As it has been said many times throughout, both languages are similar enough to each other that once you've learned one, the other is a breeze to pick up. However, I found that when developing project assignments in C, I had to reboot the computer into Windows and develop there, as most professors do not run Linux. With Java, I never had to reboot, because if the app ran on my Linux box it would run on their Windows box. Also, as previously stated, there are many free development tools out there for Java, but you have to pay for what you need to study C#, and when you're in college money is scarce, and noone wants to spend hours in a lab when you can do it at home. The reality is that in the long run you will most likely end up learning BOTH, so don't fret over the decision as it is only a question of which one to learn FIRST. Go for which you believe will be easier in the short term and worry about the other later. I think both would be equally hard to learn in the long run. I learned C++ first, but picked up the Java technique in a weekend afterwards. Good Luck.
is that Yahoo! beat out microsoft(the page visited by windows update), MSN(the default IE start page), Google(A modded version is the default for firfox, not sure if that's counted in these stats or not), and AOhelL(the default for AOhelL idio^h^h^h^husers and for AOhelL webmail). Other than downloading the Yahoo! toolbar, I can't think of a way that Yahoo! is forcing anyone to visit their site. You have to bear in mind that most people don't bother to change the startup page for their browser, so most of this list is skewed numbers. Of course, then again, since most people are not computer savy, that would explain alot. In my experience people who have a concept of how to work a computer use Google, the remainder use Yahoo!. Also, I find myself wondering if they aren't counting the modded version of Google that Firefox starts up in, do they count page hits if you search from the Firefox search box, or are they only counting hits on the home page?!?!?!?! There are many ways these numbers can be totally thrown off.
Don't forget that beer has medicinal effects toward the treatment of cancer. Between the masturbation, Mountain Dew, and Corona I'm set up. Now if only they could figure out that smoking has some good benefit I'll have an excuse for everything!!!
I was being facetious with my comments of course. Never would I believe that I could get away with such a thing. You are right about the USPTO however. They only handle patents and trademarks, not copyrights. You don't have to file a copyright with anyone, you just claim it and defend it. Anyway, since I was only trying to be as ridiculous as the *AA is being it doesn't really matter.
So does this mean that if I go out and copyright a new computer virus with the USPTO, I can sue the federal government and the anti-virus manufacturers when they crack open my code to figure out how to stop the virus from damaging computers? I would love to see someone try that one. It would almost be worth going to jail for a while if I could patent a nice new form of self-propogating worm, then upload it onto the servers of the *AA. Then, when they figure out how to stop the worm, I can sue them for millions because the only way they can figure out how to stop it is to circumvent my copyright protection and reverse engineer my application. I might spend a while in jail, but I would probably have a smile on my face the whole time!!!!!
Not if you're the poor slob who has to restring the scanner drive cable. That shit's a real nightmare!!! Also, the last thing you want is a shot of Zenon in your ass cheek from the broken scan lamp in a digital copier, I understand that stuff is cancerous.
Finally the medical community is starting to catch up with me. Every night I smoke some pot for my glaucoma, drink wine to prevent a heart attack, and now I'm adding beer in to ward off cancer. Next their going to figure out that Cheetos prevent Alzheimers and I'll be all set!
How the hell could they put CONTACT on that list! It was totally lame! I know I'll get modded down as redundant, but contact was completely retarded. I mean, in the end, noone is even sure that she even went anywhere. The whole damn thing could have been in her head. Come on, any movie where a woman supposedly travels through space and the only thing she finds at the end is her dead father! Please! There are so many other great movies about space out there. How about Serenity, or as someone else suggested, Blade Runner. Hell Space Balls would be better than that!!!!! I give up, the world is coming to an end.
Later this year Microsoft is planning to release a hard drive based MP3 player.
These guys are so far behind the times it's not even funny. The next thing you know they'll be talking about how we really need something to search the web with, or an online way to look up an address. Hey, here's an idea, we'll make a website that contains information about stuff and make it editable by everyone.. We can call it a Wiki!
Even without the root kit, Sony is being obnoxious with the DRM shit. I got a copy of Chevelle's new album and couldn't even rip it into MP3 without installing some damn proprietary Sony software, and then it would only rip into locked down WMA format. The CD was so screwed up that an older car CD player of mine wouldn't play it, Linux wouldn't recognize it, Windows kept trying to autorun it, but wouldn't recognize the audio side of it. Mac was the only one that would, for some reason, play it just fine. I finally got pissed off and downloaded the whole album via P2P. It was more file sharing than I've done in the last year. Congratulations Sony, now you're going to insent the legitimate people into sharing the files! To me, a CD I can't get into MP3 is useless and defective. I only listen to music on my car stereo in MP3 format, or on my computer in MP3 format, or on my Zen in MP3 format. The original CDs get stored away for safe keeping. I only have two words for Sony... BITE ME!!!
My point exactly. I also have a bit of a problem with this project right from the start. From the article:
"In sum, we're quite comfortable that, if enough users choose our browser, we can keep the lights on here at Flock without violating users' privacy or compromising the user experience."
Is it just me or did that sound like a threat of some kind?!?!?! Maybe I'm just paranoid! Ah f**k it, hand me the bowl....
In reading the article I noticed that the author missed something I think is a major factor in why Linux desktops actually cost more than comparable windows machines. I firmly believe that Microsoft is subsidising the cost of desktops preloaded with Windows. It is the only explaination why a computer with a $100-200 operating system preinstalled cost less than one with an OS that is free (or at least nearly free in the case of Linspire) to load. I think Windows has become a "loss leader" for Microsoft. Note that they will no longer include Office preloaded on a machine and it cost to have it added. MS makes a fortune every year selling software to run on their OS and charging hardware manufacturers for "certifying" their drivers. Not to mention that if you do decide to buy an upgrade version of Windows you still have to pay an arm and a leg to get it. That's a tough thing for Linux to compete with. I know some Linux fan will come along and mod me down for saying this, but it has to be said. (btw I'm on my laptop loaded with Mandriva LE 2k5 right now and later I'll move to my desktop loaded with Mandrake 10.1, I got rid of Windows about 3 years ago) Linux is just not going to beat MS being a free OS, or even a "value added" OS. It's going to take an entreprenuer like Michael Robertson to figure out how to create a real business model out of Linux. Just look at my dad. Regardless of how long I use Linux and refuse to boot MS on a computer in my home, how much college I get behind me in CS, or how often I complainn about having to fix their MS boxes AGAIN, he'll always stick to the same argument he has used against Linux since day 1... "You get what you pay for, how good could something free be. I mean, Windows cost $200, it's got to be better than something that's free" The only hope I can have in this world is to counteract the brainwashing in my son by forcing him to use Linux on a daily basis at my house. Kids are great, you get to decide just how to screw them up from day one and they get no say in the matter!
Oh come on guys, Microsoft started tabbed browsi... no wait, that was Opera. Well, there was the trash bi... no, that was Apple. Hang on, they made the mous... damn, that was Xerox. Ok, there was TCP/I... shit, that was Unix. I give up, what exactly did they invent??? Oh yeah, the EULA and criptic file formats for your personal information. How could I be so stupid!!!!
I've been considering this myself for some time now. It seems kinda redundant to put data on a PDA, then sync it to a desktop, or vice-versa. PDA's are becoming more and more powerful. With increased speed, it would be possible to replace a desktop PC with a PDA and some form of docking station, similar to what a laptop would use, so that you could use a full size keyboard, mouse and monitor. Throw in the right print drivers, and an external ROM drive, and you've got yourself a desktop PC that you can pickup and take with you when you leave the house. If the OS where properly written, it could switch between small screen and full screen modes depending on whether it was docked or not. Personally, I think it's a wonderful idea, and could very well be the direction that home computers are going in. Even if some vendors did try to lock you in to proprietary OS's and applications, someone would figure out a way to change that. Look at the Zaurus, it didn't take long for an open source OS and software to become available for it. You can't run around fearing change because you are afraid it won't change the way you want it to. You have to believe that no matter what, the free and open market will prevail. I mean, even with the PC, it could have very easily been locked into a proprietary system that only ran certain applications, but the market pushed it in the open direction. This is nothing more than a new evolution of an old device.
You have an excellent point. I am one to instantly run from service agreements. I pay full price for my cell phone just so I won't have to sign an agreement with the provider. You are absolutly right however. The only punishment for cancelling your service within a year is that you have to refund your refund to Tivo. It's just a way to keep hackers like me from buying the box for $50, then cancelling my service after 30 days and figuring out a way to run something free like MythTV on it.
I guess you really didn't read the article that you were directing people to, and don't seem to understand exactly what fascism and communism are. I would say it looks alot like communism. If they aren't careful they will become a communist country... Oh wait, that's right, they are! Thanks alot there Captain Obvious! You really saved the day!!!
You can't use gravity as a determining factor. According to one of Newton's laws of physics, EVERYTHING has a gravitational pull. Basically, all bodies exert a certain amount of gravitational pull on all other bodies. The equation for determining this is (M1*M2)/r^2 where M1 is the mass of the first body, M2 is the mass of the second body, and r^2 is the distance between the two objects raised to the second power.
I think the main consideration of calling something a planet is the fact that it must be in an orbit around a star, and calling something a moon would mean that it must be in orbit around a planet. That would mean that Pluto is a planet because it orbits around the sun (which is a star) and cops would not be planets, since they only orbit around doughnut shops!
Ok, this guy did the Linux show report, you would think he would be enough of a geek to know two things. 1) Be weary of the/. effect and 2) THUMBNAILS. Holy shit, it took like 5mins for the google cache to load on my computer and I've got a 3ghz on a cable modem connection. I can imagine what it must be like with dial-up. Seriously though, all those pictures and I only saw about 5 pairs of tits. "Stan your dog is a gay homosexual"... "Not that there's anything wrong with that"
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As it has been said many times throughout, both languages are similar enough to each other that once you've learned one, the other is a breeze to pick up. However, I found that when developing project assignments in C, I had to reboot the computer into Windows and develop there, as most professors do not run Linux. With Java, I never had to reboot, because if the app ran on my Linux box it would run on their Windows box. Also, as previously stated, there are many free development tools out there for Java, but you have to pay for what you need to study C#, and when you're in college money is scarce, and noone wants to spend hours in a lab when you can do it at home. The reality is that in the long run you will most likely end up learning BOTH, so don't fret over the decision as it is only a question of which one to learn FIRST. Go for which you believe will be easier in the short term and worry about the other later. I think both would be equally hard to learn in the long run. I learned C++ first, but picked up the Java technique in a weekend afterwards. Good Luck.
is that Yahoo! beat out microsoft(the page visited by windows update), MSN(the default IE start page), Google(A modded version is the default for firfox, not sure if that's counted in these stats or not), and AOhelL(the default for AOhelL idio^h^h^h^husers and for AOhelL webmail). Other than downloading the Yahoo! toolbar, I can't think of a way that Yahoo! is forcing anyone to visit their site. You have to bear in mind that most people don't bother to change the startup page for their browser, so most of this list is skewed numbers. Of course, then again, since most people are not computer savy, that would explain alot. In my experience people who have a concept of how to work a computer use Google, the remainder use Yahoo!. Also, I find myself wondering if they aren't counting the modded version of Google that Firefox starts up in, do they count page hits if you search from the Firefox search box, or are they only counting hits on the home page?!?!?!?! There are many ways these numbers can be totally thrown off.
Don't forget that beer has medicinal effects toward the treatment of cancer. Between the masturbation, Mountain Dew, and Corona I'm set up. Now if only they could figure out that smoking has some good benefit I'll have an excuse for everything!!!
I was being facetious with my comments of course. Never would I believe that I could get away with such a thing. You are right about the USPTO however. They only handle patents and trademarks, not copyrights. You don't have to file a copyright with anyone, you just claim it and defend it. Anyway, since I was only trying to be as ridiculous as the *AA is being it doesn't really matter.
So does this mean that if I go out and copyright a new computer virus with the USPTO, I can sue the federal government and the anti-virus manufacturers when they crack open my code to figure out how to stop the virus from damaging computers? I would love to see someone try that one. It would almost be worth going to jail for a while if I could patent a nice new form of self-propogating worm, then upload it onto the servers of the *AA. Then, when they figure out how to stop the worm, I can sue them for millions because the only way they can figure out how to stop it is to circumvent my copyright protection and reverse engineer my application. I might spend a while in jail, but I would probably have a smile on my face the whole time!!!!!
Not if you're the poor slob who has to restring the scanner drive cable. That shit's a real nightmare!!! Also, the last thing you want is a shot of Zenon in your ass cheek from the broken scan lamp in a digital copier, I understand that stuff is cancerous.
Finally the medical community is starting to catch up with me. Every night I smoke some pot for my glaucoma, drink wine to prevent a heart attack, and now I'm adding beer in to ward off cancer. Next their going to figure out that Cheetos prevent Alzheimers and I'll be all set!
How the hell could they put CONTACT on that list! It was totally lame! I know I'll get modded down as redundant, but contact was completely retarded. I mean, in the end, noone is even sure that she even went anywhere. The whole damn thing could have been in her head. Come on, any movie where a woman supposedly travels through space and the only thing she finds at the end is her dead father! Please! There are so many other great movies about space out there. How about Serenity, or as someone else suggested, Blade Runner. Hell Space Balls would be better than that!!!!! I give up, the world is coming to an end.
Thanks for the tip, I'll look into that.
Later this year Microsoft is planning to release a hard drive based MP3 player.
These guys are so far behind the times it's not even funny. The next thing you know they'll be talking about how we really need something to search the web with, or an online way to look up an address. Hey, here's an idea, we'll make a website that contains information about stuff and make it editable by everyone.. We can call it a Wiki!
Even without the root kit, Sony is being obnoxious with the DRM shit. I got a copy of Chevelle's new album and couldn't even rip it into MP3 without installing some damn proprietary Sony software, and then it would only rip into locked down WMA format. The CD was so screwed up that an older car CD player of mine wouldn't play it, Linux wouldn't recognize it, Windows kept trying to autorun it, but wouldn't recognize the audio side of it. Mac was the only one that would, for some reason, play it just fine. I finally got pissed off and downloaded the whole album via P2P. It was more file sharing than I've done in the last year. Congratulations Sony, now you're going to insent the legitimate people into sharing the files! To me, a CD I can't get into MP3 is useless and defective. I only listen to music on my car stereo in MP3 format, or on my computer in MP3 format, or on my Zen in MP3 format. The original CDs get stored away for safe keeping. I only have two words for Sony... BITE ME!!!
My point exactly. I also have a bit of a problem with this project right from the start. From the article:
"In sum, we're quite comfortable that, if enough users choose our browser, we can keep the lights on here at Flock without violating users' privacy or compromising the user experience."
Is it just me or did that sound like a threat of some kind?!?!?! Maybe I'm just paranoid! Ah f**k it, hand me the bowl....
In reading the article I noticed that the author missed something I think is a major factor in why Linux desktops actually cost more than comparable windows machines. I firmly believe that Microsoft is subsidising the cost of desktops preloaded with Windows. It is the only explaination why a computer with a $100-200 operating system preinstalled cost less than one with an OS that is free (or at least nearly free in the case of Linspire) to load. I think Windows has become a "loss leader" for Microsoft. Note that they will no longer include Office preloaded on a machine and it cost to have it added. MS makes a fortune every year selling software to run on their OS and charging hardware manufacturers for "certifying" their drivers. Not to mention that if you do decide to buy an upgrade version of Windows you still have to pay an arm and a leg to get it. That's a tough thing for Linux to compete with. I know some Linux fan will come along and mod me down for saying this, but it has to be said. (btw I'm on my laptop loaded with Mandriva LE 2k5 right now and later I'll move to my desktop loaded with Mandrake 10.1, I got rid of Windows about 3 years ago) Linux is just not going to beat MS being a free OS, or even a "value added" OS. It's going to take an entreprenuer like Michael Robertson to figure out how to create a real business model out of Linux. Just look at my dad. Regardless of how long I use Linux and refuse to boot MS on a computer in my home, how much college I get behind me in CS, or how often I complainn about having to fix their MS boxes AGAIN, he'll always stick to the same argument he has used against Linux since day 1... "You get what you pay for, how good could something free be. I mean, Windows cost $200, it's got to be better than something that's free" The only hope I can have in this world is to counteract the brainwashing in my son by forcing him to use Linux on a daily basis at my house. Kids are great, you get to decide just how to screw them up from day one and they get no say in the matter!
Oh come on guys, Microsoft started tabbed browsi... no wait, that was Opera. Well, there was the trash bi... no, that was Apple. Hang on, they made the mous... damn, that was Xerox. Ok, there was TCP/I... shit, that was Unix. I give up, what exactly did they invent??? Oh yeah, the EULA and criptic file formats for your personal information. How could I be so stupid!!!!
Damn, can't believe I got the quote wrong. If you weren't an AC I would thank you for correcting me.
Who needs a coaster to do that, I've already got my wife trained to do that for me.
Why not get a solar-powered jacket instead!!!
"They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" -Benjamin Franklin
Nuff Said!!!
I've been considering this myself for some time now. It seems kinda redundant to put data on a PDA, then sync it to a desktop, or vice-versa. PDA's are becoming more and more powerful. With increased speed, it would be possible to replace a desktop PC with a PDA and some form of docking station, similar to what a laptop would use, so that you could use a full size keyboard, mouse and monitor. Throw in the right print drivers, and an external ROM drive, and you've got yourself a desktop PC that you can pickup and take with you when you leave the house. If the OS where properly written, it could switch between small screen and full screen modes depending on whether it was docked or not. Personally, I think it's a wonderful idea, and could very well be the direction that home computers are going in. Even if some vendors did try to lock you in to proprietary OS's and applications, someone would figure out a way to change that. Look at the Zaurus, it didn't take long for an open source OS and software to become available for it. You can't run around fearing change because you are afraid it won't change the way you want it to. You have to believe that no matter what, the free and open market will prevail. I mean, even with the PC, it could have very easily been locked into a proprietary system that only ran certain applications, but the market pushed it in the open direction. This is nothing more than a new evolution of an old device.
we can't allow you to bring Taco Bell into the hospital. We have sensitive equipment around here.
You have an excellent point. I am one to instantly run from service agreements. I pay full price for my cell phone just so I won't have to sign an agreement with the provider. You are absolutly right however. The only punishment for cancelling your service within a year is that you have to refund your refund to Tivo. It's just a way to keep hackers like me from buying the box for $50, then cancelling my service after 30 days and figuring out a way to run something free like MythTV on it.
I guess you really didn't read the article that you were directing people to, and don't seem to understand exactly what fascism and communism are. I would say it looks alot like communism. If they aren't careful they will become a communist country... Oh wait, that's right, they are! Thanks alot there Captain Obvious! You really saved the day!!!
You can't use gravity as a determining factor. According to one of Newton's laws of physics, EVERYTHING has a gravitational pull. Basically, all bodies exert a certain amount of gravitational pull on all other bodies. The equation for determining this is (M1*M2)/r^2 where M1 is the mass of the first body, M2 is the mass of the second body, and r^2 is the distance between the two objects raised to the second power.
I think the main consideration of calling something a planet is the fact that it must be in an orbit around a star, and calling something a moon would mean that it must be in orbit around a planet. That would mean that Pluto is a planet because it orbits around the sun (which is a star) and cops would not be planets, since they only orbit around doughnut shops!
The vehicle is part of a system that will be capable of putting astronauts on the moon by 2018
I knew that was all a hoax. See, they just admitted it, Neil Armstrong filmed that shit in the Arizona desert!!!!
Ok, this guy did the Linux show report, you would think he would be enough of a geek to know two things. 1) Be weary of the /. effect and 2) THUMBNAILS. Holy shit, it took like 5mins for the google cache to load on my computer and I've got a 3ghz on a cable modem connection. I can imagine what it must be like with dial-up. Seriously though, all those pictures and I only saw about 5 pairs of tits. "Stan your dog is a gay homosexual"... "Not that there's anything wrong with that"