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Even the very earliest C++ compiler was a real compiler, not just a preprocessor. Before that there was a preprocessor that converted "C with Classes" to C. http://www.stroustrup.com/bs_faq.html#bootstrapping Although there's some irony in contrasting having a runtime against being a...

There are plenty of Jewish people who aren't religious, and plenty who don't put a foreign country before their native country. Indeed, being Jewish doesn't even imply support for Israel or Israeli policies: There are many Jewish people that opposed the creation of Israel, and some that go so...

I originally read that as "MMA competitions"...

So called non-lethal weapons like tasers are promoted as being an alternative to more lethal weapons, but in fact they seem to more typically be used as an alternative to less lethal options. I.e. if even a cop thinks he probably can't get away with shooting someone, he could either try behaving...

Two really easy things to do are turning up the warning level on your compiler, if you don't already, and enabling /analyze, Microsoft's static analyzer which is built into their compiler.

There actually are locking algorithms which can efficiently lock multiple locks without such ordering. Efficiency apparently doesn't really matter in low contention situations, but here's an article that compares a few algorthims under higher contention, including the common algorithm based on a...

There are third party stores and Apple doesn't control what's sold through them.

The problem with comparisons to the swastika in Germany is that Germany actually does have laws banning it. E.g., It has to be removed from games released in Germany. The question of whether people should be able to buy and run such things for their devices is different from the question of...

You may be able to fix the input lag issue by messing with the screen's video settings. Many screens introduce a bunch of lag by doing some sort of image processing, but you can generally turn this off.

The difference is probably mostly based on fluctuations in the value of the currencies involved.

There's not really any standard practice for C++ like you often have with other languages. CMake is what I use if I have a choice. On linux traditional makefiles are also common. If you want you could use some IDE's native project files, such as Eclipse CDT's. There's also a new one out I...

Maybe you should read the article. The linked Popehat article also gives additional references as to the whole 'true threat' vs. protected speech issue. I second this recommendation to read White's post in full. In addition to the discussion of Velamoor, it raises a number of other good points...

As I understand it, that is largely correct. Everyone's technology was made available to everyone else, and no one received any royalties except for two companies for two initial patents. The royalties those companies received were also much less than they'd been previously demanding.

There were patents, but not any enforcement.

1917-1975

It includes things like a list of all studies on the effects of introducing or strengthening patent protection on advanced economies in the post WWII period. It's not cherry picking, even if not all data from all of history has been included. Even if you're right that the presented data is not...

I'm sure it does, but not with any solid basis for that disagreement. That report is mostly about narrow impacts of piracy and counterfeiting, and it doesn't say anything that actually supports its assertion that "Ensuring the protection of IP rights encourages the introduction of innovative...

Against Intellectual Monopoly There's a wealth of empirical data surveyed in the book. It would be well for anyone supporting patents and copyright on the premise that they on net do good for society, because this does not appear to actually be supported except by gut feelings. Of course if...

The paper uses 'Intellectual Monopoly' as a synonym for 'Intellectual Property', because that's what IP is: legally granted monopolies on ideas. In particular, IP laws reduce competition by providing tools for stamping out competitors. Indeed, literature supporting IP often uses that language...

Although that is the intent and justification for these systems, the evidence doesn't actually support that these systems in fact promote the progress of science and the useful arts. Studies on the actual effects show either that innovation is retarded or at least that there's no positive...