Google has since taken that place. Google is the Internet to many people. So much so that Google has felt compelled to to prevent the genericizing [independent.co.uk] of their mark.
If they didn't, they could lose the trade mark. Its a stupid law, but that's how it works.
I love how you've taken my original argument which was nothing more than "JITs don't have be slow-starting memory hogs" as an argument that Lua is always better than the Java on the JVM
That is the gist of what came across. Maybe because you started with "the JVM sucks". That doesn't make the impression of a well balanced view, you know.
The JVM has some questionable and maybe even insulting characteristics, but saying it sucks is unreasonable.
When comparing the relative performance improvements of the JITs, note that the JVM is playing in an entirely different league performance-wise, JIT or not.
I think that a good programmer would know when to choose Lua and when to choose the JVM. He would probably be able to argue for and against each option and decide which one is better suited for a particular case.
> Now all they have to do is make it so, when you make a web site in Flash, you can link directly to the "page" you want.
Flex Builder 3 has support for deep links (they were possible before, but now it's in the framework), so a link from a search result directly to the searched item should be possible.
You may want to take a closer look at why Flash is slow for you. The player is really fast. It's a decent virtual machine and graphics engine. If you have a flash 9 plugin, take a look at this page: http://papervision3d.org/ It's a 3d engine with texturing support that's usable on a current computer. It is impossible to touch that performance using a web browser without plugins. Flash is only slow if it's used in a stupid way (playing multiple video ads on a page) or programmed for by incompetent people (hobby coders, designers).
I believe that Flash is a good platform, but as long as a single company can run it all into the ground, we can't rely on it. What is really missing is an open source flash player (Gnash is not good enough, I want Adobe to open up the player).
In the case of my mothers pc, the huge popup remembering her to renew also claims that the software has protected her from 3456758 previous attacks (can't remember the exact wording or number). Of course the software didn't actually prevent that many viruses, worms or malware from attacking her computer, but I'm sure nortons marketing department could come up with a creative explanation for the number.
Why do they make such ridiculous claims, other than trying to fearmonger the user into paying them? I know it's difficult to convince users that they have to protect their computer, but you don't have to LIE to them.
And I honestly don't care about the fact that the manufacturer subventions the OS or anything else by getting paid for installing this trialware. To use an analogy (no cars, sorry), I rather buy a good magazine for 5EUR than get one for 3EUR that is plastered with ads and paid-for articles.
I use online banking, and I damn well expect my account to not be publicly available. Why can't I expect a social networking site to respect my privacy the same way my bank does?
I agree with you that information posted to social networks can't be considered private, but that's because they are broken, and their users have the right to complain about it.
Don't get me wrong, I don't want to revise the HTTP protocol. (I don't think the OP want to, either, he just mixed up the acronyms.) But HTTP sessions are a de facto standard. They aren't going away anymore, and there are perfectly good reasons to use them.
Exactly. HTTP started as a stateless protocol, but we have begun to depend on tricks to make it stateful a long time ago, and for good, practical reasons. It's stupid to say "Don't try to wedge functionality where it doesn't belong".
HTTP stands for hypertext transfer protocol. Should we abolish all cases where HTTP is used to transport something different than hypertext? Sorry, no AJAX for you, no file downloads, no webdav, no rss, etc.
Mod be down, but I kind of agree with the OPs point that the W3C should take a better look at Flash.
Not to update the HTTP protocol of course - neither Flash nor the W3C have interest in changing that. But things like access to the bitmap data of images or a flexible component model are very useful for us programmers. Without advancements, we will forever be stuck with half baked web apps, and the W3C better look at what flash does right.
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> I don't know if it will load and run native binaries > over the web (like active X) or if it has it's own > sandboxed java-like pseudo code.
I don't think java uses pseudo code:)
You were probably thinking of byte code. Yes, the flash plugin runs byte code in a sandboxed virtual machine. It's not the browsers sandbox, but the flash players sandbox.
I expected that the adrenaline would improve the ability to recognize the numbers. But the experiment shows that adrenaline doesn't unlock extra abilities (regarding perception at least) that couldn't be achieved by just concentrating on the task.
The best way to increase the google page rank of a site is to get a site with a better page rank to link to it. Usually, you either have to pay for a link that makes a difference on your page rank, or you just get linked because your content is valuable. Because paid links corrupt the page rank algorithm and in effect make a search engine less usable, google is actively working against them.
Mr. Eash is trying to increase the page rank of his web site.
Fortunately, he is a pathetic amateur.
Searching for "Your Source, and Resource for starting a Home Business, or Growing the One You're In." already shows this article in second place (right after his blog full of articles advertising home business offerings).
Searching for Roderick Eash already shows this article in third place.
I guess that's not the kind of "link exchange" he imagined:)
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I drive on the Autobahn every other day, and practically all of it is paved with asphalt.
Also, mean temperatures in Germany (13C) are much higher than in Canada (-8C).
If you want proof, take a look:
1) It's asphalt.
2) The beer is not frozen.
Google has since taken that place. Google is the Internet to many people. So much so that Google has felt compelled to to prevent the genericizing [independent.co.uk] of their mark.
If they didn't, they could lose the trade mark. Its a stupid law, but that's how it works.
Just press control, alt, command, 8 to invert the display colors.
Warning: Makes some mac users slap their shiny laptops.
I love how you've taken my original argument which was nothing more than "JITs don't have be slow-starting memory hogs" as an argument that Lua is always better than the Java on the JVM
That is the gist of what came across. Maybe because you started with "the JVM sucks". That doesn't make the impression of a well balanced view, you know.
The JVM has some questionable and maybe even insulting characteristics, but saying it sucks is unreasonable.
Maybe you just forgot to mention that while LuaJIT speeds up Lua execution, it also doubles its startup time. The JVMs JIT however, doesn't affect startup time at all.
When comparing the relative performance improvements of the JITs, note that the JVM is playing in an entirely different league performance-wise, JIT or not.
I think that a good programmer would know when to choose Lua and when to choose the JVM. He would probably be able to argue for and against each option and decide which one is better suited for a particular case.
I totally agree, they should have placed it on the left side!
You can do a lot more harm than bricking iphones if you have control over a users DNS.
Yes, the Search Engine Kit is not new. I don't think there have been any significant developments, maybe they just want to stay on the radar.
> Somebody please explain how Google is going to link into complex applications in a meaningful way. Using deep links: http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Flex_3:Feature_Introductions:_Deep_Linking
> Now all they have to do is make it so, when you make a web site in Flash, you can link directly to the "page" you want.
Flex Builder 3 has support for deep links (they were possible before, but now it's in the framework), so a link from a search result directly to the searched item should be possible.
You may want to take a closer look at why Flash is slow for you. The player is really fast. It's a decent virtual machine and graphics engine. If you have a flash 9 plugin, take a look at this page: http://papervision3d.org/ It's a 3d engine with texturing support that's usable on a current computer. It is impossible to touch that performance using a web browser without plugins. Flash is only slow if it's used in a stupid way (playing multiple video ads on a page) or programmed for by incompetent people (hobby coders, designers).
I believe that Flash is a good platform, but as long as a single company can run it all into the ground, we can't rely on it. What is really missing is an open source flash player (Gnash is not good enough, I want Adobe to open up the player).
Germans call them "pommes frites". I think there would be a german name if french fries originated in originated.
It will only do the 0-60 in 3 seconds in reverse.
Google came up with android, which is
a) an OS
b) competes with Windows Mobile
That was a much better summary, and it was funny, too.
Slashdot, please hire this man as an editor.
In the case of my mothers pc, the huge popup remembering her to renew also claims that the software has protected her from 3456758 previous attacks (can't remember the exact wording or number). Of course the software didn't actually prevent that many viruses, worms or malware from attacking her computer, but I'm sure nortons marketing department could come up with a creative explanation for the number.
Why do they make such ridiculous claims, other than trying to fearmonger the user into paying them? I know it's difficult to convince users that they have to protect their computer, but you don't have to LIE to them.
And I honestly don't care about the fact that the manufacturer subventions the OS or anything else by getting paid for installing this trialware. To use an analogy (no cars, sorry), I rather buy a good magazine for 5EUR than get one for 3EUR that is plastered with ads and paid-for articles.
I use online banking, and I damn well expect my account to not be publicly available. Why can't I expect a social networking site to respect my privacy the same way my bank does?
I agree with you that information posted to social networks can't be considered private, but that's because they are broken, and their users have the right to complain about it.
Don't get me wrong, I don't want to revise the HTTP protocol. (I don't think the OP want to, either, he just mixed up the acronyms.) But HTTP sessions are a de facto standard. They aren't going away anymore, and there are perfectly good reasons to use them.
Next, we note that Adobe has not released its RTMP protocol
Adobe recently announced to make it's messaging server open source. This includes the RTMP, of course.
Exactly. HTTP started as a stateless protocol, but we have begun to depend on tricks to make it stateful a long time ago, and for good, practical reasons. It's stupid to say "Don't try to wedge functionality where it doesn't belong".
HTTP stands for hypertext transfer protocol. Should we abolish all cases where HTTP is used to transport something different than hypertext? Sorry, no AJAX for you, no file downloads, no webdav, no rss, etc.
Mod be down, but I kind of agree with the OPs point that the W3C should take a better look at Flash. Not to update the HTTP protocol of course - neither Flash nor the W3C have interest in changing that. But things like access to the bitmap data of images or a flexible component model are very useful for us programmers. Without advancements, we will forever be stuck with half baked web apps, and the W3C better look at what flash does right.
> I don't know if it will load and run native binaries
:)
> over the web (like active X) or if it has it's own
> sandboxed java-like pseudo code.
I don't think java uses pseudo code
You were probably thinking of byte code. Yes, the flash plugin runs byte code in a sandboxed virtual machine. It's not the browsers sandbox, but the flash players sandbox.
I see that you are a registered user at slashdot. How would you login and post to slashdot if slashdot didn't use HTTP sessions?
I expected that the adrenaline would improve the ability to recognize the numbers. But the experiment shows that adrenaline doesn't unlock extra abilities (regarding perception at least) that couldn't be achieved by just concentrating on the task.
What happened in this particular case is some spammer claimed he owned Slashdot, he sued the spammer, and lost.
The subject of the e-mail was 'Reminder: Link exchange with your site http://slashdot.org./
The spammer did NOT claim he owned Slashdot. The spammer thought Bennett Haselton was the webmaster of slashdot.
The best way to increase the google page rank of a site is to get a site with a better page rank to link to it. Usually, you either have to pay for a link that makes a difference on your page rank, or you just get linked because your content is valuable. Because paid links corrupt the page rank algorithm and in effect make a search engine less usable, google is actively working against them.
:)
Mr. Eash is trying to increase the page rank of his web site.
Fortunately, he is a pathetic amateur.
Searching for "Your Source, and Resource for starting a Home Business, or Growing the One You're In." already shows this article in second place (right after his blog full of articles advertising home business offerings).
Searching for Roderick Eash already shows this article in third place.
I guess that's not the kind of "link exchange" he imagined