So far I know that the source does not blame Microsoft or.NET for that matter. It appears to have been some sort of network problem.
A network problem which simultaneously affected the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, which uses the same software as per TFA? That's some interesting network topology.
When are we going to get a new high-performance, clean, simple, meta-programmable, incrementally-compilable language to replace C++ with?
Java?
Everyone is focused on these dynamic languages with JITs and bloated runtimes and garbage collectors. They may give decent performance if you can arrange a suitably ideal environment for them to run in. We can't use them for game engines, though.
A demolition expert would never do it that way because they couldn't guarantee that in a fall that long that the supports on one side wouldn't give way more quickly than another, causing a tilt.
And it doesn't seem odd to you that the incredibly unlikely event of all four sides giving way at exactly the same speed for the entire height of the building, actually happened? Twice?
At the risk of starting a programming language holy war, can someone explain to me why someone would choose to start a new project in Perl instead of Python?
The whitespace thing. Not touching Python because of it, and I'd even use Perl to avoid it.
I just don't get why it isn't being fixed for Python 3000. Hasn't Guido von Rossum admitted that the whitespace thing was a mistake in retrospect?
Whether OO is being fixed in Perl 6 is very much a matter of opinion. It's certainly being changed, but it was reading the planned directions for Perl 6 OO that made me learn Ruby. method doit (::?CLASS $self: $a, $b, $c) {... } and $locator = -> $root, $x, $y { $root.[$x]{$y}[3] } ? No thanks.
Sure, you can adopt best practices and write readable Perl code. The problem is, eventually you have to use someone else's Perl code. My experience is that I'm much more likely to be able to understand someone's Java or Ruby code than anything on CPAN. That holds true even for bad Java code that throws up a zillion warnings in Eclipse/PMD.
Funny, I'd say the exact opposite. Python_s _explosion of __underscores is much more annoying than the occasional @ found in Ruby, and knowing that a block has ended with "end" is much easier than visually matching indentation levels.
I've been bitten too many times by companies killing off products. Also, my experience in the past has been that the first thing you need to do with a Solaris box is install all the GNU tools anyway, to replace the broken awk, broken sed, etc. So really, why would I want the non-GNU licensed tools available if I'm not going to use them?
I was a Solaris admin back in the early 90s. I preferred SYSV to BSD for a lot of things. But at this point, I'm just not seeing a compelling reason to go back. Sure, ZFS sounds nice, but I don't really want a system that's slower and more RAM-hungry than Linux, and I don't want an OS with a GPL-incompatible license.
Don't you know that John McCain has a comprehensive economic plan that will create millions of good American jobs, ensure our nation's energy security, get the government's budget and spending practices in order, and bring relief to American consumers?
If IBM puts on Lotus Smartsuite for Linux or Lotus Notes for Linux, then people would have a reason for buying an IBM Windows free machine.
There's already a Lotus Notes for Linux. There has been for over a year now. You might want to try the beta of 8.5 too.
SmartSuite isn't going to be ported to Linux because it has too much legacy win32-specific and proprietary-licensed code in it. Plus, nobody but a tiny number of diehards cares about SmartSuite anyway. So why try and retrofit ODF support to SmartSuite, when you can build a suite that was designed for ODF from the ground up?
The problem is, there are a lot of people like me who are terrible with names, and remember things based on position. This is an issue with the new KDE 4.1 K menu, which seems to assume that everyone remembers names of programs.
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A network problem which simultaneously affected the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, which uses the same software as per TFA? That's some interesting network topology.
No, but I can point to the New York Stock Exchange, which uses AIX and Linux.
That way I can watch it on Linux, Mac, PS3, my phone, iPod, PSP, ...
Java?
I beg to differ.
That must be why the business class seats are always empty eh?
Yeah, I had exactly the same idea over 3 years ago. It doesn't even need to be the government that does it.
And it doesn't seem odd to you that the incredibly unlikely event of all four sides giving way at exactly the same speed for the entire height of the building, actually happened? Twice?
Have you ever mentioned to your father that he was a complete douchebag?
These days #3 is dealt with by using JSON, which has very little bloat over a binary protocol.
The whitespace thing. Not touching Python because of it, and I'd even use Perl to avoid it.
I just don't get why it isn't being fixed for Python 3000. Hasn't Guido von Rossum admitted that the whitespace thing was a mistake in retrospect?
Whether OO is being fixed in Perl 6 is very much a matter of opinion. It's certainly being changed, but it was reading the planned directions for Perl 6 OO that made me learn Ruby. method doit (::?CLASS $self: $a, $b, $c) { ... } and $locator = -> $root, $x, $y { $root.[$x]{$y}[3] } ? No thanks.
Sure, you can adopt best practices and write readable Perl code. The problem is, eventually you have to use someone else's Perl code. My experience is that I'm much more likely to be able to understand someone's Java or Ruby code than anything on CPAN. That holds true even for bad Java code that throws up a zillion warnings in Eclipse/PMD.
Funny, I'd say the exact opposite. Python_s _explosion of __underscores is much more annoying than the occasional @ found in Ruby, and knowing that a block has ended with "end" is much easier than visually matching indentation levels.
I don't see the open source community rallying around to support a CDDL-licensed OS if the vendor loses interest, unlike a GPL-licensed OS.
I've been bitten too many times by companies killing off products. Also, my experience in the past has been that the first thing you need to do with a Solaris box is install all the GNU tools anyway, to replace the broken awk, broken sed, etc. So really, why would I want the non-GNU licensed tools available if I'm not going to use them?
I was a Solaris admin back in the early 90s. I preferred SYSV to BSD for a lot of things. But at this point, I'm just not seeing a compelling reason to go back. Sure, ZFS sounds nice, but I don't really want a system that's slower and more RAM-hungry than Linux, and I don't want an OS with a GPL-incompatible license.
Don't you know that John McCain has a comprehensive economic plan that will create millions of good American jobs, ensure our nation's energy security, get the government's budget and spending practices in order, and bring relief to American consumers?
Maybe you need to sit at normal viewing distances.
Got the PS3 for gaming, but thought since I had it anyway, I might as well upgrade to Blu-ray where available in my Netflix queue.
Compared to my upscaling DVD player with Faroudja chip, also connected to the HDTV via HDMI, the difference is really marginal.
Given the downsides that Blu-ray for me currently has working copy protection and region coding, I'm not buying any Blu-ray discs for the time being.
Oh, and...
There's already a Lotus Notes for Linux. There has been for over a year now. You might want to try the beta of 8.5 too.
SmartSuite isn't going to be ported to Linux because it has too much legacy win32-specific and proprietary-licensed code in it. Plus, nobody but a tiny number of diehards cares about SmartSuite anyway. So why try and retrofit ODF support to SmartSuite, when you can build a suite that was designed for ODF from the ground up?
[Opinions mine, not IBM's.]
Symphony has a dumbed-down UI that is probably more approachable to naive users.
But to the average Slashdot reader, no, there's no point in using Symphony rather than OO.org.
But since both use ODF, there's no reason not to pick whichever one you like, and switch if the mood takes you. Aren't open standards wonderful?
[Opinions mine, not IBM's.]
Really? How about the guy who lost his job when his consenting sexual activity was publicized by Fortuny?
Or the woman who was publicly humiliated when her husband's infidelity was publicized?
Or the couple who had a consenting open relationship, but were publicly humiliated?
KDE 4 doesn't clone the Windows UI.
Unfortunately.
The GNOME team already got behind Microsoft technologies. Mono ships as part of the GNOME desktop, it's required for running Tomboy and F-Spot.
Nice theory, but in practice the GNOME desktop includes Mono, so apparently the devs changed their minds.
The problem is, there are a lot of people like me who are terrible with names, and remember things based on position. This is an issue with the new KDE 4.1 K menu, which seems to assume that everyone remembers names of programs.