You are missing the point. The point is not only in movie theaters. Schools, Operas, Concerts, real theaters, etc...
And if people are too stupid to remember to turn their cells off (and apparently they are), then I want to go to a theater where they have no choice. So that I am _sure_ I will not be bothered (at least by that). That is still a little less disturbance.
People will eventually be divided in three categories: 1. The people that don't care, which I suspect will be the vast majority 2. The people that want Phone Jams installed in their favorite theater and that are willing to change theater for that reason. 3. People that want no cell jams.
The ratio between 2 and 3 will rule the implementation of these little things. I am in 2.
I would also add that I go to the movies not only to be distracted, but also to take a break from the world, to get submerged by a fiction of my choice. And while a cough cannot be avoided, cell phones can, and very easily. And they are *much* more disruptive.
I pay enough money to get my 2 hours of isolation in another fictional world, without caring for people that cannot be disconnected from their flow of information for more than an hour. Personal choice.
This law passed not just for movies. Theaters, concerts, Opera, every public artistic performance falls under that law: They are now allowed to jam cell phones.
That is what I like about this new law. It doesn't force anyone to do anything. It does allow movie theaters to implement something, and the public will decide if they prefer going to a theater that allow cells or not.
And while it might or might not irritate you in a movie theater, think about a real theater, a classical concert or any other public performance where live artists are playing.
In any way, this will have a very democratic implementation: If people rush into these "early adopters" theaters that jam cells, more and more will adopt the system, and the mass will be pleased.
That is exactly why I am glad this law passed. You are exactly the type of person I despise having seating next to me in a theater.
You will now choose a theater where cells are not jammed, and I will choose one where cells are.
The public will decide.
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Wow. Either you're a MS zealot, or greatly misinformed. Or both.
At my former company, we switched to JDK 1.4 and tried to run with the 64 bit JVM. Not one line of code (out of millions) had to change for the entire application to run as smooth as ever on the 64 bit JVM (Sun's one at least).
This is true because Java doesn't provide a way to mess with pointers. Pointers are an abstract concept and they don't convert to numbers as in C/C++. Hence the total transparency of switching to 64 bits.
The code you provided doesn't compile because arrays do define their length in integers, not in long. Hence, Java arrays are 32 bits.
Not a very big limitation, by any means, except of course for some very specific niche purposes. But most of them can be worked around trivially anyways.
And I am not even mentionning the fact that C# has yet to see its first 64 bits implementation.
I've been through a lot of Epson printers, and have never regretted it. The clogged printhead occurs sometimes, mostly after the printer has been unused for a while. It is not a big deal.
I am also pleased by the progress they have made on the durability of the inks. This is a great concern, and AFAIK, Epson rules on that side. I have printouts made by a Stylus Photo 870 that were exposed in my living room for over 3 years now, and the colors are still as sharp and balanced as the first day (at least to my eyes). Much better than some Canon I know;-)
Anyways, printing photos on this kind of printer is more expensive than going to the lab anyways, although I don't know about large printouts...
You are either incredibly stupid or just didn't read my post.
That's your argument? That is my answer to the parent post. They both suck, but Ford sucks more? I stated that and illustrated it. What is there more to say? How does this address the responsibility that Microsoft should have for making its products perform correctly? It does not. What makes you think that it was my point? I am replying to AC who stated in substance: "MS sucks, if it would have been for a car company, they wouldn't have sucked like that". So I just replied that yes, they actually do suck more than that. There was no other point to my post. Sheesh -- you Microsoft apologists are just too much. Your own misunderstanding of my post is simply blinding you here, I think. I am not a Microsoft apologist by any means.
Wasn't that because the manual gave a tire pressure suitable for off road driving It was. First of all, it was not the only reason, but only an aggravating factor. And it was clearly a mistake, because mistakenly indicated in the user's manual. The tires were unsuited anyways. Proof is they replaced them all in the end!
The issue wasn't the mistake. The issue was that in the end, if you've seen the movie, "Tyler Durden" was right. If it cost too much to call a recall, then no recall is called for. At the expense of some human life...
This is clearly the disturbing part where the grandparent was totally off.
If a car has a screw that becomes loose after 10,000 miles and could potentially let the engine drop out, regardless of how rare it might happen, every car will be recalled and the scre will be tightened and the car given back
You seem to have a rather short memory. 3 years ago, Ford execs knew that the tires they equipped all their Explorer SUVs was defective and could explode when too hot on a highway, effectively killing all its occupants. Lots and lots of emails proved it. Firestone execs knew was well. A lot of people died. Yet, it had to go public through a third-party (a private investigation by a journalist IIRC). Then, they recalled.
In that regard, we can safely say that Microsoft is more fair play than Ford is. And no,I don't think Ford is any exception.
I don't have any links right now, but if you follow the scientific community, a bunch (as in 2 or 3) labs have already observed particles that go faster than light.
They are still trying to find an explanation however...
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You simply use JavaScript and the DOM. You create a new SCRIPT tag, point it to some URL on your website and insert it in your document. IE (Or Mozilla for that instance) will download the URL and execute the JS code in your page.
Simple.
And please don't insult me with a Java Applet as a substitute to XmlHttpRequest;-)
People still believe there are physical limitations for anything???? Dude, people could have sworn to death that the earth was flat, that the maximum speed a human body could be submitted to was 100kph.
Some even demonstrated that no particle could travel faster than light. Yet, all of these things had been proved false.
Moore's law (which is more an observation than a law) is about the first one that seems true so far. Brute force power of a computer doubles every 18 month or so. So if we can brute force a 56bit key today, we will be able to break a 256bit key in about (256-56)*18 month, which account for approx. 300 years. Who would dare say what would or would not happen in 300 years!!??
Because the pitiful post you link to fail to account for the fact that power consumption per MIPS tend to decrease. Probably not as fast as the MIPS increase, but definitely close. I had a 400W PSU for my first 286, and I still have one for my P4.
So after all, a computer in 300 years might consume the same wattage for a cpu speed multiplied by 200. So it will finally consume the energy consumes today to break a 56bit key, to break a 256bit key.
Note that all this is most likely a hoax. The guy tried everything to stop: 1. Brakes 2. Turn cruise control off 3. Parking Brake 4. Neutral position 5. Stop the ignition
None of these worked. And none of these is linked to a common system. Brakes are hydraulic, hand brakes mechanic (although in this car probably electronic), neutral is controlled by the gear box, ignition is also electronic. But different systems.
Probability for all that to fail at the same time on the vehicle? Very low. Probability for someone to invent all that to have his picture in the newspapers? Much, much higher.
Much more expensive than one of these little dedicated boxes, would it be only about power consumption...
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that's why you see your email on screen without the page reloading. I do that for years now, all without using one bit of XmlHttpRequest. I'm not saying that GMail doesn't use it, but I'm saying that you don't need it to refresh content of a page without refeshing the page itself.
Typical of the/. rent-a-lawyer attitude. No one reads the patent, no one has a clue about what it is (except for the highly uneducated guess from the editor) but everyone spends time trying to find a cure. Good luck.
~100MB for a data session seriously eats into the playing time Well, there is not many CDs that last more than 70 minutes. For those of course, this kind of CD, this wouldn't work. They could enclose another Cd or whatever.
What I meant is that they ough to include more additional material. And since there is already a CD that is less than 80% filled up in most cases, better make this bonus material digital.
I have always wondered why they didn't press hybrid CDs with a CD-ROM part that contains the MP3s for the album, and eventually some bonus material (bitmaps, video clips, interviews, etc...).
Of course it would make piracy a little easier, but they should know that pirates can rip/record any CD (even protected) in the blink of an eye. Only the poor non-technical fellow would truly benefit from that and it would make his life so much easier with is mp3 player.
Of course, this is all utopy as they would all release their compressed tracks in a different format, making is effectively useless.
Well, not all universities provide such connections. Even at 10Mbps, it would take around 22 hours to transmit that kind of data. Definitely more than an afternoon. Assuming no one is transmitting anything in the meantime of course. And assuming you can sustain a 10Mbps stream for 22 hours.
I know a lot of universities that don't even have that kind of connection.
In summary, I doubt it can be done from most universities.
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You are missing the point. The point is not only in movie theaters. Schools, Operas, Concerts, real theaters, etc...
And if people are too stupid to remember to turn their cells off (and apparently they are), then I want to go to a theater where they have no choice. So that I am _sure_ I will not be bothered (at least by that). That is still a little less disturbance.
People will eventually be divided in three categories:
1. The people that don't care, which I suspect will be the vast majority
2. The people that want Phone Jams installed in their favorite theater and that are willing to change theater for that reason.
3. People that want no cell jams.
The ratio between 2 and 3 will rule the implementation of these little things. I am in 2.
I would also add that I go to the movies not only to be distracted, but also to take a break from the world, to get submerged by a fiction of my choice. And while a cough cannot be avoided, cell phones can, and very easily. And they are *much* more disruptive.
I pay enough money to get my 2 hours of isolation in another fictional world, without caring for people that cannot be disconnected from their flow of information for more than an hour. Personal choice.
This law passed not just for movies. Theaters, concerts, Opera, every public artistic performance falls under that law: They are now allowed to jam cell phones.
That is what I like about this new law. It doesn't force anyone to do anything. It does allow movie theaters to implement something, and the public will decide if they prefer going to a theater that allow cells or not.
And while it might or might not irritate you in a movie theater, think about a real theater, a classical concert or any other public performance where live artists are playing.
In any way, this will have a very democratic implementation: If people rush into these "early adopters" theaters that jam cells, more and more will adopt the system, and the mass will be pleased.
That is exactly why I am glad this law passed. You are exactly the type of person I despise having seating next to me in a theater.
You will now choose a theater where cells are not jammed, and I will choose one where cells are.
The public will decide.
Wow. Either you're a MS zealot, or greatly misinformed. Or both.
At my former company, we switched to JDK 1.4 and tried to run with the 64 bit JVM. Not one line of code (out of millions) had to change for the entire application to run as smooth as ever on the 64 bit JVM (Sun's one at least).
This is true because Java doesn't provide a way to mess with pointers. Pointers are an abstract concept and they don't convert to numbers as in C/C++. Hence the total transparency of switching to 64 bits.
The code you provided doesn't compile because arrays do define their length in integers, not in long. Hence, Java arrays are 32 bits.
Not a very big limitation, by any means, except of course for some very specific niche purposes. But most of them can be worked around trivially anyways.
And I am not even mentionning the fact that C# has yet to see its first 64 bits implementation.
I've been through a lot of Epson printers, and have never regretted it. The clogged printhead occurs sometimes, mostly after the printer has been unused for a while. It is not a big deal.
;-)
I am also pleased by the progress they have made on the durability of the inks. This is a great concern, and AFAIK, Epson rules on that side. I have printouts made by a Stylus Photo 870 that were exposed in my living room for over 3 years now, and the colors are still as sharp and balanced as the first day (at least to my eyes). Much better than some Canon I know
Anyways, printing photos on this kind of printer is more expensive than going to the lab anyways, although I don't know about large printouts...
If I got it right, the problem is in the JVM, not the compiler. GCC should be fine.
You are either incredibly stupid or just didn't read my post.
;-)
That's your argument?
That is my answer to the parent post.
They both suck, but Ford sucks more?
I stated that and illustrated it. What is there more to say?
How does this address the responsibility that Microsoft should have for making its products perform correctly?
It does not. What makes you think that it was my point? I am replying to AC who stated in substance: "MS sucks, if it would have been for a car company, they wouldn't have sucked like that". So I just replied that yes, they actually do suck more than that.
There was no other point to my post.
Sheesh -- you Microsoft apologists are just too much.
Your own misunderstanding of my post is simply blinding you here, I think. I am not a Microsoft apologist by any means.
Your apologies are accepted however
Wasn't that because the manual gave a tire pressure suitable for off road driving
It was. First of all, it was not the only reason, but only an aggravating factor. And it was clearly a mistake, because mistakenly indicated in the user's manual. The tires were unsuited anyways. Proof is they replaced them all in the end!
The issue wasn't the mistake. The issue was that in the end, if you've seen the movie, "Tyler Durden" was right. If it cost too much to call a recall, then no recall is called for. At the expense of some human life...
This is clearly the disturbing part where the grandparent was totally off.
If a car has a screw that becomes loose after 10,000 miles and could potentially let the engine drop out, regardless of how rare it might happen, every car will be recalled and the scre will be tightened and the car given back
You seem to have a rather short memory. 3 years ago, Ford execs knew that the tires they equipped all their Explorer SUVs was defective and could explode when too hot on a highway, effectively killing all its occupants. Lots and lots of emails proved it. Firestone execs knew was well. A lot of people died. Yet, it had to go public through a third-party (a private investigation by a journalist IIRC). Then, they recalled.
In that regard, we can safely say that Microsoft is more fair play than Ford is. And no,I don't think Ford is any exception.
I don't have any links right now, but if you follow the scientific community, a bunch (as in 2 or 3) labs have already observed particles that go faster than light.
They are still trying to find an explanation however...
You simply use JavaScript and the DOM. You create a new SCRIPT tag, point it to some URL on your website and insert it in your document. IE (Or Mozilla for that instance) will download the URL and execute the JS code in your page.
;-)
Simple.
And please don't insult me with a Java Applet as a substitute to XmlHttpRequest
People still believe there are physical limitations for anything???? Dude, people could have sworn to death that the earth was flat, that the maximum speed a human body could be submitted to was 100kph.
Some even demonstrated that no particle could travel faster than light. Yet, all of these things had been proved false.
Moore's law (which is more an observation than a law) is about the first one that seems true so far. Brute force power of a computer doubles every 18 month or so. So if we can brute force a 56bit key today, we will be able to break a 256bit key in about (256-56)*18 month, which account for approx. 300 years. Who would dare say what would or would not happen in 300 years!!??
Because the pitiful post you link to fail to account for the fact that power consumption per MIPS tend to decrease. Probably not as fast as the MIPS increase, but definitely close. I had a 400W PSU for my first 286, and I still have one for my P4.
So after all, a computer in 300 years might consume the same wattage for a cpu speed multiplied by 200. So it will finally consume the energy consumes today to break a 56bit key, to break a 256bit key.
Ah!
Note that all this is most likely a hoax. The guy tried everything to stop:
1. Brakes
2. Turn cruise control off
3. Parking Brake
4. Neutral position
5. Stop the ignition
None of these worked. And none of these is linked to a common system. Brakes are hydraulic, hand brakes mechanic (although in this car probably electronic), neutral is controlled by the gear box, ignition is also electronic. But different systems.
Probability for all that to fail at the same time on the vehicle? Very low.
Probability for someone to invent all that to have his picture in the newspapers? Much, much higher.
Much more expensive than one of these little dedicated boxes, would it be only about power consumption...
that's why you see your email on screen without the page reloading.
I do that for years now, all without using one bit of XmlHttpRequest. I'm not saying that GMail doesn't use it, but I'm saying that you don't need it to refresh content of a page without refeshing the page itself.
I myself am personally offended
don't
when people think that hackers are malicious
They do, and they will for a long time to come.
I did that in the same order, and the same anguish. Pisses me off too. Damn it!
Typical of the /. rent-a-lawyer attitude. No one reads the patent, no one has a clue about what it is (except for the highly uneducated guess from the editor) but everyone spends time trying to find a cure. Good luck.
mp3==wma
Huh? I think I missed something
~100MB for a data session seriously eats into the playing time
Well, there is not many CDs that last more than 70 minutes. For those of course, this kind of CD, this wouldn't work. They could enclose another Cd or whatever.
What I meant is that they ough to include more additional material. And since there is already a CD that is less than 80% filled up in most cases, better make this bonus material digital.
I have always wondered why they didn't press hybrid CDs with a CD-ROM part that contains the MP3s for the album, and eventually some bonus material (bitmaps, video clips, interviews, etc...).
Of course it would make piracy a little easier, but they should know that pirates can rip/record any CD (even protected) in the blink of an eye. Only the poor non-technical fellow would truly benefit from that and it would make his life so much easier with is mp3 player.
Of course, this is all utopy as they would all release their compressed tracks in a different format, making is effectively useless.
Oh well...
I have worked wth Java/Swing and C++"/Qt2
I have tried C++/XLib and it is a pain. Hence, C++ must be bad.
100MBit zwould be the speed of your network, for sure, but what would the speed of your internet connection be then?
I find it hard to believe. If it is true, then it is for the best.
Well, not all universities provide such connections. Even at 10Mbps, it would take around 22 hours to transmit that kind of data. Definitely more than an afternoon. Assuming no one is transmitting anything in the meantime of course. And assuming you can sustain a 10Mbps stream for 22 hours.
I know a lot of universities that don't even have that kind of connection.
In summary, I doubt it can be done from most universities.