Not long ago there was a slashdot discussion on Hawkin' call for GE of the human brain to increase it potential. In view of such a distaster and careless murderous act such as is unfolding now, I think we need to GE for a gentler brain. The same brain that was honed by ice and predator is now the same brain that threatens us all.
I am sure there are many reasons why people work on an open source project but I believe the fundamental motivator is the "Need to Create or Self-Actualize".
I think it was Maslow who indentified 5 basic human needs and arranged them in a hierarcy or pyramid which are (remembering for psych-101)
1 Basic Needs (food, water, shelter)
2. Need for Security and stability
3. Need for a Sense of Belonging (family, gang, Open source project:))
4. Need for love and esteem.
5. Need to Self-Actualization.
When the lower need is satified then individual are motivated by the next level. I would suspect that most Open Source contributors are motivated by undescribable need to Self-Actualize and create, and maybe to a lesser degree to achieve Esteem within a peer group.
What is wrong with keeping information on Your computer ready to fill in forms? That is exactly were the information belongs not on MegaCorp central database.
If there was a standard on form tag names such as FirstName, Address1, HomePhone, etc. then it would be a simple thing to build browser functionality to fill in forms automatically when requested. This would eliminate the need to "register" at e-commerce sites and would make Microsoft's push into providing authentication service moot.
Over the years memory leakage (and usage) has been alot bigger problem with Java then with Perl. Nevertheless, on the whole after 5 years of programming with Perl I have never encounted any significant bugs with a stable release.
lots of one and two letter functions Be a little more specific . . . Here is list from the reference:
Ten-to-One my be a bit of hyperbole but the previous poster was probably referring to
was the use of a large number of easy-to-use Perl modules such as CGI.pm, DBI.pm, LWP.pm, etc. results in significant code reuse and reduction in custom code.
However just for fun lets have a look at the venerable Hello world program.
Java:
//- - - - - -
// Must be in a file "hello.java"
public class hello {
static public void main(String[] argv) {
System.out.println("Hello world!");
}
}
//- - - - - -
public class HelloWorld extends HttpServlet
{
public void doGet (HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException
{
PrintWriter out;
String text = "Hello World in Java (Servlet)";
response.setContentType("text/html");
out = response.getWriter();
Mind you in Perl I would never use HTML directly in the code but use templates, and am sure the same can be said about Java. The intent was to show for better or worse Java is very much more wordy then Perl.
One reason is obviously non-standard and compatibility. However, all the XX-SQL syntax's are mutually incompatible too, right?
On the other hand Perl is a supreme text parsing language and most database functions are text handling of arrays and record hashes. Perl is very fast, mature and stable.
I have been wondering about this lately also. I have noticed several domains have expired up to 5 months ago but have not been release yet.
According to their FAQ:
The WHOIS record "expiration date" simply indicates the current contract period for a domain name registration. Contract periods vary from one to ten years. If you fail to pay your registration fee, your domain name registration is subject to deactivation and eventual deletion from our systems under normal billing procedures and technology requirements. Many factors may cause the "expiration date" to vary from the eventual date of deletion.
What the heck is normal billing procedures and technology requirements? Does this extended delay in droping names allow them to control domains without cost and so that they can sell them at their auction sites? Especially if they can assess popularity by "watching" the number of times an expired domain is queried. Or are they just incompetent and I am paranoid?
Alright I was waiting for the obligatory Perl sucks because... it... er... ah... does... because... it's... um.... ugly and uses lot of $%#. But Python on the other hand is cool because... its... ah... well... you know its got a cool name.
In fact, it is our generation's right (and the one before) to consume the last drop on non-renewable fossil fuel. Let our children and their children curse in the cold and dark.
However, it is funny they had to go all the way to Canada to find such conditions the US has more than it share of denuded, polluted, and generally f***ed up industrial sites.
For instance if I am liberal/conservative can I select smart links that are liberal/conservative in nature? For example providing me links to NRA for the word "radicals" or pointers to the Wilderness Society for the phrase "oil wells"?
As for copyright issues, well you could say the same thing about proxy services like Junkbuster, which strip certain elements out of webpages before the user sees them.
I think there is something fundamentally different between adding information then selectively removing ads. If I post content on my site then Microsoft can alter the original intent of my content by adding "additional information" that they control. The key difference is that the information is being added and controlled by a 3rd party.
On the contrary I have found these recent articles interesting and and the view points informative.
MS is in the news more these days as they are including several controversial "features" in XP and.NET. Their actions affect anyone involved with technology.
You have the power to skim over these articles or you can filter them out of your display if you like. The choice is yours.
If MS was prevented from buying the competition such as hot mail, visio, link exchange, power point, IE (spy glass), etc. and were forced to develop from scratch then you would find a company that struggles when having to enter a new market or suffers missing a new trend (such as the internet).
Preventing MS from buying companies would ensure competion reigns in the market place. For example where is the competion to Visio, Power Point, IE ?
Companies such Visio represent more value to MS then it does to any other company because MS is a monopoly. MS can leaveage their monopoly and distribution to generate more profits from such a software products then could any other competitor.
And the V-1 and V-2 rockets were tactical targeted weapons ?
I suppose the Nazi's conducted meaningful review or restraint in designing their aggressive campiagns. To even suggest or hint that Nazi's respected civilian life is laughable at best.
Re:Japanese (and American) revisionist history
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"unconditional" surrender is the only way to end a war. If we agreed to conditions we would still probably be fighting the war in some form.
If you removed the bricks on one side then you would get a (huge )torque induced at an 90 angle or horizonal in this case. A top can balance horizonally and seem to defy gravity only as long as it can rotate itself along the vertical axis. Stop it and falls immediately.
If you attempted what you suggest your flywheel would start spinning uncontrolled and would reduce 10 city blocks to rumble and hence why they bury this thing.
I remember when i lived in western Canada that they came out with a postage stamp with his picture on it. There was report that the stamp was not sticking in the west because folks were spitting on the wrong side.
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Not long ago there was a slashdot discussion on Hawkin' call for GE of the human brain to increase it potential. In view of such a distaster and careless murderous act such as is unfolding now, I think we need to GE for a gentler brain. The same brain that was honed by ice and predator is now the same brain that threatens us all.
I am sure there are many reasons why people work on an open source project but I believe the fundamental motivator is the "Need to Create or Self-Actualize".
:))
I think it was Maslow who indentified 5 basic human needs and arranged them in a hierarcy or pyramid which are (remembering for psych-101)
1 Basic Needs (food, water, shelter)
2. Need for Security and stability
3. Need for a Sense of Belonging (family, gang, Open source project
4. Need for love and esteem.
5. Need to Self-Actualization.
When the lower need is satified then individual are motivated by the next level. I would suspect that most Open Source contributors are motivated by undescribable need to Self-Actualize and create, and maybe to a lesser degree to achieve Esteem within a peer group.
What is wrong with keeping information on Your computer ready to fill in forms? That is exactly were the information belongs not on MegaCorp central database.
If there was a standard on form tag names such as FirstName, Address1, HomePhone, etc. then it would be a simple thing to build browser functionality to fill in forms automatically when requested. This would eliminate the need to "register" at e-commerce sites and would make Microsoft's push into providing authentication service moot.
Over the years memory leakage (and usage) has been alot bigger problem with Java then with Perl. Nevertheless, on the whole after 5 years of programming with Perl I have never encounted any significant bugs with a stable release.
lots of one and two letter functions
Be a little more specific . . . Here is list from the reference:
abs, chr, cos, do, die exp, int, hex, kill, lc, log. m//, new, not, oct, pos, pop, ref, s///, sin, sub, tell, tie, vec
All these are clear english words or are derived from Unix or regexp. Anyone with a Unix or C background would immediately recognize most if not all.
a million operators
At least, probably more.
Ten-to-One my be a bit of hyperbole but the previous poster was probably referring to
was the use of a large number of easy-to-use Perl modules such as CGI.pm, DBI.pm, LWP.pm, etc. results in significant code reuse and reduction in custom code.
However just for fun lets have a look at the venerable Hello world program.
Java:
//- - - - - -
// Must be in a file "hello.java"
public class hello {
static public void main(String[] argv) {
System.out.println("Hello world!");
}
}
//- - - - - -
Perl:
#- - - - - -
print "Hello World\n"
#- - - - - -
Or how about a Servlet/CGI
Java:
// - - - - -
import java.io.*;
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
public class HelloWorld extends HttpServlet
{
public void doGet (HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException
{
PrintWriter out;
String text = "Hello World in Java (Servlet)";
response.setContentType("text/html");
out = response.getWriter();
out.println("<html><head><title>");
out.println(text);
out.println("</title></head><body>");
out.println(text);
out.println("</body></html>");
out.close();
}
}
// - - - - -
Perl:
# - - - - - -
$text = "Hello World in Perl CGI";
print "Content-Type: Text/HTML\n\n";
print <<END;
<html><head><title> $text </title></head>
<body>
$text
</body></html>
END
# - - - - - -
Mind you in Perl I would never use HTML directly in the code but use templates, and am sure the same can be said about Java. The intent was to show for better or worse Java is very much more wordy then Perl.
O.K. lots of comments here like:
Perl stored procedures, IMHO, are an abomination
But can anyone cogently argue why not?
One reason is obviously non-standard and compatibility. However, all the XX-SQL syntax's are mutually incompatible too, right?
On the other hand Perl is a supreme text parsing language and most database functions are text handling of arrays and record hashes. Perl is very fast, mature and stable.
Just interest in more experienced thoughts.
I am assuming are referring to the linuxtoday issue. Well in that case wasn't the astroturfing primarily attributed to an individual?
In the subject case the astroturfing is the result of several PR companies/individuals.
computational infeasibility
Yes, but any script kid knows
Perl: Easy Things Easy -- Hard Things Possible.
I have been wondering about this lately also. I have noticed several domains have expired up to 5 months ago but have not been release yet.
According to their FAQ:
The WHOIS record "expiration date" simply indicates the current contract period for a domain name registration. Contract periods vary from one to ten years. If you fail to pay your registration fee, your domain name registration is subject to deactivation and eventual deletion from our systems under normal billing procedures and technology requirements. Many factors may cause the "expiration date" to vary from the eventual date of deletion.
What the heck is normal billing procedures and technology requirements? Does this extended delay in droping names allow them to control domains without cost and so that they can sell them at their auction sites? Especially if they can assess popularity by "watching" the number of times an expired domain is queried. Or are they just incompetent and I am paranoid?
Alright I was waiting for the obligatory Perl sucks because ... it ... er ... ah ... does ... because ... it's ... um .... ugly and uses lot of $%#. But Python on the other hand is cool because ... its ... ah ... well ... you know its got a cool name.
In fact, it is our generation's right (and the one before) to consume the last drop on non-renewable fossil fuel. Let our children and their children curse in the cold and dark.
However, it is funny they had to go all the way to Canada to find such conditions the US has more than it share of denuded, polluted, and generally f***ed up industrial sites.
Actually I consider adding hyperlinks is akin to adding content in a hyperlinked world.
FYI smart tags are not something that happens when you go to a particular site, which is cool, but is something that modifies other people content.
Or do get what only Microsoft want you to see.
For instance if I am liberal/conservative can I select smart links that are liberal/conservative in nature? For example providing me links to NRA for the word "radicals" or pointers to the Wilderness Society for the phrase "oil wells"?
As for copyright issues, well you could say the same thing about proxy services like Junkbuster, which strip certain elements out of webpages before the user sees them.
I think there is something fundamentally different between adding information then selectively removing ads. If I post content on my site then Microsoft can alter the original intent of my content by adding "additional information" that they control. The key difference is that the information is being added and controlled by a 3rd party.
On the contrary I have found these recent articles interesting and and the view points informative.
.NET. Their actions affect anyone involved with technology.
MS is in the news more these days as they are including several controversial "features" in XP and
You have the power to skim over these articles or you can filter them out of your display if you like. The choice is yours.
Forget splitting up the company.
If MS was prevented from buying the competition such as hot mail, visio, link exchange, power point, IE (spy glass), etc. and were forced to develop from scratch then you would find a company that struggles when having to enter a new market or suffers missing a new trend (such as the internet).
Preventing MS from buying companies would ensure competion reigns in the market place. For example where is the competion to Visio, Power Point, IE ?
Companies such Visio represent more value to MS then it does to any other company because MS is a monopoly. MS can leaveage their monopoly and distribution to generate more profits from such a software products then could any other competitor.
What the heck is that? I have a feeling I not want know?
And the V-1 and V-2 rockets were tactical targeted weapons ?
I suppose the Nazi's conducted meaningful review or restraint in designing their aggressive campiagns. To even suggest or hint that Nazi's respected civilian life is laughable at best.
"unconditional" surrender is the only way to end a war. If we agreed to conditions we would still probably be fighting the war in some form.
Ya know you should look up the word
hyperbole (h-pûrb-l) n.
Now some quick calulations
I found a reference for the energy release of good ole TNT or trinitrotoluene is around 4680 joules/gram.
Lets see 1 Jjoule is 1 watt*sec therefore
2 Kw*H ~ 1.5 Kilo of pure TNT.
I think that could destroy a masonary wall quite nicely. The time period the energy is release is very important.
BTW, Just cross checked the above calculation with a cool site
http://www.megaconverter.com/mega2/
The first thing the casual newspaper would think is "where in the hell is "Core da lane" :)
If you removed the bricks on one side then you would get a (huge )torque induced at an 90 angle or horizonal in this case. A top can balance horizonally and seem to defy gravity only as long as it can rotate itself along the vertical axis. Stop it and falls immediately.
If you attempted what you suggest your flywheel would start spinning uncontrolled and would reduce 10 city blocks to rumble and hence why they bury this thing.
I remember when i lived in western Canada that they came out with a postage stamp with his picture on it. There was report that the stamp was not sticking in the west because folks were spitting on the wrong side.