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  1. Why...? on Centaur - a Four-wheeled Segway · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If someone wants to spend a TON of money on a bike, there ARE expensive bikes out there....

  2. Re:By the way, if you've never heard of Hibernate. on Hibernate in Action · · Score: 1

    I think you oversimplified hibernate. Its an ORM. Its built to read xmls of files that map object fields to database columns (including complex relationships, such as one-to-many and many-to-many). Once that is done, persisting data to the database is quite simple with hibernate.

  3. Re:HOOOAH!!! on System Shock 2 Retrospect...and Possible Followup? · · Score: 1

    check out sshock2.com for info. Hyperthreading and theif can cause pains, but there are work-arounds.

  4. Re:I sure hope there's another... on System Shock 2 Retrospect...and Possible Followup? · · Score: 1

    Graphics are dated

    Go reload the game. Add in System Shock Rebirth graphics mod. Now at least the creatures will be up to date graphics :-D

  5. Re:I still don't get... on Microsoft Issues Ominous ASP.Net Security Warning · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Think of it like templates. A (struts) taglib will be something like so:

    >html:text name="myForm" property="someProperty" length="12" /<

    So it looks like a text box (the name, and property are struts specific)

    Tapestry is even trickier. It uses things like <span> tags, which don't "show up" on your page, but exists in the html. So your code can actually double as a prototype. All the code lies back in java files and xml's point the java file to the appropriate jsp/html file.

    So, yes, its only the presentation layer that designers would touch. PHP, on the other hand, is mostly written within html, itself, IIRC.

  6. Re:I still don't get... on Microsoft Issues Ominous ASP.Net Security Warning · · Score: 1

    Actually, its nice for the designer to be able to change things around once you actually have something up and running. Java tag libraries and the tapestry frame work are the best examples of how designers can change the page without touching the code.

    I'd take some tapestry code tags with java and put it up next to some php code and see which one the designer can manipulate.

  7. Re:I still don't get... on Microsoft Issues Ominous ASP.Net Security Warning · · Score: 1, Insightful

    One word: Maintainability

    And writing 'scripting code' vs actual front end code are two very different things. Sorry, I don't buy into your PHP propaganda.

  8. Re:Bulls$%^!!! on Microsoft Issues Ominous ASP.Net Security Warning · · Score: 1

    If you architected the app correctly (.NET, so OO), the abstract or base class that handles the actions would be the place to put it.

  9. Re:I still don't get... on Microsoft Issues Ominous ASP.Net Security Warning · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Absolutely, I mean, PHP in a large enterprise system? WHY NOT! Scales great, right?

    Honestly, saying "why don't people use J2EE?" would have been a bit more plausible... but good luck convincing a large financial institution to use PHP on their giant web apps.

  10. Re:I will ask again. on XAML Development Today, But Not From Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Simple, if one of your clients products are "We do it first/better than Microsoft" or "We support open source and plan on openning up the source to our product" (note, you just have to 'plan' on opening it up, you don't have to actually do it), then Taco and Co will be HAPPY to advertise free of charge, simply submit the article!

  11. They can't wait... on PSP Delayed Into 2005? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If the next gen gameboy is released first, they are doomed. Whether its technically a better system or not won't really matter. Look at the Sega handhelds. They've always been a much better product than the gameboy, but they still couldn't crack it.

    Not to sound like some terrible MBA, but unless there are SERIOUS defects to the PSP, I'd try to get the jump on Nintendo, especially in the handheld market.

  12. Flash Mobs? on Flash Mobs a Threat to Security? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow, this isn't NEARLY as interesting as the "Flash" Mobs I was thinking of...

  13. Re:No DNA Sample Required on USB Thumb Drives as ... Fashion Statement? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    keep upgrading. With every upgrade comes a better bugmenot. Before my latest update, I had to go through about 6 logins before I got a hit. This time it was first time in.

  14. Re:Sure... now it becomes popular on USB Thumb Drives as ... Fashion Statement? · · Score: 1

    fyi - this wasn't me... I just used it cause it sounded funny... I tend not to think much.

  15. Re:No DNA Sample Required on USB Thumb Drives as ... Fashion Statement? · · Score: 3, Informative

    I'd think someone cool enough to use a term "DNA Sample" for registration would be cool enough to know about bugmenot (they even have a firefox extension!).

  16. Sure... now it becomes popular on USB Thumb Drives as ... Fashion Statement? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes, once I'm done with school and college geek becomes chic. Its like some bad dream. The stuff I used to get beatup for now gets you the hot cheerleader. This is some really evil irony.

  17. Re:Not security updates but security enhancements on Microsoft To Provide IE Patches for Windows XP Only · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The key word in that quote is "Improvements"... I see that as tools to help you stay secure, not security patches.

    There's a difference between giving the user a firewall (improvement) vs giving the user a patch in a security flaw in the OS (patch).

  18. Wait a minute.... on Microsoft To Provide IE Patches for Windows XP Only · · Score: 4, Insightful

    We do not have plans to deliver Windows XP SP2 enhancements for Windows 2000 or other older versions of Windows

    Seeing as IE isn't apart of windows (wasn't that part of the anti-trust agreement?), shouldn't I be able to D/L the latest and greatest version of IE (with patches already included) from MS??

    When asked about IE's origin as a free, standalone product, the representative said, "You're talking in software terms that might be considered ancient history."

    Oh, I see... the settlement is ancient history....

    I can see them only including it in windows update for XP only, but not giving out the latest and greatest as a standalone product? Bad move.

  19. Re:Java, Tomcat, Apache on UNIX on Large Scale Web Apps Built on Open Source · · Score: 1

    several years ago, when IBM just aquired DB2 it wasn't that great. Now-a-days, its probably sitting #2 behind oracle as far as popularity.

  20. Re:Java, Tomcat, Apache on UNIX on Large Scale Web Apps Built on Open Source · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Absolutely. Having a J2EE project running Linux servers with Apache, JBoss, and PostGRES aren't unheard of... and most J2EE developers prefer to use eclipse.

    That's 100% open source, people... and we are talking large corporate intraweb apps and such.

    I work mostly with financial institutions... they prefer IBM backed Linux servers with WebSphere... but still like eclipse (or WSAD, which is eclipse with a Websphere test server plugin), and a commercial DB (oracle, DB2, or informix are popular)... but they still use frameworks like struts, tapestry, spring, and hibernate... all open source.

  21. Re:Funny on Online Poker Bots Becoming Problematic? · · Score: 3, Funny

    There are LAWS to prevent that, dude.

  22. Re:Ultima IV was disqualified, I guess on Social Impact Games · · Score: 1

    Here's a page with the NES screenshots on them too add to my above comments.

  23. Re:Ultima IV was disqualified, I guess on Social Impact Games · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Wow, I'm so glad that someone else thinks the same way. The Ultima series after 4 always involved the 7 virtues and 3 principles and the relation of them all. Every town had a fundamental virtue that life was based around. It really showed a player what it took to be a virtuous person.

    That being said, the remake doesn't look as impressive as the NES version of Ultima 4 (which was very impressive, might I add).

  24. All I can say... on Is "Marketingspeak" Killing Technology? · · Score: 1

    ... is that I'd have to shift my focus to read this article, because it doesn't follow the thinking paradigm I have dedicated on following. Perhaps if it focused more on a strong framework of ideas in a cost-effective solution, I would be more adept to consider it.

  25. Re:Does anyone play it??? on Galactic Conquest Mod 4.2 Released · · Score: 1

    nice! thanks for the info!