One thing I've not seen mentioned in this Swing discussion: Swing is far cleaner to program and easier to build software in than Visual C++.
Visual C++ is easier for small apps, perhaps, but I'm talking about writing large enterprise apps with hundreds of screens.
Actually that sounds a lot like the description of what would go on in the lego master builder job!
(Oh and it's not feminism at work on the gender salary gap in porn.)
Most of the children I've observed today express their imagination neither through building nor roleplaying. They express their imagination by watching TV and playing video games.
The thing in the system tray drives me bananas on my XP machine. Closing that thing off the systray the first thing I do whenever I reboot the machine.
I can't blame kforeman. We're a lynch mob. It'd be like a chicken trying to reason with a lunchtime crowd at KFC.
This is the wrong audience for Real player. AOL or MTV would be better.
Charity wouldn't be enough for me. I'm not as fanatical as other./ users on most issues, but Real has really pissed me off.
The invasiveness of their software is right up their with sleazy adware apps like old Kazaa in my book.
It'll just take me some time to get over the animosity that I've built up against Real, after all the garbage their software has spewed on me over the years the few times I was hasty enough to see some content that I allowed their player on my systems. A few years, and maybe if they changed their name.
It IS a good thing. I can chat with my family while they're at home and I'm at work. We can share articles, make plans, etc. We wouldn't be talking at all when I'm at work otherwise.
And regarding stealth.c's comment, Mom and I do in fact encourage the kids to communicate thoughtfully, and ask them to restate when they say something incomprehensible.
I can't believe there are professionals in this world that are so narrow minded and judgemental. Well, actually I can.
I'll tell you what's way more out of control in the professional world than IM is in the family world: email chains that go on and on without phone or face-to-face conferences.
The UN won? I thought they got kicked out of the game toward the end.
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I think I was one of the first people in history to do a computer case modification-- I painted my TRS-80 Color computer in metallic black car paint. I used to use turtle wax on it once a month and polished it to a black mirror sheen.
It's been a long time since I heard the word microcomputer. Funny, isn't it? Now they're just computers.
I remember back in the day, when people talked about "back in the day," somebody always brought up paper tape.
I read that article, and was thinking: "Huh?" A lot of the time. I feel better after reading everyone's comments here... it doesn't look like I was alone.
Compare these two statements. One of them is quite reasonable:
1. This game sucks, go buy it.
2. This game sucks because it's got jiggling boobies and is quite lurid and suggestive.
On Postal, they mentioned that you can pee on anything in the game, and it has Gary Coleman in it. Certainly sparked my interest.
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I've heard of other piracy issues in China and Korea. Rampant piracy of VHS tapes... anyone know about this?
Why is it a bigger problem there than it is in other places? Is it a cultural thing, like less respect for intellectual property? More of a tradition in buying things from the guy on the corner instead of going to a more regulated retail outlet? Is it economic reasons? All of the above?
I'm curious why the piracy problem is bigger there than in, say, the U.S.
When email starts to get to this level of complexity, maybe it's time for a phone call, netmeeting, or gasp, getting together. I hate it when an email gets out of control like this. That's what wiki's are for.
Java itself is simple and elegant, generally. But it's really strayed in later years. If you talk about basic Java, most of J2SE, it's pretty well on target. Most of J2EE, though, is a fine example of technology bloat that's just too complex.
(People may flame me for this, but I really thik some things in J2SE are somewhat out of control too. Like JTable, for example.)
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Ironically, I had a problem where I was wishing my tools didn't support both formats seamlessly the other day!
Under AIX, I use vi and:%s/^V^M// to get rid of the CR's. I was using Linux, though, and had a file with CR's in there that were messing things up, but I didn't know the cause at the time. I pulled thed file up in Linux vi, and the file looked fine. (I'm accustomed to using AIX vi, where I can see the ^M's all over the place plain as day, and delete them.) It was half an hour of troubleshooting and messing around before I saw the [DOS] notice at the bottom of the screen...
It's funny how making the tools smarter can sometimes be an obstacle.
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Actually, I think it's more like With EJB comes complexity.
That may be true. But it just feels different when the small print is coming from Microsoft. The way it'd feel if you were reading small print issued by Lord Vader.
If there's going to be a 25% reduction in programmers, then the industry had better get busy making things simpler. Emerging technologies, by and large, keep making things more difficult to accomplish the same things. Toss in some DBA's and other kinds of technical administrators, and it's difficult to see how employment is going to shrink if we approach things the way we have been.
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One thing I've not seen mentioned in this Swing discussion: Swing is far cleaner to program and easier to build software in than Visual C++. Visual C++ is easier for small apps, perhaps, but I'm talking about writing large enterprise apps with hundreds of screens.
Actually that sounds a lot like the description of what would go on in the lego master builder job! (Oh and it's not feminism at work on the gender salary gap in porn.)
Most of the children I've observed today express their imagination neither through building nor roleplaying. They express their imagination by watching TV and playing video games.
There's a lot of freako zealots here, too.
The thing in the system tray drives me bananas on my XP machine. Closing that thing off the systray the first thing I do whenever I reboot the machine.
I can't blame kforeman. We're a lynch mob. It'd be like a chicken trying to reason with a lunchtime crowd at KFC. This is the wrong audience for Real player. AOL or MTV would be better.
Charity wouldn't be enough for me. I'm not as fanatical as other ./ users on most issues, but Real has really pissed me off.
The invasiveness of their software is right up their with sleazy adware apps like old Kazaa in my book.
It'll just take me some time to get over the animosity that I've built up against Real, after all the garbage their software has spewed on me over the years the few times I was hasty enough to see some content that I allowed their player on my systems. A few years, and maybe if they changed their name.
It IS a good thing. I can chat with my family while they're at home and I'm at work. We can share articles, make plans, etc. We wouldn't be talking at all when I'm at work otherwise. And regarding stealth.c's comment, Mom and I do in fact encourage the kids to communicate thoughtfully, and ask them to restate when they say something incomprehensible. I can't believe there are professionals in this world that are so narrow minded and judgemental. Well, actually I can. I'll tell you what's way more out of control in the professional world than IM is in the family world: email chains that go on and on without phone or face-to-face conferences.
Oh please. A point by point comparison of America's system of government to China? And it's modded up? It's preposterous.
That game is amazing! Totally original, totally fun.
The UN won? I thought they got kicked out of the game toward the end.
I think I was one of the first people in history to do a computer case modification-- I painted my TRS-80 Color computer in metallic black car paint. I used to use turtle wax on it once a month and polished it to a black mirror sheen. It's been a long time since I heard the word microcomputer. Funny, isn't it? Now they're just computers. I remember back in the day, when people talked about "back in the day," somebody always brought up paper tape.
I read that article, and was thinking: "Huh?" A lot of the time. I feel better after reading everyone's comments here... it doesn't look like I was alone.
Hey, it worked for porn-surfing/Everquest!
Sounds like EverQuest!
Compare these two statements. One of them is quite reasonable: 1. This game sucks, go buy it. 2. This game sucks because it's got jiggling boobies and is quite lurid and suggestive. On Postal, they mentioned that you can pee on anything in the game, and it has Gary Coleman in it. Certainly sparked my interest.
Right. Now what about the women and free beer...
I've heard of other piracy issues in China and Korea. Rampant piracy of VHS tapes... anyone know about this? Why is it a bigger problem there than it is in other places? Is it a cultural thing, like less respect for intellectual property? More of a tradition in buying things from the guy on the corner instead of going to a more regulated retail outlet? Is it economic reasons? All of the above? I'm curious why the piracy problem is bigger there than in, say, the U.S.
When email starts to get to this level of complexity, maybe it's time for a phone call, netmeeting, or gasp, getting together. I hate it when an email gets out of control like this. That's what wiki's are for.
Java itself is simple and elegant, generally. But it's really strayed in later years. If you talk about basic Java, most of J2SE, it's pretty well on target. Most of J2EE, though, is a fine example of technology bloat that's just too complex. (People may flame me for this, but I really thik some things in J2SE are somewhat out of control too. Like JTable, for example.)
Ironically, I had a problem where I was wishing my tools didn't support both formats seamlessly the other day! Under AIX, I use vi and :%s/^V^M// to get rid of the CR's. I was using Linux, though, and had a file with CR's in there that were messing things up, but I didn't know the cause at the time. I pulled thed file up in Linux vi, and the file looked fine. (I'm accustomed to using AIX vi, where I can see the ^M's all over the place plain as day, and delete them.) It was half an hour of troubleshooting and messing around before I saw the [DOS] notice at the bottom of the screen...
It's funny how making the tools smarter can sometimes be an obstacle.
Actually, I think it's more like With EJB comes complexity.
That may be true. But it just feels different when the small print is coming from Microsoft. The way it'd feel if you were reading small print issued by Lord Vader.
There's some neat things in that OS for sure. But I thought they renamed it to WasOS?
If there's going to be a 25% reduction in programmers, then the industry had better get busy making things simpler. Emerging technologies, by and large, keep making things more difficult to accomplish the same things. Toss in some DBA's and other kinds of technical administrators, and it's difficult to see how employment is going to shrink if we approach things the way we have been.