About CL_DemoFilename() - well it seems pretty obvious (to me at least) that this code adds zeros in front of the number if it's too small, to make it exactly 4 digits. I really doubt it could be written any clearer.
If the inquirer's speculation turns out to be true, then the easiest thing for Intel to do would be to include a new instruction which switches the current thread to "native VLIW mode", and leave the details to the respective developer. From then on, the Rosetta could take over and do the hard work... Simple, elegant and efficient - no extra work for Intel.
Hell, I'm almost 25, I've played the first two Doom games since 1996 (that's when I started) and I am to this day still jumping on my chair when playing Doom3. I also can't play it for more than an hour straight, just because of what's portrayed there.
Then, just do something like this: sell computers that are completely locked down from the average user. Installation of new software will be forbidden, the firewall will be turned on at all times, the only few programs on the machine will be pre-installed, and the sigle user will only be able to access a single directory on the hard drive where all the user files will be stored. Even better, have two hard drives - one expendable for the pre-installed programs, and the other one for the user files. The only bootable device will be the first hard drive. All programs will Not support any user configuration. Automatic updates on all software will be turned on at all times, the PC will require internet access at least once every 6 hours and will refuse to work otherwise, antivirus will be mandatory, and there will be support shops in which the staff will wipe out everything except for the user drive and simply flush all the programs and the latest updates to the programs drive.
Now, That will be something comparative to the VCR - a dumb machine that will do only a few things, but do them damn well. It will certainly not be a power user's machine, but it's probably the best thing for mom and dad. Even better - make custom configurations with a pre-defined set of programs for situations like simple office use, etc. Of course, programmers, power users and gamers will need real normal PCs, but this thing will be the best bang for the buck for probably at least 60-70% of the cases. Even universities can use such machines - no more trouble with newbies.
Looks like Microsoft and Intel are making a home entertainment box. That sounds a lot like the X-Box (ok, this won't be a gaming platform, but it will be a box for the living room), and we know that X-Box was, while not such a bad thing to buy, not really that well-accepted by the general public. Must we accept that things will be different this time? What is the real threat to fair use if not many people adopt this new thing?
Here's some scoop from a Bulgarian. Programming here pays about $750 per month. I imagine that in other IT-related jobs the salary is about $400 per month (at most). People at my age (almost 25) that work in the IT business are usually well educated, with a university degree, and quite competitive. Many choose to leave the country and work abroad, as thus they can get better salaries, in fact too may leave the country as we have a severe negative demographic growth crisis at the moment.
Now, something scary. Most of us Bulgarians hope our salaries will reach the salary levels of west Europe, but it is much more likely that the opposite will come true: qualified westerners will have to reduce their needs until they fit into our mold.
Ouch.
So, outsourcing hurts us too, although it doesn't seem like that from the short-sighted point of view shared by most IT people I know (including myself for that matter) who are more than content to take salaries two or three times higher than the country standard, and buy dirt cheap goods. Well, practice shows that countries accepted in the EU usually raise their prices to match the EU prices, but salaries rise little.
That's a possibility, provided that the US don't nuke those cities building locations. And that a nuclear war doesn't destroy all life on earth first (think: radiation poisoning). By the way, people have always been reluctant to push the Button and kill everyone.
Mod parent up, please. I think it is possible, if we can find enough fuel to sustain the crew and their descendants on the long journey. And if we can provide good enough shielding against all possible damage, physical or otherwise.
If this thing takes off and one day becomes the standard, I picture things like each program automatically remapping the keyboard with its shortcuts (say, showing 'paste' on V when ctrl is pressed) - or it can even be done by the GUI package - if there is a shortcut that starts with CTRL, plot it on the kb when CTRL is pressed. Or stuff like that. Imagine games plotting their keys when they start up. Talking about 0 learning time. It would be extremely badass. If only... If only...
I have seen something like what you describe, but it was using xml files instead. The idea was to describe the configuration you need via a simple xml text file, then the GUI program parses it and generates appropriate GUI windows. Then the results are saved as a xml text file, which your program then parses and uses. It might be even better - the configuration could be sent to your program via some interprocess communication (tcp/ip comes to mind, but might be dangerous), if it is a daemon or a server running in the background. What I saw was quite powerful, supporting so-called "factory" properties and what-not, but the details elude me. It could be simple to create such a thing and make it more ot less standard (think: things like man pages are a standard now, so why not this one becoming a standard as well).
Most likely the waiter spoke to them in Bulgarian, since most of us Bulgarians think we can speak perfect Russian and speaking loudly and clearly in Bulgarian is the best way to speak Russian. Really, I can't imagine the Russians being that daft, given that they practically thrive on tea. It was funny to observe here in Norway the Russians drinking tea left and right. It has quite a special place in thir culture.
And that's why I'm going back!:) Enough is enough, 6 months out of my country are probably more than necessary. The food there is great. No place like home. Ah the food. The white cheese. The tomatoes. The cheese, man, the cheese. White, soft. Mmmm.
Actually, you are right. People here in Norway make like 10 times as much as we do back home in Sofia... I mean, Bulgaria. But, prices are 4 times as high. Oh wait...
Disclamer: I am currently mainly a Java programmer. Well, C++/CLI looks like a D rip-off, but otherwise it might not be a bad language: http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/homepageheadline s/ecma/default.aspx I haven't read the specs yet but I guess we'll have to look into this in the future. And it, well, *is* new.
'Honda officials said it is easier for the automaker to start leasing in the U.S. because there are more hydrogen gas installations there than in Japan.'
Erm... Provided noone has ever used such a car in the US before, how's that that there are fuel stations by now? Or am I missing something?
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Probably the best idea about patents that I've ever heard of. Probably should be true about copyrights as well. This will never pass though, because:
a) lawyers will hate it
b) corporations will hate it
About CL_DemoFilename() - well it seems pretty obvious (to me at least) that this code adds zeros in front of the number if it's too small, to make it exactly 4 digits. I really doubt it could be written any clearer.
If the inquirer's speculation turns out to be true, then the easiest thing for Intel to do would be to include a new instruction which switches the current thread to "native VLIW mode", and leave the details to the respective developer. From then on, the Rosetta could take over and do the hard work... Simple, elegant and efficient - no extra work for Intel.
That might just explain recent floods in Bulgaria...
I would at least mod that interesting...
Hell, I'm almost 25, I've played the first two Doom games since 1996 (that's when I started) and I am to this day still jumping on my chair when playing Doom3. I also can't play it for more than an hour straight, just because of what's portrayed there.
Good point.
Then, just do something like this: sell computers that are completely locked down from the average user. Installation of new software will be forbidden, the firewall will be turned on at all times, the only few programs on the machine will be pre-installed, and the sigle user will only be able to access a single directory on the hard drive where all the user files will be stored. Even better, have two hard drives - one expendable for the pre-installed programs, and the other one for the user files. The only bootable device will be the first hard drive. All programs will Not support any user configuration. Automatic updates on all software will be turned on at all times, the PC will require internet access at least once every 6 hours and will refuse to work otherwise, antivirus will be mandatory, and there will be support shops in which the staff will wipe out everything except for the user drive and simply flush all the programs and the latest updates to the programs drive.
Now, That will be something comparative to the VCR - a dumb machine that will do only a few things, but do them damn well. It will certainly not be a power user's machine, but it's probably the best thing for mom and dad. Even better - make custom configurations with a pre-defined set of programs for situations like simple office use, etc. Of course, programmers, power users and gamers will need real normal PCs, but this thing will be the best bang for the buck for probably at least 60-70% of the cases. Even universities can use such machines - no more trouble with newbies.
Looks like Microsoft and Intel are making a home entertainment box. That sounds a lot like the X-Box (ok, this won't be a gaming platform, but it will be a box for the living room), and we know that X-Box was, while not such a bad thing to buy, not really that well-accepted by the general public. Must we accept that things will be different this time? What is the real threat to fair use if not many people adopt this new thing?
I am not Russian, you insensitive clod ;) I am Bulgarian :P .
Here's some scoop from a Bulgarian. Programming here pays about $750 per month. I imagine that in other IT-related jobs the salary is about $400 per month (at most). People at my age (almost 25) that work in the IT business are usually well educated, with a university degree, and quite competitive. Many choose to leave the country and work abroad, as thus they can get better salaries, in fact too may leave the country as we have a severe negative demographic growth crisis at the moment.
Now, something scary. Most of us Bulgarians hope our salaries will reach the salary levels of west Europe, but it is much more likely that the opposite will come true: qualified westerners will have to reduce their needs until they fit into our mold.
Ouch.
So, outsourcing hurts us too, although it doesn't seem like that from the short-sighted point of view shared by most IT people I know (including myself for that matter) who are more than content to take salaries two or three times higher than the country standard, and buy dirt cheap goods. Well, practice shows that countries accepted in the EU usually raise their prices to match the EU prices, but salaries rise little.
That's a possibility, provided that the US don't nuke those cities building locations. And that a nuclear war doesn't destroy all life on earth first (think: radiation poisoning). By the way, people have always been reluctant to push the Button and kill everyone.
Mod parent up, please. I think it is possible, if we can find enough fuel to sustain the crew and their descendants on the long journey. And if we can provide good enough shielding against all possible damage, physical or otherwise.
If this thing takes off and one day becomes the standard, I picture things like each program automatically remapping the keyboard with its shortcuts (say, showing 'paste' on V when ctrl is pressed) - or it can even be done by the GUI package - if there is a shortcut that starts with CTRL, plot it on the kb when CTRL is pressed. Or stuff like that. Imagine games plotting their keys when they start up. Talking about 0 learning time. It would be extremely badass. If only... If only...
Well, why, iPodov, iPodski or iPodovski, of course! ;) Or, if it is a daughter, iPodova!
I have seen something like what you describe, but it was using xml files instead. The idea was to describe the configuration you need via a simple xml text file, then the GUI program parses it and generates appropriate GUI windows. Then the results are saved as a xml text file, which your program then parses and uses. It might be even better - the configuration could be sent to your program via some interprocess communication (tcp/ip comes to mind, but might be dangerous), if it is a daemon or a server running in the background. What I saw was quite powerful, supporting so-called "factory" properties and what-not, but the details elude me. It could be simple to create such a thing and make it more ot less standard (think: things like man pages are a standard now, so why not this one becoming a standard as well).
Most likely the waiter spoke to them in Bulgarian, since most of us Bulgarians think we can speak perfect Russian and speaking loudly and clearly in Bulgarian is the best way to speak Russian. Really, I can't imagine the Russians being that daft, given that they practically thrive on tea. It was funny to observe here in Norway the Russians drinking tea left and right. It has quite a special place in thir culture.
And that's why I'm going back! :) Enough is enough, 6 months out of my country are probably more than necessary. The food there is great. No place like home. Ah the food. The white cheese. The tomatoes. The cheese, man, the cheese. White, soft. Mmmm.
Actually, you are right. People here in Norway make like 10 times as much as we do back home in Sofia... I mean, Bulgaria. But, prices are 4 times as high. Oh wait...
Why flamebait? I am a Bulgarian, I had absolutely no idea that such tests were running in the US. Now I do know. Is it flamebait to ask a question?
Disclamer: I am currently mainly a Java programmer.e s/ecma/default.aspx
Well, C++/CLI looks like a D rip-off, but otherwise it might not be a bad language:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/homepageheadlin
I haven't read the specs yet but I guess we'll have to look into this in the future. And it, well, *is* new.
(Spock Mode On.) Fascinating.
Erm... Provided noone has ever used such a car in the US before, how's that that there are fuel stations by now? Or am I missing something?
"CS" means "Computer Science".
Since when PR lawsuit stunts have to make sense?