Ignoring the technical issues of wireless, a big problem with the wireless solution is more of a social issue. People don't mind having buried cable lying around, but they really dislike having wireless towers anywhere in their vicinity. So, wireless is often not a practical solution.
As I understand it, Microsoft intends to control Yahoo! by buying a majority share of Yahoo! stock. If that is the case, couldn't Google choose to buy just enough Yahoo! stock such that Microsoft would be incapable of purchasing a majority? Google would not then control Yahoo! but would prevent Microsoft from doing so.
This is far superior to Java's "always backwards compatible" approach which has lead to a lot of cruft building up over the years.
This is exactly what I first thought about when I read the complaints regarding Python 3. There is a lot of crud that Java still carries around with it that dates back from it's earliest incarnations. There is talk that Java 7 will ditch much of the cruft and therefore (finally) be backwards-incompatible with previous versions. There are warts that Java currently supports that are making new additions to the language difficult and the solutions to those problems can be ugly, at best. I recall that fixing generics and adding closures are considered two of the big issues.
However, The current track of Java won't just disapear. Java 6 will continue to be supported while Java 7 will become the new-and-improved Java. Whether this actually comes to pass is anyones guess. I heard about it first on The Java Posse and it sounded a bit more like conjecture than fact.
At any rate, I think that with any rapidly evolving language enough junk will build up that eventually you just need to bite the bullet and cut that shit loose. Personally, I think this method of splitting the language into two tracks is best for both languages. Can't wait for the incompatible goodness:)
I don't get upset or worried when I hear a sysadmin shouting and screaming. It's usually the result of some user doing something stupid but limited in scope.
I was sharing an office with the lab's sysadmin. One day, while I was happily programming away, I heard the quiet utterance from my office-mate: "Oh, shit." Shivers ran down my spine and I started to panic. I knew immediately that all hell was about to break loose.
Truly a frightening phrase to hear from your sysadmin.
I'm not sure about "beating Apple at their own game." With all the confusion around this renaming and whatnot, it sounds more like Microsoft is trying to beat Sun Microsystems at *their* game. This renaming/rebranding is almost as confusing as all the renaming/reversioning of Java...
This news, along with recent news about Verizon opening their network, and about Google bidding for the 700 Mhz spectrum, not to mention the announcement of Android and the Open Handset Alliance, all sounds very promising. However, does anyone have any ideas how (if at all) this will affect the Canadian wireless market? I recently moved back to Canuckistan after living in the States for a number of years so I have first hand experience with wireless carriers in both countries. I can tell you that wireless service up here is at least an order of magnitude suckier than it is in the US. I'm crossing my fingers that these changes in US wireless will trickle down to the Canadian market, but I'm not sure how it would.
I will say flat out that Microsoft's handwriting input is years ahead of Apple's. Microsoft has thoroughly integrated it, with very impressive recognition and overall it *feels* right, like MS really put a lot of love into it.
I don't know about Microsoft's handwriting recognition software, but writing perl scripts with their voice recognition software is pretty awesome!
Well, I was only referring to what the movie said. However, if you want to be pedantic, there was a study a while back that supposedly uncovered the real top 10 passwords. I have no idea how they got this data, and it appears to be a survey of the UK. YMMV.
Now, finally, when someone sees a Pontiac GTO on the street and asks me what in hell "GTO" stands for, I can give them a definitive answer: Geostationary Transfer Orbit.
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Asking a software developer what programming language he uses is like asking a fiction writer what kind of typewriter he uses.
It better come damn close to being Moonbase Alpha or I'm gonna be seriously pissed off!
Ignoring the technical issues of wireless, a big problem with the wireless solution is more of a social issue. People don't mind having buried cable lying around, but they really dislike having wireless towers anywhere in their vicinity. So, wireless is often not a practical solution.
Then again, maybe they *were* using Sequoia's gear
A port of Flash for PPC Linux would be nice, too.
Prince Of Space will keep the cable safe!
Arrrrrr, Matey!
RSN!
Is this a possible outcome?
This is exactly what I first thought about when I read the complaints regarding Python 3. There is a lot of crud that Java still carries around with it that dates back from it's earliest incarnations. There is talk that Java 7 will ditch much of the cruft and therefore (finally) be backwards-incompatible with previous versions. There are warts that Java currently supports that are making new additions to the language difficult and the solutions to those problems can be ugly, at best. I recall that fixing generics and adding closures are considered two of the big issues.
However, The current track of Java won't just disapear. Java 6 will continue to be supported while Java 7 will become the new-and-improved Java. Whether this actually comes to pass is anyones guess. I heard about it first on The Java Posse and it sounded a bit more like conjecture than fact.
At any rate, I think that with any rapidly evolving language enough junk will build up that eventually you just need to bite the bullet and cut that shit loose. Personally, I think this method of splitting the language into two tracks is best for both languages. Can't wait for the incompatible goodness :)
... For I am the perfect jetpack. I work for hours on minimal fuel, and the fuel I consume is biodegradable.
My eyes! The goggles! They do nothing!
I don't get upset or worried when I hear a sysadmin shouting and screaming. It's usually the result of some user doing something stupid but limited in scope.
I was sharing an office with the lab's sysadmin. One day, while I was happily programming away, I heard the quiet utterance from my office-mate: "Oh, shit." Shivers ran down my spine and I started to panic. I knew immediately that all hell was about to break loose.
Truly a frightening phrase to hear from your sysadmin.
I'd get to the bottom of this whole Area 51 business!
If this joke runs much longer, I will be forced to REGISTER a complaint.
I'm not sure about "beating Apple at their own game." With all the confusion around this renaming and whatnot, it sounds more like Microsoft is trying to beat Sun Microsystems at *their* game. This renaming/rebranding is almost as confusing as all the renaming/reversioning of Java ...
I think the correct response to this cease-and-desist letter would be a fuck-off-and-die letter.
This news, along with recent news about Verizon opening their network, and about Google bidding for the 700 Mhz spectrum, not to mention the announcement of Android and the Open Handset Alliance, all sounds very promising. However, does anyone have any ideas how (if at all) this will affect the Canadian wireless market? I recently moved back to Canuckistan after living in the States for a number of years so I have first hand experience with wireless carriers in both countries. I can tell you that wireless service up here is at least an order of magnitude suckier than it is in the US. I'm crossing my fingers that these changes in US wireless will trickle down to the Canadian market, but I'm not sure how it would.
I don't know about Microsoft's handwriting recognition software, but writing perl scripts with their voice recognition software is pretty awesome!
Well, I was only referring to what the movie said. However, if you want to be pedantic, there was a study a while back that supposedly uncovered the real top 10 passwords. I have no idea how they got this data, and it appears to be a survey of the UK. YMMV.
So, according to the movie "Hackers", the most common passwords are "god," "sex," "love" and "secret."
With this pass-image scheme, the favorite pass-images will be what? Boobs, penises, and goatse.cx?
Maybe that reference is a tad too regional for
Now, finally, when someone sees a Pontiac GTO on the street and asks me what in hell "GTO" stands for, I can give them a definitive answer: Geostationary Transfer Orbit.
Thanks!
If you melt down a vinyl copy you can pour it through the intertubes ...
Actually, no. If you've ever seen the video you would realize that the proper units would be cars per oscillation.