Thats what he meant. The negative change won't happen until 2083.

Well, yeah, I was being a little harsh on C. Though C++ was a patch to try and bring new features to C (OO, templates, etc) and to fix things which were perceived as flaws (for example, having to define variables at the start of a function). It succeeded too, but also introduced much much more complexity, more undefined pits of doom and other flaws to the language. Now they want to patch this? I say no - switch to a language which never had these flaws to begin with and be done with it. Besides, how long will it take for compilers to really support C++0x anyway? By the time its fully supported, I'll hopefully have stopped using C++ entirely. (Yes, I still sometimes use C++)

Who gives a shit. They lost me when they first announced C++0x
C++ was a great old language (sometimes, when the moons were aligned), but I've moved on. They needn't bother trying to patch up a patch up for an old obsolete language (and I do apologize to C fans.. I know I'm being harsh). Opinion, sure, but you gotta admit, we don't need a patched up C++.

My moneys on C++0x++
Gotta keep with the theme here.

Haha good point!

$50 million to build it, $150 million to keep it running for the next year or two and $100 million for the politicians to congratulate each other with over a job well done.

Seconded.

CAPTCHA's do not now or will ever work. Its trivially easy to circumvent them by paying a sweatshop of kids in a 3rd world country to solve them or by forwarding them to a "view porn by completing CAPTCHA" service. CAPTCHA's cannot ever work, so they only serve to keep away the small time bots or to annoy legitimate users.

I disagree. Software is NOT different or unique. It is, however, cheaper to work on and fail at a software project than a bridge construction project. The barrier to entry is lower, so more people get a chance to try (and fail).

Do'h.. replied to the wrong post. Oh well, figure it out for yourself. I don't care enough.

If I could, I'd vote you up. People have this illusion that software is unique or different. Bullshit. Software is buggy because its become accepted. Once bad quality is something that people will not to tolerate, it will get better. I agree completely with your post and have thought this for quite a while now. Congrats for a good post!

"Here, think about this porn! Also, I just charged your credit card for it!"

And so the prophesy (Science Fiction) will come true.

I would say it means that the software (the thought processes) has BSOD'd and the user (the soul) is temporarily locked out. After a quick reboot, the soul is back in control and you wake up, or whatever. The biggest mistake God ever made was to allow Microsoft to make our Operating System.. I'm sure most of our personality and mental disorders are really just driver bugs...

So this could have some pretty nice applications for the government then! Yay humans!