They're not. It's the usual un-edited crap in the summary. You cannot possibly do a buffer overflow in the traditional sense of the word in Java. You can in C#.
It is a String-based implementation, which is awful in terms of consistency, type-checking, etc. and vulnerable in code refactoring. I would stay away or use something more type-safe and IDE-safe.
And what if the government enforces legislation for trading firms and certain high importance departments to use non-destructible (re-inforced) hard drives? That would probably send a few shivers down a few spines.
Meh, you're just like Miguel from the Mono project. What you and him fail to see is that if you let.NET/Mono grow enough, it will simply inherit all the problems that you mention that Java supposedly has. I have only seen more and more adoption on the server side and with fat clients.
One very good reason is to allow people to be able to make use of a simple, concise, preferably one-word domain name, while avoiding the blackmail imposed by the domain-squatter leeches.
I recently checked with a.com I was interested in, which was far from being a usable word and it was 10 letters long. I was asked by the squatter $5000. I promptly told him that he can kiss where the sun don't shine. That's an astonishing profit for a $20-30 cost and I can now understand how this parasitic industry survives. It's exploitation. The best thing to do is to open up TLDs and make them as configurable as domains/sub-domains. And don't shed too many tears for the domain squatting industry. They have made enough money already.
Actually, they HAVENT done that before-- read the article you linked. That was a rootkit, not a backdoor; they are related but seperate. The BMG rootkit did not allow remote code execution; it instead took measures to hide its activity from visibility, causing havoc with some CD drives and assisting some viruses in the process.
Rootkit=/= backdoor. I know its fun to hate on Sony, and I fully support such positions, but lets not distort the truth here.
Dear Sony stakeholder,
The point is that they are both malicious.
Thanks.
This probably comes as news to you (you're not a developer, are you?) but when you build new software, you basically build upon older code. So yes, even the extreme scenario you talk about, would cause some headaches to Microsoft.
Is it just me or are communist nations very skilled an embarrassing themselves?
It's that extra little trolling that gives those extra few more page views and that make me that extra little bit more reluctant to waste my extremely limited time on slashdot.
Muslim states are generally highly oppressive towards other religions. You will find some exceptions here and there, but you will also find barbaric oppression too.
I tried it today for the first time and I must say, I am impressed:)
The UI seems much better than the last time I used OpenOffice (maybe v2) and the graphics seem to have been created by professional designers, as opposed to the developers themselves. I had a DOC that was crashing my Word 2007 and I got it opened with...LibreOffice. Probably has to do with Microsoft not even keeping up with their own standards (and I'm honestly not trolling).
Have you TRIED any other search engine? These guys have been working hard to claw a 0.1% from Google. And along the way they have actually managed to produce some pretty nifty search algorithms. I have stopped using Google for 2 years now and have seldom been let down by my new search engine.
How many other patented screw designs are not as popular as the Phillips? It doesn't matter that it was *patented* a long time ago. What matters is that it is a niche design, making it harder to use that the Phillips screw.
To be brutally honest, you shouldn't have purchased an Apple device if you valued your freedoms THAT much... It is a well documented and thoroughly slashdotted subject this.
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Stop trolling.
Sorry but you're completely wrong. Java libraries are primarily written in Java you wally.
They're not. It's the usual un-edited crap in the summary. You cannot possibly do a buffer overflow in the traditional sense of the word in Java. You can in C#.
This only applies to the US. The rest of the world can use that moniker. This is because the trademark only applies there. Sorry.
It is a String-based implementation, which is awful in terms of consistency, type-checking, etc. and vulnerable in code refactoring. I would stay away or use something more type-safe and IDE-safe.
And what if the government enforces legislation for trading firms and certain high importance departments to use non-destructible (re-inforced) hard drives? That would probably send a few shivers down a few spines.
Ubuntu is to Debian as KFC is to foxes.
And let's not forget the RIA aspect, Java FX 2.0 is out and some early Java FX 2.0 adopters say that it looks very good from where they're standing.
Meh, you're just like Miguel from the Mono project. What you and him fail to see is that if you let .NET/Mono grow enough, it will simply inherit all the problems that you mention that Java supposedly has. I have only seen more and more adoption on the server side and with fat clients.
One very good reason is to allow people to be able to make use of a simple, concise, preferably one-word domain name, while avoiding the blackmail imposed by the domain-squatter leeches. I recently checked with a .com I was interested in, which was far from being a usable word and it was 10 letters long. I was asked by the squatter $5000. I promptly told him that he can kiss where the sun don't shine. That's an astonishing profit for a $20-30 cost and I can now understand how this parasitic industry survives. It's exploitation. The best thing to do is to open up TLDs and make them as configurable as domains/sub-domains. And don't shed too many tears for the domain squatting industry. They have made enough money already.
Actually, they HAVENT done that before-- read the article you linked. That was a rootkit, not a backdoor; they are related but seperate. The BMG rootkit did not allow remote code execution; it instead took measures to hide its activity from visibility, causing havoc with some CD drives and assisting some viruses in the process.
Rootkit=/= backdoor. I know its fun to hate on Sony, and I fully support such positions, but lets not distort the truth here.
Dear Sony stakeholder, The point is that they are both malicious. Thanks.
Avira is also good. But Kaspersky is even better. You should use it with more modern hardware. Otherwise stick with Avast and all is good.
Bhahahaha, what are you smoking man? What on earth makes you think they would rewrite everything?? This is the real world.
This probably comes as news to you (you're not a developer, are you?) but when you build new software, you basically build upon older code. So yes, even the extreme scenario you talk about, would cause some headaches to Microsoft.
Another disgruntled employee. I wonder why he is disgruntled...
Is it just me or are communist nations very skilled an embarrassing themselves?
It's that extra little trolling that gives those extra few more page views and that make me that extra little bit more reluctant to waste my extremely limited time on slashdot.
So the advice here is: Use Eiffel when programming such devices :P
Muslim states are generally highly oppressive towards other religions. You will find some exceptions here and there, but you will also find barbaric oppression too.
I tried it today for the first time and I must say, I am impressed :)
The UI seems much better than the last time I used OpenOffice (maybe v2) and the graphics seem to have been created by professional designers, as opposed to the developers themselves. I had a DOC that was crashing my Word 2007 and I got it opened with ...LibreOffice. Probably has to do with Microsoft not even keeping up with their own standards (and I'm honestly not trolling).
Have you TRIED any other search engine? These guys have been working hard to claw a 0.1% from Google. And along the way they have actually managed to produce some pretty nifty search algorithms. I have stopped using Google for 2 years now and have seldom been let down by my new search engine.
I'm guessing you didn't encounter *any* Latin at school/high school/college/university.
The point is they are harder to use. Why should you buy more screws? You already paid for the one it had bolted on, right?
How many other patented screw designs are not as popular as the Phillips? It doesn't matter that it was *patented* a long time ago. What matters is that it is a niche design, making it harder to use that the Phillips screw.
Yeah, let's pay yet *more* money to Apple paraphernalia. No thanks.
To be brutally honest, you shouldn't have purchased an Apple device if you valued your freedoms THAT much... It is a well documented and thoroughly slashdotted subject this.