Hello Uri, I'm afraid I need more clarification. Although you use mathematical language, you are describing abstract concepts. You're anthropomorphizing the...
Hi Arik, Thanks for your feedback. I really appreciate it. I will answer your questions below. ... Yes, I know. ... Yes, the whole article is about the...
Uri Even-Chen
uri@...
May 1, 2007 5:27 pm
4827
... I think I would have got it on the first go were it explained like you did now. Also you did not cover the part about them being like parallel lines - did...
Hi Arik, ... Yes. Or you can define it as f(x,y)= x^y, and only f(0,y) and f(1,y) will be straight, parallel lines. For any other x it will not be a straight...
Uri Even-Chen
uri@...
May 2, 2007 12:56 am
4829
... I'll just wait until you formulate a proof. ... Do you mean all constants or physical constants? The speed of light is constant in a particular uniform...
Hi all! I wrote a new essay: http://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/computers/software-management/end-of-it-slavery/ ( short URL: http://xrl.us/v635 ) Comments...
Hi Arik, ... All constants, including physical constants, but also mathematical constants. I realized that constants cannot be defined. That's one of the...
Uri Even-Chen
uri@...
May 2, 2007 5:09 pm
4832
... Stream of Consciousness, a style of writing in which multiple lines of narrative intersect and form a structure. Joyce ( ...
... And I realized that the notion that constants cannot be defined, cannot be defined. ... Neither do we. This is why writers normally try to think on what...
Hi Nadav, ... I would agree to everything you said (almost), but the last remark "and who cares about the readers" is an insult. Apparently, you forgot all...
Uri Even-Chen
uri@...
May 2, 2007 9:29 pm
4835
... This is why I gave the cartoon example. Everyone how to define a 100% cartoon is (e.g., Disney's "Bambi") and a 100% non-cartoon (e.g, the movie "Home...
Hi Nadav, ... Not everyone would agree with your definition. For some people, such a movie is 100% non-porn. Nudity is not always pornography. It depends...
Uri Even-Chen
uri@...
May 3, 2007 5:39 pm
4837
... Perhaps. But by that I meant that it seems to match my expectations. ... Right. ... Right. ... I'm not talking about the so-called mathematical induction,...
... In this discussion, you guys digressed from the philosophical area of Ethics which was previously discussed, into Metaphysics, namely Ontology (what ...
... So I reject their "very basic assumptions". I don't know what they are, but when I'll see them I'll reject them. The reason for this preposterous claim is...
Hi all! See: http://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/computers/web/online-communities/ for an essay I wrote about online communities and how to manage and grow...
Two comments about the original article. Feel free to quote, change, put in your essay, or just delete :-) 1. Joel talks about the effect of excessive quoting...
Hi all! I've started working on collecting the best software writing essays and articles for a book collection that will be a continuation of this book: ...
I think it varies greatly from pair to pair and from person to person so it is hard to argue if it is good or bad. For some people it is good, for others it is...
... Ok, here's my retort ;-) First, before we can discuss what's *wrong* with this "pair programming" as you call it (I call it "hagasha bezugot" - namely the...
See: http://community.livejournal.com/israeli/459329.html And http://digg.com/politics/Israel_To_Restrict_Internet_Access_to_Adult_Websites (Please Help digg...
Hi Nadav! ... "pair programming"? I'm sorry, but I didn't call it "pair programming". I called it "Working in Pairs", "Solving in Pairs", or "Pair-Wise...
... The professor must have thought to himself, "God! What planet are these guys from?"... He didn't tell you that you can hand-in exercises together, and yet...
Hi all! (Please reply only to one list, unless you're subscribed to more). Here are two edited conversations that recently took place on Freenode's #perl ...
Hi, I am researching coding styles for kernel code and enforcement tools. I think i like the benefits of BSD/KNF coding style: see...
Tzahi Fadida
Tzahi.ML@...
Jun 1, 2007 4:59 pm
4853
... when you write code for the linux kernel - use the linux kernel coding conventions. when you write code for the (net/free/open)bsd kernel - use the...
... No, I didn't admit that. You're jumping to conclusions. We could have done the exercise each on his won. We were two very intelligent people who eventually...
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