A long time ago now (mid 1980s), when I was interviewing for one of my first programming jobs, the interviewer asked me what was different about C vs other languages.
My answer was that is it easier to spell.:-)
The interviewer looked a little puzzled -- I explained that while I was trying to be funny, I was also being serious -- C is not really any different than any algol type language. If I could identify any way in which it differed, I would say that in C, the pointer is the primary datatype, where in other languages of this family, this is less true. And that C had a very minimilast approach to the core language, preferring to leave heavy lifting to the standard library, as opposed to building things into the syntax of the core language. But that these are mere subtleties.
The fundamental difference remains that it is easier to spell.:-)
> perhaps... French culture is the way to go this time.
I'm sure Sarko is thinking something along these lines...
Si la transmission est encryptée, n'est-elle plus en français, n'est-ce pas? Ceci diluerait la langue française sacrée. Ceci doit être proscrit immédiatement!:-)
As a preamble, I'm married to a Russian -- have traveled there a number of times -- so I know just enough to be misinformed:-)
I'll add to what you write that Putin also appears to enjoy the support of a significant majority of Russians -- including most of the Russians I know (both there and here in Canada).
(I just know someone is going to godwin this thread -- trains running on time etc...:-) )
You could also just google kindlepid.py -- there are multiple hits that get you to all of that. It's out there -- the horses have left the barn and the worms are out of the can -- good luck to amazon trying to get them back -- it's futile, but don't let that stop you from trying...
And XP is still faster than vista or 7, even on 4 cores... And he speculates that it would be faster on 8 (although he didn't measure that)
Scalability doesn't matter if you're still slower in absolute terms on systems that are available commercially at a reasonable price. (going past 8 cores these days is a very large price jump per core)
Getting all the mold out of them -- the second priority is having them work again.
Steps;
-- well away from any sparks or flame (ie NO SMOKING:-)
1: Disassemble completely 2: Immerse everything in wd40 -- wd stands for water displacer -- this will make absolutely sure there is no water at all left on them. Agitate in the wd40. (you can buy wd40 by the gallon) 3: Rinse with as pure ethyl alcohol/rubbing alcohol as you can find -- closest to 100%. Use plenty -- scrub with a toothbrush at this point to remove anything stubborn. This should remove anything not removed by the wd40, and will remove all the wd40 too. 4: Immerse in a second pure alcohol bath that you try to keep clean -- ie use a different bucket than step 3 -- try to get everything off in step 3.
The alcohol will evaporate quickly, leaving everything dry quite soon with no residue (the two rinse steps help with this).
-- at this point, I'd be quite surprised if there was any mold or dirt or oils of any kind left on anything.
4:Reassemble 5:Plug it in and hope for the best -- if it doesn't work, toss it in the trash.
This procedure will not work for anything with any unsealed lubricated moving parts, as it will remove *all* of of the lubrication.
It will also likely cloud any transparent plastics.
Why not just use the year? -- (tv salesman voice) "All new fobar_soft(tm) 2009! Supplies are limited! Get yours today! If you order now, you also get..."
(just finished up on Mudbox 2009 aka V2.x:-), so this hits close to home:-)
I agree with all of your points -- especially the glossy screens. Looks like I'll be holding on to my 17" MacbookPro until it dies (which will probably be sooner than I'd like due to the faulty bonding materials in the 8600M gfx chip:-( )
Lets look at a worst case then -- how bad could it get? Lets assume half of the liquid helium gets converted directly to energy -- just how bad could it be? As it turns out, pretty bad -- not bad like converting the entire universe into strange matter, but bad enough for us -- not any better than sucking the whole planet into a what would eventually be a pea sized black hole. (ok, ok -- black holes don't really have a size, but the event horizon would be pea sized.)
The amount of liquid helium in question? 700,000 litres, right? As we all know, liquid helium has a density of 0.214g/ml. Let's see -- how much energy is released when 7.49E7g of matter are converted into energy? Each gram is roughly equivalent to about 21.5 kilotons of TNT, thus totalling 1,610 Gigatons of TNT -- enough to ruin your day, and mine too.
Now in the wiki article in question they merely mention that half the original mass went "missing" they did not exactly say it all got converted to energy. If even only 5% got converted, I'm pretty sure that would still wipe us all out.
I'll begin with an aside/rant: I wonder what companies can do to *demotivate* the verbizing of perfectly fine nouns like "incentive" -- perhaps a nice cock-punch for each use of the word "incentivize" would be appropriate. (Ok, that feels better:-)
Reasonable companies motivate people to file patents by providing them with a variety of incentives -- ranging from stock options to cash, and sometimes gift certificates at local stores.
Usually the process begins with someone filing a record of invention with the intellectual property department -- they then send it to their internal patent review board (made up of various experts) to determine if the invention is patentable and relevant to the company business and worth the 20 to 30 thousand it costs to get a patent. Many companies provide a token gift at this point in the process -- kind of like a ribbon for participating -- not high value. Once a patent is filed, another incentive is given, and a third when it is issued. Some companies give more on filing (I prefer this as behaviour and reward are closer together, and thus more effective at motivating the actions you are looking for.), some give more when issued. The problem is that it can take 2 to 4 years from filing to issue. A previous employer gave 2000 at filing, 500 at issue. My current one gives stock options at filing, and 2000 at issue.
The program described by the original parent sounds quite generous to me.
What few people recognize is that *individual* patents are seldom that valuable -- each one can be seen as a picket in a fence that defines some intellectual real-estate -- a single picket is generally worthless and your competition can usually just walk around it -- but many pickets will creat a fence that encloses some worthwhile territory. Thus what is valuable to a company is the entire portfolio of patents.
Companies that produce things (software, machines etc) rarely use their patent portfolio offensively -- they generally use them defensively to head off lawsuits -- think of cross licencing like trading baseball cards. The true evil arises when you get a patent holding company (aka patent troll) that produces nothing, and is therefore not interested in cross licencing -- they're just highway-men engaged in armed robbery of whomever seems a convenient victim at the time.
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It actually is clear -- it is 5200rpm, 12ms seek, 8MB buffer.
(at least it is clear if you download the spec sheets from WD)
You're proposing a man in the middle attack? :-)
I agree,
A long time ago now (mid 1980s), when I was interviewing for one of my first programming jobs, the interviewer asked me what was different about C vs other languages.
My answer was that is it easier to spell. :-)
The interviewer looked a little puzzled -- I explained that while I was trying to be funny, I was also being serious -- C is not really any different than any algol type language. If I could identify any way in which it differed, I would say that in C, the pointer is the primary datatype, where in other languages of this family, this is less true. And that C had a very minimilast approach to the core language, preferring to leave heavy lifting to the standard library, as opposed to building things into the syntax of the core language. But that these are mere subtleties.
The fundamental difference remains that it is easier to spell. :-)
To translate for those who can't understand,
If the transmission is encrypted, it's not in French, is it? This dilutes the sacred French language. This must be prohibited immediately!
> perhaps ... French culture is the way to go this time.
I'm sure Sarko is thinking something along these lines...
Si la transmission est encryptée, n'est-elle plus en français, n'est-ce pas? Ceci diluerait la langue française sacrée. Ceci doit être proscrit immédiatement! :-)
I have no mod points :-(
Parent is right on the money. I can haz moar frame buffer plz? :-)
As a preamble, I'm married to a Russian -- have traveled there a number of times -- so I know just enough to be misinformed :-)
I'll add to what you write that Putin also appears to enjoy the support of a significant majority of Russians -- including most of the Russians I know (both there and here in Canada).
(I just know someone is going to godwin this thread -- trains running on time etc... :-) )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_9LjBidEe0
I'm thinking of getting a set fr home :=)
The last one was March 14, 1592. There will be another in 13917 years.
You could also just google kindlepid.py -- there are multiple hits that get you to all of that. It's out there -- the horses have left the barn and the worms are out of the can -- good luck to amazon trying to get them back -- it's futile, but don't let that stop you from trying...
And if they don't show up, can they be held in contempt? (oh pretty please let it be so :-)
Dear *your company name here*;
I regret to inform you that your services as employer are no longer required. You position has been terminated effective *your last day at work*.
This decision was not arrived at lightly, and is in no way is a reflection on the performance of your duties as an employer.
Signed,
*your signature*
Date: *today's date*
Print the above out on pink paper, and sign it. Lay off your entire company :-)
And XP is still faster than vista or 7, even on 4 cores... And he speculates that it would be faster on 8 (although he didn't measure that)
Scalability doesn't matter if you're still slower in absolute terms on systems that are available commercially at a reasonable price. (going past 8 cores these days is a very large price jump per core)
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/systems/images/w87-design.jpg
"That's a nice university you have there -- shame if anything were to happen to it..."
The Italians have a word for it -- Pizzo -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizzo_(extortion)
I think you're holding something *else* in your right hand, and that these "passwords" are for porn sites.
Getting all the mold out of them -- the second priority is having them work again.
Steps;
-- well away from any sparks or flame (ie NO SMOKING :-)
1: Disassemble completely
2: Immerse everything in wd40 -- wd stands for water displacer -- this will make absolutely sure there is no water at all left on them. Agitate in the wd40. (you can buy wd40 by the gallon)
3: Rinse with as pure ethyl alcohol/rubbing alcohol as you can find -- closest to 100%. Use plenty -- scrub with a toothbrush at this point to remove anything stubborn. This should remove anything not removed by the wd40, and will remove all the wd40 too.
4: Immerse in a second pure alcohol bath that you try to keep clean -- ie use a different bucket than step 3 -- try to get everything off in step 3.
The alcohol will evaporate quickly, leaving everything dry quite soon with no residue (the two rinse steps help with this).
-- at this point, I'd be quite surprised if there was any mold or dirt or oils of any kind left on anything.
4:Reassemble
5:Plug it in and hope for the best -- if it doesn't work, toss it in the trash.
This procedure will not work for anything with any unsealed lubricated moving parts, as it will remove *all* of of the lubrication.
It will also likely cloud any transparent plastics.
Why not just use the year? -- (tv salesman voice) "All new fobar_soft(tm) 2009! Supplies are limited! Get yours today! If you order now, you also get..."
(just finished up on Mudbox 2009 aka V2.x :-), so this hits close to home :-)
I agree with all of your points -- especially the glossy screens. Looks like I'll be holding on to my 17" MacbookPro until it dies (which will probably be sooner than I'd like due to the faulty bonding materials in the 8600M gfx chip :-( )
Anyone remember what happened the last time we let Cyberdyne make anything remotely robotic? :-)
He's right, it's the second amendment that guarantees that right to disrupt the government :-)
It could be anything base 3 and above...
Lets look at a worst case then -- how bad could it get? Lets assume half of the liquid helium gets converted directly to energy -- just how bad could it be? As it turns out, pretty bad -- not bad like converting the entire universe into strange matter, but bad enough for us -- not any better than sucking the whole planet into a what would eventually be a pea sized black hole. (ok, ok -- black holes don't really have a size, but the event horizon would be pea sized.)
The amount of liquid helium in question? 700,000 litres, right? As we all know, liquid helium has a density of 0.214g/ml. Let's see -- how much energy is released when 7.49E7g of matter are converted into energy? Each gram is roughly equivalent to about 21.5 kilotons of TNT, thus totalling 1,610 Gigatons of TNT -- enough to ruin your day, and mine too.
Now in the wiki article in question they merely mention that half the original mass went "missing" they did not exactly say it all got converted to energy. If even only 5% got converted, I'm pretty sure that would still wipe us all out.
I'll begin with an aside/rant: I wonder what companies can do to *demotivate* the verbizing of perfectly fine nouns like "incentive" -- perhaps a nice cock-punch for each use of the word "incentivize" would be appropriate. (Ok, that feels better :-)
Reasonable companies motivate people to file patents by providing them with a variety of incentives -- ranging from stock options to cash, and sometimes gift certificates at local stores.
Usually the process begins with someone filing a record of invention with the intellectual property department -- they then send it to their internal patent review board (made up of various experts) to determine if the invention is patentable and relevant to the company business and worth the 20 to 30 thousand it costs to get a patent. Many companies provide a token gift at this point in the process -- kind of like a ribbon for participating -- not high value. Once a patent is filed, another incentive is given, and a third when it is issued. Some companies give more on filing (I prefer this as behaviour and reward are closer together, and thus more effective at motivating the actions you are looking for.), some give more when issued. The problem is that it can take 2 to 4 years from filing to issue. A previous employer gave 2000 at filing, 500 at issue. My current one gives stock options at filing, and 2000 at issue.
The program described by the original parent sounds quite generous to me.
What few people recognize is that *individual* patents are seldom that valuable -- each one can be seen as a picket in a fence that defines some intellectual real-estate -- a single picket is generally worthless and your competition can usually just walk around it -- but many pickets will creat a fence that encloses some worthwhile territory. Thus what is valuable to a company is the entire portfolio of patents.
Companies that produce things (software, machines etc) rarely use their patent portfolio offensively -- they generally use them defensively to head off lawsuits -- think of cross licencing like trading baseball cards. The true evil arises when you get a patent holding company (aka patent troll) that produces nothing, and is therefore not interested in cross licencing -- they're just highway-men engaged in armed robbery of whomever seems a convenient victim at the time.
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