Well, you're right on one hand, but on the other, any "IT geek" who's helping his friends, associates, parents, and small business partners and saying "Yeah, just run IE, it's the best" is just an idiot.
Why keep each data in your separate devices? It's far more interesting if everything you have digitally is accessible from anywhere, like an IMAP connection is for email.
The trouble for me is, I like my personal machines. Not just the settings, which are relatively painless to transfer (since I don't use Windows when possible), but rather, the hardware: I love my particular old Marble FX trackball and NMB keyboard...
This is probably going to seem like flamebait, but I'm honestly curious: Does anyone else feel it's odd, at best, to have a government agency telling us all how to safely operate a private company's product?
Just seems weird to me, but I guess it happens in other industries as well...
True, but that snapshot view does provide a look into the popularity of the languages from a developer's point of view. You can probably assume that the "real use" of each language is equal, meaning statistically the same number of C, C++ and Java programs were dumped after a short while.
"Success" doesn't matter so much in this context, just how popular they are. I have to admit I'm surprised (and pleased, since I suck at all things pointer-related:) ) that Java is so close in this case.
You might have had me until this: "OSS means no sanity checks on feature creep, portability verification, documentation verification, regression testing, and all the other enterprise-project aspects of development that make it a useful technology."
OSS is a methodology, not a technology.
And to claim that only "enterprise projects" are "worthy" somehow is complete arrogance.
While I agree that having centralized control works, there are quite obviously many other ways of doing things, I think to call it the only route to success is foolish at best.
Yep, I think this is a great use of new tech. Then, when you bag does get lost, there might be a prayer of finding it ("Wilson, go scan that pile of luggage over there, keep an eye out for ID# 123413241").
Or something like that. It's pretty cool if you ask me: Get more efficient and we're all better off; no security nonsense worries here.
It's good to know that you don't need real high DPI:) but consider their target market: Satellite imagery. They will likely sell a boatload of them to NIMA and various other agencies with names you'll never hear on TV, and their users will be very happy to have them.
You're right, of course. I wasn't really aware of the IODP before now, thanks.
I think, concerning your last sentence, things are slowly changing already, as is to be expected. Wind farms, solar panels popping up all over the place, hybrids... some people are just in a hurry. (and then, of course, once the oil companies are "gone", they'll complain about whatever takes their place:))
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It's not impossible, but it's kind of unlikely.
The problem isn't that we can't get other kinds of energy to run a car, it's that the market demand isn't there. It really has nothing to do with the oil industry stopping us from using something different: I could, right now, use 100% vegetable oil-driven "diesel", and so on.
The fact is, getting millions of people to change their desires is the biggest hurdle.
In the meantime, the oil industry tries to keep up with the demand of the populace. If this undersea drilling rig can open up a new frontier, who knows what might be discovered alongside it.
It occurs to me that Shell and the gang all employ many environmental scientists, etc, to research all kinds of good stuff. This might provide one more avenue for research; always a good thing.
No, I meant, provide me with some example reasons, not example sites. Okay, site X only renders in IE: What's the reason? Site Y uses Active X: Whatever for?
I understand that users are sometimes stuck using IE to access something specific like an intranet site. But there's no reason for any designer to ever force users to use IE. And I can think of no reason to ever use IIS, either.
Consider the glass half-full: Before the invasion, construction crews were working on more palaces, underground bunkers, various and sundry Saddam-aggrandizing nonsense.
Sorry, your complaint seems to suggest that fixing symptoms is better than fixing the fucking problem in the first place.
If you've built shit that requires IIS or IE, you reap what you sow.
Nowhere in any project that I've ever been a part of was there anything where any requirements analysis resulted in "Yup, we must use IIS". If you've come to that conclusion, you're just plain stupid, because there is NOTHING that IIS can do that other, better software cannot.
Btw, "oh no! I'll get modded redundant!" What a punishment that would be...
1. His wife might not understand computers, so he has to explain it simply. 2. His wife might use IE, and since HE'S AT WORK, he can't go home to switch it for her. 3. He probably doesn't have time to walk her through it, because she's clueless. 4. He probably knows his bank is running on Apache and is therefore immune to this attack.
DGPS is indeed the basic way to achieve much higher accuracy, though getting it is any sort of real-time is very difficult, indeed (otherwise, all airlines would use it).
There is also WAAS (Wide Area something something:)), which uses a number of other tricks to improve real-time accuracy so that airplanes can take advantage of it.
Better GPS devices also have much more sensitive antennae, which makes a huge difference when you're GPSing in terrain other than a meadow.
As for why DGPS is not a battlefield threat: Your base station must be a surveyed, precisely-positioned point. You have to know exactly where point X is before you can use it to measure error offsets for your roaming position Y.
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Nope, it means the demolicans were in charge, planning to get rid of republicrats.
Well, you're right on one hand, but on the other, any "IT geek" who's helping his friends, associates, parents, and small business partners and saying "Yeah, just run IE, it's the best" is just an idiot.
Why keep each data in your separate devices? It's far more interesting if everything you have digitally is accessible from anywhere, like an IMAP connection is for email.
The trouble for me is, I like my personal machines. Not just the settings, which are relatively painless to transfer (since I don't use Windows when possible), but rather, the hardware: I love my particular old Marble FX trackball and NMB keyboard...
I can't remember the last time I needed a silly animated GIF for anything. Maybe I grew up and I'm not an advertiser. :)
Use Flash for animation, it's better at it.
This is probably going to seem like flamebait, but I'm honestly curious: Does anyone else feel it's odd, at best, to have a government agency telling us all how to safely operate a private company's product?
Just seems weird to me, but I guess it happens in other industries as well...
True, but that snapshot view does provide a look into the popularity of the languages from a developer's point of view. You can probably assume that the "real use" of each language is equal, meaning statistically the same number of C, C++ and Java programs were dumped after a short while.
:) ) that Java is so close in this case.
"Success" doesn't matter so much in this context, just how popular they are. I have to admit I'm surprised (and pleased, since I suck at all things pointer-related
You might have had me until this: "OSS means no sanity checks on feature creep, portability verification, documentation verification, regression testing, and all the other enterprise-project aspects of development that make it a useful technology."
OSS is a methodology, not a technology.
And to claim that only "enterprise projects" are "worthy" somehow is complete arrogance.
While I agree that having centralized control works, there are quite obviously many other ways of doing things, I think to call it the only route to success is foolish at best.
Yep, I think this is a great use of new tech. Then, when you bag does get lost, there might be a prayer of finding it ("Wilson, go scan that pile of luggage over there, keep an eye out for ID# 123413241").
Or something like that. It's pretty cool if you ask me: Get more efficient and we're all better off; no security nonsense worries here.
It's good to know that you don't need real high DPI :) but consider their target market: Satellite imagery. They will likely sell a boatload of them to NIMA and various other agencies with names you'll never hear on TV, and their users will be very happy to have them.
You're right, of course. I wasn't really aware of the IODP before now, thanks.
:))
I think, concerning your last sentence, things are slowly changing already, as is to be expected. Wind farms, solar panels popping up all over the place, hybrids... some people are just in a hurry. (and then, of course, once the oil companies are "gone", they'll complain about whatever takes their place
It's not impossible, but it's kind of unlikely.
The problem isn't that we can't get other kinds of energy to run a car, it's that the market demand isn't there. It really has nothing to do with the oil industry stopping us from using something different: I could, right now, use 100% vegetable oil-driven "diesel", and so on.
The fact is, getting millions of people to change their desires is the biggest hurdle.
In the meantime, the oil industry tries to keep up with the demand of the populace. If this undersea drilling rig can open up a new frontier, who knows what might be discovered alongside it.
It occurs to me that Shell and the gang all employ many environmental scientists, etc, to research all kinds of good stuff. This might provide one more avenue for research; always a good thing.
"Someone is making money off of this. It is therefore entirely false."
So, I'm not sure, but isn't that the entire playbook of the anti-corporate left? To make money is evil, after all...
One wonders why this is modded to 5. P&T don't exactly claim to be unbiased now, do they?
Here's another bit for you to use in your quest to try to bring them down: Penn's a huge supporter of Cato. Ooo ahhh, libertarians, they're eeeevil!
Thank you for pointing out the rational research done by Cato.
Michael Moore is a tool.
I think you're right on. I have not mod points, so this is all I can give you.
Cherry picking points that make the other side look bad are what both sides do.
No doubt the vast majority of the gang here will love it though...
Oooo ahh, an AC tries to insult me by calling me dense. As opposed to air-headed, which any IIS-using, IE-forcing moron, I suppose.
:)
And good job, whoever did mod my post redundant. Now that shit's funny.
No, I meant, provide me with some example reasons, not example sites. Okay, site X only renders in IE: What's the reason? Site Y uses Active X: Whatever for?
I understand that users are sometimes stuck using IE to access something specific like an intranet site. But there's no reason for any designer to ever force users to use IE. And I can think of no reason to ever use IIS, either.
Exactly. I'm getting modded as flamebait and redundant in other, similar posts on this discussion. I guess some folks just don't get it.
Consider the glass half-full: Before the invasion, construction crews were working on more palaces, underground bunkers, various and sundry Saddam-aggrandizing nonsense.
Now, they can go work on better stuff.
Sounds good to me!
Sorry, your complaint seems to suggest that fixing symptoms is better than fixing the fucking problem in the first place.
If you've built shit that requires IIS or IE, you reap what you sow.
Nowhere in any project that I've ever been a part of was there anything where any requirements analysis resulted in "Yup, we must use IIS". If you've come to that conclusion, you're just plain stupid, because there is NOTHING that IIS can do that other, better software cannot.
Btw, "oh no! I'll get modded redundant!" What a punishment that would be...
1. His wife might not understand computers, so he has to explain it simply.
2. His wife might use IE, and since HE'S AT WORK, he can't go home to switch it for her.
3. He probably doesn't have time to walk her through it, because she's clueless.
4. He probably knows his bank is running on Apache and is therefore immune to this attack.
"There are reasons for using IE"
Please provide me with some examples. As far as I can see, there is NO technical reason to use IE for anything. Ever.
It's a marketing decision maybe, or an uninformed manager's decision. But that's it.
"but how about we tell people how to fix the problem instead?"
http://www.mozilla.org
http://www.apache.org
Pretty fucking simple, really. I simply can't believe that people still use IIS or IE. It's pathetic.
Add it up. The folks who were working construction under Saddam are still doing the same... the unemployment rate should be the same.
However, given your username, there's little hope of you believing whatever story is given.
DGPS is indeed the basic way to achieve much higher accuracy, though getting it is any sort of real-time is very difficult, indeed (otherwise, all airlines would use it).
:)), which uses a number of other tricks to improve real-time accuracy so that airplanes can take advantage of it.
There is also WAAS (Wide Area something something
Better GPS devices also have much more sensitive antennae, which makes a huge difference when you're GPSing in terrain other than a meadow.
As for why DGPS is not a battlefield threat: Your base station must be a surveyed, precisely-positioned point. You have to know exactly where point X is before you can use it to measure error offsets for your roaming position Y.