Yeah. And all those are *extremely* slow interpreted scripting languages. While java on the server (its actual main base) is actually half as fast as C. Which is really nice for code that does all the type checking for you and is machine code independent.
The reason that Java WAS not on every platform is... well, have you seen the size of its standard libraries (J2SE, J2EE)?? All those language’s *built-in* languages are a joke to what Java offers out of the box.
Sorry, but for professional big projects, those languages can’t hold a candle to Java. The only one that can do that, might be.NET. But that one’s by definition not portable. (No, the Linux version of it doesn’t count, for it is way outdated.)
I forgot: You still have to close the window yourself after the timeout. And the time does only run while the window is on top and the mouse moved very recently. (Both obvious, but I think someone might point out that I did not mention it.)
Firefox does something like this. But the timeout is a bit short and actually distracts (by causing stress) more than it helps.
I calculate the time to read the message (normal speed), and multiply it by the importance factor. (Warnings: x1.5, errors x2) The dialog’s closing button is counting this down. But not second by second, as this creates pressure which distracts from reading.
Also the big title of the window consists of the worst-case implication in case of ignoring it.
E.g. doing something that could result in a trojan/rootkit being installed, would look like this: “DANGER! You could go to jail for this!”
Also, to keep things fresh, one could randomize the whole layout and positioning of the dialog. But I don’t think it’s nessecary.
No, the biggest failure is, to reinvent the wheel yet another time, when there are libraries out there that are literally tested for decades, and knows to work properly.
When you don’t know exactly that you can and will do it better, always use the standard library!:)
How about not being disqualified for cheating in an exam.
This is where the educational system of your country limits you. Math is not about doing stupid repetitive stuff that a machine can do. It’s about understanding the whys, and the implications. A calculator, or even the best computer, can’t help you there. Because a computer can’t do creativity and ingenuity. The real essence of mathematics. My guess (or rather hope) is, that this is why we had no rules on calculators in school (a decade ago), and I had both a graphing and a programmable calculator.
Besides: in an exam where time is on the essence real buttons rule.
Agreed. But my computer has more buttons, and they are programmable to an endless number of levels.:) Same thing with a phone with a touch screen.
Somehow I understand why in your situation, a standalone calculator is the best choice. But it‘s not exactly because it’s an advantage, is it?;)
Oh hell yeah. It has advanced graphing, programmability, statistics and integration function, tons of constants, etc. And I haven’t even talked about writing small scripts in python yet.:)
About a week after I got the software, it I plotted my first 3D function (interference of two waves on a surface) on it. To raise the bar of what I can do, I’d have to install Mathematica on it.;)
Which isn’t possible with this phone, but its bigger brother, the N900 can do that, as it can install Windows in a VM. (half serious here.;)
If there isn’t a window on that side where the panels are, just get some wallpaper that filters them. You know: Tinfoil hat style. (Well, usually some kind of wireframe suffices, if it’s e.g. 1/3 smaller than the waves.)
But if you want to know EXACTLY, you can always find out the energy (=frequency) of the radiation, and compare it against the bonding energy of e.g. proteins in your body (keyword Van-der-Waals bond) and others. But be aware that the quantum physics of this is often counterintuitive. Then you don’t have to rely on biased tests or people telling you their bias, but know it yourself.
From what I remember, microwaves can only create 0.1-0.2 degrees Celsius of heating in the body. So less than (the infrared in) sunlight, but deeper penetrating.
Or in simple terms: If you fear microwaves, you should have more fear of sunlight, as it’s much stronger.:)
That’s explained trough simple quantum physics and energy preservation. It must go somewhere. It can’t just “vanish”. And since absorption means it gets an electron out of the atom and moving, it is equal to electricity.
I can only recommend to learn a bit about quantum physics. Not necessarily the math, but the rules/laws of it. Useful and fun.:)
No, the only remaining question is: When, if at all, will it actually come to the market. Meaning when will I be able to go to an electronics shop, grab it with my own hands, buy it, and then use it?
Until then... anyone can just make up stuff, put it somewhere trustworthy, and then let the trust-relationship-machine do the rest. (Not saying this is the case here. Just opening the mind.:) The thing is: I got absolutely zero proof that any of this is not made up. And I don‘t trust “the news” very much. So there is no reason for me to change anything in my life until it’s real.
They could have simply paid the team a bit of money to get it finished, and then offer them to do the distribution. Something like that. Which would basically resulted in free money from the work of others (for the service of distribution).
In fact you can bet that it’s enabled in every router that also does allow you to connect a landline phone for VoIP. Which, I guess, is true for pretty much all of them.
Ok, I read a bit about it, and it’s actually B cells that would have to be transformed. Or another way would be, to let the immune system fight the fight outside of the body, in a petri dish. And then inject the now trained cells again.
Eucalyptus trees have such a thing. They communicate with pheromones through air, to update other trees about immune system information and other dangers. Just like we would tell others that danger is approaching.
What we need, is a way to tell other people around us, how to defend themselves against new pathogens. Like telling someone. Only that it would be immune information. E.g. in form of T-cells. But we would need a way to prevent e.g. a virus from infecting the T-cells themselves, to use this path to transmit itself (like a trojan horse). Which is especially important with allergies. (Those should of course not be transmitted!)
Yes, vaccination is a somewhat like it. But it’s centralized and has a huge delay.
I hope that in the future, we will be able to do this with small chips working in team with the immune system. Simpler: Transform other people’s immune cells into own ones, so that the body can use them.
Because an upcoming Internet censorship system would be worth shit, when everybody could just route around it via wifi. You might see this in other countries too, in the future. Then again, we can route around it, by moving to a still free country. Or founding our own. Or kicking the current government’s ass.
Slashdot Mirror
s/\*built-in\* languages/*built-in* libraries/
Yeah. And all those are *extremely* slow interpreted scripting languages. While java on the server (its actual main base) is actually half as fast as C. Which is really nice for code that does all the type checking for you and is machine code independent.
The reason that Java WAS not on every platform is... well, have you seen the size of its standard libraries (J2SE, J2EE)?? All those language’s *built-in* languages are a joke to what Java offers out of the box.
Sorry, but for professional big projects, those languages can’t hold a candle to Java. The only one that can do that, might be .NET. But that one’s by definition not portable. (No, the Linux version of it doesn’t count, for it is way outdated.)
1. Tiny, tiny, TINY!
2. Non-ergonomic. And never will be.
3. Very limited displaying abilities.
4. Tactile keys not actually morphing at all!
I’ll wait until I can buy a surface as big as a full keyboard, with morphing tactile keys, and a full display surface beneath. For <$200.
Pff. Two lines of Perl should suffice. ;)
I forgot: You still have to close the window yourself after the timeout. And the time does only run while the window is on top and the mouse moved very recently. (Both obvious, but I think someone might point out that I did not mention it.)
Firefox does something like this. But the timeout is a bit short and actually distracts (by causing stress) more than it helps.
I calculate the time to read the message (normal speed), and multiply it by the importance factor. (Warnings: x1.5, errors x2)
The dialog’s closing button is counting this down. But not second by second, as this creates pressure which distracts from reading.
Also the big title of the window consists of the worst-case implication in case of ignoring it.
E.g. doing something that could result in a trojan/rootkit being installed, would look like this: “DANGER! You could go to jail for this!”
Also, to keep things fresh, one could randomize the whole layout and positioning of the dialog. But I don’t think it’s nessecary.
I would not exactly make my life dependent on some comments on Slashdot, if you know what I mean. ;)
Everyone here thinks he’s an expert.
I’d ask someone (in private!) who actually earns money with getting your question right. :)
Actually, any excuse to sue a DRM-laden company is good enough. Only a bankrupt DRM company is a good DRM company. ^^
Do the windows not void the shielding? (Dunno the wavelength.)
No, the biggest failure is, to reinvent the wheel yet another time, when there are libraries out there that are literally tested for decades, and knows to work properly.
When you don’t know exactly that you can and will do it better, always use the standard library! :)
You seem to imply that this was an accident.
Got any proof for that? ^^
How about not being disqualified for cheating in an exam.
This is where the educational system of your country limits you. Math is not about doing stupid repetitive stuff that a machine can do. It’s about understanding the whys, and the implications. A calculator, or even the best computer, can’t help you there. Because a computer can’t do creativity and ingenuity. The real essence of mathematics.
My guess (or rather hope) is, that this is why we had no rules on calculators in school (a decade ago), and I had both a graphing and a programmable calculator.
Besides: in an exam where time is on the essence real buttons rule.
Agreed. But my computer has more buttons, and they are programmable to an endless number of levels. :)
Same thing with a phone with a touch screen.
Somehow I understand why in your situation, a standalone calculator is the best choice. ;)
But it‘s not exactly because it’s an advantage, is it?
Oh hell yeah. It has advanced graphing, programmability, statistics and integration function, tons of constants, etc. And I haven’t even talked about writing small scripts in python yet. :)
About a week after I got the software, it I plotted my first 3D function (interference of two waves on a surface) on it. ;)
To raise the bar of what I can do, I’d have to install Mathematica on it.
Which isn’t possible with this phone, but its bigger brother, the N900 can do that, as it can install Windows in a VM. (half serious here. ;)
If there isn’t a window on that side where the panels are, just get some wallpaper that filters them. You know: Tinfoil hat style. (Well, usually some kind of wireframe suffices, if it’s e.g. 1/3 smaller than the waves.)
But if you want to know EXACTLY, you can always find out the energy (=frequency) of the radiation, and compare it against the bonding energy of e.g. proteins in your body (keyword Van-der-Waals bond) and others. But be aware that the quantum physics of this is often counterintuitive.
Then you don’t have to rely on biased tests or people telling you their bias, but know it yourself.
From what I remember, microwaves can only create 0.1-0.2 degrees Celsius of heating in the body. So less than (the infrared in) sunlight, but deeper penetrating.
Or in simple terms: If you fear microwaves, you should have more fear of sunlight, as it’s much stronger. :)
That’s explained trough simple quantum physics and energy preservation. It must go somewhere. It can’t just “vanish”. And since absorption means it gets an electron out of the atom and moving, it is equal to electricity.
I can only recommend to learn a bit about quantum physics. Not necessarily the math, but the rules/laws of it. Useful and fun. :)
No, the only remaining question is: When, if at all, will it actually come to the market. Meaning when will I be able to go to an electronics shop, grab it with my own hands, buy it, and then use it?
Until then... anyone can just make up stuff, put it somewhere trustworthy, and then let the trust-relationship-machine do the rest. (Not saying this is the case here. Just opening the mind. :)
The thing is: I got absolutely zero proof that any of this is not made up. And I don‘t trust “the news” very much. So there is no reason for me to change anything in my life until it’s real.
I prefer a tinfoil sombrero. With camouflage coloring.
About there being enough money... This pie chart really says it all, and end all arguments:
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/bailout-pie.png
A Mars base? That’s literally a drop in the bucket compared to those other “expenses”.
They could have simply paid the team a bit of money to get it finished, and then offer them to do the distribution. Something like that.
Which would basically resulted in free money from the work of others (for the service of distribution).
But nooo...
Idiots.
In fact you can bet that it’s enabled in every router that also does allow you to connect a landline phone for VoIP. Which, I guess, is true for pretty much all of them.
What the...? Troll? Did someone miss the sarcasm?
What an idiot. :P
Nobody wants radioactive trees, or the hulking fern of doom.
Ok, I read a bit about it, and it’s actually B cells that would have to be transformed.
Or another way would be, to let the immune system fight the fight outside of the body, in a petri dish. And then inject the now trained cells again.
Eucalyptus trees have such a thing. They communicate with pheromones through air, to update other trees about immune system information and other dangers. Just like we would tell others that danger is approaching.
What we need, is a way to tell other people around us, how to defend themselves against new pathogens. Like telling someone. Only that it would be immune information. E.g. in form of T-cells.
But we would need a way to prevent e.g. a virus from infecting the T-cells themselves, to use this path to transmit itself (like a trojan horse). Which is especially important with allergies. (Those should of course not be transmitted!)
Yes, vaccination is a somewhat like it. But it’s centralized and has a huge delay.
I hope that in the future, we will be able to do this with small chips working in team with the immune system. Simpler: Transform other people’s immune cells into own ones, so that the body can use them.
Because an upcoming Internet censorship system would be worth shit, when everybody could just route around it via wifi.
You might see this in other countries too, in the future.
Then again, we can route around it, by moving to a still free country. Or founding our own. Or kicking the current government’s ass.
Wouldn’t exactly be the first time, you know. ^^