The change of name from LiveScript to JavaScript happened at roughly the time that Netscape was including support for Java technology in its Netscape Navigator web browser. The choice of name proved to be a source of much confusion. There is no real relation between Java and JavaScript; their similarities are mostly in syntax (that is, both derived from C); their semantics are quite different, notably their object models are unrelated and largely incompatible. Source. You have any links on the contrary?
Does it do any good if you run around thinking about it all day?
What do you suggest? A police state where the government is given unlimited power?
The US is not the only country to suffer from terrorism, the UK has had it for decades, I don't talk to many English men who run around constantly scared about whether or not something will strike though.
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This truly is a great post. Good software can be good software even if I can't edit the source code to it. I don't have time to look at the source code of every app I install.. I can program, but I just don't find the time to look through the source code of the applications I install just because it gives me freedom. Freedom of choice is important to me, open source vs. closed source battles give more choice. THAT'S an upside.
To further your point, wouldn't it be better to endorse the use of SVG instead?
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The AI in OF isn't what I would call genious. Rather, it "cheats". I've experienced sneaking through the woods wearing nothing but black. Then lay down and try to snipe someone from 300 feet away. If I miss, he turns and shoots me with a goddamnt AK47 in pitch black without knowing where the shot came from.
OF is a great game, but as you say, gets boring real quick.
Well, some "futurologists" work for corporations to predict the future market trends and whatnot. There are these "Nostradamus" centres in many countries, where they try to predict how the world will look in x number of years, hoping to exploit new markets and create new trends.
This example is perhaps a bit far fetched though..
FFTA: We have released our first driver, a VB OCX. Source for it will be posted as soon as possible as well as a demo app based on it. Screenshots from the demo and hopefully pictures of the prototype hardware will soon be available as well. We are working with the Snowball Surprise project to produce a demo game as well:
They also link to the driver on Sourceforge's page.
What are you talking about? Using JSP is pretty close to PHP. If you're talking about using servlets.. well, best tool for the job. You don't use Servlets if your resulting page has a lot of pure HTML. Also, J2EE is a server suite with support for EJB's. If you haven't tried these, then you haven't really tried J2EE either.
What do you mean by the code "does not look intuitive"? It's Java, nothing more, nothing less.
Java 1.5 has been renamed to Java 5, and despite the name change, Java 5 is still part of Java 2. The change was marketing based.
Exactly, I think Nintendo has realised that they have more to gain by continue to focus on the market both Sony and Microsoft overlook (not ignore, overlook). Nintendo has always put out the "weird" games that kids love.
I can't say I'm too happy about their decision to make the latest Zelda game darker, I don't know if Nintendo can pull something off.
Off course I see your point, but Mr. Percival is critising Linus Torvalds for personally not caring about the problem, not that the problem won't be fixed at all.
Well, he lives by his own words doesn't he? He drums up an article or two on controversial subjects, gets them posted on Slashdot and his column gets more hits than the rest of the articles combined (stages scenario, I don't know the exact figures off course).
The problem is that the Slashdot editors also seem to love the controversy a Dvorak article is sure to bring in, having someone to bash is just good for business I guess.
OS X > Win XP, and I have yet to see any evidence that Apple's hardware is actually worth the money. It's massively outperformed in most test I've seen where compared to similar x86 hardware.
I'm in no way a graphical artist, my field is programming, and the hardware just don't cut it yet.
That's why I'd love for it to be available on x86, good hardware combined with good software.
I'd love to use OS X on x86 hardware, but aren't Apple's main source of revenue their hardware? They would probably require assurance that OS X could actually be a real revenue source before they make the switch.
Certainly, many businesses make use of the design market. If Apple had succeeded,they would most likely be a bigger company than they are right now, giving them more resources to focus on two areas. MS has done pretty well with both Office and Windows.
In what world? Seing how MS has been allowed to do basically whatever they want in the US.. why would they suddenly change their ways? The bad guys clearly do not get punished.
This is in Britain where British law applies. If the UK decides that it is legal for citizens to circumvent these measures, or find them outright illegal (didn't France recently do this?) there is NOTHING RIAA can do about it, monopoly or not. They will do what they are told or face the consequences.
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The change of name from LiveScript to JavaScript happened at roughly the time that Netscape was including support for Java technology in its Netscape Navigator web browser. The choice of name proved to be a source of much confusion. There is no real relation between Java and JavaScript; their similarities are mostly in syntax (that is, both derived from C); their semantics are quite different, notably their object models are unrelated and largely incompatible.
Source. You have any links on the contrary?
Wonder what he thinks of this...he's asleep right now
He's going to have a lot of explaining to do when he wakes up and sees a bunch of Japanese tourists taking his picture.
Does it do any good if you run around thinking about it all day?
What do you suggest? A police state where the government is given unlimited power?
The US is not the only country to suffer from terrorism, the UK has had it for decades, I don't talk to many English men who run around constantly scared about whether or not something will strike though.
This truly is a great post. Good software can be good software even if I can't edit the source code to it. I don't have time to look at the source code of every app I install.. I can program, but I just don't find the time to look through the source code of the applications I install just because it gives me freedom. Freedom of choice is important to me, open source vs. closed source battles give more choice. THAT'S an upside.
To further your point, wouldn't it be better to endorse the use of SVG instead?
The AI in OF isn't what I would call genious. Rather, it "cheats". I've experienced sneaking through the woods wearing nothing but black. Then lay down and try to snipe someone from 300 feet away. If I miss, he turns and shoots me with a goddamnt AK47 in pitch black without knowing where the shot came from.
OF is a great game, but as you say, gets boring real quick.
Well, some "futurologists" work for corporations to predict the future market trends and whatnot. There are these "Nostradamus" centres in many countries, where they try to predict how the world will look in x number of years, hoping to exploit new markets and create new trends.
This example is perhaps a bit far fetched though..
FFTA: We have released our first driver, a VB OCX. Source for it will be posted as soon as possible as well as a demo app based on it. Screenshots from the demo and hopefully pictures of the prototype hardware will soon be available as well. We are working with the Snowball Surprise project to produce a demo game as well:
They also link to the driver on Sourceforge's page.
Well, it does use both rendering engines in the Windows version. There are still some pages that only work in IE unfortunately.
What are you talking about? Using JSP is pretty close to PHP. If you're talking about using servlets .. well, best tool for the job. You don't use Servlets if your resulting page has a lot of pure HTML. Also, J2EE is a server suite with support for EJB's. If you haven't tried these, then you haven't really tried J2EE either.
What do you mean by the code "does not look intuitive"? It's Java, nothing more, nothing less.
Java 1.5 has been renamed to Java 5, and despite the name change, Java 5 is still part of Java 2. The change was marketing based.
Exactly, I think Nintendo has realised that they have more to gain by continue to focus on the market both Sony and Microsoft overlook (not ignore, overlook). Nintendo has always put out the "weird" games that kids love.
I can't say I'm too happy about their decision to make the latest Zelda game darker, I don't know if Nintendo can pull something off.
Off course I see your point, but Mr. Percival is critising Linus Torvalds for personally not caring about the problem, not that the problem won't be fixed at all.
I wonder what people would say if this was about Microsoft and not Linux? You think Slashdot would talk about it in the same way?
Most distros have tweaked the kernels to suit their needs anyway, nothing stops them from implementing this in their own kernel version.
Well, he lives by his own words doesn't he? He drums up an article or two on controversial subjects, gets them posted on Slashdot and his column gets more hits than the rest of the articles combined (stages scenario, I don't know the exact figures off course).
The problem is that the Slashdot editors also seem to love the controversy a Dvorak article is sure to bring in, having someone to bash is just good for business I guess.
OS X > Win XP, and I have yet to see any evidence that Apple's hardware is actually worth the money. It's massively outperformed in most test I've seen where compared to similar x86 hardware.
I'm in no way a graphical artist, my field is programming, and the hardware just don't cut it yet.
That's why I'd love for it to be available on x86, good hardware combined with good software.
I'd love to use OS X on x86 hardware, but aren't Apple's main source of revenue their hardware?
They would probably require assurance that OS X could actually be a real revenue source before they make the switch.
Certainly, many businesses make use of the design market. If Apple had succeeded ,they would most likely be a bigger company than they are right now, giving them more resources to focus on two areas. MS has done pretty well with both Office and Windows.
That may be true, but Apple never really got any sort of hold in the business market. If they had succeeded, things may have looked very different.
How about using Maxthon? It's IE with tabs, adhunter and a few extra addons.
But aren't schools already getting a significant discount? How much lower can Microsoft go before they give it away to schools?
They're talking about the business price, not for private persons.
In what world? Seing how MS has been allowed to do basically whatever they want in the US .. why would they suddenly change their ways? The bad guys clearly do not get punished.
Who says they haven't? Right now it's IBM and others pressing the issue forth in what seems like an attempt to bury this case forever.
This is in Britain where British law applies. If the UK decides that it is legal for citizens to circumvent these measures, or find them outright illegal (didn't France recently do this?) there is NOTHING RIAA can do about it, monopoly or not. They will do what they are told or face the consequences.