Client-side Java isn't necessarily any more secure, since it still has access to the hosting machine via the runtime libraries and JNI. Java *applets* are run in a sandbox, which limits what they can do and makes them more secure than a normal Java application. Perhaps that's what you meant to refer to.
However, to get full-page interaction of controls that you would get using Javascript, your applet would have to present the entire page itself, rather than being embedded in a page. In that respect, having declarative HTML controls with Javascript processes is more lightweight and scalable than using applets.
Plus, applets were architected to do asynchronous server-side requests separate from the main browser navigation, which is exactly what AJAX accomplishes for DHTML pages.
that's a well established fact. check any (decent) US history book or biography (Jefferson, Hamilton, Adams, etc).
I'm not referring to the fact that they met closed-door, rather because you claimed, "That way people weren't 'acting for the camera'."
The Constitution was authored under the auspices of amending the Articles of Confederation. The fact that they were doing something above and beyond their stated mandate seems more than sufficient reason to keep the meetings secret.
I've seen no suggestion before that this was to avoid posturing on the part of the delegates. That's why I asked for a citation.
(I'm going to ignore the "acting for the camera" quote, since it wasn't clear where that quote was coming from. It would of course not have been used during the drafting of the Constitution, since "camera" wasn't really coined as an English word until the middle of the 19th century.)
Cool hack, but better than just a regular RC joystick controller ???
Am I the only one that noticed that the axes of control seem to be backwards? You turn the remote clockwise to make the Roomba turn counter-clockwise and vice versa. You push the remote forward (down) to make it back up and vice versa.
This can (presumably) be easily fixed in the source code, but it seems ironic, given the intuitive way the Wiimote is used on the Wii.
It is interesting to note that the founding fathers met in closed doors. It was forbidden to say what was going on until it was over. That way people weren't 'acting for the camera'.
Cite?
I'm not implying anything, I'm curious.
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You have to remember we're talking about Java code written by James Clark here, not John Q. Random programmer. Clark is an excellent Java programmer [...]
I'm taking issue with a logical fallacy--"Program A written in Language B is ugly compared to the version in Language C, therefore Language B is worse than Language C"--not the the developer in question.
What I was trying to say was, I doubt a Java master that didn't know Haskell would write the program in such a way that he was forced to implement emulations of Haskell features before he could complete the Java version.
In this case, the author probably wrote the Haskell version and, rather than re-implement the entire thing when he had an already-working version, port over the code providing shims where the language didn't provide enough support.
Anyway, Java IS a bad language, especially compared to Haskell.
Java is an object-oriented, imperative language; Haskell is a functional language. They're not directly comparable, as they're meant to approach problems from a different direction.
You're comparing an auto to an airplane, saying that the plane is better than the car because it can travel around the world faster and in a straighter line. Well of course, it's designed for that type of task. Try trying to commute 30 miles to work every day, and you'll find that the plane simply isn't well-suited for that kind of task.
Thanks for the ad hominem, though, that was thoughtful.
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Comparing the Java and Haskell implementations of Relax NG illustrates what a wicked cool and powerful language Haskell really is. The Java code must explicitly model and simulate many Haskel features [...]
To be fair, this may be due to someone more familiar with Haskell trying to port their implementation to Java, rather than a native Java implementation being required to simulate those features. I don't know the history of those two implementations, but the fact that the Java implementation tries to simulate those features does not imply that it must.
While the Java code is quite brittle and verbose, the Haskell code is extremely flexible and concise.
A poor implementation in a particular language does not imply the language is bad. It may imply that the developer was not sufficiently versed in that language.
Frankly, you don't know crap about the US aside from the nonsense that comes out of Hollywood or from OUR media sources who themselves are deeply opposed to the war and don't mind letting that bias inform their view (example: New York Times) or other news services who are also made up nearly 100% of people who oppose the war (example: BBC). But I'm sure you're CERTAIN that, despite their political leanings, these people are the soul of objective reporting. HINT: you're being manipulated again.
Just as a data point, I've lived in the USA all my life and I find myself nodding my head in agreement with the GP's post and shaking my head in disbelief at yours. YMMV.
As a consultant with a consulting shop, I was once offered a job by the client. The consulting firm didn't seem to think it was a big deal and offered me more money to stay. I took the raise and kept working for the client, who also didn't think it was a big deal to make the offer in the first place or for me to decline. Perhaps their relationship included an agreement about this, or perhaps some companies take this less seriously than others.
Well, consider this: if someone comes to you and says "hey, I just crapped in your locker" without laughing, what do you do? either you punch him in the face rightaway for having crapped in your locker, or you don't believe him, look inside your locker, discover no turd, then turn around and punch him in the face for being a stupid asshole. Either way, you punch him in the face.
And what if, instead, he crapped in his own locker? Aside from the smell, and the insinuation that he could crap elsewhere, how does that justify punching him?
People may choose which causes they should donate their time and/or money to using their own guidelines. If you don't want to participate in this, then don't.
Just don't mock others for choosing to help someone else.
A flying car would have to use more energy, hence fuel of course, and cost an insane amount of money to fly.
Moller International claims their M400 VTOL aircraft gets approximately 20 MPG using ethanol as a fuel. No idea whether or not this is true, or whether they will ever be able to make a production vehicle. However, given that E-85 (15% gasoline, 85% ethanol) is generally cheaper than regular gasoline, this wouldn't be any more insane than driving a minivan or an economy SUV.
The amazing part of math is that, given certain axioms and definitions crafted to describe and fit easily-observed physical phenomena, logical extrapolations of those axioms and definitions can accurately describe physical phenomena we have not yet observed. [...] If math were purely descriptive, this would not be the case [...]
This is logically fallacious. If a mathematical model predicts previously-unknown real-world behavior, it is either descriptive of the world or it is prescriptive. While it might be interesting to be able to influence the universe by writing mathematical equations, I doubt that's actually the case, so the model is indeed descriptive.
I finally got my kids to stop saying "Wheee!" after watching a certain Firefox ad. I hesitate to think what will happen if they get a Wii for Christmas.
There are indeed distance limitations to GSM. Same problem with long runs of cable in Ethernet -- signals only travel at the speed of light, so there starts to be a lag between packet transmission and packet reception. IIRC, in GSM this limit is about 27 miles.
There's also that pesky inverse-square law to contend with.
As much as some twit on cell phones in a wilderness area chokes me I told him to just drop off the summit - any direction - and sure enough he was able to connect.
"Drop off the summit? Okay......... Great, it works!... Uh, the ground is coming up pretty fast--what do I do now?"
$35k/yr is far below the 4-person family median incomes of every state in the Union, even West Virginia. I'm pretty sure nobody (aside from those making far below $35k/yr) would agree to that definition of "rich".
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Client-side Java isn't necessarily any more secure, since it still has access to the hosting machine via the runtime libraries and JNI. Java *applets* are run in a sandbox, which limits what they can do and makes them more secure than a normal Java application. Perhaps that's what you meant to refer to.
However, to get full-page interaction of controls that you would get using Javascript, your applet would have to present the entire page itself, rather than being embedded in a page. In that respect, having declarative HTML controls with Javascript processes is more lightweight and scalable than using applets.
Plus, applets were architected to do asynchronous server-side requests separate from the main browser navigation, which is exactly what AJAX accomplishes for DHTML pages.
The Constitution was authored under the auspices of amending the Articles of Confederation. The fact that they were doing something above and beyond their stated mandate seems more than sufficient reason to keep the meetings secret.
I've seen no suggestion before that this was to avoid posturing on the part of the delegates. That's why I asked for a citation.
(I'm going to ignore the "acting for the camera" quote, since it wasn't clear where that quote was coming from. It would of course not have been used during the drafting of the Constitution, since "camera" wasn't really coined as an English word until the middle of the 19th century.)
This can (presumably) be easily fixed in the source code, but it seems ironic, given the intuitive way the Wiimote is used on the Wii.
I'm not implying anything, I'm curious.
What I was trying to say was, I doubt a Java master that didn't know Haskell would write the program in such a way that he was forced to implement emulations of Haskell features before he could complete the Java version.
In this case, the author probably wrote the Haskell version and, rather than re-implement the entire thing when he had an already-working version, port over the code providing shims where the language didn't provide enough support.
Java is an object-oriented, imperative language; Haskell is a functional language. They're not directly comparable, as they're meant to approach problems from a different direction.
You're comparing an auto to an airplane, saying that the plane is better than the car because it can travel around the world faster and in a straighter line. Well of course, it's designed for that type of task. Try trying to commute 30 miles to work every day, and you'll find that the plane simply isn't well-suited for that kind of task.
Thanks for the ad hominem, though, that was thoughtful.
Folks were predicting this kind of outcome at least three years ago, before it was even passed by Congress.
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http://groups.google.com/group/misc.legal.moderat
As a consultant with a consulting shop, I was once offered a job by the client. The consulting firm didn't seem to think it was a big deal and offered me more money to stay. I took the raise and kept working for the client, who also didn't think it was a big deal to make the offer in the first place or for me to decline. Perhaps their relationship included an agreement about this, or perhaps some companies take this less seriously than others.
An emergency injection might also be just glucose, since that's what the body needs anyway.
People may choose which causes they should donate their time and/or money to using their own guidelines. If you don't want to participate in this, then don't.
Just don't mock others for choosing to help someone else.
Everyone's jumping on one part of your comment, but I'm curious about the other bit. I wonder if one might be able to use Firefox on one's Wii?
I finally got my kids to stop saying "Wheee!" after watching a certain Firefox ad. I hesitate to think what will happen if they get a Wii for Christmas.
$35k/yr is far below the 4-person family median incomes of every state in the Union, even West Virginia. I'm pretty sure nobody (aside from those making far below $35k/yr) would agree to that definition of "rich".
Sometimes humor doesn't translate across the pond very well.