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jebblue
14y ago
I would not use a separate class per parameter though that is a clever solution. It might hurt performance and it just feels a bit heavy. For performance, clarity and reusability I would simply create a class that holds the values needed. A
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jebblue
14y ago
If Google starts messing with my email then it might be time to unplug from _all_ of Google's products.
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jebblue
14y ago
The page is mostly black and hurts my eyes trying to read it, was there anything interesting on it?
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jebblue
14y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_program I'm pretty sure the images of the surface there are not altered.
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jebblue
14y ago
The Viking photos taken on Mars in the late 70's are pretty cool too.
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jebblue
14y ago
In the late 70's Viking had about 12 KBytes RAM (6000 WORDS) and 5 MBytes (40 MBit) tape storage. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_program
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jebblue
14y ago
They didn't need a sky crane for the Viking landings. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_program
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jebblue
14y ago
I recommend Java the language and base platform running on Apache Tomcat frontended _not_ with mod_jk but with mod_proxy. See my post here for specifics: http://forum.linode.com/viewtopic.php?t=9230&p=53085#p53... For the Web UI I rec
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jebblue
14y ago
>> it isn't even more expensive than linux hosting A specific comparison would be nice, blanket statements are not helpful.
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jebblue
14y ago
>> there is not denying that C# is 'Java done right/better', so I really see no reason to use Java over C# I see plenty and I've done both and stuff that existed before Java or C# either one existed like C++, C, BASIC and Assembly.
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jebblue
14y ago
Gmvault stores your Gmail password locally. An alternative is using an email client which can download your Gmail using POP3. Most clients let you choose whether to store the password. You can set up your own folders and filters if you emai
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jebblue
14y ago
>> All the examples he gives aren't particularly hard to understand. For example, he complains that git pull is actually git fetch and git merge... well, that's pretty obvious. No, it isn't since the words fetch and pull mean pretty
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jebblue
14y ago
Valve's move to Linux was inspiring. He referenced Marx, I'm now starting to wonder about their wisdom in general. Why can't they just make a great game platform and stay out of politics.
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jebblue
14y ago
I played the Windows versions of many games before then on Linux and the Linux versions always were faster to me.
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jebblue
14y ago
Bigots sounds the same, even when they're degreed.
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jebblue
14y ago
>> "if you've done very well in a program than I'm familiar with" That's not proper English grammar.
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jebblue
14y ago
NNTP? for TV? Is this legal?
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jebblue
14y ago
At some point people will realize that smart phones are great for communication but the desktop and mainframes will continue to be how people get real computing work done and games.
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jebblue
14y ago
I agree with your posts, this one was the best. Maven has caused me more pain the goodness. Ant is dependable and predictable and Eclipse works far better IMO with Ant than when Maven tries to Mavenize a project.
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jebblue
14y ago
"Some Democrats, generally less critical of the Fed, say such audits would undermine the Fed's independence and erode market confidence in the central bank. "That will politicize the making of such policy, and I think it's a bad way to go,"
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jebblue
14y ago
If Google doesn't do it who will? Who else has the vision? As long as they keep not doing evil everything is cool. If they do start doing evil we are screwed but we will have high bandwidth to get on the Internet and read about how messed u
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jebblue
14y ago
If he is sincere then he is brilliant because he realizes the open path.
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jebblue
14y ago
Your comment was also a personal insult.
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jebblue
14y ago
Your comment was a personal insult.
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jebblue
14y ago
What degree of evolution? That things change? That this change is observable? Or that man evolved from apes. If the latter, a) why are there still apes, b) where is the missing link?
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jebblue
14y ago
My Nexus One phone let me install a 32 Gig chip, no root needed. Which reminds me, why would I want a tablet that even in the largest storage size is still 1) half the storage my Google phone has and 2) fixed, can't add larger chips or use
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jebblue
14y ago
Same here, I wanted to buy one then found out it had no USB device support.
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jebblue
14y ago
How can a European company sue a European company in ... Texas? If I were the judge I'd kick it out of court on shear lunacy.
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jebblue
14y ago
Interesting but it uses 80% CPU time on my system, here is a Java applet showing the same thing - it takes a long time to load but uses less than 10%: http://www.zfm.ethz.ch/meca/applets/planeten/PG.html
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jebblue
14y ago
That stuff works as well as it does on Windows 7 (I'm forced to use Windows 7 at the moment on a contract); everything you named is as reliable, IMHO.
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