Maybe it would make sense to make our folders correspond to projects, and only have files in folders if they are part of a library, and never have files unless they are part of a specific project. But to do this would mean breaking a lot of existing projects, and moving a lot of code around. This it makes adoption of eclipse in my workplace much less likely - there's no way to just play around with it, you have to reorganize the whole code base before you can even get started. Not exactly friendly.
I was thinking about trying out eclipse on my C++ projects, but I find this thing of integrating folders and projects to be highly irritating. I like to keep common source files in a directory and include them as needed on different projects. Not every project needs to link to every file in my common directory, but that's how you have to do it in eclipse. I spent a weekend trying to get going with eclipse on ubuntu (visual studio user), but when I realized that I'd have to reorganize my whole code base to have the folders and projects be the same, I got pissed frustrated and had to quit back to windows for a while. Trying to get SVN and eclipse to cooperate is a complete nightmare too. You say you want to check out your whole SVN repository and then work with individual projects within it? Good luck with that. Only top level directories are projects. Gah. There's some hack you can do with making one project that checks out the whole SVN tree, then have another project _outside_your_svn_repository_ that refers to a project within the SVN repository. I guess you have another SVN repository for those eclipse projects?? It makes my head hurt.
I've thought about transitioning to eclipse at work, but the idea of revamping the company's whole SVN repository just so folders and projects are identical is just fucking retarded, and I would be justifiably mocked were I to bring up something like that to my coworkers.
I want to like eclipse, I really do. This folder thing just sucks too much for me to like it.
would be to build your own. I just built one using a nice asus dual xeon mobo, 8800gts vid card, and a single xeon 1.86ghz for about 1800$. Adding the second xeon would bump it up to 2300$. That's with only 2g ram and a 400g hd. I have a feeling the mac won't be priced anywhere close to that. I didn't get the second xeon because it seems like the quad is overkill for most apps, although I'm interested in parallelism and would like the second processor when prices come down. Another possibility would be the xilinx FPGA that goes in the extra xeon socket.
I wish they'd start offering music in FLAC format. If you have a good stereo you can tell the difference. I'd like to see higher-than-CD bitrates too, there's no reason to stick with CD or less quality. I'd pay a little extra for a better format.
I tried using that program and about 4 others to do backups on windows. All of them were flawed in one way or another, until I found SyncBack. I have never had a problem with that, it always finds the changed files and backs them up. Using SyncToy I was never sure if it was really getting the right files or not.
Er, how does having a laser that is painted on a surface prevent you from having to convert an incoming signal from light to electrical?? The innovation here is that you can create laser light in a small package, not that you can route already existing light from an incoming signal.
This communication gap is a theme in many of Lem's books, not just Fiasco. I'd argue that its the central theme in Solaris as well. Its also present in The Invincible (implacably hostile nanobots), Return from the Stars (astronaut doesn't fit in the society of the future), His Master's Voice (humans fail to decipher the alien message), and others. Its a theme that Lem returned to again and again, the inevitable failure of communication and comprehension, the ultimate unfriendliness and inhumanness of the universe, and the futility of our attempt to grasp its nature. I wonder where this pessimism sprang from? Was it the result of a lifetime living under a monolithic communist bureaucracy? I'd have to think that it was at least influenced by the political climate, although it may have been an expression of more personal feelings.
He was one of my favorite authors, up there with Gene Wolfe and Borges. Solaris, although popular, was not his best work in my opinion. Check out Tales of Pirx the Pilot for lighter weight stuff, and Fiasco for some great hard science fiction. He will be missed!
I like the look of the device, at least its not beige or some other lame color. Glossy black is cool. It sounds like you can actually type on it at a decent rate of speed, which is also good. Too bad the mouse isn't so great on it, but I'm sure they'll work that out in a generation or two. Hope they survive that long! I'd like to see a couple of developments with this:
- A version with more analog axes than just the mouse. The ultimate to me would be if they could put a spaceball type controller on there in addition to the mouse; then you could do CAD with it. And that would be awesome.
- A laptop which has no regular keyboard, just this device. The monitor part would be kind of like a tablet PC, maybe with a fold out stand to keep it upright.
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Maybe it would make sense to make our folders correspond to projects, and only have files in folders if they are part of a library, and never have files unless they are part of a specific project. But to do this would mean breaking a lot of existing projects, and moving a lot of code around. This it makes adoption of eclipse in my workplace much less likely - there's no way to just play around with it, you have to reorganize the whole code base before you can even get started. Not exactly friendly.
I was thinking about trying out eclipse on my C++ projects, but I find this thing of integrating folders and projects to be highly irritating. I like to keep common source files in a directory and include them as needed on different projects. Not every project needs to link to every file in my common directory, but that's how you have to do it in eclipse. I spent a weekend trying to get going with eclipse on ubuntu (visual studio user), but when I realized that I'd have to reorganize my whole code base to have the folders and projects be the same, I got pissed frustrated and had to quit back to windows for a while. Trying to get SVN and eclipse to cooperate is a complete nightmare too. You say you want to check out your whole SVN repository and then work with individual projects within it? Good luck with that. Only top level directories are projects. Gah. There's some hack you can do with making one project that checks out the whole SVN tree, then have another project _outside_your_svn_repository_ that refers to a project within the SVN repository. I guess you have another SVN repository for those eclipse projects?? It makes my head hurt. I've thought about transitioning to eclipse at work, but the idea of revamping the company's whole SVN repository just so folders and projects are identical is just fucking retarded, and I would be justifiably mocked were I to bring up something like that to my coworkers. I want to like eclipse, I really do. This folder thing just sucks too much for me to like it.
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Just make the standard at 100F instead of 60F, then temperature sensors will be all the rage, as they apparently are in canada.
would be to build your own. I just built one using a nice asus dual xeon mobo, 8800gts vid card, and a single xeon 1.86ghz for about 1800$. Adding the second xeon would bump it up to 2300$. That's with only 2g ram and a 400g hd. I have a feeling the mac won't be priced anywhere close to that. I didn't get the second xeon because it seems like the quad is overkill for most apps, although I'm interested in parallelism and would like the second processor when prices come down. Another possibility would be the xilinx FPGA that goes in the extra xeon socket.
I wish they'd start offering music in FLAC format. If you have a good stereo you can tell the difference. I'd like to see higher-than-CD bitrates too, there's no reason to stick with CD or less quality. I'd pay a little extra for a better format.
I tried using that program and about 4 others to do backups on windows. All of them were flawed in one way or another, until I found SyncBack. I have never had a problem with that, it always finds the changed files and backs them up. Using SyncToy I was never sure if it was really getting the right files or not.
I've been looking around for a replacement for my kyocera 7130 palm phone, but I haven't found anything that
- runs linux
- is available in the US
- is open to being programmed & hacked.
- touchscreen would be nice.
Does anyone know of a device like this? Sure having a linux webserver for phones is great (I guess), but what do I run it on?
Er, how does having a laser that is painted on a surface prevent you from having to convert an incoming signal from light to electrical?? The innovation here is that you can create laser light in a small package, not that you can route already existing light from an incoming signal.
This communication gap is a theme in many of Lem's books, not just Fiasco. I'd argue that its the central theme in Solaris as well. Its also present in The Invincible (implacably hostile nanobots), Return from the Stars (astronaut doesn't fit in the society of the future), His Master's Voice (humans fail to decipher the alien message), and others. Its a theme that Lem returned to again and again, the inevitable failure of communication and comprehension, the ultimate unfriendliness and inhumanness of the universe, and the futility of our attempt to grasp its nature. I wonder where this pessimism sprang from? Was it the result of a lifetime living under a monolithic communist bureaucracy? I'd have to think that it was at least influenced by the political climate, although it may have been an expression of more personal feelings.
He was one of my favorite authors, up there with Gene Wolfe and Borges. Solaris, although popular, was not his best work in my opinion. Check out Tales of Pirx the Pilot for lighter weight stuff, and Fiasco for some great hard science fiction. He will be missed!
I like the look of the device, at least its not beige or some other lame color. Glossy black is cool. It sounds like you can actually type on it at a decent rate of speed, which is also good. Too bad the mouse isn't so great on it, but I'm sure they'll work that out in a generation or two. Hope they survive that long! I'd like to see a couple of developments with this:
- A version with more analog axes than just the mouse. The ultimate to me would be if they could put a spaceball type controller on there in addition to the mouse; then you could do CAD with it. And that would be awesome.
- A laptop which has no regular keyboard, just this device. The monitor part would be kind of like a tablet PC, maybe with a fold out stand to keep it upright.