Lua
Teaches programming better than Basic/VB
a better language than PHP
a better language than JavaScript
Simpler than Java/C#
Can Teach Conventional/OO/Contractual/Functional programming
can be taught on the PSP...and used in WoW (which they might be playing anyway...)
Government is there to provide services, to make laws, and to protect it's citizens
In theory a government department can be more efficient than a private company since it does not have to worry about making a profit, and has to be transparent to everyone.
Government spending is paid to someone, if this is not (too) biased then it benefits the economy by keeping money circulating, rather than being paid to a small number of very rich people who sit on it or spend it abroad...
Thankfully in the UK most computer departments evolved from the Maths department who all used Macs, and only reluctantly use Windows....
They teach Windows/Office/Visual C++/VB/C# because they need to but teach general computing on whatever is best to teach.... Windows/Mac/Linux/Whatever...
I am in the UK and the image was available on Wikipedia all the time...I must have a non IWF ISP......So it is not blocking the UK, just some of the ISP's self censoring
C# is a better language (and unless Microsoft manage to ruin it...)
Java has it's problems (mostly do do with the runtime engine) but it has the advantage of being platform neutral to start with....NET is tied to windows and has to be untied to make Mono...this is why Mono is taking so long to catch up...
The biggest problem is that Microsoft could shut down Mono anytime they wanted to and might just do it since it would be unlikely to affect any commercial software developers....
...and I do not know anyone who carries a gun (except one friend who is in an Police armed response unit) and no-one I know has ever been shot, threatened with a gun, or seen anyone shot (except the aforementioned Police friend)
Where I live (UK) you do not see people with guns (except police and army) and it is normal, except in a very few areas, for people to have no knowledge of gun crime and to know no-one who has ever experienced it...this is what it is like living in a anti-gun society
In the UK 50 people were injured or killed in a gun related incident last year, this includes people hit on the head with guns and run over by a car with a gun in it.......what do you have against Carthage?
So do I vote for the people who introduced internet filtering or the ones who will continue with it?
The problem is that in most democratic countries on many issues do not have a choice since the two (or three at most) major parties agree and so whoever you vote for nothing will change
The recent US elections are a case in point - Name three things Obama and McCain disagreed on? (Fairly easy) and now three things they disagreed on (ludicrously easy.... since it is almost everything)
I have a "My Documents" folder on my Windows machine...I have never put anything there, I don't use it and still stupid programs default *every time* to this folder.... I resist using Vista simply because everything outside this is locked down to me... on my Linux system I can put stuff where I like *except* for the system folders
Windows : you don't need to see that, and you don't have access Linux : you probably didn't mean to try to put that there so I have stopped you, override if you want
...as usual this will only affect the people least likely to be the people they are looking for, and the ones they could easily catch with old fashioned methods, the people they want to catch will simply block and bypass it easily....
They will however inadvertently catch other criminals they were not intentionally trying to find and this will be hailed as a success and function creep will ensue...
The only car which I don't care about the looks of is the one I drive, because I drive it and so am not looking at it, I do however care what the inside looks like.....
If you are buying your car because of what it looks like you will also have a wardrobe full of clothes that were in fashion last year that you no longer wear and will be soon giving to charity shops....The car companies love you because you buy a new car every year...
Can I submit Charles Babbage who designed, built (and nearly finished) a computer before most people had even thought of them, and managed without even having a working computer to pre-empt most of the ideas of the following computer scientists by nearly 100 years.....
So he wants a standard Kernel interface so apps can integrate more tightly with it, tighter integration of apps with X11, and a standard GUI spec so all apps look similar
A valid point of view, but the point of view of many people is that what is needed is loose integration, flexibility, and the ability to use alternatives and your own look and feel?
Most used Webserver - Apache
But Webserver with the most Virus attacks was always IIS (It has improved due to the bad publicity)...and Apache on Windows always had more flaws than Apache on other platforms, according to the writers of Apache due to the security flaws in Windows
If, as is generally thought, OSX has 1% of the market then it should have 1% of the Viruses, but it has only ever had a handful of viruses and all of these not found in the wild anymore? Since the vast majority of OSX systems do not run anti-virus they should be an obvious target.. and still there are few if any viruses...
Malware however is another story and can (and does) affect all systems, but does not require antivirus, but does require the system to be properly configured and secured and may require anti-malware plugins for the browser....?
The tests seem to say to me that Firefox, Opera, and Chrome are on all the tests much of the same (except the V8 Benchmark Suite, which only Chrome supports so far) and Chrome is not first on all the tests (or even a majority)?
I'll stick with Firefox/Opera until Chrome matures and gets some useful plugins....
The main thing to remember is in most news stories about stolen laptops, they contain highly sensitive data, are left on trains/buses etc and are not encrypted at all.... this would not help
For the security conscious who have already encrypted their harddrive, always lock their PC and do not leave it lying around, this is an extra layer of security if it gets stolen...
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Lua
Teaches programming better than Basic/VB
a better language than PHP
a better language than JavaScript
Simpler than Java/C#
Can Teach Conventional/OO/Contractual/Functional programming
can be taught on the PSP...and used in WoW (which they might be playing anyway...)
Government is there to provide services, to make laws, and to protect it's citizens
In theory a government department can be more efficient than a private company since it does not have to worry about making a profit, and has to be transparent to everyone.
Government spending is paid to someone, if this is not (too) biased then it benefits the economy by keeping money circulating, rather than being paid to a small number of very rich people who sit on it or spend it abroad...
Most of the ideas that have been dismissed as useless .... are useless and came to nothing
A very few were dismissed by some people ... and not by others .. and also failed
Fewer still actually succeeded and some people at least thought it was worthwhile even in the early stages
Currently Augmented reality (rather than full VR) looks promising and is what Google, Apple and others are invesigating.....
Thankfully in the UK most computer departments evolved from the Maths department who all used Macs, and only reluctantly use Windows ....
They teach Windows/Office/Visual C++/VB/C# because they need to but teach general computing on whatever is best to teach .... Windows/Mac/Linux/Whatever ...
Does Microsoft donate money to the NEA - Yes
Does Microsoft promote it's products to the members of the Union - Yes
All legal and strictly above board, but could be misconstrued as "pumping" money into the union ....
I am in the UK and the image was available on Wikipedia all the time ...I must have a non IWF ISP ... ...So it is not blocking the UK, just some of the ISP's self censoring
1) Currently.... several are working on global coverage
2) Covering the whole earth .... there are several regional ones in operation now ...
Both are because the USA could restrict/limit/turn off the system (or part of it) at any time (and have done so)...
The problem is, the way it sound to who .... ...You say tomato I say Tomaytoh....
SMS messaging is simply extending early talker systems and IM system short forms ....and they copies many of those from More Code operators ....
Which is why there is also other existing or proposed GNSS
Beidou
Galileo
GLONASS
IRNSS
QZSS
So the USA cannot "just shut it off" .....
C# is a better language (and unless Microsoft manage to ruin it ...)
Java has it's problems (mostly do do with the runtime engine) but it has the advantage of being platform neutral to start with ... .NET is tied to windows and has to be untied to make Mono ...this is why Mono is taking so long to catch up ...
The biggest problem is that Microsoft could shut down Mono anytime they wanted to and might just do it since it would be unlikely to affect any commercial software developers ....
...and I do not know anyone who carries a gun (except one friend who is in an Police armed response unit) and no-one I know has ever been shot, threatened with a gun, or seen anyone shot (except the aforementioned Police friend)
Where I live (UK) you do not see people with guns (except police and army) and it is normal, except in a very few areas, for people to have no knowledge of gun crime and to know no-one who has ever experienced it ...this is what it is like living in a anti-gun society
In the UK 50 people were injured or killed in a gun related incident last year, this includes people hit on the head with guns and run over by a car with a gun in it .... ...what do you have against Carthage?
Oh to live in a truly democratic country .... well one better than the UK ...
People who carry guns for protection get shot
If guns are seen as devices for killing and so shunned then anyone with a gun is seen as a criminal and also shunned and soon the problem disappears
A better protection is defence.... give me a firewall over a killer botnet anyday
So do I vote for the people who introduced internet filtering or the ones who will continue with it?
The problem is that in most democratic countries on many issues do not have a choice since the two (or three at most) major parties agree and so whoever you vote for nothing will change
The recent US elections are a case in point - Name three things Obama and McCain disagreed on? (Fairly easy) and now three things they disagreed on (ludicrously easy .... since it is almost everything)
I have a "My Documents" folder on my Windows machine ...I have never put anything there, I don't use it and still stupid programs default *every time* to this folder .... I resist using Vista simply because everything outside this is locked down to me ... on my Linux system I can put stuff where I like *except* for the system folders
Windows : you don't need to see that, and you don't have access
Linux : you probably didn't mean to try to put that there so I have stopped you, override if you want
Easy solution don't attempt to sell something that is valued at $0, it can't work ...
If the Software is free then you cannot sell it do don't try, sell something else
Your knowledge, experience : Support, advice, etc ...
Your ability to customise : Build a custom version of FOSS software
Your knowledge of an industry : Build a "solution" that includes software
...as usual this will only affect the people least likely to be the people they are looking for, and the ones they could easily catch with old fashioned methods, the people they want to catch will simply block and bypass it easily ....
They will however inadvertently catch other criminals they were not intentionally trying to find and this will be hailed as a success and function creep will ensue ...
So Multitouch screen software, ditto, ditto, ditto, VS upgrade, Novelty receptionist blah blah blah
Where is the innovation? All these are projects that are minor variants of things we have seen before? and other companies are doing already .... ?
The only car which I don't care about the looks of is the one I drive, because I drive it and so am not looking at it, I do however care what the inside looks like.....
If you are buying your car because of what it looks like you will also have a wardrobe full of clothes that were in fashion last year that you no longer wear and will be soon giving to charity shops ....The car companies love you because you buy a new car every year ...
Can I submit Charles Babbage who designed, built (and nearly finished) a computer before most people had even thought of them, and managed without even having a working computer to pre-empt most of the ideas of the following computer scientists by nearly 100 years .....
So he wants a standard Kernel interface so apps can integrate more tightly with it, tighter integration of apps with X11, and a standard GUI spec so all apps look similar
A valid point of view, but the point of view of many people is that what is needed is loose integration, flexibility, and the ability to use alternatives and your own look and feel?
The market share myth - is a myth
Most used Webserver - Apache ...and Apache on Windows always had more flaws than Apache on other platforms, according to the writers of Apache due to the security flaws in Windows
But Webserver with the most Virus attacks was always IIS (It has improved due to the bad publicity)
If, as is generally thought, OSX has 1% of the market then it should have 1% of the Viruses, but it has only ever had a handful of viruses and all of these not found in the wild anymore? Since the vast majority of OSX systems do not run anti-virus they should be an obvious target.. and still there are few if any viruses ...
Malware however is another story and can (and does) affect all systems, but does not require antivirus, but does require the system to be properly configured and secured and may require anti-malware plugins for the browser ....?
First define 'Smart' this is the problem with IQ tests, they test how good you are at doing IQ tests not how intelligent you are?
A Neanderthal might be better at some mental tasks than us and we might be better at others
The tests seem to say to me that Firefox, Opera, and Chrome are on all the tests much of the same (except the V8 Benchmark Suite, which only Chrome supports so far) and Chrome is not first on all the tests (or even a majority)?
I'll stick with Firefox/Opera until Chrome matures and gets some useful plugins....
The main thing to remember is in most news stories about stolen laptops, they contain highly sensitive data, are left on trains/buses etc and are not encrypted at all .... this would not help
For the security conscious who have already encrypted their harddrive, always lock their PC and do not leave it lying around, this is an extra layer of security if it gets stolen...