GCJ is now bringing a lot more to the table than just cloning the Sun stuff. Sun would never do native executables because it doesn't fit into their 'vision.' The JVM and Write Once Debug Everywhere has no real place in the Free Software world.
WODE is a silly myth promoted by people with an axe to grind, usually those who have no real world experience with Java. Its extremely easy to write portable code in java, but java won't stop you from writing unportable code, just like any other language.
In the Free world portability comes from automake/autoconf and doesn't need to pay the emulation overhead of a virtual machine or any of the other problems. Problems like each major Java app tending to bring along an entire JVM and set of libraries to solve compatibility issues.
HA! Portability provided you don't need to port to windows.
The "overheard" you speak of is largely irrelevant and has been for quite some time due to advances in computing power.
Really? So where are all the non-smoking places to drink or eat in countries without these laws then? The problem is that these are social places - when you have a group with both smokers and non-smokers, the group will go to a single location, and that is far more often driven by what place is hot at the moment than any other concerns.
No, Java is often unnecessarily complex. Most languages get by with arrays; Java has arrays, Arrays, Vectors, and ArrayLists, all with subtly different APIs. Ditto Hashtable and HashMap. Mostly this explosion of APIs has happened because Sun hasn't thought through the design before adding stuff to the language.
The differences you describe are there for concurrency. A Vector is a thread-safe List. A Hashtable is a thread-safe Map.
Futhermore, you shouldn't be programming to concrete implementations like Vector, ArrayList or HashMap anyway. You should be programming to interfaces like List or Map so that implementation differences don't matter.
Well perhaps you living in Hungary has something to do with it. In the US, I've never had a problem with their service. In fact, the one time I had to return an item, it was probably the best experience I've ever had returning something.
I'm the exact opposite of you. I go to the bookstore to browse for books and then order them online, especially for technical books. To each his own though.
Metallic anti-skimming material incorporated into the front cover and spine of the e-passport book prevents the chip from being skimmed, or read, when the book is fully closed;
My statement about the reversal of usual political roles regarding this issue is in no way biased! It was simply me pointing out that the situation in Maryland is interestingly different from the national situation regarding electronic voting.
And if you look at the state of the discussion right now, you'll find that its dominated by Democrat vs Republican comments. Hardly anyone is discussing the actual content of the article. Way to go.
I believe that the submitter was framing the discussion as a Democrat vs Republican issue when that is really irrelevant to the discussion.
The core of the matter is tha a Governor is switching from Electronic voting back to paper voting. Throwing in the remark about Democrats vs Republicans just seems trollish to me
What makes this particularly interesting is that Erlich is a Republican -- the party often maligned for exploiting flaws in electronic systems -- and his attempts to clean up Maryland's voting problems are being opposed by Democrats, the party that is usually complaining about electronic voting!"
Thanks for showing your bias submitter. The story stood up on its own without you injecting partisan hackery into the summary. Enjoy the ensuing flamewar
First time around, I included the demoralized column in an index, and of course the update changed the column values. If I dropped and re-created the index, MySQL took about four hours to re-index (four times the time it took to make the index when it BCP'd it in). But if I repaired the index, rather than dropping it, well, it never actually completed, becasue after two days I killed it. What the hell?
Geez, its just a silly column. Why did you have to treat it so badly?
I suspect that its not necessarily that you solve the riddle this instant, they probably want to get an insight into how you think and how you solve problems.
Problem solving is a huge part of developing software and an important quality to have in a candidate
Perhaps a solution is making the captcha time-intensive? If it takes an additional 30 seconds of 45 seconds, it might cut down on the number of captchas a person could solve in an hour.
This would probably work better for sites where you only enter the CAPTCHA once, say for creating an account.
The Department of State has employed a multi-layered approach to protect the privacy of the information and to mitigate the chances of the electronic data being skimmed (unauthorized reading) or eavesdropped (intercepting communication of the transmission of data between the chip and the reader by unintended recipients). Metallic anti-skimming material incorporated into the front cover and spine of the e-passport book prevents the chip from being skimmed, or read, when the book is fully closed; Basic Access Control (BAC) technology, which requires that the data page be read electronically to generate a key that unlocks the chip, will prevent skimming and eavesdropping; and a randomized unique identification (RUID) feature will mitigate the risk that an e-passport holder could be tracked. To prevent alteration or modification of the data on the chip, and to allow authorities to validate and authenticate the data, the information on the chip will include an electronic signature (PKI).
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One of the things that is a lot more common today than it has been in American history, yes, even back in the "bumpkin days" of America pre-industrialization, is that people just don't critically think anymore. "Special device?" Anyone with a modicum of critical thinking skills would look at a few simple things and freak:
1) All computer security systems have been defeated.
2) This is kinda like one of them thar computer security systems that has been defeated.
3) I'm carrying this thing around the world, and any schmo who can defeat it, can identify me faster than the police can.
4) There are a lot of terrorists and terrorism sympathizers who'd just love to off me because I'm American.
If you aren't careful, you'll be broadcasting enough info out there that you'll be easily victimized.
Well, according to the TFA: The chips carry an encrypted digital photograph of the passport holder..
Remember everyone, just by going out in public you are letting the world know what you look like! Time to start investing in brown paper bags
A 'chipped' passport would be susceptible to drive-by scanning
Doesn't really sound like it. From the TFA:
He said the e-passports must be brought within 3 inches of a radio-frequency identification device that works in combination with other security features to prevent unauthorized peeking into the chip.
Since I'm not a mac-head, the summary didn't make too much sense to me.
Spaces: a new application for the Leopard operating system that enables users to group different applications in separate environments.
Time Machine: you can back up and preserve everything on your Mac -- including priceless digital photos, music, movies, and documents -- without lifting a finger, you can go back in time to recover anything you've ever backed up.
Well submitter, I guess it would be helpful to know what modifications you're complaining about? I can't really find a genuine concern beneath all your rhetoric
The clear fact is that Microsoft delivered a defective product- should not allow them to redefine our agreement.
Spoken like someone who has never written software of any consequence. All software has bugs. Do you consider every piece of software you own to be defective?
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WODE is a silly myth promoted by people with an axe to grind, usually those who have no real world experience with Java. Its extremely easy to write portable code in java, but java won't stop you from writing unportable code, just like any other language.
HA! Portability provided you don't need to port to windows.
The "overheard" you speak of is largely irrelevant and has been for quite some time due to advances in computing power.
Well, those are the 3 places I know of because they are in my neighborhood and within 3 blocks of one another.
Welcome to Arlington, Virginia
Virginia has no smoking ban and yet those 3 restaurant/bars have voluntarily chosen to ban smoking and they are still hugely popular
The differences you describe are there for concurrency. A Vector is a thread-safe List. A Hashtable is a thread-safe Map.
Futhermore, you shouldn't be programming to concrete implementations like Vector, ArrayList or HashMap anyway. You should be programming to interfaces like List or Map so that implementation differences don't matter.
So can we look forward to the new Intel Ganges, Hoogly and Yamuna processors?
Or even worse, comments about it?
*ducks*
Well perhaps you living in Hungary has something to do with it. In the US, I've never had a problem with their service. In fact, the one time I had to return an item, it was probably the best experience I've ever had returning something.
I'm the exact opposite of you. I go to the bookstore to browse for books and then order them online, especially for technical books. To each his own though.
It already has a cover
Superpowers != Xmen.
I watched the pilot. It was interesting enough that I'll probably watch a few more episodes to see what the hell is going on.
And if you look at the state of the discussion right now, you'll find that its dominated by Democrat vs Republican comments. Hardly anyone is discussing the actual content of the article. Way to go.
I believe that the submitter was framing the discussion as a Democrat vs Republican issue when that is really irrelevant to the discussion.
The core of the matter is tha a Governor is switching from Electronic voting back to paper voting. Throwing in the remark about Democrats vs Republicans just seems trollish to me
Thanks for showing your bias submitter. The story stood up on its own without you injecting partisan hackery into the summary. Enjoy the ensuing flamewar
Geez, its just a silly column. Why did you have to treat it so badly?
See Thomas for more information.
Section 7 contains the information about Congressional Oversight
Where are you looking for work? The company I work for routinely hires entry level developers and trains them
Of course, the expectation is that you will stay with the company for a period of time to actually give them proper ROI
I suspect that its not necessarily that you solve the riddle this instant, they probably want to get an insight into how you think and how you solve problems.
Problem solving is a huge part of developing software and an important quality to have in a candidate
For you Myth users out there, I have a few questions:
Thanks. Congrats to the MythTV team
Perhaps a solution is making the captcha time-intensive? If it takes an additional 30 seconds of 45 seconds, it might cut down on the number of captchas a person could solve in an hour.
This would probably work better for sites where you only enter the CAPTCHA once, say for creating an account.
Well, according to the TFA: The chips carry an encrypted digital photograph of the passport holder..
Remember everyone, just by going out in public you are letting the world know what you look like! Time to start investing in brown paper bags
Doesn't really sound like it. From the TFA:
Perhaps you aren't aware that the AP is a wire service?
Since I'm not a mac-head, the summary didn't make too much sense to me.
Spaces: a new application for the Leopard operating system that enables users to group different applications in separate environments.
Time Machine: you can back up and preserve everything on your Mac -- including priceless digital photos, music, movies, and documents -- without lifting a finger, you can go back in time to recover anything you've ever backed up.
Slurm Queen: As for you, you will be submerged in Royal Slurm which, in a matter of minutes, will transform you into a Slurm Queen like myself.
Small Glurmo #1: But, Your Highness, she's a commoner. Her Slurm will taste foul.
Slurm Queen: Yes! Which is why we'll market it as New Slurm. Then, when everyone hates it, we'll bring back Slurm Classic, and make billions!
Well submitter, I guess it would be helpful to know what modifications you're complaining about? I can't really find a genuine concern beneath all your rhetoric
Spoken like someone who has never written software of any consequence. All software has bugs. Do you consider every piece of software you own to be defective?