when I run Netbeans, it is continuously on the verge of eating my 1.2 GB powerbook alive
Mate, when I run native apps like Firefox on my 1.4GHz Mac Mini (1/2 gig memory, before the zealots start prematurely diagnosing the problem), it can be slow as shite. A couple of SWFs embedded in the page, the twirly beachball is wont to appear, and the flash animation runs at low single figures fps. Basically low performance hardware is going to have low performance. . . . . (Especially when you run Netbeans)
If you spend alot of time using stuff like valgrind and searching for memory leaks, then you are doing something very wrong.
Yep, you're programming in a language that requires manual memory management and lets you do 'dangerous pointer shit' in everyday coding.
While human beings can do it (cf: industrial revolution era machinery with no safety features), but it's not advisable if you can avoid it. Thankyou, Moore's law.
How about before working out how to grow plants on Mars, those scientists work out how to actually get people to Mars, or even the Moon. Or even a reusable spaceship which isn't falling to bits.
YES - Work Smart - do everything in series, and get the biologists to design the spaceships. Pure genius!
The zoom 'tweening' effect they are using 'blows goats' on Firefox (approaching 1 fps on my PC) but is quite smooth on IE. Maybe Firefox rendering needs optimised for whatever wacky stuff is going on in this case. OR MAYBE IT'S A CONSPIRACY AGAINST FIREFOX!!!;)
I'd prefer to see something based on authorization rather than identification
But IAUI, authorization is something that happens after you've authenticated who you're authorizing.
Example: Authorization is the process of, given an already authenticated principal, enforcing requirements like "Only members of the tinfoil hat club may view this webpage". It has nothing to do with determining if the principal is or is not a member of aforementioned club.
Example 2: In the context of an operating system, authorization of file access consists of comparing file permissions with some token denoting the identity of the account attempting the file access - the authentication was already done earlier on during login.
He was breaking the law by "stealing" salt from the ocean, which would be akin these days to smashing a window out of protest.
Yes of course, protesters are actually highlighting the unfair law against smashing windows. They're not just spoilt rich kids who think petty vandalism is a Political Act, or anything like that...
I get modded troll for talking honestly about my experiences with my Mac Mini, and the person who replies to me, incorrectly assuming I have 256K of memory gets modded insightful.
It also seems to me that Firefox on Mac has significantly more stability problems and, from my experience, memory leaks.
Me too. Firefox crashes every couple of days on my Mac Mini. Or it'll freeze up and hog the CPU, requiring a 'force quit'.
Also, I've found OSX itself to be quite prone to locking up, with 'exposé' abruptly dying along with the iconbar thing along the bottom, and all minimise buttons. Or the entire machine grinding to a halt, with UI responding every 7 seconds or so. The force quit dialog is useless and a prolonged press of the power button and a restart is all that works.
I must be hallucinating, because as we all know, Macs are without flaw...
So far the vast majority of comments here add up to a tiresome MS-bashing snidefest.
I havent read the PDF yet, but this reminds me of the use of PAR files to fill in for missing chunks when downloading usenet binaries. It's a really cool technique that seems almost magical.
This looks clever - stop being such a bunch of whiny bitches!:)
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Hmm. Those bloody students downstairs playing their loud music at all hours... on YOUR stereo.
These speakers sound better when you use gold CAT5 cable.
when I run Netbeans, it is continuously on the verge of eating my 1.2 GB powerbook alive
Mate, when I run native apps like Firefox on my 1.4GHz Mac Mini (1/2 gig memory, before the zealots start prematurely diagnosing the problem), it can be slow as shite. A couple of SWFs embedded in the page, the twirly beachball is wont to appear, and the flash animation runs at low single figures fps.
Basically low performance hardware is going to have low performance.
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(Especially when you run Netbeans)
If you spend alot of time using stuff like valgrind and searching for memory leaks, then you are doing something very wrong.
Yep, you're programming in a language that requires manual memory management and lets you do 'dangerous pointer shit' in everyday coding.
While human beings can do it (cf: industrial revolution era machinery with no safety features), but it's not advisable if you can avoid it.
Thankyou, Moore's law.
Network-bound java servlet applications may perform better in built up areas, due to the higher bandwidth of urban ADSL connections.
These java urban performance legends are rubbish - java is highly performant in a rural or urban setting.
How about before working out how to grow plants on Mars, those scientists work out how to actually get people to Mars, or even the Moon. Or even a reusable spaceship which isn't falling to bits.
YES - Work Smart - do everything in series, and get the biologists to design the spaceships.
Pure genius!
When our useless sysadmin grasps basic concepts - like how DNS works - only then will I show any 'appreciation'.
Remove it from display... hmyeah that would work too I suppose.
I don't care about how good it is for US map, I never go there!
You should visit it - it's a really detailed country with a lot of roads!
Expect MS to release a hotfix removing that offensive building.
(well, they did the same to some font...)
Pretty dated: their aerial photo also shows two tall buildings in New York that havent been there since 2001.
The zoom 'tweening' effect they are using 'blows goats' on Firefox (approaching 1 fps on my PC) but is quite smooth on IE. Maybe Firefox rendering needs optimised for whatever wacky stuff is going on in this case. ;)
OR MAYBE IT'S A CONSPIRACY AGAINST FIREFOX!!!
long-frequency.
Or indeed 'long wavelength', ahem...
Quite a long-frequency one though...
I'd prefer to see something based on authorization rather than identification
But IAUI, authorization is something that happens after you've authenticated who you're authorizing.
Example: Authorization is the process of, given an already authenticated principal, enforcing requirements like "Only members of the tinfoil hat club may view this webpage". It has nothing to do with determining if the principal is or is not a member of aforementioned club.
Example 2: In the context of an operating system, authorization of file access consists of comparing file permissions with some token denoting the identity of the account attempting the file access - the authentication was already done earlier on during login.
D'oh!
Comic. Book. Guy.
He was breaking the law by "stealing" salt from the ocean, which would be akin these days to smashing a window out of protest.
Yes of course, protesters are actually highlighting the unfair law against smashing windows.
They're not just spoilt rich kids who think petty vandalism is a Political Act, or anything like that...
I get modded troll for talking honestly about my experiences with my Mac Mini, and the person who replies to me, incorrectly assuming I have 256K of memory gets modded insightful.
Nice one, slashdot!
Your Mac Mini is locking up because you have 256M of RAM
My Mac Mini has half a gig of memory.
Please mod parent overrated. (if only there was a 'failed psychic' moderation category...)
It also seems to me that Firefox on Mac has significantly more stability problems and, from my experience, memory leaks.
Me too. Firefox crashes every couple of days on my Mac Mini. Or it'll freeze up and hog the CPU, requiring a 'force quit'.
Also, I've found OSX itself to be quite prone to locking up, with 'exposé' abruptly dying along with the iconbar thing along the bottom, and all minimise buttons. Or the entire machine grinding to a halt, with UI responding every 7 seconds or so. The force quit dialog is useless and a prolonged press of the power button and a restart is all that works.
I must be hallucinating, because as we all know, Macs are without flaw...
Is Object Pascal available for Amiga OS? If so, this combination could be the 'Killer App' of development environments!
*plus comments written in Esperanto for proper international support.
Don't joke with the Mac boys. They can't handle it. ;)
So far the vast majority of comments here add up to a tiresome MS-bashing snidefest.
:)
I havent read the PDF yet, but this reminds me of the use of PAR files to fill in for missing chunks when downloading usenet binaries. It's a really cool technique that seems almost magical.
This looks clever - stop being such a bunch of whiny bitches!