OK, but why waste space with a special word that means "reduce by 10%". That's pretty useless. How many times does something get reduced by exactly 10%, vs. 16% or 8% or 53%? Do we need to create special words for each case (octimate == 12.5%; dodecimate == 8.33%)?. If it's further constrained to apply only to Roman army disciplinary procedures, why do we need to allocate an English word at all? It's a rather obscure historical tidbit.
Is there some shortage of English words? Will we run out? Is there some arena of English words somewhere that we're in danger of malloc()ing too many times without a free()?
English, as a language, achieves precision through differing vocabulary, rather than, for instance, French, which achieves it through verb and adjective conjugation. Words that have specific meaning are a benefit, not a detriment. It is by far easier and more efficient to have words with specific meanings and shades.
The indefinite singular pronoun "it" is exempt from the possessive apostrophe. A possessive its does not have an apostrophe, unless it happens to be a proper noun, like, say, Cousin It's hairbrush.
That is the single worst pair of hypothetically similar examples I have ever seen.
A better pair of contrasting examples would be two pieces of iron being held together by their combined gravitation (negligable, at small sizes) versus pieces of iron held together by magnetizing both and placing them together so that opposite poles are together. The chemical bonds in the metal of the nail are not at "people" scale.
Re:so if two objects are traveling toward the same
on
E ~ mc^2
·
· Score: 1
In base 3 arithmetic, 2+2=11. 1 * 3^1 + 1 * 3^0 = 4 in decimal.
And what if you don't know exactly what you want to do beforehand? What if you just know that you have a bunch of images scattered across the hard drive that you want to thumbnail some of.
Cleanest was I can think of to do that in a CLI is to do a recursive search on the entire directory tree and press Y/N on every single file for whether or not to thumbnail it.
GUI, you can do a search and click blocks of them at a time, using shift- and ctrl-clicking.
Also, please define "powerful" in non-subjective terms.
Touchpads such as the ones you're talking about already exist, and already suck compared to a mouse.
The level of precision in a mouse or trackball is unmatchable by a touchpad, unless you have a finger as thick as a needle.
And that's all beside the real point, which is that even if your supposed scenario comes to pass, would it be superior? Humans have 5 fingers on one hand. A good mouse can put all five of them to use, 3 at a minimum, and you're saying it's an improvement to only use one? In GOd's name, why? Would you be in favor of a keyboard which allowed you to only use one finger?
Because I don't have one. I don't want to go and get one either. Really, why would I want to learn how to use a piece of new software when the CLI version does it perfectly well?
...
Uh-huh.
Well, for starters, your method can't work correctly unless all the files share a portion of their filename or path. Whereas in a GUI, you can ctrl or shift-click any amount of files across the entire directory tree, then click "Resize All...", give it a size (and a filename changer if you want) and then click OK.
The math is only bad if you don't approximate. lim(0.3333...) as 0.333... approaches 0.333... means nothing. If you mean that 0.333... approaches 1/3rd as decimal digits approach infinite, well, that's what the... means. There are infinite 3s after the decimal point.
ElcomSoft is being tried in the US for making their software freely available over the web, and in the process hosting it on more than one US server location.
Whether or not that is a valid interpretation of law and jurisdiction remains to be seen, but as the court currently sees it, making a copyright-protection circumvention device available in the US (via web hosting on US soil) violates the DMCA.
This might be a valid excuse, if you, or a different AC, hadn't posted this exact same rant earlier today. Several times.
If it's a different AC, it says something about you that not only do you post the same thing as someone else, you use the same excuse as they do, all the while bitching about conformity.
If, on the other hand, all of these posts were done by you, drink a caffeinated drink already.
The DMCA specifically allows reverse-engineering. To wit:
(f) REVERSE ENGINEERING- (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a)(1)(A), a person who has lawfully obtained the right to use a copy of a computer program may circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a particular portion of that program for the sole purpose of identifying and analyzing those elements of the program that are necessary to achieve interoperability of an independently created computer program with other programs, and that have not previously been readily available to the person engaging in the circumvention, to the extent any such acts of identification and analysis do not constitute infringement under this title.
Polluting their database? What the hell are you talking about?
I also submit that a) using the SDUser account is in no way a violation of their Subscriber Agreement:
6.1 As part of the registration process, you will select a password and a subscriber ID. You also have to give us certain registration information, all of which must be accurate and updated. (a) You may not (i) select or use a subscriber ID of another person with the intent to impersonate that person; (ii) use a subscriber ID in which another person has rights without such person's authorization; or (iii) use a subscriber ID that NYTD, in its sole discretion, deems offensive. Failure to comply with the foregoing shall constitute a breach of this Agreement, which may result in immediate termination of your account. (b) You shall be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password, which you will not have to reveal to any representative or agent of NYTD.
Since I do not havethe intent to impersonate, the account name is not offensive, and I have the creator's consent, how am I violating their policy, again?
Also, b), the policy says clearly that it will share your usage and demographic information, as well as send you e-mail regarding current or prospective services. IE "Subscribe to NYTimes PLUS!" I'd call that spam.
Anything intelligent to add? Then again, were you intelligent, you probably wouldn't've posted as AC.
Slashdot Mirror
OK, but why waste space with a special word that means "reduce by 10%". That's pretty useless. How many times does something get reduced by exactly 10%, vs. 16% or 8% or 53%? Do we need to create special words for each case (octimate == 12.5%; dodecimate == 8.33%)?. If it's further constrained to apply only to Roman army disciplinary procedures, why do we need to allocate an English word at all? It's a rather obscure historical tidbit.
Is there some shortage of English words? Will we run out? Is there some arena of English words somewhere that we're in danger of malloc()ing too many times without a free()?
English, as a language, achieves precision through differing vocabulary, rather than, for instance, French, which achieves it through verb and adjective conjugation. Words that have specific meaning are a benefit, not a detriment. It is by far easier and more efficient to have words with specific meanings and shades.
An inkjet cartridge is not copyrightable. Making a copy of an inkjet cartridge is not copyright infringement. The DCMA doesn't take effect at all.
DVDs contain copyrighted (copyrightable, at least) material. Inkjet cartridges contain ink.
-Terralthra
How do you figure?
The indefinite singular pronoun "it" is exempt from the possessive apostrophe. A possessive its does not have an apostrophe, unless it happens to be a proper noun, like, say, Cousin It's hairbrush.
5 CPUS being faster than 4 CPUs is not the same as scaling linearly.
You got the joke wrong.
031 is not 0x25, 031 = 25 decimal. DEC. As in DECEMBER.
It's not like it's a hard joke...
You can't even tell a joke right.
0x31 is not 28 decimal, anyway. 0x31 is 49 decimal.
For non idiots, why do programmers confuse Halloween and Christmas?
Because 31 oct == 25 dec.
Capitalism is an economic system, the rest are all governmental systems.
Don't be intentionally confusing.
Re: .sig. Your mother or my mother?
Something like Sun-Tzu, who I think was the one to say, "The enemy of my friend is my friend"
You must not keep friends very long, if you go around making friends with their enemies.
That is the single worst pair of hypothetically similar examples I have ever seen.
A better pair of contrasting examples would be two pieces of iron being held together by their combined gravitation (negligable, at small sizes) versus pieces of iron held together by magnetizing both and placing them together so that opposite poles are together. The chemical bonds in the metal of the nail are not at "people" scale.
In base 3 arithmetic, 2+2=11. 1 * 3^1 + 1 * 3^0 = 4 in decimal.
You really don't know much about GUIs, do you?
Do you know what shift-click does?
And what if you don't know exactly what you want to do beforehand? What if you just know that you have a bunch of images scattered across the hard drive that you want to thumbnail some of.
Cleanest was I can think of to do that in a CLI is to do a recursive search on the entire directory tree and press Y/N on every single file for whether or not to thumbnail it.
GUI, you can do a search and click blocks of them at a time, using shift- and ctrl-clicking.
Also, please define "powerful" in non-subjective terms.
Touchpads such as the ones you're talking about already exist, and already suck compared to a mouse.
The level of precision in a mouse or trackball is unmatchable by a touchpad, unless you have a finger as thick as a needle.
And that's all beside the real point, which is that even if your supposed scenario comes to pass, would it be superior? Humans have 5 fingers on one hand. A good mouse can put all five of them to use, 3 at a minimum, and you're saying it's an improvement to only use one? In GOd's name, why? Would you be in favor of a keyboard which allowed you to only use one finger?
Because I don't have one. I don't want to go and get one either. Really, why would I want to learn how to use a piece of new software when the CLI version does it perfectly well?
...
Uh-huh.
Well, for starters, your method can't work correctly unless all the files share a portion of their filename or path. Whereas in a GUI, you can ctrl or shift-click any amount of files across the entire directory tree, then click "Resize All...", give it a size (and a filename changer if you want) and then click OK.
But I suppose it must be nice living in the past.
1/3rd in decimal is 0.333...
-Terralthra
The math is only bad if you don't approximate. lim(0.3333...) as 0.333... approaches 0.333... means nothing. If you mean that 0.333... approaches 1/3rd as decimal digits approach infinite, well, that's what the ... means. There are infinite 3s after the decimal point.
So, 3 times 1/3 doesn't equal 1?
How exactly does that work?
Yes it is.
But does a licensed movie game count for the Movie Industry, the Video Game Industry, or both?
You forgot http:// before the url.
If you omit that in the a href tag, it assumes you are linking to a page on the same site you are currently on.
RTFA.
ElcomSoft is being tried in the US for making their software freely available over the web, and in the process hosting it on more than one US server location.
Whether or not that is a valid interpretation of law and jurisdiction remains to be seen, but as the court currently sees it, making a copyright-protection circumvention device available in the US (via web hosting on US soil) violates the DMCA.
excuse the rant. caffiene has yet to be digested.
This might be a valid excuse, if you, or a different AC, hadn't posted this exact same rant earlier today. Several times.
If it's a different AC, it says something about you that not only do you post the same thing as someone else, you use the same excuse as they do, all the while bitching about conformity.
If, on the other hand, all of these posts were done by you, drink a caffeinated drink already.
Doobie doo, you're wrong.
The DMCA specifically allows reverse-engineering. To wit:
(f) REVERSE ENGINEERING- (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a)(1)(A), a person who has lawfully obtained the right to use a copy of a computer program may circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a particular portion of that program for the sole purpose of identifying and analyzing those elements of the program that are necessary to achieve interoperability of an independently created computer program with other programs, and that have not previously been readily available to the person engaging in the circumvention, to the extent any such acts of identification and analysis do not constitute infringement under this title.
Polluting their database? What the hell are you talking about?
I also submit that a) using the SDUser account is in no way a violation of their Subscriber Agreement:
6.1 As part of the registration process, you will select a password and a subscriber ID. You also have to give us certain registration information, all of which must be accurate and updated. (a) You may not (i) select or use a subscriber ID of another person with the intent to impersonate that person; (ii) use a subscriber ID in which another person has rights without such person's authorization; or (iii) use a subscriber ID that NYTD, in its sole discretion, deems offensive. Failure to comply with the foregoing shall constitute a breach of this Agreement, which may result in immediate termination of your account. (b) You shall be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password, which you will not have to reveal to any representative or agent of NYTD.
Since I do not havethe intent to impersonate, the account name is not offensive, and I have the creator's consent, how am I violating their policy, again?
Also, b), the policy says clearly that it will share your usage and demographic information, as well as send you e-mail regarding current or prospective services. IE "Subscribe to NYTimes PLUS!" I'd call that spam.
Anything intelligent to add? Then again, were you intelligent, you probably wouldn't've posted as AC.