I would add to that: good programmers like to know their tools and would know that it is not necessary to write ass-backward and unreadable code like if (0==strlen(s)).
Any good compiler released in the last twenty years has the ability to catch these kind of errors.
While I don't think voice recognition is currently anywhere close to being useful for anyone but the keyboard challenged, I do think that eventually it will be good enough for general use. I don't know if eventually means within 10 years or within 100 years, but I'm sure we'll get there.
As for programming, voice recognition would be ideal, but not for any of the current crop of programming languages which are all designed to be typed and read. I would imagine programming a computer to be more like having a conversion with an intelligent agent. Of course we would not only need speech recognition but some serious AI breakthroughs.
There is some truth to that. My own experience was a bit different. I built my own computer and taught myself to program during high school. By the time I started college, I was already building my own compilers. I still found getting a degree in computer science very valuable to me. It went a long way to filling in a lot of the gaps in my knowledge. More importantly, it helped me realize how little I actually knew and how shallow that knowledge was.
Well, it's obviously zilog z-80 code. The machine it runs on? I'm going to take a wild guess and say that it's a radio shack trs-80.
I think the code itself clears the screen by using an overlapped block move to propagate a space character placed into the beginning of the video buffer.
Am I close? I'ts been over 20 years since I touched z80 code and never on a trs-80.
I'm sorry if I sound dense here, but I just dont get that. Let me try an example. Suppose you have the dword 00000001 stored at address 0. With LE it looks like this:
0: 01 1: 00 2: 00 3: 00
if you access 0 as a byte, you get 01; as a word you get 0001; and as a dword you get 00000001.
Now with BE the format will be:
0: 00 1: 00 2: 00 3: 01
If you access 0 as a byte you get 00; as a word you get 0000; and as a dword you get 00000001.
It seems to me that you get more "correct" results with LE and no byte swapping is necessary.
With PPC processors, this thing won't be running x86 software. I wonder if they're going to go with big-endian software (better graphics performance than little-endian).
I couldn't agree more. They used to have these series called "Understanding Festival" and "Great Books Festival". These were fantastic. Now everything is either something that should be on the diy channel or some alien abduction/conspiracy theory/ancient astronaut bull.
Price fixing occurs when two or more companies with similar products agree not to sell their products below an agreed-upon price. Since there is only one company that manufactures iPods (Apple), there is no price fixing going on.
Now, if Apple, Creative and Archos suddenly set the prices of all their units to $500, then that might be a sign of price fixing.
I have a better solution. Simply tell them that you would have to make special custom runs for their equipment and it will triple their costs. That will get their attention. Then again, it's public money they're spending so they probably don't care.
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I would add to that: good programmers like to know their tools and would know that it is not necessary to write ass-backward and unreadable code like if (0==strlen(s)).
Any good compiler released in the last twenty years has the ability to catch these kind of errors.
So Microsoft seems to be trying to associate Windows XP to the Matrix, which was essentially software that got out of hand and enslaved humanity.
Very interesting.
All he had to do is post a story on slashdot about it. Apparently, even a Borg cube cannot survive a good slashdotting!
While I don't think voice recognition is currently anywhere close to being useful for anyone but the keyboard challenged, I do think that eventually it will be good enough for general use. I don't know if eventually means within 10 years or within 100 years, but I'm sure we'll get there.
As for programming, voice recognition would be ideal, but not for any of the current crop of programming languages which are all designed to be typed and read. I would imagine programming a computer to be more like having a conversion with an intelligent agent. Of course we would not only need speech recognition but some serious AI breakthroughs.
Ya! Polymat!
If they develop good speech recognition then they wont need a keyboard pen, the pen would then just need to be a microphone.
There is some truth to that. My own experience was a bit different. I built my own computer and taught myself to program during high school. By the time I started college, I was already building my own compilers. I still found getting a degree in computer science very valuable to me. It went a long way to filling in a lot of the gaps in my knowledge. More importantly, it helped me realize how little I actually knew and how shallow that knowledge was.
What do I do with the contents of the bottle once I've gotten the bottle cap. It's not like you can drink the stuff...
No! It's the damn Glorkian to Metric conversions that are messing them up!
Well, it's obviously zilog z-80 code. The machine it runs on? I'm going to take a wild guess and say that it's a radio shack trs-80.
I think the code itself clears the screen by using an overlapped block move to propagate a space character placed into the beginning of the video buffer.
Am I close? I'ts been over 20 years since I touched z80 code and never on a trs-80.
I'm sorry if I sound dense here, but I just dont get that. Let me try an example. Suppose you have the dword 00000001 stored at address 0. With LE it looks like this:
0: 01
1: 00
2: 00
3: 00
if you access 0 as a byte, you get 01; as a word you get 0001; and as a dword you get 00000001.
Now with BE the format will be:
0: 00
1: 00
2: 00
3: 01
If you access 0 as a byte you get 00; as a word you get 0000; and as a dword you get 00000001.
It seems to me that you get more "correct" results with LE and no byte swapping is necessary.
That reminds me. I was in NY recently and saw the same misspelling of diamonds (dimonds) on the window of a jewelry store!
I thought Nemesis was one of the better Trek movies. Yes, it was a lot like ST II, except that it had relatively good actors.
I couldn't agree more. They used to have these series called "Understanding Festival" and "Great Books Festival". These were fantastic. Now everything is either something that should be on the diy channel or some alien abduction/conspiracy theory/ancient astronaut bull.
I think Linux may be for people who are, at a minimum, capable of putting a sentence together. ;-)
Well! double dumb-ass on you!
Price fixing occurs when two or more companies with similar products agree not to sell their products below an agreed-upon price. Since there is only one company that manufactures iPods (Apple), there is no price fixing going on.
Now, if Apple, Creative and Archos suddenly set the prices of all their units to $500, then that might be a sign of price fixing.
I have a better solution. Simply tell them that you would have to make special custom runs for their equipment and it will triple their costs. That will get their attention. Then again, it's public money they're spending so they probably don't care.
Or, more nefariously, if you want to get rid of someone, you can project a nice roadway scene onto his eyeballs even as he drives off a cliff...
Any C/C++ compiler available since the early 80's has (or should have) the ability to catch this error.
So, find out what the appropriate switches are for your compiler, turn them on and stop writing ass-backwards, hard to read and maintain code!
They bought Elbonia since most of their software development is done there anyway.
How long will it be before Windows refuses to boot if DRM is turned off?
2000, XP & 2003 Server all support NT trust relationships.
Now, if the sofa server has a modern processor, they could put the CPU right under your butt. Presto! Free Heat! Great for those long winter nights!
Maybe kids should come with warning stickers.
[WARNING! This child was raised by incompetent and/or indifferent parents]