Comment Re:Soda (Score 4, Insightful) 500
destroying my short term memory
Apparently, it made you forget you'd already posted.
Whoosh
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Comment Readability of K&R C (Score 1) 553
Just glad I don't need to read their code!
I don't see how well-written C code is so much harder to read than well-written code in Python, Java, or whatever..
27 years ago I watched my wife code C and I laughed, because she was trained in COBOL and her C looked so much like COBOL it was funny.
Now, the joke's on me. 27 years later her stuff is still easy to read & modify. There's not much other C code you can say that about, in the otherwise known as "write-only language".
(Yeah, she forgave me for laughing. She knew how the story would end.)
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Comment Megaprojects, yay. (Score 1) 311
Oh great, another fricken megaproject, because that's worked so well in the past.
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Comment Monty Python's Australian Table Wines (Score 1) 302
I recall the days when Australia's wines were best for making fun of.
Here's an excellent rendition of Monty Python's sketch on Australian Table Wines (originally from "Monty Python's Previous Record"), done by RuudeBoyProductions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4GvN4wGUZI
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Comment Whose data is it? (Score 3, Insightful) 272
but it stores its data in a way that doesn't require me to deconstruct all of my data structures into tables.
I take it this is not business-type data? Otherwise you're doing it backwards. Start with your Entity-Relationship diagrams, devolve into logical than physical data models, and THEN start programming.
I forget who said it but it's true: The data belongs to the business, not to the application. The data should be structured and stored in a way that it will still be readable years after your program has become obsolete. (Unless it's data that has a short "best before" date.)
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Comment Solar cooking (Score 1) 386
Solar cooking, maybe? See examples at http://solarcooking.wikia.com/wiki/Manufacturers_and_vendors.
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Comment Re:Oh noes! (Score 1) 83
Seriously, just fire up nmap and start scanning your internal work networks and some key systems.
If you try that in my shop you will be violating written policy and we will escort you to the door.
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Comment Re:Cyber Spies (Score 1) 83
So cybersex is an example of proper usage of the prefix?
Are you thinking it's proper because of the gp's statement about
linkages
or his phrase
I do not know what I am talking about
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Recent Sales Hint That Tape For Storage Is Far From Dead 228
hightechchick writes "Staples' business-to-business sales of backup tape for storage are experiencing a bit of a revival. What's next, a return to dumb terminals and mainframes (a la cloud computing)?"
Comment Re:I Think the Reason He Was Locked Out Was... (Score 1) 332
unless the Latin plural has been fully adopted into the language (like "phenomenon" ~ "phenomena", where nobody would use *"phenomonons").
Bad example - 'phenomenon' comes from Greek, not Latin.
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Comment Re:Ah Yes Evil Capitalism (Score 1) 659
Capitalism only works if everyone in power is benevolent.
Technocracy only works if everyone in power is benevolent.
Meritocracy only works if everyone in power is benevolent.
Scientology only works if everyone in power is benevolent.
Mormonism only works if everyone in power is benevolent.
Ayn Randianism only works if everyone in power is benevolent.
Your-Religion-Or-Political-Philosophy-Here-ism only works if everyone in power is benevolent.
FTFY. Now define 'benevolent'.
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Comment Re:Ah Yes Evil Capitalism (Score 1) 659
Corporations pillage and plunder? I thought governments did that.
Nah, government is amateur in comparison. I've worked in both. To compensate for their weakness, government prints extra money at will.
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Comment Re:The only amazing thing ... (Score 1) 768
Take your long list. Now restrict it to things in which "catastrophic failure" also includes "catastrophic consequences".
I'd be interested in your thoughts on Katrina compared to this oil spill. Or if you've already commented, perhaps a link? Thanks.
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Comment Comedy vs. drama (Score 2, Funny) 150
From the article:
Because Futurama is a comedy and not a drama like Star Trek
Star Trek not a comedy? Why didn't someone tell me I wasn't supposed to laugh?
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Comment Re:News for nerds. (Score 1) 763
I'm still trying to figure out the "news for nerds" angle on this. I mean, okay, he mentioned a laptop, but only in passing.
If we nerds knew what to do with keys, he wouldn't have had to post this. If you know what to do with keys, please clue the real nerds in. I hate keys, and where I currently work has no cardlock system - feels like the dark ages.
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