Comments for lojic.com http://lojic.com/blog Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:54:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 Comment on Escape from Zurg by Colin Jones http://lojic.com/blog/2007/09/10/escape-from-zurg/#comment-707 Colin Jones Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:13:53 +0000 http://lojic.com/blog/2007/09/10/escape-from-zurg/#comment-707 Thanks! I found this on Google searching for a Ruby combinations algorithm (it's built into the Array class on Ruby 1.8.7, but I'm limited to Ruby 1.8.6). Thanks! I found this on Google searching for a Ruby combinations algorithm (it’s built into the Array class on Ruby 1.8.7, but I’m limited to Ruby 1.8.6).

]]> Comment on Blog Bifurcation by Curtis Lowe http://lojic.com/blog/2008/05/31/blog-bifurcation/#comment-602 Curtis Lowe Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:05:30 +0000 http://lojic.com/blog/2008/05/31/blog-bifurcation/#comment-602 OK...It's July 1...where's the bifurcatin'? OK…It’s July 1…where’s the bifurcatin’?

]]> Comment on Blog Bifurcation by Brian Adkins http://lojic.com/blog/2008/05/31/blog-bifurcation/#comment-601 Brian Adkins Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:35:50 +0000 http://lojic.com/blog/2008/05/31/blog-bifurcation/#comment-601 @Eric yeah, I'm using an installed version of Wordpress on my <a href="http://www.bluehost.com/track/lojic/blog" rel="nofollow">Bluehost</a> account. It's fine as far as regular blog software goes, I just want to roll my own for fun :) @Eric yeah, I’m using an installed version of Wordpress on my Bluehost account. It’s fine as far as regular blog software goes, I just want to roll my own for fun :)

]]> Comment on Kwajalein Atoll by Kris Bohrer http://lojic.com/blog/2007/05/30/kwajalein-atoll/#comment-599 Kris Bohrer Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:55:53 +0000 http://lojic.com/blog/2007/05/30/kwajalein-atoll/#comment-599 One mention I failed to make previously. We went to Kwaj in 1969, never before having left Minnesota. 6 months later, we get a letter from my husband's mom, that a boy that went to our church transferred to Kwaj with his wife --- we ran into them at the Yokwe one night soon after. Small World! One mention I failed to make previously. We went to Kwaj in 1969, never before having left Minnesota. 6 months later, we get a letter from my husband’s mom, that a boy that went to our church transferred to Kwaj with his wife — we ran into them at the Yokwe one night soon after. Small World!

]]> Comment on Kwajalein Atoll by Kris Bohrer http://lojic.com/blog/2007/05/30/kwajalein-atoll/#comment-598 Kris Bohrer Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:53:39 +0000 http://lojic.com/blog/2007/05/30/kwajalein-atoll/#comment-598 We lived on Kwaj from '69 thur '71. As Joe says, you live there, wondering how you can get away sometimes, but once you move away, you think about how nice it would be to get back. I used to have dreams (I think it was after waves hit us from a Sunami over in Japan), but I dreamt I woke and our trailer from Silver City was floating out in the middle of the ocean, no land to be seen. I was always glad to wake up! A lot of years have passed for us,one of our 5 kids was born there, and ultimately had to choose between U.S. citizenship, or Trust Territory citizenship, and thankfully joined us all in Minnesota as a U.S. citizen, but she, as well as us, would love to get back someday. Ya never know.... We lived on Kwaj from ‘69 thur ‘71. As Joe says, you live there, wondering how you can get away sometimes, but once you move away, you think about how nice it would be to get back. I used to have dreams (I think it was after waves hit us from a Sunami over in Japan), but I dreamt I woke and our trailer from Silver City was floating out in the middle of the ocean, no land to be seen. I was always glad to wake up! A lot of years have passed for us,one of our 5 kids was born there, and ultimately had to choose between U.S. citizenship, or Trust Territory citizenship, and thankfully joined us all in Minnesota as a U.S. citizen, but she, as well as us, would love to get back someday. Ya never know….

]]> Comment on Blog Bifurcation by Curtis Lowe http://lojic.com/blog/2008/05/31/blog-bifurcation/#comment-594 Curtis Lowe Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:29:22 +0000 http://lojic.com/blog/2008/05/31/blog-bifurcation/#comment-594 I hope this is the kind of stuf that stays on the techno-blog, cuz yur makking me feel stoopid... I hope this is the kind of stuf that stays on the techno-blog, cuz yur makking me feel stoopid…

]]> Comment on Blog Bifurcation by Eric Holter http://lojic.com/blog/2008/05/31/blog-bifurcation/#comment-586 Eric Holter Sun, 01 Jun 2008 18:10:43 +0000 http://lojic.com/blog/2008/05/31/blog-bifurcation/#comment-586 Hi Brian. Have you tried the install version from WordPress.org as apposed to hosted WordPress.com version? I'm using it for my new company site agencycritique.com (in progress). I've been impressed with its flexibility and available plugins. Also, just about all the third party web 2.0 services that integrate with blogs have WordPress compatibility. Hi Brian. Have you tried the install version from WordPress.org as apposed to hosted WordPress.com version? I’m using it for my new company site agencycritique.com (in progress). I’ve been impressed with its flexibility and available plugins. Also, just about all the third party web 2.0 services that integrate with blogs have WordPress compatibility.

]]> Comment on Blog Bifurcation by Brian Adkins http://lojic.com/blog/2008/05/31/blog-bifurcation/#comment-584 Brian Adkins Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:14:28 +0000 http://lojic.com/blog/2008/05/31/blog-bifurcation/#comment-584 I'm actually extremely pleased with Ruby, so although I'm planning to "reinvent the wheel by writing my own blog software", I'd prefer to limit the technology choice to something that has the <em>potential</em> to surpass Ruby (or simply do it in Ruby). Avi seems to have done some great work with Seaside using Smalltalk, but I personally think Ruby has beaten Smalltalk at its own game, and subjectively, I just don't like Smalltalk - the syntax, IDE requirement, etc. I think Avi is quoted as stating that Common Lisp would've been the superior language, but Smalltalk provided the better environment. I'm more interested in the best language than the best toolset at this point. JavaScript is a great language also (particularly if you don't have to deal with browser idiosyncracies), but it's doubtful that it can compete with the power and speed of Common Lisp, Scheme or Haskell. If you're correct in the requirement of a Java VM for server side JavaScript implementations, I would be even less interested in pursuing it. I think the good things that JavaScript has come from Scheme, so why not go to the source directly? :) I’m actually extremely pleased with Ruby, so although I’m planning to “reinvent the wheel by writing my own blog software”, I’d prefer to limit the technology choice to something that has the potential to surpass Ruby (or simply do it in Ruby).

Avi seems to have done some great work with Seaside using Smalltalk, but I personally think Ruby has beaten Smalltalk at its own game, and subjectively, I just don’t like Smalltalk - the syntax, IDE requirement, etc. I think Avi is quoted as stating that Common Lisp would’ve been the superior language, but Smalltalk provided the better environment. I’m more interested in the best language than the best toolset at this point.

JavaScript is a great language also (particularly if you don’t have to deal with browser idiosyncracies), but it’s doubtful that it can compete with the power and speed of Common Lisp, Scheme or Haskell. If you’re correct in the requirement of a Java VM for server side JavaScript implementations, I would be even less interested in pursuing it.

I think the good things that JavaScript has come from Scheme, so why not go to the source directly? :)

]]> Comment on Blog Bifurcation by Scott Moonen http://lojic.com/blog/2008/05/31/blog-bifurcation/#comment-583 Scott Moonen Sat, 31 May 2008 21:48:44 +0000 http://lojic.com/blog/2008/05/31/blog-bifurcation/#comment-583 I think you mentioned to me once why server-side Javascript was out of the running, but I forgot why. Can you remind me? Sounds like there are decent continuation-based frameworks for both Javascript and Smalltalk. Well, at least I hear the Smalltalk one is decent. Not sure how mature the JS one is. Maybe one downside of server-side JS is the fact that the leading implementations all require a Java VM? That's one reason I've been slow to investigate it. I think you mentioned to me once why server-side Javascript was out of the running, but I forgot why. Can you remind me?

Sounds like there are decent continuation-based frameworks for both Javascript and Smalltalk. Well, at least I hear the Smalltalk one is decent. Not sure how mature the JS one is.

Maybe one downside of server-side JS is the fact that the leading implementations all require a Java VM? That’s one reason I’ve been slow to investigate it.

]]> Comment on 2008 Programming Language Plan by BRENDA VANVOLKENBURG http://lojic.com/blog/2008/01/17/2008-programming-language-plan/#comment-523 BRENDA VANVOLKENBURG Sun, 04 May 2008 22:39:13 +0000 http://lojic.com/blog/2008/01/17/2008-programming-language-plan/#comment-523 Hi, Just learning, need to do a report on machine languages. My daughter and I are also learning in college together. She hates it, and get 90's on tests. I love learning all kinds of new things and am getting as low as 70's. Do you have any encouraging words about the future with witch I can inspire her with? Thanks for your time Hi,

Just learning, need to do a report on machine languages. My daughter and I are also learning in college together. She hates it, and get 90’s on tests. I love learning all kinds of new things and am getting as low as 70’s.
Do you have any encouraging words about the future with witch I can
inspire her with?

Thanks for your time

]]> Comment on cmd line history meme by Scott Moonen http://lojic.com/blog/2008/04/19/cmd-line-history-meme/#comment-510 Scott Moonen Thu, 01 May 2008 15:20:26 +0000 http://lojic.com/blog/2008/04/19/cmd-line-history-meme/#comment-510 244 cd 225 ls 148 svn 139 vi 30 sudo 27 gs 22 hours 22 fgrep 20 w 18 cat Where: "hours" is an alias for editing a timeclock record, and "gs" is an alias for changing to a particular directory. My top 20 on my untrimmed history are: 2129 ls 1574 cd 1169 vi 442 svn 336 sudo 184 dir 152 w 148 fgrep 143 gs 133 hours 130 cat 89 script/server 87 rm 84 more 81 psql 81 find 68 locate 62 python 61 hoursg 57 man 244 cd
225 ls
148 svn
139 vi
30 sudo
27 gs
22 hours
22 fgrep
20 w
18 cat

Where: “hours” is an alias for editing a timeclock record, and “gs” is an alias for changing to a particular directory. My top 20 on my untrimmed history are:

2129 ls
1574 cd
1169 vi
442 svn
336 sudo
184 dir
152 w
148 fgrep
143 gs
133 hours
130 cat
89 script/server
87 rm
84 more
81 psql
81 find
68 locate
62 python
61 hoursg
57 man

]]> Comment on cmd line history meme by Luke http://lojic.com/blog/2008/04/19/cmd-line-history-meme/#comment-509 Luke Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:00:25 +0000 http://lojic.com/blog/2008/04/19/cmd-line-history-meme/#comment-509 Work server: 243 ls 180 cd 143 vi 80 libman 56 sudo 47 rm 30 svn 22 docman 14 mkdir Personal computer: 219 ls 133 cd 109 apt-get 81 vi 64 ssh 53 apt-cache 51 sudo 18 startx 14 tar 13 mv Work server:
243 ls
180 cd
143 vi
80 libman
56 sudo
47 rm
30 svn
22 docman
14 mkdir

Personal computer:
219 ls
133 cd
109 apt-get
81 vi
64 ssh
53 apt-cache
51 sudo
18 startx
14 tar
13 mv

]]> Comment on Inline C Code in Ruby by Brian Adkins http://lojic.com/blog/2007/10/05/inline-c-code-in-ruby/#comment-506 Brian Adkins Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:30:31 +0000 http://lojic.com/blog/2007/10/05/inline-c-code-in-ruby/#comment-506 Joe, it works fine up through factorial(16) for me, but the reason it eventually fails is because there is a limit to what can be stored in a long int. Joe, it works fine up through factorial(16) for me, but the reason it eventually fails is because there is a limit to what can be stored in a long int.

]]> Comment on Inline C Code in Ruby by joe http://lojic.com/blog/2007/10/05/inline-c-code-in-ruby/#comment-486 joe Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:41:14 +0000 http://lojic.com/blog/2007/10/05/inline-c-code-in-ruby/#comment-486 Any reason it craps out after 12 factorial? Any reason it craps out after 12 factorial?

]]> Comment on Using helpers inside controllers in Ruby on Rails by Attila http://lojic.com/blog/2007/07/27/using-helpers-inside-controllers-in-ruby-on-rails/#comment-462 Attila Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:47:54 +0000 http://lojic.com/blog/2007/07/27/using-helpers-inside-controllers-in-ruby-on-rails/#comment-462 Thanks, helped me out. First time I heard of lambda, too. Yes, i am that much of a rookie in ruby world. :) Thanks, helped me out. First time I heard of lambda, too. Yes, i am that much of a rookie in ruby world. :)

]]> Comment on Nice Fonts for GNU Emacs on Ubuntu Linux by Angus77 http://lojic.com/blog/2008/02/07/nice-fonts-for-gnu-emacs-on-ubuntu-linux/#comment-423 Angus77 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:58:26 +0000 http://lojic.com/blog/2008/02/07/nice-fonts-for-gnu-emacs-on-ubuntu-linux/#comment-423 Wow, thanks a lot! This looks so much nicer! Wow, thanks a lot! This looks so much nicer!

]]> Comment on Beware of LEGO Mindstorms NXT on Mac OSX by David Herlein http://lojic.com/blog/2008/01/08/beware-of-lego-mindstorms-nxt-on-mac-osx/#comment-401 David Herlein Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:01:04 +0000 http://lojic.com/blog/2008/01/08/beware-of-lego-mindstorms-nxt-on-mac-osx/#comment-401 I have had the exact same problem with my mac mini...same setup but I called lego several times and they have done nothing for me I have had the exact same problem with my mac mini…same setup but I called lego several times and they have done nothing for me

]]> Comment on Amazon MP3 Downloads by Curtis Lowe http://lojic.com/blog/2008/02/20/amazon-mp3-downloads/#comment-393 Curtis Lowe Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:08:07 +0000 http://lojic.com/blog/2008/02/20/amazon-mp3-downloads/#comment-393 Cool, how do I embed video on my blog? Cool, how do I embed video on my blog?

]]> Comment on VMWare Workstation on Ubuntu 7.04 by me http://lojic.com/blog/2007/05/25/vmware-workstation-on-ubuntu-704/#comment-377 me Fri, 07 Mar 2008 03:00:39 +0000 http://lojic.com/blog/2007/05/25/vmware-workstation-on-ubuntu-704/#comment-377 Worked for me on 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon"; thanks! Worked for me on 7.10 “Gutsy Gibbon”; thanks!

]]> Comment on Half star ratings on Netflix by Matt http://lojic.com/blog/2007/05/02/half-star-ratings-on-netflix/#comment-369 Matt Sun, 02 Mar 2008 05:21:42 +0000 http://lojic.com/blog/2007/05/02/half-star-ratings-on-netflix/#comment-369 Nice hack! Thanks buddy Nice hack! Thanks buddy

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