Java developers know. As we enter the adjusted millenium, we will not yet have a decent Java 1.2 Virtual Machine in the major web browsers or on any alternative platforms except Solaris. And the penguins all like perl. Hopefully all that will change.
If the Justice Department does nothing, will we have Windows 2005 with a Linux kernel that sits on 90% of the desktops? To be better, Linux needs applications, and that's where Java should come in.
As Java developers turn to Linux, I hope Linux developers and Open Source developers assimilate with open arms.
The definition of intelligence is continually redefined to exclude non humans, and the definition of life redefined to exclude man made creations. I think we'll find that if our technologies evolve enough they will create something of great enough complexity that it manifests a soul.
I think that the best scientific definitions of life include the Earth, corporations, economies, etc...
Ever write a genetic algorithm? Problem solving using the same techniques as evolution - reproduction, crossover, mutation. You have an array of potential solutions (genomes) that comprise the gene pool, and the ones that get selected randomly (chances increased by viability as assessed by an objective function) are randomly crossed with an other randomly chosen solution. The gene pool goes from being worthless to having some perfect solutions (if one exists, otherwise as good as possible, if done right). May take 25 or 50 generations, but you definitely are building a petri dish and growing solutions to problems.
The issue of soul is more scientifically refered to as consciousness. If technology's growth continues exponentially, I wouldn't rule out any goals.
There are HUGE issues of safety here far before we get close to creating things that can sin!
Sun is bringing a well needed balance to the computer industry. Largely with the success of Java and Linux, Sun is riding a wave that will likely continue. It is unfortunate to see the Slashdotters (younger every day) rip apart Sun for fighting for choice in the computer industry.
But then again, it is unfortunate to see the rapid consolidation in this and other industries which create great giants that endanger the smaller companies which create for great diversity and innovation. M$ and Sun, Wallmart and Amazon and the others should be held to a high standard, because we are learning that Big Brother is not government.
And yet heartening is the Linux success. Created by technical vision and prowess, through a distributed and virtual community, Linux represents the power of a grass roots effort to level the playing field.
Today Linux represents the strength of the people over the corporations. Tomorrow Linux will be the server platform of choice the Internet. Sun will eventually stop competing with the people and replace Solaris with Linux in it's formidable hardware products. And they will ensure that their Java software platform is the Internet language of choice, competantly hosted on Linux to service the array of consumer devices, including Windows.
The Open Source community is wise to remember that it is freedom of choice, the abillity to innovate, and openness that is our passion. Linux is our finest offspring, which has now grown and is ready to live a life of it's own, in a corporate world. It is time for us to build upon it, but more importantly to relentlessly drive forward creating new technologies that are socially functional by empowering individuals and communities.
OPEN SOURCE JAVA! IF they won't open source it, let's write something better!
OPEN SOURCE SLASHDOT! FREE THE LATEST AND GREATEST CODE! Open source, Freedom of Speech and the Right to gather are more important than Slashdot.
I am very fond of the Slashdot format of community; a lot of communities would be facilitated if the latest and greatest of the code was posted. A fish vs. teaching to fish. Slashdot is a great forum for Linux users, but why not allow the creation of XDot.orgs. Personally I think that creating a tool that effects freedom of speech and Internet participation is of greater good and import than creating one great site for any one community. Yes that would create Slashdot competitors, but have we not learned that that is a good thing? Package up the latest and greatest!
Aol's move is proprietary. We should all know AOL's strategy; buying Netscape does not make them Freedom friendly. Open source for them is a tool they hope will pay off. Microsoft calling foul is hypocritical considering their Windows API dominance, and office produticvity suite monopoly.
For instance, if a wannabe tenent sends in the rent check for a place with his/her name, AND the landlord cashes it, then that tenent is no longer a wanna be. As good as being on the lease.
A friend of mine was offered $15k by his landlord to move. He moved.
Unfortunately the skyrocketing cost of living in San Francisco (the cultural center of Silicon Valley) is forcing many of the artists, freaks and activists out. It was the diversity and character that made San Francisco an incredible place, and it's turning into Pleasantville.
In my neighborhood, the Mission, there is a psuedo political movement to encourage the hipsters to vandalize the yuppie's vehicles. An SUV was set on fire up the street from me. Hee hee. Vandalism is not the answer... is there an answer?
Who cares if it is CTS or "just" RSI. Don't matter. Pain is pain, and must be dealt with. The article implies that only the small percentage have a real problem.
Variety is Key. If your mouse hurts your hand, get a trackball. If your trackball hurts your hand, get a touchpad. If your touchpad hurts your hand, start using your mouse again. The different hand motions Repeatedly Stress different parts of the hand, giving the other parts a rest.
If your keyboard hurts your wrists, there are alternatives. I like www.datahand.com's products a lot though they are expensive. For a week you will be at 70% productivity, but then you'll be fast, and your wrists will stop hurting.
BeOS is as much a general purpose OS as Linux. Multimedia is a niche they chose because they feel that to have a good story, they need focus. The same logic would call Linux a server platform.
Jean De Fluerette & Manon of the Spring (SP?) are two excellent french movies that were filmed at the same time, released in a short time frame, and most incredibly, were both incredible movies.
The Datahand is the coolest keyboard. And it solved my RSI problem. Each finger hits one of five keys, and your finger doesn't have to move far, reducing aggravation to the carpal tunnel.
I find having multiple input devices is the way to beat RSI.
The death of CORBA is absurd. Due to the OMG's imperfect but democratic process, it is better now than it ever has been. This microsofty is announcing the death of CORBA due to the birth of EJB. Absurd.
Technically important, and strangely absent from the posting was the true relationship of EJB and CORBA. EJB does not replace CORBA at all! It is built on top of it. EJB uses RMI for distributed object communication, and RMI (and IIOP) have been enhanced so that the protocol of RMI IS IIOP. This means that an RMI client may make calls to a CORBA server, and vice versa.
Slashdot Mirror
The only Science Fiction I know of with a decidedly female perspective, and invaluable for that reason, is:
Marge Piercy - Woman on the Edge of Time.
How does it feel to be assimilated?
Java developers know. As we enter the adjusted millenium, we will not yet have a decent Java 1.2 Virtual Machine in the major web browsers or on any alternative platforms except Solaris. And the penguins all like perl. Hopefully all that will change.
If the Justice Department does nothing, will we have Windows 2005 with a Linux kernel that sits on 90% of the desktops? To be better, Linux needs applications, and that's where Java should come in.
As Java developers turn to Linux, I hope Linux developers and Open Source developers assimilate with open arms.
What is life?
The definition of intelligence is continually redefined to exclude non humans, and
the definition of life redefined to exclude man made creations. I think we'll find that if our technologies evolve enough they will create something of great enough complexity that it manifests a soul.
I think that the best scientific definitions of life include the Earth, corporations, economies, etc...
Ever write a genetic algorithm? Problem solving using the same techniques as evolution - reproduction, crossover, mutation. You have an array of potential solutions (genomes) that comprise the gene pool, and the ones that get selected randomly (chances increased by viability as assessed by an objective function) are randomly crossed with an other randomly chosen solution. The gene pool goes from being worthless to having some perfect solutions (if one exists, otherwise as good as possible, if done right). May take 25 or 50 generations, but you definitely are building a petri dish and growing solutions to problems.
The issue of soul is more scientifically refered to as consciousness. If technology's growth continues exponentially, I wouldn't rule out any goals.
There are HUGE issues of safety here far before we get close to creating things that can sin!
Soul
I work in San Francisco, the Valley, elsewhere, and ALL of the top software developers smoke dope.
Count them with the artists and scientists who benefit from dope.
You WANT your software company employees smoking!
Sun is bringing a well needed balance to the computer industry. Largely with the success of Java and Linux, Sun is riding a wave that will likely continue. It is unfortunate to see the Slashdotters (younger every day) rip apart Sun for fighting for choice in the computer industry.
But then again, it is unfortunate to see the rapid consolidation in this and other industries which create great giants that endanger the smaller companies which create for great diversity and innovation. M$ and Sun, Wallmart and Amazon and the others should be held to a high standard, because we are learning that Big Brother is not government.
And yet heartening is the Linux success. Created by technical vision and prowess, through a distributed and virtual community, Linux represents the power of a grass roots effort to level the playing field.
Today Linux represents the strength of the people over the corporations. Tomorrow Linux will be the server platform of choice the Internet. Sun will eventually stop competing with the people and replace Solaris with Linux in it's formidable hardware products. And they will ensure that their Java software platform is the Internet language of choice, competantly hosted on Linux to service the array of consumer devices, including Windows.
The Open Source community is wise to remember that it is freedom of choice, the abillity to innovate, and openness that is our passion. Linux is our finest offspring, which has now grown and is ready to live a life of it's own, in a corporate world. It is time for us to build upon it, but more importantly to relentlessly drive forward creating new technologies that are socially functional by empowering individuals and communities.
OPEN SOURCE JAVA! IF they won't open source it, let's write something better!
OPEN SOURCE SLASHDOT! FREE THE LATEST AND GREATEST CODE! Open source, Freedom of Speech and the Right to gather are more important than Slashdot.
I am very fond of the Slashdot format of community; a lot of communities would be facilitated if the latest and greatest of the code was posted.
A fish vs. teaching to fish. Slashdot is a great forum for Linux users, but why not allow the creation of XDot.orgs. Personally I think that creating a tool that effects freedom of speech and Internet participation is of greater good and import than creating one great site for any one community.
Yes that would create Slashdot competitors, but have we not learned that that is a good thing? Package up the latest and greatest!
Aol's move is proprietary. We should all know AOL's strategy; buying Netscape does not make them Freedom friendly. Open source for them is a tool they hope will pay off.
Microsoft calling foul is hypocritical considering their Windows API dominance, and office produticvity suite monopoly.
San Francisco does have tenent favoring laws.
For instance, if a wannabe tenent sends in the rent check for a place with his/her name, AND the landlord cashes it, then that tenent is no longer a wanna be. As good as being on the lease.
A friend of mine was offered $15k by his landlord to move. He moved.
Unfortunately the skyrocketing cost of living in San Francisco (the cultural center of Silicon Valley) is forcing many of the artists, freaks and activists out. It was the diversity and character that made San Francisco an incredible place, and it's turning into Pleasantville.
In my neighborhood, the Mission, there is a psuedo political movement to encourage the hipsters to vandalize the yuppie's vehicles. An SUV was set on fire up the street from me. Hee hee. Vandalism is not the answer... is there an answer?
Who cares if it is CTS or "just" RSI. Don't matter. Pain is pain, and must be dealt with. The article implies that only the small percentage have a real problem.
Variety is Key. If your mouse hurts your hand, get a trackball. If your trackball hurts your hand, get a touchpad. If your touchpad hurts your hand, start using your mouse again. The different hand motions Repeatedly Stress different parts of the hand, giving the other parts a rest.
If your keyboard hurts your wrists, there are alternatives. I like www.datahand.com's products a lot though they are expensive. For a week you will be at 70% productivity, but then you'll be fast, and your wrists will stop hurting.
Good luck!
BeOS is as much a general purpose OS as Linux.
Multimedia is a niche they chose because they feel that to have a good story, they need focus. The same logic would call Linux a server platform.
Jean De Fluerette & Manon of the Spring (SP?) are two excellent french movies that were filmed at the same time, released in a short time frame, and most incredibly, were both incredible movies.
A lot of Java Developers would love to develop on Linux, but the solid tools don't seem to be there.
Java2 support is important for Linux.
I agree with Leperjuice.
The Datahand is the coolest keyboard. And it solved my RSI problem. Each finger hits one of five keys, and your finger doesn't have to move far, reducing aggravation to the carpal tunnel.
I find having multiple input devices is the way to beat RSI.
www.datahand.com
This is Micro$oft propoganda. And it is wrong.
The death of CORBA is absurd. Due to the OMG's imperfect but democratic process, it is better now than it ever has been. This microsofty is announcing the death of CORBA due to the birth of EJB. Absurd.
Technically important, and strangely absent from the posting was the true relationship of EJB and CORBA. EJB does not replace CORBA at all! It is built on top of it. EJB uses RMI for distributed object communication, and RMI (and IIOP) have been enhanced so that the protocol of RMI IS IIOP. This means that an RMI client may make calls to a CORBA server, and vice versa.
CORBA