Java. He's talking about Java programs. It's no longer necessary to even think about writing low-level code like widgets. He's clearly not talking about embedded systems.
that is all well and good that Flash is clearly a better system, but does flash come installed on all machines? WVG will, ofcourse.
Flash is the only software product installed on more PCs than Windows. That's even allowing you to lump every version of windows together. Microsoft is going to have to go a long, long, long way before they get to start removing Flash from new PCs. WVG will be used in application programs. You'll be able to use the same WVG code for your widgets on the web or in an executable.
They'll have to have WVG become an accepted standard for a while before they can start working at breaking Flash. It'd still be 10 years before WVG runs more places than Flash does.
Now, even *after* a worm has found its way into an ATM, the "Windows Experts" say there's *still* nothing to worry about.
Where do you get that? The only people arguing that this is ok is Diebold. And we already knew they were unethical. What Windows Expert is saying there's nothing to worry about in regards to this story?
My favorite part is where the prince discovers that the stepsisters have cut off their heels to fit in the shoes: They're riding in a carriage back to the castle, and they pass by a field. The wind picks up and rustles the field, which whispers to the prince, "Yo, dude, check the shoes."
It's obviously a story to help prepare kids for dating transvestites.
I wonder what happens on google's next cache update, if you're doing something like that. Do you get a google cache within a google cache? Or does google just forget about you?
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No. Cell degeneration is part of the design; it results in old generations vanishing and getting replaced by new ones, ensuring that evolution makes progress. This even helps human society evolve:)
That reminds me. I'm so glad all my grandparents are finally dead.
This means that in a (say) 512 processor box the OS will have to handle 2048 processors efficiently. That's placing a lot of control in the hands of the software designers, and a lot of money in the hands of the companies that license per processor.
Fortunately for IBM, they are both the hardware designers and, frequently, the software designers. They can ensure that their big iron will be supported by software.
Uh, the trading company doesn't care how you get the money. So long as you deliver. The company running the MMORPG might care, but...
I highly doubt you'll be able to recoup more money than you spend. If you can, then everyone will do it, and prices will go down for that type of currency.
Of course, that's the whole point of a market. You'll find the correct value sooner than later.
So you are kindof saying that some languages do have lower (idea) bandwidth? I understand that most languages have similar basic capacities, but I always thought there'd have to be stand-outs.
Oh, no, no, no. I totally agree that language is an evolved trait. Many of our brain parts seem clearly too well suited to language as a purpose for it to be a coincidence.
However, the traits of individual languages do not decide whether or not the individual languages survive or fail. You say surely, but I'm sure you're wrong: Groups who communicate more effectively may do so due to better language function, but those groups may switch languages many times. Languages thrive due to social pressures that have nothing to do with the actual traits of the language.
At least, that's what all my linguistics professors convinced me of:)
Natural languages are not limited by evolutionary constraints. Our language processing abilities are influenced by evolutionary constraints. There are many disadvantageous changes that occur in languages all the time. It's survival of the survivor. There's no fitness function.
This doesn't pertain to your main point, but it's worth noting.
While "word rate" varies somewhat from culture to culture, "information rate" is basically a constant. To express "The little boy was hit by a blue ball and started to cry, but his mother cheered him up with some cookies." will take about the same amount of time in spoken langauge in all languages (meant for face-to-face interaction).
Is that true for Hawaiian, too? What with their reduced phoneme bandwidth and all? Or do they spit their phonemes out faster?
As your other respondent sortof points out, the primary complaints on google watch relate to people in the "search optimization industry."
These are people that want their websites to get higher rankings on Google searches. It actually has nothing whatsoever to do with poor behavior on Google's part.
Check out the four PDFs. They've all got a big picture of Tom Ridge in the middle, before they start loading. Apparently their original idea for the campaign centered around him. Someone will have to explain to me why publicising Tom Ridge's picture is important for Homeland Security.
Maybe Symantec has copy protection bullshit, but I've never once seen Ghost carp about licenses. And I can't imagine it was because the IT dept was doing their job properly (at a former place of work).
There are a few things that you don't want to duplicate exactly when you're installing on a bunch of machines, even with identical hardware. If I understand correctly, that's the whole point of Ghost. dd doesn't always cut it if you're doing 400 installs on separate machines.
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How about an NDA?
Bismuth is pretty.
That's a picture of Bismuth that we can grow in labs. I wonder if the atmosphere of Venus produces samples that are even more interesting.
Java. He's talking about Java programs. It's no longer necessary to even think about writing low-level code like widgets. He's clearly not talking about embedded systems.
that is all well and good that Flash is clearly a better system, but does flash come installed on all machines? WVG will, ofcourse.
Flash is the only software product installed on more PCs than Windows. That's even allowing you to lump every version of windows together. Microsoft is going to have to go a long, long, long way before they get to start removing Flash from new PCs. WVG will be used in application programs. You'll be able to use the same WVG code for your widgets on the web or in an executable.
They'll have to have WVG become an accepted standard for a while before they can start working at breaking Flash. It'd still be 10 years before WVG runs more places than Flash does.
Now, even *after* a worm has found its way into an ATM, the "Windows Experts" say there's *still* nothing to worry about.
Where do you get that? The only people arguing that this is ok is Diebold. And we already knew they were unethical. What Windows Expert is saying there's nothing to worry about in regards to this story?
They are suing everything and everybody in sight, why stop at Novell.
AFAIK, they've only sued IBM so far. They're just making obscene gestures at everyone else.
My favorite part is where the prince discovers that the stepsisters have cut off their heels to fit in the shoes: They're riding in a carriage back to the castle, and they pass by a field. The wind picks up and rustles the field, which whispers to the prince, "Yo, dude, check the shoes."
It's obviously a story to help prepare kids for dating transvestites.
Smart kids. Redirecting to their google cache.
I wonder what happens on google's next cache update, if you're doing something like that. Do you get a google cache within a google cache? Or does google just forget about you?
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No. Cell degeneration is part of the design; it results in old generations vanishing and getting replaced by new ones, ensuring that evolution makes progress. This even helps human society evolve :)
That reminds me. I'm so glad all my grandparents are finally dead.
This means that in a (say) 512 processor box the OS will have to handle 2048 processors efficiently. That's placing a lot of control in the hands of the software designers, and a lot of money in the hands of the companies that license per processor.
Fortunately for IBM, they are both the hardware designers and, frequently, the software designers. They can ensure that their big iron will be supported by software.
(see subject)
Uh, the trading company doesn't care how you get the money. So long as you deliver. The company running the MMORPG might care, but...
I highly doubt you'll be able to recoup more money than you spend. If you can, then everyone will do it, and prices will go down for that type of currency.
Of course, that's the whole point of a market. You'll find the correct value sooner than later.
Chinese chess also has a larger problem space, and is also more difficult for computers to solve.
So you are kindof saying that some languages do have lower (idea) bandwidth? I understand that most languages have similar basic capacities, but I always thought there'd have to be stand-outs.
Oh, no, no, no. I totally agree that language is an evolved trait. Many of our brain parts seem clearly too well suited to language as a purpose for it to be a coincidence.
:)
However, the traits of individual languages do not decide whether or not the individual languages survive or fail. You say surely, but I'm sure you're wrong: Groups who communicate more effectively may do so due to better language function, but those groups may switch languages many times. Languages thrive due to social pressures that have nothing to do with the actual traits of the language.
At least, that's what all my linguistics professors convinced me of
Natural languages are not limited by evolutionary constraints. Our language processing abilities are influenced by evolutionary constraints. There are many disadvantageous changes that occur in languages all the time. It's survival of the survivor. There's no fitness function.
This doesn't pertain to your main point, but it's worth noting.
While "word rate" varies somewhat from culture to culture, "information rate" is basically a constant. To express "The little boy was hit by a blue ball and started to cry, but his mother cheered him up with some cookies." will take about the same amount of time in spoken langauge in all languages (meant for face-to-face interaction).
Is that true for Hawaiian, too? What with their reduced phoneme bandwidth and all? Or do they spit their phonemes out faster?
As your other respondent sortof points out, the primary complaints on google watch relate to people in the "search optimization industry."
These are people that want their websites to get higher rankings on Google searches. It actually has nothing whatsoever to do with poor behavior on Google's part.
Oh, I know. I think he intentionally conflated the two.
RMS refuses to do interviews unless the interviewer agrees to use his terminology throughout the article.
If he's replaced it with FreeBSD, he was probably running Darwin on x86, not Mac OS X Server.
Same thing here in this ad council ad campaign for the department of homeland security.
Check out the four PDFs. They've all got a big picture of Tom Ridge in the middle, before they start loading. Apparently their original idea for the campaign centered around him. Someone will have to explain to me why publicising Tom Ridge's picture is important for Homeland Security.
Maybe Symantec has copy protection bullshit, but I've never once seen Ghost carp about licenses. And I can't imagine it was because the IT dept was doing their job properly (at a former place of work).
There are a few things that you don't want to duplicate exactly when you're installing on a bunch of machines, even with identical hardware. If I understand correctly, that's the whole point of Ghost. dd doesn't always cut it if you're doing 400 installs on separate machines.
Objective-C isn't the only relevant concern here. Why isn't GNUStep's Display GhostScript forked into Guartz, a GPL Quartz clone?