If poularity is your criterion, then why not run your website on MS Access, and allow only Internet explorer clients, while you listen to Britney Spears, drink coke and eat a big mac?
I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "dominant", since both databases are free, so neither takes sales from the other. Both are actively developed. PostgreSQL is IMHO better engineered and has more features, and has had them for longer. But postgreSQL has a reputation as not beeing as drool-proof as mySQL. I wouldn't know, I've been using all kinds of databases for a long time; I find PostgreSQL quite pleasant, and mySQL painfully juvenile.
The rotor of a modern 5MW wind turbine is about the same size as an athletics track.
Yes, but it looks like a big propeller: the spokes that the wind is pushing on only cover a small part of that circular area at any given time. The rest is clear air.
They were probably waiting for their mirrors to finish syncing before some yo-yo posted to/. and caused every other yo-yo to start downloading...not to mention the/. editor in the middle that put it on the main page before the anouncement, yo.
You do know that the c# stored procedures have embedded SQL in them, just like other code that acesses the database, right? And that wrapping SQL in C# for a simple query will never ever be faster or simpler?
What this is aimed at is stored procedures that to complex calculation and processing, or anything where the stored proc is forced to use a cursor or a DLL call.
For set-oriented data manipulation, SQL will always be a better language, and this remains so for the majority of stored procedures. Sure, some VB weenies are going abuse C# stored procs through ignorance, but as you have demonstrated, ignorance is universal.
modded offtopic or flamebait or troll that isn't obviously so will earn you black mark
Doing the obvious is not the only point of moderating - it's not always quick, idiot-work. Trolls also often aim for the non-obvious. Do you research the context of the comment (ie what it replies to) and check the facts before you disgree anonymously and without recourse to appeal with the moderator's vote?
I call bullshit for one simple reason: if the normally observed state of Hydrogen is not really the lowest energy state, what is it doing like that and why isn't it commonly found in the actual lowest energy state? If hydrinos are at the bottom of the energy hill, then where are all the hydrinos, and why all the hydrogen? That's a really big question to which I haven't seen an answer.
The register agrees: Surely, if a lower energy level than the ground state exists, wouldn't electrons prefer to sit in it? What on earth is keeping all the electrons in hydrogen atoms and ions sufficiently excited that they stay is their theoretically less stable 'orbit' in the ground state?
My point is,.NET (in C#) requires you to make everything you want so explicit..
Those code samples are incredibly similar. Try some lisp or python if you think that's a big language difference.
The other poster had it right though, C#'s additional features like properties are generally syntactic sugar that make it slightly easier than java.
And if you want a language that's not "explicit", go code in PHP, and may the lack of strong typing and variable declarations bite you. Knowing if you're overriding or not is a good idea.
Threading only makes sense if one of three conditions is true- either it allows you to do complex calculations early, a condition needs rapid handling, or the task is truely massive but can be handled with low communication by multiple threads. Very few things in games follow one of these.
Or, perhaps, threading also makes sense if the program compute-intensive and is running on a machine with multiple processor cores, so by multi-threading you can simply get more stuff done per second than you can by single-threading.
Like oh, games on the xbox 360 maybe?
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From the article, it seems even private patents can be claimed under national security. I would assume with anything so claimed the inventor is basically screwed
But I love my country, and this is something we made
And what part of say, England's internet infractucture did you (you plural or you singular, whatever) make? So the basic ideas came from some americans decades ago. Big deal. Is every technology used in the US invented tere? There's no reason to have England's DNS systems American-run now.
Yes, and you know what else? Better than aid, "doling out what they need" as you put it, they need governments that are able to deliver those services themselves cost effectively, cheaply and with a lower level of corruption. This implies efficient tax collection, policing, census data, etc.
Still think there's no role for free software here?
That's likely to be as popular with most computer users as say, making it illegal to bundle tyres with a new car, or to bundle cheese with bread and sell it as a sandwich. Convenience is king.
Remember that software should "just work" (tm). Well, your average user doesn't make that sharp distinction between the hardware and the software. They want the computer to "just work". And you know what? It's a perfectly reasonable expectation.
Whatever "design" is done to slashdot should recognise that the main attraction of the site is text. Not just a few words, but loads of it. Long, dense paragraphs of it. Given that, the design should be simple, clean and appealing, and should let the text occupy most of the screen. It should get out of the way and let the readers read.
"blast apart bacteria that's crawling on your skin." expands to "blast apart bacteria that is crawling on your skin."
Which should be "blast apart bacteria that are crawling on your skin"
All I ask is that journalists be literate; you know, tell possessive apostrophes from contractions, singular from plural, stuff like that. Is that too much?
And if both were free at your local store and could fit in your garage would that still be the case? It's a mystery to me why there's so much more mySQL than postgreSQL around.
Slashdot Mirror
Not that long. The X5 60gb has been out for about a month, the other models for a month or two longer.
If poularity is your criterion, then why not run your website on MS Access, and allow only Internet explorer clients, while you listen to Britney Spears, drink coke and eat a big mac?
I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "dominant", since both databases are free, so neither takes sales from the other. Both are actively developed. PostgreSQL is IMHO better engineered and has more features, and has had them for longer. But postgreSQL has a reputation as not beeing as drool-proof as mySQL. I wouldn't know, I've been using all kinds of databases for a long time; I find PostgreSQL quite pleasant, and mySQL painfully juvenile.
The rotor of a modern 5MW wind turbine is about the same size as an athletics track.
Yes, but it looks like a big propeller: the spokes that the wind is pushing on only cover a small part of that circular area at any given time. The rest is clear air.
They were probably waiting for their mirrors to finish syncing before some yo-yo posted to /. and caused every other yo-yo to start downloading. ..not to mention the /. editor in the middle that put it on the main page before the anouncement, yo.
You do know that the c# stored procedures have embedded SQL in them, just like other code that acesses the database, right? And that wrapping SQL in C# for a simple query will never ever be faster or simpler?
What this is aimed at is stored procedures that to complex calculation and processing, or anything where the stored proc is forced to use a cursor or a DLL call.
For set-oriented data manipulation, SQL will always be a better language, and this remains so for the majority of stored procedures. Sure, some VB weenies are going abuse C# stored procs through ignorance, but as you have demonstrated, ignorance is universal.
C# is getting converted into sql before it actually gets stored.
.net bytecode like always. MS SQL 2005 has it's own copy of the .net CLR built in.
You are wrong. That's not happening. C# is converted to
A database release ... is about as interesting as somebody releasing a new ftp client.
But it is important. Everybody uses databases. MS SQL is one of the better and more popular ones, and this is the first major new version in years.
modded offtopic or flamebait or troll that isn't obviously so will earn you black mark
Doing the obvious is not the only point of moderating - it's not always quick, idiot-work. Trolls also often aim for the non-obvious. Do you research the context of the comment (ie what it replies to) and check the facts before you disgree anonymously and without recourse to appeal with the moderator's vote?
I call bullshit for one simple reason: if the normally observed state of Hydrogen is not really the lowest energy state, what is it doing like that and why isn't it commonly found in the actual lowest energy state? If hydrinos are at the bottom of the energy hill, then where are all the hydrinos, and why all the hydrogen? That's a really big question to which I haven't seen an answer.
The register agrees: Surely, if a lower energy level than the ground state exists, wouldn't electrons prefer to sit in it? What on earth is keeping all the electrons in hydrogen atoms and ions sufficiently excited that they stay is their theoretically less stable 'orbit' in the ground state?
My point is, .NET (in C#) requires you to make everything you want so explicit..
Those code samples are incredibly similar. Try some lisp or python if you think that's a big language difference.
The other poster had it right though, C#'s additional features like properties are generally syntactic sugar that make it slightly easier than java.
And if you want a language that's not "explicit", go code in PHP, and may the lack of strong typing and variable declarations bite you. Knowing if you're overriding or not is a good idea.
So, all law is created "in order to survive". And there I was thinking that short-sighted and venal politicians had a say in it.
Games almost always do several loosely-coupled things at the same time. Sound, rendering, opponent AI, reading player input etc....
Threading only makes sense if one of three conditions is true- either it allows you to do complex calculations early, a condition needs rapid handling, or the task is truely massive but can be handled with low communication by multiple threads. Very few things in games follow one of these.
Or, perhaps, threading also makes sense if the program compute-intensive and is running on a machine with multiple processor cores, so by multi-threading you can simply get more stuff done per second than you can by single-threading.
Like oh, games on the xbox 360 maybe?
From the article, it seems even private patents can be claimed under national security. I would assume with anything so claimed the inventor is basically screwed
It has happened
But I love my country, and this is something we made
And what part of say, England's internet infractucture did you (you plural or you singular, whatever) make? So the basic ideas came from some americans decades ago. Big deal. Is every technology used in the US invented tere? There's no reason to have England's DNS systems American-run now.
Yes, and you know what else? Better than aid, "doling out what they need" as you put it, they need governments that are able to deliver those services themselves cost effectively, cheaply and with a lower level of corruption. This implies efficient tax collection, policing, census data, etc.
Still think there's no role for free software here?
In Africa, free software needs you.
That's likely to be as popular with most computer users as say, making it illegal to bundle tyres with a new car, or to bundle cheese with bread and sell it as a sandwich. Convenience is king.
Remember that software should "just work" (tm). Well, your average user doesn't make that sharp distinction between the hardware and the software. They want the computer to "just work". And you know what? It's a perfectly reasonable expectation.
Whatever "design" is done to slashdot should recognise that the main attraction of the site is text. Not just a few words, but loads of it. Long, dense paragraphs of it. Given that, the design should be simple, clean and appealing, and should let the text occupy most of the screen. It should get out of the way and let the readers read.
Yup. Mod parent up.
The spam problem will never be halted by arresting the spammers. The only way to stop spam is to stop it being profitable.
Yeah, and if nobody ever gave money to con artists, there would be no con artists.
Bird flu... computer security .. insightful .. W.T.F???
no, me too. Sombody set slashdot up the bomb!
"blast apart bacteria that's crawling on your skin." expands to "blast apart bacteria that is crawling on your skin."
Which should be "blast apart bacteria that are crawling on your skin"
All I ask is that journalists be literate; you know, tell possessive apostrophes from contractions, singular from plural, stuff like that. Is that too much?
But there are a lot more Cesnas sold than Boeings
And if both were free at your local store and could fit in your garage would that still be the case? It's a mystery to me why there's so much more mySQL than postgreSQL around.