They can't be using this at Microsoft!
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Does C# Measure Up?
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Here are my observations after an hour:
- The Visual Studio IDE isn't as good as eclipse. In fact when I think about it, it sucks.
- The IDE's refractoring is no existant. This is fine if you're copying existing design/code or working on something Mickey Mouse.
- Define an ArrayList add two items. Now how many items do you think will be in the set. 2? Nope, some other amount. And therefore you constantly need to TrimToSize to the empty items. This sucks big time.
- Threads. Better than Java is some fringe areas, but far worse in key areas. Like how threads aren't reuseable. This leads to more code. Sucks again.
- foreach is ok. But big deal!
In summary, C# is just like Java, renamed and changed slightly, slightly better in minor ways, and really overworked and dud in key areas. I perfer languages/libraries that are clean, simple and logical. C#'s aren't.
There's no way Microsoft developers use this or SourceSafe!
It's strange how we can trust systems to send people to space, support lives, control nuclear reactors and the world's financial systems and yet you'd be a donkey to trust an electronic voting system.
While you CAN build an electronic voting system, even one that issues voters with unique vote id for verification of their vote. But it is impossible to prove the that the code sums the votes correctly, that all votes have be counted and all booths have been including in the sum. (Every security measure can be counteracted.)
And if you think there was a problem with swinging chads, imaging trying to prove an electronic vote! At least physical bits of paper can be recounted and scrutinized. And the paper vote was filled in by the voter not some untrustworthy machine.
The bottom line is that electronic voting is: cheaper and faster to run, cheaper and faster to bribe.
And does it really matter who we vote for - we somehow end with a dud.
I love broadband, but I hate the constant systematic IP port attacks from IP addresses all around the globe. I get about 3 a second that the firewall reject. And while I don't know how big the packets are, I know that it is in a little way affecting my download speed, buring my MB usage limit and costing me money.
And apart from that, it's like a dripping tap: f*#king annoying!
In 2000, the pooftieth vote discrepancy was exacerbated by the college system, which made it a winner take all. In the end where there riots, public uproar, suits and counter-suits? And over the last 18 months, given what has happened, would you prefer Dubayya or Big Al?
The less people involved the less people to bribe.
Computers do what they're told, quickly and repeatedly. If you have a glitch/hack, deliberate or otherwise, it will be repeated consistently. While you may have slight inaccuracies in manual counting, you can repeat the count with a different set of scrutineers.
You can't beat a physical ticket to count. Just remember it's "for the people by the people".
After buying a WinModem and discovering that it didn't work on NT4, I then installed Linux, downloaded the drivers from the web and hey presto the WinModem works! The NT4 CD is now used as a coffee coaster.
If you can broadcast tunes from your monitor, then you can also translate your monitor's radio signals to a picture. This does happen.
While I was at the Navy, we would get regular security checks from a team to ensure that what was on our monitors could not be picked up from outside the building. Supposedly power and analogue phone lines are also checked.
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- The Visual Studio IDE isn't as good as eclipse. In fact when I think about it, it sucks.
- The IDE's refractoring is no existant. This is fine if you're copying existing design/code or working on something Mickey Mouse.
- Define an ArrayList add two items. Now how many items do you think will be in the set. 2? Nope, some other amount. And therefore you constantly need to TrimToSize to the empty items. This sucks big time.
- Threads. Better than Java is some fringe areas, but far worse in key areas. Like how threads aren't reuseable. This leads to more code. Sucks again.
- foreach is ok. But big deal!
In summary, C# is just like Java, renamed and changed slightly, slightly better in minor ways, and really overworked and dud in key areas. I perfer languages/libraries that are clean, simple and logical. C#'s aren't.
There's no way Microsoft developers use this or SourceSafe!
While you CAN build an electronic voting system, even one that issues voters with unique vote id for verification of their vote. But it is impossible to prove the that the code sums the votes correctly, that all votes have be counted and all booths have been including in the sum. (Every security measure can be counteracted.)
And if you think there was a problem with swinging chads, imaging trying to prove an electronic vote! At least physical bits of paper can be recounted and scrutinized. And the paper vote was filled in by the voter not some untrustworthy machine.
The bottom line is that electronic voting is: cheaper and faster to run, cheaper and faster to bribe.
And does it really matter who we vote for - we somehow end with a dud.
I love broadband, but I hate the constant systematic IP port attacks from IP addresses all around the globe. I get about 3 a second that the firewall reject. And while I don't know how big the packets are, I know that it is in a little way affecting my download speed, buring my MB usage limit and costing me money.
And apart from that, it's like a dripping tap: f*#king annoying!
Are you for real? Can someone send the Gestapo around to this pinko/commi/draft dodger, and have him reprogrammed.
In 2000, the pooftieth vote discrepancy was exacerbated by the college system, which made it a winner take all. In the end where there riots, public uproar, suits and counter-suits? And over the last 18 months, given what has happened, would you prefer Dubayya or Big Al?
The less people involved the less people to bribe. Computers do what they're told, quickly and repeatedly. If you have a glitch/hack, deliberate or otherwise, it will be repeated consistently. While you may have slight inaccuracies in manual counting, you can repeat the count with a different set of scrutineers. You can't beat a physical ticket to count. Just remember it's "for the people by the people".
After buying a WinModem and discovering that it didn't work on NT4, I then installed Linux, downloaded the drivers from the web and hey presto the WinModem works! The NT4 CD is now used as a coffee coaster.
Makes IE look really slow, ugly and old. Stability isn't quite there yet, as it has fallen over three times today.
If you can broadcast tunes from your monitor, then you can also translate your monitor's radio signals to a picture. This does happen.
While I was at the Navy, we would get regular security checks from a team to ensure that what was on our monitors could not be picked up from outside the building. Supposedly power and analogue phone lines are also checked.