I'm not discrediting Visual Studio, but consider the fact that you'll probably spend 20 years using an IDE, don't you learn all the keyboard shortcuts you need, anyway? It seems like a silly argument that just because it's easier up front it's better, that view seems a little short sighted. Windows is easier to use than Linux up front, but once you learn to use Linux it's much more powerful, so it's worth the investment.
Let's not forget VIM is also just a text editor, you can use it to work on all kinds of text. And all of those features you mention can of course be done in VIM, or very easily using command line tools, which I think further illustrates the power of the platform, overall.
I'm not a Visual Studio hater, the first software I ever wrote was using Visual Basic 3, but I think you can get most of the really nice features in Visual Studio in a well configured VIM. Tree browser, intelli-sense autocomplete, built in reference documentation, etc etc. You'd be amazed (or maybe not?) what a really pimped out VIM can do.
Why would you argue against a feature? Are you just railing against Microsoft, because basically every editor in the world has intelli-sense style code completion now. For fuck's sake, I use intelli-sense style autocomplete in VIM.
You can do this all with VIM. You can google around for it if you want, just reply to this post if you want and I can give more details. You can get both intelli-sense style code completion as well as code references pulled up from function names right in your editor. I've done both with python, not hard to setup at all.
Yes it really does need #3. We need more people writing software for Linux, and anything we can do to lower the barrier of entry should be applauded. If the best you can come up with is it's "bloated" and makes programmers lazy? GREAT. Bring it on.
3) You are absolutely 100% right and I think this is overlooked.
The reason Windows took off to begin with was how brain dead simple application development was. And you can complain about how shitty and unstable Windows 95 was (because, well, it was unstable and shitty) but the world produced a never ending stream of mediocre, pretty much functioning, software. A million businesses could crank out simple inhouse applications using things like VB and FoxPro.
Linux needs something similar, they need a Visual Basic for Linux. Something that makes programming so brain dead simple anyone can crank out code, even if it's not up the the usual Slashdot standards of quality. Sure "The Web" works anywhere, but there's a huge barrier to entry. Want to make a website? No problem, just learn: HTML, CSS and Javascript, then learn PHP/Python/Ruby and oh and SQL.
AMD needs to find a way to clarify their product line. I follow this stuff and I can't keep with all the shit AMD is doing. I just give up and buy Intel.
There have been a few studies, just google around for it. Mostly on the inhalation of propylene glycol, mainly because we use this stuff all over the place already. It's what's used in inhalers and in "smoke machines" (like those used at concerts). It's considered by the FDA to be generally safe for use already.
2:45 p.m. ET - Sen. Bob Menendez: "We know that chemical weapons personnel from the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center – subordinate to the regime’s Ministry of Defense – were operating in the Damascus suburb of ‘Adra from Sunday, August 18th until early in the morning on Wednesday August 21st near an area the regime uses to mix chemical weapons including sarin and human intelligence as well as signal and geospatial intelligence have shown regime activity in the preparation of chemicals prior to the attack, including the distribution and use of gas masks.
We have multiple streams of intelligence that show the regime launched a rocket attack against the Damascus suburbs in the early hours of August 21st and satellite corroboration that the attacks were launched from a regime-controlled area and struck neighborhoods where the chemical attacks reportedly occurred clearly tying the pieces together. That is what we know in terms of who may have deployed these weapons.
Ah good point. Ok, the key file to decrypt is stored on a remote server. If the restored copy of the hard drive cannot connect to that remote server, it cannot decrypt the stored information. The remote machine hosting the key file is accessible only via TOR. Have someone else setup the actual remote site so you only know it by it's TOR address. Again, two passwords but the wrong password wipes it on the remote side. This forces them to connect to TOR to attempt to decrypt and then they remotely wipe the key for you once you give them the tainted password, rendering the private key file unrecoverable.
Wow, I had completely forgotten about that. I honestly think that preventing attacks isn't as "fun" or "sexy" as computer hacking, so they just ignore or mishandle solid intelligence. You know how much we love to build "weapons", in this case it just happens to be in the form of code.
monster.com? This is no different than any intelligence operative (aka "Spy") working for the US. They're probably hired on as Computer Analysts or something mundane, then slowly brought into the fold once they have the appropriate security clearances.
Naah they'd just snatch him up, tie him to a chair in a room and explain very carefully how he was going to backdoor his software. If you just kill him someone will just pop up next week doing the same thing. Better to just have a silent backdoor and let everyone go on thinking it's "safe".
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God no, don't tie something practical like leap seconds to an arbitrary daylight savings scheme. Just abolish daylight savings.
I should clarify: It was faster than Siri, even BEFORE the new coprocessor.
It was faster before the new coprocessor.
I'm not discrediting Visual Studio, but consider the fact that you'll probably spend 20 years using an IDE, don't you learn all the keyboard shortcuts you need, anyway? It seems like a silly argument that just because it's easier up front it's better, that view seems a little short sighted. Windows is easier to use than Linux up front, but once you learn to use Linux it's much more powerful, so it's worth the investment.
Let's not forget VIM is also just a text editor, you can use it to work on all kinds of text. And all of those features you mention can of course be done in VIM, or very easily using command line tools, which I think further illustrates the power of the platform, overall.
I'm not a Visual Studio hater, the first software I ever wrote was using Visual Basic 3, but I think you can get most of the really nice features in Visual Studio in a well configured VIM. Tree browser, intelli-sense autocomplete, built in reference documentation, etc etc. You'd be amazed (or maybe not?) what a really pimped out VIM can do.
Why would you argue against a feature? Are you just railing against Microsoft, because basically every editor in the world has intelli-sense style code completion now. For fuck's sake, I use intelli-sense style autocomplete in VIM.
You can do this all with VIM. You can google around for it if you want, just reply to this post if you want and I can give more details. You can get both intelli-sense style code completion as well as code references pulled up from function names right in your editor. I've done both with python, not hard to setup at all.
Yes it really does need #3. We need more people writing software for Linux, and anything we can do to lower the barrier of entry should be applauded. If the best you can come up with is it's "bloated" and makes programmers lazy? GREAT. Bring it on.
3) You are absolutely 100% right and I think this is overlooked.
The reason Windows took off to begin with was how brain dead simple application development was. And you can complain about how shitty and unstable Windows 95 was (because, well, it was unstable and shitty) but the world produced a never ending stream of mediocre, pretty much functioning, software. A million businesses could crank out simple inhouse applications using things like VB and FoxPro.
Linux needs something similar, they need a Visual Basic for Linux. Something that makes programming so brain dead simple anyone can crank out code, even if it's not up the the usual Slashdot standards of quality. Sure "The Web" works anywhere, but there's a huge barrier to entry. Want to make a website? No problem, just learn: HTML, CSS and Javascript, then learn PHP/Python/Ruby and oh and SQL.
That's actually really helpful, thank you. I think what else I'm having trouble with is the never ending stream of new code names.
AMD needs to find a way to clarify their product line. I follow this stuff and I can't keep with all the shit AMD is doing. I just give up and buy Intel.
Me thinks no one asked the programmers. Some IT helpdesk guy is trying to solve it.
If it's such a big deal that you have a petition, just branch the kernel. That's the entire fucking point of open source.
There have been a few studies, just google around for it. Mostly on the inhalation of propylene glycol, mainly because we use this stuff all over the place already. It's what's used in inhalers and in "smoke machines" (like those used at concerts). It's considered by the FDA to be generally safe for use already.
Sure, some will say that e-cigs contain ingredients present in anti-freeze.
That ingredient you're referring to is what they use to make NON-TOXIC anti-freeze. Just to clarify.
So supposedly the US and British found evidence that Syria had used sarin, but refused to divulge the details
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/09/03/happening-now-lawmakers-grill-obama-officials-on-syria/
2:45 p.m. ET - Sen. Bob Menendez: "We know that chemical weapons personnel from the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center – subordinate to the regime’s Ministry of Defense – were operating in the Damascus suburb of ‘Adra from Sunday, August 18th until early in the morning on Wednesday August 21st near an area the regime uses to mix chemical weapons including sarin and human intelligence as well as signal and geospatial intelligence have shown regime activity in the preparation of chemicals prior to the attack, including the distribution and use of gas masks.
We have multiple streams of intelligence that show the regime launched a rocket attack against the Damascus suburbs in the early hours of August 21st and satellite corroboration that the attacks were launched from a regime-controlled area and struck neighborhoods where the chemical attacks reportedly occurred clearly tying the pieces together. That is what we know in terms of who may have deployed these weapons.
I only update my browser from the public repos which is signed using their private key.
Ah good point. Ok, the key file to decrypt is stored on a remote server. If the restored copy of the hard drive cannot connect to that remote server, it cannot decrypt the stored information. The remote machine hosting the key file is accessible only via TOR. Have someone else setup the actual remote site so you only know it by it's TOR address. Again, two passwords but the wrong password wipes it on the remote side. This forces them to connect to TOR to attempt to decrypt and then they remotely wipe the key for you once you give them the tainted password, rendering the private key file unrecoverable.
Yeah just apps for domain. I believe they shut down the free version, but I've heard you can still get access by signing up for Google App Engine.
Wow, I had completely forgotten about that. I honestly think that preventing attacks isn't as "fun" or "sexy" as computer hacking, so they just ignore or mishandle solid intelligence. You know how much we love to build "weapons", in this case it just happens to be in the form of code.
monster.com? This is no different than any intelligence operative (aka "Spy") working for the US. They're probably hired on as Computer Analysts or something mundane, then slowly brought into the fold once they have the appropriate security clearances.
run skype in vm problem solved
Why mine bitcoins when they can just login to your computer later and download yours :)
Naah they'd just snatch him up, tie him to a chair in a room and explain very carefully how he was going to backdoor his software. If you just kill him someone will just pop up next week doing the same thing. Better to just have a silent backdoor and let everyone go on thinking it's "safe".
1. Compilers are open source, we can verify it doesn't insert a backdoor.
2. You can decompile binaries and verify nothing has been added.