I blame the sorry state of US public education, where the science teachers can make the fascinating into something as dull as watching paint dry.
When it comes to schooling, we sure as hell don't get what we pay for.
The missing element is competition at the primary and high school level. We still have competition at the university level, and the USA still has world-class universities. When students have a choice of where to go, incompetence isn't rewarded.
Setting the question of whether government should fund schooling aside, it's quite obvious that granting public schools a monopoly on the disposal of taxpayer funds has been a disaster. When they fail, they beat their chests and demand more funding. It's asinine.
I'm having lots of children not because I enjoy the process of raising children but because I subscribe to a bizarre mythology that some sort of "God" entity wants me to.)
Who are you to second-guess anyone's motivations for whether or not to have a kid? If they're able to take care of their own offspring, it's their business.
Personally, I have no issue at all with Al Gore spending his money as he sees fit. His hypocrisy doesn't bother me much, either. It's when governments use his line of crap as a basis for misanthropic policies that I have a problem.
Their site mentioned that the antenna of the phone got embedded in the ground, and it's not clear from the pictures if they had a parachute on it at all, or if it was just too small.
No, Apple decides what they'll offer, based on their best guess as to what most people want. If that doesn't coincide with your requirements, then buy something else.
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It's generally just a pain in the ass to use compared to Qt on Windows or Linux,
It's worse than Qt? Wow.
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It's not a port. It's a language binding.
It's a language binding that will be used by people who are unwilling to write native iPhone apps. IOW, it will facilitate half-assed ports.
-jcr
And why does another implementation language automatically imply half-assed ports?
It shows that the implementor is unwilling to learn.
Your ignorance is showing.
No, that's my experience. I've seen quite a few half-assed ports to the Mac in my time, and I sure as hell don't want to see them on the iPhone.
-jcr
Ruby programmers would feel at home.
On an historical note, Ruby started out on NeXTSTEP.
-jcr
Hey, if you want to use half-assed ports, knock yourself out.
-jcr
I blame the sorry state of US public education, where the science teachers can make the fascinating into something as dull as watching paint dry.
When it comes to schooling, we sure as hell don't get what we pay for.
The missing element is competition at the primary and high school level. We still have competition at the university level, and the USA still has world-class universities. When students have a choice of where to go, incompetence isn't rewarded.
Setting the question of whether government should fund schooling aside, it's quite obvious that granting public schools a monopoly on the disposal of taxpayer funds has been a disaster. When they fail, they beat their chests and demand more funding. It's asinine.
-jcr
I don't know if that is true. But if it is true, USA is in deep shit IMO.
It probably is, and we certainly are.
-jcr
That's only one definition of prejudice. Another is: "Irrational suspicion or hatred of a particular group, race, or religion
Picking up on the context of the discussion at hand isn't your long suit, I take it?
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If you can't be bothered to learn the environment you want to deploy on, then you should leave it to better developers.
-jcr
I think you may be prejudiced by your previous experience.
If his position is based on experience, then by definition it's not prejudice.
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The advantage of mono-touch would be that it allows C# programmers to write iphone apps without having to learn objective C
That is not an advantage. Go native, or don't bother.
-jcr
Basically, it's this: unix sucks.
Who didn't know that?
Unix only looks good when you compare it to Windows.
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I'm having lots of children not because I enjoy the process of raising children but because I subscribe to a bizarre mythology that some sort of "God" entity wants me to.)
Who are you to second-guess anyone's motivations for whether or not to have a kid? If they're able to take care of their own offspring, it's their business.
-jcr
Personally, I have no issue at all with Al Gore spending his money as he sees fit. His hypocrisy doesn't bother me much, either. It's when governments use his line of crap as a basis for misanthropic policies that I have a problem.
-jcr
Why is this the first line of attack anytime the subject of overpopulation comes up?
It's my way of conveying how irritating you are. Truth to tell, I'd be happy to see you check out even if we already had a steady population.
-jcr
Hey, if you're so worried about overpopulation, I'm sure you'll take one for the team and off yourself right now, won't you?
-jcr
Their site mentioned that the antenna of the phone got embedded in the ground, and it's not clear from the pictures if they had a parachute on it at all, or if it was just too small.
-jcr
I dislike how suddenly the financial markets have gotten back into these windfall risky investments,
You can thank the geniuses in the legislature and the Federal Reserve who protect them from their losses for that.
-jcr
They do very futile and dumb things, but in an extremely sophisticated and brilliant manner.
Sophisticated and brilliant? More like obfuscated and arrogant. Krugman is a moron.
-jcr
Can you support your premise that all scientists act in concert?
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They have to meet Ballmer? Ok, I guess they gotta pay their dues.
-jcr
I don't have a mac and don't care to buy one in order to develop for my handheld.
Somehow, we'll just have to get by with the tens of thousands of apps made available by people who don't have that impediment.
-jcr
Apple decides what you want.
No, Apple decides what they'll offer, based on their best guess as to what most people want. If that doesn't coincide with your requirements, then buy something else.
-jcr
Who says it's forgotten? Nearly everyone I know who's my age remembers it quite fondly.
-jcr
The Bush/Obama bailouts are proof positive of that.
Thank you for not playing the game of blaming only half of the Ruling Party for this unconstitutional policy.
-jcr