In the past, doing cross platform dev was annoying enough. Coding in C or C++ towards the idiosyncrasies of each OS and environment was challenging. But it was solvable.
Now we've got not just different OS's, but different lingua franca as well. Java on Android, ObjC on iPhone, C++/.NET on WinMo.
I've, for a long time, avoided top-to-bottom cross platform programming, finding that commonizing the important underlying libraries is 90% of what I want at 10% the cost. Now, it's going to be really hard to do that.
"Normally, we'd be concerned about anti-trust violations. But Win7 sucks so hard, never mind. Based on what we've seen with their last OS release, well, Microsoft - go ahead and do whatever it is you wanted to do."
Someone call the FTC! There's no way a deal worth billions will be completely fair to everyone everywhere. This has to be anti-competitive in some respect. I don't know what, yet, but it's just gotta be.
I want to see a weapon that allows us to unleash some serious Global Warming on our enemies. It would keep the warming localized by transferring the excess CO2 we generate over the poor country that messes with us. Then the terrorists wouldn't be able to organize because there'd be too many flash floods and food supply problems. Damn I'm smart.
Every time MS comes out with an OS that is completely backwards compatible and carries forward lots of legacy stuff, you guys bash MS for failing to innovate. Then, when they announce plans for something completely new, you bash MS for failing to be backwards compatible.
Seriously, just admit that in your eyes, MS can do no right. Why bother discussing Windows or.NET or Office? Just chant "Down with Microsoft because they are evil" and your point will be clearer.
I have finally devised the complex equation of Obama's increasing support, and I found that though his support is skyrocketing in Texas, it becomes asymtotic at around March 4. On that day around 2:42pm, his support goes to infinity and will form a black hole that will kill us all. Support Hillary before it's too late.
Aztec all the way, baby! That game was fun *because* of the bugs. I loved walking the Indiana Jones dude on top of the water, on top of alligators, and using grenades to create garbled spider sprites running around.
Sea Dragon was a kick, too.. SEEEAAAA DRAGOOON! Speaker modulation on the Apple IIe done right.
I'm not so concerned with bots in warfare as much as I am about placing really frickin unfair spawn points in the battlefield. Isn't unethical to be able to telefrag enemy soldiers with a cheap bot before they even had a chance to see the enemy?
Without solving both ethical issues surrounding telefragging and aimbots, I'm afraid warfare will remain an unpopular and unengaging endeavor.
Supposing I immersed myself for decades in learning foreign affairs, government, economics, history, and executive management, and mastered issues of race, culture, and religion, the environment, and pretty much everything else, I would walk the earth like Kane.
Seriously tho, I would invest $50B to $100B over 5 years for energy independence research. I would also put $10B per year into high efficiency solar panels that feed into power grids. I would make our kids' education 16 years instead of 12. I would also make private schools more profitable based on college entrance results - schools sending more kids to better schools get a bigger subsidy.
National security? Bah, I'd hand that over to Google to fix.
Actually, I didn't have a point since it was a question:-)
If the curvature inside and outside the event horizon don't depend on each other, what curves the spacetime outside the event horizon? I know this is still basically asking the same question again, but it's still not clear to me.
Would matter travelling near the speed of light just around the surface of the event horizon keep the event horizon intact and the spacetime outside the event horizon curved?
I think a more useful approach is, "How do you recognize a programmer that's bad for your organization?" It seems counterproductive to try to define a good programmer given the diversity of environments needing programmers. The only universal qualification I can think of is that programmers must adore Linux and have their own Wikipedia page - otherwise they are clueless.
One question I have about gravity and black holes is this: If nothing can escape the event horizon, how can gravity escape it? In other words, would objects outside the event horizon ever feel the pull of gravity from that which is inside the event horizon?
I watched a Japanese TV program about this guy who fell in love with a life-like sex doll. Incredibly, he never actually had sex with it - he actually simply fell in love with it and went to visit it often (at the store) to just kind of be with it. I know he's likely mentally ill, but I think it shows the capability is there. Also, there are people who fell in love with video game and cartoon characters. So, in terms of human capability of falling in love with non-living things, the bar is already pretty low.
That said, I have never EVER touched my Roomba in an inappropriate way.
In my experience, I find that quality of code versus quality of execution begins closely correlated when the bulk of code belongs to a smaller set of talented engineers. As soon as you bring in third party API's and less talented engineers, the relation becomes inverted - stability and performance often begins to depend on the amount of hackery one does to get around shortcomings outside your control. Not saying this is always the case, just is often the case.
As over the top as it sounds, I wonder if China will end up jailing (or even executing ) the worker that "doctored" (more likely misstitched) the strips. If this causes China enough national embarassment, that is.
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In the past, doing cross platform dev was annoying enough. Coding in C or C++ towards the idiosyncrasies of each OS and environment was challenging. But it was solvable. Now we've got not just different OS's, but different lingua franca as well. Java on Android, ObjC on iPhone, C++/.NET on WinMo. I've, for a long time, avoided top-to-bottom cross platform programming, finding that commonizing the important underlying libraries is 90% of what I want at 10% the cost. Now, it's going to be really hard to do that.
If "New Coke" caused severe headaches, cost 25 cents more, and forced you to buy a new kidney every few months, then I can see that analogy.
"Normally, we'd be concerned about anti-trust violations. But Win7 sucks so hard, never mind. Based on what we've seen with their last OS release, well, Microsoft - go ahead and do whatever it is you wanted to do."
I'll bet if it's cold enough, we'd find water ice up Uranus. I'm just saying.
Someone call the FTC! There's no way a deal worth billions will be completely fair to everyone everywhere. This has to be anti-competitive in some respect. I don't know what, yet, but it's just gotta be.
So, it's not Finnished yet??
I want to see a weapon that allows us to unleash some serious Global Warming on our enemies. It would keep the warming localized by transferring the excess CO2 we generate over the poor country that messes with us. Then the terrorists wouldn't be able to organize because there'd be too many flash floods and food supply problems. Damn I'm smart.
Every time MS comes out with an OS that is completely backwards compatible and carries forward lots of legacy stuff, you guys bash MS for failing to innovate. Then, when they announce plans for something completely new, you bash MS for failing to be backwards compatible.
.NET or Office? Just chant "Down with Microsoft because they are evil" and your point will be clearer.
Seriously, just admit that in your eyes, MS can do no right. Why bother discussing Windows or
Google will save us! We just need to drive its stock price to $1000/share and they will solve this problem.
I have finally devised the complex equation of Obama's increasing support, and I found that though his support is skyrocketing in Texas, it becomes asymtotic at around March 4. On that day around 2:42pm, his support goes to infinity and will form a black hole that will kill us all. Support Hillary before it's too late.
In 1987, they discovered that if you force patients to become programmers, the chances of them infecting anyone drops to about 1 in 22 million.
Is this for Real??
This just in - the Clintons latest "No, we can't" campaign slogan, intended to counter Obama's fiery message, is falling flat on its face.
FYI, I like the AppleWin emulator: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppleWin Also, lots of old Apple II software (.DSK images) here: ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/
Aztec all the way, baby! That game was fun *because* of the bugs. I loved walking the Indiana Jones dude on top of the water, on top of alligators, and using grenades to create garbled spider sprites running around. Sea Dragon was a kick, too.. SEEEAAAA DRAGOOON! Speaker modulation on the Apple IIe done right.
I was going to post something relevant, but I forgot to RTFA.
I hear they are using 32 Megajoules for the rail gun, and another 32 Megajoules for a rail speaker to blast "Impressive!!"
I'm not so concerned with bots in warfare as much as I am about placing really frickin unfair spawn points in the battlefield. Isn't unethical to be able to telefrag enemy soldiers with a cheap bot before they even had a chance to see the enemy? Without solving both ethical issues surrounding telefragging and aimbots, I'm afraid warfare will remain an unpopular and unengaging endeavor.
Supposing I immersed myself for decades in learning foreign affairs, government, economics, history, and executive management, and mastered issues of race, culture, and religion, the environment, and pretty much everything else, I would walk the earth like Kane. Seriously tho, I would invest $50B to $100B over 5 years for energy independence research. I would also put $10B per year into high efficiency solar panels that feed into power grids. I would make our kids' education 16 years instead of 12. I would also make private schools more profitable based on college entrance results - schools sending more kids to better schools get a bigger subsidy. National security? Bah, I'd hand that over to Google to fix.
Actually, I didn't have a point since it was a question :-)
If the curvature inside and outside the event horizon don't depend on each other, what curves the spacetime outside the event horizon? I know this is still basically asking the same question again, but it's still not clear to me.
Would matter travelling near the speed of light just around the surface of the event horizon keep the event horizon intact and the spacetime outside the event horizon curved?
I think a more useful approach is, "How do you recognize a programmer that's bad for your organization?" It seems counterproductive to try to define a good programmer given the diversity of environments needing programmers. The only universal qualification I can think of is that programmers must adore Linux and have their own Wikipedia page - otherwise they are clueless.
One question I have about gravity and black holes is this: If nothing can escape the event horizon, how can gravity escape it? In other words, would objects outside the event horizon ever feel the pull of gravity from that which is inside the event horizon?
I watched a Japanese TV program about this guy who fell in love with a life-like sex doll. Incredibly, he never actually had sex with it - he actually simply fell in love with it and went to visit it often (at the store) to just kind of be with it. I know he's likely mentally ill, but I think it shows the capability is there. Also, there are people who fell in love with video game and cartoon characters. So, in terms of human capability of falling in love with non-living things, the bar is already pretty low. That said, I have never EVER touched my Roomba in an inappropriate way.
In my experience, I find that quality of code versus quality of execution begins closely correlated when the bulk of code belongs to a smaller set of talented engineers. As soon as you bring in third party API's and less talented engineers, the relation becomes inverted - stability and performance often begins to depend on the amount of hackery one does to get around shortcomings outside your control. Not saying this is always the case, just is often the case.
As over the top as it sounds, I wonder if China will end up jailing (or even executing ) the worker that "doctored" (more likely misstitched) the strips. If this causes China enough national embarassment, that is.