I know, let's have some short pointers so we can save memory, but let's also have long pointers so we can address all the memory.
Let's call them "near" and "far" pointers. Let's make the programmer declare them explicitly. I think it will provide for a massive productivity boost.
Thanks to AdBlock Plus, I no longer have to be annoyed by adverts when I go online.
Taking the other point of view (in hope of inspiring some interesting debate): I have a new-found love for-- if not advertisers, then at least sponsorships.
(Yes, I know, advertisers are scumbags who invade your privacy and flash company logos at you; sponsors only flash company logos at you).
The reason: StarCraft. Go to gomtv.net and watch a game. Note how the games take place in a large hall. Halls a free (bzzt). Note how the players have computers to play on, and how there are commentators in nice suits (at least the Korean ones). Suits are free (bzzt). Notice how the first prize is 40 million won. Korean monies are free (bzzt).
I'm thankful towards Intel, SKT, KTF, Woongjin, Hwaseung and the rest for paying some of the money needed to run an entertaining, competitive e-sport. I don't mind them plastering their corporate logos all over the place (and srsly it is), as long as it isn't in the way of my enjoyment of the game (which it isn't).
That said, I think it's in stark contrast to Internet ads, which have the personality of hyperactive needy three-year-olds, screaming as loud as the can to steal your attention because they are TEH MOST IMPORTANT THING EVARR IN YUOR LIEF!
AdBlock Plus is one of the best add-ons that has been created for web browsers ever.
And it's how I sold my anti-advertisement mom on Firefox:)
Here's a (tran)script for you:
[me doing other things to her computer for her] "By the way, I can install firefox and set it up so you'll see fewer ads on the internet; do you want me to do that?"
[her] "Yes"
For all you family sysadmins out there, this might be a good hook to sell your parents on firefox. The trick is to tell them why the deal is good for them, not why it's good for you.
You can do some interesting things in StarCraft as well.
A well-known trick is having 11 mutalisks and some slow unit (overlord, larva) in a control group; moving them around makes the mutalisks group together in a single spot, which makes them more effective (hit-and-run attacks all target the same unit).
I saw a video called "Pimpest plays of 200n" (n=5?), where a Terran lifts a barrack (that's placed next to a mineral patch which blocks a pathway), then lands the barrack again and while the barrack is landing, moves some marines down under the barrack. When the barrack lands, the marines try to scatter and move out from under the barracks and walk through the minerals -- and are thus able to shoot the overlord on the other side.
Let me be the first to say that I, for one, welcome our new robot hobbyist-community-collaborators.
I hope they will be handsomely and visibly rewarded for this move---preferably with a positive dollar amount attached to the reward---such that the OMG-DOLL4RZ corporate leaders might follow their example, and in the long term change their mind about a thing or two.
Apparently though, American companies only feel as though they should pay royalties for IP from other American companies, and everyone else can get stuffed.
In light of another story, would it make sense to expect them to only want IP royalties from American consumers of the IP, then? That is, if you're outside the USA, you're free to pirate RIAA music and MPAA movies?
So, after a 30% drop if file-sharing traffic, we'd expect to see a 30% increase in sales of CDs, DVDs and e-books.
Let's assume that file-sharing covers 1% of all media consumption and direct sales the remaining 99%.
A 30% drop is to 0.7%, so sales increase to 99.3%, a whopping 0.[recurring:30]% increase over what it was, or.3% in absolute terms.
Your numbers seem to work if it's 50:50 instead of 1:99. If you want an absolute (not relative) increase by 30%, then you need it to be 100:0, i.e. everything is file-shared. That doesn't make sense--who seeds?
I'm pretty sure the government and military also runs Linux/BSD/Unix in certain applications, so it would be silly to assume that they wouldn't write legislation in such a way that such OSes would be included.
By saying it would be silly to assume [...], you assume competence...
Concerning the document, I would say that it isn't a joke, but you may have to express some concerns about if the proposed methods are causing more problems than they are solving.
Wait, the government is displaying (potential) ham-fisted incompetence, and you think "ah! That must be a joke!".
"correlation is not causation" Its very unfortunate that everyone in the world doesn't know the difference. It would solve so many problems in the world, if everyone was forced to learn the difference throughout school and in everyday adult life.
So you're saying that the number of problems in the world and the number of people who don't know the difference are correlated?;-)
Certifier [..] It may not be perfect, but it'd be a good start.
It sounds about as not perfect as SSL certificates.
Pay us money for a rubber stamp process that removes a warning dialog in your users' browsers. Pay us more money for "Extended validation"; that is, pay us extra money for us to do our actual job.
There's probably some way of making more money if you do something slightly different from The Right Thing. Business people care about money. 2 + 2 = fail.
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&*@@# sideways [...] @*^**@# screams, &*%$#& in his pants [...] so @#&*$@** stupid again.
Next thing you know, the students are all coding perl.
because there are too many pointers.
I know, let's have some short pointers so we can save memory, but let's also have long pointers so we can address all the memory.
Let's call them "near" and "far" pointers. Let's make the programmer declare them explicitly. I think it will provide for a massive productivity boost.
Oh, and let's add memory segments too ;-)
a POS machine
I thought it was the right software, Vista for instance, that made the machine a POS...
;-)
Thanks to AdBlock Plus, I no longer have to be annoyed by adverts when I go online.
Taking the other point of view (in hope of inspiring some interesting debate): I have a new-found love for-- if not advertisers, then at least sponsorships.
(Yes, I know, advertisers are scumbags who invade your privacy and flash company logos at you; sponsors only flash company logos at you).
The reason: StarCraft. Go to gomtv.net and watch a game. Note how the games take place in a large hall. Halls a free (bzzt). Note how the players have computers to play on, and how there are commentators in nice suits (at least the Korean ones). Suits are free (bzzt). Notice how the first prize is 40 million won. Korean monies are free (bzzt).
I'm thankful towards Intel, SKT, KTF, Woongjin, Hwaseung and the rest for paying some of the money needed to run an entertaining, competitive e-sport. I don't mind them plastering their corporate logos all over the place (and srsly it is), as long as it isn't in the way of my enjoyment of the game (which it isn't).
That said, I think it's in stark contrast to Internet ads, which have the personality of hyperactive needy three-year-olds, screaming as loud as the can to steal your attention because they are TEH MOST IMPORTANT THING EVARR IN YUOR LIEF!
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AdBlock Plus is one of the best add-ons that has been created for web browsers ever.
And it's how I sold my anti-advertisement mom on Firefox :)
Here's a (tran)script for you:
[me doing other things to her computer for her] "By the way, I can install firefox and set it up so you'll see fewer ads on the internet; do you want me to do that?"
[her] "Yes"
For all you family sysadmins out there, this might be a good hook to sell your parents on firefox. The trick is to tell them why the deal is good for them, not why it's good for you.
I suspect this can be done by minicom called from a cron job.
You also suspect the system has cron. Why? ;-)
You can do some interesting things in StarCraft as well.
A well-known trick is having 11 mutalisks and some slow unit (overlord, larva) in a control group; moving them around makes the mutalisks group together in a single spot, which makes them more effective (hit-and-run attacks all target the same unit).
I saw a video called "Pimpest plays of 200n" (n=5?), where a Terran lifts a barrack (that's placed next to a mineral patch which blocks a pathway), then lands the barrack again and while the barrack is landing, moves some marines down under the barrack. When the barrack lands, the marines try to scatter and move out from under the barracks and walk through the minerals -- and are thus able to shoot the overlord on the other side.
Let me be the first to say that I, for one, welcome our new robot hobbyist-community-collaborators.
I hope they will be handsomely and visibly rewarded for this move---preferably with a positive dollar amount attached to the reward---such that the OMG-DOLL4RZ corporate leaders might follow their example, and in the long term change their mind about a thing or two.
So, we're talking about a love story, right?
No, then you'd use a third-person shooter/racer engine for the close-ups...
No, they also have dm6 from quake 1.
I haven't played too many non-ID shooters, so I can't recognize any other maps. Maybe some of them are original to Nexuiz... ?
How in the world did we ever form civilization?
With much effort from Sid Meier.
Next you're going to blame him for the large number of copyright-infringing Pirates!, aren't you?
I for one welcome our new robot overlGoogle doesn't filter the Internet.
till Steve Breathing Apparatus Ballmer strides in black cape, and booming voice:
"I... Love... This... Death Star!"
Apparently though, American companies only feel as though they should pay royalties for IP from other American companies, and everyone else can get stuffed.
In light of another story, would it make sense to expect them to only want IP royalties from American consumers of the IP, then? That is, if you're outside the USA, you're free to pirate RIAA music and MPAA movies?
They sure have a sense of justice, don't they?
So, after a 30% drop if file-sharing traffic, we'd expect to see a 30% increase in sales of CDs, DVDs and e-books.
Let's assume that file-sharing covers 1% of all media consumption and direct sales the remaining 99%.
A 30% drop is to 0.7%, so sales increase to 99.3%, a whopping 0.[recurring:30]% increase over what it was, or .3% in absolute terms.
Your numbers seem to work if it's 50:50 instead of 1:99. If you want an absolute (not relative) increase by 30%, then you need it to be 100:0, i.e. everything is file-shared. That doesn't make sense--who seeds?
In light of this news EA Sports has decided to cancel their new game "Major League Gaming - The Game 2K9".
Dammit!
I was hoping to prove that I could assemble and train a team of players that could beat the snot out of SK Telekom T1...
I'm pretty sure the government and military also runs Linux/BSD/Unix in certain applications, so it would be silly to assume that they wouldn't write legislation in such a way that such OSes would be included.
By saying it would be silly to assume [...], you assume competence...
Concerning the document, I would say that it isn't a joke, but you may have to express some concerns about if the proposed methods are causing more problems than they are solving.
Wait, the government is displaying (potential) ham-fisted incompetence, and you think "ah! That must be a joke!".
You're not cynical enough to be on /.
"correlation is not causation"
Its very unfortunate that everyone in the world doesn't know the difference. It would solve so many problems in the world, if everyone was forced to learn the difference throughout school and in everyday adult life.
So you're saying that the number of problems in the world and the number of people who don't know the difference are correlated? ;-)
Imagine infixes, where you split apart a word and stick a new syllable in between the two halves to conjugate...
Unfuckingbelievable!
It sure does piss off people who on a normal day would hand you a sweat wad of cash without thinking twice.
*sigh* What I wouldn't pay to have money seeping out my pores...
He's a real ass clown.
Is he a real-ass clown, or a real ass-clown?
Certifier [..] It may not be perfect, but it'd be a good start.
It sounds about as not perfect as SSL certificates.
Pay us money for a rubber stamp process that removes a warning dialog in your users' browsers. Pay us more money for "Extended validation"; that is, pay us extra money for us to do our actual job.
There's probably some way of making more money if you do something slightly different from The Right Thing. Business people care about money. 2 + 2 = fail.
But (sincerely) nice try.
Who knows, another democratic term or two and the libertarian wing might actually start outperforming the authoritarian statist wing
Which one is which? The humans and pigs all look the same.
though probably only at the same time that the invisible hand brings me a pony
I don't have one for sale; how about a pony brought by an invisible pink hoof?