Not to mention that if Google was going to "fail" somehow, they could just get rid of their free stuff and/or raise prices on their services until they're not failing. Anyone who relies on Google and can't change will be willing to pay. If people aren't willing to pay, then it's not too big to fail.
I don't think desktop machines are the problem. How many desktop machines are used 100% of the time? And really, even if you do have users who don't take eat, sleep or go to the bathroom, I think they'll probably welcome the 30 seconds a month they get off while you reboot their computer.
You don't really have to use exceptions though. They seem like they could be useful, but if you don't want them you can just ignore them. Any Java classes that use them will warn you and you can just surround them with a try/catch.
I agree with you, but the fact that it's IE is annoying from a developer's perspective. I'm getting less annoyed with IE with every release, but it still does weird things sometimes, and it would be nice if they moved faster on HTML5 (I know it's not "done" yet, but WHATWG suggests that some parts are done, like the canvas tag).
Radiation has to come from somewhere, like when an atom breaks apart. Elements with the shortest half lives are breaking apart fastest, so they give off the most radiation.
For a simple analogy, think of a battery. If you use more electricity from it, it will run out faster. Conversely, if you barely use any, it will last for a long time.
My problem isn't tests that give instructions like that. My problem is the tests that are designed to screw you if you do them in a natural order. If a test is designed so you only have to do 1 of 3 questions, it should say that before all 3 of the questions. Writing a test so you have to know something that appears later in the test with no warning ("A helpful diagram is on the next page") is stupid.
Who doesn't do tests sequentially? Sometimes it makes sense to skip a question for now if you don't know the answer, but if they are sufficiently simple, then you'd be wasting time to not do it in order.
Consider this test:
Math Test
1. 1+1 = _____
2. 2 * 8 = _____
[next page]
3. Do not write anything on this test
Yeah it's actually been pretty fun. It's contributed to me learning how to do threads in Java, writing binary trees, and figuring out how ArrayLists and several other built in classes work.
My problem is that these are all required classes (no testing out), and because of that, you can't take ANY interesting classes until your senior year. 3 years of wasting my time. The point of putting data structures and sorting in the intro class was because there's not enough to do for an entire semester unless you do (another problem with school..).
I too refuse to use AMD processors anymore, but I can see why someone would want one of these. It's a processor fast enough to do anything you're likely to want to do for less than you can get any Intel processor for. I didn't look too closely at the benchmark results, but it looks like the Intel processors win every time, but not by enough to be noticeable unless you're running benchmarks or playing this year's Crysis.
Maybe you haven't been in college recently? My school's CS degree is incredibly boring because they want to make sure that any idiot can pass. There are two intro level classes taught in Java. By the end of the second one, you still use the ArrayList class for everything and the most "difficult" thing you do is write your own merge sort (the final assignment). For my current class apparently we're supposed to write a binary tree and a hash table at some point. In the next class (which I'm also in), we do similar things, but finally in C++. The only way I've been able to survive is by having speed contests with other students, but we've had to email teachers to change assignment specs to even let us do that (most assignments specifically say to use an ArrayList).
And don't get me started on the classes that supposedly teach us math..
Actually, pirates are the music industry's more valuable customers. It turns out that people who download the most music actually go to the most concerts and buy the most music also. It's still a terrible idea though, since it's basically mp3's with built in ads. I'm not sure where they will find people willing to pay extra for that.
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But does it still look like ass on anything except KDE?
Rebooting apache or mysql takes half a second, rebooting a server takes at least 15 seconds. There's your extra 9 ;)
Not to mention that if Google was going to "fail" somehow, they could just get rid of their free stuff and/or raise prices on their services until they're not failing. Anyone who relies on Google and can't change will be willing to pay. If people aren't willing to pay, then it's not too big to fail.
A French Literature major on Slashdot? HERESY!
Wouldn't just logging out fix that for the most part? It should restart pretty much everything except bash and some services, right?
I don't think desktop machines are the problem. How many desktop machines are used 100% of the time? And really, even if you do have users who don't take eat, sleep or go to the bathroom, I think they'll probably welcome the 30 seconds a month they get off while you reboot their computer.
You're right, batteries are a terrible idea! We should be powering our laptops with gasoline engines!
There should be a +2 informative and succinct.
And then they can just levy a "datacenter" tax to cover the price!
The Netbeans profiler doesn't work for php :(
Seems like teaching victims how to help themselves is an important step though.
You don't really have to use exceptions though. They seem like they could be useful, but if you don't want them you can just ignore them. Any Java classes that use them will warn you and you can just surround them with a try/catch.
Peer review, like the market, only works with honorable actors.
Just had to find a way to fit some trolling in eh?
Why don't you just use Java? It's more like C++, and has the advantage of having a standard library that isn't a huge mess (it's also much faster).
I agree with you, but the fact that it's IE is annoying from a developer's perspective. I'm getting less annoyed with IE with every release, but it still does weird things sometimes, and it would be nice if they moved faster on HTML5 (I know it's not "done" yet, but WHATWG suggests that some parts are done, like the canvas tag).
Radiation has to come from somewhere, like when an atom breaks apart. Elements with the shortest half lives are breaking apart fastest, so they give off the most radiation.
For a simple analogy, think of a battery. If you use more electricity from it, it will run out faster. Conversely, if you barely use any, it will last for a long time.
My problem isn't tests that give instructions like that. My problem is the tests that are designed to screw you if you do them in a natural order. If a test is designed so you only have to do 1 of 3 questions, it should say that before all 3 of the questions. Writing a test so you have to know something that appears later in the test with no warning ("A helpful diagram is on the next page") is stupid.
If the instructions need to be read before starting, they should appear before the questions.
Who doesn't do tests sequentially? Sometimes it makes sense to skip a question for now if you don't know the answer, but if they are sufficiently simple, then you'd be wasting time to not do it in order.
Consider this test:
Math Test
1. 1+1 = _____
2. 2 * 8 = _____
[next page]
3. Do not write anything on this test
Anyone who passes this test is insane.
If you're looking to reduce your environment impact, I'd guess that living closer to work will have a much larger effect than buying a different car.
Yeah it's actually been pretty fun. It's contributed to me learning how to do threads in Java, writing binary trees, and figuring out how ArrayLists and several other built in classes work.
My problem is that these are all required classes (no testing out), and because of that, you can't take ANY interesting classes until your senior year. 3 years of wasting my time. The point of putting data structures and sorting in the intro class was because there's not enough to do for an entire semester unless you do (another problem with school..).
I too refuse to use AMD processors anymore, but I can see why someone would want one of these. It's a processor fast enough to do anything you're likely to want to do for less than you can get any Intel processor for. I didn't look too closely at the benchmark results, but it looks like the Intel processors win every time, but not by enough to be noticeable unless you're running benchmarks or playing this year's Crysis.
Maybe you haven't been in college recently? My school's CS degree is incredibly boring because they want to make sure that any idiot can pass. There are two intro level classes taught in Java. By the end of the second one, you still use the ArrayList class for everything and the most "difficult" thing you do is write your own merge sort (the final assignment). For my current class apparently we're supposed to write a binary tree and a hash table at some point. In the next class (which I'm also in), we do similar things, but finally in C++. The only way I've been able to survive is by having speed contests with other students, but we've had to email teachers to change assignment specs to even let us do that (most assignments specifically say to use an ArrayList).
And don't get me started on the classes that supposedly teach us math..
Actually, pirates are the music industry's more valuable customers. It turns out that people who download the most music actually go to the most concerts and buy the most music also. It's still a terrible idea though, since it's basically mp3's with built in ads. I'm not sure where they will find people willing to pay extra for that.