Ah, the rigor of anecdotal evidence. Me and every single person I know who's had Comcast has had pretty much rock-solid uptime without any connection snafus. Pretty much the polar opposite of what cable was like in my area when it was AT&T's game.
Much as I can't stand most MS software, please direct me to a superior office suite. (This is only half-sarcastic; I'd love to avoid shelling out money on CrossOver, but I'm beginning to think that's the only way I'll ever have a good office suite under Linux).
I've done a fair amount of work with Boost.Python, and I've been quite happy with it. It used to be a bit tedious to wrap classes with polymorphic behavior, but one of the Boost.Python contributors has written a program (Pyste) to automatically generate Boost.Python bindings. It's not always what you need, but it's flexible enough to be very usable.
Yoper is "built from source" targeting i686 machines the same way that Mandrake rebuilds RedHat packages for i585 machines. Yoper is a binary distribution that uses apt-get for package management, a la Debian. It's just more finely tuned.
Yoper isn't competition for Gentoo as far as niche is concerned. Gentoo is a source distro. Yoper is JABD.
A lot of/.'ers have pointed out that most networks are switched nowadays; however, there are still plenty of networks out there that aren't.
Every mid-level enthusiast home network I've known was just running a dumb hub, and I'm also familiar with a university that ran hubs per floor in the dorms (you couldn't get floor 8's data on floor 9, but as for everyone on floor 9...). This worm still has a plenty big playground.
While it's not relevant to this particular instance, Chomsky has contributed to the field (i.e., the Chomsky hierarchy), and in some cases quoting him would be appropriate in a "really good technical discussion."
No, if you reversed gravity starting right now, Earth would fall apart right away. I don't think that'd be a very accurate model of its last 4.5 billion years of existence.
If a fan tells me to trade a player or pick up a player, I can't always do what they say
I wonder how often he does do what they say? Better yet, if someone spammed a request for a trade to him, would he be statistically obligated to do what the spam told him to?
IANAC, but this makes a sort of intuitive sense to me. However, it seems like there's still something arbitrary involved. You mention a lisp program, so are you then including the code for the lisp interpreter? The microcode on the CPU?
Also, wouldn't there have to be "random" bit strings which turn out to be easily computable (i.e., the value of a polynomial at some X)? This makes me think that I'm missing something in the definition of random here.
As one who has competed in several TC contests and ACM ICPC regionals, I can assure you it takes more than being a mathematician to solve these problems. Sure, you often have to do some sort of complexity analysis to determine which algorithms are right out (if something is going to take 20! searches, you're SOL), but writing that certain special BFS or Floyd's that tackles the problem at hand is as much of a coding challenge as it is an analytical one.
That said, I agree that there are many more aspects to being a good programmer than algorithm-hacking. I'm surprised you haven't looked at TopCoder... check out their component design and development competitions. It's all about good software design and implementation, and there are frequent payouts involved.
The goddamned button on the thumb! Once you get ahold of that thing, you have one turn to press the right button. If you so much as look at the device, you're Vogon toast. Granted you only have to do this once before you know it, but any game that more or less says, "hehe, not this time" is pretty malicious.
I've written this as factually as I can, according to my understanding. What was it you wanted to discuss?
Well, it's still a bit off as far as the facts are concerned. The first post you replied to was written by someone other than me. I'm loqi, and I don't endorse Anonymous Coward's statements as fact.
So, AC's claim about t-shirt arrests aside (which sounds a bit odd to me as well), I absolutely disagree with your free speech zones argument. Let me state this outright: I have very, very little trouble with the police getting down and dirty in such situations, because if you participate in a riot, you are stupid and deserve what you get. That said, curbing basic rights to avert a potential scenario doesn't sound any better with me than the PATRIOT act curbing rights because it might catch a terrorist.
Man, you're just full of assumptions and spite, aren't you? Alright, let's set you straight.
I never said that. If you look really, really closely, you'll notice that the first post of yours I responded to was not responding to me.
The parent (your original parent) post was quite possibly talking out his ass, and that too isn't the point. I was simply voicing my disagreement with your apparent position that it's "okay" to arrest someone because they're wearing a controversial shirt that might get some people upset, and your citation of crowd dynamics as your support for this position (as if that has anything to do with the freedom of speech discussion on hand either).
I am American, unfortunately. And I do vote. I also contribute money to non-profit organizations whose principles I agree with, and I've written to my representative on several occasions. I've never participated in a public demonstration, because they're nearly always not worth participating in.
So, if you wouldn't mind canning all the insults and assumptions, we could have a discussion here. But if you feel you have to make some more derogatory and/or misaimed rebuttals, feel free.
As is always the case in these discussions, I will say to you (just as you say to me), that you're missing the point. Yes, I know how a riot happens. Yes, I understand there is a science of sorts to crowd dynamics and control (I've worked for a Crowd Management Services company before, I do have some knowledge of the topic).
My issue is with "arrests of convenience." Cop thinks guy with a "No Bush" t-shirt is going to start a riot because he's obviously a radical, arrests him. A line has been crossed right there, regardless of the fact that if a riot were to start, it could be partly on account of that man's t-shirt. If the guy is breaking shit, spitting, throwing stuff, whatever, arrest his ass. But using the excuse that he might be a problem, even though he hasn't done anything wrong, and arresting him is intolerable.
You're welcome to work on it in your parent's basement
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Ah, the rigor of anecdotal evidence. Me and every single person I know who's had Comcast has had pretty much rock-solid uptime without any connection snafus. Pretty much the polar opposite of what cable was like in my area when it was AT&T's game.
MS Office - Don't even need to say how bad it is.
Much as I can't stand most MS software, please direct me to a superior office suite. (This is only half-sarcastic; I'd love to avoid shelling out money on CrossOver, but I'm beginning to think that's the only way I'll ever have a good office suite under Linux).
I've done a fair amount of work with Boost.Python, and I've been quite happy with it. It used to be a bit tedious to wrap classes with polymorphic behavior, but one of the Boost.Python contributors has written a program (Pyste) to automatically generate Boost.Python bindings. It's not always what you need, but it's flexible enough to be very usable.
they want their tired AP references back.
you should stop interferon with my good time.
Actually, it was from Killer Instinct (which also predated Q3A).
wouldn't it just be the anti- microsoft-bashing? or is it the bashing of those who are anti-microsoft? (these seem related).
OBSQ: "Symbology? What's the symbology there? I believe the word you are looking for is symbolism. What is the sym-bolism there?"
As opposed to...?
Yoper is "built from source" targeting i686 machines the same way that Mandrake rebuilds RedHat packages for i585 machines. Yoper is a binary distribution that uses apt-get for package management, a la Debian. It's just more finely tuned.
Yoper isn't competition for Gentoo as far as niche is concerned. Gentoo is a source distro. Yoper is JABD.
A lot of /.'ers have pointed out that most networks are switched nowadays; however, there are still plenty of networks out there that aren't.
Every mid-level enthusiast home network I've known was just running a dumb hub, and I'm also familiar with a university that ran hubs per floor in the dorms (you couldn't get floor 8's data on floor 9, but as for everyone on floor 9...). This worm still has a plenty big playground.
While it's not relevant to this particular instance, Chomsky has contributed to the field (i.e., the Chomsky hierarchy), and in some cases quoting him would be appropriate in a "really good technical discussion."
No, if you reversed gravity starting right now, Earth would fall apart right away. I don't think that'd be a very accurate model of its last 4.5 billion years of existence.
I can't believe you'd refer to a date in the second person.
If a fan tells me to trade a player or pick up a player, I can't always do what they say
I wonder how often he does do what they say? Better yet, if someone spammed a request for a trade to him, would he be statistically obligated to do what the spam told him to?
IANAC, but this makes a sort of intuitive sense to me. However, it seems like there's still something arbitrary involved. You mention a lisp program, so are you then including the code for the lisp interpreter? The microcode on the CPU?
Also, wouldn't there have to be "random" bit strings which turn out to be easily computable (i.e., the value of a polynomial at some X)? This makes me think that I'm missing something in the definition of random here.
As one who has competed in several TC contests and ACM ICPC regionals, I can assure you it takes more than being a mathematician to solve these problems. Sure, you often have to do some sort of complexity analysis to determine which algorithms are right out (if something is going to take 20! searches, you're SOL), but writing that certain special BFS or Floyd's that tackles the problem at hand is as much of a coding challenge as it is an analytical one.
That said, I agree that there are many more aspects to being a good programmer than algorithm-hacking. I'm surprised you haven't looked at TopCoder... check out their component design and development competitions. It's all about good software design and implementation, and there are frequent payouts involved.
Noooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
P.S. Brad Sucks^2. Brad's a nice guy, at least, if seriously outclassed by the Songfight heavyweights (Frontalot, add, JBB, Frankie).
I remember hearing something about the Department of Energy giving Disney a big fat grant for brighter fireworks... I wonder if this is related?
You buy Hasbro for breakfast?
The goddamned button on the thumb! Once you get ahold of that thing, you have one turn to press the right button. If you so much as look at the device, you're Vogon toast. Granted you only have to do this once before you know it, but any game that more or less says, "hehe, not this time" is pretty malicious.
Also, all that other impossible stuff.
All your search engines are belong to Douglas.
Some of these may very well be debit cards. So I'm quite sure there are at least a few cardholders at risk here.
I've written this as factually as I can, according to my understanding. What was it you wanted to discuss?
Well, it's still a bit off as far as the facts are concerned. The first post you replied to was written by someone other than me. I'm loqi, and I don't endorse Anonymous Coward's statements as fact.
So, AC's claim about t-shirt arrests aside (which sounds a bit odd to me as well), I absolutely disagree with your free speech zones argument. Let me state this outright: I have very, very little trouble with the police getting down and dirty in such situations, because if you participate in a riot, you are stupid and deserve what you get. That said, curbing basic rights to avert a potential scenario doesn't sound any better with me than the PATRIOT act curbing rights because it might catch a terrorist.
So, if you wouldn't mind canning all the insults and assumptions, we could have a discussion here. But if you feel you have to make some more derogatory and/or misaimed rebuttals, feel free.
As is always the case in these discussions, I will say to you (just as you say to me), that you're missing the point. Yes, I know how a riot happens. Yes, I understand there is a science of sorts to crowd dynamics and control (I've worked for a Crowd Management Services company before, I do have some knowledge of the topic).
My issue is with "arrests of convenience." Cop thinks guy with a "No Bush" t-shirt is going to start a riot because he's obviously a radical, arrests him. A line has been crossed right there, regardless of the fact that if a riot were to start, it could be partly on account of that man's t-shirt. If the guy is breaking shit, spitting, throwing stuff, whatever, arrest his ass. But using the excuse that he might be a problem, even though he hasn't done anything wrong, and arresting him is intolerable.
You're welcome to work on it in your parent's basement
I am stunned by your originality and your wit.