OK, you trust your life to this piece of shit and I'll trust mine to a Glock or Sig or HK - any of which can go 10,000 - 30,000 rounds without a jam or misfire...
The problem with all of these type of technologic "advancements" in firearms is that they miss the whole point of a self-defense firearm. If one is to use a firearm for self-defense, it will be used at the last possible moment - a moment that does not allow for software glitches, hardware bugs, run-down batteries, etc...
This 'technologizing' of firearms is only viable for certain military applications - useage scenarios far removed from those of civilian owners; yet there are enough dumbass lobbyists and politicians who don't understand that one can NOT ask an attacker to 'wait while I reboot my gun'.
No, they don't. If tax breaks were about stimulating the economy, they would be directed at the low end of the income distribution--people likely to spend the extra money.
That's a dumbass point of view. Do you really think that someone buying 10 more happy meals helps McDonalds, Inc. more than someone buying 10,000 shares of their stock?
The Republicans and some Democrats in Congress want to stimulate the economy by giving people a tax break. The theory is that they'll go spend the money they're given, thus stimulating the economy. Now they want to tax Internet sales.
No, they don't - this is a deal with the States (maybe you've heard of them) which the liberal critics of Bush seem to forget.
Got my money back on the software costs and monthly fees, but I'll be on my death bed wishing I hadn't spent all that time wasting away playing EQ.
That's at least as sad as the fact that you wasted that time in the first place... now you'll waste more time regretting having wasted time. Maybe in the afterlife (if you expect one) you'll regret regretting wasting time...
The thing is, for Sun, this lawsuit may actually be a money-making opportunity to fund that Java3 blitz you want.
That's a valid possibility, but sad. If they NEED to win a lawsuit to go about their business, then they've essentially gone bankrupt.
Besides, it could also be a matter of principle- Sun feels that their Java project could've been much more successful by this 10 year mark if Microsoft hadn't tampered with it, and they'd like to make it official. And the very fact of a Sun win in court translates to positive publicity thats worth a lot of marketing dollars.
See, I totally disagree; I think it's just whining and the (American, at least) public has never responded well to whining. More importantly, I really don't think the anyone (except the parties involved) really gives a shit who wins.
Do you really think that PHBs and developers are going to read about a Sun victory in court and say "Gee, that Java technology must be pretty great! Let's drop.NET and give it a try on our next project!"... I don't think so. If anything, I think the publicity is positive for.NET... a more plausible reaction from PHBs and developers is "See Sun is still suing MS? They're technology must suck if they need to resort to lawsuits."
You're WAY over-optimistic if you think that anything will ever come of this lawsuit. It has come down to purely a personal McNealy/Gates thing at this point - and I personally don't think McNealy cares about the actual suit that much - he just wants to be right for once...
Yeah, ya gotta give him credit for being a complete imbecile, willing to sacrifice his company (not really his anyway, as it's publicly traded) for a personal vendetta.
I hate microsoft as much as the next guy, but McNealy and Ellison are just whiny little bitches - it's just that Ellison can still (sort of) afford to whine; whereas McNealy is taking Sun down the shitter.
This just proves it. Sun needs to stop fucking around with an irrelevant lawsuit the will never be resolved.
Instead, Sun needs to go after.NET with a Java3 marketing blitz, before.NET gets too established. Take all that money they're spending on lawyers and saturate the enterprise app market with advertising and FUD.
Let me clarify that I'm absolutely not joking - I'm a J2EE consultant, and I really like the technology; I don't savor the prospect of having to become a.NET consultant to pay the bills in 3 or 4 years.
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Let's see, web development is a) parsing strings, and b) concatenating them.
I write J2EE web apps for a living, and I can't remember the last time I bothered with parsing/concatenating strings. You must not do any interesting or challenging development.
The only thing Java's got that Perl ain't got is OOP features.
The ONLY thing? That's like saying that the only thing Mt. Everest has on your local anthill it height...
All you seem to care about is text processing... have you heard of databases?
Whatever it is you do viz web app development you're overpaid.
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or you could go to http://www.bookpool.com/.x/riiycqqu4m/sm/047120282 7 and get it for 21.50
And let's not forget that Gnutella allows all kinds of information to be spread across the Internet. Not only illegal MP3s, but other illegal and immoral content - pornography, terrorist manifestos, race-hate propaganda and anti-Christian bigotry. How are we supposed to eradicate these blights when they are available over a distributed network of servers which is practically impossible to shut down?
How is that in any way different from the internet itself, you fool?
If that wasn't a troll then I'm really scared with regard to the mental state of high-schoolers these days.
The suspicous activity here is the legal act of shopping in a store that sells legal products, that might possibly be used for criminal activities.
But couldn't just about any product be used for illegal activities? Would buying bolt cutters from a hardware store be considered suspicous ? Would visiting a hacker(cracker) website ? Would being black and driving a nice car?
Don't forget how gun owners are being treated in this country!
Most communists and socialists I know are level-headed, well-cultured people interested in the best for society.
Then you must only know theoretical communists. I definitely don't want to get into the violence discussion, as I don't think it has any relevance (does any of this?). However, I would like to point out that communism in practice kills culture, spirituality, and idealism - I don't really see how that fits with 'best for society'. Communism only works on paper, best read in a coffee shop filled with other intelligentsia (here's hoping the sarcasm isn't missed).
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OK, you trust your life to this piece of shit and I'll trust mine to a Glock or Sig or HK - any of which can go 10,000 - 30,000 rounds without a jam or misfire...
Hopefully much less than 15 seconds to shoot ten rounds. But what are you after? A slashdot-like time delay between shots?
You do understand that guns are still legal in the US, right? Despite the misguided efforts of those who can't read...
The problem with all of these type of technologic "advancements" in firearms is that they miss the whole point of a self-defense firearm. If one is to use a firearm for self-defense, it will be used at the last possible moment - a moment that does not allow for software glitches, hardware bugs, run-down batteries, etc...
This 'technologizing' of firearms is only viable for certain military applications - useage scenarios far removed from those of civilian owners; yet there are enough dumbass lobbyists and politicians who don't understand that one can NOT ask an attacker to 'wait while I reboot my gun'.
I'd rather pay the overseas shipping charge to a shipping company than pay taxes to the state & local gov't any day of the week.
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That is a dangerous and very incorrect assumption which has nothing to do with http and everything to do with your http server.
backspace is soooo much more efficient
No, they don't. If tax breaks were about stimulating the economy, they would be directed at the low end of the income distribution--people likely to spend the extra money.
That's a dumbass point of view. Do you really think that someone buying 10 more happy meals helps McDonalds, Inc. more than someone buying 10,000 shares of their stock?
The Republicans and some Democrats in Congress want to stimulate the economy by giving people a tax break. The theory is that they'll go spend the money they're given, thus stimulating the economy.
Now they want to tax Internet sales.
No, they don't - this is a deal with the States (maybe you've heard of them) which the liberal critics of Bush seem to forget.
I never thought I'd see the day that "capitalists" is used in a derogatory fashion. Especially by someone who goes on to say "I like freedom more".
You are a truly confused and conflicted individual.
You're mistakenly making the assumption that education == training. That is not, nor should it be, the case.
Achieving CMM level 5 does not mean your software is high quality, it means that your software development process is high quality.
WHY CAN'T YOU PEOPLE REMEMBER THAT?!
CMM has nothing to do with code quality and everything to do with process maturity and improvement.
You haven't heard of computrainer?
I personnaly use a fluid trainer and spinervals videos.
Got my money back on the software costs and monthly fees, but I'll be on my death bed wishing I hadn't spent all that time wasting away playing EQ.
... now you'll waste more time regretting having wasted time.
That's at least as sad as the fact that you wasted that time in the first place
Maybe in the afterlife (if you expect one) you'll regret regretting wasting time...
Is that the new niche for software designed for teenage girls?
We hope these cases will have a deterrent value...
Sure will, it will deter people from becoming your customers.
The thing is, for Sun, this lawsuit may actually be a money-making opportunity to fund that Java3 blitz you want.
.NET and give it a try on our next project!" ... I don't think so. .NET ... a more plausible reaction from PHBs and developers is "See Sun is still suing MS? They're technology must suck if they need to resort to lawsuits."
That's a valid possibility, but sad. If they NEED to win a lawsuit to go about their business, then they've essentially gone bankrupt.
Besides, it could also be a matter of principle- Sun feels that their Java project could've been much more successful by this 10 year mark if Microsoft hadn't tampered with it, and they'd like to make it official. And the very fact of a Sun win in court translates to positive publicity thats worth a lot of marketing dollars.
See, I totally disagree; I think it's just whining and the (American, at least) public has never responded well to whining. More importantly, I really don't think the anyone (except the parties involved) really gives a shit who wins.
Do you really think that PHBs and developers are going to read about a Sun victory in court and say "Gee, that Java technology must be pretty great! Let's drop
If anything, I think the publicity is positive for
I think both of our viewpoints are correct.
I, however, am coming at this from the point of view that one can win this battle with technology (or at least the marketing of technology).
You seem to have taken the viewpoint that microsoft has gotten too big to compete with, and must first be litigated into submission.
I wonder who will turn out to have been right - I don't think we'll know for quite a number of years.
You're WAY over-optimistic if you think that anything will ever come of this lawsuit. It has come down to purely a personal McNealy/Gates thing at this point - and I personally don't think McNealy cares about the actual suit that much - he just wants to be right for once...
Yeah, ya gotta give him credit for being a complete imbecile, willing to sacrifice his company (not really his anyway, as it's publicly traded) for a personal vendetta.
I hate microsoft as much as the next guy, but McNealy and Ellison are just whiny little bitches - it's just that Ellison can still (sort of) afford to whine; whereas McNealy is taking Sun down the shitter.
This just proves it. Sun needs to stop fucking around with an irrelevant lawsuit the will never be resolved.
.NET with a Java3 marketing blitz, before .NET gets too established. Take all that money they're spending on lawyers and saturate the enterprise app market with advertising and FUD.
.NET consultant to pay the bills in 3 or 4 years.
Instead, Sun needs to go after
Let me clarify that I'm absolutely not joking - I'm a J2EE consultant, and I really like the technology; I don't savor the prospect of having to become a
Let's see, web development is a) parsing strings, and b) concatenating them.
... have you heard of databases?
I write J2EE web apps for a living, and I can't remember the last time I bothered with parsing/concatenating strings. You must not do any interesting or challenging development.
The only thing Java's got that Perl ain't got is OOP features.
The ONLY thing? That's like saying that the only thing Mt. Everest has on your local anthill it height...
All you seem to care about is text processing
Whatever it is you do viz web app development you're overpaid.
or you could go to http://www.bookpool.com/.x/riiycqqu4m/sm/047120282 7 and get it for 21.50
And let's not forget that Gnutella allows all kinds of information to be spread across the Internet. Not only illegal MP3s, but other illegal and immoral content - pornography, terrorist manifestos, race-hate propaganda and anti-Christian bigotry. How are we supposed to eradicate these blights when they are available over a distributed network of servers which is practically impossible to shut down?
How is that in any way different from the internet itself, you fool?
If that wasn't a troll then I'm really scared with regard to the mental state of high-schoolers these days.
The suspicous activity here is the legal act of shopping in a store that sells legal products, that might possibly be used for criminal activities.
But couldn't just about any product be used for illegal activities? Would buying bolt cutters from a hardware store be considered suspicous ? Would visiting a hacker(cracker) website ? Would being black and driving a nice car?
Don't forget how gun owners are being treated in this country!
Most communists and socialists I know are level-headed, well-cultured people interested in the best for society.
Then you must only know theoretical communists. I definitely don't want to get into the violence discussion, as I don't think it has any relevance (does any of this?). However, I would like to point out that communism in practice kills culture, spirituality, and idealism - I don't really see how that fits with 'best for society'. Communism only works on paper, best read in a coffee shop filled with other intelligentsia (here's hoping the sarcasm isn't missed).