Honestly, I'm a bit worried about the people that gave me "Interesting" and "Insightful" on that. I was aiming for about +1, Funny, since it wasn't really all that funny (as the moderation shows). I write PHP professionally, in a group of three professional software engineers and a couple interns from a nearby university, and most of our code looks like Java (since PHP5's OO model is a more-or-less direct copy of Java). Teenage script kids that don't know anything about software design and architecture will write horrible, ugly code in PHP, just like they would in any language, while experienced and/or just plain smart programmers will write PHP code that's just as well-structured and readable as they would in any other language.
The part about Perl was just because I like making fun of the Perl stereotype of programmers trying to find obscure ways of making their code take up as few as lines as possible.
I suggest you go down to your local book store and look at the spines of the books. I suggest you look inside those books. You'll usually find a list of names of people such as editors, publishers, and other contributors.
Sorry I have work on both Perl and PHP. I see little difference in them as far as read ability. Heck if nothing else PHP can be worse. The big difference is that PHP gets more readable as the skill level of the person who wrote it increases, while Perl gets less readable as the skill level of the person who wrote it increases.
It might be my imagination, but GTalk (through the GMail interface) allows one to open an AIM connection. I wonder if it's related to this? I would guess that it's probably more related to AOL starting a Jabber server for AIM.
If the sniper wins the auction then he bid the highest and the seller does get the most money they possibly could. You assume that nobody else would bid higher if they had the opportunity, which seems to me to be a rather poor assumption to make.
Anyway, I meant that regardless of amount and year (since 2000), a new computer's memory will cost about 200 euros. The amount is not necessarily 4 gigabytes. So you think that a new computer bought now should have 8 GB of high-end memory (or 16 GB of cheaper house-brand)?
When was the last time you checked? I have Zend 5.2 at work, at it does auto-completion fine for user-defined functions, classes, etc. in the project. You did create a project to work from, right?
With a new motherboard comes new memory modules. Let's be realistic and assume that the minimum amount of memory in a new computer in 2011 is going to be at least 4 gigabytes. Anyway, regardless of the year, a new computer's new memory modules cost some 200 euros total. What happened to being realistic? You can get 4 GB of memory now for less than half that price. Are you predicting some kind of supply shortage in 2011?
In the so-called "Teacher Sux" case in Pennsylvania, for example, a high school student put up a website about a teacher with threats and comments such as "she shows off her fat... legs." I would hope that the teacher's lawyer will add the same emphasis that I have.
Assuming that this is the part of the article that you're talking about:
In the so-called "Teacher Sux" case in Pennsylvania, for example, a high school student put up a website about a teacher with threats and comments such as "she shows off her fat... legs." I would agree that a comment about fat legs should not be actionable. I would think (read: hope) that the lawsuit would be more about the "threats" part. Why the article would seem to put more emphasis on the childish insult than on the threats, I have no idea.
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I am just concerned that this story is worded in a way that seems sleazy and possibly fraudulent to me. You must be new here.
Think of all the people who spent thier hard earned money on an HD DVD player that is going to now become an expensive paperweight. Are HD-DVD players going to suddenly stop working? People will be able to use them to watch HD-DVD movies for quite a while, and from what I've heard, most HD-DVD players also function as very nice upscaling DVD players.
I'm much more into watching movies in theaters and on DVD, rather then TV. Since we've gone so long without movie scripts being written, does that mean that pretty soon we'll see a sudden lapse in new releases? Obviously the lag time for movies is much longer then TV. Probably not. Movie scripts are usually written 2+ years before the release date, so the gap wouldn't occur for quite a while. Additionally, writers are allowed to write new scripts on their own during the strike and then sell them to studios after the strike ends. There will probably be a flurry of movie pitches in the next few weeks, which will fill whatever gap would have been otherwise created by the strike.
Just how the heck do they know when my PC is on Probably with the software that you install on your computer that polls their server every N minutes.
much less download songs to it? How does Windows Update, Adept, etc. download updates? It periodically asks a server if there's anything new to download.
I don't want them downloading songs onto my PC without my knowledge. Except you would know when your computer was downloading a song. Assuming you know what you're doing with your phone, anyway.
So you're saying every time I want to download a song, your proprietary player needs to be on a computer that's on and hooked up to the internet? I haven't bothered reading about it, since I don't really care, but if the system is sane, having their software running on your computer won't be required for downloading a song to your phone. In theory, their server would keep the songs in a queue that your computer would get the next time you run their software.
What if someone sends me a rogue music file? If the same file is downloaded to my computer, isn't that going to mess up my machine? Virus writers are going to have a field day with this. I would guess that your computer only downloads songs that you download from their server to your phone. To do what you describe, the system would have to work in such a way that your phone tells their server every time someone else sends a file to your phone (which can't be done without your knowledge unless you've really screwed up the Bluetooth settings on your phone), your phone uploads that same file to their server, and your computer downloads the file from their server. It seems fairly reasonable to assume that the system would not work this way.
I understand the point of people saying "It's Profile 1.0, not Profile 1.1, it does what it says on the box". But most customers won't look at that. They just see the BluRay logo, see the adverts for BluRay (which no doubt show off the features included in Profile 1.1) then want to know why their BluRay player can't do what the advertisement told them.
At the least, it's misleading advertising. The Profile 1.0 player being defective is a bit of a stretch, but it's not unfounded. Then the question is which company had the misleading advertising, the manufacturer of the player or the manufacturer of the disc? Is the player responsible for handling all discs, or is the disc responsible for working in all players? I don't know the answers to either of these questions, but they seem likely to come up in any court proceedings.
If there was a distro that was identical to XP, and booted straight to the desktop I haven't used it myself, but I believe I've seen an option in Kubuntu that will automatically login as a specific user when kdm starts.
On XP, to install software you download an.msi and run it. Personally, I think using your distribution's repository is easier than that. Typing in a search word in Adept is easier than trying to find the correct website and its downloads page. If you need to install something that isn't in the repositories, you download a.deb (or whatever package system your distribution uses) and run it.
My dad keeps his passwords in a text file on his desktop because his job requires them to change it every month, have letters and number and be different from the last 6 passwords. While that's good in theory, it's counterproductive because he doesn't (and can't) keep the passwords safe. That's not even good in theory. If you're talking about theory, restrictions of any kind are bad, since they reduce the size of the space.
How do you make sure someone does a regular check-up on their car so the battery won't become faulty and potentially catch fire? Just take a look at all those driving junksters and you see what I mean. Many states have already solved this problem. They generally call the solution "inspection stickers".
What's funny and ironic about this is that the U.S. has had a National ID card for several decades. It's called a Social Security card. Just try to do something -- get a credit card, borrow money (any amount, any reason), get any form of insurance, get a job, get a driver's license -- without giving them your Social Security Number. In most cases it's impossible. I think that's supposed to be illegal, though. In theory, your Social Security number is not supposed to be used by anyone other than the government, and never for identification purposes.
I've always been amazed by the controller that came with the Atari 2600. My friends and I beat the crap out of it for years and not only did it survive, it barely showed any wear. I don't remember the joysticks being particularly rugged, but I think the cartridges were invulnerable to anything short of being nuked from orbit. I remember a friend throwing a cartridge across a room (20 or 30 feet) and hitting the concrete wall. There was a small nick in the corner of the casing, but that was it. He also had a couple games that didn't have the casing at all, just the internal board.
I can not imagine my church holding a SuperBowl party. It is Sunday for goodness sakes. I just don't find the Superbowl to be spiritually uplifting. Fortunately, synagogues don't have that problem. And if New England wins, it'll definitely be spiritually uplifting around here.
"Carbon Nanotubes Can Exist Safely Inside the Body, Help Treat Cancer"
Surely you mean "Carbon Nanotubes Can Exist Safely Inside the Body AND Help Treat Cancer"?
Unless, "help treat cancer" is a seperate sentence in the form of a request (well, if there's anything I can do, I'll help..)/pedant This has been standard form for newspaper headlines for as long as I can remember.
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Honestly, I'm a bit worried about the people that gave me "Interesting" and "Insightful" on that. I was aiming for about +1, Funny, since it wasn't really all that funny (as the moderation shows). I write PHP professionally, in a group of three professional software engineers and a couple interns from a nearby university, and most of our code looks like Java (since PHP5's OO model is a more-or-less direct copy of Java). Teenage script kids that don't know anything about software design and architecture will write horrible, ugly code in PHP, just like they would in any language, while experienced and/or just plain smart programmers will write PHP code that's just as well-structured and readable as they would in any other language.
The part about Perl was just because I like making fun of the Perl stereotype of programmers trying to find obscure ways of making their code take up as few as lines as possible.
When was the last time you checked? I have Zend 5.2 at work, at it does auto-completion fine for user-defined functions, classes, etc. in the project. You did create a project to work from, right?
...the world literally burns under our feet. Step away from the volcano.At the least, it's misleading advertising. The Profile 1.0 player being defective is a bit of a stretch, but it's not unfounded. Then the question is which company had the misleading advertising, the manufacturer of the player or the manufacturer of the disc? Is the player responsible for handling all discs, or is the disc responsible for working in all players? I don't know the answers to either of these questions, but they seem likely to come up in any court proceedings.
Except that isn't really a law, it's more of a budget item.
Surely you mean "Carbon Nanotubes Can Exist Safely Inside the Body AND Help Treat Cancer"?
Unless, "help treat cancer" is a seperate sentence in the form of a request (well, if there's anything I can do, I'll help..)
This has been standard form for newspaper headlines for as long as I can remember.