The problem with your example isn't that it doesn't work, it's that it doesn't average out known periodicities because the length of time is too short.
Why presume that one would care? Not all languages are like C. In Python and Java, I believe that the way strings are represented is left up to the language implementation. The main rule in Python is that strings are immutable -- so the storage requirements are fixed and known at runtime.
Sorry. I'm afraid I don't grok what a null reference is to begin with, which may be an issue.
A pointer in C/C++ contains a memory address where some data or code start. For instance, there is really no string type in C. In C, a string is a pointer to the character where the string begins in memory. A value of 0 signals the end of the string.
A null pointer in C/C++ (or just about any other language with pointers) is a pointer which points to nothing, hence, null.
A null reference is what you get when you dereference a null pointer.
Why not just build one yourself? With the right case, power supply and fan, you could probably build something for around $200-$250 with a full-blown Core 2 Duo and 1 GB of RAM or so.
Well, maybe. If we use the Dow Jones Industrial Average (zoom out to Max for this discussion) as a measure of the economy (you could definitely do worse), the interesting thing is if we draw the trendline "flat" from about 1995 to today, and base that on the more or less steady trendline from 1985 to 1995, you'll notice that we're actually right where we should be right about now. The DJIA grew wayyyy too fast from about 1996 to 2007 (where the real peak is).
I attribute this skyrocketing economy to a couple of different phenomena: a) The dotcom boom and b) some external factors that I'm uncertain of, but I'm guessing there is some manipulation somewhere. You could be right. I also think it is interesting that current busted economy occurred shortly after the retiring of Alan Greenspan in 2006, who was Fed chairman from 1987 on.
Look at the violent and volatile growth between 1995 and 2000, and again from 2005 to 2007. We were due for crash, for sure.
It's very interesting, because from the 1970s to about 1995, the DJIA grew very steadily. After 1995, it was wild ride.
However, there are some models that are just bad. If we take your climate change model example, simply going outside and measuring the temperature, and then comparing it to a temperature you took one the same day three years in a row and then plotting the statistical trend is a very poor model. Using that model, one might assume that we have drastic global cooling going on. It doesn't matter how much you rely on that model, if you rely on it all, you're going to be dead flat wrong.
Well, even Steve Ballmer knows that the main way you attract people to your platform is... Developers, Developers, Developers. Like it or not, he's actually right. Developers are what created the Windows user-base and it's what's creating the Linux user-base.
I dunno. Seems like you wouldn't have that much trouble at all, and, in fact, it could be quite beneficial. For instance, I made that rug your standing right now out of mine.
Why on earth (lol) would you want to further automate road construction in Minnesota? Human labor on this planet is pretty cheap, even if it is unionized.
Where I have heard this argument before? Oh, yeah, the automotive industry ca. the 1970s. Right. That turned out to be true, didn't it?
Well, except it didn't.
Robots don't need air, food, or water. They can work for long periods of time in utterly hostile environments with little to no supervision. They don't get sick or bored. They can be mass produced. When you are done with them, they don't want to go home. And, they have yet to rise up and try to enslave humanity, which is more than we can say for humanity.
All of those arguments work just as well in Minnesota as they do on Luna. Sorry to have to point this out, but you just proved yourself wrong.
Not quite the same thing. For one, most (all?) of these 'extensions' -- which are not really extensions, but instead are clever Mac OS X hacks -- will not work with Safari on Windows.
Firefox's add-ons aren't just plugins. They're browser extensions that can make the browser do just about anything and look just about anyway you can imagine. For example, there's an extension called 'All-in-One Sidebar' that basically adds Opera's sidebar functionality to Firefox. Before the Awesome Bar came into being, there were extensions that did this.
The problem with both Chrome and Safari is a lack of an add-on community. One of the things that continues to make Firefox a success is that the user community has added all the niche functionality anyone would ever want and more.
Agreed. Actually, something a lot of people aren't mentioning is that 1,000 unique vistors is sufficiently low enough to have someone else do your hosting. You might even be able to get by with shared hosting, but if you want something more reliable, virtual servers give you the reliability of a dedicated server sitting in a co-loc, the room to expand later because you pay for only what you use, which results in a cost that's much less than running your own server, if a bit higher than shared hosting.
Do your homework on virtual hosting. Not all virtual servers are created equal, and some are significantly more expensive than others. But since lots of companies are providing this now, you'll have a wide array to choose from.
One important thing, as the parent says: know your requirements. Do not guess. Draw up a plan and get required features and service levels in writing. And always get service level agreements from the hosting company in writing and make sure they match your requirements, of course.
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I thought of that, but remember that discount brokers have been around since the 1970s. Think Olde, Charles Schwab, Quick & Reilly, TradePlus, etc.
The problem with your example isn't that it doesn't work, it's that it doesn't average out known periodicities because the length of time is too short.
Way to miss the point.
Why presume that one would care? Not all languages are like C. In Python and Java, I believe that the way strings are represented is left up to the language implementation. The main rule in Python is that strings are immutable -- so the storage requirements are fixed and known at runtime.
Could you try a better analogy. I think we might all understand a car analogy better...
Sorry. I'm afraid I don't grok what a null reference is to begin with, which may be an issue.
A pointer in C/C++ contains a memory address where some data or code start. For instance, there is really no string type in C. In C, a string is a pointer to the character where the string begins in memory. A value of 0 signals the end of the string.
A null pointer in C/C++ (or just about any other language with pointers) is a pointer which points to nothing, hence, null.
A null reference is what you get when you dereference a null pointer.
Auto-generated code documentation. Causes programmer laziness resulting in things that should be documented often don't get documented.
Why not just build one yourself? With the right case, power supply and fan, you could probably build something for around $200-$250 with a full-blown Core 2 Duo and 1 GB of RAM or so.
Well, maybe. If we use the Dow Jones Industrial Average (zoom out to Max for this discussion) as a measure of the economy (you could definitely do worse), the interesting thing is if we draw the trendline "flat" from about 1995 to today, and base that on the more or less steady trendline from 1985 to 1995, you'll notice that we're actually right where we should be right about now. The DJIA grew wayyyy too fast from about 1996 to 2007 (where the real peak is).
I attribute this skyrocketing economy to a couple of different phenomena: a) The dotcom boom and b) some external factors that I'm uncertain of, but I'm guessing there is some manipulation somewhere. You could be right. I also think it is interesting that current busted economy occurred shortly after the retiring of Alan Greenspan in 2006, who was Fed chairman from 1987 on.
Look at the violent and volatile growth between 1995 and 2000, and again from 2005 to 2007. We were due for crash, for sure.
It's very interesting, because from the 1970s to about 1995, the DJIA grew very steadily. After 1995, it was wild ride.
In Nazi Germany, global warming Godwins you?
However, there are some models that are just bad. If we take your climate change model example, simply going outside and measuring the temperature, and then comparing it to a temperature you took one the same day three years in a row and then plotting the statistical trend is a very poor model. Using that model, one might assume that we have drastic global cooling going on. It doesn't matter how much you rely on that model, if you rely on it all, you're going to be dead flat wrong.
Well, even Steve Ballmer knows that the main way you attract people to your platform is ... Developers, Developers, Developers. Like it or not, he's actually right. Developers are what created the Windows user-base and it's what's creating the Linux user-base.
I know a girl in MN. She wanted to jump my bones, but my wife wouldn't let her. ;) Very hot, though.
Picture of the ground on the moon.
Picture of the ground in Minnesota.
Notice any differences?
I always validate against '\$[0-9].*'!
I dunno. Seems like you wouldn't have that much trouble at all, and, in fact, it could be quite beneficial. For instance, I made that rug your standing right now out of mine.
1 Lawnmower = 0.1 Volkswagen Beetles = 20 telephone directories.
Found via Google.
Why on earth (lol) would you want to further automate road construction in Minnesota? Human labor on this planet is pretty cheap, even if it is unionized.
Where I have heard this argument before? Oh, yeah, the automotive industry ca. the 1970s. Right. That turned out to be true, didn't it?
Well, except it didn't.
Robots don't need air, food, or water. They can work for long periods of time in utterly hostile environments with little to no supervision. They don't get sick or bored. They can be mass produced. When you are done with them, they don't want to go home. And, they have yet to rise up and try to enslave humanity, which is more than we can say for humanity.
All of those arguments work just as well in Minnesota as they do on Luna. Sorry to have to point this out, but you just proved yourself wrong.
Not quite the same thing. For one, most (all?) of these 'extensions' -- which are not really extensions, but instead are clever Mac OS X hacks -- will not work with Safari on Windows.
Firefox's add-ons aren't just plugins. They're browser extensions that can make the browser do just about anything and look just about anyway you can imagine. For example, there's an extension called 'All-in-One Sidebar' that basically adds Opera's sidebar functionality to Firefox. Before the Awesome Bar came into being, there were extensions that did this.
There already is. See Epiphany 2.26 and later.
The problem with both Chrome and Safari is a lack of an add-on community. One of the things that continues to make Firefox a success is that the user community has added all the niche functionality anyone would ever want and more.
No. Hotmail comes with every computer, along with Live Search. You can get to it by clicking the blue 'e' thingie.
Agreed. Actually, something a lot of people aren't mentioning is that 1,000 unique vistors is sufficiently low enough to have someone else do your hosting. You might even be able to get by with shared hosting, but if you want something more reliable, virtual servers give you the reliability of a dedicated server sitting in a co-loc, the room to expand later because you pay for only what you use, which results in a cost that's much less than running your own server, if a bit higher than shared hosting.
Do your homework on virtual hosting. Not all virtual servers are created equal, and some are significantly more expensive than others. But since lots of companies are providing this now, you'll have a wide array to choose from.
One important thing, as the parent says: know your requirements. Do not guess. Draw up a plan and get required features and service levels in writing. And always get service level agreements from the hosting company in writing and make sure they match your requirements, of course.
Actually, even as a non-attorney, Bruce Perens does have quite a bit of legal background. You can read all about it in Bruce Perens' online resume
In which case there are IPv4-to-IPv6 gateways.