We will have a full description for each standard - only 5a & 5b at first, but then those will both fork to make HTML5aa, HTML5ab, and HTML5ba, 5bb. Won't that be a wonderful time to develop web pages?
BUT WAIT, it gets even better. Each of the teams who develop those standards will fork, and we'll get 8 new GLORIOUS standards. Already, I'm drooling at the prospect of the return to the IE6-like era where we can develop for multiple HTML flavours again. It will create so many new jobs and so much specialist knowledge, it can't fail to improve the economy!
I've got a good idea too. Let's have good stories AND 48fps along with 3D that doesn't encroach beyond the front of the screen. That way we can have our cake and eat it, without eye strain, and distracting gimmicks. It's not an either/or scenario.
Are MS and Oracle faster than MySQL because they add much more code to solve the problem (e.g.: where all special cases are met), or because they use more clever and efficient code compared to MySQL?
I know this is offtopic, but just a quick request to the powers that be. I tried installing Ubuntu a while back, and 'Grub' not only made Ubuntu boot by defaut, but also wouldn't allow any easy way for to change that to Windows. In addition to that, uninstalling Grub proved to be very cumbersome.
I'm sure many would be far less patient than me, so it may help perceptions of Linux/Ubuntu if some of the basics were in place.
Well, there we get into semantics, but I mean I think all the so-called religions of the world are myth. Since I believe in a 'soul' of sorts, maybe you could call me 'spiritual' at most?
Yeah I know all that. I see it that the brain 'moulds' the brain bit by bit, and obviously an injury can 'undo' that work. Also, the brain can distort the input/output so it could make sense to the person inside (or perhaps prevent that person thinking about nothing else, until the problem is resolved), even if it makes no sense to anyone outside.
Many would disagree with the soul as being just a myth.
Actually, we observed a new state at 125 GeV and it seems consistent with a Standard Model Higgs boson. We have NOT discovered the SM Higgs boson because we simply haven't confirmed that this new particle is the SM Higgs because we're only looking at mass itself. It could be something else with a mass of 125 GeV. To actually claim it is the SM Higgs, we need to confirm that it has spin 0, the right coupling ratios, etc. And that's what I'm working on right now. But it is very exciting because we have discovered new physics.
Source: Working at CMS
I'm not at all religious and strongly doubt god exists, but to deny the existence of one's own self-awareness and soul I think requires a very special kind of blindness.
I only said "hints". Perhaps I should have said provides a "tiny bit of evidence in that direction" (i.e. no where enough to be even slightly conclusive). Would that have helped?
I'm sure they can be independent, but obviously there's a small and subtle implication that free will at least *hints* at a non-deterministic universe. Likewise, if the universe is deterministic, that provides a *tiny* piece of evidence that free will doesn't exist.
Even better, use a metadata filesystem (with instant filter) so that you don't have files scattered everywhere in the first place (they'd all be in one folder). Simply typing ".mp3" into the master query filter would show all files instantly, providing you with a scrollable, interactive, clickable list of files which beats the heck out of a static CLI output in just about every conceivable way.
I don't think anyone's a true atheist or theist - rather they're somewhere in between represented by a probability that they think god exists. It's often tempting to play with semantics, but if we stick to numbers, we're all better off. Heck even Dawkins gives a finite chance of God existing (saying 6 or 6.9 out of 7 that he doesn't exist).
Yes, and I have the perfect solution! If it mentions the word "MyCleanPC" more than 10 times, the spam catcher will cunningly detect this with a word count algorithm. I wonder if this could be 'cleaned' up with the technology of today. I think the amount of my RAM is up to the job. Then My Slashdot will remain Clean of PC spam such as this.
This thing is like a virus that needs to be eliminated. Anything like a PC virus needs cleaning up. My own PC has a virus checker, so I'm sure it's simple for the mods to clean their own PCs up to save MY sanity. Also, we can clean our own PCs with my own clean PC. My clean PC is wonderful for all your needs and can cure your own problems in milliseconds! MyCleanPC: For a Cleaner, Safer PC.
To that I would say; incorporate those 'in-between' words and concepts into English (or other language). Cross pollination of languages has happened throughout history of course, and suffice to say: A universal single language with all the subtlety of each existing language are not mutually incompatible goals.
You're forgetting the beauty of say Klingon poetry on a midsummer's night, and how sublime that can appear to an audience who understands neither Klingonese or poetry. It would be a tragedy to see that kind of thing disappear.
I would say it's a good thing to learn from other languages (to help improve one's own), but other than that, a single 'universal language' would probably improve relations for everyone across the world and even help promote peace.
Personally, I would like to see something like English with some of the best words and elements from other languages, and also with the simplicity and conciseness of Esperanto. Obviously, I'm biased, but I think any other language combined with Esperanto (or even just Esperanto itself) would be a great step for the whole of mankind.
Vladimir Panteleev (aka CyberShadow) has mentioned some of the reasons why it's so fast at ycombinator:
* Optimized and deflated static resources
* Deflated HTML output
* SQLite prepared statements
* Integrated HTTP server (although it's currently in front of an Apache proxy)
* An optimized string builder (https://github.com/CyberShadow/DAppenderResearch)
* RAM cache of frequent DB queries
The D programming language people have successfully combined a mailing list and tradition web forum into one. What's more, the web forum is lightning fast to boot (fastest ever forum I've ever used - why can't phpBB etc. be that fast?).
The exact specifics are unknown to me, but from what I've heard, they've done a terrific job: http://forum.dlang.org/
On TV, I see computer graphics and short clips (e.g. rotating logo for sports programme) which are at 30fps all the time. They have the tech right at their fingertips to create a lovely 60 fps computer graphics animation of (say) a football zooming and spinning into the screen, but no, all artists (or at least their producers) DEGRADE the quality to 30fps. Why?
If you're sitting back, maybe that's not so bad. I envisage 20000x15000 screens in the future, and if they cover the wall, that could work out at 100dpi, but most people would probably be quite happy with that.
Slashdot Mirror
Oh yes, 100%.
We will have a full description for each standard - only 5a & 5b at first, but then those will both fork to make HTML5aa, HTML5ab, and HTML5ba, 5bb. Won't that be a wonderful time to develop web pages?
BUT WAIT, it gets even better. Each of the teams who develop those standards will fork, and we'll get 8 new GLORIOUS standards. Already, I'm drooling at the prospect of the return to the IE6-like era where we can develop for multiple HTML flavours again. It will create so many new jobs and so much specialist knowledge, it can't fail to improve the economy!
I've got a good idea too. Let's have good stories AND 48fps along with 3D that doesn't encroach beyond the front of the screen. That way we can have our cake and eat it, without eye strain, and distracting gimmicks. It's not an either/or scenario.
Are MS and Oracle faster than MySQL because they add much more code to solve the problem (e.g.: where all special cases are met), or because they use more clever and efficient code compared to MySQL?
I know this is offtopic, but just a quick request to the powers that be. I tried installing Ubuntu a while back, and 'Grub' not only made Ubuntu boot by defaut, but also wouldn't allow any easy way for to change that to Windows. In addition to that, uninstalling Grub proved to be very cumbersome.
I'm sure many would be far less patient than me, so it may help perceptions of Linux/Ubuntu if some of the basics were in place.
Well, there we get into semantics, but I mean I think all the so-called religions of the world are myth. Since I believe in a 'soul' of sorts, maybe you could call me 'spiritual' at most?
Thanks!
It hasn't exactly been a money spinner so far, but I wanted the free version to be useful enough to replace other calcs. Working on v1.47!
Yeah I know all that. I see it that the brain 'moulds' the brain bit by bit, and obviously an injury can 'undo' that work. Also, the brain can distort the input/output so it could make sense to the person inside (or perhaps prevent that person thinking about nothing else, until the problem is resolved), even if it makes no sense to anyone outside.
Many would disagree with the soul as being just a myth.
http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/w0tty/higgs_boson_confirmed_at_5sigma_standard/c599ijb
Actually, we observed a new state at 125 GeV and it seems consistent with a Standard Model Higgs boson. We have NOT discovered the SM Higgs boson because we simply haven't confirmed that this new particle is the SM Higgs because we're only looking at mass itself. It could be something else with a mass of 125 GeV. To actually claim it is the SM Higgs, we need to confirm that it has spin 0, the right coupling ratios, etc. And that's what I'm working on right now. But it is very exciting because we have discovered new physics. Source: Working at CMS
I'm not at all religious and strongly doubt god exists, but to deny the existence of one's own self-awareness and soul I think requires a very special kind of blindness.
I only said "hints". Perhaps I should have said provides a "tiny bit of evidence in that direction" (i.e. no where enough to be even slightly conclusive). Would that have helped?
I'm sure they can be independent, but obviously there's a small and subtle implication that free will at least *hints* at a non-deterministic universe. Likewise, if the universe is deterministic, that provides a *tiny* piece of evidence that free will doesn't exist.
Even better, use a metadata filesystem (with instant filter) so that you don't have files scattered everywhere in the first place (they'd all be in one folder). Simply typing ".mp3" into the master query filter would show all files instantly, providing you with a scrollable, interactive, clickable list of files which beats the heck out of a static CLI output in just about every conceivable way.
I don't think anyone's a true atheist or theist - rather they're somewhere in between represented by a probability that they think god exists. It's often tempting to play with semantics, but if we stick to numbers, we're all better off. Heck even Dawkins gives a finite chance of God existing (saying 6 or 6.9 out of 7 that he doesn't exist).
Yes, and I have the perfect solution! If it mentions the word "MyCleanPC" more than 10 times, the spam catcher will cunningly detect this with a word count algorithm. I wonder if this could be 'cleaned' up with the technology of today. I think the amount of my RAM is up to the job. Then My Slashdot will remain Clean of PC spam such as this.
This thing is like a virus that needs to be eliminated. Anything like a PC virus needs cleaning up. My own PC has a virus checker, so I'm sure it's simple for the mods to clean their own PCs up to save MY sanity. Also, we can clean our own PCs with my own clean PC. My clean PC is wonderful for all your needs and can cure your own problems in milliseconds! MyCleanPC: For a Cleaner, Safer PC.
To that I would say; incorporate those 'in-between' words and concepts into English (or other language). Cross pollination of languages has happened throughout history of course, and suffice to say: A universal single language with all the subtlety of each existing language are not mutually incompatible goals.
Is that your primary language?
You're forgetting the beauty of say Klingon poetry on a midsummer's night, and how sublime that can appear to an audience who understands neither Klingonese or poetry. It would be a tragedy to see that kind of thing disappear.
I would say it's a good thing to learn from other languages (to help improve one's own), but other than that, a single 'universal language' would probably improve relations for everyone across the world and even help promote peace.
Personally, I would like to see something like English with some of the best words and elements from other languages, and also with the simplicity and conciseness of Esperanto. Obviously, I'm biased, but I think any other language combined with Esperanto (or even just Esperanto itself) would be a great step for the whole of mankind.
All hits are near hits
Not if you translate 'near' to mean 'nearly', and when you say "that nearly hit", that definitely implies it didn't hit.
* Optimized and deflated static resources
* Deflated HTML output
* SQLite prepared statements
* Integrated HTTP server (although it's currently in front of an Apache proxy)
* An optimized string builder (https://github.com/CyberShadow/DAppenderResearch)
* RAM cache of frequent DB queries
A Reddit story exists too where he speaks more about it:
http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/ppre5/the_new_d_online_forum_software_written_in_d/#c3rhk2i
The D programming language people have successfully combined a mailing list and tradition web forum into one. What's more, the web forum is lightning fast to boot (fastest ever forum I've ever used - why can't phpBB etc. be that fast?).
The exact specifics are unknown to me, but from what I've heard, they've done a terrific job:
http://forum.dlang.org/
For the skeptics, this website is great at showing a comparison between 30fps and 60fps: http://frames-per-second.appspot.com/
Nope because the actual (say) football which immediately follows is at 60fps. Nice try though.
On TV, I see computer graphics and short clips (e.g. rotating logo for sports programme) which are at 30fps all the time. They have the tech right at their fingertips to create a lovely 60 fps computer graphics animation of (say) a football zooming and spinning into the screen, but no, all artists (or at least their producers) DEGRADE the quality to 30fps. Why?
If you're sitting back, maybe that's not so bad. I envisage 20000x15000 screens in the future, and if they cover the wall, that could work out at 100dpi, but most people would probably be quite happy with that.
So what was better about Nokia's design?