This was a bad test case. The guy got the code in electronic format from the copyright holder and agreed to a shrinkwrap license.
To really test the case, he should have put up a non-complying structure, let the inspector point out where he is in non-compliance (not sure that would ever happen since town did not have copy). Then take the copy he gets from government agent and post that.
I know this is splitting hairs, but one of the facts in the case was that the he agreed to a shrinkwrap license.
I have a hard time with outlawing spam on a 1st ammendment basis. Taco seems to be for free speech on most topics, yet here he is advocating congress suppress free speech.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
This is a very slippery slope that we are about to decend.
The reason you failed is because your product sucked! We used ObjectStore 8-10 years ago, and it was a nightmare: persistence was implemented by taking over memory mapping causing page faults is not the most efficient way to access data.
In a RDMS if you have a problem with data, you just go look at the table that you have a problem with and fix the problem. In an OODMS if you have a problem, you need code to navigate to the offending data (via those ever efficient page faults). So every fix requires software to be written.
Another problem was the arogance of the people from ObjectDesign, and from reading the preceding post, nothing has changed (not our fault, the world didn't understand us).
Other than transactions, the persistence that both Borland an M$ built into their C++ compilers was superior to the snakeoil that ObjectDesign was peddling
We've all focused on our 1st ammendment right to encryption.
It has occured to me that since the government has categorized encryption as a munition, we have a 2nd ammendment right to keep and bear encryption. We should even be able to get the NRA to defend our right.
I have been a big fan of Alan Kay's for years, so I read the story and many of the links even though I've never done smalltalk. I was encouraged by the report. Reading the content, I thought: I wish I were as idealistic as Alan: It's immoral to build systems that aren't deconstructable. It's not just about making money.
and Children are the message we send to the future.
Then I read his bio and saw he is Vice President of Research and Development for The Walt Disney Company. Disney is evil. Alan is living a lie.
For 75 years after your death? The founders wanted to put your copyright into the public domain at your death, then it was 20 years, now 75.
What use do you have for your IP when you are dead?
I always like the decade old MS Multimedia Bethoven (CD, don't know if its still available). It is a very good recording of Bethoven's 5th with lots of annotation. You can watch the score on the scren. You can see an english translation when the chorus sings. Way ahead of its time. Nothing else seemed to follow its direction.
When I was trying to get my company interested in multi-media (10 years ago) I would bring executives into my office, boom it out the stero and they were sold.
What makes it so compelling is it the age of the title, and the quality of the recording.
I think we all know that assembly is the fastest.
Unfortunately that is probably not the answer you were looking for, so you must have gotten the question wrong.
Either that or you're just a troll.
As an employer one of my first questions was: "How much math have you taken?".
Anyone who hadn't had 2 semesters of calc would never be considered. The more math, usually the more logical the thinking of the candidate. The smartest person I ever hired had a MS in math.
Discrete math and data structures are also important, but they are really math classes.
I consider programming primarily applied math.
TVs/VCRs/Cellphones/etc. already do this. NTSC vs. PAL takes care of TVs and VCRs. CDMA vs GSM takes cares of your cellphones.
Sorry, the consumer looses again.
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...and Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, John Adams, ...Woodward, Berstein...
Get a clue.
IANAL. Have you asked to see their books? I wouldn't sign anything until they proove how bad their trouble is.
If they are going broke, what is the point of these tatics? They should just close the doors.
If they are NOT on the verge of going broke. You want ALL your money.
If it could go either way, bankrupcy should provide you with something.
I doubt they are doing this to be nice.
This was a bad test case. The guy got the code in electronic format from the copyright holder and agreed to a shrinkwrap license.
To really test the case, he should have put up a non-complying structure, let the inspector point out where he is in non-compliance (not sure that would ever happen since town did not have copy). Then take the copy he gets from government agent and post that.
I know this is splitting hairs, but one of the facts in the case was that the he agreed to a shrinkwrap license.
I have a hard time with outlawing spam on a 1st ammendment basis. Taco seems to be for free speech on most topics, yet here he is advocating congress suppress free speech.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
This is a very slippery slope that we are about to decend.
The reason you failed is because your product sucked! We used ObjectStore 8-10 years ago, and it was a nightmare: persistence was implemented by taking over memory mapping causing page faults is not the most efficient way to access data.
In a RDMS if you have a problem with data, you just go look at the table that you have a problem with and fix the problem. In an OODMS if you have a problem, you need code to navigate to the offending data (via those ever efficient page faults). So every fix requires software to be written.
Another problem was the arogance of the people from ObjectDesign, and from reading the preceding post, nothing has changed (not our fault, the world didn't understand us).
Other than transactions, the persistence that both Borland an M$ built into their C++ compilers was superior to the snakeoil that ObjectDesign was peddling
We've all focused on our 1st ammendment right to encryption. It has occured to me that since the government has categorized encryption as a munition, we have a 2nd ammendment right to keep and bear encryption. We should even be able to get the NRA to defend our right.
I have been a big fan of Alan Kay's for years, so I read the story and many of the links even though I've never done smalltalk. I was encouraged by the report. Reading the content, I thought: I wish I were as idealistic as Alan: It's immoral to build systems that aren't deconstructable. It's not just about making money. and Children are the message we send to the future.
Then I read his bio and saw he is Vice President of Research and Development for The Walt Disney Company. Disney is evil. Alan is living a lie.For 75 years after your death? The founders wanted to put your copyright into the public domain at your death, then it was 20 years, now 75. What use do you have for your IP when you are dead?
If this is the case, why is RHAT trading at a 52 week low? I bought today, but I'm no wall street genius.
I always like the decade old MS Multimedia Bethoven (CD, don't know if its still available). It is a very good recording of Bethoven's 5th with lots of annotation. You can watch the score on the scren. You can see an english translation when the chorus sings. Way ahead of its time. Nothing else seemed to follow its direction. When I was trying to get my company interested in multi-media (10 years ago) I would bring executives into my office, boom it out the stero and they were sold. What makes it so compelling is it the age of the title, and the quality of the recording.
I think we all know that assembly is the fastest. Unfortunately that is probably not the answer you were looking for, so you must have gotten the question wrong. Either that or you're just a troll.
As an employer one of my first questions was: "How much math have you taken?". Anyone who hadn't had 2 semesters of calc would never be considered. The more math, usually the more logical the thinking of the candidate. The smartest person I ever hired had a MS in math. Discrete math and data structures are also important, but they are really math classes. I consider programming primarily applied math.
TVs/VCRs/Cellphones/etc. already do this. NTSC vs. PAL takes care of TVs and VCRs. CDMA vs GSM takes cares of your cellphones. Sorry, the consumer looses again.