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Comment: Re:C too complex? Hilarious. (Score 1) 878

by Argon (#33021556) Attached to: Google Engineer Decries Complexity of Java, C++

> hmm... did you miss the part where the guy also bitched that interpreted languages are "too slow"?

You know "the guy", happens to be Rob Pike, _the_ Rob Pike, co-author of the "Unix Programming Environment" classic? Also the "Practice of Programming" book and the co-creator of UTF-8. He also wrote one of the first C style guides: http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/pikestyle.html. I'd say he knows a thing or two about programming languages; especially C.

I believe in God

Submitted by Argon
Argon writes "1. Yes
2. No
3. I am agnostic
4. I am god"

Comment: Re:Sounds like a coal industry shill (Score 1) 403

by Argon (#31044972) Attached to: India Ditches UN Climate Change Group

Which scientist has admitted that it was speculation and not supported by formal research.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Himalayan-melting-by-2035-Scientists-just-assumed-so/articleshow/5459848.cms

There's also a rumor that that the date was a typo (2350 vs 2035). Granted, even 2350 is worrying and we should be certainly doing something about it. But this kind of hyperbole, doesn't do much to the credibility of climate "scientists".

Comment: Asus EeeBox (Score 1) 697

by Argon (#29869017) Attached to: Low-Power Home Linux Server?

I have the B202 Linux version running Ubuntu as my media PC. Newegg has this for $299 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883220012&cm_re=eee_box-_-83-220-012-_-Product). I am pretty happy with it as a media device. Super quite and under 20W average power usage (http://event.asus.com/eeepc/microsites/eeebox/en/features-green.html). It doesn't do 1080p but (there's a new EB1006 that does). It's not useful as a home server (only 160GB of built-in hard disk). It does have 4 USB ports, so external USB disks is an option (but that will add to the power usage).

Comment: Depends on what you call a toy :-) (Score 1) 396

by Argon (#28677613) Attached to: My toy collection is ...

I count my esoteric collection of PDAs and laptops as my toys. These include (in chronological order as far as I can remember) - a Spectrum Plus, a Handspring, a Treo 180, two Treo 90s, a Sony Clie, a Treo 600, a Treo 650, a Sharp Zaurus SL6000, a Nokia N800, an Acer Apsire One, an Eeebox, a Thinkpad X61s and lately a Nokia E63 mobile phone. Obviously not all of them are in working order :-).

Enlightenment

Poll: Do you believe in god? 1

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Argon writes "[ Couldn't find a suitabel topic, Enlightenment strangely fits the bill ]

Do you believe in God?

* Yes
* No
* I am agnostic
* I am God
* Who's this god person anyway?"

He missed an invaluable opportunity to hold his tongue. -- Andrew Lang

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