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Ok, that stuff would be great for better client side programming, but I don't see any point in trying to turn JavaScript into a full server side language. Where there are already languages such as Python or Ruby that do what you want.
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I know, for one thing, that JavaScript started out as a horrible little language, and within a year or so, it became a beautiful little language. I imagine that we could do better, were the same thing attempted today.
What more do you expect to get from JavaScript? The simple fact is that it lacks some very basic modern OO language constructs such as interfaces, abstract classes, and threads. And by the time you add those in, you'll just have reinvented Java. So what would be the point?
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I'm not really sure I see the point of GWT, given that JavaScript is actually a more powerful language at this point.
Um, you understand that GWT is not a language, it is a framework, right? Java is the language. And JavaScript is most CERTAINLY not more powerful than Java.
I'm almost tempted to suggest that someone build a webserver platform around a JavaScript interpreter.
Don't give in to the temptation because it would make you look quite foolish.
The DMCA didn't do the good, it is the EXCEPTION to the DMCA that did good. It would be better if the DMCA didn't exist at all and we could go back to good ol' fashioned "fair use" for all devices/software. DMCA is evil, plain and simple.
If this is proven to be fact ( and i dont think this really *proves* anything. Its still theory ), how is this going to sit with the religions of the world that truly think we are the only ones 'god' created?
I imagine they'll just ignore the evidence just like they do regarding evolution, geology, astrophysics, etc. Ignorance is powerful.
AFAIK, Scientology doesn't recruit leaders. One essentially buys one's way to the top. If anything it is a very elaborate pyramid scheme. Dunno when it start to pay off though.
I may be optimistic about human intelligence - but generally - I assume that the leaders of most major religions don't believe in the tenets of the religion but just see their position as a means to wealth and power. At least I hope so...
Well, to be fair to most major religions, I don't believe there is necessarily a whole lot of wealth waiting at the top. Power, maybe, but not wealth. Certainly there are exceptions like the Pope (not sure if he could be said to be wealthy, but he probably lives very comfortably) and televangilists. I'm almost positive that the leaders of most religions actually believe in the tenets of that religion.
Scientology is very different from a "normal" religion. As far as most outsiders can tell, Scientology really was started as a means to gain wealth and power. And since it was started relatively recently, there is not a whole lot of doubt on that point.
If the current leaders of Scientology do know it is all a huge scam, one woudl have to wonder how and when the transition from "gullible n00b/victim" to "wisened master" happens. I don't know about you, but if I found out that the organization I thought was going to rid me of all these harmful "thetans," while milking me for everything that I had, was just a scam, I'd be pretty damn pissed and rebellious. Then again, maybe I'd just say "fuck it" and start taking money/power back from the inside and just remain part of the group even though I know it isn't what I thought it was....
-matthew
I'm more inclined to believe that those at the top believe Scientology very strongly.
It is worse than that because it isn't even 60% total increase in efficiency. Just 60% in the ultraviolet range.
That said, a percentage improvement is good because theoretically it could be applied to future solar cells which will presumably have a much better base efficiency.
I thought Passport was outted years ago as being fundamentally broken. Why would I want to implement it on my site? Did they fix it? If not, why are they still using it at all?
No, I really don't like outsourcing customer service, even when it's within the same country. If I have a problem with a particular company, I want to talk to someone who works there! Is that really too much to ask?
Fair enough. It just seems to me that no matter who you talk to, there isn't much you can say to them that will make a difference. I mean, we're talking about low paid script readers either way. That's just what you get when you deal with a company of any significant size. Particularly when that company deals with the general public.
I think you mean "off-shoring." Outsourcing is just when you pay a consultant or another company to handle some part of your business. Could still be in the same country. Offshoring is when you either hire employees overseas or outsource to another company overseas. Although I suppose it doesn't necessarily have to be "overseas." It could be on the same continent, I suppose.
Or do you really hate outsourcing to the very core of your being?
And, oh, I'm sure my post will certainly stifle the discussion to follow!
Sarcastic much? For fuck's sake, if discussions here are THAT predictable, boring, uninsightful, or whatever your main complaint is (it is difficult to read through the layers of sarcasm), just leave. Not for me or anyone else, but just for your own well being. And to think, you actually PAY for your membership...
Be that as it may, the point is that there is no example of humans being "at their best when expanding." Maybe I'm just a pessimist, but in my imagination I picture a kind of space expansion where corporations take advantage of lawlessness in space and turn workers and settlers into slaves. Picture it, you're relatively poor on Earth (can't afford a space trip yourself) and take a job with some company that promises excitement and freedom by working for them on Mars. You sign a contract to repay them X number of dollars. Once there, they take advantage of the lawlessness of the place and essentially turn you into a slave. You get no leisure time. No freedom. No adventure. Just work, 15 hours a day. And even after you do repay your debt, you're still stuck there because there is no way you could ever afford the trip back to Earth. So they can treat you however they damn well please. You're using THEIR life support systems. You're consuming their food. They own your ass. You're a slave.
Sounds to me like the "humans" he's talking about are really just people of European descent. Not humans in general. I'm sure if you looked at world discovery from the perspective of other cultures, things wouldn't look nearly so romantic in terms of finding new frontiers and exploiting new lands. And in many cases you'll find victims of such behavior. I think we really should consider getting our shit together here before any serious attempts to colonize space. Otherwise we're just repeating all the same destructive patterns of the past. Well, at least there aren't any (known) life out there for us to victimize, but still, the proposed patterns and attitude are pretty much the same.
Then you find that your private key for your backup was destroyed with the files that you lost. Do'h! I don't know which is worse, not having a backup or having a backup that you can't access because you lost the keys.
Yeah, yeah, store your keys on external media or something... Still, something to consider.
Sorry, but I don't remember "lying about your product" being part of Capitalism. Claiming something you make was made by someone else to a higher degree of quality definitely is not "truth in advertising".
Are you saying that your only problem with cloners is that they sometimes misrepresent the origin/brand of their product? If so, then fine. If not, you should address the entire argument of the parent poster. Don't just pick out the one little detail that you can defend and pretend your whole point is valid.
Not just when you want, but where. Who wants to sit at their computer and watch a feature length movie? I know I don't. Anything more significant than a Youtube short flick type of thing goes right to my MythTV box for viewing on a big screen w/ the entertainment system. My wife doesn't want to huddle around my computer with me and watch a movie inside a friekin' web browser, WTF?
Companies are trying to evaulate to see if their marketing is working or not. How dare they, I want to be flooded with adds that I don't care about, vs. showing me products and or services that may help me in life
False dichotomy. How about no ads at all? Nah, forget it. Somebody needs to be a sucker and accept the ads and leave the blocking to those who actually care about taking control over what they view and how they view it. Let sites make money off of fools who think they are somehow obligated to accept advertising because that is how some people make money. As long as there are enough people like you, people like me can block all ads and nobody cares.
Good targeting means less adds
No, it does not. It just means people selling ad space will make that much more money. There is still X amount of advertising space available. It WILL be filled. It'll just be more targeted.
more revenue to web sites
Sure, as long as they keep the same number of ads.
and less anoyances during the day.
An ad shoved in my face is no less annoying because it is targeted. In some ways it is actually be more annoying. Imagine a world like "Minority Report" where every ad calls you by name and knows more than it should about you. That is not just annoying, but downright creepy. We're getting closer and closer to that every day.
A worse counter-example; 200 years after the Industrial Revolution, the rich are dying out. Their long hours managing their money means they have significantly less time for family- there isn't a first world country today that is above ZPG demographically when you eliminate immigration.
Well, that isn't really a counter-example because weren't now in a different "revolution." This is the "information revolution" or whatever you want to call it. So I don't think you could necessarily compare today's trends to those 200 years ago. For one thing, we now have reliable forms of birth control (as well as access to it and knowledge about it), so having children is much more of a choice.
You do realize: you're engaging in office politics. Forming personal relationships with your coworkers is part of office politics.
Then what *isn't* office politics then? Is working with a coworker office politics? Writing email and communicating things? Come on. The bonds are just a natural part of working together. It isn't part of some scheme.
Having your boss defend you is part of office politics.
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Ok, that stuff would be great for better client side programming, but I don't see any point in trying to turn JavaScript into a full server side language. Where there are already languages such as Python or Ruby that do what you want.
-matthew
What more do you expect to get from JavaScript? The simple fact is that it lacks some very basic modern OO language constructs such as interfaces, abstract classes, and threads. And by the time you add those in, you'll just have reinvented Java. So what would be the point?
-matthew
Um, you understand that GWT is not a language, it is a framework, right? Java is the language. And JavaScript is most CERTAINLY not more powerful than Java.
Don't give in to the temptation because it would make you look quite foolish.
-matthew
The DMCA didn't do the good, it is the EXCEPTION to the DMCA that did good. It would be better if the DMCA didn't exist at all and we could go back to good ol' fashioned "fair use" for all devices/software. DMCA is evil, plain and simple.
-matthew
I imagine they'll just ignore the evidence just like they do regarding evolution, geology, astrophysics, etc. Ignorance is powerful.
AFAIK, Scientology doesn't recruit leaders. One essentially buys one's way to the top. If anything it is a very elaborate pyramid scheme. Dunno when it start to pay off though.
Well, to be fair to most major religions, I don't believe there is necessarily a whole lot of wealth waiting at the top. Power, maybe, but not wealth. Certainly there are exceptions like the Pope (not sure if he could be said to be wealthy, but he probably lives very comfortably) and televangilists. I'm almost positive that the leaders of most religions actually believe in the tenets of that religion.
Scientology is very different from a "normal" religion. As far as most outsiders can tell, Scientology really was started as a means to gain wealth and power. And since it was started relatively recently, there is not a whole lot of doubt on that point.
If the current leaders of Scientology do know it is all a huge scam, one woudl have to wonder how and when the transition from "gullible n00b/victim" to "wisened master" happens. I don't know about you, but if I found out that the organization I thought was going to rid me of all these harmful "thetans," while milking me for everything that I had, was just a scam, I'd be pretty damn pissed and rebellious. Then again, maybe I'd just say "fuck it" and start taking money/power back from the inside and just remain part of the group even though I know it isn't what I thought it was....
-matthew
I'm more inclined to believe that those at the top believe Scientology very strongly.
It is worse than that because it isn't even 60% total increase in efficiency. Just 60% in the ultraviolet range.
That said, a percentage improvement is good because theoretically it could be applied to future solar cells which will presumably have a much better base efficiency.
-matthew
Yeah, but poor graphics.
-matthew
Well, you WERE working for a Windows shop, so I think you had that much covered before you even got the Passport ID.
-matthew
I thought Passport was outted years ago as being fundamentally broken. Why would I want to implement it on my site? Did they fix it? If not, why are they still using it at all?
-matthew
Fair enough. It just seems to me that no matter who you talk to, there isn't much you can say to them that will make a difference. I mean, we're talking about low paid script readers either way. That's just what you get when you deal with a company of any significant size. Particularly when that company deals with the general public.
-matthew
I think you mean "off-shoring." Outsourcing is just when you pay a consultant or another company to handle some part of your business. Could still be in the same country. Offshoring is when you either hire employees overseas or outsource to another company overseas. Although I suppose it doesn't necessarily have to be "overseas." It could be on the same continent, I suppose.
Or do you really hate outsourcing to the very core of your being?
-matthew
Sarcastic much? For fuck's sake, if discussions here are THAT predictable, boring, uninsightful, or whatever your main complaint is (it is difficult to read through the layers of sarcasm), just leave. Not for me or anyone else, but just for your own well being. And to think, you actually PAY for your membership...
Be that as it may, the point is that there is no example of humans being "at their best when expanding." Maybe I'm just a pessimist, but in my imagination I picture a kind of space expansion where corporations take advantage of lawlessness in space and turn workers and settlers into slaves. Picture it, you're relatively poor on Earth (can't afford a space trip yourself) and take a job with some company that promises excitement and freedom by working for them on Mars. You sign a contract to repay them X number of dollars. Once there, they take advantage of the lawlessness of the place and essentially turn you into a slave. You get no leisure time. No freedom. No adventure. Just work, 15 hours a day. And even after you do repay your debt, you're still stuck there because there is no way you could ever afford the trip back to Earth. So they can treat you however they damn well please. You're using THEIR life support systems. You're consuming their food. They own your ass. You're a slave.
Oh yeah, the subjugation and murder of millions of Native Americans (north, central, and south) is a great example of humans being at their best...
Sounds to me like the "humans" he's talking about are really just people of European descent. Not humans in general. I'm sure if you looked at world discovery from the perspective of other cultures, things wouldn't look nearly so romantic in terms of finding new frontiers and exploiting new lands. And in many cases you'll find victims of such behavior. I think we really should consider getting our shit together here before any serious attempts to colonize space. Otherwise we're just repeating all the same destructive patterns of the past. Well, at least there aren't any (known) life out there for us to victimize, but still, the proposed patterns and attitude are pretty much the same.
Then you find that your private key for your backup was destroyed with the files that you lost. Do'h! I don't know which is worse, not having a backup or having a backup that you can't access because you lost the keys.
Yeah, yeah, store your keys on external media or something... Still, something to consider.
Are you saying that your only problem with cloners is that they sometimes misrepresent the origin/brand of their product? If so, then fine. If not, you should address the entire argument of the parent poster. Don't just pick out the one little detail that you can defend and pretend your whole point is valid.
-matthew
Not just when you want, but where. Who wants to sit at their computer and watch a feature length movie? I know I don't. Anything more significant than a Youtube short flick type of thing goes right to my MythTV box for viewing on a big screen w/ the entertainment system. My wife doesn't want to huddle around my computer with me and watch a movie inside a friekin' web browser, WTF?
-matthew
False dichotomy. How about no ads at all? Nah, forget it. Somebody needs to be a sucker and accept the ads and leave the blocking to those who actually care about taking control over what they view and how they view it. Let sites make money off of fools who think they are somehow obligated to accept advertising because that is how some people make money. As long as there are enough people like you, people like me can block all ads and nobody cares.
No, it does not. It just means people selling ad space will make that much more money. There is still X amount of advertising space available. It WILL be filled. It'll just be more targeted.
Sure, as long as they keep the same number of ads.
An ad shoved in my face is no less annoying because it is targeted. In some ways it is actually be more annoying. Imagine a world like "Minority Report" where every ad calls you by name and knows more than it should about you. That is not just annoying, but downright creepy. We're getting closer and closer to that every day.
-matthew
I'm sure it was written with a gay face.
Are you serious?
Well, that isn't really a counter-example because weren't now in a different "revolution." This is the "information revolution" or whatever you want to call it. So I don't think you could necessarily compare today's trends to those 200 years ago. For one thing, we now have reliable forms of birth control (as well as access to it and knowledge about it), so having children is much more of a choice.
Then what *isn't* office politics then? Is working with a coworker office politics? Writing email and communicating things? Come on. The bonds are just a natural part of working together. It isn't part of some scheme.
I don't "have" him defend me. He just does.
-matthew