> be amazed how much you can achieve if you don't tie yourself to the EJB dead horse.
EJBs do have their place. They are good for distibuting your objects across servers when the data processing is so costly that it outweighs the cost of remote invocation.
The problem with EJBs is that everyone tried to use them for everything, and later realised that they were using an expensive (processing wise) hammer to crack a nut.
JMS and MDBs also shouldn't be ignored...they too have their place.
To claim that EJBs are a p-o-s is to ignore the applications where they do work...
"More than two dozen teams around the world are involved in the competition. Many of these teams, realising that SpaceShipOne would in all probability take the X-Prize on Monday, are already setting their sights on orbital flight.
Ahhhh....I've always steered clear of Weblogic (as it costs money) and stuck with Jboss/Tomcat (and now Hibernate too)... It's a lot less restrictive... (and having had a quick go with Weblogic, I feel your pain):-(
> Its' not the case in Java where it sounds like there's only 1 way to do each thing
I take it from this comment that you haven't actually tried java. You can "explorate" to your hearts content, and there are many ways of doing the same thing (some obviously better than others)
> mostly because of the plethora of APIs (WebLogic, etc.) that corporations force you to use over it...
Now this comment just has me bamboozled... You mean that Weblogic holds sway over you and force you to code in one way over another? Surely weblogic is just an appserver? Which runs code designed to the standard J2EE API spec? The same as using Tomcat , JBoss or Geronimo or even Hibernate? (All of which are free and opensource, and follow the same J2EE spec that Weblogic does -- they just solve separate parts of it, and can be combined to do it all if you require)... I fail to see how this is a corporation forcing you to use one method of coding?
Sure, if you are only going to look at one way of achieving your goals, then there is only one way to go...
There has been a massive speed-up in the load time...
Muscle fatigue...
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...is surely the problem with all these designs?
How many hours a day (out of an 8 hour day) do you think you could hold something (even of tiny mass like a mouse) in the air, away from your body.
And what happens when you want to type/relax/urinate? You put it down, lose your place in 3d space, and have to get it back to the same position to continue?
It's a nice hack, don't get me wrong, but there's a reason why helicopters use a 2 handed control system rather than a mouse. Doing it all with one hand just isn't very accurate, easy, or safe...
> Can cellphones really disrupt your average PC in as much as they might ignite petrol fumes...
No, but they can put everybody else within earshot off their work, and into a slow state of boiling rage...
Listening to three other people's incessant mindless babbling over their mobiles for a few hours is a good way to get nothing done, and really angry about it...
I'm guessing their reasoning for banning your mobile is just common courtesy...
IANAL either, and yes they are over separate issues.
IBM is being sued by SCO for breaking "...its contract by allowing parts of SCO's Unix V source code, licensed to IBM for use in AIX, to be used in the rival Linux operating system kernel.", wheras RedHat is suing SCO for "...making unsubstantiated and untrue public statements attacking Red Hat Linux and the integrity of the Open Source software development process..."
However, a victory for SCO (and such things have happened in recent legal history) would push their share price (and general-public opinion of them) ever upwards, and set a precident that would then have to be overturned...
Anything extremely interesting gets a big focus. I can play starcraft for like 6 hours non-stop, giving it my undivided attention. Reading a book for homework (when I was in school) was when my mind started 'changing channels.'
I don't have ADD, or ADHD, but that is true for me as well...isn't it just the fact that Starcraft is interesting, and homework is inherrantly dull (as you have to follow the path set by the tutor)?
I can forsee the mouse being replaced by an area of desktop that tracks my hand moving in three dimensions, with different finger extensions for click, double click, and I'm reaching for my cup of coffee dammit!;)
It looks more like the system from Actuality Systems. I am guessing it works by spinning a 180 degree screw shaped structure really quickly, and getting the timing right so you can project onto any point in space...
Bart: Uh, say, are you guys crooks?
Tony: Bart, um, is it wrong to steal a loaf of bread to feed your starving
family?
Bart: No.
Tony: Well, suppose you got a large starving family. Is it wrong to steal
a truckload of bread to feed them?
Bart: Uh uh.
Tony: And, what if your family don't like bread? They like... cigarettes?
Bart: I guess that's okay.
Tony: Now, what if instead of giving them away, you sold them at a price
that was practically giving them away. Would that be a crime, Bart?
Bart: Hell, no!
Tony: Enjoy your gift.
We've yet to see credit cards with your face on, smart cash cards that you load up at an atm, payment by biometric, payments by mobile phone, and all the other "labour and time saving" ideas the EPOS manufacturers keep banging on about in order that they sell more tills...
Bring back the abacus, and the bartering system...
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>> Pounds and Euros have been a goo investment over the past couple of years.
;-)
Thanks for the advice!!
I have now put all my money in goo!
Oh...hang on...
http://toxsci.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/full/77/ 1/126 t oxicity i cityscience0304.pdf
;-)
http://nanopedia.cwru.edu/NanoPage.php?page=lung.
http://www.ece.neu.edu/edsnu/mcgruer/nano/nanotox
Which would be safer? A Carbon Nanotube vest, or an asbestos sweater?
> be amazed how much you can achieve if you don't tie yourself to the EJB dead horse.
EJBs do have their place. They are good for distibuting your objects across servers when the data processing is so costly that it outweighs the cost of remote invocation.
The problem with EJBs is that everyone tried to use them for everything, and later realised that they were using an expensive (processing wise) hammer to crack a nut.
JMS and MDBs also shouldn't be ignored...they too have their place.
To claim that EJBs are a p-o-s is to ignore the applications where they do work...
> JBoss is not a quality server, with or without docs.
Or apparently, justification...
I'm glad I don't have mod points, as I'd have a hard choice deciding between Funny and Insightful ;)
It's the Slashdot equivalent of saying "No offense" after doubting someone's parentage to their face ;)
Ahhhh....I've always steered clear of Weblogic (as it costs money) and stuck with Jboss/Tomcat (and now Hibernate too)... It's a lot less restrictive... (and having had a quick go with Weblogic, I feel your pain) :-(
> Its' not the case in Java where it sounds like there's only 1 way to do each thing
I take it from this comment that you haven't actually tried java. You can "explorate" to your hearts content, and there are many ways of doing the same thing (some obviously better than others)
> mostly because of the plethora of APIs (WebLogic, etc.) that corporations force you to use over it...
Now this comment just has me bamboozled... You mean that Weblogic holds sway over you and force you to code in one way over another? Surely weblogic is just an appserver? Which runs code designed to the standard J2EE API spec? The same as using Tomcat , JBoss or Geronimo or even Hibernate? (All of which are free and opensource, and follow the same J2EE spec that Weblogic does -- they just solve separate parts of it, and can be combined to do it all if you require)... I fail to see how this is a corporation forcing you to use one method of coding?
Sure, if you are only going to look at one way of achieving your goals, then there is only one way to go...
> ok, it got faster, but still not as fast as C++ too.
;-)
> I guess this will finally come but when ?
Errr...
Java 1.4 was comparable in speed to C++ (except obviously for Trig which got a huge overhaul in 1.4 and slowed down some)
It really depends how you write you code... Sloppy C++ code can be slow too..
Have you tried JRE 1.5?
There has been a massive speed-up in the load time...
...is surely the problem with all these designs?
How many hours a day (out of an 8 hour day) do you think you could hold something (even of tiny mass like a mouse) in the air, away from your body.
And what happens when you want to type/relax/urinate? You put it down, lose your place in 3d space, and have to get it back to the same position to continue?
It's a nice hack, don't get me wrong, but there's a reason why helicopters use a 2 handed control system rather than a mouse. Doing it all with one hand just isn't very accurate, easy, or safe...
Borland announced the release of Delphi 5 on 1999/07/19
http://www.drbob42.com/Delphi5/
Which would seem to be prior to March 6th, 2000
> Can cellphones really disrupt your average PC in as much as they might ignite petrol fumes...
No, but they can put everybody else within earshot off their work, and into a slow state of boiling rage...
Listening to three other people's incessant mindless babbling over their mobiles for a few hours is a good way to get nothing done, and really angry about it...
I'm guessing their reasoning for banning your mobile is just common courtesy...
IANAL either, and yes they are over separate issues.
;)
IBM is being sued by SCO for breaking "...its contract by allowing parts of SCO's Unix V source code, licensed to IBM for use in AIX, to be used in the rival Linux operating system kernel.", wheras RedHat is suing SCO for "...making unsubstantiated and untrue public statements attacking Red Hat Linux and the integrity of the Open Source software development process..."
However, a victory for SCO (and such things have happened in recent legal history) would push their share price (and general-public opinion of them) ever upwards, and set a precident that would then have to be overturned...
Noting is certain in love and law
If IBM lose, won't it have a detrimental effect on the Red Hat case?
g &m ode=basics&selected=SCOX
And none of this seems to be having much effect on the SCO share prices...if anything, then end of March saw an upswing in their value...
http://quotes.nasdaq.com/quote.dll?page=chartin
Anything extremely interesting gets a big focus. I can play starcraft for like 6 hours non-stop, giving it my undivided attention. Reading a book for homework (when I was in school) was when my mind started 'changing channels.'
I don't have ADD, or ADHD, but that is true for me as well...isn't it just the fact that Starcraft is interesting, and homework is inherrantly dull (as you have to follow the path set by the tutor)?
Not EVERY story is an April fool's joke...
And they surely have to be funny or amusing to pass the criteria required by an April Fools?
"IF Quake Takes Fragging To Whole New Level" -- Amusing April Fools story
"British Chicken-Warmed Nuke" -- Amusing April Fools story (maybe)
This one... not amusing, it's just a question...
He keeps a blog on the YakYak forum with screenshots of WIP :)
I can forsee the mouse being replaced by an area of desktop that tracks my hand moving in three dimensions, with different finger extensions for click, double click, and I'm reaching for my cup of coffee dammit! ;)
Actually, the Hitachi one seems to be spinning a flat plane, rather than a screw... The screw based method is described here
It looks more like the system from Actuality Systems. I am guessing it works by spinning a 180 degree screw shaped structure really quickly, and getting the timing right so you can project onto any point in space...
Bart: Uh, say, are you guys crooks?
Tony: Bart, um, is it wrong to steal a loaf of bread to feed your starving
family?
Bart: No.
Tony: Well, suppose you got a large starving family. Is it wrong to steal
a truckload of bread to feed them?
Bart: Uh uh.
Tony: And, what if your family don't like bread? They like... cigarettes?
Bart: I guess that's okay.
Tony: Now, what if instead of giving them away, you sold them at a price
that was practically giving them away. Would that be a crime, Bart?
Bart: Hell, no!
Tony: Enjoy your gift.
It's going to be (AFAIK) a surcharge added for delivery to the UK...so I guess they will be hit by the same price hike.
Ahhh...the joys of living on an island...is there anything in the UK that's cheaper than mainland Europe?
Don't Panic!!
We've yet to see credit cards with your face on,
smart cash cards that you load up at an atm,
payment by biometric,
payments by mobile phone,
and all the other "labour and time saving" ideas the EPOS manufacturers keep banging on about in order that they sell more tills...
Bring back the abacus, and the bartering system...
That's what I say...