Believe it or not, it never occured to me until just now that people that don't practice a religion that involves goddess worship would not like the book. As a follower of the 'Old Religion', I found the book really interesting because of all the small details in the book about goddess worship that were true.
As for the movie itself, I still have to force myself to read the book before watching it.
I think the movie was just 'okay', and the book was awesome. My suggestion would be to see the movie first, and then read the book. That way you're not disappointed..
Most IDE's are not that complicated. If you want good programmers, then you teach them good programming techniques, even at the very beginning. Honestly, I've never seen an IDE that was so complicated that it was distracting, but that's me, and not every other CS student. Just because they're not the next Linus Torvalds, doesn't mean they can't work in CS. There's no need to force them out of a CS program with an IDE that has such a steep learning curve that it looks like the north face of Everest.
I agree, that editors and IDEs should be taught, but it would appear to make sense to have that be a 4th year course which goes in depth into the workings of IDEs, compilers, and linkers. Someone that's going to be doing light programming doesn't need to know how their IDE works, just like a webmaster doesn't need to know the inner mechanics of Dreamweaver to make some good-looking web pages.
As a CS major, I say mod this AC up. He has a great point in that a programming class should be about learning the language, not VI, EMACS, or screwing around 0 ith the command line. The parent's post would be a good way to scare off future programmers.
As for the question of whether or not you should use an IDE to teach a language class, I think using a text editor and CLI has the potential to be just as confusing as a bloated IDE. I recommend one of the slim IDEs, such as JCreator LE, Textpad, or Dev-C++. They're all light, do very little work the student, but make sure no one is hunting around for a make file.
I've seen a news clip or two about this newly discovered pyramid. One of them was with the discoverer standing in the foreground and the pyramid in the backgroud. It looks just like a mountain, except the sides are the same length and exactly the same angle. How do thousands of years go by without someone looking at it and think 'That mountain is just a little two symmetrical.. Hmm..'. I've seen quite a few different mountain ranges, and I don't recall any of them being perfectly symmetrical.
You somehow left out that Wal-Mart is a major portal for Chinese goods. I think that China will be a great country eventually, but most of these goods are being produced by what is essentially slave labor.
It's news because it's not a card. It's a box that you can attach to almost VGA card, but you would know that if you had RTFA, or even the summary.
I'm not much of a gamer, but I can see this being pretty useful while coding. I usually have more than one source file open at a time. More desktop real estate can come in handy.
And under Amendment I, it's still unconstitutional - there's no "national security exception" to free speech in the Bill of Rights. And there's no power to declare information as "classified" in the enumerated powers of the federal government.
I'm sorry, I'm going to have to throw the bullshit flag on that one. The first amendment does indeed protect free speech, but it doesn't give you the freedom to say or print anything you want. It's against the law to shout 'fire' in a crowded theater, and I'm sure it's also against the law to print information that will lead to someone's death. It's about "endangering behavior".
If you think there are no limits to the freedom of expression described in the first amendment, imagine someone telling small children that playing in traffic is fun and harmless. When one of them becomes a hood ornament, it'll be that person going to jail.
I'm not a big gamer, but I do play occasionally. The best use of cut-scenes I've seen so far was in Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones. The cut-scenes were never too long, never too often, always skippable. The creators of the game never stopped the game to load a cut-scene. It would be triggered, it would play, and then it would go immediately back to the game. The player never has to wait on loading except when loading a saved game. The Two Thrones also uses a small cut-scene every time the Prince switches between his two sides, but every cut-scene is a little different, and they use the cut-scene to cover the loading of the next area. All-in-all, the game is so well put together, I would even play it again, which is something I never do.
The game wouldn't the same without the cut-scenes, especially seeing how they had just the right amount of them, and used them so well.
You would think the potential loss of almost all the satellites in orbit would make them do something about this. The junk floating around in our orbit is a disaster waiting to happen. The satellite traffic is already pretty heavy. Assume that one of the satellites suffers a direct hit from a meteor or a fast moving piece of space junk. You're satellite has just become about 100 pieces of space junk. Assume that just two of those pieces collide with other satellites. Now there are a couple hundred pieces of space junk in that particular orbit. Follow the chain reaction, and we could lose most of our satellites in just a few weeks.
We're going to wind up with rings just like Saturn, but ours is going to be the remains of our communications infrastructure.
You say that like Michael Dell was an innocent victim in all this. Michael Dell could have worked up some testicular fortitude and said 'No' to Microsoft. He could have told the DoJ about the monopolistic practices, or better yet, he could have gone elsewhere for his operating system, because there are alternatives. Instead, he chose to be a spineless greedy bastard.
Michael Dell, the victim? I almost fell out of my chair.
As much as I dislike Bill Gates and his business practices, there is no doubt that he and his wife have done more for charitable organizations than anyone in history. Bill Gates and his wife deserve to be celebrated for their efforts.
It is possible for a court to issue an injunction preventing Google from linking to any particular website. In the MPAA vs 2600 case, the court issued an injunction against 2600 stating that it was illegal for 2600 to link to the DeCSS code. Not that I agree with this, but it's been done before.
I have the funny feeling that what he really needs to build is something that can handle a few TB, and that needing a solution which can scale up to a Petabyte is one of those nice bonuses he would like to have. The difference between need and want. If he actually needs the scalability of 1 Petabyte, he should build/design the system to handle 1 Petabyte and then scale it down to whatever his immediate or near immediate needs are.
On a side note, this idea sounds like it came from a PHB that someone is trying to please, which is rarely worth the effort.
"Most artists get a much higher share out of concerts/merchs than out of CDs.
In fact, non-mainstream artist more or less only make money out of concerts/merchs, CDs net them $0 when they're not losses."
Actually, a friend of mine has in the past year started a music label out of Pittsburgh. One of his best ideas? Include a CD with every concert ticket sold. Door price is $7? Hell, make it $10 and give them each a CD. And you know what? It's working.
Do you realize that most of the money a band makes comes from royalties, not merch sales? How many CD's a band sells is the major determinant of its popularity, as it is a quantifiable measure of how many people are listening to the music. Buying CDs is, by far, the best way to support an artist. It is the same difference as voting for a politician, as opposed to donating money to the politician's campaign. The latter will give the politician more money, but voting for him is the only way to elect him."
"It is the same difference as voting for a politician, as opposed to donating money to the politician's campaign. The latter will give the politician more money, but voting for him is the only way to elect him."
I'm not sure which country you live in, but here in the United States, we have the lowest voter turnout on the planet with the exception of Botswana. It's not who they vote for that's important, it's getting them to the polls. Guess who gets them to the polls? Political Action Commitees which are funded buy donations. And in case you're still unclear about this, America is not a fucking democracy. To make this sound even harsher, politicians are elected by money. It is that simple.
"I'm confused... how is stealing an artist's works supporting that artist?"
I agree that it doesn't make sense at first, and I've made this argument so many times that I tend to think that everyone already understates the numbers behind it.
Let's try this hypothetical situation. Suppose you have $40 a month that you can spend on music. I spend about this much. Now, with your $40, you can buy two new CDs at $20 a piece. Of this amount, being generous, let's say the artist recieves $1 per CD. Now, suppose that instead of buying these CDs, you download them for free, but you still have $40 and want to support the artist. So you take your $40 and go to a concert, let's say the ticket costs $20. Of that $20, not being generous, the artist receives about $5. With the other $20, you buy a t-shirt. After paying for the production of the shirts and paying the guys to collect the money, the artist receives about $15 of that $20. That's $20 of your $40 going to the artist rather than the $2. Would you rather your favorite artist get $2 of your $40 or $20 of your $40?
Now, I know that artists are not paid per CD. If they sell 6 million CDs, they do not receive $1 every time a CD is sold. Their contracts are guesses. The label says 'Okay, we think we can sell this many copies of your next CD. We'll give you $6 million for the rights to this CD.' Now, if that CD sells 12 million copies, the label makes twice what it expected and the artist doesn't receive a single extra dollar. So an artist's contract is determined by how many CDs they can sell. Well, there are other ways to measure how popular an artist is. Airplay requests, ticket sales, download numbers, t-shirt sales.
Read the EFF article on Voluntary Collective Licensing again.
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Believe it or not, it never occured to me until just now that people that don't practice a religion that involves goddess worship would not like the book. As a follower of the 'Old Religion', I found the book really interesting because of all the small details in the book about goddess worship that were true.
Aero
Heh, The Pirate Bay has you covered...
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As for the movie itself, I still have to force myself to read the book before watching it.
I think the movie was just 'okay', and the book was awesome. My suggestion would be to see the movie first, and then read the book. That way you're not disappointed..
Aero
I know I shouldn't feed the trolls, but...
Most IDE's are not that complicated. If you want good programmers, then you teach them good programming techniques, even at the very beginning. Honestly, I've never seen an IDE that was so complicated that it was distracting, but that's me, and not every other CS student. Just because they're not the next Linus Torvalds, doesn't mean they can't work in CS. There's no need to force them out of a CS program with an IDE that has such a steep learning curve that it looks like the north face of Everest.
I agree, that editors and IDEs should be taught, but it would appear to make sense to have that be a 4th year course which goes in depth into the workings of IDEs, compilers, and linkers. Someone that's going to be doing light programming doesn't need to know how their IDE works, just like a webmaster doesn't need to know the inner mechanics of Dreamweaver to make some good-looking web pages.
Aero
As a CS major, I say mod this AC up. He has a great point in that a programming class should be about learning the language, not VI, EMACS, or screwing around 0 ith the command line. The parent's post would be a good way to scare off future programmers.
As for the question of whether or not you should use an IDE to teach a language class, I think using a text editor and CLI has the potential to be just as confusing as a bloated IDE. I recommend one of the slim IDEs, such as JCreator LE, Textpad, or Dev-C++. They're all light, do very little work the student, but make sure no one is hunting around for a make file.
Aero
Have they tried researching culling songs yet?
Aero
Start a fire for a man, and he'll be warm all night. Set him on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
Aero
I'm completely in agreement with this guy. Would it kill you to stick a tiny object in your pants pocket? Really..
Aero
I've seen a news clip or two about this newly discovered pyramid. One of them was with the discoverer standing in the foreground and the pyramid in the backgroud. It looks just like a mountain, except the sides are the same length and exactly the same angle. How do thousands of years go by without someone looking at it and think 'That mountain is just a little two symmetrical.. Hmm..'. I've seen quite a few different mountain ranges, and I don't recall any of them being perfectly symmetrical.
How do you miss something like that for so long?
Aero
You somehow left out that Wal-Mart is a major portal for Chinese goods. I think that China will be a great country eventually, but most of these goods are being produced by what is essentially slave labor.
Here's one article about it..
and another..
I don't shop at Wal-mart anymore because saving a buck is not more important to me than encouraging slave labor.
Aero
It's news because it's not a card. It's a box that you can attach to almost VGA card, but you would know that if you had RTFA, or even the summary.
I'm not much of a gamer, but I can see this being pretty useful while coding. I usually have more than one source file open at a time. More desktop real estate can come in handy.
Aero
And under Amendment I, it's still unconstitutional - there's no "national security exception" to free speech in the Bill of Rights. And there's no power to declare information as "classified" in the enumerated powers of the federal government.
I'm sorry, I'm going to have to throw the bullshit flag on that one. The first amendment does indeed protect free speech, but it doesn't give you the freedom to say or print anything you want. It's against the law to shout 'fire' in a crowded theater, and I'm sure it's also against the law to print information that will lead to someone's death. It's about "endangering behavior".
If you think there are no limits to the freedom of expression described in the first amendment, imagine someone telling small children that playing in traffic is fun and harmless. When one of them becomes a hood ornament, it'll be that person going to jail.
Freedom of speech does have limits.
Aero
I'm not a big gamer, but I do play occasionally. The best use of cut-scenes I've seen so far was in Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones. The cut-scenes were never too long, never too often, always skippable. The creators of the game never stopped the game to load a cut-scene. It would be triggered, it would play, and then it would go immediately back to the game. The player never has to wait on loading except when loading a saved game. The Two Thrones also uses a small cut-scene every time the Prince switches between his two sides, but every cut-scene is a little different, and they use the cut-scene to cover the loading of the next area. All-in-all, the game is so well put together, I would even play it again, which is something I never do.
The game wouldn't the same without the cut-scenes, especially seeing how they had just the right amount of them, and used them so well.
Aero
You would think the potential loss of almost all the satellites in orbit would make them do something about this. The junk floating around in our orbit is a disaster waiting to happen. The satellite traffic is already pretty heavy. Assume that one of the satellites suffers a direct hit from a meteor or a fast moving piece of space junk. You're satellite has just become about 100 pieces of space junk. Assume that just two of those pieces collide with other satellites. Now there are a couple hundred pieces of space junk in that particular orbit. Follow the chain reaction, and we could lose most of our satellites in just a few weeks.
We're going to wind up with rings just like Saturn, but ours is going to be the remains of our communications infrastructure.
Aero
You say that like Michael Dell was an innocent victim in all this. Michael Dell could have worked up some testicular fortitude and said 'No' to Microsoft. He could have told the DoJ about the monopolistic practices, or better yet, he could have gone elsewhere for his operating system, because there are alternatives. Instead, he chose to be a spineless greedy bastard.
Michael Dell, the victim? I almost fell out of my chair.
Aero
Do you realize how many people have been killed in his name? I know of about 7-9 million in just my religion, that were killed in the name of Christ.
Next time I post here, I'll be sure to add 'Religious zealots need not reply'.
Aero
As much as I dislike Bill Gates and his business practices, there is no doubt that he and his wife have done more for charitable organizations than anyone in history. Bill Gates and his wife deserve to be celebrated for their efforts.
Aero
It is possible for a court to issue an injunction preventing Google from linking to any particular website. In the MPAA vs 2600 case, the court issued an injunction against 2600 stating that it was illegal for 2600 to link to the DeCSS code. Not that I agree with this, but it's been done before.
Aero
I don't know about you, but I'm John Q Public, 123 Main Street, New York, NY 10001 at staff@hotmail.com, 860-555-1212
You are a constant source of amusement.
I have the funny feeling that what he really needs to build is something that can handle a few TB, and that needing a solution which can scale up to a Petabyte is one of those nice bonuses he would like to have. The difference between need and want. If he actually needs the scalability of 1 Petabyte, he should build/design the system to handle 1 Petabyte and then scale it down to whatever his immediate or near immediate needs are.
On a side note, this idea sounds like it came from a PHB that someone is trying to please, which is rarely worth the effort.
Aero
"Whoever wrote that needs to quit trying to blow everyone at the same time."
This is going to sound harsh, but when you're trying to solve a problem with a compromise, your job is blow everyone at the same time.
Aero
"Most artists get a much higher share out of concerts/merchs than out of CDs.
In fact, non-mainstream artist more or less only make money out of concerts/merchs, CDs net them $0 when they're not losses."
Actually, a friend of mine has in the past year started a music label out of Pittsburgh. One of his best ideas? Include a CD with every concert ticket sold. Door price is $7? Hell, make it $10 and give them each a CD. And you know what? It's working.
Aero
"Steal their music?
Do you realize that most of the money a band makes comes from royalties, not merch sales? How many CD's a band sells is the major determinant of its popularity, as it is a quantifiable measure of how many people are listening to the music. Buying CDs is, by far, the best way to support an artist. It is the same difference as voting for a politician, as opposed to donating money to the politician's campaign. The latter will give the politician more money, but voting for him is the only way to elect him."
I've answered most of your post with this one.
But let's take a look at your politican analogy.
"It is the same difference as voting for a politician, as opposed to donating money to the politician's campaign. The latter will give the politician more money, but voting for him is the only way to elect him."
I'm not sure which country you live in, but here in the United States, we have the lowest voter turnout on the planet with the exception of Botswana. It's not who they vote for that's important, it's getting them to the polls. Guess who gets them to the polls? Political Action Commitees which are funded buy donations. And in case you're still unclear about this, America is not a fucking democracy. To make this sound even harsher, politicians are elected by money. It is that simple.
Aero
"I'm confused... how is stealing an artist's works supporting that artist?"
I agree that it doesn't make sense at first, and I've made this argument so many times that I tend to think that everyone already understates the numbers behind it.
Let's try this hypothetical situation. Suppose you have $40 a month that you can spend on music. I spend about this much. Now, with your $40, you can buy two new CDs at $20 a piece. Of this amount, being generous, let's say the artist recieves $1 per CD. Now, suppose that instead of buying these CDs, you download them for free, but you still have $40 and want to support the artist. So you take your $40 and go to a concert, let's say the ticket costs $20. Of that $20, not being generous, the artist receives about $5. With the other $20, you buy a t-shirt. After paying for the production of the shirts and paying the guys to collect the money, the artist receives about $15 of that $20. That's $20 of your $40 going to the artist rather than the $2. Would you rather your favorite artist get $2 of your $40 or $20 of your $40?
Now, I know that artists are not paid per CD. If they sell 6 million CDs, they do not receive $1 every time a CD is sold. Their contracts are guesses. The label says 'Okay, we think we can sell this many copies of your next CD. We'll give you $6 million for the rights to this CD.' Now, if that CD sells 12 million copies, the label makes twice what it expected and the artist doesn't receive a single extra dollar. So an artist's contract is determined by how many CDs they can sell. Well, there are other ways to measure how popular an artist is. Airplay requests, ticket sales, download numbers, t-shirt sales.
Read the EFF article on Voluntary Collective Licensing again.
Aero