depends what you mean by more flexible. One of the reasons my company uses Perl for web apps is because the apps have a front-end (web) and a back-end (shell) component.
In Perl we can have the shell and the web applications both sharing the same code, which is a perfect example of Perl's flexibility.
It would be possible to do the same thing with java and probably PHP as well by running a standalone version or something, but Perl is perfectly suited to the task.
Ideally, it would be no more than anyone gives away by clicking ads in the search results
i don't know, there really is a difference: you volunteer that information to the search engine and that info is logged, used to target ads to you and passed onto third parties via their web analytics provider. essentially every major commercial website does one or all of these things.
gmail would be parsing private emails that are sent to your email address and targeting ads to you based on the keywords it selects.
in australia, overtime in the IT industry has long been a thing of the past. i don't get paid overtime and i work additional hours most days. none of the people i know working in IT get paid overtime either.
i have no idea what the law is regarding it but that's the way it is in practice.
i use PostgreSQL these days because i started a new job a while back and that's what they use.
but everything i know is thanks to MySQL - that was the first db i used when i needed a db for my website and didn't know jack.
i do know all that, and i don't consider it an invasion of my privacy: if i wanted those additional features and there was no other alternative i would probably use it.
but personally i would not switch to this engine when there is the pefectly adequate alternative of google already and those additional features just don't interest me anyway.
slashdot is hardly storing "all your web browsing" - just your activity on their site, which is how every database-driven website works.
if you want amazon to store all your web browsing and search history then that's fine, but there's certainly a difference.
personally, i don't want them targeting products to me based on my browsing/searching habits because i just don't agree with that sort of marketing technique.
i guess it just comes down to personal choice: if you are running ie then i guess google toolbar would be the best way to go.
however mozilla/firefox has a google search bar built in, pop-up blocker built in and an plugin to block ads.
exactly: when you can just run firefox and have a google toolbar built-in but without any of the privacy concerns mentioned in this article, + block pop-ups + install any of many other plugins available.
it's the sharing between a9 and amazon that bothers me, because presumably that will be used for targeting ads based on your searches/history, which is just too invasive and unnecessary for me.
my immediate thought was, why don't i just keep using google instead?
luckily for me my company is primarily open source, however there's always the sales and managerial types sending through their word docs and excel sheets and worse still, expecting the same in return.
my strategy is to write docs in open office and then just before sending save out a copy to word, then i send them both off. the receivers can then do as they please.
my panasonic cd walkman has 7 buttons: ff, rw, play, vol. up/down, stop and an eq button.
you don't even need to look at the display - all it does is display track number, eq settings and batteries.
i often find i use the controls just by touch.
stand alone cd player units or small shelf systems etc have more options, remote controls, etc. so would be more confusing and harder to use with poor sight.
actually it was only rejects from the uk not "the other countries of the world". it was the british that founded australia as we know it today, hence the union jack on the flag.
and it was primarily (only?) one state, new south wales.
see my other response above about why i said that the victim was black.
re; the cop being racist for posting:
basically i was saying that if he posts that sort of video to the net in the first place, and to a site containing racist material of all places, the he is probably a racist as well and maybe that's why he doesn't give a shit about doing it.
just a possible explanation for his actions. i can't understand why anyone would do that personally.
Since then, the images of the suicide appeared, were taken off and reappeared on a Web site filled with violent and racially offensive images under a heading, "Introducing: The Self-Cleansing Housing Projects."
the reuters article text indicates that the site contains racially offensive images. my assumption that the victim was black was NOT based on the fact that he lived in a housing project i assure you. it was based on the fact that the site contained racist material AND gave the video that title - i linked the two in other words. also, i think at the time of posting i must have already read other posts that indicated the victim was black, otherwise i don't think i would have made that assumption.
Slashdot Mirror
anyone else not get that link?
must be some geographical based stuff going on.
depends what you mean by more flexible. One of the reasons my company uses Perl for web apps is because the apps have a front-end (web) and a back-end (shell) component.
In Perl we can have the shell and the web applications both sharing the same code, which is a perfect example of Perl's flexibility.
It would be possible to do the same thing with java and probably PHP as well by running a standalone version or something, but Perl is perfectly suited to the task.
maybe you've just learnt more in a few years and know java better than Perl.
i program in Perl and am currently learning Java. so far, i can't see it being just quicker overall for web development.
totally. i'd have a beer at my desk right now if koolio was here.
if it runs out of beer, you just go to the local supermarket site and order more beer, then get the delivery guy to restock the robot. woohoo!
no, but when it comes to your door with the beer it says (in robotic monotone) "what - up - kid", then "peace - out" as it leaves.
i'm not worried about it i'm responding to the parent's comment that there is in fact a difference.
Ideally, it would be no more than anyone gives away by clicking ads in the search results
i don't know, there really is a difference: you volunteer that information to the search engine and that info is logged, used to target ads to you and passed onto third parties via their web analytics provider. essentially every major commercial website does one or all of these things.
gmail would be parsing private emails that are sent to your email address and targeting ads to you based on the keywords it selects.
in australia, overtime in the IT industry has long been a thing of the past. i don't get paid overtime and i work additional hours most days. none of the people i know working in IT get paid overtime either.
i have no idea what the law is regarding it but that's the way it is in practice.
wow..
+6 insightful?
what more can be said.
i use PostgreSQL these days because i started a new job a while back and that's what they use.
but everything i know is thanks to MySQL - that was the first db i used when i needed a db for my website and didn't know jack.
the postgres origins are actually quite interesting - it's here.
why try and make the results pages look exactly like google's with the green URLs printed under site listing and general formatting of results?
they should make themselves stand out as something new and different, rather then try to imitate google.
otherwise it does look like a good search and the "gigabits" (the related searches that appear at top of results) are an interesting idea.
i do know all that, and i don't consider it an invasion of my privacy: if i wanted those additional features and there was no other alternative i would probably use it.
but personally i would not switch to this engine when there is the pefectly adequate alternative of google already and those additional features just don't interest me anyway.
slashdot is hardly storing "all your web browsing" - just your activity on their site, which is how every database-driven website works.
if you want amazon to store all your web browsing and search history then that's fine, but there's certainly a difference.
personally, i don't want them targeting products to me based on my browsing/searching habits because i just don't agree with that sort of marketing technique.
i guess it just comes down to personal choice: if you are running ie then i guess google toolbar would be the best way to go.
however mozilla/firefox has a google search bar built in, pop-up blocker built in and an plugin to block ads.
exactly: when you can just run firefox and have a google toolbar built-in but without any of the privacy concerns mentioned in this article, + block pop-ups + install any of many other plugins available.
i know i've read that as well.
it's the sharing between a9 and amazon that bothers me, because presumably that will be used for targeting ads based on your searches/history, which is just too invasive and unnecessary for me.
my immediate thought was, why don't i just keep using google instead?
luckily for me my company is primarily open source, however there's always the sales and managerial types sending through their word docs and excel sheets and worse still, expecting the same in return.
my strategy is to write docs in open office and then just before sending save out a copy to word, then i send them both off. the receivers can then do as they please.
the key here could be to go portable.
my panasonic cd walkman has 7 buttons: ff, rw, play, vol. up/down, stop and an eq button.
you don't even need to look at the display - all it does is display track number, eq settings and batteries.
i often find i use the controls just by touch.
stand alone cd player units or small shelf systems etc have more options, remote controls, etc. so would be more confusing and harder to use with poor sight.
they quite possibly do - we buy them from you.
actually it was only rejects from the uk not "the other countries of the world". it was the british that founded australia as we know it today, hence the union jack on the flag.
and it was primarily (only?) one state, new south wales.
user agent switcher
i have to switch user agent to access one of my bank sites too but that's the only time i have to do it.
i always switch it straight back as well - support mozilla!!
i agree! maybe you have a high threshold or something ;-)
see my other response above about why i said that the victim was black.
re; the cop being racist for posting:
basically i was saying that if he posts that sort of video to the net in the first place, and to a site containing racist material of all places, the he is probably a racist as well and maybe that's why he doesn't give a shit about doing it.
just a possible explanation for his actions. i can't understand why anyone would do that personally.
perhaps i should have quoted the whole paragraph:
Since then, the images of the suicide appeared, were taken off and reappeared on a Web site filled with violent and racially offensive images under a heading, "Introducing: The Self-Cleansing Housing Projects."
the reuters article text indicates that the site contains racially offensive images. my assumption that the victim was black was NOT based on the fact that he lived in a housing project i assure you. it was based on the fact that the site contained racist material AND gave the video that title - i linked the two in other words. also, i think at the time of posting i must have already read other posts that indicated the victim was black, otherwise i don't think i would have made that assumption.