Clearly: 1. Modern programmers ahve far to much time on their hands. Computer languages exist so we can solve problems. Where the problem most projects deserpately DON'T need is how to make a dynamic programming environment. 2. Such frippery could never have been implemented any other way. It is only via the magic of an xml tag that extensible code could ever be declared.
Sure a well defined markup language is nice but really, people seem to loose all rational sense when it comes to XML - It cannot be used in a project without the project becomming "XML"?
Scripting languages have been capable of processing all manner of free form text files in the past but somehow XML is necessary for interoperation?
Why do people somehow think that XML encapsulated data will be small and quick to parse and are then suprised when it isn't?
Why are they so fucking proud when their server can generate some trivial number of XML packets per second?
What nutjob actually thought XML is easy to read?
And what is the difference between a node an an attribute? Really?
I belive that I belive in things. That I am actually aware/concoious/whatever, not *just* the responses of a neural net computer.
I also belive that to opposing things can both be true.
but, having been exposed to the Atkins diet, and being somewhat overwieght, Id love to monitor my own blood sugar to correlate against the foods I eat. With the prevelance of fast food, its damn difficult to pick out low GI carbs.
I want constant, non invasive, blood chemistry monitoring gadgets - they must be simple, but programmable.
See, its twits like fubar1971 that demonstrate why we are in this situation.
The problem is caused by a complete and utter lack of grip on reality. A total inability to understand human nature, and worse, expect people to bend to the system, rather than designing the system to facilitate its use by people.
Ill say this in capital letters so you get it this time.
CHANGING PASSWORDS EVERY 60 DAYS IS TOO HARD YOU DICKFUCK!
And if you arsehole IT fucks cant get your brains around that, and design a system the recognises that fact then you shoudl really get a job shovelling manure or something.
If you really think that something is easy, merely because its easy to write an algorithm to solve it, you need help. People are not computers, and something as trivial as generating a password becomes an onerously difficult task when asked to perform repeatedly.
Rather than cursing the l-users, get off your fat arse, and start doign your Job - provide them with the tools to do their jobs.
Its called asn.1 which, incidently, already has a defined mapping to and from xml Its binary encoding is designed to include as little redundant data as possible while retaining the benefits of tagged heirchaical data, and it is already used for storing and transmitting things like certificates in SSL.
While that is intended no doubt to be amusing, I use a Win2K pro system to develop.
At times I have Diablo II running in a window, DevStudiodebuggins ome app. A couple of multi megabyte spreadsheets open in OpenOffice, And of course FireFox.
To ensure that the hardware is as unstable as possible, this runs on a dual P4, with a Matrox and an nVidia card, both dual head for a total of 4 displays - all with a mere 512Mb of RAM.
Ironically, FireFox is the real system resource hog.
I have to close it down every two weeks to free up some system memory. It does get restarted about once a month when my domain passwords expire - its the only damned way to ensure that some cached credentials dont lock me out of everything.
crap - thats what I get for not previewing my post.
and what if list is NULL - the empty list? This is c++ right? You want something like (ha, double pointers to manipulate a singly linked list:)
// to find the end of a linked list for( item** p = *p; p = &(*p)->next);
// to insert an item "n" into a sorted list. // assuming of course that the "item" node implements a comparison operator. for(item** p = *p && n < p; p = &(*p)->next); n->next = *p; *p = n;
and what if list is NULL - the empty list? This is c++ right?
You want something like (ha, double pointers to manipulate a singly linked list:)// to find the end of a linked list
for( item** p = *p; p = &(*p)->next);// to insert an item "n" into a sorted list.// assuming of course that the "item" node implements a next);
n->next = *p;
*p = n;
Kildall was too shortsighted to have succeeded. Gates, for all that we slashdotters love to hate him now, was wise enough to see that there was more benefit to demanding a very low roylaty per copy.
Kildall was too engrossed with making immediate profit to, even if he had got in the door first, have prospered for long.
DNA has got nothing to do with it.
Whats at issue here is the human mind. Unfortunately athiests have no clue how a human mind comes about, and religeous people leave it in the hands of their god (presumably).
Which leaves us in a sticky situation. I know that I am a self aware entity. Presumably other adult humans are too. We can all remember being self aware as children, so they must be too.
Starting from the other end of the scale, it seems rather unlikley that a single cell is self aware. Or even two cells. But the moment at which awareness kicks in, the moment at which a blob of cells turns from being, well, a smelly mix of chemicals, and becomes an individual, that is very unclear.
Given that we dont currently have a fucking clue when and how that happens, well I for one prefer to err on the side of caution. Religeous or athiest your body will die...opinions what happens to your soul may vary, but, one way or the other, i'd prefer to die with a clean consience.
Take the number of adapters out in the field: A. Multiply by the probable rate of failure: B. Multiply by the average cost of an out of court settlement: C.
A times B times C equals X.
If X is less than the cost of a total recall, we dont do one.
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Clearly:
1. Modern programmers ahve far to much time on their hands. Computer languages exist so we can solve problems. Where the problem most projects deserpately DON'T need is how to make a dynamic programming environment.
2. Such frippery could never have been implemented any other way. It is only via the magic of an xml tag that extensible code could ever be declared.
Sure a well defined markup language is nice but really, people seem to loose all rational sense when it comes to XML - It cannot be used in a project without the project becomming "XML"? Scripting languages have been capable of processing all manner of free form text files in the past but somehow XML is necessary for interoperation? Why do people somehow think that XML encapsulated data will be small and quick to parse and are then suprised when it isn't? Why are they so fucking proud when their server can generate some trivial number of XML packets per second? What nutjob actually thought XML is easy to read? And what is the difference between a node an an attribute? Really?
I belive that I belive in things. That I am actually aware/concoious/whatever, not *just* the responses of a neural net computer. I also belive that to opposing things can both be true.
but, having been exposed to the Atkins diet, and being somewhat overwieght, Id love to monitor my own blood sugar to correlate against the foods I eat. With the prevelance of fast food, its damn difficult to pick out low GI carbs. I want constant, non invasive, blood chemistry monitoring gadgets - they must be simple, but programmable.
The problem is caused by a complete and utter lack of grip on reality. A total inability to understand human nature, and worse, expect people to bend to the system, rather than designing the system to facilitate its use by people.
Ill say this in capital letters so you get it this time.
CHANGING PASSWORDS EVERY 60 DAYS IS TOO HARD YOU DICKFUCK!
And if you arsehole IT fucks cant get your brains around that, and design a system the recognises that fact then you shoudl really get a job shovelling manure or something.
If you really think that something is easy, merely because its easy to write an algorithm to solve it, you need help. People are not computers, and something as trivial as generating a password becomes an onerously difficult task when asked to perform repeatedly.
Rather than cursing the l-users, get off your fat arse, and start doign your Job - provide them with the tools to do their jobs.
I thought they'd found the gene for cowadice actually.
Its called asn.1 which, incidently, already has a defined mapping to and from xml Its binary encoding is designed to include as little redundant data as possible while retaining the benefits of tagged heirchaical data, and it is already used for storing and transmitting things like certificates in SSL.
In soviet russia, Games ban China!
Enough shit like this and no Judge will ever take an EULA seriously.
How do you spell "NASA" in hindi?
unusable software is inherently insecure.
sorry. Dual XEON 1.7Ghz
Gainward Geforce FX 5200 Pro/660 PCI
While that is intended no doubt to be amusing, I use a Win2K pro system to develop.
At times I have Diablo II running in a window, DevStudiodebuggins ome app. A couple of multi megabyte spreadsheets open in OpenOffice, And of course FireFox.
To ensure that the hardware is as unstable as possible, this runs on a dual P4, with a Matrox and an nVidia card, both dual head for a total of 4 displays - all with a mere 512Mb of RAM.
Ironically, FireFox is the real system resource hog.
I have to close it down every two weeks to free up some system memory. It does get restarted about once a month when my domain passwords expire - its the only damned way to ensure that some cached credentials dont lock me out of everything.
Cat got your tongue? (something important seems to be missing from your comment ... like the body or the subject!)
and what if list is NULL - the empty list? This is c++ right? You want something like (ha, double pointers to manipulate a singly linked list
for( item** p = *p; p = &(*p)->next);
for(item** p = *p && n < p; p = &(*p)->next);
n->next = *p;
*p = n;
and what if list is NULL - the empty list? This is c++ right? You want something like (ha, double pointers to manipulate a singly linked list :) // to find the end of a linked list
for( item** p = *p; p = &(*p)->next); // to insert an item "n" into a sorted list. // assuming of course that the "item" node implements a next);
n->next = *p;
*p = n;
Is surely what the article is meant to be titled?
Like they need a MRI scanner to tell them that Ill buy anything endorsed with gratutious breast images. *sheesh*
Kildall was too engrossed with making immediate profit to, even if he had got in the door first, have prospered for long.
DNA has got nothing to do with it. Whats at issue here is the human mind. Unfortunately athiests have no clue how a human mind comes about, and religeous people leave it in the hands of their god (presumably). Which leaves us in a sticky situation. I know that I am a self aware entity. Presumably other adult humans are too. We can all remember being self aware as children, so they must be too. Starting from the other end of the scale, it seems rather unlikley that a single cell is self aware. Or even two cells. But the moment at which awareness kicks in, the moment at which a blob of cells turns from being, well, a smelly mix of chemicals, and becomes an individual, that is very unclear. Given that we dont currently have a fucking clue when and how that happens, well I for one prefer to err on the side of caution. Religeous or athiest your body will die...opinions what happens to your soul may vary, but, one way or the other, i'd prefer to die with a clean consience.
When will the horror end?
A times B times C equals X.
If X is less than the cost of a total recall, we dont do one.
Tyler Durden (paraphrased :P)
Whats wrong with xvid then? And, what fuckign audio codec ARE they using? My Media Player tries to find it, fails, and plays with no sound.
If I had to have a cancer, i'd rather like one that took me a thousand years to die from.