Is it just me or is it a bad idea to make something that completely breaks most programming paradigms, and requires a special compiler to compile it properly, and *then* use it in a next gen console, due out this year?
Surely it was screaming at them that this isn't something that's meant to be released so soon. I mean, the compiler have 4 tiers of 'optimisation', which is meant for the programmers to set so the compiler doesn't make a mess of their memory-management code if they memory manage correctly, or something like that. What this shows to me is that if IBM can't even get the code behind the compiler to make sense of the Cell's architecture, what chance do we have of programming it?
A quick glance at TorrentSpy shows that they haven't given up, they're still dishing out torrents. They have a news story about it, but they don't seem to be too concerned.
I remember when the MPAA did this last time and the torrent sites shut down completely because it was in their subpoena (sp?) thing, so does this mean that TorrentSpy is defying the MPAA and (potentially) putting themselves up for harsher penalties?
You forget that MP3 is still alive and kicking on the P2P scene. MP3's limited support of DRM has ensured that it's a popular 'standard' for pirated music.
Secondly, I believe "PHP registration system", or the example given in the summary is a sufficient enough query for Google to return something relevant anyway.
I've said it before... If you're not doing anything wrong then you have nothing to worry about.
Privacy is a two way street, you can't cry foul when the government wants to listen in for a bit, find nothing and then leave you alone, and then want the government to have more power when tracking down somebody who's double crossed you.
What do you talk about on the phone? I talk about my programming, my life, what's happening to my friends. I don't commit crimes. What's the person listening in going to think or care of me? Absolutely nothing, because he's never met me. If one of my friends committed a crime in an area I hang around in, and I talk about it over the phone, what's the person on the phone tap going to do? Interview me and get some more information, then bring my friend who beat up ol' Mrs. Jenkins across the road to justice.
It's and interesting delimma, but companies are going to take China's huge market over losing out over there. Everybody needs a search engine, if Google didn't censor their searches then they'd lose a potential 1 billion customers. Same with Microsoft and their MSN blogs.
This is just a suggestion, please don't mod it up or down.
Here's my suggestion about spotting dupes: Read Slashdot. How is it that a duped article has 'dupe' painted all over it in the comments, moments after being posted? Hrm? Maybe because the readers read/.? I dunno.
I know that, but take a look at the title of their 'Buy' page ("Buy Opera"). Nobody else needs a support representitive who spoon feeds them information about installing and upgrading, migrating from another browser, 'customising' their browser, and general difficulties ("How come I have to pay for this?")
I use IE7, and I haven't used Firefox as my primary browser ever. I can show you four columns of favourites in IE7 and the default set in Firefox if you don't believe me.
I play Halo 2 for social interaction all the time. Somebody asks me to be their team mate on MSN and I'll come online to play them. Somebody talks shit to me online and they have Halo 2, I go and beat them.
People use online games for social interaction *and* to escape. Let's not forget how much more infinitely fun or rewarding it is to beat an opponent who think's he's clever by hiding somewhere waiting for you. Case in point:
Kawahee: I'll brb Zeeman: No problem, you're not going to find me because I am the ultimate hider
* 2 seconds * Zeeman beat down by Kawahee
Why bother selling a browser when there are already is a better one (Firefox) and another better one on the horizon (IE7). More importantly, why bother paying for one?
And why bother having some swim from Norway to the USA as a PR stunt just to have people download the browser out of spite to see you swim the distance. Hell, I even downloaded it and didn't install it (and I'm guessing 999,999 other people did too).
What is the best way for new IS managers to convince their superiors of the need for widespread change?
Back in the day I invented things like the Y2K bug. Like who doesn't know that time is stored as a 32 bit integer?
Oh well, time to release the Y2038 integer overflow bug, because in 33 years we'll all be stuck in 32 bit processing. Well, at least management doesn't know that.
A good company is one that gets stuff done. Take Microsoft for example. You get a new version of Windows every 5 or so years, you get a new IDE every two, and a new version of Office every 3 or so.
And for what's good for one customer being good for another: market research, market research, market research.
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Is it just me or is it a bad idea to make something that completely breaks most programming paradigms, and requires a special compiler to compile it properly, and *then* use it in a next gen console, due out this year?
Surely it was screaming at them that this isn't something that's meant to be released so soon. I mean, the compiler have 4 tiers of 'optimisation', which is meant for the programmers to set so the compiler doesn't make a mess of their memory-management code if they memory manage correctly, or something like that. What this shows to me is that if IBM can't even get the code behind the compiler to make sense of the Cell's architecture, what chance do we have of programming it?
C'mon now, that was back in the day when everybody thought we'd be in colonies on the moon by 2000.
NASA sure showed them though.
Well noted.
"Akamai, with its tens of thousands of servers spread in an intelligent topology, still can't serve more than 150,000 concurrent streams"
Assuming Akamai has only 10,000 servers, that's 15 streams per server. C'mon now, we're not that stupid.
Hi-res photo's + Ageing Server + Slashdotting = Comedy Gold!
A quick glance at TorrentSpy shows that they haven't given up, they're still dishing out torrents. They have a news story about it, but they don't seem to be too concerned.
I remember when the MPAA did this last time and the torrent sites shut down completely because it was in their subpoena (sp?) thing, so does this mean that TorrentSpy is defying the MPAA and (potentially) putting themselves up for harsher penalties?
You forget that MP3 is still alive and kicking on the P2P scene. MP3's limited support of DRM has ensured that it's a popular 'standard' for pirated music.
Seriously, have you?
He mentioned CodeAnalyst in the first sentence or too. I've used it before and it's not all that great.
First off, it's not Google.
Secondly, I believe "PHP registration system", or the example given in the summary is a sufficient enough query for Google to return something relevant anyway.
I've said it before... If you're not doing anything wrong then you have nothing to worry about.
Privacy is a two way street, you can't cry foul when the government wants to listen in for a bit, find nothing and then leave you alone, and then want the government to have more power when tracking down somebody who's double crossed you.
What do you talk about on the phone? I talk about my programming, my life, what's happening to my friends. I don't commit crimes. What's the person listening in going to think or care of me? Absolutely nothing, because he's never met me. If one of my friends committed a crime in an area I hang around in, and I talk about it over the phone, what's the person on the phone tap going to do? Interview me and get some more information, then bring my friend who beat up ol' Mrs. Jenkins across the road to justice.
It's and interesting delimma, but companies are going to take China's huge market over losing out over there. Everybody needs a search engine, if Google didn't censor their searches then they'd lose a potential 1 billion customers. Same with Microsoft and their MSN blogs.
If you're not doing anything wrong then there's nothing to worry about.
It's C++0x because it will be released within 2000 to 2010. The ISO C++ standard is, as stated in the article, C++98.
This is just a suggestion, please don't mod it up or down.
/.? I dunno.
Here's my suggestion about spotting dupes: Read Slashdot. How is it that a duped article has 'dupe' painted all over it in the comments, moments after being posted? Hrm? Maybe because the readers read
PS: I'm aware this article isn't duped.
That made me laugh. To the dumbass who didn't get the joke, register a /. account so we can mod down your karma.
Don't bother using encrypted emails, because if you're not sending anything incriminating, THERE'S NO NEED.
I know that, but take a look at the title of their 'Buy' page ("Buy Opera"). Nobody else needs a support representitive who spoon feeds them information about installing and upgrading, migrating from another browser, 'customising' their browser, and general difficulties ("How come I have to pay for this?")
I use IE7, and I haven't used Firefox as my primary browser ever. I can show you four columns of favourites in IE7 and the default set in Firefox if you don't believe me.
I play Halo 2 for social interaction all the time. Somebody asks me to be their team mate on MSN and I'll come online to play them. Somebody talks shit to me online and they have Halo 2, I go and beat them.
People use online games for social interaction *and* to escape. Let's not forget how much more infinitely fun or rewarding it is to beat an opponent who think's he's clever by hiding somewhere waiting for you. Case in point:
Kawahee: I'll brb
Zeeman: No problem, you're not going to find me because I am the ultimate hider
* 2 seconds *
Zeeman beat down by Kawahee
Why bother selling a browser when there are already is a better one (Firefox) and another better one on the horizon (IE7). More importantly, why bother paying for one?
And why bother having some swim from Norway to the USA as a PR stunt just to have people download the browser out of spite to see you swim the distance. Hell, I even downloaded it and didn't install it (and I'm guessing 999,999 other people did too).
Knowledge Intensive Intellectual Property? Please.
Here's some knowledge intensive U2 lyrics for you:
WoooAoo! WoooAoo! WoooAoo! WoooAoo!
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah,
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah.
I can feeeeEEEEEEeeeeeel.
Jesus fucking christ.
Here's the link that should have been in the article.
What is the best way for new IS managers to convince their superiors of the need for widespread change?
Back in the day I invented things like the Y2K bug. Like who doesn't know that time is stored as a 32 bit integer?
Oh well, time to release the Y2038 integer overflow bug, because in 33 years we'll all be stuck in 32 bit processing. Well, at least management doesn't know that.
Bah. You're right. I was referring to major desktop releases from '95, so 95, 98 and XP. ME just cancels itself out.
A good company is one that gets stuff done. Take Microsoft for example. You get a new version of Windows every 5 or so years, you get a new IDE every two, and a new version of Office every 3 or so.
And for what's good for one customer being good for another: market research, market research, market research.