If you're trying to outdo us Yanks in corruption, forget it. Murdoch became a naturalized US citizen by an act of congress, rather than following the path that tens of millions of people who don't have lots of money to bribe congress have followed over the last few centuries. He became a citizen (in name only obviously) because there is/was a law that only a US citizen could own a US TV station.
The problem we have here in Australia is that both choices in party suck, it's like choosing between syphallis and herpes. You don't want either of them, but once you've got em, they don't go away.
Australia. You mean the country/continent in the Southern Hemisphere, right? Because it really sounds like you're talking about America.
Democracy or policy set by Murdoch? The conservatives are all for it because they know, if Murdoch really wants it he'll give them every media opportunity they need while denying everyone else except maybe unfavourable attention.
Welcome to Australia the Italy of the East. I'm waiting with amusement for the australian variant of "tutti frutti".
To me, as an American, that's the real issue. I don't know, and frankly am not terribly concerned, about Australian NBN. Murdoch as the latter day Hearst is another story.
What's a lie, that the Labour NBN policy is a good idea, or that Murdoch uses his media empire to oppose a policy that he thinks will hurt his business?
As an American, I don't know enough about the NBN program to say. If Labour sucks then let Australian voters throw them out.
Murdoch is another story. Excessive media consolidation is a major problem, and Murdoch's tentacles are not confined to your continent. The US used to have regulations that limited the extent of media consolidation, and ensured greater freedom and diversity of the press, but they were thrown in the trash. No one person or organization should control so much of the news that people get.
Good points. It annoys me when people claim that Java is faster than C++ because they tested one of the few things where Java really shines performance wise. Basically they're writing a Java program, with its endless allocation/deallocation, in C++, and saying look, Java programs run faster on Java than they do on C++!
Hint folks: you write C++ programs differently. Even in Java constant massive allocation/deallocation is bad form, especially when speed is important. RTFA: one of the tricks they use to speed up Java is to avoid creating a lot of garbage to be collected. Allocation/deallocation is free in any language if you don't do any of it.
Your analogies are a resounding endorsement for the use of Java in these applications. Sure it's always breaking, but we have sump pumps and duct tape!
The concept of a flat earth was never "innate", at least in Western cultures over the past 2200 years.
But 2201 years ago it was. The GP didn't use the "in Columbus' day" line.
As for smoking, at various times and places they also thought that masturbation or eating uncooked fruit was bad for you. Scientific study showed they were wrong in 2 out of 3 cases.
Humans live in groups, and even in small hunter-gatherer bands, have some specialization of labor. Clearly I'm evolved from the sort whose job was to stay up around the campfire and guard against the wolves and lions (or at least yell "run!").
My wife is a nurse and a worse night owl than me. On occasion she's worked 7AM-3PM, but she can never get used to it and always feels out of sorts. She's fine though working 11PM-7AM. She can do it forever and rather likes it. Most other people say it's a killer. Depends on the individual.
Our ancestors came from East Africa, which is close enough to the equator that the days don't vary much in length. Rather different from living in Helsinki.
Try having a child... The funny thing is that you do actually get used to it; I was a night owl, but not anymore.
I got used to it (and it amuses my old friends that I get up early) but I never really stopped being a night owl. Give me a chance, and I switch to my night owl schedule in a day.
Being awake when the sun is out is unnatural. I understand that sunlight is necessary for green plants, but I'm not a green plant.
CSIRO is not really a patent troll that produces nothing. They do...
Anybody who is familiar with CSIRO (including this Yank) knows they do some very good work. That has little to do with whether it's a valid patent. Even Apple fanbois, for example, admit that some of Apple's patent claims are ridiculous.
it was an example of convergent evolution, much like calculus
First you question the CSIRO patent, then you add insult to injury by questioning whether Sir Isaac Newton was the One True Discoverer of fluxions (calculus if you must really insist), and that Leibniz was but a thief and a credit stealer.
I hope you realize that this may start another war with the British Empire (err, Commonwealth, or whatever they call it these days). That's ok, we won the first two, even if our Canadian excursions weren't as successful as hoped (the Aroostook War notwithstanding). Third time is a charm though. Forget 54-40 or fight, the new goal is 84N!, and we'll liberate Quebec!
Reading the links you provided all I see is a lot of "he said, she said". None of them goes into enough detail for a reader to judge whether or not the CSIRO claims are legitimate. I even took a glance at the patent but, even though I'm fairly knowledgeable about these sorts of wireless technologies, I know it would take hours at the very least to study the patent and the prior art to even start to form a knowledgeable opinion.
Have you studied this issue in enough detail to have a truly informed opinion? If not, how did you come to the conclusion that CSIRO has a valid patent claim?
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If you're trying to outdo us Yanks in corruption, forget it. Murdoch became a naturalized US citizen by an act of congress, rather than following the path that tens of millions of people who don't have lots of money to bribe congress have followed over the last few centuries. He became a citizen (in name only obviously) because there is/was a law that only a US citizen could own a US TV station.
The problem we have here in Australia is that both choices in party suck, it's like choosing between syphallis and herpes. You don't want either of them, but once you've got em, they don't go away.
Australia. You mean the country/continent in the Southern Hemisphere, right? Because it really sounds like you're talking about America.
Democracy or policy set by Murdoch? The conservatives are all for it because they know, if Murdoch really wants it he'll give them every media opportunity they need while denying everyone else except maybe unfavourable attention.
Welcome to Australia the Italy of the East. I'm waiting with amusement for the australian variant of "tutti frutti".
To me, as an American, that's the real issue. I don't know, and frankly am not terribly concerned, about Australian NBN. Murdoch as the latter day Hearst is another story.
The UK has fixed that. If we had such a program in America we could ensure that at least 50% of Internet content was evangelical preaching.
What's a lie, that the Labour NBN policy is a good idea, or that Murdoch uses his media empire to oppose a policy that he thinks will hurt his business?
As an American, I don't know enough about the NBN program to say. If Labour sucks then let Australian voters throw them out.
Murdoch is another story. Excessive media consolidation is a major problem, and Murdoch's tentacles are not confined to your continent. The US used to have regulations that limited the extent of media consolidation, and ensured greater freedom and diversity of the press, but they were thrown in the trash. No one person or organization should control so much of the news that people get.
programmers — both independent ones and those employed by companies — have more power, and thus opportunities, than ever
Sounds like part of a campaign for an H-1B quota increase.
actually GC and JIT are theoretical advantages in terms of speed
That's nice, but where are the benchmarks?
Benchmarks?
Good points. It annoys me when people claim that Java is faster than C++ because they tested one of the few things where Java really shines performance wise. Basically they're writing a Java program, with its endless allocation/deallocation, in C++, and saying look, Java programs run faster on Java than they do on C++!
Hint folks: you write C++ programs differently. Even in Java constant massive allocation/deallocation is bad form, especially when speed is important. RTFA: one of the tricks they use to speed up Java is to avoid creating a lot of garbage to be collected. Allocation/deallocation is free in any language if you don't do any of it.
Your analogies are a resounding endorsement for the use of Java in these applications. Sure it's always breaking, but we have sump pumps and duct tape!
That's a claim you need to prove as the article is saying the opposite.
That's a claim the article needs to prove. It was just a bunch of assertions, many by people who have a vested interest in the use of Java.
The concept of a flat earth was never "innate", at least in Western cultures over the past 2200 years.
But 2201 years ago it was. The GP didn't use the "in Columbus' day" line.
As for smoking, at various times and places they also thought that masturbation or eating uncooked fruit was bad for you. Scientific study showed they were wrong in 2 out of 3 cases.
But you do have really horrible night vision ...
Humans live in groups, and even in small hunter-gatherer bands, have some specialization of labor. Clearly I'm evolved from the sort whose job was to stay up around the campfire and guard against the wolves and lions (or at least yell "run!").
speaking strictly physiologically, it's abundantly clear that human beings evolved to ...
Bah. Physically the most distinctive thing about humans is the size of their brains. Clearly we evolved to invent the electric light.
Still, compared to a cat or an owl, you're night blind.
But how does working those hours affect you?
My wife is a nurse and a worse night owl than me. On occasion she's worked 7AM-3PM, but she can never get used to it and always feels out of sorts. She's fine though working 11PM-7AM. She can do it forever and rather likes it. Most other people say it's a killer. Depends on the individual.
Our ancestors came from East Africa, which is close enough to the equator that the days don't vary much in length. Rather different from living in Helsinki.
With computers ... days last longer and longer.
That's a problem? You can sleep when you're dead.
Try having a child ... The funny thing is that you do actually get used to it; I was a night owl, but not anymore.
I got used to it (and it amuses my old friends that I get up early) but I never really stopped being a night owl. Give me a chance, and I switch to my night owl schedule in a day.
Being awake when the sun is out is unnatural. I understand that sunlight is necessary for green plants, but I'm not a green plant.
son to put in a bedroom that the poor kid can't even use except for sleeping
What are you talking about, this kid has got the world's greatest toy in his bedroom!
This makes me feel lame - I haven't even finished redoing the bathroom.
That and with their student debt they can't afford to move.
CSIRO is not really a patent troll that produces nothing. They do ...
Anybody who is familiar with CSIRO (including this Yank) knows they do some very good work. That has little to do with whether it's a valid patent. Even Apple fanbois, for example, admit that some of Apple's patent claims are ridiculous.
it was an example of convergent evolution, much like calculus
First you question the CSIRO patent, then you add insult to injury by questioning whether Sir Isaac Newton was the One True Discoverer of fluxions (calculus if you must really insist), and that Leibniz was but a thief and a credit stealer.
I hope you realize that this may start another war with the British Empire (err, Commonwealth, or whatever they call it these days). That's ok, we won the first two, even if our Canadian excursions weren't as successful as hoped (the Aroostook War notwithstanding). Third time is a charm though. Forget 54-40 or fight, the new goal is 84N!, and we'll liberate Quebec!
Reading the links you provided all I see is a lot of "he said, she said". None of them goes into enough detail for a reader to judge whether or not the CSIRO claims are legitimate. I even took a glance at the patent but, even though I'm fairly knowledgeable about these sorts of wireless technologies, I know it would take hours at the very least to study the patent and the prior art to even start to form a knowledgeable opinion.
Have you studied this issue in enough detail to have a truly informed opinion? If not, how did you come to the conclusion that CSIRO has a valid patent claim?