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Python... expensive? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!?

http://www.python.org

It's completely free and open source.

You don't yet... They will go under the "applications" forum when it's open again though.

Two stage problem. One, I forgot a file when unlocking your account. I fixed that bit. Two... PHP files have to have proper permissions. Read the "Help & Info" page for details, or just use the "fix permissions" tool in account management.

Is that a real game? It sounds actually... gasp... fun! I used to play the national geographic games a lot as a kid. I don't mean in school. No, school was all dull and stuff. I played educational games at home for fun.

I love the internet. In 24 hours I talk with friends in Australia, Germany, Chile, Japan, and even exotic locales such as Newfoundland (pokes gwyn.) :-)

Enjoy the trip Griever!

But PHP has more in common with C than it does with Java. Object Orientation can take a long walk off a short cliff (in 90% of applications anyway.) That's one reason python is so good. You can do all you want without objects/classes, but if you WANT objects, it does them well too.

The best example of why OO is bloated and python rocks

Java

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public class Hello {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("Hello, world!");
    }
}C

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#include

int main(void)
{
   printf("Hello, world!n");
   return 0;
}C++

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#include

int main()
{
    std::cout << "Hello, world!" << std::endl;
    return 0;
}And finally, Python

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print "Hello, world!"And yes, Lei, I know this still is no help. Sorry, but I don't actually have any good suggestions for you, so I make with the lang-wars instead. :-)

EDIT: All code ripped from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_world_program

Java
Includes a full history of kingdoms, dutch colonialism, and independance.

Trust me, this Java is much more interesting and worthwhile than that stupid programming language. :-)

I may at some point in the future, but it matters little.

Back on the subject of "You know you're a nerd when..."

You think 400 smoots to furlongs is a valid google search AND you know what both of those units are based on!

(Seriously, research "smoot" as a unit of length and I promise you'll be amused.)



EDIT: So I followed my own advice and researched it. Turns out I only knew the half of it.

http://overstated.net/04/02/27-unit-of-measurement-elected-head-of-standards-board

New forums are now defacto forums... moved to /forum/

Old forum can be found at http://xepher.net/oldforum/

Data... I'm with you. I never notice people as being "short" unless they're down at truely midget level. As for tall... Well, like you noted, when I feel short, it's nothing short of scary!

*is 6'2"*

Remember that solid hydrogen storage I mentioned?

http://www.amminex.com/index_files/Page344.htm

20 gram pellets hold 20 liters of hydrogen. Or so they claim. Looks promising though.

Yes, I know you were joking... That was why I was pointing out the funny bit of it, as I do the same thing, and reading penny arcade one day I saw it described as "and-a-pony." Figured I'd share "teh haha." :-)

But I think it would be cool to have teleportation technology even more.

Ah, I see you too subscribe to the and-a-pony school of negotiation.

*crickets*

See, he's wishing for something impossible, so when you're asking for someting you're never going to get, you might as well ask for a pony too, just in case.... observe.


"What I want is a car that gets 1000 miles to the gallon, a computer that never crashes, and movies that don't suck... and a pony."

See? It's funny!

Sorry, thought Ashley mentioned you lived in seattle already. My bad. And I definitely agree about the "making cars suck less" bit. I was just saying that I don't think mass transit is an option for MOST people. It's doable for some, but not the majority. Making cars that don't pollute (a la fuel cells and clean electricity) is the way to go. I don't think most people need 3-4 cars by any means, but on the other hand, I don't like seeing people point out american society and faulting us for our luxuries. I think we should strive to be the most comfortable nation on earth, that's what the future is all about! I'm a big fan of technology and comfort, so I'd much rather take the approach of making cars better, rather than convincing ourselves we don't need cars. Of course we don't need them, but I WANT to have one, and so do a lot of other people. In fact, I want a flying car, and I see nothing wrong with that. Our problem is we've been doing it in a way that hurts other people and the planet itself. Too many environmentalists (not saying you specifically) take the approach of "making do with less" rather than "making what we have do better." Give me a million clean, flying cars over a small amount of dirty, cramped busses any day.

And yes, when I have cake, I tend to eat it too. (Seems stupid not to.) :-)