Read what I was replying to...the post I replied to stated that"C handles strings the same way assembly does". I'm telling you, assembly programmers don't handle strings the way C does...we want to load a count into a register, and then let the count decrement as the operations get done, rather than do compares for 0 at each step...using the sobgeq or sobgtr instruction after moving each byte, rather than having to beql to exit, or br back to the loop. Saves instructions, and keeps execution "in order". Also, assembly language programmers often like to move blocks of bytes around without worrying if there is a 0 "inband".
"Skylark of Space" was written in 1915, and not published until 1928. It's amazing that it's still pretty readable, when you think how primitive technology was in 1915...it reads as far more modern than, for instance, "Ralph 124C41" by Hugo Gernsback, and it was written in 1925.
Heh? You could learn far more about internal combustion engines using a Model-T rather than a modern car...in like wise, you would also learn far more about aviation with a DC-3 than a modern jet...In both cases, the engineering is much more accessable and the devices are much closer to the physics involved than their modern counterparts. On the DC-3, for example, you would learn a great deal more about adverse yaw and use of the rudder to deal with it than you would on a modern plane with sophisticated flight controls. Navigating using a sectional chart, dead reckoning, piotage amd VORs on the DC-3 will teach you much more about navigation than just punching a destination in on a GPS. The Model-T, with its simple carburetor and Kettering cycle ignition, all very exposed, will teach you far more about physics than attempting to work under the hood of a new car, with its fuel injection and computer controlled spark. In general, the first few generations of something are much more useful for learning than the products produced after many decades of engineering have overlaid the first principles.
I always tell 'em I'm Larry Talbot, address 1313 Mockingbird Lane...none of the cashiers yet have recognized that as the name of the Wolfman, or the address of the Munsters...
In Texas, in some cases, you are allowed to use force (under some circumstances, deadly force) to prevent a theft from succeeding (circumstance being, that it would be difficult or dangerous to recover the stolen proerty by other means, or the theft is occurring at night). You are definitly allowed to use force (and often, deadly force) to prevent a robbery from occurring....just answering your question, is it OK anywhere else in society...
>A $2.00 video tape will record 6 hours
Just so. I like being able to stick a tape in, just hit record, and get the next six hours recorded while I'm out - no "programming" the recorder to try and get it to turn on at the right time, tune all my gear from various vendors to the right channels and input sources, record, and then turn off. It's easy, quick, and a sure thing.
I disagree...as a career assembly language programmer, it is often more convenient, smaller and faster, to have the length of something available for loading into a register, then loop through the array, auto-decrementing the register as you go, and stop when it hits 0, rather than doing a compare for 0 after each step through the array to see if you're done. Plus, it's kinda nice to be able to have strings with null characters in them...no can do in C.
What is it? It's a lab of humans from all over the world (from China to The Netherlands, from Korea to Brasil) They are paid to check search results of Google every day. Most of the employers, called international agents by Google, were recruited through universities all over the world....in other words, they're all on the Global Frequency.
LOL, that's rich. I even read it as "detecting if they are male or female" as referring to the files, and thought, hey, the UNIX architects have missed a bet here - as well as having file names composed of mixed case, they should have assigned a gender to each file as well, like nouns in Spanish or German, so that Mr. Init.conf would be different from Ms. Init.conf.
I'm a pilot, and it's durned handy to be able to get a satellite eye's view of an airport I haven't been to before, so's I can pick out some landmarks. It's not that easy spotting a weedpatch airstrip from the air the first time over it, and the aerial photos in Keyhole help, especially the slant view feature.
Dhalgren...yuck, the book was bad enough. Delany has written some great novels that would adapt well to cinema and make fantastic movies..."Babel-17", or "The Einstein Intersection"say, or "Nova"...come to think of it, they could make a hell of a TV series out of Nova...some episodes from the point of view of the Captain, some from MOuse, and some from the Gypsies. But not Dhalgren
Most of them Church going Christians? Hardly. Many were full on atheists, and most were no worse than Deists. The best were out and out atheists. My favorite was Diderot - my favorite Diderot quote was something to the effect that humankind would not be truly free until the last king was strangeld with the entrails of the last priest...words to live by
You're welcome to the richly spiritual Dark Ages...I (and I suspect almost all Slashdot Readers) vastly do prefer "the Enlightenment", a period in history when the leading thinkers believed that human reason could be used to combat ignorance, superstition, and tyranny and to build a better world. Their principal targets were religion (embodied in the Catholic Church) and the domination of society by a hereditary aristocracy.
P.S. you're an idiot.
But the down side of the commitment to Star Wars is that we downgrade the power of reason and will, and submit to a non-material religious "Force" to deal with the world. This way lies the dark ages...
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It's a crime that the sacred letters RSX are being used for anything on the PS3, or on cars...RSX11M V3.2 forever!
Read what I was replying to...the post I replied to stated that"C handles strings the same way assembly does". I'm telling you, assembly programmers don't handle strings the way C does...we want to load a count into a register, and then let the count decrement as the operations get done, rather than do compares for 0 at each step...using the sobgeq or sobgtr instruction after moving each byte, rather than having to beql to exit, or br back to the loop. Saves instructions, and keeps execution "in order". Also, assembly language programmers often like to move blocks of bytes around without worrying if there is a 0 "inband".
"Skylark of Space" was written in 1915, and not published until 1928. It's amazing that it's still pretty readable, when you think how primitive technology was in 1915...it reads as far more modern than, for instance, "Ralph 124C41" by Hugo Gernsback, and it was written in 1925.
Love your sig. My favorite EMT is 376.
Or it could have been hormesis - turns out, the correct, small dose of radiation can actually be benificial
Heh? You could learn far more about internal combustion engines using a Model-T rather than a modern car...in like wise, you would also learn far more about aviation with a DC-3 than a modern jet...In both cases, the engineering is much more accessable and the devices are much closer to the physics involved than their modern counterparts. On the DC-3, for example, you would learn a great deal more about adverse yaw and use of the rudder to deal with it than you would on a modern plane with sophisticated flight controls. Navigating using a sectional chart, dead reckoning, piotage amd VORs on the DC-3 will teach you much more about navigation than just punching a destination in on a GPS. The Model-T, with its simple carburetor and Kettering cycle ignition, all very exposed, will teach you far more about physics than attempting to work under the hood of a new car, with its fuel injection and computer controlled spark. In general, the first few generations of something are much more useful for learning than the products produced after many decades of engineering have overlaid the first principles.
Oh, it was a very long time ago...before you were born, I suspect.
Yah, clearly it should be Linuxen Boxen instead...
I always tell 'em I'm Larry Talbot, address 1313 Mockingbird Lane...none of the cashiers yet have recognized that as the name of the Wolfman, or the address of the Munsters...
If you can't afford a family, you shouldn't have children.
In Texas, in some cases, you are allowed to use force (under some circumstances, deadly force) to prevent a theft from succeeding (circumstance being, that it would be difficult or dangerous to recover the stolen proerty by other means, or the theft is occurring at night). You are definitly allowed to use force (and often, deadly force) to prevent a robbery from occurring....just answering your question, is it OK anywhere else in society...
Right...no known technical barriers...except that a fusion reactor that produces more energy than it uses has been 20 years away, ever since 1945...
Well, that takes care of my objection...clearly,I gotta study up on the capabilities of current recorders. Heck, I may have to buy one...
Is it still recording 5 hours after you hit record? No? My VHS recorder would be...
>A $2.00 video tape will record 6 hours Just so. I like being able to stick a tape in, just hit record, and get the next six hours recorded while I'm out - no "programming" the recorder to try and get it to turn on at the right time, tune all my gear from various vendors to the right channels and input sources, record, and then turn off. It's easy, quick, and a sure thing.
I disagree...as a career assembly language programmer, it is often more convenient, smaller and faster, to have the length of something available for loading into a register, then loop through the array, auto-decrementing the register as you go, and stop when it hits 0, rather than doing a compare for 0 after each step through the array to see if you're done. Plus, it's kinda nice to be able to have strings with null characters in them...no can do in C.
And the fuel is based on thiotimoline, so you can get a do-over in case of an explosion,
What is it? It's a lab of humans from all over the world (from China to The Netherlands, from Korea to Brasil) They are paid to check search results of Google every day. Most of the employers, called international agents by Google, were recruited through universities all over the world. ...in other words, they're all on the Global Frequency.
LOL, that's rich. I even read it as "detecting if they are male or female" as referring to the files, and thought, hey, the UNIX architects have missed a bet here - as well as having file names composed of mixed case, they should have assigned a gender to each file as well, like nouns in Spanish or German, so that Mr. Init.conf would be different from Ms. Init.conf.
I'm a pilot, and it's durned handy to be able to get a satellite eye's view of an airport I haven't been to before, so's I can pick out some landmarks. It's not that easy spotting a weedpatch airstrip from the air the first time over it, and the aerial photos in Keyhole help, especially the slant view feature.
Dhalgren...yuck, the book was bad enough. Delany has written some great novels that would adapt well to cinema and make fantastic movies..."Babel-17", or "The Einstein Intersection"say, or "Nova"...come to think of it, they could make a hell of a TV series out of Nova...some episodes from the point of view of the Captain, some from MOuse, and some from the Gypsies. But not Dhalgren
Xeon was that woman from that TV show - you know, the one that spun off from Hercules' series...Xeon the Barbarian.
Most of them Church going Christians? Hardly. Many were full on atheists, and most were no worse than Deists. The best were out and out atheists. My favorite was Diderot - my favorite Diderot quote was something to the effect that humankind would not be truly free until the last king was strangeld with the entrails of the last priest...words to live by
You're welcome to the richly spiritual Dark Ages...I (and I suspect almost all Slashdot Readers) vastly do prefer "the Enlightenment", a period in history when the leading thinkers believed that human reason could be used to combat ignorance, superstition, and tyranny and to build a better world. Their principal targets were religion (embodied in the Catholic Church) and the domination of society by a hereditary aristocracy. P.S. you're an idiot.
But the down side of the commitment to Star Wars is that we downgrade the power of reason and will, and submit to a non-material religious "Force" to deal with the world. This way lies the dark ages...