freshman_a - Slashdot User

Comment Python? (Score 4, Insightful) 759

by freshman_a on Tuesday March 18, 2008 @01:28PM (#22785122) Attached to: What Programming Languages Should You Learn Next?

I'm surprised there was no mention of Python. I think Python is a good language to know. It seems to be used a number of places and forces people to write easily readable (and therefore maintainable) code. And I thought it was pretty easy to learn, especially if you have OOP experience.

Journal Journal: RMS is an idiot.

Journal by freshman_a on Wednesday September 12, 2007 @11:20AM

"Torvalds says he rejects this goal; that's probably why he doesn't appreciate GPL version 3. I respect his right to express his views, even though I think they are foolish. However, if you don't want to lose your freedom, you had better not follow him."

Submission + - The battle over AT&T's fiber rollout

Submitted by Tyler Too on Monday December 18, 2006 @04:09PM

Tyler Too writes: AT&T is facing heated opposition from some communities where it wants to deploy its U-Verse fiber network. Ars Technica has a feature looking at the situation in the suburbs of Chicago. 'Legal uncertainty is the rule when it comes to IPTV deployments by telecommunications companies. Neither Congress nor the FCC have weighed in on whether services like U-verse require their operators to take out a cable franchise from cities' It's not just Chicago, either: 'With AT&T set to upgrade its infrastructure to support U-verse across its wide service area, this is a battle that could play out in thousands of communities across the country over the next few years.'

Journal Journal: [music] iPod could use a reset button... 5

Journal by GeckoFood on Monday December 18, 2006 @03:57PM

This afternoon I had a problem with my iPod. I had just downloaded some goodies from iTunes and decided to load them onto the magic box, and the rat bastard decided to freeze. Hard. It did not respond to any kind of input, and the screen was frozen to dim but not off. I could not get it to reset for anything.

Submission + - Rotating Solar-Powered Skyscraper

Submitted by PieEye on Monday December 18, 2006 @03:50PM

PieEye writes: Wired is pointing out on their Gear Factor blog that there's a skyscraper in the works which will be solar-powered, and what's more will rotate with the sun. Quote: 'The completed tower will offer 200 expensive apartments for people who want to spend lots of money to screw up their circadian rhythym. Singh said they want to build many more such towers, with one for every time zone.'

Bookmark NewsForge | Education, information access top Mellon Foundation award winners (newsforge.com)

by CJMackie on Monday December 18, 2006 @03:42PM

Submission + - New office suite from Germany for FreeBSD, Linux

Submitted by

martin-k

on Monday December 18, 2006 @03:28PM

martin-k writes: "Commercial office suite software is coming to FreeBSD ... and Linux, Windows, Sharp Zaurus and Windows Mobile! SoftMaker, a German developer, today released SoftMaker Office, a multi-platform office suite that excels in Microsoft Office compatibility, is much leaner and faster than OpenOffice.org and works on many operating systems, down to PDAs."

Journal Journal: Netcraft confirms...

Journal by freshman_a on Thursday June 15, 2006 @02:24PM

Netcraft confirms that for the month of May, 2006, 4 of the top 5 most reliable hosting companies run FreeBSD. Props to the FreeBSD team and BSDs everywhere.

http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2006/06/06/six_hosting_companies_most_reliable_hoster_in_may.html

Journal Journal: Comment ID #15394998 by Anonymous Coward

Journal by freshman_a on Wednesday May 24, 2006 @12:38PM

http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=186558&cid=15394998

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Peter Moore interviews used to be the source much amusement with their idiocy, but the schtick is getting old.

Isn't it time for Microsoft to hire people who aren't fucking morons to run their Xbox stuff?

Peter needs to answer the real questions console players want to know:

Journal Journal: I'm excited about the PS3

Journal by freshman_a on Thursday May 11, 2006 @03:45PM

Yes, I'm excited about the PS3 and I'm going to defend Sony.

Journal Journal: Zing!

Journal by freshman_a on Monday April 24, 2006 @05:10PM

A message from Linus, via kerneltrap.org:

From: Linus Torvalds [email blocked]
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.17-rc2
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 10:58:46 -0700 (PDT)
I got slashdotted! Yay!
On Thu, 20 Apr 2006, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> I claim that Mach people (and apparently FreeBSD) are incompetent idiots.
>

Journal Journal: OpenSolaris

Journal by freshman_a on Tuesday December 06, 2005 @10:44AM

Just installed OpenSolaris (Build 27). Although I haven't had a chance to play with it much, ZFS looks very nice.

Journal Journal: Slow Down Cowboy?!?!?

Journal by freshman_a on Thursday July 14, 2005 @10:55AM

So I try to post a comment and get the following message:

Slashdot requires you to wait between each successful posting of a comment to allow everyone a fair chance at posting a comment.
It's been 55 minutes since you last successfully posted a comment

55 minutes isn't long enough?

Journal Journal: Brainf*cked 1

Journal by freshman_a on Thursday June 23, 2005 @04:51PM

Brainfuck. What a crazy programming language.

>+++++++++[<++++++++>-]<.>>++++++++++[<++++++++++>-]<+.+++++++..+++.>>++++++++[<++++>-]<.>>+++++++++++[<++++++++>-]<-.>>+++++++++++[<++++++++++>-]<+.+++.------.--------.

Journal Journal: Converted

Journal by freshman_a on Wednesday June 22, 2005 @05:15PM

So after 7 years of running Linux (the past 3 on Slackware), I've switched my main box at home to FreeBSD. I'm loving every minute of it.

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