Agreed. I found that odd about the original poster's statements, as well. While pointers are a difficult concept to grasp for the new programmer, they really aren't a tough subject. They're also terribly important to anyone doing serious work. In fact, you really can't do much of _anything_ without 'em. I disagree about C++, though... the user is slightly removed from pointers in C++ (at least, more than in C.) C++ still blows pirahna dick, but pointers _are_, at least as far as I'm concerned, easier.
Jon, you never cease to amaze me. Your ability to tie just about anything into your narrow perception of the culture you've helped create, (one that doesn't really exist,) is unparalleled. Here's an exercise: Take a bowl of rice pudding, right out of the fridge, and set it on the table in front of you. Now, make the bowl of rice pudding interactive. Here's an example.
Here, ladies and gentlemen, is a bowl of rice pudding. Good stuff. But terribly non interactive. We went behind the scenes into the creation of this rice pudding, and found some truly amazing things. This is grand master chef Sioux-Foo-lu-doo-doo, and he's here today to walk us through the rice-pudding process. Just look at the way he masterfully mixes the ingredients. Isn't that amazing? Not like that lame non-interactive tapioca pudding, no sir. This is ePudding. See? He's using an electric mixer, ordered online at Amazon.com. Ooh! He's putting it on the stove now, (the stove, incidentally, was purchased used on e-bay,) ASTOUNDING! What a truly interactive experience! While that's cooking, let me take time to tell you about my new book, "Geek Pudding," available in stores now. It chronicles the lives of three bowls of pudding, chocolate, vanilla, and bananna. It... oh, the pudding is ready! Now, into the fridge, (purchased at Sears. I found the car I drove to get to Sears at autonation.com, though!) OK, the pudding is in the fridge. Shortly, we'll have a nice bowl of _interactive_ pudding to eat. Yum. Doesn't that just make it taste better?
Jon, this really is getting old. Give it up, try something new. And have some pudding.
I have to diagree. Some of the effects used in the Matrix were completely new, (bullet time, and at least one other that I can't remember,) and there were many instances of older effects being used in unique ways, (this goes back to the directors' background in comic books.) The Matrix was an eye opener, filled with "wow" effects that caused the jaw to drop.
Save for the AMAZING light saber battle in the end of TFM, there was nothing truly spectacular about the movie's effects. Everything had been done before, and nothing old was put ot a new use. The awards for best fx, sound fx, and editing usually go to the pioneers; the ones that break the rules in bold new ways. TFM, while at least moderately impressive, was really just a rehashing of old-school effects. I was not impressed.
George Lucas, and ILM to a lesser extent, deserves not only the slap in the face that he/they got, but a good swift kick to the head. TFM had ONE cool thing in it, the light saber fight. Everything else was stupid, lame, and altogether CRAPPY. Gone were the witticisms of the original trilogy ("What an incredible smell you've discovered.") They've been replaced with fart jokes, stepping in poop, and stupid sophomoric humor. The lame american-style announcer during the pod race was also too much, as were lame little pit droids getting sucked into combustion chambers, or jar jar getting his lips numbed off. Lame.
So no, Star wars gets no awards because it was stupid, the effects were pretty much recycled crap, and george lucas can suck it.
Stories such as this one have been posted before, and I've watched the reaction of slashdotters sway from "No way! There will never be a linux virus!" to "Yeah, this is definitely something we should worry about," in only a few short months. Why? There have been no new linux viruses in this time. The experts would have you believe that there is a problem because they bolster their fame and reputations by crying "wolf" every chance they get.
I'm not saying a virus is impossible, nor even unlikely, but the chances today are exactly the same as they were six months ago, and now average slashdotters have joined the panicking masses. Amusing.
Why do I get the feeling this has been spawned from the worst SF novel of 1999, by Steven Baxter? Really, this truly was an awful book, and the asteroid/moon/whatever was used as some silly plot device. Could it be that some moron actually mistook fiction for fact, or did Steven Baxter actually get ONE DAMN THING RIGHT in the whole book? I'd be surprised.
Dozens? Try hundreds. Last time I submitted a story (This story, as a matter of fact... I was just a little slow on the draw,) there were 400+ stories in the submission queue.
I'm no expert, but their advertising seems to b legal. They've stated that they've overclocked the system, covering their butt. They've given a fair representation of the product, and haven't (criminally) misled the customer.
I experienced such a moment today. While using a piece of commercial, closed source software today, I discovered a simple bug, one that could _easily_ have been fixed had I access to the source. Since I'm not using the most up-to-date version of the company's software, I'm forced to either upgrade, or do my best to work around the bug.
I'm not suggesting there's some kind of conspiracy among commercial software developers, but it is frustrating to see a mistake made that any programmer worth his keyboard would have easily spotted. Why do things like this happen? Because companies throw more and more programmers at a taksk, hoping to solve a problem with sheer numbers. When will they learn that quantity is no substitute for quality?
Short fsck times is not the only benefit to be gained from XFS/any journaling file system. Journaling filesystems are typically far more stable than non-journaling, and are less succeptable to data corruption during crashes. SGI was so confident in XFS, that they didn't even release repair utilities for it during the initial release! (They were released soon after, but still...) As for extra overhead, yes... XFS does require a bit more overhead than ext2 for storing data, but the overhead is not seen in performance, but in disk usage. The space used is small, though, and rarely missed (a few megs for every few gigs, or so.)
If given the option, I would definitely choose XFS over ext2. I'm not too familiar with the ext3 project, though, so it may be a better choice.
Actually, I think the PSX2 looks rather stupid. A tray loading CD-ROM? Tat's a bad BAD idea. I envision 5% of the units will be returned for maintenance. Besides, it's more expensive than a top loader. If you're going to go for the extra expense, make a slot loader (like car CD-players,) I've seen a few PC CD-ROMs that use this... they're great! Expensive, but cool.
There's definitely some potential here. It's fast, too. A neat little Java applet (gasp! did I just say that??) might make configuration a little easier. The partition configuration section could use some improvement, but the limitations are mostly due to those inherent to RedHat's install, not those on the author's part. All in all, I can see it being VERY useful for the less experienced users out there. Everyone loves a nice, pretty GUI, after all. RedHat might consider building something like this.
Legato networker will do what you describe, but it's pretty darned expensive. It isn't meant for small installations, though. I don't know what I'd do without it, though. Check it out at www.legato.com
That's a f'ing lot of caffeine. Wouldn't that be nearly fatal anyway? Also, is it possible that the increased metabolic rate produced by that level of caffeine might have been a contributor to the effect?
I just wanna see what mice injected with 50+ mg of caffeine look like. Put them sons of bitches on a wheel, goddamn it! You could light up a city!
I'm curious... what are your objections to PHP and ASP?
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Read the article. According to CC and their partners, Divx failed because of a lack of studio support, not because of lack of customer interest. Your point is worth considering, though. I think Circuit City employees would understand that people were buying them just because they're cheap, though.
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I don't like DIVX, but I'm not going to boycott the store for selling one shoddy product. Their prices are good, their salespeople are friendly, (except when pushing divx,) and (most importantly,) the nearest circuit city is about.25 miles from my front door.
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Believe me, the realization has already come. They now have WAREHOUSES full of these worthless players. They have to sell them somehow, and will sell them at a loss just to get rid of them. The major price cuts will likely not come today, next week, or even next month. Look for them on return racks in the near future, and at MAJOR discounts in the coming months.
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Yes, that's true. BUT, circuit city is going to have to lower the prices to get rid of these things. There's now ZERO reason to buy a DIVX capable player, so the only way they'll be able to sell them will be to drop the price dramatically. Thus, we win. Until the supply runs out, we'll be able to buy cheap players.
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Consider this. Divx players are fully featured DVD players, right? Circuit city is going to have to liquidate their stock of divx players SOMEHOW, so they'll most likely drop the price by at least the $100 that they're offering in rebates. Why not buy one? You're no longer supporting a proprietary format that sucks, so buy it for the DVD features, and save $100+. Too bad I just bought a REAL DVD player on saturday. The conversation at circuit city was great...
Divx monkey : "Ah, sir... I see you're interested in DVD players..." Me: "Uh huh." Divx monkey : "Can I interest you in a player featuring our div..." "Stop right there. Mention DIVX one more time, and I leave the store." As it turned out, the guy agreed with me on divx, and admitted to pushing it because circuit city told him to. We spent about five minutes bashing it, and in the end I bought a bunch of DVDs, too. Gotta boost the guy's commission.
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Hi, credit rating? You've just described a sure-fire way to trash your credit. Try it, I dare 'ya.
Agreed. I found that odd about the original poster's statements, as well. While pointers are a difficult concept to grasp for the new programmer, they really aren't a tough subject. They're also terribly important to anyone doing serious work. In fact, you really can't do much of _anything_ without 'em. I disagree about C++, though... the user is slightly removed from pointers in C++ (at least, more than in C.) C++ still blows pirahna dick, but pointers _are_, at least as far as I'm concerned, easier.
Peace,
sKroz
Jon, you never cease to amaze me. Your ability to tie just about anything into your narrow perception of the culture you've helped create, (one that doesn't really exist,) is unparalleled. Here's an exercise: Take a bowl of rice pudding, right out of the fridge, and set it on the table in front of you. Now, make the bowl of rice pudding interactive. Here's an example.
Here, ladies and gentlemen, is a bowl of rice pudding. Good stuff. But terribly non interactive. We went behind the scenes into the creation of this rice pudding, and found some truly amazing things. This is grand master chef Sioux-Foo-lu-doo-doo, and he's here today to walk us through the rice-pudding process. Just look at the way he masterfully mixes the ingredients. Isn't that amazing? Not like that lame non-interactive tapioca pudding, no sir. This is ePudding. See? He's using an electric mixer, ordered online at Amazon.com. Ooh! He's putting it on the stove now, (the stove, incidentally, was purchased used on e-bay,) ASTOUNDING! What a truly interactive experience! While that's cooking, let me take time to tell you about my new book, "Geek Pudding," available in stores now. It chronicles the lives of three bowls of pudding, chocolate, vanilla, and bananna. It... oh, the pudding is ready! Now, into the fridge, (purchased at Sears. I found the car I drove to get to Sears at autonation.com, though!) OK, the pudding is in the fridge. Shortly, we'll have a nice bowl of _interactive_ pudding to eat. Yum. Doesn't that just make it taste better?
Jon, this really is getting old. Give it up, try something new. And have some pudding.
I have to diagree. Some of the effects used in the Matrix were completely new, (bullet time, and at least one other that I can't remember,) and there were many instances of older effects being used in unique ways, (this goes back to the directors' background in comic books.) The Matrix was an eye opener, filled with "wow" effects that caused the jaw to drop.
Save for the AMAZING light saber battle in the end of TFM, there was nothing truly spectacular about the movie's effects. Everything had been done before, and nothing old was put ot a new use. The awards for best fx, sound fx, and editing usually go to the pioneers; the ones that break the rules in bold new ways. TFM, while at least moderately impressive, was really just a rehashing of old-school effects. I was not impressed.
George Lucas, and ILM to a lesser extent, deserves not only the slap in the face that he/they got, but a good swift kick to the head. TFM had ONE cool thing in it, the light saber fight. Everything else was stupid, lame, and altogether CRAPPY. Gone were the witticisms of the original trilogy ("What an incredible smell you've discovered.") They've been replaced with fart jokes, stepping in poop, and stupid sophomoric humor. The lame american-style announcer during the pod race was also too much, as were lame little pit droids getting sucked into combustion chambers, or jar jar getting his lips numbed off. Lame.
So no, Star wars gets no awards because it was stupid, the effects were pretty much recycled crap, and george lucas can suck it.
Stories such as this one have been posted before, and I've watched the reaction of slashdotters sway from "No way! There will never be a linux virus!" to "Yeah, this is definitely something we should worry about," in only a few short months. Why? There have been no new linux viruses in this time. The experts would have you believe that there is a problem because they bolster their fame and reputations by crying "wolf" every chance they get.
I'm not saying a virus is impossible, nor even unlikely, but the chances today are exactly the same as they were six months ago, and now average slashdotters have joined the panicking masses. Amusing.
Why do I get the feeling this has been spawned from the worst SF novel of 1999, by Steven Baxter? Really, this truly was an awful book, and the asteroid/moon/whatever was used as some silly plot device. Could it be that some moron actually mistook fiction for fact, or did Steven Baxter actually get ONE DAMN THING RIGHT in the whole book? I'd be surprised.
Dozens? Try hundreds. Last time I submitted a story (This story, as a matter of fact... I was just a little slow on the draw,) there were 400+ stories in the submission queue.
Rob doesa kick-ass job, so kiss off.
I'm no expert, but their advertising seems to b legal. They've stated that they've overclocked the system, covering their butt. They've given a fair representation of the product, and haven't (criminally) misled the customer.
It's uncool, but appears legal.
My god, Hell really has frozen over. The apocalypse really IS coming!
Same bonehead mistake we always see...
I experienced such a moment today. While using a piece of commercial, closed source software today, I discovered a simple bug, one that could _easily_ have been fixed had I access to the source. Since I'm not using the most up-to-date version of the company's software, I'm forced to either upgrade, or do my best to work around the bug.
I'm not suggesting there's some kind of conspiracy among commercial software developers, but it is frustrating to see a mistake made that any programmer worth his keyboard would have easily spotted. Why do things like this happen? Because companies throw more and more programmers at a taksk, hoping to solve a problem with sheer numbers. When will they learn that quantity is no substitute for quality?
Argh.
sKroz
Short fsck times is not the only benefit to be gained from XFS/any journaling file system. Journaling filesystems are typically far more stable than non-journaling, and are less succeptable to data corruption during crashes. SGI was so confident in XFS, that they didn't even release repair utilities for it during the initial release! (They were released soon after, but still...) As for extra overhead, yes... XFS does require a bit more overhead than ext2 for storing data, but the overhead is not seen in performance, but in disk usage. The space used is small, though, and rarely missed (a few megs for every few gigs, or so.)
If given the option, I would definitely choose XFS over ext2. I'm not too familiar with the ext3 project, though, so it may be a better choice.
Actually, I think the PSX2 looks rather stupid. A tray loading CD-ROM? Tat's a bad BAD idea. I envision 5% of the units will be returned for maintenance. Besides, it's more expensive than a top loader. If you're going to go for the extra expense, make a slot loader (like car CD-players,) I've seen a few PC CD-ROMs that use this... they're great! Expensive, but cool.
sKroz
What's the estimated cost for one of these?
Bus
There's definitely some potential here. It's fast, too. A neat little Java applet (gasp! did I just say that??) might make configuration a little easier. The partition configuration section could use some improvement, but the limitations are mostly due to those inherent to RedHat's install, not those on the author's part. All in all, I can see it being VERY useful for the less experienced users out there. Everyone loves a nice, pretty GUI, after all. RedHat might consider building something like this.
sKroz
Legato networker will do what you describe, but it's pretty darned expensive. It isn't meant for small installations, though. I don't know what I'd do without it, though. Check it out at www.legato.com
I did three hours of joust once... I thought my hand was going to fall off. I guess I need to train more...
That's a f'ing lot of caffeine. Wouldn't that be nearly fatal anyway? Also, is it possible that the increased metabolic rate produced by that level of caffeine might have been a contributor to the effect?
I just wanna see what mice injected with 50+ mg of caffeine look like. Put them sons of bitches on a wheel, goddamn it! You could light up a city!
I'm curious... what are your objections to PHP and ASP?
Read the article. According to CC and their partners, Divx failed because of a lack of studio support, not because of lack of customer interest. Your point is worth considering, though. I think Circuit City employees would understand that people were buying them just because they're cheap, though.
I don't like DIVX, but I'm not going to boycott the store for selling one shoddy product. Their prices are good, their salespeople are friendly, (except when pushing divx,) and (most importantly,) the nearest circuit city is about .25 miles from my front door.
Believe me, the realization has already come. They now have WAREHOUSES full of these worthless players. They have to sell them somehow, and will sell them at a loss just to get rid of them. The major price cuts will likely not come today, next week, or even next month. Look for them on return racks in the near future, and at MAJOR discounts in the coming months.
Yes, that's true. BUT, circuit city is going to have to lower the prices to get rid of these things. There's now ZERO reason to buy a DIVX capable player, so the only way they'll be able to sell them will be to drop the price dramatically. Thus, we win. Until the supply runs out, we'll be able to buy cheap players.
Consider this. Divx players are fully featured DVD players, right? Circuit city is going to have to liquidate their stock of divx players SOMEHOW, so they'll most likely drop the price by at least the $100 that they're offering in rebates. Why not buy one? You're no longer supporting a proprietary format that sucks, so buy it for the DVD features, and save $100+. Too bad I just bought a REAL DVD player on saturday. The conversation at circuit city was great...
Divx monkey : "Ah, sir... I see you're interested in DVD players..." Me: "Uh huh." Divx monkey : "Can I interest you in a player featuring our div..." "Stop right there. Mention DIVX one more time, and I leave the store." As it turned out, the guy agreed with me on divx, and admitted to pushing it because circuit city told him to. We spent about five minutes bashing it, and in the end I bought a bunch of DVDs, too. Gotta boost the guy's commission.