Want to really scare the crap out of Google? Use your only power against them. Vote with your feet. Leave Google as a user. I've used DuckDuckGo ever since the James Damore firing.
American labor laws are extremely lax. Compared to other Western countries, we treat our workers like shit.
Agreed. From my understanding, most states don't offer vacation pay standards. Minimum wage is low or non-existant. It's a travesty but, hopefully, there are many jobs to help in upward mobility.
It seems so since the average wage is approx. $57000.00 in the US and $42000.00 in Canada according to Wikipedia ( from memory,correct if I'm wrong).
The next questions to research is: who owns these companies lobbying against neutrality and what's their real end game? It can't be to maximize profit. The Internet they're pushing is akin to promoting a full command economy which was an epic failure. We know the best systems that produce wealth for all are: -free markets, -free movement of goods and services, -opportunity for all and the freedom required to enact it, -reasonable labor laws that don't constrain but empower economic actors with choices, -environmental standards so your economic actors aren't slowed by a poor quality of life nor by the erosion of the planet's ecosystem, and -free and fair trade which we don't have completely yet and we're suffering because of it.
Each economic component has their analogous counterpart in Internet standards and activity. You don't want to control the Internet just as you don't want to control world economic activity which is now several factors larger than government budgets. For example, Canada has a reasonably large welfare state with a universal healthcare system. Combined Federal and Provincial budgets only account for one third of our economic activity.
I’m very much against piracy but “end greed?” Is that possible?
If you can do that, I’d also like you to: -end drunken stupors so people don’t mistakenly impregnate their friends who aren’t ready for parenthood, -end lust so human trafficking, of mostly women, has no reason to exist. -end laziness and brokenness so everyone reaches their full potential
Greed isn’t the problem. These people are bored and totally lack imagination. There’s so much to do in the world. Such people seek instant gratification or an escape from life, an escape from their erroneous perception of their life. I know, I was one of those but my depression never led me to steal the games I played. These people are too lazy or broken to go try things which is the reason they have no money to pay for anything.
I haven’t played computer games for nearly a decade. I used to play to forget my controlling and abusive spouse.
Now, life is too much fun! And I’m making money having fun!
After giving a lecture at the U of Washington on the Chengjiang fossil record, Chinese paleontologist, Jun-Yuan Chen said: "In China, we can criticize Darwin, but not the government; in America you can criticize the government, but not Darwin.”
Americans pioneered a safe, free market of ideas, open to all. Why is that eroded to using violent words and suspending civil rights to defend deeply held beliefs?
The moment I feel like winning an argument or repudiating a speaker is the very moment I should be listening for new ideas I could possibly add to my own.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." -Aristotle
As I read the comments, I see much fear and frustration that Christianity supposedly dominates American politics and the country. As a Canadian born-again Christian, it is difficult to see U.S. leaders as Christian when I hear of the things they do.
Many comments reveal an assumption that all creationists uniformly believe the same hypotheses. I used to be a Theistic Evolutionist and I would easily go back if the big problems with evolution and abiogenesis where resolved, especially amino acid chirality in complete poisonous opposition to the homochiral chemistry of all life.
There are various ways to fit scientific models in the Bible. You would be surprised how open-minded us Christian's are compared to those who throw out the baby Jesus with the bathwater.
It's fascinating to me that flying insects such as these have gyroscopes called halteres which directly feed information to it's autonomic flight correction system which is as well designed as our most responsive fighter planes, if not better.
Some people think all religions are identical and worthless. When we criticize one aspect of a religion, we abase all religions for those people. This is unfortunate but here we go:.
I love my Muslim co-worker. He is moderate, and respectful, with a smiling demeanor. We have amazingly deep conversations that I enjoy compared to the empty conversations with a hedonistic-type co-worker, as an example. When he got into more direct comparative discussion on religion, his face briefly saddened when I showed the Holy Qur'an verse on beating wives:
Men are in charge of women by [right of] what Allah has given one over the other and what they spend [for maintenance] from their wealth. So righteous women are devoutly obedient, guarding in [the husband's] absence what Allah would have them guard. But those [wives] from whom you fear arrogance - [first] advise them; [then if they persist], forsake them in bed; and [finally], strike them. But if they obey you [once more], seek no means against them. Indeed, Allah is ever Exalted and Grand. And if you fear dissension between the two, send an arbitrator from his people and an arbitrator from her people. If they both desire reconciliation, Allah will cause it between them. Indeed, Allah is ever Knowing and Acquainted [with all things]. Surat An Nisa' ( the women) 4:34-35 ( http://quran.com/4/34http://quran.com/4/35 )
We continue to talk about religion in peace. I get a sense that the majority of Muslims are like him. We both have a rich heritage from which we can extract some good. I would not throw the baby out with the bathwater.
This is quite a bit different from the most evangelical Christian sect where it is the job of evangelicals to preach the "word of God" so the non-believers can choose to accept it. If they don't accept it, well, they are damned but that isn't the job of the evangelicals - it is left up to God.
The question "and where did God come from?" assumes a universe without a distinct beginning and without an end. Physics shows the opposite. The expansion of the universe is accelerating into a cold death. There will be no compression and rebirth. We know the Big Bang required some sort originator of energy and originator of the laws of physics. We know this originator is independent of our space-time system. We know that, at some point, there exists an originator without a beginning. Why? simply, when you draw a time line from the Big Bang into the eternal past, something eternal has to fill it. Otherwise, you ask the question, "ok but what created that?" in an endless "eternal" loop. Ok, the originator must be eternal but is it a sentient entity like a God? C.S. Lewis helped us with that: "If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning."
>>(...) evolution has been an insanely successful theory. We literally wouldn't have today's understanding of biology without it.
If you and the previous commenter give some documented examples, you might make me believe in macro-evolution again. I already believe DNA allows certain variation within species ( micro-evolution ). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macroevolution
>> You seem to be terribly confused. First, there has been no "retraction", just publication of two papers which disagree with the original one.
I'll trust you on that one
>> the actual claim was "We found this bacterium living in an arsenic-rich environment on earth , (....) That never meant "OMG BACTERIA CAN GROW ABSOLUTELY ANYWHERE IN THE UNIVERSE!!!!!".
You're quite alone in your opinion. I googled hundred of major magazines, newspapers and blogs. They somehow made the same association I did:
>>You're parroting a really stupid creationist lie () that Zadel's fraud had anything to do with evolution or abiogenesis.(...)nobody outside of creationists ever thought Zadel's paper had any implications for abiogenesis.
On the hoax, the reputable Science magazine stated: "they initially hailed the result, which appeared to have major implications for the pharmaceutical industry as well as for understanding of the origins of life." http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/pdf_extract/265/5168/21
>> failed fruit fly experiments ( ) you've grossly misinterpreted the meaning of the results as a fatal failure for evolution. (The abstract you linked pretty clearly indicates that evolution took place!)
The abstract states: “We conclude that, at least for life history characters such as development time, unconditionally advantageous alleles RARELY arise, are associated with SMALL net fitness gains or CANNOT FIX because selection coefficients change over time.” [ emphasis mine ] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20844486
>> nothing more than an example of creationist quote mining
I did not mine for quotes. I was informed of many problems of abiogenesis at a presentation by Dr. Wing Sung. Such as lack of protection from UV damage in reducing atmospheres and from oxidation reactions in atmospheres like ours.
I still have photocopies of his presentation slides with sidenotes in Mandarin. I can scan and email them to you if you like.
>> (...) have to expect from people who have decided that anything which contradicts their interpretation of a religious text must ipso facto be false. (...) They're not in it to discover reality, they're in it to preserve their delusions.
Before seeing Dr. Sung's presentation, I used to be a theistic evolutionist. I accepted your “reality”, sir. I accept the gap theory.
Thank you for the article, Timothy. I would have never seen the retraction without it. I would have kept on believing that bacteria can grow in any planetary environment. In 1996, NASA claimed Cyanobacteria where found in Meteorites - debunked in same magazine ( http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2057461,00.html ). I am tired of scientists who foist their beliefs on us. In 1994, at the University of Bonn, Guido Zadel was found spiking the chemical solution in an experiment "proving" earth's magnetic field could select the correct building blocks of life. (Science, July 1, 1994). To explain, all living organisms are built out of left-handed amino acids enantiomers (See 1). But in a theorized prebiotic soup, right handed D (dextro) amino acids are ever-present in the solution 50/50. Like a poison to life, they produce useless malformed proteins because the amino acid chains fold in the wrong direction when proteins are manufactured. Currently, only fully-formed life can efficiently select L amino acids on the scale required to feed a living ( reproducing ) manufacturing plants of manufacturing machines that we call a cell. Breitmaier and Zadel were trying to "solve the problem" with a hoax and gain notoriety for doing so.
Hoaxes require a motive. I think they are desperately trying to prop up their dead theory until they find that elusive evidence that exonerates it.
In 1808, John Dalton started modern atomic theory. Decade after decade, it opened up avenues of research. We consistently generated scientific laws based on the initial premise — ultimately finding the Higgs Boson to complete the standard model. Darwin proposed evolution in 1859. By now, we should have scientific laws culled from the initial premise. We should not be finding lethal problems with the initial theory. Scientists are still mucking about with failed fruit fly experiments. They are on the 600th generation ( see 2 ).
Anyone who claims to know the truth about the origins of life is following a religion no matter if it is disguised in the language of science.
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enantiomerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiral#Chemistryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amino_acid#Isomerism
2. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20844486
Ice Core data going back many thousands of years, that Al Gore popularized, actually make the case against CO2 affecting climate.
You have to zoom in on the data - something Al Gore avoided. Temperature increases always precede CO2 rises by 100 to 600 years. The reason is that the ocean in a gigantic "carbon sink" that takes 100 to 600 years to adjust.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide#In_the_oceanshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_core#Ice_core_data
Have Java detractors ever visited sites that make the opposite case? Of course not - this is called natural human bias. Here is an unbiased source of information:
http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html
Even giving +/- 5 % to account for errors, Java leaves all other languages but C in the dust......choke choke.
Heck give 10% points to others on the graph and subtract 10% from Java. That might help...
I'm developing a multi-threaded music notation program in ancient Java 4.2 ( 1.4.2 ). I never had a problem running it unchanged on Windows XP, Mac OS 10.3.9 on PowerPC and Mac OS 10.4.11 on Intel. Playback graphics and sound are refreshed and can play 32nd notes on my ancient 867 Mhz Power Mac. Even my ancient version of the Java VM and language is amazing for development. I chose Java for the existing 3rd party libraries available where nothing else compares. I have one code base to maintain and I reach a vast user base including Linux users. I could not have done this alone had I used any other language or API.
In my opinion, SGU had the same monotonous feel as Star Trek Deep Space Nine. The only difference was the show was stuck on a ship instead of a star base.
Most Java APIs ( Java 2d, Swing, JavaFx, 3D,...) are arranged in Design Patterns ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_pattern_(computer_science) ). I learned them with Head First Design Patterns but there could be a better book out. The APIs are elegant where once they seemed convoluted.
'm writing a beautiful musical notation app in Java. It runs unmodified on Windows and Mac ( all versions). I have not tested on Linux.
On my old Mac tower 867MHz, my program can play, and highlight 32nd notes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-second_note
The notes are calligraphic WYSIWYG rendered using Java 2D ( not fonts) and fully printable. I chose Java for its vast libraries(packages). The GUI interface was a bonus. Very easy
See another example of an app written in Java: http://www.strata.com/products/strata_3d_cx_suite/strata_live_3d_cx/
I am writing music notation and playback software using Java. The one code base is tested on OS X 10.3.9, 10.4.11 and Windows XP. It uses a powerful rule engine called Java Expert System Shell (JESS) via its Java API. I have a lot invested in Java and I will not search for another rule engine for Objective-C, if it even exists at all.
If Apple kills and blocks the Java ecosystem in its products, I will dump the Apple ecosystem. Mr. Steve Jobs, you will have become worse than Bill Gates, vying for complete control over developers. I will sell off my Macbook Pro, my old G4 tower and iPod shuffle and cancel my planned upgrades of all three. Windows and Linux will be the new homes I have NEVER called home before. I used to own an Apple II long ago showing my support for principled companies
I will encourage all those who bought into the ever closing Mac ecosystem, to leave it. I hope the Apple Board and Apple’s shareholders will stay awake at night because of the exodus until they support Java in all their products and help make it better.
As a GUI API, Java works perfectly. It makes multiplatform development easy for the small business. Steve Jobs doesn’t care about small businesses anymore. He cares about his Objective-C like Bill Gates cared about his MS-DOS and Windows
It's about time someone clamps down on this. To make matters worse, some stations lower audio the first minute the shows come back on. I'm constantly fiddling with the volume control or mute button.
As mobile platforms replace PCs in the next ten years, it will be great disadvantage to have a single complicated API or a single IDE to access a platform. Perhaps Apple could create an IDE like Eclipse with third party plug-in support. We could build visual development tools and Hypercard development functionality through the plugin interface. It is in Apple's best interest to offer something. It is also inevitable to support all Java APIs and a JVM. It is THE business infrastructure builder. As a Java developer writing my own app, I don't want to learn Obj-C. I don't have the time to learn a new language and API, I have a wife to spend time with and kids to conceive. Of all things, Steve Jobs understands families.
Slashdot Mirror
And I avoid their other "office" software services. And I use mapquest.
Want to really scare the crap out of Google? Use your only power against them. Vote with your feet. Leave Google as a user. I've used DuckDuckGo ever since the James Damore firing.
Are there other alternatives?
American labor laws are extremely lax. Compared to other Western countries, we treat our workers like shit.
Agreed. From my understanding, most states don't offer vacation pay standards. Minimum wage is low or non-existant. It's a travesty but, hopefully, there are many jobs to help in upward mobility.
It seems so since the average wage is approx. $57000.00 in the US and $42000.00 in Canada according to Wikipedia ( from memory,correct if I'm wrong).
The next questions to research is: who owns these companies lobbying against neutrality and what's their real end game? It can't be to maximize profit. The Internet they're pushing is akin to promoting a full command economy which was an epic failure. We know the best systems that produce wealth for all are:
-free markets,
-free movement of goods and services,
-opportunity for all and the freedom required to enact it,
-reasonable labor laws that don't constrain but empower economic actors with choices,
-environmental standards so your economic actors aren't slowed by a poor quality of life nor by the erosion of the planet's ecosystem, and
-free and fair trade which we don't have completely yet and we're suffering because of it.
Each economic component has their analogous counterpart in Internet standards and activity. You don't want to control the Internet just as you don't want to control world economic activity which is now several factors larger than government budgets. For example, Canada has a reasonably large welfare state with a universal healthcare system. Combined Federal and Provincial budgets only account for one third of our economic activity.
I'll miss those guys. Their offered some free laughs during a dreary workday.
I put them on speaker phone for everyone, laughing in the background while we continued working.
But it wasn't as funny when I was busy at home, running for the phone.
I’m very much against piracy but “end greed?” Is that possible?
If you can do that, I’d also like you to:
-end drunken stupors so people don’t mistakenly impregnate their friends who aren’t ready for parenthood,
-end lust so human trafficking, of mostly women, has no reason to exist.
-end laziness and brokenness so everyone reaches their full potential
Greed isn’t the problem. These people are bored and totally lack imagination. There’s so much to do in the world. Such people seek instant gratification or an escape from life, an escape from their erroneous perception of their life. I know, I was one of those but my depression never led me to steal the games I played. These people are too lazy or broken to go try things which is the reason they have no money to pay for anything.
I haven’t played computer games for nearly a decade. I used to play to forget my controlling and abusive spouse.
Now, life is too much fun! And I’m making money having fun!
After giving a lecture at the U of Washington on the Chengjiang fossil record, Chinese paleontologist, Jun-Yuan Chen said: "In China, we can criticize Darwin, but not the government; in America you can criticize the government, but not Darwin.”
Americans pioneered a safe, free market of ideas, open to all. Why is that eroded to using violent words and suspending civil rights to defend deeply held beliefs?
The moment I feel like winning an argument or repudiating a speaker is the very moment I should be listening for new ideas I could possibly add to my own.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." -Aristotle
As I read the comments, I see much fear and frustration that Christianity supposedly dominates American politics and the country. As a Canadian born-again Christian, it is difficult to see U.S. leaders as Christian when I hear of the things they do.
Many comments reveal an assumption that all creationists uniformly believe the same hypotheses. I used to be a Theistic Evolutionist and I would easily go back if the big problems with evolution and abiogenesis where resolved, especially amino acid chirality in complete poisonous opposition to the homochiral chemistry of all life.
There are various ways to fit scientific models in the Bible. You would be surprised how open-minded us Christian's are compared to those who throw out the baby Jesus with the bathwater.
It's fascinating to me that flying insects such as these have gyroscopes called halteres which directly feed information to it's autonomic flight correction system which is as well designed as our most responsive fighter planes, if not better.
Some people think all religions are identical and worthless. When we criticize one aspect of a religion, we abase all religions for those people. This is unfortunate but here we go:.
I love my Muslim co-worker. He is moderate, and respectful, with a smiling demeanor. We have amazingly deep conversations that I enjoy compared to the empty conversations with a hedonistic-type co-worker, as an example. When he got into more direct comparative discussion on religion, his face briefly saddened when I showed the Holy Qur'an verse on beating wives:
Men are in charge of women by [right of] what Allah has given one over the other and what they spend [for maintenance] from their wealth. So righteous women are devoutly obedient, guarding in [the husband's] absence what Allah would have them guard. But those [wives] from whom you fear arrogance - [first] advise them; [then if they persist], forsake them in bed; and [finally], strike them. But if they obey you [once more], seek no means against them. Indeed, Allah is ever Exalted and Grand. And if you fear dissension between the two, send an arbitrator from his people and an arbitrator from her people. If they both desire reconciliation, Allah will cause it between them. Indeed, Allah is ever Knowing and Acquainted [with all things]. Surat An Nisa' ( the women) 4:34-35 ( http://quran.com/4/34 http://quran.com/4/35 )
We continue to talk about religion in peace. I get a sense that the majority of Muslims are like him. We both have a rich heritage from which we can extract some good. I would not throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Well said
This is quite a bit different from the most evangelical Christian sect where it is the job of evangelicals to preach the "word of God" so the non-believers can choose to accept it. If they don't accept it, well, they are damned but that isn't the job of the evangelicals - it is left up to God.
True
The question "and where did God come from?" assumes a universe without a distinct beginning and without an end. Physics shows the opposite. The expansion of the universe is accelerating into a cold death. There will be no compression and rebirth. We know the Big Bang required some sort originator of energy and originator of the laws of physics. We know this originator is independent of our space-time system. We know that, at some point, there exists an originator without a beginning. Why? simply, when you draw a time line from the Big Bang into the eternal past, something eternal has to fill it. Otherwise, you ask the question, "ok but what created that?" in an endless "eternal" loop. Ok, the originator must be eternal but is it a sentient entity like a God? C.S. Lewis helped us with that: "If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning."
>>(...) evolution has been an insanely successful theory. We literally wouldn't have today's understanding of biology without it.
If you and the previous commenter give some documented examples, you might make me believe in macro-evolution again. I already believe DNA allows certain variation within species ( micro-evolution ).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macroevolution
>> You seem to be terribly confused. First, there has been no "retraction", just publication of two papers which disagree with the original one.
I'll trust you on that one
>> the actual claim was "We found this bacterium living in an arsenic-rich environment on earth , (....) That never meant "OMG BACTERIA CAN GROW ABSOLUTELY ANYWHERE IN THE UNIVERSE!!!!!".
You're quite alone in your opinion. I googled hundred of major magazines, newspapers and blogs. They somehow made the same association I did:
Time magazine: “Scientists who hope to discover alien life someday”
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2034601,00.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/8174040/Life-as-we-dont-know-it-discovery-could-prove-existence-of-aliens.html
http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-nasas-form-life-untrue-015324767.html
http://gizmodo.com/5704158/nasa-finds-new-life
>>You're parroting a really stupid creationist lie () that Zadel's fraud had anything to do with evolution or abiogenesis.(...)nobody outside of creationists ever thought Zadel's paper had any implications for abiogenesis.
On the hoax, the reputable Science magazine stated:
"they initially hailed the result, which appeared to have major implications for the pharmaceutical industry as well as for understanding of the origins of life."
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/pdf_extract/265/5168/21
>> failed fruit fly experiments ( ) you've grossly misinterpreted the meaning of the results as a fatal failure for evolution. (The abstract you linked pretty clearly indicates that evolution took place!)
The abstract states: “We conclude that, at least for life history characters such as development time, unconditionally advantageous alleles RARELY arise, are associated with SMALL net fitness gains or CANNOT FIX because selection coefficients change over time.” [ emphasis mine ] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20844486
>> nothing more than an example of creationist quote mining
I did not mine for quotes. I was informed of many problems of abiogenesis at a presentation by Dr. Wing Sung. Such as lack of protection from UV damage in reducing atmospheres and from oxidation reactions in atmospheres like ours.
Background on Dr. Sung: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoVZe1NhmOI
I still have photocopies of his presentation slides with sidenotes in Mandarin. I can scan and email them to you if you like.
>> (...) have to expect from people who have decided that anything which contradicts their interpretation of a religious text must ipso facto be false. (...) They're not in it to discover reality, they're in it to preserve their delusions.
Before seeing Dr. Sung's presentation, I used to be a theistic evolutionist. I accepted your “reality”, sir. I accept the gap theory.
Thank you for the article, Timothy. I would have never seen the retraction without it. I would have kept on believing that bacteria can grow in any planetary environment. In 1996, NASA claimed Cyanobacteria where found in Meteorites - debunked in same magazine ( http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2057461,00.html ). I am tired of scientists who foist their beliefs on us. In 1994, at the University of Bonn, Guido Zadel was found spiking the chemical solution in an experiment "proving" earth's magnetic field could select the correct building blocks of life. (Science, July 1, 1994). To explain, all living organisms are built out of left-handed amino acids enantiomers (See 1). But in a theorized prebiotic soup, right handed D (dextro) amino acids are ever-present in the solution 50/50. Like a poison to life, they produce useless malformed proteins because the amino acid chains fold in the wrong direction when proteins are manufactured. Currently, only fully-formed life can efficiently select L amino acids on the scale required to feed a living ( reproducing ) manufacturing plants of manufacturing machines that we call a cell. Breitmaier and Zadel were trying to "solve the problem" with a hoax and gain notoriety for doing so. Hoaxes require a motive. I think they are desperately trying to prop up their dead theory until they find that elusive evidence that exonerates it. In 1808, John Dalton started modern atomic theory. Decade after decade, it opened up avenues of research. We consistently generated scientific laws based on the initial premise — ultimately finding the Higgs Boson to complete the standard model. Darwin proposed evolution in 1859. By now, we should have scientific laws culled from the initial premise. We should not be finding lethal problems with the initial theory. Scientists are still mucking about with failed fruit fly experiments. They are on the 600th generation ( see 2 ). Anyone who claims to know the truth about the origins of life is following a religion no matter if it is disguised in the language of science. 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enantiomer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiral#Chemistry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amino_acid#Isomerism 2. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20844486
Ice Core data going back many thousands of years, that Al Gore popularized, actually make the case against CO2 affecting climate. You have to zoom in on the data - something Al Gore avoided. Temperature increases always precede CO2 rises by 100 to 600 years. The reason is that the ocean in a gigantic "carbon sink" that takes 100 to 600 years to adjust. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide#In_the_oceans http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_core#Ice_core_data
Have Java detractors ever visited sites that make the opposite case? Of course not - this is called natural human bias. Here is an unbiased source of information: http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html Even giving +/- 5 % to account for errors, Java leaves all other languages but C in the dust... ...choke choke.
Heck give 10% points to others on the graph and subtract 10% from Java. That might help...
I'm developing a multi-threaded music notation program in ancient Java 4.2 ( 1.4.2 ). I never had a problem running it unchanged on Windows XP, Mac OS 10.3.9 on PowerPC and Mac OS 10.4.11 on Intel. Playback graphics and sound are refreshed and can play 32nd notes on my ancient 867 Mhz Power Mac. Even my ancient version of the Java VM and language is amazing for development. I chose Java for the existing 3rd party libraries available where nothing else compares. I have one code base to maintain and I reach a vast user base including Linux users. I could not have done this alone had I used any other language or API.
In my opinion, SGU had the same monotonous feel as Star Trek Deep Space Nine. The only difference was the show was stuck on a ship instead of a star base.
Most Java APIs ( Java 2d, Swing, JavaFx, 3D,...) are arranged in Design Patterns ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_pattern_(computer_science) ). I learned them with Head First Design Patterns but there could be a better book out. The APIs are elegant where once they seemed convoluted.
Looks like Java Swing is still popular. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/422956/java-swing-or-java-qt Now we have JavaFX for many more special graphical effects: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javafx/overview/index-jsp-139879.html http://javafx.com/
'm writing a beautiful musical notation app in Java. It runs unmodified on Windows and Mac ( all versions). I have not tested on Linux. On my old Mac tower 867MHz, my program can play, and highlight 32nd notes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-second_note The notes are calligraphic WYSIWYG rendered using Java 2D ( not fonts) and fully printable. I chose Java for its vast libraries(packages). The GUI interface was a bonus. Very easy See another example of an app written in Java: http://www.strata.com/products/strata_3d_cx_suite/strata_live_3d_cx/
http://www.angellabsllc.com/ Gates may be backing the wrong horse- power. :)
I am writing music notation and playback software using Java. The one code base is tested on OS X 10.3.9, 10.4.11 and Windows XP. It uses a powerful rule engine called Java Expert System Shell (JESS) via its Java API. I have a lot invested in Java and I will not search for another rule engine for Objective-C, if it even exists at all. If Apple kills and blocks the Java ecosystem in its products, I will dump the Apple ecosystem. Mr. Steve Jobs, you will have become worse than Bill Gates, vying for complete control over developers. I will sell off my Macbook Pro, my old G4 tower and iPod shuffle and cancel my planned upgrades of all three. Windows and Linux will be the new homes I have NEVER called home before. I used to own an Apple II long ago showing my support for principled companies I will encourage all those who bought into the ever closing Mac ecosystem, to leave it. I hope the Apple Board and Apple’s shareholders will stay awake at night because of the exodus until they support Java in all their products and help make it better. As a GUI API, Java works perfectly. It makes multiplatform development easy for the small business. Steve Jobs doesn’t care about small businesses anymore. He cares about his Objective-C like Bill Gates cared about his MS-DOS and Windows
It's about time someone clamps down on this. To make matters worse, some stations lower audio the first minute the shows come back on. I'm constantly fiddling with the volume control or mute button.
As mobile platforms replace PCs in the next ten years, it will be great disadvantage to have a single complicated API or a single IDE to access a platform. Perhaps Apple could create an IDE like Eclipse with third party plug-in support. We could build visual development tools and Hypercard development functionality through the plugin interface. It is in Apple's best interest to offer something. It is also inevitable to support all Java APIs and a JVM. It is THE business infrastructure builder. As a Java developer writing my own app, I don't want to learn Obj-C. I don't have the time to learn a new language and API, I have a wife to spend time with and kids to conceive. Of all things, Steve Jobs understands families.