But the.pyc file is still a byte-code of somekind, yes? A JIT-enabled JVM emits real machine code, IIRC. Note, however, I still chose Python over Java for my latest project...
"grok" is from "Stranger in a Strange Land"
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...by R.A. Heinlein. It's Martian for "understand deeply". I also personally believe that "geek" is Martian for "terribly attractive".
[sigh] You really don't understand this (not so) new medium called "the 'net",
do you?
Look, Gramps, I know the ghost of Mrs. Parker, your 8th grade English
teacher back in 1940 still haunts you (and probably gives you a woody to this
day), but purfekt spelling is just not a priority in todays digital media
(email, blogs, IM, open-comment sites like/., etc.) Tpyos happen at the speed
of thought -- who cares? It is exactly those thoughts that are important
here, not pavolvian submission to the stooooopid spelling rules of the English
language.
Oh, and many folks posting to sites like/. have other first
languages than the one you're so obsessed with. Your comments come off not
only as curmudgeonly, but racist and nationalistic as well.
But it now appears the Seattle sundial may be much more than an artistic color calibrator and timepiece. It's a necessary backup.
"NASA engineers orient the Mars rover by looking at the sun through the panoramic camera," Sullivan explained. But they only recently recognized they had no orientation system to back up the camera should it fail, he said.
Each rover is expected to cruise the Martian surface for three months, collecting samples of rock and soil, and each vehicle's success depends upon having its bearings.
"Then the engineers realized they could orient using the sundial," Sullivan said. "Our sundial is now the official backup for orienting NASA's rover."
"The other three probes -- the European Space Agency's Mars Express and NASA's two Mars Exploration Rovers -- are still on track and in good working order, according to the latest status reports. Mars Express is due to enter Martian orbit on Christmas Day and send a British-built Beagle 2 lander to the surface, while the NASA rovers should arrive on Jan. 3 and Jan. 24."
You'll be receiving a letter from SCO's lawyers in the next day or so. Seems they have a copyright on electro-magnetic radiation, and want $699 from everyone who uses it.
I told my wife several years ago that her grandchildren would someday receive birthday gifts wrapped in "paper" where the images thereon were moving. I said it would be in 20 years or so. Looks like I might be wrong -- it's gonna be in 10 years...
I don't remember whether I read this recently in Car & Driver or Road & Track re the Toyota Prius. It's spot on.
They'll sell a very small number of these (as a percentage of total car sales) to the green fringe, but until the performance is greatly improved, it will be a tiny niche market at best.
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But the .pyc file is still a byte-code of somekind, yes? A JIT-enabled JVM emits real machine code, IIRC.
Note, however, I still chose Python over Java for my latest project...
Look, Gramps, I know the ghost of Mrs. Parker, your 8th grade English teacher back in 1940 still haunts you (and probably gives you a woody to this day), but purfekt spelling is just not a priority in todays digital media (email, blogs, IM, open-comment sites like /., etc.) Tpyos happen at the speed
of thought -- who cares? It is exactly those thoughts that are important
here, not pavolvian submission to the stooooopid spelling rules of the English
language.
Oh, and many folks posting to sites like /. have other first
languages than the one you're so obsessed with. Your comments come off not
only as curmudgeonly, but racist and nationalistic as well.
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"NASA engineers orient the Mars rover by looking at the sun through the panoramic camera," Sullivan explained. But they only recently recognized they had no orientation system to back up the camera should it fail, he said.
Each rover is expected to cruise the Martian surface for three months, collecting samples of rock and soil, and each vehicle's success depends upon having its bearings.
"Then the engineers realized they could orient using the sundial," Sullivan said. "Our sundial is now the official backup for orienting NASA's rover."
If the camera fails, how can they read the dial?
oooo! BattleBots on Mars! Yea, baby!
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In Russia we are all for Xen. (Comrade, it is not cold if vodka still pours...)
They'll sell a very small number of these (as a percentage of total car sales) to the green fringe, but until the performance is greatly improved, it will be a tiny niche market at best.
The cracks in the "we'll work for nothing 'cause its fun and righteous" compensation model of Linux are beginning to really show, aren't they?
"So popular was the contest that the server suffered from a veritable slashdot effect." Ain't nuthin' like the real thang... Here ya go, see? Doh!
Where do I type "dir"?
... and its name is "man".