I just tried Hello World in Groovy and it took almost a whole second (measured with time: 0,7s avg, 0.952s max, 0.668s min) for it to run on my MacBookPro (latest high end 17" model, not ssd).
I'm writing a 68K emulator. Hello World in 68K machine code running in my emulator, itself running in another instance of the same emulator, running in a 68K application on Mac OS 9 (using Apple's 68K emulator) in SheepShaver (emulating PowerPC) on a 2.8 GHz MacBook Pro -- that's four levels of emulation, two of them completely unoptimized -- takes less than half a second.
Reminds me what Jason Newsted said, when asked for his response to people saying Metallica had sold out: "Yeah we sold out. We sold out every arena we played for the last five years."
It's sad, but true.
Apple was the hero of the day, but now they only care about the ecstasy of gold and bleeding me dry, and nothing else matters.
Also, a lot of people like to try to be cool and emulate "internet" practices by showing phone numbers as "999/999/9999", or even worse, "999.999.9999" when in fact that just causes confusion.
I suspect that the same sort of cargo cult mentality is behind the recent "mtn dew" branding. As if abbreviating your product name to resemble a Unix command is going to make it more popular.
Instead, they should make the can look like brushed aluminum, with a large white logo and no text on the front.
If someone invents a flying car.. the first person to rush to the patent office and file a patent for "GPS device in a flying car" will get the patent. "Door on flying car"..patent granted. "Bubble sort algorithm used in a computer system in a flying car".. patent granted.
Whereby it's assumed that speakers of other languages are stupid? Would you refuse to buy a Notable-brand dining room furniture set on the belief that it didn't in fact include a table?
Then again, Apple's second lineup of iMacs came in five 'flavors' (grape, blueberry, strawberry, tangerine, and lime) -- one for each color of the (old) Apple logo except yellow. I guess they didn't want to be selling a lemon.:-P
Trade secrets are reasonable, copyrights are reasonable, but patents are evil. Even copyrights extend for FAR too long. 15 years should be the absolute maximum.
It pains me to see people being sold this fear which is way out of proportion to the problem. Case in point, the way Halloween used to be vs what it is today. Parents have to escort their kids and only during daylight, and all because of urban ledgends and maybe one or two incedents in the country.
When I was young, before I was allowed any candy my parents would search the bag for harmful items, which is to say, fundamentalist Christian tracts.
I'm guessing organisations like Perverted Justice. Do-gooders who decided it is their duty to rid the world of child porn and those who distribute it. Perhaps well-intentioned, but like most vigilantee organisations there is a tendency for them to get carried away at times - their over-eagerness to use flimsy evidence and lack of legal knowledge often make it impossible to convict those suspects they accuse, and they have been known to dish out 'justice' themselves without trial by DDoSing websites or publicly identifying suspects when they judge the police to have failed.
I think he's advocating the murder of those with certain non-mainstream tastes.
Are you sure??? There are lots of variables in his argument and I'm not sure the math works...
Selectively quoted: "Person C watches and enjoys the violence in the film. Who gives a damn if it's a crime or not...Enjoying the rape is just plain sick. But I guess in someones demented thought process, it's just one of those freedoms we need to have and protect? It's a wonderful world we live in. Person C? That sicko needs help...off a tall cliff. We have no need for "them kind" in this world."
The GGGP is saying that people who enjoy violence (even in ways that are strictly legal) should be killed off. He favors thoughtcrime over freedom.
(In the future, please use the Quote Parent button or otherwise ensure that replies are properly quoted.)
Person A rapes a 7 year old or an 18 year old or a 40 year old. Person B films this act. Person C watches and enjoys the violence in the film. Who gives a damn if it's a crime or not...Enjoying the rape is just plain sick. But I guess in someones demented thought process, it's just one of those freedoms we need to have and protect? It's a wonderful world we live in. Person A and B should be in jail. Person C? That sicko needs help...off a tall cliff. We have no need for "them kind" in this world.
I have no idea what you are talking about...
I think he's advocating the murder of those with certain non-mainstream tastes.
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I just tried Hello World in Groovy and it took almost a whole second (measured with time: 0,7s avg, 0.952s max, 0.668s min) for it to run on my MacBookPro (latest high end 17" model, not ssd).
I'm writing a 68K emulator. Hello World in 68K machine code running in my emulator, itself running in another instance of the same emulator, running in a 68K application on Mac OS 9 (using Apple's 68K emulator) in SheepShaver (emulating PowerPC) on a 2.8 GHz MacBook Pro -- that's four levels of emulation, two of them completely unoptimized -- takes less than half a second.
I just don't see what the problem is.
Reminds me what Jason Newsted said, when asked for his response to people saying Metallica had sold out: "Yeah we sold out. We sold out every arena we played for the last five years."
It's sad, but true.
Apple was the hero of the day, but now they only care about the ecstasy of gold and bleeding me dry, and nothing else matters.
Oh well, at least the memory remains.
Gotta love the Woz.
I do. After seeing this Slashdot article, I drove to Los Gatos so I'd have a chance to chat with him for a bit.
I was the first one there who wasn't in line for an iPhone. :-)
Who is the bigger fool: the fool, or the fool who replies to his troll post?
And add a Space Core for good measure.
Better yet, a marine core, which supports everything from C to EEE. And it has built-in water cooling.
Intel should just throw an arm core in there with the x86 core.
Sure, and then a leg core. But that would make the cost prohibitive.
Either one beats "So, u `ls kill`?".
But every time someone uses "MM/DD/YYYY", god kills a kitten.
Every time god kills a kitten, I masturbate.
Also, a lot of people like to try to be cool and emulate "internet" practices by showing phone numbers as "999/999/9999", or even worse, "999.999.9999" when in fact that just causes confusion.
I suspect that the same sort of cargo cult mentality is behind the recent "mtn dew" branding. As if abbreviating your product name to resemble a Unix command is going to make it more popular.
Instead, they should make the can look like brushed aluminum, with a large white logo and no text on the front.
I think everyone at Noisebridge knows the Code Hero team. :-)
Your question is just another version of "What have the Romans ever done for us?" The answer is "a lot" and whoever modded you up should be ashamed of themselves.
No, "a lot" is the answer to a different question.
If someone invents a flying car .. the first person to rush to the patent office and file a patent for "GPS device in a flying car" will get the patent. "Door on flying car" ..patent granted. "Bubble sort algorithm used in a computer system in a flying car" .. patent granted.
You left out "Wireless email in a flying car".
aka The Chevy Nova Effect
Whereby it's assumed that speakers of other languages are stupid? Would you refuse to buy a Notable-brand dining room furniture set on the belief that it didn't in fact include a table?
Then again, Apple's second lineup of iMacs came in five 'flavors' (grape, blueberry, strawberry, tangerine, and lime) -- one for each color of the (old) Apple logo except yellow. I guess they didn't want to be selling a lemon. :-P
Hehehe... and in Dutch, it means "grandfather".
"Yeah, I wrote this program in grandfather and..." (voice trails off under whithering stare of boss)
This is why commercial entities do a namecheck before choosing names :)
But if the name was chosen before the checking policy was instituted, then they get to keep it. I think there's even a word for this practice...
Trade secrets are reasonable, copyrights are reasonable, but patents are evil. Even copyrights extend for FAR too long. 15 years should be the absolute maximum.
640 weeks should be enough for anyone.
It's safe to say that Slashdot and similar forums just have a higher than average proportion of anal retentives.
I prefer the term 'pedants'.
But I only share my location with my friends on Latitude. I never made Google one of my friends, so why should they have my location?
It pains me to see people being sold this fear which is way out of proportion to the problem. Case in point, the way Halloween used to be vs what it is today. Parents have to escort their kids and only during daylight, and all because of urban ledgends and maybe one or two incedents in the country.
When I was young, before I was allowed any candy my parents would search the bag for harmful items, which is to say, fundamentalist Christian tracts.
I'm guessing organisations like Perverted Justice. Do-gooders who decided it is their duty to rid the world of child porn and those who distribute it. Perhaps well-intentioned, but like most vigilantee organisations there is a tendency for them to get carried away at times - their over-eagerness to use flimsy evidence and lack of legal knowledge often make it impossible to convict those suspects they accuse, and they have been known to dish out 'justice' themselves without trial by DDoSing websites or publicly identifying suspects when they judge the police to have failed.
So it's not just a clever name...
I think he's advocating the murder of those with certain non-mainstream tastes.
Are you sure??? There are lots of variables in his argument and I'm not sure the math works...
Selectively quoted: "Person C watches and enjoys the violence in the film. Who gives a damn if it's a crime or not...Enjoying the rape is just plain sick. But I guess in someones demented thought process, it's just one of those freedoms we need to have and protect? It's a wonderful world we live in. Person C? That sicko needs help...off a tall cliff. We have no need for "them kind" in this world."
The GGGP is saying that people who enjoy violence (even in ways that are strictly legal) should be killed off. He favors thoughtcrime over freedom.
(In the future, please use the Quote Parent button or otherwise ensure that replies are properly quoted.)
Person A rapes a 7 year old or an 18 year old or a 40 year old. Person B films this act. Person C watches and enjoys the violence in the film. Who gives a damn if it's a crime or not...Enjoying the rape is just plain sick. But I guess in someones demented thought process, it's just one of those freedoms we need to have and protect? It's a wonderful world we live in. Person A and B should be in jail. Person C? That sicko needs help...off a tall cliff. We have no need for "them kind" in this world.
I have no idea what you are talking about...
I think he's advocating the murder of those with certain non-mainstream tastes.
And it's X Window (notice the absence of the S)
Linux runs X windows, for nonnegative values of X.
To insert the old car analogy, Apple users drive "automatics" while Windows users drive "standards."
I would have said that Windows users drive "manuals".
Isn't it trademark that covers the whole wishy-washy "look and feel" thing, or is that patents? I often get my Imaginary Property laws mixed up.
Neither. Apple claimed that Microsoft, by copying their "look and feel", was infringing their copyright.
I live in a laminocracy, where blades disembowel the rich and the poor with equal efficiency.
I think I know your architect.