"Will Sun Open Source Java?" No, haven't they already said that? Like hundreds of times? And does it really matter?
Sure it matters. A lot of people have issues with it because of the license. It would clearly expand the number of potential adopters to go open source. More adopters will mean better tools.
"Sun should endorse PHP and go one step forward and make sure the 'P' languages run great on the JVM [Java virtual machine] by open-sourcing Java." "No", who would run PHP on Java anyway? Why? Why would open-sourcing it help?
Well, I agree with the first part. But presumably integration will get better/faster in open source.
"Would this move Java up the desirability scale in your eyes?" No, Java is already desirable in my eyes.
But a lot of people would find it more desireable. You can trust that java won't go away in open source, whereas you can't really say the same as long as SUN is at the helm.
"Could this be a way to help improve what's lacking in Java?" No, what is lacking?
Mostly modernizing. The pace of java development is glacial, compared to say what is going on in C# or Ruby. People with specific integration issues that can't get sun to address compatibility problems are stuck.
People who complain that Java is slow, should be open-sourced, and so on have never seemed to had a clue. There's no doubt java is still slow in a number of contexts. There are also obvious opportunities for performance enhancement that could be addressed in an open source process. I recently benchmarked ten of my applications in c++ and java, java is about 2x slower for most of the cases I tried, and never faster. To me, that's perfectly acceptable, but java could make more inroads into other areas of computing if it was more competitive in performance. More inroads means more developers, and that means better tools, which is what I yearn for.
This is one reason it's a really good idea to run a firewall outside of your computer that doesn't trust microsoft (if you're using media player). On linux, you can probably trust that most of your players aren't going to inform on you, but unless you inspect the code, it's probably a good idea to run an external firewall there too.
It makes sense for the government to tax private transactions based on the premise that by providing for the safety, security, and legal backing of the transactional system, the government is making your transaction possible. As an example of why you need this to have a civilized society, what do you do if the guy with the goat tries to walk away with your chickens without giving you the goat, particularly if he has better weapons than you do?
The typical answer is to have a police force and a legal system to enforce contractual exchanges, and that system is typically paid for by taxes on the trade system being serviced.
Do they not realize that life was not actually in shades of brown at that time, but rather that that was an artifact of the filmmaking process of the time?
6. It's nigh unto impossible for someone who grew up with the right handed 2600 controller to adapt to the left handed controllers used by the 360 and all the other consoles these days, which leaves us playing games on PC with nice right handed mice.
Pay the extra to get rid of the drive. Reverse your thinking about it: how much would someone have to pay you to drive an hour and a half every day for no reason? Are you in fact getting paid that much?
Haven't you heard? Violent video games lead directly to real life violence. Your 175 hours of BF2 are like 8/10ths of a murder by now. You're probably at least 5% of the way to becoming a psycho mass killer.
Also, where can I buy some fleshlights? Those sound cool.
The 7800 GT (~$350) yields roughly 50-100% more performance than a 6800 GS ($200). So.. you get roughly 1.75 times the performance, for 1.75 times the price.
A shocking ripoff. Compare that to a similar investment in CPU. You could get an Athlon 64 3500+ for about $200, or an x2 4200+ for $350. Will you get 1.75 times the performance out of the x2? Not even close, even on multithreaded apps.
It's only lunacy if you do spend only $300 on the rest of the box. But you could also spend $300 on just the harddrive, or just the processor, or even the sound card. It all depends on what aspect of the system performance is most important to you. For anyone playing games, the video card is going to come in well ahead of any other component in terms of best bang for the buck.
However, it should be noted that dollar for dollar, assuming you have already gone to 512mb ram, nothing else will boost your speed better than investing in the hard drive. Many people will invest the same amount in a 200 mhz faster processor before investing in a hard drive, though, which is a blatant mistake, and likewise a jump to 1gig of ram is typically more expensive, and a mistake for most users.
It's not at all useless if you consider that this behavior has the nice effect that it allows the power companies to smooth their power production cycles. Getting rid of peak demand periods that require them to buy or use excessively specced equipment, and reducing wasted power production capacity are both nice benefits to the power companies, and to everyone they serve.
Supply and demand economics would dictate that during off hours, if the supply has not changed, but the demand is drastically lower, the price should be lower. The power companies are willing to sell at cut rate prices during those hours because otherwise the power is wasted, to their loss. They make up the loss during hours when the demand is high and they can raise the prices.
That's a good parallel, but not really the case. If you compare the level of violence in an M game to an R movie, you'll find the M is (often) much higher. M is actually more closely matched to NC-17 in terms of actual content, and AO is the equivalent of the type of movie you cannot get at blockbuster, and which will not be shown in conventional movie theaters.
Almost every match needs a sizable and costly police force to keep things under control. Even with this huge cost to the taxpayer it still frequently goes wrong...
In the U.S., such security is universally billed to the event, including all necessary overtime and equipment. The cost comes out of the ticket prices, and so the cost to the taxpayer is nil. Is this not the way it is done in Europe?
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"Will Sun Open Source Java?"
No, haven't they already said that? Like hundreds of times? And does it really matter?
Sure it matters. A lot of people have issues with it because of the license. It would clearly expand the number of potential adopters to go open source. More adopters will mean better tools.
"Sun should endorse PHP and go one step forward and make sure the 'P' languages run great on the JVM [Java virtual machine] by open-sourcing Java."
"No", who would run PHP on Java anyway? Why? Why would open-sourcing it help?
Well, I agree with the first part. But presumably integration will get better/faster in open source.
"Would this move Java up the desirability scale in your eyes?"
No, Java is already desirable in my eyes.
But a lot of people would find it more desireable. You can trust that java won't go away in open source, whereas you can't really say the same as long as SUN is at the helm.
"Could this be a way to help improve what's lacking in Java?"
No, what is lacking?
Mostly modernizing. The pace of java development is glacial, compared to say what is going on in C# or Ruby. People with specific integration issues that can't get sun to address compatibility problems are stuck.
People who complain that Java is slow, should be open-sourced, and so on have never seemed to had a clue.
There's no doubt java is still slow in a number of contexts. There are also obvious opportunities for performance enhancement that could be addressed in an open source process. I recently benchmarked ten of my applications in c++ and java, java is about 2x slower for most of the cases I tried, and never faster. To me, that's perfectly acceptable, but java could make more inroads into other areas of computing if it was more competitive in performance. More inroads means more developers, and that means better tools, which is what I yearn for.
This is one reason it's a really good idea to run a firewall outside of your computer that doesn't trust microsoft (if you're using media player). On linux, you can probably trust that most of your players aren't going to inform on you, but unless you inspect the code, it's probably a good idea to run an external firewall there too.
Well, my point being it looks sucky. So I wondered if they were accepting sucky for the sake of 'realism' without realizing it was wrong.
No, they get paid to make sure that the transactions are secure, not to make sure that they collect the taxes.
It makes sense for the government to tax private transactions based on the premise that by providing for the safety, security, and legal backing of the transactional system, the government is making your transaction possible. As an example of why you need this to have a civilized society, what do you do if the guy with the goat tries to walk away with your chickens without giving you the goat, particularly if he has better weapons than you do?
The typical answer is to have a police force and a legal system to enforce contractual exchanges, and that system is typically paid for by taxes on the trade system being serviced.
Do they not realize that life was not actually in shades of brown at that time, but rather that that was an artifact of the filmmaking process of the time?
Hence only nigh unto impossible, and not impossible.
I know many people have actually adapted, but I know many others who don't play consoles for this reason.
6. It's nigh unto impossible for someone who grew up with the right handed 2600 controller to adapt to the left handed controllers used by the 360 and all the other consoles these days, which leaves us playing games on PC with nice right handed mice.
2560x1600 is a nice resolution to use with the cinema display, or with the dell 3007./ global/products/monitors/topics/en/monitor_3007wfp ?c=us&l=en&s=gen&~section=specs
http://www1.us.dell.com/content/topics/topic.aspx
It's not too expensive a monitor, popular with gamers who have the kind of money to buy quad sli.
Pay the extra to get rid of the drive. Reverse your thinking about it: how much would someone have to pay you to drive an hour and a half every day for no reason? Are you in fact getting paid that much?
Haven't you heard? Violent video games lead directly to real life violence. Your 175 hours of BF2 are like 8/10ths of a murder by now. You're probably at least 5% of the way to becoming a psycho mass killer.
Also, where can I buy some fleshlights? Those sound cool.
I love the triple cheeseburger. Yum!
Life is not all about work. There is room for fun, art, and entertainment.
http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics.html?modelx =33&model1=282&model2=288&chart=97x =33&model1=282&model2=288&chart=102
.. you get roughly 1.75 times the performance, for 1.75 times the price.
http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics.html?model
The 7800 GT (~$350) yields roughly 50-100% more performance than a 6800 GS ($200).
So
A shocking ripoff. Compare that to a similar investment in CPU. You could get an Athlon 64 3500+ for about $200, or an x2 4200+ for $350. Will you get 1.75 times the performance out of the x2? Not even close, even on multithreaded apps.
It's only lunacy if you do spend only $300 on the rest of the box. But you could also spend $300 on just the harddrive, or just the processor, or even the sound card. It all depends on what aspect of the system performance is most important to you. For anyone playing games, the video card is going to come in well ahead of any other component in terms of best bang for the buck.
A $350 monitor will display 1600x1200. So if you can afford a $300 video card, I don't see why your monitor won't give you 1600x1200 resolution.s terid=677664
http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/ma
Yep, be sure not to spend $300 on any other components such as:m
A pentium-d 840 ($350): http://www.pricewatch.com/cpu/395410-1.htm
An athlon x2 4400 ($450): http://www.pricewatch.com/cpu/318273-1.htm
A 500gb hard drive ($275): http://www.pricewatch.com/hard_drives/284422-1.ht
My guess: they'll use lawyers.
My second guess is clowns, but we'll see which way it goes.
Dell inspiron B's which start $150 cheaper than that come with 5400 rpm hard drives. A lot of businesses and home users buy those. I'm pretty sure dell sells significantly more of those than xps laptops.. aspx/featured_basnb?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs
http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/features
However, it should be noted that dollar for dollar, assuming you have already gone to 512mb ram, nothing else will boost your speed better than investing in the hard drive. Many people will invest the same amount in a 200 mhz faster processor before investing in a hard drive, though, which is a blatant mistake, and likewise a jump to 1gig of ram is typically more expensive, and a mistake for most users.
Dr. Nick: 'Inflammable' means flammable? What a country.w w.imdb.com/Quotes%3F0096697&e=9797
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It's not at all useless if you consider that this behavior has the nice effect that it allows the power companies to smooth their power production cycles. Getting rid of peak demand periods that require them to buy or use excessively specced equipment, and reducing wasted power production capacity are both nice benefits to the power companies, and to everyone they serve.
Supply and demand economics would dictate that during off hours, if the supply has not changed, but the demand is drastically lower, the price should be lower. The power companies are willing to sell at cut rate prices during those hours because otherwise the power is wasted, to their loss. They make up the loss during hours when the demand is high and they can raise the prices.
That's a good parallel, but not really the case. If you compare the level of violence in an M game to an R movie, you'll find the M is (often) much higher. M is actually more closely matched to NC-17 in terms of actual content, and AO is the equivalent of the type of movie you cannot get at blockbuster, and which will not be shown in conventional movie theaters.
Almost every match needs a sizable and costly police force to keep things under control. Even with this huge cost to the taxpayer it still frequently goes wrong ...
In the U.S., such security is universally billed to the event, including all necessary overtime and equipment. The cost comes out of the ticket prices, and so the cost to the taxpayer is nil. Is this not the way it is done in Europe?