I don't think Apple deserves to be demonized over this, but I hope they don't play their hand too strongly.
They can and will play this hand strongly, and you're damn Apple damn well should be taken down a notch for doing it. Perhaps now people will get to see that apple is no different than other corporations. It will take steps in the direction of abusing it's own users in the quest for protecting it's own interests. These people at Apple are not your friends, they are not there to help you out. They are a corporation, and *all* corporations are putting going to put profits ahead of you.
I'm not saying people should stop buying OS X, I'm not saying people should stop buying Macs. What I am saying is *WAKE UP, APPLE IS NOT THE WHITE KNIGHT YOU THINK IT IS*.
Perhaps I'm missing something here, but doesn't the DS use a Wifi protocol that is incompatible with regular access points? Where are you actually going to be able to use this new functionality? Am I missing some key news here?
If the only place I can use it at is a Nintendo wireless-enabled McDonalds, I don't see this as being very useful. However, if they make it talk to regular wifi points, it might be worth a shot.
Yay slashdot, once again bringing us all the unconfirmed useless bullshit from sources that probably don't have a clue what they're talking about. I suppose we should just axe the 'news' part from the slogan, and replace it with 'rumours'
Actually, they are. PHP and MySQL can in fact be made scalable for what they are designed for. The fact that you're not aware of this tells me you don't really know much about them. I work at a corporation where PHP was used to develop services for 2.5 million users. It works quite well.
Now, I'm not saying use things like PHP for everything out there, but there are instances where it is appropriate.
Of course, it's entirely possible to write really, really bad php code. But then, it's entirely possible to write really, really bad java, or really, really bad C++, or really, really bad .
Do us a favour, and learn something about the tools before you decide to open your mouth.
Except LAMP isn't a job market. It's just a collection of tools. I don't see why you keep calling it that. Of course, if it's the only set of tools you know, you're only ever going to get jobs which allow using them.
The tools are fine, if they get used improperly to produce bad results, blame the programmers, quit trying to give the tools a bad name.
I was always partial to calling it 'Duke Nukem: Whenever' myself. All I can say is after all this time, it had better be something truly spectacular, and not using an engine from the era in which it's concept was concieved.
Global variables are not harmful at all. The misuse of global variables is. This is a very common misconception shared by most new PHP programmers who read the wrong material on the web, or listen to other inexperienced PHP programmers for security advice.
Any bad programmer can write bad code in any language. The thing to remember is that it's a bad carpenter who blames his hammer for not automaticly avoiding his thumb during use.
You know, it's less about a woman needing it, and more about wanting to do something for her. I'm by no means a traditionalist when it comes to that kind of thing, but when the time comes, I'll do it for her because I want to, not because I have to. Besides, it's not like everyone here is flipping burgers for a living. Some of us can afford to throw a bit of money away on that kind of thing.
The best part about anonymous posts is it's impossible to take them all too seriously.
I will understand if you prefer to hide under a blanket, with the lights out, in your mother's basement. If I was making comments like that, I wouldn't want to put my name to it either.
The point is to find a happy medium between features, ease of use, and resource usage. I agree, performance pound-for-pound is going to be better with a CLI variant. CLI clients are arguably less easy than a GUI which can take a.torrent file directly from your browser and start to do it's thing though.
I can totally understand if you prefer the commandline for this kind of thing, but me, I don't want to have to bother with a commandline for every little thing I do.
I've not actually bought a diamond yet, so I couldn't say for sure. I would probably ask an expert on diamonds (we have a few rock hounds in the family) to help me with that decision.
What I wouldn't do, is take the word of some random slashdot poster. Research is key to not getting yourself screwed over.
I agree with you too. Mind you, the people who listen to rappers at clubs probably don't know the difference between a good wine, and a bad wine. You could probably dupe them in any number of ways.
They lost me as soon as I saw "Web 2.0" in large bold letters. For once, can we keep the marketing BS out of techincal articles? They're like sandpaper down the side of my face.
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Or you could just not read the posts if they bother you that much. Some of us are very interested in what other people think on the subject.
Man, how the hell did this rant get modded "Insightful" ?
I don't think Apple deserves to be demonized over this, but I hope they don't play their hand too strongly.
They can and will play this hand strongly, and you're damn Apple damn well should be taken down a notch for doing it. Perhaps now people will get to see that apple is no different than other corporations. It will take steps in the direction of abusing it's own users in the quest for protecting it's own interests. These people at Apple are not your friends, they are not there to help you out. They are a corporation, and *all* corporations are putting going to put profits ahead of you.
I'm not saying people should stop buying OS X, I'm not saying people should stop buying Macs. What I am saying is *WAKE UP, APPLE IS NOT THE WHITE KNIGHT YOU THINK IT IS*.
Otherwise Slashdot becomes just as bad as Dvorak himself.
Too late.
I don't. I think it's bullshit. Foaming at the mouth is something I've come to expect from slashdot users though.
down boy! I was just asking a simple question, I didn't need the whole zealotistic crap leaking out around the edges.
Perhaps I'm missing something here, but doesn't the DS use a Wifi protocol that is incompatible with regular access points? Where are you actually going to be able to use this new functionality? Am I missing some key news here? If the only place I can use it at is a Nintendo wireless-enabled McDonalds, I don't see this as being very useful. However, if they make it talk to regular wifi points, it might be worth a shot.
Of course, in order to tell them, they want you to sign up for their service. Good one.
Yay slashdot, once again bringing us all the unconfirmed useless bullshit from sources that probably don't have a clue what they're talking about. I suppose we should just axe the 'news' part from the slogan, and replace it with 'rumours'
Go Team.
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Actually, they are. PHP and MySQL can in fact be made scalable for what they are designed for. The fact that you're not aware of this tells me you don't really know much about them. I work at a corporation where PHP was used to develop services for 2.5 million users. It works quite well.
Now, I'm not saying use things like PHP for everything out there, but there are instances where it is appropriate.
Of course, it's entirely possible to write really, really bad php code. But then, it's entirely possible to write really, really bad java, or really, really bad C++, or really, really bad .
Do us a favour, and learn something about the tools before you decide to open your mouth.
Except LAMP isn't a job market. It's just a collection of tools. I don't see why you keep calling it that. Of course, if it's the only set of tools you know, you're only ever going to get jobs which allow using them. The tools are fine, if they get used improperly to produce bad results, blame the programmers, quit trying to give the tools a bad name.
It's a shitty developer who blames the tool instead of the programmer. I guess we know what category you fall in to now.
I was always partial to calling it 'Duke Nukem: Whenever' myself. All I can say is after all this time, it had better be something truly spectacular, and not using an engine from the era in which it's concept was concieved.
aaw, comment didn't work out quite like you expected? It's ok, try again next time!
I'd trade 20% lighter in for 20% larger screens.
Actually, it's a last name, first initial. so, given that, where is your argument now?
Global variables are not harmful at all. The misuse of global variables is. This is a very common misconception shared by most new PHP programmers who read the wrong material on the web, or listen to other inexperienced PHP programmers for security advice.
Now, I'm going to take a leap here, and assume you're actually talking about the register_globals directive, and not global variables in general. From the site: [..]This page will explain how one can write insecure code with this directive but keep in mind that the directive itself isn't insecure but rather it's the misuse of it[..] - the whole reason for register_globals was because the creators of PHP knew lots of bad programmers were going to use PHP to do silly things. In hindsight, it was probably not the best move. A language should not go to great lengths to shelter it's users.
Any bad programmer can write bad code in any language. The thing to remember is that it's a bad carpenter who blames his hammer for not automaticly avoiding his thumb during use.
You know, it's less about a woman needing it, and more about wanting to do something for her. I'm by no means a traditionalist when it comes to that kind of thing, but when the time comes, I'll do it for her because I want to, not because I have to. Besides, it's not like everyone here is flipping burgers for a living. Some of us can afford to throw a bit of money away on that kind of thing.
The best part about anonymous posts is it's impossible to take them all too seriously.
I will understand if you prefer to hide under a blanket, with the lights out, in your mother's basement. If I was making comments like that, I wouldn't want to put my name to it either.
The point is to find a happy medium between features, ease of use, and resource usage. I agree, performance pound-for-pound is going to be better with a CLI variant. CLI clients are arguably less easy than a GUI which can take a .torrent file directly from your browser and start to do it's thing though.
I can totally understand if you prefer the commandline for this kind of thing, but me, I don't want to have to bother with a commandline for every little thing I do.
I've not actually bought a diamond yet, so I couldn't say for sure. I would probably ask an expert on diamonds (we have a few rock hounds in the family) to help me with that decision.
What I wouldn't do, is take the word of some random slashdot poster. Research is key to not getting yourself screwed over.
I agree with you too. Mind you, the people who listen to rappers at clubs probably don't know the difference between a good wine, and a bad wine. You could probably dupe them in any number of ways.
Good point. There very well may be a good market for this at home, provided it's made affordable to people who do it as a hobby.
Who. The. Fuck. Cares.
Judging by your overly hostile response, I'd have to say you did.
They lost me as soon as I saw "Web 2.0" in large bold letters. For once, can we keep the marketing BS out of techincal articles? They're like sandpaper down the side of my face.