All the Slack guys are trying to paint the up2date system like some evil, untrustable system hosting somewhere in eastern bolivia. The packages you manually download are just as likely to be tampered with as any of the mirror sites.
Look guys, you pick what to install, what to update, and it verifies it all with GPG keys.
And for the record, I like redcarpet personally. Very easily allows me to remotely manage a number of similiar redhat installations. Its quick, and its easy.
The only problem I had with FC2 was ACPI... sucking. I just don't think its far enough in development to get dropped into a major release like Core 2. I had to turn it off and go back to APM for the time being. I give the guys working on it a huge two thumbs up, and I commend them for their work on it. I think it just still has a way to go.
Some sites are designed for a very specific size. A browser window larger than that will show margins around a site, which usually ends up making the site look like a dot in the middle of a big page.
Not something I encourage, but it can definitely lead to an overall more appealing design, in some cases.
Of course they have runtime advantages! They're emulated languages. Compile optimized C++ code on X platform and it will outperform java 99.9999% of the time. I can't believe we're even having this argument!
I spent about three years writing web based, sql backended applications, so I like to tell myself I know a thing or two about it.
I love this argument about state tracking. Every single server side scripting language posesses some kind of session tracking functionality. Based on IP address as well as some other odds and ends (depending on implementation). No cookies, no mess, and totally invisible to the user.
Saying thats not a valid form of state tracking would be like me telling you that because your unix terminal doesn't lock itself as soon as your keys leave the keyboard, its just a security risk waiting to happen.
Your second requirement is absolutely bizarre. Does this mean you're not taking languages like Lisp, Prolog, Python, and Perl seriously, too? Those are all very nice languages for doing stuff in, but I'm pretty sure id never wrote a 3D engine in them. In fact, I was under the impression that id has never written a 3D engine in C++, either. Should we not take C++ seriously?
Ok, first off, it was half serious I'm sure.
But, we're talking speed here. No one said those languages aren't nice, and have their place, but this article clearly states that Java is faster than C++ - which, quite frankly, is a load of bullshit.
No one is going to argue that you can perform very large floating point calcuations faster in python, etc than in C. I mean, for god's sake, most (if not all) of those interperters are written in C/C++! You're just adding layers of complexity.
Stealing a product is just damaging in a different sense. It isn't as direct.
You're stealing money from everyone associated with the production of that product. From the artist all the way to the 17 year old kid working at Sam Goody. The impact is arguably much worse, and essentially effects a much larger group of people.
I've read quite a bit of that site, and most of it seems like nitpicking, and them personally attacking people to try and prove their superiority. He tries to elude to the fact that he's above actual SQL programming, and his time is best spent strictly on theory.
Basically the guy sounds like an arrogant asshole, and I quit reading pretty quickly. Too bad too, since he might have something interesting worth saying.
Well, I don't think relational logic has changed much in the last 400 years or so, and apparently no one has come up with a better way to express those relationships, either.
I can't say whether or not this has been explored extensively (enough) - I don't know if anyone can.
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All the Slack guys are trying to paint the up2date system like some evil, untrustable system hosting somewhere in eastern bolivia. The packages you manually download are just as likely to be tampered with as any of the mirror sites.
Look guys, you pick what to install, what to update, and it verifies it all with GPG keys.
And for the record, I like redcarpet personally. Very easily allows me to remotely manage a number of similiar redhat installations. Its quick, and its easy.
The only problem I had with FC2 was ACPI ... sucking. I just don't think its far enough in development to get dropped into a major release like Core 2. I had to turn it off and go back to APM for the time being. I give the guys working on it a huge two thumbs up, and I commend them for their work on it. I think it just still has a way to go.
Flame away!
"Search Error
MSN Search is temporarily unable to process your request.
Please try again in a few minutes.
EID: f:651496928 - 1041:1041:10004:1059
HC: 71d61b15"
This was 2 seconds after for a "linux" search that worked fine.
Coincidence or conspiracy? You decide!
As long as this input accepts a limited size of data, then the possible number of inputs is hardly infinite.
Unless I misunderstood you somewhere?
Essentially great software is the one that solves customer's problem.
:)
Where on earth did you come up with that definition of "great" ?
I've got a problem: I need to get to work. A 1987 Geo Metro will do the trick - does that make it a "great" automobile? Not quite
Some sites are designed for a very specific size. A browser window larger than that will show margins around a site, which usually ends up making the site look like a dot in the middle of a big page.
Not something I encourage, but it can definitely lead to an overall more appealing design, in some cases.
I think Joel's setup was pretty much perfect.
Of course they have runtime advantages! They're emulated languages. Compile optimized C++ code on X platform and it will outperform java 99.9999% of the time. I can't believe we're even having this argument!
Did you not get the memo yet that there are more web based applications written every year than anything else?
And Gandhi didn't have a job at all! What a sucker that guy was!
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Oh, wait
I spent about three years writing web based, sql backended applications, so I like to tell myself I know a thing or two about it.
I love this argument about state tracking. Every single server side scripting language posesses some kind of session tracking functionality. Based on IP address as well as some other odds and ends (depending on implementation). No cookies, no mess, and totally invisible to the user.
Saying thats not a valid form of state tracking would be like me telling you that because your unix terminal doesn't lock itself as soon as your keys leave the keyboard, its just a security risk waiting to happen.
Who cares if the API's are open? How many developer's read through linux API's? 0.000000001% ... of linux users! Whats that, like 6 guys?
API's are a black box: you pass them values, they return some.
All you need to know is what to feed them and what to expect in return.
PS - I've developed software for both GNU\Linux platform as well as microsoft platform(s) and I'll take linux ANY DAY OF THE WEEK!
Your second requirement is absolutely bizarre. Does this mean you're not taking languages like Lisp, Prolog, Python, and Perl seriously, too? Those are all very nice languages for doing stuff in, but I'm pretty sure id never wrote a 3D engine in them. In fact, I was under the impression that id has never written a 3D engine in C++, either. Should we not take C++ seriously?
Ok, first off, it was half serious I'm sure.
But, we're talking speed here. No one said those languages aren't nice, and have their place, but this article clearly states that Java is faster than C++ - which, quite frankly, is a load of bullshit.
No one is going to argue that you can perform very large floating point calcuations faster in python, etc than in C. I mean, for god's sake, most (if not all) of those interperters are written in C/C++! You're just adding layers of complexity.
Except maybe for the guy that responded well above you that worked for Hammerhead.
You know, the guys that did the graphics for The Chronicles of Riddick?
Yeah. Open mouth, insert foot. You got it.
You can get my 7920 when you pry it from my cold dead hands!
"I would also hope the default sa/password will no longer be there."
That was MSDE not SQL Server.
Can we mod the story submitter -5 troll?
My 10 year old nissan gets better gas mileage than most hybrid vehicles do now.
Hybrid Cars Come Up Short
Well how old are you? :)
Just over the next hurdle, in terms of developing new power sources, could equal a significant period, possibly longer than your entire life.
All she had to do was: nothing.
If she would have just kept her mouth closed, she'd be watering her garden right now.
Stealing a product is just damaging in a different sense. It isn't as direct.
You're stealing money from everyone associated with the production of that product. From the artist all the way to the 17 year old kid working at Sam Goody. The impact is arguably much worse, and essentially effects a much larger group of people.
Should we consider the size of the operating system in that too? What about the hardware drivers?
So every application is the size of it + all dependent software?
I've read quite a bit of that site, and most of it seems like nitpicking, and them personally attacking people to try and prove their superiority. He tries to elude to the fact that he's above actual SQL programming, and his time is best spent strictly on theory.
Basically the guy sounds like an arrogant asshole, and I quit reading pretty quickly. Too bad too, since he might have something interesting worth saying.
Care to explain or justify any of that?
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"C sucks, its old, and badly designed, way to complex
Well, I don't think relational logic has changed much in the last 400 years or so, and apparently no one has come up with a better way to express those relationships, either.
I can't say whether or not this has been explored extensively (enough) - I don't know if anyone can.
At least visual basic supported this mythical "with" statement that apparently python programmers still only dream about :)
*ducks*
yes, yes -6, troll, I know, I know. It was worth it! =P