I used to put cream and sugar in my coffee, eat processed foods, and drink cheap beer. I was a very nice caring person before this diet rewired my brain.
Now that I'm psychotic and sadistic, I'm starting to feel a preference for black coffee. Oh, and IPA beer and extra sharp cheddar cheese too.
Dammit, I was really close to clicking the buy button for a dual monitor desktop running their pop-whatever version of linux. This was based on their (perceived by me) reputation of being a no-nonsense and very helpful customer support system provider.
Well, they just threw all that in the trash bin for me. I don't give a FUCKING SHIT about broken robots. System76, you just lost all the credibility you had for me. I'll be finding my next Linux system from somewhere else. Zareason is looking good right now. System76, you've dug a very deep hole you're going to have a long crawl out of before you can have any hope of gaining my respect as a serious player in this game again.
Actually while there are no known good uses of spam, there are some good uses of junkmail:
1. If I don't have any mail coming in, the USPS carrier DOES NOT check to see if I have outgoing mail. So bills going out don't go anywhere until something comes in. So as long as I'm getting
enough junkmail that something comes in every day,
I get out going service every day.
2. If it rains anywhere within 3 miles, my mail will be wet that day. The more of it is junkmail, the more likely the important mail will be dry since statistically it will be tucked between two pieces of junkmail.
3. If it is very hot, it is more likely that my junk mail will be resting on the carrier's sweaty arm soaking up sweat than an important letter that I really wanted to keep.
4. There are tons of well known uses for news print, like setting down to catch paint drips. As long as I'm getting junkmail, I don't have to go
out and buy newspapers for this kind of stuff.
5. And last but not least, how else could I maintain my sticker collection? You know, the yes,no,maybes and all those cool little stickers they want you to send back! No way! I'm keeping them all!
If someone could come up with a use for spam even half as good as even one of the above reasons, they would change the world!
I can't help but think of something I already do today. I have a
preferred style of brace indenting that I use with C and Java.
(I won't mention the particulars since that isn't the point here)
Writing a reformatter is no big deal, so I can always read code
the way I prefer it. The point is no longer what is the best
formatting style, but what is the best for ME to work most
effectively. Some code editors have formatting choices built in.
If I'm working for someone else who has a preference for formatting,
I can always be sure to press a button and provide that format.
Now think about the evolution of HTML. I am one of the few obsolete
cavemen I know who still actually write HTML (and descendents) code
by hand. How many people do you personally know who can read, write
and create nice looking web pages with their favorite web page
application, but would be completely lost trying to understand
"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/" ?
I think it quite possible that the programmers of the future
will in this sense more resemble web page designers today than
programmers today. To some sense this has already started with
VB and other languages with drag and drop controls in an IDE.
I can imaging something like CSS for programs which allows
formatting and naming conventions to be specified independent
of the content(actual program), and who knows what else. This
would take care of wretched abominations such as WPARAM.
Although the languages of the future will be extremely important,
very expressive and very powerful, I doubt the majority of the
programmers of the future will actually type them on a keyboard
directly, or (see CSS2 doc above) even know how if they wanted to.
It will be more important for them to visualize the problem
they are trying to solve in the proper context and in the style with which they are most
comfortable and effective.
I think this is a more positive thing than it may sound. Sometime
after the death of m$.gov, I predict a re-discovery of the field
once called "human factors" that has been so abused and stifled
by them. Programmers will be empowered to express high level
concepts without having to be concerned with low level crap like
the "unsafe" keyword. I hope to see this in my lifetime.
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I'm up late and didn't realize it was APRIL FOOLS, I needed this truly, thank you!
I used to put cream and sugar in my coffee, eat processed foods, and drink cheap beer. I was a very nice caring person before this diet rewired my brain. Now that I'm psychotic and sadistic, I'm starting to feel a preference for black coffee. Oh, and IPA beer and extra sharp cheddar cheese too.
Dammit, I was really close to clicking the buy button for a dual monitor desktop running their pop-whatever version of linux. This was based on their (perceived by me) reputation of being a no-nonsense and very helpful customer support system provider. Well, they just threw all that in the trash bin for me. I don't give a FUCKING SHIT about broken robots. System76, you just lost all the credibility you had for me. I'll be finding my next Linux system from somewhere else. Zareason is looking good right now. System76, you've dug a very deep hole you're going to have a long crawl out of before you can have any hope of gaining my respect as a serious player in this game again.
I can't think of a better example
1. If I don't have any mail coming in, the USPS carrier DOES NOT check to see if I have outgoing mail. So bills going out don't go anywhere until something comes in. So as long as I'm getting enough junkmail that something comes in every day, I get out going service every day.
2. If it rains anywhere within 3 miles, my mail will be wet that day. The more of it is junkmail, the more likely the important mail will be dry since statistically it will be tucked between two pieces of junkmail.
3. If it is very hot, it is more likely that my junk mail will be resting on the carrier's sweaty arm soaking up sweat than an important letter that I really wanted to keep.
4. There are tons of well known uses for news print, like setting down to catch paint drips. As long as I'm getting junkmail, I don't have to go out and buy newspapers for this kind of stuff.
5. And last but not least, how else could I maintain my sticker collection? You know, the yes,no,maybes and all those cool little stickers they want you to send back! No way! I'm keeping them all!
If someone could come up with a use for spam even half as good as even one of the above reasons, they would change the world!
Now think about the evolution of HTML. I am one of the few obsolete cavemen I know who still actually write HTML (and descendents) code by hand. How many people do you personally know who can read, write and create nice looking web pages with their favorite web page application, but would be completely lost trying to understand "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/" ?
I think it quite possible that the programmers of the future will in this sense more resemble web page designers today than programmers today. To some sense this has already started with VB and other languages with drag and drop controls in an IDE.
I can imaging something like CSS for programs which allows formatting and naming conventions to be specified independent of the content(actual program), and who knows what else. This would take care of wretched abominations such as WPARAM.
Although the languages of the future will be extremely important, very expressive and very powerful, I doubt the majority of the programmers of the future will actually type them on a keyboard directly, or (see CSS2 doc above) even know how if they wanted to. It will be more important for them to visualize the problem they are trying to solve in the proper context and in the style with which they are most comfortable and effective.
I think this is a more positive thing than it may sound. Sometime after the death of m$.gov, I predict a re-discovery of the field once called "human factors" that has been so abused and stifled by them. Programmers will be empowered to express high level concepts without having to be concerned with low level crap like the "unsafe" keyword. I hope to see this in my lifetime.