass, it mostly makes you look like somebody who doesn't understand the concept of their being a right tool for a job. Special butterfly keystrokes notwithstanding, Emacs isn't the best tool for every job, including this one. Nor is any pure text editor, honestly.
Actually, the pure text editor is at the core of any developer's toolbox. Anything else gives up too much control and will. The best HTML coders I've met have all used their favourite text editors with awesome results. The notion that a specially designed tool must be the best for a specific task is a myth.
This will actually become a HUGE problem for the people of the member states.
Unlike the US, the EU doesn't recognise concepts like "unlawful search", "evidence inadmissible in court", etc. It's up to the member states. And many member states have an attitude that basically boils down to "evidence is evidence, regardless of how it was obtained". If you're arrested in, say, Finland and demand any rights, the response will be along the lines of "You don't have any rights! You've been watching too much television!"
I used to have a lot of anti-US sentiments, but lately I've come to realise what a great document the Bill of Rights actually is.
- short period of time since last taser assaults ( we've all seen videos of repeated taser assaults )
So a 9mm pistol or baton is going to be much better..
And there are no other options??? Problem is that tasers are used where no force should be used at all, except for perhaps grabbing the suspect, maybe putting on handcuffs, and transferring the suspect off the premises or into a police car. As the GP said, we've all seen the videos of police and security officers torturing people with tasers as a punishment for disobedience. Apparently, torture is OK when performed with tasers.
If it's true, that tasers are so goddamn safe, yet 70 people died of tasers last year, then doesn't it imply that police officers with tasers are just a bit too trigger-happy? Perhaps the problem IS procedural. But Taser International is certainly responsible for marketing these perhaps less lethal, but still lethal torture devices as a "safe" alternative to grabbing the suspect/disobedient citizen.
All I see is an article about a man who uses a software program to compose music. (And I really don't find that very newsworthy, btw.) I see no mention of any cybernetic organism in the article at all!
Since when is debunking straw men insightful? You seem to think that the only reason for using FOSS is the opinion that "writing unfree software is immoral". Well, that sure isn't my opinion. Yet, GNU/Linux is the platform that suits me better than any of the competition. How on earth is that possible if I'm not concerned about software freedom? (Not to the degree you suggest, at least.)
Some of my points (IMHO, my 2 cents, works for me, etc.):
Mr Web Man: "Safari is way faster than Firefox on OS X and uses less resources."
Me: "Safari doesn't run at all on GNU/Linux or Solaris or FreeBSD. Besides, Firefox has a LOT of features that I like"
Mr Netbook Man: "The Gnome desktop is still kinda clunky, even after all these years."
Me: "I don't know what you mean by Clunky, but I prefer the functionality of Gnome over Windows or OSX any day of the week. Anyway, I like KDE and XFCE more than I like Gnome."
Mr Graphic Designer Man: "Linux still doesn't do proper color management."
Me: "I don't know what that means. You may be right."
Mr Gamer Man: "There aren't any decent games for Linux."
Me: "There are actually some decent games for GNU/Linux, but I agree that the selection could be greater. I hope the situation improves, but gaming is far from my primary concern"
You'll notice that I don't have to mention software freedom.
You should learn English first; it would suit you better to figure out how your current primary works than starting on other languages.
It appears to me that you do not have a multilingual background, since your post was rather misinformed. Learning another language in addition to your native tongue only serves to improve your understanding of your native tongue. This has been researched and I speak from experience, as I'm the parent of two bilingual children. Languages do not compete over space in the brain, they support each other.
Cash or bank transfer. Bearing in mind that a cheque is simply a bank transfer relying on piece of paper being shuffled around, I fail to understand how somebody modded your question insightful.
So in effect, this device will justify my search of anyone that I feel has a bomb. Even if I know it's bogus (and I'd not be surprised if the Iraqis do know this), it permits me to search anyone I want just because I feel they may have a bomb.
You know, I really don't think they need to bother much about permission to search anyway.
It seems rather hypocritical to me to rail against Blood for Oil while living extremely comfortably in an advanced western society directly reaping the benefits of having that oil in the fuel tank of your car or providing power to your public transport or the plastic for nearly every type of luxury possible and fertiliser for your food that makes tomatoes and potatoes worth less than $1000 a tonne. Especially hypocritical is the western metro, urban left who have the more than anyone else on the entire planet to lose if the oil stops...
It is only hypocritical if we actually had a choice. The fact that we have been lucky enough to be born into the receiving end of the oil-based economy does not mean that we have to shut up about it. On the contrary, it is very hypocritical to defend Blood for Oil just because you're the one enjoying the benefits. "Oh yes, murder for money is totally OK, because I'm paid off by the assassin!" I find your morals objectionable!
Funny how you yanks and limeys always start arguing amongst each other (eventually and inevitably leading to the WWII-pissing contest), while the German engineers have silently owned both your asses/arses with their Schuko....
(Incidentally, the Germans had already lost the war to the Russians, when you yanks chose to bail out the limeys, who were holding out just fine on their own.)
I've played around a bit with my Highlander Hybrid, it does some odd stuff... Put it in Park or Neutral, give it gas, and it'll fire up the gas engine and rev it a bit? Floor the brake pedal, give it some gas, and again, it'll rev the gas engine but not transmit any power to the wheels?
That's what cars do when they're in neutral. The question mark at the end of your post indicates you have a question, but I can't find any.
because everyone is always so clear headed when their vehicle suddenly accelerates for no clear reason,and\or has the time to calm down before they collide with something.
If you're used to driving with a manual transmission, the instant reaction is to apply the clutch immediately in any dangerous situation. You don't think about it, you just do it. After that, switching into neutral is trivial, but you'd probably hit the brakes first, depending on the situation.
I have to say that now I regret that the syntax is so clumsy. I would like http://www.example.com/foo/bar/baz to be just written http:com/example/foo/bar/baz where the client would figure out that www.example.com existed and was the server to contact.
Heavens, NO! Explicitly and visibly separating the hostname from the rest of the URL is essential! Just think of all how much phishing would explode if you can't tell whether you're accessing example.com/foo/bar/baz or foo.example.com/bar/baz or bar.foo.example.com/baz! At the very least, the dot would have to be retained, as in http:com.example/foo/bar/bax.
""Thank god I live in a country where I'm free to lose my home if my wife or kid gets sick, just as our Founding Fathers intended."
You say that in a mocking way, but you're actually right. Freedom includes the risk of losing as well as the possibility of winning.
Or, you can turn your life over to a government with the promises of all your needs being taken care of from cradle to grave. All you have to give them is... everything.
Ok, either you're trolling or smoking something you shouldn't smoke. Anyway, I'll bite. You apparently claim that someone else paying your medical bill restricts your freedom. Please, explain how. You realise, don't you, that nobody will force medical care upon you, unless you're seriously mentally ill. You're also free to pay the bill yourself, if you want to.
The problem, for admirers of this system such as yourself, anyway, is that Europe itself is starting to question such an arrangement. People are beginning to wonder why they can't have a good medical care system without massive government expenditures. They're starting to wonder just why it's necessary to be paying so much in taxes. They're starting to wonder why starting a business has to be a bureaucratic nightmare. And they're starting to vote appropriately.
You're making this up as you go, aren't you? Firstly, please explain which "bureaucratic nightmare" you're referring to. You can't, because you just made it up, or you got it from Fox "news". Secondly, it may be true that conservative parties get more votes now than twenty years ago, but guess what! They all agree that American healthcare is a disaster and should be avoided like the plague. Oh and one more thing. Please don't refer to Europe one country. There are tens of countries in Europe, all with their own legislation, bureaucracies and healthcare systems. They have one thing in common though, all have better healthcare systems than the US does.
The way the section quoted in the summary plays up the "wide-open field" of Android just strikes me as very silly. If you replaced "Android" with "Mac" and "iPhone" with "Windows," you'd have a pretty good approximation of the marketshare situation in the PC game market...and no one's suggesting that writing games for Mac is smarter than writing games for Windows due to massive overcrowding of the Windows games market.
...and no one's suggesting that writing games for the iPhone is dumber, because the market is overcrowded. The quoted section is saying that there's more competition and the competition is strong, whereas the payoff - if you succeed - is huge... which is also true for the Windows game market, of course.
Bullshit. There are hundreds of thousands of people excluded from college simply because they don't have the money to go or some kind of sports talent which would give them a full scholarship.
...in the states, yes! The poster, to whom you replied, lives in Denmark, where there are no "sports talent scholarships" or whatchamacallits. He doesn't need a scholarship because education is free in Denmark. And that, I think, was his point. His chances to get a degree depend completely on his scholarly merits and not his parents' income or his sports talent.
Btw, who was the fuckwit who came up with the idea to provide free education for talented athletes? What's the logic behind that? Talented athletes don't even need an education.
Prince SCO: "Oh, I feel much better!"
King Novell: "Your case was butchered in the courts, you creep!"
Prince SCO: "I was saved at the last minute."
King Novell: "How?"
Prince SCO: "Well, I'll tell you."
[music begins playing, the townspeople begin dancing and singing, "He's going to tell, he's going to tell!"]
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...Angry Birds brand, or ripping off its fans.
Because Rovio brought us the first of this wonderful concept of projectile-tower crushing. No ripping off there.
Hang on there! Your misunderstanding the portion you quote! Hed said "or ripping off its fans". Not at all the same thing as copying an idea or plagiarizing.
A fin is a limb on a fish.
Ummm...I've been using Perl for close to ten years now in production environments and I both call functions with an ampersand (to clearly delineate that this a function defined with the program itself, as opposed to a built-in Perl function) and use C-style loops.
Get yourself a copy of "Perl Best Practices" and read it. It will show you the errors of your ways and make you write better and more readable code.
A shift would have been more intuitive?
No, but perhaps a "my ($a,$b,$c) = @_;" would have been. Since I'm a long-time Perl programmer, I can't really speak for the newbie. But the use of the numerous $_[n]-lines is probably unclear. In any case, it is considered bad code, since it is both hard to read and error prone.
Using a foreach, instead of the C-style for loop, is certainly easier and MUCH closer to the implementation used in Quorum and Randomo. So that, at least, was very poorly thought-out. And Randomo? Is it really random? Or is it really Quorum with a bunch of substitutions made? Just look at the code samples.
When I had a look at the paper, the first thing I noticed was the use of the ampersand sigil in a function call. This has been considered bad code in Perl since time immemmorial and really goes to show to things:
* The researchers didn't know the first thing about contemporary Perl and didn't bother to find out, ie. do research.
* The researchers did nothing to make the Perl code readable, which is paramount for newbies to any language.
And worst of all, and this is really appalling, they are cherry-picking their methods. Just look at the table and the numbers, then read their analysis. And don't even get me started on the sample-size...
Torvalds was 9 when Jobs and Wozniak were doing their revolutionizing. There is a good case to be made that without Woz, Torvalds wouldn't have done what he did.
That's a ridiculous idea! Torvalds has never shown anything but contempt for Apple's products. When Torvalds started hacking together linux, Mac OS was still in version 7 (or was it even 6). Say what you like about the GUI, but under the hood, OS 7 was a complete mess, as were 8 and 9.
Of course, OS X changed all this, after ten years of Linux, when Torvalds and his kernel had become world-famous. If anything, it is the other way around. Iow, the success of Linux inspired Apple enough to believe that they could greatly improve on their system. Now, OS X is based on FreeBSD, which certainly has been heavily influenced by Linux. I'm not claiming that OS X would never have seen the light of day without Linux, but it would certainly have been a crappier product.
Of course, this all applies to the technology under the hood. Linus has never been active in GUI development, which is were Apple has become famous.
Using Emacs as your main tool for web development is like pounding nails in with your fist instead of a hammer. Sure, you could do it, but other than a misguided need to prove your masculinity and/or street cred, why would you?
If you actually knew what you're doing and are using the correct modes and macros, coding HTML with emacs can be quite OK. I certainly haven't found anything better, but HTML has never been my main language.
What's worse, instead of making you seem like a badass, it mostly makes you look like somebody who doesn't understand the concept of their being a right tool for a job. Special butterfly keystrokes notwithstanding, Emacs isn't the best tool for every job, including this one. Nor is any pure text editor, honestly.
Actually, the pure text editor is at the core of any developer's toolbox. Anything else gives up too much control and will. The best HTML coders I've met have all used their favourite text editors with awesome results. The notion that a specially designed tool must be the best for a specific task is a myth.
This will actually become a HUGE problem for the people of the member states.
Unlike the US, the EU doesn't recognise concepts like "unlawful search", "evidence inadmissible in court", etc. It's up to the member states. And many member states have an attitude that basically boils down to "evidence is evidence, regardless of how it was obtained". If you're arrested in, say, Finland and demand any rights, the response will be along the lines of "You don't have any rights! You've been watching too much television!"
I used to have a lot of anti-US sentiments, but lately I've come to realise what a great document the Bill of Rights actually is.
So a 9mm pistol or baton is going to be much better..
And there are no other options??? Problem is that tasers are used where no force should be used at all, except for perhaps grabbing the suspect, maybe putting on handcuffs, and transferring the suspect off the premises or into a police car. As the GP said, we've all seen the videos of police and security officers torturing people with tasers as a punishment for disobedience. Apparently, torture is OK when performed with tasers.
If it's true, that tasers are so goddamn safe, yet 70 people died of tasers last year, then doesn't it imply that police officers with tasers are just a bit too trigger-happy? Perhaps the problem IS procedural. But Taser International is certainly responsible for marketing these perhaps less lethal, but still lethal torture devices as a "safe" alternative to grabbing the suspect/disobedient citizen.
Abstinence is like communism: in a perfect world, it'd work.
Your idea of a perfect world is a world without sex???
All I see is an article about a man who uses a software program to compose music. (And I really don't find that very newsworthy, btw.) I see no mention of any cybernetic organism in the article at all!
Some of my points (IMHO, my 2 cents, works for me, etc.):
Mr Web Man: "Safari is way faster than Firefox on OS X and uses less resources."
Me: "Safari doesn't run at all on GNU/Linux or Solaris or FreeBSD. Besides, Firefox has a LOT of features that I like"
Mr Netbook Man: "The Gnome desktop is still kinda clunky, even after all these years."
Me: "I don't know what you mean by Clunky, but I prefer the functionality of Gnome over Windows or OSX any day of the week. Anyway, I like KDE and XFCE more than I like Gnome."
Mr Graphic Designer Man: "Linux still doesn't do proper color management."
Me: "I don't know what that means. You may be right."
Mr Gamer Man: "There aren't any decent games for Linux."
Me: "There are actually some decent games for GNU/Linux, but I agree that the selection could be greater. I hope the situation improves, but gaming is far from my primary concern"
You'll notice that I don't have to mention software freedom.
You should learn English first; it would suit you better to figure out how your current primary works than starting on other languages.
It appears to me that you do not have a multilingual background, since your post was rather misinformed. Learning another language in addition to your native tongue only serves to improve your understanding of your native tongue. This has been researched and I speak from experience, as I'm the parent of two bilingual children. Languages do not compete over space in the brain, they support each other.
How do you make a payment between individuals ?
Cash or bank transfer. Bearing in mind that a cheque is simply a bank transfer relying on piece of paper being shuffled around, I fail to understand how somebody modded your question insightful.
Combined with Bomb Detecting Dowser Rods, what could possibly go wrong?
So in effect, this device will justify my search of anyone that I feel has a bomb. Even if I know it's bogus (and I'd not be surprised if the Iraqis do know this), it permits me to search anyone I want just because I feel they may have a bomb.
You know, I really don't think they need to bother much about permission to search anyway.
It seems rather hypocritical to me to rail against Blood for Oil while living extremely comfortably in an advanced western society directly reaping the benefits of having that oil in the fuel tank of your car or providing power to your public transport or the plastic for nearly every type of luxury possible and fertiliser for your food that makes tomatoes and potatoes worth less than $1000 a tonne. Especially hypocritical is the western metro, urban left who have the more than anyone else on the entire planet to lose if the oil stops...
It is only hypocritical if we actually had a choice. The fact that we have been lucky enough to be born into the receiving end of the oil-based economy does not mean that we have to shut up about it. On the contrary, it is very hypocritical to defend Blood for Oil just because you're the one enjoying the benefits. "Oh yes, murder for money is totally OK, because I'm paid off by the assassin!" I find your morals objectionable!
Funny how you yanks and limeys always start arguing amongst each other (eventually and inevitably leading to the WWII-pissing contest), while the German engineers have silently owned both your asses/arses with their Schuko....
(Incidentally, the Germans had already lost the war to the Russians, when you yanks chose to bail out the limeys, who were holding out just fine on their own.)
I've played around a bit with my Highlander Hybrid, it does some odd stuff... Put it in Park or Neutral, give it gas, and it'll fire up the gas engine and rev it a bit? Floor the brake pedal, give it some gas, and again, it'll rev the gas engine but not transmit any power to the wheels?
That's what cars do when they're in neutral. The question mark at the end of your post indicates you have a question, but I can't find any.
because everyone is always so clear headed when their vehicle suddenly accelerates for no clear reason,and\or has the time to calm down before they collide with something.
If you're used to driving with a manual transmission, the instant reaction is to apply the clutch immediately in any dangerous situation. You don't think about it, you just do it. After that, switching into neutral is trivial, but you'd probably hit the brakes first, depending on the situation.
Heavens, NO! Explicitly and visibly separating the hostname from the rest of the URL is essential! Just think of all how much phishing would explode if you can't tell whether you're accessing example.com/foo/bar/baz or foo.example.com/bar/baz or bar.foo.example.com/baz! At the very least, the dot would have to be retained, as in http:com.example/foo/bar/bax.
""Thank god I live in a country where I'm free to lose my home if my wife or kid gets sick, just as our Founding Fathers intended."
You say that in a mocking way, but you're actually right. Freedom includes the risk of losing as well as the possibility of winning.
Or, you can turn your life over to a government with the promises of all your needs being taken care of from cradle to grave. All you have to give them is... everything.
Ok, either you're trolling or smoking something you shouldn't smoke. Anyway, I'll bite. You apparently claim that someone else paying your medical bill restricts your freedom. Please, explain how. You realise, don't you, that nobody will force medical care upon you, unless you're seriously mentally ill. You're also free to pay the bill yourself, if you want to.
The problem, for admirers of this system such as yourself, anyway, is that Europe itself is starting to question such an arrangement. People are beginning to wonder why they can't have a good medical care system without massive government expenditures. They're starting to wonder just why it's necessary to be paying so much in taxes. They're starting to wonder why starting a business has to be a bureaucratic nightmare. And they're starting to vote appropriately.
You're making this up as you go, aren't you? Firstly, please explain which "bureaucratic nightmare" you're referring to. You can't, because you just made it up, or you got it from Fox "news". Secondly, it may be true that conservative parties get more votes now than twenty years ago, but guess what! They all agree that American healthcare is a disaster and should be avoided like the plague. Oh and one more thing. Please don't refer to Europe one country. There are tens of countries in Europe, all with their own legislation, bureaucracies and healthcare systems. They have one thing in common though, all have better healthcare systems than the US does.
The way the section quoted in the summary plays up the "wide-open field" of Android just strikes me as very silly. If you replaced "Android" with "Mac" and "iPhone" with "Windows," you'd have a pretty good approximation of the marketshare situation in the PC game market...and no one's suggesting that writing games for Mac is smarter than writing games for Windows due to massive overcrowding of the Windows games market.
...and no one's suggesting that writing games for the iPhone is dumber, because the market is overcrowded. The quoted section is saying that there's more competition and the competition is strong, whereas the payoff - if you succeed - is huge... which is also true for the Windows game market, of course.
What about all the posters who are not called Bruce? That's gonna cause confusion. We should all be called Bruce, just to keep it clear.
Bullshit. There are hundreds of thousands of people excluded from college simply because they don't have the money to go or some kind of sports talent which would give them a full scholarship.
...in the states, yes! The poster, to whom you replied, lives in Denmark, where there are no "sports talent scholarships" or whatchamacallits. He doesn't need a scholarship because education is free in Denmark. And that, I think, was his point. His chances to get a degree depend completely on his scholarly merits and not his parents' income or his sports talent.
Btw, who was the fuckwit who came up with the idea to provide free education for talented athletes? What's the logic behind that? Talented athletes don't even need an education.
Prince SCO: "Oh, I feel much better!"
King Novell: "Your case was butchered in the courts, you creep!"
Prince SCO: "I was saved at the last minute."
King Novell: "How?"
Prince SCO: "Well, I'll tell you."
[music begins playing, the townspeople begin dancing and singing, "He's going to tell, he's going to tell!"]