The GNU C compiler apparently still permits this, and the VC++ 2005 compiler permits it too, though it issues a Level-4 warning if it’s C code, and a Level-2 warning if it’s C++ code.
By James Turner. Every programming language has its strengths...and its weaknesses. We identify five tasks for which perl is ideally suited, and four that...well, really, shouldn't you choose something else?
Noah Goldstein’s, Steve Martin’s (no, not that Steve Martin’s) and Robert Cialdini’s Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive is a pop psych book, where a bunch of research in psychology is distilled into one readable volume.
If your windows installation has issues, or for some other unmentionable reason is unable to get updates from the windows server, this is what you need to do.
tasked with gathering information about uses cases where the overhead of generating, parsing, transmitting, storing, or accessing XML-based data may be deemed too great for a particular application, yada yada...
Video Codecs and Pixel Formats. This site was intended to deal mainly with raw pixel formats, those containing RGB or YUV samples, and not compressed formats such as Cinepak, Indeo and DivX.
Sharks. Lightning. Blind dates. What do you do? Worst-Case Scenarios Online is here to help: jam-packed with how-to, hands-on, step-by-step instructions on everything you need to know FAST
from Hauser, Robert M. 2002. "Meritocracy, cognitive ability, and the sources of occupational success." CDE Working Paper 98-07 (rev). Center for Demography and Ecology, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
an open source programming environment and electronics i/o board for exploring the electronic arts, tangible media, teaching and learning computer programming and prototyping with electronics.
error codes are values that identify different types of errors in the Windows API. Most functions do not report the error code directly; instead, they simply return a flag specifying if some error occured or not.
This page list codes for accented letters and other characters. In order to use these codes, your computer should have a separate numeric keypad on the right.
these are samples, not complete applications. The code (and coding style) is not meant to be industrial strength; it's not even well-designed. The sole purpose of the samples is illustrating a point, not teaching proper coding style.
an open, free directory of species. This will cover animalia, plantae, fungi, bacteria, archaea, protista and all other forms of life to the extent that our users allow us.
What's hot now on wikipedia. Lists the pages in Wikipedia which are receiving the most edits per unique editor over various periods of time. Popular people in the news, the latest fads, and the hottest video games can be quickly identified by monitor this
Wikibooks is dedicated to developing and disseminating free, open content textbooks and other classroom texts. We currently host 5666 textbook modules, in various stages of development, from those needing a lot of work to those that are nearly perfect.
A remote control car that can be driven over the internet or with a laptop wirelessly from up to 500m away. It has a live-feed network camera so that it can be driven without line of sight and a horn so that you can honk at people.
"a small Ruby book. It won’t crush you. It’s light as a feather (because I haven’t finished it yet—hehe). And there’s a reason this book will stay light: because Ruby is simple to learn."
...you should be cautious about including C hackers in your projects, as they are often the ones who have the most trouble adapting to the abstraction-based form of software development that object technology embodies... Bertrand Meyer
This story is also the story of the decline and fall of the British university and the corruption of the academic ideal . That is why this essay carries two titles - a personal one and a social one.
"Five-day weeks of eight-hour days maximize long-term output in every industry that has been studied over the past century. What makes us think that our [IT] industry is somehow exempt from this rule?"
By Pieter Hintjens - That simple question stirs up controversy and divides the IT industry into two camps like no other. Every group has their own ideology about software patents.
"I recently finished writing a book with a few co-authors. I kept notes along the way and wanted to describe the process for those who are thinking about writing a book, too."
Darwin is the Unix-derived core that provides the underlying foundation for Mac OS X. At Darwin's heart is the XNU kernel--a Mach 3.0-based microkernel that has been modified to include portions of FreeBSD for performance reasons.
Adapted from a Z Media Institute talk, June 2007 - « UN Charter which says that—in Article 2—the threat or use of force in international affairs is a crime. “Threat or use of force.” »
A Teachable Tree «This diagram is olready a summary, although it would probably be overwhelming for public or high school audiences. There are possibly four recognizable words: "green plants" "Animalia" 'Bacteria' and "Fungi". Maybe.»