I agree that Walmart is the "hero" of this particular story, but to me, the real villain is the record buying public. We can't ask firms to not try to make a profit... that's communism! We needed to stand up to the major labels a long time ago by simply not buying their over-priced crap. But sadly, most of us are just too dumb to know better.
C'mon, the public largely has stood up to them. Are CD sales not among the lowest they have been? Some people value a CD enough to pay the $15.99, especially teens who's (albeit limited) income is usually almost 100% disposable. Most of us here on./, and a lot of folks that aren't, don't. The problem is the industry's response to declining sales. Instead of reevaluating their pricing and modes of delivery, they simply blame piracy and attempt to make up the difference via lawsuits. This is RIAA Bitching 101 level stuff.
Regardless of what you or I think of Real ID, you're statement is incorrect. Real ID imposes rules on how drivers licenses are to be obtained and the anti-counterfeiting measures they use. Many states are already in compliance. There are concerning aspects to the law, but it simply is not a national ID card.
1 step at a time please. There have been some promising advances with mutated Sea Bass. Hopefully the experience there will translate to the hybrid sharks.
Sorry, you're the idiot if you think she deserved what she got? RTFA. The security of her connection wasn't the issue. She did it. Even so, don't you think $220k is just a wee bit over the top?
they put up with the bugs of new tech. I heard somewhere that the reason cutting edge tech is always available in Japan first is that the Japanese are far more willing to put up with what we in the west would consider not ready for prime time. I guess they value whiz-bang features more than something that just works. Also, it doesn't hurt that the country is so small that it's relatively easy to roll out whatever infrastructure is required for such things.
I'm not seeing the connection between architecture and memory leaks, particularly in a language like C/C++, where simple and subtle coding errors (that have nothing to do with architecture) can make all the difference.
Although this seems disturbing on the surface, and truthfully is a little disturbing, I guess I kind of always assumed that my ISP was able to see anything/everything I do online that wasn't done over an encyrpted connection. TFA synopsis cites that this tool can reassemble your email...okay...number 1 I'm already sharing my email with one huge corporation and 2, since when are people assuming that anything you say over email is private?? I guess I'm saying that even if ISPs traditionally do not scrutinize packets from their users to this degree, I'd always kind of assumed they were, or at least that they could. And prioritizing certain traffic based on protocol doesn't scare me. When it's prioritized based on application or user however is another story.
Sun Microsystems is only valued a little above Apple's cash-on-hand, and they'd get a CPU family as well as one of the most successful programming languages ever (and Lord knows Apple needs some way forward beyond Objective-C).
Except Sun doesn't control Java (especially now that it's GPL). Not to mention that Apple/Steve have made it clear that they have no love for the language, most notably by deprecating the Java-Cococa bridge but also by Steve's own comments.
Don't lecture me about lessons learned. I don't support the war in Iraq. My only point was that in a pure military contest between the US and China, China would lose, and lose badly. I never said it would be a good thing for anyone.
Nukes on both sides notwithstanding, chances of the US whipping the shit out of China if for whatever reason it came to that: very high. We might not be able to wage a terribly successful ground campaign there (cue The Princess Bride quotes), but we wouldn't have to. That's not arrogance, it's the truth. Obviously this is a fantasy scenario, and in reality such a war would be catastrophic for most of the planet, but since you brought it up...
People don't buy mainframes period. I think IBM offers them only for lease at this point. Which works out fine because you really can't run one without a support contract from IBM anyway.
I think that MoCo tolerates Camino since they know FF isn't up to snuff on the Mac platform. But there's no question that having 1 browser for Macs and another for everything else isn't a situation they want to be in. Some of the folks around Camino already feel like they get the cold shoulder from MoCo; once FF gets a reasonable level of integration with OS X, I think MoCo will all but disown the project.
And typically, the worst you'll have to put up with should your identity be "stolen" is signing an affidavit to that effect. I'm not aware of any case in which someone whose identity was stolen ended up with out of pocket expenses
I guess you don't consider your time and effort an out of pocket expense. Time is money. While I thankfully don't have any first-hand experience with ID theft, from what I've heard recovering from it can involve many many hours of correspondance with financial institutions, credit reporting agencies, etc, etc. I don't know about you, but I have better things to do with my time. Sure merchants have to eat a lot of the cost, but to insinuate that consumers have it easy is just ridiculous.
Sure, you can put Strings in an Integer collection, but you'll get a warning at compile time about using a raw type. The alternative, is to create a new type, lose all your backwards compatibility, and force folks to upgrade their entire codebase when moving to Java 5. Personally, I think what was done was a reasonable compromise.
Just because you can run multiple versions of the runtime on the same machine doesn't mean that your new code is backwards compatible.
Uhm, how did this get modded up? Backwards compatability isn't referring to running multiple JVMs. It's referring to the fact that you can write new classes that use generic types and methods, and those classes are still byte code compatible with pre-generic classes. This is because the type checking done by generics is compile time only - typing info is removed from the final compiled class via type-erasure. Asking how something can be true is one thing, asserting it isn't when you obviously have no idea what you're talking about is trolling.
There are enough people out there that are still commited to buying American to overcome a good portion of the quality and appeal deficiencies of American cars. The truth of it is that the unions are spending these companies into the ground. When I hear about Joe Bob that's getting let go from Ford after 25 years, my first thought is that I hate to see anyone lose their job. Of course, Joe Bob works on an assembly line and makes about as much money as I do as a Software Engineer. But then you find out that Joe Bob gets a big check as he's going out the door, and also is going to be paid his FULL SALARY for something ridiculous like a year or more after he's NO LONGER WORKING. If that's not enough, he gets to keep his benefits package during this period, which incidentally is way better than mine. Ford will also pay 100% for him to go to college to learn a new trade. Now I don't feel sorry for Joe Bob, I feel sorry for Ford, for being fucked over this hard by the union. Incidentally, we do still make good cars in this country. Their made by Americans working for Japanese companies. And I believe they're not unionized.
Congrats, you just pwnt the GP with the GIANT WALL OF TEXT!!.
Seriously man, paragraphs.
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No, Evolution Exchange functionality is slow, but very functional
I call bullshit on this, unless by "very functional" you mean crashes regularly. Evolution is by far the worst piece of software I have ever used. Normally I'd grant them some leeway since they're trying to work with closed source software, but they've been at it long enough that it should be stable. It's not even close. You're right though in that if your IT dept won't turn Exchange IMAP access on then you've got little choice.
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So, if I voted for Hillary because we're both white, I'm a racist?
It makes you an idiot. And yes, that also goes for the blacks who vote for Obama for the same reason.
I agree that Walmart is the "hero" of this particular story, but to me, the real villain is the record buying public. We can't ask firms to not try to make a profit... that's communism! We needed to stand up to the major labels a long time ago by simply not buying their over-priced crap. But sadly, most of us are just too dumb to know better.
./, and a lot of folks that aren't, don't. The problem is the industry's response to declining sales. Instead of reevaluating their pricing and modes of delivery, they simply blame piracy and attempt to make up the difference via lawsuits. This is RIAA Bitching 101 level stuff.
C'mon, the public largely has stood up to them. Are CD sales not among the lowest they have been? Some people value a CD enough to pay the $15.99, especially teens who's (albeit limited) income is usually almost 100% disposable. Most of us here on
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Regardless of what you or I think of Real ID, you're statement is incorrect. Real ID imposes rules on how drivers licenses are to be obtained and the anti-counterfeiting measures they use. Many states are already in compliance. There are concerning aspects to the law, but it simply is not a national ID card.
1 step at a time please. There have been some promising advances with mutated Sea Bass. Hopefully the experience there will translate to the hybrid sharks.
Sorry, you're the idiot if you think she deserved what she got? RTFA. The security of her connection wasn't the issue. She did it. Even so, don't you think $220k is just a wee bit over the top?
they put up with the bugs of new tech. I heard somewhere that the reason cutting edge tech is always available in Japan first is that the Japanese are far more willing to put up with what we in the west would consider not ready for prime time. I guess they value whiz-bang features more than something that just works. Also, it doesn't hurt that the country is so small that it's relatively easy to roll out whatever infrastructure is required for such things.
I'm not seeing the connection between architecture and memory leaks, particularly in a language like C/C++, where simple and subtle coding errors (that have nothing to do with architecture) can make all the difference.
If you had Beagle installed, you'd know that it creates more problems than it solves.
Although this seems disturbing on the surface, and truthfully is a little disturbing, I guess I kind of always assumed that my ISP was able to see anything/everything I do online that wasn't done over an encyrpted connection. TFA synopsis cites that this tool can reassemble your email...okay...number 1 I'm already sharing my email with one huge corporation and 2, since when are people assuming that anything you say over email is private?? I guess I'm saying that even if ISPs traditionally do not scrutinize packets from their users to this degree, I'd always kind of assumed they were, or at least that they could. And prioritizing certain traffic based on protocol doesn't scare me. When it's prioritized based on application or user however is another story.
Dvorak writes for PC Mag, not PC World.
Sun Microsystems is only valued a little above Apple's cash-on-hand, and they'd get a CPU family as well as one of the most successful programming languages ever (and Lord knows Apple needs some way forward beyond Objective-C).
Except Sun doesn't control Java (especially now that it's GPL). Not to mention that Apple/Steve have made it clear that they have no love for the language, most notably by deprecating the Java-Cococa bridge but also by Steve's own comments.
Don't lecture me about lessons learned. I don't support the war in Iraq. My only point was that in a pure military contest between the US and China, China would lose, and lose badly. I never said it would be a good thing for anyone.
Nukes on both sides notwithstanding, chances of the US whipping the shit out of China if for whatever reason it came to that: very high. We might not be able to wage a terribly successful ground campaign there (cue The Princess Bride quotes), but we wouldn't have to. That's not arrogance, it's the truth. Obviously this is a fantasy scenario, and in reality such a war would be catastrophic for most of the planet, but since you brought it up...
People don't buy mainframes period. I think IBM offers them only for lease at this point. Which works out fine because you really can't run one without a support contract from IBM anyway.
I think that MoCo tolerates Camino since they know FF isn't up to snuff on the Mac platform. But there's no question that having 1 browser for Macs and another for everything else isn't a situation they want to be in. Some of the folks around Camino already feel like they get the cold shoulder from MoCo; once FF gets a reasonable level of integration with OS X, I think MoCo will all but disown the project.
And typically, the worst you'll have to put up with should your identity be "stolen" is signing an affidavit to that effect. I'm not aware of any case in which someone whose identity was stolen ended up with out of pocket expenses
I guess you don't consider your time and effort an out of pocket expense. Time is money. While I thankfully don't have any first-hand experience with ID theft, from what I've heard recovering from it can involve many many hours of correspondance with financial institutions, credit reporting agencies, etc, etc. I don't know about you, but I have better things to do with my time. Sure merchants have to eat a lot of the cost, but to insinuate that consumers have it easy is just ridiculous.
Yes it is. ArrayList is a much better choice nowadays.
I stand corrected. My intent was more to prod the OP into moving away from using Vectors, but that information is valuable nonetheless.
Sure, you can put Strings in an Integer collection, but you'll get a warning at compile time about using a raw type. The alternative, is to create a new type, lose all your backwards compatibility, and force folks to upgrade their entire codebase when moving to Java 5. Personally, I think what was done was a reasonable compromise.
I wouldn't hold your breath if you're waiting for a deprecated class like Vector to get retrofitted with generic methods.
Just because you can run multiple versions of the runtime on the same machine doesn't mean that your new code is backwards compatible.
Uhm, how did this get modded up? Backwards compatability isn't referring to running multiple JVMs. It's referring to the fact that you can write new classes that use generic types and methods, and those classes are still byte code compatible with pre-generic classes. This is because the type checking done by generics is compile time only - typing info is removed from the final compiled class via type-erasure. Asking how something can be true is one thing, asserting it isn't when you obviously have no idea what you're talking about is trolling.
There are enough people out there that are still commited to buying American to overcome a good portion of the quality and appeal deficiencies of American cars. The truth of it is that the unions are spending these companies into the ground. When I hear about Joe Bob that's getting let go from Ford after 25 years, my first thought is that I hate to see anyone lose their job. Of course, Joe Bob works on an assembly line and makes about as much money as I do as a Software Engineer. But then you find out that Joe Bob gets a big check as he's going out the door, and also is going to be paid his FULL SALARY for something ridiculous like a year or more after he's NO LONGER WORKING. If that's not enough, he gets to keep his benefits package during this period, which incidentally is way better than mine. Ford will also pay 100% for him to go to college to learn a new trade. Now I don't feel sorry for Joe Bob, I feel sorry for Ford, for being fucked over this hard by the union. Incidentally, we do still make good cars in this country. Their made by Americans working for Japanese companies. And I believe they're not unionized.
Congrats, you just pwnt the GP with the GIANT WALL OF TEXT!!.
Seriously man, paragraphs.
No, Evolution Exchange functionality is slow, but very functional
I call bullshit on this, unless by "very functional" you mean crashes regularly. Evolution is by far the worst piece of software I have ever used. Normally I'd grant them some leeway since they're trying to work with closed source software, but they've been at it long enough that it should be stable. It's not even close. You're right though in that if your IT dept won't turn Exchange IMAP access on then you've got little choice.