'On traditional processors: probably, but what about the MAJC processor (see article) or Crusoe?' Purpose built processors don't usually help. Sure they start off fast, but unless you have a huge development budget (and Intel has a huge budget!) you quickly get outdeveloped and then you are slower.
Purpose built processors may remain slower than the traditional x86 platforms but that is irrelivant. *If* the Crusoe processor becomes a success and *if* it would have special morphings code for Java then the end-user would experience no difference between traditional and Java programs.
Then what happened to Corel Office for Java, or Lotus SmartSuite for Java, or any of the other apps that were promised.
Those applications were started back in the Java 1.0 days. There was no HotSpot (see article) back then. But the biggest problem probably was that the Swing library wasn't created yet. Swing is the collection of widgets used in modern Java apps.
Too bad the JDKs aren't compatible
What makes you think JDKs aren't compatible?
but it will always be too slow.
On traditional processors: probably, but what about the MAJC processor (see article) or Crusoe?
I need that! Does anyone know when/where/how I can get an X-Server with anti aliased fonts? Small font sizes in netscape are almost impossible to read.:(
IIRC Mozilla will have (has?) anti aliased fonts regardless of what X-server you're using.
If you want to learn Java you're better of with a non drag-and-drop IDE like Forte. I always thought of CodeGuide to be a good IDE. It has syntax-checking, autocomplete, auto-indent, an integrated debugger and it shows errors on the fly (much better than VB does this).
I pretty much learned programming using VB4, I tried QBasic for that but VB4 had an excelent tutorial for beginners (which they dumped in later versions BTW).
The reason I learned a lot from VB was its simple syntax, the event-oriented approach and the object (caugh caugh, yeah you heared me: objects). When learning VB you get to see objects like forms, buttons, etc. while avoiding the difficult task of creating them on your own.
I believe that if you're cut out to be a programmer, you will eventually get interested in creating objects yourself and trying other languages (and disliking VB like I did).
Another advantage of VB is that you get imidiate results, I don't think it's a good thing to let children study before they get to program. You wouldn't want to discourage them.
The same could probably applied to Delphi, though I think the VB syntanx is better and easyer than the Pascal one. Especially for beginners who'll want to avoid traps like;.
That page doesn't provide much information, does it?
The statistics are nation-wide so I don't think you can compare them to an industrialized country like the US.
I can understand the use of guns on the country-side, it's not really a challence for thiefs to rob a home if it takes the cop(s?) a half hour to reach the house.
I wonder what the results are in a city like Sydney. I bet there's a real difference if paranoid people don't have easy access to guns.
Anyway, correct me if I'm wrong at any of the above statements.
Months later, TrailBlazer will impact on the surface of the moon.
I was just thinking about the _extremely_small_ chance that it would actually destroy an artefact that NASA left on the moon. Could they be sued? Or in what court could they be sued?
2. Designs employ proprietary specs possibly used under license from other companies. If I'm not mistaken, #2 is one reason why IBM is unlikely to ever opensource OS/2. Doesn't it contain some code written by MS?
Sun faced the same problem when they wanted to release the source code of Solaris 8, I believe it still contained lots of code from BSD. They rewrote most of that code and then released as much as they could. Why can't IBM do the same? (using a *real* opensource license unlike Sun)
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Calm down. It's only one extra movie added to the collection that the internet is.
I doubt it 'll make a difference.
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No. At first this is the beginning of a trend, viewing movies only on internet.
I hope it is the beginning of a trend, but why should Windows users be the only people that can see the beginning of a trend?
Secondly, some people here have this thing called 'dualboot'. You shouldn't get aggressive because it's yet another thing you can't do with linux.
Um, who's getting aggressive here? I know that *some* people use dual boot, i did so to in that stage that I was switching from Windows to Linux but nowadays I don't feel comfortable in Windows anymore. Even lots lots of my friends only use NN and refuge to use IE and they only use Windows.
Um, it's just that my mother's tongue isn't English. And you are right that I don't have a deep understanding of physics, I thought the "as I understand" would have been obvious.
It has probably been said a lot before on/. but this is how (I understand that) Quantum Encryption works:
First of all it doesn't send encrypted data. It's just used to send random bits from Alice to Bob. Alice sends for every bit that's 1 a vertical polorised foton and a foton that's turned clockwise 45 for every bit that's 0.
Bob chooses one of two filters for every bit he receives. At random he uses a filter that can either receive a 1 (a filter that's turned counter-clockwise 45) or a filter that can receive a 0 (a filter that's horizontally polorised).
Bob will not receive a foton if he uses the wrong filter, which he will do aproximately half the time. This is because the polarisation direction of the bit and the filter would differ 90.
The interesting thing is that if Bob uses the correct filter, he has only 50 chance that he'll see the foton (can you say 'Quantum effects').
So far Bob knows that: - he did not receive the bit (because he used the wrong filter or because he had 'bad luck') - the bit is 1 (by using the correct filter) - the bit is 0 (by using the correct filter)
Bob should, if knows the value of enough bits (which should be the length of the file to be transimitted), send back the numbers of the bits he received over an unsecure channel.
Alice will then know what Bob is using as a key and she can encrypt the file using XOR. Alice then sends the file over an unsecure channel and Bob can decrypt it.
But what if someone is listening? Let's say that Claude is receiving the bits that Alice send. But Bob will know that Claude is listening because he doesn't receive any bits. The solution would seem that Claude resends the bits to Bob. But there is a problem for Claude here, (s)he did only receive 1/4 of the bits correctly. 37.5% (approximately) will thus be incorrect. In stead of receiving 1/4 of the bits correctly, Bob will only receive 36.5% of 1/4 = 16% of the bits correctly.
But how could Bob and Alice know that not all the bits were received correctly? This is currently solved by sending part of the bits over a quality line (on which Claude could be listening though).
Another problem, letting Bob know that a polorized foton has been send could be solved by sending a pulse of non-polarized light an instance before the polorized foton.
Current results are 48km through optic fiber and 50 meter through the air (3km would do for satelites).
(Any Francophones want to tell us what "moral person" refers to here? Corporations? Committees? AI software that passes the Turing test?) I don't live in France but I think it means individuals, corporations and/or committees. Someone/something that the law interpretes as a person.
Does this Law allow the use of Free Software? Yes, all Free Software is compatible with this Law by nature since Free Software source code is public and since all communication standards can be derived from the knowledge of the source code. Amen!
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Hmm, I heard that same story but it I heard it worked with Philips Freespeech.
While they were setting up the demonstration someone in the audience would have said "start" - "run" - "format c:" - "enter".
The thing is, that this would not work enless Windows was installed on the D: drive (which is rather onlikely). "deltree/y c:\*.*" would have done trick though.
I was actually refering to the Secure Socket Layer which lets you visit sites over an encypted protocol (https). I realise that most sites don't use this but the possibility is out there.
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'On traditional processors: probably, but what about the MAJC processor (see article) or Crusoe?'
Purpose built processors don't usually help. Sure they start off fast, but unless you have a huge development budget (and Intel has a huge budget!) you quickly get outdeveloped and then you are slower.
Purpose built processors may remain slower than the traditional x86 platforms but that is irrelivant. *If* the Crusoe processor becomes a success and *if* it would have special morphings code for Java then the end-user would experience no difference between traditional and Java programs.
And isn't that what it's all about?
Then what happened to Corel Office for Java, or Lotus SmartSuite for Java, or any of the other apps that were promised.
Those applications were started back in the Java 1.0 days. There was no HotSpot (see article) back then.
But the biggest problem probably was that the Swing library wasn't created yet. Swing is the collection of widgets used in modern Java apps.
Too bad the JDKs aren't compatible
What makes you think JDKs aren't compatible?
but it will always be too slow.
On traditional processors: probably, but what about the MAJC processor (see article) or Crusoe?
I need that! Does anyone know when/where/how I can get an X-Server with anti aliased fonts? Small font sizes in netscape are almost impossible to read. :(
IIRC Mozilla will have (has?) anti aliased fonts regardless of what X-server you're using.
If you want to learn Java you're better of with a non drag-and-drop IDE like Forte. I always thought of CodeGuide to be a good IDE. It has syntax-checking, autocomplete, auto-indent, an integrated debugger and it shows errors on the fly (much better than VB does this).
I pretty much learned programming using VB4, I tried QBasic for that but VB4 had an excelent tutorial for beginners (which they dumped in later versions BTW).
The reason I learned a lot from VB was its simple syntax, the event-oriented approach and the object (caugh caugh, yeah you heared me: objects). When learning VB you get to see objects like forms, buttons, etc. while avoiding the difficult task of creating them on your own.
I believe that if you're cut out to be a programmer, you will eventually get interested in creating objects yourself and trying other languages (and disliking VB like I did).
Another advantage of VB is that you get imidiate results, I don't think it's a good thing to let children study before they get to program. You wouldn't want to discourage them.
The same could probably applied to Delphi, though I think the VB syntanx is better and easyer than the Pascal one. Especially for beginners who'll want to avoid traps like ;.
why the FUCK does linux need to know what kind of Monitor I have?
Because it wouldn't blow it up? Just a thought.
> http://www.warroom.com/ausguncontrol.htm
That page doesn't provide much information, does it?
The statistics are nation-wide so I don't think you can compare them to an industrialized country like the US.
I can understand the use of guns on the country-side, it's not really a challence for thiefs to rob a home if it takes the cop(s?) a half hour to reach the house.
I wonder what the results are in a city like Sydney. I bet there's a real difference if paranoid people don't have easy access to guns.
Anyway, correct me if I'm wrong at any of the above statements.
Months later, TrailBlazer will impact on the surface of the moon.
I was just thinking about the _extremely_small_ chance that it would actually destroy an artefact that NASA left on the moon. Could they be sued? Or in what court could they be sued?
2. Designs employ proprietary specs possibly used under license from other companies.
If I'm not mistaken, #2 is one reason why IBM is unlikely to ever opensource OS/2. Doesn't it contain some code written by MS?
Sun faced the same problem when they wanted to release the source code of Solaris 8, I believe it still contained lots of code from BSD. They rewrote most of that code and then released as much as they could.
Why can't IBM do the same? (using a *real* opensource license unlike Sun)
Calm down. It's only one extra movie added to the collection that the internet is.
I doubt it 'll make a difference.
No. At first this is the beginning of a trend, viewing movies only on internet.
I hope it is the beginning of a trend, but why should Windows users be the only people that can see the beginning of a trend?
Secondly, some people here have this thing called 'dualboot'.
You shouldn't get aggressive because it's yet another thing you can't do with linux.
Um, who's getting aggressive here? I know that *some* people use dual boot, i did so to in that stage that I was switching from Windows to Linux but nowadays I don't feel comfortable in Windows anymore.
Even lots lots of my friends only use NN and refuge to use IE and they only use Windows.
Fuck off
(someone moderate this down!)
Um, it's just that my mother's tongue isn't English. And you are right that I don't have a deep understanding of physics, I thought the "as I understand" would have been obvious.
I never read Scientific American but I must admit that I got most of the information from magazines (mostly C't).
It has probably been said a lot before on /. but this is how (I understand that) Quantum Encryption works:
First of all it doesn't send encrypted data. It's just used to send random bits from Alice to Bob. Alice sends for every bit that's 1 a vertical polorised foton and a foton that's turned clockwise 45 for every bit that's 0.
Bob chooses one of two filters for every bit he receives. At random he uses a filter that can either receive a 1 (a filter that's turned counter-clockwise 45) or a filter that can receive a 0 (a filter that's horizontally polorised).
Bob will not receive a foton if he uses the wrong filter, which he will do aproximately half the time. This is because the polarisation direction of the bit and the filter would differ 90.
The interesting thing is that if Bob uses the correct filter, he has only 50 chance that he'll see the foton (can you say 'Quantum effects').
So far Bob knows that:
- he did not receive the bit (because he used the wrong filter or because he had 'bad luck')
- the bit is 1 (by using the correct filter)
- the bit is 0 (by using the correct filter)
Bob should, if knows the value of enough bits (which should be the length of the file to be transimitted), send back the numbers of the bits he received over an unsecure channel.
Alice will then know what Bob is using as a key and she can encrypt the file using XOR. Alice then sends the file over an unsecure channel and Bob can decrypt it.
But what if someone is listening? Let's say that Claude is receiving the bits that Alice send. But Bob will know that Claude is listening because he doesn't receive any bits. The solution would seem that Claude resends the bits to Bob. But there is a problem for Claude here, (s)he did only receive 1/4 of the bits correctly. 37.5% (approximately) will thus be incorrect. In stead of receiving 1/4 of the bits correctly, Bob will only receive 36.5% of 1/4 = 16% of the bits correctly.
But how could Bob and Alice know that not all the bits were received correctly? This is currently solved by sending part of the bits over a quality line (on which Claude could be listening though).
Another problem, letting Bob know that a polorized foton has been send could be solved by sending a pulse of non-polarized light an instance before the polorized foton.
Current results are 48km through optic fiber and 50 meter through the air (3km would do for satelites).
Um, ok. Dictionary.com has proven its value again.
Um, I always thought Ally McBeal was human? I could be wrong though.
Just that you're code is so bad I probably have no problems getting a job :-P
(Any Francophones want to tell us what "moral person" refers to here? Corporations? Committees? AI software that passes the Turing test?)
I don't live in France but I think it means individuals, corporations and/or committees. Someone/something that the law interpretes as a person.
Does this Law allow the use of Free Software? Yes, all Free Software is compatible with this Law by nature since Free Software source code is public and since all communication standards can be derived from the knowledge of the source code.
Amen!
Um, are you currently employed as a programmer?
If so, then how can I contact your employer?
Hmm, I heard that same story but it I heard it worked with Philips Freespeech.
/y c:\*.*" would have done trick though.
While they were setting up the demonstration someone in the audience would have said "start" - "run" - "format c:" - "enter".
The thing is, that this would not work enless Windows was installed on the D: drive (which is rather onlikely). "deltree
I was actually refering to the Secure Socket Layer which lets you visit sites over an encypted protocol (https). I realise that most sites don't use this but the possibility is out there.
I suppose the Chinese governement doesn't block encrypted code, right?