One of the greatest features of modern languages is that I no longer need to *care* where my objects are created. Sure, I don't feel as elite, but I got over that with time.
For far more reasons than CISC vs. RISC. Those terms only vaguely describe modern processors these days anyway. Lower clock speed can mean shorter pipeline with larger steps. Faster clock speed can mean longer pipelines with shorter steps. Each has advantages in certain scenarios and drawbacks in others. There are *many* other architectural differences as well. Gate size. Fab processing style. Some low-power chips don't include an FPU. ATOM chips, for example, don't have out-of-order-execution (to reduce cost and complexity). Etc.
To boil all these complicated issues down to CISC vs. RISC is just stupid.
M.U.L.E has a gameplay that is more like a boardgame though. I just played this version and I have to say that, like many popular boardgames, it has aged very well. There are many strategies and simple rules. Not to mention the catchiest damned theme-song I've ever heard (thankfully this version included it!).
*Who* in this day and age doesn't indent? That's gotta be such a small percentage of morons. All major IDEs have default indenting. These idiots would need to work *around* that and if they're that stupid to try then they're unlikely to succeed.
I'm sure there are ways to work around the problem of using white space for scoping. But why the developers saw fit to *create* this problem is well beyond my comprehension. Curly braces solve the scoping problem very nicely. Better than "begin/end", white space, etc. Frankly making a developer worry about white space is just plain stupid.
It's easy to tab - but not quite so easy to ensure things are at the *right* tab depth. With curly braces it's always right. Copy/paste then "ctrl+shift+f" corrects everything... It would seem the Python (and ruby) developers are inflating the "problem" of poorly indented code.
I've never understood why people consider it a 'minor' complaint that white-space is important in a language syntax for scoping. Proper indenting hasn't been a problem for *years* with decent editors and IDEs with curly-brace languages. Why somebody saw fit to 'solve' this problem with the language syntax is beyond me. It also makes copy/paste and other issues a real pain in the ass.
The natives from the Philippines would have the same trouble if they came here. It's not that your immune system is 'weaker' it's that the flora in various ecosystems differs from location to location. You've adjusted to water in the US. If you travel abroad you may find you have trouble with the native bacteria as you're not used to it. Typically adjusting takes longer than your standard vacation.
Individual experiments pointing to issues with well-supported theories are *not* theories in and of themselves nor are they support for any other theory.
Your irrefutable facts and infallible logic have convinced me. I mean, you're *so* right! And think about it - North Korea sees Teh Google just sitting there. It only makes sense that they have total access too!
No way man. He needs to get her an electronic leash *now*! And then he needs to hire himself a PI to follow his daughter. Then a second to follow the first. And a third to follow the second! Then he tells the first that the second is tailing him, and tells the second that the third is tailing him, and tells the third that the first is tailing him. Now they all know they're being watched.
Then he needs to do random "checkups" on all three PIs and his daughter. Just to keep things in check.
Otherwise she stands to learn how to fend for herself and we just can't have that. She's gotta know that wherever she goes and whatever she does that daddy is there watching like a creepy guy from a "B" movie.
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One of the greatest features of modern languages is that I no longer need to *care* where my objects are created. Sure, I don't feel as elite, but I got over that with time.
No! It's step, hip, step pivot! Are you trying to piss off the volcano?
For far more reasons than CISC vs. RISC. Those terms only vaguely describe modern processors these days anyway. Lower clock speed can mean shorter pipeline with larger steps. Faster clock speed can mean longer pipelines with shorter steps. Each has advantages in certain scenarios and drawbacks in others. There are *many* other architectural differences as well. Gate size. Fab processing style. Some low-power chips don't include an FPU. ATOM chips, for example, don't have out-of-order-execution (to reduce cost and complexity). Etc.
To boil all these complicated issues down to CISC vs. RISC is just stupid.
M.U.L.E has a gameplay that is more like a boardgame though. I just played this version and I have to say that, like many popular boardgames, it has aged very well. There are many strategies and simple rules. Not to mention the catchiest damned theme-song I've ever heard (thankfully this version included it!).
1997 called. They want their troll back.
Priest does a "Lawn-chair Larry" for charity.
You mean "for the church." I'm not sure many would consider raising money to open chapels for truck drivers "charity" (I know I don't).
I'm sure there are ways to work around the problem of using white space for scoping. But why the developers saw fit to *create* this problem is well beyond my comprehension. Curly braces solve the scoping problem very nicely. Better than "begin/end", white space, etc. Frankly making a developer worry about white space is just plain stupid.
It's easy to tab - but not quite so easy to ensure things are at the *right* tab depth. With curly braces it's always right. Copy/paste then "ctrl+shift+f" corrects everything... It would seem the Python (and ruby) developers are inflating the "problem" of poorly indented code.
I've never understood why people consider it a 'minor' complaint that white-space is important in a language syntax for scoping. Proper indenting hasn't been a problem for *years* with decent editors and IDEs with curly-brace languages. Why somebody saw fit to 'solve' this problem with the language syntax is beyond me. It also makes copy/paste and other issues a real pain in the ass.
The natives from the Philippines would have the same trouble if they came here. It's not that your immune system is 'weaker' it's that the flora in various ecosystems differs from location to location. You've adjusted to water in the US. If you travel abroad you may find you have trouble with the native bacteria as you're not used to it. Typically adjusting takes longer than your standard vacation.
Holy shit really!?!?!?!
The GP was wrong - Amazon's EC2 servers are separate from their website. They offer a 99.95% uptime SLA should anything interfere with your services.
Now you just need to convince the enemy to shoot *the mirror*.
The same was said of compiled assembly vs. hand-written assembly.
Shouldn't they be reading the text books anyway? What makes you think the publishers are any more trustworthy of doing a good job?
Intelligent Design has *zero* positive evidence.
Your irrefutable facts and infallible logic have convinced me. I mean, you're *so* right! And think about it - North Korea sees Teh Google just sitting there. It only makes sense that they have total access too!
It's a well-believed fact!
There's a bar code on my license. And are you telling me you don't have a magnetic strip on your credit card (that's similar to a bar code)?
And how long do you think you'll be able to skirt patent laws?
Think iPhone. No flash support, hardware H264 decoder.
Driving an automatic almost got you into accidents? You must *suck* at driving dude.
I know it's "cool" to make fun of Slashdot and all, but how is this a slashvertisement? It's a free wiki with no ads.
Well, as Deepak Chopra taught us, quantum physics means anything can happen at any time for no reason.
Then he needs to do random "checkups" on all three PIs and his daughter. Just to keep things in check.
Otherwise she stands to learn how to fend for herself and we just can't have that. She's gotta know that wherever she goes and whatever she does that daddy is there watching like a creepy guy from a "B" movie.