Oh for fucks sake, shut the fuck up. I can't believe people are still bringing out this stupid fucking definition nowadays. You haven't a fucking clue what you're talking about.
And yes, that's about the level of reasoning my argument should contain, because that's about the level of reasoning you're putting into it.
It's art if someone says it is! Drop this absolutist crap already.
Thus I begin my switch to Linux. It will probably end when Linux feels more like a Mac to me than OS X does.
Same here. OS X has precious little to do with "the Mac" nowadays. Perhaps in 10.5 they'll fix the fucking finder, fix the dock, polish the applications, unify the UI, etc... Right now, Gnome feels more Mac-like to me. I still occasionally miss my OS 8 days... and that's saying something!
Mildly off topic, but have you tried Gnome (2.14) lately? It's more Mac-like than OS X in many ways I think. It'll bring back fond OS 9 memories. I use OS X at the moment... waiting to see if WWDC will give me a reason to stick with the platform.
All web development sucks if you consider the fact that ultimately HTML gets involved. Toss in CGI and/or Flash and you might as well just kill yourself now and get it over with.
More expensive than what? A machine with "almost" the same specs? Find a manufacturer that includes *all* of the features Apple does *and* the same quality of support and then you can do a value comparison (ignoring the OS). Otherwise, it is just meaningless.
That Dell has an X1600? And OS X? And all the niceties of Apple's design? And the same quality display? And keyboard? And I'd like it just as much? And it'll hold its value just as well for when I want to sell it in two years? And it has the same quality support? And I can just take it down to the local Dell store two blocks away if it breaks (yeah right)?
What is the point of all these comparisons? There are so many variables that such things are completely useless. You don't compare a BMW and a Chevy on horsepower, torque, size, and weight alone. I'm not making any value judgments here -- the Dell can be the BMW for all I care -- But my point is there are dozens of issues to make comparisons on, not just the four or five biggest numbers.
Step 1: How to Design Programs (http://www.htdp.org/) Step 2: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/)
Both are available online in full text from MIT Press. I personally feel everyone has something to gain from these books, even if you have twenty years experience. Not that I do yet -- It's a projection.:-)
You've obviously not tried.;-) Regardless, the point of using Scheme for HtDP is that its simple syntax and semantics make it useful as a teaching language. The knowledge one gets from HtDP can be applies to any number of other languages.
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For what it is worth, I find the PHP documentation to be of poor quality. The fact that comments even exist in documentation points to an attempt to fill the gap. Unfortunately, the comments are frequently useless, and oftentimes harmful. I've had the misfortune of having to use PHP to repair existing systems, and I can definitely say I find the documentation for other languages to be vastly superior.
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If you're getting the bulk of your programming experience from PHP, you have trouble ahead.:-) I realize that sounds like snarky crap, and it is to some extent, but it pays to sit down with a good book about the fundamentals of computing and programming design. Something like How to Design Programs (google it -- available free online), which makes use of Scheme, will make you ten times as productive when/if you return to PHP.
It's Free software and does what you need it to do. For those that don't care for vim or are just detrimentally used to Cocoa's default key bindings and can't adapt well to vim. (That would be me, by the way.)
They don't do that. Given a bank of 10 clocks, you'd have a 0.09765625% chance of them all losing time -- And then, not even at the same rate, so you'd not lose even a full second. Given a bank of 100 clocks, 7.8886090522101181e-29% percent. It's not really a problem.
Adium is the nicest AIM client to use by far. Really a great piece of software. GAIM is nice as well, but the Adium interface is much cleaner and more advanced. Kudos to the developers.
Mod parent up... This is a critical message and I have no idea why it is being modded down. It is not off-topic, as it was in direct response to bogus moderator of a very serious issue.
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Oh for fucks sake, shut the fuck up. I can't believe people are still bringing out this stupid fucking definition nowadays. You haven't a fucking clue what you're talking about.
And yes, that's about the level of reasoning my argument should contain, because that's about the level of reasoning you're putting into it.
It's art if someone says it is! Drop this absolutist crap already.
Thus I begin my switch to Linux. It will probably end when Linux feels more like a Mac to me than OS X does.
Same here. OS X has precious little to do with "the Mac" nowadays. Perhaps in 10.5 they'll fix the fucking finder, fix the dock, polish the applications, unify the UI, etc... Right now, Gnome feels more Mac-like to me. I still occasionally miss my OS 8 days... and that's saying something!
I've never encountered any such people.
Mildly off topic, but have you tried Gnome (2.14) lately? It's more Mac-like than OS X in many ways I think. It'll bring back fond OS 9 memories. I use OS X at the moment... waiting to see if WWDC will give me a reason to stick with the platform.
All web development sucks if you consider the fact that ultimately HTML gets involved. Toss in CGI and/or Flash and you might as well just kill yourself now and get it over with.
If you're going to use that regexp for the above, you need to add the English to American flag:
s/£->$[analyses]/advertises/
Well, there's this: http://www.play.net/mo/
More expensive than what? A machine with "almost" the same specs? Find a manufacturer that includes *all* of the features Apple does *and* the same quality of support and then you can do a value comparison (ignoring the OS). Otherwise, it is just meaningless.
That Dell has an X1600? And OS X? And all the niceties of Apple's design? And the same quality display? And keyboard? And I'd like it just as much? And it'll hold its value just as well for when I want to sell it in two years? And it has the same quality support? And I can just take it down to the local Dell store two blocks away if it breaks (yeah right)?
What is the point of all these comparisons? There are so many variables that such things are completely useless. You don't compare a BMW and a Chevy on horsepower, torque, size, and weight alone. I'm not making any value judgments here -- the Dell can be the BMW for all I care -- But my point is there are dozens of issues to make comparisons on, not just the four or five biggest numbers.
I think that was his point... no one raises an eyebrow because it is France, but if Iran wanted to do similar, well...
Step 1: How to Design Programs (http://www.htdp.org/)
:-)
Step 2: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/)
Both are available online in full text from MIT Press. I personally feel everyone has something to gain from these books, even if you have twenty years experience. Not that I do yet -- It's a projection.
You've obviously not tried. ;-) Regardless, the point of using Scheme for HtDP is that its simple syntax and semantics make it useful as a teaching language. The knowledge one gets from HtDP can be applies to any number of other languages.
For what it is worth, I find the PHP documentation to be of poor quality. The fact that comments even exist in documentation points to an attempt to fill the gap. Unfortunately, the comments are frequently useless, and oftentimes harmful. I've had the misfortune of having to use PHP to repair existing systems, and I can definitely say I find the documentation for other languages to be vastly superior.
If you're getting the bulk of your programming experience from PHP, you have trouble ahead. :-) I realize that sounds like snarky crap, and it is to some extent, but it pays to sit down with a good book about the fundamentals of computing and programming design. Something like How to Design Programs (google it -- available free online), which makes use of Scheme, will make you ten times as productive when/if you return to PHP.
It's true, but I don't necessarily want to use emacs as a lightweight editor. :-)
This is true.
It's Free software and does what you need it to do. For those that don't care for vim or are just detrimentally used to Cocoa's default key bindings and can't adapt well to vim. (That would be me, by the way.)
http://smultron.sourceforge.net/
Sounds to me as if you've never used it. It works quite well in practice.
Finally -- Someone has put it into terms a geek can understand!!
They only need compatibility with the features they're using, not every last feature.
They don't do that. Given a bank of 10 clocks, you'd have a 0.09765625% chance of them all losing time -- And then, not even at the same rate, so you'd not lose even a full second. Given a bank of 100 clocks, 7.8886090522101181e-29% percent. It's not really a problem.
Maybe people that wanted to support the station and show interest in a certain topic or series?
Adium is the nicest AIM client to use by far. Really a great piece of software. GAIM is nice as well, but the Adium interface is much cleaner and more advanced. Kudos to the developers.
I agree, as does my mug. Three cheers.
Mod parent up ... This is a critical message and I have no idea why it is being modded down. It is not off-topic, as it was in direct response to bogus moderator of a very serious issue.