While I do worry about skills becoming obsolete, it seems like us C and C++ programmers are never far from a job because there are so few of us around compared to web dev, java and other higher level developers.
Eh... java has JNI and Python has fairly trivial native bindings.
In fact an awful lot of the power of Python comes from the ease in which you can string together a bunch of stuff that uses the sophisticated underlying C libs in a RAD style. It's part of the beauty of the whole thing, and part of the major appeal of python.
As I posted elsewhere in this thread, Amsterdam has legalized prostitution and certain drugs, and they still have large problems with both.
Yes, they have problems with illegal drugs, many of which also ought to be regulated instead of banned, IMHO. As for prostitution - there are other models. Australia and Nevada are two. Nothing will create a utopia.
You know, people will also pay to watch dogfighting, buy sex slaves, buy servant slaves, buy nuclear warheads, and watch snuff films. You want to legalize all of that? Perhaps we should decriminalize it?
Did you catch the part where I said it wasn't a blanket rule at all? Did you also catch the part were drug use is a victimless crime (in a world where proceeds go to regulated business) and prostitution can be (when properly regulated) between consenting adults, and how none of the rest of your examples are in any way comparable?
I can guarantee that if your policy for getting rid of crime is to legalize every criminal act, then you will end up with a crimeless wreck of a country that would be an absolute nightmare to live in.
And there you go, spouting utter bullshit. Nobody is suggesting that, idiot.
I can't name the society you're after, but I can make a couple ofr suggestions -
Stop criminalising things that people want to pay for.
Obviously this doesn't extend as a blanket rule. I'm sure some people would like to pay for murder, and we don't want to legalise taht. But in terms of drugs and prostitution we have a situation in which large numbers of otherwise law-abiding citizens are conspiring with the criminals to get money to them for goods or services. The result is that you get a mess of violent gangs with a lot of funding, you get low-quality drugs, you get human trafficking and abused women.
Legalise and regulate both and you eliminate a lot of this crap because you take away the black market aspect that keeps the cash flowing to criminal organisations. You won't end up with a perfect utopia by any means, but you will end up with a lot less people acting as willing accomplices to criminal arseholes.
While there are a lot of Doctors from around the world in the UK, you clearly have no idea how much they can and do make. Six figures (in pounds) is really not uncommon. Surgeons and specialists make very good money by working both private and public sectors.
Yes, you can make more in the US, it's true. That's about the only truth in your post.
It didn't start that way, the pub was there, using that name, long before the movies.
I agree it's dumb/wrong of them to use film promo stuff on their flyers, however that's not what this suit is about (AFACIT), and the guy suing doesn't own any of that stuff. It is the name.
I am biased because I used to live near there and drink there, it's a good place, and I think that the name should stay - The Hobbit was released in 1937 and is part of our culture now, it should be free for all to use. OTOH they definitely ought to cut that shit out with the flyers and use of film materials, assuming they don't have permission from whoever does own the copyright on those images, which is a pretty safe assumption to make.
The Hobbit was published in 1937. Under life +70 copyright, it doesn't enter the public domain for another 30 years. This is ludicrous. 75 years after publishing, this stuff is part of our culture and should be free for all.
It's true, but even in glass-half-empty world, the politician has realised that it's a concern and a symbolic gesture must be made, which is progress in my book!
This is about the most sensible government related news (especially from teh UK) I've heard in about a decade.
Some people may or may nhot have objections to Mr Wales personal politics and drives (I can't think of any right now, myself). Some people object to anything. But having a guy with a deep dedication to freedom of information in a place where he can at least get a point of view across to government, even if it's then ignored, is a huge step forwards.
Err, you might want to read up on HDMI, it absolutely does not require HDCP in order to function.
You can quite happily display HD content without an encrypted connection, so long as the machine doing the displaying allows it. HDCP is a measure implemented by the computer to make sure the screen can be trusted. The screen will happily accept signals without it if the computer doesn't ask. DVI is the same.
Name, address, gaming habits (every game you play, the times you play, how long for), any movies you may have downloaded from them, integrated tv services you've used...
These are just the things I know the box was sending to Sony from my protocol snooping a year or so back.
I'm not sure if the machine sends web history to Sony, or what you've been watching/listening to on the ps3 via UPnP/DLNA, but it wouldn't be beyond their capabilities.
I can't even fully use the products I already have.
The new SEN, replacement for the PSN, has in its user agreementy a clause that says they can and will do anything they like with your user data, including giving it to any third party they feel like. If you have a problem with this you can't use the service.
That's me locked out of network features on the ps3 then.
That's a great strength and a weakness of computer programming - it's a strength because the tools are often free, the techniques public, and anyone can learn. A weakness because (as you point out) anyone can do it, without any training or guidance, and then can make a mess.
Second solution - Say "no way, I'm not letting you in to my facebook, mail or other accounts, you have no right and no cause", and then walk away, because you don't want to work there anywhere.
And his work has brought the state of research into nucleur physics forwards by huge leaps and bounds.
OTOH some of his critics were right. We didn't and don't *need* the hydrogen bomb.
But that said, for a given yield a fusion bomb will give you considerably less radioactive nastiness so it does have advantages over fission, and I can empathise with a man who thought huge explosions were pretty cool.
There are many great stories. I love how there's an over-arching universe, about which we areonly partially concerned, revealed through the actions and stories of a few characters and people separated by thousands of years. It's just a shame that some of the far future stories are known only by their titles as he didn't ever get around to writing them, but had them plotted out on some sort of arc.
I think "A Planet Named Shayol" is perhaps my favourite, though the Ballad of Lost C'Mell is also up there. Oh, and Mother Hittons Littul Kittons. And A Game Of Rat and Dragon. And... and... and...
Have you tracked down a copy of Norstrilia? It's the only full-length novel. I think C'Mell turns up in it, but I can't remember it clearly as I leant my copy to a friend about 5 years ago and the bugger lost it!
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There are also far less people with the skills.
While I do worry about skills becoming obsolete, it seems like us C and C++ programmers are never far from a job because there are so few of us around compared to web dev, java and other higher level developers.
Eh... java has JNI and Python has fairly trivial native bindings.
In fact an awful lot of the power of Python comes from the ease in which you can string together a bunch of stuff that uses the sophisticated underlying C libs in a RAD style. It's part of the beauty of the whole thing, and part of the major appeal of python.
So your rant is totally off target.
Am I just being ignorant or was there no large company behind python either?
As I posted elsewhere in this thread, Amsterdam has legalized prostitution and certain drugs, and they still have large problems with both.
Yes, they have problems with illegal drugs, many of which also ought to be regulated instead of banned, IMHO. As for prostitution - there are other models. Australia and Nevada are two. Nothing will create a utopia.
You know, people will also pay to watch dogfighting, buy sex slaves, buy servant slaves, buy nuclear warheads, and watch snuff films. You want to legalize all of that? Perhaps we should decriminalize it?
Did you catch the part where I said it wasn't a blanket rule at all? Did you also catch the part were drug use is a victimless crime (in a world where proceeds go to regulated business) and prostitution can be (when properly regulated) between consenting adults, and how none of the rest of your examples are in any way comparable?
I can guarantee that if your policy for getting rid of crime is to legalize every criminal act, then you will end up with a crimeless wreck of a country that would be an absolute nightmare to live in.
And there you go, spouting utter bullshit. Nobody is suggesting that, idiot.
Hmm, turns out I may have just over-thought this as now I've published the empty machine it's unlocked another ball type.
What exactly is the point of this nonsense? I can't exactly see how it's a developer challenge either.
Right, as a novice javascript hacker who's had a couple of beers and is not going to IO anyway - how do you activate the three other ball types?
I've tried looking at the source, I didn't get anywhere. Give me some good old-fashioned C any day...
I can't name the society you're after, but I can make a couple ofr suggestions -
Stop criminalising things that people want to pay for.
Obviously this doesn't extend as a blanket rule. I'm sure some people would like to pay for murder, and we don't want to legalise taht. But in terms of drugs and prostitution we have a situation in which large numbers of otherwise law-abiding citizens are conspiring with the criminals to get money to them for goods or services. The result is that you get a mess of violent gangs with a lot of funding, you get low-quality drugs, you get human trafficking and abused women.
Legalise and regulate both and you eliminate a lot of this crap because you take away the black market aspect that keeps the cash flowing to criminal organisations. You won't end up with a perfect utopia by any means, but you will end up with a lot less people acting as willing accomplices to criminal arseholes.
LOL.
While there are a lot of Doctors from around the world in the UK, you clearly have no idea how much they can and do make. Six figures (in pounds) is really not uncommon. Surgeons and specialists make very good money by working both private and public sectors.
Yes, you can make more in the US, it's true. That's about the only truth in your post.
Go for it. Startups or small companies. Much more control of your own destiny, creative freedom etc etc.
There's always time to rot in the corner at a huge corporation later.
Direct Import. Gerry Harvey is right, it is killing local stores, but that's because they either can't or won't compete.
10% GST is irrelevant when games often cost 100% more here.
It didn't start that way, the pub was there, using that name, long before the movies.
I agree it's dumb/wrong of them to use film promo stuff on their flyers, however that's not what this suit is about (AFACIT), and the guy suing doesn't own any of that stuff. It is the name.
I am biased because I used to live near there and drink there, it's a good place, and I think that the name should stay - The Hobbit was released in 1937 and is part of our culture now, it should be free for all to use. OTOH they definitely ought to cut that shit out with the flyers and use of film materials, assuming they don't have permission from whoever does own the copyright on those images, which is a pretty safe assumption to make.
While it does seem that way, think on this -
The Hobbit was published in 1937. Under life +70 copyright, it doesn't enter the public domain for another 30 years. This is ludicrous. 75 years after publishing, this stuff is part of our culture and should be free for all.
(Yes, I used to drink at this pub!)
Hmm, that is a cause for concern, but yopu're right, if he's only advising on-topic then all is well.
TBH the UK could do with an infusion of smal-government ideology. But only a small one. Never should go full-rand...
It's true, but even in glass-half-empty world, the politician has realised that it's a concern and a symbolic gesture must be made, which is progress in my book!
And if you think that's an analagous situation then you're retarded.
Seriously.
This is about the most sensible government related news (especially from teh UK) I've heard in about a decade.
Some people may or may nhot have objections to Mr Wales personal politics and drives (I can't think of any right now, myself). Some people object to anything. But having a guy with a deep dedication to freedom of information in a place where he can at least get a point of view across to government, even if it's then ignored, is a huge step forwards.
Err, you might want to read up on HDMI, it absolutely does not require HDCP in order to function.
You can quite happily display HD content without an encrypted connection, so long as the machine doing the displaying allows it. HDCP is a measure implemented by the computer to make sure the screen can be trusted. The screen will happily accept signals without it if the computer doesn't ask. DVI is the same.
DVD and Blu-Ray can exist in DRM-less form also.
I didn't say it sucked, I didn't make a value judgement at all.
I simply showed that the post I replied to, that said that Sony stopped using proprietary formats and connectors years ago, was wrong.
And the Vita uses?
Oh that's right, proprietary "vita cards" for games, proprietary "vita memory cards" for storage, and even a non-standard data cable.
Good work!
Name, address, gaming habits (every game you play, the times you play, how long for), any movies you may have downloaded from them, integrated tv services you've used...
These are just the things I know the box was sending to Sony from my protocol snooping a year or so back.
I'm not sure if the machine sends web history to Sony, or what you've been watching/listening to on the ps3 via UPnP/DLNA, but it wouldn't be beyond their capabilities.
I can't even fully use the products I already have.
The new SEN, replacement for the PSN, has in its user agreementy a clause that says they can and will do anything they like with your user data, including giving it to any third party they feel like. If you have a problem with this you can't use the service.
That's me locked out of network features on the ps3 then.
That's a great strength and a weakness of computer programming - it's a strength because the tools are often free, the techniques public, and anyone can learn. A weakness because (as you point out) anyone can do it, without any training or guidance, and then can make a mess.
Second solution - Say "no way, I'm not letting you in to my facebook, mail or other accounts, you have no right and no cause", and then walk away, because you don't want to work there anywhere.
And his work has brought the state of research into nucleur physics forwards by huge leaps and bounds.
OTOH some of his critics were right. We didn't and don't *need* the hydrogen bomb.
But that said, for a given yield a fusion bomb will give you considerably less radioactive nastiness so it does have advantages over fission, and I can empathise with a man who thought huge explosions were pretty cool.
I do love that bit, a wonderful concept.
There are many great stories. I love how there's an over-arching universe, about which we areonly partially concerned, revealed through the actions and stories of a few characters and people separated by thousands of years. It's just a shame that some of the far future stories are known only by their titles as he didn't ever get around to writing them, but had them plotted out on some sort of arc.
I think "A Planet Named Shayol" is perhaps my favourite, though the Ballad of Lost C'Mell is also up there. Oh, and Mother Hittons Littul Kittons. And A Game Of Rat and Dragon. And... and... and...
Have you tracked down a copy of Norstrilia? It's the only full-length novel. I think C'Mell turns up in it, but I can't remember it clearly as I leant my copy to a friend about 5 years ago and the bugger lost it!