Windows is still the predominant OS, and it will remain that way until the popular games...
have you been inside a bar in the last ten years? Those MegaTouch game machines you put the dollar in that sit on the bar itself use Linux as their OS. I don't know of a single bar that doesn't have one, they're incredibly popular. People shove dollars in them right and left.
Really? Will those games run on my personal computer, because last I checked we weren't discussing embedded devices.
Having used both PHP and Perl for years, some of the arguments presented in that paper are highly misleading.
For example, the part about exception handling in Perl... because the author doesn't appear to actually understand the difference between general error handling and exceptions. Note that I'm ignoring what it actually compiles down to, because the article is dealing with language constructs, not machine ops.
Supposedly, this was done to increase retail sales because again, supposedly, studies have shown during DST the citizens of the USA purchase more goods.
I'd like to see what data they were using in these studies, because correlation does not imply causation. DST happens in summer; people are more likely to go out and do things in warmer weather.
And those who do not understand UNIX are doomed to what?
You made me think of a completely different quote:
"It's a UNIX system! I know this!" -- Lex, Jurassic Park.
Why did I think of this? Well, because she wasn't interacting with UNIX directly so it didn't actually matter as an end user that it was a UNIX (IRIX specifically) system.
As for the quote you were thinking of, it's "Those who do not understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly." a take-off of "Those who do not remember the past are doomed to repeat it."
Given that a lot of what modern UNIX its clones do does not actually come from AT&T UNIX itself, but are created in its offshoots, I'd say that this quote has exceeded its usefulness; it's ready to be sent to the glue factory.
If you fucking dotheads can't use the language, go back to where you came from.
(Note: I'm from the US)
In the Queen's English, companies are treated as a plurality. Just because we Americans bastardized it doesn't mean that everyone who uses it the proper way is wrong.
A sexy default look. I think Opera generally looks much sleeker, and the smooth-scrolling is worlds better (parabolic instead of linear, I think). It's a tiny aesthetic change that makes a big difference in ease of use (I don't lose my place) and feel of the app.
So, Opera went back to the pre-9.5 look? I switched from Opera as my main browser to Firefox shortly after Firefox 3 came out. I was NOT happy after upgrading to Opera 9.5 and finding out that it went from OK looking defaults (I had it set to the Windows style theme, the *other* default) to "Gothpra."
Seriously, Opera 9.2x had nice looking buttons and everything; Opera 9.5x had black and white buttons with a handful of exceptions (3? 4?). I really should screenshot both with menus open so readers can see better examples, particularly the mail or favorites menu.
I really like mono - the work that has been done is nothing short of amazing but the constant catch-up with Microsoft is a concern.
If it's about Java vs Mono, remember that catching up is only a concern if the condition of Java offering features the latest version of.NET also do, but not Mono.
Ah, no, it's also a concern if you want to use any of the new features in.NET 3.0 or 3.5. If you want to target Mono, you have to skip those.
It's equally obvious that Microsoft has never entered a relationship without backstabbing its partner. The naivety behind thinking that maybe they'll play nice this one time, for the first time in the history of their company, is simply astounding.
There, I fixed that for you, as if the company Microsoft backstabs is large enough, they manage to recover (see: IBM).
So, what if I'm from the UK using an editor that uses ASCII and I insert a £ into my python code or pull one from a data file? That's at code point 163 in ISO/IEC 8859-1... but if it's assumed to be utf-8, it'd be part of a multi-byte character because the first bit is set.
Now, I can't say whether or not the GPU was separate, but I find it a little hard to believe that the sound processing chip was the main processor, particularly since Sony had previously designed a console sound chip: The SPC700 used in the SNES. The PSX's sound processing capabilities are far beyond the SNES's, not the least of which is the jump from 8 channels to 24 and increasing the sample memory size from 64kB to 512kB.
That's not even taking XA audio into consideration either.
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Really? Will those games run on my personal computer, because last I checked we weren't discussing embedded devices.
According to Snopes (The Urban Legends website), some states do not include certain elections in the Straight Ticket selection.
Whoops, I forgot, the network part is 64-bit not 32-bit.
IPv6 is so much better! I mean, now I can have 4 billion Internet connected devices on my home network!
(Sarcasm detected, filter engaged)
Having used both PHP and Perl for years, some of the arguments presented in that paper are highly misleading.
For example, the part about exception handling in Perl... because the author doesn't appear to actually understand the difference between general error handling and exceptions. Note that I'm ignoring what it actually compiles down to, because the article is dealing with language constructs, not machine ops.
Or Monkey Island 5.
"To be fair, during summer many people get more daylight where they are not trapped in a windowless office in a concrete and steel building."
Fixed that for you. Days are longer in summer and shorter in winter. Deal with it.
I'd like to see what data they were using in these studies, because correlation does not imply causation. DST happens in summer; people are more likely to go out and do things in warmer weather.
"2+2=10... in base 4. I'm fine!" -- GLaDOS
So, you moved away from Windows, only to buy Office for your new Mac?
Why exactly did you want out of Windows again? I'd have thought it'd be to get away from Microsoft, not to give them more money.
Since we're talking about Apple, the same company that created QuickTime, I'm taking this with a grain of salt.
You made me think of a completely different quote:
"It's a UNIX system! I know this!" -- Lex, Jurassic Park.
Why did I think of this? Well, because she wasn't interacting with UNIX directly so it didn't actually matter as an end user that it was a UNIX (IRIX specifically) system.
As for the quote you were thinking of, it's "Those who do not understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly." a take-off of "Those who do not remember the past are doomed to repeat it."
Given that a lot of what modern UNIX its clones do does not actually come from AT&T UNIX itself, but are created in its offshoots, I'd say that this quote has exceeded its usefulness; it's ready to be sent to the glue factory.
(Note: I'm from the US)
In the Queen's English, companies are treated as a plurality. Just because we Americans bastardized it doesn't mean that everyone who uses it the proper way is wrong.
"They elimiated the Northbridge and the Bus chips. The CPU now connects directly to the GPU."[citation needed]
He also forgot ??? !
imap.gmail.com is still operational. Perhaps people should use an IMAP client instead of the web interface.
Are you saying you don't support the United Corporations of America?
So, Opera went back to the pre-9.5 look? I switched from Opera as my main browser to Firefox shortly after Firefox 3 came out. I was NOT happy after upgrading to Opera 9.5 and finding out that it went from OK looking defaults (I had it set to the Windows style theme, the *other* default) to "Gothpra."
Seriously, Opera 9.2x had nice looking buttons and everything; Opera 9.5x had black and white buttons with a handful of exceptions (3? 4?). I really should screenshot both with menus open so readers can see better examples, particularly the mail or favorites menu.
Don't call him "guy," buddy!
Ah, no, it's also a concern if you want to use any of the new features in .NET 3.0 or 3.5. If you want to target Mono, you have to skip those.
There, I fixed that for you, as if the company Microsoft backstabs is large enough, they manage to recover (see: IBM).
An MSDN subscription also nets you stuff like copies of Windows itself.
He might have posted sooner, too, but Slashdot has this stupid "You only hit reply X seconds ago!" bullshit.
(Note: I am not the grandparent)
So, what if I'm from the UK using an editor that uses ASCII and I insert a £ into my python code or pull one from a data file? That's at code point 163 in ISO/IEC 8859-1... but if it's assumed to be utf-8, it'd be part of a multi-byte character because the first bit is set.
Now, I can't say whether or not the GPU was separate, but I find it a little hard to believe that the sound processing chip was the main processor, particularly since Sony had previously designed a console sound chip: The SPC700 used in the SNES. The PSX's sound processing capabilities are far beyond the SNES's, not the least of which is the jump from 8 channels to 24 and increasing the sample memory size from 64kB to 512kB.
That's not even taking XA audio into consideration either.