Oy, 1 word wrong and you flip out. Replace resume with 'email body' and poof, it makes sense. I'm sure most people could handle that. I've been here near 10 hours, and it IS funny, if you 'get it'.
Everything the previous replies said, plus you missed 2 of the random spots;)
Randomly jamming things into memory locations is almost sure to crash the app. It wouldn't be too much harder to simply locate the thing you want, instead of doing it like you did, I'm sure. I believe the hardware bit is designed to stop you from locating the address as well, though...
I haven't bothered to research the tech because I think it will probably be mostly useless, take up additional processor/memory speed, be disabled on all old system, and users will likely disable it on new systems because it causes errors with some game they play.
Deitel & Deitel books are amazing. The professor I had in college used them to teach, even though the college didn't actually approve them. Even the worst of the students was able to understand the examples and follow along. I was amazed that he managed to teach the worst few the basics and they could actually write programs. Seriously, they had NO business trying to learn programming, and they were learning.
But don't just hand them the book and tell them to have fun. Take each chapter and make a lesson from it, as if it wasn't in the book and you had made it up yourself. (Obviously, don't read from the book.) You'll automatically say it differently than the book did, and when they go back to the book, they've got a second way of looking at it automatically.
And make them type in the code. Don't let them copy it from the CD. If sounds stupid, but it definitely helps them remember what's going on, and the mistakes they make in typing will help teach them to debug.
As the previous poster said, there is a difference between intolerance and disagreement. I obviously don't think they are correct that God wants everyone to be Christian, or I'd be Christian myself.
On the other hand, I don't believe there is 'an eternal consequence' to their belief in that. They believe there will be, but I don't.
Intolerance would be going up to them and telling them they are wrong. Tolerance is smiling, knowing that they are not endangering their immortal souls with their beliefs, and they are not harming me, either.
The misunderstanding between us was indeed one of wording only. 'Tolerance' is not the correct word.
Did you actually just say that believing others are not wrong in their beliefs was intolerant?
Let me simplify a bit for you: God, in all His wisdom, knows that people are different and will require different help to be 'good'. My religion does NOT work for all people. Christianity works for some of those, and not others.
I cannot honestly say that I can understand how Satanism is a way to God's path. But then, if I was all-knowing, I'd BE God and there wouldn't be an issue.
I accept that. I'm disgusted by what some religions do in the name of God. Yes, that could be considering intolerant. Nobody's perfect.
So yes, Christianity DOES fit into my belief structure. I believe that Christianity is a way for God to guide people to 'good'.
Because people are different. They need a different message.
Tech example:
x86 processor, motorola processor, ARM processor... You want to print 'Hello World' from an assembly program. Do you write the same code for all processors?
Ah, but there's a logical fallacy there. Say God (regardless of religion) is indeed immutable... That he either does or does not care if you call him by a certain name. (To continue the simple example.) How does that affect God? Just because God is all-powerful does not mean he exercises those powers. It may be in his best interest to let me believe however I want. My belief does not change him. It changes me.
There is no mandate stating that God must prevent me from believing he does not care if he is called by a certain name.
But okay, let's talk about tolerance again then. You say that my idea of God and Christianity's are incompatible, so I must be intolerant of them.
My view of God: God wants people to be 'good'. Christianity: God wants people to follow his commands and they will go to heaven if and only if they do so.
Christianity's God forces people to be 'good' by following dictated commands. In other words, God wants them to be 'good'.
Where is the problem?
Christians believe a great many things that are meant to hold back their natural human impulses for destruction. They are given specific commandments to follow, instead of a general 'be good' commandment. Maybe God believed that was the best way to guide those people to being good?
Here's a thought: The all-knowing God knew that not everyone would react the same to the same religion, and so made many religions, designed to help different people in different ways. There is no 'one true religion', not even mine.
Aquinas' argument is great for helping keep Christians being Christians, but doesn't mean anything to any other religion. Of course, the fallacy in his argument is that you are supposing that God can't be more than 1 thing at once. God is omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent. How can he fail to be more than 1 thing at a time? He can be something different to every person on the planet, at the same time, if he chooses. It's in His definition.
Very interesting. Thank you for the link. I had not previously heard of this group. I'll have to do a lot more research before I consider calling my a UU, though.
There are actually 2 congregations near me, and one of them is "more inclusive towards bisexual, gay, lesbian, and/or transgender people." That doesn't apply to me, but I've always been saddened by peoples' intolerance.
Talk about realism in video games! I'm amazed! How did they get it so life-like?
They don't dislike the 'Left Behind' book and game series because it's inaccurate. They dislike it because it's TOO accurate. It shows how religious people really think and act. Okay, so maybe the Pastor at the local church doesn't use a gun to convert people, but the message is the same: Convert to my religion or burn in everlasting flames. And maybe if they left it at a statement, it wouldn't be so bad. But we still have clergy that do completely immoral and unethical things, sometimes not even to further their cause, but for personal gain. And they get away with it.
I used to call myself Christian, but not really name which type (Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, etc). Now, I say I believe sort of like they do, but with a few major differences:
God doesn't care what religion you are, so long as you are a good person. God doesn't care what name you call him by. The Bible was written by man, not God. It was then translated by man, not God. Several times. It is a tool to guide you to the correct path, and nothing more. All holy books serve this same purpose, no matter the religion. Church is also such a tool. (I won't get into corruption, that's a long debate.)
Instead of merely tolerating other religions, I embrace them. They are God's methods of helping us be better people.
So far, I'm pretty much alone in my religion. I don't imagine I'll be setting up a church any time soon.;)
Those do not actually compare 2D and 3D. They only compare how poorly the 3D was implemented and how well the 2D was implemented. It could easily have been the opposite.
At one point, 2D 'animation's consisted of 2 frames. Now they can consist of dozens to make it 'fluid'. Those 3D animations were poorly done, and in low resolution, so they look choppy and cheap. If they had been done well, they would look as good or better than the 2D animations.
What's the difference if you are looking at a 2D helmet or a 3D helmet to distinguish the characters? Or maybe you are saying that the 2D view provided an additional way to recognize the characters. 3D can do that also.
I say we go back to the horse and buggy because cars are louder and more dangerous. In fact, let's go back to having to walk everywhere, because horses stink and they bite. The whole 'wheel' thing was a bad idea. In other words, you can't compare the poor implementation of 1 tech to the good implementation of another.
The 3D wasn't badly implemented because it HAS to be.
Ignoring the fact that he didn't call it a feature...
It IS a feature. It blocks popups and has a whitelist for those you DO want to see. Prior to this feature, they popped up whether you wanted them to or not. The only way you could call ed it a 'lack of a feature' is if they removed the ability to have popups altogether.
Please, put some thought into your future trolling.
I'm surprised that it took this long for someone to post this answer. It's so obvious that it's almost painful.
Everyone seems intent on stating that if they ask for code samples, you don't want to work for them. I work for a company that wanted a code sample, and life is good. I love this company. I think instead, companies that DEMAND code samples are the ones to watch out for.
At any rate, having open source work you can show will have 2 effects:
You'll have code to show.
You'll weed out companies that are allergic to open source.
Oddly enough, before the corps got ahold of this, it was a phrase used by normal people to describe exactly what I just said. They use it to mean the same thing, but in a 'You WILL save a ton of money. Now.' sort of way, instead of a 'Hey Joe, that's amazing!' sort of way.
Blame the corps for destroying our heritage instead of blaming me for supporting it.
I believe this will function like VMWare, and not like Wine/Cedega. This isn't an emulation layer on top of an OS, it's a method of running multiple OS's at the same time.
Less like running Windows apps in Linux and more like alt-tabbing through entire OS's.
Unless I'm way way off base, which has happened now and again.
'This is the proverbial "box" outside of which one is supposed to think.'
Eh, no it's not. The 'box' is the set of standard notions that are currently accepted as the way to do things. 'Thinking outside the box' means to step outside current notions and use a new way to solve the problem, usually inventing that new way as you go.
It has nothing to do with base-level systems or automation of those systems. It has nothing to do with the base level of education and whether or not it's basic enough.
The only thing it even slightly has to do with that you mentioned is 'assumptions', and only those in the fact that there is an assumption that there's no other way to do it, and 'thinking outside the box' throws that assumption away.
Besides that very wrong point, I completely disagree that learning the exact details behind processor theory is necessary to program efficiently. If the person is good enough, there will come a time that they will need to understand this information. Well, good enough and has the right job. Most of the time, this information is completely unnecessary. Especially since we are talking about web scripting, not kernel coding.
Don't get me wrong. I love knowing the nitty-gritty details. They just don't matter a whit most of the time.
So the other troll's problem was that they changed games too much, and your problem is that they don't change games enough.
Let me help both of you: You're talking about different games.
Nintendo doesn't release 1 or 2 games a years. They release tons. Some of them are the same (New Super Mario Brothers) and some are completely different (Metroid Prime). Some are similar in feel and mechanics, but different in plot (Twilight Princess). They also have completely new and innovative games (Pikmin).
I'm sure the mods had a hard time deciding between troll and flamebait on this one, but I'm gonna bite anyhow.
Nintendo actually takes the time (and risk) to develop different things for their series, instead of releasing the same old crap with a bit of spit and polish. Yes, that means they come out with crap some of the time. It means they will piss off people that wanted more of the same. But it also means fresh games and innovation. I'll take the latter, thanks.
If you don't LIKE the games, you are perfectly free to not buy them. You don't even have to buy the console for them. You can just let the rest of us who DO enjoy new stuff play them instead. In 10 years, if Nintendo is dead, then you can gloat and say 'I predicted their demise in a troll thread on Slashdot!' I doubt you'll get the chance, though.
In the same vein, this does appear to be a blog by someone whose friend wants a PSP. But reading just a little into the site shows how lame this site is. It says the same thing constantly: Here's how to bug the people in your family that have money until they buy you a PSP. Nowhere at all does it show the fanboyism that would be necessary to create a site like this.
Add to that the fact that the site is VERY well designed, the graphics are all professional, and there's a really cute chick. Any 1 of those 3 could be chance, but the change that a 13-yo professional-level web and graphic designer ALSO has a cute chick for a friend is absolutely absurd.
The only people going to fall for this are the same 13 year olds that ALREADY want a PSP for xmas. Nobody else will care.
You managed to get modded insightful on that, and I totally fail to see how.
How in the WORLD does access to the video, sound, or any other daughterboard grant access for a virus?
And how in the WORLD does a virtual machine work without access to a storage device? (I'm assuming you're going to say a virtual storage device.) And even WITH that, how in the world does a Windows virus infect a Linux executable? (It'd have to written specifically for that purpose with the assumption that you are running KVM un-secure. That's got to be even more obscure than Linux itself, which doesn't have many viruses due to obscurity and relative knowledge-level of its users. (They are less likely to click things without thinking.)
So I grant you that write-access to a storage device COULD theoretically be a problem. But access to anything else? No way. Direct access to hardware is the only way to get the performance needed to justify running a virtual machine on a desktop PC. And if that's not what this is for, it's simply another virtualization product. (Albeit a free one.)
Not first post, but at least I can be the first not to kvetch about them not integrating a physical object with a piece of software. -sigh-
The article talks about a news article mistakenly stating it was for Intel processors only. I imagine it said that because the official site says it's for Intel only. http://kvm.sourceforge.net/howto.html
It claims it can run 32-bit windows inside the virtualization. Does this mean Windows can directly access the hardware, and provide true 3D support and such? Or is it simply another hardware emulator with all the associated problems? Too bad 'windows guest' installation is broken at the moment.
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"and finds love while testing video games."
Obviously not based on a true story, eh?
Oy, 1 word wrong and you flip out. Replace resume with 'email body' and poof, it makes sense. I'm sure most people could handle that. I've been here near 10 hours, and it IS funny, if you 'get it'.
Tell them not to open the doc if the resume wasn't in good English. It might help them do their job better at the same time, as a bonus.
Everything the previous replies said, plus you missed 2 of the random spots ;)
Randomly jamming things into memory locations is almost sure to crash the app. It wouldn't be too much harder to simply locate the thing you want, instead of doing it like you did, I'm sure. I believe the hardware bit is designed to stop you from locating the address as well, though...
I haven't bothered to research the tech because I think it will probably be mostly useless, take up additional processor/memory speed, be disabled on all old system, and users will likely disable it on new systems because it causes errors with some game they play.
Some posters have actually recommended that you teach from reference books, instead of books meant to teach the language. I'm amazed and appalled.
http://www.deitel.com/books/chtp5/
Deitel & Deitel books are amazing. The professor I had in college used them to teach, even though the college didn't actually approve them. Even the worst of the students was able to understand the examples and follow along. I was amazed that he managed to teach the worst few the basics and they could actually write programs. Seriously, they had NO business trying to learn programming, and they were learning.
But don't just hand them the book and tell them to have fun. Take each chapter and make a lesson from it, as if it wasn't in the book and you had made it up yourself. (Obviously, don't read from the book.) You'll automatically say it differently than the book did, and when they go back to the book, they've got a second way of looking at it automatically.
And make them type in the code. Don't let them copy it from the CD. If sounds stupid, but it definitely helps them remember what's going on, and the mistakes they make in typing will help teach them to debug.
As the previous poster said, there is a difference between intolerance and disagreement. I obviously don't think they are correct that God wants everyone to be Christian, or I'd be Christian myself.
On the other hand, I don't believe there is 'an eternal consequence' to their belief in that. They believe there will be, but I don't.
Intolerance would be going up to them and telling them they are wrong. Tolerance is smiling, knowing that they are not endangering their immortal souls with their beliefs, and they are not harming me, either.
The misunderstanding between us was indeed one of wording only. 'Tolerance' is not the correct word.
Did you actually just say that believing others are not wrong in their beliefs was intolerant?
Let me simplify a bit for you: God, in all His wisdom, knows that people are different and will require different help to be 'good'. My religion does NOT work for all people. Christianity works for some of those, and not others.
I cannot honestly say that I can understand how Satanism is a way to God's path. But then, if I was all-knowing, I'd BE God and there wouldn't be an issue.
I accept that. I'm disgusted by what some religions do in the name of God. Yes, that could be considering intolerant. Nobody's perfect.
So yes, Christianity DOES fit into my belief structure. I believe that Christianity is a way for God to guide people to 'good'.
Because people are different. They need a different message.
Tech example:
x86 processor, motorola processor, ARM processor... You want to print 'Hello World' from an assembly program. Do you write the same code for all processors?
Ah, but there's a logical fallacy there. Say God (regardless of religion) is indeed immutable... That he either does or does not care if you call him by a certain name. (To continue the simple example.) How does that affect God? Just because God is all-powerful does not mean he exercises those powers. It may be in his best interest to let me believe however I want. My belief does not change him. It changes me.
There is no mandate stating that God must prevent me from believing he does not care if he is called by a certain name.
But okay, let's talk about tolerance again then. You say that my idea of God and Christianity's are incompatible, so I must be intolerant of them.
My view of God: God wants people to be 'good'.
Christianity: God wants people to follow his commands and they will go to heaven if and only if they do so.
Christianity's God forces people to be 'good' by following dictated commands. In other words, God wants them to be 'good'.
Where is the problem?
Christians believe a great many things that are meant to hold back their natural human impulses for destruction. They are given specific commandments to follow, instead of a general 'be good' commandment. Maybe God believed that was the best way to guide those people to being good?
Here's a thought: The all-knowing God knew that not everyone would react the same to the same religion, and so made many religions, designed to help different people in different ways. There is no 'one true religion', not even mine.
Aquinas' argument is great for helping keep Christians being Christians, but doesn't mean anything to any other religion. Of course, the fallacy in his argument is that you are supposing that God can't be more than 1 thing at once. God is omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent. How can he fail to be more than 1 thing at a time? He can be something different to every person on the planet, at the same time, if he chooses. It's in His definition.
Very interesting. Thank you for the link. I had not previously heard of this group. I'll have to do a lot more research before I consider calling my a UU, though.
There are actually 2 congregations near me, and one of them is "more inclusive towards bisexual, gay, lesbian, and/or transgender people." That doesn't apply to me, but I've always been saddened by peoples' intolerance.
"It pushes a message of religious intolerance."
;)
Talk about realism in video games! I'm amazed! How did they get it so life-like?
They don't dislike the 'Left Behind' book and game series because it's inaccurate. They dislike it because it's TOO accurate. It shows how religious people really think and act. Okay, so maybe the Pastor at the local church doesn't use a gun to convert people, but the message is the same: Convert to my religion or burn in everlasting flames. And maybe if they left it at a statement, it wouldn't be so bad. But we still have clergy that do completely immoral and unethical things, sometimes not even to further their cause, but for personal gain. And they get away with it.
I used to call myself Christian, but not really name which type (Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, etc). Now, I say I believe sort of like they do, but with a few major differences:
God doesn't care what religion you are, so long as you are a good person.
God doesn't care what name you call him by.
The Bible was written by man, not God. It was then translated by man, not God. Several times. It is a tool to guide you to the correct path, and nothing more. All holy books serve this same purpose, no matter the religion. Church is also such a tool. (I won't get into corruption, that's a long debate.)
Instead of merely tolerating other religions, I embrace them. They are God's methods of helping us be better people.
So far, I'm pretty much alone in my religion. I don't imagine I'll be setting up a church any time soon.
Those do not actually compare 2D and 3D. They only compare how poorly the 3D was implemented and how well the 2D was implemented. It could easily have been the opposite.
At one point, 2D 'animation's consisted of 2 frames. Now they can consist of dozens to make it 'fluid'. Those 3D animations were poorly done, and in low resolution, so they look choppy and cheap. If they had been done well, they would look as good or better than the 2D animations.
What's the difference if you are looking at a 2D helmet or a 3D helmet to distinguish the characters? Or maybe you are saying that the 2D view provided an additional way to recognize the characters. 3D can do that also.
I say we go back to the horse and buggy because cars are louder and more dangerous. In fact, let's go back to having to walk everywhere, because horses stink and they bite. The whole 'wheel' thing was a bad idea. In other words, you can't compare the poor implementation of 1 tech to the good implementation of another.
The 3D wasn't badly implemented because it HAS to be.
Ignoring the fact that he didn't call it a feature...
It IS a feature. It blocks popups and has a whitelist for those you DO want to see. Prior to this feature, they popped up whether you wanted them to or not. The only way you could call ed it a 'lack of a feature' is if they removed the ability to have popups altogether.
Please, put some thought into your future trolling.
I'm surprised that it took this long for someone to post this answer. It's so obvious that it's almost painful.
Everyone seems intent on stating that if they ask for code samples, you don't want to work for them. I work for a company that wanted a code sample, and life is good. I love this company. I think instead, companies that DEMAND code samples are the ones to watch out for.
At any rate, having open source work you can show will have 2 effects:
You'll have code to show.
You'll weed out companies that are allergic to open source.
Well, either that should be 'second annual' or we should posthumously award the one to the original Tuttle. (I know he isn't dead, but his career is.)
Oddly enough, before the corps got ahold of this, it was a phrase used by normal people to describe exactly what I just said. They use it to mean the same thing, but in a 'You WILL save a ton of money. Now.' sort of way, instead of a 'Hey Joe, that's amazing!' sort of way.
Blame the corps for destroying our heritage instead of blaming me for supporting it.
I believe this will function like VMWare, and not like Wine/Cedega. This isn't an emulation layer on top of an OS, it's a method of running multiple OS's at the same time.
Less like running Windows apps in Linux and more like alt-tabbing through entire OS's.
Unless I'm way way off base, which has happened now and again.
'This is the proverbial "box" outside of which one is supposed to think.'
Eh, no it's not. The 'box' is the set of standard notions that are currently accepted as the way to do things. 'Thinking outside the box' means to step outside current notions and use a new way to solve the problem, usually inventing that new way as you go.
It has nothing to do with base-level systems or automation of those systems. It has nothing to do with the base level of education and whether or not it's basic enough.
The only thing it even slightly has to do with that you mentioned is 'assumptions', and only those in the fact that there is an assumption that there's no other way to do it, and 'thinking outside the box' throws that assumption away.
Besides that very wrong point, I completely disagree that learning the exact details behind processor theory is necessary to program efficiently. If the person is good enough, there will come a time that they will need to understand this information. Well, good enough and has the right job. Most of the time, this information is completely unnecessary. Especially since we are talking about web scripting, not kernel coding.
Don't get me wrong. I love knowing the nitty-gritty details. They just don't matter a whit most of the time.
I (and Google) have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.
So the other troll's problem was that they changed games too much, and your problem is that they don't change games enough.
Let me help both of you: You're talking about different games.
Nintendo doesn't release 1 or 2 games a years. They release tons. Some of them are the same (New Super Mario Brothers) and some are completely different (Metroid Prime). Some are similar in feel and mechanics, but different in plot (Twilight Princess). They also have completely new and innovative games (Pikmin).
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=211374&cid=172 09134h tml
http://www.craigslist.org/about/press/ebay.stake.
Craigslist didn't have any choice in that.
I'm sure the mods had a hard time deciding between troll and flamebait on this one, but I'm gonna bite anyhow.
Nintendo actually takes the time (and risk) to develop different things for their series, instead of releasing the same old crap with a bit of spit and polish. Yes, that means they come out with crap some of the time. It means they will piss off people that wanted more of the same. But it also means fresh games and innovation. I'll take the latter, thanks.
If you don't LIKE the games, you are perfectly free to not buy them. You don't even have to buy the console for them. You can just let the rest of us who DO enjoy new stuff play them instead. In 10 years, if Nintendo is dead, then you can gloat and say 'I predicted their demise in a troll thread on Slashdot!' I doubt you'll get the chance, though.
In the same vein, this does appear to be a blog by someone whose friend wants a PSP. But reading just a little into the site shows how lame this site is. It says the same thing constantly: Here's how to bug the people in your family that have money until they buy you a PSP. Nowhere at all does it show the fanboyism that would be necessary to create a site like this.
Add to that the fact that the site is VERY well designed, the graphics are all professional, and there's a really cute chick. Any 1 of those 3 could be chance, but the change that a 13-yo professional-level web and graphic designer ALSO has a cute chick for a friend is absolutely absurd.
The only people going to fall for this are the same 13 year olds that ALREADY want a PSP for xmas. Nobody else will care.
You managed to get modded insightful on that, and I totally fail to see how.
How in the WORLD does access to the video, sound, or any other daughterboard grant access for a virus?
And how in the WORLD does a virtual machine work without access to a storage device? (I'm assuming you're going to say a virtual storage device.) And even WITH that, how in the world does a Windows virus infect a Linux executable? (It'd have to written specifically for that purpose with the assumption that you are running KVM un-secure. That's got to be even more obscure than Linux itself, which doesn't have many viruses due to obscurity and relative knowledge-level of its users. (They are less likely to click things without thinking.)
So I grant you that write-access to a storage device COULD theoretically be a problem. But access to anything else? No way. Direct access to hardware is the only way to get the performance needed to justify running a virtual machine on a desktop PC. And if that's not what this is for, it's simply another virtualization product. (Albeit a free one.)
Not first post, but at least I can be the first not to kvetch about them not integrating a physical object with a piece of software. -sigh-
The article talks about a news article mistakenly stating it was for Intel processors only. I imagine it said that because the official site says it's for Intel only. http://kvm.sourceforge.net/howto.html
It does also say elsewhere on the site http://kvm.sourceforge.net/faq.html that it's for certain AMDs also.
It claims it can run 32-bit windows inside the virtualization. Does this mean Windows can directly access the hardware, and provide true 3D support and such? Or is it simply another hardware emulator with all the associated problems? Too bad 'windows guest' installation is broken at the moment.