I'm lazy so I haven't bothere to read what others have said. At the risk of repeating what others may have said:
Isn't this just a matter of economics? I bet if you get everyone on the planet, and every company to purchace software solely by merit of stability, you'll start to see a lot more stable software. But as long as people are shopping for *featureful* apps, *fun* games, and eye candy, it's not going to happen.
Anyone who knows anything knows that there is no information about horses in the word "horse". Yet we use the word anyway when what what we actually mean is our idea of what we think the the second party's idea of a horse is.
You see, communication is much more than what you seem to think it is. Part of the charm of being human is that we can say things other than what we specifically mean, and a smart person on the other side of the communication will still understand what we mean. In short, we are not idiots.
It seems like you didn't know this, so let me give you a few pointers: Victory, contrary to what you may have heard, does not have a taste (sweet or otherwise). And when someone says "I'll call you later", you aren't witnessing an act of a psychic foreseeing the future. What they mean is "At this moment I beleive that in the future I will make an attempt to call you."
Take advantage of both languages. Of course, as everyone knows, there are Scheme/Lisp implementetions in Java: http://grunge.cs.tu-berlin.de/~tolk/vmlangu ages.ht ml Ones that act as interpreters or compilers to Java byte code. Or write your own (it's not that hard) http://www.paulgraham.com/rootsoflisp.html
How on earth do you suppose that people should be able to sign an NDA, and build an open source OS? Simple: Anyone who want's the source, has to sign the NDA.
Why should it be such a big deal? Using, installing or downloading any software generally results in the implied agreement of some licensing scheme, clauses, usage terms, etc.
So now we have an extra one. The BSDNDA or LPGLNDA.
O.K. so someone goes to interview Dennis Ritchie. The *father* of C and Unix. (potential for a really interesting interview here.) Too bad they blew it by asking the most inane questions on the planet. "What do you consider your greatest achievement in the field of computing to be?" Are you f*cking serious? What did people expect him to say? His vim color scheme!?
And the rest of the questions are the same questions that we've seen every other tech guru answer.
Dear editors: please next time write something like this: "Cox/Torvalds/Gostling/Wall/McCarthy/Turing answer the exact same questions again."
What do you mean "slow"? Hard drives are slow... compared to RAM, but not compared to a backup tape system. Starting a windowing system is slow, compared to not doing it and using the command line.
Guess what, every choice every entity makes regarding anything is a compromise. Security is no exception and so long as it costs money and takes time, it will never be THE ONLY FACTOR as this guy thinks it should be.
What does he expect? One security expert per I.T. staff to watch over their shoulder and make sure they never do anything insecure? Maybe we should train everyone on the planet as a security expert, and dedicate 100% of every available resource we have to securing software.
I understand what he's saying, but give it a rest. We take chances all the time and adjust according to the outcome.
Who's the marketing wiz that's going to sell these radioactive batteries? Remeber: it doesn't matter if it's a good idea, just weather or not it can be sold.
Java is not currently an option for the high-performance numerical and immersive graphical aspect of our applications.
So what you're saying is: You've coded it in Java, used native methods where applicable, optimized it, ran it, and it was too slow on every single hardware configuration known to man.
Or are you just guessing?
If you posted on Slashdot hoping we'd help you, give us the details. How "not an option" is it?
Slashdot Mirror
All of the ex-Be-Developers and management? Just a few?
Did "Be" basically buy it's OS back?
What is going on here?
I'm lazy so I haven't bothere to read what others have said. At the risk of repeating what others may have said:
Isn't this just a matter of economics?
I bet if you get everyone on the planet, and every company to purchace software solely by merit of stability, you'll start to see a lot more stable software. But as long as people are shopping for *featureful* apps, *fun* games, and eye candy, it's not going to happen.
Anyone who knows anything knows that there is no information about horses in the word "horse". Yet we use the word anyway when what what we actually mean is our idea of what we think the the second party's idea of a horse is.
You see, communication is much more than what you seem to think it is. Part of the charm of being human is that we can say things other than what we specifically mean, and a smart person on the other side of the communication will still understand what we mean. In short, we are not idiots.
It seems like you didn't know this, so let me give you a few pointers:
Victory, contrary to what you may have heard, does not have a taste (sweet or otherwise).
And when someone says "I'll call you later", you aren't witnessing an act of a psychic foreseeing the future. What they mean is "At this moment I beleive that in the future I will make an attempt to call you."
Anyway, I'll let you look into this for yourself.
I'm waiting for SCO to show it's copied code before I pick up any GNU software.
>go get some Sennheisers
Unless you plan to spend more than a couple hundred, do yourself a favour and get some Grados.
http://www.gradolabs.com/
I found that in the $100-$300 range, Grados are the clear choice. They're ugly as hell, but sound is amazing.
It links to a Lisp website.
.... sorry, couldn't resist.
and many on freshmeat have already pointed out that it is not much more than a poorly thaught out and poorly researched troll.
Why stop fools from making fools of themselves. It's funny to watch. I would have much rather "ROFLed" seeing this ad in print than read this story.
Take advantage of both languages.u ages.ht ml
Of course, as everyone knows, there are Scheme/Lisp implementetions in Java:
http://grunge.cs.tu-berlin.de/~tolk/vmlang
Ones that act as interpreters or compilers to Java byte code.
Or write your own (it's not that hard) http://www.paulgraham.com/rootsoflisp.html
If people just stop responding to spam, wouldn't it stop? Or do the spammers enjoy throwing away money and time.
Who are the losers responding to spam? Aren't they the demand that drives the supply? Let's make them stop.
How on earth do you suppose that people should be able to sign an NDA, and build an open source OS?
Simple:
Anyone who want's the source, has to sign the NDA.
Why should it be such a big deal? Using, installing or downloading any software generally results in the implied agreement of some licensing scheme, clauses, usage terms, etc.
So now we have an extra one. The BSDNDA or LPGLNDA.
O.K. so someone goes to interview Dennis Ritchie. The *father* of C and Unix.
g answer the exact same questions again."
(potential for a really interesting interview here.)
Too bad they blew it by asking the most inane questions on the planet.
"What do you consider your greatest achievement in the field of computing to be?"
Are you f*cking serious? What did people expect him to say? His vim color scheme!?
And the rest of the questions are the same questions that we've seen every other tech guru answer.
Dear editors: please next time write something like this:
"Cox/Torvalds/Gostling/Wall/McCarthy/Turin
When will you bundle a text editor better than Notepad?
While we're on the subject of awk,
here's a Lisp implementation in awk.
While we're on the subject of Lisp... well, those of you who know, know. The others might learn one day.
> Yes, lets discourage further development in the cure for cancer.
No. It inhibits the ability of profiting financially (or not losing money) from a cure for cancer.
For some, that may discourage their development. For others (say a researcher who's mother died of cancer) it may not make a difference.
We're Slashdotting someone who's been dead for 300 years.
Bet he didn't see that one coming.
What do you mean "slow"?
Hard drives are slow... compared to RAM, but not compared to a backup tape system.
Starting a windowing system is slow, compared to not doing it and using the command line.
Wow. Who was surprised? Anyone?
Maybe one day you can tell your children what it was like to be a free person.
My girlfriend worked at the LOTR exhibit in Toronto.
I'll be seeing the movie on Monday.
Bwahahahahaha!
I'll probably post to stories on Tuesday to ruin the movie for you all.
What about a bullet wound?
Small and clean going in.
Big and messy going out.
Guess what, every choice every entity makes regarding anything is a compromise. Security is no exception and so long as it costs money and takes time, it will never be THE ONLY FACTOR as this guy thinks it should be.
What does he expect? One security expert per I.T. staff to watch over their shoulder and make sure they never do anything insecure? Maybe we should train everyone on the planet as a security expert, and dedicate 100% of every available resource we have to securing software.
I understand what he's saying, but give it a rest. We take chances all the time and adjust according to the outcome.
Isn't "leaky abstraction" a leaky abstraction of the leaky abstractions?
Who's the marketing wiz that's going to sell these radioactive batteries? Remeber: it doesn't matter if it's a good idea, just weather or not it can be sold.
Java is not currently an option for the high-performance numerical and immersive graphical aspect of our applications.
So what you're saying is:
You've coded it in Java, used native methods where applicable, optimized it, ran it, and it was too slow on every single hardware configuration known to man.
Or are you just guessing?
If you posted on Slashdot hoping we'd help you, give us the details. How "not an option" is it?
Basically this just means that developers who write console applications, servers, etc can now port and test with ease.
This is good for Apple because they get more for free.