this kind of justifies Mitnick being in solitary for so long. The powers that be of course had no idea this was possible, but if anyone could do it, it would be a hacker in prison on "good time".
Wow. so many expletives. I won't bash Java, but it is certainly no faster at startup than its competitors. Coming from the.NET camp, I have to admit CLR apps are just as relatively slow to start, although the slow startup can be somewhat mitigated with pre-compilation.
Unless an app has high demands for startup or IO times, all managed (that includes you, Java!) languages suffer from the same initial performance hit while the runtime loads and data structures get cached. Stop the arguments about launch time, they are idiotic unless you are strictly talking about browser apps.
Well, we sorta did end up seeing a full GNU system (minus the OS). GNU became the definitive free source of user land tools back then, and still is now in many areas. Even to the point where most of the GNU software (if not all) were ported to "real" Unices because many of those OSes lacked the features GNU was offering.
In fact, there were a few exclusive GNU tools at the time which were invaluable and not available anywhere else. "screen" comes to mind of the top of my head. Back in the day, I had a dialup netcom shell account for internet access. Compiling and installing screen (poor people didn't know what they were doing giving shell users compiler access) all of a sudden gave me a way to maximize my usage and do nasty things in the background while I did my regular usenet and mail browsing. By "nasty" i mean IRC bots in the background. My regular IRC usage days are over, but damn those bots were fun!
But to bring the subject back to GNU, they were they only player in the game if you wanted free powerful Unix tools, and arguably still are although there are plenty of other developers in the game now. The fact that GNU tools were so portable at the time really lends to the fact most of the authors were using commercial Unix to write them at the time.
Funny, for sure. But you bring up a good point: Where's the anniversary of BSD and NeXT? Sure, NeXT's Mach was more of a kernel like Linux, but it used BSD's user land instead of GNU. Mac users need to respect their OS elders, not just the founders! Being a Mac user myself now, I think it is important because I never touched a mac for personal purchase or use until OSX was good and stable. If I wanted unstable and fun back then, my Amiga was more than adequate.
a few years ago which I've been maintaining.every since. A user reported last week that every time he hits Ctrl-X to cut text for pasting, that the app crashed. In fact, the app exited with no error window. Whatever I might have to say about the previous programmer's style, at least he didn't have empty try/catches everywhere so I found it hard to believe the app was crashing without any exception window.
Turns out, the main window had a keyboard event which exits the app when Ctrl-X is pressed with no prompting first. I've always used keyboard shortcuts and took it for granted thinking everyone else did until I realized it took years for a "power user" to hit this problem for the first time.
and totally get it now that I've read this. I got pulled over by a Sheriff last month who was three cars ahead of me and pulled off the road to get in front of my truck. I hadn't broken any laws and the Cop told me he pulled me over because I have a full beard and fitted a description of someone he was looking for.
The Officer ran my info and came back telling me I was clean. He then asked if he could take my picture in case he found the perp he was looking for. Being a stand-up citizen I agreed and let him take my picture. I then told him "I hope you find your guy" and left the scene.
I've never been pulled over in this county with such a bullshit excuse but complied because the Officer was cordial and I wanted to support him in his quest because where I live has a lot of transients going back and forth.
I wonder now.. Did I get profiled by his computer, or his Officer's "hunch"?
Why? Well of course nobody is actually focusing on them all at the same time, but having a screen immediately available to glance over at does add to productivity instead of shuffling windows every half-minute or so. The situation which comes into mind right off is it is really nice to have a split code/design view of a web page on one screen while the code-behind is on a second. The third screen? A web browser rendering the page/code certainly comes to mind. Fourth screen? It certainly is nice to have a full-screen email session open. Then, I can respond to issues and day-to-day stuff without again having to shuffle windows to check...
Sorry, I should have included the link. Miguel describes all the features in the most current version of Mono. At a Microsoft Developers Conference. Enuff Said.
Good Question. In all the MSDN conference media -which I do not define as MSDN proper, but programmer conference media-, Microsoft has not only embraces Mono but showcases it. Microsoft has no intention of developing a.NET solution for other platforms, but it is advantageous for them to support others who do so. Did you (not you who I am replying to but the original commenter) not see the recent Microsoft PDC conference video where Miguel De Icaza himself presented on Mono?
I think people were much more accepting of XP and the move from Win98 due to the fact it was so much more stable after switching to the NT kernel after the transitionary Windows 2000. Windows 2000 Professional was not really intended for home use but people like me who were already using NT4-Workstation as their primary OS and it was good.
Also, consumers were bitten so badly by Windows Me in the year 2000 interim that they would have accepted anything as better after that POS. Really, Windows Me was less stable than Windows 95 RTM before any updates or service packs.
Yes, Vista was a beast as far as memory usage and speed, but it was still better than XP already. Unless you were a hardcore gamer, Vista and Server 2008 had so many improvements on the business side it would have been stupid not to upgrade. Well, maybe "stupid" is a little harsh because practically nobody upgraded except power users. I leave that measure of intelligence to the reader of this post, as use cases are so varied.
Fast-forward to today and Windows 7 is the best of both worlds. Hardware drivers and software compatibility are so good in Windows 7 you literally are stupid not to upgrade. And for those apps which still only work on XP? Windows XP Mode in Windows 7 gives you a free virtualized copy of XP to run legacy software. Need IE6 still? Run it under XP Mode.
but I need to say SFTP is the only option in today's world of HIPAA and net neutrality. FTP-SSL, still, is just another layer over the already ubiquitous FTP.
Yes, SFTP is yet another wrapper against FTP, but it is much more secure compared to FTP over SSL. SSL only offers limited encryption options. SFTP, on the other hand, can encrypt data flowing over public keys with encryption streams 1024-bit or higher.
there's little demand for higher performance apps in the browser
I beg to differ. There are a ton of typical client apps which have been re-worked to run as a browser app. I won't name names, but just about every one of this class of "convert" apps has the issue of performance when used in a browser vs. a fat client app everyone is trying to avoid nowadays but actually runs much faster.
If a browser-based GUI app can run with comparable performance to its executable-native-client counterpart, then web 2.0 is official. Until then, all apps in that class are really what I'd call web 1.0.1.
and I have to say I'm impressed with the technology. I have a good Cable connection so don't experience much latency even though they recommend not using wireless.
The service reminds me a lot of Netflix actually when they started streaming titles and there wan't much to choose from. The fact that Netflix has such a huge streaming library now is the reason it has become so successful and made many ditch the DVD service altogether. I hope OnLive continues to add new games, and they seem to be doing so. Being a Mac user at home, I'm always thankful for ways such as this service to access games I might not normally be able to, without install issues or wine. Hats off to them.
Slashdot Mirror
this kind of justifies Mitnick being in solitary for so long. The powers that be of course had no idea this was possible, but if anyone could do it, it would be a hacker in prison on "good time".
Wow. so many expletives. I won't bash Java, but it is certainly no faster at startup than its competitors. Coming from the .NET camp, I have to admit CLR apps are just as relatively slow to start, although the slow startup can be somewhat mitigated with pre-compilation.
Unless an app has high demands for startup or IO times, all managed (that includes you, Java!) languages suffer from the same initial performance hit while the runtime loads and data structures get cached. Stop the arguments about launch time, they are idiotic unless you are strictly talking about browser apps.
That would be wild to record someone watching Brainstorm, especially if they died.
Well, we sorta did end up seeing a full GNU system (minus the OS). GNU became the definitive free source of user land tools back then, and still is now in many areas. Even to the point where most of the GNU software (if not all) were ported to "real" Unices because many of those OSes lacked the features GNU was offering.
In fact, there were a few exclusive GNU tools at the time which were invaluable and not available anywhere else. "screen" comes to mind of the top of my head. Back in the day, I had a dialup netcom shell account for internet access. Compiling and installing screen (poor people didn't know what they were doing giving shell users compiler access) all of a sudden gave me a way to maximize my usage and do nasty things in the background while I did my regular usenet and mail browsing. By "nasty" i mean IRC bots in the background. My regular IRC usage days are over, but damn those bots were fun!
But to bring the subject back to GNU, they were they only player in the game if you wanted free powerful Unix tools, and arguably still are although there are plenty of other developers in the game now. The fact that GNU tools were so portable at the time really lends to the fact most of the authors were using commercial Unix to write them at the time.
Funny, for sure. But you bring up a good point: Where's the anniversary of BSD and NeXT? Sure, NeXT's Mach was more of a kernel like Linux, but it used BSD's user land instead of GNU. Mac users need to respect their OS elders, not just the founders! Being a Mac user myself now, I think it is important because I never touched a mac for personal purchase or use until OSX was good and stable. If I wanted unstable and fun back then, my Amiga was more than adequate.
a few years ago which I've been maintaining.every since. A user reported last week that every time he hits Ctrl-X to cut text for pasting, that the app crashed. In fact, the app exited with no error window. Whatever I might have to say about the previous programmer's style, at least he didn't have empty try/catches everywhere so I found it hard to believe the app was crashing without any exception window.
Turns out, the main window had a keyboard event which exits the app when Ctrl-X is pressed with no prompting first. I've always used keyboard shortcuts and took it for granted thinking everyone else did until I realized it took years for a "power user" to hit this problem for the first time.
and totally get it now that I've read this. I got pulled over by a Sheriff last month who was three cars ahead of me and pulled off the road to get in front of my truck. I hadn't broken any laws and the Cop told me he pulled me over because I have a full beard and fitted a description of someone he was looking for.
The Officer ran my info and came back telling me I was clean. He then asked if he could take my picture in case he found the perp he was looking for. Being a stand-up citizen I agreed and let him take my picture. I then told him "I hope you find your guy" and left the scene.
I've never been pulled over in this county with such a bullshit excuse but complied because the Officer was cordial and I wanted to support him in his quest because where I live has a lot of transients going back and forth.
I wonder now.. Did I get profiled by his computer, or his Officer's "hunch"?
And Gay Marriage
And Marijuana,
And Cubans,
And Native Americans,
And Mexicans,
Britain? Not so much anymore...
But don't forget about those pesky Canadians...
with the money you just got from your raise, you greedy bastard!
Why? Well of course nobody is actually focusing on them all at the same time, but having a screen immediately available to glance over at does add to productivity instead of shuffling windows every half-minute or so. The situation which comes into mind right off is it is really nice to have a split code/design view of a web page on one screen while the code-behind is on a second. The third screen? A web browser rendering the page/code certainly comes to mind. Fourth screen? It certainly is nice to have a full-screen email session open. Then, I can respond to issues and day-to-day stuff without again having to shuffle windows to check...
Sorry, I should have included the link. Miguel describes all the features in the most current version of Mono. At a Microsoft Developers Conference. Enuff Said.
Good Question. In all the MSDN conference media -which I do not define as MSDN proper, but programmer conference media-, Microsoft has not only embraces Mono but showcases it. Microsoft has no intention of developing a .NET solution for other platforms, but it is advantageous for them to support others who do so. Did you (not you who I am replying to but the original commenter) not see the recent Microsoft PDC conference video where Miguel De Icaza himself presented on Mono?
Ooh, I know this one: The Interstellar Raven. And the the Galaxy quoth: "Nevermore!"
Will Nikola Tesla please stand up? Oh wait, he's dead. Forget it.
No shit, dude.
I think people were much more accepting of XP and the move from Win98 due to the fact it was so much more stable after switching to the NT kernel after the transitionary Windows 2000. Windows 2000 Professional was not really intended for home use but people like me who were already using NT4-Workstation as their primary OS and it was good.
Also, consumers were bitten so badly by Windows Me in the year 2000 interim that they would have accepted anything as better after that POS. Really, Windows Me was less stable than Windows 95 RTM before any updates or service packs.
Yes, Vista was a beast as far as memory usage and speed, but it was still better than XP already. Unless you were a hardcore gamer, Vista and Server 2008 had so many improvements on the business side it would have been stupid not to upgrade. Well, maybe "stupid" is a little harsh because practically nobody upgraded except power users. I leave that measure of intelligence to the reader of this post, as use cases are so varied.
Fast-forward to today and Windows 7 is the best of both worlds. Hardware drivers and software compatibility are so good in Windows 7 you literally are stupid not to upgrade. And for those apps which still only work on XP? Windows XP Mode in Windows 7 gives you a free virtualized copy of XP to run legacy software. Need IE6 still? Run it under XP Mode.
WTF? You Porsche drivers just need to shut the fu*k up!
Hey we already know you aliens are already living here, but do you really want to bring up english-vs-metric as your first argument?
Might I suggest BMW vs Mercedes?
but I need to say SFTP is the only option in today's world of HIPAA and net neutrality. FTP-SSL, still, is just another layer over the already ubiquitous FTP.
Yes, SFTP is yet another wrapper against FTP, but it is much more secure compared to FTP over SSL. SSL only offers limited encryption options. SFTP, on the other hand, can encrypt data flowing over public keys with encryption streams 1024-bit or higher.
If Bill Gates' life was to flash before his eyes, would it be a blue flash?
They probably got the idea from watching Monty Python's "The Meaning of Life".
there's little demand for higher performance apps in the browser
I beg to differ. There are a ton of typical client apps which have been re-worked to run as a browser app. I won't name names, but just about every one of this class of "convert" apps has the issue of performance when used in a browser vs. a fat client app everyone is trying to avoid nowadays but actually runs much faster.
If a browser-based GUI app can run with comparable performance to its executable-native-client counterpart, then web 2.0 is official. Until then, all apps in that class are really what I'd call web 1.0.1.
and I have to say I'm impressed with the technology. I have a good Cable connection so don't experience much latency even though they recommend not using wireless.
The service reminds me a lot of Netflix actually when they started streaming titles and there wan't much to choose from. The fact that Netflix has such a huge streaming library now is the reason it has become so successful and made many ditch the DVD service altogether. I hope OnLive continues to add new games, and they seem to be doing so. Being a Mac user at home, I'm always thankful for ways such as this service to access games I might not normally be able to, without install issues or wine. Hats off to them.
Someone has to make sure "20 GOTO 10" still runs as expected!
Sorry, no mod point as I replied to something else in the article, but please mod parent up "Funny As Shit!"