*sigh* Did you read the article? According to it, if you try to connect IE to a non-IIS web-server, there should (possibly) be a slow-down as IE first tries a non-standard connection attempt. If it were true--if IE were trying to make a non-standard connection attempt first--it would be something you could spot the way this person was trying to do.
As much as I thoroughly hate M$, it seems pretty obvious IE is not cheating here.
I remember an example of a really bad comment form one of my programming books:
/* horse the string into correctitude... */
IIRC, the book claimed it was from an actual program. Generally speaking, humor is good. However if your comments have sloppy writing, sloppy jokes, and lots of expletives, what can we expect your actual code to look like?
Because on very rare occasions, one hears a phrase like "virus used for good." Cancer, by contrast, is always bad. Haven't you heard about any of those projects where they plan to employ a virus in a positive way? (Either figuratively or literally.)
See since a virus (in the real world) is this little clump of DNA that reprograms cells, it's conceivable (though difficult) that you could make a virus that reprogrammed (only some of) someone's cells to do something good (like if they weren't working right). Or much easier would be make a virus that only attacks a specific organsim that you want to kill.
Cancer refers to a condition where some of your cells are broke and they're copying without bounds, theoretically consuming all your body's resources eventually, and making lumps where there should be no lumps. It's bad. It's always bad. There's no good there.
The main difference is that "virus" refers to a little programmable clump of DNA whereas "cancer" refers to a (always bad) condition.
I get it. It took me a bit and a syntax highligher though. Obviously, I'm not very bright, but I try to make up for it through persistence.;-) It's a very nice example. People playing along at home should be sure to check the return value once they get it to compile...
Given sets A and B where A is a superset of B, we know: if b is an element in B then b is also an element in A. Or, in other words, all b's in B are also in A. Any element a in A, may or may not be in B.
But, following this logic, all we would have is that "All C coders are C++ coders.", not "All C++ coders are C coders."
But even when the statement is written that way, it still doesn't really work in practice. Sure you *could* be a C-only coder and code using a C++ compiler--but you wouldn't like it. Besides, what would be the point of using a C++ compiler with all its complexity if you're only writing C code? Finally, how could you claim to be a C++ coder if you didn't know what a class was?
It's good of you to be helpful by explaining that "fry him", in this case, does not mean "kill him". However, note that you have replaced one weird American idiom with another ("send him up the creek").
To anyone still confused: in this case, it's likely that the original poster simply meant that the justice system should show the alleged stealer of secrets no mercy--that they should prosecute him to the fullest extent of the law. It's doubtful that the original poster meant that they should electrocute the alleged thief.
It's not the fact that M$ copies that's bad, Mr. Angry. It's that, traditionally at least, after they get done copying someone elses idea, they publicly claim it as "innovation". I *like* the word "innovate". It pisses me off every time BG and/or M$ abuses it. It would be nice if they would just say, publicly, "Yeah we copied that from those guys over there."
Alright, I'd like you to imagine a Battlemech or a Golem or an Ent--something large. Now, imagine how it walks... Could anything that big ever be described as having precise steps?
Come one, guys "precise" and "wide-reaching steps" just don't go together.
(I think so Brain, but where will find rubber pants our size? NARF!)
I'd like to defend (but not really) my original, admittedly lame karma-whorish (note that it's at +4 right now) post by saying: I was just generalizing.
Although, in truth, doubtless I was *over*generalizing--a common trait here on slashdot.
Btw, I've used FreeDOS. At least I think I have.
See there was this DOS program I really, really wanted to run and I was going to need to run it over and over. I didn't want to have to keep booting back and forth between Linux and DOS and I didn't (don't) have any extra computers handy right then (or now). So I went for the DOSEmu.
The DOSEmu has almost no documentation right now, at least none that I was able to find. (At this point, you know that I'm the sort of person that has a tendency to overgeneralize so you might want to take that with a grain of salt.) The instructions had me download two thingies and one of them was FreeDOS. If I understand correctly, the DOSEmu provides the lower level DOS stuff while FreeDOS provides most of the actual commands.
Oh yeah, the good part about the DOSEmu: even though it has almost no documentation, unless you're trying to do something really weird, you won't need any. Everything just pops up in the appropriate places.
Except the COMMAND.COM sucks. I mean even compared to the standard DOS COMMAND.COM it sucks. Whose is that? Is that DOSEmu's or FreeDOS's? It looks like it's DOSEmu's. Is there any chance that FreeDOS could write their own? Have they already? Am I a total moron? (Probably, yes.)
Devices that give away your present position:
Are they
a) great because they let people find you when you're buried under gobs of snow, or
b) evil 'cause The System can use it to track you and make sure you're not doing something "subversive"
?
The answer, of course, is: c) both a and b.
Does anyone have a *good* way to get all of (a) (generalized that is, not just snow) without any of (b)? (No, no, not a stupid law; I said a *good* way.)
now how do I *land*? The article mentions it's heavy enough and large enough that it would require some sort of support structure while it's on the ground. How do they intend to handle landings?
Is the pilot supposed to expertly align the craft with the support structure while still airborne? Or is that just something they'll work out later? (What's this thing coming up to meet me very, very fast?... Ground!... I wonder if it'll be friends with me...)
<rant>
For all of the "Microsoft apologists" proclaiming that this ruling unfairly punishes M$ and to all of you saying that this treatment would not be accepted if it were applied to some other company: you're right. However, There's one itty, bitty, teensy, weensy thing you seem to be forgetting...
Microsoft is a
MONOPOLY!
If you don't know what that means, LOOK IT UP! Among other things, it implies that M$ is not entitled to the same treatment or protections as other corporations, nor should it be. To try and say, "M$ is just another corporation" is insane. Please, if you're going to argue against this ruling, find something else as a basis.
</rant>
P.S. If you don't understand why a monopoly deserves special treatment, you should study your history books more closely.,
As another commenter has said, the "Bruisers" are Barons of Hell. I have the Doom Legacy source code (one of the source forks of the Doom sources that iD released) right in front of me. The internal name (the name used *inside* the game code) for the Baron of Hell is MT_BRUISER.
Since you're looking for connections between Doom and Doom III and possibly other "Doom lore", perhaps you'd be interested in knowing all the monsters' internal names (for Doom2--the Doom1 monsters didn't change any, so this applies to Doom1 as well).
This list will go in order of Thing number, which should not be confused with the Thing ID which is different. Internal names will be on the left. MT_PLAYER Player / Doom Guy MT_POSESSED Trooper / Zombieman MT_SHOTGUY Shotgun Guy / Seargent MT_VILE Arch-Vile MT_FIRE (not a monster--arch-vile fire) MT_UNDEAD Revenant MT_TRACER (not a monster--Rev. Fireball) MT_SMOKE (not a monster--Rev. Fire Trail) MT_FATSO Mancubus MT_FATSHOT Manc. Fireball MT_CHAINGUY Chaingun Guy / Chaingun Seargent MT_TROOP Imp (not trooper) MT_SERGEANT (pink) Demon / dog-thing MT_SHADOWS partially invisible Demon MT_HEAD Cacodemon MT_BRUISER Baron of Hell MT_BRUISERSHOT (not a monster--Baron Fireball) MT_KNIGHT Hell Knight MT_SKULL Lost Soul MT_SPIDER The Spider Mastermind MT_BABY Arachnotron MT_CYBORG The Cypberdemon MT_PAIN Pain Elemental MT_WOLFSS Wolf SS / Nazi MT_KEEN Comander Keen
That's it for the Doom monsters. There are many, many other Things in the Things list. Including Heretic monsters as one code-base supports both Doom and Heretic now.
While I know it's pointless to speculate about this sort of thing, I can't resist. Had you considered the possibility that you were merely seeing something silver falling at an unknown distance? Perhaps something thin. Let us, for the moment, put aside question of how it might have gotten there. (Although falling from a passing plane comes to mind.)
If it were thin, then as it fluttered in the wind, it might have appeared to change size rapidly. The main thing, is you *should not* assume it's an object unless you're really sure. You seem pretty sure about that, so the next part, is to not assume that you have any idea as to what sort of object it is. To even consider that it might be some sort of "craft" is assuming an awful lot.
But then, I could just be full of sh*t. Maybe it was Loch Nessie flying around in her special 5-dimensional glider with her favorite co-pilot Elvis.:-) Who knows. Best thing is not to take anything weird that happens too seriously. Who was it that said, "The world is not only querrer than we suppose, it is queerer than we *can* suppose."?
The _____ lies somewhere in be/truth/tween.
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This is a fun discussion, but you've clearly got the upper hand. I'm not too pedantic about language because I don't know that much about it. I know the basics such as nouns and verbs, subjects and predicates, but when it comes to any advanced elements of grammar or syntax, I'm lost. (I just learned the proper spelling for `grammar' a few months ago. It looks really bad to misspell that word.)
Thanks for that Calvin and Hobbes link, that's a cool site. I like Calvin's sentence because it shows a certain playfullness that's very endearing to me. To turn the noun "verb" into a verb in a sentence about verbing is truly beautiful (IMHO). You're probably already familiar with The Jargon File, but just in case you're not, you may want to check out this, this, this, this, and this. (I'm going for an award for Most Gratuitous Linking To ESR's Site.:-) )
As much as I like word play, I'm not always very good at it. I can't tell if your quotation at the end is simply saying, "apathy is bad", or if it's grammatically incorrect in some amusing and subtle way.
Pretty unique? Kind of pregnant? Fairly dead? Or do you mean pretty and unique? Sorry, I'm a pedant.:)
Inigo: He's dead. He can't talk. Max: Ooooohhh! Look who knows so much, eh! It just so happens that your
friend here is only mostly dead. There's a big difference between
mostly dead and all dead. Please open his mouth. [He inserts the
bellows] Now, mostly dead is slightly alive. Now, all dead...well, with
all dead, there's usually only one thing that you can do. Inigo: What's that? Max: Go through his clothes and look for loose change.
I'm a pedant too; so I felt obligated to point out that people are sometimes allowed some artistic license in their mode of speech. For example, supposedly either/or words and phrases can be treated as being... less absolute.:-) On a mailing list I used to be on, someone had a signature that read, "If you can't play with words, what good are they?" And remember what Calvin once said: "Verbing weirds language." It's just more fun that way.
After getting used to using the arrow keys for skipping back and forth, F for full screen, etc., I must say: what the fuck do you need a GUI for in a media player anyway.
Sounds like a potential vi user.:-)
Okay, to answer: the reason for the UI (in windoze) is the lowest common denomenator thing. The reason for the UI in Linux is the (possibly mistaken) belief that copying windoze is always best.
But what I wanna know, is why all the damn skins!? I know, I know--copying windoze again. I haven't actually tried much video playing under Linux, though I will be RSN.
Do either of MPlayer or xine let you turn off the stupid skins? I hate skins because they contribute essencially nothing and they waste CPU cycles (and RAM, and hard disk space). I mean, it's kind of cool that they're supported, I guess. But they should be a luxury item only. They should be disabled by default, or at least disable-able.
`Where's the sense in that?'
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I get the Slartybartfast reference. I guess what you're really trying to say is that, recognizing the Earth as art would make the Magratheans proud.
On second thought, they probably wouldn't care since the program's already cocked up since we're from Golgafringam.
Hey that explains Slashdot! (Re: useless 1/3, self included.:-P )
No, not everyone has to sign. IANAL either, but I was a member of a class action lawsuit against iomega because I'd bought one of their zip drives (and registered it) within a certain time frame (measured in years). The first thing I heard about it was when I got a letter in the mail telling me I was a member.
Probably it's like a certain number of people have to sign before it can legitimately be called a class or something. If that's the case, I don't think the lawyers will have any trouble finding a couple hundred (or even thousand) people to sign. Heck, I don't even have to get any money out of it. I'll sign anyway, 'cause killing off this stupid, dickhead company will help make the world a better place.:-)
NOTE to Bonzi employees: Now might be a good time to polish up the resume and start looking.
Slashdot Mirror
*sigh* Did you read the article? According to it, if you try to connect IE to a non-IIS web-server, there should (possibly) be a slow-down as IE first tries a non-standard connection attempt. If it were true--if IE were trying to make a non-standard connection attempt first--it would be something you could spot the way this person was trying to do.
As much as I thoroughly hate M$, it seems pretty obvious IE is not cheating here.
I remember an example of a really bad comment form one of my programming books:
/* horse the string into correctitude... */
IIRC, the book claimed it was from an actual program. Generally speaking, humor is good. However if your comments have sloppy writing, sloppy jokes, and lots of expletives, what can we expect your actual code to look like?
Because on very rare occasions, one hears a phrase like "virus used for good." Cancer, by contrast, is always bad. Haven't you heard about any of those projects where they plan to employ a virus in a positive way? (Either figuratively or literally.)
See since a virus (in the real world) is this little clump of DNA that reprograms cells, it's conceivable (though difficult) that you could make a virus that reprogrammed (only some of) someone's cells to do something good (like if they weren't working right). Or much easier would be make a virus that only attacks a specific organsim that you want to kill.
Cancer refers to a condition where some of your cells are broke and they're copying without bounds, theoretically consuming all your body's resources eventually, and making lumps where there should be no lumps. It's bad. It's always bad. There's no good there.
The main difference is that "virus" refers to a little programmable clump of DNA whereas "cancer" refers to a (always bad) condition.
It's okay, we're allowed. ESR said so(scroll to the bottom). Yeah I know, I'm pathetic.
"... just about as useless as jpegs to Hellen Keller"?
I get it. It took me a bit and a syntax highligher though. Obviously, I'm not very bright, but I try to make up for it through persistence. ;-)
It's a very nice example. People playing along at home should be sure to check the return value once they get it to compile...
You're argument is broke.
Given sets A and B where A is a superset of B, we know: if b is an element in B then b is also an element in A. Or, in other words, all b's in B are also in A. Any element a in A, may or may not be in B.
But, following this logic, all we would have is that "All C coders are C++ coders.", not "All C++ coders are C coders."
But even when the statement is written that way, it still doesn't really work in practice. Sure you *could* be a C-only coder and code using a C++ compiler--but you wouldn't like it. Besides, what would be the point of using a C++ compiler with all its complexity if you're only writing C code? Finally, how could you claim to be a C++ coder if you didn't know what a class was?
So that's where idSPISPOPD came from, huh? I always wondered. I'm glad they changed it to the much simpler idCLIP in Doom2.
Okay, so what about the text message that pops up when you do idCHOPPERS?
"... doesn't suck - GM"
What the hell were the referring to?
It's good of you to be helpful by explaining that "fry him", in this case, does not mean "kill him". However, note that you have replaced one weird American idiom with another ("send him up the creek").
To anyone still confused: in this case, it's likely that the original poster simply meant that the justice system should show the alleged stealer of secrets no mercy--that they should prosecute him to the fullest extent of the law. It's doubtful that the original poster meant that they should electrocute the alleged thief.
Well if me or mine are "committing brazen theft", maybe I/we/they deserve to get in trouble.
Maybe in the next version they'll support "/" as a directory seperator instead of stubbornly and cretinously using "\".
Eventually, we may be able to refer to windozes as "the weird Unices". Then Unix people can say, "All your OS are belong to us."
It's not the fact that M$ copies that's bad, Mr. Angry. It's that, traditionally at least, after they get done copying someone elses idea, they publicly claim it as "innovation". I *like* the word "innovate". It pisses me off every time BG and/or M$ abuses it. It would be nice if they would just say, publicly, "Yeah we copied that from those guys over there."
Alright, I'd like you to imagine a Battlemech or a Golem or an Ent--something large. Now, imagine how it walks... Could anything that big ever be described as having precise steps?
Come one, guys "precise" and "wide-reaching steps" just don't go together.
(I think so Brain, but where will find rubber pants our size? NARF!)
from the tangential intersection point.
:-)
I'd like to defend (but not really) my original, admittedly lame karma-whorish (note that it's at +4 right now) post by saying: I was just generalizing.
Although, in truth, doubtless I was *over*generalizing--a common trait here on slashdot.
Btw, I've used FreeDOS. At least I think I have.
See there was this DOS program I really, really wanted to run and I was going to need to run it over and over. I didn't want to have to keep booting back and forth between Linux and DOS and I didn't (don't) have any extra computers handy right then (or now). So I went for the DOSEmu.
The DOSEmu has almost no documentation right now, at least none that I was able to find. (At this point, you know that I'm the sort of person that has a tendency to overgeneralize so you might want to take that with a grain of salt.) The instructions had me download two thingies and one of them was FreeDOS. If I understand correctly, the DOSEmu provides the lower level DOS stuff while FreeDOS provides most of the actual commands.
Oh yeah, the good part about the DOSEmu: even though it has almost no documentation, unless you're trying to do something really weird, you won't need any. Everything just pops up in the appropriate places.
Except the COMMAND.COM sucks. I mean even compared to the standard DOS COMMAND.COM it sucks. Whose is that? Is that DOSEmu's or FreeDOS's? It looks like it's DOSEmu's. Is there any chance that FreeDOS could write their own? Have they already? Am I a total moron? (Probably, yes.)
I'll stop bugging you now.
Devices that give away your present position:
Are they
a) great because they let people find you when you're buried under gobs of snow, or
b) evil 'cause The System can use it to track you and make sure you're not doing something "subversive"
?
The answer, of course, is: c) both a and b.
Does anyone have a *good* way to get all of (a) (generalized that is, not just snow) without any of (b)?
(No, no, not a stupid law; I said a *good* way.)
now how do I *land*? The article mentions it's heavy enough and large enough that it would require some sort of support structure while it's on the ground. How do they intend to handle landings?
... Ground! ... I wonder if it'll be friends with me...)
Is the pilot supposed to expertly align the craft with the support structure while still airborne? Or is that just something they'll work out later? (What's this thing coming up to meet me very, very fast?
<rant>
For all of the "Microsoft apologists" proclaiming that this ruling unfairly punishes M$ and to all of you saying that this treatment would not be accepted if it were applied to some other company: you're right.
However, There's one itty, bitty, teensy, weensy thing you seem to be forgetting...
Microsoft is a
If you don't know what that means, LOOK IT UP! Among other things, it implies that M$ is not entitled to the same treatment or protections as other corporations, nor should it be. To try and say, "M$ is just another corporation" is insane. Please, if you're going to argue against this ruling, find something else as a basis.
</rant>
P.S. If you don't understand why a monopoly deserves special treatment, you should study your history books more closely.,
As another commenter has said, the "Bruisers" are Barons of Hell. I have the Doom Legacy source code (one of the source forks of the Doom sources that iD released) right in front of me. The internal name (the name used *inside* the game code) for the Baron of Hell is MT_BRUISER.
Since you're looking for connections between Doom and Doom III and possibly other "Doom lore", perhaps you'd be interested in knowing all the monsters' internal names (for Doom2--the Doom1 monsters didn't change any, so this applies to Doom1 as well).
This list will go in order of Thing number, which should not be confused with the Thing ID which is different. Internal names will be on the left.
MT_PLAYER Player / Doom Guy
MT_POSESSED Trooper / Zombieman
MT_SHOTGUY Shotgun Guy / Seargent
MT_VILE Arch-Vile
MT_FIRE (not a monster--arch-vile fire)
MT_UNDEAD Revenant
MT_TRACER (not a monster--Rev. Fireball)
MT_SMOKE (not a monster--Rev. Fire Trail)
MT_FATSO Mancubus
MT_FATSHOT Manc. Fireball
MT_CHAINGUY Chaingun Guy / Chaingun Seargent
MT_TROOP Imp (not trooper)
MT_SERGEANT (pink) Demon / dog-thing
MT_SHADOWS partially invisible Demon
MT_HEAD Cacodemon
MT_BRUISER Baron of Hell
MT_BRUISERSHOT (not a monster--Baron Fireball)
MT_KNIGHT Hell Knight
MT_SKULL Lost Soul
MT_SPIDER The Spider Mastermind
MT_BABY Arachnotron
MT_CYBORG The Cypberdemon
MT_PAIN Pain Elemental
MT_WOLFSS Wolf SS / Nazi
MT_KEEN Comander Keen
That's it for the Doom monsters. There are many, many other Things in the Things list. Including Heretic monsters as one code-base supports both Doom and Heretic now.
If you're on a Windoze system, why not try jDoom? It's got great graphics from the screenshots.
While I know it's pointless to speculate about this sort of thing, I can't resist. Had you considered the possibility that you were merely seeing something silver falling at an unknown distance? Perhaps something thin. Let us, for the moment, put aside question of how it might have gotten there. (Although falling from a passing plane comes to mind.)
:-) Who knows. Best thing is not to take anything weird that happens too seriously. Who was it that said, "The world is not only querrer than we suppose, it is queerer than we *can* suppose."?
If it were thin, then as it fluttered in the wind, it might have appeared to change size rapidly. The main thing, is you *should not* assume it's an object unless you're really sure. You seem pretty sure about that, so the next part, is to not assume that you have any idea as to what sort of object it is. To even consider that it might be some sort of "craft" is assuming an awful lot.
But then, I could just be full of sh*t. Maybe it was Loch Nessie flying around in her special 5-dimensional glider with her favorite co-pilot Elvis.
This is a fun discussion, but you've clearly got the upper hand. I'm not too pedantic about language because I don't know that much about it. I know the basics such as nouns and verbs, subjects and predicates, but when it comes to any advanced elements of grammar or syntax, I'm lost. (I just learned the proper spelling for `grammar' a few months ago. It looks really bad to misspell that word.)
Thanks for that Calvin and Hobbes link, that's a cool site. I like Calvin's sentence because it shows a certain playfullness that's very endearing to me. To turn the noun "verb" into a verb in a sentence about verbing is truly beautiful (IMHO). You're probably already familiar with The Jargon File, but just in case you're not, you may want to check out this, this, this, this, and this. (I'm going for an award for Most Gratuitous Linking To ESR's Site. :-) )
As much as I like word play, I'm not always very good at it. I can't tell if your quotation at the end is simply saying, "apathy is bad", or if it's grammatically incorrect in some amusing and subtle way.
I'm a pedant too; so I felt obligated to point out that people are sometimes allowed some artistic license in their mode of speech. For example, supposedly either/or words and phrases can be treated as being... less absolute. :-) On a mailing list I used to be on, someone had a signature that read, "If you can't play with words, what good are they?" And remember what Calvin once said: "Verbing weirds language." It's just more fun that way.
Sounds like a potential vi user. :-)
Okay, to answer: the reason for the UI (in windoze) is the lowest common denomenator thing. The reason for the UI in Linux is the (possibly mistaken) belief that copying windoze is always best.
But what I wanna know, is why all the damn skins!? I know, I know--copying windoze again. I haven't actually tried much video playing under Linux, though I will be RSN.
Do either of MPlayer or xine let you turn off the stupid skins? I hate skins because they contribute essencially nothing and they waste CPU cycles (and RAM, and hard disk space). I mean, it's kind of cool that they're supported, I guess. But they should be a luxury item only. They should be disabled by default, or at least disable-able.
I get the Slartybartfast reference. I guess what you're really trying to say is that, recognizing the Earth as art would make the Magratheans proud.
:-P )
On second thought, they probably wouldn't care since the program's already cocked up since we're from Golgafringam.
Hey that explains Slashdot! (Re: useless 1/3, self included.
No, not everyone has to sign. IANAL either, but I was a member of a class action lawsuit against iomega because I'd bought one of their zip drives (and registered it) within a certain time frame (measured in years). The first thing I heard about it was when I got a letter in the mail telling me I was a member.
:-)
Probably it's like a certain number of people have to sign before it can legitimately be called a class or something. If that's the case, I don't think the lawyers will have any trouble finding a couple hundred (or even thousand) people to sign.
Heck, I don't even have to get any money out of it. I'll sign anyway, 'cause killing off this stupid, dickhead company will help make the world a better place.
NOTE to Bonzi employees: Now might be a good time to polish up the resume and start looking.