Assuming a ludicrous number of 1 000 000 000 machines, managing to try a ludicruously high 1 000 000 000 000 numbers per second at random, it will take about 3 * 10^279 years. (I'm making some guesses, and assuming we're trying to find the prime factors of a product of two 1024 bit numbers or something like that)
No. That's how long it will take to try EVERY key. On average, you need half that time, and there is always a chance (however incredibly small) that you will find the key very quickly. So it would be possible for them to have found it, just unlikely.
He's not saying vi is not modal, he's just pointing out that it (and Emacs) have had functionality very similar very similar to this "LEAP" except with easier ways of accessing them (I don't care what anyone says, Shift-{space '>} is harder than ESC / > return i or C-s >).
My lawyer neighbor says this is because they don't want computer people because we think logically and are not emotional.
Can someone explain to me why this is a bad thing? It seems you would want logical thinkers and NOT highly emotional jurors...
We want people convicted because they're guilty, not because the jurors don't like the way they look, right???
Personally, I'm more impressed that the server is still standing...
Most projects like this that get posted, with lots of pictures, die within minutes.
SDL is easy, yes, but for a GUI app it's probably not the best choice. There is ParaGUI, but something that implements controls using the platforms native libs is probably better, and I've had a lot of problems getting ParaGUI working.
wxWindows
It does exactly what you describe. It provides a single API, that, when linked with the appropriate platform's libs, creates the GUI using that platforms GUI.
You might want to look into wxWindows It's a cross-platform GUI library that works using platforms' native GUIs, so that your app will take on the look of the platform you build it on. It supports OpenGL nicely, and has what is, in my opinion at least, a beautiful, intuitive OO C++ interface.
maybe this one will let me specify the CVSROOT!
Really - Project Builder's CVS integration is laughable - it won't even work with my pserver(it refuses to recognize that I am logged in).
I really hope this new version also improves the class browser, which drives me insane, because I can't use it to look up methods of a class I'm working with, because it insists on jumping to the source file when I click on a class.
Kind of makes you wonder why they don't simplify the law a little, don't it?
Because if anyone actualy understood these laws, they's never accept them like they do now.
As it is, many people who might be strongly opposed to these laws just ignore them because they don't have the time/energy/will to wade through all the legalese BS
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Installation:
1. Insert you Bandlink CD into your Internet Connected PC. (Bandlink should autostart on Windows). 2. Click "I Agree" to the Bandlink License and select "Connect" to install Bandlink. 3. Bandlink should detect your CD, begin CD playback, and display artist content.
Call this a technicality if you want, but I notice there is NO mention there of "read the license," just "Agree to the license"
I think that's a good hint as to what they expect most people to do...
Just because there's a EULA doesn't mean it's not an invasion of privacy, even if it's legally OK.
Why does there seem to be no cynical scientists?
Because, in general, scientists tend to have, as their goal, knowledge, regardless of any potential side effects.
Knowledge, in an of itself, is never a bad thing. Was Einstein's e=mc2 evil because it enabled the discovery of the atomic bomb? Or course not.
This story, which you all really should have read by now, depicts a world of copyright/DRM/Etc. laws to the extreme:
The Right to Read
The scariest line definitely comes after: most of the specific laws and practices described above have already been proposed
I'm not sure if this was meant as a joke or not, but it seems a valid point to me.
His program has legitimate uses, just as a gun does, so why is his program illegal when a gun, the harmful potential of which is much greater, legal?
Agreed completely. The DirectX API is HIDEOUS. It may be more powerful that OpenGL, but OpenGL allows you to code working programs (especially when you use something like GLUT or SDL) quickly and easily, and focus your effort on the physics/logic/AI/whatever of your project, rather then wrestling with a horrible API that seems to change with every new release of DirectX.
Isn't it interesting how the content of these switch adds tends to be completely ignored, but apple keeps posting them, because of their great amusement value?
I don't know enough about this to really comment intelligently, but it seems likely that any shielding of this sort will also prevent you from RECEIVING any radio signals...
I usually just give my old computers away somewhere -- what us geeks consider horribly slow and outdated can still be very useful to other people who can't afford/don't need state-of-the-art machines. What they do with them one they truely die, I don't know.
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Yeah, but the geek factor is much lower that way.
He's not saying vi is not modal, he's just pointing out that it (and Emacs) have had functionality very similar very similar to this "LEAP" except with easier ways of accessing them (I don't care what anyone says, Shift-{space '>} is harder than ESC / > return i or C-s >).
I downloaded pictures into iPhoto twice yesterday(Christmas), and I didn't hear anything...
OK, I can agree with that, and that Computer geeks probably aren't the best jurors. But I fail to see how being logical is a problem...
My lawyer neighbor says this is because they don't want computer people because we think logically and are not emotional.
Can someone explain to me why this is a bad thing? It seems you would want logical thinkers and NOT highly emotional jurors...
We want people convicted because they're guilty, not because the jurors don't like the way they look, right???
Personally, I'm more impressed that the server is still standing...
Most projects like this that get posted, with lots of pictures, die within minutes.
Well, after being posted to /. the resultant fire probably will be.
SDL is easy, yes, but for a GUI app it's probably not the best choice. There is ParaGUI, but something that implements controls using the platforms native libs is probably better, and I've had a lot of problems getting ParaGUI working.
wxWindows
It does exactly what you describe. It provides a single API, that, when linked with the appropriate platform's libs, creates the GUI using that platforms GUI.
You might want to look into wxWindows It's a cross-platform GUI library that works using platforms' native GUIs, so that your app will take on the look of the platform you build it on. It supports OpenGL nicely, and has what is, in my opinion at least, a beautiful, intuitive OO C++ interface.
How long before some bozo starts making 3D ASCII Art? You KNOW someone will...
maybe this one will let me specify the CVSROOT!
Really - Project Builder's CVS integration is laughable - it won't even work with my pserver(it refuses to recognize that I am logged in).
I really hope this new version also improves the class browser, which drives me insane, because I can't use it to look up methods of a class I'm working with, because it insists on jumping to the source file when I click on a class.
Kind of makes you wonder why they don't simplify the law a little, don't it?
Because if anyone actualy understood these laws, they's never accept them like they do now.
As it is, many people who might be strongly opposed to these laws just ignore them because they don't have the time/energy/will to wade through all the legalese BS
</Conspiracy-Theory>
Call this a technicality if you want, but I notice there is NO mention there of "read the license," just "Agree to the license"
I think that's a good hint as to what they expect most people to do...
Just because there's a EULA doesn't mean it's not an invasion of privacy, even if it's legally OK.
Why does there seem to be no cynical scientists?
Because, in general, scientists tend to have, as their goal, knowledge, regardless of any potential side effects.
Knowledge, in an of itself, is never a bad thing. Was Einstein's e=mc2 evil because it enabled the discovery of the atomic bomb? Or course not.
This story, which you all really should have read by now, depicts a world of copyright/DRM/Etc. laws to the extreme:
The Right to Read
The scariest line definitely comes after:
most of the specific laws and practices described above have already been proposed
Of course!
Forgive me for forgetting the all-holiness of big business.
I'm not sure if this was meant as a joke or not, but it seems a valid point to me.
His program has legitimate uses, just as a gun does, so why is his program illegal when a gun, the harmful potential of which is much greater, legal?
Agreed completely. The DirectX API is HIDEOUS. It may be more powerful that OpenGL, but OpenGL allows you to code working programs (especially when you use something like GLUT or SDL) quickly and easily, and focus your effort on the physics/logic/AI/whatever of your project, rather then wrestling with a horrible API that seems to change with every new release of DirectX.
Isn't it interesting how the content of these switch adds tends to be completely ignored, but apple keeps posting them, because of their great amusement value?
I agree completely!
That just isn't done!!
You DON'T live adapt things like that -- you said it best - "they're sacred"
I don't know enough about this to really comment intelligently, but it seems likely that any shielding of this sort will also prevent you from RECEIVING any radio signals...
I usually just give my old computers away somewhere -- what us geeks consider horribly slow and outdated can still be very useful to other people who can't afford/don't need state-of-the-art machines. What they do with them one they truely die, I don't know.
We believe we have certain rights as people to our privacy.