Non-baryonic dark matter has to exist in order for certain observations made on the cosmic background radiation to make sense. Basically, the Big Bang couldn't have happened without it. There's a lot more to it than just missing mass.
As for evidence, there's enough to infer it exists, but its exact composition remains elusive, so far as I know with my layman's understanding of this stuff.
Yes, and it's been that way for years. Taleo, for instance, does HR (they call it "talent management", but whatever), and they handle everything you mentioned, including compensation.
You don't need Apple's permission to develop for the Mac - where on earth did you get that idea? And because so much of OS X's source is available, overall it's more open than Windows by your reckoning. Plus it's demonstrably more stable. So I guess it's now your first choice, right?
Because he wants to write commercial software that runs on millions of devices? I love Python, but it's not the language one chooses for that sort of thing.
My television runs Linux (Sharp Aquos). It's a computer. I don't regard it as an "ordinary computer" where I'd want to do with it the same things I do with my laptop.
The iPad and Friends are meant to be problem-free appliances, not laptop replacements. They are wildly successful in that role.
Meanwhile, back in the real world, Spring, Hibernate, etc. are awesome and heavily used to prevent the kind of wheel reinvention you no doubt excel at.
I take it you're not a native English speaker, as you clearly don't understand the meaning of the word. It has nothing to do with how long something lasts. You might want to buy an English-language dictionary sometime so you don't sound quite so ESL.
"Ubiquitous" doesn't mean "lasts forever". It means "existing everywhere at the same time". A company can have an ad that is ubiquitous, for example - it seems to be everywhere. Of course, in the history of the universe, that company's ads don't exist for much long than they do exist, and they don't last forever. But they are ubiquitous.
So in the context of the OP, "life is ubiquitous" is a valid, if unproven, assertion that has nothing to do with death.
My client makes me use XP for when I'm vpn'd into their network, and yeah, it is really smooth. That's what you get when you put window drawing into the kernel. Obviously for other operations it is pretty mediocre, but for window smoothness/snappiness, it's pretty tough to beat (OS X is comparable).
I've used Linux in one form or another since 1996, and worked with it professionally (ie written software that runs on it) since 1998. I've also contributed a driver patch to X.org, so I'm familiar with how windows are drawn and updated.
Well, it's no surprise that running a feature-poor window manager will outperform a full desktop environment. You are comparing apples to oranges. The full desktops offered by Windows and the Mac kill any full Linux-based desktop, full stop.
These are the same people who use words like "good", "evil", "oppression", "abuse" and any number of other meaningless adjectives to describe computer software and the companies who create it.
There is no shortage of land on Earth. Canada alone could comfortably fit billions, assuming they don't mind living in a periodically cold, hostile environment that is still infinitely friendlier than that of Mars.
OS X uses a technique similar to this (though not identical, as there is heavy reuse of libraries). So maybe you should link to all the OS X exploits out there to make your case a little more convincing.
Yes, it's quite hilarious. I was in the California desert last year on a rockclimbing trip and met some middle-aged motorhome types in the campground I was staying at. They insisted to me that it's illegal to own guns in Canada, along with many other things. I pulled out my Possession and Acquisition Certificate and showed them that indeed, guns are perfectly legal to own. They were flabbergasted and got insulted when I told them to please stop watching Fox News.
You failed to address his point. It is about ease and elegance of expression, not to mention maintainability. C is really only appropriate for a smallish subset of problems, which is why it's mostly confined to systems-level stuff (which is perfectly fine; that was C's original mandate).
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Non-baryonic dark matter has to exist in order for certain observations made on the cosmic background radiation to make sense. Basically, the Big Bang couldn't have happened without it. There's a lot more to it than just missing mass.
As for evidence, there's enough to infer it exists, but its exact composition remains elusive, so far as I know with my layman's understanding of this stuff.
You have made a factual and mature post that references actual reality. Prepare to be modded down!
You are absolutely right. Reminds me of that hysterical article from a few years back: "Is Linus Killing Linux?"
They almost certainly have more servers deployed than anybody, thanks to SharePoint, ActiveDirectory, etc.
Yes, and it's been that way for years. Taleo, for instance, does HR (they call it "talent management", but whatever), and they handle everything you mentioned, including compensation.
You don't need Apple's permission to develop for the Mac - where on earth did you get that idea? And because so much of OS X's source is available, overall it's more open than Windows by your reckoning. Plus it's demonstrably more stable. So I guess it's now your first choice, right?
Because he wants to write commercial software that runs on millions of devices? I love Python, but it's not the language one chooses for that sort of thing.
Can you give some concrete, real-world examples where these have plagued Objective-C applications/systems?
My television runs Linux (Sharp Aquos). It's a computer. I don't regard it as an "ordinary computer" where I'd want to do with it the same things I do with my laptop.
The iPad and Friends are meant to be problem-free appliances, not laptop replacements. They are wildly successful in that role.
Meanwhile, back in the real world, Spring, Hibernate, etc. are awesome and heavily used to prevent the kind of wheel reinvention you no doubt excel at.
No offense, but you sound like a pompous idiot.
I take it you don't run Gentoo.
GEOS is mentioned on page 2. I remember using a version of it on my old C64! Remarkable software.
I take it you're not a native English speaker, as you clearly don't understand the meaning of the word. It has nothing to do with how long something lasts. You might want to buy an English-language dictionary sometime so you don't sound quite so ESL.
"Ubiquitous" doesn't mean "lasts forever". It means "existing everywhere at the same time". A company can have an ad that is ubiquitous, for example - it seems to be everywhere. Of course, in the history of the universe, that company's ads don't exist for much long than they do exist, and they don't last forever. But they are ubiquitous.
So in the context of the OP, "life is ubiquitous" is a valid, if unproven, assertion that has nothing to do with death.
My client makes me use XP for when I'm vpn'd into their network, and yeah, it is really smooth. That's what you get when you put window drawing into the kernel. Obviously for other operations it is pretty mediocre, but for window smoothness/snappiness, it's pretty tough to beat (OS X is comparable).
I've used Linux in one form or another since 1996, and worked with it professionally (ie written software that runs on it) since 1998. I've also contributed a driver patch to X.org, so I'm familiar with how windows are drawn and updated.
Well, it's no surprise that running a feature-poor window manager will outperform a full desktop environment. You are comparing apples to oranges. The full desktops offered by Windows and the Mac kill any full Linux-based desktop, full stop.
These are the same people who use words like "good", "evil", "oppression", "abuse" and any number of other meaningless adjectives to describe computer software and the companies who create it.
There is no shortage of land on Earth. Canada alone could comfortably fit billions, assuming they don't mind living in a periodically cold, hostile environment that is still infinitely friendlier than that of Mars.
OS X uses a technique similar to this (though not identical, as there is heavy reuse of libraries). So maybe you should link to all the OS X exploits out there to make your case a little more convincing.
Archos always seem to have nice hardware but botched software. I guess we'll see.
It is entirely exaggerated, not to mention wrong.
You are completely wrong. Lethal force is legal in Canada if your life is in danger.
Yes, it's quite hilarious. I was in the California desert last year on a rockclimbing trip and met some middle-aged motorhome types in the campground I was staying at. They insisted to me that it's illegal to own guns in Canada, along with many other things. I pulled out my Possession and Acquisition Certificate and showed them that indeed, guns are perfectly legal to own. They were flabbergasted and got insulted when I told them to please stop watching Fox News.
You failed to address his point. It is about ease and elegance of expression, not to mention maintainability. C is really only appropriate for a smallish subset of problems, which is why it's mostly confined to systems-level stuff (which is perfectly fine; that was C's original mandate).