Microsoft says it knows it won't win every contract, but it opposes any type of mandate preventing proprietary software from even being considered. It says that's bad for technology companies and bad for taxpayers, who may get stuck paying for inferior, more expensive products.
And who is a better expert on such products than Microsoft?:)
On the bright side, they now have enough money to be worth suing! Now all the kernel developers (whose copyrights SCO continues to violate!) can get a piece of the pie.:)
I swore off C++ almost a year ago (wish I had done it sooner), and in retrospect, getting "the maximum" from C++ felt like getting blood from a turnip.
Check out Ruby, Python, Scheme, OCaml, Smalltalk, Haskell, Objective-C [I mention this last one because a competent programmer in either C or C++ can pick up the language in 20 minutes...], or some other language you've thought about but never made time to learn. Any and all of these languages will change the way you program, and the way you think about programming. If you've done it right, C++ will feel like an iron lung. (After Ruby [whee!], even Perl seems stuffy. *dons asbestos bodysuit and runs*)
SimuAndy writes "David Dvorkin, a programmer and writer of some repute, has published an essay on The Surprising Benefits of Being Unemployed. Well worth the reading time as a small break in a busy day."
The Dewey system is one way of determining the physical locations of books (and they also tend to end up grouped by subject, making things simpler for physical browsing).
I was just pointing out that multiple logical mappings onto the same physical location (any particular book, for instance), could be trivially accomplished, even with the current system. (It could even be accomplished with card catalogues--computers just make it much more manageable). I had my local library's computer catalogue system in mind when I posted.
The parent poster seemed to think that all this is infeasible, despite its similarity to the way things are currently done.
Of course, if you spent more time paying attention, and less banging your head against the wall, you'd know that already.
Libraries are already strapped for cash--until an automated book retrieval system is developed, then the only way to fully implement your system would be to insert three copies into the stacks.
You're thinking too hard. The search system would simply refer the library patron to the physical location of the book, regardless of what search terms or categories it was found under.
If you were to drop someone with no knowledge of electricity into a room with a switch, and they flicked that switch, they'd be surprised when the light comes on, despite it being "obvious".
And if the light were a nice bright halogen lamp, it might even be blindingly obvious!
and you can use any programming language you want to solve the increasingly challenging problems." Update by J:... as long as it's Java, C++, C# or VB.NET.
You can have any beer you want.... as long as it's MGD, Horse Piss, Donkey Piss, or Pabst.
(With apologies to drunken rednecks and Algol-holics everywhere...)
Seems to me that template metaprogramming is a rather awkward way to go about these things though. Couldn't you design a language that had features specifically designed to enable this type of in-line compile-time code expansion?
There's something like that already, called ANSI Common Lisp. (Yes, I'm serious.)
All versions of OpenSSH's sshd prior to 3.7 contain a buffer management error. It is uncertain whether this error is potentially exploitable, however, we prefer to see bugs fixed proactively.
I'm on a couple of the lists that should have been informed. As one example, NetBSD's security officer has received no information from the openssh team at all. I'm unaware of other groups having received official word.
In your netbsd prompt type ssh -V. It's probably using ssh 3.4, not 3.6, assuming you're using the core system's ssh (Not the pkgsrc one). You should be unaffected by this hole.
You have a site frequented by many people from your high school. The alumni association survives by the goodwill of that same group of people.
Post a bulletin on your site explaining the situation, and provide the alumni association's contact information so your classmates ---who presumably enjoy your site and want it to continue--- can ``express their concerns''.
Then sit back, wait a bit, and enjoy the newly friendly and polite alumni association.:)
He's underrating it? You think that he actually liked the book more than he realized and that for him, it was actually a 9/10? Opinions are subjective and I don't think that he would underrate his enjoyment of the book.
Oh, I am by no means seeking to criticise his enjoyment or lack thereof. Nor am I in any way claiming that he misrepresented his own subjective opinion of the book.
I am, however, giving his opinion on the book a 5 out of 10.;-)
I would score Blind Lake 8/10. As a comparison with other Wilson books: I think it's as good as The Chronoliths, while I would rate Darwinia as a 7/10.
I read Darwinia last week, and I think the reviewer here is underrating it. Then again, I also thought that the giant midbook twist (which he complains about above, and which I won't spoil here) was possibly the best part.
Blizzard almost certainly has a trademark on RTS games with names in the format of "XCraft".
I don't think there would be any marketplace confusion if someone were to write a parody by the name of, e.g., It'llBeABlizzardInHellBeforeIBuyAnotherGame From *THOSE*LitigiousJerks-Craft...;)
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Microsoft says it knows it won't win every contract, but it opposes any type of mandate preventing proprietary software from even being considered. It says that's bad for technology companies and bad for taxpayers, who may get stuck paying for inferior, more expensive products.
:)
And who is a better expert on such products than Microsoft?
I for one am shocked by these figures.
;)
10-40% is far too low to be plausible.
*SMACK!*
(You're welcome.)
On the bright side, they now have enough money to be worth suing! Now all the kernel developers (whose copyrights SCO continues to violate!) can get a piece of the pie. :)
Non-combat character development?
:-D
Like improving your Cooking skill by grinding the bones of your foes into bread?
It's a strange new idea, but I like it!
I swore off C++ almost a year ago (wish I had done it sooner), and in retrospect, getting "the maximum" from C++ felt like getting blood from a turnip.
Check out Ruby, Python, Scheme, OCaml, Smalltalk, Haskell, Objective-C [I mention this last one because a competent programmer in either C or C++ can pick up the language in 20 minutes...], or some other language you've thought about but never made time to learn. Any and all of these languages will change the way you program, and the way you think about programming. If you've done it right, C++ will feel like an iron lung. (After Ruby [whee!], even Perl seems stuffy. *dons asbestos bodysuit and runs*)
std::vector already does this. How about using it?
;)
Am I the first to think that maybe "STD vector" is possibly the worst name for a data type?
SimuAndy writes "David Dvorkin, a programmer and writer of some repute, has published an essay on The Surprising Benefits of Being Unemployed. Well worth the reading time as a small break in a busy day."
Oh, sure... go ahead and rub it in, Mr. Busy Day!
"Dark Sith" should that be moderated redundent? Or are there happy-go-lucky-smiley-face-Siths I'm unaware of?
Yes. Be afraid.
Users hoax the IT guy. Funny.
:-)
IT guy hoaxes the users. Not funny.
BOFH. Definitely funny.
Why would anyone ever need more than 1 Mb of memory and 20 Mb of hard disk?
:-)
I see we wear the same model of digital wristwatch!
They're a commercial company, it's in their interests to kill off old products as people aren't going to buy your new ones.
:-)
Every company has to draw the line somewhere, otherwise their support departments will have to keep on growing, eating away at profits.
So you're admitting, then, that proprietary software companies are inherently an inferior choice for the customer.
Good for you!
Programming lesson 101
Hibernate.
[Insert half-hearted joke about job market here.]
You aren't one of those nasty persons who believes that "open stacks" are unnecessary, are you?
I simply mentioned the feasibility of more a flexible search system for library materials. Changing the books' physical locations is unnecessary.
*Bangs head on wall*
Been to a library lately?
WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK THEY ARE DOING??
The Dewey system is one way of determining the physical locations of books (and they also tend to end up grouped by subject, making things simpler for physical browsing).
I was just pointing out that multiple logical mappings onto the same physical location (any particular book, for instance), could be trivially accomplished, even with the current system. (It could even be accomplished with card catalogues--computers just make it much more manageable). I had my local library's computer catalogue system in mind when I posted.
The parent poster seemed to think that all this is infeasible, despite its similarity to the way things are currently done.
Of course, if you spent more time paying attention, and less banging your head against the wall, you'd know that already.
Libraries are already strapped for cash--until an automated book retrieval system is developed, then the only way to fully implement your system would be to insert three copies into the stacks.
You're thinking too hard. The search system would simply refer the library patron to the physical location of the book, regardless of what search terms or categories it was found under.
If you were to drop someone with no knowledge of electricity into a room with a switch, and they flicked that switch, they'd be surprised when the light comes on, despite it being "obvious".
And if the light were a nice bright halogen lamp, it might even be blindingly obvious!
(Terribly sorry.. couldn't resist...)
and you can use any programming language you want to solve the increasingly challenging problems." Update by J: ... as long as it's Java, C++, C# or VB.NET.
You can have any beer you want.... as long as it's MGD, Horse Piss, Donkey Piss, or Pabst.
(With apologies to drunken rednecks and Algol-holics everywhere...)
Seems to me that template metaprogramming is a rather awkward way to go about these things though. Couldn't you design a language that had features specifically designed to enable this type of in-line compile-time code expansion?
There's something like that already, called ANSI Common Lisp. (Yes, I'm serious.)
From the pre-announcement
1. Versions affected:
All versions of OpenSSH's sshd prior to 3.7 contain a buffer management error. It is uncertain whether this error is potentially exploitable, however, we prefer to see bugs fixed proactively.
D'oh! Thanks for the correction.
I'm on a couple of the lists that should have been informed. As one example, NetBSD's security officer has received no information from the openssh team at all. I'm unaware of other groups having received official word.
In your netbsd prompt type ssh -V. It's probably using ssh 3.4, not 3.6, assuming you're using the core system's ssh (Not the pkgsrc one). You should be unaffected by this hole.
You have a site frequented by many people from your high school. The alumni association survives by the goodwill of that same group of people.
:)
Post a bulletin on your site explaining the situation, and provide the alumni association's contact information so your classmates ---who presumably enjoy your site and want it to continue--- can ``express their concerns''.
Then sit back, wait a bit, and enjoy the newly friendly and polite alumni association.
He's underrating it? You think that he actually liked the book more than he realized and that for him, it was actually a 9/10? Opinions are subjective and I don't think that he would underrate his enjoyment of the book.
;-)
Oh, I am by no means seeking to criticise his enjoyment or lack thereof. Nor am I in any way claiming that he misrepresented his own subjective opinion of the book.
I am, however, giving his opinion on the book a 5 out of 10.
I would score Blind Lake 8/10. As a comparison with other Wilson books: I think it's as good as The Chronoliths, while I would rate Darwinia as a 7/10.
I read Darwinia last week, and I think the reviewer here is underrating it. Then again, I also thought that the giant midbook twist (which he complains about above, and which I won't spoil here) was possibly the best part.
Blizzard almost certainly has a trademark on RTS games with names in the format of "XCraft".
e From *THOSE*LitigiousJerks-Craft... ;)
I don't think there would be any marketplace confusion if someone were to write a parody by the name of, e.g.,
It'llBeABlizzardInHellBeforeIBuyAnotherGam