That's the thing with "Freudian slips," the person doing it sees it as an honest mistake, psychologists see it as a "Freudian slip," and I see it as a "who gives a shit?"
Well I browsed through the first page and my eyes are asking for a break, so I'm going to say what wasn't said on the first page (maybe on later pages):
There's 1 kinds of people in the world, those who can read trinary and those who can't.
now Computers are forever? but all my tech friends (oh wait, i'm a geek..) keep telling me my computer will be out-dated in two months. will this be the reversal of said rule-of-thumb? oh, the chaos!! intel may well go bankrupt..
That's a decent point and I can agree with what you've said to some extent. If you setup Linux (pre-configure, install some useful software, etc) for 'Mom & Pop' then yes, they could take it home and use it. But the area where Windows, Mac OS, etc. push past Linux is the ability for 'Mom & Pop' to decide, hey we want a digital camera and hook it to their computer. There is NO way they could configure Linux to do this, but even if they get a camera that doesn't automatically work for them on Windows/Mac/etc there is tech support for them to call up. Linux = not yet.
Well maybe this isn't new as I'm fairly new to the Linux scene, but why does everyone seem to think Linux is ready for the average consumer? I don't have a problem with selling Linux computers, but you can NOT expect them to sell well. Seriously, the average person is the root of the tech jokes about the "any" key and the white-out on the monitor. Linux is becoming very nice, sophisticated, etc. but it just is not there yet.
Network users have a back door to your hard drive while you're online, thereby seeing your personal, private information, such as bank records, social security number, etc.
I knew I shouldn't have shared the text file I have on my computer with all my credit card numbers, bank account numbers/passwords, and address/phone number! Actually..now that I think about it..just having that text file should entitle me to shoot myself in the head.</brainless filesharer speak>
This doesn't necessarily apply to this book, but in general it is nice to have a hard copy. I like it because it has an index (although this can be done on the web, it often isn't), it doesn't take up screen real-estate / you don't have to click back to your tutorial and then back to your code, and it looks good on the book shelf:P
I would not send my mother to this site. She would not want to come to this site. This site has nothing to offer her god damn it.
Also about the jargon: most people DO know how horsepower relates to their driving experience. They don't know how the car produces it, how it uses it, why it works, or any of that; they know what it means to them. I cringe a little when I say this, but to the user that doesn't understand what a megahertz is, all they have to know is that it is like a car's horsepower.
Do we change the word horsepower so that people can understand it? No, we define it in their terms. This is not tech people being arrogant. This is just the way it is. The fact that people are too lazy just isn't my problem, so I'll keep using the RIGHT words.
The test was done to compare G4s vs G5s. The x86 comparisons were basically "just for kicks". Obviously they use G4s already, so had them as test machines (although new computers may have been supplied by Apple..) and also obviously were specifically SENT G5s for testing, as they are not available on the market right now.
Anyway, on the P4 vs G5 subject, we'll see on release day I suppose. Although the flame wars shall never cease:-)
Wouldn't it be easy to have the audio file speak like a human? If you record, for example: The first letter is A, the number following A is 56, then there's a lowercase T, and then a 17
Spammers could try to use voice recognition, but would get all the extra words to sort out, and have to find a way to distinguish between when "a" is part of speech or is a letter to be used.
I completely agree with this. Although I do own a 733Mhz G4 and love it dearly, the G4 is just not what it should be. In my opinion, Apple should use the new PPC chips from IBM (G3s) on a new motherboard (faster bus, DDR maybe, better gfx) and just call it the new G4. The G4 naming scheme goes against the geek in me, but it's marketing.
Why did they go with this numbering convention? They didn't number their patches like this with any of the other games, why WarCraft III? Not that it really matters. Except, 1.10 is like the final patch for the other games. Not to mention the fact that I have dial-up and just downloaded 1.06 the other day. Stupid me.
That could be but consider this. Two possibilities can come out of this situation: Microsoft does not release a signed bootloader, or Microsoft does.
If they don't and no exploit is released, no one will take it seriously because it was either: A) a ploy by MS, or B) a bluff by some stupid kid(s). If an exploit is released..pirated games will overwhelm.
If they do release a bootloader, it's because of one of two reasons: 1) They are the people that initiated the threat as an excuse to release a signed bootloader which will cover their ass on piracy issues (somewhat) and make xBox hackers look like the criminals MS wishes they were , or 2) They believe the threats and want to save face.
When money is involved, what would you expect government (or most private sector) organizations to do? Caring about the environment is a cost-opportunity just like everything else, ultimately.
I don't mean to sound like a doom-sayer or anything, because I do love Open Source..but, what happens when there's an alternative, free solution to everything? Eventually, it could easily happen. As Open Source gains popularity, it will also gain more contributions from good programmers. It is possible that the Open Source solutions created, basically in programmers' free time, could equal and/or surpass every commercial product out there.
Then what do those Open Source programmers do? P.S. Sorry if this has been said a lot before, seems like something that would be but I've never seen it said once. Correct me:)
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it seems to me that most advocates of perl think perl is better than PHP, and vice-versa for PHP advocates.
The stigma that is associated with perl is generally that "its harder, more lines of code, doesn't have the same functionality" because it takes a steeper learning curve. With PHP you can pretty much do anything right away: just search for the right function. I bet if most big PHP developers gave perl a chance, they'd be surprised.
Same goes for the other side, however. Since PHP is easy to get started on, there are a lot more PHP newbs than there are perl newbs. This reflects poorly on PHP developers as a whole, which there are obviously some very talented ones that don't deserve said reflection. I think the big thing in PHP is "controlling the beast." It can easily become insecure, inefficient, etc. if you don't know what you're doing..and the abundance of newbs make it appear like this happens all the time.
You know, I just started reading slashdot this week and this is the fourth time I've seen repeated troll posts like this one (2nd time seeing this one, twice on another one as well). I like slashdot and all (I guess I should say/.) but I think its just ridiculous that these obvious flames aren't removed. They add nothing to the/. experience. I know this isn't related to the original thread so go ahead and 'mod me down' (I don't even know what that means:\ )
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Honest mistake, or Freudian slip?
That's the thing with "Freudian slips," the person doing it sees it as an honest mistake, psychologists see it as a "Freudian slip," and I see it as a "who gives a shit?"
Well I browsed through the first page and my eyes are asking for a break, so I'm going to say what wasn't said on the first page (maybe on later pages):
There's 1 kinds of people in the world, those who can read trinary and those who can't.
now Computers are forever? but all my tech friends (oh wait, i'm a geek..) keep telling me my computer will be out-dated in two months. will this be the reversal of said rule-of-thumb? oh, the chaos!! intel may well go bankrupt..
That's a decent point and I can agree with what you've said to some extent. If you setup Linux (pre-configure, install some useful software, etc) for 'Mom & Pop' then yes, they could take it home and use it. But the area where Windows, Mac OS, etc. push past Linux is the ability for 'Mom & Pop' to decide, hey we want a digital camera and hook it to their computer. There is NO way they could configure Linux to do this, but even if they get a camera that doesn't automatically work for them on Windows/Mac/etc there is tech support for them to call up. Linux = not yet.
Well maybe this isn't new as I'm fairly new to the Linux scene, but why does everyone seem to think Linux is ready for the average consumer? I don't have a problem with selling Linux computers, but you can NOT expect them to sell well. Seriously, the average person is the root of the tech jokes about the "any" key and the white-out on the monitor. Linux is becoming very nice, sophisticated, etc. but it just is not there yet.
Network users have a back door to your hard drive while you're online, thereby seeing your personal, private information, such as bank records, social security number, etc.
I knew I shouldn't have shared the text file I have on my computer with all my credit card numbers, bank account numbers/passwords, and address/phone number! Actually..now that I think about it..just having that text file should entitle me to shoot myself in the head.</brainless filesharer speak>
wtf?
This doesn't necessarily apply to this book, but in general it is nice to have a hard copy. I like it because it has an index (although this can be done on the web, it often isn't), it doesn't take up screen real-estate / you don't have to click back to your tutorial and then back to your code, and it looks good on the book shelf :P
I would not send my mother to this site. She would not want to come to this site. This site has nothing to offer her god damn it.
Also about the jargon: most people DO know how horsepower relates to their driving experience. They don't know how the car produces it, how it uses it, why it works, or any of that; they know what it means to them. I cringe a little when I say this, but to the user that doesn't understand what a megahertz is, all they have to know is that it is like a car's horsepower.
Do we change the word horsepower so that people can understand it? No, we define it in their terms. This is not tech people being arrogant. This is just the way it is. The fact that people are too lazy just isn't my problem, so I'll keep using the RIGHT words.
The test was done to compare G4s vs G5s. The x86 comparisons were basically "just for kicks". Obviously they use G4s already, so had them as test machines (although new computers may have been supplied by Apple..) and also obviously were specifically SENT G5s for testing, as they are not available on the market right now.
:-)
Anyway, on the P4 vs G5 subject, we'll see on release day I suppose. Although the flame wars shall never cease
Wouldn't it be easy to have the audio file speak like a human? If you record, for example:
The first letter is A, the number following A is 56, then there's a lowercase T, and then a 17
Spammers could try to use voice recognition, but would get all the extra words to sort out, and have to find a way to distinguish between when "a" is part of speech or is a letter to be used.
I completely agree with this. Although I do own a 733Mhz G4 and love it dearly, the G4 is just not what it should be. In my opinion, Apple should use the new PPC chips from IBM (G3s) on a new motherboard (faster bus, DDR maybe, better gfx) and just call it the new G4. The G4 naming scheme goes against the geek in me, but it's marketing.
Why did they go with this numbering convention? They didn't number their patches like this with any of the other games, why WarCraft III? Not that it really matters. Except, 1.10 is like the final patch for the other games. Not to mention the fact that I have dial-up and just downloaded 1.06 the other day. Stupid me.
That could be but consider this. Two possibilities can come out of this situation: Microsoft does not release a signed bootloader, or Microsoft does.
If they don't and no exploit is released, no one will take it seriously because it was either: A) a ploy by MS, or B) a bluff by some stupid kid(s).
If an exploit is released..pirated games will overwhelm.
If they do release a bootloader, it's because of one of two reasons: 1) They are the people that initiated the threat as an excuse to release a signed bootloader which will cover their ass on piracy issues (somewhat) and make xBox hackers look like the criminals MS wishes they were , or 2) They believe the threats and want to save face.
When money is involved, what would you expect government (or most private sector) organizations to do? Caring about the environment is a cost-opportunity just like everything else, ultimately.
I don't mean to sound like a doom-sayer or anything, because I do love Open Source..but, what happens when there's an alternative, free solution to everything?
:)
Eventually, it could easily happen. As Open Source gains popularity, it will also gain more contributions from good programmers. It is possible that the Open Source solutions created, basically in programmers' free time, could equal and/or surpass every commercial product out there.
Then what do those Open Source programmers do? P.S. Sorry if this has been said a lot before, seems like something that would be but I've never seen it said once. Correct me
it seems to me that most advocates of perl think perl is better than PHP, and vice-versa for PHP advocates.
:D
The stigma that is associated with perl is generally that "its harder, more lines of code, doesn't have the same functionality" because it takes a steeper learning curve. With PHP you can pretty much do anything right away: just search for the right function. I bet if most big PHP developers gave perl a chance, they'd be surprised.
Same goes for the other side, however. Since PHP is easy to get started on, there are a lot more PHP newbs than there are perl newbs. This reflects poorly on PHP developers as a whole, which there are obviously some very talented ones that don't deserve said reflection. I think the big thing in PHP is "controlling the beast." It can easily become insecure, inefficient, etc. if you don't know what you're doing..and the abundance of newbs make it appear like this happens all the time.
Anyway..I just ran outta pennies..
You know, I just started reading slashdot this week and this is the fourth time I've seen repeated troll posts like this one (2nd time seeing this one, twice on another one as well). I like slashdot and all (I guess I should say /.) but I think its just ridiculous that these obvious flames aren't removed. They add nothing to the /. experience. I know this isn't related to the original thread so go ahead and 'mod me down' (I don't even know what that means :\ )