The point is that while Aluminum is plentiful in our solar system, water is not
Nonsense. It's rare on certain rocky planets. It exists on our Moon, and on Mars. It exists in the ring systems of gas giants and cometary bodies, and presumably rather well represented in the Oort cloud.
You can not leave to some IDE the task of putting code behind a button that will drag in half a ton of MS Foundation Classes or use some particular C/C++ construct that is horribly inefficient
Such as the time I caught one of my developers pulling in a rather large library to sort a shopping basket designed to have no more than 20 items in it. For an already busy web page, in the days before servlets./cry
There are some really powerful, tiny process controllers out there based on the Arduino chip - we're talking about useful little computers about the size of your thumbnail with a reset switch, a microUSB port and a line of connecting pads. 64k RAM. I hear there are a lot of libraries available for them, but personally I wouldn't feel comfortable programming for them without shifting into low gear a fair bit. A long time ago I programmed in C on comps that were about that size, I don't think the dynamics - or the optimising compilers - have changed all that much.
I am in quite a predicament. My boss hired me because I bullshitted my way through an interview, but really I don't know shit from shinola when it comes to servers and operating systems and such. I can play WoW... HELP ME PLEASE.
Calm down, take a deep breath. Think of it as a leveling exercise, with quests. Imagine the interviewer has a giant yellow exclamation point above his head. Read the dialogue. Make sure you're prepared, then - go get the experience and come back. Your interviewer may then have a question for you...
Although I like this idea. Won't it just deplete our supply of fresh water?
Mmm, nope, don't think so. This isn't a case where you're diverting fresh water to the task. You're simply borrowing the energy those rivers would normally dissipate when they hit the sea anyway.
The days of the free Internet are coming to an end.
Perhaps it's time we invented something else. We're still here, aren't we?
How about some peer-to-peer mechanism that bypasses the ISP's altogether?
Ok, that's at least half said in jest. But this whole matter, relative to the sheer astounding amount of information that passes between people, puts me in mind of trying to dig the sea out of a sand castle. The rough note is that we have to stay ahead of the bastards who try to limit the means of communication, or put a tap on it for control and money. The cool note is my firm belief that we always will. Samizdat brought down one global empire, and something new, morally similar yet technically astute might bring down another - and I'm not talking about the US Government, here. I'm talking about a music cartel.
All three gods you mention, Linux, Windows, and OSX are but avatars, lieutenants of the One True Infinite Paper Tape. They all have Buttons you can Press to Get Things Done.
I think the operating systems wars were very entertaining, myself, and I kind of miss them. All this egalitarianism is well and good, and certainly cuts friction, but can't even one of you start comparing non-favorite systems to a harbinger of Ctuluhu in this thread? If we're going to all go back to balanced opinion, I think I'll google Oprah and see if there's any controversy in running Winfrey.
It's amazing that the Registry wasn't one of the things they deprecated or at least seriously overhauled
Pretty much agree with your entire post, J6. It's a pretty clear case of an old architecture extended way, long past its use-by date. If they want the tree structure as it is, because it aligns with the way the operating system works, that's cool - but I can't see any reason not to store that stuff in a simple database. Even the largest registries could be handled by something as simple as SQLite, for example, and registry backup/restore would be a pinch of snuff. I mean, what's in it? It's a tree. It has unique values you need to get from an unique address. Should be easy, but it's treated as if it isn't.
I'm getting a surplus Dell Latitude from work. Was going to load Ubuntu but FreeBSD 8 plus KDE 4.3.0 (or later) looks like a fairly crisp choice for me. Anybody have any experience with this combination?
Ah, Dec RSX-11M. . . I remember that one, too, but don't seem to remember that particular aspect of all the various structures RSX-11 used
I may be wrong about that one, as it's rather a faint memory, but I think I remember it being discussed by an office mate. RSX-11M and RSTS/E weren't really that close, if I remember it at all. Definitely RSTS/E had them. At the time there was a bit of fairly ardently-championed conflict between virtual tables and RMS file structures; the former (like the Registry in many ways) is more of a programming construct - programming interface than RMS, which was more of a series of file system calls. The former was initially a bit more flexible, because (due to addressability) you couldn't get away with very many keys in an RMS file on those platforms, and the calling sequence for RMS was a bit more complex than setting up a virtual array. It took VMS to turn RMS into a workable B-tree/ISAM file system, which took us up to the RDB world. Most of my use of RSX-11M was Fortran 66 for the NASA DSN back in the latter Pioneer days (we were attempting to write a compiler for on-board systems for Pioneer 12 (Venus)).
I remember one fun thing from RSX-11M, that I tried after a backup & just before a reload of the system. You could indeed set all files to [S:W,O:W,G:W,W:W] turning the system disk into write-only memory. Just wanted to know. And yes, the reload worked =)
If you're tough enough you can simply stand your ground but refuse to fight back. It really messes with their minds. Worked for me.
Helps to grin and stare right at them, then start to visibly relax. The moment the bully turns his head to check how his peers are reacting (bullies seldom work without syncophants) then do a tiny fast feint, but don't hit them, just tap the ground. Say "Boo!". If he doesn't break and back off at that point, he's serious and you're in for it. Scream then and aim for something soft, go for speed rather than power - and, if you're alone - look for the most appropriate direction to run away and apply feet. That works too.
Actually I've found out myself, a rather long time ago, that I was modding perfectly insightful comments to "troll" because I used the mouse wheel to scroll down before I clicked out of the little Mod drop-down box. Result? Some poor sod gets a karma hit. So there's some potential for your "troll" mod to have been that sort of mistake.
I'd much prefer that the bottom of the "moderate" list was a no-op, for that reason.
If an edit war starts (and that can certainly be parameterised) lock the main page and modify the "Edit" link to point to the "Discussion" page. Don't revert the link pointer to the main page until things mellow out. Easy.
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The point is that while Aluminum is plentiful in our solar system, water is not
Nonsense. It's rare on certain rocky planets. It exists on our Moon, and on Mars. It exists in the ring systems of gas giants and cometary bodies, and presumably rather well represented in the Oort cloud.
And how many of your average merchant shipping crews actually have the know-how to effectively use such a weapon?
Hire armed guards?
You can not leave to some IDE the task of putting code behind a button that will drag in half a ton of MS Foundation Classes or use some particular C/C++ construct that is horribly inefficient
Such as the time I caught one of my developers pulling in a rather large library to sort a shopping basket designed to have no more than 20 items in it. For an already busy web page, in the days before servlets. /cry
There are some really powerful, tiny process controllers out there based on the Arduino chip - we're talking about useful little computers about the size of your thumbnail with a reset switch, a microUSB port and a line of connecting pads. 64k RAM. I hear there are a lot of libraries available for them, but personally I wouldn't feel comfortable programming for them without shifting into low gear a fair bit. A long time ago I programmed in C on comps that were about that size, I don't think the dynamics - or the optimising compilers - have changed all that much.
I am in quite a predicament. My boss hired me because I bullshitted my way through an interview, but really I don't know shit from shinola when it comes to servers and operating systems and such. I can play WoW... HELP ME PLEASE.
Calm down, take a deep breath. Think of it as a leveling exercise, with quests. Imagine the interviewer has a giant yellow exclamation point above his head. Read the dialogue. Make sure you're prepared, then - go get the experience and come back. Your interviewer may then have a question for you...
Although I like this idea. Won't it just deplete our supply of fresh water?
Mmm, nope, don't think so. This isn't a case where you're diverting fresh water to the task. You're simply borrowing the energy those rivers would normally dissipate when they hit the sea anyway.
Nuclear power is fine, until we run out of uranium. We will not run out of salt ocean any time soon.
The days of the free Internet are coming to an end.
Perhaps it's time we invented something else. We're still here, aren't we?
How about some peer-to-peer mechanism that bypasses the ISP's altogether?
Ok, that's at least half said in jest. But this whole matter, relative to the sheer astounding amount of information that passes between people, puts me in mind of trying to dig the sea out of a sand castle. The rough note is that we have to stay ahead of the bastards who try to limit the means of communication, or put a tap on it for control and money. The cool note is my firm belief that we always will. Samizdat brought down one global empire, and something new, morally similar yet technically astute might bring down another - and I'm not talking about the US Government, here. I'm talking about a music cartel.
I think the operating systems wars were very entertaining, myself, and I kind of miss them. All this egalitarianism is well and good, and certainly cuts friction, but can't even one of you start comparing non-favorite systems to a harbinger of Ctuluhu in this thread? If we're going to all go back to balanced opinion, I think I'll google Oprah and see if there's any controversy in running Winfrey.
(Why do we even need 'c' or 'x' anyway...?)
Because they look really, really nice in illuminated Insular Majuscule and half-Uncial scripts. Why else?
Mind, it does make the odd Perl script drag on a bit.
It's amazing that the Registry wasn't one of the things they deprecated or at least seriously overhauled
Pretty much agree with your entire post, J6. It's a pretty clear case of an old architecture extended way, long past its use-by date. If they want the tree structure as it is, because it aligns with the way the operating system works, that's cool - but I can't see any reason not to store that stuff in a simple database. Even the largest registries could be handled by something as simple as SQLite, for example, and registry backup/restore would be a pinch of snuff. I mean, what's in it? It's a tree. It has unique values you need to get from an unique address. Should be easy, but it's treated as if it isn't.
I'm getting a surplus Dell Latitude from work. Was going to load Ubuntu but FreeBSD 8 plus KDE 4.3.0 (or later) looks like a fairly crisp choice for me. Anybody have any experience with this combination?
Ok, that's it - you're friended. Too many intelligent posts in a row.
Whups, comment-reply slip. The reference was to Beardo the Bearded.
Ok, that's it - you're friended. Too many intelligent posts in a row.
Ah, Dec RSX-11M. . . I remember that one, too, but don't seem to remember that particular aspect of all the various structures RSX-11 used
I may be wrong about that one, as it's rather a faint memory, but I think I remember it being discussed by an office mate. RSX-11M and RSTS/E weren't really that close, if I remember it at all. Definitely RSTS/E had them. At the time there was a bit of fairly ardently-championed conflict between virtual tables and RMS file structures; the former (like the Registry in many ways) is more of a programming construct - programming interface than RMS, which was more of a series of file system calls. The former was initially a bit more flexible, because (due to addressability) you couldn't get away with very many keys in an RMS file on those platforms, and the calling sequence for RMS was a bit more complex than setting up a virtual array. It took VMS to turn RMS into a workable B-tree/ISAM file system, which took us up to the RDB world. Most of my use of RSX-11M was Fortran 66 for the NASA DSN back in the latter Pioneer days (we were attempting to write a compiler for on-board systems for Pioneer 12 (Venus)).
I remember one fun thing from RSX-11M, that I tried after a backup & just before a reload of the system. You could indeed set all files to [S:W,O:W,G:W,W:W] turning the system disk into write-only memory. Just wanted to know. And yes, the reload worked =)
If you're tough enough you can simply stand your ground but refuse to fight back. It really messes with their minds. Worked for me.
Helps to grin and stare right at them, then start to visibly relax. The moment the bully turns his head to check how his peers are reacting (bullies seldom work without syncophants) then do a tiny fast feint, but don't hit them, just tap the ground. Say "Boo!". If he doesn't break and back off at that point, he's serious and you're in for it. Scream then and aim for something soft, go for speed rather than power - and, if you're alone - look for the most appropriate direction to run away and apply feet. That works too.
I won my last fight by 50 yards.
Australians aren't nearly as thick-skinned/tough as people think they are.
Mate, you have to be thick skinned to put up with our politicians. Or put up with hundreds of feral camels attacking your town, which is nearly the same thing I reckon.
Wait, the police are allowed to decide whether a crime is/might be taking place?
Dude, that's what they do.
...that I have to get up off my backside to put it on? Does it involve being "outside"?
Actually I've found out myself, a rather long time ago, that I was modding perfectly insightful comments to "troll" because I used the mouse wheel to scroll down before I clicked out of the little Mod drop-down box. Result? Some poor sod gets a karma hit. So there's some potential for your "troll" mod to have been that sort of mistake.
I'd much prefer that the bottom of the "moderate" list was a no-op, for that reason.
So it is not time to welcome our electronic overlords yet?
No, if you pull that mob before the healer chain is ready you can tank it yourself.
27% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
On many subjects, the controversy never ends.
You say that like it's a bad thing!
If an edit war starts (and that can certainly be parameterised) lock the main page and modify the "Edit" link to point to the "Discussion" page. Don't revert the link pointer to the main page until things mellow out. Easy.
...I think there are too many weapons ... and not enough constructive tools.
I am a constructive tool, you insensitive clod!
Re-read your post. Meta-Whooosh!, double dumbass on me.