Once you plaster the airwaves with "Wii", it's likely going to be about as silly sounding as "iPod"; you won't even remember when you first shook your head and said, "what the hell kind of name is that?"
Yeah, I'm sure once we're showered with Wii, we'll learn to like it. Not.
The big problem with J2EE is lack of standardization. Which is ironic, since the Java proponents tell us that making Java open source would lead to fragmentation.
An EAR ought to be like a JAR: you ought to be able to deploy it and run it on any J2EE implementation with a single command, like you can run a JAR on any JVM with a single command. (Or by double-clicking it, on real OSs.)
Instead, every vendor has proprietary tools you need to use to produce a proprietary file or two inside the EAR. It's a mess.
Fact: Java apps will ALWAYS use MUCH more memory than programs written in compiled code (whether it be C, C++, VB, Delphi, etc) due to the fact that it's interpretted (ie not byte code compiled).
Java is not interpreted, it's byte code compiled. You're thinking of the fact that C is generally compiled into native code, not byte code.
And that's also a flawed argument, because Java byte code is more compact than native instruction sets in many cases. (Particularly for any RISC system.)
Even byte code compiled java (ie gcj) is much more memory hungry than a compiled C / C++ app, and it shouldn't be any surprise. The Java API is quite vast and interdependant, so even using small portions of it leaves a large footprint.
That's not a reasonable argument. Sure, native compiled Java is memory hungry if you use memory hungry libraries. Well, guess what, native compiled C is memory hungry if you use memory hungry libraries.
I agree that the Java libraries are an ill-thought-out mess, but there are a lot of C libraries that are an ill-thought-out mess too, and that isn't reason to dismiss the language.
The distribution centers with the same ZIP code (in my city) they had when I was in the one month trial period suddenly moved across the country (without changing that ZIP code) once I was a paying customer.
That's odd. I moved across the country, and Netflix automatically switched the distribution center to the one in the same city I had moved to. I didn't have to do anything. And I've been a customer since a few months after they launched.
I'm really mystified by the bitching about Netflix.
I've looked at Courier, and I don't use it specifically because it's a piece of crap. And I wouldn't use shell script to write something that was supposed to build and e-mail reports--I'd use a more sensible tool, like Ruby or Perl.
I guess I misheard the statistic. The US Census Bureau confirms that 18.9% of people are uninsured.
But on to the actual point: How was TB eradicated? Let's ask the CDC. Well, what do you know, it was tax-funded public health departments who ran treatment facilities, not private industry. There was federal funding from 1944 thru the 1960s.
Still, never let the facts get in the way of right-wing dogma, eh?
Yes, but why do they want to steal cars that are more common?
Because it makes it easier to fence the parts.
There's no corresponding issue for virus writers. If you have a botnet of 10,000 hosts, it doesn't matter what platform those hosts run, so long as they can send spam.
If a virus writer had a good chance of putting a rootkit on 10,000 network-connected OS X Macs, he'd do it.
It's not just computers. There are certain Hollywood conventions that make no sense, yet persist.
One example is binoculars. Whenever a character looks through them, you see two intersecting circles on the screen, like a Venn diagram. Ever looked through a pair of real binoculars?
Almost every industrialized nation has some form of universal healthcare.
In America, in contrast, 60% of people have no medical coverage, and many have no paid sick leave and little vacation time.
This means that when poor people get a disease like TB, whooping cough or bubonic plague, they can't get any effective treatment, and can't afford to take time off work. So they carry on getting the bus and coughing and sneezing through the day, and infect lots of other people.
Remember that TB was eradicated by putting sufferers in sanitoriums, isolating them and giving them rest and whatever other treatments proved helpful. Your average McDonalds worker can't afford to spend 3 weeks in a sanitorium, so enjoy your burger.
You're thinking of shrink-wrap or click-thru EULAs. There's no problem with a legally binding EULA if you put it on paper and have the customer sign it before they purchase the product. (Been there, done that.)
I blocked one of Slashdot's ad hosts the other week for exactly this problem. I don't mind ignoring ads on the page, but if the ads make the page take an extra 20 seconds to load, they go in the kill file.
I was in Best Buy a couple of days ago, and it's clear that Microsoft is spending enormous amounts of money to buy shelf space and display areas in major retailers. Custom plexiglass display stands, special silver and white shelving, prime end-of-row positioning, big display TVs, couches, posters on the windows, the works.
I didn't see anyone actually buying anything 360 related, though. Everyone was browsing the PS2, PSP and Nintendo handheld areas.
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Speaking as a liberal, you're dead right.
Go look in the mouth of a gorilla. Then look at what they eat. Those teeth mean nothing.
Yeah, and I know this vegetarian guy who was hit by a bus!
Healthy? Pah!
If you like In Praise of Idleness, you might like The Abolition of Work by Bob Black.
I guess it would focus the evil in one place.
Yeah, I'm sure once we're showered with Wii, we'll learn to like it. Not.
In that case, why didn't they call it the Turd? That would have gotten them even more free publicity.
Honestly, the idea that "there is no such thing as bad publicity" is ridiculous. Try telling it to Michael Jackson or Gary Glitter.
Did he also work on the failed Xbox?
Seems curious to omit it.
The big problem with J2EE is lack of standardization. Which is ironic, since the Java proponents tell us that making Java open source would lead to fragmentation.
An EAR ought to be like a JAR: you ought to be able to deploy it and run it on any J2EE implementation with a single command, like you can run a JAR on any JVM with a single command. (Or by double-clicking it, on real OSs.)
Instead, every vendor has proprietary tools you need to use to produce a proprietary file or two inside the EAR. It's a mess.
Java is not interpreted, it's byte code compiled. You're thinking of the fact that C is generally compiled into native code, not byte code.
And that's also a flawed argument, because Java byte code is more compact than native instruction sets in many cases. (Particularly for any RISC system.)
That's not a reasonable argument. Sure, native compiled Java is memory hungry if you use memory hungry libraries. Well, guess what, native compiled C is memory hungry if you use memory hungry libraries.
I agree that the Java libraries are an ill-thought-out mess, but there are a lot of C libraries that are an ill-thought-out mess too, and that isn't reason to dismiss the language.
That's odd. I moved across the country, and Netflix automatically switched the distribution center to the one in the same city I had moved to. I didn't have to do anything. And I've been a customer since a few months after they launched.
I'm really mystified by the bitching about Netflix.
I've looked at Courier, and I don't use it specifically because it's a piece of crap. And I wouldn't use shell script to write something that was supposed to build and e-mail reports--I'd use a more sensible tool, like Ruby or Perl.
I didn't say TB was eradicated through a universal government health program, so stop trying to set up straw men.
Crime is also irrelevant to the discussion at hand.
I guess I misheard the statistic. The US Census Bureau confirms that 18.9% of people are uninsured.
But on to the actual point: How was TB eradicated? Let's ask the CDC. Well, what do you know, it was tax-funded public health departments who ran treatment facilities, not private industry. There was federal funding from 1944 thru the 1960s.
Still, never let the facts get in the way of right-wing dogma, eh?
Yes, but why do they want to steal cars that are more common?
Because it makes it easier to fence the parts.
There's no corresponding issue for virus writers. If you have a botnet of 10,000 hosts, it doesn't matter what platform those hosts run, so long as they can send spam.
If a virus writer had a good chance of putting a rootkit on 10,000 network-connected OS X Macs, he'd do it.
Then I would make the robot target houses with no alarm system, or open Windows...er, windows.
Just like if I were building a network-aware virus or worm, I'd make it target systems with poor security, which means Windows systems. Duh.
It's not just computers. There are certain Hollywood conventions that make no sense, yet persist.
One example is binoculars. Whenever a character looks through them, you see two intersecting circles on the screen, like a Venn diagram. Ever looked through a pair of real binoculars?
I didn't think anything about Dreamcast, iPod, PlayStation, or Super NES.
I thought "GameBoy" was pretty Christian, but not enough to stop me buying one.
I had no problem with "GameCube" (it's a cube which plays games), and bought one of those too.
"Wii", however, is just ludicrous. It's a really, really bad name.
Almost every industrialized nation has some form of universal healthcare.
In America, in contrast, 60% of people have no medical coverage, and many have no paid sick leave and little vacation time.
This means that when poor people get a disease like TB, whooping cough or bubonic plague, they can't get any effective treatment, and can't afford to take time off work. So they carry on getting the bus and coughing and sneezing through the day, and infect lots of other people.
Remember that TB was eradicated by putting sufferers in sanitoriums, isolating them and giving them rest and whatever other treatments proved helpful. Your average McDonalds worker can't afford to spend 3 weeks in a sanitorium, so enjoy your burger.
Maybe he could reserve some of the money for shower gel and shampoo.
You're thinking of shrink-wrap or click-thru EULAs. There's no problem with a legally binding EULA if you put it on paper and have the customer sign it before they purchase the product. (Been there, done that.)
I blocked one of Slashdot's ad hosts the other week for exactly this problem. I don't mind ignoring ads on the page, but if the ads make the page take an extra 20 seconds to load, they go in the kill file.
I was in Best Buy a couple of days ago, and it's clear that Microsoft is spending enormous amounts of money to buy shelf space and display areas in major retailers. Custom plexiglass display stands, special silver and white shelving, prime end-of-row positioning, big display TVs, couches, posters on the windows, the works.
I didn't see anyone actually buying anything 360 related, though. Everyone was browsing the PS2, PSP and Nintendo handheld areas.
What color is your Wii?
The jokes aren't going away. There's an endless stream. You may be prepared to drink in the Wii, but the thing is going to be mocked endlessly.
Thanks for ruining my day.