I only take issue with the idea that C#/.Net represent the "Right Way" to do things.
Having your program's entry point be a static method of a class is not what I would consider the "Right Way". Double for the fact that if you do instance the class, you can't use the main function. I prefer the C or Perl convention where you single out one function for your entry point, or your program's entry point is the top of the file.
Having said that, I like System.Collections.Generic
Yeah, the product placement wasn't too bad. He had an LG phone with Verizon service (surprised it wasn't a Nokia), ate a couple of cheeseburgers from Burger King, drove Audis, used both a Mac and a Dell XPS, and that's about all I can think of off-hand.
The only one that was kind of "jarring" was the Audi. It seemed they always got the shot of the grill coming into the frame so the logo was nice and prominent. All the others were well-sourced in the scene.
C'mon guys, this deserves at least an "Interesting" mod. Whether or not you agree with his point, he does bring up a unique viewpoint to the discussion. And one that seems to be counter to mainstream vibe of/. right now. And he manages to do so eloquently without insulting or degrading anyone. If that isn't worth a bump up then nothing is.
The big take away here is that this is not a security hole in any sense of the word. In order for a malware author to exploit this they would first have to get the user to install a service on the machine. If you can get the user to install random software, why bother with any other steps? You've already compromised the machine. I mean if your "security hack" involves the step "Get user to install malicious software", then you don't have a security hole, you have stupid users.
That's sort of inaccurate. It could still be based on time and exhibit that behavior, because the behavior isn't actually due to the framerate, it is due to basically bad rounding.
Both framerate and the jumping issue are related to the amount of time that has passed.
At 120fps, the time difference is 8.3...ms, at 60fps it is 16.6...ms, etc. Flooring both to get interger values gives you 8 and 16, rounding 8 and 17. Either way, these bits tend to accumulate and start giving wildly different values. In three frames at 120fps, your total time difference is calculated to be 24, instead of 25. At 60fps it could be 48 or 51 (depending on method used) as opposed to 50.
I think if they really wanted to they could add a third faction. There are lots of small groups that are neither Horde nor Alliance, and Horde and Alliance are basically groupings of several groups.
I think the biggest issue would be races. Create more? Reuse existing? Starting area/quests/etc. There would be a lot of work involved in creating an entire new faction. It's something you would want to do in an expansion or overhaul/sequel.
The only one trying to shove "the revolution myth" you are proposing down anyone's throat is you. In an attempt to make the other side look foolish and stupid. I get it.
However, you are neglecting the fact that there were many civilians who chose to take up arms, or provide in other ways.
That, and the revolution isn't justification for the bearing of arms, it is an example of when it was necessary. "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty."
And all of those are also extremely small groups. Not to mention that in your first case, it seems as if they were set up and then ambushed. The police used deadly force on the suspicion that Hampton killed two officers. The police knew that their SWAT-level gear and personnel out-classed whatever was in that apartment because owning such equipment was illegal for private citizens. Nice to note the irony that this is exactly the charge that they were 'arresting' him for. Gordon Kahl, one crazy. Ruby Ridge, the wounding of two teenagers and the slaying of a third. Waco, held on the outside by a crazy doomsday cult until they lit themselves on fire.
On the flipside, the Tiananmen Square incident involved not 10, not 20, not 100, but thousands of people. Thousands of people the government was able to silence without repercussion. Rebellion against the government is more than 20 wackos sitting in a shed in Montana: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_revolutions_and_rebellions
Hold on a second, my mouth is full with all the words you're trying to stuff in there.
I'm quite aware of the geography as it concerns the US and England, and that we didn't fight the British in London itself. And I don't even know where you are pulling this "hatred of the French" from. Or the "fantasy of poorly armed civilians" either.
I know they had guns and munitions. From France even. That is explicitly why I said "the American Revolution was not fought with cupcakes and daisies". It is an implicit aknowledgement that they had arms equivalant to the British. Hell, we also had trained, successful generals (that's a reference to George Washington by the way), not to mention French officers and troops that couldn't wait to help the colonial snub the British.
I really don't see where my initial comment would illicit such a response.
We should be able to own any sort of weaponry the military can use in case it becomes necessary to overthrow an oppressive regime. The Second Amendment is our absolute last line of defense against our government.
The American Revolution was not fought with cupcakes and daisies.
Did you also miss the part where they mention that WalMart sells 20% of all CDs yet it only represents 1% or 2% of all of WalMart's sales? Meaning it costs the labels more than it would WalMart. Especially since as TFA mentioned, WalMart would use the space for more DVDs and games).
Actually, patient presents with symptoms, doctor chooses disease that fits symptoms, prescribes medication, collects his bounty from the insurance.
Let's not overblow it here. Most clinical doctors are all about getting patients on the RTC treadmill. Clinical technicians make the diagnosis as often as the doctor, because most cases are simple.
House is a poor example of medical practice. For a better example, look at Bob Kelso from Scrubs (yes, it's played up for comedic effect, but that is how it goes).
Or put it this way, medical doctors aren't trained to think, they're trained to know. Plus, by your defensiveness, I'd say that you take the diesel mechanic remark to be denigerating. It's not. Diesel mechanics make good money and they're skills are in high demand.
I'd hesitate to call clinical doctors scientists. Yes, they need to learn a lot of scientific facts about the body in order to do their job, but that doesn't make them scientists any more than it makes a diesel mechanic an engineer.
Plus the discussion would go something like this in truth: Doctor: Before I give you this injection, I have to ask you an important question: do you believe in evolution?
Patient: Of course, not! Why do you ask?
Doctor: You see, I have this flu shot here. The latest smoking hot drug rep came in and gave me all of the big pharma spiel about how it could probably cure cancer if the FDA would approve it for such and she was talking about that evolution stuff and since I wanted to bang her I wanted to have some good talking points next time she comes around.
Science Fiction uses fantastic elements as window dressing to cover up the fact that they are trying to get you to think about the human element. All good science fiction (Star Trek, Asimov, BSG, B5, Firefly (definitely not all of it, but examples)) is less about the science and more about the people and the choices they make.
You're looking for Space Opera (Star Wars and its ilk), two doors down on your left.
And also, who's to say that it is meant to be USA specific. Maybe you are just extrapolating based on what you are seeing. Like how many people see the conflict between God/Nature vs. Man in Moby Dick when Melville had stated it's just a story about a whale. In which case, that makes BSG excellent science fiction.
Slashdot Mirror
I only take issue with the idea that C#/.Net represent the "Right Way" to do things.
Having your program's entry point be a static method of a class is not what I would consider the "Right Way". Double for the fact that if you do instance the class, you can't use the main function. I prefer the C or Perl convention where you single out one function for your entry point, or your program's entry point is the top of the file.
Having said that, I like System.Collections.Generic
Apparently we will need robots to translate sarcasm however.
Anonymous. You're doing it wrong.
That's not a MacGuffin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacGuffin
As far as I'm aware, the movie didn't really use a MacGuffin.
Yeah, the product placement wasn't too bad. He had an LG phone with Verizon service (surprised it wasn't a Nokia), ate a couple of cheeseburgers from Burger King, drove Audis, used both a Mac and a Dell XPS, and that's about all I can think of off-hand.
The only one that was kind of "jarring" was the Audi. It seemed they always got the shot of the grill coming into the frame so the logo was nice and prominent. All the others were well-sourced in the scene.
Yes, because in a gravity deficient environment, we need a robot that can lift 200lbs. comfortably.
C'mon guys, this deserves at least an "Interesting" mod. Whether or not you agree with his point, he does bring up a unique viewpoint to the discussion. And one that seems to be counter to mainstream vibe of /. right now. And he manages to do so eloquently without insulting or degrading anyone. If that isn't worth a bump up then nothing is.
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2007/08/07/4268706.aspx
The big take away here is that this is not a security hole in any sense of the word. In order for a malware author to exploit this they would first have to get the user to install a service on the machine. If you can get the user to install random software, why bother with any other steps? You've already compromised the machine. I mean if your "security hack" involves the step "Get user to install malicious software", then you don't have a security hole, you have stupid users.
Everyone wants bad ass, but no one wants to pay the cost of bad assery.
That's sort of inaccurate. It could still be based on time and exhibit that behavior, because the behavior isn't actually due to the framerate, it is due to basically bad rounding.
Both framerate and the jumping issue are related to the amount of time that has passed.
At 120fps, the time difference is 8.3...ms, at 60fps it is 16.6...ms, etc. Flooring both to get interger values gives you 8 and 16, rounding 8 and 17. Either way, these bits tend to accumulate and start giving wildly different values. In three frames at 120fps, your total time difference is calculated to be 24, instead of 25. At 60fps it could be 48 or 51 (depending on method used) as opposed to 50.
Result, jumping is fucked.
But it is calculated based on time elapsed, not on a count of frames.
So at 60, 30, or 1000fps, you still move the same speed.
I think if they really wanted to they could add a third faction. There are lots of small groups that are neither Horde nor Alliance, and Horde and Alliance are basically groupings of several groups.
I think the biggest issue would be races. Create more? Reuse existing? Starting area/quests/etc. There would be a lot of work involved in creating an entire new faction. It's something you would want to do in an expansion or overhaul/sequel.
You must not understand the concept of April 1st.
1. True, 'bated' is a word in and of itself
2. I take it you never heard of this company? http://www.merriam-webster.com/
3. It's not the old spelling, it is the correct spelling.
4. Just because the writers for the Simpsons decides to make up a word doesn't make it so.
5. Stop being a festizio
The only one trying to shove "the revolution myth" you are proposing down anyone's throat is you. In an attempt to make the other side look foolish and stupid. I get it.
However, you are neglecting the fact that there were many civilians who chose to take up arms, or provide in other ways.
That, and the revolution isn't justification for the bearing of arms, it is an example of when it was necessary. "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty."
And all of those are also extremely small groups. Not to mention that in your first case, it seems as if they were set up and then ambushed. The police used deadly force on the suspicion that Hampton killed two officers. The police knew that their SWAT-level gear and personnel out-classed whatever was in that apartment because owning such equipment was illegal for private citizens. Nice to note the irony that this is exactly the charge that they were 'arresting' him for.
Gordon Kahl, one crazy.
Ruby Ridge, the wounding of two teenagers and the slaying of a third.
Waco, held on the outside by a crazy doomsday cult until they lit themselves on fire.
On the flipside, the Tiananmen Square incident involved not 10, not 20, not 100, but thousands of people. Thousands of people the government was able to silence without repercussion.
Rebellion against the government is more than 20 wackos sitting in a shed in Montana: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_revolutions_and_rebellions
Because, you know, standing in the streets believing in the power of your dreams is the only way to bring about effective change to a inhumane regime.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989
Hold on a second, my mouth is full with all the words you're trying to stuff in there.
I'm quite aware of the geography as it concerns the US and England, and that we didn't fight the British in London itself. And I don't even know where you are pulling this "hatred of the French" from. Or the "fantasy of poorly armed civilians" either.
I know they had guns and munitions. From France even. That is explicitly why I said "the American Revolution was not fought with cupcakes and daisies". It is an implicit aknowledgement that they had arms equivalant to the British. Hell, we also had trained, successful generals (that's a reference to George Washington by the way), not to mention French officers and troops that couldn't wait to help the colonial snub the British.
I really don't see where my initial comment would illicit such a response.
We should be able to own any sort of weaponry the military can use in case it becomes necessary to overthrow an oppressive regime. The Second Amendment is our absolute last line of defense against our government.
The American Revolution was not fought with cupcakes and daisies.
Did you also miss the part where they mention that WalMart sells 20% of all CDs yet it only represents 1% or 2% of all of WalMart's sales? Meaning it costs the labels more than it would WalMart. Especially since as TFA mentioned, WalMart would use the space for more DVDs and games).
Postscript is a Turing complete language.
Actually, patient presents with symptoms, doctor chooses disease that fits symptoms, prescribes medication, collects his bounty from the insurance.
Let's not overblow it here. Most clinical doctors are all about getting patients on the RTC treadmill. Clinical technicians make the diagnosis as often as the doctor, because most cases are simple.
House is a poor example of medical practice. For a better example, look at Bob Kelso from Scrubs (yes, it's played up for comedic effect, but that is how it goes).
Or put it this way, medical doctors aren't trained to think, they're trained to know. Plus, by your defensiveness, I'd say that you take the diesel mechanic remark to be denigerating. It's not. Diesel mechanics make good money and they're skills are in high demand.
I'd hesitate to call clinical doctors scientists. Yes, they need to learn a lot of scientific facts about the body in order to do their job, but that doesn't make them scientists any more than it makes a diesel mechanic an engineer.
Plus the discussion would go something like this in truth:
Doctor: Before I give you this injection, I have to ask you an important question: do you believe in evolution?
Patient: Of course, not! Why do you ask?
Doctor: You see, I have this flu shot here. The latest smoking hot drug rep came in and gave me all of the big pharma spiel about how it could probably cure cancer if the FDA would approve it for such and she was talking about that evolution stuff and since I wanted to bang her I wanted to have some good talking points next time she comes around.
I'm sorry, I thought being a *Christ*ian sort of implied, nay required, in believing in the divinity of Christ.
It's like saying you can be medical doctor without knowing anything about medicine.
Science Fiction uses fantastic elements as window dressing to cover up the fact that they are trying to get you to think about the human element. All good science fiction (Star Trek, Asimov, BSG, B5, Firefly (definitely not all of it, but examples)) is less about the science and more about the people and the choices they make.
You're looking for Space Opera (Star Wars and its ilk), two doors down on your left.
And also, who's to say that it is meant to be USA specific. Maybe you are just extrapolating based on what you are seeing. Like how many people see the conflict between God/Nature vs. Man in Moby Dick when Melville had stated it's just a story about a whale.
In which case, that makes BSG excellent science fiction.