Do you think they care? Maybe a few do, but the people sticking their necks out to get cut off are venomously religious and truly believe that the US and the west in general have wronged them and their god and the only way to escape the tyranny of their rule is to fight back with holy jihads by killing or blowing things up, etc..
The religion is totally messed up in its modern belief systems, but that can be said for so many other faith based groups over the life of religion on Earth.
Entertainment is a very large export for the United States. While likely not the largest (which is food), I wouldn't be surprised if it's number 2 or 3.
I had a CD-ROM drive before they started marking them with speed multipliers!
I can't tell if you're serious or sarcastic, but I seem to recall that my brother had a CD-ROM drive that was labeled "single spin" which I assume is what we later referred to as 1x.
OMFG what are you doing with one of those pieces of crap?
It's the only digital input on this monitor. Its inputs are literally 1xHDMI, 1xVGA, and 1xStereo sound.
My understanding is that HDMI... runs through the sound card, then into the video card.
Except that my old video card (a nVidia 8600GT with HDMI out) didn't output sound to HDMI. It wasn't until I upgraded to a nVidia GT 240 that I can now output sound to the monitor.
I can't answer 2 and 4, but as for 1 and 3... my computer is a few years old and has an integrated Realtek ALC888S sound processor. It seems to do environmental effects OK in Source (HL2) based games.
Note: I'm saying this purely from my experience playing Team Fortress 2, as it's the Source game I've played the most... I've noticed that Source has different effects based on the floor and room types. A good example of this would be the echoing in the sewer tunnels below 2fort.
Then again, I don't know if this is specific to the Orange Box 2009 version of the engine or if it affects all Source games (almost all of Valve's games were updated to at least Orange Box 2007 with their Mac releases).
Hey! When not using my headphones, I use the speakers built into my monitor, you insensitive clod!
Output to my monitor's speakers doesn't even pass through my soundcard... unless it does so prior to sending it to my video card, which then sends it out to my monitor via HDMI.
Then again, I don't use my monitor's speakers unless I want to independently control the volume on it; normally I use my surround system connected to the computer's sound outputs.
As someone who in 1991 ordered his 386/SX (4MB RAM, 80MB hard drive and 256k VGA card) with MS DOS 5.0 and Windows 3.0, I'm amazed that OS/2 isn't mentioned in the article since it was the other OS option at the time.
OS/2 being a failure would be news to IBM, who sold it for a combined total of 19 years (1987-2006) across all versions.
Given that this is a list of "Windows' Failed Rivals", OS/2 rightfully isn't on that list... IBM continued to release new OS/2 versions for nearly a decade after its initial release.
As long as we're making guesses, I'm guessing it will include: Mono... maybe. eDirectory (formerly NDS) - To end the lawsuit threat Novell has had over MS since Active Directory, MS's NDS clone, debuted in 2000. Oh, and MS will kill eDirectory and encourage users to move to Active Directory... along with Windows Server if they currently use Linux. ZenWorks Desktop Management - To my knowledge, this is like nothing MS currently has. Used for centrally managing the software installed on networked computers.
And it's worth noting that if I go to Google.com, type in "cancer" and click "I'm Feeling Lucky," the page that comes up is... the American Cancer Society. Not Google Health. If I do the same for "sore throat" I get MedicineNet.com. If I do it for "AAPL" I get Yahoo Finance (no joke, try it).
I tried that, but when I did, it just bombed instead. Apparently, despite it only working if you try the 22nd catch, trying the 22nd catch makes it fail!
I would hope they would use something lighter weight than Norton, such as Microsoft Security Essentials, which incidentally is free... and is apparently offered as an optional update on Windows systems that don't have an AntiVirus installed that use MS Update (instead of Windows Update).
If Microsoft is cheating, why wouldn't they cheat a bit better? Of the five browsers, including betas, IE is second from last. Last place is, of course, Firefox, even with the new JS engine. Oh, and that stats image? Taken from the same blog post that originally discovered the Sunspider IE9 issue over a month ago.
Rob Sayre, the Mozilla Engineer who discovered this, filed a bug with Microsoft to get them to look at this issue. However, he didn't file said bug until today, which is likely why this is in the news now rather than a month ago.
And why is this 'STUFF THAT MATTERS' because it really doesn't matter. You could have the same result by wearing a headband with a camera attached to it.
I wrote a huge reply to this already on Saturday and then junked it because it went too far into minutia.
Ha ha.... the point of targeting Java language version 1.4 is for maximum compatibilty, specially when a library does not use or require any 1.5/1.6 or 1.7 features.
A Collections library not supporting Generics, thus not supporting type safety, is a huge defect. This is just one of the many reasons that Apache Commons Collections is losing ground to Guava (formerly Google Collections).
The other thing is that they could write the code using Generics, then offer 1.4 and 1.5 versions of the library from the same code-base using javac's -target parameter. This is part of the reason that Java's Generics are crappier; Java's were implemented using type erasure so existing classes could be reused.
And you're right, a few of the collections offered in Apache Commons Collections have replacements in the java.util.concurrent package.
It seems quite clear that the original poster was describing his/her personal experience with the language. It is like asking for a citation when someone says that their favourite colour is blue. The better response would be to ask for an example of the problem.
"My favorite color is blue." is an opinion. There are no facts to back it up.
"Mozilla Firefox's New tab button work differently on different platforms, but it shouldn't." is something I'm presenting as a fact. You and the Mozilla devs would presumably want me to give you some sort of demonstration of this to be logged in Mozilla's bug tracker.
Therefore, to "Java often requires tweaks because different builtins work differently on different platforms, even though they're not supposed to." the proper response to "Citation needed." here would be to some sort of explanation of which builtins and what systems they act differently on, presumably with a test case attached and what systems give the unexpected results. Presumably filed on the Java bug tracker.
Of course, in this case it was likely hyperbole stemming from Java's problems in the mid to later 90s. What's next, complaining about how slow Java is?
Are you saying that Websphere and Weblogic don't have any JSF dependencies? The last time I looked, there were very significant Apache dependencies in both Weblogic and Websphere.
Lets take a look, specifically at JSF implementations.
Websphere 7 has the option of two JSF implementations. The default is "Sun Reference Implementation 1.2." The other option is Apache MyFaces 1.2. (Source)
Sounds to me like the reference implementation of JSF 1.2 is the preferred version in these two products!
Even Jetty will have some Apache stuff in its pom.xml, won't it?
pom.xml is part of an Apache Maven project. Even if you choose to deploy said project to Jetty, that file will not be present in the war/ear file you deploy to Jetty.
2) Oracle will fail to keep control of Java, and everyone will end up using Java as maintained by an open source group (probably Apache). Ultimately something like the JCP will still be needed to keep enterprise involved in Java.
Dear lord, I hope it's not Apache. Any organization that allows new versions of its libraries to target Java 1.4 when 1.5 has been out for over half a decade does NOT deserve to be put in charge of the entire language. Particularly when said library deals with Collections.
As a developer that works primarily in Java, I'm a bit worried. If my company sees Java as being a risk we might end up moving over to.NET, and I just detest the documentation and library design of that platform.
There are some things.NET does better than Java. This includes: Generics, Properties, GUI, Web Services (although JWS is a marked improvement over Axis 1/2, and brings this more in line with.NET's WCF). This does not include: Database access (although the.NET Entity Framework may address much of this; from what I've seen it's a lot like JPA), Concurrent collections
Granted, that list is just things I can think of off the top of my head.
Are you referring to libraries or programs? Apache is big on the Java libraries (and tools) front, but its showing on the enterprise app server front (Geronimo and its servlet container Tomcat) is overshadowed by IBM (Websphere) and Oracle (Weblogic & GlassFish). Even JBoss doesn't exclusively use Tomcat any more; I've seen quite a few people recommend that you use the version of JBoss that uses Jetty instead.
IBM is trying to be all chummy and get Oracle to support OpenJDKIBM is trying to be all chummy and get Oracle to support OpenJDK
OpenJDK is Sun's (now Oracle's) project to begin with. IBM switched its support from Apache Harmony to OpenJDK. So, you could say that IBM has already chosen sides.
Nintendo used to have Rare developing games, both with Nintendo characters (Donkey Kong Country 1-3, DK64, Star Fox Adventures) and in general for their system (Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie, Perfect Dark, etc...).
As I understand it, Trademarks are divided into categories. When you register a trademark, you have to specify which category you're trademarking it in.
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Of course... what you said also includes Christianity.
You mean, like Barnes & Noble: Groundbreaking Entrepreneurs, which is already in Amazon's store?
I've found that Debian's stable service tends to break packages less, but it takes packages a very long time to arrive with said service.
Ubuntu is quite quick, but sometimes packages don't end up quite how you expect.
And don't get me started on Red Hat (although, tbh I haven't used Red Hat since RHEL/CentOS/Fedora came into existence).
Entertainment is a very large export for the United States. While likely not the largest (which is food), I wouldn't be surprised if it's number 2 or 3.
I can't tell if you're serious or sarcastic, but I seem to recall that my brother had a CD-ROM drive that was labeled "single spin" which I assume is what we later referred to as 1x.
Desktop.
It's the only digital input on this monitor. Its inputs are literally 1xHDMI, 1xVGA, and 1xStereo sound.
Except that my old video card (a nVidia 8600GT with HDMI out) didn't output sound to HDMI. It wasn't until I upgraded to a nVidia GT 240 that I can now output sound to the monitor.
I can't answer 2 and 4, but as for 1 and 3... my computer is a few years old and has an integrated Realtek ALC888S sound processor. It seems to do environmental effects OK in Source (HL2) based games.
Note: I'm saying this purely from my experience playing Team Fortress 2, as it's the Source game I've played the most... I've noticed that Source has different effects based on the floor and room types. A good example of this would be the echoing in the sewer tunnels below 2fort.
Then again, I don't know if this is specific to the Orange Box 2009 version of the engine or if it affects all Source games (almost all of Valve's games were updated to at least Orange Box 2007 with their Mac releases).
Output to my monitor's speakers doesn't even pass through my soundcard... unless it does so prior to sending it to my video card, which then sends it out to my monitor via HDMI.
Then again, I don't use my monitor's speakers unless I want to independently control the volume on it; normally I use my surround system connected to the computer's sound outputs.
OS/2 being a failure would be news to IBM, who sold it for a combined total of 19 years (1987-2006) across all versions.
Given that this is a list of "Windows' Failed Rivals", OS/2 rightfully isn't on that list... IBM continued to release new OS/2 versions for nearly a decade after its initial release.
As long as we're making guesses, I'm guessing it will include:
Mono... maybe.
eDirectory (formerly NDS) - To end the lawsuit threat Novell has had over MS since Active Directory, MS's NDS clone, debuted in 2000. Oh, and MS will kill eDirectory and encourage users to move to Active Directory... along with Windows Server if they currently use Linux.
ZenWorks Desktop Management - To my knowledge, this is like nothing MS currently has. Used for centrally managing the software installed on networked computers.
"I'm Feeling Lucky" ? People actually use that?
For a normal search, or a search as you type search, the first link goes to Google Health.
I tried that, but when I did, it just bombed instead. Apparently, despite it only working if you try the 22nd catch, trying the 22nd catch makes it fail!
Dear U.S. Government,
Remember when the shit hit the fan over the U.S. Government's control over the root DNS servers a few years back?
Welcome to part 2.
Sincerely,
The Rest of the World
I would hope they would use something lighter weight than Norton, such as Microsoft Security Essentials, which incidentally is free... and is apparently offered as an optional update on Windows systems that don't have an AntiVirus installed that use MS Update (instead of Windows Update).
If Microsoft is cheating, why wouldn't they cheat a bit better? Of the five browsers, including betas, IE is second from last. Last place is, of course, Firefox, even with the new JS engine. Oh, and that stats image? Taken from the same blog post that originally discovered the Sunspider IE9 issue over a month ago.
Rob Sayre, the Mozilla Engineer who discovered this, filed a bug with Microsoft to get them to look at this issue. However, he didn't file said bug until today, which is likely why this is in the news now rather than a month ago.
You did notice this is filed under Idle?
I wrote a huge reply to this already on Saturday and then junked it because it went too far into minutia.
A Collections library not supporting Generics, thus not supporting type safety, is a huge defect. This is just one of the many reasons that Apache Commons Collections is losing ground to Guava (formerly Google Collections).
The other thing is that they could write the code using Generics, then offer 1.4 and 1.5 versions of the library from the same code-base using javac's -target parameter. This is part of the reason that Java's Generics are crappier; Java's were implemented using type erasure so existing classes could be reused.
And you're right, a few of the collections offered in Apache Commons Collections have replacements in the java.util.concurrent package.
"My favorite color is blue." is an opinion. There are no facts to back it up.
"Mozilla Firefox's New tab button work differently on different platforms, but it shouldn't." is something I'm presenting as a fact. You and the Mozilla devs would presumably want me to give you some sort of demonstration of this to be logged in Mozilla's bug tracker.
Therefore, to "Java often requires tweaks because different builtins work differently on different platforms, even though they're not supposed to." the proper response to "Citation needed." here would be to some sort of explanation of which builtins and what systems they act differently on, presumably with a test case attached and what systems give the unexpected results. Presumably filed on the Java bug tracker.
Of course, in this case it was likely hyperbole stemming from Java's problems in the mid to later 90s. What's next, complaining about how slow Java is?
Lets take a look, specifically at JSF implementations.
Weblogic uses "Sun Microsystems JavaServer Faces Implementation" 1.2-b20-FCS - or 1_2_03-rc2. (Source)
Websphere 7 has the option of two JSF implementations. The default is "Sun Reference Implementation 1.2." The other option is Apache MyFaces 1.2. (Source)
Sounds to me like the reference implementation of JSF 1.2 is the preferred version in these two products!
Jetty's main configuration file is jetty.xml.
pom.xml is part of an Apache Maven project. Even if you choose to deploy said project to Jetty, that file will not be present in the war/ear file you deploy to Jetty.
Dear lord, I hope it's not Apache. Any organization that allows new versions of its libraries to target Java 1.4 when 1.5 has been out for over half a decade does NOT deserve to be put in charge of the entire language. Particularly when said library deals with Collections.
There are some things .NET does better than Java. This includes: Generics, Properties, GUI, Web Services (although JWS is a marked improvement over Axis 1/2, and brings this more in line with .NET's WCF). This does not include: Database access (although the .NET Entity Framework may address much of this; from what I've seen it's a lot like JPA), Concurrent collections
Granted, that list is just things I can think of off the top of my head.
Are you referring to libraries or programs? Apache is big on the Java libraries (and tools) front, but its showing on the enterprise app server front (Geronimo and its servlet container Tomcat) is overshadowed by IBM (Websphere) and Oracle (Weblogic & GlassFish). Even JBoss doesn't exclusively use Tomcat any more; I've seen quite a few people recommend that you use the version of JBoss that uses Jetty instead.
OpenJDK is Sun's (now Oracle's) project to begin with. IBM switched its support from Apache Harmony to OpenJDK. So, you could say that IBM has already chosen sides.
Nintendo used to have Rare developing games, both with Nintendo characters (Donkey Kong Country 1-3, DK64, Star Fox Adventures) and in general for their system (Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie, Perfect Dark, etc...).
Too bad Rare's a Microsoft property now.
As I understand it, Trademarks are divided into categories. When you register a trademark, you have to specify which category you're trademarking it in.