i've heard good things about that JDK, but havent had a chance to look at it yet. The company I work for is also into spreading their servers over several OS (database on linux, windows for some webserving..even a mac webserver is sitting there doing work!) as the OS wars continue to play themselves out.
All OS's have their use. Linux for developer hobbies, server support and so on.
Windows is good for business/home (where individual users dont have the skills needed to use linux) and pretty well matches many aspects of linux on many server issues.
Mac is the defacto standard within the printed media industry..
I think eventually the OS wars will die down, as each one realizes their best use, and starts to specialize. Linux should focus on server issues... trying to get on consumer desktops is going to be impossible with current developer models and things.
Windows has a good UI which works well for most people. Improve their stability focus on the groupware, consumer industry. Thats where they lead, they should focus on it.
Macs..well macs should hold on to their printing industry;) They're an innovative company though. It'll be interesting to see what comes out of them in the future.
Why windows is gaining as a server OS...
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Alot of businesses are using java backend software for their servers (company I work for does, also). We use windows as the OS for the server (however, the webserver software itself is not IIS..we use apache/resin) for one simple reason:
Java runs better on windows.
If we could get a better implementation of java on linux, we'd probably be using that, but so far nobody has done very well with that.
I rarely find what I want on openNap servers.. and what songs I do find are usually broken or the people that the search's turn up arent really online anymore resulting in me trying every person listed on the search until one responds (which isnt frequent)
As for the payments, who knows. Probably no more criminal than what bands make off CD sales..which is pitifully low, sadly.
So if you don't like it, stick with your wannabe-napster servers. That's your choice.
The charge will probably be low, and I will certainly pay. Why?
Napster is a spectacular service. I've bought more music cds and discovered more bands than I ever would have without it.
A subscription is the Right Thing to do. It will allow artists to get money they rightfully deserve for their work.
Since the artists will be getting paid, the barrage of lawsuits can finally be over, thus Napster will continue to exist.
This is a great thing indeed. If you don't like it, go use gnutella or one of the openNap servers. Be sure and not complain when you cant find that obscure song you were looking for. Or when the service quality just plain sucks.
.net doesnt sound like it has any application in the small program arena. Java is well suited to many sizes of software..from meager applets that display colored text, to enormous server backend suites of software.
.NET sounds like it will work for integrating large programs such as Office and stuff to the net better, but I don't see any application for it in the small program market.
Hype is hype however, though the whole premise behind.net isnt the same as java which was the write-once run-anywhere kind of thing. The marketing tools added the buzzwords such as "application server development" blahblahblah..
what i think happened is they were probably using low-resolution videocams (could they have even been vhs? The quality looked that way). Probably because they would have to have an array of cameras around the stadium..normal cameras are *extremely* expensive. Thousands and thousands of dollars. Perhaps as a trial thing they opted for the lower cost cams and things to see how well the feature went over before investing several million in an unpopular system.
no web community ive seen has had the enduring sense of community as the old bbses of yore... talking with other members, playing games with them... all in a context that wasnt about making money for the operator but was usually a hobby. I think thats what makes a really *good* community is that its ran by people who care about the members more than the profits.
Anyways, now I have to plug my software (open source, yes). It's called COG. It'll run under anything OS you can get java working on. It's pretty easy to setup, and lets you create and customize virtual communities to your heart's content. I want to bring the hobby community to the internet, and with broadband now a reality rather than a dream, it really does work.
Check it out, i've got a demo site of my own The Machine that runs it.
heh the lightening up goes to you my friend. My point is the same as yours - each OS has its uses. The bit about how you can never admit linux has shortcomings is a mock of some of the people on here who insist that some of the silly difficulties with linux are great and invaluable features.
At least windows users can admit their OS isnt the greatest thing since sliced bread and has issues:)
as for the/. server issue, I design backend software for a living. Timeouts *are not a normal thing*. Christ, if the software I write timed out as much as/. does, id be fired and hanged. How do I know its not my ISP? Because only/. does it. Lower traffic/code sides such as k5 dont do it, or any other site really.
I imagine this has to do with the combination of perl and mysql that/. uses (I think it uses those anyway..) not that there is anything wrong specifically with either (I love mysql for personal projects), but MySQL and perl is not a good choice for such a high-traffic site.
another thing you could do would be make the key halves foldable inward so other people (or non-touch typists) could use the keyboard as a normal one simply by folding them inwards. Also make the width between the keypads adjustable.
I would buy one of those things. Hold your keyboard up vertically and try it. It's a natural wrist position to have your palms facing each other.
What would make this *really* good is if they angled the keys a bit along the y-axis (having the keys perpedicular to you is a little uncomfortable..maybe make this adjustable?) and included some contoured palm rests on the bottom.
A. instead of upgrading their aging equipment, they now ban all connections to napster.com (including the www address) presumably because mp3 traffic was consuming too much bandwidth.
B. I run a small webserver I use for personal testing stuff. one day I had my service cut and got a tech support call saying I was running an illegal webserver. I explained my position and apparently it was minor enough that they didnt pursue me any farther. It still annoyed the hell out of me.
libraries need the money for upkeep. Much like how the government raised the legal drinking age to 21, restricting road funds to states that didnt comply. For years, lousiana didnt comply because they made enough money from gambling. However, most states did because they need the money.
when he was a kid, either hewlett or packard helped jobs build little electronic things...which would have led to the apple, to the birth of the personal computer industry and the rest is history. I could be wrong..
I just re-read this, here's my answer
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I thought you were talking about a laser that tracks the target before firing the biggin'
Laser weapon mirrors are incredibly well designed. This is what took 20 years to design. They have to be extremely well constructed, out of special materials (i dont know what materials, i dont build mirrors and its highly classified stuff anyway in these cases). The mirrors *have* to use whats known as adaptive optics which in many cases is hundreds of tiny pistons are computer controlled to change the shape of the mirror (which itself is composed of many many mirrors). This allows the system to compensate for airframe jitter, and to focus the laser beam on its target. Naturally, this requires ALOT of fast computation when your target is moving several times the speed of sound (granted, this system sounds like its designed for scuds, which move about mach 3, as opposed to ballistic ICBM's, which move at mach 11+).
infra-red is also quite nice for heating things. Though I suppose you could use the other bits of the spectrum just as well, provided you put enough energy into them.
I dont know how targetting lasers work:) So I couldnt tell you what the difference between a reflective surface and what a non-reflective surface would be.
Again, the designers of these systems know about reflective hardware. I must imagine that it makes minimal difference.
pressure was a poor choice of words, but i couldnt think up another word to describe what happens when extremely high energy light literally impacts against the thin surface of something. It transfers an enormous amount of heat and energy into a small area on surface not designed to take that kind of power. Like using photons as an extreme form of sandpaper. It doesnt vaporize it, but weakens it enough that air friction and force will rupture it. No matter how reflective it is, unless the missile skin was designed to reflect that much energy (something highly impractical, the 20 years of development for this system went into the mirror design which aims the laser..making a mirror to handle that much power and compensate for platform jitters is *hard*)
In any case, light is certainly not massless. Ever heard of a solar sail? Its a giant bit of mylar stretched out from a spacecraft that capture the photons from the sun, which pushes it along. Albeit slowly at first, after some months it would allow speeds beyond our chemical rockets.
hull more reflective: Pressure was a bad word to use, however the laser will indeed thermally weaken the skin of it, no matter how reflective it is. Dont you think that weapons designers think about that before embarking on a 20 year project?
decoys are ineffective, this is not the same as the missile defense system.
Slashdot Mirror
so it may be awhile before the law is truly struck down
All OS's have their use. Linux for developer hobbies, server support and so on.
Windows is good for business/home (where individual users dont have the skills needed to use linux) and pretty well matches many aspects of linux on many server issues.
Mac is the defacto standard within the printed media industry..
I think eventually the OS wars will die down, as each one realizes their best use, and starts to specialize. Linux should focus on server issues... trying to get on consumer desktops is going to be impossible with current developer models and things.
Windows has a good UI which works well for most people. Improve their stability focus on the groupware, consumer industry. Thats where they lead, they should focus on it.
Macs..well macs should hold on to their printing industry ;) They're an innovative company though. It'll be interesting to see what comes out of them in the future.
Java runs better on windows.
If we could get a better implementation of java on linux, we'd probably be using that, but so far nobody has done very well with that.
As for the payments, who knows. Probably no more criminal than what bands make off CD sales..which is pitifully low, sadly.
So if you don't like it, stick with your wannabe-napster servers. That's your choice.
Napster is a spectacular service. I've bought more music cds and discovered more bands than I ever would have without it.
A subscription is the Right Thing to do. It will allow artists to get money they rightfully deserve for their work.
Since the artists will be getting paid, the barrage of lawsuits can finally be over, thus Napster will continue to exist.
This is a great thing indeed. If you don't like it, go use gnutella or one of the openNap servers. Be sure and not complain when you cant find that obscure song you were looking for. Or when the service quality just plain sucks.
it's called a "harddrive"
.NET sounds like it will work for integrating large programs such as Office and stuff to the net better, but I don't see any application for it in the small program market.
Hype is hype however, though the whole premise behind .net isnt the same as java which was the write-once run-anywhere kind of thing. The marketing tools added the buzzwords such as "application server development" blahblahblah..
what i think happened is they were probably using low-resolution videocams (could they have even been vhs? The quality looked that way). Probably because they would have to have an array of cameras around the stadium..normal cameras are *extremely* expensive. Thousands and thousands of dollars. Perhaps as a trial thing they opted for the lower cost cams and things to see how well the feature went over before investing several million in an unpopular system.
the lean mean fatreducing machine! That was great. They're not that expensive..pretty popular with college kids.
how sudden, given that fasa's just been releasing new mechs. Hopefully the new company will continue the line of excellence.
Anyways, now I have to plug my software (open source, yes). It's called COG. It'll run under anything OS you can get java working on. It's pretty easy to setup, and lets you create and customize virtual communities to your heart's content. I want to bring the hobby community to the internet, and with broadband now a reality rather than a dream, it really does work.
Check it out, i've got a demo site of my own The Machine that runs it.
really? I thought it was a modified version of the /code since it looks/functions quite similar.
At least windows users can admit their OS isnt the greatest thing since sliced bread and has issues :)
as for the /. server issue, I design backend software for a living. Timeouts *are not a normal thing*. Christ, if the software I write timed out as much as /. does, id be fired and hanged. How do I know its not my ISP? Because only /. does it. Lower traffic /code sides such as k5 dont do it, or any other site really.
I imagine this has to do with the combination of perl and mysql that /. uses (I think it uses those anyway..) not that there is anything wrong specifically with either (I love mysql for personal projects), but MySQL and perl is not a good choice for such a high-traffic site.
looks like some of the registry servers have been hacked.
another thing you could do would be make the key halves foldable inward so other people (or non-touch typists) could use the keyboard as a normal one simply by folding them inwards. Also make the width between the keypads adjustable.
I would buy one of those things. Hold your keyboard up vertically and try it. It's a natural wrist position to have your palms facing each other. What would make this *really* good is if they angled the keys a bit along the y-axis (having the keys perpedicular to you is a little uncomfortable..maybe make this adjustable?) and included some contoured palm rests on the bottom.
See what happens when you let them loose?
A. instead of upgrading their aging equipment, they now ban all connections to napster.com (including the www address) presumably because mp3 traffic was consuming too much bandwidth.
B. I run a small webserver I use for personal testing stuff. one day I had my service cut and got a tech support call saying I was running an illegal webserver. I explained my position and apparently it was minor enough that they didnt pursue me any farther. It still annoyed the hell out of me.
libraries need the money for upkeep. Much like how the government raised the legal drinking age to 21, restricting road funds to states that didnt comply. For years, lousiana didnt comply because they made enough money from gambling. However, most states did because they need the money.
when he was a kid, either hewlett or packard helped jobs build little electronic things...which would have led to the apple, to the birth of the personal computer industry and the rest is history. I could be wrong..
Laser weapon mirrors are incredibly well designed. This is what took 20 years to design. They have to be extremely well constructed, out of special materials (i dont know what materials, i dont build mirrors and its highly classified stuff anyway in these cases). The mirrors *have* to use whats known as adaptive optics which in many cases is hundreds of tiny pistons are computer controlled to change the shape of the mirror (which itself is composed of many many mirrors). This allows the system to compensate for airframe jitter, and to focus the laser beam on its target. Naturally, this requires ALOT of fast computation when your target is moving several times the speed of sound (granted, this system sounds like its designed for scuds, which move about mach 3, as opposed to ballistic ICBM's, which move at mach 11+).
infra-red is also quite nice for heating things. Though I suppose you could use the other bits of the spectrum just as well, provided you put enough energy into them.
Again, the designers of these systems know about reflective hardware. I must imagine that it makes minimal difference.
In any case, light is certainly not massless. Ever heard of a solar sail? Its a giant bit of mylar stretched out from a spacecraft that capture the photons from the sun, which pushes it along. Albeit slowly at first, after some months it would allow speeds beyond our chemical rockets.
hull more reflective: Pressure was a bad word to use, however the laser will indeed thermally weaken the skin of it, no matter how reflective it is. Dont you think that weapons designers think about that before embarking on a 20 year project?
decoys are ineffective, this is not the same as the missile defense system.