I fully agree - Having well worded comments is just as important as well thought out code. There are many times when I am debugging a piece of code and I know what the code is doing by reading the code, but since there are no comments I have no idea what it is supposed to do. And if you have to work on code that is not documented anywhere , except in the murky gray matter of someone that thinks they remember telling someone to write something, the in-code comments become essential.
I typically preface my more complex code blocks/functions etc with a brief algorithm this way someone in the future knows what I was intending to write and well and when I am writing I can verify that my code does what my algorithm says. This sort of documentation also helps clarify the task and helps define all possible logic scenarios. This way you can write a more complete, stable piece and possible bug free (yeah right) of software.
This is just a mature way of programming.
P.S. - I never claim someone else's code sucks just because they don't have my 'style' of coding. I just want the code to work properly.
At least you would have plenty of solar power to keep the electronics powered. It should be easy enough to setup the equipment needed to do this since we have been able to keep other remote cameras running in harsh climates for years. Mars rovers come to mind.
I was in the US Navy and did experience a rogue wave back when these things didn't exist according to scientists. Those pointed head morons didn't want to listen to us either.
I used to be in the US Navy. I did face a wave like that and bigger. We took a 70+ foot wave, bow first thankfully, while riding the front of a massive January storm somewhere off the coast of Oregon. I was on an FFG which can handle a wave that size much better than a fishing boat, but it was still one heck of a ride.
A few years back I was watching an episode on one of the Discovery network channels about some oceanic researches. Their research ship was hit by a rouge wave. It was then when scientists actually got hit by one that they started thinking of sailors accounts of rouge waves as credible. Damn pointed head morons. It took slapping them in the face with a giant wave for them to believe they existed.
I'm no damn troll. Your just a damn anti-gun nut that happened to have mod points today. I've kept my.357 loaded and ready for the last 10 years and I don't plan to change that. If you hug-a-thug types would just put the criminals in jail for life then I wouldn't need to worry about self-protection nearly as much as I do now.
Yeah, but if someone breaks in my home when I'm home, the alarm on the phone won't matter because the last thing the intruder just heard was the shot being fired by my.357!
In your case I would install a few solar panels. You won't eliminate your electric bill in the summer time, but you should lower it a good amount.
Actually, in your case I would move to Minnesota, where I live now, because it's not so FRICK'N HOT.
So let me get this straight, the data thieves had physical access to a computer on the stores network. Sounds like a physical security issue that a security guard should have noticed. Not all computer and network security is electronics and software. Sometimes you gotta watch who you let in the store and watch what they are doing once inside.
Actually, Dell changed their offerings the day after I posted this. I was using Dell's site and saved a few configurations in my Small Business account wish list. The day after posting here, my wish list was deleted by Dell, because those offerings changed. When I was first looking they were not offering Win XP on any laptop in the Small Business section except for one. Now most of their laptops in the Small Business section offers XP.
So, Dell changed their offerings overnight and XP is available for most of their Small Business laptops again.
Cheers,
Maybe so for a desktop, but I spent hours looking to buy a new laptop yesterday and Dell only offers one model with Windows XP. All of the other XP models have been discontinued or the XP option has been killed. Also, they are reducing the number of desktops they sell with XP. I just check Dells site today. As compared to what they offered in May, they have greatly slashed the number of systems that you can buy with Windows XP. Add to that the prices for Dell laptops have increased since May. It seems to me that Dell is trying to force Vista down my throat.
So far I have resisted buying a new PC laptop. For an extra grand I can get a Mac Book Pro and dump Windows. Now if I can only find the extra grand along with the first grand to buy a laptop. I'm accepting donations.
The yellow pages does apply here. Back in 1993,94,95,96 all the rage was the white pages and yellow pages on CD. I had a CD set for the entire country that let be do location based searches on people and businesses. This IS prior art. When did the first online version of the phone book start? I remember using them back in 1996 or 1997 on the internet.
This is the problem with our patent system. You are not required to show your idea is unique. You are not required to show you are the inventor. You apply and wait for approval. Then you can be challenged. The process is backwards. You should have to prove upfront your the creator/inventor and that this hasn't already been done. Then the patent should have a probationary period where it can be revoked easily if prior art can be shown.
The yellow pages does apply here. Back in 1993,94,95,96 all the rage was the white pages and yellow pages on CD. I had a CD set for the entire country that let be do location based searches on people and businesses. This IS prior art. When did the first online version of the phone book start? I remember using them back in 1996 or 1997 on the internet.
This is the problem with our patent system. You are not required to show your idea is unique. You are not required to show you are the inventor. You apply and wait for approval. Then you can be challenged. The process is backwards. You should have to prove upfront your the creator/inventor and that this hasn't already been done. Then the patent should have a probationary period where it can be revoked easily if prior art can be shown.
"Minnesota is a swing state."
The heck it is. This state has never collectively voted for a Republican in the presidential races. Our state Republican party is really just a bunch of liberal Democrats that aren't as liberal as the Democrat party. Our Republican Governor did veto all the tax increases, but signed a statewide smoking ban and is the largest supporter of ethanol subsidies.
If you want your politicians to understand technology then maybe some of us geeks should run for office. After all ours is a government 'Of the People, By the People, For the People.' And geeks are people too.
You can configure many settings in Thunderbird using a similar interface. However, in Thunderbird you can get to the config section from the Options menu Advanced tab. I have reduced the size of the attachment icons this way.
set mailnews.attachments.display.largeView to False.
You have so little clues it just plain pathetic. Most Zoos are engaged in captive breeding programs for two main reasons. 1. To perpetuate the current population of animals in the Zoo with out capturing any more from the wild. 2. Breeding endangered species for the possible reintroduction into the wild.
Several species of endangered animals have been successfully reintroduced into the wild and researchers are studying other species to learn how to reintroduce those as well.
Maybe you should learn more about what Zoos really do, check out http://www.aza.org./
>But I think you can count on a veto
I wouldn't count on it. President Bush has been week on these issues. He did sign the campaign finance reform bill into law and that law clearly prohibits certain groups of people from running political ads.
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This is lifted straight from a section of our code:
//THIS IS A HACK - because the client wanted is this way!
I fully agree - Having well worded comments is just as important as well thought out code. There are many times when I am debugging a piece of code and I know what the code is doing by reading the code, but since there are no comments I have no idea what it is supposed to do. And if you have to work on code that is not documented anywhere , except in the murky gray matter of someone that thinks they remember telling someone to write something, the in-code comments become essential.
I typically preface my more complex code blocks/functions etc with a brief algorithm this way someone in the future knows what I was intending to write and well and when I am writing I can verify that my code does what my algorithm says. This sort of documentation also helps clarify the task and helps define all possible logic scenarios. This way you can write a more complete, stable piece and possible bug free (yeah right) of software.
This is just a mature way of programming.
P.S. - I never claim someone else's code sucks just because they don't have my 'style' of coding. I just want the code to work properly.
Let me know when FireFox 3.0.1.0.1.11 gets here.
Now that is a most brilliant idea. And make sure you have a GPS locater on board in case the darn thing does move.
At least you would have plenty of solar power to keep the electronics powered. It should be easy enough to setup the equipment needed to do this since we have been able to keep other remote cameras running in harsh climates for years. Mars rovers come to mind.
I was in the US Navy and did experience a rogue wave back when these things didn't exist according to scientists. Those pointed head morons didn't want to listen to us either.
I used to be in the US Navy. I did face a wave like that and bigger. We took a 70+ foot wave, bow first thankfully, while riding the front of a massive January storm somewhere off the coast of Oregon. I was on an FFG which can handle a wave that size much better than a fishing boat, but it was still one heck of a ride.
A few years back I was watching an episode on one of the Discovery network channels about some oceanic researches. Their research ship was hit by a rouge wave. It was then when scientists actually got hit by one that they started thinking of sailors accounts of rouge waves as credible. Damn pointed head morons. It took slapping them in the face with a giant wave for them to believe they existed.
Troll!?!?!?!
.357 loaded and ready for the last 10 years and I don't plan to change that. If you hug-a-thug types would just put the criminals in jail for life then I wouldn't need to worry about self-protection nearly as much as I do now.
I'm no damn troll. Your just a damn anti-gun nut that happened to have mod points today. I've kept my
Yeah, but if someone breaks in my home when I'm home, the alarm on the phone won't matter because the last thing the intruder just heard was the shot being fired by my .357!
I missed the press release. When did Darl McBride start working for Microsoft? Maybe he do for Microsoft everything he did for SCO!
In your case I would install a few solar panels. You won't eliminate your electric bill in the summer time, but you should lower it a good amount. Actually, in your case I would move to Minnesota, where I live now, because it's not so FRICK'N HOT.
One more reason why I have the Flashblock plugin installed in Firefox.
I guess this means that we are now using OEM parts instead of third-party knock-offs.
So let me get this straight, the data thieves had physical access to a computer on the stores network. Sounds like a physical security issue that a security guard should have noticed. Not all computer and network security is electronics and software. Sometimes you gotta watch who you let in the store and watch what they are doing once inside.
Actually, Dell changed their offerings the day after I posted this. I was using Dell's site and saved a few configurations in my Small Business account wish list. The day after posting here, my wish list was deleted by Dell, because those offerings changed. When I was first looking they were not offering Win XP on any laptop in the Small Business section except for one. Now most of their laptops in the Small Business section offers XP. So, Dell changed their offerings overnight and XP is available for most of their Small Business laptops again. Cheers,
Maybe so for a desktop, but I spent hours looking to buy a new laptop yesterday and Dell only offers one model with Windows XP. All of the other XP models have been discontinued or the XP option has been killed. Also, they are reducing the number of desktops they sell with XP. I just check Dells site today. As compared to what they offered in May, they have greatly slashed the number of systems that you can buy with Windows XP. Add to that the prices for Dell laptops have increased since May. It seems to me that Dell is trying to force Vista down my throat.
So far I have resisted buying a new PC laptop. For an extra grand I can get a Mac Book Pro and dump Windows. Now if I can only find the extra grand along with the first grand to buy a laptop. I'm accepting donations.
I'll say it then - No Process Patents!
The yellow pages does apply here. Back in 1993,94,95,96 all the rage was the white pages and yellow pages on CD. I had a CD set for the entire country that let be do location based searches on people and businesses. This IS prior art. When did the first online version of the phone book start? I remember using them back in 1996 or 1997 on the internet.
This is the problem with our patent system. You are not required to show your idea is unique. You are not required to show you are the inventor. You apply and wait for approval. Then you can be challenged. The process is backwards. You should have to prove upfront your the creator/inventor and that this hasn't already been done. Then the patent should have a probationary period where it can be revoked easily if prior art can be shown.
The yellow pages does apply here. Back in 1993,94,95,96 all the rage was the white pages and yellow pages on CD. I had a CD set for the entire country that let be do location based searches on people and businesses. This IS prior art. When did the first online version of the phone book start? I remember using them back in 1996 or 1997 on the internet.
This is the problem with our patent system. You are not required to show your idea is unique. You are not required to show you are the inventor. You apply and wait for approval. Then you can be challenged. The process is backwards. You should have to prove upfront your the creator/inventor and that this hasn't already been done. Then the patent should have a probationary period where it can be revoked easily if prior art can be shown.
"Minnesota is a swing state." The heck it is. This state has never collectively voted for a Republican in the presidential races. Our state Republican party is really just a bunch of liberal Democrats that aren't as liberal as the Democrat party. Our Republican Governor did veto all the tax increases, but signed a statewide smoking ban and is the largest supporter of ethanol subsidies. If you want your politicians to understand technology then maybe some of us geeks should run for office. After all ours is a government 'Of the People, By the People, For the People.' And geeks are people too.
You can configure many settings in Thunderbird using a similar interface. However, in Thunderbird you can get to the config section from the Options menu Advanced tab. I have reduced the size of the attachment icons this way. set mailnews.attachments.display.largeView to False.
You are so correct! If I had mod points I'd mod this up from the dungeons.
"Norway has outlawed iTunes because you don't have the choice of what hardware from what company to listen to it on. It's Apples' players only."
By that reasoning the the entire OS X operating system is illegal in Norway. These countries just don't understand free market competition.
You have so little clues it just plain pathetic. Most Zoos are engaged in captive breeding programs for two main reasons. 1. To perpetuate the current population of animals in the Zoo with out capturing any more from the wild. 2. Breeding endangered species for the possible reintroduction into the wild. Several species of endangered animals have been successfully reintroduced into the wild and researchers are studying other species to learn how to reintroduce those as well. Maybe you should learn more about what Zoos really do, check out http://www.aza.org./
>But I think you can count on a veto I wouldn't count on it. President Bush has been week on these issues. He did sign the campaign finance reform bill into law and that law clearly prohibits certain groups of people from running political ads.
I can get into this. No speed limits and no more one way streets. Sweet! Of course I'll have to start driving and armored car or a tank to stay alive.