I must ask, do you consider research into quantum computing to just be 'throwing more hardware' at NP-hard computing problems?
That's a completely stupid analogy. NP-hardness is an ultimate limit (for now, at least) but there's probably lots of sloppily coded databases which can enjoy great performance increases today by just someone doing sane software optimization.
The problem is that taking C and just adding classes and objects would have been nice, but the changes in C++ go so far beyond that they can reach a perl-like level of syntax confusion.
You still have that option. Just take the basic OOP parts and don't use the crazy stuff at all.:)
And I didn't even need to curse all that much at people. Sure, I talked smack about some of your hamsters, and I declined a couple of pull requests, but let's face it, it was pretty halfhearted. Most of the time things were good.
A person is a genius if he knows every nook and cranny of C++. But no one is expected to. Even just classes and objects are a fantastic addition over C, so there is really no reason to shun C++.
Honestly, I wouldn't get too comfortable with a given IDE -- some of them (I'm looking at you, Visual Studio) abstract away and hide a lot of the code and it can make for some really confusing times for you. Just open up the raw.c or.cpp files with whatever is comfortable... anything with color coded formatting... and then just sit back and try to absorb it without any preconceptions.
Can you elaborate on that? I haven't seen Visual Studio hiding any code.
This is the first time that I have seen a description of Windows as "an open platform" and that it is not a "walled garden".
This is absolutely a mind-blowing statement.
Windows is a closed platform.
Windows is a walled "garden".
Its problems are totally of Microsoft's own creation. They knew better but choose to ignore the security hole they created. They have chosen to let the security hole remain.
In one sense it is an open platform because it allows any software or hardware developer to release their stuff to the system without Microsoft's consent.
(BTW it seems that Slashdot's quote feature eats the original line breaks as can be seen above)
The wireless mesh network lets the light bulbs be controlled with a smartphone app.
Great! Although I have personally taken that idea even further in my Smart Home concept: I have dedicated switches embedded directly on the wall for each of my light sources. They allow me to discretely turn on/off any LED bulbs in the house (CFL and incandescent also fully supported).
Telegraphy just feels like a really old, mundane tech, easily replaceable by newer methods anywhere, so at least I could have easily believed that that telegram in India was actually the last one in world. If I didn't have any other information sources, that is.
Is this accurate? I don't know much about telegraphs, but I'm pretty sure they're analog machines.
Even the very early (1700s) experimental telegraphs have been about delivering the codes for each letter in the alphabet, in a quantified manner. So by nature the telegraph has always been digital by its design.
WiFi is short range. WiMax is long range. This is more like WiMax, if it isn't WiMax.
Yes, WiMAX seems much better candidate at first blush. Although even WiMAX has a typical maximum range of 50 kilometers. Going up 20,000 km, on the other hand... I don't know, I think we're actually talking about something relative to satellite broadcasting technologies.
Why do Americans keep writing 'an' instead of 'a', and 'a' instead of 'an'? It isn't rocket science.
As you brought the issue up, I actually have an additional grammar question that's been bugging me for a while. If I use some abbreviation in my sentence, such as "ADSL" or "GPU", does this change rules whether I should use "a" or "an" before it? Because I think I have seen "an" being used often despite the following abbreviation beginning with a consonant.
- Adjust your web browser to not send the user agent (browser name and version), to not send referrer information (from which page you came to the current one) and disable cookies by default
- Do not use any Google products
- Opt out from any "customer experience improvement programs" in applications' settings
Any more I only seem to torrent things that I already own. Often it is faster to just download an 'illegal' copy than to find the disk in a box somewhere.
I know what you mean. I have downloaded albums which I own due to it being easier than going to my CD archives and ripping the original. With software though, ain't you scared of malware?
It's almost funny how the summary claims that this is based on WiFi. It would be impossible even with specialized antennas and very high transmit powers.
It was me. I even submitted another version of this particular news item with those specs included, but someone else's submission was chosen instead. Ah well.:)
Someone still has to index the magnet links. There wouldn't be nearly as much piracy torrent traffic (and thus seeders) if we just threw around random magnet links on forums.
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I must ask, do you consider research into quantum computing to just be 'throwing more hardware' at NP-hard computing problems?
That's a completely stupid analogy. NP-hardness is an ultimate limit (for now, at least) but there's probably lots of sloppily coded databases which can enjoy great performance increases today by just someone doing sane software optimization.
The problem is that taking C and just adding classes and objects would have been nice, but the changes in C++ go so far beyond that they can reach a perl-like level of syntax confusion.
You still have that option. Just take the basic OOP parts and don't use the crazy stuff at all. :)
Actually Linus wrote a follow-up for that in rc6. :)
And I didn't even need to curse all that much at people. Sure, I talked smack about some of your hamsters, and I declined a couple of pull requests, but let's face it, it was pretty halfhearted. Most of the time things were good.
A person is a genius if he knows every nook and cranny of C++. But no one is expected to. Even just classes and objects are a fantastic addition over C, so there is really no reason to shun C++.
Honestly, I wouldn't get too comfortable with a given IDE -- some of them (I'm looking at you, Visual Studio) abstract away and hide a lot of the code and it can make for some really confusing times for you. Just open up the raw .c or .cpp files with whatever is comfortable... anything with color coded formatting... and then just sit back and try to absorb it without any preconceptions.
Can you elaborate on that? I haven't seen Visual Studio hiding any code.
Interesting. Citation?
He didn't claim so.
This is the first time that I have seen a description of Windows as "an open platform" and that it is not a "walled garden". This is absolutely a mind-blowing statement. Windows is a closed platform. Windows is a walled "garden". Its problems are totally of Microsoft's own creation. They knew better but choose to ignore the security hole they created. They have chosen to let the security hole remain.
In one sense it is an open platform because it allows any software or hardware developer to release their stuff to the system without Microsoft's consent.
(BTW it seems that Slashdot's quote feature eats the original line breaks as can be seen above)
The wireless mesh network lets the light bulbs be controlled with a smartphone app.
Great! Although I have personally taken that idea even further in my Smart Home concept: I have dedicated switches embedded directly on the wall for each of my light sources. They allow me to discretely turn on/off any LED bulbs in the house (CFL and incandescent also fully supported).
Telegraphy just feels like a really old, mundane tech, easily replaceable by newer methods anywhere, so at least I could have easily believed that that telegram in India was actually the last one in world. If I didn't have any other information sources, that is.
Is this accurate? I don't know much about telegraphs, but I'm pretty sure they're analog machines.
Even the very early (1700s) experimental telegraphs have been about delivering the codes for each letter in the alphabet, in a quantified manner. So by nature the telegraph has always been digital by its design.
Sorry for the wrong conclusions. I had mixed up the numbers a bit there.
Oh, I see where I went wrong now. At some point 20,000 meters changed in my head to 20,000 kilometers! What a stupid mistake from me, sigh...
Sexism seems to be problem also at OSS conventions ...
The balloons are traveling above air traffic. WiFi is never going to be enough no matter how you amp it.
WiFi is short range. WiMax is long range. This is more like WiMax, if it isn't WiMax.
Yes, WiMAX seems much better candidate at first blush. Although even WiMAX has a typical maximum range of 50 kilometers. Going up 20,000 km, on the other hand... I don't know, I think we're actually talking about something relative to satellite broadcasting technologies.
Why do Americans keep writing 'an' instead of 'a', and 'a' instead of 'an'? It isn't rocket science.
As you brought the issue up, I actually have an additional grammar question that's been bugging me for a while. If I use some abbreviation in my sentence, such as "ADSL" or "GPU", does this change rules whether I should use "a" or "an" before it? Because I think I have seen "an" being used often despite the following abbreviation beginning with a consonant.
Or you could just install tor on your laptop?
You could. But this wraps the Tor functionality nicely inside your networking equipment. It's a matter of taste really.
For improved anonymity:
- Adjust your web browser to not send the user agent (browser name and version), to not send referrer information (from which page you came to the current one) and disable cookies by default
- Do not use any Google products
- Opt out from any "customer experience improvement programs" in applications' settings
Feel free to expand the list...
Any more I only seem to torrent things that I already own. Often it is faster to just download an 'illegal' copy than to find the disk in a box somewhere.
I know what you mean. I have downloaded albums which I own due to it being easier than going to my CD archives and ripping the original. With software though, ain't you scared of malware?
It's almost funny how the summary claims that this is based on WiFi. It would be impossible even with specialized antennas and very high transmit powers.
It was me. I even submitted another version of this particular news item with those specs included, but someone else's submission was chosen instead. Ah well. :)
In that trailer, the facial animations in the in-game cutscenes are surprisingly good for the time.
Someone still has to index the magnet links. There wouldn't be nearly as much piracy torrent traffic (and thus seeders) if we just threw around random magnet links on forums.
There is always some proxy site found to access TPB anyway.