My wife is a therapist, and she holds the position that anyone who receives medicare should not prefer Bush. Of course, 2 years ago she was singing a different tune.
Thats easy to answer. Because companies dont make patents, people do. If MS is giving out bonuses or rewards to people that get patents, then expect the MS employees to try and patent everything under the sun...
You don't expect the legal department to catch it do you?
I backup all my CDs. Invariably while my wife sits her fat ass on the coutch watching TV, my son wanders off to my computer room, ejects a CD and puts his dental records on it...
I get those dumbass ad words on anandtech. Its always a technical word, and I usually am expecting some relevant information to be revealed. Instead its an uninformative advertisement.
It might make sense if say, anandtech was reviewing a Pentium VI, and say newegg.com had an advert showing their Pentium VI price. But they are hardly ever so revelant and only distratcing.
Many times, it is not, and the results are published anyway.
Thats not entirely true. That's the big problem with drug studies funded by these companies. When the results dont align, they bury the study.
I have heard the major organizations are trying to get drug companies to announce when said studies begin, that way everyone will be looking for the results, and it will be harder to bury unfavorable ones.
Heard it on a story on NPR.org about 6 months ago.
If that happens then the JVM does not conform to the Java specification.
There are lots of new GC technologies these days, and some algorithms are better than others under certain conditions.
The GC problem you see has less to do with the loop, and more to do with the fact that you are staying at the same stack level. GC has to work harder to know that variable is collectable since its former spot is still active. JVMs I use all eventually free the memory.
One small point. The Java specification makes it very clear that an out of memory error MUST NEVER be thrown if there are collectable objects around.
Really? What about gcj, TowerJ, Jet and other native Java compilers? There is nothing preventing Java from being compiled to straight machine code using traditional ahead-of-time compilation. The stricter semantics of Java compared to C++ permit further optimization, as is the case with Fortran also, for instance.
Yes really. If you use a native compiler you will be running a program written in the Java language, but not running a Java program. Java is more than a language, its an environment. (an example is C# which is not just a new language above c++)
Yes, Java's runtime optimization gives it an advantage over many c++ programs. Of course you could write your c++ program to have its own runtime optimization if you wish. Again, c++ vs. Java is an illogical comparison.
I dont make the point 2-3 times to make it more right. I'm just helping out those who have not taken the time to understand Java as I have.
"And thats the real big difference to mono. Java may run on any Computer since 92' till 2050, without need to take care of what Microsoft will change in 2 years."
Let me correct you slightly. There is always the need to make changes to adapt to what MS does. Its just that with Java that responsibility falls to the JVM writers and not the application writers.
A windows JVM is just another windows c/c++ program. Many people keep forgetting that.
c is the most heinous language to follow next to c++. Includes that you gotta track down with some kind of global directories search, not to meantion all the header madness, and the order of includes is important.
You think its easy to follow that?
And I have YET to come across a well documented c program, but thats not the languages fault, just my experience.
While java is completely traceable. No pre-compiler or whatever, no define madness. Help files all over the place.
I have never met a java program I could not trace. while the c programs require considerable more architecture knowledge.
Maybe you just need to learn objected oriented programming more!?
Note: by day I program embedded c programs, and by night I write java desktop applications for fun.
There is a huge difference in understandability of writing a visual c++ program, vs. writing a Java program for Eclipse.
How many times have i been in 100 posts threads arguiging about the inner workings of the Java spec. People are certainly not patronizing the Java forums to make money. They are there because they enjoy it.
I have yet to make a dime on Java, but I swear by it. Lots of fun projects I have created, and also helped others to create.
Big companies are held at bay by their competitions portfolios. If you are in a big company, especially Japanese, you are probably being asked to produce x patents per year. So what if they are not entirely relevant. So long as they are arguable and can tie a company up in court if they ever try to sue you.
So IBM and Apple don't get together when they infringe. Because they always infringe each other. They get together when one gets pissed off for some reason. Or somebody hired new lawyers that didn't know the game...
I am not familiar with speedometer 'stopping.' Especially considering most instrument clusters are electronic these days, and without power they lie on 0.
The devices are just small pieces of flakey evidence that can help in confirming or questioning someones statement about how the accident went down. Without a statement they are not much use. Not at all for investigators. More for 'expert' witnesses.
Its basically back down to who has the better lawyer. I have yet to hear any person-person lawsuits to use these 'black boxes' only person - Car manufacturer. I'll give you one guess as to who is really pushing the government to mandate this. Its car manufacturers MO. Don't want liability for invasion of privacy? get the government to do it...
It does not contain item prices or consumer behavior. Its an ID for crying out loud. the actual ID number is fixed and not changeable. Plus most have a crypto mode, which can be locked on permanantly. Once locked, the data can still be changed, but you need the special key and whatnot, which means you need to break the encryption. Its not trivial.
The space on the tag is used for identification purposes ONLY. The tracking is done by a database elsewhere.
We be tagging whales and wild animals for years, but you dont put the info in the tag, you put it in a database, duh.
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My wife is a therapist, and she holds the position that anyone who receives medicare should not prefer Bush. Of course, 2 years ago she was singing a different tune.
I dare those heartless bastards to fuck with the special olympics!
I agree with you when typing 'sudo' by itself. But I disagree with you when typing say, 'sudo rm *' or the like.
Thats easy to answer. Because companies dont make patents, people do. If MS is giving out bonuses or rewards to people that get patents, then expect the MS employees to try and patent everything under the sun...
You don't expect the legal department to catch it do you?
I backup all my CDs. Invariably while my wife sits her fat ass on the coutch watching TV, my son wanders off to my computer room, ejects a CD and puts his dental records on it...
I get those dumbass ad words on anandtech. Its always a technical word, and I usually am expecting some relevant information to be revealed. Instead its an uninformative advertisement.
It might make sense if say, anandtech was reviewing a Pentium VI, and say newegg.com had an advert showing their Pentium VI price. But they are hardly ever so revelant and only distratcing.
I agree Office '97' was nice. But anything beyond Office 97 gets progressivly worse to the point of utter frustration.
I tried open office, but that was back in the "were gonna put a big ass application and hide your desktop" days. Havent since then though.
Many times, it is not, and the results are published anyway.
Thats not entirely true. That's the big problem with drug studies funded by these companies. When the results dont align, they bury the study.
I have heard the major organizations are trying to get drug companies to announce when said studies begin, that way everyone will be looking for the results, and it will be harder to bury unfavorable ones.
Heard it on a story on NPR.org about 6 months ago.
Perhaps his software likes to phone home, and the firewall is getting in the way?
In a real fight quickness counts more than force. The quicker weapon has the advantage. Most modern martial arts are based on that principle.
Furthermore, bashing a highly armored skull is the last place one wants to be targeting. Better the soft tissue of an eye, or a stomach, etc.
If they required ID to fly in a private plane, or ride as a passenger in a auto, I would bitch very loudly.
Which are the public planes?
If that happens then the JVM does not conform to the Java specification.
There are lots of new GC technologies these days, and some algorithms are better than others under certain conditions.
The GC problem you see has less to do with the loop, and more to do with the fact that you are staying at the same stack level. GC has to work harder to know that variable is collectable since its former spot is still active. JVMs I use all eventually free the memory.
One small point. The Java specification makes it very clear that an out of memory error MUST NEVER be thrown if there are collectable objects around.
Really? What about gcj, TowerJ, Jet and other native Java compilers? There is nothing preventing Java from being compiled to straight machine code using traditional ahead-of-time compilation. The stricter semantics of Java compared to C++ permit further optimization, as is the case with Fortran also, for instance.
Yes really. If you use a native compiler you will be running a program written in the Java language, but not running a Java program. Java is more than a language, its an environment. (an example is C# which is not just a new language above c++)
Yes, Java's runtime optimization gives it an advantage over many c++ programs. Of course you could write your c++ program to have its own runtime optimization if you wish. Again, c++ vs. Java is an illogical comparison.
I dont make the point 2-3 times to make it more right. I'm just helping out those who have not taken the time to understand Java as I have.
You are so completely wrong as to be considered a troll and unworthy of reply.
Try understanding the Java architecture, then return once you have educated yourself.
A Java virtual machine IS a c++ program. The comparisons are illogical.
I usually like to make this point 2-3 times when it comes up on slashdot once per month.
"And thats the real big difference to mono. Java may run on any Computer since 92' till 2050, without need to take care of what Microsoft will change in 2 years."
Let me correct you slightly. There is always the need to make changes to adapt to what MS does. Its just that with Java that responsibility falls to the JVM writers and not the application writers.
A windows JVM is just another windows c/c++ program. Many people keep forgetting that.
Strange. You must have had preconceptions.
c is the most heinous language to follow next to c++. Includes that you gotta track down with some kind of global directories search, not to meantion all the header madness, and the order of includes is important.
You think its easy to follow that?
And I have YET to come across a well documented c program, but thats not the languages fault, just my experience.
While java is completely traceable. No pre-compiler or whatever, no define madness. Help files all over the place.
I have never met a java program I could not trace. while the c programs require considerable more architecture knowledge.
Maybe you just need to learn objected oriented programming more!?
Note: by day I program embedded c programs, and by night I write java desktop applications for fun.
There is a huge difference in understandability of writing a visual c++ program, vs. writing a Java program for Eclipse.
Yea its bullshit.
How many times have i been in 100 posts threads arguiging about the inner workings of the Java spec. People are certainly not patronizing the Java forums to make money. They are there because they enjoy it.
I have yet to make a dime on Java, but I swear by it. Lots of fun projects I have created, and also helped others to create.
Just look at sourceforge...
Amen brother.
Big companies are held at bay by their competitions portfolios. If you are in a big company, especially Japanese, you are probably being asked to produce x patents per year. So what if they are not entirely relevant. So long as they are arguable and can tie a company up in court if they ever try to sue you.
So IBM and Apple don't get together when they infringe. Because they always infringe each other. They get together when one gets pissed off for some reason. Or somebody hired new lawyers that didn't know the game...
Clearly you were born yesterday.
Should I post some of my old CPU receipts to help you understand how much competition has reduced the cost of these things?
AMD is a godsend. Heck, we even got limited chipset competition going too.
If you want to see non-competition, look at the graphics market.
I agreed with most of your post, but not your conclusion.
Well this whole situation sucked 4 years ago. They are not even covering all events, and that means if they dont cover it, you CAN'T see it in USA.
Its fucking annoying.
I could not watch Tae Kwon Do last year because of this Bullshit.
WTF are the olympics about, profit?
Damn the IOC, and the money hearders.
I dont have such friends in foreign countries, except perhaps Canada, and i just have to be lucky to see it on Canadian channels...
ASS HOLES!
I am not familiar with speedometer 'stopping.' Especially considering most instrument clusters are electronic these days, and without power they lie on 0.
The devices are just small pieces of flakey evidence that can help in confirming or questioning someones statement about how the accident went down. Without a statement they are not much use. Not at all for investigators. More for 'expert' witnesses.
Its basically back down to who has the better lawyer. I have yet to hear any person-person lawsuits to use these 'black boxes' only person - Car manufacturer. I'll give you one guess as to who is really pushing the government to mandate this. Its car manufacturers MO. Don't want liability for invasion of privacy? get the government to do it...
Heal, lol. What did I miss? A fuse is something that interrupts a circuit permanently. Akin to gnawing off a leg.
Reading their article, the big improvement is the leg has no chance to grow back.
Sounds like total spin to claim that descruction of circuits is a healing process. I smell DRM all over this.
Yes rubbish.
Its a TAG which contains METAdata, not data.
It does not contain item prices or consumer behavior. Its an ID for crying out loud. the actual ID number is fixed and not changeable. Plus most have a crypto mode, which can be locked on permanantly. Once locked, the data can still be changed, but you need the special key and whatnot, which means you need to break the encryption. Its not trivial.
The space on the tag is used for identification purposes ONLY. The tracking is done by a database elsewhere.
We be tagging whales and wild animals for years, but you dont put the info in the tag, you put it in a database, duh.