No... the reason why you're an idiot was because you bitched and moaned about a Java deficiency that does not exist.
It's not merely because you're ignorant (since we can't all know everything), but that you saw a problem and did not research the obvious solution to it, instead deciding to spread FUD (even if unintentionally).
I like it because it's small and has the Metal theme, but can look like win95 for when friends come over, and want to use windows. I see if they figure it out.
Ok, so we've got the two camps: 1. It's a convenience, better security 2. Big Brother
Here's the general case: Those who are smart and take advantage of this will benefit, while those who don't (most people) will at best receive more convenience, and at worst will die horribly. Nasty Government and organised crime _will_ use it to abuse you. Think about it, if you always have it on, then criminals will better track you, to know when you're away to break into your home/car, where you are to quickly swoop in to kill/rape/maim you, etc. And you can be sure they won't have theirs on, and they will know how to turn yours or your kids' off as well.
When the pro is a little more convenience and the con is your life, it's not worth it. Now, if it was only controllable locally, and could be adhered, not implanted, onto innaimate objects, then that could be usefull, and most people would be able to protect themselves from the negatives. Like only turning it on when you are in trouble, not before, which will undoubtedly lead to your becomming in trouble.
Also, we have genetic diversity for a reason; so plagues and things like that won't kill everyone. Any thing that becomes globally pervasive will leave everyone vulnerable, due to cost of replacement and upgrading flawed technology. This is why things like heterogenious networks are good, when a Win32 virus comes out, all the other machines still work, and when a Linux TCP/IP stack flaw is discovered, all the BSD systems are safe, etc...
uh...exactly how are they going to do this? Somehow I suspect people would notice if the government started implanting genetically engineered eggs in every woman in America...
This is the information age where the tools for manipulation are subconcious or superficially beneficial. No one will secretly implant genetically engineered eggs in anyone, because they won't have to. The people will ask for it, in fact the people will demand it.
Who will notice or mind that all of the new, healthier, physically stronger people are easier to control? If anyone does notice, all the better, because then it can be shown that those who do not conform are obviously less healthy.
This is just me, and so is not at all representative of everyone, BUT I find exotic women to be _much_ more attractive than average women. I don't know if this is due to some subconcious need to further diversify the gene pool, or just because I'm bored of the stereotypical blonde
Your lack of boredom may come from your pre-occupation with your self.
That's right... People should be able to amuse themselves, and not have to be fed it like pablum. I'd rather be self-centered than be an entertainment consumer anyday. I think it's called creativity;)
Use your imagination to try to understand others being bored (since you claim being unfamiliar with this experience).
How wonderfully ironic. Use my imagination to simulate lacking one.:)
IT/IS requires you spending your time learning extra things whether or not they're assigned. If you continue this attitude past your schooling, technology will leave you behind.
Don't worry about me falling behind. I'm 19 and have years of experience coding real products for numerous companies, including my own. My core skills, all of which are predominantly self-taught, are: Java2, C/C++, Win32, Linux admin, x86 asm, VB( now you know I suck:)...
I believe everyone who said they were bored also said they knew the course material before it was taught. I'm saying it's the same with me, but I don't get bored, and don't understand those who do.
I know I may be moderated for saying this, but you do sound like a prick.
After reading everyone's posts, I wonder if there are any programming languages and development platforms that do not magically fullfill all of the given requirements... Mark
Everytime I see/hear someone say they're bored, I don't understand. It's very hard for me to become bored because I have an imagination. When the prof is reiterating stuff I already know, then I either ignore him and think about my own projects and ideas, or listen and take note of what everyone else supposedly now knows, or if I feel like being a prick, I correct the prof.
I view school as a time to expand myself socially and ideologically, and justification to allocate time to learn a new skill. Say I want to learn low level x86 assembly. Well, I can't justify spending the time on that because of all my other projects, but if I'm in a class that requires this, then I can justify spending the time on it, and even go a little overboard:)
I think that the people who use technology for information are the most likely to only use it as a tool, and so not fall into an unbalanced existence.
On the other hand, the majority of people rely on technology for their entertainment. Games sell home computers and playstations, movies sell TVs, VCRs and movie tickets, music sells CDs...
It probably won't be the people who watch CNN who drop out of life - it will be the people who watch Jerry Springer and Soap Operas who will be the first victims. Who are the victims not of information overload, but of entertainment overload.
Look, when you do a pay per view on TV, you select between different airings of the same show that are at fixed intervals (say 5 or 10 minutes apart) If they take the same approach where you order a VoD viewing, then multicast works perfectly. Sure, you have to wait up to 5 minutes, but hey, the Internet doesn't crumble into the dust, so I think it's worthwhile
This is because the US uses public funds to develop technology for the military, cia, nsa, etc. Once the technology is commercially viable, it is released to the commercial sector. One word: Boeing.
I'm not sure about the exact percentages, but something like 50% of NT5 code is new. Sun uses the fact that less than 10% of Solaris 7 is new as a selling point.
I find it funny when people talk about floating windows in a 3D space. It shows they're still thinking in a 2D centric way.
The point in going to 3D is to be immersed in the data, not surrounded by projected 2D imagery.
For example: you'll have to support old 2D images for all those people who've scanned in 100 year old photos of their great-grandparents, but after 3D in mainstream, people will use cameras with IR sensors that record the full 3D model of the person, so when they use their computer to see their kid's "picture", they'll see a full 3D model of their kid rotating in front of them, or behind them, or above them...
Why do people keep disagreeing with the "complete break with cinema marketing tradition", and only quote Back to the Furture? If Back to the Future was the only trilogy in the last ten years to do that, then it's obviously still breaking with tradition.
Actually, NT has many exploits to get Administrator privileges from a simple user account. BO2k probably uses those instead of popping up a window asking to be run by the Administrator:)
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No... the reason why you're an idiot was because you bitched and moaned about a Java deficiency that does not exist.
It's not merely because you're ignorant (since we can't all know everything), but that you saw a problem and did not research the obvious solution to it, instead deciding to spread FUD (even if unintentionally).
I'm glad I didn't waste my time on Java 1.0
(I work every day with Java 1.1 and I love it)
Uhh, I've never had System.currentTimeMillis() do that. It just works.
I like it because it's small and has the Metal theme, but can look like win95 for when friends come over, and want to use windows. I see if they figure it out.
Ok, so we've got the two camps:
1. It's a convenience, better security
2. Big Brother
Here's the general case:
Those who are smart and take advantage of this will benefit, while those who don't (most people) will at best receive more convenience, and at worst will die horribly. Nasty Government and organised crime _will_ use it to abuse you. Think about it, if you always have it on, then criminals will better track you, to know when you're away to break into your home/car, where you are to quickly swoop in to kill/rape/maim you, etc. And you can be sure they won't have theirs on, and they will know how to turn yours or your kids' off as well.
When the pro is a little more convenience and the con is your life, it's not worth it. Now, if it was only controllable locally, and could be adhered, not implanted, onto innaimate objects, then that could be usefull, and most people would be able to protect themselves from the negatives. Like only turning it on when you are in trouble, not before, which will undoubtedly lead to your becomming in trouble.
Also, we have genetic diversity for a reason; so plagues and things like that won't kill everyone. Any thing that becomes globally pervasive will leave everyone vulnerable, due to cost of replacement and upgrading flawed technology. This is why things like heterogenious networks are good, when a Win32 virus comes out, all the other machines still work, and when a Linux TCP/IP stack flaw is discovered, all the BSD systems are safe, etc...
Mark Collette
Obviously it will be the non-genetically-engineered who will dig the ditches.
Mark
uh...exactly how are they going to do this? Somehow I suspect people would notice if the government started implanting genetically engineered eggs in every woman in America...
This is the information age where the tools for manipulation are subconcious or superficially beneficial. No one will secretly implant genetically engineered eggs in anyone, because they won't have to. The people will ask for it, in fact the people will demand it.
Who will notice or mind that all of the new, healthier, physically stronger people are easier to control? If anyone does notice, all the better, because then it can be shown that those who do not conform are obviously less healthy.
Mark
This is just me, and so is not at all representative of everyone, BUT I find exotic women to be _much_ more attractive than average women. I don't know if this is due to some subconcious need to further diversify the gene pool, or just because I'm bored of the stereotypical blonde
As if any of the whiners even read the readme file :)
This is obviously yet another FBI, CIA, NSA attack on open source geeks.
We're on to you bastards!
Mark
Can babelfish do 3l337 ?
Your lack of boredom may come from your pre-occupation with your self.
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That's right... People should be able to amuse themselves, and not have to be fed it like pablum. I'd rather be self-centered than be an entertainment consumer anyday. I think it's called creativity
Use your imagination to try to understand others being bored (since you claim being unfamiliar with this experience).
How wonderfully ironic. Use my imagination to simulate lacking one.
IT/IS requires you spending your time learning extra things whether or not they're assigned. If you continue this attitude past your schooling, technology will leave you behind.
Don't worry about me falling behind. I'm 19 and have years of experience coding real products for numerous companies, including my own. My core skills, all of which are predominantly self-taught, are: Java2, C/C++, Win32, Linux admin, x86 asm, VB( now you know I suck
I believe everyone who said they were bored also said they knew the course material before it was taught. I'm saying it's the same with me, but I don't get bored, and don't understand those who do.
I know I may be moderated for saying this, but you do sound like a prick.
Hehehe... I said that
After reading everyone's posts, I wonder if there are any programming languages and development platforms that do not magically fullfill all of the given requirements... Mark
Everytime I see/hear someone say they're bored, I don't understand. It's very hard for me to become bored because I have an imagination. When the prof is reiterating stuff I already know, then I either ignore him and think about my own projects and ideas, or listen and take note of what everyone else supposedly now knows, or if I feel like being a prick, I correct the prof.
:)
I view school as a time to expand myself socially and ideologically, and justification to allocate time to learn a new skill. Say I want to learn low level x86 assembly. Well, I can't justify spending the time on that because of all my other projects, but if I'm in a class that requires this, then I can justify spending the time on it, and even go a little overboard
Mark
I think that the people who use technology for information are the most likely to only use it as a tool, and so not fall into an unbalanced existence.
On the other hand, the majority of people rely on technology for their entertainment. Games sell home computers and playstations, movies sell TVs, VCRs and movie tickets, music sells CDs...
It probably won't be the people who watch CNN who drop out of life - it will be the people who watch Jerry Springer and Soap Operas who will be the first victims. Who are the victims not of information overload, but of entertainment overload.
Mark Collette
Look, when you do a pay per view on TV, you select between different airings of the same show that are at fixed intervals (say 5 or 10 minutes apart)
If they take the same approach where you order a VoD viewing, then multicast works perfectly.
Sure, you have to wait up to 5 minutes, but hey, the Internet doesn't crumble into the dust, so I think it's worthwhile
Mark
No. This is the end. No Amiga users should play this game of insanity anymore.
Option 1: Phase5's PowerPC box
Option 2: The PowerPC stuff from IBM that someone's going to pickup. Throw on BeOS or Linux.
This is it, they've _finally_ admitted there will be no Amiga. Time to live in the present, time to create the future.
Obviously what he meant was that he gets nothing but spam from *@hotmail.com (hotmail users).
Mark
This is because the US uses public funds to develop technology for the military, cia, nsa, etc. Once the technology is commercially viable, it is released to the commercial sector. One word: Boeing.
I'm not sure about the exact percentages, but something like 50% of NT5 code is new.
Sun uses the fact that less than 10% of Solaris 7 is new as a selling point.
So if their servers crash, does their nation disappear? Makes the whole MS Windows 47 day limit kindof scary :)
I find it funny when people talk about floating windows in a 3D space. It shows they're still thinking in a 2D centric way.
The point in going to 3D is to be immersed in the data, not surrounded by projected 2D imagery.
For example: you'll have to support old 2D images for all those people who've scanned in 100 year old photos of their great-grandparents, but after 3D in mainstream, people will use cameras with IR sensors that record the full 3D model of the person, so when they use their computer to see their kid's "picture", they'll see a full 3D model of their kid rotating in front of them, or behind them, or above them...
Getting ahead of oneself isn't just about technology.
When a pack of coyotes grows too large, and eats most of the prey in the area, the excess amount of coyotes starves and dies.
Mark
Why do people keep disagreeing with the "complete break with cinema marketing tradition", and only quote Back to the Furture? If Back to the Future was the only trilogy in the last ten years to do that, then it's obviously still breaking with tradition.
Actually, NT has many exploits to get Administrator privileges from a simple user account. BO2k probably uses those instead of popping up a window asking to be run by the Administrator :)