What is the west coming to? One minute they're persecuting Galileo, the next they're tormenting the creators of Wobble iBoobs. This is a sad day for freedom.
The App Store ALREADY CONTAINS ALTERNATIVE WEB BROWSERS, by Gum. iCab, for example, is a good example. Unless Apple has actually rejected them already with this excuse, then I call bullshitanigans on Opera.
If I recall right, these iMac thingums have a standard mount connector in the back, so they can be attached to all kinds of multi jointed holders, so the touch screen thing could be useful in certain non-desktop scenarios, such as a mounted on-the-toilet computer.
a dedicated army of real life BOFH types, to launch a brutal campaign of elimination against the technologically ignorant. Given their higher breeding rates, if we do not, then your children will have to cope with ever increasing numbers of twits: a sorry fate for humanity.
interesting that it doesn't have the capacity to throw exceptions ... pretty much all popular languages do that nowadays, excepting 'C'. I guess they don't mix too well with all that 'goroutine' stuff or something.
Are you trying to say that the Telegraph comments were actually automatically generated? They don't appear anything like the actual Twat-o-tron output that I have seen. I would also point out that a lot of people do indeed feel betrayed by the current leftist orthodoxy, and attempts to pretend that such people are nothing more than automated comment generators is all rather "new Labour", frankly.
There is no other programming language as capable as C++ when you are creating complex software that needs to be highly efficient. Lisp comes close, except for the cons-ing overhead. C is fine for simple software. Other popular modern languages lose out when you need real world efficiency, whatever their other virtues.
The problem is that the scientists themselves are not a neutral party - due to the state funded nature of science these days, it is in the interest of environmental scientists to turn up the hysteria. By accepting government money, science becomes just another lobbying group.
When you realize that most of the Apple bashing here should be read in a Monty Pythonesque "British Twit" kind of voice, then it makes a lot more sense: The problem is that the UK is filled to the brim with chippy twerps who think that anyone buying an iPhone is trying to "make a statement" about how sophisticated they are, and therefore feel an overwhelming need to pull them down a peg. This phenomenon is common across all kinds of goods in Britain, and is the main reason why Britain sucks so much.
All the piss taking above is out of order: this kind of science has a far higher potential for improving human happiness that all that boring astronomy and physics nonsense. We just need to find ways of increasing the situations where sexually themed fancy dress is considered de rigeur... replacing casual Fridays with sexually themed fancy dress Fridays, for example.
More important than single exit points is to keep your methods simple. With simple methods, the logic of the
if (account == null) return;
thing half way through is plain. If you have a method that contains pages of code, with nested if's, for's and case's, then a return statement half way through makes the method much harder to understand.
Britons may be thick, but are very very good at drinking and violence, which is what really counts in the long run. I suggest we find some of these brainy countries, go over there and beat the crap out of them and take their gold and women. That'll teach them for being a load of swots.
rsync compares checksums on every file that may have been updated. i.e. it needs to open every single file that isn't obviously different, both on the source and the target disk.
Time Machine uses Leopard's FS Event facility to record changes to the file system (at the directory level), meaning that when the time comes to perform the backup, where is much less work to be done. As per the Ars Technica review: http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/mac-os-x-10-5.ars/14
Mr Bassett, despite his 12 years of Mac use when he was in school, never realised that the menu bar at the top of the screen changed with the application in focus.
Perhaps Mr Bassett would care to share the name of the home where he is currently being looked after, so that the more charitable amongst us can send donations?
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Do they never learn? → #
Posted Friday 19th February 2010 13:16 GMT
In Apple squashes wobbly jub app
What is the west coming to? One minute they're persecuting Galileo, the next they're tormenting the creators of Wobble iBoobs. This is a sad day for freedom.
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License → #
Posted Wednesday 17th February 2010 15:07 GMT
In BBC clambers onto iPhone bandwagon
They should expand the TV license to cover iPhones if they're going to put content on them.
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App Store HAS ALTERNATIVE WEB BROWSERS → #
Posted Wednesday 10th February 2010 14:17 GMT
In Opera auditions for iPhone browser spot
The App Store ALREADY CONTAINS ALTERNATIVE WEB BROWSERS, by Gum. iCab, for example, is a good example. Unless Apple has actually rejected them already with this excuse, then I call bullshitanigans on Opera.
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mount joy → #
Posted Monday 18th January 2010 15:59 GMT
In Apple preps touchy-feely iMac
If I recall right, these iMac thingums have a standard mount connector in the back, so they can be attached to all kinds of multi jointed holders, so the touch screen thing could be useful in certain non-desktop scenarios, such as a mounted on-the-toilet computer.
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We need → #
Posted Friday 15th January 2010 11:43 GMT
In Survey outs Britain as nation of tech twits
a dedicated army of real life BOFH types, to launch a brutal campaign of elimination against the technologically ignorant. Given their higher breeding rates, if we do not, then your children will have to cope with ever increasing numbers of twits: a sorry fate for humanity.
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There → #
Posted Friday 15th January 2010 02:13 GMT
In GoToMyPC (finally) goes to your Mac
Goes the Neighbourhood.
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Justice → #
Posted Saturday 26th December 2009 22:59 GMT
In US mum calls 911 over Grand Theft Auto
Flog everyone involved, then burn down the house - it's the only way to be sure.
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no exceptions! → #
Posted Wednesday 11th November 2009 12:57 GMT
In Google 'experiment' crossbreeds Python with C++
interesting that it doesn't have the capacity to throw exceptions ... pretty much all popular languages do that nowadays, excepting 'C'. I guess they don't mix too well with all that 'goroutine' stuff or something.
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O-= → #
Posted Wednesday 11th November 2009 10:49 GMT
In NASA: the world will not end in 2012
If there is an afterlife and the world does end in 2012, then they will look pretty stupid.
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hang them → #
Posted Wednesday 11th November 2009 10:18 GMT
In No jobs recovery for years
Bring back hanging for unemployed people: that'll sort them out.
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shorts → #
Posted Monday 26th October 2009 10:14 GMT
In Historian slams 'absolutely crazy' UK time zone
We should have shorter daytime hours during the winter - say 45 mins or so, and longer ones during the summer. That would sort everyone out.
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Therefore → #
Posted Friday 23rd October 2009 11:49 GMT
In Prof: Extremists tend to dominate debates
This is why Democracy is such a bad idea, and pretty much the opposite of freedom.
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ieigmaltk → #
Posted Wednesday 27th May 2009 09:55 GMT
In BNP pleads for cash after reported DDoS assault
The BNP is the only political party left in the UK with even a modicum of decency, unfortunately.
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Hmmm → #
Posted Tuesday 1st July 2008 12:47 GMT
In Telegraph falls to the Tw*t-O-Tron
Are you trying to say that the Telegraph comments were actually automatically generated? They don't appear anything like the actual Twat-o-tron output that I have seen. I would also point out that a lot of people do indeed feel betrayed by the current leftist orthodoxy, and attempts to pretend that such people are nothing more than automated comment generators is all rather "new Labour", frankly.
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Effing → #
Posted Monday 10th March 2008 01:42 GMT
In Stroustrup and Sutter: C++ to run and run
There is no other programming language as capable as C++ when you are creating complex software that needs to be highly efficient. Lisp comes close, except for the cons-ing overhead. C is fine for simple software. Other popular modern languages lose out when you need real world efficiency, whatever their other virtues.
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Pretty bubbles in the air → #
Posted Sunday 3rd February 2008 04:20 GMT
In Nobel Prize winner demands more honesty from peers in green debate
The problem is that the scientists themselves are not a neutral party - due to the state funded nature of science these days, it is in the interest of environmental scientists to turn up the hysteria. By accepting government money, science becomes just another lobbying group.
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Twits → #
Posted Tuesday 15th January 2008 12:19 GMT
In Apple tells iPhone vendors not to reveal sales figures
When you realize that most of the Apple bashing here should be read in a Monty Pythonesque "British Twit" kind of voice, then it makes a lot more sense: The problem is that the UK is filled to the brim with chippy twerps who think that anyone buying an iPhone is trying to "make a statement" about how sophisticated they are, and therefore feel an overwhelming need to pull them down a peg. This phenomenon is common across all kinds of goods in Britain, and is the main reason why Britain sucks so much.
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You've got a Friend in Jimbo → #
Posted Tuesday 8th January 2008 00:51 GMT
In Wikia unsheathes antidote to 'unhealthy' Google
See the Reverend Horton Heat for more details.
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For shame... → #
Posted Tuesday 8th January 2008 00:50 GMT
In Why do women get plastered at fancy dress parties?
All the piss taking above is out of order: this kind of science has a far higher potential for improving human happiness that all that boring astronomy and physics nonsense. We just need to find ways of increasing the situations where sexually themed fancy dress is considered de rigeur... replacing casual Fridays with sexually themed fancy dress Fridays, for example.
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Simplicity → #
Posted Tuesday 4th December 2007 03:48 GMT
In Bloody code!
More important than single exit points is to keep your methods simple. With simple methods, the logic of the
if (account == null) return;
thing half way through is plain. If you have a method that contains pages of code, with nested if's, for's and case's, then a return statement half way through makes the method much harder to understand.
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Thick → #
Posted Friday 30th November 2007 14:04 GMT
In British teens score a C in international science poll
Britons may be thick, but are very very good at drinking and violence, which is what really counts in the long run. I suggest we find some of these brainy countries, go over there and beat the crap out of them and take their gold and women. That'll teach them for being a load of swots.
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Exploding version? → #
Posted Wednesday 14th November 2007 18:25 GMT
In Russians offer Terry Pratchett-style droid luggage
They need to do an exploding version for the Jihad-challenged types amongst us
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rsync vs Time Machine. → #
Posted Friday 9th November 2007 05:26 GMT
In Mac OS X Leopard - Time Machine
rsync compares checksums on every file that may have been updated. i.e. it needs to open every single file that isn't obviously different, both on the source and the target disk.
Time Machine uses Leopard's FS Event facility to record changes to the file system (at the directory level), meaning that when the time comes to perform the backup, where is much less work to be done. As per the Ars Technica review: http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/mac-os-x-10-5.ars/14
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One Button Mice? → #
Posted Wednesday 7th November 2007 03:55 GMT
In Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard - Finder
I don't know how you guys all manage to just have one mouse button - Apple hasn't sold a one button mouse for almost 2 years.
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Oh, Mr Bassett → #
Posted Monday 5th November 2007 22:08 GMT
In Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard - Finder
Mr Bassett, despite his 12 years of Mac use when he was in school, never realised that the menu bar at the top of the screen changed with the application in focus.
Perhaps Mr Bassett would care to share the name of the home where he is currently being looked after, so that the more charitable amongst us can send donations?