An intelligent decision, but here's questions:
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1) What were the alternatives?
2) How much money will this save? I imagine into the billions, especially if it extends to a US telecomm switch to Linux. This is just one more step to open-source acceptability!:)
I would argue that with terrorism, for instance, it's a symbiotic relationship between the people and the terror, rather than the terror causing the people to act a certain way or v/v. The world is a massively parallel machine, and in its complexity, it demonstrates the difficulty we have in producing a truly parallel computer that can produce a predictable result from a set of inputs -- mostly because the real world doesn't produce a very predictable result, and it never really has "inputs", it's just always in a "run" state (no offense intended towards any religions, of course).
From the article: many have settled out of fear of not having the money to take up the legal battle against the RIAA.
Isn't that what a class action lawsuit is for? All the music consumers could file a class-action counter-suit against the RIAA for strong-arm tactics in attempting to reveal people who "shared" "copyrighted" "files", whatever that means.
I think I speak for every/. skimmer when I say, DOH! Again, this is why I am switching to art... all those similar words (like VISA, visa) are confusing to me:)
I think I speak for every credit-card holder when i say, DOH!
See, this is why I am switching to creating art instead of programming... large portions of the art world never "crash", unless a volcano erupts in Rome or something like that.
I saw one of those ages ago in San Diego... hasn't that existed for a while already? Still, it is pretty neat looking. I'd really have to try one, because I can imagine a huge problem being the pressing of "K" at an odd angle might output the numbers 5,6,8,9 in some sequence, if K is simply programmed to be "press 5,6,8,9 at the same time", and the button just overlaps the sensors... that would suck!
I must say, I am super-glad to see that this has come out publicly now. Rock on, Sun! By the way, I am wrapping up my Sun internship, and they want me at the HQ or not at all! DOH! Still, best of luck with the new technology... I want one on my desktop!
For those of you who are old enough to remember that line... (SIGH)... Yeah, my degree's in Fine Art, hence the website. I use whatever language is at hand to do my online art apps... usually the one with the least amount of actual coding required before I get what I want out of it. JAVA's graphics stuff is a little hmm.. hard?
Thank you. I replied mostly out of interest to see what kind of responses I would get, to use for my talk, but also because of the more advanced thread you picked up on:)
I would use an automatic SQL statement generator. Why? Because: 1) It would prevent people from decompiling my code and just "seeing" exactly how the database is set up. Yes, you could still figure it out, but it would be less obvious. 2) More importantly, as things change, the queries could easily change with the system without having to go through and change every single instance in hard-coded strings. There are easy and hard ways to make an automatic SQL generator: the easy way, as it most always does, would yield a larger, more obfuscated generator, while spending more time in design should yield a more optimized and quick generator. If you want source, hire me.:)
I wrote this reply to prove a point. I took a positive case for JAVA only to see the number of people who were willing to present actual test cases where JAVA didn't work that well, and I got several. I will be using them in my talk today with Sun. Thanks for your help!:)
Let me also state that apparently, according to the article, JAVA is bad because i'd have to move a question mark in a query. Well... if you need a programming lesson, how about not hard-coding SQL strings? If I decompile your great JAVA/.NET/ActiveX component that I downloaded, can I get at all your hard-coded passwords, query strings, etc? If so, I don't think you can blame JAVA.
Well, then I guess we better quit using it or else face huge gasoline deficits! I am sorry, but JAVA and SUV's are so totally different that the comparison is pointless. JAVA may be slightly slower than other languages, but it provides for rapid development and portability that are a developer's dream. JAVA is the developers' programming language.
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That's the saying... I took a lot of history classes. It dazzles me how Paul Allen's net worth went up 1 billion dollars. Does anyone know what he does, besides own Microsoft stock, that would increase his value that much?
I'd be fascinated to see how much of RedHat's revenue really comes from the service sign-ups, and how much from OS/product sales. Everyone says that their service is the money-maker, but I want to see for myself what the breakdown is.
Anyone know if Microsoft reps will be on hand to provide a counter-argument? I wouldn't be surprised -- while this group is all for free software, some scare tactics to try to sell licenses would be likely, considering the group ultimately decides what millions of users will run.
Remember how Megaman came out in a million different versions, but once they got to x, they started doing x^2, etc.? I still remember playing Final Fantasy (version 1)... but alas, I haven't played any of the other versions. I think I'll wait for FFX2.1.X3_40.
My dad always had a great example of why books are better than the internet. He says, "because you can do this." and proceeds to flip through all the pages like a big stack of crisp, 20-dollar bills. The instant information access, unless the book is in a fire or something, is what always makes books cool. That, plus they're easier on the eyes than a CRT (for me).:)
If the [your favorite old system here] came back out today, I would go get one. Why? Not because the graphics are particularly good, but because the games are really fun! That's what a game system is for... fun games. If the graphics are great... great. If not, who cares? I just want to have fun. Mario will never die! peace
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1) What were the alternatives?
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2) How much money will this save? I imagine into the billions, especially if it extends to a US telecomm switch to Linux. This is just one more step to open-source acceptability!
I would argue that with terrorism, for instance, it's a symbiotic relationship between the people and the terror, rather than the terror causing the people to act a certain way or v/v. The world is a massively parallel machine, and in its complexity, it demonstrates the difficulty we have in producing a truly parallel computer that can produce a predictable result from a set of inputs -- mostly because the real world doesn't produce a very predictable result, and it never really has "inputs", it's just always in a "run" state (no offense intended towards any religions, of course).
Searching for intelligent life in the universe, and pr0n on your hard drive :-D
ha ha!
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From the article: many have settled out of fear of not having the money to take up the legal battle against the RIAA.
Isn't that what a class action lawsuit is for? All the music consumers could file a class-action counter-suit against the RIAA for strong-arm tactics in attempting to reveal people who "shared" "copyrighted" "files", whatever that means.
I think I speak for every /. skimmer when I say, DOH! :)
Again, this is why I am switching to art... all those similar words (like VISA, visa) are confusing to me
I think I speak for every credit-card holder when i say, DOH!
See, this is why I am switching to creating art instead of programming... large portions of the art world never "crash", unless a volcano erupts in Rome or something like that.
That is huge of HP to step up to the plate, and at the same time, it is a great opportunity for HP to win customers :-D
Are we talking, "all the pr0n since yesterday", or "all the pr0n with red-haired women"? :p
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or 66 miles for the math impaired (sigh). Still, that's rad! You could access that across the English channel!
well, that exists already!0 3/01/09/pr ojectionKeyboards.html
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I saw one of those ages ago in San Diego... hasn't that existed for a while already?
Still, it is pretty neat looking. I'd really have to try one, because I can imagine a huge problem being the pressing of "K" at an odd angle might output the numbers 5,6,8,9 in some sequence, if K is simply programmed to be "press 5,6,8,9 at the same time", and the button just overlaps the sensors... that would suck!
Perhaps it was more like the ones that didn't survive inspired the law in those that did! What a crazy story!
I must say, I am super-glad to see that this has come out publicly now. Rock on, Sun! By the way, I am wrapping up my Sun internship, and they want me at the HQ or not at all! DOH! Still, best of luck with the new technology... I want one on my desktop!
For those of you who are old enough to remember that line... (SIGH)... Yeah, my degree's in Fine Art, hence the website. I use whatever language is at hand to do my online art apps... usually the one with the least amount of actual coding required before I get what I want out of it. JAVA's graphics stuff is a little hmm.. hard?
Thank you. I replied mostly out of interest to see what kind of responses I would get, to use for my talk, but also because of the more advanced thread you picked up on :)
I would use an automatic SQL statement generator. Why? Because: :)
1) It would prevent people from decompiling my code and just "seeing" exactly how the database is set up. Yes, you could still figure it out, but it would be less obvious.
2) More importantly, as things change, the queries could easily change with the system without having to go through and change every single instance in hard-coded strings.
There are easy and hard ways to make an automatic SQL generator: the easy way, as it most always does, would yield a larger, more obfuscated generator, while spending more time in design should yield a more optimized and quick generator. If you want source, hire me.
I wrote this reply to prove a point. I took a positive case for JAVA only to see the number of people who were willing to present actual test cases where JAVA didn't work that well, and I got several. I will be using them in my talk today with Sun. Thanks for your help! :)
Let me also state that apparently, according to the article, JAVA is bad because i'd have to move a question mark in a query. Well... if you need a programming lesson, how about not hard-coding SQL strings? If I decompile your great JAVA/.NET /ActiveX component that I downloaded, can I get at all your hard-coded passwords, query strings, etc? If so, I don't think you can blame JAVA.
Well, then I guess we better quit using it or else face huge gasoline deficits! I am sorry, but JAVA and SUV's are so totally different that the comparison is pointless. JAVA may be slightly slower than other languages, but it provides for rapid development and portability that are a developer's dream. JAVA is the developers' programming language.
That's the saying... I took a lot of history classes. It dazzles me how Paul Allen's net worth went up 1 billion dollars. Does anyone know what he does, besides own Microsoft stock, that would increase his value that much?
I'd be fascinated to see how much of RedHat's revenue really comes from the service sign-ups, and how much from OS /product sales. Everyone says that their service is the money-maker, but I want to see for myself what the breakdown is.
Anyone know if Microsoft reps will be on hand to provide a counter-argument? I wouldn't be surprised -- while this group is all for free software, some scare tactics to try to sell licenses would be likely, considering the group ultimately decides what millions of users will run.
Remember how Megaman came out in a million different versions, but once they got to x, they started doing x^2, etc.?
I still remember playing Final Fantasy (version 1)... but alas, I haven't played any of the other versions. I think I'll wait for FFX2.1.X3_40.
My dad always had a great example of why books are better than the internet. :)
He says, "because you can do this." and proceeds to flip through all the pages like a big stack of crisp, 20-dollar bills. The instant information access, unless the book is in a fire or something, is what always makes books cool. That, plus they're easier on the eyes than a CRT (for me).
If the [your favorite old system here] came back out today, I would go get one. Why? Not because the graphics are particularly good, but because the games are really fun! That's what a game system is for... fun games. If the graphics are great... great. If not, who cares? I just want to have fun. Mario will never die!
peace