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  1. Re:Small Percentage on Gates Pledges $750M to Vaccinate Children · · Score: 1

    Why should Gates give it all away now?

    No-one gives away their whole fortune in a single go. What would it achieve?

    Far better to give big donations when they are needed.

  2. Libraries on What are Some Essential Java Libraries? · · Score: 2

    For server based applications JMX is a must.
    Don't write off log4j.

    Spring is very good indeed.

  3. It's more to do with commodity item status on The VHS is Dead · · Score: 1

    In the UK supermarkets sell VHS recorders for 50 quid or so - who'd go to a high street store where they cost 150 quid?

  4. Re:The BBC are not government on BBC Creative Archive Based On Creative Commons · · Score: 1

    Absolute rubbish.

  5. Re:TBM? on For sale: Eurotunnel Tunnel Boring Machine · · Score: 1

    At least one of these was used to dig a giant storm drain in Brighton on the south coast of england.

  6. Re:The other downside to java generics is worse on Hejlsberg Talk About Generics in C# and Java · · Score: 1

    I use both C# and Java everyday and I think that the reflection issue won't hurt many people.

    I prefer the Java approach because it means my 1.5 Java code is compatible with pretty much every modern JVM out there.

    I'm sick of trying to identify whether I have a user machine with .NET 1.1 or 1.0 on it. I know that my C# code should work on 1.1 and 1.0 but I have far less confidence than (say) running my 1.4 code on a 1.3 JVM. Java gives me a lot more confidence!

  7. You don't need to spend a lot of money.. on Getting Back Into Shape While At The Office? · · Score: 1

    Walk where possible. It's cheap, great exercise and you get in touch with the world you live in.

    Go to a runners shop, tell them your budget and get some running shoes. Don't use them for anything other than running (preferably get 2 pairs and rotate them).

    Start running around your local park. Smell the flowers. If you get tired, walk a bit then run again.

    I started running two years ago. I couldn't run more than 200 yards at first. Now I run half-marathons and run 12+ miles every a sunday morning.

    I do all my best thinking whilst running so you'll get smarter too.

  8. Why not do both on .NET or CORBA? · · Score: 1

    Assuming your serverside technology is flexible enough i.e. Java, Python, C++. You could implement both SOAP and CORBA as means of getting your clients to talk to servers.

    I've done this recently and it's a piece of cake.