coupled with the hard-as-nails win2k/xp combination hmmm... beginning to suspect you have no idea what you're talking about. it was hard getting past the hard-as-nails part. i have a new computer in my lab right now that won't install win2k and is locked up in the (default) install process where it thinks it's already installed but it really isn't.
dominant desktop (and a good one it is now - really this is fact if you have to use them all day long) dominant in marketshare only... i find it endless frustrating and difficult to use. Macs are infinitely easier to use and as far as I'm concerned, so is KDE. I used to use Win9x/NT before I found linux.
can't see the difference between Java and C# Java - multi-platform
C# - windows only (you don't think MS is going to extend C# like they tried to extend Java for windows?)
So, if you have a server running, it has to be windows if you develop in C#. Now, you'd have to be insane to use windows as a production-level server. Unix is the only way to go... thus, Java.
Sure, I think Java could use some competition but seriously, a Microsoft Windows-only solution is not the answer.
C/C++ is unsafe because it allows to have pointers.
Java is safe because it doesn't.
C# is either safe or unsafe, depending on how you write the code?
So... why would we use C# in place of C++ for applications where safety isn't necessary (or more likely, practical)? and why use C# over Java when safety is desired?
Java doesn't have pointers... well, at least not that you (as the programmer) can see.
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Over half the worlds internet traffic travels through northern va (due to AOL and other thousand tech companies based in the area)... wouldn't that make it the heart/center of the internet?
A few years ago, when I was a 2nd or 3rd year at Virginia Tech, some professor implemented a cheating detector into the automated grader for a class called Intro to C++.
Prior to that year, VT had an average of 75 cheating violations for the WHOLE university (25000+ students). For that one class, on one assignment, 150 students were found cheating by the cheating detector... out of the 500 or so students in the class.
um... have you ever looked at Microsoft track records about stuff like that? I would not trust the permissions surrounding.NET's applets (e.g. lock on file system access)... I can't wait for the first applet with a buffer overflow access violation that gives a hacker full access to a Windows server.
I'd find it more surprising that hackers weren't already at work trying to hack.NET. Imagine the free pickings some criminally-inclined hacker could have...
all the credit card numbers, personal info, etc they ever desired about people who are on average probably pretty clueless (otherwise, they wouldn't be using.NET most likely)
Final Fantasy had no plot
LOTR (the books) has quite probably one of the `deepest` plots ever in a book.
If they managed to strip all the plot from the movie, I doubt it would be getting all the rave reviews.
um, i think you're school has a name issue... any CS department that teachs VB and setting up MS-NT servers has an identity crisis... That's Computer Information Systems (CIS) or Management Information Systems(MIS) or some other similiar critter and belongs under the Business dept or something. CS is about theories and taught at a fundamental level... something that CAN'T be done with MS products (in general). You learn C/C++ to solve problems on a Unix platform. My CS dept, a respected and perhaps one of the better ones in the US, didn't teach any MS-specific stuff.
It's all about the leverage...
Microsoft has a monopoly... none of those other companies have a monopoly.
A Monopoly in, and of itself, is not necessarily a bad thing. If I make a successful product that is so successful to gain 100% of the marketshare, well, good for me. (this isn't what Microsoft did though but that's a different story)
However, when you ABUSE a monopoly, such as leveraging your power into another market, that is ILLEGAL.
e.g. Your Oracle thing... if Oracle gets the deal with the National ID card, good for Oracle. However, if Ellison then tells you that you have to watch Oracle TV through your Oracle GameBox if you want to use your ID, *that* is illegal.
substitute National ID for Passport, Oracle TV for MSNBC, and Oracle Box for XBox...
Does anyone else remember how wonderful it felt that the DoJ was doing something about Microsoft's bullying tactics several years ago? We all hoped it would finally be the end of the abuse.
Then, the ruling came down... They are a monopoly and they will be stricken down. People-in-the-know were amazed... The DoJ proved it could compete with new-age, tech-savvy companies.
Now, it seems the DoJ has proven just the opposite. They got the affirmation that it was a monopoly and then decided that was "good enough"... we don't need to punish them.
Almost as if they just wanted to prove they were a monopoly but didn't really want to do anything about it.
If the DoJ has there way now, Microsoft is virtually given a carte blanche to (attempt to) dominate our lives in the living room (XBox), on the internet (.NET), in the news (MSNBC), etc.
Truly a sad moment in the history of the US (if not the world).
PC: Civilization 3, Return To Castle Wolfenstein, Commandos2, Tribes 2
PS2: Metal Gear Solid 2, Devil May Cry, Grand Theft Auto3
GameCube: Super Smash Brother Melee, Rogue Squadron 2, Super Monkey Ball, Waverace
XBox: A severe beating and maybe Halo
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you know, that same argument could be made about driving cars too... much of the risk is entirely in your control.
perhaps i'm an idealist but i find it totally disheartening that my beloved US of A is punishing its citizens by supporting microsoft's practices.
anyone else reminded of batman...
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The movie with the Riddler? Where he creates these boxes that sit on your TV and take over your thoughts? Are we sure that was Jim Carrey and not Bill Gates in that costume?:)
Microsoft: "What do you want to think today?"
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Microsoft has never released a successful product on the try.
On the other hand, they are remarkable capable of throwing money at a bad solutions endlessly so that by about version 3, they have a successful (not necessarily a high-quality) product that gives them a monopoly.
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uh, i read somewhere Nintendo was having a combined $450 million dollar campaign for gamecube and gameboy advance... marketing them together, so to speak.
the point is... MICROSOFT said IE could not be taken out of Windows. It is an integral piece of Windows according to Microsoft. So if an integral part of Windows has a bug, Windows has a bug!
Of course, If IE can be removed from Windows, Microsoft has lied before the courts.
Either way, Microsoft is either lying or has another bug in their OS. Which way would you like to have it, Mr Gates?
you're kidding right?! i didn't think anyone out there liked CTP. it got terrible reviews, everyone i've ever talked to said it was worse than terrible, and it sold poorly. civ1,2,3 and ac all have the depth and balance to create a truly immersive game... something CTP really lacked
First there was Civ and unto the world was brought great happiness for the tech-savvy masses who found it except when they were fired from their job, their wife left them without them even realizing, and his feet started sprouting moss.
Time passed and the tech-savvy masses found a new wife, a new job, and cleaned their feet of all foliage.
Alas, it was not to be, for out came Civ2 and true enlightenment was brought forth to the world. Unfortunately, this resulted in the second wife leaving, the boss leaving a message on the machine indicating your jobless status, and the moss came back for all those tech-savvy folks.
Many years passed and though the masses found yet another wife, yet another job, and cleaned their feet for what they hoped was the last time, many bad things also happened. First Activision got up in arms and forced Microprose to allow them to create their own bastardized form, Civ2-Call To Power. Microprose then went bye-bye and up to the big software company heaven in the sky. The great ones (Sid and Brian) then struck out on their own, without rights to lengthen the TRUE Civ legacy. They did colonize other worlds in Alpha Centauri but it just wasn't the same to many.
Fortunately, the sun broke through and shined on the tech-savvy masses and Sid has brought a new Civ, true to the legacy...
In all honesty, just divorce your wife now, call your boss and tell him you aren't coming into work for a few months, and get some Tinactin for your feet.
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sorry but i can't let this go...
coupled with the hard-as-nails win2k/xp combination
hmmm... beginning to suspect you have no idea what you're talking about. it was hard getting past the hard-as-nails part. i have a new computer in my lab right now that won't install win2k and is locked up in the (default) install process where it thinks it's already installed but it really isn't.
dominant desktop (and a good one it is now - really this is fact if you have to use them all day long)
dominant in marketshare only... i find it endless frustrating and difficult to use. Macs are infinitely easier to use and as far as I'm concerned, so is KDE. I used to use Win9x/NT before I found linux.
can't see the difference between Java and C#
Java - multi-platform
C# - windows only (you don't think MS is going to extend C# like they tried to extend Java for windows?)
So, if you have a server running, it has to be windows if you develop in C#. Now, you'd have to be insane to use windows as a production-level server. Unix is the only way to go... thus, Java.
Sure, I think Java could use some competition but seriously, a Microsoft Windows-only solution is not the answer.
C/C++ is unsafe because it allows to have pointers.
Java is safe because it doesn't.
C# is either safe or unsafe, depending on how you write the code?
So... why would we use C# in place of C++ for applications where safety isn't necessary (or more likely, practical)? and why use C# over Java when safety is desired?
Java doesn't have pointers... well, at least not that you (as the programmer) can see.
Over half the worlds internet traffic travels through northern va (due to AOL and other thousand tech companies based in the area)... wouldn't that make it the heart/center of the internet?
A few years ago, when I was a 2nd or 3rd year at Virginia Tech, some professor implemented a cheating detector into the automated grader for a class called Intro to C++.
Prior to that year, VT had an average of 75 cheating violations for the WHOLE university (25000+ students). For that one class, on one assignment, 150 students were found cheating by the cheating detector... out of the 500 or so students in the class.
Funny as hell
In the Land of Microsoft where the Shadows lie.
um... have you ever looked at Microsoft track records about stuff like that? I would not trust the permissions surrounding .NET's applets (e.g. lock on file system access)... I can't wait for the first applet with a buffer overflow access violation that gives a hacker full access to a Windows server.
I'd find it more surprising that hackers weren't already at work trying to hack .NET. Imagine the free pickings some criminally-inclined hacker could have...
all the credit card numbers, personal info, etc they ever desired about people who are on average probably pretty clueless (otherwise, they wouldn't be using .NET most likely)
Final Fantasy had no plot
LOTR (the books) has quite probably one of the `deepest` plots ever in a book.
If they managed to strip all the plot from the movie, I doubt it would be getting all the rave reviews.
um, i think you're school has a name issue... any CS department that teachs VB and setting up MS-NT servers has an identity crisis... That's Computer Information Systems (CIS) or Management Information Systems(MIS) or some other similiar critter and belongs under the Business dept or something. CS is about theories and taught at a fundamental level... something that CAN'T be done with MS products (in general). You learn C/C++ to solve problems on a Unix platform. My CS dept, a respected and perhaps one of the better ones in the US, didn't teach any MS-specific stuff.
It's all about the leverage...
Microsoft has a monopoly... none of those other companies have a monopoly.
A Monopoly in, and of itself, is not necessarily a bad thing. If I make a successful product that is so successful to gain 100% of the marketshare, well, good for me. (this isn't what Microsoft did though but that's a different story)
However, when you ABUSE a monopoly, such as leveraging your power into another market, that is ILLEGAL.
e.g. Your Oracle thing... if Oracle gets the deal with the National ID card, good for Oracle. However, if Ellison then tells you that you have to watch Oracle TV through your Oracle GameBox if you want to use your ID, *that* is illegal.
substitute National ID for Passport, Oracle TV for MSNBC, and Oracle Box for XBox...
Does anyone else remember how wonderful it felt that the DoJ was doing something about Microsoft's bullying tactics several years ago? We all hoped it would finally be the end of the abuse.
Then, the ruling came down... They are a monopoly and they will be stricken down. People-in-the-know were amazed... The DoJ proved it could compete with new-age, tech-savvy companies.
Now, it seems the DoJ has proven just the opposite. They got the affirmation that it was a monopoly and then decided that was "good enough"... we don't need to punish them.
Almost as if they just wanted to prove they were a monopoly but didn't really want to do anything about it.
If the DoJ has there way now, Microsoft is virtually given a carte blanche to (attempt to) dominate our lives in the living room (XBox), on the internet (.NET), in the news (MSNBC), etc.
Truly a sad moment in the history of the US (if not the world).
PC: Civilization 3, Return To Castle Wolfenstein, Commandos2, Tribes 2
PS2: Metal Gear Solid 2, Devil May Cry, Grand Theft Auto3
GameCube: Super Smash Brother Melee, Rogue Squadron 2, Super Monkey Ball, Waverace
XBox: A severe beating and maybe Halo
you know, that same argument could be made about driving cars too... much of the risk is entirely in your control.
perhaps i'm an idealist but i find it totally disheartening that my beloved US of A is punishing its citizens by supporting microsoft's practices.
The movie with the Riddler? Where he creates these boxes that sit on your TV and take over your thoughts? Are we sure that was Jim Carrey and not Bill Gates in that costume? :)
Microsoft: "What do you want to think today?"
Microsoft has never released a successful product on the try.
On the other hand, they are remarkable capable of throwing money at a bad solutions endlessly so that by about version 3, they have a successful (not necessarily a high-quality) product that gives them a monopoly.
uh, i read somewhere Nintendo was having a combined $450 million dollar campaign for gamecube and gameboy advance ... marketing them together, so to speak.
Based on MS history, the X-Box will flop...
the point is... MICROSOFT said IE could not be taken out of Windows. It is an integral piece of Windows according to Microsoft. So if an integral part of Windows has a bug, Windows has a bug!
Of course, If IE can be removed from Windows, Microsoft has lied before the courts.
Either way, Microsoft is either lying or has another bug in their OS. Which way would you like to have it, Mr Gates?
i was just giving you a hard time... some of us are forced to use a lot of stuff we don't desire to, especially at work.
you admit to running XP?! on /.?!?! man, you've got some balls!
btw, you deserve to rot in hell you microsoft lackey
fine i'll tell you again but just because you asked...
it's NOT different.
now we can all go back to linux (or our win98 partition for those who couldn't resist civ3)
Don't you know? Of course it's going to run slower: It's got all those extra features that win2k didn't have like um... hmmm...
you're kidding right?! i didn't think anyone out there liked CTP. it got terrible reviews, everyone i've ever talked to said it was worse than terrible, and it sold poorly. civ1,2,3 and ac all have the depth and balance to create a truly immersive game... something CTP really lacked
First there was Civ and unto the world was brought great happiness for the tech-savvy masses who found it except when they were fired from their job, their wife left them without them even realizing, and his feet started sprouting moss.
Time passed and the tech-savvy masses found a new wife, a new job, and cleaned their feet of all foliage.
Alas, it was not to be, for out came Civ2 and true enlightenment was brought forth to the world. Unfortunately, this resulted in the second wife leaving, the boss leaving a message on the machine indicating your jobless status, and the moss came back for all those tech-savvy folks.
Many years passed and though the masses found yet another wife, yet another job, and cleaned their feet for what they hoped was the last time, many bad things also happened. First Activision got up in arms and forced Microprose to allow them to create their own bastardized form, Civ2-Call To Power. Microprose then went bye-bye and up to the big software company heaven in the sky. The great ones (Sid and Brian) then struck out on their own, without rights to lengthen the TRUE Civ legacy. They did colonize other worlds in Alpha Centauri but it just wasn't the same to many.
Fortunately, the sun broke through and shined on the tech-savvy masses and Sid has brought a new Civ, true to the legacy...
In all honesty, just divorce your wife now, call your boss and tell him you aren't coming into work for a few months, and get some Tinactin for your feet.