Let me tell you, PHP is pretty fast for an interpreted language, but nowhere near any native language's speed. Try doing some simple string operations 1,000,000,000 times in a loop. While you're waiting, you can write, compile and run the equivalent in C++. And have a cup of coffee. As for the Dynamic Shared Objects (or Apache modules), I don't think you know what they are and what they do; you're probably confused with PHP's runtime. Also, I don't know how you got the idea that the rendering engine is inside the server software. The browser is the rendering engine. Unless you're using PHP to render images of course.
No, I'm saying one lawyer does not equal all lawyers. I agree he should have prepared better, it makes him look like a dumbass and doesn't help the case. In his defense, they do look similar, but so do all black tablets with rounded corners, especially from 10 feet. And if both devices are inspired by the same device from a '68 movie, is the Galaxy still a knockoff of the iPad?
B: I don't consider an iPad "the real thing". It's just another tablet, only overhyped, overpriced, restricted and without expandable memory. So compared to other tablets, I consider the iPad a toy. I couldn't care less what it looks like and if everyone else has one. If I have to choose between freedom and image, it's an easy choice.
Nice hyperbole, from one to all Samsung lawyers. Just one couldn't tell the difference, another could. From your own link:
At one point during the hearing, she held one black glass tablet in each hand above her head, and asked Sullivan if she could identify which company produced which.
"Not at this distance your honor," said Sullivan, who stood at a podium roughly ten feet away.
"Can any of Samsung's lawyers tell me which one is Samsung and which one is Apple?" Koh asked. A moment later, one of the lawyers supplied the right answer.
What I'd like to know is how they could confuse customers into thinking they're buying an Apple device when "Samsung" is printed on the device and the box it comes in.
As I said, too much of a hassle. Why should I have to go through hoops for them to accept my money? Only one payment method? In 2012? Seriously? Hey, if they don't want my money that's fine with me, I'll just spend it elsewhere.
I agree, but it would help if Google would actually allow me to use it. It's impossible to use without a credit card. I understand that in the US almost everybody has one, but here it's not that common. Google is leaving a lot of money on the table here, I (and many others) can't even buy an app if I wanted to. Getting a credit card to be able to use Google Wallet is too much of a hassle, and besides, I don't even want to own one. If I were Google, this would be my #1 priority for Google Wallet.
I think the more direct translations are nephew and niece. Yes, in French they make the distinction between male and female cousins, and in Dutch and German too. English is the only language I know that has a word that doesn't differentiate between male and female. Same goes for "sibling".
Yes, I live in the EU, in The Netherlands to be precise. We (still) have pretty strong privacy laws here. The blackmail part was obviously not serious - who would want to work for such an employer. The report to authorities part is. I don't think there are many employers here stupid enough to try it though.
In principle, they can only ask about work related things, like your former employers, your health, plans of getting pregnant if you're a woman, high risc hobbies, etc. What you do in your own time is your own business and protected by law. On top of that, a lot of employers have committed themselves to a code of conduct, which goes even further, like not giving negative references, requiring consent before contacting former employers, destroying resumes after 4 weeks etc.
I've never heard of this happening in my country, but if it would happen to me, I'd mumble something about "looking up my password", take out my phone and press record, then ask him to repeat what he just asked. Then I would laugh and thank him for the job and the salary raise he's about to give me, replay the conversation, and explain that if he won't, he'll be hearing from the authorities. That's right, I'll blackmail his sorry ass and make sure he'll never makes that mistake again. This kind of stuff is forbidden, there are high fines for it and I think I may even be entitled to compensation.
Yes, I have a problem with this. The US seem to be claiming jurisdiction over everything. ACTA anyone? Next thing you know I have to pay Uncle Sam taxes just because my site has a.com,.net or.org tld.
What if I published a music video of a song written and performed by me, on my site, but a RIAAA member claims it's theirs (very realistic scenario since they even claim copyright to bird songs)? I'll tell you what will happen, it will be shut down by removing it from DNS, even though the server is not on US soil and they have no jurisdiction over the song, the site or me whatsoever. What would happen if I wrote and published a program that "violates" a software patent in the US, while I live in the EU and the EU doesn't recognize software patents? Yes, they will shut it down.
The problem is US laws are getting more insane by the day, and then try to shove them down the throaths of the rest of the world. You bet I have a problem with this. If they want to have jurisdiction over the TLDs, they shouldn't sell them outside the US.
Hmm, using copyright law in the war against patents... I think I'm gonna patent that and then copyright the patent!
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Insightful my ass. The people who scream the loudest how fucked up some programming languages and how stupid their users are, are actually the worst.
Sane programmers however, just use what's best for the job. For example, what other programming language would you suggest for enhancing a webpage? VBScript? Or just throw in a Java applet like in the nineties?
If you think the equality comparisons of JavaScript are fucked up, I think you don't understand loose typing. If they don't do what you want, it's because you don't use them properly.
I don't think you understood what I wrote. My suggestion was to move the Save(); procedure to the dongle. Obviously this couldn't be circumvented with a simple return true;
Nobody said anything about encryption running in secret. Just say you use it, how you use it and why you use it. And your statement about act of war is a wee bit over the top. Encryption is very common for video (think DRM.) By your definition, any DRM protected content is an act of war. Good luck with that.
You don't lose your work or your backups, you just won't be able to save new work. And I'm sure that for 10k, the company will gladly send you a replacement if you lose or break it and you can prove you own the software.
First of all, nobody uploads to The Pirate Bay. You seed it to the torrent network, and you can't stop seeding until at least one person downloads and seeds it. And anyway, if I used such software, how would I know it had been torrented? You'd need to alert me.If you do it secretly, it could be months before I found out.
How about moving the code to save your work to the dongle? Encrypted, of course. People will be able to toy around, but to actually do something useful they'd need the dongle. You could even give away the software for free and sell the dongle. It will work as long as the encryption doesn't get cracked.
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Let me tell you, PHP is pretty fast for an interpreted language, but nowhere near any native language's speed. Try doing some simple string operations 1,000,000,000 times in a loop. While you're waiting, you can write, compile and run the equivalent in C++. And have a cup of coffee. As for the Dynamic Shared Objects (or Apache modules), I don't think you know what they are and what they do; you're probably confused with PHP's runtime. Also, I don't know how you got the idea that the rendering engine is inside the server software. The browser is the rendering engine. Unless you're using PHP to render images of course.
No, I'm saying one lawyer does not equal all lawyers. I agree he should have prepared better, it makes him look like a dumbass and doesn't help the case. In his defense, they do look similar, but so do all black tablets with rounded corners, especially from 10 feet. And if both devices are inspired by the same device from a '68 movie, is the Galaxy still a knockoff of the iPad?
I know I shouldn't feed the trolls, but...
A: Except that they aren't.
B: I don't consider an iPad "the real thing". It's just another tablet, only overhyped, overpriced, restricted and without expandable memory. So compared to other tablets, I consider the iPad a toy. I couldn't care less what it looks like and if everyone else has one. If I have to choose between freedom and image, it's an easy choice.
What I'd like to know is how they could confuse customers into thinking they're buying an Apple device when "Samsung" is printed on the device and the box it comes in.
Unfortunately, Google "corrects" your search terms even if you enclose them in quotes...
You mean, like, distributed search engines? They exist. Haven't tried any of them though.
As I said, too much of a hassle. Why should I have to go through hoops for them to accept my money? Only one payment method? In 2012? Seriously? Hey, if they don't want my money that's fine with me, I'll just spend it elsewhere.
I agree, but it would help if Google would actually allow me to use it. It's impossible to use without a credit card. I understand that in the US almost everybody has one, but here it's not that common. Google is leaving a lot of money on the table here, I (and many others) can't even buy an app if I wanted to. Getting a credit card to be able to use Google Wallet is too much of a hassle, and besides, I don't even want to own one. If I were Google, this would be my #1 priority for Google Wallet.
I think the more direct translations are nephew and niece. Yes, in French they make the distinction between male and female cousins, and in Dutch and German too. English is the only language I know that has a word that doesn't differentiate between male and female. Same goes for "sibling".
European or African?
Yes, I live in the EU, in The Netherlands to be precise. We (still) have pretty strong privacy laws here. The blackmail part was obviously not serious - who would want to work for such an employer. The report to authorities part is. I don't think there are many employers here stupid enough to try it though. In principle, they can only ask about work related things, like your former employers, your health, plans of getting pregnant if you're a woman, high risc hobbies, etc. What you do in your own time is your own business and protected by law. On top of that, a lot of employers have committed themselves to a code of conduct, which goes even further, like not giving negative references, requiring consent before contacting former employers, destroying resumes after 4 weeks etc.
Well obviously it is, but I'd have a recording and he won't :)
I've never heard of this happening in my country, but if it would happen to me, I'd mumble something about "looking up my password", take out my phone and press record, then ask him to repeat what he just asked. Then I would laugh and thank him for the job and the salary raise he's about to give me, replay the conversation, and explain that if he won't, he'll be hearing from the authorities. That's right, I'll blackmail his sorry ass and make sure he'll never makes that mistake again. This kind of stuff is forbidden, there are high fines for it and I think I may even be entitled to compensation.
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Just threaten to sue it out of existance.
Yes, I have a problem with this. The US seem to be claiming jurisdiction over everything. ACTA anyone? Next thing you know I have to pay Uncle Sam taxes just because my site has a .com, .net or .org tld.
What if I published a music video of a song written and performed by me, on my site, but a RIAAA member claims it's theirs (very realistic scenario since they even claim copyright to bird songs)? I'll tell you what will happen, it will be shut down by removing it from DNS, even though the server is not on US soil and they have no jurisdiction over the song, the site or me whatsoever. What would happen if I wrote and published a program that "violates" a software patent in the US, while I live in the EU and the EU doesn't recognize software patents? Yes, they will shut it down.
The problem is US laws are getting more insane by the day, and then try to shove them down the throaths of the rest of the world. You bet I have a problem with this. If they want to have jurisdiction over the TLDs, they shouldn't sell them outside the US.
Hmm, using copyright law in the war against patents... I think I'm gonna patent that and then copyright the patent!
Insightful my ass. The people who scream the loudest how fucked up some programming languages and how stupid their users are, are actually the worst.
Sane programmers however, just use what's best for the job. For example, what other programming language would you suggest for enhancing a webpage? VBScript? Or just throw in a Java applet like in the nineties?
If you think the equality comparisons of JavaScript are fucked up, I think you don't understand loose typing. If they don't do what you want, it's because you don't use them properly.
In '83? I don't think so, the A500 was released in '85.
Yeah, that's why life expectancy has been going up for the last two centuries or so. But don't let get facts in the way :)
I don't think you understood what I wrote. My suggestion was to move the Save(); procedure to the dongle. Obviously this couldn't be circumvented with a simple return true;
Nobody said anything about encryption running in secret. Just say you use it, how you use it and why you use it. And your statement about act of war is a wee bit over the top. Encryption is very common for video (think DRM.) By your definition, any DRM protected content is an act of war. Good luck with that.
You don't lose your work or your backups, you just won't be able to save new work. And I'm sure that for 10k, the company will gladly send you a replacement if you lose or break it and you can prove you own the software.
First of all, nobody uploads to The Pirate Bay. You seed it to the torrent network, and you can't stop seeding until at least one person downloads and seeds it. And anyway, if I used such software, how would I know it had been torrented? You'd need to alert me.If you do it secretly, it could be months before I found out.
How about moving the code to save your work to the dongle? Encrypted, of course. People will be able to toy around, but to actually do something useful they'd need the dongle. You could even give away the software for free and sell the dongle. It will work as long as the encryption doesn't get cracked.