GC and caching are done very differently. In java memory has a counter associated with it. When you have two pointers to that memory then it has the value 2 stored somewhere with the memory. When you change the reference the counter is decremented. Every once in a while the GC will come along and free memory with a counter of 0. If you dereference that memory so that you have absolutely no pointers anywhere using the memory then you will have lost that memory although it is not freed until later.
You're thinking to much like man and less like an explorer. The visible specturm is very important to us but only a very small part of the universe. Hubble may have provided great "Hey look at that" pictures but the new telescope will do more scientific research than hubble can ever do.
This is why you should hang spare batteries on your keychain. OR you can do what I do: carry two remotes on the keychain to serve as a back up. As a last resort I take my feet with me everywhere I go so I can pick up new batteries if needed.
If they have problems with dupes they could spend 5 min to code a dupe check. After posting a story it should display related stories to the editor. If the editor spots a dupe he can quickly remove the posting. This way there is no extra work at the time of posting and if the story is 0-sec the editor can entrely ignore the dupe check and continue on his way.
My software engineering prof. believes that optimization should never be done during a project. Instead he thinks the programmer should wait until the project is complete then give careful consideration as to wether to optimize or not. He says most problems can be fixed by upgrading to better hardware and hours of optimization is not worth 3-4k more in hardware costs. I thought he was crazy to preach this during lecture. What do you guys think? Would you spend a day designing a better algorithm or finish the project and buy faster hardware?
EVERYONE has heard of Area51 today, it's not what it used to be. They still do some great interesting stuff there I bet but nothing close to black projects like stealth aircraft. It has a great history but is nothing more than air strips and the supporting facilities (most of which are underground now). I wonder where they moved all the good stuff to?
I dont write comments when writing code. I usually come back the next day and add comments. This way I remember what the code does, but also have given my self time to get out of the train of thought I had. Looking back I can more easily see if I have used bad programming style. Sometimes you just want to write the piece of shit and move on to something more interesting.
When I first heard of bluetooth several years ago I was excited that there finally was a new wireless standard coming around and we could stop using flaky IR. Years passed. 802.11 arrived. More pherperials used RF. I accidentally ran into my first bluetooh product much later, it was an addon card that came with a motherboard. Still there were no bluetooth products widely available. Sure you could scour the net and find some odd company to ship something to you but BestBuy didn't carry anything at that time. Maybe things have changed now but frankly I lost interest. I've learned that unless you must absolutely have something be wireless, don't go out of your way to purchase wireless products. The hassle just isn't worth it. There is a great lack of support in the industry and economy for bluetooth, and rightly so. Why get rid of the cable when my mouse will work 10x better with one? It would have been neat to sync my cell phone over bluetooth, but there are so few bluetooth phones out there I'd be severly limiting my choices.
The "you must be new to/." jokes are old. Especially when used in reference to not reading an article. Please stop it.
On the other hand I've been around for a while to know that one year from now I will see this joke modded up again.
In Soviet Russia, old jokes laugh at you!
I am also in need of a donation for Free 'Net. Yes thats right, with and small paypal donation you can provide me with free cable Internet access! With your donation you will recieve one picture* of me using the Internet, and a monthly status update on my browsing expierence. Sure you can mod me down and ignore this post, but that doesn't do anything to help the problem of us who pay our own bills.
*Content of picture my be inappropriate and disturbing. 18 and over only.
Talking about artificially inflated prices, why the hell are artificial diamonds so expensive? I thought man made diamonds would finally bring about cheap rock but at $4000/carat it seems they're just trying to make a buck off of De Beers hard work at fooling everyone into thinking diamonds are something special. Geeze I knew it was too good to be true. Some greedy bastard has to get between me and everything else. Damn.
Shut up about Hubble already. Its just a satellite that already has a replacement planned and is being built as we speak. Sattelites don't last forever no matter how attached you humans get. Do you start a rescue campaign for any other aging communications sattelite? My guess is you'd root for a new one to be sent up with the latest and greatest tech.
I figured out that you can pee in the drink container and so you wont have to ever get up (wait unitl after you're done with your drink). Twist cap bottles are great for this. You can then toss it in the corner with the rest of your trash, or empty it in the sink later for reuse.
A good company would provide both specs and cross platform drivers especially for something that is of critical importance such as the file system. Really, the only people they hurt is their own users since *nix people can do without ntfs support. We're so lucky to have better options.
Sygate Pro is a kickass firewall, I've been using it excusively on my windows machines for years. Look around for the personal firewall here: http://www.sygate.com/
IIRC, early versions of the space shuttle did have ejection seats and a blow off top to escape. They were later removed (maybe even before the first flight of the shuttle).
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GC and caching are done very differently. In java memory has a counter associated with it. When you have two pointers to that memory then it has the value 2 stored somewhere with the memory. When you change the reference the counter is decremented. Every once in a while the GC will come along and free memory with a counter of 0. If you dereference that memory so that you have absolutely no pointers anywhere using the memory then you will have lost that memory although it is not freed until later.
You're thinking to much like man and less like an explorer. The visible specturm is very important to us but only a very small part of the universe. Hubble may have provided great "Hey look at that" pictures but the new telescope will do more scientific research than hubble can ever do.
This is why you should hang spare batteries on your keychain. OR you can do what I do: carry two remotes on the keychain to serve as a back up. As a last resort I take my feet with me everywhere I go so I can pick up new batteries if needed.
You guys bury jokes in the mud when you do shit like this. Please stop.
If they have problems with dupes they could spend 5 min to code a dupe check. After posting a story it should display related stories to the editor. If the editor spots a dupe he can quickly remove the posting. This way there is no extra work at the time of posting and if the story is 0-sec the editor can entrely ignore the dupe check and continue on his way.
My software engineering prof. believes that optimization should never be done during a project. Instead he thinks the programmer should wait until the project is complete then give careful consideration as to wether to optimize or not. He says most problems can be fixed by upgrading to better hardware and hours of optimization is not worth 3-4k more in hardware costs. I thought he was crazy to preach this during lecture. What do you guys think? Would you spend a day designing a better algorithm or finish the project and buy faster hardware?
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EVERYONE has heard of Area51 today, it's not what it used to be. They still do some great interesting stuff there I bet but nothing close to black projects like stealth aircraft. It has a great history but is nothing more than air strips and the supporting facilities (most of which are underground now). I wonder where they moved all the good stuff to?
I dont write comments when writing code. I usually come back the next day and add comments. This way I remember what the code does, but also have given my self time to get out of the train of thought I had. Looking back I can more easily see if I have used bad programming style. Sometimes you just want to write the piece of shit and move on to something more interesting.
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When I first heard of bluetooth several years ago I was excited that there finally was a new wireless standard coming around and we could stop using flaky IR. Years passed. 802.11 arrived. More pherperials used RF. I accidentally ran into my first bluetooh product much later, it was an addon card that came with a motherboard. Still there were no bluetooth products widely available. Sure you could scour the net and find some odd company to ship something to you but BestBuy didn't carry anything at that time. Maybe things have changed now but frankly I lost interest. I've learned that unless you must absolutely have something be wireless, don't go out of your way to purchase wireless products. The hassle just isn't worth it. There is a great lack of support in the industry and economy for bluetooth, and rightly so. Why get rid of the cable when my mouse will work 10x better with one? It would have been neat to sync my cell phone over bluetooth, but there are so few bluetooth phones out there I'd be severly limiting my choices.
The "you must be new to /." jokes are old. Especially when used in reference to not reading an article. Please stop it.
On the other hand I've been around for a while to know that one year from now I will see this joke modded up again.
In Soviet Russia, old jokes laugh at you!
I am also in need of a donation for Free 'Net. Yes thats right, with and small paypal donation you can provide me with free cable Internet access! With your donation you will recieve one picture* of me using the Internet, and a monthly status update on my browsing expierence. Sure you can mod me down and ignore this post, but that doesn't do anything to help the problem of us who pay our own bills.
*Content of picture my be inappropriate and disturbing. 18 and over only.
I never knew the people at De Beers posted on /. You guys will do anything to keep a tight grip on the industry.
Talking about artificially inflated prices, why the hell are artificial diamonds so expensive? I thought man made diamonds would finally bring about cheap rock but at $4000/carat it seems they're just trying to make a buck off of De Beers hard work at fooling everyone into thinking diamonds are something special. Geeze I knew it was too good to be true. Some greedy bastard has to get between me and everything else. Damn.
Shut up about Hubble already. Its just a satellite that already has a replacement planned and is being built as we speak. Sattelites don't last forever no matter how attached you humans get. Do you start a rescue campaign for any other aging communications sattelite? My guess is you'd root for a new one to be sent up with the latest and greatest tech.
I figured out that you can pee in the drink container and so you wont have to ever get up (wait unitl after you're done with your drink). Twist cap bottles are great for this. You can then toss it in the corner with the rest of your trash, or empty it in the sink later for reuse.
A good company would provide both specs and cross platform drivers especially for something that is of critical importance such as the file system. Really, the only people they hurt is their own users since *nix people can do without ntfs support. We're so lucky to have better options.
Sygate Pro is a kickass firewall, I've been using it excusively on my windows machines for years. Look around for the personal firewall here:
http://www.sygate.com/
Can you reccomend some cheap online book stores?
..is like sticking a toothpick on my dick to gain that extra two inches. Not very fair huh?
This guy is right. There are two thing I hate most in this world, racism and the Chinese.
Hey buddy, I got 3 model m boards for $12 on ebay and managed to swipe one at the university. Look around before dropping $200 on keyboards. =)
I think the whole point of blue tooth was to avoid the dock.
IIRC, early versions of the space shuttle did have ejection seats and a blow off top to escape. They were later removed (maybe even before the first flight of the shuttle).