While I applaud the folks at Mozilla for their hard work--they are forgetting the Golden Principle of Software development: Software exists to solve problems. So, following that idea, if the current version of the browser I'm using (the earlier Firefox) solves my problems, then why do I need to upgrade? As long as their is an opt out from further nagging, I'm fine.
With all the sites out there just looking to steal information from you, and to introduce Cross-Site scripting elements, this is a good idea. I want my browser to warn me when I'm going into uncertain territory.
And if a website owner screwed up and did not renew their certs--to hell with them. We're supposed to accept a security risk because they couldn't get off their asses as renew? I don't think so.
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When I first used Legos, there were just the bricks and about 1% were roof pieces. Now you get about 30% bricks and the rest specialty parts, I would guess.
Well, full disclosure: I'm not up on the latest band aids you guys are using to overcome the inherant weaknesses in C++.
I agree that C++ is a fast, powerful language. I full-well know that both Java and C# are written in C++. The fastest language of all is Assembler. Having been exposed to a tiny bit of that, I know why it's so fast in execution: it's bare metal.
I do not doubt the power of C++ in the hands of the specialist. My question pertains to its suitability for the wild corporate environment. I think C++ is like Assembler. Though its raw power is always available, the difficulty of executing code in Assembler and C++ should discourage it from being used as a standard. If you want to become the expert at Assembler or C++, be my guest. I just would NEVER recommend to any company I work for that we choose C++ for a project. I have seen quite a few projects that were rewritten from C++ to Java and we ended up after the refactoring with a better executing app. The old version was so brittle and ill understood that no one was ever willing to tinker with it. The old version was opaque because it was written in C++ and of course had no notes in the code. One guy wrote it and the manual was in his neocortex.
You are free to label me a troll. Anyone who pushes you from your comfort zone would qualify, I suppose.
Do you use COBOL at home? No, of course not. Some industries (insurance, finance) still do run that. C++ is gone from industry except for a few places, such as you mentioned. And companies these days don't want to spend endless time while you perfect your microscopic bit of code to do some tiny thing. Face it: developers are more productive in the newer languages: Java & C#. Those languages were invented precisely to overcome the obvious weaknesses of C++. If you are a C++ guru then you are a master of the Edsel.
What I've noticed is the great number of Prima Donnas you meet in a C++ shop. Developers who have spent years perfecting some tiny app. Well, there is not time. These people cannot survive in any typical modern corporation where you get single digit days to get a large application or feature set done. If you're a dinosaur, you should just lie down and take your extinction with a smile.
The first computer I ever owned was a Radio Shack Model 100, in 1980. It was wonderful, came loaded with BASIC, made sound and had a fairly decent screen. I still have it somewhere.
The software and OS, however, were not that impressive today. The Model 100 is famous for having been the last software written by Bill Gates himself. I suspect he also wrote the computer's manual, which was a mess. It had references to non-existent sections, did not ever make sense and was just in general a joke. I was glad to have it but now I see the fingerprints of Bill Gates all over it. Apple is what it is because of the personality of Steve Jobs. Likewise for Microsoft.
Quite curious that we have all these lefties atop of this struggle. What what that is all about...
It's only abuse if the people know what is happening. I don't think that is true.
Second, ALLEGEDLY reelected. I doubt Bush/Cheney were legally re-elected.
C++? Isn't that dead and buried? Bjorne created one interesting thing in his life and he is hell bent on keeping it alive--after Java and C# have buried it.
Anyone ever tried to get a C++ job? They are few and far between. Java for sure and C# slightly have killed it. How many of you have had to spend countless hours tracking down memory leaks? It's all thanks to Bjorne and his crap C++.
Next thing, someone will be pushing a new version of COBOL!
Finally, the US Courts are getting wise to the abuses we Americans have been subjected to in the name of battling terrorism. In fact, the nanny state has just used the 9-11 stuff as an excuse to do what they've always wanted to do--dig into our personal business. The hallmark of the creation of the US was its Constitution, which explicitly forbids the government from engaging in fishing expeditions. The protection against unreasonable search and seizure was so important they knew about it hundreds of years ago. Finally, someone is pushing back.
Well, thank God for a Democratic governor in Ohio. The last one was gleefully happy that his state had been able to steal the election for Bush in 2004. I have seen so many reports that describe the theft, it's despicable. Back to a technology we can trust: paper.
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They are only boring if you have no imagination. As a child, I created hotels, 747 jetliners, bridges and a million other projects. They were raw materials, only limited by the vastness of your own, internal landscape. If you found them boring, were you creative in other ways?
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That's great--and that the CEO himself realizes that they have gone wrong with the specialized pieces--validates my point.
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Another commenter hit this on the head. The new kits come with many non-generic parts that are formed for one specific purpose--letting the designer do all the creating. When I played with Legos, they were ALL generic and you relied on your own imagination--not that of the toy's designer--for your creativity.
A lot of us thought this years ago when we got sick of trolling our way through MSDN trying to find the magic page that held the answer to the Microsoft bit of hell for the week. That's one reason why Java is the primary language now, like it or not--because it's neutral as to platform.
This is merely the market taking over. This is the American way. Goliath who is sitting on his pile of money eventually gets tipped over. Good riddance to Microsoft.
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Is it just me or does it seem that the Lego Corp has lost their way? When I was a kid, we used the generic Lego bricks to build a million different things--all based on our imaginations.
Now the little brats do nothing but assemble kids with of all things directions. What happened to make up your own ideas? I've now seen so many kids who are unwilling to build anything that strays outside of the confines of "the kit".
The creative building childhoods that had been the last remaining birthright of an American is now fading fast. Kids will not grow up creative in the states and we will drift along and invent nothing new.
The Republicans controlled all three branches of government for 6 years (2000-2006) and yet they did not remove any of this alleged "big government" you refer to. Funny how you just fall into the lockstep of demonizing any Democrat. Just ridiculous. The Republicans offer us nothing except help for the rich and then they have a pat denial of any Democrat. The Republicans are friends of the rich and that is all. I'm sure the contractors who billed this money were Republicans.
How on earth did five toilets for $5 million get green-lighted? It must have been a consultant spending somebody else's money and with a fee to justify.
How are the voters of Seattle going to reward that terrible waste? Just crazy. That's what's wrong with American right now--so many people willing to screw their fellow man if they can make a dollar off of it. Call it the American way (I would not) but it's killing us. We need to get some honesty and proportion back in our daily lives and business.
Prepare to have the night skies filled with UFOs of many different species, having a battle royale 6 miles above Detroit. The spam has stopped because even the demons that send most spam have scurried away to hide before the big one hits.
Yes, it may "run" but nobody who works in a Manhattan publishing house (I've worked for two) is going to bother with some off market Chinese crap. They are going to have their company buy Apple Macs. In the new company I worked for, I was stunned and elated to see that even DEVELOPERS are moving to Macs--even if they only desire to run in Windows emulation mode.
Funniest part? It's creatives who use Macs, exclusively. Having worked for many media companies, they only consider Macs. This beast will maybe find some gamers who like it. The rest--nah...
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While I applaud the folks at Mozilla for their hard work--they are forgetting the Golden Principle of Software development: Software exists to solve problems. So, following that idea, if the current version of the browser I'm using (the earlier Firefox) solves my problems, then why do I need to upgrade? As long as their is an opt out from further nagging, I'm fine.
With all the sites out there just looking to steal information from you, and to introduce Cross-Site scripting elements, this is a good idea. I want my browser to warn me when I'm going into uncertain territory. And if a website owner screwed up and did not renew their certs--to hell with them. We're supposed to accept a security risk because they couldn't get off their asses as renew? I don't think so.
When I first used Legos, there were just the bricks and about 1% were roof pieces. Now you get about 30% bricks and the rest specialty parts, I would guess.
Well, full disclosure: I'm not up on the latest band aids you guys are using to overcome the inherant weaknesses in C++. I agree that C++ is a fast, powerful language. I full-well know that both Java and C# are written in C++. The fastest language of all is Assembler. Having been exposed to a tiny bit of that, I know why it's so fast in execution: it's bare metal. I do not doubt the power of C++ in the hands of the specialist. My question pertains to its suitability for the wild corporate environment. I think C++ is like Assembler. Though its raw power is always available, the difficulty of executing code in Assembler and C++ should discourage it from being used as a standard. If you want to become the expert at Assembler or C++, be my guest. I just would NEVER recommend to any company I work for that we choose C++ for a project. I have seen quite a few projects that were rewritten from C++ to Java and we ended up after the refactoring with a better executing app. The old version was so brittle and ill understood that no one was ever willing to tinker with it. The old version was opaque because it was written in C++ and of course had no notes in the code. One guy wrote it and the manual was in his neocortex. You are free to label me a troll. Anyone who pushes you from your comfort zone would qualify, I suppose.
Do you use COBOL at home? No, of course not. Some industries (insurance, finance) still do run that. C++ is gone from industry except for a few places, such as you mentioned. And companies these days don't want to spend endless time while you perfect your microscopic bit of code to do some tiny thing. Face it: developers are more productive in the newer languages: Java & C#. Those languages were invented precisely to overcome the obvious weaknesses of C++. If you are a C++ guru then you are a master of the Edsel. What I've noticed is the great number of Prima Donnas you meet in a C++ shop. Developers who have spent years perfecting some tiny app. Well, there is not time. These people cannot survive in any typical modern corporation where you get single digit days to get a large application or feature set done. If you're a dinosaur, you should just lie down and take your extinction with a smile.
I thought my reference to COBOL would be enough to imply that I meant in the corporation where I think most of us work.
The first computer I ever owned was a Radio Shack Model 100, in 1980. It was wonderful, came loaded with BASIC, made sound and had a fairly decent screen. I still have it somewhere. The software and OS, however, were not that impressive today. The Model 100 is famous for having been the last software written by Bill Gates himself. I suspect he also wrote the computer's manual, which was a mess. It had references to non-existent sections, did not ever make sense and was just in general a joke. I was glad to have it but now I see the fingerprints of Bill Gates all over it. Apple is what it is because of the personality of Steve Jobs. Likewise for Microsoft. Quite curious that we have all these lefties atop of this struggle. What what that is all about...
It's only abuse if the people know what is happening. I don't think that is true. Second, ALLEGEDLY reelected. I doubt Bush/Cheney were legally re-elected.
C++? Isn't that dead and buried? Bjorne created one interesting thing in his life and he is hell bent on keeping it alive--after Java and C# have buried it. Anyone ever tried to get a C++ job? They are few and far between. Java for sure and C# slightly have killed it. How many of you have had to spend countless hours tracking down memory leaks? It's all thanks to Bjorne and his crap C++. Next thing, someone will be pushing a new version of COBOL!
... and your lack of grammar is hurting your sense...
Finally, the US Courts are getting wise to the abuses we Americans have been subjected to in the name of battling terrorism. In fact, the nanny state has just used the 9-11 stuff as an excuse to do what they've always wanted to do--dig into our personal business. The hallmark of the creation of the US was its Constitution, which explicitly forbids the government from engaging in fishing expeditions. The protection against unreasonable search and seizure was so important they knew about it hundreds of years ago. Finally, someone is pushing back.
Well, thank God for a Democratic governor in Ohio. The last one was gleefully happy that his state had been able to steal the election for Bush in 2004. I have seen so many reports that describe the theft, it's despicable. Back to a technology we can trust: paper.
They are only boring if you have no imagination. As a child, I created hotels, 747 jetliners, bridges and a million other projects. They were raw materials, only limited by the vastness of your own, internal landscape. If you found them boring, were you creative in other ways?
That's great--and that the CEO himself realizes that they have gone wrong with the specialized pieces--validates my point.
Another commenter hit this on the head. The new kits come with many non-generic parts that are formed for one specific purpose--letting the designer do all the creating. When I played with Legos, they were ALL generic and you relied on your own imagination--not that of the toy's designer--for your creativity.
A lot of us thought this years ago when we got sick of trolling our way through MSDN trying to find the magic page that held the answer to the Microsoft bit of hell for the week. That's one reason why Java is the primary language now, like it or not--because it's neutral as to platform. This is merely the market taking over. This is the American way. Goliath who is sitting on his pile of money eventually gets tipped over. Good riddance to Microsoft.
Is it just me or does it seem that the Lego Corp has lost their way? When I was a kid, we used the generic Lego bricks to build a million different things--all based on our imaginations. Now the little brats do nothing but assemble kids with of all things directions. What happened to make up your own ideas? I've now seen so many kids who are unwilling to build anything that strays outside of the confines of "the kit". The creative building childhoods that had been the last remaining birthright of an American is now fading fast. Kids will not grow up creative in the states and we will drift along and invent nothing new.
The Republicans controlled all three branches of government for 6 years (2000-2006) and yet they did not remove any of this alleged "big government" you refer to. Funny how you just fall into the lockstep of demonizing any Democrat. Just ridiculous. The Republicans offer us nothing except help for the rich and then they have a pat denial of any Democrat. The Republicans are friends of the rich and that is all. I'm sure the contractors who billed this money were Republicans.
How on earth did five toilets for $5 million get green-lighted? It must have been a consultant spending somebody else's money and with a fee to justify. How are the voters of Seattle going to reward that terrible waste? Just crazy. That's what's wrong with American right now--so many people willing to screw their fellow man if they can make a dollar off of it. Call it the American way (I would not) but it's killing us. We need to get some honesty and proportion back in our daily lives and business.
Prepare to have the night skies filled with UFOs of many different species, having a battle royale 6 miles above Detroit. The spam has stopped because even the demons that send most spam have scurried away to hide before the big one hits.
Wrong. When I worked in B&N in their HQ, they used word processing stuff on Macs.
The point is not where it's built--where it's designed is important.
Yes, it may "run" but nobody who works in a Manhattan publishing house (I've worked for two) is going to bother with some off market Chinese crap. They are going to have their company buy Apple Macs. In the new company I worked for, I was stunned and elated to see that even DEVELOPERS are moving to Macs--even if they only desire to run in Windows emulation mode.
Funniest part? It's creatives who use Macs, exclusively. Having worked for many media companies, they only consider Macs. This beast will maybe find some gamers who like it. The rest--nah...
I stand corrected.