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by gamache 16y ago
Honda's selling new CVT-based automatics now, the spacey DN-01 and overkill-redesigned VFR1200. Very expensive and aimed at no discernable market (unlike the old Hondamatics you mentioned). I haven't seen a single one on the road yet.
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by gamache 16y ago
I'd be interested to see the motorcycle accident/fatality rate controlled for rider demographics, using car accidents as the control. I bet the difference is much less than commonly indicated. You should review the findings of the Hurt Re
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by gamache 16y ago
I understand that, but it took the Perl community years to step up and fill the gap. (Thanks BTW.) The publisher's problem became the community's problem, which in turn became the language's problem.
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by gamache 16y ago
Then there are the platforms that just stop shipping new versions for a decade or so. Perl's mistake was not releasing another Camel Book for a decade. The Perl 5.x language and libraries have done just fine.
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by gamache 16y ago
No one said anything about causation. Reexamine the sentence, adjusted to the passive voice: As you can see, the general pattern is that better pictures are taken by more complex cameras. This does not conflict with your hypothesis.
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by gamache 16y ago
Cod has minimal mercury. The fish with methylmercury issues tend to be large fish which live many years. Data: http://www.fda.gov/food/foodsafety/product-specificinformati...
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by gamache 16y ago
For the vast majority who hold this common wisdom, it is not bullshit at all.
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by gamache 16y ago
Nope, that would be "27 inches development". "Gear inches" refers to the nominal wheel diameter multiplied by the gear ratio. Approximately, development == gear inches * pi. I prefer to use development as my unit, taking into account the
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by gamache 16y ago
A manager asked a programmer how long it would take him to finish the program on which he was working. ``It will be finished tomorrow,'' the programmer promptly replied. ``I think you are being unrealistic,'' said the manager, ``Truthfully,
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by gamache 16y ago
Whack a screwdriver blade against a strong magnet a few dozen times, all in the same direction. Presto, your $1 screwdriver is now a $2 magnetized screwdriver.
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by gamache 16y ago
Good schools can be very useful for this. Personally, I know at MIT, most of what I took away didn't come from a classroom (of course, some of that's my fault). The community around a school can make all the difference.
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by gamache 16y ago
Here's some illustration of the previously-discovered hidden brain on the Sistine Chapel ceiling: http://boingboing.net/2009/12/16/brain-on-the-sistine.html
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by gamache 16y ago
If Apple had been more open -- truly inclusive, not just for show -- about getting software onto their ultraportables, the bogus perception that Apple is a fully walled garden wouldn't exist. Instead, they pissed off enough internet loudmou
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by gamache 16y ago
Since you would shrink from using CSS to mark up the comments on this site (child's play), I can't think of a reason.
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by gamache 16y ago
Your statement pretty much guarantees that I wouldn't want you writing my view layer.
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by gamache 16y ago
It's considered old-fashioned because in the olden days, you didn't really have a choice. Programs started on mainframe systems (client/server with a very dumb client) then moved to PCs once they had enough horsepower. For most applicatio
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by gamache 16y ago
Women can have wives and girlfriends! (It's true, there are pictures on Google)
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by gamache 16y ago
I think we could really use a Ruby DSL for naysaying.
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by gamache 16y ago
If you'd hit the 'reply' button seven years ago, you might have more reality to back up your assertions, but now you're just plain wrong. In, say, 5 years Perl won't have the luster it once did I like Perl, I think it's a solid language,
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by gamache 16y ago
Most people I know say "fack". I am American.
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by gamache 16y ago
My 88-key Space Saver Model M does not fight back at all; it just makes it clear to all nearby that a key has been pressed. (And boy, it sounds weird with a digital delay...)
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by gamache 16y ago
That's fair; I should have phrased that better. Here's your chance. :)
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by gamache 16y ago
I disagree with your implication that Perl is suitable for newbs but should be discarded for "better languages" by people who are interested in learning. In fact I would invert your statement: I think Perl is not a good choice for people wi
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by gamache 16y ago
Perl usage on the web began to fall off due in part to PHP, but you're neglecting the huge amount of Perl used in text processing, system administration, automation, even the sciences. PHP is (very mildly) comparable to Perl's Mason templ
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by gamache 16y ago
Rails is the main driver behind Ruby's success, true. And it really is a nice framework. However, Rails doesn't come rolled with a standard Ruby installation either, and 'gem install rails' is no easier or harder than 'cpan -i Catalyst::D
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by gamache 16y ago
Perl 6 is not meant to interoperate directly with Perl 5. It's not an incremental update in any way. IMO, it would be a lot clearer if Perl 6 weren't called Perl.
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by gamache 16y ago
You have a good point that Perl doesn't have great adoption with young'uns. I think we'd see more Perl usage if Ruby didn't exist; Ruby borrowed some of Perl's most attractive features and is rightly popular for it. By the numbers, though,
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by gamache 16y ago
Article's conclusion: After a short lapse, Perl development is picking up and enthusiasm for Perl 5 is as strong as ever. I would agree. A little over a decade ago, Perl suffered from the same problems which plagued JavaScript in its ear
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by gamache 16y ago
Or write Perl in Perl. Some languages allow code not only "as pretty as Python", but even prettier.
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by gamache 16y ago
Cue flash-forward to Mel Gibson hauling a datacenter-in-a-box across the desert, escorted by mohawked Aussies with guns

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