Or, better yet, education. Think of the benefit of increasing the general awareness and intelligence of the entire nation... sure, the rewards would be further down the line, but im betting the results would be spectacular.
Opera seems to have no problems with it. The only logical choice in this situation is to acknowledge Firefox's shortcomings, and upgrade to the better browser.
Why do people keep dismissing C++? Its free, open source, works on all platforms, and will arguably be able to hang around longer than just about any other language out there. Sure, if you do decide to move platforms you may have to do some porting, but compare that to the constant upgrades ($$$) of an Microsoft technology, and C++ will most likely come out ahead.
Getting a gamecube repaired (regardless of the damage) by nintendo is currently $50. That tends to make one believe that the cost of all the internals is somewhere around that price point, given that they will likely only be replacing some of the components with each repair, then some extra for labor and such.
.Net is just the new VB. Despite Microsoft claiming its actually a worthwhile development base, its still just a RAD tool (in my mind) and still tied to the system, again, despite the claims of its progenitor. Its stuck to one platform too. I don't think.Net is the competetor that Perl has to worry about.
Ruby, on the other hand, is a bit closer to home. PHP even more so. My webhost doesn't even allow mod_perl anymore, only ruby and PHP.
However, neither of these languages is the swiss army duct tape that Perl is.
Indeed. Despite the touted benefits of.Net, and how it would rid us of all the system dependencies problems had with previous Microsoft technologies. Just a week ago or so I had the pleasure of running into a C# app that operated differently on 2 boxes. It was run from the same clean network directory, same version of the.Net runtime, same OS, all patched, and fetching data from an application server. There was absolutely no reason for it to behave differently, yet it did...
People could simply put their time and energy into Perl 6 instead. An open source VM (Parrot) that is well into development, and the primarly language for this VM already has a rather sizable following (Perl 5/6). Its intermediary language (Cola) is OO style, so making a compiler that converts JAVA to COLA shouldn't be all that difficult. Of course, rewriting the libraries will be difficult... but that part will be the same regardless of where you port Java to.
C/C++ is taught because it does teach you everything. Everything about the C style languages, though. Once you know C/C++ you can move into any other similar language with relative ease.
I'm not sure where Perl sits, however. It is clearly like C in some ways, yet has plenty of oddities to it...
I am interested to see what concepts from the 1970s you think people are reinventing in C,given that C was made in the 1970s.
In theory - if this becomes popular enough, the power companies are likely to adjust their pricing schedules. Or they could change the schedule for any other random reason. Having an appliance that is able to pick up on this by itself is quite cool. Still overkill, as it takes a person a few minutes to do themselves, but at least it has a purpose.
Not all regions in the US are nice enough for walking / bicycling year round. I live in Wisconsin, where driving in winter is pretty much the only way to go.
I second this. I really wish more books would come like this, honestly. I like really durable books, but most Hardcover books they sell nowadays are just crap.
D&D is a framework. If you want Hack and Slash, you get Hack and Slash. In all honesty, my best games of D&D rarely referred to any rulebooks, and had very few die rolls.
Not choosing to purchase a product is one thing, and quite a logical thing to do. Capitalism is based on such decisions. Stealing it is quite another. It implies that you aren't willing to live without it, which is good, since they depend on people buying their product. Yet, when its stolen, there is no real reason to purchase the actual version... thus denying them the revenue needed to keep going. They can't reduce the price, because they will go out of business, and if they raise it, they will lose more as people become less willing to pay for their product.
RPGs are a niche luxury item, they dont work like larger audience goods. The companies behind them often dont have cash reserves from other sales to fall back on. This IS their product. You don't buy it, they fold.
I have also noticed that. Problem is, if you complain about it, the only thing that ever gets done is they have their freedom removed. That isn't what I want... I want to wear shorts!
1. Reading slashdot does keep you in touch. While it isn't the greatest news source, it still is a source of news and (moreso) culture.
2. You currently have 4 posts in this thread, none of which strike me as eloquently stating anything about looking good throughout the day, other than a comment about hair needing washing at different intervals for different people. This could simply be server lag, however.
However, I would bring up the point that looking good only seems to accomplish stuff because people think it should accomplish stuff. The clothing itself does little. This is in contrast to spending your time coding something, which has very direct results, or reading slashdot, which increases the clutter in your head at a staggering rate.
Slashdot Mirror
Or, better yet, education. Think of the benefit of increasing the general awareness and intelligence of the entire nation ... sure, the rewards would be further down the line, but im betting the results would be spectacular.
Quake 4 was made by Raven, not iD.
Opera seems to have no problems with it. The only logical choice in this situation is to acknowledge Firefox's shortcomings, and upgrade to the better browser.
Why do people keep dismissing C++? Its free, open source, works on all platforms, and will arguably be able to hang around longer than just about any other language out there. Sure, if you do decide to move platforms you may have to do some porting, but compare that to the constant upgrades ($$$) of an Microsoft technology, and C++ will most likely come out ahead.
The full diagram wasn't shown. If you were to pull a bit more out, there would be a circle enclosing all it, with a line pointing to Perl.
Yeah, but the article states that they are just joined on the card.
GeForce 7950GX2 takes two GeForce 7900GTX boards, and joins them via 32 PCIe lanes.
So, yeah, its technically on one board, but its really just two cards thinking they are in SLI.
Getting a gamecube repaired (regardless of the damage) by nintendo is currently $50. That tends to make one believe that the cost of all the internals is somewhere around that price point, given that they will likely only be replacing some of the components with each repair, then some extra for labor and such.
.Net is just the new VB. Despite Microsoft claiming its actually a worthwhile development base, its still just a RAD tool (in my mind) and still tied to the system, again, despite the claims of its progenitor. Its stuck to one platform too. I don't think .Net is the competetor that Perl has to worry about.
Ruby, on the other hand, is a bit closer to home. PHP even more so. My webhost doesn't even allow mod_perl anymore, only ruby and PHP.
However, neither of these languages is the swiss army duct tape that Perl is.
Indeed. Despite the touted benefits of .Net, and how it would rid us of all the system dependencies problems had with previous Microsoft technologies. Just a week ago or so I had the pleasure of running into a C# app that operated differently on 2 boxes. It was run from the same clean network directory, same version of the .Net runtime, same OS, all patched, and fetching data from an application server. There was absolutely no reason for it to behave differently, yet it did ...
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People wonder why I like Perl so much
People could simply put their time and energy into Perl 6 instead. An open source VM (Parrot) that is well into development, and the primarly language for this VM already has a rather sizable following (Perl 5/6). Its intermediary language (Cola) is OO style, so making a compiler that converts JAVA to COLA shouldn't be all that difficult. Of course, rewriting the libraries will be difficult ... but that part will be the same regardless of where you port Java to.
http://dev.perl.org/perl
C/C++ is taught because it does teach you everything. Everything about the C style languages, though. Once you know C/C++ you can move into any other similar language with relative ease.
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I'm not sure where Perl sits, however. It is clearly like C in some ways, yet has plenty of oddities to it
I am interested to see what concepts from the 1970s you think people are reinventing in C,given that C was made in the 1970s.
DLL Hell. This has been alleviated somewhat by VB .Net.
2 GPS locators will give you which way you are pointing.
s/current- and forward-thinkers/stupid people/g
Stupid people will believe that the persons in control of the RFID stuff are pure in their intentions, and that the system will not be abused.
NCLB = No Child Left Behind
Dear god ... actually advocating someone learn list as an early language ... you sicken me.
In theory - if this becomes popular enough, the power companies are likely to adjust their pricing schedules. Or they could change the schedule for any other random reason. Having an appliance that is able to pick up on this by itself is quite cool. Still overkill, as it takes a person a few minutes to do themselves, but at least it has a purpose.
Not all regions in the US are nice enough for walking / bicycling year round. I live in Wisconsin, where driving in winter is pretty much the only way to go.
Yeah, me too. I think Starcraft looks way better than C&C Generals.
I second this. I really wish more books would come like this, honestly. I like really durable books, but most Hardcover books they sell nowadays are just crap.
No weird dice here ... but I do have an odd addiction to those "pitcher full of dice" deals they offer at the cons.
D&D is a framework. If you want Hack and Slash, you get Hack and Slash. In all honesty, my best games of D&D rarely referred to any rulebooks, and had very few die rolls.
Not choosing to purchase a product is one thing, and quite a logical thing to do. Capitalism is based on such decisions. Stealing it is quite another. It implies that you aren't willing to live without it, which is good, since they depend on people buying their product. Yet, when its stolen, there is no real reason to purchase the actual version ... thus denying them the revenue needed to keep going. They can't reduce the price, because they will go out of business, and if they raise it, they will lose more as people become less willing to pay for their product.
RPGs are a niche luxury item, they dont work like larger audience goods. The companies behind them often dont have cash reserves from other sales to fall back on. This IS their product. You don't buy it, they fold.
I have also noticed that. Problem is, if you complain about it, the only thing that ever gets done is they have their freedom removed. That isn't what I want ... I want to wear shorts!
1. Reading slashdot does keep you in touch. While it isn't the greatest news source, it still is a source of news and (moreso) culture.
2. You currently have 4 posts in this thread, none of which strike me as eloquently stating anything about looking good throughout the day, other than a comment about hair needing washing at different intervals for different people. This could simply be server lag, however.
However, I would bring up the point that looking good only seems to accomplish stuff because people think it should accomplish stuff. The clothing itself does little. This is in contrast to spending your time coding something, which has very direct results, or reading slashdot, which increases the clutter in your head at a staggering rate.