In a absolute system (one party in power, can do mostly what they want) things get done, and they can steamroll through unpopular things that are for the longterm good, but they can also steamroll through things that are for no-one but themselves
In a true multiparty system you must get concensus to get anything done so it is difficult to get unpopular things done
In a two party system like the US have, when the president and the house are the same party (as they often are in the first half of a term in office) they can push through almost anything.... when the president and the house are different parties (as they often are in the second half of a term in office
Stability is a false good, anyone in power for too long stops caring about mistakes (because they have not suffered for them)
it can run on Windows (well later versions, if they have the correct.NET runtime) and possibly run on Mono if I have written it correctly and don't use DirectX at all and avoid V3 and avoid things that do not work (currently) on Mono, and at some point Microsoft *might* ban mono because of patent violations....
If I write something in Java (which is a little harder and the libraries are messier)
it can run on any Java platform this includes Windows (including some earlier versions and OS/2!) Linux, Mac, AS/400, and quite a few handheld devices and phones, I don't need to worry about patents or writing to the target platform....
The only mono apps I run are Linux only, the only.NET apps I run are Windows only (Or web based)?
Except we can be put off by notices that say "keep off the grass" (mostly), cattle would ignore tensa-barriers, they would last five minutes and be largely ignored....
The difference is one was dealing with paint (inanimate substance) one is dealing with cows (dumb animals), anything dealing with inanimate objects is relatively easy and cheap to automate, anything dealing with animate objects (or irregular objects) is difficult and expensive to automate
Farm hands, fruit pickers, etc. are cheap, the machine that can do their job is unreliable and expensive - come back when the machine is cheaper and as reliable as a farm hand and I will get my AI computer to hire the robotic cowboy...
CM have not stopped anyone developing the original program?, they have not hidden the source?, they have not miraculously made it closed source?, they have just decided to reimplement it in Java at their own expense?
Non compete in perpetuity basically excludes you from the field forever, unless they also agree to pay you forever (or enough so you never need to work again) I would say this is a no go....
Paying for your expertise - ok Paying for your work so far - ok Paying for rest of you career....
Are these really Hybrids (I can't tell from the article) if they are just a vehicle with two motors (one Petrol one electric) then it is not a true MPG figure and the whole point of a hybrid is to make the petrol engine more efficient (by using regenerative energy) not just have an electric and petrol car?
I also note "some of them require ditching the spare tire" thus making it illegal in Europe...
...and preloaded winning moves can compensate for either
Most of the learning that chess players do is learning known good move sequences.. chess computers are just getting preloaded with more of these - this is why a handheld computer can even think about competing
I'm waiting for an owner of one of these to be shown how to boot into Vista and saying "I don't recognise this?" - after they have had it for a year....
Most Page Faults are caused by programs trying to use/allocate memory that does not exist (or does not as far as they are concerned)
A program trying to use the memory at address 0 is never going to work no matter how much memory you have, and the memory at address 0 is unlikely to ever get swapped out....a bug is a bug...
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"C# is not the best language for all sorts of problems, but when it comes to banging out a GUI.exe for windows users to use quickly, I don't think there are better choices."
Delphi - Simpler, Faster, less overhead, By the same author!
16 - really you know someone who needs a basic phone that is also a PDA but does not want music or Internet?
The connectivity options are mostly over the top and almost no-one needs most of them... (micro)SD is nice if you need extra storage Bluetooth is nice for a non-basic phone I live in the UK so GSM is standard
The other connectivity options are
22. IrDA - Pointless
33. USB port - Nice but with SD not required
The list of communication protocols
26. GPRS
27. GSM
25. CDMA
28. 3G
24. Ev-DO
23. EDGE
29. HSDPA
30. HSUPA
31. UMTS
Depend on the carrier and which they support - you should be using one for voice and one for data you never need more...?
If the information held on you is wrong (which from past experience it will be...) it will be almost impossible to get it changed
If I want to get one in someone else's name it will be pitifully easy : how do I prove I am me without an ID card....I can't to any reasonable degree, but I can prove I am someone else to the degree the passport regulations require
It will be relatively simple to forge, and far too trusted to be unforgeable
It will not actually help with any of the problems stated
Illegal workers will still work
Terrorists will use their real names as they have always done
Benefit fraudsters will still lie
Organised crime will forge the cards as they do passports now...
It seems to be a solution that no-one wants looking for a problem
That's it... why is this not standard on basic phones...
I have a Nokia phone that does this - and nothing else No internet no bluetooth no 3G no MP3 nothing else...
I just wanted a phone - and that's what I bought...
I've got a Camera - better than any phone camera I've got an MP3 player - better than any phone MP3 player I don't want and PDA or mobile internet or I would buy it...
I can think of four caterories for you list
Camera
4. camera/camcorder
8. video phone calls
Sound
5. voice recorder
14. mp3 playback
32. FM Radio
Internet
1. Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g)
6. e-mail support
10. web browser
11. mobile TV/DVB-H
12. mobile radio
7. instant messaging
PDA
13. mobile printing
9. document viewer (pdf,.doc,.ppt,.xls,.jpg,.png,.gif, etc.)
15. games/java support
16. qwerty keyboard
17. personal organizer/calendar
19. fax (receive)
20. word processor
That's because of the USCentric nature of Slashdot
See also : World Series - a set of matches, played between teams in the USA and a very few surrounding countries, of a sport that the rest of the world has never heard of
Slashdot Mirror
....or live in Europe where the patents involved do not exist ....
I usually quote my address as 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C (I live in England)....
In a absolute system (one party in power, can do mostly what they want) things get done, and they can steamroll through unpopular things that are for the longterm good, but they can also steamroll through things that are for no-one but themselves
In a true multiparty system you must get concensus to get anything done so it is difficult to get unpopular things done
In a two party system like the US have, when the president and the house are the same party (as they often are in the first half of a term in office) they can push through almost anything .... when the president and the house are different parties (as they often are in the second half of a term in office
Stability is a false good, anyone in power for too long stops caring about mistakes (because they have not suffered for them)
If I write something in C#/.NET :
it can run on Windows (well later versions, if they have the correct .NET runtime) and possibly run on Mono if I have written it correctly and don't use DirectX at all and avoid V3 and avoid things that do not work (currently) on Mono, and at some point Microsoft *might* ban mono because of patent violations ....
If I write something in Java (which is a little harder and the libraries are messier) ....
it can run on any Java platform this includes Windows (including some earlier versions and OS/2!) Linux, Mac, AS/400, and quite a few handheld devices and phones, I don't need to worry about patents or writing to the target platform
The only mono apps I run are Linux only, the only .NET apps I run are Windows only (Or web based)?
Except we can be put off by notices that say "keep off the grass" (mostly), cattle would ignore tensa-barriers, they would last five minutes and be largely ignored ....
The difference is one was dealing with paint (inanimate substance) one is dealing with cows (dumb animals), anything dealing with inanimate objects is relatively easy and cheap to automate, anything dealing with animate objects (or irregular objects) is difficult and expensive to automate
Farm hands, fruit pickers, etc. are cheap, the machine that can do their job is unreliable and expensive - come back when the machine is cheaper and as reliable as a farm hand and I will get my AI computer to hire the robotic cowboy ...
The stock market reacts to rumours, lies, false statements, misinterpretations of facts, and occasionally the truth...
Why OpenSophie?
CM have not stopped anyone developing the original program?, they have not hidden the source?, they have not miraculously made it closed source?, they have just decided to reimplement it in Java at their own expense?
Non compete in perpetuity basically excludes you from the field forever, unless they also agree to pay you forever (or enough so you never need to work again) I would say this is a no go ....
Paying for your expertise - ok
Paying for your work so far - ok
Paying for rest of you career....
Are these really Hybrids (I can't tell from the article) if they are just a vehicle with two motors (one Petrol one electric) then it is not a true MPG figure and the whole point of a hybrid is to make the petrol engine more efficient (by using regenerative energy) not just have an electric and petrol car?
I also note "some of them require ditching the spare tire" thus making it illegal in Europe...
Shorting : Selling something you only borrowed
Naked shorting : Selling something you don't even have
Why is either legal?
...and preloaded winning moves can compensate for either
Most of the learning that chess players do is learning known good move sequences .. chess computers are just getting preloaded with more of these - this is why a handheld computer can even think about competing
Compare like with like ....
Like C and C++ the Delphi language does very little - the libraries are where the action is ...
C# is the same it's just that so much is in .NET as standard ...and I can use all these from Delphi
C# is not .NET it's just without .NET it is useless ...
There are plenty of libraries for Delphi the same as there were plenty of VB controls/libraries that did all the real work
I'm waiting for an owner of one of these to be shown how to boot into Vista and saying "I don't recognise this?" - after they have had it for a year ....
Why the overhead of .NET ?
Delphi on Win32 is faster simpler cleaner smaller
Most Page Faults are caused by programs trying to use/allocate memory that does not exist (or does not as far as they are concerned)
A program trying to use the memory at address 0 is never going to work no matter how much memory you have, and the memory at address 0 is unlikely to ever get swapped out ....a bug is a bug ...
"C# is not the best language for all sorts of problems, but when it comes to banging out a GUI .exe for windows users to use quickly, I don't think there are better choices."
Delphi - Simpler, Faster, less overhead, By the same author!
Having mp3 files on your computer is not illegal in the UK
Offering them to other people is ....
16 - really you know someone who needs a basic phone that is also a PDA but does not want music or Internet?
The connectivity options are mostly over the top and almost no-one needs most of them ...
(micro)SD is nice if you need extra storage
Bluetooth is nice for a non-basic phone
I live in the UK so GSM is standard
The other connectivity options are
22. IrDA - Pointless
33. USB port - Nice but with SD not required
The list of communication protocols ...?
26. GPRS
27. GSM
25. CDMA
28. 3G
24. Ev-DO
23. EDGE
29. HSDPA
30. HSUPA
31. UMTS
Depend on the carrier and which they support - you should be using one for voice and one for data you never need more
There are multiple problems with ID cards
If the information held on you is wrong (which from past experience it will be ...) it will be almost impossible to get it changed
If I want to get one in someone else's name it will be pitifully easy : how do I prove I am me without an ID card ....I can't to any reasonable degree, but I can prove I am someone else to the degree the passport regulations require
It will be relatively simple to forge, and far too trusted to be unforgeable
It will not actually help with any of the problems stated
Illegal workers will still work
Terrorists will use their real names as they have always done
Benefit fraudsters will still lie
Organised crime will forge the cards as they do passports now...
It seems to be a solution that no-one wants looking for a problem
Can I run Android on an iPhone ....?
No he needs
Phone
Decent battery life
Speaker
SMS support
That's it ... why is this not standard on basic phones ...
I have a Nokia phone that does this - and nothing else No internet no bluetooth no 3G no MP3 nothing else ...
I just wanted a phone - and that's what I bought ...
I've got a Camera - better than any phone camera ...
I've got an MP3 player - better than any phone MP3 player
I don't want and PDA or mobile internet or I would buy it
I can think of four caterories for you list
Camera
4. camera/camcorder
8. video phone calls
Sound
5. voice recorder
14. mp3 playback
32. FM Radio
Internet
1. Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g)
6. e-mail support
10. web browser
11. mobile TV/DVB-H
12. mobile radio
7. instant messaging
PDA .doc, .ppt, .xls, .jpg, .png, .gif, etc.)
13. mobile printing
9. document viewer (pdf,
15. games/java support
16. qwerty keyboard
17. personal organizer/calendar
19. fax (receive)
20. word processor
Connectivity
2. bluetooth
3. microSD memory slot
18. touch screen
21. GPS/navigation hardware
22. IrDA
23. EDGE
24. Ev-DO
25. CDMA
26. GPRS
27. GSM
28. 3G
29. HSDPA
30. HSUPA
31. UMTS
33. USB port
I make that one standard phone with speaker, SMS, and acting as a normal phone
With four options - Sound, PDA, Internet, Connectivity
Not exactly mind taxing ....
Why do people/companies need this many addresses?
We have two one for the public webserver and one for a private one for engineer/salespeople usage
The rest are NAT'ed and behind a firewall etc ...
Most companies need a single digit number of them, most people need one at most, only ISP's need more ....
That's because of the USCentric nature of Slashdot
See also : World Series - a set of matches, played between teams in the USA and a very few surrounding countries, of a sport that the rest of the world has never heard of
I have one answer to this : Vista
Less driver support
More unstable drivers
It does not "Just Work"
Linux is not catching up - it has overtaken, the fact that Microsoft is advertising windows says they are losing market share, and are worried ....