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Does that mean they're pushing to standardize a "hack" (oh I can put a string inhere, I could filter on that!) or implementing new functionality or expanding sollutions brought out in the past (like content filtering or meta tags)?
It would make much more sense, imho, to add field where you can add flag ANYTHING how you want, in a meta kindof fashion. So you can flag your content as you desire, and users are able to check or uncheck types of content to display or hide.
Say you could go in your browser and check some customizable and some standard rulessets that consist of allowing or blocking certain flags. ("Workspace: block nsfw,block xxx,block porn,block community,block chat,block naked,...")
Aww, how could you not trust norton? It slows the fast changing internet world down to much better pace!;)
It not only creates a seniorweb(tm) as you stated, it's also a security strategy to slow down your PC and use all available memory so you are physically unable to install malware.
Due to Moores law, Norton is required to double the memory and processor use in the same rate processors evolve, by adding *more features*.
I think they've taken the most logical course to build in this security strategy right into the kernel as it has become hard to find additional features to successfully slow down the latest generation of processors.
In the first challenge the teams, composed fo bright fellows, all failed exactly because it isn't so straightforward. The difficulty would exactly be adaptive decisionmaking of the robots; would DARPA (a military instance wanting automated vehicles) put in 2mio USD if it were as easy?
I highly doubt going back to an older generation of programming languages is going to improve things, new generations of programming languages are there to solve problems the previous generation didn't address or failed to do properly. (otherwise there wasn't any need to develop new languages, is there?)
I'm having a hard time to believe you are serious as you're suggesting OOP design is flawed and is causing overhead; You write Object Oriented code so your code is more easily managable. The compiler should take care of all the optimazation, we have processing power now, so why not take advantage of that in a development environment? C or C++ are languages btw, you have several compilers that process C or C++ code, so are you saying a compiler you've used or think MS has used is flawed or the language in itself?
it makes code a little more complex sometimes though
How is that going to make the system more secure and less exploitable but making it even harder to overlook?
This is Microsoft wanting to get a grip of a future potential market, and locking them in. That's what this is all about; before you know it they get slapped with activating their laptops, DRM-enabled features and what not.
I really hope the OLPC-project wont get seduced by the money Microsoft is willing to put into this, it wont pay off in the long run.
It's clear Microsoft wants to do anything to stop alternatives from spreading; just imagine a future where these OLPCs have sprouted a whole new generation of Linux developers who now write code to feed themselves instead. But they don't know Windows, and Microsoft has an entire continent of PC users who they cannot sell licenses to, while they're writing their own applications building further on an alternative to Microsoft.
whereas you attempted to force your viewpoint upon me
You spoke for all Americans "Or maybe that is why U.S. citizens...", whereas bewteen 20% and 35% or even 65% of "U.S. citizens" are overweight added to the inflated ego's I can safely assume a "wide" lifestyle in general. You spoke in general terms, so how is it that I forced my views onto you?
That doesn't make me believe that you come from a dissimilar culture to the one that you show such disdain for.
Oh stop. wait. This is a cultural thing now? When someone disagrees it's because of culture?
As far as the Freudian slip you mention, well you caught me. I do consider myself to have a high standard of living.
Well, it could've been as well you were high or thinking about getting high...
I really wonder wherever you had a shitty day you feel to get defensive, that wasn't my intention.
That is, that those things are so dynamic in what they do and can be 'asked' to do simply amazes me.
Wasn't the software for these rovers uploaded while they were travelling to Mars? They certainly have broadcast and reception hardware (to communicate ofcourse) so how hard would it be to send a patch or instructions to listen to certain frequencies (on which the Opportunity is broadcasting)? Right now I'm "asking" my monitor to display characters and send data to another server...
. Far too many failed to pay that final invoice- and no business can survive a 50% decrease in revenue in a single month unless you were independantly wealthy going in.
My programming teacher always warned for this; he uses *always* some sort of timebomb (after a certain period completely de-activating the software) for his clients, certainly when they're known to not pay. After he received his payment for the last bill he sends out a patch, with "minor fixes" while actually removing the timebomb.
I'm not in a situation where that would apply yet; I'm hired fulltime for a 5-6 yearlong project. But I made a mental note of it, but never thought it would be a common issue for programmers to never get their final cheque.
I've filed bugreports before, it took over a year for some of them to get fixed.
If you just browse webpages, I don't see much crashes either. But once there's embedded media in several tabs, it goes down fast and hard. I didn't have any extentions installed, just a clean install (my entire system btw).
Someone inhere posted a "why is firefox crashing" link, but why should a user go search for a solution for software that's expected to work? It's the same thing people have been bashing Microsoft about. I'm not pro-Microsoft, but I find it hypocrite.
You even go so far to claim I make things up? that's pathetic, if you're such a "hardcore fanboy", you're no better then anyone sticking to IE since the dawn of time (of IE).
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Yes. That explains why the Baltic sea hasn't frozen yet this year, they shipped all the ice to Greenland :)
REL describes the relationship to another web page or other internet resource. For example, if the related resource is the home page for the web site
Does that mean they're pushing to standardize a "hack" (oh I can put a string inhere, I could filter on that!) or implementing new functionality or expanding sollutions brought out in the past (like content filtering or meta tags)?
It would make much more sense, imho, to add field where you can add flag ANYTHING how you want, in a meta kindof fashion. So you can flag your content as you desire, and users are able to check or uncheck types of content to display or hide.
...")
Say you could go in your browser and check some customizable and some standard rulessets that consist of allowing or blocking certain flags. ("Workspace: block nsfw,block xxx,block porn,block community,block chat,block naked,
Yes, stupidity.
Well it is. When you laugh you produce dopamine, and dopamine sortof works like a painkiller.
But, this is slashdot... You cannot imply there are women amonst us?
you might want to see this video, IBMs "power of ten".
For those who don't know it yet, if you view the raw headers of slashdot, you'll find Futurama quotes.
I'm so excited Futurama is back that I hardly can contain myself!
I would like to see you carry it around with you (with matching powersupply)
It not only creates a seniorweb(tm) as you stated, it's also a security strategy to slow down your PC and use all available memory so you are physically unable to install malware.
Due to Moores law, Norton is required to double the memory and processor use in the same rate processors evolve, by adding *more features*.
I think they've taken the most logical course to build in this security strategy right into the kernel as it has become hard to find additional features to successfully slow down the latest generation of processors.
That would remind me too much of that hitler rap clip.
Coïncidently I've seen a documentary about the second challenge.
In the first challenge the teams, composed fo bright fellows, all failed exactly because it isn't so straightforward.
The difficulty would exactly be adaptive decisionmaking of the robots; would DARPA (a military instance wanting automated vehicles) put in 2mio USD if it were as easy?
There is a slight gap between "reality" and "entertainment".
Hey! Why not in Assembly? It's more efficient!
I highly doubt going back to an older generation of programming languages is going to improve things, new generations of programming languages are there to solve problems the previous generation didn't address or failed to do properly. (otherwise there wasn't any need to develop new languages, is there?)
I'm having a hard time to believe you are serious as you're suggesting OOP design is flawed and is causing overhead; You write Object Oriented code so your code is more easily managable. The compiler should take care of all the optimazation, we have processing power now, so why not take advantage of that in a development environment? C or C++ are languages btw, you have several compilers that process C or C++ code, so are you saying a compiler you've used or think MS has used is flawed or the language in itself?
How is that going to make the system more secure and less exploitable but making it even harder to overlook?
This is Microsoft wanting to get a grip of a future potential market, and locking them in. That's what this is all about; before you know it they get slapped with activating their laptops, DRM-enabled features and what not.
I really hope the OLPC-project wont get seduced by the money Microsoft is willing to put into this, it wont pay off in the long run.
It's clear Microsoft wants to do anything to stop alternatives from spreading; just imagine a future where these OLPCs have sprouted a whole new generation of Linux developers who now write code to feed themselves instead. But they don't know Windows, and Microsoft has an entire continent of PC users who they cannot sell licenses to, while they're writing their own applications building further on an alternative to Microsoft.
Does that mean the meteorite pulverized some ancient astronouts in a far away galaxy?
THAT might be the reason we haven't gotten contact yet with them; they would've cancelled their space project after such a PR-disaster...
man, you have issues...
I really wonder wherever you had a shitty day you feel to get defensive, that wasn't my intention.
Or maybe that is why U.S. citizens generally have such a wide standard of living.
There, fixed that for you, I think there was a slight freudian slip there as well "such I high standard".
Wasn't the software for these rovers uploaded while they were travelling to Mars? They certainly have broadcast and reception hardware (to communicate ofcourse) so how hard would it be to send a patch or instructions to listen to certain frequencies (on which the Opportunity is broadcasting)? Right now I'm "asking" my monitor to display characters and send data to another server...
We can google for these?
They're afraid of undocumented features, fe. the firework-mode.
Properties? Isn't the term "object orientated"? :)
My programming teacher always warned for this; he uses *always* some sort of timebomb (after a certain period completely de-activating the software) for his clients, certainly when they're known to not pay. After he received his payment for the last bill he sends out a patch, with "minor fixes" while actually removing the timebomb.
I'm not in a situation where that would apply yet; I'm hired fulltime for a 5-6 yearlong project. But I made a mental note of it, but never thought it would be a common issue for programmers to never get their final cheque.
I've filed bugreports before, it took over a year for some of them to get fixed.
If you just browse webpages, I don't see much crashes either. But once there's embedded media in several tabs, it goes down fast and hard. I didn't have any extentions installed, just a clean install (my entire system btw).
Someone inhere posted a "why is firefox crashing" link, but why should a user go search for a solution for software that's expected to work? It's the same thing people have been bashing Microsoft about. I'm not pro-Microsoft, but I find it hypocrite.
You even go so far to claim I make things up? that's pathetic, if you're such a "hardcore fanboy", you're no better then anyone sticking to IE since the dawn of time (of IE).