Comment Re:Real Programmers don't use GC (Score 1) 637
You can actually have auto closing resources since Java 7, which is not really the same as a destructor, but will remove that pain in your ass.
Comment Re:Very old news. (Score 1) 393
Except that car travels at 2.85 times the speed of the wind, when directly downwind, ie. when the boat and wind velocity vectors are on the same axis.
Of course, since the "sails" (the propeller blades) are moving on a different trajectory, their apparent wind is not directly downwind.
Zombie Pigs First, Hibernating Soldiers Next 193
ColdWetDog writes "Wired is running a story on DARPA's effort to stave off battlefield casualties by turning injured soldiers into zombies by injecting them with a cocktail of one chemical or another (details to be announced). From the article, 'Dr. Fossum predicts that each soldier will carry a syringe into combat zones or remote areas, and medic teams will be equipped with several. A single injection will minimize metabolic needs, de-animating injured troops by shutting down brain and heart function. Once treatment can be carried out, they'll be "re-animated" and — hopefully — as good as new.' If it doesn't pan out we can at least get zombie bacon and spam."
Comment Re:Some, not all... (Score 1) 731
That would be merge sort, not quicksort.
Quicksort is (basically) :
- choose a pivot value
- quicksort the list of elements with a value lower than the pivot value (list 1)
- quicksort the list of elements with a value higher than the pivot value (list 2)
- add the pivot and list 2 to list 1
Max Payne 3 Announced For Next Winter 73
tordavis writes with news that Rockstar Games has announced Max Payne 3 is in the works for the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC. It's currently planned for this coming winter. Quoting the news release:
"'We're starting a new chapter of Max's life with this game,' said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games. 'This is Max as we've never seen him before, a few years older, more world-weary and cynical than ever. We experience the downward spiral of his life after the events of Max Payne 2 and witness his last chance for salvation.' Since leaving the NYPD and New York itself behind, Max has drifted from bad to worse. Double-crossed and a long way from home, Max is now trapped in a city full of violence and bloodshed, using his weapons and instincts in a desperate search for the truth and a way out."
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