Man, that's nothing to do with Java..it's purely some programming decision. The fact that the UI paints as soon as you activate the window shows that the Java runtime knows that the window has been activated and has acted instantly. The status bar update code is probably a bit slow, but due to the algorithm used, not the language.
Azureus is coded using a platform specific UI framework, not the standard Java Swing framework, and this removes the weak link that causes many so say that Java is slow.
My company developed a business application for a school last year part of which was a Swing based Applet. We developed on Win2k, and deployed on Windows and Mac OSX machines. It works flawlessly.
All we had to do was tweak a few screens to fix incorrect button sizes and labels, and this was probably due to bad programming, not any inherent flaws in the JVMs on either platform.
I don't agree - it's an unfair criticism on Microsoft alone, and one that the whole software industry has to address.
Maybe some specific software built, say, for the aviation industry has indemnity built it for the vendor in the case of a catastrophy, but large, complex pieces of software written for the general public don't (and can't) assume this responsibility yet. Software developers are simply incapable of testing to this level yet.
I don't think that's too bad. The first minidisc player I bought was 150 UKP, and my SNES was 150 UKP also when I bought it. Considering the extra engineering that has obviously gone into this, it seems a fair price to me.
Refactoring is the key to quality, especially with commercial software which is on a regular release scedule. If all development projects had a fixed Refactoring phase, after every release, the codebase would be better designed, more maintainable, perform better, bugs would decrease, and new features easier to add.
Unfortunately convincing most managers of this is nigh on impossible. They somehow infer that it means that you write shitty code.
It has a lot of uses. It's nice and small, and can be distributed as an integral part of a Java application without requiring a separate installer.
One use could be a local backup DB for a remote client application. When your net connection goes down, just perform all the changes locally and then synch up with the remote DB when your connection comes back up.
Yep, it all comes down to target audience. Where Lucas has gone wrong is that he defined the target audience for the prequels as today's kids, whereas it should have been the original viewers from back in 1977.
If he would have done that, it would have driven the whole script and direction, and we would have seen a set of movies with the feel of the originals.
Of course, he's happy anyway because today's kids love it, and us original fans will go see it regardless.
Chips for turbo charged cars usually don't control the boost pressure limit, they only allow you to do so. On a cool 50 degree night, turning up the boost from 9 to 12 PSI is not going to do any damage to the car. Many Toyota Supra or 300zx TT owners will attest to this.
Of course, you need to be responsible enough to know what the limits are.
Before anybody tells you different, if you buy a World Phone with a contract from Cingular (Ericsson T616, Motorola V400) they are now UNLOCKED so you can use a sim card from any GSM provider directly.
The difference in the US market is that the phones are "locked" to a specific provider so you can't swap sim cards, and you have to get your data cable and an unlock utility, or pay someone to unlock your phone.
The UK works like that too..it's not unique to the US market.
Also, the poster whom you responded to was saying that he didn't know you could get cellphones in the US that didn't have SIM cards. Of course this is true with Sprint, Nextel etc. He didn't realise that non-GSM phones don't generally use SIM cards.
I remember gleefully watching an opponent's head get cut off while playing Barbarian on my Amstrad in the 80's, so it's a fallacy to assume that violence in games is a recent thing. I think your problem must be with the realism, not the violence.
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It is, I was on it in December.
It's an amazingly scary experience to sit there at night when a large plane is landing.
And your point is that he works his butt off copying content for a paltry $647 a month?
Man, that's nothing to do with Java..it's purely some programming decision. The fact that the UI paints as soon as you activate the window shows that the Java runtime knows that the window has been activated and has acted instantly. The status bar update code is probably a bit slow, but due to the algorithm used, not the language.
Azureus is coded using a platform specific UI framework, not the standard Java Swing framework, and this removes the weak link that causes many so say that Java is slow.
And if you read the parent and didn't see anything funny at first, that says it all about typecasting...
Ah, so that's why the earth rotates..otherwise birds could not see it, and would fly off into space.
And if he's in the UK, he should be familiar with all the hassle with BT phonelines and competition. It's not that different.
I don't think it's over-rated at all.
My company developed a business application for a school last year part of which was a Swing based Applet. We developed on Win2k, and deployed on Windows and Mac OSX machines. It works flawlessly.
All we had to do was tweak a few screens to fix incorrect button sizes and labels, and this was probably due to bad programming, not any inherent flaws in the JVMs on either platform.
I think it's assumed that we're discussing Desktop PCs here..
I don't agree - it's an unfair criticism on Microsoft alone, and one that the whole software industry has to address.
Maybe some specific software built, say, for the aviation industry has indemnity built it for the vendor in the case of a catastrophy, but large, complex pieces of software written for the general public don't (and can't) assume this responsibility yet. Software developers are simply incapable of testing to this level yet.
$200?? I don't think so. More like $100 from Sandisk.
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I don't think that's too bad. The first minidisc player I bought was 150 UKP, and my SNES was 150 UKP also when I bought it. Considering the extra engineering that has obviously gone into this, it seems a fair price to me.
Unfortunately convincing most managers of this is nigh on impossible. They somehow infer that it means that you write shitty code.
It has a lot of uses. It's nice and small, and can be distributed as an integral part of a Java application without requiring a separate installer.
One use could be a local backup DB for a remote client application. When your net connection goes down, just perform all the changes locally and then synch up with the remote DB when your connection comes back up.
Yes, you can design Swing apps with Eclipse (I do).
The issue Sun has is that the Eclipse UI is written using a competing GUI API, 'SWT' which is closer to AWT than Swing.
Yeah, like where the hell do my socks keep disappearing to?
Yep, it all comes down to target audience. Where Lucas has gone wrong is that he defined the target audience for the prequels as today's kids, whereas it should have been the original viewers from back in 1977.
If he would have done that, it would have driven the whole script and direction, and we would have seen a set of movies with the feel of the originals.
Of course, he's happy anyway because today's kids love it, and us original fans will go see it regardless.
Not a problem - remember we're not necessarily talking about Webster's dictionary here.
Of course, you need to be responsible enough to know what the limits are.
Before anybody tells you different, if you buy a World Phone with a contract from Cingular (Ericsson T616, Motorola V400) they are now UNLOCKED so you can use a sim card from any GSM provider directly.
Cool, huh?
They did - I had an A1200 in 1993.
Pity the battery doesn't last long enough on one charge to show any of the LOTR trilogy...
Seriously though, what's the difference between this and recording a movie from cable onto VHS to show on a TV in a different room?
The UK works like that too..it's not unique to the US market.
Also, the poster whom you responded to was saying that he didn't know you could get cellphones in the US that didn't have SIM cards. Of course this is true with Sprint, Nextel etc. He didn't realise that non-GSM phones don't generally use SIM cards.
I remember gleefully watching an opponent's head get cut off while playing Barbarian on my Amstrad in the 80's, so it's a fallacy to assume that violence in games is a recent thing. I think your problem must be with the realism, not the violence.
Cold, calculating and ruthless? Wise up..he's just another smart kid who had a good idea and tried to get rich off it.
Yeah I'm sure he would have done some things differently given the chance to go back, but hindsight is a wonderful thing..
No, it's one of those things that most Americans don't get.