The only time I look at mine any more (the only reason I *have* one, in fact) is when signing up on brain-dead sites that think it's a valid authentication mechanism. Everything else gets deleted without reading.
Dear Academic Language Elitists Who Have Never Used The Languages They Are Criticising:
Slashdot is coping just fine with "only" Perl 5 and DBI. Wikipedia doesn't have a problem using PHP and PDO. Reddit serves a million users a day with Python code. Show us your code or kindly get bent.
That's faster than the Phenom II I'm using now, and still costs less even with a GPU built in. And unlike the equivalent Intel part I know I'll get basics like hardware virtualisation without having to read the 0.5-micron-high fine print.
Someone needs to start dropping USB sticks that physically destroy hardware when plugged in. Overclock video cards 30%. Issue ATA nuke commands. Scribble over optical drive firmware. Flash the BIOS with a LMOS bootloader. Maybe then people will realise that You Do Not Fucking Do This.
Or develop for Chrome, which doesn't have a completely fucking retarded extension system. My code hasn't needed updating in a year and five major version numbers, it just works. And will likely do so a year from now, because it's based on web standards and not brain damage like XPCOM.
Do you actually have a clue what you're talking about, or are you just regurgitating a meme based on code written over a decade ago in a completely different major version number of the language?
Also, you might want to get a grasp on writing English correctly first before you criticise programming languages,
And if you write PHP then imagine what it'd be like without the bad hangovers from v3-4, with all the planned improvements from the 6.0 they abandoned, and with functions that use a consistent needle-haystack order everywhere.
the x-box controller lacks a means to very quickly switch weapons. Same with the inventory items
And the Sega Saturn controller also lacked a means to look up/down quickly. But then the Sega Saturn wasn't full of Microsoft and EA shovelware, nor was it released in the youtube generation. The consoles are not to blame for the current shitty games epidemic.
Java is a great idea with a retarded implementation.
So to extend that logic, Postgres is a retarded database for also not having unsigned integer types? You must love Oracle's MySQL almost as much as you hate Oracle's Java.
Wrong on both counts. The world is already run by corporate greed, empowered in the first place by morons, and we're all getting fucked by it at an exponentially increasing rate as they find new ways to profit off creating people's misery.
Slashdot Mirror
A++ selective-reading troll right there!
The only time I look at mine any more (the only reason I *have* one, in fact) is when signing up on brain-dead sites that think it's a valid authentication mechanism. Everything else gets deleted without reading.
A product so bad, you couldn't even give it away for free to Lotus Notes victims!
Nice irony there - using a gawker.com link to support your point.
Dear Academic Language Elitists Who Have Never Used The Languages They Are Criticising:
Slashdot is coping just fine with "only" Perl 5 and DBI. Wikipedia doesn't have a problem using PHP and PDO. Reddit serves a million users a day with Python code. Show us your code or kindly get bent.
Could the "editors" possibly make themselves look any more lazy and incompetent if they tried?
Challenge Accepted?
That's faster than the Phenom II I'm using now, and still costs less even with a GPU built in. And unlike the equivalent Intel part I know I'll get basics like hardware virtualisation without having to read the 0.5-micron-high fine print.
Anon coz I have to work closely with Canonical in my day job.
*golf clap*
You mean this?
Someone needs to start dropping USB sticks that physically destroy hardware when plugged in. Overclock video cards 30%. Issue ATA nuke commands. Scribble over optical drive firmware. Flash the BIOS with a LMOS bootloader. Maybe then people will realise that You Do Not Fucking Do This.
Either maintain it, or take it down
Or develop for Chrome, which doesn't have a completely fucking retarded extension system. My code hasn't needed updating in a year and five major version numbers, it just works. And will likely do so a year from now, because it's based on web standards and not brain damage like XPCOM.
Do you actually have a clue what you're talking about, or are you just regurgitating a meme based on code written over a decade ago in a completely different major version number of the language?
Also, you might want to get a grasp on writing English correctly first before you criticise programming languages,
Why would I need a browser to poorly emulate the multiple desktops feature in my OS?
on an OS with no concept of package management. Even Apple has finally figured this out.
If you want instant gratification and know how to code then you can call into C libraries with one-liners.
If you don't know any programming at all then there's a whole series for you too.
And if you write PHP then imagine what it'd be like without the bad hangovers from v3-4, with all the planned improvements from the 6.0 they abandoned, and with functions that use a consistent needle-haystack order everywhere.
A slower language just means you need to buy more rack space.
And more racks. And a bigger datacentre. And more cooling. And more wattage. And bigger UPSes.
But you're right, for software that isn't intended to last more than 3-4 years, something slow and shiny like Ruby is generally more cost-effective.
the x-box controller lacks a means to very quickly switch weapons. Same with the inventory items
And the Sega Saturn controller also lacked a means to look up/down quickly. But then the Sega Saturn wasn't full of Microsoft and EA shovelware, nor was it released in the youtube generation. The consoles are not to blame for the current shitty games epidemic.
See also: s/Netflix/Slashdot/g
1 week sounds about right:
Original ->
(2 hours later) reddit
(3 days) Digg RSS
(2 days) Slashdot submission queue
(12 hours) Typo insertion script
(6 horsu) Front page
(10 seconds) Posts pointing out why the article is wrong
Sorry, you need to log in to the NYTimes site to access the grammatically correct version
Halo 4, Call of Duty 7, EA War Shoot Kill Securom Crysis of Duty 2011 Episode 3000! Look at how high those numbers are!
The sad truth is that's what people want -- utter shit -- and as for-profit companies they're obliged to make it.
What is required to host thousands of emails online?
A web server, and IT staff too incompetent to burn a CD-R. You fit half that requirement, send them your resume!
Java is a great idea with a retarded implementation.
So to extend that logic, Postgres is a retarded database for also not having unsigned integer types? You must love Oracle's MySQL almost as much as you hate Oracle's Java.
So are you using Windows 5.1.2600, 6.0.6002 or 6.1.7601?
Wrong on both counts. The world is already run by corporate greed, empowered in the first place by morons, and we're all getting fucked by it at an exponentially increasing rate as they find new ways to profit off creating people's misery.