Re:Not this stupid 'programming is art' BS again!
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IANACM (I'm not a cabinet maker), but I've seen some very beautiful cabinets in my time... I would therefore say that it is definitely an art. And I've also seen some very beautiful code in my time; in fact some code I would readily compare to the Mona Lisa, while other code I would compare to a pre-schooler's fingerpainting.
On a mundane level, coding is a craft. But if you treat it like an art (and know what you are doing), then it is exactly that.
This goes way back to C++ vs Assembly. If you code Java by hand, it will definitely be faster than not (if you know what you're doing). For example, most Java programmers (and IDEs) tend to waste a whole lot of Strings and StringBuffers passing various information around. If you can stop wasting new Object's (of any kind), your programs will run *much* faster. I know, from experience.
Re:Netscape 3.02 fast?
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Yeah, and every time it shows an error or question, the keyboard freqzes for three seconds. Bah!
Are you crazy? Of course there are people who know all of that stuff. Any good jazz musician has studied music theory, tone, pitch, chords, etc. for their entire life. But you're right, Britney and Christina couldn't have done it without those extra experts, which is why they *suck* and cannot be considered real musicians. And the music scene *is* the poorer for it. Bleh.
Because those dolphin laws were making it harder for fishermen to make money, and so the WTO went after them. The coding system allows publishers to basically sell movies three times, one for each market. As a Seattleite who whitnessed the stupidity of the WTO first hand (as well as the stupidity of all the protesters, but that's another story), I doubt they would ever put any effort into getting the codes revoked.
Exactly. Remember that only three years ago I bought an 8 gig HD. Now I can buy one from IBM that's 75, something that IBM is directly responsible for with their development of new hard drive technologies (that, coincidentally, i remember reading about only one or two years ago).
About reliability, I was only refering to user apps, not the OS itself. And by user apps I mean email applications, photo editors (although I do love the GIMP) and multimedia-type things.
For me (a programmer), these things don't really matter, and so I choose to use linux in the department where a pretty gui is less important than a functional interface, even if the interface is on the command line or has a hundred control keys attached to it in Emacs.
You're right. The *only* thing I have nice to say about (most) windows software is that it segfaults much less than their counterpart Linux progs.
OTOH, most Linux software's UI (or lack thereof) is so much astoundingly better that I choose to pay the price.
Re:A compelling argument against MSIE.
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Not really.. Look at the latest version of Word. A thousand times more bloated than ever. It has so many "smart" features that I can't even type without it capitolizing every other god damn word I didn't want capitolized.
Because not enough people would use it on those platforms to warrant the time it takes to pre-build it. It's not closed minded, it's thinking realistically. Tell you what - if you run BSD, then you are most likely very used to having to compile your own progs. What's one more?
Yeah it rocks, especially with their strict support of new w3c standards that IE can't even touch. But there are still some major bugs, and, although this latest version crashes *much* less than previous ones, some of the big features aren't there or aren't working yet. For example, mail is almost unusable because of a few nasty show stoppers.
If you ask me, there are some priority issues with the mozilla team. Bug 4033 has been open for I don't know how long, and yet it seems like this could create quite a problem.
I think this is a matter of perspective, mostly related to how much confidence you have in your own coding ability. Extreme Programming is a great idea, and for most people, it will help reduce the number of bugs greatly. Most programmers, in my experience, don't have the ability to walk through every line of their code, envisioning every single variable down to the platform level, as they go. For them (again, this is most people), XP is great because it lets you sit there with someone who's job it is to do this so that you can program without having to worry about this. For those of us who have trained themselves to do these "dry runs" in their heads as they go, it actually slows us down to have to not only code but then have to explain every single line in words to the other person so they can understand it at the same rate that you type it.
It's not like you wouldn't have to go buy a new motherboard, ram, etc., for your new P4, so you might as well buy a whole new case as well. If I was going to spend $3000 on the latest technology, I wouldn't try and save money buy reusing my old case. Stop bitching:)
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IANACM (I'm not a cabinet maker), but I've seen some very beautiful cabinets in my time... I would therefore say that it is definitely an art. And I've also seen some very beautiful code in my time; in fact some code I would readily compare to the Mona Lisa, while other code I would compare to a pre-schooler's fingerpainting.
On a mundane level, coding is a craft. But if you treat it like an art (and know what you are doing), then it is exactly that.
Hmm, does everyone on slashdot work 24 hours a day?
That's funny? You're just as racist as all the other trolls that have been posting here lately.
I second that!
Unfortunately, that site seems to be for non-experts who also understand all kinds of crazy math, of which I don't even know the name.
This goes way back to C++ vs Assembly. If you code Java by hand, it will definitely be faster than not (if you know what you're doing). For example, most Java programmers (and IDEs) tend to waste a whole lot of Strings and StringBuffers passing various information around. If you can stop wasting new Object's (of any kind), your programs will run *much* faster. I know, from experience.
Yeah, and every time it shows an error or question, the keyboard freqzes for three seconds. Bah!
That was a line from the movie.
Still, the *ratio* is the same, no matter how long the ruler.
Are you crazy? Of course there are people who know all of that stuff. Any good jazz musician has studied music theory, tone, pitch, chords, etc. for their entire life. But you're right, Britney and Christina couldn't have done it without those extra experts, which is why they *suck* and cannot be considered real musicians. And the music scene *is* the poorer for it. Bleh.
I remember reading about this as well, and I believe that it had nothing to do with the cup - the ring can also occur around the edges of a puddle.
Because those dolphin laws were making it harder for fishermen to make money, and so the WTO went after them. The coding system allows publishers to basically sell movies three times, one for each market. As a Seattleite who whitnessed the stupidity of the WTO first hand (as well as the stupidity of all the protesters, but that's another story), I doubt they would ever put any effort into getting the codes revoked.
Exactly. Remember that only three years ago I bought an 8 gig HD. Now I can buy one from IBM that's 75, something that IBM is directly responsible for with their development of new hard drive technologies (that, coincidentally, i remember reading about only one or two years ago).
For me (a programmer), these things don't really matter, and so I choose to use linux in the department where a pretty gui is less important than a functional interface, even if the interface is on the command line or has a hundred control keys attached to it in Emacs.
Of course, Lynx also doesn't support javascript or anything else of that nature, so it's reasonably immune to browsing as well :)
OTOH, most Linux software's UI (or lack thereof) is so much astoundingly better that I choose to pay the price.
Not really.. Look at the latest version of Word. A thousand times more bloated than ever. It has so many "smart" features that I can't even type without it capitolizing every other god damn word I didn't want capitolized.
Because not enough people would use it on those platforms to warrant the time it takes to pre-build it. It's not closed minded, it's thinking realistically. Tell you what - if you run BSD, then you are most likely very used to having to compile your own progs. What's one more?
I'm pretty sure this only affects your entries into the address bar :)
More than the colors, the shading and shadows KICK ASS!
If you ask me, there are some priority issues with the mozilla team. Bug 4033 has been open for I don't know how long, and yet it seems like this could create quite a problem.
Where do you get this? 9.6Kb / 8 = 1200 bytes/sec.
..just five seconds ago on FOX. The dumbass got his car jacked.
I think this is a matter of perspective, mostly related to how much confidence you have in your own coding ability. Extreme Programming is a great idea, and for most people, it will help reduce the number of bugs greatly. Most programmers, in my experience, don't have the ability to walk through every line of their code, envisioning every single variable down to the platform level, as they go. For them (again, this is most people), XP is great because it lets you sit there with someone who's job it is to do this so that you can program without having to worry about this. For those of us who have trained themselves to do these "dry runs" in their heads as they go, it actually slows us down to have to not only code but then have to explain every single line in words to the other person so they can understand it at the same rate that you type it.
It's not like you wouldn't have to go buy a new motherboard, ram, etc., for your new P4, so you might as well buy a whole new case as well. If I was going to spend $3000 on the latest technology, I wouldn't try and save money buy reusing my old case. Stop bitching :)