User:Fnordly/What Is and What Will Never Be

I hope to write again here at another time. For now, here is a quick list of stuff that I may know enough about to write a few articles on, though I mainly like the ones that are already here and prefer to play with the technology rather than introductions to it for the new users, for now. The C Programming Language and the stdlib.h, stdio.h and unistd.h et al. PC Assembler Language (x86 Assembly Language) with the Netwide Assembler, NASM. The Python Programming Language: more specifically, version 2.6 and 2.7 are popular, but Python 3 is an entirely sleeker, more awesome animal. It hurts my heart when I read of decent packages written for Python, but specifically not for Python 3. There are a few inconvenient differences, making larger scripts tedious to port, but it is well worth the transition. Everything that Python was intended to do it does indeed do and better. It is better than Ruby and Perl, no exceptions. Back to the list. There is Cygwin and Cygwin/X and Gnu/Linux and long ago I loved not caring whether the X Window System was working on my Linux console, as I had bash on multiple virtual terminals on the 1600x1200 Linux Frame Buffer. Right out of the box, the Redhat system worked (I had to recompile the kernel to get the frame buffer console at boot time.), but I hacked it down until it was only a few hundred lines of start-up scripts that would bring up my shell prompt in five seconds or so with a 450MHz Pentium III. Gone now are those days, though the box is patiently awaiting a power supply and a fresh Linux kernel. It has always been true that though there are many alternatives to Microsoft Windows, if someone just wants to play a game or check their email, these alternatives impose undue difficulties. Rather than being an anti-commercial software type, I hope to continue to use and improve Cygwin and extend Python3 to facilitate the programming of applications which utilize the Windows Registry and the message-driven paradigm.

What would you do if I sang you a song? Would you stand up and walk out on me? Lend me your ear, and I will sing you a tune. I will try not to sing out of key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Too Hard to Control Alvin, Simon, Theodore. Chastity escaped through legal means, Ashley through less satisfactory ways, but Celeste went the traditional route of doing what she is told and waiting for her knight in shining armor to deliver her from her world that she has grown to tolerate. Every princess has her choice of an infinite supply of heroism right at the moment that it is needed, but not every princess knows that she is a princess and deserving of her timely salvation. Celeste has been psychologically abused to the extent that she will qualify for social security for disability benefits for life. For what it is worth. Jaden is now being subjected to the same sort of abuse. He is a seven year old athlete, scientist, motivator. He is a pillar. He is always being reminded that he must be a little cooler, because he is being... ...too hard to control...