Why doesn't java use the operating system to provide that information in the first place?
Same reason they don't use the operating system to provide locale information. It's easier to do the lazy thing and implement your own locale system than work out how to interface to the POSIX one.
Same reason Python used to do the same. (I think Python may now use the OS locale, though.)
This is a strong overstatement, if M$ never released another version of windows you would still find windows being installed on new machine 30 years from now.
I don't know about that. In the 1970s, CP/M was as dominant as Windows was in the 1990s. When's the last time you saw CP/M being installed on a new machine?
Internal redistribution or not, there is always a chance that you may want to give some variation of the software to client/subsidiary company/whatever - and opening source at this moment (which might be linked to some in-house prioprietary libraries in meantime) is just not worth the effort.
Presumably you have a blanket ban on commercial software too, then, as it's not like you can redistribute that as you wish either.
Thanks for the correction. Conclusion still applies though. App Store doesn't allow shared libraries and has mandatory license terms incompatible with the LGPL.
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I switched to Ruby from Perl back when Perl 6 was in the early stages of development. I haven't regretted it at all. There are more Ruby Gems than CPAN packages now, the regexps are just as good, and the language syntax is so much cleaner.
Back on Ruby 1.8, Perl was about twice as fast, but these days Ruby has improved a lot, and there are also options like JRuby and Rubinius.
Can't you stipulate your app only works on ICS and certain phones?
Sure, he can. Last time I did some work on my app, I made a bunch of changes that require OS 4 and above. People with older phones still get the old version.
Even though Walmart has almost 3 times the revenue (447 billion vs 156) I know which company I'd rather be working for, or in charge of, or have stock in.
1. Give complete control to Apple, who are already abusive assholes. 2. Give complete control to Microsoft, who are already abusive assholes. 3. Give complete control to the phone company, who are already abusive assholes. 4. Give very little control to Google, but maybe one day they'll start to be abusive. 5. Do without a phone.
From where I'm sitting, #4 looks like the least bad.
...but I want to be able to have the ability to use microSD cards to keep my media on and be able to easily change it in and out...
If you put your music on Google Music, you can tap-hold on an album or artist and select "Keep on device", and it'll cache it on the device for offline listening. When you're tired of it, uncheck the same option and it'll be garbage-collected.
Honestly, dicking around with sync programs and SD cards would be much harder work.
They need something like that for movies. I suspect it'll come eventually.
It's always a little amazing to see how people cheer on the leaks and cracks when they appear in a closed system, yet continue to support these closed systems with their money and attention when open systems are available.
What open game console has a decent selection of games?
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Gotta love their timing on this, given that Tor was just compromised using JavaScript malware.
In my password vault application I have 74 web sites over 15 computer logins
I work with computers and do a lot of online shopping, so I have over 600 login/password combinations in mine. Seriously.
Because the sexual moors of the early 20th century and prior are something we want to return to?
Is that the ghost of Myra Hindley I hear?
That doesn't explain why Java doesn't use the OS information for date and time formats and other i18n issues.
Why doesn't java use the operating system to provide that information in the first place?
Same reason they don't use the operating system to provide locale information. It's easier to do the lazy thing and implement your own locale system than work out how to interface to the POSIX one.
Same reason Python used to do the same. (I think Python may now use the OS locale, though.)
This is a strong overstatement, if M$ never released another version of windows you would still find windows being installed on new machine 30 years from now.
I don't know about that. In the 1970s, CP/M was as dominant as Windows was in the 1990s. When's the last time you saw CP/M being installed on a new machine?
Actually the US is first in nearly nothing, particularly if you prorate things per capita.
Nonsense!
The US is #1 in teenage pregnancies, #1 in gun ownership, #1 in healthcare costs, ...
Internal redistribution or not, there is always a chance that you may want to give some variation of the software to client/subsidiary company/whatever - and opening source at this moment (which might be linked to some in-house prioprietary libraries in meantime) is just not worth the effort.
Presumably you have a blanket ban on commercial software too, then, as it's not like you can redistribute that as you wish either.
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I've understood for years that I couldn't rely on anything in my butt that was new, experimental, or not terribly well known.
Man, cloud to butt keeps delivering in hilarity...
Thanks for the correction. Conclusion still applies though. App Store doesn't allow shared libraries and has mandatory license terms incompatible with the LGPL.
(For those saying, "we'll never see this on iOS, well, Apple has "let in" Skype & Viber, so why not?)
Jitsi is GPL, and Apple's mandatory license terms are incompatible with GPL software.
Are you getting lots of ERR_NETWORK_CHANGED errors? There's a Chromium ticket about that...
Android 4.1 has full emoji support.
I switched to Ruby from Perl back when Perl 6 was in the early stages of development. I haven't regretted it at all. There are more Ruby Gems than CPAN packages now, the regexps are just as good, and the language syntax is so much cleaner.
Back on Ruby 1.8, Perl was about twice as fast, but these days Ruby has improved a lot, and there are also options like JRuby and Rubinius.
Can't you stipulate your app only works on ICS and certain phones?
Sure, he can. Last time I did some work on my app, I made a bunch of changes that require OS 4 and above. People with older phones still get the old version.
Even though Walmart has almost 3 times the revenue (447 billion vs 156) I know which company I'd rather be working for, or in charge of, or have stock in.
I suspect you haven't looked at AAPL's stock price recently.
I used to swear by the Pilot V5, but these days I prefer a Uniball Gel RT. They're smoother. Slightly better than the G2 as well.
Meanwhile, they're forcing Google+ instant-uploads on people to encourage them to use it.
No they aren't. You can turn that off.
Right now my options are:
1. Give complete control to Apple, who are already abusive assholes.
2. Give complete control to Microsoft, who are already abusive assholes.
3. Give complete control to the phone company, who are already abusive assholes.
4. Give very little control to Google, but maybe one day they'll start to be abusive.
5. Do without a phone.
From where I'm sitting, #4 looks like the least bad.
...but I want to be able to have the ability to use microSD cards to keep my media on and be able to easily change it in and out...
If you put your music on Google Music, you can tap-hold on an album or artist and select "Keep on device", and it'll cache it on the device for offline listening. When you're tired of it, uncheck the same option and it'll be garbage-collected.
Honestly, dicking around with sync programs and SD cards would be much harder work.
They need something like that for movies. I suspect it'll come eventually.
They're not going bankrupt, and they cover the whole country in the same way AT&T does — patchily outside urban areas.
Do PC games typically work well with a controller? I was under the impression that they generally needed a mouse and keyboard.
And buying a PS3 and Wii which last 5-6 years is still cheaper than a PC with upgrades every couple of years.
The Windows PC option has two big problems though.
1. Windows. So it's not going to be open for long, if Microsoft have anything to do with it. (See: Windows 8.)
2. PC. So I can't play it slumped on the couch on a big screen TV.
There's also the cost aspect.
It's always a little amazing to see how people cheer on the leaks and cracks when they appear in a closed system, yet continue to support these closed systems with their money and attention when open systems are available.
What open game console has a decent selection of games?