I think a lot of the "it's not maintainable or scalable" assessments of Rails come from people who have seen its code generation and "scaffolding" features and think that those are the main advantage of Rails. It's true that one can only do so much with the "scaffolding" which is simple and generic. However, the real power of Rails comes not from the scaffoldings but from the framework Rails provides in which to write custom code. I've written two Rails applications and maintained several others. None of them used the scaffolding provided by Rails - they had all hand-written code inside the bare-bones Rails-generated structure. Those applications have proved to be easily maintainable.
It's a shame that most of the introductory tutorials/examples/videos for Rails focus on the scaffolding features, because that leads people without much Rails experience to believe that the scaffolding is all there is to Rails and form a (usually poor) opinion based on that.
Now, I'm not a physicist, but might a Faraday Cage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_cage) built with an appropriately sized mesh do the job? Just as a microwave lets some radiation out (we can see the burrito cooking inside) while keeping the harmful radiation in (we don't get toasted by the microwaves), couldn't this be used to do the reverse, that is, allow communication in while shielding the robot from radiation?
A Faraday cage would only be effective against EM waves, not against particle emissions.
Here in the US, one can (or at least used to be able to) buy 'data' CD-Rs or 'music' CD-Rs. Clueless salespeople claim that the 'music' ones sound better than the 'data' ones when used for that purpose, but really the only difference is that the 'music' CD-Rs cost more than the 'data' ones and the difference in price goes to the RIAA.
But if you don't buy the **AA's products, the **AA will claim that they are losing money due to "piracy". They will get a law passed that requires you to buy their products. Then, if you don't buy **AA products, you will be thrown in jail.
They could have at least made it orange, but that would have required making the 'snapback' button a different color. Plus the blue ties in with the blue theme of the RSS view itself.
As we've all seen, there are other ways to get a rootkit than downloading it. Do they perhaps mean that the hardware watches for the execution of code that looks like a rootkit?
(And what does it mean for code to "look like a rootkit" anyway?)
Most cellular telephone providers have started calling their product "wireless", eg "Verizon Wireless". I hate this. IMO, "Wireless" shouldn't be used as a noun except in the early-1900s sense (a receiver or transmitter for 'plain' radio). Any other use is confusing. "Wireless" as an adjective can be confusing too, say "cordless phone" or "cellular phone" unless you want to include both.
Typing this on a laptop with a gigabit port, connected to a gigabit network (was fiber to the room, until they realized students didn't want to pay for fiber cards), at an i2 campus.
First of all, I assume that as a CEO, he's salaried.
Second, if you were "on the clock" at 23:00, assuming a 8:00 to 10:00 start time, wouldn't you be drinking too?
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It's been done already. http://www.flickr.com/photos/sbisson/12619332/
Oh wait, that's not one of the choices.
I think a lot of the "it's not maintainable or scalable" assessments of Rails come from people who have seen its code generation and "scaffolding" features and think that those are the main advantage of Rails. It's true that one can only do so much with the "scaffolding" which is simple and generic. However, the real power of Rails comes not from the scaffoldings but from the framework Rails provides in which to write custom code. I've written two Rails applications and maintained several others. None of them used the scaffolding provided by Rails - they had all hand-written code inside the bare-bones Rails-generated structure. Those applications have proved to be easily maintainable. It's a shame that most of the introductory tutorials/examples/videos for Rails focus on the scaffolding features, because that leads people without much Rails experience to believe that the scaffolding is all there is to Rails and form a (usually poor) opinion based on that.
Dupe of http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/12/ 17/0226200&tid=216&tid=14
This version links to a different story though...
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Here in the US, one can (or at least used to be able to) buy 'data' CD-Rs or 'music' CD-Rs. Clueless salespeople claim that the 'music' ones sound better than the 'data' ones when used for that purpose, but really the only difference is that the 'music' CD-Rs cost more than the 'data' ones and the difference in price goes to the RIAA.
I prefer my jokes in octal, you insensitive clod!
s/geek/programmer and s/women/woman and you might be on to something...
And probably closer to reality than what goes on in the average 'reality tv show'.
But if you don't buy the **AA's products, the **AA will claim that they are losing money due to "piracy". They will get a law passed that requires you to buy their products. Then, if you don't buy **AA products, you will be thrown in jail.
They could have at least made it orange, but that would have required making the 'snapback' button a different color. Plus the blue ties in with the blue theme of the RSS view itself.
But the sentence is in English, where there are such rules.
No, he's referring to the time when cassette tapes were popular and CDs weren't (yet).
As we've all seen, there are other ways to get a rootkit than downloading it. Do they perhaps mean that the hardware watches for the execution of code that looks like a rootkit? (And what does it mean for code to "look like a rootkit" anyway?)
My position is that the word "wireless" is usually too vague to be useful. Especially when used alone as a noun ("BART Outfitted With Wireless").
Then what, pray tell, is "Verizon without wires"?
Most cellular telephone providers have started calling their product "wireless", eg "Verizon Wireless". I hate this. IMO, "Wireless" shouldn't be used as a noun except in the early-1900s sense (a receiver or transmitter for 'plain' radio). Any other use is confusing. "Wireless" as an adjective can be confusing too, say "cordless phone" or "cellular phone" unless you want to include both.
Typing this on a laptop with a gigabit port, connected to a gigabit network (was fiber to the room, until they realized students didn't want to pay for fiber cards), at an i2 campus.
"evolution in action will be caught on tape, so to speak"
Google "Peppered Moths".
Whoa?
37signals is not just a user of RoR.
37signals made RoR.
Britain.
Except that large parts of OS X are open source, and there is something of an open source community around UT as well.
First of all, I assume that as a CEO, he's salaried. Second, if you were "on the clock" at 23:00, assuming a 8:00 to 10:00 start time, wouldn't you be drinking too?
Did you mean DRM? I don't think USB supports DMA.