Here's my experience so far: Firefox works on the beta 2, on the RTM, and on the x64 versions of Vista. Skype doesn't seem to know what's Unicode on Vista x86. Actually, Skype 3.something just displayed an empty contact list on me. Skype 2.something works great, thanks to oldversion.com, but doesn't handle cyrillic characters right.
Apart from C++ taking bloody ages to compile, you can actually end up with smaller code when writing in C++, but it's damn tough to do it - and so that's not a real argument for C++.
Anyway, even if C++ == bloat, you can still use stl's std::string, std::vector and std::map for most of the simple programming tasks. Sure, they're slow. They add like 1 meg of code bloat and stuff. But you don't get nasty errors from dealing with pointers and memory allocation stuff. And for a userland app that's perfectly reasonable performance-wise. And it's sure not as "bloated" as Java (hint: I like Java, but it's not for everything). If you know what you're doing and you don't mind pulling your hair a lot, stick with pure C, it's more portable, does only what you tell it to do, no hidden surprises, etc. But if you just need to get something done quickly, please, please, use STL You don't have to be using classes or templates and stuff in your own code, just stick with STL. It works on enough platforms already, and it automagically adds a HUGE layer of security.
... that I'd never pay per song or per oldsk00l CDs. And yes, I *can* afford to buy stuff, I just want my money here in my bank account, thank you very much. Why waste my money on crap, when there's way better stuff for free (like online radios like di.fm or trance[]control's stuff). Shoutcast forever! Legal, free, and way better.
... then you're looking in the wrong direction. RIAA will not provide you with culture, but with cheap crap. You need to turn to other forms of music entertainment, like online radio stations (http://di.fm does it for me) or independent groups that distribute their work mostly for free (trance[]control, for instance).
At last! A new business model! Appropriate used music equipment and profit from selling it, while driving indies out of business! Great! I see innovation! I see enthusiasm! I see progress! Go!
I know. This problem happens only under NT. I've written a precise timer for Java myself. The trick is calling timeBeginPeriod(1) from native. The problem is a stupid design error in Windows (one of many), still unfixed, because my MaSters are sooo afraid of breaking something. I felt like being spiteful while I was writing the message.
Consumer-To-Consumer. That can save bandwidth, and scales well. Now you should think of some way to make the "content" unwatchable... I mean, uncopyable, and you're done!
Actually, you have the right to sell GPL'd software that you didn't write or change in any way. You just need to sell it under the GPL, with the source code and the same rights that you received when you downloaded it.
In most other nations, government services step in at that point, but not in the United States where we are afraid of government media services.
Not true. In Bulgaria, for instance, internet providers are usually local enthusiasts with the necessary equipment who build large LANs (probably not the best thing in terms of safety) and provide cheap access with ridiculous BG bandwith (though international speeds vary but they are often about 800-1000 kbps)...
Or maybe just nobody wants to start doing something about the discoveries. Even more, I'd think there are powerful people ready to pay big money to suppress them. Let's see what happens 20 years down the road. Maybe these will be forgotten. I hope not.
Which server? And crashed in what way?:) If the underlying DB has crashed, that's not Java. If there is an exception, it doesn't translate to a remote exploit like it would in native code.
But enough of this Java fanboyism of mine. I am supposed to uphold the values of my new Masters.
You're right, Java is slow as hell. Make the right choice! Buy today!
... I haven't heard of any RIAA publisher publishing what I'm interested in, namely Trance. You can usually get quite a few free downloads off the artists' websites. And that's it. My money is too precious to waste on trash.
Just disable the cache link for everyone in Belgium. On an unrelated note, I just found out that copyright in Bulgaria never expires, but is instead assigned to the government if the author dies and there's noone to inherit it, and anyone who wants to use anything with expired copyright must ask the govt for permission. And they dare say that conforms with EU laws....
... there are developers clever enough to lie to the media companies that this can be done, and then get paid to do it over and over again.:) I kinda like the idea:):):)
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... feed the printer a whiteboard-type thing that you can write on and which can be erased easily. More durable than regular paper anyway.
Here's my experience so far:
Firefox works on the beta 2, on the RTM, and on the x64 versions of Vista.
Skype doesn't seem to know what's Unicode on Vista x86. Actually, Skype 3.something just displayed an empty contact list on me. Skype 2.something works great, thanks to oldversion.com, but doesn't handle cyrillic characters right.
Apart from C++ taking bloody ages to compile, you can actually end up with smaller code when writing in C++, but it's damn tough to do it - and so that's not a real argument for C++.
Anyway, even if C++ == bloat, you can still use stl's std::string, std::vector and std::map for most of the simple programming tasks. Sure, they're slow. They add like 1 meg of code bloat and stuff. But you don't get nasty errors from dealing with pointers and memory allocation stuff. And for a userland app that's perfectly reasonable performance-wise. And it's sure not as "bloated" as Java (hint: I like Java, but it's not for everything). If you know what you're doing and you don't mind pulling your hair a lot, stick with pure C, it's more portable, does only what you tell it to do, no hidden surprises, etc. But if you just need to get something done quickly, please, please, use STL You don't have to be using classes or templates and stuff in your own code, just stick with STL. It works on enough platforms already, and it automagically adds a HUGE layer of security.
... that I'd never pay per song or per oldsk00l CDs. And yes, I *can* afford to buy stuff, I just want my money here in my bank account, thank you very much. Why waste my money on crap, when there's way better stuff for free (like online radios like di.fm or trance[]control's stuff). Shoutcast forever! Legal, free, and way better.
... then you're looking in the wrong direction. RIAA will not provide you with culture, but with cheap crap. You need to turn to other forms of music entertainment, like online radio stations (http://di.fm does it for me) or independent groups that distribute their work mostly for free (trance[]control, for instance).
At last! A new business model! Appropriate used music equipment and profit from selling it, while driving indies out of business! Great! I see innovation! I see enthusiasm! I see progress! Go!
Anyone?
Or using QueryPerformanceCounter. Anyway. I'm bored.
I know. This problem happens only under NT. I've written a precise timer for Java myself. The trick is calling timeBeginPeriod(1) from native. The problem is a stupid design error in Windows (one of many), still unfixed, because my MaSters are sooo afraid of breaking something. I felt like being spiteful while I was writing the message.
Who's the pirate now, MAFIAA?
Who would want such a thing?
Yeah, baby, yeah! We'll compensate the 16+ ms timer errors in the next frame, who cares, blame it on the CPU and the GC...
I mean, we're not 21 anymore... At least most of us (Mwahahahaa).
Consumer-To-Consumer. That can save bandwidth, and scales well. Now you should think of some way to make the "content" unwatchable... I mean, uncopyable, and you're done!
Actually, you have the right to sell GPL'd software that you didn't write or change in any way. You just need to sell it under the GPL, with the source code and the same rights that you received when you downloaded it.
Or maybe just nobody wants to start doing something about the discoveries. Even more, I'd think there are powerful people ready to pay big money to suppress them. Let's see what happens 20 years down the road. Maybe these will be forgotten. I hope not.
This is silly.
Which server? And crashed in what way? :) If the underlying DB has crashed, that's not Java. If there is an exception, it doesn't translate to a remote exploit like it would in native code.
But enough of this Java fanboyism of mine. I am supposed to uphold the values of my new Masters.
You're right, Java is slow as hell. Make the right choice! Buy today!
... I haven't heard of any RIAA publisher publishing what I'm interested in, namely Trance. You can usually get quite a few free downloads off the artists' websites. And that's it. My money is too precious to waste on trash.
Just disable the cache link for everyone in Belgium. On an unrelated note, I just found out that copyright in Bulgaria never expires, but is instead assigned to the government if the author dies and there's noone to inherit it, and anyone who wants to use anything with expired copyright must ask the govt for permission. And they dare say that conforms with EU laws....
... things like Raptor or FlatOut, I'm all for it.
... and am gonna sue all j00r @$$es off j00 n00bs!
Seriously, like I said, capital punishment for gene patenting. No less.
... there are developers clever enough to lie to the media companies that this can be done, and then get paid to do it over and over again. :) I kinda like the idea :) :) :)