The problem is that Informatics is vague and includes things like the philosophy of information and communication and (book) library management and such. Computer science isn't really a science as such but at least it's pretty clearly defined as the study of the mathematical underpinnings of computation.
That's not true, because a lifestyle supported by real work is currently still better than the alternative they live in. They still don't want to work, because they're born into a culture where hard work isn't appreciated.
Downloaded Silverlight apps run with the same permissions as embedded ones, meaning no filesystem access etc. The only difference is that they can use the function keys.
Moonlight uses a binary blob containing proprietary codecs so it can legally decode H.264. Also, Silverlight 3 allows you to use your own codecs, and the Mono project has implemented Ogg/Vorbis.
it's had a good decade and a half of hardening in real-world situations (top businesses etc.) .NET builds on Java's experiences as well, and according to Miguel they did a better job of addressing Java's main criticisms than Java itself.
gcc even has a java (the language) compiler now (OK for about 5 years) that generates native machine code (what everyone used to whinge about) Mono has that too.
and there are independent implementations of the Java libraries (e.g. GNU Classpath).
Mono IS an independent implementation, along with DotGNU.
Mono needs to die a death.
No, it doesn't. Please stop talking out of your ass.
Ubuntu is still a desktop distribution, meaning that most users will know the root password and you still need to know how to use the terminal to install anything not in APT. Also if you try to do something you don't have permission to from the GUI, it'll pop up the graphical equivalent of sudo asking for the root password. As far as protecting users from themselves goes, Linux isn't any better at all.
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What about Microsoft Research's Singularity? AFAIK its kernel is written in a contract-based version of C# and can be proven correct.
A lot of those are country-specific and very much alive. Also, Google Reader is an RSS aggregator, not a social networking site.
The problem is that Informatics is vague and includes things like the philosophy of information and communication and (book) library management and such. Computer science isn't really a science as such but at least it's pretty clearly defined as the study of the mathematical underpinnings of computation.
If ideas are a dime a dozen, why are games still full of utterly uninspired gameplay elements? (fetch quests for instance)
What the hell are you talking about?
Bill Hicks is rolling in his fucking grave.
What's the point of making something just as mysterious and imperfect as the human mind?
That's not true, because a lifestyle supported by real work is currently still better than the alternative they live in. They still don't want to work, because they're born into a culture where hard work isn't appreciated.
But in the computing world, implementations are often obvious and just as limiting as patenting algorithms.
Buy Nokia.
It's already illegal in Canada and New Zealand
Why not run MediaWiki on your intranet and use InterWiki links to Wikipedia in your own articles?
Not in the EU for instance, even if they had any patents on Silverlight.
even when I go to a Moonlight 1.0-specific demo site.
PEBKAC
Besides, try 2.0.
Only experimentally, and before 10 Linux only had a way outdated buggy plugin for years.
Downloaded Silverlight apps run with the same permissions as embedded ones, meaning no filesystem access etc. The only difference is that they can use the function keys.
Probably because of Flash's market share. Silverlight is more technologically advanced however.
Moonlight uses a binary blob containing proprietary codecs so it can legally decode H.264. Also, Silverlight 3 allows you to use your own codecs, and the Mono project has implemented Ogg/Vorbis.
Besides, Flash (official or otherwise) isn't so hot on the "keep up to date with the Windows version" front.
Moonlight is always hot on their heels.
Hopefully, nothing.
You have any proof of that?
it's had a good decade and a half of hardening in real-world situations (top businesses etc.)
.NET builds on Java's experiences as well, and according to Miguel they did a better job of addressing Java's main criticisms than Java itself.
gcc even has a java (the language) compiler now (OK for about 5 years) that generates native machine code (what everyone used to whinge about)
Mono has that too.
and there are independent implementations of the Java libraries (e.g. GNU Classpath).
Mono IS an independent implementation, along with DotGNU.
Mono needs to die a death.
No, it doesn't. Please stop talking out of your ass.
Graphics can make a good game great, but they can't make a bad game good.
Ubuntu is still a desktop distribution, meaning that most users will know the root password and you still need to know how to use the terminal to install anything not in APT. Also if you try to do something you don't have permission to from the GUI, it'll pop up the graphical equivalent of sudo asking for the root password. As far as protecting users from themselves goes, Linux isn't any better at all.