At least in the states it is. I know they're not based in the states, but look at Skylarov / Elcomsoft.
With the DMCA it's _not_ legal to tamper with a ('digital')lock, even if you do own it. It's certainly not legal to publish the results of your findings.
However the clause in the DMCA allowing limited reverse engineering for interoperability (in this case with linux) could help them.
But I fear that without some really heavy legal support these guys are never going to be able to holiday in the rockies...
java the language is wonderful, it's so clean and easy to work with.
i agree about the vm though, it's a pain, and i wish sun would provide support for native compilation, or even just release the source for some of the classes that are slowing down the gcj effort.
chek out eclipse, it's a good example of java working on the desktop (although i wouldn't particularly advocate java for desktop apps, it's perfectly capable)
one of the biggest strengths of java in my experience is that OO model is 'purer' than most alternatives (c++ particularly, i don't really know about python). garbage collection can be relied on, the lack of pointers, while impacting performance (less and less these days though) makes for more reliable code.
a well built java app can be relied upon.
also as the grandparent mentioned, the range of available, high quality, free and _standardised_ apis is astounding. check out apache's jakarta project: http://jakarta.apache.org
apart from office and photoshop (and tbh although they're not there yet, gimp and OOo are coming on by leaps and bounds) you can get all that on linux. (i haven't noticed anything on my redhat+ximian2 system not anti-aliased, and ximian gives seamless smb and nfs browsing out of the box.)
absolutely. gnome 2 was a revelation for me, and i loved the look of gnome 2.2 though there wasn't any quick and easy way to install it so i haven't got round to it.
xd2 looks to be another significant step in the direction gnome is already headed in, which can only be a good thing imho.
i used to be a big fan of kde, then i saw the light;)
try another mirror. the first mirror i tried claimed that there was no ximian software available for my distro (redhat 8;). i tried another and it was fine.
anyway, ejbs really aren't very elegeant in terms of persisting data. things like o/r bridge from jakarta or cocobase offer similar functionality without the (coding and runtime) overheads of local and remote stubs.
where ejb does come into it's own is in the area of scaling... if you're using them for that then by all means take advantage of the persistence mechanisms too, but they're not worth it on their own.
also, where do you get the idea that you only write the business logic? you also have to handle controllers and views. unless i've massively understood what business logic is all this time and it's not the 'model'.
i have over 300 lps, all bought since 1995. have you not noticed 'dance music' (i think it's called electronica in the states, both are shit names). 99% of house, jungle, breakbeat, drum & bass, techno, trance, booty bass etc etc etc is released on vinyl first for djs.
with the advent of tools like final scratch, people are starting to switch, which means that there's a hell of a lot of vinyl to rip. Also, there's a lot of rare tunes, dubplates and white labels that have been deleted, and are only available on vinyl.
Slashdot Mirror
At least in the states it is. I know they're not based in the states, but look at Skylarov / Elcomsoft.
With the DMCA it's _not_ legal to tamper with a ('digital')lock, even if you do own it. It's certainly not legal to publish the results of your findings.
However the clause in the DMCA allowing limited reverse engineering for interoperability (in this case with linux) could help them.
But I fear that without some really heavy legal support these guys are never going to be able to holiday in the rockies...
mmm... severed hand...
That was probably a joke, but I should point out that the site is fine :)
java the language is wonderful, it's so clean and easy to work with.
i agree about the vm though, it's a pain, and i wish sun would provide support for native compilation, or even just release the source for some of the classes that are slowing down the gcj effort.
i mostly notice vb runtime errors and mysql_connect() errors from php.
(i work with php and java, i believe java to be vastly superior unless you're a hobbyist)
chek out eclipse, it's a good example of java working on the desktop (although i wouldn't particularly advocate java for desktop apps, it's perfectly capable)
http://www.eclipse.org
also stability, extensibility, reliability.
one of the biggest strengths of java in my experience is that OO model is 'purer' than most alternatives (c++ particularly, i don't really know about python). garbage collection can be relied on, the lack of pointers, while impacting performance (less and less these days though) makes for more reliable code.
a well built java app can be relied upon.
also as the grandparent mentioned, the range of available, high quality, free and _standardised_ apis is astounding. check out apache's jakarta project: http://jakarta.apache.org
lol...
where were they mentioned in post i was replying to?
dick...
i think his main point is that apple deliberately crippled the p4 and xeon systems.
hmm.. that image seems to suggest they've tested a dual g5 against a single proc p4...?
apart from office and photoshop (and tbh although they're not there yet, gimp and OOo are coming on by leaps and bounds) you can get all that on linux. (i haven't noticed anything on my redhat+ximian2 system not anti-aliased, and ximian gives seamless smb and nfs browsing out of the box.)
i'm sure i remember seeing hyperlinked video somewhere before.
short sighted twat :/
no.
unfortunately.
Bastards! My download was running sweet at about 100KB/s when this story went up... Now it's on about 8KB/s :/
absolutely. gnome 2 was a revelation for me, and i loved the look of gnome 2.2 though there wasn't any quick and easy way to install it so i haven't got round to it.
;)
xd2 looks to be another significant step in the direction gnome is already headed in, which can only be a good thing imho.
i used to be a big fan of kde, then i saw the light
try another mirror. the first mirror i tried claimed that there was no ximian software available for my distro (redhat 8 ;). i tried another and it was fine.
I know plenty of people using Ximian tools.
Mainly Evolution, but also a few XD users.
doh... 'scuse the double post.
i find the p800 pda functionality to be fine. i certainly prefer it to my palm. and it works in speakerphone or with a headset, while making calls
the p800 has perfectly useable pda functions imho, and it works in speakerphone mode or with handsfree while using pda functions.
netscape does have a java plugin though.
yes you can
anyway, ejbs really aren't very elegeant in terms of persisting data. things like o/r bridge from jakarta or cocobase offer similar functionality without the (coding and runtime) overheads of local and remote stubs.
where ejb does come into it's own is in the area of scaling... if you're using them for that then by all means take advantage of the persistence mechanisms too, but they're not worth it on their own.
also, where do you get the idea that you only write the business logic? you also have to handle controllers and views. unless i've massively understood what business logic is all this time and it's not the 'model'.
next post down? :p
;)
on b3ta they call it mindpiss
i have over 300 lps, all bought since 1995. have you not noticed 'dance music' (i think it's called electronica in the states, both are shit names). 99% of house, jungle, breakbeat, drum & bass, techno, trance, booty bass etc etc etc is released on vinyl first for djs.
with the advent of tools like final scratch, people are starting to switch, which means that there's a hell of a lot of vinyl to rip. Also, there's a lot of rare tunes, dubplates and white labels that have been deleted, and are only available on vinyl.