I shall never buy or play a game published by Microsoft. As B&W was among my favorite games of all times in terms of archievement and innovation I am sad to have to say goodbye to the Black & White games, and it seems everything Lionheart will ever produce...
(Ofcourse everyone who followed you like me, knew/feared this would eventually happen with the xbox exclusives and Microsofts determination to buy innovation instead of innovating themselves, I'm not sure what would have been worse EA or Microsoft but at least I'm still allowing myself to play EA games.)
Farewell Lionheart, may all your wishes come true.
Even if it's in a draft it should definately not appear in Firefox, what good can it possibly do compared to the potential bad stuff that can happen (ie. people abusing it in links they post on forums and track the readers even if the forum was on a remote site such as slashdot.org, every forum would now have to filter out this sort of stuff).
Also this could easily be implemented via XMLHttpRequest, which just makes the incentive to implement it that much smaller.
Oh so now everyone hates blogs? Give me a break, you might as well say people are tired of crappy content, but blogs are pretty relevant today, and I especially enjoy reading blogs from people I respect, admire or have some other relevant agenda. In many ways I regard slashdot as the blog of all blogs, and I often prefer to link to a slashdot post rather than a direct link.
Id go to a blog any day compared to those oldschool crappy Micrsoft Frontpage, Flash, 'under construction' websites that people used to make for themselves, blogging is just CMS made easy for the task at hand..
Forget all the crappy kids sites, you will want to teach your kid that a computer is not (only) a entertainment machine. Browse for animals, trains, cars and try to inspire your kid to want to learn more, by provding him with the skills he needs to be an efficient "information hunter" of the 21th century..
- They might not seem so useful right now, but who knows, in the future some of this might very well be considered standard. Don't confuse innovation and experimentation with standards and compliance development.
Sorry about that:) I just failed to see difference between working on Eclipse and working for them.
"I have tried plenty of PHP alternatives -- just not NetBeans. Should I be trying NetBeans for PHP development?"
Oh PHP you say? I use a semi-plain editor for that, and I wouldn't know if there exists syntax colouring and function lookup for PHP, but I'm sure it wouldn't take much more than a weekend to do that, if one needed it.
PHP to me is like JavaScript, XML and HTML, and I see no reason why Eclipse should be a better tool for PHP tha NetBeans technically..
Why does Sun keep wasting resources on NetBeans? Don't they have anything better to do?
What's wrong with that? This generation of IDE's is IMHO still in it's infantile years, and I think it's very healthy to have competing products, it will broaden the oppurtunities for experiments and research in different ways to do a task.
FYI: Sun uses NetBeans as it's foundation for it's Sun Enterprise Studio/IDE, so it's not like they are going to drop NB in a jiffy. A while ago I read about the two IDE's working a plug-in/module standard, that would be a great beginning for the time being.
"It's Eclipse's versatility that makes me like it enough to not search for or try alternatives."
- That's just sad to read, a developer who knows all best, he doesn't need to hear any bull about anything from anyone, coz he knows all best..
It's all good not to search for alternatives, but to ignore NetBeans completely is pretty funny to me when your'e working with IDE development.
If not for the fun and sheer productivity of it, then why not check out the competing products, if only for the industrial spying fun of it..?
- The best way to be right, is never to look at facts or other alternatives..
p.s. I have used approx. five Java IDE's NetBeans being very good in terms of Web Development. 4.x takes some getting used to for 3.x users, but it does seem to resemble Eclipse more in 4.x style (of commercial IDE's JBuilder is my favourite but the pricetag is mostly what made me change back to NB). I have never ever had any success with Eclipse, but on monday I will start using it at my new job.. wish me luck
I am in DK, and had not heard of the Tony Martin story. What did he do for the £4500? If he spent a lot of time on it, surely he should get paid by the BBC, but I agree that it sounds really bad when you write it..
"but he'd be a nobody now were it not for his previous hacker reputation." - You might be right, that he probably wouldn't be as famous, but who knows he might have used his skills on something legal like Winamp and gotten just as famous..
Just as hacking brings bad things, it also brings a lot of good in terms of uncovering false sense of security (try to guess how Outlook would be securitywise if it wasn't for those pesky Vira).
AFAIK Mitnick did not do noteworthy damage to personal property, thus he is not in the same category as burglars and murderers, but he did commit crimes..
If he had caught a dozen hackers, yes it would make him smarter than 'them'.. I only know of him catching Mitnick, which could lead to speculation of luck be a part of it.
Also anyone abusing his skills like Mitnick is bound to be caught in the end, note that he was among the most wanted people in the world at the time he was caught..
p.s. Personally I think Phil Zimmermann and similar people should get more fame than certain x-hackers, but we have to acknowledge that crime is more exciting to read or watch movies about, than angelic security people doing normal boring legal things, at least among non-security experts.
Slashdot Mirror
Or pay them to do it!
The queue system was running on Amazon EC2.
Redundant systems on various platforms is clearly needed for a car to be fully safe!
Consider just doing it for fun then, the $500 price isn't worth whining about anyways.
Netbeans.org all the way! (or eclipse if you wanna be like that)...
It's more like: Can you outrun THEM! Better bring a ton of bullets next time you go outside ;)
Perhaps various bacteria could be used to produce various exciting 'food' colours to lighten up the day in deep dark space.
Faster JavaScript engine, presumably better memory handling and security, most certainly better Google support (search, gears etc..)
Examples:
I shall never buy or play a game published by Microsoft. As B&W was among my favorite games of all times in terms of archievement and innovation I am sad to have to say goodbye to the Black & White games, and it seems everything Lionheart will ever produce...
(Ofcourse everyone who followed you like me, knew/feared this would eventually happen with the xbox exclusives and Microsofts determination to buy innovation instead of innovating themselves, I'm not sure what would have been worse EA or Microsoft but at least I'm still allowing myself to play EA games.)
Farewell Lionheart, may all your wishes come true.
Stuff on my Cat is so much fun and cuteness at the same time, you might never surf away from the domain again.
I think you know the definition of better;
less crappy than the worse alternatives.
Even if it's in a draft it should definately not appear in Firefox, what good can it possibly do compared to the potential bad stuff that can happen (ie. people abusing it in links they post on forums and track the readers even if the forum was on a remote site such as slashdot.org, every forum would now have to filter out this sort of stuff).
Also this could easily be implemented via XMLHttpRequest, which just makes the incentive to implement it that much smaller.
Oh so now everyone hates blogs? Give me a break, you might as well say people are tired of crappy content, but blogs are pretty relevant today, and I especially enjoy reading blogs from people I respect, admire or have some other relevant agenda. In many ways I regard slashdot as the blog of all blogs, and I often prefer to link to a slashdot post rather than a direct link.
Id go to a blog any day compared to those oldschool crappy Micrsoft Frontpage, Flash, 'under construction' websites that people used to make for themselves, blogging is just CMS made easy for the task at hand..
You have this movie? It sounds great already!
Forget all the crappy kids sites, you will want to teach your kid that a computer is not (only) a entertainment machine. Browse for animals, trains, cars and try to inspire your kid to want to learn more, by provding him with the skills he needs to be an efficient "information hunter" of the 21th century..
A true gem! I had to read it after seeing your comment, and it took me ages to read because I was giggling too much to read..
I did a search for 'Copenhagen, Denmark' and it only found some tiny towns in US, how rude!! :)
"So they're how useful, exactly?"
- They might not seem so useful right now, but who knows, in the future some of this might very well be considered standard. Don't confuse innovation and experimentation with standards and compliance development.
"Who said I was a developer? I'm the sysadmin."
:) I just failed to see difference between working on Eclipse and working for them.
Sorry about that
"I have tried plenty of PHP alternatives -- just not NetBeans. Should I be trying NetBeans for PHP development?"
Oh PHP you say? I use a semi-plain editor for that, and I wouldn't know if there exists syntax colouring and function lookup for PHP, but I'm sure it wouldn't take much more than a weekend to do that, if one needed it.
PHP to me is like JavaScript, XML and HTML, and I see no reason why Eclipse should be a better tool for PHP tha NetBeans technically..
Why does Sun keep wasting resources on NetBeans? Don't they have anything better to do?
What's wrong with that? This generation of IDE's is IMHO still in it's infantile years, and I think it's very healthy to have competing products, it will broaden the oppurtunities for experiments and research in different ways to do a task.
FYI: Sun uses NetBeans as it's foundation for it's Sun Enterprise Studio/IDE, so it's not like they are going to drop NB in a jiffy. A while ago I read about the two IDE's working a plug-in/module standard, that would be a great beginning for the time being.
"It's Eclipse's versatility that makes me like it enough to not search for or try alternatives."
- That's just sad to read, a developer who knows all best, he doesn't need to hear any bull about anything from anyone, coz he knows all best..
It's all good not to search for alternatives, but to ignore NetBeans completely is pretty funny to me when your'e working with IDE development.
If not for the fun and sheer productivity of it, then why not check out the competing products, if only for the industrial spying fun of it..?
- The best way to be right, is never to look at facts or other alternatives..
p.s. I have used approx. five Java IDE's NetBeans being very good in terms of Web Development.
4.x takes some getting used to for 3.x users, but it does seem to resemble Eclipse more in 4.x style (of commercial IDE's JBuilder is my favourite but the pricetag is mostly what made me change back to NB). I have never ever had any success with Eclipse, but on monday I will start using it at my new job.. wish me luck
"Malin hopes the new observations will provide the conclusive evidence needed to officially close the case of the missing Mars Polar Lander."
;)
I'd say the case is closed when it's back on earth. It belongs in a museum!
I am in DK, and had not heard of the Tony Martin story.
What did he do for the £4500? If he spent a lot of time on it, surely he should get paid by the BBC, but I agree that it sounds really bad when you write it..
"but he'd be a nobody now were it not for his previous hacker reputation." - You might be right, that he probably wouldn't be as famous, but who knows he might have used his skills on something legal like Winamp and gotten just as famous..
Just as hacking brings bad things, it also brings a lot of good in terms of uncovering false sense of security (try to guess how Outlook would be securitywise if it wasn't for those pesky Vira).
AFAIK Mitnick did not do noteworthy damage to personal property, thus he is not in the same category as burglars and murderers, but he did commit crimes..
Have a nice weekend.
If he had caught a dozen hackers, yes it would make him smarter than 'them'.. I only know of him catching Mitnick, which could lead to speculation of luck be a part of it.
Also anyone abusing his skills like Mitnick is bound to be caught in the end, note that he was among the most wanted people in the world at the time he was caught..
p.s. Personally I think Phil Zimmermann and similar people should get more fame than certain x-hackers, but we have to acknowledge that crime is more exciting to read or watch movies about, than angelic security people doing normal boring legal things, at least among non-security experts.