> Tablets are good for reading and that's pretty much it. I mostly use mine to read scientific article and annotate them. This is my killer usage of tablet.
Reading -- definitely agree! But I would also add web surfing, and playing the occasional mobile game, when you aren't at the desktop.
The Kindle sucks for reading with its crappy small 6" screen size. The kindle can't do anything else then read. If you're going to spend $140+, why not just spend the extra money buy a real tablet that can read AND do other stuff?
* Kindle Paperwhite 1440x1080 @ 300 ppi 6" $139 has Ads (WTF!) * nVidia Shield Tablet 1920x1200 @ 275 ppi 8" 2 GB RAM, $399 * iPad Air 2: 9.7", 2048x1536 px, @ 264 px/inch, $499 * iPad Pro 2732x2048 @ 264 ppi 12.9", $799
> the best tablet with pencil is probably Microsoft's.
Disagree. Thew new iPad Pro is dam slick. Low latency, and some of the demo drawing apps are dam nice. I would encourage you to try it out.
> Can someone please break down for me what's so appealing about Minecraft?
Digital Lego
In 99% of all games, the world is static -- that means you can't permanently change it. In an MMO you can chop down a tree, but the tree will always grow back in the same place, every time. You can't plant your own tree where _you_ want.
The world in Minecraft is (almost) completely dynamic. See that mountain next to you? Want to dig a tunnel? You just mine (with a (iron+) pickaxe). Want to build a bridge over water? You just place blocks.
... when a boring phone company tries to tap into something that was once a fad.
>... until recently it was impossible to order a pizza from Minecraft. In fact, you couldnâ(TM)t make a phone call, send a text message or browse the web from the game even if you built a phone.
Around here we call that security and/or separations of concerns. The _last_ thing you want is some bug to be exploited by hackers that can have a negative impact on your finances.
/sarcasm Because the "first" thing I want from Verizon is being able to order a pizza from when I'm playing Minecraft on a phone. Gee, how about less price gouging, better cell coverage, better call quality, ending the shenanigans of deploying fiber, a straightforward billing statement without hidden feeds, better customer service, of the million other things you could actually do to treat and respect your customers better. Nah, who would want that when "Dude, we can order a pizza from within Minecraft!"
Exactly you're forgetting one very little important thing:
* Assembly Language (and/or the micro-code of the CPU)
At the end of the day you still have an sequential IP (Instruction Pointer), you still have registers, you still have tests, you still have memory, and you are still doing some transform on data.
Lisp machines died out years ago -- that means the fundamental _underlying_ hardware IS basically C's model.
> Paul Graham once commented that the trend in language design was to take C and add Lisp features over time.
Yeah that definitely is very true. Every new language from C++ onwards is just regurgitation of concepts 20 years earlier.
> What's next, different cost based on the amount of RAM installed?
MS already does that with Windows 7 (or previous versions)
I have 32 GB of RAM in my main dev box. You need to run Windows 7 Professional (or better) in order to use more then 16 GB of RAM. You need to use Windows 7 Premium or better if you have more then 8 GB RAM.
The lack of static typing in Javascript, or PHP are why they are shit languages. It is like people learnt absolutely _nothing_ from all the bad programming habits of BASIC in the 80's. When you need to use hacks like
"use strict";
that is proof the language was designed by someone who didn't have a fucking clue about making the language easier to catch bugs.
Delaying error checking until run-time is stupid. You wan to "fail fast" to catch dumb mistakes as early as possible.
The WebStorm IDE / editor has a good static analysis called "inspection". Having to rely on third party "lint" tools to catch simple variable misspelling is dumb.
> IE was at the time (~2000) the best browser hands down - with superior performance and memory usage.
LOL, revisionist history much?!
IE was not superior; ActiveX was a security clusterfuck. I was using Netscape back in 2000; While IE had better memory usage because iexplore linked to a ton of system.dll's, Netscape had a far better bookmark system. IE used the stupid file name schema of Windows: You couldn't use / in your bookmarks. In Netscape you could manually control the sort order along with using manual separators. I switched over to Firefox ~2004.
> So what? I still made a fortune.:) If you're not part of the solutionyou are part of the problem, but I see all you care about is money./sarcasm Who needs quality when we can fuck over our customers with insecure crap!
> PHP and Javascript enable me to live in a nice home and drive a nice car Here's your cookie kid. I could sell drugs and have a nice home and nice car too.
> You only wish you could live so well, lol. Typical bogus Strawman argument that has _nothing_ to do with how shit PHP is.
All that programming experience and you still haven't learn the first rule of programing ??
* Don't make assumptions -- you're ignorance will get you into trouble.
> Just make sure you do your job and wipe down our table after we leave the restaurant, okay?
Remember what I said about assumptions, earlier? I've been shipping computer games for 20+ years. Making assumptions only makes you look like a complete idiot.
Pointing out the truth that PHP and Javascript were written complete fucktards means I care about making my (programming) job easier, go figure. Gee, why do we have static typing, and static analysis?? To catch stupid mistakes at compile-time instead of blowing up in your face at run-time. Why do you have consistent naming conventions? To make it easier to remember instead of everything being one off.
Only a complete fucktard would call someone who points out Javascript hacks like "use strict"; a language snob.
> I really don't give a flying fuck how much you hate PHP and Javascript.
> Am I the only person left who actually LIKES and used Thunderbird?
Nope -- the problem is "webmail" is good enough for most people; We're a dying (technical) breed. Not enough people care about having a good, fast, stable, email client.:-/ Just look at how many people's eyes roll over when you mention something like PGP. They use the ignorant and naive excuse "But I have nothing to hide"...
> The concept of the Sharing economy is stupid at its core. You're begging the question.
Co-operation is not stupid; it is an _optimization._ Pooling resources so that those in need have access that they might not normally have. But I guess you would rather be a selfish asshole. You're part of the problem, not the solution.
> Every sharing economy is based upon an outside requirement Nonsense. Counter proof: The Amish.
Just because most men are to stupid to value the spiritual truth of "You receive what you give", and "Treat others how you want to be treated" in spite of man's obsessive path of destruction, this in no way negates man's potential to live a harmonious and in unity with all things.
At some point war will seem as archaic as slavery, along with money. The whole definition of wealth is based upon a false premise: There is never enough.
-- ~2022: The greatest discovery: We are not alone ~2024: The greatest tragedy: World War 3
> What has socialism done to give it such a horrible name?
Robbing from Paul to pay Peter.
The problem in America is that there is a _perception_ of socialism == communism which is anathema to (free market) capitalism.
Ironically the US _is_ communist; it is just never _labeled_ as such, but the facts, sadly, speak for themselves:
1. Abolition of private property in land and application of all rents of land to public purpose. 2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax. 3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance. 4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels. 5. Centralization of credit in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly. 6. Centralization of the means of communication and transportation in the hands of the state. 7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the state; the bringing into cultivation of waste lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan. 8. Equal obligation of all to work. Establishment of Industrial armies, especially for agriculture. 9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of the distinction between town and country by a more equable distribution of the population over the country. 10. Free education for all children in government schools. Abolition of children's factory labor in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production, etc. etc.
That's not a practical solution -- good luck getting *good* seats then. That said, this only works once the movie has been out for 2 weeks and you go during the day when the place is mostly empty.
Those Mathematicians are just butthurt that some problems can "simply" be solved by enumeration. They are more then welcome to come up with an alternative proof.
Which is more important? The answer or the one of the solutions? Why "elegance of the proof" even matter?
Ya, you would think so, but since it is only 1 person, and they haven't been hit where it hurts -- in the money belt -- there is little incentive to make an example out of him.
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> Tablets are good for reading and that's pretty much it. I mostly use mine to read scientific article and annotate them. This is my killer usage of tablet.
Reading -- definitely agree! But I would also add web surfing, and playing the occasional mobile game, when you aren't at the desktop.
The Kindle sucks for reading with its crappy small 6" screen size. The kindle can't do anything else then read. If you're going to spend $140+, why not just spend the extra money buy a real tablet that can read AND do other stuff?
* Kindle Paperwhite 1440x1080 @ 300 ppi 6" $139 has Ads (WTF!)
* nVidia Shield Tablet 1920x1200 @ 275 ppi 8" 2 GB RAM, $399
* iPad Air 2: 9.7", 2048x1536 px, @ 264 px/inch, $499
* iPad Pro 2732x2048 @ 264 ppi 12.9", $799
> the best tablet with pencil is probably Microsoft's.
Disagree. Thew new iPad Pro is dam slick. Low latency, and some of the demo drawing apps are dam nice. I would encourage you to try it out.
> Can someone please break down for me what's so appealing about Minecraft?
Digital Lego
In 99% of all games, the world is static -- that means you can't permanently change it. In an MMO you can chop down a tree, but the tree will always grow back in the same place, every time. You can't plant your own tree where _you_ want.
The world in Minecraft is (almost) completely dynamic. See that mountain next to you? Want to dig a tunnel? You just mine (with a (iron+) pickaxe). Want to build a bridge over water? You just place blocks.
... when a boring phone company tries to tap into something that was once a fad.
> ... until recently it was impossible to order a pizza from Minecraft. In fact, you couldnâ(TM)t make a phone call, send a text message or browse the web from the game even if you built a phone.
Around here we call that security and/or separations of concerns. The _last_ thing you want is some bug to be exploited by hackers that can have a negative impact on your finances.
Fucking morons.
Exactly you're forgetting one very little important thing:
* Assembly Language (and/or the micro-code of the CPU)
At the end of the day you still have an sequential IP (Instruction Pointer), you still have registers, you still have tests, you still have memory, and you are still doing some transform on data.
Lisp machines died out years ago -- that means the fundamental _underlying_ hardware IS basically C's model.
> Paul Graham once commented that the trend in language design was to take C and add Lisp features over time.
Yeah that definitely is very true. Every new language from C++ onwards is just regurgitation of concepts 20 years earlier.
/Oblg. Windows 1 vs Windows 8
> Isn't it time to ban *ISLAM*?
1. You're throwing the baby out with the bath water.
2. This sets a precedent down a dangerous slippery slope -- _who_ determines _what_ is acceptable or not?
3. The problem is The Silent Majority"
4. Cars kill more people then guns but we don't ban cars simply because a few idiots don't know how to respect other's property or life.
**Education** and/or Name-and-Shame is the proper solution.
i.e. Scroll down to:
* http://www.rollingstone.com/po...
> What's next, different cost based on the amount of RAM installed?
MS already does that with Windows 7 (or previous versions)
I have 32 GB of RAM in my main dev box. You need to run Windows 7 Professional (or better) in order to use more then 16 GB of RAM. You need to use Windows 7 Premium or better if you have more then 8 GB RAM.
Memory Limits for Windows and Windows Server Releases
* https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-...
e.g. x64 version
Windows 7 Professional 192 GB
Windows 7 Home Premium 16 GB
Windows 7 Home Basic 8 GB
Note: For Windows 8 and Windows 10 MS removed almost all of these silly limits.
i.e.
Windows 10 Enterprise 2TB
Windows 10 Education 2TB
Windows 10 Pro 2TB
Windows 10 Home 128GB
Dam straight !
The lack of static typing in Javascript, or PHP are why they are shit languages. It is like people learnt absolutely _nothing_ from all the bad programming habits of BASIC in the 80's. When you need to use hacks like
that is proof the language was designed by someone who didn't have a fucking clue about making the language easier to catch bugs.
Delaying error checking until run-time is stupid. You wan to "fail fast" to catch dumb mistakes as early as possible.
The WebStorm IDE / editor has a good static analysis called "inspection". Having to rely on third party "lint" tools to catch simple variable misspelling is dumb.
> IE was at the time (~2000) the best browser hands down - with superior performance and memory usage.
LOL, revisionist history much?!
IE was not superior; ActiveX was a security clusterfuck. I was using Netscape back in 2000; While IE had better memory usage because iexplore linked to a ton of system .dll's, Netscape had a far better bookmark system. IE used the stupid file name schema of Windows: You couldn't use / in your bookmarks. In Netscape you could manually control the sort order along with using manual separators. I switched over to Firefox ~2004.
Why isn't a monitor listed??
A power supply is less then $10.
* http://smile.amazon.com/gp/pro...
> But religious objections carry no weight with me.
Guess what, no one died and made you god to dictate your myopic opinion is the only one that matters.
They were there first; they get to decide the laws.
> I'm tired of people trying to trample valuable research because of their mythology.
And I'm tired of arrogant people who can't respect other people's cultures.
How do you respect yourself when you can't even respect others of differing opinion?
Dam, that was beautiful sarcasm. Mod +1.
It is gems like this that prove /. isn't completely crap these days.
> So what? I still made a fortune. :) /sarcasm Who needs quality when we can fuck over our customers with insecure crap!
If you're not part of the solution you are part of the problem, but I see all you care about is money.
> PHP and Javascript enable me to live in a nice home and drive a nice car
Here's your cookie kid. I could sell drugs and have a nice home and nice car too.
> You only wish you could live so well, lol.
Typical bogus Strawman argument that has _nothing_ to do with how shit PHP is.
All that programming experience and you still haven't learn the first rule of programing ??
* Don't make assumptions -- you're ignorance will get you into trouble.
> Just make sure you do your job and wipe down our table after we leave the restaurant, okay?
Remember what I said about assumptions, earlier? I've been shipping computer games for 20+ years. Making assumptions only makes you look like a complete idiot.
Pointing out the truth that PHP and Javascript were written complete fucktards means I care about making my (programming) job easier, go figure. Gee, why do we have static typing, and static analysis?? To catch stupid mistakes at compile-time instead of blowing up in your face at run-time. Why do you have consistent naming conventions? To make it easier to remember instead of everything being one off.
Only a complete fucktard would call someone who points out Javascript hacks like "use strict"; a language snob.
> I really don't give a flying fuck how much you hate PHP and Javascript.
Apparently you do, since you responded.
Just because you made a fortune selling manure shoveling shit doesn't mean it doesn't stink.
PHP, like Javascript, are complete clusterfucks written by people who don't have a fucking clue how a good language is designed.
> Am I the only person left who actually LIKES and used Thunderbird?
Nope -- the problem is "webmail" is good enough for most people; We're a dying (technical) breed. Not enough people care about having a good, fast, stable, email client. :-/ Just look at how many people's eyes roll over when you mention something like PGP. They use the ignorant and naive excuse "But I have nothing to hide" ...
> The concept of the Sharing economy is stupid at its core.
You're begging the question.
Co-operation is not stupid; it is an _optimization._ Pooling resources so that those in need have access that they might not normally have. But I guess you would rather be a selfish asshole. You're part of the problem, not the solution.
> Every sharing economy is based upon an outside requirement
Nonsense. Counter proof: The Amish.
Just because most men are to stupid to value the spiritual truth of "You receive what you give", and "Treat others how you want to be treated" in spite of man's obsessive path of destruction, this in no way negates man's potential to live a harmonious and in unity with all things.
At some point war will seem as archaic as slavery, along with money. The whole definition of wealth is based upon a false premise: There is never enough.
--
~2022: The greatest discovery: We are not alone
~2024: The greatest tragedy: World War 3
The same holds true in the game dev industry too. Switching jobs roughly about every ~2 years is the most effective way to get a pay raise.
If companies want to stop complaining about lack of "retention" then they need to realize they are part of the problem with people gaming the system.
> What has socialism done to give it such a horrible name?
Robbing from Paul to pay Peter.
The problem in America is that there is a _perception_ of socialism == communism which is anathema to (free market) capitalism.
Ironically the US _is_ communist; it is just never _labeled_ as such, but the facts, sadly, speak for themselves:
1. Abolition of private property in land and application of all rents of land to public purpose.
2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance.
4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
5. Centralization of credit in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly.
6. Centralization of the means of communication and transportation in the hands of the state.
7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the state; the bringing into cultivation of waste lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
8. Equal obligation of all to work. Establishment of Industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of the distinction between town and country by a more equable distribution of the population over the country.
10. Free education for all children in government schools. Abolition of children's factory labor in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production, etc. etc.
For more details see:
* http://laissez-fairerepublic.c...
* https://www.google.com/search?...
Good list. I would also add 2 things you missed:
COOL: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
PASTE: Artic Silver 5
That's not a practical solution -- good luck getting *good* seats then. That said, this only works once the movie has been out for 2 weeks and you go during the day when the place is mostly empty.
> Fan edits like the DeZionIzed matrix, the LOST miniseries, and Phantom Edit have been stellar improvements over the official releases.
Agreed! Fans have done an amazing job.
1. Anyone have a link to a high quality version to these? Particularly The Phantom Edit ? (It has been years since I've seen it.)
This is a low quality link :-(
* http://www.dailymotion.com/vid...
2. I would also add:
Star Wars I-III: A Phantom Edit *1080p*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Those Mathematicians are just butthurt that some problems can "simply" be solved by enumeration. They are more then welcome to come up with an alternative proof.
Which is more important? The answer or the one of the solutions? Why "elegance of the proof" even matter?
Ya, you would think so, but since it is only 1 person, and they haven't been hit where it hurts -- in the money belt -- there is little incentive to make an example out of him.
Agreed.
Bitcoin Monday
SWJ Tuesday
Microsoft / Apple Wednesday
etc.
Unfortunately there is no proof of "crime" so the (incompetent) feds won't do anything. :-(
I can't imagine what kind of karma this little shit is creating for himself.