Have you done a lot of development work in C++ and Java? Say what you want about Java performance, but it's a far cleaner syntax than C++ resulting in much cleaner APIs. I don't know the details surrounding Android, but (assuming it is) a Java OS is going to invite quite a lot of developer effort simply because of the lower threshold for becoming competent in the language.
Oh please. We've seen mistakes FAR bigger than this in the private sector with less or no consequences. And, if every software outfit canned its employees after a single mistake of whatever scale, there'd be a heck of a lot more turnover in IT.
Thank you for your Libertarian, "drown government in a bath tub" input, Mr. Norquist. Developing the infrastructure and knowledge to explore the universe is such as waste of time. By the way, Grover. I would have loved to have heard your fiscal conservative input while your party was generating $2 trillion dollars in debt for a bogus war and handouts to friendly corporations like Halliburton, even after they'd been busted screwing the government out of "hundreds of millions of dollars." But, I suppose we need to focus on the money wasted by scientists, bridges to nowhere, and all the welfare crack moms that are the real cause of our excessive governmetn spending.
I really don't like Hillary, but you can't legitimately say she's done nothing for New York (or even little for New York). Even as a freshman senator, she had way more pull than typical because of her name recognition and political connections.
Amazing how suddenly conservatives have become so concerned with pork and nation debt after 6 years of their Congressional control has racked up the largest debts in US history.
First off, I don't agree with the expense, but the rationale is more than just the direct utility of a laptop for school work. It's also about familiarizing kids with computers over everyday contact with them that you can't get from limited exposure at school during allotted times. I worked in a high school as a computer lab monitor for a couple years and almost all of the kids in the computer classes were really only different in that they were from affluent families that had access to computers. These kids, for the majority, weren't all that serious about computers though they had the exposure and experience to deal with the classes with little problems.
I had another group of kids NOT from well-off families who came in during lunch and after school to play around with the computers, play with web development, etc. They didn't have the experience, but they had the drive to do something with what they'd learned (at least 2 I know of went to K-State to major in computer-related fields). While they might have caught up in college, they were definitely at a disadvantage. The line between the two subsets of students was almost cartoonish.
This program, while probably prohibitively expensive, will level the playing field as kids from different economic strata will get far more exposure to computers and a real chance to pick up and hone the skills that most IT geeks take for granted.
Because some things in all practicality MUST be regulated by the government, or you end up w/ a cluster fsck. For example, I lived in Italy (Army brat) in the late 80s-early 90s and the radio stations there didn't have the same regulations on ownership of frequency separation-distance that we're used to in the states. So, stations that picked aestheticly pleasing frequencies or only cared about the metro would cause havok on the outskirts of their range.
Now, auctioning off frequencies to the highest bidder rather than basing ownership on the public good is another matter. But, that only seems to be a historic concern.
The grandparent is absolutely correct. And, too many people follow the non sequitur that companies can only make money by satisfying their customers. Collusion, monopolies, FUD, vendor lock-in; some examples of ways that companies make money while delivering an inferior product. Also, IMO why the whole Libertarian "free market" argument is hogwash.
The web has desperately needed a foundation asynchronous protocol to build on; I'm thinking of something like BXXP. Request/Response is so archaic and it's forced developers to find all sorts of hacks to get around that problem.
I see two angles. If they're lying, they're doing this as a set up for their anti-piracy campaigns ("Woe is me!"). Look at what's happening to the movie producers. They've been running around *bragging* on the record about how much money they're making, then try to turn around and play the pauper when it comes to negotiating with writers.
If they're being truthful, it could be the same story you see in a lot of talent-based industries (and corporate culture IMO). A huge bureaucracy of "suits" wraps itself around the talent/industry and sucks out profits. When any hardship comes along, there are so many financial commitments that the companies fail. Kind of like airlines going down at the same time the execs are giving themselves $100s of millions in bonuses.
These guys are scientists, not super secret spies. Besides, a clean slate is no guarantee a rocket scientist isn't going to go psycho after getting dumped and stalk his ex. Also sets a horrible precedent for other top-tier science fields.
I'd imagine that flying cost more in terms of passenger- or cargo pound-miles considering all the safety, security, and maintenance concerns. Plus, the option of moving goods and people that quickly and at much higher capacity must save money. These numbers sound really high to me, but think of the expense we already have in our only existing rapid transit system. And, how much of these cost estimates include trail blazer expenses?
The issue isn't with bad code, it's with game play on something the size of a cell phone. Yes, there are games you can play that are fun on that scale, but anything much more involved than Pacman is just an academic exercise. I've seen game ports to mobile devices, and while the porters do great jobs you're still dealing with a tiny screen and limited, awkward controls. Of course, I could be lacking imagination.
Why do you dittohead nitwits keep regurgitating that refrain? Libby was a leaker as well and the leaking "campaign" was probably initiated by Libby, though he may not have made the first phone call. Libby was busted for lying about his involvement. Check out the Washington Post's Libby timeline.
It was the CIA who requested the investigation into the leak, not the Democrats on a "witch hunt." And, the only reason Armitage wasn't brought up on charges is the leaker statute is too weakly worded to nail him (something about the act being knowledgeable and intentional).
But, I guess if you don't see it on Faux News, it didn't happen:(
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Have you done a lot of development work in C++ and Java? Say what you want about Java performance, but it's a far cleaner syntax than C++ resulting in much cleaner APIs. I don't know the details surrounding Android, but (assuming it is) a Java OS is going to invite quite a lot of developer effort simply because of the lower threshold for becoming competent in the language.
Oh please. We've seen mistakes FAR bigger than this in the private sector with less or no consequences. And, if every software outfit canned its employees after a single mistake of whatever scale, there'd be a heck of a lot more turnover in IT.
Thank you for your Libertarian, "drown government in a bath tub" input, Mr. Norquist. Developing the infrastructure and knowledge to explore the universe is such as waste of time. By the way, Grover. I would have loved to have heard your fiscal conservative input while your party was generating $2 trillion dollars in debt for a bogus war and handouts to friendly corporations like Halliburton, even after they'd been busted screwing the government out of "hundreds of millions of dollars." But, I suppose we need to focus on the money wasted by scientists, bridges to nowhere, and all the welfare crack moms that are the real cause of our excessive governmetn spending.
I always thought he was a Chicago tradition?
I really don't like Hillary, but you can't legitimately say she's done nothing for New York (or even little for New York). Even as a freshman senator, she had way more pull than typical because of her name recognition and political connections.
Amazing how suddenly conservatives have become so concerned with pork and nation debt after 6 years of their Congressional control has racked up the largest debts in US history.
First off, I don't agree with the expense, but the rationale is more than just the direct utility of a laptop for school work. It's also about familiarizing kids with computers over everyday contact with them that you can't get from limited exposure at school during allotted times. I worked in a high school as a computer lab monitor for a couple years and almost all of the kids in the computer classes were really only different in that they were from affluent families that had access to computers. These kids, for the majority, weren't all that serious about computers though they had the exposure and experience to deal with the classes with little problems.
I had another group of kids NOT from well-off families who came in during lunch and after school to play around with the computers, play with web development, etc. They didn't have the experience, but they had the drive to do something with what they'd learned (at least 2 I know of went to K-State to major in computer-related fields). While they might have caught up in college, they were definitely at a disadvantage. The line between the two subsets of students was almost cartoonish.
This program, while probably prohibitively expensive, will level the playing field as kids from different economic strata will get far more exposure to computers and a real chance to pick up and hone the skills that most IT geeks take for granted.
Because some things in all practicality MUST be regulated by the government, or you end up w/ a cluster fsck. For example, I lived in Italy (Army brat) in the late 80s-early 90s and the radio stations there didn't have the same regulations on ownership of frequency separation-distance that we're used to in the states. So, stations that picked aestheticly pleasing frequencies or only cared about the metro would cause havok on the outskirts of their range.
Now, auctioning off frequencies to the highest bidder rather than basing ownership on the public good is another matter. But, that only seems to be a historic concern.
You'll be right when pigs fly.
No need to even RTFA.
The grandparent is absolutely correct. And, too many people follow the non sequitur that companies can only make money by satisfying their customers. Collusion, monopolies, FUD, vendor lock-in; some examples of ways that companies make money while delivering an inferior product. Also, IMO why the whole Libertarian "free market" argument is hogwash.
The web has desperately needed a foundation asynchronous protocol to build on; I'm thinking of something like BXXP. Request/Response is so archaic and it's forced developers to find all sorts of hacks to get around that problem.
I see two angles. If they're lying, they're doing this as a set up for their anti-piracy campaigns ("Woe is me!"). Look at what's happening to the movie producers. They've been running around *bragging* on the record about how much money they're making, then try to turn around and play the pauper when it comes to negotiating with writers.
If they're being truthful, it could be the same story you see in a lot of talent-based industries (and corporate culture IMO). A huge bureaucracy of "suits" wraps itself around the talent/industry and sucks out profits. When any hardship comes along, there are so many financial commitments that the companies fail. Kind of like airlines going down at the same time the execs are giving themselves $100s of millions in bonuses.
You, Sir, were not alive in the 80s.
These guys are scientists, not super secret spies. Besides, a clean slate is no guarantee a rocket scientist isn't going to go psycho after getting dumped and stalk his ex. Also sets a horrible precedent for other top-tier science fields.
Why do you go on vacation to foreign places...
OMG, underage Taiwanese hookers...in space?I'd imagine that flying cost more in terms of passenger- or cargo pound-miles considering all the safety, security, and maintenance concerns. Plus, the option of moving goods and people that quickly and at much higher capacity must save money. These numbers sound really high to me, but think of the expense we already have in our only existing rapid transit system. And, how much of these cost estimates include trail blazer expenses?
I read about this a while back.
Oh, I hardly think he's going to enjoy it.
The issue isn't with bad code, it's with game play on something the size of a cell phone. Yes, there are games you can play that are fun on that scale, but anything much more involved than Pacman is just an academic exercise. I've seen game ports to mobile devices, and while the porters do great jobs you're still dealing with a tiny screen and limited, awkward controls. Of course, I could be lacking imagination.
Why do you dittohead nitwits keep regurgitating that refrain? Libby was a leaker as well and the leaking "campaign" was probably initiated by Libby, though he may not have made the first phone call. Libby was busted for lying about his involvement. Check out the Washington Post's Libby timeline.
It was the CIA who requested the investigation into the leak, not the Democrats on a "witch hunt." And, the only reason Armitage wasn't brought up on charges is the leaker statute is too weakly worded to nail him (something about the act being knowledgeable and intentional).
But, I guess if you don't see it on Faux News, it didn't happen :(
She already said she would. Not that I like her, but Bush's encroachment on civil liberties in unprecedented in it's scope.
I'm certain that he has the right as the unitary executive to keep citizens from knowing that he's broken the law.
*WHOOSH!*
Is she hot?