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  1. Re:Can somebody tell me... on Operation Fastlink Nets 1000s in Pirate Sting · · Score: 1
    What exactly does the arrest of criminals by constitutial and fair procedures have to do with "My Rights Online"?
    According to those same "constitutial and fair procedures..." all of those arrested are inncent, not yet criminals. Once the charges are proved, then you can call them criminals. Untill then, they are suspects awaiting trial to determine if they are criminals.
    and according to TFA, the "alleged" criminal in question has pleaded guilty and is cooperating with the investigation.
  2. Re:Modules on Unix's Founding Fathers · · Score: 4, Informative
    What the Unix guys did is to invent object orientation before the concept was actually invented.

    Object-oriented programming in Simula predates Unix by nearly a decade.

  3. Re:On the fifth day... on Unix's Founding Fathers · · Score: 4, Interesting
    And God spake: "Let there be hell!" and thus the C programming language was born. ;)

    Blasphemy! (Feel free to choose which half of the quote I'm talking about. :-)

    At the time of its creation, C was a real work of brilliance. Without the shoulders of C on which to stand, computing wouldn't be nearly as mature as it is today.

    Kernighan and Ritchie's little white book on C is a masterpiece. All language reference manuals should strive to its level of clear writing and careful presentation. Despite not having coded a line of C in over 10 years, I still keep K&R at arms length. (If nothing else, it's helpful for quickly verifying my spelling of Kernighan when writing Slashdot posts.) It was enjoyable to read a column about the old masters.

    Peace,

  4. Re:Free download of a similar system for Java on High Integrity Software · · Score: 1

    ESC/Java has been picked up by a group based at the University of Nijmegan. Their new version, cleverly called ESC/Java2, supports the full syntax of JML for writing specifications and is more expressive than the last version from Compaq/SRC. The JML project also provides tools for runtime testing of assertions in Java code (like Java 1.4's assert, but much more expressive), and for automatically generating unit tests from method specifications.

    Both the JML tools and ESC/Java2 are open source. ESC/Java2 is based on patches applied to the source available from Compaq/SRC; a combined binary download is available.

    If you're interested you can get ESC/Java 2 or the JML tools by following the links.

    Full disclosure (or shameless plug): The JML tools are developed primarily by my adviser's research group at Iowa State University. The tools run on top of the MultiJava compiler that I developed as part of my M.S. degree. JML works with pure Java, but you might be interested in the MultiJava language, which adds multiple dispatch and open classes to Java. More info. on Multijava is available from MultiJava.org.

  5. Re:ical and categories on palm on Apple Releases Updated iCal 1.5.1 · · Score: 1
    does anyone know if this version finally supports the categories of the palm pda?

    It still does not seem to support Palm categories.

    I, for one, like the new iCal better than the previous version. I find the info drawer an improvement, but I have a cinema display, so width isn't an issue.

    iCal still isn't everything I would hope for. In addition to the category gripe I also want more (or even any) control over the display of To Do items. I'll continue to vacillate between iCal and Palm Desktop, while hoping Apple makes more improvements.