I did not know that the two problems described were unsolved. I thought that "how to calculate exactly the path of a projectile under gravity and subject to air resistance" was already figured out. I guess "exact path" is the trick here. An the other about an "object striking a wall"...
I've found two camps at my company. Both camps document their code with comments and meaningful commentary. It is more a matter of the "design document" that describes the product or project that is a problem. The document that is perhaps supposed to guide the overall architecture of the product, and thus, the architecture of the classes, methods, interfaces, etc., aka. "the code".
The first camp of developers just wants to get in and start coding. They often say "I need to code to figure it out." The actual web site works well, but new developers have a tough time maintaining that same site. The original developers are pretty much the only ones that can change the critical aspects of the site, and even then, as time goes by, that becomes difficult. But, they got the site up and live in the time allotted. And they wrote a 2 page "design document" when they were done - the doc was useless.
The second camp of developers writes a 50 page design, then starts coding. The actual web site works well, but the overall time to get the site up and live took 5 times longer (that includes the time to document.) The documentation evolved with the changes that were made along the way. Maintaining this same site went well at first, since the documentation was great. But, the docs slowly get neglected, and in a couple years, this site is difficult to maintain.
In the end, perhaps there is a happy medium. A "good enough" design document, and get started coding relatively soon. I used to lean toward the second camp, but now I lean toward the first camp:)
One person's fact is another person's fiction. Information can be used in many ways to come to various conclusions. The right and the left can often see something completely different, and yet they both had the same "facts".
What would the Fact Agency have concluded when Mr. Clinton stated that he did not have "sexual relations with that woman." Was he factually correct?
I thought it was going to be lame. But I ended up watching the whole thing.
I was mainly curious to see if Doom2 would keep running. It only failed with one upgrade (XP I think), and started working again after the next upgrade (2000).
That does seem high. 1000 engineers is indeed ridiculous. Perhaps 1000 are needed to keep scotch taping the site together. It might very well be a fragile mess of servers and services just barely hanging on by a thread...
The parabolic path of the birds, sure. Or maybe just breaking things. Glass, wood, rocks, pumpkins. Who doesn't like smashing a pumpkin? A simple puzzle game. That's the allure. Let's try not to over-analyze.
The snow in the Christmas version kinda didn't behave correctly. It made me angry.
I guess if you have a lot of unused railroads, you can move a bunch of buildings a few miles from the coast when a big squall is coming, and back to the coast when the weather clears. Throws some solar panels and wind turbines on each "house" to run a few appliances. Have a refuse and sewer collection building. And have some shower buildings with rain collectors.
I'm assuming this is all for "after" the big apocalypse.
Ok. And I guess this is meaningful...for all you OSGi folks out there...
The Spring Dynamic Modules for OSGi(tm) Service Platforms project makes it easy to build Spring applications that run in an OSGi framework. A Spring application written in this way provides better separation of modules, the ability to dynamically add, remove, and update modules in a running system, the ability to deploy multiple versions of a module simultaneously (and have clients automatically bind to the appropriate one), and a dynamic service model. OSGi is a registered trademark of the OSGi Alliance. Project name is used pending approval from the OSGi Alliance.
This article mentions the Star Trek Holodeck, somewhere on page 1. Then, with that on my mind, the rest of the article didn't live up. Now I expect a holodeck. Nothing less.
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>> we have the gov do things that we rely on for common good. pharma should be one of them.
Yikes. You can't be serious.
Anyone else watch that awful TV show, which I always seem to watch, "Hard Core Pawn".
The XBox 360 is a very popular item. Not to mention laptops and other gaming consoles....
I did not know that the two problems described were unsolved. I thought that "how to calculate exactly the path of a projectile under gravity and subject to air resistance" was already figured out. I guess "exact path" is the trick here. An the other about an "object striking a wall"...
Should make for even better gaming physics...
Drop two of the smaller bombs. Better yet, drop 3 or 4.
I've found two camps at my company. Both camps document their code with comments and meaningful commentary. It is more a matter of the "design document" that describes the product or project that is a problem. The document that is perhaps supposed to guide the overall architecture of the product, and thus, the architecture of the classes, methods, interfaces, etc., aka. "the code".
:)
The first camp of developers just wants to get in and start coding. They often say "I need to code to figure it out." The actual web site works well, but new developers have a tough time maintaining that same site. The original developers are pretty much the only ones that can change the critical aspects of the site, and even then, as time goes by, that becomes difficult. But, they got the site up and live in the time allotted. And they wrote a 2 page "design document" when they were done - the doc was useless.
The second camp of developers writes a 50 page design, then starts coding. The actual web site works well, but the overall time to get the site up and live took 5 times longer (that includes the time to document.) The documentation evolved with the changes that were made along the way. Maintaining this same site went well at first, since the documentation was great. But, the docs slowly get neglected, and in a couple years, this site is difficult to maintain.
In the end, perhaps there is a happy medium. A "good enough" design document, and get started coding relatively soon. I used to lean toward the second camp, but now I lean toward the first camp
>> is it wise to hold majority opinion so high that it slows down progress?
Sometimes.
One person's fact is another person's fiction. Information can be used in many ways to come to various conclusions. The right and the left can often see something completely different, and yet they both had the same "facts".
What would the Fact Agency have concluded when Mr. Clinton stated that he did not have "sexual relations with that woman." Was he factually correct?
Great. Send a friend a soda. When will the social networking hoopla simply die?
I see far fewer blackberry devices where I work - where they once dominated. This tablet sounds bad. I guess I won't see one of these any time soon.
I thought it was going to be lame. But I ended up watching the whole thing.
I was mainly curious to see if Doom2 would keep running. It only failed with one upgrade (XP I think), and started working again after the next upgrade (2000).
Those mini reactors sound like a great idea. Bury some of those around here. I'm in.
That does seem high. 1000 engineers is indeed ridiculous. Perhaps 1000 are needed to keep scotch taping the site together. It might very well be a fragile mess of servers and services just barely hanging on by a thread...
The parabolic path of the birds, sure. Or maybe just breaking things. Glass, wood, rocks, pumpkins. Who doesn't like smashing a pumpkin? A simple puzzle game. That's the allure. Let's try not to over-analyze.
The snow in the Christmas version kinda didn't behave correctly. It made me angry.
I guess if you have a lot of unused railroads, you can move a bunch of buildings a few miles from the coast when a big squall is coming, and back to the coast when the weather clears. Throws some solar panels and wind turbines on each "house" to run a few appliances. Have a refuse and sewer collection building. And have some shower buildings with rain collectors.
I'm assuming this is all for "after" the big apocalypse.
Ok. And I guess this is meaningful...for all you OSGi folks out there...
The Spring Dynamic Modules for OSGi(tm) Service Platforms project makes it easy to build Spring applications that run in an OSGi framework. A Spring application written in this way provides better separation of modules, the ability to dynamically add, remove, and update modules in a running system, the ability to deploy multiple versions of a module simultaneously (and have clients automatically bind to the appropriate one), and a dynamic service model. OSGi is a registered trademark of the OSGi Alliance. Project name is used pending approval from the OSGi Alliance.
The article has some interesting tidbits about electric planes. A quick read. Take a look.
I would cut and paste a couple sentences here, but chrome+slashdot don't let me do that...
Damn right this is flamebait.
The cost is too high to run next year. That is disappointing.
Wonderful research study. On the mood of my dog.
Paraphrasing, an asteroid this size would burn up in our atmosphere.
Move along, nothing to see here.
More bullshit for the green parade.
Take it with a grain of salt. A lot of this is bullshit. From both sides I would say.
This article mentions the Star Trek Holodeck, somewhere on page 1. Then, with that on my mind, the rest of the article didn't live up. Now I expect a holodeck. Nothing less.
A lot of these sound familiar...
Can it be played online, in multi-player mode?
Please forgive my noob-ness. I've never played civ. Looks great.