It really amazes me how people on slashdot fail to read the sentences other people write, assume some arbitrary point and then goes on a rave about it.
Happens all the time. Nobody seems to realize that different programmers are like different languages; they're different and often have different uses... although some just suck.
As a *nix guy, I always laugh about the C/Java debate and wonder where my shell scripts, PERL, Python and quicky awk programs fit into the debate.
That is to say, I often solve a programming problem with PERL, Awk or Python faster than I'd choose the appropriate #include's for a C* program. Not large programs obviously, but an awful lot of system automation, reporting, maintenance and other code that seems to be done with compiled languages on Windows systems just seems faster to write and easier to maintain in special purpose interpreted languages.
The argument presented was that using a GC allows for better algorithms. Better algorithms aren't necessarily faster, they may simply be more correct or generate smaller, better or faster code.
How is the speed of programs output by GCC vs. CLang in a benchmark?
Sony has a better online network for actually making games on.
Hint: I can play Portal 2 on my PS3 vs people on Steam on PC or PS3. PSN allows for a more open online experience than does XBL.
Criterion Games said the same thing when they made Burnout Paradise. Same comment about the PS3's openness from Unreal Tournament 3 and its ability to allow PC-made mods on the PS3 version of the game.
Feel free to sit in your XBL chats and feel superior but the PSN actually offers devs more flexibility.
Guy who is good at driving never would have been discovered without game that simulates race car driving accurately enough to pick up on the fact that he's actually good at driving.
There is no group by their own claims. Therefore Anonymous doesn't exist as a classifiable entity.
Without formal leadership or membership, Anonymous can in fact be categorized by the acts of "splinter" groups because they are no less official than any other member of Anonymous.
When you get tired of people misrepresenting your ideals, you create formalities like membership and leadership and disciplinary committees and... omg, just like the real world.
Commenting on where they finished overall shows a lack of understanding of multi-class races.
Multiple classes of cars race on the same track together, adding a lot of moving speed bumps for the fast cars and strategy for the slower cars. You aren't competing against the faster cars in the slower cars, you're competing against your own class.
Imagine formula 1 and stock cars simultaneously on big oval at Daytona. There's no contest between the classes, but it adds a lot to the experience.
Unfortunately a lot of people will read this and not understand how grueling Le Mans is. Its a 24 hour endurance race. Its designed to be hard just to compete in, never mind winning.
If you enjoy live DJ'd mixes, you want the "drive at 5 street mix" which is 5PM EST or about 2PM LA time iirc. Many weekday evenings and every weekend they're live from one of the local clubs too.
Destroying peoples' lives and work online isn't funny either, but Anonymous and its ilk haven't really thought that through.
Welcome to immature pranks.
Thought puzzle: if you want to create a future with open rational discussion about a variety of issues, is making people afraid of being hacked and 'outed' the way to get there? No, its the way to create silence and fear.
Z103.5 plays almost entirely new music. They frequently play not-yet-promoted music, and have a good collection of DJs who do live mixes on the air as well as at the local club scene here in Toronto.
If you claim to be a top-40 station and you're not playing the top-40 list, you're just lying.
Which one understands which pages are needed better: the OS or the Application? Which can decide to set aside data that won't be needed for a while more intelligently? Which can easily predict if it will need to make large allocations in the near future?
Applications depending entirely on the OS to handle memory pressure situations and acting stupid are inefficient in the long run and cause performance problems.
A similar situation (and argument) exists with how Apache handles forking and threads (much much faster than just letting the OS deal with it) or how Squid handles file names.
Sure, you can make the OS efficient at forking, or the filesystem efficient at name finding, or malloc more efficient at allocations, but the user space application knows better than the OS and can do much smarter things like pre-allocating large chunks of memory or freeing unused data that it knows it can find on disk later if the user really wants it.
Intelligent application handling of memory is better than not.
Yes up here in Canada, public servants' browser histories at work are subject to FOIA requests as well. No expectation of privacy on the job at all if you're on the public payroll.
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Happens all the time. Nobody seems to realize that different programmers are like different languages; they're different and often have different uses ... although some just suck.
As a *nix guy, I always laugh about the C/Java debate and wonder where my shell scripts, PERL, Python and quicky awk programs fit into the debate.
That is to say, I often solve a programming problem with PERL, Awk or Python faster than I'd choose the appropriate #include's for a C* program. Not large programs obviously, but an awful lot of system automation, reporting, maintenance and other code that seems to be done with compiled languages on Windows systems just seems faster to write and easier to maintain in special purpose interpreted languages.
The argument presented was that using a GC allows for better algorithms. Better algorithms aren't necessarily faster, they may simply be more correct or generate smaller, better or faster code.
How is the speed of programs output by GCC vs. CLang in a benchmark?
You really think that's worth banning someone from a paid online community?
I don't recall instances of Sony randomly banning users for posting good scores.
Sony has a better online network for actually making games on.
Hint: I can play Portal 2 on my PS3 vs people on Steam on PC or PS3. PSN allows for a more open online experience than does XBL.
Criterion Games said the same thing when they made Burnout Paradise. Same comment about the PS3's openness from Unreal Tournament 3 and its ability to allow PC-made mods on the PS3 version of the game.
Feel free to sit in your XBL chats and feel superior but the PSN actually offers devs more flexibility.
Guy who is good at driving never would have been discovered without game that simulates race car driving accurately enough to pick up on the fact that he's actually good at driving.
Take your red herrings elsewhere.
Like any pro sport, its called sponsorship. If you're good enough, you get paid to do it, and it becomes your job.
There is no group by their own claims. Therefore Anonymous doesn't exist as a classifiable entity.
Without formal leadership or membership, Anonymous can in fact be categorized by the acts of "splinter" groups because they are no less official than any other member of Anonymous.
When you get tired of people misrepresenting your ideals, you create formalities like membership and leadership and disciplinary committees and ... omg, just like the real world.
I bet you haven't been hit by a car lately lol
Commenting on where they finished overall shows a lack of understanding of multi-class races.
Multiple classes of cars race on the same track together, adding a lot of moving speed bumps for the fast cars and strategy for the slower cars. You aren't competing against the faster cars in the slower cars, you're competing against your own class.
Imagine formula 1 and stock cars simultaneously on big oval at Daytona. There's no contest between the classes, but it adds a lot to the experience.
Unfortunately a lot of people will read this and not understand how grueling Le Mans is. Its a 24 hour endurance race. Its designed to be hard just to compete in, never mind winning.
Finishing a Le Mans is impressive enough.
If you enjoy live DJ'd mixes, you want the "drive at 5 street mix" which is 5PM EST or about 2PM LA time iirc. Many weekday evenings and every weekend they're live from one of the local clubs too.
Pfft.
Running a vulnerability scanner and clicking the 'exploit' button isn't hacking.
Discovering those vulnerabilities and writing the tool, now that's got some brains involved.
Destroying peoples' lives and work online isn't funny either, but Anonymous and its ilk haven't really thought that through.
Welcome to immature pranks.
Thought puzzle: if you want to create a future with open rational discussion about a variety of issues, is making people afraid of being hacked and 'outed' the way to get there? No, its the way to create silence and fear.
Anonymous is counter-productive.
That's funny.
Z103.5 plays almost entirely new music. They frequently play not-yet-promoted music, and have a good collection of DJs who do live mixes on the air as well as at the local club scene here in Toronto.
If you claim to be a top-40 station and you're not playing the top-40 list, you're just lying.
Sounds like they moved you from Unix to Windows ;-)
Rewriting from scratch is bad.
Tweaking something that works is good.
Thought puzzle:
Which one understands which pages are needed better: the OS or the Application?
Which can decide to set aside data that won't be needed for a while more intelligently?
Which can easily predict if it will need to make large allocations in the near future?
Applications depending entirely on the OS to handle memory pressure situations and acting stupid are inefficient in the long run and cause performance problems.
A similar situation (and argument) exists with how Apache handles forking and threads (much much faster than just letting the OS deal with it) or how Squid handles file names.
Sure, you can make the OS efficient at forking, or the filesystem efficient at name finding, or malloc more efficient at allocations, but the user space application knows better than the OS and can do much smarter things like pre-allocating large chunks of memory or freeing unused data that it knows it can find on disk later if the user really wants it.
Intelligent application handling of memory is better than not.
I have 8GB of RAM and I've seen Firefox use up all of it in a few hours.
Programs that over-allocate are a problem, no matter how intelligent your OS tries to be (I run Linux fyi) or how much RAM you have.
Knowingly presenting false data should be treated as libel against truth. Sadly, lying about data to the public isn't illegal.
Worked on an Android version for a bit but it didn't work out in terms of battery life :(
Yes up here in Canada, public servants' browser histories at work are subject to FOIA requests as well. No expectation of privacy on the job at all if you're on the public payroll.
I suppose you consider the yellow teeth, loss of skin tone, complaints from non-smokers around you to also be net benefits?
Personally I try to practice habits that don't make me look stupid and that I can stop doing whenever I feel like it without getting jitters.
I believe cancer treatments also help with weight loss. Win win.