Because, like, you can't execute one sh script in another sh script! Oh thank you Microsoft for giving us what 40 years worth of scripting coders never had! How did we ever live without Redmond?
I like conciseness. It's a personal preference. I use Powershell when I have to (which is fortunately fairly rare these days), admit it's significant power, particularly with Server 2012, and yet there's nothing it does that I can't do in Bash.
And yes, I know "OBJECTS!" Don't care. I end up having to filter everything to ASCII text anyways, so I find it an irritating extra step and distraction. You like it, bully. I think it has to be the worst shell since C shell.
Except that you end up turning those objects into text anyways in a large majority of scripts, making the "object" innovation little more than an annoying gimmick.
Powershell's warts, or at least it's biggest wart, its extreme verbosity, is what turns me off. Yes, the GNU toolkit, while having taken great strides to create uniform argument syntax, still retains some legacy cruft, but Chr-st almighty, the sheer amount of typing for even the most mundane scripts just makes me loath Powershell. I still prefer sh and its descendants, and I'll admit that is in part because I've been using them for 25 years, but Powershell is just way too bloody verbose, and it's why I still do most of my scripting in bash.
Build a script library based on short mnemonic commands.
Powershell's naming conventions and basic script library is insanely verbose. Man I hate that language. Damned useful, to be sure, and light years better than any Windows automation tools that came before it, but how I long for commands like sed, ls, mv, cp, head, tail, and so forth.
I've used my Nexus 7 that way, and it works reasonably well. The biggest problem, as always, is that apps that are optimized for the small displays of most mobile devices simply don't work that well on larger screens. I have used it quite frequently with a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard and RDP software to work on our terminal services server, and there really isn't any noticeable difference between that and a PC remoting in. It's rather a special case, to be sure.
The one arena that is is not contentious in is in the climatology community. Yes, there are a very small number of skeptics, but then again there are a small number of skeptics in the biology community who insist on some variant of Creationism (or Intelligent Design, as they like to market it these days). But all in all, the contention among scientists is over degree, and not over whether or not human-caused CO2 emissions are radically altering global climate.
Because industrialists and mining firms have never ever dumped toxic chemicals that ended up in drinking water before. No fucking sirreee, they're fucking angels and we should just let them do whatever the fuck they want,,, because MONEY!!!!
Well great. I wager I can produce really cheap toys by manufacturing out of substandard materials. Sure, the materials might be toxic, might even be highly flammable, but hey, all that fucking counts is profits! We should just let companies fuck everything and everyone up because MONEY!!!! We should let them lie and distort and attack anyone who questions because MONEY!!!! Fuck every single human being on earth, because MONEY!!!!
Yes, politicians and voters imagine themselves to be Canute, without understanding the moral of the story.
The real moral, of course, is that the Universe doesn't give a fuck about Congress, democracy, the GOP, the Democrats or the economy. It obeys specific laws that humans can harness and manipulate, but not change. Blaming scientists because some of their theories make people uncomfortable or because they challenge ideological, economic or political models is a pointless, futile exercise. The laws of physics owe humanity no favors.
I can't believe Kelley was screwed around like that. For chrissakes, he was the only actor in The Motion Picture who appeared to have any motion, and he was absolutely critical to TOS's success. In fact, one of the big problems I have with the fandom TOS continuations is that they haven't found a strong Dr. McCoy, and it feels like a jelly filled doughnut without the jelly.
She may have been a minor character, but I remember the first time I watched Return Of Spock, and there was her cameo in Space Dock as the wounded Enterprise limped in. It was pretty emotional scene, and it was nice to see one of the second tier actors again. I thought it was pretty damned nice of Nimoy to bring her back for that cameo.
They couldn't do it with iOS, but why couldn't Microsoft just do what BB did and throw an Android compatibility layer into Windows? Since from what I'm reading now it doesn't sound like these new projects are going to fix UI specifics, why not just say "fuck it", and put Android or Dalvik in a VM?
Yes, now those five poor bastards who bought Windows 8 phones might, at some still unspecified date, get some decent apps. Of course, even binary Android compatibility hasn't done a fucking thing for Blackberry, but like, this time, it's gonna be so totally different!
Agencies like the FBI, CIA and NSA have long relied on the general ignorance of the public, and even of Congress, on various technical matters. Further, they had their claws into academia and were thus capable of controlling the dissemination of information in regards to technical matters. These agencies still believe they are dealing with various kinds of ignorant rubes who will believe any technobabble their representatives care to spew. But this isn't the fertile ground for their particular brand of bullshit. The IT world is dominated by people of a rather different mindset, and while companies like Microsoft, Google and Apple couldn't really be regarded as friends of liberty, what they are is highly protective of their revenue streams. Crapola plans like encryption back doors and universal spying on their traffic is already damaging these companies' international reputations, and risks undermining many years worth the work of selling their platforms to foreign buyers.
And this, as sad is it is, is why these agencies will lose. Not because any of the Captains of IT Industry or anyone in Congress gives a flying fuck about liberties, but because it poses a threat to profits. I guess the little guy has to accept that the enemy of their enemy is their friend, and hope the IT companies win the day, but what bothers is that we may win the battle, and lose the war, simply because instead of a bunch of government spooks spying on every bit that gets transmitted over the Internet, we'll have a bunch of corporate spooks.
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Because, like, you can't execute one sh script in another sh script! Oh thank you Microsoft for giving us what 40 years worth of scripting coders never had! How did we ever live without Redmond?
The uninitiated are going to have as much trouble with Powershell as sh.
And with a whole different argument syntax.
I like conciseness. It's a personal preference. I use Powershell when I have to (which is fortunately fairly rare these days), admit it's significant power, particularly with Server 2012, and yet there's nothing it does that I can't do in Bash.
And yes, I know "OBJECTS!" Don't care. I end up having to filter everything to ASCII text anyways, so I find it an irritating extra step and distraction. You like it, bully. I think it has to be the worst shell since C shell.
I'm not interested in the utterances of astroturfers. Powershell is too fucking verbose.
Microsoft is running up against 40+ years of Bourne shell and its descendants. I doubt even Microsoft could really hope to defeat that kind of legacy.
Except that you end up turning those objects into text anyways in a large majority of scripts, making the "object" innovation little more than an annoying gimmick.
How does "mv" not explain what the command does?
Powershell's warts, or at least it's biggest wart, its extreme verbosity, is what turns me off. Yes, the GNU toolkit, while having taken great strides to create uniform argument syntax, still retains some legacy cruft, but Chr-st almighty, the sheer amount of typing for even the most mundane scripts just makes me loath Powershell. I still prefer sh and its descendants, and I'll admit that is in part because I've been using them for 25 years, but Powershell is just way too bloody verbose, and it's why I still do most of my scripting in bash.
Build a script library based on short mnemonic commands.
Powershell's naming conventions and basic script library is insanely verbose. Man I hate that language. Damned useful, to be sure, and light years better than any Windows automation tools that came before it, but how I long for commands like sed, ls, mv, cp, head, tail, and so forth.
I've used my Nexus 7 that way, and it works reasonably well. The biggest problem, as always, is that apps that are optimized for the small displays of most mobile devices simply don't work that well on larger screens. I have used it quite frequently with a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard and RDP software to work on our terminal services server, and there really isn't any noticeable difference between that and a PC remoting in. It's rather a special case, to be sure.
Yes indeed. Opportunity has to stand as one of NASA's greatest post-Apollo accomplishments.
The one arena that is is not contentious in is in the climatology community. Yes, there are a very small number of skeptics, but then again there are a small number of skeptics in the biology community who insist on some variant of Creationism (or Intelligent Design, as they like to market it these days). But all in all, the contention among scientists is over degree, and not over whether or not human-caused CO2 emissions are radically altering global climate.
Because industrialists and mining firms have never ever dumped toxic chemicals that ended up in drinking water before. No fucking sirreee, they're fucking angels and we should just let them do whatever the fuck they want,,, because MONEY!!!!
Well great. I wager I can produce really cheap toys by manufacturing out of substandard materials. Sure, the materials might be toxic, might even be highly flammable, but hey, all that fucking counts is profits! We should just let companies fuck everything and everyone up because MONEY!!!! We should let them lie and distort and attack anyone who questions because MONEY!!!! Fuck every single human being on earth, because MONEY!!!!
Let me ask. In what arena is AGW contentious?
Why should any scientist tailor their theories to ease your pain?
Yes, politicians and voters imagine themselves to be Canute, without understanding the moral of the story.
The real moral, of course, is that the Universe doesn't give a fuck about Congress, democracy, the GOP, the Democrats or the economy. It obeys specific laws that humans can harness and manipulate, but not change. Blaming scientists because some of their theories make people uncomfortable or because they challenge ideological, economic or political models is a pointless, futile exercise. The laws of physics owe humanity no favors.
I can't believe Kelley was screwed around like that. For chrissakes, he was the only actor in The Motion Picture who appeared to have any motion, and he was absolutely critical to TOS's success. In fact, one of the big problems I have with the fandom TOS continuations is that they haven't found a strong Dr. McCoy, and it feels like a jelly filled doughnut without the jelly.
She may have been a minor character, but I remember the first time I watched Return Of Spock, and there was her cameo in Space Dock as the wounded Enterprise limped in. It was pretty emotional scene, and it was nice to see one of the second tier actors again. I thought it was pretty damned nice of Nimoy to bring her back for that cameo.
A guy lecturing others on maturity when he starts off with the term "libtard". My irony meter just exploded.
They couldn't do it with iOS, but why couldn't Microsoft just do what BB did and throw an Android compatibility layer into Windows? Since from what I'm reading now it doesn't sound like these new projects are going to fix UI specifics, why not just say "fuck it", and put Android or Dalvik in a VM?
Yes, now those five poor bastards who bought Windows 8 phones might, at some still unspecified date, get some decent apps. Of course, even binary Android compatibility hasn't done a fucking thing for Blackberry, but like, this time, it's gonna be so totally different!
That has to be the fastest turnaround time for Microsoft committing to a feature and then putting it off to a later release.
"Buy into our platform, and some day, we'll deliver on those features we promised you."
If you're referring to Surface, surely by now you have to admit it has failed to live up to expectations.
Agencies like the FBI, CIA and NSA have long relied on the general ignorance of the public, and even of Congress, on various technical matters. Further, they had their claws into academia and were thus capable of controlling the dissemination of information in regards to technical matters. These agencies still believe they are dealing with various kinds of ignorant rubes who will believe any technobabble their representatives care to spew. But this isn't the fertile ground for their particular brand of bullshit. The IT world is dominated by people of a rather different mindset, and while companies like Microsoft, Google and Apple couldn't really be regarded as friends of liberty, what they are is highly protective of their revenue streams. Crapola plans like encryption back doors and universal spying on their traffic is already damaging these companies' international reputations, and risks undermining many years worth the work of selling their platforms to foreign buyers.
And this, as sad is it is, is why these agencies will lose. Not because any of the Captains of IT Industry or anyone in Congress gives a flying fuck about liberties, but because it poses a threat to profits. I guess the little guy has to accept that the enemy of their enemy is their friend, and hope the IT companies win the day, but what bothers is that we may win the battle, and lose the war, simply because instead of a bunch of government spooks spying on every bit that gets transmitted over the Internet, we'll have a bunch of corporate spooks.