Java is also a real, object-oriented programming language, while Javascript is solely a web scripting language. With very little in common with Java.
Well, several years ago you could say Javascript was solely a web scripting language. It's showing up more and more as a general-purpose scripting language in stand-alone applications. It's actually much cleaner and faster when divorced from the browser, because 90% of the annoying cruft associated with Javascript is actually the crappy HTML DOM, browser events, and so on.
Your snark would have had an element of truth five years ago. Now, there's no real line separating coding and website creation. It's all a seamless mix, and there's enough complexity on both sides to use all the talent that can be thrown at it.
Now I see that the US cannot in fact be trusted to fairly manage the domain system. You were right. I was wrong. I'm sorry.
I'm similarly disappointed in the US... but I'm still not sure what nation or organization would be BETTER. UN? EU? Industry organizations? Those would all be even worse.
Yes, developers *can* relearn another db, framework or language. How many times do you want to be do that in your life, and at what monetary cost?
Just as an aside... I hear this occasionally, and it doesn't make much sense to me.
1. It shouldn't take more than a weekend to learn a new language, and a week to learn a new API.
2. Why would it cost anything, other than a new compiler/development suite, that your company would be paying for anyway?
3. You should be eager to learn new languages and platforms anyway, even if nobody is forcing you to, because you're a programmer and learning new things will make you better and smarter.
No, his statement completely forgets about you and thousands of developers who use.NET because they don't know C/C++.
And the logical inverse is that you're forgetting about the thousands of developers who use.NET despite knowing C/C++.
There are applications for C and C++ that.Net doesn't work well for; and there are applications that are more reasonable to create in.Net than C++. The worst decision would be to use one language for every purpose. C/C++ isn't interchangeable with C# for the same reason C# isn't interchangeable with Javascript/HTML5; they're different languages because they have different features tailored to different purposes. The fact that there is some overlap doesn't make them all equivalent.
I like Javascript; it's a nice little language, more elegant and powerful than it's often given credit for. However, it has a certain domain, and it cannot be used for every task.net is good for. The only things moving from.net to Javascript will be small, undemanding apps.
Now, I wouldn't put it past MS to drop.net and introduce something new; but it won't be a JS/HTML5 combo. It would be something else. Right now, if they dropped.net, most development would move to C++ or Java, not javascript.
Why do people think that juvenile name-calling like that will actually help their cause? The best you can hope for is that people think both you AND the tea party are idiots; the worst is that they leave with the impression that you're an idiot, and that the tea party is that which an idiot hates.
The same thing holds for the right when they call Democrats "Demotards" or some such juvenile name. Or when somebody calls Obama OR Bush stupid names. Or, for that matter, when they do the same think to Apple, Microsoft, Linux, or Sony.
I'm all for arguing about and insulting people, organizations, and political parties. You should realize, though, that when they're on the level of an eight year old, they're not going to sway anybody except other third graders. To converse with adults, you should learn to speak as an adult.
I'm sick of people posting "whoosh" all over the place. Half the time I think the person getting "whooshed" didn't even miss anything, there's no hidden joke, just somebody decided to be a condescending dickhole and post "whoosh", never mind that it's not a suitable occasion...
I think in this case, where the GP wrote this:
Not at Apple. The goal is to focus on a few features and do them really, really well. Maximizing profit is just a byproduct of that, not a means.
The 'woosh' was a bit of a self-defense mechanism. The alternative is to accept that there is someone out there who actually believes that statement, which means we live in very, very frightening world. I'm not sure, but I really HOPE that was sarcasm, and not an honest statement.
You are confusing "is" and "ought" again - the good old naturalistic fallacy. You list abilities as rights?
There is no problem moving from "is" to "ought", as long as you accept a simple postulate: "One ought to choose live over death". Or "one ought to act to maximize happiness and minimize pain". The exact form doesn't matter; once you accept one 'ought', the rest derive naturally.
Of course, you're free to deny all such postulates; but then, why don't you just die? That's not trolling; that's an observation that you have, already, implicitly, accepted that you 'ought' to do things.
"Natural rights" are those basic freedoms that almost every human individual has always sought.
Not just that... proper rights also seem to be those freedoms that, if recognized by a state, prevent the state from devolving into a tyranny. That's why freedom to bear arms, associate, and engage in speech are so important.
And, of course, it's necessary to distinguish between rights and privileges. You have the right to property, but nobody has the right to be given food; the right to speech, but nobody has the right to be paid attention to. The proper set of rights would be that which gives an individual the most amount of freedom, while at the same time minimizing the restrictions those rights place on other people.
The exact nature of those rights is, of course, open to debate; I think the Constitution has struck closest to the mark, so far.
It's hard to avoid the impression that most potheads are idiots. Sure, there's the question of correlation... does pot make them idiots, or do idiots smoke more pot? But every person I've known that has smoked pot in large quantities, over long periods of time, has had noticeable mental degradation.
No, I don't think it's a given, or true in all cases. It's a strong tendency, however. And I'm for legalization, by the way; pot is no worse than alcohol. In fact the above paragraph would apply to alcohol just as well as to pot.
Rule by ANYTHING is a tyranny. That's why the most important part of the constitution is its powerful and sweeping declarations about what the government CANNOT ever rule over. With rights respected, it doesn't matter what the specific form of government is. It's the fact that the government is deliberately designed to be powerless that matters.
Within a generation, it'll be in the same class as FORTRAN - only used to support legacy apps.
No. FORTRAN was replaced. You can do anything you could do in FORTRAN in more modern languages (like C, for instance). However, you cannot write operating systems in Java. I don't think there's any replacement on the near horizon that fills C's low-level niche.
I can see the use of C and C++ in most applications decreasing, although not when speed or performance is more critical than the expense of extra labor.
Who cares? Everybody who smokes knows it's a mistake, and self-destructive. They've known that for decades. Nobody under the age of fifty became a smoker innocently, without knowing it was a bad decision. Sure, the cigarette manufactures are sleazy. Everybody knows that. If you go and get hooked on their product, you deserve the bulk of the blame.
In certain locations. In other locations, consent is not needed. In my state (Oregon), I don't even need permission to secretly record any phone calls I make.
Nah, you're crippled by your misplaced arrogance. Javascript is not a bad language at all, and obviously better than C++ in certain domains.
Now, regarding this story, there's nothing really notable here. The only interesting part is that you can access most of the DS' buttons from Javascript... which is nice, but not unexpected nor revolutionary. Accessing 3d functionality, or using a JS exploit to hook into the 3DS' hardware, would be notable.
I like LCDs for a number of reasons, but not picture quality. A nice CRT looks much better than a nice LCD, whether for TV or computing purposes.
CRTs were not phased out because of the quality of their picture. That hasn't yet been improved on. They were phased out because they were big, expensive, and clunky.
Funny that you're the one posting anonymously, and the 4chan defender isn't. Funny that you're the one with over-the-top vitriol on a forum, partly fueled by your anonymity, and the 4chan defender was civil.
If the police department did not release the data of their secret checkpoint then it's not public data.
If it is something I can SEE WHILE WALKING DOWN THE STREET than it is public data, by definition. You can't argue the opposite without descending into hopeless contradictions.
Men's distribution of partners follows a fairly simple bell curve, with the peak at around four. Women's is more complicated; it peaks at fewer, but trails off more slowly. At the high end, many dozens of partners or more, there are more women than men.
So, a typical woman may have fewer partners than a typical man, even while it all balances out, due to those wonderful girls at the far end of the spectrum.
Slashdot Mirror
Java is also a real, object-oriented programming language, while Javascript is solely a web scripting language. With very little in common with Java.
Well, several years ago you could say Javascript was solely a web scripting language. It's showing up more and more as a general-purpose scripting language in stand-alone applications. It's actually much cleaner and faster when divorced from the browser, because 90% of the annoying cruft associated with Javascript is actually the crappy HTML DOM, browser events, and so on.
Libertarians somehow believe that private businesses should be stronger than governments but weaker than individuals.
That's a rational and coherent statement, if you also believe that governments should be weaker than individuals.
Your snark would have had an element of truth five years ago. Now, there's no real line separating coding and website creation. It's all a seamless mix, and there's enough complexity on both sides to use all the talent that can be thrown at it.
Sort of like people who say "spoon" or "jelly" instead of "cool" or "ok".
What? Somebody does that outside of a mental institution? I've never encountered that.
Now I see that the US cannot in fact be trusted to fairly manage the domain system. You were right. I was wrong. I'm sorry.
I'm similarly disappointed in the US... but I'm still not sure what nation or organization would be BETTER. UN? EU? Industry organizations? Those would all be even worse.
Heck, I'd rather give it to anonymous to handle.
Has anyone successfully fought the government in a legal battle and won?
Is that a serious question?
The short answer is "Yes." The long answer is "Yes, often, and read some history."
Yes, developers *can* relearn another db, framework or language. How many times do you want to be do that in your life, and at what monetary cost?
Just as an aside... I hear this occasionally, and it doesn't make much sense to me.
1. It shouldn't take more than a weekend to learn a new language, and a week to learn a new API.
2. Why would it cost anything, other than a new compiler/development suite, that your company would be paying for anyway?
3. You should be eager to learn new languages and platforms anyway, even if nobody is forcing you to, because you're a programmer and learning new things will make you better and smarter.
No, his statement completely forgets about you and thousands of developers who use .NET because they don't know C/C++.
.NET despite knowing C/C++.
.Net doesn't work well for; and there are applications that are more reasonable to create in .Net than C++. The worst decision would be to use one language for every purpose. C/C++ isn't interchangeable with C# for the same reason C# isn't interchangeable with Javascript/HTML5; they're different languages because they have different features tailored to different purposes. The fact that there is some overlap doesn't make them all equivalent.
And the logical inverse is that you're forgetting about the thousands of developers who use
There are applications for C and C++ that
I like Javascript; it's a nice little language, more elegant and powerful than it's often given credit for. However, it has a certain domain, and it cannot be used for every task .net is good for. The only things moving from .net to Javascript will be small, undemanding apps.
.net and introduce something new; but it won't be a JS/HTML5 combo. It would be something else. Right now, if they dropped .net, most development would move to C++ or Java, not javascript.
Now, I wouldn't put it past MS to drop
Tea Tardiers
Why do people think that juvenile name-calling like that will actually help their cause? The best you can hope for is that people think both you AND the tea party are idiots; the worst is that they leave with the impression that you're an idiot, and that the tea party is that which an idiot hates.
The same thing holds for the right when they call Democrats "Demotards" or some such juvenile name. Or when somebody calls Obama OR Bush stupid names. Or, for that matter, when they do the same think to Apple, Microsoft, Linux, or Sony.
I'm all for arguing about and insulting people, organizations, and political parties. You should realize, though, that when they're on the level of an eight year old, they're not going to sway anybody except other third graders. To converse with adults, you should learn to speak as an adult.
I'm sick of people posting "whoosh" all over the place. Half the time I think the person getting "whooshed" didn't even miss anything, there's no hidden joke, just somebody decided to be a condescending dickhole and post "whoosh", never mind that it's not a suitable occasion...
I think in this case, where the GP wrote this:
Not at Apple. The goal is to focus on a few features and do them really, really well. Maximizing profit is just a byproduct of that, not a means.
The 'woosh' was a bit of a self-defense mechanism. The alternative is to accept that there is someone out there who actually believes that statement, which means we live in very, very frightening world. I'm not sure, but I really HOPE that was sarcasm, and not an honest statement.
You are confusing "is" and "ought" again - the good old naturalistic fallacy. You list abilities as rights?
There is no problem moving from "is" to "ought", as long as you accept a simple postulate: "One ought to choose live over death". Or "one ought to act to maximize happiness and minimize pain". The exact form doesn't matter; once you accept one 'ought', the rest derive naturally.
Of course, you're free to deny all such postulates; but then, why don't you just die? That's not trolling; that's an observation that you have, already, implicitly, accepted that you 'ought' to do things.
"Natural rights" are those basic freedoms that almost every human individual has always sought.
Not just that... proper rights also seem to be those freedoms that, if recognized by a state, prevent the state from devolving into a tyranny. That's why freedom to bear arms, associate, and engage in speech are so important.
And, of course, it's necessary to distinguish between rights and privileges. You have the right to property, but nobody has the right to be given food; the right to speech, but nobody has the right to be paid attention to. The proper set of rights would be that which gives an individual the most amount of freedom, while at the same time minimizing the restrictions those rights place on other people. The exact nature of those rights is, of course, open to debate; I think the Constitution has struck closest to the mark, so far.
Or, as an atheist, I think natural human rights derive from our nature as humans (sentient creatures), and the nature of rationality and society.
Regardless, it's easy to see how the respect for human rights is highly correlated to the happiness and progress of a culture.
It's hard to avoid the impression that most potheads are idiots. Sure, there's the question of correlation... does pot make them idiots, or do idiots smoke more pot? But every person I've known that has smoked pot in large quantities, over long periods of time, has had noticeable mental degradation.
No, I don't think it's a given, or true in all cases. It's a strong tendency, however. And I'm for legalization, by the way; pot is no worse than alcohol. In fact the above paragraph would apply to alcohol just as well as to pot.
Hence, rights.
Rule by ANYTHING is a tyranny. That's why the most important part of the constitution is its powerful and sweeping declarations about what the government CANNOT ever rule over. With rights respected, it doesn't matter what the specific form of government is. It's the fact that the government is deliberately designed to be powerless that matters.
Within a generation, it'll be in the same class as FORTRAN - only used to support legacy apps.
No. FORTRAN was replaced. You can do anything you could do in FORTRAN in more modern languages (like C, for instance). However, you cannot write operating systems in Java. I don't think there's any replacement on the near horizon that fills C's low-level niche.
I can see the use of C and C++ in most applications decreasing, although not when speed or performance is more critical than the expense of extra labor.
Who cares? Everybody who smokes knows it's a mistake, and self-destructive. They've known that for decades. Nobody under the age of fifty became a smoker innocently, without knowing it was a bad decision. Sure, the cigarette manufactures are sleazy. Everybody knows that. If you go and get hooked on their product, you deserve the bulk of the blame.
In certain locations. In other locations, consent is not needed. In my state (Oregon), I don't even need permission to secretly record any phone calls I make.
Nah, you're crippled by your misplaced arrogance. Javascript is not a bad language at all, and obviously better than C++ in certain domains.
Now, regarding this story, there's nothing really notable here. The only interesting part is that you can access most of the DS' buttons from Javascript... which is nice, but not unexpected nor revolutionary. Accessing 3d functionality, or using a JS exploit to hook into the 3DS' hardware, would be notable.
I like LCDs for a number of reasons, but not picture quality. A nice CRT looks much better than a nice LCD, whether for TV or computing purposes.
CRTs were not phased out because of the quality of their picture. That hasn't yet been improved on. They were phased out because they were big, expensive, and clunky.
Funny that you're the one posting anonymously, and the 4chan defender isn't. Funny that you're the one with over-the-top vitriol on a forum, partly fueled by your anonymity, and the 4chan defender was civil.
You're just a mess of contradictions, anon.
Perhaps it's because of reverence, not revulsion.
If the police department did not release the data of their secret checkpoint then it's not public data.
If it is something I can SEE WHILE WALKING DOWN THE STREET than it is public data, by definition. You can't argue the opposite without descending into hopeless contradictions.
The End.
Indeed.
Men's distribution of partners follows a fairly simple bell curve, with the peak at around four. Women's is more complicated; it peaks at fewer, but trails off more slowly. At the high end, many dozens of partners or more, there are more women than men.
So, a typical woman may have fewer partners than a typical man, even while it all balances out, due to those wonderful girls at the far end of the spectrum.