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ANALBILTTS (Am not a lawyer but I like to think so.)
Re:1995: Who needs Java when we have C?
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Why not Ruby?
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Java takes up incredible amounts of RAM on my box, even accounting for shared memory. And why do we need another virtual machine language? Wasn't Icon first? True, Icon wasn't much like C, but C handles almost everything, and what it is poor for C, Perl or PHP will cover well.
These new languages like Ruby and Python don't seem to add anything to the realm of existing ideas. Maybe mix and match them in better ways, but nothing particularly innovative. (Feel free to contradict me through example!) I've always found Icon interesting though, since functions can return more than one value (called "generators") which is great for avoiding the messes of raw link-list programming etc.
Actually, in a lot of cases, an increase in demand will result in the manufacturer creating an increase in supply so they can meet the demand. Making more of something (id est, in bulk) is actually cheaper per item than making fewer -- this is called economies of scale.
Hence, so-called "morons" buying stuff en masse means that it will probably eventually get cheaper.
But anyway, back on topic: my friend has an old, old wooden stereo cabinet that's actually exactly rack-width. We put rack equipment in it by drilling the appropriate holes in the wooden frame to mount things. Wooden racks like that, if built carefully, can be very sturdy. And it's much cheaper to machine wood than it is to machine metal.
But see, it works out, if we know when and where, we don't know energy and momentum.. and these symposiums are always a suprise as to how much excitement they have!:)
hmm.. i'm thinking that came out wrong.. of course, now that's it been modded down, nobody's ever gonna see it, hah:)
but there have been so many articles about.NET taking over people's lives in the distant future, reminescent of 1984.. but if there's an open-source alternative, would the people be able to turn against the ruling power?
i can set "no score +1 bonus", but sometimes i wish i could automatically post at -1 so i couldn't get modded down:'(
Doesn't this kind of behavior risk breaking the HTTP standard?
A lot of sites do things like this:
1) incoming request for.mp3 file?
2) serve a page instead
3) displays lots of ads
4) provide a link to self
5) referr tag is self?
6) serve content
Having obvious binary data be replaced by webpages, or worse, having them effectively be changed from static to dynamic content, makes sites a horrible mess for multimedia search engines and the like. This is the same sort of behavior as making pages only linked through javascript, so smaller browsers, search engines, or browsers that haveed javascript disabled aren't able to get to those pages.
Of course, one guy did that on purpose, because he paid for his bandwidth and his page got popular; he wanted to have as few hits as possible...
I find that if I disable everything experimental except for my system's drivers -- the machine doesn't boot. If I had a choice over what hardware I was using, I could pick something with a more developed driver, but until the day I'm rich enough to buy reliable and tested components... Believe me, I spend plenty of time making sure I'm not loading extraneous drivers nor anything I haven't tested before (except for new hardware or "improved" drivers which it seems more often than not need to be patched to work); however, I consistently run into problems with the firewall drivers... They don't compile as modules, which means I have to recompile, install, reboot, test, recompile, install, reboot, test,...
They seem to have fixed a lot of the firewall problems in 2.4, but some 2.2.x kernels were headaches under which to get running ipchains properly.
And, by the way, I don't need to call in a contractor. I'm very careful about what I do and a decent observer, and I've never found a problem I couldn't fix.
I wouldn't have money to pay a contractor anyway:)
Yes, I always RTFM.
(I guess my hardware's drivers really *are* that experimental.)
Hmm.. well, it's just that I learned so much more about my computer and about the Linux kernel by watching it boot up once than I ever learned in years of watching Windows boot.
I don't think not displaying "ah-scsi.c 0.3" is going to speed up boot time drastically:)
I used to always hate that about Windows, just having to sit there for six minutes while the hard drive light churned, not knowing what was going on, and always being worried if the light stopped for more than a second.. was it checking for new hardware? expanding a large data table in memory? did it crash?
What would be good is, instead of scrolling messages, have a status bar in the middle of the screen below a beautiful artistic rendition of Tux, and below the status bar messages saying what driver is currently in control of the CPU could pop up, so if the machine died, you could jot down what failed, without having to see your screen fill up with junk.
I know all my whining is moot if there's an option to augment verbosity, but it's a disappointment to see the Linux kernel lose its sense of "underground-ness."
[And to whomever moderated my above post: For future reference, "Redundant" is intended for those times when someone posts the same message three times in a row. If nobody ever repeated anyone else on a/. story, the number of comments would never rise above 200.:)]
os:/$ telnet XXXXXX
Trying XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX...
Connected to XXXXXX.
Escape character is '^]'.
IRIX (XXXXXX)
login: root
Password:[joto]
IRIX Release 6.2 IP22
Copyright 1987-1996 Silicon Graphics, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Last login: Tue Jun 19 18:40:38 EDT 2001 by XXXX@XXXXXX
[root@XXXXXXX/]# echo "Using root passes as usernames is a *bad* idea:)"|mail root -s importante
All too often I'll boot an experimental kernel only to have it die on bootup -- no error message, no warning, but the last message will be, for example, "SCSI: ncr53c8xx version 0.3" -> then I know about where it died, and it gives me a good idea of what to take out of the kernel to try to get it to boot. And you can learn a *ton* of stuff about exactly what is being initialized in what order... Linus said something like "not to notify the user of every single driver loading" -- but that's *exactly* what I want! It's _my_ damn processor, and I better know what it's doing. Grr.
I picked an identity rare enough (orangesquid) that if "orangesquid" is taken, "theorangesquid" most like isnt.... or "therealorangesquid" et cetera... although i usually find that if "orangesquid" is taken, its because i had registered on the site last year!:)
Or, better yet, create a new unit, called the IPIXSucks, where 4096 IPIXSucks is 360 degrees -> power of two means lots of bitshift math options!:)
Re:Possibly for somethings, not all though.
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Qt for Mac
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Maybe I'm just not using the latest version of QT2, but QT2 seems to be mildly source-incompatible with QT1 and it's quite a pain to have to hack up source code to work. On an unrelated note, same with libxml...
Still, we could try to slashdot Walmart's stores, nationwide. Imagine, if at exactly 10:33, suddenly every store started reporting purchases of a bottle of shampoo and a bag of chips!
I want a new duck, one that won't steal the beer: one that won't make a mess of my fridge, one that knows the duck stops here! --Weird Al
I drilled a few holes in ceilings and walls, but otherwise just pinned cables up along the walls and edges of floors, and I don't have any cable in the way anywhere... attics are good to drop cables out of, btw:)
Well, the new McMile comes in all sorts of flavors and sizes! And, You can have it my way! (You can't have it your way. That'd be Burger Kling.)
Double-McMiles and ArchMcMiles will be the first variants introduced. Double-McMiles are the equivalent of two McMiles placed back to back, and consequently will use two trademark symbols. ArchMcMiles are McMile arc lengths. You can multiply ArchMcMiles by McRadii to find a McAnswer in McMiles.
*60's pop song starts playing, "Oh Baby, I love to taste your juices in my mouth", Monologue dubbed overtop: "The Big King^H^H^H^H Mac will see you now."*
Our McFries can be ordered in McMediums, McLarge, and McSuperSizes and optionally can be topped with McSalt and McCatsup.
(Under the DMCA, Sodium Chloride will no longer be available for use in High School Laboratory experiments or as general kitchen/restaurant supplies. All Sodium Chloride must be ordered from McDonald's, Inc., and may only be distributed in miniscule packets. Additionally, Sodium and Chloride are pending removal from the Periodic Table of Elements.)
Remember, McWater can be ordered with any food for no additional fee! However, you *must* buy something in order to drink McWater or use a McRestroom. (All public and private restrooms in any country must be licensed from McDonald's, Inc., and Oxygen Dihydride may not be dispensed, distributed, sold, or consumed outside of a McDonald's restaurant.)
In addition, McDonald's is proud to announce its merger with Microsoft!
We will soon be bringing you McWindows, in a variety of sizes: McCE, McME, and McNT, abbreviated as McCEMENT. After the pending merger with Laurie (Supersoaker), McXP will also be available. At this time, there is no plan for Laurie and Burger Kling to merge as previously announced.
McDonald's will also be suing Apple Computer for their infringment of our trademark, Big Mac OS-X, our new operating system designed for the World Wide McWeb.
Here's what's not on the internet: information about how to use a car stereo without a car (i.e. using a standard 12v power supply) -- Batt, Gnd, but Rem? What's Rem? And can I run several 12V power supplies in parallel to produce the required 10A of supply?
It's true that in an ideal society, all you need is the first category, but many societies (and ESPECIALLY not the U.S.'s) aren't capable of handling that kind of freedom. The key to being free is proving you're responsible enough to handle it, not whining about what you can and can't do.
Suppose that b is false: the question is "true". If b is true, the question is "true". Either way, the question is true, so the better substitution is simply: 1.
I love and hate high school simultaneously. What I love about high school: I'm taking a few AP courses, and I actually have real *work* to do for a change, not busy work, not stupid common sense stuff. Real, interesting, challenging work. Real research. Real responsibilities. On the other hand, a lot of people at my high school are immature. I try to step carefully, and I usually get away with just being another person that they know (I have a good sense of humor, too, so I get some respect for that) without being their target. Plus, I'm careful not to dress like a nerd. I dress neatly (although our school does have a embroidered polo shirt / generic khakis uniform) but I tie a few unique rebellious elements into my style, and (usually) people respect me for that.
A lot of girls are immature. They can make good friends, but they won't make good relationships. Too many girls I know can't accept a guy that likes them if they don't like him: the idea makes them uncomfortable, and they become incapable of even a simple friendship at times. It's even worse if the girl has convinced herself that she's in love with another person; not only does she not accept you, but she feels like you're competing with that person in her mind.
Junior High... is a good place to do all your homework, but at the same time be mildly cruel to your classmates. Not provoking, but cruel if provoked. Don't try to fight back, don't give in, but remember how much everything sucks and you'll have the right attitude. When you get to high school, you can accept people again, but you shouldn't ever go farther than friends. Most high school relationships, unless they're with someone that you would've been really close friends with anyway, are just going to suck. You're going to be lied to, cheated on, disrespected, and you're going to have your heart broken and your feelings hurt time and time again, even when you're doing everything you can for her. That's just how it is in high school.
I've been told college sucks a lot less, although there's a higher frequency of losers. People are more mature, the academic environment isn't as f***ed-up, and you'll actually find some people who really enjoy being your friend.
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Sorry, I've trademarked the words "copyright", "copyrights", "copyrighted", and "copyrighting". I have to enforce the trademark if I want to keep it, so you either have to cease-and-desist or purchase a license. If you don't stop letting people see this publicly-posted comment, I will have to take you to court. (In other words, the only way to avoid paying me money for something you didn't buy is to pull another Scientology and make slashdot remove your comment.)
ANALBILTTS (Am not a lawyer but I like to think so.)
Java takes up incredible amounts of RAM on my box, even accounting for shared memory. And why do we need another virtual machine language? Wasn't Icon first? True, Icon wasn't much like C, but C handles almost everything, and what it is poor for C, Perl or PHP will cover well.
These new languages like Ruby and Python don't seem to add anything to the realm of existing ideas. Maybe mix and match them in better ways, but nothing particularly innovative. (Feel free to contradict me through example!) I've always found Icon interesting though, since functions can return more than one value (called "generators") which is great for avoiding the messes of raw link-list programming etc.
Actually, in a lot of cases, an increase in demand will result in the manufacturer creating an increase in supply so they can meet the demand. Making more of something (id est, in bulk) is actually cheaper per item than making fewer -- this is called economies of scale.
Hence, so-called "morons" buying stuff en masse means that it will probably eventually get cheaper.
But anyway, back on topic: my friend has an old, old wooden stereo cabinet that's actually exactly rack-width. We put rack equipment in it by drilling the appropriate holes in the wooden frame to mount things. Wooden racks like that, if built carefully, can be very sturdy. And it's much cheaper to machine wood than it is to machine metal.
I know :)
:)
But see, it works out, if we know when and where, we don't know energy and momentum.. and these symposiums are always a suprise as to how much excitement they have!
"The first Quantum Mechanics Symposium is being held in Ann Arbor, Michigan"
Sadly, because of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, we can't both know *where* and *when* the symposium is being held...;)
hmm.. i'm thinking that came out wrong.. of course, now that's it been modded down, nobody's ever gonna see it, hah :)
.NET taking over people's lives in the distant future, reminescent of 1984.. but if there's an open-source alternative, would the people be able to turn against the ruling power?
:'(
but there have been so many articles about
i can set "no score +1 bonus", but sometimes i wish i could automatically post at -1 so i couldn't get modded down
The whole idea of breaking data up into chunks addressable by an integral range of numbers limited by the bus size is in dire need of change!
Only problem is.. where do we go from here?
Doesn't this kind of behavior risk breaking the HTTP standard?
.mp3 file?
A lot of sites do things like this:
1) incoming request for
2) serve a page instead
3) displays lots of ads
4) provide a link to self
5) referr tag is self?
6) serve content
Having obvious binary data be replaced by webpages, or worse, having them effectively be changed from static to dynamic content, makes sites a horrible mess for multimedia search engines and the like. This is the same sort of behavior as making pages only linked through javascript, so smaller browsers, search engines, or browsers that haveed javascript disabled aren't able to get to those pages.
Of course, one guy did that on purpose, because he paid for his bandwidth and his page got popular; he wanted to have as few hits as possible...
I find that if I disable everything experimental except for my system's drivers -- the machine doesn't boot. If I had a choice over what hardware I was using, I could pick something with a more developed driver, but until the day I'm rich enough to buy reliable and tested components... Believe me, I spend plenty of time making sure I'm not loading extraneous drivers nor anything I haven't tested before (except for new hardware or "improved" drivers which it seems more often than not need to be patched to work); however, I consistently run into problems with the firewall drivers... They don't compile as modules, which means I have to recompile, install, reboot, test, recompile, install, reboot, test, ...
:)
They seem to have fixed a lot of the firewall problems in 2.4, but some 2.2.x kernels were headaches under which to get running ipchains properly.
And, by the way, I don't need to call in a contractor. I'm very careful about what I do and a decent observer, and I've never found a problem I couldn't fix.
I wouldn't have money to pay a contractor anyway
Yes, I always RTFM.
(I guess my hardware's drivers really *are* that experimental.)
"dont' buy products from them indirectly"
:)
You do realize that's next-to-impossible sometimes
Hmm.. well, it's just that I learned so much more about my computer and about the Linux kernel by watching it boot up once than I ever learned in years of watching Windows boot.
:)
/. story, the number of comments would never rise above 200. :)]
I don't think not displaying "ah-scsi.c 0.3" is going to speed up boot time drastically
I used to always hate that about Windows, just having to sit there for six minutes while the hard drive light churned, not knowing what was going on, and always being worried if the light stopped for more than a second.. was it checking for new hardware? expanding a large data table in memory? did it crash?
What would be good is, instead of scrolling messages, have a status bar in the middle of the screen below a beautiful artistic rendition of Tux, and below the status bar messages saying what driver is currently in control of the CPU could pop up, so if the machine died, you could jot down what failed, without having to see your screen fill up with junk.
I know all my whining is moot if there's an option to augment verbosity, but it's a disappointment to see the Linux kernel lose its sense of "underground-ness."
[And to whomever moderated my above post: For future reference, "Redundant" is intended for those times when someone posts the same message three times in a row. If nobody ever repeated anyone else on a
os:/$ telnet XXXXXX
/]# echo "Using root passes as usernames is a *bad* idea :)"|mail root -s importante
Trying XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX...
Connected to XXXXXX.
Escape character is '^]'.
IRIX (XXXXXX)
login: root
Password:[joto]
IRIX Release 6.2 IP22
Copyright 1987-1996 Silicon Graphics, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Last login: Tue Jun 19 18:40:38 EDT 2001 by XXXX@XXXXXX
[root@XXXXXXX
All too often I'll boot an experimental kernel only to have it die on bootup -- no error message, no warning, but the last message will be, for example, "SCSI: ncr53c8xx version 0.3" -> then I know about where it died, and it gives me a good idea of what to take out of the kernel to try to get it to boot. And you can learn a *ton* of stuff about exactly what is being initialized in what order... Linus said something like "not to notify the user of every single driver loading" -- but that's *exactly* what I want! It's _my_ damn processor, and I better know what it's doing. Grr.
I picked an identity rare enough (orangesquid) that if "orangesquid" is taken, "theorangesquid" most like isnt.... or "therealorangesquid" et cetera... although i usually find that if "orangesquid" is taken, its because i had registered on the site last year! :)
Hmm.. kernel configuration as an adventure?
;)
But it *is* an adventure, when you rm all the Makefiles first!
Very true! Work in radians!
:)
Or, better yet, create a new unit, called the IPIXSucks, where 4096 IPIXSucks is 360 degrees -> power of two means lots of bitshift math options!
Maybe I'm just not using the latest version of QT2, but QT2 seems to be mildly source-incompatible with QT1 and it's quite a pain to have to hack up source code to work. On an unrelated note, same with libxml...
Still, we could try to slashdot Walmart's stores, nationwide. Imagine, if at exactly 10:33, suddenly every store started reporting purchases of a bottle of shampoo and a bag of chips!
- Next time I write an article on my music, I'll publish it for free!
Like that, slashdot?I want a new duck, one that won't steal the beer: one that won't make a mess of my fridge, one that knows the duck stops here! --Weird Al
:)
I drilled a few holes in ceilings and walls, but otherwise just pinned cables up along the walls and edges of floors, and I don't have any cable in the way anywhere... attics are good to drop cables out of, btw
Well, the new McMile comes in all sorts of flavors and sizes! And, You can have it my way! (You can't have it your way. That'd be Burger Kling.)
Double-McMiles and ArchMcMiles will be the first variants introduced. Double-McMiles are the equivalent of two McMiles placed back to back, and consequently will use two trademark symbols. ArchMcMiles are McMile arc lengths. You can multiply ArchMcMiles by McRadii to find a McAnswer in McMiles.
*60's pop song starts playing, "Oh Baby, I love to taste your juices in my mouth", Monologue dubbed overtop: "The Big King^H^H^H^H Mac will see you now."*
Our McFries can be ordered in McMediums, McLarge, and McSuperSizes and optionally can be topped with McSalt and McCatsup.
(Under the DMCA, Sodium Chloride will no longer be available for use in High School Laboratory experiments or as general kitchen/restaurant supplies. All Sodium Chloride must be ordered from McDonald's, Inc., and may only be distributed in miniscule packets. Additionally, Sodium and Chloride are pending removal from the Periodic Table of Elements.)
Remember, McWater can be ordered with any food for no additional fee! However, you *must* buy something in order to drink McWater or use a McRestroom. (All public and private restrooms in any country must be licensed from McDonald's, Inc., and Oxygen Dihydride may not be dispensed, distributed, sold, or consumed outside of a McDonald's restaurant.)
In addition, McDonald's is proud to announce its merger with Microsoft!
We will soon be bringing you McWindows, in a variety of sizes: McCE, McME, and McNT, abbreviated as McCEMENT. After the pending merger with Laurie (Supersoaker), McXP will also be available. At this time, there is no plan for Laurie and Burger Kling to merge as previously announced.
McDonald's will also be suing Apple Computer for their infringment of our trademark, Big Mac OS-X, our new operating system designed for the World Wide McWeb.
Here's what's not on the internet: information about how to use a car stereo without a car (i.e. using a standard 12v power supply) -- Batt, Gnd, but Rem? What's Rem? And can I run several 12V power supplies in parallel to produce the required 10A of supply?
Yes, if you know that you're growing something illegal, you have to destroy it whether you grew it intentionally or not.
These kinds of laws are mostly of the LAW_REGULATION_OF_PUBLIC_WELFARE rather than LAW_PUNISHMENT_FOR_HARM_TO_OTHERS, since everyone knows:
enum crimes = { LAW_PUNISHMENT_FOR_HARM_TO_OTHERS, LAW_PROMOTION_OF_CONTROL_AND_ORDER, LAW_CENSORSHIP_OF_IMMORALITY, LAW_REGULATION_OF_PUBLIC_WELFARE };
It's true that in an ideal society, all you need is the first category, but many societies (and ESPECIALLY not the U.S.'s) aren't capable of handling that kind of freedom. The key to being free is proving you're responsible enough to handle it, not whining about what you can and can't do.
Suppose that b is false: the question is "true". If b is true, the question is "true". Either way, the question is true, so the better substitution is simply: 1.
I love and hate high school simultaneously. What I love about high school: I'm taking a few AP courses, and I actually have real *work* to do for a change, not busy work, not stupid common sense stuff. Real, interesting, challenging work. Real research. Real responsibilities. On the other hand, a lot of people at my high school are immature. I try to step carefully, and I usually get away with just being another person that they know (I have a good sense of humor, too, so I get some respect for that) without being their target. Plus, I'm careful not to dress like a nerd. I dress neatly (although our school does have a embroidered polo shirt / generic khakis uniform) but I tie a few unique rebellious elements into my style, and (usually) people respect me for that.
A lot of girls are immature. They can make good friends, but they won't make good relationships. Too many girls I know can't accept a guy that likes them if they don't like him: the idea makes them uncomfortable, and they become incapable of even a simple friendship at times. It's even worse if the girl has convinced herself that she's in love with another person; not only does she not accept you, but she feels like you're competing with that person in her mind.
Junior High... is a good place to do all your homework, but at the same time be mildly cruel to your classmates. Not provoking, but cruel if provoked. Don't try to fight back, don't give in, but remember how much everything sucks and you'll have the right attitude. When you get to high school, you can accept people again, but you shouldn't ever go farther than friends. Most high school relationships, unless they're with someone that you would've been really close friends with anyway, are just going to suck. You're going to be lied to, cheated on, disrespected, and you're going to have your heart broken and your feelings hurt time and time again, even when you're doing everything you can for her. That's just how it is in high school.
I've been told college sucks a lot less, although there's a higher frequency of losers. People are more mature, the academic environment isn't as f***ed-up, and you'll actually find some people who really enjoy being your friend.
--TheOrangeSquid