Comment Re:Idiot. Seriously. (Score 1) 623
Even if that was true(and it isn't) there is plenty of people that don't know how to use a bow and an arrow.
Comment Re:As a writer of crappy code.. (Score 1) 623
People who like "writing everything" themselves should use stuff like Lisp- programming languages that are powerful because they allow a programmer to personally write all sorts of stuff.
Can you name anything that can be made in Lisp or other functional language that cannot be done more in depth in C/C++ or any other mid/low level imperative language?
Functional Languages are considered High Level for a reason.
The rest of us should use languages that are powerful because they allow the programmer to NOT have to personally write all sorts of stuff
Like what? Python, Ruby, Perl? Sometimes its really good to know how things work inside the language even if you're not going to use them.
I know how to construct most data structures by hand in a variety of languages, but I rarely do so in a real program, why? Because Java implements them well enough, and C++ has the STL to help me, but it helps to know what they are and how they work in order to know what should I use to solve a particular problem.
Comment FOSS did... (Score 1) 623
Open Source(in general not only as FSF puts it) is a really good concept, but it also have promoted using code that you don't quite understand and patching it up until "it works". The equivalent in physics would be blindly joining equations from others until you make a new theory.
Most programmers no longer learn in a way that promotes self sufficiency, they have to use library X but they don't need to know how it works, even thought most of the time the resulting software would be better and with a shorter development phase if they did.
A good programmer knows what he is doing, he does not expect things to magically work out due to a large amount of binary duct tape.
Submission + - Apple bans Possibly Cancer Preventing App (cnet.com)
neural.disruption writes: Apple decided to ban an iPhone application that would help users determine the radiation emitted by their iPhones(in a rather funny way if I might say).
According to TechCrunch, an Israeli developer called Tawkon created an app that, with the help of a finely tuned algorithm, measures your Specific Absorption Rate. This is the rate at which your whole body, not just your little brain, absorbs energy from a radio frequency magnetic field. The Tawkon app then factors in environmental conditions and phone usage in order to give you some accurate sense of your exposure to bad rays.
Submission + - Game Informer & Steam Announce Portal 2 (gameinformer.com)
eldavojohn writes: Enough rumors, Portal 2 is due out for 2010. Steam also let users know. Game Informer seems to be the de facto provider of Portal 2 information. Prepare yourselves for more aperture science! Notice anything funny about the underlined letters in Steam's announcement?
Submission + - Satellite photographed the crash in the Antarctic (earthobserver.org)
xchg writes: The U.S. space agency released pictures of the collision of ice in Antarctica, which led to the formation of an iceberg the size of Luxembourg
Submission + - JavaScript: It’s Not Just for Browsers Any M (pragprog.com)
An anonymous reader writes: In case you haven’t heard, JavaScript is now an excellent language for writing extremely fast production-ready web servers. Two important projects were started in 2009 to make that possible: CommonJS and Node.
Submission + - Law prevents British websites from being archived (wired.co.uk)
Lanxon writes: The law that allows the US Internet Archive to collect and preserve websites does not apply to British archivists. In fact, experts from the Archive and many other archivist institutions, argue that the only way the millions of Britain's websites could be legally archived is if British law itself was amended, reports Wired in an investigation published today. Currently, archivists have to seek permission from webmasters of every single site before they are able to take snapshots and retain data.
Submission + - IBM hails 'breakthrough' algorithm -- 9TB in 20min (theregister.co.uk)
joshuadugie writes: In an experiment IBM researchers used the fourth most powerful supercomputer in the world — a Blue Gene/P system at the Forschungszentrum Julich in Germany — to validate nine terabytes of data in less than 20 minutes, without compromising accuracy. Ordinarily, using the same system, this would take more than a day. Additionally, the process used just one percent of the energy that would typically be required.
Submission + - Microbin: Bluetooth 4.0 devices to make the scene later this
We were glad to see Bluetooth low energy actually added to the Bluetooth 4.0 spec, but of course the question remained: when are we going to get our hands on it? By Q4 this year, apparently -- at least according to the Bluetooth SIG. But don't expect any dramatic changes in battery life for most of your gadgets: while the low energy spec introduces connectivity to a host of lower-power devices that have in the past relied on proprietary technology (such as watches, pedometers, and cats), your traditional Bluetooth devices, such as phones and laptops, will consume roughly the same amount of power. Indeed, the low energy spec is merely throwing smaller devices (with smaller amounts of data to transfer) in to the mix: if you want Trans-Siberian Orchestra to sound as glorious as ever on your wireless headphones, you'll need to push as much data (and hence draw as much power) with version 4 as you would with version 3. If you've ever heard "A Mad Russian's Christmas," you'd know what we're talking about.
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Comment Re:I say we... (Score 1) 227
You sir are in violation of my Two Patents:
"How to deal fast with adversities", which covers nuking, spanking, general intimidation and cease or desist letters.
"Land exchanges between countries using words, meetings and IT".
"How to deal fast with adversities", which covers nuking, spanking, general intimidation and cease or desist letters.
"Land exchanges between countries using words, meetings and IT".
Comment Re:countersuit (Score 1) 227
No that happen when companies start suing each other for not being able to provide equal quality products... Oh Wait...
Comment Re:Marshall, TX (Score 1) 227
Pro-business? Like patents ever helped people who know how to do business...
Comment Re:Very thoughtful of them (Score 1) 929
Luckily it wasn't an iphone or she would be labelled as terrorist.
Comment Re:Conveniently forgetting the details (Score 1) 929
Oh, wait. I'm thinking of what happens to dissidents in Arab countries. In Israel, you get an apology and a cheque for a replacement laptop. Do tell us more, about how eeeeevil the Jewish state is. Your objectivity is remarkable!
So you think of her as a dissident? Even thought she is not even Israeli?
The guys probably overreacted, AFAIK they're kids, it happens just as it happened to Americans in Iraq, don't think Israelis are that special.
BTW I think you forgot to add "does her family had her house destroyed?"...
Yes I know you've serious problems in your country but that is not an excuse for everything you do wrong, or do you allow a kid with a bad family to freely beat his colleagues?
