Firebird is open source (read: free). It's based on the the well-known InterBase. It probably even outperforms Oracle, while simultaneously being a lot less complicated and buggy. California taxpayers may now commence screaming.
Buzzzt! Guess again. Please stay up on current events. Many African countries are quite stable, or at least stable enough to sustain healthy economies and attract investment. Namibia, Botswana, Kenya, South Africa, Egypt and Morocco come to mind as good examples.
It's understood that Yahoo! is using Google as a *secondary* search engine. Yahoo! continues to display items from their directory before showing the Google results. Thus, Yahoo! is not only stealing the zeitgeist, but also search results.:)
It *does* work that way. Humankind has oftentimes created solutions to problems created by earlier solutions. That's how progress happens.
The U.S. *currently* has the largest per capita CO2 emissions. But also consider that China has a much larger population, and their economy is developing rather quickly. Before long, China will rival the U.S. in CO2 emissions. So, it's a wonder that short-sighted environmentalist/socialists continue to want China to be let off the hook.
Nevertheless, this American supports increased efficiencies, not just because it helps the environment, but also the economy. And developing alternative power sources is an excellent thing to strive for. Before long, solar and other sources will be far more cost-effective than fossil fuels.
It's amazing to see the advances in what appears (to the non-programmer) to be a set of simple technologies coming out of little ol' Google. They're putting all the other search engines to shame, esp. including Yahoo!. Even Yahoo! is stealing ideas from Google, such as the really cool Zeitgeist.
As there are many environmentalist/socialists intent on destroying the global capitalist economy via greenhouse gas reduction standards (and letting Red China off the hook), there will be many against doing something that actually *fixes* the problem. The good environmentalists, who want a healthy planet *and* a vibrant economy, should do everything possible to support ideas like the CO2 extractor. Humankind was "industrious" enough to create the problem, and thus we can fix it too. Perhaps we'll finally be able to have our cake and eat it too... that is, until the fossil fuels run out.
Lindows is certainly an admirable effort for bringing Linux to the desktop, but by GPL'ing it, they agreed to a contract. Contract law is contract law, and therefore, a lawsuit should be filed ASAP. This isn't about community whining, it's about the rule of law and protection of the GPL itself. Lindows CEO Robertson must be made to tow the line, before he gets his company and Lindows too far out of line. There shouldn't be any exceptions.
What makes Java different from another once-hyped language, like Delphi, is that Java has actually reached a critical mass with the guru-level developers and the best development shops and has maintained it for at least a couple years. This means that there will be plenty of Java maintenance work lying around for years, if not decades to come. You can't say the same about Delphi. Most shops in the U.S. have already vacated Borland technologies (even though they're better than MS Visual Studio crap, of course).
So, bring on C# and.NET. J2EE needs competition, and thus Java development is bound to get better and better, and stick around longer and longer.
.NET is great when you run a wine storage facility and one day, most of the storage shelves fall over, breaking all the bottles. Then, you can use the almighty.NET to change the price in one button click!
Peanut gallery: Hmmm... I thought any well-designed inventory/price control system could handle that.
The ability to resale is an important element of consumer power over corporate control, and therefore consumers must act as citizens to fight efforts like this by the Authors Guild. The Authors Guild is just acting like an ugly stepchild of the MPAA and RIAA, but the beauty of this situation is that the resale of books has *long* since been settled in U.S. copyright law.
In terms of democracy, individuals have the right to vote with their yard sales. If a book is crap, it deserves to have its retail sales depressed.
I wish they would call this kind of attack a DoL (Denial of Liberty) or a DoC (Denial of Commerce). By disrupting our online work, whether it's for social, political or commercial reasons, these evil ones are practicing a soft form of terrorism.
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Well, certainly this nascent organization can choose to not accept donations and/or participation from entities (such as the MPAA) that are considered to be against what the organization stands for. Would the NRA accept contributions from Handgun Control?
OSI, it turns out, is *opposed* to initiatives and referendums, period. Hmmm... opposed to expanding public participation in the formulation of public policy. Doesn't sound like an "Open Society" to me. Rather, it sounds like they're working to build a more closed society that reflects only the views of OSI and, at the same time, doesn't have the democratic ability to challenge those views.
This is exactly why it befuddles me why militant Arab Muslims continue to express hatred at the "American government." Apparently based on their undemocratic experiences, they have no way of understanding that the American people put that government there! Our leaders are essentially doing what we want them to do (although certainly our democracy could stand some improvement).
But if these militants then think that this justifies "suicide bombings" and the like, they'll have another thing coming. The American mindset currently isn't very far away from agreeing to the idea of unleashing heck on particular countries in the Middle East to essentially ensure that America survives. And survive she must.
U.S., the current world capital of greed and selfishness
I'm a U.S. citizen, and I find this to be quite an absurd idea. Yes, the U.S. is the richest country on Earth (We Earned It!). But we also give away a *lot* of our wealth to the third world in the form of food/medicine aid. And our oftentimes needed military interventions are *extremely* costly. The United States is arguably rather generous compared to regions like Europe, who rarely lifts a finger (monetarily speaking) in hot-spot conflict resolution.
I'm afraid that opinions like yours are just rants borne from a backward socialist mindset or to be more generous, you're very poor and you're expecting an even bigger handout.
Yes, what I just said might easily be taken as harsh, but please realize that people who have been "battle-hardened" by capitalism get to a point where we/they simply cannot appreciate the whines of people who would choose not to work for what they get in life, but instead would choose to have their government send sacks of free rice to their doorstep on an ongoing basis.
To give an utterly trivial, but possibly instructive example, there was a planning application by McDonalds to build a drive-in very near to where I live in the South-West suburbs of London. There was virtually unanimous local opposition to this, expressed in public meetings, petitions and letters to local and national politicians, but it still got built. And the trash is being dropped in front of my house. Am I likely to feel better or worse about globalisation and American culture than before?
Would you believe that scenarios like this play out inside the United States as well? Yes, it's true. But it's not "American culture" that's the problem. It's blind, anti-community corporatism from transnational corporations based in the USA and many other first-world countries (although I readily admit American companies usually have a much higher profile, esp. in the realm of fast food.:)
If I were you, I would direct my anger at figuring out why your local democracy failed, and what steps can be taken to ensure that the community's voice is heard in the next go-round (and believe you-me, there will be another go-round).
Globalism in and of itself isn't bad. Spreading American values of freedom, democracy, pluralism and free market capitalism is a Good Thing (TM).
If you want a term that really defines the problem that the "Anti-Globalism" protesters are hung up about, go with "Overextended Transnational Corporatism Usurping Sovereign Democratic Decision-making".
If it weren't 4/1, I'd be deeply afraid that AOL were trying to quash all new political thought that often seeks to encourage radical changes in the current state of politics. But it *is* 4/1, so I be happy.:)
It's a shame to see the Democrats commit the final p-off to the Populists it absorbed a century ago. I'm wondering if it might be high time to create a new Populist Party for the 21st century. A party that fights for public interests and the public domain. A party that fights overextended corporatism and wins. A party that's centrist, practical and a breath of fresh air!
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Firebird is open source (read: free). It's based on the the well-known InterBase. It probably even outperforms Oracle, while simultaneously being a lot less complicated and buggy. California taxpayers may now commence screaming.
Buzzzt! Guess again. Please stay up on current events. Many African countries are quite stable, or at least stable enough to sustain healthy economies and attract investment. Namibia, Botswana, Kenya, South Africa, Egypt and Morocco come to mind as good examples.
It's understood that Yahoo! is using Google as a *secondary* search engine. Yahoo! continues to display items from their directory before showing the Google results. Thus, Yahoo! is not only stealing the zeitgeist, but also search results. :)
It *does* work that way. Humankind has oftentimes created solutions to problems created by earlier solutions. That's how progress happens.
The U.S. *currently* has the largest per capita CO2 emissions. But also consider that China has a much larger population, and their economy is developing rather quickly. Before long, China will rival the U.S. in CO2 emissions. So, it's a wonder that short-sighted environmentalist/socialists continue to want China to be let off the hook.
Nevertheless, this American supports increased efficiencies, not just because it helps the environment, but also the economy. And developing alternative power sources is an excellent thing to strive for. Before long, solar and other sources will be far more cost-effective than fossil fuels.
It's amazing to see the advances in what appears (to the non-programmer) to be a set of simple technologies coming out of little ol' Google. They're putting all the other search engines to shame, esp. including Yahoo!. Even Yahoo! is stealing ideas from Google, such as the really cool Zeitgeist.
As there are many environmentalist/socialists intent on destroying the global capitalist economy via greenhouse gas reduction standards (and letting Red China off the hook), there will be many against doing something that actually *fixes* the problem. The good environmentalists, who want a healthy planet *and* a vibrant economy, should do everything possible to support ideas like the CO2 extractor. Humankind was "industrious" enough to create the problem, and thus we can fix it too. Perhaps we'll finally be able to have our cake and eat it too... that is, until the fossil fuels run out.
Lindows is certainly an admirable effort for bringing Linux to the desktop, but by GPL'ing it, they agreed to a contract. Contract law is contract law, and therefore, a lawsuit should be filed ASAP. This isn't about community whining, it's about the rule of law and protection of the GPL itself. Lindows CEO Robertson must be made to tow the line, before he gets his company and Lindows too far out of line. There shouldn't be any exceptions.
What makes Java different from another once-hyped language, like Delphi, is that Java has actually reached a critical mass with the guru-level developers and the best development shops and has maintained it for at least a couple years. This means that there will be plenty of Java maintenance work lying around for years, if not decades to come. You can't say the same about Delphi. Most shops in the U.S. have already vacated Borland technologies (even though they're better than MS Visual Studio crap, of course).
So, bring on C# and .NET. J2EE needs competition, and thus Java development is bound to get better and better, and stick around longer and longer.
.NET is great when you run a wine storage facility and one day, most of the storage shelves fall over, breaking all the bottles. Then, you can use the almighty .NET to change the price in one button click!
Peanut gallery: Hmmm... I thought any well-designed inventory/price control system could handle that.
Troll: A gnome... A mean, angry gnome.
Whoops... that's actually a hobgoblin. :)
The ability to resale is an important element of consumer power over corporate control, and therefore consumers must act as citizens to fight efforts like this by the Authors Guild. The Authors Guild is just acting like an ugly stepchild of the MPAA and RIAA, but the beauty of this situation is that the resale of books has *long* since been settled in U.S. copyright law.
In terms of democracy, individuals have the right to vote with their yard sales. If a book is crap, it deserves to have its retail sales depressed.
Now if they can make Mozilla cohabitate successfully with Netscape on the same box for testing purposes, that would be just swell. :)
I submitted the story about the Simputer on August 21 of last year! How about some belated karma points? :)
I wish they would call this kind of attack a DoL (Denial of Liberty) or a DoC (Denial of Commerce). By disrupting our online work, whether it's for social, political or commercial reasons, these evil ones are practicing a soft form of terrorism.
Well, certainly this nascent organization can choose to not accept donations and/or participation from entities (such as the MPAA) that are considered to be against what the organization stands for. Would the NRA accept contributions from Handgun Control?
Flash camera out in the sunshine? :) Oh, *that* Flash.
OSI, it turns out, is *opposed* to initiatives and referendums, period. Hmmm... opposed to expanding public participation in the formulation of public policy. Doesn't sound like an "Open Society" to me. Rather, it sounds like they're working to build a more closed society that reflects only the views of OSI and, at the same time, doesn't have the democratic ability to challenge those views.
This is exactly why it befuddles me why militant Arab Muslims continue to express hatred at the "American government." Apparently based on their undemocratic experiences, they have no way of understanding that the American people put that government there! Our leaders are essentially doing what we want them to do (although certainly our democracy could stand some improvement).
But if these militants then think that this justifies "suicide bombings" and the like, they'll have another thing coming. The American mindset currently isn't very far away from agreeing to the idea of unleashing heck on particular countries in the Middle East to essentially ensure that America survives. And survive she must.
I'm a U.S. citizen, and I find this to be quite an absurd idea. Yes, the U.S. is the richest country on Earth (We Earned It!). But we also give away a *lot* of our wealth to the third world in the form of food/medicine aid. And our oftentimes needed military interventions are *extremely* costly. The United States is arguably rather generous compared to regions like Europe, who rarely lifts a finger (monetarily speaking) in hot-spot conflict resolution.
I'm afraid that opinions like yours are just rants borne from a backward socialist mindset or to be more generous, you're very poor and you're expecting an even bigger handout.
Yes, what I just said might easily be taken as harsh, but please realize that people who have been "battle-hardened" by capitalism get to a point where we/they simply cannot appreciate the whines of people who would choose not to work for what they get in life, but instead would choose to have their government send sacks of free rice to their doorstep on an ongoing basis.
Would you believe that scenarios like this play out inside the United States as well? Yes, it's true. But it's not "American culture" that's the problem. It's blind, anti-community corporatism from transnational corporations based in the USA and many other first-world countries (although I readily admit American companies usually have a much higher profile, esp. in the realm of fast food. :)
If I were you, I would direct my anger at figuring out why your local democracy failed, and what steps can be taken to ensure that the community's voice is heard in the next go-round (and believe you-me, there will be another go-round).
Take care,
Steve
Globalism in and of itself isn't bad. Spreading American values of freedom, democracy, pluralism and free market capitalism is a Good Thing (TM).
If you want a term that really defines the problem that the "Anti-Globalism" protesters are hung up about, go with "Overextended Transnational Corporatism Usurping Sovereign Democratic Decision-making".
will have a field day with this. And he'll actually believe this and all the other stories today.
Watch out for his upcoming corporatism-gone-amok rant.
If it weren't 4/1, I'd be deeply afraid that AOL were trying to quash all new political thought that often seeks to encourage radical changes in the current state of politics. But it *is* 4/1, so I be happy. :)
PHP is so easy to setup and use, and simultaneously quite powerful, that I often find myself spent before I can make it to the bedroom! :)
PHP: Helping Developers World-wide Cream Their Shorts.
It's a shame to see the Democrats commit the final p-off to the Populists it absorbed a century ago. I'm wondering if it might be high time to create a new Populist Party for the 21st century. A party that fights for public interests and the public domain. A party that fights overextended corporatism and wins. A party that's centrist, practical and a breath of fresh air!
I must be dreaming... :)