Just think of it; we will finally see how much space fungus our satellites are gathering up there in orbit. An inspection of the Hubble and other elderly satellites up there might very well become an extraterrestrial biology safari.
At the current rate of this technology, I won't have to worry about cholesterol anymore; we'll probably have nanoprobes run through our bloodstream in the future, burning up that plaque in the arteries.
Seriously, haven't you ever sat in on a job interview with a geek? When Java is mentioned, he suddenly bursts into, "Well, I can make your webpage shine and sparkle, I can make the logos spin, I can have interactive pull-down menus, I can have the logo turn into a smiley face whenever the user hovers his mouse pointer over the banner ad..."
Well, what can you do about setting up a database for us with your Java experience?
[Dead silence]
The biggest problem with Java is not with Java itself; it's with the naïve software engineers who only want to do "neato-cool" things with it. This makes Java engineers look more like effeminate interior designers.
Another problem with Java is its inherent latency. Java servlets perform, on average,at one fourth the speed of a comparable perl or ASP database. For instance, Winamp's entire server is run on Java servlets. It currently runs half as fast as Slashdot (which we already know, is kinda slow already). Add AOL's outdated unix server, a slow client computer, and an even slower connection, and you've got a really bad experience on the client side.
Don't denounce me for not knowing; I plead ignorance since the page can't load. But I hope JFS doesn't stand for what I think it does. (Java File System).
It's interesting to see, in the very same city where the software engineers were selected by Microsoft, a *nix expo. I wonder if this will lead to a reaction similar to that of combining a strong base and strong acid, or even worse, matter and anti-matter, or time and anti-time. Food for thought for the Trekkies in us.
"They asked for no special intellectual property rights, and indeed except for NDAs no contracts were signed. However, they requested that we provide feedback on what would make the platform better for Mercury, and what criticism (or praise) we (as language designers and implementors) could give on their work."
Microsoft invited programmers from Melbourne to Redmond without having them sign contracts; only a NDA which is commonplace in any software company. So, from now on, if I catch anyone else blindly claiming that Microsoft is evil, I will show them this evidence!
One argument that Microsoft is evil is that they "tainted" Sun's Java source. The truth is, they optimized it for speed and performance. It seems that Microsoft was only trying to take Java in the right direction.
Seriously, would you buy a monitor that only displays 90x90? Right, you'd wait until something better comes out! Same thing goes with this: until it gets better and cheaper, it's just a techie tinkertoy. Unless you're filthy-rich and wouldn't mind seeing this thing slip into obsolescence (see also: ENIAC, UNIVAC, Intergraph, and that Origin 2000 being sold by Id), just wait until this milestone gets overshadowed by the next advance in this technology.
Until that time, there's still good-old hardware accelerated 3D, rasterized to fit your standard monitor.
Seriously, I'm too afraid to even go to netscape.com, out of fear that even venturing to their website will cause instability. I've already heard hell with the JavaScript compiler and rendering engine. Haven't they considered the possibility of actually making a faster browser? Personally, I think that browsers already have more than enough functions as they are. It's time to start optimizing for speed and stop squeezing in little widgets which chew up 2 MB of RAM and 5% of CPU time each.
Remember, JavaScript is a half-valid excuse for programmers to make uncompiled work. Sure it's cross-platform, but it's SLOW!
Seriously, you need 64MB of RAM just to run the OS without hanging. Windows ME still only needs 32MB to run by itself; and you can chop off a few megs from that by using Win98lite.
"Mr. Diamond called it "laughable" that the Justice Department, while struggling to assure the public that Carnivore does not intrude on individuals' privacy, could not protect the privacy of review-team members."
That's just too funny and too scary at the same time. If I ever witness a crime, they can count me out of the Federal Witness Protection Program; I'm moving to Tahiti!
By what I've heard, they're going to let gravity take over and have Mir burn up in the atmosphere.
Am I the only one reminded of The Andromeda Strain when I read the Mir articles?
I say that we don't de-orbit Mir. I say that we launch a Progress freighter with really powerful retro-rockets and enough C4 to blow the Empire State Building in half. When Mir is more than 1 AU away from Earth, we blow that building-sized petri dish to smithereens!
...the new web browser feature to block out DNS entries with specific TLDs. I don't know about you, but I redirect all the damn ad pages to 127.0.0.1 in my/etc/hosts file (that is, E:\WINNT\System32\drivers\etc\hosts, hehe). Doubleclick should be forced to use the TLD of.ads. That way, we can block them out at will.
"Getting back to point, "Fahrenheit 451" was not about burning books, so much as control of the press and information distribution. Reading was not a crime (as the movie may have suggested), reading certain books were."
That was one of my points. I don't know how you linked "Fahrenheit 451" to the book-burning part (I did separate those two with a two-line gap, didn't I?). I know that F451 wasn't just about burning books; it was about thought control. I see it already; the RIAA, MPAA, and FBI trying to supress "crimethink". I wonder which federal agency will be put in charge with burning all those books, maybe the ATF...
Slashdot itself is an example of the virtual community. So far, there hasn't been an example of any kind of pyramid scheme at all (except for the troll and L337 H4X0R posts building up).
Personally, I would throw this moron's dissertation in the trash can.
Slashdot Mirror
At the current rate of this technology, I won't have to worry about cholesterol anymore; we'll probably have nanoprobes run through our bloodstream in the future, burning up that plaque in the arteries.
Well, what can you do about setting up a database for us with your Java experience?
[Dead silence]
The biggest problem with Java is not with Java itself; it's with the naïve software engineers who only want to do "neato-cool" things with it. This makes Java engineers look more like effeminate interior designers.
Another problem with Java is its inherent latency. Java servlets perform, on average,at one fourth the speed of a comparable perl or ASP database. For instance, Winamp's entire server is run on Java servlets. It currently runs half as fast as Slashdot (which we already know, is kinda slow already). Add AOL's outdated unix server, a slow client computer, and an even slower connection, and you've got a really bad experience on the client side...or we'll all be running around in the streets, being chased by furniture, screaming, "HELP!! CHAIR!! HELP!! CHAIR!!"
itty bitty living space!
Don't denounce me for not knowing; I plead ignorance since the page can't load. But I hope JFS doesn't stand for what I think it does. (Java File System).
Dillinger: "Now, wait a minute, I wrote you!"
MCP: "I'VE GOTTEN 4,915 TIMES SMARTER SINCE THEN."and this:
Sarc: "Users wrote us. A user even wrote you!"
MCP: "No one user wrote me; I'm worth millions of their man years."It's interesting to see, in the very same city where the software engineers were selected by Microsoft, a *nix expo. I wonder if this will lead to a reaction similar to that of combining a strong base and strong acid, or even worse, matter and anti-matter, or time and anti-time. Food for thought for the Trekkies in us.
You can't even quote from Sun webpages about this. How can you even begin to prove these outrageous claims?
Microsoft invited programmers from Melbourne to Redmond without having them sign contracts; only a NDA which is commonplace in any software company. So, from now on, if I catch anyone else blindly claiming that Microsoft is evil, I will show them this evidence!
One argument that Microsoft is evil is that they "tainted" Sun's Java source. The truth is, they optimized it for speed and performance. It seems that Microsoft was only trying to take Java in the right direction.
Until that time, there's still good-old hardware accelerated 3D, rasterized to fit your standard monitor.
Remember, JavaScript is a half-valid excuse for programmers to make uncompiled work. Sure it's cross-platform, but it's SLOW!
I've seen a similar T-shirt. On the front, in big lettering, it says: "Federal Witness Protection Program". Underneath that: "You Don't Know Me."
I've seen Windows 2000 run perfectly on a Pentium 60 with 32 megs of RAM. It ran kinda like 98 on a 486, but it ran.
Let's call it "Arse Technica." I can see it now...
That's not bad, considering that only eight years ago, 10 rubles was worth 8 cents.
Seriously, you need 64MB of RAM just to run the OS without hanging. Windows ME still only needs 32MB to run by itself; and you can chop off a few megs from that by using Win98lite.
That's just too funny and too scary at the same time. If I ever witness a crime, they can count me out of the Federal Witness Protection Program; I'm moving to Tahiti!
At least give me credit for using the DIV tag to properly display the mailing address! All those other ninnies did was cut and paste!
Am I the only one reminded of The Andromeda Strain when I read the Mir articles?
I say that we don't de-orbit Mir. I say that we launch a Progress freighter with really powerful retro-rockets and enough C4 to blow the Empire State Building in half. When Mir is more than 1 AU away from Earth, we blow that building-sized petri dish to smithereens!
JVTeam, LLC
1120 Vermont Avenue., NW Washington, DC 20005 USA +1 202 533-2600...the new web browser feature to block out DNS entries with specific TLDs. I don't know about you, but I redirect all the damn ad pages to 127.0.0.1 in my /etc/hosts file (that is, E:\WINNT\System32\drivers\etc\hosts, hehe). Doubleclick should be forced to use the TLD of .ads. That way, we can block them out at will.
Who wants to bet that someone will try to squeeze Linux on this thing?
That was one of my points. I don't know how you linked "Fahrenheit 451" to the book-burning part (I did separate those two with a two-line gap, didn't I?). I know that F451 wasn't just about burning books; it was about thought control. I see it already; the RIAA, MPAA, and FBI trying to supress "crimethink". I wonder which federal agency will be put in charge with burning all those books, maybe the ATF...
Well, the gov sure wants us to buy into it.
Personally, I would throw this moron's dissertation in the trash can.