Feel free to go back to 1850 any time you like. In fact, you'll have to go back much further than that, because musicians were making money of printed music even before they were doing it off recorded music.
Unless you were planning on commissioning a piece? Or maybe become a patron?
Don't fool yourself that playing pubs ever put food on a musician's table and paid for his instruments.
Also people who buy Wiis play more often with people in the same room, not across a connection.
Only because there are no Local Co-Op games for PS3 and XBox 360. Or at least, so few that there may as well be none. It's ridiculous how many games assume you're never going to want to play a game with a partner or family member.
Where the hell are all the non casual, non party local multiplayer games? There's got to be more than Dynasty Warriors!
That may be, but it's a well known fact that the only appropriate use of the words "Snappy" or "Snappier" is to describe the newest Apple software or hardware release.
Your point is illustrated by a recent article about the XBox 360 in Australia.
Microsoft are claiming it's the most popular console in Australia, as they've sold the most games and accessories per user. The journalist and Nintendo are both saying - no it's not, because the Wii has so many more consoles.
But to me, Microsoft's measurements are more relevant - Nintendo may have the most popular console, but Microsoft have the most popular gaming platform.
People buy Wiis, play Wii sports for a bit, then forget about them when they get bored of that. Or maybe they pull it out at a party every now an then. At the price, that's no big deal really. But people buy 360s (and PS3s), and then buy games for them, and then more games, and more games.
Maybe Nintendo likes it that way - they're making money, after all - in which case, comparing 360 sales vs Wii sales is as useful as comparing 360 sales with Tomato sales. They're different products in different markets.
I think your idea of normal usage of "explain" may be slightly at odds with the entire rest of the English speaking world.
You seem to be thinking of the "That explains it!" context (being the explanation), rather than the "Bob explains it to Alice" (Providing the explanation) context. I don't think you could say that one is more normal usage than the other, and I don't think anyone else had much trouble picking the correct context from the headline, even though headlines are often fairly impenetrable.
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Except when you're talking about Java 6. I don't know what the hell Sun did with Java 6. I'd never had compatibility problems with any previous version, but 6 was full of them.
However, I believe 6u10 is finally a Java6 release that's actually safe to use.
That's not actually true, Smalltalk is the language you should learn for that reason. Every other modern language is a derivative of Smalltalk, but abused to varying degrees depending on how much the author of it wanted it to look like C.
C is pretty much unique - apart from the general curly brace look and feel, the things that make C, C, are not found in any other languages except those that are directly based on it (like C++ and Objective C), and even in those languages, the C specific stuff is discouraged.
Whereas the things that make Smalltalk, Smalltalk, are found in many other languages (though not all in any single language). Classes, inheritance, encapsulation, messages, block closures, keyword messages, dynamic typing, reflection, etc.
Chances are, that when you compare the implementation of any specific algorithm or pattern, you'll find that the Ruby, Perl and Python, and even to some degree the C++, Java and C# implementations will have far more in common with the Smalltalk implementation than the C implementation.
No, the lamest thing they've done is obliterate the index page. Apparently so few people were reading the summaries that they figured no one would notices if they removed them entirely.
The new index page was iffy enough as it was before that...
Magnitudes in Astronomy are smaller for brighter objects, and larger for dimmer ones.
The brightest stars are around magnitude 1. Much more than 2 or 3 and you need a very clear, dark night to see them with the naked eye. At 8 you'd absolutely need a telescope - definitely not the bright object from the other day.
Good languages like Lisp and Smalltalk get no respect. Attempts to graft C/Pascal syntax on Lisp and Smalltalk get no respect.
That's because grafting C/Pascal syntax on Lisp or Smalltalk is a stupid idea. At least it is in the case of Smalltalk - I've never used Lisp. Smalltalk's syntax is just about the Whole Point. (and I don't get the "whaaa, it doesn't look like C, it must be HARD" objection people get to the Smalltalk syntax. It's extremely simple, consistent and clear. I'd much rather have to spend hours looking at Smalltalk than C, or Java, or (shudder)Perl)
I like to see new languages tried. Maybe one that doesn't actually suck will catch on.
Me too. There's still plenty of things to be tried yet, and any research or new languages that may mean that something manages to usurp Ruby as fad language of the day sounds good to me.
That's all a constitution is supposed to be. It's a dry legal document that sets down the framework for how the government is to be run.
A constitution is not the place for laws, it just describes how they're created. It's meta-law.
Also, it doesn't list New Zealand as a state, it lists it as a colony that may be referred to as one of "the states", if at the time in which the document is read, it happens to be a state of the Commonwealth of Australia. New Zealand was in on the original Federation talks, but backed out.
Not only that, but Microsoft have no plans whatsoever to add support for any C99 features unless they happen to accidentally do so when adding C++ features.
In one of the articles someone from the school says "he did not stumble across the information, he was not trying to do us a favour, and he is a repeat offender"
At another point in one of the articles the principal says he was trying to profit from the information.
They could be lying, of course - but why? It's not like doing so is covering up for their poor configuration - in fact it's giving it more publicity than if they'd just quietly fixed it.
We won't know for sure until there's more information - like the details of exactly what the kid put in his email, but it certainly doesn't sound like he was 100% innocent.
From reading between the lines in those articles, it's more of a case of, "Using a security hole to attempt to blackmail your principal is not just stupid, it's utterly moronic".
I don't think nobility even crossed the kid's mind. Difficult to tell until there's more information though
Recent as in any version of windows since Windows 95?
/ is a perfectly valid path separator in Windows, and has always been in the Win32 API and underlying C runtime. The command line tools don't like it, but that's only because the interpret '/' as a switch, if they ever actually passed the parameters on to fopen() and equivalent, then it'd work.
If you're writing modern software, and you're deliberately adding logic to use '\' as a path separator under windows, then you're wasting your time.
However, if you're _parsing_ a path, then you do have to allow for '\', since both are acceptable.
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Feel free to go back to 1850 any time you like.
In fact, you'll have to go back much further than that, because musicians were making money of printed music even before they were doing it off recorded music.
Unless you were planning on commissioning a piece? Or maybe become a patron?
Don't fool yourself that playing pubs ever put food on a musician's table and paid for his instruments.
Actually, it's not a medieval setting at all.
It's actually much more like 18th or even 19th century.
Also people who buy Wiis play more often with people in the same room, not across a connection.
Only because there are no Local Co-Op games for PS3 and XBox 360.
Or at least, so few that there may as well be none. It's ridiculous how many games assume you're never going to want to play a game with a partner or family member.
Where the hell are all the non casual, non party local multiplayer games? There's got to be more than Dynasty Warriors!
When the company I work for was 51% owned by Kodak, we used to get a roll of film.
A single roll of 24 exposure, 400 ISO 35mm film.
That may be, but it's a well known fact that the only appropriate use of the words "Snappy" or "Snappier" is to describe the newest Apple software or hardware release.
Well, given how much time federal politicians actually spend here in Canberra, you may as well march on Adelaide as anywhere else
New Zealand Marmite is the One True Marmite - despite coming after the British Marmite.
More than a couple of decades, a few centuries
Your point is illustrated by a recent article about the XBox 360 in Australia.
Microsoft are claiming it's the most popular console in Australia, as they've sold the most games and accessories per user.
The journalist and Nintendo are both saying - no it's not, because the Wii has so many more consoles.
But to me, Microsoft's measurements are more relevant - Nintendo may have the most popular console, but Microsoft have the most popular gaming platform.
People buy Wiis, play Wii sports for a bit, then forget about them when they get bored of that. Or maybe they pull it out at a party every now an then. At the price, that's no big deal really.
But people buy 360s (and PS3s), and then buy games for them, and then more games, and more games.
Maybe Nintendo likes it that way - they're making money, after all - in which case, comparing 360 sales vs Wii sales is as useful as comparing 360 sales with Tomato sales. They're different products in different markets.
I think your idea of normal usage of "explain" may be slightly at odds with the entire rest of the English speaking world.
You seem to be thinking of the "That explains it!" context (being the explanation), rather than the "Bob explains it to Alice" (Providing the explanation) context.
I don't think you could say that one is more normal usage than the other, and I don't think anyone else had much trouble picking the correct context from the headline, even though headlines are often fairly impenetrable.
Except when you're talking about Java 6.
I don't know what the hell Sun did with Java 6.
I'd never had compatibility problems with any previous version, but 6 was full of them.
However, I believe 6u10 is finally a Java6 release that's actually safe to use.
Not quite - it's on City Walk, by the fountain outside the Canberra Centre
That's not actually true, Smalltalk is the language you should learn for that reason.
Every other modern language is a derivative of Smalltalk, but abused to varying degrees depending on how much the author of it wanted it to look like C.
C is pretty much unique - apart from the general curly brace look and feel, the things that make C, C, are not found in any other languages except those that are directly based on it (like C++ and Objective C), and even in those languages, the C specific stuff is discouraged.
Whereas the things that make Smalltalk, Smalltalk, are found in many other languages (though not all in any single language). Classes, inheritance, encapsulation, messages, block closures, keyword messages, dynamic typing, reflection, etc.
Chances are, that when you compare the implementation of any specific algorithm or pattern, you'll find that the Ruby, Perl and Python, and even to some degree the C++, Java and C# implementations will have far more in common with the Smalltalk implementation than the C implementation.
No, the lamest thing they've done is obliterate the index page.
Apparently so few people were reading the summaries that they figured no one would notices if they removed them entirely.
The new index page was iffy enough as it was before that...
yes, missed the minus sign....
Magnitudes in Astronomy are smaller for brighter objects, and larger for dimmer ones.
The brightest stars are around magnitude 1.
Much more than 2 or 3 and you need a very clear, dark night to see them with the naked eye. At 8 you'd absolutely need a telescope - definitely not the bright object from the other day.
choice!
Good languages like Lisp and Smalltalk get no respect. Attempts to graft C/Pascal syntax on Lisp and Smalltalk get no respect.
That's because grafting C/Pascal syntax on Lisp or Smalltalk is a stupid idea. At least it is in the case of Smalltalk - I've never used Lisp.
Smalltalk's syntax is just about the Whole Point.
(and I don't get the "whaaa, it doesn't look like C, it must be HARD" objection people get to the Smalltalk syntax. It's extremely simple, consistent and clear. I'd much rather have to spend hours looking at Smalltalk than C, or Java, or (shudder)Perl)
I like to see new languages tried. Maybe one that doesn't actually suck will catch on.
Me too. There's still plenty of things to be tried yet, and any research or new languages that may mean that something manages to usurp Ruby as fad language of the day sounds good to me.
Also, Yum is good for reducing stress by conveniently giving you ten minutes to an hour of relaxation time while it completes each operation.
That's all a constitution is supposed to be. It's a dry legal document that sets down the framework for how the government is to be run.
A constitution is not the place for laws, it just describes how they're created. It's meta-law.
Also, it doesn't list New Zealand as a state, it lists it as a colony that may be referred to as one of "the states", if at the time in which the document is read, it happens to be a state of the Commonwealth of Australia.
New Zealand was in on the original Federation talks, but backed out.
They need the Greens too, and they're not interested.
Not only that, but Microsoft have no plans whatsoever to add support for any C99 features unless they happen to accidentally do so when adding C++ features.
In one of the articles someone from the school says "he did not stumble across the information, he was not trying to do us a favour, and he is a repeat offender"
At another point in one of the articles the principal says he was trying to profit from the information.
They could be lying, of course - but why? It's not like doing so is covering up for their poor configuration - in fact it's giving it more publicity than if they'd just quietly fixed it.
We won't know for sure until there's more information - like the details of exactly what the kid put in his email, but it certainly doesn't sound like he was 100% innocent.
From reading between the lines in those articles, it's more of a case of, "Using a security hole to attempt to blackmail your principal is not just stupid, it's utterly moronic".
I don't think nobility even crossed the kid's mind.
Difficult to tell until there's more information though
Recent as in any version of windows since Windows 95?
/ is a perfectly valid path separator in Windows, and has always been in the Win32 API and underlying C runtime. The command line tools don't like it, but that's only because the interpret '/' as a switch, if they ever actually passed the parameters on to fopen() and equivalent, then it'd work.
If you're writing modern software, and you're deliberately adding logic to use '\' as a path separator under windows, then you're wasting your time.
However, if you're _parsing_ a path, then you do have to allow for '\', since both are acceptable.