Leaving aside the squandering of talent by people who weren't of the right ethnic background, he wasn't great for Konrad Zuse though. If they had supported him more, they could have been further ahead in computer technology.
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But you have to deal with people who email you a question about project A by replying to an email you sent about a specific issue in project B two weeks ago *without changing the subject line* (or trimming off the previous email)... Gah!
If they do click "new" instead of "reply", they invariably leave the subject blank. Some people might really make the effort and give it the subject "This is interesting!"
Its sort of like how the USA makes laws (the Money for Soldiers' body armour and reduced chicken factory inspection bill) (i made that up, but it probably exists) - the title bears no resemblance to the content.
If outlook had a proper search facility it might be useable as an email program, but taking more than 5 minutes to search for a keyword just isn't acceptable when google can search the frikking internet in a fraction of a second.
I believe the Brits have an expression for situations like this: "Fuck off!"
No no no, the Brits expression is "F**k me first please Mr President!". Tony Blair has signed a similar one-sided treaty which means that the USA can extradite any Briton without having to provide evidence, which naturally does not apply the other way.
Not to minimise your point but...
It is one (only ?) of the few industrialized countries which still has death penalty.
Europe and the "dominions" (canada/oz/nz) don't execute, but some industrialised asian countries do, e.g. Japan still has the death penalty, and hangs 2-4 people a year. On christmas day (!) 2006. Of course this is small beer compared to Texas let alone the USA.
most American's probably don't even know what the Battle of Britain was
Ooh, ooh, I know this one! That was when a dozen or so plucky American airmen living in Britain defeated the Luftwaffe! Well, according to Hollywood anyway...:-)
Hmm, I have downloaded the latest JDK version now (over 50 megabytes, phew!) and it seems that PCs have got faster over the last ten years. Apart from the first time you run a java program (several seconds) the startup time for "hello world" has got down to 0.3 seconds on my fast PC, which compares to 0.1 seconds for a decent sized (2Mbyte) C++ program or 0.03 seconds for a small C++ program.
So it is now practical to be used in batch files/as part of a build process from a makefile - only ten times slower than a native program but PCs are at least ten times faster than when Java was introduced.
For long running programs obviously startup time is less important, but monolithic kitchen sink programs are not "the unix way" which/. espouses allegedly:-). Of course this has not much to do with perceived slowness in the GUI, which has nothing to do with the Java language.
Surely the point is that printing "hello world" on a fast PC takes several seconds in Java, whereas it takes a fraction of a second in almost any other language, let alone a compiled one. Mind you, Microsoft has risen to the challenge of Hollywood Movie operating systems with Windows XP so it can take several seconds now to do anything for the first time (e.g. the first time you delete a file after a reboot), so perhaps they have something to do with Java's startup times.
last time I checked the US had no jursdiction outside of itself.
Woah, where have you been for the last few years? The USA has been pressuring countries to sign agreements like the UK already has that let them extradite anyone to the USA with no proof whatsoever (naturally this does not apply in the other direction). Of course once they are there there is no requirement for due process of law since W has shredded the US constitution and can send anyone to Guantanemo bay indefininately, or to friendly countries in the middle east to be tortured (heck they even outsource torture in the USA these days). So far they have grabbed people who dared to run gambling sites on the web (because gambling is a crime unless it is organised by native americans), and anyone who can "hack" the government sites that they have protected with the password "12345".
Iran and China say "well, at least we aren't as bad as the americans" although the US hasn't quite got to the level of north korea yet, where they kidnap a film director because they want there services... W still has a couple of years left so he may reach that yet.
Admittedly the EU once arrested executives because the butter they produced (Anchor spreadable) was too high in quality, but you can understand that (if you are a french farmer anyway):-)
A popular type of clothing obviously. Or someone who is trying to rip off their name. I mean sheesh, if I called myself "Lego-man" or "Kodak Kid" it wouldn't be surprising if I indulged in other forms of IP "tributes".
OTOH there are some nice pop songs (called "r&b" where I live, to show that they are harder to dance to than kylie) on his CV.
Come on, "the fridge" was on a television program (they think it's all over) as the "guess the sportsman" entry once.
And did John Madden ever play american football? His name has been in every video game shop for years and years, due to EA sports. So thats at least two american football players that foreigners might have heard of.
Of course Ian Wright is hardly in the same fame league as David Beckham or Gary Lineker.
Well, the difference is that watching video games being played can be educational and useful, unlike watching gridiron. The program "Time Commanders" was shown on BBC2 in prime-time, and recreated classical battles (Julius Caesar etc.) and could be considered useful as an introduction to military tactics, as well as historically educational (the "experts" explained how the battles went in real life). No doubt it didn't hurt the subsequent sales of "Rome:Total War" either.
On the other hand, Games(tm) has aggresively gone for Edge's turf, and has had some awards to prove it. Edge is getting on, after all. As for self-confidence... Edge was Simon Cowell before Simon Cowell was:-)
IIRC its predecessor "ACE" magazine was less self-conscious but that could be nostalgia talking.
In my brief visits to the USA I couldn't find any serious video games magazines, just the advert compilations. Next Generation's demise might be taken as showing there is little call for that sort of thing in the land of Walmart. I can't imagine that being the case in Japan for example.
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The kernel has hugely changed in 20 years, going from DOS based to Windows 95 to Windows NT based with a Win32 skin on it.
You're thinking of Poland where they want to give dead people the vote :-)
Hmm, California... "san francisco" "los angeles" "san diego" - I wonder who named those places.
IIRC it is/was in Austria, which is why some gay groups there were against gay marriages :-)
Leaving aside the squandering of talent by people who weren't of the right ethnic background, he wasn't great for Konrad Zuse though. If they had supported him more, they could have been further ahead in computer technology.
Its sort of like how the USA makes laws (the Money for Soldiers' body armour and reduced chicken factory inspection bill) (i made that up, but it probably exists) - the title bears no resemblance to the content.
If outlook had a proper search facility it might be useable as an email program, but taking more than 5 minutes to search for a keyword just isn't acceptable when google can search the frikking internet in a fraction of a second.
Um, it did. You can get higher bit-rate CDs for seven years now - Super Audio CD and DVD-Audio. Although most discs seem to be of classical music.
No no no, the Brits expression is "F**k me first please Mr President!". Tony Blair has signed a similar one-sided treaty which means that the USA can extradite any Briton without having to provide evidence, which naturally does not apply the other way.
Not to minimise your point but... It is one (only ?) of the few industrialized countries which still has death penalty.
Europe and the "dominions" (canada/oz/nz) don't execute, but some industrialised asian countries do, e.g. Japan still has the death penalty, and hangs 2-4 people a year. On christmas day (!) 2006. Of course this is small beer compared to Texas let alone the USA.
Ooh, ooh, I know this one! That was when a dozen or so plucky American airmen living in Britain defeated the Luftwaffe! Well, according to Hollywood anyway... :-)
Well she does have a terrorist for a brother. Maybe it runs in the family.
Well /. is an american board and they like inheirited power e.g. Kennedy family, Bush family, Adams family, Gore family.
LOL! He does look a bit like Iznogoud but that might be a stretch for most /. readers :-)
Tell that to Wile E. Coyote!
So it is now practical to be used in batch files/as part of a build process from a makefile - only ten times slower than a native program but PCs are at least ten times faster than when Java was introduced.
For long running programs obviously startup time is less important, but monolithic kitchen sink programs are not "the unix way" which /. espouses allegedly :-). Of course this has not much to do with perceived slowness in the GUI, which has nothing to do with the Java language.
Surely the point is that printing "hello world" on a fast PC takes several seconds in Java, whereas it takes a fraction of a second in almost any other language, let alone a compiled one. Mind you, Microsoft has risen to the challenge of Hollywood Movie operating systems with Windows XP so it can take several seconds now to do anything for the first time (e.g. the first time you delete a file after a reboot), so perhaps they have something to do with Java's startup times.
Movies never make any money, for tax purposes :-)
Don't forget the topless statues! Those pr0nmongering victorians!
Woah, where have you been for the last few years? The USA has been pressuring countries to sign agreements like the UK already has that let them extradite anyone to the USA with no proof whatsoever (naturally this does not apply in the other direction). Of course once they are there there is no requirement for due process of law since W has shredded the US constitution and can send anyone to Guantanemo bay indefininately, or to friendly countries in the middle east to be tortured (heck they even outsource torture in the USA these days). So far they have grabbed people who dared to run gambling sites on the web (because gambling is a crime unless it is organised by native americans), and anyone who can "hack" the government sites that they have protected with the password "12345".
Iran and China say "well, at least we aren't as bad as the americans" although the US hasn't quite got to the level of north korea yet, where they kidnap a film director because they want there services... W still has a couple of years left so he may reach that yet.
Admittedly the EU once arrested executives because the butter they produced (Anchor spreadable) was too high in quality, but you can understand that (if you are a french farmer anyway) :-)
OTOH there are some nice pop songs (called "r&b" where I live, to show that they are harder to dance to than kylie) on his CV.
Ah but which US gallon? It varies depending on what you are measuring: oil and flour have different gallons for example.
(C) backspace IIRC.
And did John Madden ever play american football? His name has been in every video game shop for years and years, due to EA sports. So thats at least two american football players that foreigners might have heard of.
Of course Ian Wright is hardly in the same fame league as David Beckham or Gary Lineker.
Well, the difference is that watching video games being played can be educational and useful, unlike watching gridiron. The program "Time Commanders" was shown on BBC2 in prime-time, and recreated classical battles (Julius Caesar etc.) and could be considered useful as an introduction to military tactics, as well as historically educational (the "experts" explained how the battles went in real life). No doubt it didn't hurt the subsequent sales of "Rome:Total War" either.
IIRC its predecessor "ACE" magazine was less self-conscious but that could be nostalgia talking.
In my brief visits to the USA I couldn't find any serious video games magazines, just the advert compilations. Next Generation's demise might be taken as showing there is little call for that sort of thing in the land of Walmart. I can't imagine that being the case in Japan for example.