> Personally, I think a person with his feet on > the desk staring at the ceiling can be "doing > design" just as seriously as someone playing > with UML diagrams in ROSE.
I think I used to maintain that guy's code, no documentation written anywhere and the code looks like it was written as several different prototypes and then jumbled together in some form of working fashion.
While I realize this is not always the case and I write code the same way myself, the real benefit to "writing documentation stuff down" is that it's there for future generations to maintain and build upon. Much as I like recoding whole modules because the existing code is written like ancient Egyptian without the benefit of a Rosetta stone...
Well, the Babbage Difference Engine didn't exist until 1991, and even then it was only built to prove that it could be built.
Of course there are a number of calculating engines that were invented and used for tasks like population tabulation and battleship firing tables that were in use prior to 1910 but I don't think they were as ubiquitous as the lowly stapler or the even the powerbook.
Do you really have to ask? It's all the things we are not allowed to do. It's an action movie, it's every car chase, it's every gun fight and every mob war you've ever seen on television or in the movies.
GTA is a role playing game, but instead of traditional iconography you freely roam mythical American landscapes and slay the dragons of every Cop show or mob movie. So if you really want to know from whence GTA gains it popularity figure out why car chases, gun fights and excessive violence is an inseperable part of worldwide pop-culture.
It should always be stated when referring to GTA that it is also a game of free will, you can kill someone with a baseball bat if you want to, there are no real rammifications to this action other than getting "arrested" losing your money and getting your weapons taken away. So far as I have seen, the only time when it is necesarry to kill another in-game character is when the plot has morally justified their extermination to the gamer, you are not obligated nor rewarded for killing "non-guilty" NPCs.
Also with every copy there is degredation that compounds over time. First generation backups won't look all that different from the master tape, but subsequent generations will look worse and worse (even with signal boosting).
If your tape gets mangled you will have similiar data loss. I can get a DVD disc resurfaced with either a home kit or take it to a video store and they will resurface the disc if necesarry (unless the gash is so deep that it actually exposes the disc to oxygen, that is). Conversly if video tape is mangled to the point that the player cannot process it I have to cut and splice the tape and the missing content is forever irretrievable. Depending on the severity of the damage you may have to dissassemble the cassette.
I have also had cases where the glue holding the tape to one of the spindles let go, again forcing cassette surgery.
While I agree that scratches in DVD media are more likely during the early lifetime of the product they are easy to repair, usually not severe and will not suffer data loss.
Some brands of DVD player allow you to "skip" past normally blocked areas. Also not all studios force you to sit through the FBI warning.
Plus, I can count on being able to back up my tapes. Backing up DVD runs afoul of copyright law.
If you are a US citizen you are not permitted by law to duplicate the material in part or whole, even for backup purposes this law applies to any copyrighted media irregardless of format.
Also, for less than $100 you can purchase a DVD-ROM drive and your computer could become a multi-media device.
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Actually that has been confirmed as an urban myth (probably started by Sony).
There was a great article put out by the Guardian back in 2002 about Why VHS was better than Betamax that covers the whole "quality" angle.
I am a Beta fan, and I too enjoy the various recording speeds, the size of the cassette and the wonderful shuttle control. I have three or four Betamax machines, two Betacams and a fair sized library of cassettes at home, which I still enjoy.
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I can stop and start it right away, without having to wait for the disc to spin up, sit through advertisements, fast forward to where the video ended last, etc...
You should seriously consider a different model or brand of DVD player, even my old '98 Toshiba has a "Last Play" button that goes directly from where the stop button was pressed. Some DVD players will even ignore the "stop" command that is prevalant on WB or Universal DVDs.
If you are concerned about stopping a disc and putting it back on the shelf and then later returning to that spot, that's what DVD chapters are all about.
Also, to my knowledge, toddlers don't have much patience for anything...
Ok, I have a dangerous addiction to analog AV but what the heck do you mean "control". You put it in your player and hit "play". It's the same in DVD, VHS, Betamax, 16mm or 1/4" video reel.
DVDs are more tactile, easier to store, survive better than magnetic tape over time and don't require rewinding. They come with more content and can be played in a variety of devices including your computer. If anything they give you more options.
Isn't it? The old problems were that no one had computers to work with, the new problems revolve around the parts we have. While I agree that cable folding is a retarded "tech" article (par for the course @ TTZ) it is indicitive about what the average computer hobbyist is interested in today.
Fine then we should use the old anthem! It sounds better anyway...
In Days of yore, From Britain's shore Wolfe the dauntless hero came And planted firm Britannia's flag On Canada's fair domain. Here may it wave, Our boast, our pride And joined in love together, The thistle, shamrock, rose entwined, The Maple Leaf Forever.
[CHORUS] The Maple Leaf Our Emblem Dear, The Maple Leaf Forever. God save our Queen and heaven bless, The Maple Leaf Forever.
At Queenston Heights and Lundy's Lane Our brave fathers side by side For freedom's home and loved ones dear, Firmly stood and nobly died. And so their rights which they maintained, We swear to yeild them never. Our watchword ever more shall be The Maple Leaf Forever
[CHORUS]
Our fair Dominion now extends From Cape Race to Nootka Sound May peace forever be our lot And plenty a store abound And may those ties of love be ours Which discord cannot sever And flourish green for freedom's home The Maple Leaf Forever
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Wasen't this on Mythbusters already? And proven to be possible but not practical (I don't remember the final conclusion).
The sad thing? It's still better than 7 years of forgettable cable TV...
I think I used to maintain that guy's code, no documentation written anywhere and the code looks like it was written as several different prototypes and then jumbled together in some form of working fashion.
While I realize this is not always the case and I write code the same way myself, the real benefit to "writing documentation stuff down" is that it's there for future generations to maintain and build upon. Much as I like recoding whole modules because the existing code is written like ancient Egyptian without the benefit of a Rosetta stone...
What happens when they make the satellite descrambler illegal to own in the country you are recieving the signal in?
Yes, it's still easy, but now it's unlawful...
01001001001000000111000001110010011001010110011001 10010101110010001000000111010001101111001000000111 00110110010101101110011001000010000001100010011010 01011011100110000101110010011110010010000001100101 00101101011011010110000101101001011011000111001100 10110000100000011101000110100001100101011110010010 00000110000101110010011001010010000001101101011101 01011000110110100000100000011011010110111101110010 01100101001000000110001101101111011011100110001101 101001011100110110010100101110
Is the Princess in another office?
...it's digitally encoded silence!
Well, the Babbage Difference Engine didn't exist until 1991, and even then it was only built to prove that it could be built.
Of course there are a number of calculating engines that were invented and used for tasks like population tabulation and battleship firing tables that were in use prior to 1910 but I don't think they were as ubiquitous as the lowly stapler or the even the powerbook.
As long as I don't get hornswoggled, I don't know what it is but it sounds painful...
Do you really have to ask? It's all the things we are not allowed to do. It's an action movie, it's every car chase, it's every gun fight and every mob war you've ever seen on television or in the movies.
GTA is a role playing game, but instead of traditional iconography you freely roam mythical American landscapes and slay the dragons of every Cop show or mob movie. So if you really want to know from whence GTA gains it popularity figure out why car chases, gun fights and excessive violence is an inseperable part of worldwide pop-culture.
It should always be stated when referring to GTA that it is also a game of free will, you can kill someone with a baseball bat if you want to, there are no real rammifications to this action other than getting "arrested" losing your money and getting your weapons taken away. So far as I have seen, the only time when it is necesarry to kill another in-game character is when the plot has morally justified their extermination to the gamer, you are not obligated nor rewarded for killing "non-guilty" NPCs.
You want my Power Glove?
Then pray to God that Google doesn't find out about Codebaby.
Worst. Idea. Ever!
Fine I have 3 working ones and 1 dead one. I'm not sure if I got rid of the dead one or if its in the closet hiding.
There you happy?
P.S. I hear decaf is great for those shakes...
Also with every copy there is degredation that compounds over time. First generation backups won't look all that different from the master tape, but subsequent generations will look worse and worse (even with signal boosting).
Your comparison is skewed.
If your tape gets mangled you will have similiar data loss. I can get a DVD disc resurfaced with either a home kit or take it to a video store and they will resurface the disc if necesarry (unless the gash is so deep that it actually exposes the disc to oxygen, that is). Conversly if video tape is mangled to the point that the player cannot process it I have to cut and splice the tape and the missing content is forever irretrievable. Depending on the severity of the damage you may have to dissassemble the cassette.
I have also had cases where the glue holding the tape to one of the spindles let go, again forcing cassette surgery.
While I agree that scratches in DVD media are more likely during the early lifetime of the product they are easy to repair, usually not severe and will not suffer data loss.
If you are a US citizen you are not permitted by law to duplicate the material in part or whole, even for backup purposes this law applies to any copyrighted media irregardless of format.
Also, for less than $100 you can purchase a DVD-ROM drive and your computer could become a multi-media device.
There was a great article put out by the Guardian back in 2002 about Why VHS was better than Betamax that covers the whole "quality" angle.
I am a Beta fan, and I too enjoy the various recording speeds, the size of the cassette and the wonderful shuttle control. I have three or four Betamax machines, two Betacams and a fair sized library of cassettes at home, which I still enjoy.
If you are concerned about stopping a disc and putting it back on the shelf and then later returning to that spot, that's what DVD chapters are all about.
Also, to my knowledge, toddlers don't have much patience for anything...
Ok, I have a dangerous addiction to analog AV but what the heck do you mean "control". You put it in your player and hit "play". It's the same in DVD, VHS, Betamax, 16mm or 1/4" video reel.
DVDs are more tactile, easier to store, survive better than magnetic tape over time and don't require rewinding. They come with more content and can be played in a variety of devices including your computer. If anything they give you more options.
Just aim your telescope at Mars and hope someone miscalculates the reply message coordinates.
BZAP!
Isn't it? The old problems were that no one had computers to work with, the new problems revolve around the parts we have. While I agree that cable folding is a retarded "tech" article (par for the course @ TTZ) it is indicitive about what the average computer hobbyist is interested in today.
Fine then we should use the old anthem! It sounds better anyway...
In Days of yore,
From Britain's shore
Wolfe the dauntless hero came
And planted firm Britannia's flag
On Canada's fair domain.
Here may it wave,
Our boast, our pride
And joined in love together,
The thistle, shamrock, rose entwined,
The Maple Leaf Forever.
[CHORUS]
The Maple Leaf
Our Emblem Dear,
The Maple Leaf Forever.
God save our Queen and heaven bless,
The Maple Leaf Forever.
At Queenston Heights and Lundy's Lane
Our brave fathers side by side
For freedom's home and loved ones dear,
Firmly stood and nobly died.
And so their rights which they maintained,
We swear to yeild them never.
Our watchword ever more shall be
The Maple Leaf Forever
[CHORUS]
Our fair Dominion now extends
From Cape Race to Nootka Sound
May peace forever be our lot
And plenty a store abound
And may those ties of love be ours
Which discord cannot sever
And flourish green for freedom's home
The Maple Leaf Forever
[CHORUS]
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