I don't want firefox to dominate the market, I want STANDARDS COMPLIANT browsers to... why? because as a web developer and consumer, it makes my life easier and less risky.
I have made a solemn vow to hunt down and hurt anyone who puts "clever" code in my project.
When I realize I'm being clever but not clear, I'll rewrite the code, but leave the 'clever' code there, in comments, just to assuage my ego... should I still be running?
Yeah, but mathematicians have set letters (or symbols) they use to represent things (m = slope, for example). Programmers don't have that, except for i and j:)
For example, I've rewritten stuff that originally had hundreds of variables (with all the requisite declarations, error checks, etc.) by putting them in a hash and loading to/reading from the hash in a loop.
Either technique is acceptable, but 1 is hundreds of lines long (for this particular activity), the other is 6 lines long.
Also, gui stuff tends to get big quick.
For an interesting comparison of code size, write the same app in C++ and Perl, then count the lines:)
I'm forced to maintain some old ASP stuff, and occasionally I have to do just hideous things to make the crap 'language' that is VBScript work... so my code often contains comments like:
As a freshman I had a professor who kept giving me shit about not having enough comments, so my next program looked something like this:... a=5;//assign integer variable 'a' a value of 5 b=2;//assign integer variable 'b' a value of 2 print(a+b);//print to the console the sum of integer variable 'a' and integer variable 'b'...
and so on, for about 200 lines. Worthless commenting? Sure, and childish too... but it was amusing and I never got docked for insufficient commenting again:)
Eh, Tolkein didn't so much flesh out characterizations of individuals, as family lines. For example, it's not necessarily what Aragorn has done (most of his actual story is in the apendices), but WHO he is (is descended from).
I will agree that Faramir was unsettling (although I understand why they did it), and I felt they nailed Boromir as a good -but too proud- man.
To be fair, Denethor wasn't "plain nuts", Sauron drove him to it (and oh, how I wanted to see that in the extended cut) via the palantir.
Shill my ass. There are rules within an economy, and y'all want to break them because you can.
I am a programmer, so what I do can be stolen just as easily as music. Serious development is a combination of programmers and other business people. I can't do it alone (if "it" means "what the client wants"), and in most cases neither can the artists.
They play music, and that's wonderful. They do not (usually) know how to run a recording rig, mix & distribute the albums, etc.
Look, I can understand the position of refusing to buy CDs because you think the RIAA is corrupt. That's fine and respectable. But to pick and choose whose work you deem worth of respect is the act of a common thief (with a mouse) and that's not respectable at all.
See, the "middlemen" DID something, produced a finished product. This was then digitized and distributed. Don't mistake your ease at clicking "download" to mean that these folks you steal from don't do any work.
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Alternately, Qui Gon (sp?) could just dodge around ol' floppy ears and let him get run down... total screen time: 3 seconds.
I was just thinking the opposite... How cool would it be to be watching them for the first time and (if possible) not know about Anakin/Vader?
When the kid turns and starts cutting down Jedi, it would just blow your socks off...
In my experience, very few people are confused as to why they are fat.
:)
Those same people generally recognize this "condition" isn't a sin, just a bad diet. Their life, their choice
Most college age geeks I know can kill 2-4 litres a day if they're workin' on a problem. That's like 1500 calories or something. It adds up!
It gets worse... mSQL is "em-sequel" whereas mySQL is "my ess-cue-ell".
Why? cuz the Gnu people can't have a monopoly on weird names, damnit.
Heathen scum! The IPU (mhhnbs) would stomp you, if she cared.
I don't want firefox to dominate the market, I want STANDARDS COMPLIANT browsers to... why? because as a web developer and consumer, it makes my life easier and less risky.
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Sadly I wasn't familiar with the goodness that is mighty Perl at that time.
I was coding (blech) Ada, I think.
I'm glad to see I'm not the only person who comments with "we"... ya think maybe this is a learned from programming classes?
I have made a solemn vow to hunt down and hurt anyone who puts "clever" code in my project.
When I realize I'm being clever but not clear, I'll rewrite the code, but leave the 'clever' code there, in comments, just to assuage my ego... should I still be running?
Yeah, but mathematicians have set letters (or symbols) they use to represent things (m = slope, for example). Programmers don't have that, except for i and j :)
Depends on your programming language and style...
/reading from the hash in a loop.
:)
For example, I've rewritten stuff that originally had hundreds of variables (with all the requisite declarations, error checks, etc.) by putting them in a hash and loading to
Either technique is acceptable, but 1 is hundreds of lines long (for this particular activity), the other is 6 lines long.
Also, gui stuff tends to get big quick.
For an interesting comparison of code size, write the same app in C++ and Perl, then count the lines
I'm forced to maintain some old ASP stuff, and occasionally I have to do just hideous things to make the crap 'language' that is VBScript work... so my code often contains comments like:
'hack, hackity, hack...
'ugly, I know
'sorry, I didn't write the damned language...
Also, if you're doing something weird, but for a good reason, comment it so someone later doesn't "clean" your code and fuck it all up.
As a freshman I had a professor who kept giving me shit about not having enough comments, so my next program looked something like this: ... //assign integer variable 'a' a value of 5 //assign integer variable 'b' a value of 2 //print to the console the sum of integer variable 'a' and integer variable 'b' ...
:)
a=5;
b=2;
print(a+b);
and so on, for about 200 lines. Worthless commenting? Sure, and childish too... but it was amusing and I never got docked for insufficient commenting again
Wikipedia disagrees, but I was more referring to the character descriptions in the books.
I thought Arthur was done pretty well, but Ford "used car salesman" Prefect was pretty odd.
I always pictured him as (at least in his own mind) really slick, with a kinda manic grin most of the time...
Eh, Tolkein didn't so much flesh out characterizations of individuals, as family lines. For example, it's not necessarily what Aragorn has done (most of his actual story is in the apendices), but WHO he is (is descended from).
I will agree that Faramir was unsettling (although I understand why they did it), and I felt they nailed Boromir as a good -but too proud- man.
To be fair, Denethor wasn't "plain nuts", Sauron drove him to it (and oh, how I wanted to see that in the extended cut) via the palantir.
If somehow copyright infringment is OK, then why would using someone else's service w/o generating any hits on their ads be wrong?
(hint: they both are)
Not necessarily, he might just have a hell of an arm...
Shill my ass. There are rules within an economy, and y'all want to break them because you can.
I am a programmer, so what I do can be stolen just as easily as music. Serious development is a combination of programmers and other business people. I can't do it alone (if "it" means "what the client wants"), and in most cases neither can the artists.
They play music, and that's wonderful. They do not (usually) know how to run a recording rig, mix & distribute the albums, etc.
Look, I can understand the position of refusing to buy CDs because you think the RIAA is corrupt. That's fine and respectable. But to pick and choose whose work you deem worth of respect is the act of a common thief (with a mouse) and that's not respectable at all.
See, the "middlemen" DID something, produced a finished product. This was then digitized and distributed. Don't mistake your ease at clicking "download" to mean that these folks you steal from don't do any work.
I'm glad the artists are getting their money. So now you're only screwing the marketing, engineering and management. Is that acceptable?
Damnit, the site changed. OK, they HAVE a dollar bill, but the coins are used more.