What do you feel are the "Best Practices" for C++ developers to adopt? -- Be insightful. If you can't be insightful, be informative. If you can't be informative, use my name
I've seen interviews where you remarked on the successfulness of Java saying how interesting it is to see what a powerful company can do with a marketing campaign.
I thought that was a very interesting comment because it supposes that the real reason Java has taken off is not because it's better than C++, but because Sun pushed it so well. In a way the groundswell of support Java has seen is similiar to massive push by developers toward open-source software.
But what if we could take that kind of effort and put it into pushing improvements to C++ libraries or tools. Is there anywhere we could expend that kind of effort and actually see benefit? -- Be insightful. If you can't be insightful, be informative. If you can't be informative, use my name
I've seen interviews where you remarked on the successfulness of Java saying how interesting it is to see what a powerful company can do with a marketing campaign.
I thought that was a very interesting comment because it supposes that the real reason Java has taken off is not because it's better than C++, but because Sun pushed it so well. In a way the groundswell of support Java has seen is similiar to massive push by developers toward open-source software.<P> But what if we could take that kind of effort and put it into pushing improvements to C++ libraries or tools. Is there anywhere we could expend that kind of effort and actually see benefit?
-- Be insightful. If you can't be insightful, be informative. If you can't be informative, use my name
There is still the potential to make C++ much easier for people trying to do hard things. What kind of tools do you feel are needed to improve C++ usability for people creating large systems.
-- Be insightful. If you can't be insightful, be informative. If you can't be informative, use my name
Jon Katz seems to be making a real effort to keep his articles shorter. I want to applaud him for that. Considering that we can't get rid of him, let's at least give him some positive feed back so his articles actually get better.
Next thing to work on: how do we get him to stop restating the obvious? Here goes the obvious: 1) that this movie borrows from other ones 2) That a Leo movie only has hot chicks in it. 3) That Leo is no Marlon Brando
Here go things that should have been mentioned: 1) The movie uses forshadowing, but is still unpredictable. Unlike most Hollywood movies. And 2) The plot isn't stupid, again unlike most Holywood movies. What I would have mentioned in the article,
-- Be insightful. If you can't be insightful, be informative. If you can't be informative, use my name
Roblimo, and other posters: Sorry, but just because someone reported it as passed, doesn't mean it passed.
The UCITA has not passed the Virginia Senate yet
Here go the links to back me up:
This is VA's website to check the status of bills: http://leg1.state.va.us/001/bil.htm
The senate version of the act was numbered SB372. People are getting confused because SB372E passed. What they are not seeing is that SB372E is not the same as SB372. SB372E has an amendment added to the bill which stops it from becoming law. (sneaky state senators).
If you scroll down to the bottom of the page and read the last amendment you see that what actually happened what this bill got sent to a subcomitee. It is expected to be in subcommitee until December. The Senate will not actually vote on it until after then.
ROBLIMO: Please correct the wrong information in your article -- Be insightful. If you can't be insightful, be informative. If you can't be informative, use my name
You mean to tell me there was some purpose behind sleeping 2 hrs a night while I was in college?
I thought it done because the people in college were mean son'bitches!
I mean between those freaking engineering projects, all the drinking I did, and fooling around at all hours there wasn't much time for sleep. I can sleep easy know that I know it made me exercise my brain muscle.
I'm sure that when he writes for real magazines they cut him down. You only have limited space for magazine articles and this forces you to be a little less wordy.I wish he would keep it to 5,000 bytes or less.
Would slashdot be better off without him? Probably not, who else would we have to kick around?
But there should be some other writers to balance him. Here is an idea, have Slashdot hold a open audition for columnists. Create a new thread for it and take posts from everyone as if they were feature articles. By that I mean they should be long enough to be a feature and can be on any topic. Out of these take the best ten and pay them to do it again. Then just keep the writers that cause the best discussion.
Wait a minute. Why can't people flame Linux-One without bringing lynching into the argument?
I thought it was a fair request.
Or don't you believe calling someone a racist, who hasn't shown that in any way is a personal insult?
I think his statement was a weak and unfocused attempt at a personal insult directed at both the poster and slashdot/linux va. I think he was correct only in that lyching is racist term. It is much more offensive than words like nigger. Perhaps because I know that so many people have died unjustly, I don't find it acceptable even if used in ignorance of the racial connotation.
If the guy was a Jew and he was complaining about some holocaust statement, I would say the same thing. Saying you "have the gas for the gas chamber", then saying you "didn't know the guy was a Jew" doesn't really make the joke any less offensive.
I doubt he's been lynched as anything other than an African-American, either. Unless he's posting from the grave. lynch (linch) tr.v. lynched, lynch-ing, lynch-es. To execute without due process of law, esp. to hang. Execution is usually pretty permanent.
Not many people survive a lynching, however there are stories of people surviving.
A Time of Terror James Cameron. 1982*, 1994. 207 pp. (paper $14.95, ISBN 0-933121-44-X). Cameron, the survivor of a 1930 lynching, provides readers with an important and seldom-told victim's narrative.
Check it out at www.blackclassic.com
As for "Lynching". Slashdot is anything but PC. However, suggesting the Lynching of someone crosses the line. Certainly, it is certainly more offensive than saying someone should be boycotted, or "run out of town on a rail", or most other archaic forms of punishment. It DOES have a rascist connotation and is a methophor we can do without. Despite LinuxOne's business mistakes I doubt there is any reason to defend this offensive statement. The problem is that people have been lynched because of the color of their skin before and probably will be again.
Seeing so many posts here which say "he shouldn't have played the race card" saddens me. The fact is that racism is still alive and well in the USA and even if you have not had to deal with it, it would be wise to understand that other people have had to.
Intel does use strategic timing of press releases. Although chips are in the pipelines for years, Intel consistently preannounces new chips as a response to what other people are doing. They have been doing it for years against AMD and other competitiors
That's just foolish. Intel constantly has chips in the pipeline. Does anyone seriously think that the Intel engineers were sitting with their feet up on their desks and then suddenly there was the Transmeta announcement? "Good God! We better start designing a new chip!" Not to mention that Intel constantly makes new roadmap announcements, so the FUD argument doesn't fly either.
The Merced is a workstation class chip. It is designed primarily to go into next generation HP/SGI/... you name it workstations. It is just too big/hot/expensive to buy on a "aint it cool" factor (unless you got in on the LNUX IPO that is )
It's heat disapation gaurantees that it will need a large enclosure. Although it will be cheaper than many of today's workstation level CPU's, this is not a chip that everyone will have in the office.
At the workstation level the economics of computing is different. The computer costs so much that the cost of new software is cheap in comarision.
Compare this to Transmeta's chip which is designed to be small and low temp.
Three filesystems for the Linux Kings Seven for the Dos-lords in thier halls of stone Nine for Unix Companies, doomed to die One for the Dark Lord on his Dark Throne In the land of Seattle where the Black Sun shines One OS to rule them all, One Server to store them all One Kernal to bring them all and in darkness bind them In the land of Bill Gates where the Black sun shines.
I've tried to get more specifications for the chipsets so that the Utah GLX driver could be made to use DMA, but they've told me that the specs are too complicated for people to understand and they would rather spend their resources developing their own driver than supporting everyone and their sister who wants to learn the specs.
Did they get that line from CmdrTaco? It sure sounds like him.
(I'm only joking, don't get all huffy and puffy andover guys)
But seriously I think this topic is the next battle front for open source software. We've proven that you can open source code, benfit from the work of the community and still have a valuable company. What has not been proven is that you can release completely unsupported unintelligible, embarassing source code and still profit from it. Both large companies and individuals talk about open source but they really mean only after they clean it up.
As a programmer myself I know how tough it is to go through bad code and fix it or make it work. But I think most people are wrong when they express this need to clean things up before the public sees it. Two main reasons are that:
1) You don't have to support my grandmother trying to hack your code. Just me. I'll be satisfied with a mailing list that other hackers use too. 2) By delaying until after the cleaning there is a danger that the code will never be released. Priorities always change, alternatives may be released, anything could happen.
Does anyone out there have examples to back me up or disprove me?
I think this will be a big change for many of the calculations for mass in the universe. People have spent a lot of time looking for "dark matter". Can these non visible galaxies be counted?
Also I wonder how much closer this will put us toward making the universe a closed system?
Also the age of the universe is calculated finding the oldest light we can. This makes it sound like there may be much older things out there not giving off any light.
The problem here is that the slash code gets delayed every time someone asks him for it. I think its been moved back to 2050 or so now.
What I'd like to see someone write is a slashdot article grabber. You could just go and grab each posting from slashdot as if it were usenet and re post them on a site with open source.
btw: I'm very glad to see source forgge release the code. They appear to be the best for hosting your project.
Most clueful Government contractors do not work this way. From reading the site I'm sure Secure Computing does not have this arangement.
Whats more likely is that they charge the NSA to develop software, but when the deal is done, both Secure Computing and the NSA will have rights to the source code. Under normal government contracting the NSA could then take that code to another contractor or fork it themselves. This only happens when the customer gets really, really, pissed at you but needs the software.
As Secure Computing develops future versions of this linux, the NSA will probably have to pay again for support and updates. Overall this works well with the GPL. The only thing the GPL does in this case is reinforce the NSA's ability to fork or hire someone else to do the job. Neither of which are likely. It does not force source code release to the public, it only gives more rights to people who paid for programs.
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What do you feel are the "Best Practices" for C++ developers to adopt?
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Be insightful. If you can't be insightful, be informative.
If you can't be informative, use my name
I thought that was a very interesting comment because it supposes that the real reason Java has taken off is not because it's better than C++, but because Sun pushed it so well. In a way the groundswell of support Java has seen is similiar to massive push by developers toward open-source software.
But what if we could take that kind of effort and put it into pushing improvements to C++ libraries or tools. Is there anywhere we could expend that kind of effort and actually see benefit?
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Be insightful. If you can't be insightful, be informative.
If you can't be informative, use my name
I thought that was a very interesting comment because it supposes that the real reason Java has taken off is not because it's better than C++, but because Sun pushed it so well. In a way the groundswell of support Java has seen is similiar to massive push by developers toward open-source software.<P>
But what if we could take that kind of effort and put it into pushing improvements to C++ libraries or tools. Is there anywhere we could expend that kind of effort and actually see benefit?
--
Be insightful. If you can't be insightful, be informative.
If you can't be informative, use my name
There is still the potential to make C++ much easier for people trying to do hard things. What kind of tools do you feel are needed to improve C++ usability for people creating large systems.
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Be insightful. If you can't be insightful, be informative.
If you can't be informative, use my name
Jon Katz seems to be making a real effort to keep his articles shorter. I want to applaud him for that. Considering that we can't get rid of him, let's at least give him some positive feed back so his articles actually get better.
Next thing to work on: how do we get him to stop restating the obvious?
Here goes the obvious:
1) that this movie borrows from other ones
2) That a Leo movie only has hot chicks in it.
3) That Leo is no Marlon Brando
Here go things that should have been mentioned:
1) The movie uses forshadowing, but is still unpredictable. Unlike most Hollywood movies. And
2) The plot isn't stupid, again unlike most Holywood movies.
What I would have mentioned in the article,
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Be insightful. If you can't be insightful, be informative.
If you can't be informative, use my name
Nope, you're wrong.
The last line says it goes into effect July 1, 2000..
So there!
Stop posting wrong information on slashdot!
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Be insightful. If you can't be insightful, be informative.
If you can't be informative, use my name
Roblimo, and other posters: Sorry, but just because someone reported it as passed, doesn't mean it passed.
The UCITA has not passed the Virginia Senate yet
Here go the links to back me up:
This is VA's website to check the status of bills: http://leg1.state.va.us/001/bil.htm
The senate version of the act was numbered SB372. People are getting confused because SB372E passed. What they are not seeing is that SB372E is not the same as SB372. SB372E has an amendment added to the bill which stops it from becoming law. (sneaky state senators).
These are the amendments to SB372:
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+am d+SB372AS
If you scroll down to the bottom of the page and read the last amendment you see that what actually happened what this bill got sent to a subcomitee. It is expected to be in subcommitee until December. The Senate will not actually vote on it until after then.
ROBLIMO: Please correct the wrong information in your article
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Be insightful. If you can't be insightful, be informative.
If you can't be informative, use my name
You mean to tell me there was some purpose behind sleeping 2 hrs a night while I was in college?
I thought it done because the people in college were mean son'bitches!
I mean between those freaking engineering projects, all the drinking I did, and fooling around at all hours there wasn't much time for sleep. I can sleep easy know that I know it made me exercise my brain muscle.
I'm sure that when he writes for real magazines they cut him down. You only have limited space for magazine articles and this forces you to be a little less wordy.I wish he would keep it to 5,000 bytes or less.
Would slashdot be better off without him? Probably not, who else would we have to kick around?
But there should be some other writers to balance him. Here is an idea, have Slashdot hold a open audition for columnists. Create a new thread for it and take posts from everyone as if they were feature articles. By that I mean they should be long enough to be a feature and can be on any topic. Out of these take the best ten and pay them to do it again. Then just keep the writers that cause the best discussion.
I thought it was a fair request.
I think his statement was a weak and unfocused attempt at a personal insult directed at both the poster and slashdot/linux va. I think he was correct only in that lyching is racist term. It is much more offensive than words like nigger. Perhaps because I know that so many people have died unjustly, I don't find it acceptable even if used in ignorance of the racial connotation.If the guy was a Jew and he was complaining about some holocaust statement, I would say the same thing. Saying you "have the gas for the gas chamber", then saying you "didn't know the guy was a Jew" doesn't really make the joke any less offensive.
A little bit of background info:
http://www.crimemagazine.com/lynching.htm
http://www.ccds.charlotte.nc.us/diversity/lynching .htm
http://www.history.ohio-state.edu/us-texts/lynchin g/
http://blackhistorypages.com/Lynching/
As for "Lynching". Slashdot is anything but PC. However, suggesting the Lynching of someone crosses the line. Certainly, it is certainly more offensive than saying someone should be boycotted, or "run out of town on a rail", or most other archaic forms of punishment. It DOES have a rascist connotation and is a methophor we can do without. Despite LinuxOne's business mistakes I doubt there is any reason to defend this offensive statement. The problem is that people have been lynched because of the color of their skin before and probably will be again.
Seeing so many posts here which say "he shouldn't have played the race card" saddens me. The fact is that racism is still alive and well in the USA and even if you have not had to deal with it, it would be wise to understand that other people have had to.
Sgi bought Cray a few years ago. They are now trying to split it off and sell it to someone else.
This story was actually checked before posting.
/. journalism.
Even though it isn't as bad as the original poster thought, I'm glad to see it posted anyway.
Perhaps this is the beginning of a whole new age of
Good point,
As the years have passed chips get cheaper to make.
But still I don't think we will see this one en masse on the desktop.
*snicker*
The Merced is a workstation class chip. It is designed primarily to go into next generation HP/SGI/... you name it workstations. It is just too big/hot/expensive to buy on a "aint it cool" factor (unless you got in on the LNUX IPO that is )
It's heat disapation gaurantees that it will need a large enclosure. Although it will be cheaper than many of today's workstation level CPU's, this is not a chip that everyone will have in the office.
At the workstation level the economics of computing is different. The computer costs so much that the cost of new software is cheap in comarision.
Compare this to Transmeta's chip which is designed to be small and low temp.
Three filesystems for the Linux Kings
Seven for the Dos-lords in thier halls of stone
Nine for Unix Companies, doomed to die
One for the Dark Lord on his Dark Throne
In the land of Seattle where the Black Sun shines
One OS to rule them all,
One Server to store them all
One Kernal to bring them all and in darkness bind them
In the land of Bill Gates where the Black sun shines.
Whatever Jon says here will be used against him and others in future court cases. Count on it.
Knowing what you know now, would you do it again?
Do you have any advice for other hackers thinking of challenging the system?
Did they get that line from CmdrTaco? It sure sounds like him.
(I'm only joking, don't get all huffy and puffy andover guys)
But seriously I think this topic is the next battle front for open source software. We've proven that you can open source code, benfit from the work of the community and still have a valuable company. What has not been proven is that you can release completely unsupported unintelligible, embarassing source code and still profit from it. Both large companies and individuals talk about open source but they really mean only after they clean it up.
As a programmer myself I know how tough it is to go through bad code and fix it or make it work. But I think most people are wrong when they express this need to clean things up before the public sees it. Two main reasons are that:
1) You don't have to support my grandmother trying to hack your code. Just me. I'll be satisfied with a mailing list that other hackers use too.
2) By delaying until after the cleaning there is a danger that the code will never be released. Priorities always change, alternatives may be released, anything could happen.
Does anyone out there have examples to back me up or disprove me?
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I can't get to this site
I think this will be a big change for many of the calculations for mass in the universe. People have spent a lot of time looking for "dark matter". Can these non visible galaxies be counted?
Also I wonder how much closer this will put us toward making the universe a closed system?
Also the age of the universe is calculated finding the oldest light we can. This makes it sound like there may be much older things out there not giving off any light.
The problem here is that the slash code gets delayed every time someone asks him for it. I think its been moved back to 2050 or so now.
What I'd like to see someone write is a slashdot article grabber. You could just go and grab each posting from slashdot as if it were usenet and re post them on a site with open source.
btw: I'm very glad to see source forgge release the code. They appear to be the best for hosting your project.
Fry's sells a mp3/dvd player made by SAMPO.
I've never heard about before and couldn't find any info on the web.
Anybody tried this out?
Most clueful Government contractors do not work this way. From reading the site I'm sure Secure Computing does not have this arangement.
Whats more likely is that they charge the NSA to develop software, but when the deal is done, both Secure Computing and the NSA will have rights to the source code. Under normal government contracting the NSA could then take that code to another contractor or fork it themselves. This only happens when the customer gets really, really, pissed at you but needs the software.
As Secure Computing develops future versions of this linux, the NSA will probably have to pay again for support and updates. Overall this works well with the GPL. The only thing the GPL does in this case is reinforce the NSA's ability to fork or hire someone else to do the job. Neither of which are likely. It does not force source code release to the public, it only gives more rights to people who paid for programs.