JavaScript isn't OO in the same way that, say, Java and C# are. Java is class-based, JavaScript is prototype-based. JavaScript is also dynamically typed while Java is statically typed.
Silverlight is not on Linux (unless you count the not really working Moonlight implementation), but the AC claimed it was available only on Windows. It's still cross platform, just not very cross platform (nowhere near as cross-platform as Flash). The only mobile implementation is on WP7 (and then only in the Mango update in the browser, IIRC). Not the great success it had a (small) chance of becoming.
My guess would be that iCloud's client used SSL and required SNI, which isn't available for Windows XP (baked into the OS anyways IIRC; there are implementations out there, just maybe not under terms Apple wants). I'm still leaning towards laziness however.
One road in my town is four lanes, low traffic, and well maintained. It is 25 mph transitioning to 35 and then 45 mph. When it reaches 45, it is surrounded by businesses, well traveled, and has all sorts of intersections. In fact, because of the businesses and lights, no one drives 45 there, even at midnight, because the limit is too high. Previously it was 35-45 (never 25). There are very few accidents there (none I'm aware of). What changed in the past month or two? Lower revenue. There is now a cop stationed at the 25 mph portion routinely.
Another road has a speed limit sign that is blocked from view until the last second by other signs (it goes from 35-25) and there's a cop there all the time.
IP can be copied very easily. If, say, China ignores IP, you lose a good chunk of revenue. Compare Windows revenue in China vs. the US: The two PC markets are roughly the same size, but MS makes far more money in one market. If your entire country is based on IP, all a rival has to do is get rid of IP protection and they can use any innovation you've come up with while we're busy fighting patent lawsuits over one-click.
The US still has a large manufacturing base. Is it as strong as it used to be? No. But it's very very close to China in size (depending on whose numbers you use, the US base is either a tiny bit smaller or bigger.) China and the US each account for almost 20% of global manufacturing output. Of course, China will pass the US in manufacturing (if they haven't already), but it's not like we produce nothing.
When did anyone sign said compact? In the case of immigrants, it's easy, because they make pledges and the like to enter. What about those of us born here? Is our signature made when we don't leave? Birth? I'm curious as to what others think.
Both major parties are complicit in the spending and war disasters. Obama may not have started the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, but he's certainly done little to end them. He has added his own excursion in Libya with vague threats to Syria and others, so who knows.
Like trillion dollar wars? DEA? There are tons of negative "services" that soak up tons of money. Not that that is an argument for or against taxation.
Do we? In order to change government, you need to convince a plurality of voters that you're right. Then they have to actually vote your way (e.g. the issue is important enough to them to vote or change votes), then the guy you elected has to actually follow through on the promise, which may be dependent on other elections (and requires more convincing). E.g. an anti-drug war president needs Congress to end the drug war. This also ignores the legions of bureaucrats and regulators who are unelected and have to power to make new rules.
The time and effort is enormous. Obama expects to raise $1 billion for his campaign, and that's just one election. The hundreds of congressmen and senators also take millions to campaign each. At least with a corporation you don't need to convince millions to vote your way; you just cancel whatever service, buy someone else's product, etc. Unless you seriously want that business to never exist anymore, that is.
It's not because half won't be sold, but because less (none?) pesticides are used more of the crop is lost. Also, non GMO crops yield less than regular crops. They are more likely to spoil in transit or on shelves. If all farms switched to "organic" (God I hate that term) foods millions more people would starve.
IIRC DDT isn't effective any more in parts of the world because of overuse, even by the mid 50s-60s. Then the bird egg discovery was published and it was game over.
My grandpa is at best low end middle class (and that's a stretch even), yet he owns 3 vehicles and has owned many more. He gets really old used vehicles, makes some repairs, and does all sorts of trading around with them. Perhaps the GPs parents did the same sort of thing. Still outside the norm, but no need to be rich.
It's funny you say we tried to be neutral until WW2. Were we neutral when we invaded and annexed half of Mexico over a border dispute in Texas? How about when we conquered several Spanish colonies? How about the bazillion interventions in Latin America? The "America was isolationist" myth is just that, a myth. American soldiers have been all over the place. IIRC our troops had been present on every continent but Europe prior to WWI.
T-Mobile has 3G too; in fact, they use the same frequencies as overseas, IIRC. The US GSM iPhone won't get 3G, but a foreign one should get in, in theory.
College is one form of instruction; college is not the One True instructional method, however. History is full of educated dropouts and morons from Harvard.
If you want to be a productive citizen that actually does things? College is a good idea.
I guess I am not doing something productive. I hold no college degree (OK, I hold an AA from when I was playing around with college) and I write software for a living. I find the snobbish "only degree holders are productive citizens" attitude highly offensive. I don't like the reverse attitude either.
(prefix):0ff1:cexxx:xxxx:xxxx isn't crazy. You've got more characters to use; make addresses more memorable. Also, if you know the MAC address and prefix, you could just calculate the auto-generated v6 address.
ADSL 2+ can get to 24 Mbps theoretical, IIRC. VDSL can get to 100 Mbps+, but you have to be very close to the ISP. I believe cable can get those speeds over a longer distance.
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JavaScript isn't OO in the same way that, say, Java and C# are. Java is class-based, JavaScript is prototype-based. JavaScript is also dynamically typed while Java is statically typed.
Silverlight is not on Linux (unless you count the not really working Moonlight implementation), but the AC claimed it was available only on Windows. It's still cross platform, just not very cross platform (nowhere near as cross-platform as Flash). The only mobile implementation is on WP7 (and then only in the Mango update in the browser, IIRC). Not the great success it had a (small) chance of becoming.
My guess would be that iCloud's client used SSL and required SNI, which isn't available for Windows XP (baked into the OS anyways IIRC; there are implementations out there, just maybe not under terms Apple wants). I'm still leaning towards laziness however.
One road in my town is four lanes, low traffic, and well maintained. It is 25 mph transitioning to 35 and then 45 mph. When it reaches 45, it is surrounded by businesses, well traveled, and has all sorts of intersections. In fact, because of the businesses and lights, no one drives 45 there, even at midnight, because the limit is too high. Previously it was 35-45 (never 25). There are very few accidents there (none I'm aware of). What changed in the past month or two? Lower revenue. There is now a cop stationed at the 25 mph portion routinely.
Another road has a speed limit sign that is blocked from view until the last second by other signs (it goes from 35-25) and there's a cop there all the time.
Silverlight is available on Macs too, not just Windows.
IP can be copied very easily. If, say, China ignores IP, you lose a good chunk of revenue. Compare Windows revenue in China vs. the US: The two PC markets are roughly the same size, but MS makes far more money in one market. If your entire country is based on IP, all a rival has to do is get rid of IP protection and they can use any innovation you've come up with while we're busy fighting patent lawsuits over one-click.
The US still has a large manufacturing base. Is it as strong as it used to be? No. But it's very very close to China in size (depending on whose numbers you use, the US base is either a tiny bit smaller or bigger.) China and the US each account for almost 20% of global manufacturing output. Of course, China will pass the US in manufacturing (if they haven't already), but it's not like we produce nothing.
You also forget Singapore and South Korea.
When did anyone sign said compact? In the case of immigrants, it's easy, because they make pledges and the like to enter. What about those of us born here? Is our signature made when we don't leave? Birth? I'm curious as to what others think.
They seem to happen most on my iPhone, and only on certain articles. Very annoying.
I smell a new patent brewing...
Both major parties are complicit in the spending and war disasters. Obama may not have started the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, but he's certainly done little to end them. He has added his own excursion in Libya with vague threats to Syria and others, so who knows.
Like trillion dollar wars? DEA? There are tons of negative "services" that soak up tons of money. Not that that is an argument for or against taxation.
Do we? In order to change government, you need to convince a plurality of voters that you're right. Then they have to actually vote your way (e.g. the issue is important enough to them to vote or change votes), then the guy you elected has to actually follow through on the promise, which may be dependent on other elections (and requires more convincing). E.g. an anti-drug war president needs Congress to end the drug war. This also ignores the legions of bureaucrats and regulators who are unelected and have to power to make new rules.
The time and effort is enormous. Obama expects to raise $1 billion for his campaign, and that's just one election. The hundreds of congressmen and senators also take millions to campaign each. At least with a corporation you don't need to convince millions to vote your way; you just cancel whatever service, buy someone else's product, etc. Unless you seriously want that business to never exist anymore, that is.
It's not because half won't be sold, but because less (none?) pesticides are used more of the crop is lost. Also, non GMO crops yield less than regular crops. They are more likely to spoil in transit or on shelves. If all farms switched to "organic" (God I hate that term) foods millions more people would starve.
IIRC DDT isn't effective any more in parts of the world because of overuse, even by the mid 50s-60s. Then the bird egg discovery was published and it was game over.
My grandpa is at best low end middle class (and that's a stretch even), yet he owns 3 vehicles and has owned many more. He gets really old used vehicles, makes some repairs, and does all sorts of trading around with them. Perhaps the GPs parents did the same sort of thing. Still outside the norm, but no need to be rich.
It's funny you say we tried to be neutral until WW2. Were we neutral when we invaded and annexed half of Mexico over a border dispute in Texas? How about when we conquered several Spanish colonies? How about the bazillion interventions in Latin America? The "America was isolationist" myth is just that, a myth. American soldiers have been all over the place. IIRC our troops had been present on every continent but Europe prior to WWI.
T-Mobile has 3G too; in fact, they use the same frequencies as overseas, IIRC. The US GSM iPhone won't get 3G, but a foreign one should get in, in theory.
College is one form of instruction; college is not the One True instructional method, however. History is full of educated dropouts and morons from Harvard.
If you want to be a productive citizen that actually does things? College is a good idea.
I guess I am not doing something productive. I hold no college degree (OK, I hold an AA from when I was playing around with college) and I write software for a living. I find the snobbish "only degree holders are productive citizens" attitude highly offensive. I don't like the reverse attitude either.
After looking it up again, I indeed am. The very highest VDSL rates pretty much an in-building or maybe even next door range.
To my understanding, "very close" meant one mile or less away.
(prefix):0ff1:cexxx:xxxx:xxxx isn't crazy. You've got more characters to use; make addresses more memorable. Also, if you know the MAC address and prefix, you could just calculate the auto-generated v6 address.
ADSL 2+ can get to 24 Mbps theoretical, IIRC. VDSL can get to 100 Mbps+, but you have to be very close to the ISP. I believe cable can get those speeds over a longer distance.