On 7/1/09, Kris Maglione wrote:
> Programming X Windows is like trying to find the square root of Pi
> using roman numerals.
> --Unknown
Henry Spencer
I don't know, but it clearly seems a logical argument that Kris is
making. Trying to apply logic and consistency to writing and language
is hard, but well worth it. (I'm very bad at it, I might add.)
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 4:13 AM, Kurt H Maier wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 7:09 PM, Kris Maglion
On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 7:09 PM, Kris Maglione wrote:
> Brackets in quoted material signify a change by the by the person doing the
> quoting (e.g., "[The commission] was set..." as opposed to "It was set...").
> Parens generally signify parenthetical material added by the original
> author.
I woul
On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 05:54:54PM -0500, Kurt H Maier wrote:
either this is a really clever troll or else I'm going to need to know
where you heard this
the brackets don't affect the meaning of 'sic' in the least
Brackets in quoted material signify a change by the by the
person doing the quo
On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Kris Maglione wrote:
> It should be [sic] when you're modifying a quote, (sic) when you're
> clarifying your own writing.
either this is a really clever troll or else I'm going to need to know
where you heard this
the brackets don't affect the meaning of 'sic' in t
Interesting, I had (sic) because it is what Boyd had when he sent me
the quote years ago, I'm not sure why I removed it at some point.
Corrected it now to [sic], although it might be that ken actually did
write '(sic)' himself?
Ah, the mysteries of quoting combined with the wonders of the English
Nice collection, I added some of them to my collection.
The C++ == octopus made by nailing extra legs to a dog is one of the
best quotes ever, and is in my C++ page together with many other
wonderful C++ quotes ;) http://harmful.cat-v.org/software/c++/
Oh, and the one about X being like calculati
On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 03:18:53PM +0200, Uriel wrote:
Thanks for the correction, but I think that was a spelling mistake on
purpose, I will add (sic).
It should be [sic] when you're modifying a quote, (sic) when
you're clarifying your own writing.
--
Kris Maglione
I think conventional lang
Kris Maglione dixit (2009-07-01, 15:46):
> Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring
> aircraft building progress by weight.
> --Bill Gates
What a pity.
--
[a]
On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 02:41:04PM +0200, Uriel wrote:
lets use this thread to post your favorite programming quotes.
C++: an octopus made by nailing extra legs onto a dog.
The key to performance is elegance, not battalions of special cases.
--Jon Bentley and Doug McIlroy
It's a curio
They are not exactly the same. I'm quite sure it was on purpose, you
should revert it again, hah.
On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 9:23 PM, Uriel wrote:
> Haha, thanks for spotting that, I wonder if it was on purpose :) I
> fixed it anyway.
>
> uriel
>
> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Jacob Todd wrote:
>>
Haha, thanks for spotting that, I wonder if it was on purpose :) I
fixed it anyway.
uriel
On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Jacob Todd wrote:
> This is offtopic, but in fortunes.cat-v.org/kernelnewbies, the following quote
> is there twice:
>
> %
> "Thanks, and THIS time it really is fixed. I mean
On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 05:11:39PM +0100, Jimmy Tang wrote:
> just thinking about this a bit after reading twfb's initial comment on
> cycling through things, perhaps...
>
> for monitor selection (this seems more natural for general usage and
> seems like a good default)
> mod1-shift-j
> mod1-s
Hi,
2009/7/1 totoloco :
> Hi, i want to report a dwm bug report in hg version.
> I compiled dwm without xinerama support.
> Clients / windows, does not show, only show title bar.
>
> Screenshot at:
> http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/4089/200907010902591280x1024.png
>
> urxvt is on title bar, but
Jimmy Tang wrote:
Hi Anslem
On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 04:18:31PM +0100, Anselm R Garbe wrote:
2009/7/1 Jimmy Tang :
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 08:06:56PM +0100, twfb wrote:
On 17:27 Sat 20 Jun � � , Anselm R Garbe wrote:
Monitors are currently selected through pressing Mod
> Just though I would let you know.
Thank you :D
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 11:32:31PM +0100, Jimmy Tang wrote:
> mon->0 has some windows
> mon->1 has some windows but has focus for the monitor
> - after using meta-e to shift change over to mon->1
>
> I move my mouse over to mon->0 to a window, highlight it and start doing
> something, but w
Hi Anslem
On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 04:18:31PM +0100, Anselm R Garbe wrote:
> 2009/7/1 Jimmy Tang :
> > On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 08:06:56PM +0100, twfb wrote:
> >> On 17:27 Sat 20 Jun , Anselm R Garbe wrote:
> >> > Monitors are currently selected through pressing Mod1-w, Mod1-e (just
> >> > two i
This is offtopic, but in fortunes.cat-v.org/kernelnewbies, the following quote
is there twice:
%
"Thanks, and THIS time it really is fixed. I mean, how many times can we get
it wrong? At some point, we just have to run out of really bad ideas.."
- Linus Torvalds
Just though I would let
2009/7/1 Jimmy Tang :
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 08:06:56PM +0100, twfb wrote:
>> On 17:27 Sat 20 Jun , Anselm R Garbe wrote:
>> > Monitors are currently selected through pressing Mod1-w, Mod1-e (just
>> > two initial keybindings), and clients are assigned to the selected
>>
>> First let me say
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 08:06:56PM +0100, twfb wrote:
> On 17:27 Sat 20 Jun , Anselm R Garbe wrote:
> > Monitors are currently selected through pressing Mod1-w, Mod1-e (just
> > two initial keybindings), and clients are assigned to the selected
>
> First let me say that it's great to dwm worki
On 7/1/09, Uriel wrote:
> software philosophy, so take a look and lets use this thread to post
> your favorite programming quotes.
http://www-pu.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de/users/klaeren/epigrams.html
- Alan J. Perlis
http://port70.net/~nsz/24_knuth.txt
- Knuth (from turing award lecture)
http:
Thanks for the correction, but I think that was a spelling mistake on
purpose, I will add (sic).
Peace
uriel
On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Fernan Bolando wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Uriel wrote:
>> Just updated my online programming quotes archive, it contains some
>> quotes that
On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Uriel wrote:
> Just updated my online programming quotes archive, it contains some
> quotes that in my opinion have inspired much of the 'suckless'
> software philosophy, so take a look and lets use this thread to post
> your favorite programming quotes.
>
> http://q
Just updated my online programming quotes archive, it contains some
quotes that in my opinion have inspired much of the 'suckless'
software philosophy, so take a look and lets use this thread to post
your favorite programming quotes.
http://quotes.cat-v.org/programming
Enjoy uriel
Hi, i want to report a dwm bug report in hg version.
I compiled dwm without xinerama support.
Clients / windows, does not show, only show title bar.
Screenshot at:
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/4089/200907010902591280x1024.png
urxvt is on title bar, but urxvt is not visible.
And there is no
On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 05:27:48PM +0100, Anselm R Garbe wrote:
> An initial version of the new xinerama support is committed into hg,
> it's not finished/polished yet, but the basics are usable already.
> During the development I decided to have a bar per monitor, instead of
> just one bar. It's l
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