You're just ticking everyone off. Most web users hate it when they come to a page and have to wait for the applet to load so they can use their browser again. If you want to deploy an application easily, use Java Webstart.
Gateway made a big push into the small business market, but much isn't heard about that anymore. If you don't have that big cash cow of business desktops and mid-range servers
You know what's even worse? Slashdot rejects funny submissions. Here's the text of my submission that got rejected twice(!):
In one of the oddest moves yet, Guillaume Desnoix (head of the JDistro project) has ported the open source Kaffe Java Virtual Machine to his Apple ][c. When asked why he did it, he said, "The main reason was to fasten my programming daily work. I felt a little limited by the 6502 instructions and wanted to enjoy the highlevel bytecode of Java." Read the full scoop over at JavaLobby.
But it makes no sense. The plutonium 239 alone should be enough to warm to device and keep it operational. If the PU-239 can't keep it warm, then the chickens are as good as refrigerator meat.
If things like this are being handled so sloppily now, what else is being irresponsibly handled?
If it was nuclear and built by the Soviets, it was probably handled irresponsibly. NASA has *never* flown an automated reactor in orbit, and the deep space probes with RTGs (a passive power generation system that works by converting the heat generated by Plutonium into electricity) have nearly all had the RTG packaged in an indestructable black-box.
What's that? You were trying to blame the Americans for this? You didn't read the article? Oh. Sorry to burst your bubble.
Instability in flight, instability in engine power, or instability in structure? All but the last amount to more development. The last often amounts to completely scraping the design and starting over.
This is *exactly* why I always make people convert measurements to joules. At least in joules I can figure how much energy we're talking. If we're talking Watts, all I can figure is how much equipment we're going to fry.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but if they abandoned it, it falls under salvage rights, correct?
I haven't read the book, but I am well aware of the concept. The Orion is interesting because it gets *more* efficient as it gets larger. This is in direct opposition to all other forms of propulsion. Unfortunately, the very concept is a bit scary to most people. Thus you can expect that NERVA, Gas Core Nuclear Rockets, and Nuclear Salt Water Rockets will be developed long before we start seeing 8 million ton Orions carting cities around the Solar System.
The bright side of the Pluto Project was that it and NERVA made good proof of concept projects for nuclear propulsion. Given some of the more advanced reactor designs being worked on, it's quite probable that we'll see Nuclear Thermal Rockets for space travel in the near future. As our understanding of these propulsion methods increases, we may even be able to use them to power safe atmospheric flight.:-)
Actually, there's good reason for them to "go it alone". People keep missing that Apple isn't looking at the iPod sales or the iTunes sales. You need a computer to plug the iPod into, right? Well, if 25% of iPod sales lead to Mac laptop or desktop sales, Apple makes a bundle. Sure, Apple makes money on the iPod, but they make even more money on that 17" PowerBook you just bought.
In order to understand why Apple hasn't released their DRM technology to licensees, one has to understand the pyramid of "suck you dry" money scheming that Jobs has stacked.
Speaking of Hypersonic bombers blowing shit back to the Stone-age, you might want to look up Project Pluto. These military guys can be some real heartless bastards at times. Still, they make the target go boom, so who can complain?
What version did you use? When I put that note about the most recent version in there, I meant it. The earlier versions of OO had only so-so support for Microsoft formats. The primary focus of the most recent versions was to fix interop with MS Office. Dollars to Donuts says that OO 1.1 will work with those documents just fine.
The only document that I've ever seen that has consistently been screwed up in OO was my resume. I ended up having to redo the document because different versions of Microsoft Word screwed it up too!
I'd really like to use something other than microsoft office, but I am simply chained down because on most college campuses, everything is "powerpoint lecture" or the syllabus is a Word.doc file.
What's wrong with OpenOffice? It reads and saves MS Office docs extremely well. (Make sure you have the latest version!) And if you want to show people up and protest MS Office, you can export your documents to PDFs! My wife uses it to exchange letters in Russian with her father. Despite the fact that he's using Word, she can read and save the files without trouble. Works quite well. Oh, and OpenPresenter is almost exactly like PowerPoint.
If you think that's nice, you should try the Java Desktop System. I just tried their most recent Knoppix-like demo, and it is one smooooth system. My only complaint is that they don't set the GTK+ Look and Feel as the default Java Swing Look and Feel.
I think that's a bit unfair. I for one would be happy if SVG was better supported as a web technology. The advantages to it becoming a standard is that useful, zoomable, interactive charting could be done easily on the client side. Just a little XML on the server side and then let the client deal with it. Right now I use Batik to render the SVG XML to PNG images before sending them to the client. Of course, the client can't zoom in on interesting areas like they can with pure SVG.
You're right. I was going to comment that I thought IBM had moved its mainframes over to PowerPC, but then I realized that I'm thinking of the AS/400 series of "mini" mainframes.
My bad. I thought you were the dude following me around modding me down.. (Yes, I piss off many people apparently, but there's nothing like a good debate!)
Slashdot has some sort of weird mod-bombers who will mod down people with lots of Karma. Probably the oddest thing they do is to mod down all your old posts days after you posted them. I haven't yet figured out who's doing this, or if this is an attempt by the/. staff to quiet certain people down.
I've done it back in MS-DOS 5 days, don't remember much though..
Yeah, it's kind of traumatic that way.
IBM DB2
This is an extremely popular database, even today, due to the fact that it is the default on IBM's OS/390 mainframes. Versions also exist for Windows and Unix machines.
See, I only support DB2 UDB. I've thought about slapping the OS/390 driver in there and forgetting about it, but without a platform to test on, I'm afraid that it would do more damage than good.
So PowerPC, eh? Don't tell me they've still got you maintaining all those old mainframe assembly programs. That's got to be rough.
Your a troll. Assembler is used for much more then "interfacing with hardware (micro code). Go ahead, keep modding me down YOUR just jealous. I'll just keep reporting you.. Your the one that likes his power trip.
I think it's worth pointing out that you trolled first. And I most certainly did not mod you down. If you look, we both got the same "Offtopic" moderation.
Just be glad that you don't have to code assembly for the x86. If I never have to deal with memory segments, protected mode switches, chained interrupt controllers, or any other Intel idiosyncrasies, it will be too soon. Not to mention the out of control instruction set. WHY can't we just have a nice, simple instruction set like MIPS or SPARC?
BTW- Update your website, just search os/390 and replace it with z/OS.;)
Eh? I don't believe I support OS/390. As much as I'd like to, I don't happen to have one around to test with.:-(
x86, MIPS, SPARC, PowerPC, or ARM? Or are we talking something really archaic like a Honeywell?
Did you come up with this on your own or what?
Hey, if you can't tell the difference in coding styles, then you're not worth jack as a high level programmer. Assembly is great for interfacing with hardware. However, the days of using assembly to write bug free word processors like WordStar are long over.
It's not nice to make fun of something you have no clue about just because you're jealous.
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You're just ticking everyone off. Most web users hate it when they come to a page and have to wait for the applet to load so they can use their browser again. If you want to deploy an application easily, use Java Webstart.
Try this.
1. Go here.
2. After you come back, click on this link: Launch Now!.
More great Webstart apps can be found at Up2Go.
Gateway made a big push into the small business market, but much isn't heard about that anymore. If you don't have that big cash cow of business desktops and mid-range servers
There's a joke in here somewhere...
They post this and completely ignore Java on Apple ][.
*sigh*
You know what's even worse? Slashdot rejects funny submissions. Here's the text of my submission that got rejected twice(!):
In one of the oddest moves yet, Guillaume Desnoix (head of the JDistro project) has ported the open source Kaffe Java Virtual Machine to his Apple ][c. When asked why he did it, he said, "The main reason was to fasten my programming daily work. I felt a little limited by the 6502 instructions and wanted to enjoy the highlevel bytecode of Java." Read the full scoop over at JavaLobby.
But it makes no sense. The plutonium 239 alone should be enough to warm to device and keep it operational. If the PU-239 can't keep it warm, then the chickens are as good as refrigerator meat.
If things like this are being handled so sloppily now, what else is being irresponsibly handled?
If it was nuclear and built by the Soviets, it was probably handled irresponsibly. NASA has *never* flown an automated reactor in orbit, and the deep space probes with RTGs (a passive power generation system that works by converting the heat generated by Plutonium into electricity) have nearly all had the RTG packaged in an indestructable black-box.
What's that? You were trying to blame the Americans for this? You didn't read the article? Oh. Sorry to burst your bubble.
That takes care of the Delta II, Titan, and Atlas, but any patents relating to the Delta III or IV are out.
Instability in flight, instability in engine power, or instability in structure? All but the last amount to more development. The last often amounts to completely scraping the design and starting over.
This is *exactly* why I always make people convert measurements to joules. At least in joules I can figure how much energy we're talking. If we're talking Watts, all I can figure is how much equipment we're going to fry.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but if they abandoned it, it falls under salvage rights, correct?
I haven't read the book, but I am well aware of the concept. The Orion is interesting because it gets *more* efficient as it gets larger. This is in direct opposition to all other forms of propulsion. Unfortunately, the very concept is a bit scary to most people. Thus you can expect that NERVA, Gas Core Nuclear Rockets, and Nuclear Salt Water Rockets will be developed long before we start seeing 8 million ton Orions carting cities around the Solar System.
The bright side of the Pluto Project was that it and NERVA made good proof of concept projects for nuclear propulsion. Given some of the more advanced reactor designs being worked on, it's quite probable that we'll see Nuclear Thermal Rockets for space travel in the near future. As our understanding of these propulsion methods increases, we may even be able to use them to power safe atmospheric flight. :-)
Actually, there's good reason for them to "go it alone". People keep missing that Apple isn't looking at the iPod sales or the iTunes sales. You need a computer to plug the iPod into, right? Well, if 25% of iPod sales lead to Mac laptop or desktop sales, Apple makes a bundle. Sure, Apple makes money on the iPod, but they make even more money on that 17" PowerBook you just bought.
In order to understand why Apple hasn't released their DRM technology to licensees, one has to understand the pyramid of "suck you dry" money scheming that Jobs has stacked.
Speaking of Hypersonic bombers blowing shit back to the Stone-age, you might want to look up Project Pluto. These military guys can be some real heartless bastards at times. Still, they make the target go boom, so who can complain?
Forget that. VisiOn from VisiCorp all the way baby!!! :-D
What version did you use? When I put that note about the most recent version in there, I meant it. The earlier versions of OO had only so-so support for Microsoft formats. The primary focus of the most recent versions was to fix interop with MS Office. Dollars to Donuts says that OO 1.1 will work with those documents just fine.
The only document that I've ever seen that has consistently been screwed up in OO was my resume. I ended up having to redo the document because different versions of Microsoft Word screwed it up too!
I'd really like to use something other than microsoft office, but I am simply chained down because on most college campuses, everything is "powerpoint lecture" or the syllabus is a Word .doc file.
What's wrong with OpenOffice? It reads and saves MS Office docs extremely well. (Make sure you have the latest version!) And if you want to show people up and protest MS Office, you can export your documents to PDFs! My wife uses it to exchange letters in Russian with her father. Despite the fact that he's using Word, she can read and save the files without trouble. Works quite well. Oh, and OpenPresenter is almost exactly like PowerPoint.
If you think that's nice, you should try the Java Desktop System. I just tried their most recent Knoppix-like demo, and it is one smooooth system. My only complaint is that they don't set the GTK+ Look and Feel as the default Java Swing Look and Feel.
I think that's a bit unfair. I for one would be happy if SVG was better supported as a web technology. The advantages to it becoming a standard is that useful, zoomable, interactive charting could be done easily on the client side. Just a little XML on the server side and then let the client deal with it. Right now I use Batik to render the SVG XML to PNG images before sending them to the client. Of course, the client can't zoom in on interesting areas like they can with pure SVG.
You're right. I was going to comment that I thought IBM had moved its mainframes over to PowerPC, but then I realized that I'm thinking of the AS/400 series of "mini" mainframes.
My bad. I thought you were the dude following me around modding me down.. (Yes, I piss off many people apparently, but there's nothing like a good debate!)
/. staff to quiet certain people down.
Slashdot has some sort of weird mod-bombers who will mod down people with lots of Karma. Probably the oddest thing they do is to mod down all your old posts days after you posted them. I haven't yet figured out who's doing this, or if this is an attempt by the
I've done it back in MS-DOS 5 days, don't remember much though..
Yeah, it's kind of traumatic that way.
IBM DB2
This is an extremely popular database, even today, due to the fact that it is the default on IBM's OS/390 mainframes. Versions also exist for Windows and Unix machines.
See, I only support DB2 UDB. I've thought about slapping the OS/390 driver in there and forgetting about it, but without a platform to test on, I'm afraid that it would do more damage than good.
z/OS
;)
:-(
So PowerPC, eh? Don't tell me they've still got you maintaining all those old mainframe assembly programs. That's got to be rough.
Your a troll. Assembler is used for much more then "interfacing with hardware (micro code). Go ahead, keep modding me down YOUR just jealous. I'll just keep reporting you.. Your the one that likes his power trip.
I think it's worth pointing out that you trolled first. And I most certainly did not mod you down. If you look, we both got the same "Offtopic" moderation.
Just be glad that you don't have to code assembly for the x86. If I never have to deal with memory segments, protected mode switches, chained interrupt controllers, or any other Intel idiosyncrasies, it will be too soon. Not to mention the out of control instruction set. WHY can't we just have a nice, simple instruction set like MIPS or SPARC?
BTW- Update your website, just search os/390 and replace it with z/OS.
Eh? I don't believe I support OS/390. As much as I'd like to, I don't happen to have one around to test with.
BTW- Actually I'm an assembler programmer.
x86, MIPS, SPARC, PowerPC, or ARM? Or are we talking something really archaic like a Honeywell?
Did you come up with this on your own or what?
Hey, if you can't tell the difference in coding styles, then you're not worth jack as a high level programmer. Assembly is great for interfacing with hardware. However, the days of using assembly to write bug free word processors like WordStar are long over.
It's not nice to make fun of something you have no clue about just because you're jealous.
Sorry, seems I was confusing the posts. Here's the link:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_thermal_rock