Power plants don't have to be mobile. They don't have to be lightweight so they can accelerate. And they can have far more exhaust treatment equipment than your typical car. They're a lot more efficient, really. Also, it puts everything in place for a switch. If we get fusion or some other form of power working tomorrow, providing us with unlimited free electricity, the fleet of conventional cars will still be polluting and people won't be able to afford new ones for some years. Now granted that's not likely to happen, but improvements in energy efficiency can and do occur, and separate power grids in cars delay their takeup by about 10 years overall.
In that example, about the same. Python has the advantage for being shorter, and "print" makes more sense immediately than System.out.println. Using new makes things a little clearer on the java side, but only a little. Declaring class members possibly makes it a bit more readable. But the python meaningful indentation makes things a lot clearer. The braces just get in the way, plus they mean it's possible to indent deceptively, by accident if nothing else.
I'm not. The reason it's taken so long is the same reason java was so successful in the first place: marketing. There's no one marketing python to enterprises; the fact that it is succeeding shows superior quality will win out in the end. Good for Linux, no?
Happy. It's open, and could be a sign that MS is actually "getting it". Besides, it's already possible to do python under java, but IronPython looks better, and MS is employing the guy who does it.
It was known well enough already. As soon as the standards body decides they're happy with putting a value on the Avogardro number we'll get a proper kilogram.
No, April Fools are meant to actually fool people. They're meant to be funny and entertaining because of it. They can be obviously stupid if they're funny, but they're not meant to be unfunny nonsense.
Yeah, I saw the date, but I didn't expect them to just accept every submission that came because it's April the first. That story would actually have been interesting.
That's an impressively optimised submission-approval script they've got there. Has slashdot realised it can save money by firing all the editors and just approving anything that gets submitted?
I think slashdot owes an apology to the guy who sarcastically predicted this story coming here in the satellite story. Really. (I believe his exact words were "What next, a story on Google Gulp?")
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Power plants don't have to be mobile. They don't have to be lightweight so they can accelerate. And they can have far more exhaust treatment equipment than your typical car. They're a lot more efficient, really. Also, it puts everything in place for a switch. If we get fusion or some other form of power working tomorrow, providing us with unlimited free electricity, the fleet of conventional cars will still be polluting and people won't be able to afford new ones for some years. Now granted that's not likely to happen, but improvements in energy efficiency can and do occur, and separate power grids in cars delay their takeup by about 10 years overall.
The reason they're worse is because there aren't really good free alternatives.
The fact that you're not paying the rest of us for the damage you're doing to our lungs, the floods you're causing through rising sea levels, etc.
Does this mean parker-stone are no longer going to be involved? Or is Monty Python helping them out? That would be sweet
In that example, about the same. Python has the advantage for being shorter, and "print" makes more sense immediately than System.out.println. Using new makes things a little clearer on the java side, but only a little. Declaring class members possibly makes it a bit more readable. But the python meaningful indentation makes things a lot clearer. The braces just get in the way, plus they mean it's possible to indent deceptively, by accident if nothing else.
I'm not. The reason it's taken so long is the same reason java was so successful in the first place: marketing. There's no one marketing python to enterprises; the fact that it is succeeding shows superior quality will win out in the end. Good for Linux, no?
Happy. It's open, and could be a sign that MS is actually "getting it". Besides, it's already possible to do python under java, but IronPython looks better, and MS is employing the guy who does it.
http://netpub.cstudies.ubc.ca/oleary/images/python _java_comparison.gif may give you an idea. Quite simply it's easier to program in, and you're more productive using it.
Or winNT on an Alpha before that. I just assumed we were talking specifically x86-64.
It was known well enough already. As soon as the standards body decides they're happy with putting a value on the Avogardro number we'll get a proper kilogram.
Or they could have used SUSE and have seen what it does, what, 5 months ago?
No, April Fools are meant to actually fool people. They're meant to be funny and entertaining because of it. They can be obviously stupid if they're funny, but they're not meant to be unfunny nonsense.
Yeah, I saw the date, but I didn't expect them to just accept every submission that came because it's April the first. That story would actually have been interesting.
At least they're being open about it this time.
Anyone who has tried to read slashdot today can see that there is no information at all.
OK, I give up. They're coming too fast. Just let me have my first post. Please? Heck, it's now april the *second* where I live.
That's an impressively optimised submission-approval script they've got there. Has slashdot realised it can save money by firing all the editors and just approving anything that gets submitted?
Reading a few stories ahead it seems your wish has been granted
Last night? Methinks he's doing it right now. Anyway, this has been in BJAODN on WP for years.
It's certainly a helluva lot funnier than most of the other attempts
http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/?t=archives&date= 2005-02-21
Are the slashdot editors just reading people's sarcastic "what next" comments and then posting stories of them?
I think slashdot owes an apology to the guy who sarcastically predicted this story coming here in the satellite story. Really. (I believe his exact words were "What next, a story on Google Gulp?")
Nope, I'm finding kopete won't connect to MSN for me either.
Use <URL:foobar> like it says at the bottom of the comment box. Or ordinary <A> tags.