The machine uses 1 and 0 because it's easier to do binary arithmetic (in electronics) than denary arithmetic. 1 and 0 map very well to the intrinsic states 'on' and 'off'.

You can make bigger...

If the universe is deterministic, it'd be possible to simulate forward progression of events and have it exactly correspond to actual progression of events. If it's deterministic & time invertible,...

Moved here ( from Coldfusion )

Ah.. you Americans always have to have it bigger. Cars .. meals .. earthquakes ..

Oh my. I just saw the news. We had a country-wide earthquake. I didn't even notice. I vaguely heard something about it this morning but it didn't sink in.

Anyone experience this? It didn't affect...

If I'm honest, I only dishwash once a week when every piece of kitchenware is unusable for any purpose. So, the cutlery is usually jammed in anyway and everywhere it can fit.

I guess I save loads...

I put everything handle up, except the sharpest knives: I put them blade up - just to tempt fate. Noteably, I always prep and empty the dishwasher standing on one leg whilst blindfolded.

In light of X(ML)HTML superceeding (SGML)HTML in most applications; I propose that the old-style unterminated <daniweb> tag, daniweb's logo, have an appropriate end tag. See attached.

>_< Even in jest; don't blame iraqis for the actions of a handful of radical muslims who ( mostly ) don't even hail from iraq - that's a very `american government' thing to do.

- on the subject of...

Strangely enough;

[^o]*(.*?)n(.*?)i[^o]*ns.

is a regular expression (perl form) that matches the string:

"philosophy, cabbages, and regular expressions?"

edit: oops. I certainly do need...

philosophy, cabbages, and regular expressions?

Nope, now it's become a mix of quickly-whipped-up psuedocode; corrections to said psuedocode (which shows how much some of us, myself included, need a compiler/interprettor); and debate over...

>_< boolean Object.equals( Object ) is a comparator, not an 'assigner'

as in:


String java = "java";
String awesome = "awesome";

if(java.equals(awesome))
{

If they're both strings, you're either setting the String java to "awesome" or the String awesome to "java" at some point before making the comparison*.. which stunts the results of such a test...

Wow. I did this again just now; a search for 'MattEvans'. My daniweb profile; is the number 1 result for the term.

http://www.google.com/search?q=mattevans&

So not just a reference to me, but a...

?? No, It's the opposite:

int n = 5; //assignment
if( n==5 ) //comparison.
{
explode();
}


In MS Visual Basic.. I think there is only a '=' operator; and its functionality depends on...

This is true.



That doesn't disprove that the statement n=5 doesn't evaluate true; it is indeed an assignment, but it will evaluate to true:

this is better proof, of the statement by EnderX...

One makes sure one doesn't use the same name for a variable and a function... the same principle is in other langauges, in Javascript you use something = function(); to call a function and set...

er... >_>

In Cavascript++ the parenthesis for function parameters are not mandatory.

I'm suprised I missed that though. It's considered bad form among the few existing Cavascript++ programmers...

try
{
var t1 = time();
while(!myspace.is_boring())
{
myspace.use();
}
assert ((time - t1) < NOT_LONG);
bebo.wonder_what_the_what_that_is();
...

I like Wikipedia; so much infact, that when searching for information in Google, I've got into the habit of prefixing 'wiki' in front of whatever term I'm looking for, because I'm pretty sure...

I'd be up for that. My girlfriends been wanting to go to Liverpool forever ( she's an LFC fan ), so she'd enjoy coming aswell.. but maybe not; because nothing bores her more than 'geek-talk' =P
...

Heh, I like those little reputation blurbs; "user is a whatever"..

I wonder, what an unpleasant (negative rep) one would say ...

EDIT: It's worth editing to make some up:

- MattEvans is a...

Ha.. I like:
Surrender Or Suffer
=P

...a search for my name on Google (without a space, [as my display name]); puts something related to me on the top of page 2 of the results; two things infact; and something on page 3 aswell.

All...

If it's going to be in London; I'm flexible.

But, Febuary would be better for me than January: I gotta get a load of work finished this month.

And Febuary would be better than March, because I...

I'd be up for it, t'would be a laugh.

I live in Sowf Eas' Lund'n.

(Warning for people not from South East London, that is how I talk)

I'm free any date after tomorrow.

ha, that's gotta top it.

although, surely it's more geeky to win? ;)

I don't think geekyness is measurable, although it could be judged relatively, and I'm sure everyone has a bit of geek inside somewhere...

In a given geeky conversation between 2 people, defined...

Oh yeah, that's always fun, but it doesn't always pertain to future-proofing and/or manageablity... However, good imagination >= good planning



Without planning!? :eek:

I study Computing with Games. At the moment my courses are:

-Computer Programming
-Multimedia Games Development
-Networking, Security and Computer Systems
-3D Animation

So, for the most...

good! you shouldn't, it's bad for you, extremely addictive, and costly.

smoking does keep me awake, alert and concentrated. and I should probably add to that; edgy, skittish, and addicted.

...

smoke less and geek faster i guess?

15. Use the word "geek" as a verb

Well, I don't intend to write the full list, I'm going to list geeky things I've done (and am proud of), and as for the rest, I'm going to rely on community support.

1. Work for more than a week...

I paid £40 (~ $80) for a far-from-perfect seat at Muse yesterday... Still, I bought it from a random at the train station at the very last minute... so, I can't complain :)

i'm going to see muse tomorrow, if i can get a ticket from a tout at wembley =P
i also play in a punk/jazz-ish band www.myspace.com/thenowherenears (http://www.myspace.com/thenowherenears).. we...

Ah.. I forgot that =P I got badass remixes of some later FF tunes,

it's a pity it's easier, or sometimes only possible, to find MIDI versions of alot of good videogame music. Useful for remixes,...

What kind of music do "geeks" listen to, while performing their geeky duties?

As a half-geek, I prefer rolling trancey bass-like techno-esque outings by bands such as the Prodigy, and...