>Usage of Windows by developers declined from 64.3 percent in 2009 to 58.3 percent in 2010 we have to take this with a pinch of salt - it was a survey of Eclipse users. That's like surveying alcoholics on whether they drink beer or not.
>I'm one of those crazy people who think that the "companies/organizations" are on my side
You are nuts. "companies/organizations" have a *legal* obligation to be on the side of the shareholders. You are just part of the profit generation machine.
Wow, where are you living to have ideas like that?
It should be the people responsible for the military IT infrastructure facing court action. It's criminal that a defence system should be left so easily hackable that a lone nutter could access it.
>And yet the C programmers writing Java code are the ones most likely to be writing among the worst Java code one can find.
And they shouldn;t be allowed to waste their talents writing Java. They should get back to writing proper software, and leave the million-and-one website/webshop crap to the guys who should be working in McDonalds
>Sure you do but profiting off it is another matter.
I hope you don;t mean that.
If I buy object "a", and create useful additions to that object, I bloody well should be able to profit from it.
If the leased me the DS then it would be a different matter. But I purchased it, so I shouldn't be considered a criminal if I hack it, paint it, blow it up, whatever. It's now mine, and my business what I do with it.
>Hopefully, at the very least, the fact that parliament has realised this fact will mean that copyright laws will get a little more sane."
Sadly, history indicates it wont work like that. Instead, companies will strive to lock down personal computers so we end up with limited operational rights. It will probably become illegal to own an ogg player.
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>*(Before you freak out, I have a concealed carry permit issued by the government.)
Wow, what country do you live in where you can get a permit to threaten shop staff with a firearm?
So you should have written
"many developers don't know about Oracle's acquisition of MySQL"
rather than
"most developers don't know about that/don't know the consequences/aren't familiar with other free databases"
Apologies that I cannot read your mind.
>Usage of Windows by developers declined from 64.3 percent in 2009 to 58.3 percent in 2010 we have to take this with a pinch of salt - it was a survey of Eclipse users. That's like surveying alcoholics on whether they drink beer or not.
>most developers don't know about that/don't know the consequences/aren't familiar with other free databases
Really? That's rather disingenuous. I know plenty of Java developers ( the type who are in between McDonalds jobs ) who are familiar with MySQL.
You sir, on on the wrong website. Vogue is at www.vougue.com.
Thanks for visiting.
>I'm one of those crazy people who think that the "companies/organizations" are on my side
You are nuts. "companies/organizations" have a *legal* obligation to be on the side of the shareholders. You are just part of the profit generation machine.
Wow, where are you living to have ideas like that?
Find the guy who *walked* into the systems
because they clearly aren't secure *as they should be*
there, fixed that for you
>But the fact is, general incompetence is simply not criminal.
I think you will find that in the Military, general incompetence is an offence. Try leaving top secret documents on public transport, for example :o)
>+5 Ferrari of Laying
No, that's the +6 Ferrari of Laying, or -10 Ferrari of STDs if you don't have +10 Common Sense
>The free market is better than anything else
Citation required.
It's a military establishment, and should be protected as such.
It should be the people responsible for the military IT infrastructure facing court action. It's criminal that a defence system should be left so easily hackable that a lone nutter could access it.
>And yet the C programmers writing Java code are the ones most likely to be writing among the worst Java code one can find.
And they shouldn;t be allowed to waste their talents writing Java. They should get back to writing proper software, and leave the million-and-one website/webshop crap to the guys who should be working in McDonalds
I agree. Sounds like his python code is responsible for most of the climate issues we have :o)
>At what point will the hardware capabilities exceed the software we can write?
With the state that the education system is in, I'd say not far off at all.
>Am I the only person reminded of Orwell's Telescreens?
No, my mind went numb after "masturbate vigorously in front of my laptop". :o)
>if any inappropriate sexual behavior is observed, included but not limited to self-abuse
Masturbation is not self-abuse.
>and teachers, who act as guardians
While the children are at school, not when said children are at home.
The 1950's called, they want you back.
>Sure you do but profiting off it is another matter.
I hope you don;t mean that.
If I buy object "a", and create useful additions to that object, I bloody well should be able to profit from it.
If the leased me the DS then it would be a different matter. But I purchased it, so I shouldn't be considered a criminal if I hack it, paint it, blow it up, whatever. It's now mine, and my business what I do with it.
>This is why I prefer never to have read a book before seeing a film adaptation.
Try reading books and ignoring the film. You'll find the pictures are better.
+1 Slashdot reader
>hence the corporations of the US who got the lawmakers into office are stupid.
There, corrected that for you.
duh. IP addresses are expressed in decimal, not hex. Where have you been the last 20 years?
>Hopefully, at the very least, the fact that parliament has realised this fact will mean that copyright laws will get a little more sane."
Sadly, history indicates it wont work like that. Instead, companies will strive to lock down personal computers so we end up with limited operational rights. It will probably become illegal to own an ogg player.
+1 insightful
>When was the last time you had to pay the cops for a stolen wallet or purse that belonged to you?
I'm guessing you've never worked or lived in Nigeria