I've been delving into Groovy... it's a paradigm shift and it's very hard not to be so verbose.
It isn't, as the article suggests, a superset of Java.. there are things you cannot do in it (yet) but lots of things you can.
What I mainly thought when I saw it was "finally, Java has caught up with the rest of the programming world and has a scripting language at last".
When I used it, it became apparent that this was more than a perl to meet C's needs. It was like the cheeky bastard child of Java who can do what his dad can but faster... and you get properly compiled class files out of the compiler.
Anyway I wrote a mud engine that runs groovy scripts to teach myself. The main failing of the groovy package is the Groovy Script Engine. It promises so much and doesn't always deliver. Unfortunately my mud engine is based around the darned thing, so until they fix it properly I'm stuck with it being a bit clunky.
Check it out, and you can muck about with groovy too (please don't laugh at my programming:):
.. because it is perfectly legal for me or anyone in the US to bet on US government lead schemes (such as Tote horse racing) online, whilst other forms of gambling online are illegal.
The US Govt. are simply claiming it's a moral thing, to sell you shit wrapped up in Christmas paper. They are quite happy to take the money from the gambling they do have, as long as they can control it and get revenue from it.
As long as its US Government approved, its ok. Which is wrong, and protectionist.
What a crock of shit. Thats the lamest argument I've ever heard for not gambling. Sure, talk about addiction and debt etc etc etc but "don't bet online cause its disreputable" is bollocks. I work for an online gambling company (Victor Chandler), and they are no more or less reputable than any other business on the internet. In fact your money is safer with us than in most banks, we take fraud and other things very seriously. You can pay money in, and take it out of your online account, like it were another bank account. We don't force you to play, steal your money out of your account, or try to trick you into loosing.
The only difference between us and a bank is that we keep your money when you loose, thats all, like most casinos. At least we don't put extortionate interest rates on your credit or charge your for being overdrawn. We even try helping people who have gambling problems not to play any more.
And another thing, we can't come over to your house and beat you up and break your legs if you win too much, put the heavies on you to leave if you're on a winning streak. You can count cards if you want, or do some insider betting on the races. We're not there to breath down your neck like the police.
So don't bad mouth online gambling, its probably the safest form of gambling there is. Just make sure like any other company that we exist, have a trading address, a good customer service and all the normal online company things.
Dr. Evil: You know, I have one simple request. And that is to have dolphins with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads! Now evidently my cycloptic colleague informs me that that cannot be done. Ah, would you remind me what I pay you people for, honestly? Throw me a bone here! What do we have?
Number Two: Gold fish.
Dr. Evil: [pause] Right. Number Two: They're mutated Gold fish. Dr. Evil: Are they ill tempered? Number Two: Absolutely. Dr. Evil: Oh well, that's a start.
I was being flippant. I know who he is and what he does, I was just saying hasn't he died yet (or even killed himself) after the disaster that was Dikatana...
My fault for being too vague and not wanting to be modded down as flamebait..:S
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I've been delving into Groovy... it's a paradigm shift and it's very hard not to be so verbose.
.. there are things you cannot do in it (yet) but lots of things you can.
:):
:P
It isn't, as the article suggests, a superset of Java
What I mainly thought when I saw it was "finally, Java has caught up with the rest of the programming world and has a scripting language at last".
When I used it, it became apparent that this was more than a perl to meet C's needs. It was like the cheeky bastard child of Java who can do what his dad can but faster... and you get properly compiled class files out of the compiler.
Anyway I wrote a mud engine that runs groovy scripts to teach myself. The main failing of the groovy package is the Groovy Script Engine. It promises so much and doesn't always deliver. Unfortunately my mud engine is based around the darned thing, so until they fix it properly I'm stuck with it being a bit clunky.
Check it out, and you can muck about with groovy too (please don't laugh at my programming
http://code.google.com/p/groovymud/
trees suck... :)
.. but its not illegal.. well it was.. but it's not now.
Look what happened when they did that..!
.. because it is perfectly legal for me or anyone in the US to bet on US government lead schemes (such as Tote horse racing) online, whilst other forms of gambling online are illegal.
The US Govt. are simply claiming it's a moral thing, to sell you shit wrapped up in Christmas paper. They are quite happy to take the money from the gambling they do have, as long as they can control it and get revenue from it.
As long as its US Government approved, its ok. Which is wrong, and protectionist.
... Somehow I doubt that... er.. I mean great idea!!
..
zzz
wha.. Whats everyone talking about?? What meeting is this? Where am I?
Pipes from mine
Pipes to yours
Pipes that run from draw to draw
Pipes that make my network run,
Using pipe for pipe comparison!
Pipes that smile
Pipes that cheer
Pipes that make my granma fear
Pipes that make things fun fun fun
Using pipe for pipe comparison!
ithankyou
Here here.
Keep it simple, Keep it short.
If you have a good idea, it will speak to the users.
Hah see, they're already doing it. You didn't even see them throttle your bandwidth!
Don't gamble online. ---- PERIOD
What a crock of shit. Thats the lamest argument I've ever heard for not gambling. Sure, talk about addiction and debt etc etc etc but "don't bet online cause its disreputable" is bollocks. I work for an online gambling company (Victor Chandler), and they are no more or less reputable than any other business on the internet. In fact your money is safer with us than in most banks, we take fraud and other things very seriously. You can pay money in, and take it out of your online account, like it were another bank account. We don't force you to play, steal your money out of your account, or try to trick you into loosing.
The only difference between us and a bank is that we keep your money when you loose, thats all, like most casinos. At least we don't put extortionate interest rates on your credit or charge your for being overdrawn. We even try helping people who have gambling problems not to play any more.
And another thing, we can't come over to your house and beat you up and break your legs if you win too much, put the heavies on you to leave if you're on a winning streak. You can count cards if you want, or do some insider betting on the races. We're not there to breath down your neck like the police.
So don't bad mouth online gambling, its probably the safest form of gambling there is. Just make sure like any other company that we exist, have a trading address, a good customer service and all the normal online company things.
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.. and ".cell" was used up by all the prisoners..
.. but what if you're not dead, just very very badly hurt or in a coma or something?
life? don't talk to me about life..
It does eventually, its just verry sloowww...
I'm just wondering how many rainbow/of mice and men/george of the jungle jokes are going to appear in the meantime to fill up the gap..
"Run, antivirus, run!!" "Life is like a box of worms, you never know which one you're gonna £"£$"ERWL.."
... as for me, I just can't wait to sell my Dodge Viper on eBay for an extortionate amount.. So long, suckers!!
yoink!
Dr. Evil: You know, I have one simple request. And that is to have dolphins with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads! Now evidently my cycloptic colleague informs me that that cannot be done. Ah, would you remind me what I pay you people for, honestly? Throw me a bone here! What do we have?
Number Two: Gold fish.
Dr. Evil: [pause] Right.
Number Two: They're mutated Gold fish.
Dr. Evil: Are they ill tempered?
Number Two: Absolutely.
Dr. Evil: Oh well, that's a start.
I think he's talking about Microsofts COM and DCOM, and probably OPENGL and DirectX or something..
.. but then there's Gnomes Bononbo for a COM layer and the directx alternative SDL, so I think hes just sounding off.
.. so it must be only quasi-evil..
mwahaha.. mwahahahaha..
I would have done but its been slashdotted. Or is that Slashdotted. erm.
.. Nobody can pwn me, I use IIS!!
yesyesyes
:S
I was being flippant. I know who he is and what he does, I was just saying hasn't he died yet (or even killed himself) after the disaster that was Dikatana...
My fault for being too vague and not wanting to be modded down as flamebait..
Who's John Romero?
Oh him. Hasn't he died yet then?
.. nooo!!
Now what the hell am I supposed to do?!?!
... doesn't that rather pre-suppose two things?:
:P
1. The aforementioned Anti-gravity and
2. That you will become important enough to know a Baron?
Both, I would say, are equally improbably but 2 perhaps slightly more so
Love the idea though rofl
... and then embrace them so hard that, just like Lennie, ODF dies a terrible suffocating death in your vice like grip.