Well, (dons pedant cap) I think that was actually seven words.... (doffs pedant cap).
It does depend a bit on the load running across the wireless link. I wouldn't like to serve a multiplayer game across a thin wireless link, but for most client-only connections it would suffice.
802.11a/b/g all do seem to suffer from occasional retransmission errors that can induce a noticeable but transient lag.
I think for a fair market segment the convenience will far outweigh the cost/performance considerations. Time will tell...
IANAL - but as far as I am aware (after far too many court cases) there is a concept of trafficking that is applied to all transfers of illegitimate property.
Even passing a joint at a party (without partaking yourself) leaves you technically open to prosecution for "trafficking" - the same would apply to modchips I believe.
There are also importation/quarantine restrictions that they could possibly get you on - but I have no further information on those laws.
Australia has this annoying habit (troll disarm: I am australian) of creating "Big Stick" laws.
These laws are technically very wide reaching, but are generally enforced at the discretion of the officer involved.
So the final answer? Probably still get prosecuted if caught.
"The investigative powers of van Hulst's agency were expanded earlier this year to permit the opening of mail and hacking into suspects' computer systems." - yeah, nice and free...
Um, we aren't the ones who came up with the Patriot Act....
No internet access isn't restricted - it is crap. Bandwidth just sucks in australia, though this has begun to slowly change.
"...whacked computer rules" - I'm not even sure what this one means... perhaps you mean how our federal police/intelligence agencies have finally been granted the same rights as the comparable american agencies???
Australia has EFA - but we don't neccesarily have to rely on volunteer organisations as we actually have a government commission (the ACCC) that is specifically to protect the rights of the citizens - except in this case...:) heh...
Don't get me wrong, we are in no way a truly "free" society, but show me one that is...
Australia already has 0-5% tariffs on nearly all imports - the real sticking points here are removing PBS (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme), removing australian TV content restrictions, full privitisation of Telstra (the now half state owned telecommunications giant), removing distilled liquor duty, relaxing food labelling laws, relaxing quarantine restrictions, and basically anything else that a major American lobby group objects to...
So basically - we have to remove all of the things that Australians believe in and have spent many decades nurturing - for a marginal at best gain...
Let us hope negotiations progress...
Btw, I'm not anti-american, I would feel the same way if any other country tried to dictate australian domestic policy.
So the Red Dwarf movie has been shelved for ANOTHER tombraider movie??
Why do the producers insist that we would rather watch a crappy sequel to an attrocious movie based on a series of inward spiralling games, instead of an original, interesting, well written and hilariously funny screenplay???
Sure, we got scammed by the first movie - but most of us aren't stupid enough to get caught twice... the same way.... well at least not for the same game/movie... well probably not... I guess some will...
I guess you never know - maybe they paid someone to write a plot this time....
Note: I should probably have used the term "incomplete" (set theory, not opinion) OO implementation, instead of "restrictive OO model". So fair criticism Cavey.
"Some programmer say that hole "protected implementation detail" - indeed as they have another obtuse use for that hole that you in your particular cave of the woods has no idea about.
So instead of determining the reason for this restriction (if arbitrary it should be removed) you go ahead and f*ck with the hole on your "wheel".
Unfortunately, that wheel is part of a cart that is used to haul (lets say) Mastadon meat back to your tribe. The hole of the wheel has been enlarged by OOGG and continually falls off the carts axle.
The rest of the tribe beats OOGG senseless with his wheel, repair it's hole, and return home.
Not to indulge in your fantasy to far Cavey, but it seemed such a nice analogy to maintenance of a large body of code (neadertals roaming the forest, scratching their heads, clubbing the sales department and grunting occasionaly - perfect).
"Suffice to say that PHP may not shine under YOUR design methodologies."
Ummm, well actually I have used to create several major sites - but I am not blinkered to it's limitations (and kudos to Rasmus and Co. for creating such a kick-ass OSS scripting language).
"I doubt any one language shines under all methodologies."
I don't know - they all seem to work OK in machine code... but thanks for stating the obvious...
"...that does not mean that it does not give decent performance under other design methodologies."
*SIGH* If you bothered to read my quote rather than just cutting and pasting it you would have noted that it was not referring to the performance of PHP but rather it's maintability.
No need to run to far with the ball on this one - I grabbed a few examples of limitations that have indeed bitten me on the arse before (on several projects of varying sized teams under _others_ specified methodology - ack).
I should point out that I refused to use Java after my experience with 1.0, so I am only familiar with Java 2.
That said - most of it was fair criticism.
My basic tenet, which I continue to stand by, is that PHP does not allow enough OO _freedom_ (yes freedom - I am not requesting the forcing of these options, that is one of the greatest strengths of PHP).
Yes, yes, I know that not everyone will agree that they need/want this functionality - but I can tell you right now that many of us do.
"OOGG may be caveman, but can read API header comment, see what is internal or not."
OOGG... and I'd been agreeing with so much of what you said.... I don't know, maybe cavemen have better memories or more time to continually re-read (and update) API header comments.....
"chances of mankind living at a time so he could observe this precise size matchup would be remote."
This seems to be the crux of your argument - and is basically a restatement of "chance never happens" (made famous as God Does Not Play Dice).
So - not only are you Offtopic (your statement regarding the apparent observed size of the earths moon is completely meaningless in the context of the Phobos/Deimos discussion) but you are also touting the Weak Anthropic Principle as proof positive that some external force must have been involved - hence flamebait (a.k.a. BS).
"...while we are at it, someone can tell me why it is that every evolutionist who engages a creationist has never yet understood the creationist position."
Ah, well this one is easy.
It is because I never get the same BS from the same Creationist twice in a row.
If you are happy to co-habit your creationist/evolutionist views then power to you. If you are the usual creationist, anti-evolutionist then the main problem I have is that your "source documents" are er... interesting at best.
Let us look at your beloved trueorigin.org:
"Most advocates of evolutionism subscribe to a set of naturalistic and mechanistic--if not humanistic--philosophical presuppositions, inevitably adding a fundamentalist bias to their perspective."
I'm sorry, but when a staunchly religious site starts by criticizing my philosophical "pre-suppositions"(sic) imparting a "fundamental bias" then my theologically open mind immediately assumes you are a bunch of hypocritical zealots. Or at least mentally challenged.
Perhaps this holier-than-thou prattle could be replaced occasionally by some meaningfull thoughts and ideas - not just trashing of anyone who doesn't agree with you (that is what/. is for).
I enjoy discussing these interesting (and ultimately I believe unanswerable) quandries with my various theologically and philosophically inclined friends. However - they most certainly do not all present the same creationist hypothesis (lets not call it a theory please) of the universe... it's called diversity and is an integral part of belief.
I agree that that is the situation in a classical two body system.
Unfortunately, classical physics cannot calculate a three-body system (it can be approximated quite closely by using iterative two-body calculations and restricted three-body techniques etc.).
The Earth/Moon orbit, is not periodic but is in fact quasi-periodic (so it has an near periodic cycle - or time to return "near" to origin).
I'll leave calculation of the three body integral as a readers exercise (bad physicist joke).
With regards to caching, server farms, execution speed etc. PHP does indeed "scale" quite reasonably within its limitations.
However, if you are ever involved in building an enterprise level application using PHP alone you will become intimately familiar with its limitations, particularly it's semi-OO implementation (ie. no provision for protected members or private variables).
Compared with the equivalent Java based business logic, the PHP code is a nightmare to maintain. This isn't helped by it's restrictive OO model...
Let me make it simple for you (aka. troll follows).
Business Logic
Java - Good
PHP - Bad
Presentation Layer
Java - Bad
PHP - Good
Now if you can use the good aspects of both of these languages (ie. Java for business logic and PHP for presentation layer) then you get Good + Good.
Currently they integrate both unreliably and limitedly - This project is designed to fix these shortcomings (initially for PHP, but using it as a template for further scripting integrations).
The Republicans have finally figured out that conglomeration of media ownership isn't neccesarily a good idea.
They used to be pro-oligopoly, but that was when the more liberal opposition was the media giants target. A few short years of sustained fire later and the Republicans are desperate for some diversity. At least then it won't all be directed at them.
Ah, syncronised flip-flopping - it should be an olympic sport...
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It does depend a bit on the load running across the wireless link. I wouldn't like to serve a multiplayer game across a thin wireless link, but for most client-only connections it would suffice.
802.11a/b/g all do seem to suffer from occasional retransmission errors that can induce a noticeable but transient lag.
I think for a fair market segment the convenience will far outweigh the cost/performance considerations. Time will tell...
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Even passing a joint at a party (without partaking yourself) leaves you technically open to prosecution for "trafficking" - the same would apply to modchips I believe.
There are also importation/quarantine restrictions that they could possibly get you on - but I have no further information on those laws.
Australia has this annoying habit (troll disarm: I am australian) of creating "Big Stick" laws.
These laws are technically very wide reaching, but are generally enforced at the discretion of the officer involved.
So the final answer? Probably still get prosecuted if caught.
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So realistically it has nothing to do with free trade - but a lot to do with vested interests and bottom lines...
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"The investigative powers of van Hulst's agency were expanded earlier this year to permit the opening of mail and hacking into suspects' computer systems." - yeah, nice and free...
Reference: Here
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No internet access isn't restricted - it is crap. Bandwidth just sucks in australia, though this has begun to slowly change.
"...whacked computer rules" - I'm not even sure what this one means... perhaps you mean how our federal police/intelligence agencies have finally been granted the same rights as the comparable american agencies???
Australia has EFA - but we don't neccesarily have to rely on volunteer organisations as we actually have a government commission (the ACCC) that is specifically to protect the rights of the citizens - except in this case... :) heh...
Don't get me wrong, we are in no way a truly "free" society, but show me one that is...
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"Free Trade" - what a misnomer.
Australia already has 0-5% tariffs on nearly all imports - the real sticking points here are removing PBS (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme), removing australian TV content restrictions, full privitisation of Telstra (the now half state owned telecommunications giant), removing distilled liquor duty, relaxing food labelling laws, relaxing quarantine restrictions, and basically anything else that a major American lobby group objects to...
So basically - we have to remove all of the things that Australians believe in and have spent many decades nurturing - for a marginal at best gain...
Let us hope negotiations progress...
Btw, I'm not anti-american, I would feel the same way if any other country tried to dictate australian domestic policy.
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Why do the producers insist that we would rather watch a crappy sequel to an attrocious movie based on a series of inward spiralling games, instead of an original, interesting, well written and hilariously funny screenplay???
Sure, we got scammed by the first movie - but most of us aren't stupid enough to get caught twice... the same way.... well at least not for the same game/movie... well probably not... I guess some will...
I guess you never know - maybe they paid someone to write a plot this time....
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Note: I should probably have used the term "incomplete" (set theory, not opinion) OO implementation, instead of "restrictive OO model". So fair criticism Cavey.
"Some programmer say that hole "protected implementation detail" - indeed as they have another obtuse use for that hole that you in your particular cave of the woods has no idea about.
So instead of determining the reason for this restriction (if arbitrary it should be removed) you go ahead and f*ck with the hole on your "wheel".
Unfortunately, that wheel is part of a cart that is used to haul (lets say) Mastadon meat back to your tribe. The hole of the wheel has been enlarged by OOGG and continually falls off the carts axle.
The rest of the tribe beats OOGG senseless with his wheel, repair it's hole, and return home.
Not to indulge in your fantasy to far Cavey, but it seemed such a nice analogy to maintenance of a large body of code (neadertals roaming the forest, scratching their heads, clubbing the sales department and grunting occasionaly - perfect).
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Are you insane???
"Suffice to say that PHP may not shine under YOUR design methodologies."
Ummm, well actually I have used to create several major sites - but I am not blinkered to it's limitations (and kudos to Rasmus and Co. for creating such a kick-ass OSS scripting language).
"I doubt any one language shines under all methodologies."
I don't know - they all seem to work OK in machine code... but thanks for stating the obvious...
"...that does not mean that it does not give decent performance under other design methodologies."
*SIGH* If you bothered to read my quote rather than just cutting and pasting it you would have noted that it was not referring to the performance of PHP but rather it's maintability.
I would have posted that drivel as an AC too...
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No need to run to far with the ball on this one - I grabbed a few examples of limitations that have indeed bitten me on the arse before (on several projects of varying sized teams under _others_ specified methodology - ack).
I should point out that I refused to use Java after my experience with 1.0, so I am only familiar with Java 2.
That said - most of it was fair criticism.
My basic tenet, which I continue to stand by, is that PHP does not allow enough OO _freedom_ (yes freedom - I am not requesting the forcing of these options, that is one of the greatest strengths of PHP).
Yes, yes, I know that not everyone will agree that they need/want this functionality - but I can tell you right now that many of us do.
"OOGG may be caveman, but can read API header comment, see what is internal or not."
OOGG... and I'd been agreeing with so much of what you said.... I don't know, maybe cavemen have better memories or more time to continually re-read (and update) API header comments.....
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"chances of mankind living at a time so he could observe this precise size matchup would be remote."
This seems to be the crux of your argument - and is basically a restatement of "chance never happens" (made famous as God Does Not Play Dice).
So - not only are you Offtopic (your statement regarding the apparent observed size of the earths moon is completely meaningless in the context of the Phobos/Deimos discussion) but you are also touting the Weak Anthropic Principle as proof positive that some external force must have been involved - hence flamebait (a.k.a. BS).
"...while we are at it, someone can tell me why it is that every evolutionist who engages a creationist has never yet understood the creationist position."
Ah, well this one is easy.
It is because I never get the same BS from the same Creationist twice in a row.
If you are happy to co-habit your creationist/evolutionist views then power to you. If you are the usual creationist, anti-evolutionist then the main problem I have is that your "source documents" are er... interesting at best.
Let us look at your beloved trueorigin.org:
"Most advocates of evolutionism subscribe to a set of naturalistic and mechanistic--if not humanistic--philosophical presuppositions, inevitably adding a fundamentalist bias to their perspective."
I'm sorry, but when a staunchly religious site starts by criticizing my philosophical "pre-suppositions"(sic) imparting a "fundamental bias" then my theologically open mind immediately assumes you are a bunch of hypocritical zealots. Or at least mentally challenged.
Perhaps this holier-than-thou prattle could be replaced occasionally by some meaningfull thoughts and ideas - not just trashing of anyone who doesn't agree with you (that is what /. is for).
I enjoy discussing these interesting (and ultimately I believe unanswerable) quandries with my various theologically and philosophically inclined friends. However - they most certainly do not all present the same creationist hypothesis (lets not call it a theory please) of the universe... it's called diversity and is an integral part of belief.
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Unfortunately, classical physics cannot calculate a three-body system (it can be approximated quite closely by using iterative two-body calculations and restricted three-body techniques etc.).
The Earth/Moon orbit, is not periodic but is in fact quasi-periodic (so it has an near periodic cycle - or time to return "near" to origin).
I'll leave calculation of the three body integral as a readers exercise (bad physicist joke).
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Like Switzerland - a small town built around a watch factory (It will say Made in Switzerland, whereas a real one will say Swiss Made).
You have to admire their resourcefulness. :)
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Not to say that this doesn't occur in India, but the article you refer to is in Islamabad - the capital of Pakistan.
Disengage Nit Pick
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Now if we can just interface it with the caste system...
Two legs good, four legs bad anyone??
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Hey wait....
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With regards to caching, server farms, execution speed etc. PHP does indeed "scale" quite reasonably within its limitations.
However, if you are ever involved in building an enterprise level application using PHP alone you will become intimately familiar with its limitations, particularly it's semi-OO implementation (ie. no provision for protected members or private variables).
Compared with the equivalent Java based business logic, the PHP code is a nightmare to maintain. This isn't helped by it's restrictive OO model...
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In the intervening century, you may want to look at using the right tool for the right job...
Just my AU$0.06
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Business Logic
Java - Good
PHP - Bad
Presentation Layer
Java - Bad
PHP - Good
Now if you can use the good aspects of both of these languages (ie. Java for business logic and PHP for presentation layer) then you get Good + Good.
Currently they integrate both unreliably and limitedly - This project is designed to fix these shortcomings (initially for PHP, but using it as a template for further scripting integrations).
NB: Troll complete
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All of the problems I have with the existing methods of JavaPHP integration look like they should be fixed.
Not being able to use references is the most crippling aspect of the SAPI interface - well that and the fact it is completely unreliable. :)
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They used to be pro-oligopoly, but that was when the more liberal opposition was the media giants target. A few short years of sustained fire later and the Republicans are desperate for some diversity. At least then it won't all be directed at them.
Ah, syncronised flip-flopping - it should be an olympic sport...
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About the same time you allowed patents on bullsh*t like "hyperlinks" and "one-click-shopping".
Oh and when you extended copyrights in perpetua so cartoon mice can continue to fleece^H^H^H^H^H^H entertain another generation.
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