Having a modern, Swing-enabled JVM included with Windows will hopefully lead to even more Java-based applications. Then again, so would a good IDE with a form-builder. NetBeans and Apple's Project Builder do a pretty good job though.
If you really want to attract talented people to your project, do some significant work yourself upfront. Get something usable (or at least a proof of concept) working. OSS developers don't want to work on something that they can't be sure will ever come to fruition. How many projects on sourceforge are in "planning" or never come out of alpha?
An old friend of mine was a MUD addict. He claimed it to be more addictive than crack. As a result of his MUD playing, he flunked a semester of school, since he wouldn't go to class, study, do his homework, etc.
Sounds pretty far fetched, but MUDs can be so damn enticing.
Computer Science is not about finding solutions to real world problems. Well, at least not like engineering is.
It is a science which studies the possibilities of computing--not a field of engineering. (Though strangely at Marquette, almost all the computer engineering classes are taken from the comp sci dept.)
The idea of comp sci 101 is to give you the building blocks on which to build theory. This usually involves basic computer architecture and programming in whatever language is currently seen as standard or best (or paid to be taught).
I can guarantee you microsoft will introduce something similar in its next forced upgrade. And I can guarantee you it will make more than a few systems crash.
Even if the EFF is exagerrating, it's a necessary hyperbole. Fuck, even jesus used hyperbole. See any christians cutting off their hands or plucking out their eyes lately?
People ask why nobody cares about this sort of stuff, when the answer is obvious. At large, nobody knows about this.
I think the bigger problem is that the general populus doesn't understand technology enough to realize how important these "online rights" issues are. And thus they don't care. If you try to explain, they quickly lose interest because it requires too much technical background.
I sometimes feel frustrated and powerless when I see Microsoft getting away with what it does... or any u.s. corporation for that matter. Enron, anyone? No indictments yet? Can you say "plutocracy?"
removing confusing and unnecessary classes like StringTokenizer and StreamTokenizer
wtf? obviously this guy has never parsed anything in java. StringTokenizer is infinitely useful (though I must grudgingly confess to liking c#'s String.split(char[]) method). StreamTokenizer is much harder to use, but very helpful for parsing CSV files.
geez, don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. that includes leaving my primitives in place too.
Porting code will still be necessary unless Microsoft provides the Java APIs in CLR, which I don't think their settlement with Sun allows them to do.
The real advantage of this is not having to learn a new programming language. But, having learned C# from a Java background, the difference is laughably negligible.
But I don't want the government using my tax dollars to achieve that (except in antitrust and other legal manners).
And you do want the government spending billions on Microsoft software?
I think the idea of having the government maintain its own source on an office suite, or use/contribute to an existing open source initiative, is a brilliant idea. Especially now that we're back to deficit spending.
I purchased a completely loaded Titanium Powerbook on Feb 12. After going through a lot of hassle to get a big enough Apple Loan from MBNA bank, I watched my shipping get delayed by Apple. Now, I'm waiting for FedEx to deliver it, since they decided to tell me the wrong location to pick it up when I asked for it to be held. ARGH!
My first Mac, I'm sooo looking forward to using OS X, but CHRIST I've had to go through some shit to get it. Apple needs to get a better bank to handle Apple Loans and get a better shipper.
I hope I'm done jumping through hoops for this thing.
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LimeWire Gnutella Client
Having a modern, Swing-enabled JVM included with Windows will hopefully lead to even more Java-based applications. Then again, so would a good IDE with a form-builder. NetBeans and Apple's Project Builder do a pretty good job though.
If you really want to attract talented people to your project, do some significant work yourself upfront. Get something usable (or at least a proof of concept) working. OSS developers don't want to work on something that they can't be sure will ever come to fruition. How many projects on sourceforge are in "planning" or never come out of alpha?
I really miss that game. Is it abandonware yet?
An old friend of mine was a MUD addict. He claimed it to be more addictive than crack. As a result of his MUD playing, he flunked a semester of school, since he wouldn't go to class, study, do his homework, etc.
Sounds pretty far fetched, but MUDs can be so damn enticing.
Can you blame him with windows' security reputation? Who wants some freaking winblowz network worm hurting their beautiful mac network?
if webobjects apps can run on J2EE servers... is WebObjects an application framework and development environment for J2EE applications?
Who said anything about Active Desktop?
Computer Science is not about finding solutions to real world problems. Well, at least not like engineering is.
It is a science which studies the possibilities of computing--not a field of engineering. (Though strangely at Marquette, almost all the computer engineering classes are taken from the comp sci dept.)
The idea of comp sci 101 is to give you the building blocks on which to build theory. This usually involves basic computer architecture and programming in whatever language is currently seen as standard or best (or paid to be taught).
I can guarantee you microsoft will introduce something similar in its next forced upgrade. And I can guarantee you it will make more than a few systems crash.
The servlet container gives you a number of other things... security being a big one. No buffer overflows.
I notice (http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?host=www.wea ther.com) that you use mod_jk. Does weather.com use mod_jk load balancing?
Not to sound like a dumb american, but for skilled IT work, wouldn't many companies be willing to hire someone who only spoke english?
I understand the submitter's desire to find work, THEN learn the language. Keeps your options a little more open.
Even if the EFF is exagerrating, it's a necessary hyperbole. Fuck, even jesus used hyperbole. See any christians cutting off their hands or plucking out their eyes lately?
I could see the reasoning behind this, but where does the linked article mention that AOL 8.0/Win will still use IE?
People ask why nobody cares about this sort of stuff, when the answer is obvious. At large, nobody knows about this.
I think the bigger problem is that the general populus doesn't understand technology enough to realize how important these "online rights" issues are. And thus they don't care. If you try to explain, they quickly lose interest because it requires too much technical background.
I sometimes feel frustrated and powerless when I see Microsoft getting away with what it does... or any u.s. corporation for that matter. Enron, anyone? No indictments yet? Can you say "plutocracy?"
removing confusing and unnecessary classes like StringTokenizer and StreamTokenizer
wtf? obviously this guy has never parsed anything in java. StringTokenizer is infinitely useful (though I must grudgingly confess to liking c#'s String.split(char[]) method). StreamTokenizer is much harder to use, but very helpful for parsing CSV files.
geez, don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. that includes leaving my primitives in place too.
MS Project is beautiful, but seriously flawed in the monitoring business.
:-)
Also seriously flawed in that you need IE on Windoze to use its web access features.
You might want to check out Tutos. Dunno if it has all the features you want, but it's free and open source. Add what you need!
Porting code will still be necessary unless Microsoft provides the Java APIs in CLR, which I don't think their settlement with Sun allows them to do.
The real advantage of this is not having to learn a new programming language. But, having learned C# from a Java background, the difference is laughably negligible.
CBDTPA? what is it? how about a link?
But I don't want the government using my tax dollars to achieve that (except in antitrust and other legal manners).
And you do want the government spending billions on Microsoft software?
I think the idea of having the government maintain its own source on an office suite, or use/contribute to an existing open source initiative, is a brilliant idea. Especially now that we're back to deficit spending.
for his resourcefullness and expert cli usage :-)
Supported hardware for Quartz extreme:
"nVidia: GeForce2MX, GeForce3, GeForce4 Ti, GeForce4 or GeForce4MX. ATI: any AGP Radeon card. 32MB VRAM recommended for optimum performance"
Would the ATI Mobility Radeon (found in PowerBook G4) be included in this? is it AGP?
looks like it's a moderated message board though... something makes me think petswearhouse won't be open to what /.'ers have to post....
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I purchased a completely loaded Titanium Powerbook on Feb 12. After going through a lot of hassle to get a big enough Apple Loan from MBNA bank, I watched my shipping get delayed by Apple. Now, I'm waiting for FedEx to deliver it, since they decided to tell me the wrong location to pick it up when I asked for it to be held. ARGH!
My first Mac, I'm sooo looking forward to using OS X, but CHRIST I've had to go through some shit to get it. Apple needs to get a better bank to handle Apple Loans and get a better shipper.
I hope I'm done jumping through hoops for this thing.