I love the sweet irony of including links to alternate OSes in the test. If those dissapear, is it possible that you're infected with a Microsoft made worm?
A little offtopic, but I just wanted to add that in Sweden, christmas is called "Jul", which is clearly a derivative of "Yule". We also call the christmas time of year "Juletid".
Maybe it reached its no. 3 chart position thanks to actions like this?
A lot of people who downloaded the album probably went to the record store afterwards to buy the CD. I usually download an album before buying it to avoid paying $20 for a record just to find out that it's pure crap, and not being able to return it since the seal is broken.
Scientists say that there is a correlation between growing up in a relatively dust-free environment and developing asthma. Kids who are playing outside are exposed to dust and don't become hypersensitive to it, whereas kids who spend much time in front of the TV are rarely exposed to outside dust, and so they develop asthma.
We don't provide the "easy to program for" console that (developers) want, because "easy to program for" means that anybody will be able to take advantage of pretty much what the hardware can do
I must've woken up in some sort of parallel universe where everybody's really, really stupid.
Back in the good old days, developers worked hard pushing the limits of what the machine could do. The Atari ST is a great example. With its Motorola 68000 CPU and somewhat limited graphics modes, developers were still able to produce very fast and pretty games. Developers soon figured out how to trick the hardware to remove the screen borders (using overscan), and use those for graphics as well instead of for just a single colour.
My point is, developers need to take advantage of what the hardware can do, in order to develop games that push the limits of what is achievable on a certain platform. Sony's approach is to disable the possibilities of doing this, and I'm surprised the developers haven't all left the PS3 as a development platform altogether.
...for C and an intepreted language, such as python, is to make the C program fork(), and let the child exec() the intepreter for the other language and use some sort of IPC (dup:ed pipes comes to mind). A bounded/unbounded buffer may also accomplish this.
...Apple has their own hardware. The reason Microsoft considers GNU/Linux a bigger threat is that it competes with them on their own turf, namely standard PC hardware.
Well, we have "dumbed down" converter boxes without support for encrypted channels, with prices in the area of 1000 Swedish kronor, which is about 125 US Dollars.
Here in Sweden, they switched us over without considering the signal coverage in the countryside. Analogue reception was already bad, and it's impossible to put these heavily distorted radio signals together into digital video frames. No, the viewers were not ready. No, the government didn't care.
And no, they didn't offer coupons for set top boxes either.
I had one of their 60MB HDDs in an Atari Falcon 030, and it failed miserably (wouldn't even spin up). Sadly enough, Atari went with them because they were cheap.
Recently I've replaced it with a 40GB(yes, GigaByte) Samsung SpinPoint HDD. It's quiet and reliable, and I use it in both its 2.5" and 3.5" variants consequently in all my machines.
If you can afford it, and I stress that, use a GPRS/UMTS enabled phone when close to port. It would be rather expensive, since you'll probably use a lot of carriers.
Use GPG (GNU Privacy Guard). It's essentially PGP, but free. It uses assymetric encryption (Public and Private keys) up to 4096 bits of keylength, which is sufficient for most people. There are graphical frontends for Windows available, such as GPGee (shell extension).
If you encrypt a document using a customer's and your own public keys, only you and your customer can open it. It is extremely difficult (if not impossible) for other customers to open your documents. There's even support for digital signatures.
Are teachers like this really the people we should let educate our children? First, Windows does not run on almost every computer. There are gazillions of embedded devices which simply can't run Windows due to it's bloat. Not to mention Internet servers. You'd have to be a lot more naive than common sense permits to be able to think that all machines run Windows.
Second, this is the way to go if you want to prevent a to-be computer scientist from actually becoming one. Way to go,(insert disturbing word of your choice here)!
Disclaimer: while this post may lead you to think I'm a violent person, that is not the case.
Without turning this into some kind of war; You obviously haven't experienced real pain. Is it acceptable to joke about people with cancer? I've been depressed, and I can tell you that it's like a black cancer slowly eating through your mind and influencing your every thought. Just like cancer, this could kill. People cut themselves to experience physical pain in place of the psychological pain that eats through them. This witnesses of serious issues, and these people need help.
I agree. I want to be able to go to either a store or a yard sale and get a game, then run it on my machine. Period. Having parts of games as DLC is annoying and stupid - there's no guarantee that you can pick up a game ten years later and still be able to play it, due to servers taken down etc.
I love my Atari games. They continue to function year after year. Some of them are nearly twenty years old. You might call them a gamer's heritage. What if games become unplayable after, say, five years? A vital part of gaming history could be lost.
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I love the sweet irony of including links to alternate OSes in the test. If those dissapear, is it possible that you're infected with a Microsoft made worm?
You must have a lot of wobbly bookcases eh ?
I use Amigas for this purpose. I tried to use old Windows boxen for that, but we all know how that ended.
I concur. I have three Ataris, and I still use them daily.
A little offtopic, but I just wanted to add that in Sweden, christmas is called "Jul", which is clearly a derivative of "Yule". We also call the christmas time of year "Juletid".
Maybe it reached its no. 3 chart position thanks to actions like this?
A lot of people who downloaded the album probably went to the record store afterwards to buy the CD. I usually download an album before buying it to avoid paying $20 for a record just to find out that it's pure crap, and not being able to return it since the seal is broken.
I agree. Smells like the benchmarks are not independent ;)
I have a theory.
Scientists say that there is a correlation between growing up in a relatively dust-free environment and developing asthma. Kids who are playing outside are exposed to dust and don't become hypersensitive to it, whereas kids who spend much time in front of the TV are rarely exposed to outside dust, and so they develop asthma.
We don't provide the "easy to program for" console that (developers) want, because "easy to program for" means that anybody will be able to take advantage of pretty much what the hardware can do
I must've woken up in some sort of parallel universe where everybody's really, really stupid.
Back in the good old days, developers worked hard pushing the limits of what the machine could do. The Atari ST is a great example. With its Motorola 68000 CPU and somewhat limited graphics modes, developers were still able to produce very fast and pretty games. Developers soon figured out how to trick the hardware to remove the screen borders (using overscan), and use those for graphics as well instead of for just a single colour.
My point is, developers need to take advantage of what the hardware can do, in order to develop games that push the limits of what is achievable on a certain platform. Sony's approach is to disable the possibilities of doing this, and I'm surprised the developers haven't all left the PS3 as a development platform altogether.
...for C and an intepreted language, such as python, is to make the C program fork(), and let the child exec() the intepreter for the other language and use some sort of IPC (dup:ed pipes comes to mind). A bounded/unbounded buffer may also accomplish this.
...Apple has their own hardware. The reason Microsoft considers GNU/Linux a bigger threat is that it competes with them on their own turf, namely standard PC hardware.
Verizon pledges to clean up their zombie problem quickly.
That's what they said abot Ravenholm, and see what happened!
...the year of the cyborgs!
Loaf of bread = 20 SEK = (about) 2.40 USD
Well, we have "dumbed down" converter boxes without support for encrypted channels, with prices in the area of 1000 Swedish kronor, which is about 125 US Dollars.
I envy you.
Here in Sweden, they switched us over without considering the signal coverage in the countryside. Analogue reception was already bad, and it's impossible to put these heavily distorted radio signals together into digital video frames. No, the viewers were not ready. No, the government didn't care.
And no, they didn't offer coupons for set top boxes either.
Oh, I remember Conner...
I had one of their 60MB HDDs in an Atari Falcon 030, and it failed miserably (wouldn't even spin up). Sadly enough, Atari went with them because they were cheap.
Recently I've replaced it with a 40GB(yes, GigaByte) Samsung SpinPoint HDD. It's quiet and reliable, and I use it in both its 2.5" and 3.5" variants consequently in all my machines.
If you can afford it, and I stress that, use a GPRS/UMTS enabled phone when close to port. It would be rather expensive, since you'll probably use a lot of carriers.
The phone bill may come as a shock.
Use GPG (GNU Privacy Guard). It's essentially PGP, but free. It uses assymetric encryption (Public and Private keys) up to 4096 bits of keylength, which is sufficient for most people. There are graphical frontends for Windows available, such as GPGee (shell extension).
If you encrypt a document using a customer's and your own public keys, only you and your customer can open it. It is extremely difficult (if not impossible) for other customers to open your documents. There's even support for digital signatures.
Indeed, the casting is done.
No trolling, just have a laugh.
I'd mod you +50 Funny if that was possible.
Made my day!
...I really need to punch somebody right now.
Are teachers like this really the people we should let educate our children? First, Windows does not run on almost every computer. There are gazillions of embedded devices which simply can't run Windows due to it's bloat. Not to mention Internet servers. You'd have to be a lot more naive than common sense permits to be able to think that all machines run Windows.
Second, this is the way to go if you want to prevent a to-be computer scientist from actually becoming one. Way to go,(insert disturbing word of your choice here)!
Disclaimer: while this post may lead you to think I'm a violent person, that is not the case.
No! Deodorants aren't Open Source!
Without turning this into some kind of war; You obviously haven't experienced real pain. Is it acceptable to joke about people with cancer? I've been depressed, and I can tell you that it's like a black cancer slowly eating through your mind and influencing your every thought. Just like cancer, this could kill. People cut themselves to experience physical pain in place of the psychological pain that eats through them. This witnesses of serious issues, and these people need help.
I agree. I want to be able to go to either a store or a yard sale and get a game, then run it on my machine. Period. Having parts of games as DLC is annoying and stupid - there's no guarantee that you can pick up a game ten years later and still be able to play it, due to servers taken down etc.
I love my Atari games. They continue to function year after year. Some of them are nearly twenty years old. You might call them a gamer's heritage. What if games become unplayable after, say, five years? A vital part of gaming history could be lost.