Fuck DARPA and fuck the NSA. And before some idiot goes all "we'd have no Internet without...", (1) says who? the Internet was designed and implemented by a host of international contributors...
Sorry but the core tech was pretty much courtesy of the efforts of DARPA (or ARPA actually) from day 1. There was no other country working on the same thing. So you're full of shit. Europe jumped on the band wagon after the technology was demonstrated (i.e., developed). The internet alone justifies DARPA's existence. Nothing has transformed society as much as the internet since the industrial revolution.
There is no BAR exam that proves you're competent. There are many levels of lawyers who all passed the BAR but they are by no means equal. The same is true for accountants and lawyers. There is no written test that can prove competence in any profession. All they do is prove that you memorized a bunch of shit.
According to the CDC, 90% of all abortions occur in the first trimester. The vast majority of abortions that occur after that are due to unusual circumstances where the health of the mother is threatened rather than a woman just changing her mind later on. In fact, some states enforce that with law and in other cases doctors/hospitals simply refuse to do such a procedure. So there's no real issue here at all. It's a made up bullshit argument used politicians to sway religious nuts who are single issue voters and history shows that it's extremely effective. These people are tools who are easily manipulated. It's that simple.
I was just at their site a few days ago and nowhere does it say anything about "UNLIMITED" downloads. So please show what you're talking about or quit whining about something they aren't actually doing.
Utterly meaningless statistic. Foreign spammers know that their spam must originate from the U.S. or it has an almost 0% chance of reaching American mailboxes. Consequently, they search constantly for server and user machines in the U.S. they can easily compromise.
Actually my experience is not limited at all. I've worked as a developer at over a dozen companies across the US for over 20 years now and what I describe is without question the norm. I also hear from colleagues the exact same story. COBOL is utterly dominant on the MF. I only worked at one place that did Java on it. Finally, the development time with COBOL is absolutely horrid compared to any modern language. This financial stuff you refer to is bunk. It takes 10x longer with apps that have nothing to do with accounting functions. I will also add that MFers are anti-agile and usually do things waterfall style regardless if the rest of the project is doing agile. MFers seem to have no interest whatsoever in modern development techniques. The company I'm at now is trying to get everything off the MF because it's such a pain in the ass to deal with it.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it HAS to suck but unfortunately it appears that it almost always does.
Now include the fact that COBOL code takes 10x as long to develop as any modern language and your financial advantage disappears entirely. I'm not exaggerating for effect. In my experience, it takes COBOL developers 6 mo. to develop something I can do in two weeks in Java (and Java isn't that fast to code in). That extra development time doesn't just cost in the form of the COBOL dev's salary but also in the form of potential lost revenue or savings due to how slow it is to get done.
Now, if people developed code on the MF in other languages I would say you might have a valid argument but that never seems to happen.
We're gonna have to agree to disagree. Prototyping is NOT OO even though Wikipedia refers to it as "a style of object-oriented programming". It fundamentally changes the way you archetect your code (unless you have no clue what you're doing with javascript). OO languages from the very start (Simula) has been CLASS based. Period, end of story. As for the limitations you feel this lends to architecture, I suggest you look at other dynamic languages like Groovy or Ruby. They can do everything you described in a far more elegant manner IMHO.
For something to be OO, it has to support inheritance. Prototyping is more like making copies of something and then adding some stuff on. You might view it as a semantic difference but it does effect design of the code.
I agree with most of what you said. However, I don't have an issue with dynamic typing generally speaking. Any problems that dynamic typing can have can be solved with unit testing. Of course, there's almost zero unit testing done for Javascript.
I will also add, that I don't like prototyping as a concept and prefer OO over it. I find it very unfortunate that Javascript is essentially your only choice for in-browser execution languages. Unfortunately, that will likely not change for many years to come.
Wow, given your description, it's a miracle the AF hasn't nuked the our own country into oblivion yet since it's clearly all filled with dumbasses while the army is loaded with geniuses. I never would have guessed it given that the AF has a higher standard for ASVAB scores and education than the Army. Not that you're biased or anything...
Well DARPA invented the internet (not to mention a large number of other achievements that are significantly more sophisticated). What are your qualifications, Mr. Smartguy, for forming an opinion on what can be done?
"The US has nothing to offer us that we don't already have."
Interesting. I assume you won't be watching any American T.V. shows or movies then, right? I also assume you won't be using any technology developed in the U.S., right? I'm sure you guys have everything you need without anything coming from America. Oh, while you're at it...stop using the internet too. We did that.
For all intents and purposes, there are many U.S. aircraft that are already invisible. So, this doesn't change anything. Yeah, you could potentially have cloaked tanks, etc. but that's nothing compared to a stealth bomber with nukes on it, so who gives a shit?
I see nothing in this report that supports your assertion that the U.S. is in some way better at this than any other country. The report states that almost every country is involved in industrial espionage and that the U.S. increased the amount of IE it performs as the IE increased against it. So again, I ask for some evidence. I know it's popular to demonize the U.S. these days thanks to our moron president but seriously this shit is getting out of hand.
Really? Please give me some examples of our superiority in this regard. I'm always interested in furthering my education on the evils perpetuated by my country.
STFU you fucking pussy. You're just pissed because your stinkhole country isn't running the world and being the imperialist asshole anymore. Europe doesn't run the world anymore. Get over it.
You are very wrong. They don't celebrate or brag about kills. There's no joy in it for them. It's a high stress, long hours, operating several planes at a time sort of job. It's not easy, fun, or any of that shit you are thinking of.
So they sell $100M in product and that's a failure to you? Are you fucking retarded? These unofficial numbers would make it the most successful eBook reader in the U.S. by far.
As for selling outside the U.S....that's complicated. First there's the whispernet issue which isn't available everywhere and may be cost prohibitive for them to acquire in many countries, then there's the contracts they have with the publishers.
It's just not that simple. I'm sure Amazon would love to sell it everywhere but things aren't so easy.
rofl...yeah, guess what. Europe does this too. Ever hear of the World Bank? It's the whole reason they exist...to fuck over poor countries and EVERY western country takes advantage of it. Thanks for trying to pin it all on the US though. You guys are just as dirty as we are so fuck off.
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Sorry but the core tech was pretty much courtesy of the efforts of DARPA (or ARPA actually) from day 1. There was no other country working on the same thing. So you're full of shit. Europe jumped on the band wagon after the technology was demonstrated (i.e., developed). The internet alone justifies DARPA's existence. Nothing has transformed society as much as the internet since the industrial revolution.
There is no BAR exam that proves you're competent. There are many levels of lawyers who all passed the BAR but they are by no means equal. The same is true for accountants and lawyers. There is no written test that can prove competence in any profession. All they do is prove that you memorized a bunch of shit.
If you're actually a libertarian, you should hate both candidates in a big way so why do you even care who wins?
Besides, Europeans have assured me that Americans have no culture.
According to the CDC, 90% of all abortions occur in the first trimester. The vast majority of abortions that occur after that are due to unusual circumstances where the health of the mother is threatened rather than a woman just changing her mind later on. In fact, some states enforce that with law and in other cases doctors/hospitals simply refuse to do such a procedure. So there's no real issue here at all. It's a made up bullshit argument used politicians to sway religious nuts who are single issue voters and history shows that it's extremely effective. These people are tools who are easily manipulated. It's that simple.
I was just at their site a few days ago and nowhere does it say anything about "UNLIMITED" downloads. So please show what you're talking about or quit whining about something they aren't actually doing.
Utterly meaningless statistic. Foreign spammers know that their spam must originate from the U.S. or it has an almost 0% chance of reaching American mailboxes. Consequently, they search constantly for server and user machines in the U.S. they can easily compromise.
Actually my experience is not limited at all. I've worked as a developer at over a dozen companies across the US for over 20 years now and what I describe is without question the norm. I also hear from colleagues the exact same story. COBOL is utterly dominant on the MF. I only worked at one place that did Java on it. Finally, the development time with COBOL is absolutely horrid compared to any modern language. This financial stuff you refer to is bunk. It takes 10x longer with apps that have nothing to do with accounting functions. I will also add that MFers are anti-agile and usually do things waterfall style regardless if the rest of the project is doing agile. MFers seem to have no interest whatsoever in modern development techniques. The company I'm at now is trying to get everything off the MF because it's such a pain in the ass to deal with it.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it HAS to suck but unfortunately it appears that it almost always does.
Perhaps you should get their extended verification certificate instead.
Now include the fact that COBOL code takes 10x as long to develop as any modern language and your financial advantage disappears entirely. I'm not exaggerating for effect. In my experience, it takes COBOL developers 6 mo. to develop something I can do in two weeks in Java (and Java isn't that fast to code in). That extra development time doesn't just cost in the form of the COBOL dev's salary but also in the form of potential lost revenue or savings due to how slow it is to get done.
Now, if people developed code on the MF in other languages I would say you might have a valid argument but that never seems to happen.
We're gonna have to agree to disagree. Prototyping is NOT OO even though Wikipedia refers to it as "a style of object-oriented programming". It fundamentally changes the way you archetect your code (unless you have no clue what you're doing with javascript). OO languages from the very start (Simula) has been CLASS based. Period, end of story. As for the limitations you feel this lends to architecture, I suggest you look at other dynamic languages like Groovy or Ruby. They can do everything you described in a far more elegant manner IMHO.
What do you expect on a story about DMCA takedown notices submitted by a guy named "I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property"?
For something to be OO, it has to support inheritance. Prototyping is more like making copies of something and then adding some stuff on. You might view it as a semantic difference but it does effect design of the code.
I agree with most of what you said. However, I don't have an issue with dynamic typing generally speaking. Any problems that dynamic typing can have can be solved with unit testing. Of course, there's almost zero unit testing done for Javascript.
I will also add, that I don't like prototyping as a concept and prefer OO over it. I find it very unfortunate that Javascript is essentially your only choice for in-browser execution languages. Unfortunately, that will likely not change for many years to come.
Wow, given your description, it's a miracle the AF hasn't nuked the our own country into oblivion yet since it's clearly all filled with dumbasses while the army is loaded with geniuses. I never would have guessed it given that the AF has a higher standard for ASVAB scores and education than the Army. Not that you're biased or anything...
Well DARPA invented the internet (not to mention a large number of other achievements that are significantly more sophisticated). What are your qualifications, Mr. Smartguy, for forming an opinion on what can be done?
"The US has nothing to offer us that we don't already have."
Interesting. I assume you won't be watching any American T.V. shows or movies then, right? I also assume you won't be using any technology developed in the U.S., right? I'm sure you guys have everything you need without anything coming from America. Oh, while you're at it...stop using the internet too. We did that.
For all intents and purposes, there are many U.S. aircraft that are already invisible. So, this doesn't change anything. Yeah, you could potentially have cloaked tanks, etc. but that's nothing compared to a stealth bomber with nukes on it, so who gives a shit?
I see nothing in this report that supports your assertion that the U.S. is in some way better at this than any other country. The report states that almost every country is involved in industrial espionage and that the U.S. increased the amount of IE it performs as the IE increased against it. So again, I ask for some evidence. I know it's popular to demonize the U.S. these days thanks to our moron president but seriously this shit is getting out of hand.
Really? Please give me some examples of our superiority in this regard. I'm always interested in furthering my education on the evils perpetuated by my country.
STFU you fucking pussy. You're just pissed because your stinkhole country isn't running the world and being the imperialist asshole anymore. Europe doesn't run the world anymore. Get over it.
You are very wrong. They don't celebrate or brag about kills. There's no joy in it for them. It's a high stress, long hours, operating several planes at a time sort of job. It's not easy, fun, or any of that shit you are thinking of.
So they sell $100M in product and that's a failure to you? Are you fucking retarded? These unofficial numbers would make it the most successful eBook reader in the U.S. by far.
As for selling outside the U.S. ...that's complicated. First there's the whispernet issue which isn't available everywhere and may be cost prohibitive for them to acquire in many countries, then there's the contracts they have with the publishers.
It's just not that simple. I'm sure Amazon would love to sell it everywhere but things aren't so easy.
rofl...yeah, guess what. Europe does this too. Ever hear of the World Bank? It's the whole reason they exist...to fuck over poor countries and EVERY western country takes advantage of it. Thanks for trying to pin it all on the US though. You guys are just as dirty as we are so fuck off.