Being overweight most certainly leads to a larger coffin or urn for ashes! Or, you end up feeding mama bear and the whole family whereas a scrawny human might only feed mama with a taste for the kids.
Rebalance your weight the only safe and real way - by burning more calories each day than you consume!
Look at it this way, being overweight gives you a more spacious box to not exist in after you're dead. Kinda like more space to not stretch your legs.
The Thriller Zombie Attack Strikes Yet Again in it's myriad of ways infecting the population with an insatiable desire to consume Michael Jackson content. Some think that this phenomenon is because no one truly had a happy childhood and others speculate it's because most people just haven't become adults yet. Either way or yet another way it doesn't matter... this could be the last time the wave of The Thriller Zombie Attacks occur and for that many of us will be grateful. Although we need to be prepared for yet another wave as soon as the test results from The Thriller Zombie corpse inspection(s) have been released. And woe be to the world if foul play occurred. Well some do consider that "foul play" did occur and were paid off handsomely (sorry for the choice of that word). In any event is this the last time we'll see The Thriller Zombie Attack or will it strike again? Enquirering minds want to know more? Well then Just Eat It!. Thank you Al.
The difference between me and Richard Stallman is that Stallman is the one who has done considerable damage to Public Domain Software with his Commune Cult of GPL. Every time a software program is published under the GPL an angel dies.
Yes he has HIS agenda. Yes he has a different point of view than many. Yes he is entitled, actually that's the wrong word you used, yes he has a RIGHT to voice his opinion.
I'm not irked by his use of free speech, I simply see him as meddeling in others afairs and I don't like that especially considering the damage that Stallman's CULT OF GPL has done to true open source software and the Public Domain.
If you think I was attempting to impose restrictions upon Stallman's free speech rights then you (1) didn't read and comprehend what I wrote, (2) comprehended it in a bizare way or (3) are assuming too much about me without ASKING questions of me which makes an ___ out of you.
Not a troll nor a flamebaiter but a DISSENTER! A DISSIDENT!
The person who labeled the parent comment a "troll" (earlier) or a "flamebait" is the one who is flamebaiting.
It's a very strange CULTure that you folks have that stifles dissent by labeling it "troll" or "flamebait" or which "moderates it down". Very strange indeed.
Slashdot staff please eliminate these categories and the ability to moderate downward. Thanks for supporting dissent in free speech rather than "agreement reality imposed order" as the current system implements.
"Card carrying members of the commune of the cult of GPL" isn't intended to be an ad hominem attack, it is meant to communicate that there are those that are ardent members of that "group" that exhibit anti-social behaviors by stifling freedom of speech with silly juvenile labels such as "troll".
It's not for you to judge and instruct the manner of how I should communication dude. I'm not attacking anyone, I'm simply expressing a valid point of view regarding the Cult of the GPL and it's fearless Self Appointed Leader, Richard Stallman.
If one can't dissent without being labeled a "troll" then the Cult of The GPL is truly an apt label and thus not an ad hominem attack since it's 100% accurate!
You don't like what is said so you "troll" it down. That is exactly the behavior of The Crutch Of Scientology a well known highly aggressive cult - not so different from "Card carrying members of the commune of the cult of GPL" evidently.
You guys simply can't handle an informed and enlightened viewpoint that runs counter to your GPL Cult and as such you stifle on topic free speech at your whims. Pathetic.
So you only contribute to GPL'd code. That's fine. It just means that you are a card carrying member of the commune of the cult of GPL. It means that you are NOT dedicated to FREE software but you are dedicated to RESTRICTED SOFTWARE not unlike Commercial Licenses. Don't kid yourself or others about it.
If you don't see the harm to people using your code as they see fit then why not use a more open license in the first place?
GPL stops way too much good behavior in a misguided attempt to open the software it really closes down people.
Sure I'll not hesitate in using any good GPL'd software just like I'd not hesitate in using any Shareware or Commercial software, it's just that I'd not DEVELOP FURTHER any software with those licenses.
While some GPL software is good much isn't, but that is par for the course with software. Even with the best software one day it's good, the next, it's junk.
Whenever I'm confronted with using open source software I always prefer to use the more free version. I'm always trying to work around the GPL since it's so darn infective. It usually means incorporating it so as to keep it contained within a separate program rather than being FREE to incorporate the good bits as I CHOOSE. I can't incorporate them since then my license will be INFECTED. Not free at all.
I think it's one of the lies about the GPL that it's free. It's also one of the nastier things that is so annoying. I can't lift a file or a function out and simply use it due to the GPL infecting terms coming into play. That means a lot of rewriting of already existing code from scratch when there isn't something more compatible license wise. It really restricts what developers in the real world can do.
Oh well. As you wish. Keep your software locked up tight with the GPL all you want. You're missing out on some amazing developers work on your projects though.
Look anyone is free to opine, it's just that Stallman's opinions are just so much wining about how the world isn't yet fully following his glorious GPL agenda and that if we don't it's dangerous. Very sad indeed considering how much software is licensed under the GPL.
Yes, developers choose to follow the cult of GPL and that is their choice. It is a free society in some parts of the world so they have that right.
But so what? Let people choose what they choose! Instead Stallman rails against other's choices without saying let them choose. He wants you to do it his way rather than letting you choose. He wants you to give him the power.
I say no. I say it too restrictive. Public Domain is the true open source software. However, I also say you too can choose as you wish. Don't force your choices upon me with your restrictive licenses is all that I ask. If you make good software let it be truely free as public domain or another non-restrictive based license. You choose.
Cute. But I'm not a famous person with an agenda. I'm not a person with HIS OWN OPERATING SYSTEM and many other programs under a license which HE WROTE to IMPOSE HIS WILL upon the unsuspecting masses in a duplicitous game marketed as freedom when it's really restrictions.
I'm simply a user that is fed up with all the restrictions put onto software by the likes of Stallman. I'm not forcing anyone to choose anything. I just don't like it when others tell me that good software like "mono" is evil because of it's licensing terms or some silly issue involved with it.
Yes I prefer Public Domain over BSD/MIT/Apache/... and over GPL and even GPL over Commercial but I'm not forcing that upon you. You can choose what you want doshell. That is a key difference. Stallman on the other hand goes out of his way to influence people to choose GPL, he gives talks, people fly him all over the world to opine, he gets many perks not mentioned to anyone. He is a major political advocate yet his GPL is highly successful and he continues pushing his BORG like agenda. Like Microsoft he's won already! Give it a break!
I don't get why Stallman keeps trying to influence what others choose to do with the software? Why does he feel the need to keep pushing his socialist-community-commune-communistic-leftist software agenda when it's one of the most successful models out there? I just don't get it. He's not the only voice and if they choose to add the "evil" mono to their distribution of Linix that's their choice not his. I just don't get why he keeps meddling in the affairs of others. Doesn't he have his own GNU/Linux/Hurd distribution anyway? Oh, right it's not that popular... oh well... I guess he just needs the attention or something.
I see a spectrum of various forms of open software from the locked up tight GPL crowd on through the truly free *BSD crowd to the awesomely free public domain crowd. There is room for everyone's choices just don't try to force them on everyone else.
When I used to use Bulletin Board systems to download software most of it was in the public domain. Now evil software licenses like GPL have ruined the public domain. It's quite sad to impose so many restrictions on free software.
"To all the people mocking his investment, your missing one thing. You do not know what the price of energy is going to do in the next few years [when zombies rule the Earth]. The guy in the article however is guaranteed a minimum amount of power each year from his solar panels at a rate he knows. (His initial investment / Life time of the panels)."This is very important when the zombie hordes attempt to take over your home... his solar powered electric fence is all that keeps them away from his family, except for his daughter who had the misfortune of going to college where the zombie infestation started in the first place. Anyhow, it is highly suggested that you reinvest the money saved back into an electric fence and expanding the entire solar panel installation along with a full and essential hydroponic system to keep fed during the long decades that it will take for a typical zombie infestation to work itself out. You'll need to expand the battery capacity at least ten to fifty times to make it though the nightmarish doldrums of winter months [fortunately the zombies move much slower then] and a ten fold expansion of the solar panels will increase the power generation then to the minimum needed to power the electric fences. In the summer the extra energy can be used to power a laser system to cut off zombie heads with corpse cleanup during the winter months. In The End Solar Panels can be a life saver.
Yikes, these people think they rule the world or part of it anyway. I hereby revoke their right to do this. If they implement this they become the State Based Terrorists that they themselves fear!
Ok, you win... there are deployment scenarios that might not be appropriate for the use of Native Clients. I think I said that in an earlier posting. But you know it's true of existing web deployment scenarios anyhow... most web sites suck on the iPhone... just try to visit UFC.com or NFL.com for example. Yikes. Also many differences between browsers break the best web designers designs. The best laid plans of mice and men and students too.
As am aside, Apple is on the losing side of history with their iPhone license terms. When I buy a phone I expect better!
Ah, nope! If you're "scripting" it's likely your script language virtual machine would already have versions for X86 and ARM. All you'd have to do in most cases is configure the download area of your web servers and web pages with the Native Client copies of those virtual machines. Easy as pie for most developers.
If you are using C or other lower level languages or custom languages then sure you might need to have a wider deployment testing requirement.
I already have iPhone (ARM) and X86-32 and X86-64 boxes... they are almost a dime a dozen... so it's not a big deal for most developers. No more so than testing in all the browsers... where you're currently almost guaranteed that there are significant differences that will break your code... with the Native Client approach being BSD one version can rule all the browsers (yeah right). Ok, it might take some work too but hey, they have to try.
It's coming. Whether or not you use it is up to you.
If you watch the linked video you'll see that they are planning on supporting X86-32, X86-64, and ARM in their next release.
As a developer deploying to clients via the web browser using a Native Client application I'd need to have versions that work on these cpus assuming I want you to be able to use the app from your handheld gizmo. If that's part of your deployment scenarios you'd need to support that. For many other languages this won't be a big issue as they can be compiled for all these (and more) processor targets or have Virtual Machines that are already built for those targets.
Native Client won't be for everyone nor for all deployment scenarios. But if you want the FULL Power of Desktop Applications it is very hard to beat!
In addition to the wonderful video, audio and other enhancements of HTML 5 let's also get Native Clients for powerful apps now please!
Native Client: Using Native Code to Build Compute Intensive Web Applications
Client Track - Brad Chen, David Sehr, Nicholas Fullagar
Some applications require high-performance client-side computation. Native Client is a technology for running native code in web applications, with the goal of maintaining the browser neutrality, OS portability, and safety that people expect from web apps. This talk will give a brief overview of the architecture of Native Client. We'll then look at some specific example applications as well as strategies for how to use native code to handle compute intensive tasks within web applications using SRPC, Shared Memory and NPAPI.Native Client.
Native Client will enable me (or you) to have web pages running MY (or your) OWN choice of programming language including a mix of languages as I (you) see fit. True freedom of choice, power and higher speed. Desktop powered apps can finally come to the desktop no matter what language they are written in!
I'd also prefer SELF in the browser and with Native Client you'll be able to add SELF to your web pages!!!
Yes, javascript sucks for me. Notice I didn't mention the language that I prefer as I didn't really want to get into a language war. I don't care if someone else prefers another language as I pretty much get their reasons as I've been around a while. If someone wants to use some language, SomeLanguage(tm), then please let them!
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Being overweight most certainly leads to a larger coffin or urn for ashes! Or, you end up feeding mama bear and the whole family whereas a scrawny human might only feed mama with a taste for the kids. Rebalance your weight the only safe and real way - by burning more calories each day than you consume! Look at it this way, being overweight gives you a more spacious box to not exist in after you're dead. Kinda like more space to not stretch your legs.
The Thriller Zombie Attack Strikes Yet Again in it's myriad of ways infecting the population with an insatiable desire to consume Michael Jackson content. Some think that this phenomenon is because no one truly had a happy childhood and others speculate it's because most people just haven't become adults yet. Either way or yet another way it doesn't matter... this could be the last time the wave of The Thriller Zombie Attacks occur and for that many of us will be grateful. Although we need to be prepared for yet another wave as soon as the test results from The Thriller Zombie corpse inspection(s) have been released. And woe be to the world if foul play occurred. Well some do consider that "foul play" did occur and were paid off handsomely (sorry for the choice of that word). In any event is this the last time we'll see The Thriller Zombie Attack or will it strike again? Enquirering minds want to know more? Well then Just Eat It!. Thank you Al.
If you wish to become more enlightened about the dangers of the CULT OF GPL see this article and the related videos: BSD, Apache, MIT, et. al. are truly free and open souce when compared with the Stallmanistic Geekie Hippie Communistic License of the GPL Viral Infective Code
And you guys label me a flaimbaiter, sheesh.
The difference between me and Richard Stallman is that Stallman is the one who has done considerable damage to Public Domain Software with his Commune Cult of GPL. Every time a software program is published under the GPL an angel dies.
Ok, couldn't resist.
Just eat it. Your table manners are a crying shame... just eat it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyfcOriVKBM
Dah!
Yes he has HIS agenda. Yes he has a different point of view than many. Yes he is entitled, actually that's the wrong word you used, yes he has a RIGHT to voice his opinion.
I'm not irked by his use of free speech, I simply see him as meddeling in others afairs and I don't like that especially considering the damage that Stallman's CULT OF GPL has done to true open source software and the Public Domain.
If you think I was attempting to impose restrictions upon Stallman's free speech rights then you (1) didn't read and comprehend what I wrote, (2) comprehended it in a bizare way or (3) are assuming too much about me without ASKING questions of me which makes an ___ out of you.
[META CONVERSATION BEGINS]
Not a troll nor a flamebaiter but a DISSENTER! A DISSIDENT!
The person who labeled the parent comment a "troll" (earlier) or a "flamebait" is the one who is flamebaiting.
It's a very strange CULTure that you folks have that stifles dissent by labeling it "troll" or "flamebait" or which "moderates it down". Very strange indeed.
Slashdot staff please eliminate these categories and the ability to moderate downward. Thanks for supporting dissent in free speech rather than "agreement reality imposed order" as the current system implements.
"Card carrying members of the commune of the cult of GPL" isn't intended to be an ad hominem attack, it is meant to communicate that there are those that are ardent members of that "group" that exhibit anti-social behaviors by stifling freedom of speech with silly juvenile labels such as "troll".
It's not for you to judge and instruct the manner of how I should communication dude. I'm not attacking anyone, I'm simply expressing a valid point of view regarding the Cult of the GPL and it's fearless Self Appointed Leader, Richard Stallman.
If one can't dissent without being labeled a "troll" then the Cult of The GPL is truly an apt label and thus not an ad hominem attack since it's 100% accurate!
You don't like what is said so you "troll" it down. That is exactly the behavior of The Crutch Of Scientology a well known highly aggressive cult - not so different from "Card carrying members of the commune of the cult of GPL" evidently.
Troll eh? NOT!
You guys simply can't handle an informed and enlightened viewpoint that runs counter to your GPL Cult and as such you stifle on topic free speech at your whims. Pathetic.
So you only contribute to GPL'd code. That's fine. It just means that you are a card carrying member of the commune of the cult of GPL. It means that you are NOT dedicated to FREE software but you are dedicated to RESTRICTED SOFTWARE not unlike Commercial Licenses. Don't kid yourself or others about it.
If you don't see the harm to people using your code as they see fit then why not use a more open license in the first place?
GPL stops way too much good behavior in a misguided attempt to open the software it really closes down people.
Sure I'll not hesitate in using any good GPL'd software just like I'd not hesitate in using any Shareware or Commercial software, it's just that I'd not DEVELOP FURTHER any software with those licenses.
While some GPL software is good much isn't, but that is par for the course with software. Even with the best software one day it's good, the next, it's junk.
Whenever I'm confronted with using open source software I always prefer to use the more free version. I'm always trying to work around the GPL since it's so darn infective. It usually means incorporating it so as to keep it contained within a separate program rather than being FREE to incorporate the good bits as I CHOOSE. I can't incorporate them since then my license will be INFECTED. Not free at all.
I think it's one of the lies about the GPL that it's free. It's also one of the nastier things that is so annoying. I can't lift a file or a function out and simply use it due to the GPL infecting terms coming into play. That means a lot of rewriting of already existing code from scratch when there isn't something more compatible license wise. It really restricts what developers in the real world can do.
Oh well. As you wish. Keep your software locked up tight with the GPL all you want. You're missing out on some amazing developers work on your projects though.
Look anyone is free to opine, it's just that Stallman's opinions are just so much wining about how the world isn't yet fully following his glorious GPL agenda and that if we don't it's dangerous. Very sad indeed considering how much software is licensed under the GPL.
Yes, developers choose to follow the cult of GPL and that is their choice. It is a free society in some parts of the world so they have that right.
But so what? Let people choose what they choose! Instead Stallman rails against other's choices without saying let them choose. He wants you to do it his way rather than letting you choose. He wants you to give him the power.
I say no. I say it too restrictive. Public Domain is the true open source software. However, I also say you too can choose as you wish. Don't force your choices upon me with your restrictive licenses is all that I ask. If you make good software let it be truely free as public domain or another non-restrictive based license. You choose.
Ditto.
Cute. But I'm not a famous person with an agenda. I'm not a person with HIS OWN OPERATING SYSTEM and many other programs under a license which HE WROTE to IMPOSE HIS WILL upon the unsuspecting masses in a duplicitous game marketed as freedom when it's really restrictions.
I'm simply a user that is fed up with all the restrictions put onto software by the likes of Stallman. I'm not forcing anyone to choose anything. I just don't like it when others tell me that good software like "mono" is evil because of it's licensing terms or some silly issue involved with it.
Yes I prefer Public Domain over BSD/MIT/Apache/... and over GPL and even GPL over Commercial but I'm not forcing that upon you. You can choose what you want doshell. That is a key difference. Stallman on the other hand goes out of his way to influence people to choose GPL, he gives talks, people fly him all over the world to opine, he gets many perks not mentioned to anyone. He is a major political advocate yet his GPL is highly successful and he continues pushing his BORG like agenda. Like Microsoft he's won already! Give it a break!
I don't get why Stallman keeps trying to influence what others choose to do with the software? Why does he feel the need to keep pushing his socialist-community-commune-communistic-leftist software agenda when it's one of the most successful models out there? I just don't get it. He's not the only voice and if they choose to add the "evil" mono to their distribution of Linix that's their choice not his. I just don't get why he keeps meddling in the affairs of others. Doesn't he have his own GNU/Linux/Hurd distribution anyway? Oh, right it's not that popular... oh well... I guess he just needs the attention or something.
I see a spectrum of various forms of open software from the locked up tight GPL crowd on through the truly free *BSD crowd to the awesomely free public domain crowd. There is room for everyone's choices just don't try to force them on everyone else.
When I used to use Bulletin Board systems to download software most of it was in the public domain. Now evil software licenses like GPL have ruined the public domain. It's quite sad to impose so many restrictions on free software.
I downloaded the PDF paper and it says "We omit full details due to lack of space...". Doh!!!
What use is an ACM account when white papers "omit full details"?
Well I suppose they don't have to kill me as they omitted the full details... that's something at least.
"To all the people mocking his investment, your missing one thing. You do not know what the price of energy is going to do in the next few years [when zombies rule the Earth]. The guy in the article however is guaranteed a minimum amount of power each year from his solar panels at a rate he knows. (His initial investment / Life time of the panels)." This is very important when the zombie hordes attempt to take over your home... his solar powered electric fence is all that keeps them away from his family, except for his daughter who had the misfortune of going to college where the zombie infestation started in the first place. Anyhow, it is highly suggested that you reinvest the money saved back into an electric fence and expanding the entire solar panel installation along with a full and essential hydroponic system to keep fed during the long decades that it will take for a typical zombie infestation to work itself out. You'll need to expand the battery capacity at least ten to fifty times to make it though the nightmarish doldrums of winter months [fortunately the zombies move much slower then] and a ten fold expansion of the solar panels will increase the power generation then to the minimum needed to power the electric fences. In the summer the extra energy can be used to power a laser system to cut off zombie heads with corpse cleanup during the winter months. In The End Solar Panels can be a life saver.
Yikes, these people think they rule the world or part of it anyway. I hereby revoke their right to do this. If they implement this they become the State Based Terrorists that they themselves fear!
Ok, you win... there are deployment scenarios that might not be appropriate for the use of Native Clients. I think I said that in an earlier posting. But you know it's true of existing web deployment scenarios anyhow... most web sites suck on the iPhone... just try to visit UFC.com or NFL.com for example. Yikes. Also many differences between browsers break the best web designers designs. The best laid plans of mice and men and students too.
As am aside, Apple is on the losing side of history with their iPhone license terms. When I buy a phone I expect better!
Ah, nope! If you're "scripting" it's likely your script language virtual machine would already have versions for X86 and ARM. All you'd have to do in most cases is configure the download area of your web servers and web pages with the Native Client copies of those virtual machines. Easy as pie for most developers.
If you are using C or other lower level languages or custom languages then sure you might need to have a wider deployment testing requirement.
I already have iPhone (ARM) and X86-32 and X86-64 boxes... they are almost a dime a dozen... so it's not a big deal for most developers. No more so than testing in all the browsers... where you're currently almost guaranteed that there are significant differences that will break your code... with the Native Client approach being BSD one version can rule all the browsers (yeah right). Ok, it might take some work too but hey, they have to try.
It's coming. Whether or not you use it is up to you.
If you watch the linked video you'll see that they are planning on supporting X86-32, X86-64, and ARM in their next release.
As a developer deploying to clients via the web browser using a Native Client application I'd need to have versions that work on these cpus assuming I want you to be able to use the app from your handheld gizmo. If that's part of your deployment scenarios you'd need to support that. For many other languages this won't be a big issue as they can be compiled for all these (and more) processor targets or have Virtual Machines that are already built for those targets.
Native Client won't be for everyone nor for all deployment scenarios. But if you want the FULL Power of Desktop Applications it is very hard to beat!
No, shivers, definitely not! I explicitly mean this: Native Client.
In addition to the wonderful video, audio and other enhancements of HTML 5 let's also get Native Clients for powerful apps now please!
Native Client: Using Native Code to Build Compute Intensive Web Applications
Client Track - Brad Chen, David Sehr, Nicholas Fullagar Some applications require high-performance client-side computation. Native Client is a technology for running native code in web applications, with the goal of maintaining the browser neutrality, OS portability, and safety that people expect from web apps. This talk will give a brief overview of the architecture of Native Client. We'll then look at some specific example applications as well as strategies for how to use native code to handle compute intensive tasks within web applications using SRPC, Shared Memory and NPAPI. Native Client.
Native Client will enable me (or you) to have web pages running MY (or your) OWN choice of programming language including a mix of languages as I (you) see fit. True freedom of choice, power and higher speed. Desktop powered apps can finally come to the desktop no matter what language they are written in!
I'd also prefer SELF in the browser and with Native Client you'll be able to add SELF to your web pages!!!
Yes, javascript sucks for me. Notice I didn't mention the language that I prefer as I didn't really want to get into a language war. I don't care if someone else prefers another language as I pretty much get their reasons as I've been around a while. If someone wants to use some language, SomeLanguage(tm), then please let them!
Native Client now!
Here are some articles on the topic of what is wrong with javascript.
Certainly the speed issue is or has been resolved with impressive recent results. Hopefully that trend will continue.
I don't agree with the strong typing but then that's just me.
Here they are, all with the title "What is wrong with Javascript" funny enough!
http://ayende.com/Blog/archive/2006/02/27/WhatIsWrongWithJavaScript.aspx
http://service.compuskills.co.uk/blog/2007/01/17/what-is-wrong-with-javascript/
http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer-world/getting-smart-about-languages-and-libraries-836
The bottom line for me is that I want MY TOOLS and LANGUAGE(s) that I use for projects rather than having so called "standards" forced on me.
If you like JavaScript all the more power to you.
If you like freedom to choose your own destiny then all the more power to both of us!
Native Clients for POWER USERS in the BROWSER!
http://code.google.com/events/io/sessions/NativeClientUsingNativeCode.html