I used to enjoy going to the cinema to see a movie, and certainly some of the really require a look in at the cinema - big screen, and all that.
However, I do find that other people in the cinema are annoying. Generally there are:
- people talking; - people eating stuff from noisy bags; - people slurping the last few drops of their drink; - kids kicking the back of the seat; - any number of other annoyances.
It's getting more and more difficult to actually enjoy watching a film in a cinema these days. With the advent of high-quality DVDs and home theatre systems, I'm moving more and more towards waiting for the film to come out on DVD and watching it, in peace, at home.
Here, a trip to the movies is a little cheaper that in the US. And DVDs are more expensive. But I think it's worth the extra money and waiting a big of time.
Granted, some films have to be seen in the cinema. I'll be there the 'Return of the Sith'. Sorry, but even if it's a terrible film, I will have to see it.
A lot of JVMs these days do a recompilation of the code in memory when it is first executed so that it will run as native code. The first time the code is run, it is 're-compiled' to the machines local instruction code, and cached in memory. All subsequent times the code is run, it is run natively.
The code may still run a little slower, but it's only a little bit slower. An RDBMS won't have a problem running in Java.
The advantage is, then, that you can use any platform you care to use to host your database. No more paying out a Windows licence, and a Linux licence, and a Solaris licence, just because various projects are going to be running on different platform.
It would imply Steven's version of the film. I don't think it would take credit from Wells, as it would be mentioned that is it based on Wells's original story.
It would just serve to diffrentiate this version of War of the Worlds from all the other version of War of the Worlds.
what does the new release of Java mean in the context of J2EE programming?
Sun have not yet released an updated version of the J2EE spec, and probably won't for a long time. As a result, Java 1.5 (or Java 5) will have no affect on J2EE for probably at least a year.
The J2EE 1.4 spec was released last year, and not very many vendors had adopted it yet. I do J2EE programming here, and I still refer to the J2EE 1.3 docs for the API - I haven't found I've needed anything in 1.4 yet (even though our container are 1.4 complient).
JVMs and J2EE containers are quite tricky little buggers, and generally don't work to well together with different version numbers. Most J2EE 1.3 containers won't work well with JVM 1.4 - I think it's because the J2EE stuff is very low level, and really needs the JVM to be the correct version (though I haven't tested a J2EE 1.4 container running on JVM1.3 - chances are some of the API required that is new in 1.4 won't be there, so it won't work that way either).
So, SUN won't even begin to think about releasing a J2EE 1.5 until they have Java 1.5 in the bag, and probably not even until Java 1.5.1 has been released.
This isn't really news - it's well known that women have better eyesight, and are less prone to colour blindness than men, all due to that X-Chromosome.
There was a story last year sometime (couldn't fine it, and was trying to find the article on Google - I'll try again and post a listing) where it claimed that someone women had an extra-sensitive sight for colours - especially shades of blue. Again, all due to them have 2 X-Chromosomes. One lady in the article was able to pick out a pair of shoes that were a perfect match for a dress she had purchased months back and was in her wardrobe since then.
Interesting stuff, but not really all that newsworthy, methinks.
I mean I really do wonder why the statement "Does that mean that MS are now copying Linux...?" is not considered flamebait.
Actually, it was meant as a tongue-in-cheek comment based on what the previous poster was saying - not for flaimbait or trollish behaviout (it was marked 70% troll, 30% underrated), but more as a humourous statement in the context.
read: sarcasm.
I'll ensure next time to include <sarcasm> tags around such posts in future.
I remember seeing something about this (or something similar at least) in a documentary about tidal waves.
Seemingly a particular cliff (which could very well be the volcano), if it were to fall into the sea, would cause a tidal wave large enough to take out New York (and would be in line with taking out New York).
A few properly set explosives, and New Yorkers would have a few hours warning with no way to stop it.
The particular documentary showed evidence of such tidal waves occuring where there had been rock slides of this sort. Volcano isn't actually necessary, but would give a large tidal wave (hence the east coast of the US would be affected).
I think coming up with a method is dispersing such a tidal wave before it hits the coast would be the best way to counteract this. However, how, exactly, do you stop a large tidal wave in the middle of the Atlantic ocean?
Personally I don't play mobile phone games very much. There are a few problems I have:
1) when I would want to play one would be where there would be other people around (like on the bus), and there is rarely an option to turn off sound; 2) the screen is very small, and if the sunlight catches it wrong you can't see it very well; 3) the keys on a mobile phone are normally just not good enough for playing a complex game, or ever some simple ones.
I don't know how most other people feel about this, but personally I don't think I would back mobile phone game creators based on my own gaming experiences and preferences.
Ben Corrado, Andy Meng, Justin Rigling and a fourth friend, Brandon Schamer (who didn't accompany them from Ohio), won the greatest distance achieved for an 802.11b network. The teens, two of them 18 years old and the other 19 years old, achieved 55.1 miles using homebrewed antennas on both ends along with amplification, exceeding last year's winner by 20 miles. Then, when they established that record, they turned off their amplifiers and broke the record for an unamplified connection at the same distance. At the announcement on Sunday, the crowd rose to its feet.
DVDs will be as obselete as PlaystationOne games are now, in that the PS2 will still play the PS1 games, and you can still purchase a PS1 to play these games.
There will be new formats available, so I'm sure in 10 years time we'll all be watching HDVD, or some other similar but greatly enhanced format, but the players will still play DVDs (in the same way that DVD players today still play VideoCD).
The physical format won't change (210mm diameter, 21mm diameter hole, 2.1mm thick), but what can be held on a disk that size will change. DVD is 2 layers, but we have already seen that someone has managed to get 15 layers, and that was 2 years ago.
So, we will have something better, but we will still be able to use our DVDs for a long time yet.
When you run Windows Update, you get the following message:
Note Windows Update does not collect any form of personally identifiable information from your computer.
Under that is a link to the privacy statement telling you what they do collect. Here is the text behind the link:
Windows Update Privacy Statement (Last Updated 10/17/2003) Windows Update is committed to protecting your privacy. To provide you with the appropriate list of updates, Windows Update must collect a certain amount of configuration information from your computer. None of this configuration information can be used to identify you. This information includes:
Operating-system version number Internet Explorer version number Version numbers of other software for which Windows Update provides updates Plug and Play ID numbers of hardware devices Region and Language setting The configuration information collected is used only to determine the appropriate updates and to generate aggregate statistics. Windows Update does not collect your name, address, e-mail address, or any other form of personally identifiable information.
Windows Update also collects the Product ID and Product Key to confirm that you are running a validly licensed copy of Windows. A validly licensed copy of Windows ensures that you will receive on-going updates from Windows Update. The Product ID and Product Key are not retained beyond the end of the Windows Update session, unless the Product ID is not valid.
To provide you with the best possible service, Windows Update also tracks and records how many unique machines visit its site and whether the download and installation of specific updates succeeded or failed. In order to do this, the Windows operating system generates a Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) that is stored on your computer to uniquely identify it. The GUID does not contain any personally identifiable information and cannot be used to identify you. Windows Update records the GUID of the computer that attempted the download, the ID of the item that you attempted to download and install, and the configuration information listed above.
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No, just the letter 'm':
certainly some of them...
Just a typo - everyone makes them.
T.
I used to enjoy going to the cinema to see a movie, and certainly some of the really require a look in at the cinema - big screen, and all that.
However, I do find that other people in the cinema are annoying. Generally there are:
- people talking;
- people eating stuff from noisy bags;
- people slurping the last few drops of their drink;
- kids kicking the back of the seat;
- any number of other annoyances.
It's getting more and more difficult to actually enjoy watching a film in a cinema these days. With the advent of high-quality DVDs and home theatre systems, I'm moving more and more towards waiting for the film to come out on DVD and watching it, in peace, at home.
Here, a trip to the movies is a little cheaper that in the US. And DVDs are more expensive. But I think it's worth the extra money and waiting a big of time.
Granted, some films have to be seen in the cinema. I'll be there the 'Return of the Sith'. Sorry, but even if it's a terrible film, I will have to see it.
T.
And what's to stop Mr. 21yr old Student giving his USB token to Mr. 10yr old Kid?
Can something like this really work?
T.
1 million MB to mean a GB
Shouldn't that be 1000MB to mean a GB, or 1million KB to mean a GB, or 1millionMB to mean a TB.
Get what your saying, though. Hard drives are always measured in millions, not in 2^20, of bytes.
T.
Er, I ordered one of these yesterday (the site I ordered off didn't have the H340 40Gb version, which is lucky from my credit card's point of view).
There was no mention of it being a preorder - they had 10 in stock, and it's now in packaging and waiting to be shipped to me.
So, how is it that they are only taking preorders on something that I have already purchased?
T.
More info on this here.
It's called JIT, or Just In Time, compilation. Wanted to verify this name before I added it into a comment - I really shouldn't doubt myself.
T.
A lot of JVMs these days do a recompilation of the code in memory when it is first executed so that it will run as native code. The first time the code is run, it is 're-compiled' to the machines local instruction code, and cached in memory. All subsequent times the code is run, it is run natively.
The code may still run a little slower, but it's only a little bit slower. An RDBMS won't have a problem running in Java.
The advantage is, then, that you can use any platform you care to use to host your database. No more paying out a Windows licence, and a Linux licence, and a Solaris licence, just because various projects are going to be running on different platform.
T.
It would imply Steven's version of the film. I don't think it would take credit from Wells, as it would be mentioned that is it based on Wells's original story.
It would just serve to diffrentiate this version of War of the Worlds from all the other version of War of the Worlds.
T.
I would imaging, then, we'll be going to see
"Steven Speilberg's War Of the Worlds"
T.
what does the new release of Java mean in the context of J2EE programming?
Sun have not yet released an updated version of the J2EE spec, and probably won't for a long time. As a result, Java 1.5 (or Java 5) will have no affect on J2EE for probably at least a year.
The J2EE 1.4 spec was released last year, and not very many vendors had adopted it yet. I do J2EE programming here, and I still refer to the J2EE 1.3 docs for the API - I haven't found I've needed anything in 1.4 yet (even though our container are 1.4 complient).
JVMs and J2EE containers are quite tricky little buggers, and generally don't work to well together with different version numbers. Most J2EE 1.3 containers won't work well with JVM 1.4 - I think it's because the J2EE stuff is very low level, and really needs the JVM to be the correct version (though I haven't tested a J2EE 1.4 container running on JVM1.3 - chances are some of the API required that is new in 1.4 won't be there, so it won't work that way either).
So, SUN won't even begin to think about releasing a J2EE 1.5 until they have Java 1.5 in the bag, and probably not even until Java 1.5.1 has been released.
T.
This isn't really news - it's well known that women have better eyesight, and are less prone to colour blindness than men, all due to that X-Chromosome.
There was a story last year sometime (couldn't fine it, and was trying to find the article on Google - I'll try again and post a listing) where it claimed that someone women had an extra-sensitive sight for colours - especially shades of blue. Again, all due to them have 2 X-Chromosomes. One lady in the article was able to pick out a pair of shoes that were a perfect match for a dress she had purchased months back and was in her wardrobe since then.
Interesting stuff, but not really all that newsworthy, methinks.
T.
I mean I really do wonder why the statement "Does that mean that MS are now copying Linux...?" is not considered flamebait.
Actually, it was meant as a tongue-in-cheek comment based on what the previous poster was saying - not for flaimbait or trollish behaviout (it was marked 70% troll, 30% underrated), but more as a humourous statement in the context.
read: sarcasm.
I'll ensure next time to include <sarcasm> tags around such posts in future.
T.
It already does. I've had a sidebar on my desktop for the last 5 years, thanks to gnome.
Oh, wait, do that mean that MS are now copying Linux...?
T.
Actually, it's a variation on
Happy Birthday to you,
you live in a zoo,
you look like a monkey,
and you smell like one too.
with the obvious change. This is a standard variation on the normal Happy Birthday tune that kids sing to insult someone.
Doesn't take long to come up with changing 'monkey' to 'penguin'.
Just to be pedantic...
T.
/me sings:
:)
Happy Birthday to you,
You live in the zoo,
You look like a penguin,
and you smell like one too!
Happy 13th Linux!
T.
You have to pay to get Hotmail plus. It's not free (like gmail).
"Get MSN® Hotmail® Plus for only 19.99/year"
it's a subscription service, and it's cheaper to buy your 2GB for you PC than to rent it from hotmail.
T.
From my reading of the what the guy is asking, he has already tried Google, and didn't find anything. Then he posted to Ask Slashdot.
Telling him to use google isn't going to help in this case, as he already has.
T.
Hmmm. I wonder if the Volcano/Cliff has been waiting the longest, just biding it's time...
"Just a little bit longer - that city over there is still growing..."
T.
I remember seeing something about this (or something similar at least) in a documentary about tidal waves.
Seemingly a particular cliff (which could very well be the volcano), if it were to fall into the sea, would cause a tidal wave large enough to take out New York (and would be in line with taking out New York).
A few properly set explosives, and New Yorkers would have a few hours warning with no way to stop it.
The particular documentary showed evidence of such tidal waves occuring where there had been rock slides of this sort. Volcano isn't actually necessary, but would give a large tidal wave (hence the east coast of the US would be affected).
I think coming up with a method is dispersing such a tidal wave before it hits the coast would be the best way to counteract this. However, how, exactly, do you stop a large tidal wave in the middle of the Atlantic ocean?
T.
Personally I don't play mobile phone games very much. There are a few problems I have:
1) when I would want to play one would be where there would be other people around (like on the bus), and there is rarely an option to turn off sound;
2) the screen is very small, and if the sunlight catches it wrong you can't see it very well;
3) the keys on a mobile phone are normally just not good enough for playing a complex game, or ever some simple ones.
I don't know how most other people feel about this, but personally I don't think I would back mobile phone game creators based on my own gaming experiences and preferences.
Then again, I'm not everyone else...
T.
Ben Corrado, Andy Meng, Justin Rigling and a fourth friend, Brandon Schamer (who didn't accompany them from Ohio), won the greatest distance achieved for an 802.11b network. The teens, two of them 18 years old and the other 19 years old, achieved 55.1 miles using homebrewed antennas on both ends along with amplification, exceeding last year's winner by 20 miles. Then, when they established that record, they turned off their amplifiers and broke the record for an unamplified connection at the same distance. At the announcement on Sunday, the crowd rose to its feet.
Very impressive
T.
D'oh. Got my 1's and 2's mixed up.
I should have typed 120, 12, and 1.2.
Hmmm. 15 for the hole? I'll have to have words with my brain.
Thanks,
T.
I believe the actual quote is supposed to have been:
.exe file is less than that.
640K should be enough for anybody.
However, Bill Gates does deny that he ever said that, or that it was taken out of context.
At the time, 640K was enough. Today, people are amazed to see anything application whose
T.
DVDs will be as obselete as PlaystationOne games are now, in that the PS2 will still play the PS1 games, and you can still purchase a PS1 to play these games.
There will be new formats available, so I'm sure in 10 years time we'll all be watching HDVD, or some other similar but greatly enhanced format, but the players will still play DVDs (in the same way that DVD players today still play VideoCD).
The physical format won't change (210mm diameter, 21mm diameter hole, 2.1mm thick), but what can be held on a disk that size will change. DVD is 2 layers, but we have already seen that someone has managed to get 15 layers, and that was 2 years ago.
So, we will have something better, but we will still be able to use our DVDs for a long time yet.
T.
When you run Windows Update, you get the following message:
Note Windows Update does not collect any form of personally identifiable information from your computer.
Under that is a link to the privacy statement telling you what they do collect. Here is the text behind the link:
Windows Update Privacy Statement (Last Updated 10/17/2003)
Windows Update is committed to protecting your privacy. To provide you with the appropriate list of updates, Windows Update must collect a certain amount of configuration information from your computer. None of this configuration information can be used to identify you. This information includes:
Operating-system version number
Internet Explorer version number
Version numbers of other software for which Windows Update provides updates
Plug and Play ID numbers of hardware devices
Region and Language setting
The configuration information collected is used only to determine the appropriate updates and to generate aggregate statistics. Windows Update does not collect your name, address, e-mail address, or any other form of personally identifiable information.
Windows Update also collects the Product ID and Product Key to confirm that you are running a validly licensed copy of Windows. A validly licensed copy of Windows ensures that you will receive on-going updates from Windows Update. The Product ID and Product Key are not retained beyond the end of the Windows Update session, unless the Product ID is not valid.
To provide you with the best possible service, Windows Update also tracks and records how many unique machines visit its site and whether the download and installation of specific updates succeeded or failed. In order to do this, the Windows operating system generates a Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) that is stored on your computer to uniquely identify it. The GUID does not contain any personally identifiable information and cannot be used to identify you. Windows Update records the GUID of the computer that attempted the download, the ID of the item that you attempted to download and install, and the configuration information listed above.
(note that the update date is 17 October 2003)
T.