All programmers are lazy. It's almost part of the definition.
Now, as a programmer, I have a limited amount of time. I can spend that time working out an elegant way to handle the rather clunky extensions mechanism of OpenGL, or I can spend it optimising DirectX.
If you're porting to a mobile platform, the chances are you'll want to rewrite your entire graphics engine anyway. The architecture is typically somewhat different so the same optimisations may not apply.
Seriously, once DirectX had support for hardware transform and Lighting it had more or less caught up.
OpenGL has a slight advantage in ease of setup, and for some applications the fact that it's state based works in the developers favour, but there's not a lot in it. Microsoft has been working very closely with the hardware manufacturers and making sure there's good support for features. The fact that there's a single company with a strong commitment to promoting their API has meant some serious leadership. The OpenGL consortium has been crippled from time to time by various members demanding certain compromises.
The patent doesn't seem particularly terrible on comparison with a lot of the ones we've seen. The example given is clearly chosen to be as inoffensive as possible whilst still being something that someone might plausibly want to keep to themselves.
So, I guess the story is "Microsoft is evil, patents are also evil, here's something that's potentially mildly offensive to easily offended comic book fans so this proves they're evil"
There is a difference between banning somebody from a game, and preventing them from installing it in the first place.
The difference seems pretty insignificant in this case.
They're two different ways of preventing the guy from playing the game. Either way, the guy's unable to use the game he bought. Seems unfair given that playing the game doesn't affect anyone else.
A royalty and an advance are different though. An advance is just a prepayment to allow the writer to write their book. Once royalties have repaid that, the author will get more money.
Could this be the end of stamp collections and philately?"
I always like these simple yes/no questions. In this case, the answer is "no".
You go to into a shop and buy some stamps and stick one on your letter. In a most cases it's a lot easier than texting a number and writing it on the package. This is a convenience for some people but not a replacement.
You don't have to use Java, I prefer to use Ruby (see Ruboto).
Maybe, but it makes sense to use Java. The basic tools use java, most of the tutorials assume this is the language you're using and most of the community is using it. Important for when you're learning.
Programmers are lazy. We like to use the most convenient tool. In my case I need to learn a new language anyway (C/C++ is not supported all that well) so might as well be Java.
Although in all of the case of media, the "number" can be changed to a very different one and still be infringing.
In this case it's not a copyright on the number at all. People want to portray it as such for rhetoric effect. It's copyright on a number in a specific context. The flag, on its own, is not infringing. The flag represented explicitly as a means to circumvent copyright is infringing. The flag as an illustration of a means to circumvent copyright probably isn't, but I could understand Wikipedia wanting to err on the side of caution here. If they get sued and win they're still out of pocket.
You've clearly never done games console development. VS2010 is way better than the industry standard tools for other console platforms.
As for Eclipse vs. VS2010, I just don't see it. Eclipse seems fine for the few days I've been using it but so does the most recent version of VS I used (I suspect it was 2008 but I could be mistaken).
As long as it has an integrated debugger I'm not to fussed.
They do give themselves away by banging on about the developer experience, when its a product aimed at consumers who don't give a fig about development.
If it was marketing people, surely they'd know abut this. But developers do care. Given an even choice, I'll pick the platforms that's easiest to develop for. Moire developers = more apps.
and definitely do not talk about silverlight! (besides, most phone devs want C/C++ development, not to rewrite everything they do for other platforms in.NET).
Speak for yourself. I want a language with memory management. Sure, some compatibility with C might be nice so I can add lua or something but I like that modern languages deal with memory for me.
In itself it uses very little of the earth's resources, and nobody is considering making a production version of this car.
What they're hoping to do is encourage people to go into engineering. It will be engineers who find ways to make cars more efficient or to replace them entirely.
Was the man suspended? Did his wife leave him? Were his kids taken away?
The only reason the false accuser is known is because of the punishment. The only people considering suing are the parents who feel the punishment is too extreme.
So really it seems the punishment is worse than the crime here.
Hmm... If there is criminal libel in this jurisdiction, it's unlikely that it would apply. Normally that would require intent to defame someone.
As for whether they libelled someone, that's a legal question, and not one that the school can arbitrarily decide. It's completely unfair to have the plaintiff and the court to be the same body.
Now then, for it to be actionable libel as a civil claim, the teacher would have to demonstrate that damage was done. Actual damage. Not hypothetical potential damage. Nobody believed that accusation, so there's no injury and no recourse.
This isn't an actual accusation. Nobody actually considered this to be anything other than kids using the meanest insult they know.
Has anyone, for an instant, considered it possible that this teacher is a pedophile or a rapist? They didn't and they wouldn't, and there was no intent to suggest that. It didn't affect anyone's life. I think we should have a little more restraint than that.
Well, kids know that it's an extremely hurtful thing to say... I don't know if they know why. Probably not. Kids are cruel. They just pick up on what's going to be most hurtful.
I sort of agree with that suspension is a pretty heavy handed response, although borderline acceptable. Not quite sure whether the school has jurisdiction here. Still, the kids need to know that this sort of thing is not acceptable behaviour.
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Yes, but some of us prefer directness over openness:)
All programmers are lazy. It's almost part of the definition.
Now, as a programmer, I have a limited amount of time. I can spend that time working out an elegant way to handle the rather clunky extensions mechanism of OpenGL, or I can spend it optimising DirectX.
If you're porting to a mobile platform, the chances are you'll want to rewrite your entire graphics engine anyway. The architecture is typically somewhat different so the same optimisations may not apply.
Seriously, once DirectX had support for hardware transform and Lighting it had more or less caught up.
OpenGL has a slight advantage in ease of setup, and for some applications the fact that it's state based works in the developers favour, but there's not a lot in it. Microsoft has been working very closely with the hardware manufacturers and making sure there's good support for features. The fact that there's a single company with a strong commitment to promoting their API has meant some serious leadership. The OpenGL consortium has been crippled from time to time by various members demanding certain compromises.
The patent doesn't seem particularly terrible on comparison with a lot of the ones we've seen. The example given is clearly chosen to be as inoffensive as possible whilst still being something that someone might plausibly want to keep to themselves.
So, I guess the story is "Microsoft is evil, patents are also evil, here's something that's potentially mildly offensive to easily offended comic book fans so this proves they're evil"
There is a difference between banning somebody from a game, and preventing them from installing it in the first place.
The difference seems pretty insignificant in this case.
They're two different ways of preventing the guy from playing the game. Either way, the guy's unable to use the game he bought. Seems unfair given that playing the game doesn't affect anyone else.
A royalty and an advance are different though. An advance is just a prepayment to allow the writer to write their book. Once royalties have repaid that, the author will get more money.
Could this be the end of stamp collections and philately?"
I always like these simple yes/no questions. In this case, the answer is "no".
You go to into a shop and buy some stamps and stick one on your letter. In a most cases it's a lot easier than texting a number and writing it on the package. This is a convenience for some people but not a replacement.
That's quite a high risk for few krona worth of postage.
The question was whether it was realistic, not whether it was adequate.
I seriously doubt that the book will sell in the same numbers for the next 10 months.
Could happen but it seems a little too optimistic.
How often were you making the same choice 3 times in a row? This happens surprisingly frequently in real life.
You don't have to use Java, I prefer to use Ruby (see Ruboto).
Maybe, but it makes sense to use Java. The basic tools use java, most of the tutorials assume this is the language you're using and most of the community is using it. Important for when you're learning.
Programmers are lazy. We like to use the most convenient tool. In my case I need to learn a new language anyway (C/C++ is not supported all that well) so might as well be Java.
Someone with the skills this guy obviously has is going to make more than $15000 in a year.
Although in all of the case of media, the "number" can be changed to a very different one and still be infringing.
In this case it's not a copyright on the number at all. People want to portray it as such for rhetoric effect. It's copyright on a number in a specific context. The flag, on its own, is not infringing. The flag represented explicitly as a means to circumvent copyright is infringing. The flag as an illustration of a means to circumvent copyright probably isn't, but I could understand Wikipedia wanting to err on the side of caution here. If they get sued and win they're still out of pocket.
You've clearly never done games console development. VS2010 is way better than the industry standard tools for other console platforms.
As for Eclipse vs. VS2010, I just don't see it. Eclipse seems fine for the few days I've been using it but so does the most recent version of VS I used (I suspect it was 2008 but I could be mistaken).
As long as it has an integrated debugger I'm not to fussed.
Interesting. Which IDE do you consider to be better?
They do give themselves away by banging on about the developer experience, when its a product aimed at consumers who don't give a fig about development.
.NET).
If it was marketing people, surely they'd know abut this. But developers do care. Given an even choice, I'll pick the platforms that's easiest to develop for. Moire developers = more apps.
and definitely do not talk about silverlight! (besides, most phone devs want C/C++ development, not to rewrite everything they do for other platforms in
Speak for yourself. I want a language with memory management. Sure, some compatibility with C might be nice so I can add lua or something but I like that modern languages deal with memory for me.
Well, based on experience of both, I'd say Visual studio is a much better development tool than Eclipse. I also prefer C# to Java or Objective C.
Some of us actually quite like Microsoft's dev tools. We're familiar with them and they do the job they do fairly well.
In itself it uses very little of the earth's resources, and nobody is considering making a production version of this car.
What they're hoping to do is encourage people to go into engineering. It will be engineers who find ways to make cars more efficient or to replace them entirely.
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Was the man suspended? Did his wife leave him? Were his kids taken away?
The only reason the false accuser is known is because of the punishment. The only people considering suing are the parents who feel the punishment is too extreme.
So really it seems the punishment is worse than the crime here.
Hmm... If there is criminal libel in this jurisdiction, it's unlikely that it would apply. Normally that would require intent to defame someone.
As for whether they libelled someone, that's a legal question, and not one that the school can arbitrarily decide. It's completely unfair to have the plaintiff and the court to be the same body.
Now then, for it to be actionable libel as a civil claim, the teacher would have to demonstrate that damage was done. Actual damage. Not hypothetical potential damage. Nobody believed that accusation, so there's no injury and no recourse.
This isn't an actual accusation. Nobody actually considered this to be anything other than kids using the meanest insult they know.
Has anyone, for an instant, considered it possible that this teacher is a pedophile or a rapist? They didn't and they wouldn't, and there was no intent to suggest that. It didn't affect anyone's life. I think we should have a little more restraint than that.
Well, kids know that it's an extremely hurtful thing to say... I don't know if they know why. Probably not. Kids are cruel. They just pick up on what's going to be most hurtful.
I sort of agree with that suspension is a pretty heavy handed response, although borderline acceptable. Not quite sure whether the school has jurisdiction here. Still, the kids need to know that this sort of thing is not acceptable behaviour.
They're at an age where they really need to learn that you can't throw around the pedophile accusation.