Speaking of old people, my dad was called to an old folks home because the residents were complaining of getting electrical shocks from the radiators....yep, that's right, old people shuffling around, charging themselves like wrinkly little capacitors and then touching the radiators.
That's fine unless you want to play one of those spiffy windows games on the internet...
I don't have this problem because I only play CS/Q3/UT200* on-line under Linux, but I'm sure there are many new network-enabled games that only run in Windows.
You are surprised by Japanese culture.
>Make fun of Japanese culture.
A Japanese man talks to you.
>Make fun of language
The Japanese man looks confused
>Make fun of Japanese man in english
The Japanese man doesn't understand you
>east
You are in Scarlett Johanssens hotel room
>look
Scarlett Johanssen is inexplicably in her underwear
>look at Scarlett Johanssen's arse
Nice.
>look at Scarlett Johanssen's arse
Nice.
>look at Scarlett Johanssen's arse
Nice.
>look at Scarlett Johanssen's arse
Nice. ...
;o) Nice story though...right?
Anyway, I mentioned Gilbert and Sullivan because I heard a program about them on Radio 4 one time, and they mentioned that the people guilty of copyright infringement were pirates. Sorry the links and quote failed to mention that, I was in a rush.
Here is a link about the etymology and various definitions of piracy, freebooting etc. from 1250 to 1988.
Quote from the 1988 etymological dictionary:
#6 Pirate (Piraat)
n. Probably before 1300, in Kyng Alisaunder; earlier as a surname Pyrot (1254); borrowed from Old French Pirate, and directly from Latin pirata sailor (in Medieval Latin piratus sea robber, 1328) from Greek peirates brigand or pirate; literally, one who attacks, from peiran to attack, make a hostile attempt on, try, from peira trial, experience, an attempt, attack; see fear. The transferred meaning of a person who appropriates or reproduces the work or invention of another without right or permission is first recorded in 1701, in Defoe's works.
The term pirate/piracy HAS evolved over time, you are wrong, though I wish I'd taken more time to support my argument with evidence earlier.
So...it was about 200 years before Gilbert & Sullivan that it was first used that way...pretty cool.
I think that this association is as bad as the next guy, but I don't think the RIAA invented it:o)
Piracy was first associated with copyright infringement in the 1800s when copyright infringers would take copies from England to America where copyright wasn't established. This was before any international copyright treaties.
Pirates of Penzance - Gilbert & Sullivan 1879
The Pirates of Penzance, or The Slave of Duty, is a Gilbert and Sullivan comic operetta in two acts. Music by Sir Arthur S. Sullivan, libretto by Sir William S. Gilbert. After the copyright problems associated with unauthorised performances of HMS Pinafore in the United States, it was resolved that its first American performance should follow its first British performance as soon as possible. Consequently, it was first performed in Paignton, Devon, on December 30, 1879, then in New York on December 31, 1879. The New York performance was the first full performance. The Paignton performance was perfunctory since its purpose was to establish copyright in the UK. The first full performance in the UK was on April 3, 1880 at the Opera Comique.
So, I overturn your last statement. Though I couldn't comment on the legal definition, I think you're correct.
I'm the least prudish of anyone I know, my first graduate paycheck may well be spent on a terabyte SCSI array for my porn collection.
However, 2 links from the lycos home-page are naked boobs, and 3 links away are 5meg hardcore porn clips. I think this is a bit much. If I want to see "Hot Moms" getting banged I'm quite capable of finding them myself using Google. This involves an active step on my part.
There are Godlike Real Programmers and there are sloppy programmers. I don't think that GC will automatically make everyone a sloppy programmer. If it stops some of the sloppy programmers from creating applications with huge memory leaks, isn't that a good thing?
On a more serious note, and I won't pretend to know more about race cars than you, but how is any innovation a bad thing? (And reading the howstuffworks article gives the impression there is a fair bit of innovation here.)
Would I be correct if I likened this to the people who overclock their CPUs and GPUs to insane speeds, have bottle-necks at their hard-drive and only ever test the limits in artificial benchmarks?:o)
First off, I've known of Bugatti ever since playing Top Trumps when I was 8 or something.
The first time I read the title, and the second..I read it as Bug-atti and not Bew-gatti, maybe it's the context of/. or just because I'm programming right now...:o)
I've actually written a couple of quick and dirty Perl scripts to convert cds to ogg and wma to ogg. Same with PHP, a couple of trivial snippets on my website, but not much else.:o)
I know what you mean about techniques, me and my housemate are always saying this, once you get to grips with concepts, you can pick up language syntax after the fact. But jumping around between languages with these generic techniques, I can't help thinking that very few people will ever know *everything* about a language, however unnecessary knowing everything may be for day to day use.
A language I'd like to learn, for the reason you mention, grokking new ways of doing things, is Lisp, having heard the evangelism on/.:o)
Also, I believe she can only go certain places because she uses a pass card she got from her dad. Her dad being a some kind of nuclear engineer or something.
And it should be noted that wherever she goes she takes a geigercounter*
Check out the site for clarification, I haven't got time at the moment.
*she used another word, but perhaps that was just a translation problem..
Do you think this is linked to the state of the industry? I mean, does anyone have enough time to truly *master* a language anymore? Using the analogue of a master craftsman e.g. a cabinet maker, they would spend all their life working with tools which only very very very rarely change.
In the 4 years I've been programming *properly, I've used Delphi, Java, C, C++ , Qt and SQL. I am nowhere near knowing all there is to know about any of them. I'm sort of worried that I'll never really be able to _master_ a language...
*at university,on placement and varying from trivial to decidedly non-trivial...
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Speaking of old people, my dad was called to an old folks home because the residents were complaining of getting electrical shocks from the radiators....yep, that's right, old people shuffling around, charging themselves like wrinkly little capacitors and then touching the radiators.
That's fine unless you want to play one of those spiffy windows games on the internet...
I don't have this problem because I only play CS/Q3/UT200* on-line under Linux, but I'm sure there are many new network-enabled games that only run in Windows.
Bob:It's German! "The warcraft...the!!!"
Judge:Well, nobody who speaks German could be evil.
The one who collects the biggest paycheck.
...
You are surprised by Japanese culture.
>Make fun of Japanese culture.
A Japanese man talks to you.
>Make fun of language
The Japanese man looks confused
>Make fun of Japanese man in english
The Japanese man doesn't understand you
>east
You are in Scarlett Johanssens hotel room
>look
Scarlett Johanssen is inexplicably in her underwear
>look at Scarlett Johanssen's arse
Nice.
>look at Scarlett Johanssen's arse
Nice.
>look at Scarlett Johanssen's arse
Nice.
>look at Scarlett Johanssen's arse
Nice.
I was replacing one "ooh look...a nipple" site with another, rather than trying to wean models.lycos.com users onto hardcore :o)
Just like a boss of a big mob -- no one gets to that level without substantial skills and experience.
Just need to add a line exec'ing mplayer :o)
Anyway, I mentioned Gilbert and Sullivan because I heard a program about them on Radio 4 one time, and they mentioned that the people guilty of copyright infringement were pirates. Sorry the links and quote failed to mention that, I was in a rush.
Here is a link about the etymology and various definitions of piracy, freebooting etc. from 1250 to 1988. Quote from the 1988 etymological dictionary: The term pirate/piracy HAS evolved over time, you are wrong, though I wish I'd taken more time to support my argument with evidence earlier.
So...it was about 200 years before Gilbert & Sullivan that it was first used that way...pretty cool.
I think that this association is as bad as the next guy, but I don't think the RIAA invented it
Pirates of Penzance - Gilbert & Sullivan 1879 So, I overturn your last statement. Though I couldn't comment on the legal definition, I think you're correct.
I'm the least prudish of anyone I know, my first graduate paycheck may well be spent on a terabyte SCSI array for my porn collection.
However, 2 links from the lycos home-page are naked boobs, and 3 links away are 5meg hardcore porn clips. I think this is a bit much. If I want to see "Hot Moms" getting banged I'm quite capable of finding them myself using Google. This involves an active step on my part.
Is it just me, or is this a bad thing?
There's always Page 3 ..
There are Godlike Real Programmers and there are sloppy programmers. I don't think that GC will automatically make everyone a sloppy programmer. If it stops some of the sloppy programmers from creating applications with huge memory leaks, isn't that a good thing?
...you insensitive clod!
:o)
:o)
As exploited here.
On a more serious note, and I won't pretend to know more about race cars than you, but how is any innovation a bad thing? (And reading the howstuffworks article gives the impression there is a fair bit of innovation here.)
Would I be correct if I likened this to the people who overclock their CPUs and GPUs to insane speeds, have bottle-necks at their hard-drive and only ever test the limits in artificial benchmarks?
If you can get to 30mph in 3 seconds you could kill someone. Thank goodness car pedals are analogue I guess. :o)
Extra testicles, telepathy, not having to shit and FOUR vaginas?? Still not seeing a downside...
If anyone has information about specific types of radiation and doses which would cause these effects, please respond.
First off, I've known of Bugatti ever since playing Top Trumps when I was 8 or something.
/. or just because I'm programming right now... :o)
The first time I read the title, and the second..I read it as Bug-atti and not Bew-gatti, maybe it's the context of
I've actually written a couple of quick and dirty Perl scripts to convert cds to ogg and wma to ogg. Same with PHP, a couple of trivial snippets on my website, but not much else. :o)
/. :o)
I know what you mean about techniques, me and my housemate are always saying this, once you get to grips with concepts, you can pick up language syntax after the fact. But jumping around between languages with these generic techniques, I can't help thinking that very few people will ever know *everything* about a language, however unnecessary knowing everything may be for day to day use.
A language I'd like to learn, for the reason you mention, grokking new ways of doing things, is Lisp, having heard the evangelism on
Ninja? Mutagens? Don't tell Shredder or Krang...
Are you freakin' kidding me? If I was a kid again I would LOVE to have extra testicles and be able to read people's minds.
Coming this fall: Holiday to Chernobyl starring Ben Affleck, Jason Lee, Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes and Rusty Goffe
Carpets by Bono
Tagline: 8 went in, 8.2 came back.
Also, I believe she can only go certain places because she uses a pass card she got from her dad. Her dad being a some kind of nuclear engineer or something. And it should be noted that wherever she goes she takes a geigercounter*
Check out the site for clarification, I haven't got time at the moment.
*she used another word, but perhaps that was just a translation problem..
Do you think this is linked to the state of the industry? I mean, does anyone have enough time to truly *master* a language anymore? Using the analogue of a master craftsman e.g. a cabinet maker, they would spend all their life working with tools which only very very very rarely change.
In the 4 years I've been programming *properly, I've used Delphi, Java, C, C++ , Qt and SQL. I am nowhere near knowing all there is to know about any of them. I'm sort of worried that I'll never really be able to _master_ a language...
*at university,on placement and varying from trivial to decidedly non-trivial...
0.nvidia drivers
1.amsn
2.firefox
3.mplayer+codecs
4.ogle
5.btdownloadcurses.py
After that I restore my porn/mp3 collection. I can usually go for several weeks before having to install anything else. As I need them, I install..
6.RealOne player (to listen to BBC 2)
7.WineX
8.$Nes_Emulator
9.mpgtx (for joining mpeg files)
Sloths are actually pretty good swimmers.
I know roos are quite good too though....anyone raced them?