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  1. Re:Some more information on C# From a Java Developer's Perspective · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This comparison is decent, but makes a few uninformed comments.

    This is typical code you might write in Java or C++:

    foo.setSize (getSize () + 1);
    label.getFont().setBold (true);

    The same code you would write like this in C#:

    foo.size++;
    label.font.bold = true;

    The C# code is immediately more readable by those who are using foo and label.

    True, but this easy method can be done in Java with public member variables, it's just discouraged.

    Declaration:

    public enum Direction {North, East, West, South};

    Usage:

    Direction wall = Direction.North;

    It's a nice construct, so perhaps the question is not why did C# decide to have them, but rather, why did Java choose to omit them? In Java, you would have to go:

    Declaration:

    public class Direction {
    public final static int NORTH = 1;
    public final static int EAST = 2;
    public final static int WEST = 3;
    public final static int SOUTH = 4;
    }

    Usage:

    int wall = Direction.NORTH;

    The java method will compile/run a tad faster, due to the lack of an entirely new type.


    There may be more . . .

  2. Quoth Taco on Motherboard Preview From Comdex · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I dig the AquaPad, a WinCE Transmeta box. == I dig ... a WinCE ... box.

    Taco you've forsaken your roots!

  3. My Clockless Experiences on Clockless Chips · · Score: 4, Funny

    I took the clock out of my computer with an xacto knife. I immediately noticed an infinite difference in the speed at which it ran.

    I also have an asynchronous clock ever since the spring in my wristwatch snapped.

  4. ISP Billing on Would You Pay A Penny Per Page? · · Score: 2

    If the ISPs did billing, what about Universities? Libraries? The government? Sure it'd make more sense to fire people who surf too much at work, butI don't want to have to pay to use the library!

  5. Bill is responsible for open Source?!?!?! on Ballmer, Gates on Microsoft's Future · · Score: 1

    . . . really the reason that you see open source there at all is because we came in and said there should be a platform that's identical with millions and millions of machines

    WTF. Did I miss something?

  6. Change your Major on What Do You Do When CS Isn't Fun Any More? · · Score: 1

    Professors in other departments love people who can program nifty apps which do things related to class. You get the enjoyment of applying your skills, and good grades without outright brown-nosing.

  7. Read the article on Sharp Readies SL-5000D · · Score: 2

    "Using a 206 MHz Intel StrongARM processor, 16 MB Flash ROM, 32 MB SDRAM and a 240 x 320 reflective TFT LCD, the SL-5000 series sounds eerily similar to the latest PPC 2002 devices . . ."

  8. Re:Its a real problem. on Thousands of Sites Wrongly Blocked · · Score: 2, Informative

    For refrence (Database date doesn't necesarily mean the entry changed on that date):
    Websense URL Lookup Tool Results

    The URL:
    adequacy.org

    is classified by Websense under the category:
    Alternative Journals

    According to:
    Database version: 01215
    Database date: 2001-10-30

  9. Websense on Thousands of Sites Wrongly Blocked · · Score: 2

    My company uses Websense, and I must say they are very reasonable. The have a human controlled database, with loads of catergories for companies to block or not block, and they accept web submissions to change it. Changes occur in less than a week if the do occur. I myself got cmdrtaco.net removed from their database (it was marked adult content). Also they don't block russian porno :).

  10. Re:Netscape advantages over Mozilla? on Netscape 6.2 · · Score: 1

    That crappy AIM sidebar which lets me hide that fact that I'm on IM while at work if I sign on while in quick launch mode. Too bad it's less functional than the java AIM.

  11. I think I've got it down on Open Source Programmers Stink At Error Handling · · Score: 5, Funny

    As a professional programmer I adhere to a strict stylesheet which I think the Open Source community may appreciate a copy of:

    main( arguments ){
    try{
    --code goes here--
    }catch( exception ){
    printout "I'm sorry to do that you need our $50k/year support plan. \n Thank you!"
    }}

    No need to thank me.

  12. The real question is . . . on ATI Drivers Geared For Quake 3? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Why the hell do they not want everything else to be similarly optimized?

  13. Re:Why? on Yellow Dog Linux 2.1 Shipping · · Score: 1

    Software availability!?!?! Download GPLed source, type "make". Oooh, can't do that with much software. Plus if the author didn't consider multiplatform issues and it doesn't build properly you can help improve free software, so everything available for Linux will be available for Linux on PPC.

  14. What does it run? on Digital Camera Wristwatch · · Score: 1

    I hope the watch is more reliable than their website (from netcraft.com: The site www.casio.com is running Microsoft-IIS/4.0 on NT4/Windows 98). Seriously, this should be fun to hack (Try and allow the red, green, and blue to be viewed seperately so the greyscale isn't too innaccurate)

  15. New buzzword on RIAA to DoS Pirates? · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Oh great, my router just got fried by a freaking script fogey!"

  16. Re:Check your links, please. on Lego Mindstorms In Space · · Score: 1
  17. Shh! Don't tell them we can modify open software! on Red Hat puts out Legislation Alert on the SSSCA · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can see it now. In the code:

    #IFDEF INANE_COPY_PROTECTION
    #include RIAA_Headers.h)
    #ENDIF

    And in the documentation:
    b) Please do not define INANE_COPY_PROTECTION. It is very bad.

  18. Re:More bandwidth? on Beyond The Cell -- Journalists' Video Phone · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't MPEG-4 result in drastically shorter battery life due to larger processing requirements?

  19. Zork on Old Games that are Still Alive and Kickin'? · · Score: 1

    My copy for my 286 runs fine on my Pentium 4.

  20. Enforcability on Moglen On Enforcing The GPL · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ". . . in the cases I have in mind, legal technicalities prevented actual criminal prosecution of the violators"

    So convincing other people not to use software which continues to be published is enforcement? What are these technicalities? Specifics man, I need the facts!

  21. For the record . . . on Sklyarov, Elcomsoft Plead Not Guilty · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is it Dmitri or Dmitry? I see it one way in the elcomsoft statement, and the other in the nytimes.

  22. And I think it's ironic that . . . on Suing the Phone Company · · Score: 2, Funny

    . . . an insurance agent is being harassed by somebody else.

  23. Redundancy on Why Haven't UPSes Been Integrated w/ PC Power Supplies? · · Score: 3

    Because, I want to be able to replace a fubar power supply without paying for a new UPS. And if I upgrade to a new power standard (P4) I don't wnat to pay for a new UPS.
    What's that you say? Integrate them but make the powersupply and battery components seperate? What's the point? It's easier to manufacture powers supplies for every consumer from one or two basic designs (desktops/laptops). KISS

  24. Same as for regular tubbos . . . on Foods for Geeks Over 30? · · Score: 3

    The food you eat will affect just like it affects everyone outside your spere of reality. Look at http://navigator.tufts.edu/ for a plethora of links. Or just switch to V8 not cola, light beer not beer, and a gym membership not premium cable.

  25. Re:Daemon News on Is Mac OS X real UNIX®? · · Score: 1

    Why was this modded down??? The link is on topic, and extremely informative in that it links to a page which lists Apple as an official Unix vendor.