You've comitted the gravest sin of them all, asked a question about Windows XP on Slashdot. Three nerds will arrive at your door shortly with the Linux CD and baseball bat.
You don't have to wait - pretty much all of big stuff has already happened in the 2.5 series. 2.6 is the next stable series, which (usually) means no big architectural changes. What's going on now is testing to ensure that the 2.5 series is stable enough to be considered for a release as "2.6.0".
With the new technology known as a hyperlink, we can simply click a location on the screen and be taken to the article, instead of having to go to xml.net and find it ourself.
People complain about government intruding in our lives, restricting what we do, not protecting our rights when the RIAA attacks, but that all goes away the minute the same stuff happens to people you don't like.
Spam is a problem that should be taken care of by the free market, not government. Just because it's easier to pass a law than deal with the actual issues doesn't mean that's the better choice.
I think the editors are launching their own DOS attacks to supplement the Slashdot effect in order to get more people to subscribe. Four posts in and the server isn't even responding.
You can patent a method for doing something. Just like you can patent a physical invention, you can patent a software invention.
If I develop a new engine with twice the power and four times the mileage of the internal combustion engine, I can patent it. If I develop (for example) a virtual machine implementation (like VMWare) that runs with only a 5% performance degradation, I should be able to patent the methods I used to achieve that, as well.
Granted some (most) software patents are ridiculous (like the Amazon 1-Click patent - that's akin to patenting the doorknob), but some aren't.
There's no way this won't be turned over on appeal. Ebay has enough PR clout that they can easily raise a real stink about this in the mainstream press.
Maybe this will prove to be the best thing that happened for patent law in recent history. It could lead to some actual productive reforms...
Aside from the opportunities for abuse of operator overloading, I don't think it's really that important in Java since it was never intended as a language for anything heavy on calculation (being interpreted and all).
There's nothing wrong with Java, other than the fact that it's not as fast as C++. People just like to whine about it because they're worried they might have to learn something new one day.
Hopefully they'll let existing iPod for Windows users use it as well - MusicMatch Jukebox (the software they bundle with the Windows versions) is a buggy, bloated, slow, unstable, unintuitive and unfunctional piece of crap. And EphPod keeps corrupting itself.
Bullshit. If the warranty states they won't honor it if you use 3rd party heatsinks, that's it. End of story. They're the ones offering the warranty - you can take it or leave it. The law doesn't force them to offer a warranty at all.
If we're going to make Slashdot into Freshmeat (which is fine with me, to a point), submitters should at least include information on what the program actually does!
Especially when the server is Slashdotted (admittedly not the case here) and the rest of us are wondering: "should I care about this?"
I've been using Opera for over 8 months, and to be honest I can't think of any sites I've visited that haven't rendered properly on Opera. It works great. Even microsoft.com functions properly.
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You've comitted the gravest sin of them all, asked a question about Windows XP on Slashdot. Three nerds will arrive at your door shortly with the Linux CD and baseball bat.
You don't have to wait - pretty much all of big stuff has already happened in the 2.5 series. 2.6 is the next stable series, which (usually) means no big architectural changes. What's going on now is testing to ensure that the 2.5 series is stable enough to be considered for a release as "2.6.0".
With the new technology known as a hyperlink, we can simply click a location on the screen and be taken to the article, instead of having to go to xml.net and find it ourself.
Argh...
People complain about government intruding in our lives, restricting what we do, not protecting our rights when the RIAA attacks, but that all goes away the minute the same stuff happens to people you don't like.
Spam is a problem that should be taken care of by the free market, not government. Just because it's easier to pass a law than deal with the actual issues doesn't mean that's the better choice.
I'd be happy to stay out of the personal affairs of anyone with the name "Acidic Diarrhea".
Ok, it doesn't work that way. That's like saying two arms is better than one because you can reach things twice as far away.
Just like having two arms, having 64 bits is an advantage, but not for the reasons you state.
Holy shit! Not only that, it's so big it extends 10 days into the fourth dimension!
(This story was posted 10 days ago)
>I'd rather get sick of whatever they're trying to cure.
We'll miss you - rabies is fatal.
I think the editors are launching their own DOS attacks to supplement the Slashdot effect in order to get more people to subscribe. Four posts in and the server isn't even responding.
Because the only reason people buy Apple hardware is for the Mac OS (and related software).
You can patent a method for doing something. Just like you can patent a physical invention, you can patent a software invention.
If I develop a new engine with twice the power and four times the mileage of the internal combustion engine, I can patent it. If I develop (for example) a virtual machine implementation (like VMWare) that runs with only a 5% performance degradation, I should be able to patent the methods I used to achieve that, as well.
Granted some (most) software patents are ridiculous (like the Amazon 1-Click patent - that's akin to patenting the doorknob), but some aren't.
Hopes and dreams? We're talking about video card benchmarks!
There's no way this won't be turned over on appeal. Ebay has enough PR clout that they can easily raise a real stink about this in the mainstream press.
Maybe this will prove to be the best thing that happened for patent law in recent history. It could lead to some actual productive reforms...
You can buy a copy of the robot base they are using, but it doesn't include the cybernetic rat brain.
How many ordinary, Joe Schmoe-type MPAA/RIAA customers are even aware of what those organization are doing?
Aside from the opportunities for abuse of operator overloading, I don't think it's really that important in Java since it was never intended as a language for anything heavy on calculation (being interpreted and all).
There's nothing wrong with Java, other than the fact that it's not as fast as C++. People just like to whine about it because they're worried they might have to learn something new one day.
Ten months...500 days...something's wrong here.
Hopefully they'll let existing iPod for Windows users use it as well - MusicMatch Jukebox (the software they bundle with the Windows versions) is a buggy, bloated, slow, unstable, unintuitive and unfunctional piece of crap. And EphPod keeps corrupting itself.
Bullshit. If the warranty states they won't honor it if you use 3rd party heatsinks, that's it. End of story. They're the ones offering the warranty - you can take it or leave it. The law doesn't force them to offer a warranty at all.
All the hype around the Matrix sequels leads me to only one conclusion:
These movies are going to suck.
*highlights*
*Ctrl-C*
*Ctrl-V*
*Prints Letter*
*Launches Gnutella*
If we're going to make Slashdot into Freshmeat (which is fine with me, to a point), submitters should at least include information on what the program actually does!
Especially when the server is Slashdotted (admittedly not the case here) and the rest of us are wondering: "should I care about this?"
I've been using Opera for over 8 months, and to be honest I can't think of any sites I've visited that haven't rendered properly on Opera. It works great. Even microsoft.com functions properly.
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