Flash is alive and well. It's increasingly used for games, ads, online cartoons, and what are often called "rich internet applications."
Like any other technology, Flash has its place. It can be abused (like javascript) but also fills a niche and solves many problems very well (IMHO much better than Java Applets). I doubt you'll find someone writing up technical documentation in it, but for a web based interactive game or animation, it's a good choice.
Well, I certainly know nothing about VoIP but couldn't there be a number of ways to screen the calls such as white listing or some sort of public/private key pairs or trusted certificates? These are all ways that one can deal with email spam, so could they be applicable for VoIP?
So essentially this turns the CS degree into a trade skill like pumbing or electrician. Not that that is bad. My biggest concern about their technical skills would be if they had a sufficient math background -- IMHO no enough CS grads know or appreciate enough real math.
On another note though, even a general understanding of history, politics, and a host of other subjects one meets in a more "liberal" education is very important and often lacking amongst the general population.
If the PS3 games can be played on the PS2, then they are backwards compatible.
I thought about that but then that would mean it was really just a PS2 game (not a PS3 game) and that the PS3 console is backwards compatible. Think about it: if I have an MS Word file that can be read both in Word XP and also Word 95 then the file is probably just a Word 95 file, not a special backwards compatible Word XP file.
If the PS2 could play PS3 games then the PS2 would be forwards compatible. That the PS3 can play PS2 games means that the PS3 is backwards compatible with the PS2.
While I haven't used Cloudscape in a very long time, I imagine this is more competition to other Java open source databases like HSQL, Axion, or McKoi.
Most of these databases are used by "embedding" them into an application (something not uncommon in Java programming), not as a standalone database server like Oracle or Postgres. Of course, like I said, it's been a long time since I looked at Cloudscape so it could have changed to be more of a standlone server.
I'm also surprised I haven't heard more about this in Apache, but I imagine it will first go through the Apache Incubator to sort out any legal issues and then end up somewhere in the Apache Database project. If anyone has more info, I'm interested to know.
Apparently a contest was made available first before a software exploit could be found. The HD TeAM group just happens to be the first to claim success. If their post:
"HD TeAm has a solution prepared and authorizes it's distribution via ddb once $1,000 has been collected. We request that all proceeds be donated to the EFF so that research of this nature remains legal in the future."
"It is our position that if the community, particularly the minority with the disposable income for hd-units, is unwilling to come together & donate this token sum to a worthy organization the hack is probably better kept private"
This is Sony Computer Entertainment not Sony Pictures or Sony Electronics. SCE, which is the Sony division responsible for the Playstation, has quite a different outlook on things than much of the rest of the company. For example, its SCE which provided the Linux on Playstation kit. Also, when SCE was first working on the Playstation, they decided to develop and manufacture their own chips and electronics rather than go threw SEL. Essentially, they didn't want to deal with the rest of Sony. And it has paid off. In fact, due to the Playstation's success, SCE managers are finding their way up the ladder into the upper Sony Corp circles and are hoping to change the way the rest of Sony does business.
It's probably one of the least known of the existing nuclear arsenal, but it's also the cleanest, most efficient and deadliest. It destroys human flesh with neutron and gamma radiation while leaving cities and their power grids fully intact.
That's not actually true. Neutron bombs do give off a higher dose of radiation than other nuclear bombs, they will destroy buildings and other structures within the blast radius. Here's part of the :
"These same authorities say that the common perception of the neutron bomb as a "landlord bomb" that would kill people but leave buildings undamaged is greatly overstated. At the conventional effective combat range (690 m) the blast from a 1 kt neutron bomb will destroy or damage to the point of inutility almost any civilian building. Thus the use of neutron bombs to stop an enemy attack, which requires exploding large numbers of them to blanket the enemy forces, would also destroy all buildings in the area."
To me this sounds like a clear case of "technology X is really cool. Let's find some reason to include it in product Y." Which often means that product Y becomes much more complicated than it needs to be.
How about first looking for a list of browser "needs" so to speak. What would make the best browser? What current deficiencies to browsers have? And so on. Then, if you really want to, try to figure out if any of these problems could be solved with machine learning.
Don't just inject a technology into a product because it's cool. Make sure there's a real need for it.
Speaking of Apache's work in Java: the ASF's real concern is not an open source Java, but the ability to write open source implementation of the various specifications (JSR's). See: http://www.intencha.com/adrian/000167.php for a good blog entry on this.
Well, all in all, I think that most of the Java apps (And most of all the apps in general) are proprietary, and not open source. Sad if you want, but that's still the way it is.
Of course. If you compare the total number of proprietary java (or C/C++ for that matter) apps vs open source apps, you'll find that there are more proprietary apps. But that doesn't properly measure the influence of open source in the Java world. Open source java frameworks and libraries such as Struts, Cocoon (java at the core), JBoss, Ant, Eclipse and so forth make up the foundation of real world Java development. Those apps may be proprietary, but underneath they're using open source code.
It seems that Lisp holds the record for
"Longest Lived Language That Is Still Relevant Yet Underappreciated"
Not to knock Lisp (which is great and all) but FORTRAN is still kicking too, though mostly it's only in the scientific computing community. Still, many are surprised to find out how much FORTRAN code is still around and how often it is still used.
Yes, and speaking of other open source vector graphics programs someone should also point out that Inkscape is a fork of Sodipodi. And if I understand the story correctly, Sodipodi was based on earlier efforts called "Gill" for GNOME Illustrator. I'm not sure why the Inkscape team forked Sodipodi.
Please don't mention MS Access again. It makes my skin crawl just thinking about it. MS Access lets everyone think they can be a DBA. And then they want to run enterprise level warehouse tracking, inventory, payroll and who knows what else from the little database they whipped up between Solitare games.
Sorry if I sound bitter but MS Access has given me more than one headache.
Can somebody show me the similarity, other than the large song display?
That little eye in the corner (is that what it is?) kinda looks like the button in the top right hand corner of iTunes. Kinda. If you squint.
Actually that eye is kinda creepy. And the general app doesn't look anywhere near as slick as iTunes. And what's with the letter "L"? Now it sounds Spanish: "I have me el tunes and el photo..."
If I want to put restrictions on my products that's might right to do so. If I don't want to use someone's product because I don't like the restrictions placed upon me, then I am not forced to do so.
Of course someone's going to come around and look for exceptions in terms of what restrictions are legal and that in some cases (ie- your workplace) you don't have the choice, but in your case, yelling to your wife only shows you aren't willing to play by any rules other than your own.
Please shut the fuck up. You probably bitch about how the MS EULA is illegal (after all, you are an Apple user), yet a clickwrap license on iTMS is somehow a legal contract now. One word. Hypocrite.
Actually, wrong on all accounts. Check all my past posts. I've never complained about the MS EULA. Moreover I'm not an Apple user. I run Win2000 at work (required) and I run Slackware at home. Though if you have an extra PowerBook, I'd love to take it. Wouldn't mind to be an Apple user.
Before you start running off an saying I'm a troll, seriously, check my record. I happen to believe that if I'm going to agree to some contract then I intend on keeping it. Sorry if you don't feel the same.
Thank you. Now this approach I can agree with because what you are describing is civil disobedience. But what the individual I was replying to suggested was that he wished to simply disobey the law but then not be willing to really fight it! In fact, he wished to simply ignore it, but not fight it or work to have it changed.
I hope all those who rant and rave here about Apple's policy and those who use (and authored) PlayFair will take your advice.
Slashdot Mirror
http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~displaze/PDF/LCD/A U%20Optronics/A015AN02V1.pdf
(to parent: you have a space after LCD in your original link)
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The requested URL
Apache/1.3.29 Server at homepages.nildram.co.uk Port 80
Flash is alive and well. It's increasingly used for games, ads, online cartoons, and what are often called "rich internet applications."
Like any other technology, Flash has its place. It can be abused (like javascript) but also fills a niche and solves many problems very well (IMHO much better than Java Applets). I doubt you'll find someone writing up technical documentation in it, but for a web based interactive game or animation, it's a good choice.
Well, I certainly know nothing about VoIP but couldn't there be a number of ways to screen the calls such as white listing or some sort of public/private key pairs or trusted certificates? These are all ways that one can deal with email spam, so could they be applicable for VoIP?
So essentially this turns the CS degree into a trade skill like pumbing or electrician. Not that that is bad. My biggest concern about their technical skills would be if they had a sufficient math background -- IMHO no enough CS grads know or appreciate enough real math.
On another note though, even a general understanding of history, politics, and a host of other subjects one meets in a more "liberal" education is very important and often lacking amongst the general population.
If the PS3 games can be played on the PS2, then they are backwards compatible.
I thought about that but then that would mean it was really just a PS2 game (not a PS3 game) and that the PS3 console is backwards compatible. Think about it: if I have an MS Word file that can be read both in Word XP and also Word 95 then the file is probably just a Word 95 file, not a special backwards compatible Word XP file.
If the PS2 could play PS3 games then the PS2 would be forwards compatible. That the PS3 can play PS2 games means that the PS3 is backwards compatible with the PS2.
Check a dictionary.
While I haven't used Cloudscape in a very long time, I imagine this is more competition to other Java open source databases like HSQL, Axion, or McKoi.
Most of these databases are used by "embedding" them into an application (something not uncommon in Java programming), not as a standalone database server like Oracle or Postgres. Of course, like I said, it's been a long time since I looked at Cloudscape so it could have changed to be more of a standlone server.
I'm also surprised I haven't heard more about this in Apache, but I imagine it will first go through the Apache Incubator to sort out any legal issues and then end up somewhere in the Apache Database project. If anyone has more info, I'm interested to know.
Apparently a contest was made available first before a software exploit could be found. The HD TeAM group just happens to be the first to claim success. If their post:
"HD TeAm has a solution prepared and authorizes it's distribution via ddb once $1,000 has been collected. We request that all proceeds be donated to the EFF so that research of this nature remains legal in the future."
"It is our position that if the community, particularly the minority with the disposable income for hd-units, is unwilling to come together & donate this token sum to a worthy organization the hack is probably better kept private"
This is Sony Computer Entertainment not Sony Pictures or Sony Electronics. SCE, which is the Sony division responsible for the Playstation, has quite a different outlook on things than much of the rest of the company. For example, its SCE which provided the Linux on Playstation kit. Also, when SCE was first working on the Playstation, they decided to develop and manufacture their own chips and electronics rather than go threw SEL. Essentially, they didn't want to deal with the rest of Sony. And it has paid off. In fact, due to the Playstation's success, SCE managers are finding their way up the ladder into the upper Sony Corp circles and are hoping to change the way the rest of Sony does business.
I agree. I run slackware at home and just finished installing a GForge instance on Slackware 10 at work. So very nice.
It's probably one of the least known of the existing nuclear arsenal, but it's also the cleanest, most efficient and deadliest. It destroys human flesh with neutron and gamma radiation while leaving cities and their power grids fully intact.
That's not actually true. Neutron bombs do give off a higher dose of radiation than other nuclear bombs, they will destroy buildings and other structures within the blast radius. Here's part of the :
"These same authorities say that the common perception of the neutron bomb as a "landlord bomb" that would kill people but leave buildings undamaged is greatly overstated. At the conventional effective combat range (690 m) the blast from a 1 kt neutron bomb will destroy or damage to the point of inutility almost any civilian building. Thus the use of neutron bombs to stop an enemy attack, which requires exploding large numbers of them to blanket the enemy forces, would also destroy all buildings in the area."
Isn't this going about things backwards a little?
To me this sounds like a clear case of "technology X is really cool. Let's find some reason to include it in product Y." Which often means that product Y becomes much more complicated than it needs to be.
How about first looking for a list of browser "needs" so to speak. What would make the best browser? What current deficiencies to browsers have? And so on. Then, if you really want to, try to figure out if any of these problems could be solved with machine learning.
Don't just inject a technology into a product because it's cool. Make sure there's a real need for it.
Speaking of Apache's work in Java: the ASF's real concern is not an open source Java, but the ability to write open source implementation of the various specifications (JSR's). See: http://www.intencha.com/adrian/000167.php for a good blog entry on this.
Well, all in all, I think that most of the Java apps (And most of all the apps in general) are proprietary, and not open source. Sad if you want, but that's still the way it is.
Of course. If you compare the total number of proprietary java (or C/C++ for that matter) apps vs open source apps, you'll find that there are more proprietary apps. But that doesn't properly measure the influence of open source in the Java world. Open source java frameworks and libraries such as Struts, Cocoon (java at the core), JBoss, Ant, Eclipse and so forth make up the foundation of real world Java development. Those apps may be proprietary, but underneath they're using open source code.
It seems that Lisp holds the record for "Longest Lived Language That Is Still Relevant Yet Underappreciated"
Not to knock Lisp (which is great and all) but FORTRAN is still kicking too, though mostly it's only in the scientific computing community. Still, many are surprised to find out how much FORTRAN code is still around and how often it is still used.
Yes, and speaking of other open source vector graphics programs someone should also point out that Inkscape is a fork of Sodipodi. And if I understand the story correctly, Sodipodi was based on earlier efforts called "Gill" for GNOME Illustrator. I'm not sure why the Inkscape team forked Sodipodi.
Well, the nazis will hate this one for sure.
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I think this is the fastest invocation of Godwin's Law on
Please don't mention MS Access again. It makes my skin crawl just thinking about it. MS Access lets everyone think they can be a DBA. And then they want to run enterprise level warehouse tracking, inventory, payroll and who knows what else from the little database they whipped up between Solitare games.
Sorry if I sound bitter but MS Access has given me more than one headache.
Can somebody show me the similarity, other than the large song display?
That little eye in the corner (is that what it is?) kinda looks like the button in the top right hand corner of iTunes. Kinda. If you squint.
Actually that eye is kinda creepy. And the general app doesn't look anywhere near as slick as iTunes. And what's with the letter "L"? Now it sounds Spanish: "I have me el tunes and el photo..."
The lesson is clear: stay out of movie theaters and you won't get arrested.
The lesson is clear: don't be stupid and take a video camera into a movie theatre.
Clicking != agreement.
Use = agreement.
If I want to put restrictions on my products that's might right to do so. If I don't want to use someone's product because I don't like the restrictions placed upon me, then I am not forced to do so.
Of course someone's going to come around and look for exceptions in terms of what restrictions are legal and that in some cases (ie- your workplace) you don't have the choice, but in your case, yelling to your wife only shows you aren't willing to play by any rules other than your own.
Please shut the fuck up. You probably bitch about how the MS EULA is illegal (after all, you are an Apple user), yet a clickwrap license on iTMS is somehow a legal contract now. One word. Hypocrite.
Actually, wrong on all accounts. Check all my past posts. I've never complained about the MS EULA. Moreover I'm not an Apple user. I run Win2000 at work (required) and I run Slackware at home. Though if you have an extra PowerBook, I'd love to take it. Wouldn't mind to be an Apple user.
Before you start running off an saying I'm a troll, seriously, check my record. I happen to believe that if I'm going to agree to some contract then I intend on keeping it. Sorry if you don't feel the same.
Now, I'm sure you'll be critical of my decision because you feel I only accepted your point because there's no overriding inconvenience to me.
Actually no. I commend you. It says a lot about your character to change your mind like that. Thank you.
I too take my agreements seriously. If I have no intention on following through on the terms of TOS or EULA, then I simply won't agree to them.
Thank you. Now this approach I can agree with because what you are describing is civil disobedience. But what the individual I was replying to suggested was that he wished to simply disobey the law but then not be willing to really fight it! In fact, he wished to simply ignore it, but not fight it or work to have it changed.
I hope all those who rant and rave here about Apple's policy and those who use (and authored) PlayFair will take your advice.