News flash for those that don't know. This is old news.
The "westerners" only hotels in China are censored. It is a little less lax then normal Chinese hotels (for example you can watch BBC). But there is censorship and even other rules, for example the only chinese allowed on the hotels premises when I was there had to be working in the hotel.
The censorship is more directed at the population though rather then to external sources.
Lastly it is their country, even if like me you don't agree with this. If you don't like, then don't go to the country.
The US didn't oppose the killing of Saddam. IIRC Bushes response at that time was they could not interfer with judicial rulings of other countries. I remember it because my hypocrite detector exploded leaving a small crater.
Email is just one feature of what Notes/Domino does. If all the company does is email then they would be better off with Thunderbird rather then a notes client. Any mail client can connect to a domino server if it supports SMTP/POP3/IMAP. Also has a lightweight mail client for web browsers built in.
That doesn't mean it sucks, it just means you are not using the full potential of what the application does. I could list off all the features (R8 has even more), but you seem set in your ways and it is unlikely to change your opinion. I will say the latest release is pretty much up to date with current internet standards.
It would be like saying visual studio sucks because it is a bloated application when it comes to text editing.
Most recent machines these days don't come with less then 1GB of memory.
Even so the spec you mentioned is for the "Standard client". You can run the notes client in basic mode which uses a lot less memory but you loose a lot of the new features like Compapps, widgets, etc.
> The wedding pack, which I'm guessing you're lamenting
Nope. In fact I wasn't even aware of a wedding pack. GvE is a different story though.
I agree with you that if the adverts paid for free play then I wouldn't have anything to complain about, but the truth is the game is expensive to play and paying for that and having adverts (or missing out on community stuff if I don't) I don't see it as a bonus at all.
> And how do you feel about wow making you pay for extra stuff?
I don't play WOW but if I did it would be the same. Your already paying a monthly subscription why should you have to pay more?
GvE is not limited in appeal at all. It has a huge impact on playability of the game. Which again asks the question why should someone pay more to actually get functionality that should be in the game.
> Theists do better in society, so that's what he should remind people of, "survival of the fittest".
I don't know where you made that little leap of faith from?
The guy beside me. I am his boss. He is deeply religious, I am not at all. I can only assume that his God hates him in some way. Although most "rewards" you get from religion tend to come after you are dead.
> Another part is that Java already has reasonable > solutions in the standard libraries for any > fundamental structure.
As does any other programming language out there.
> Also, understanding pointers and how memory > is laid out is a pretty fundamental thing, > wouldn't you say?
Well duh, and if you studied Java you would know this as well. In Java pointers are called "references" and everything except primitives are in fact pointers. The only difference is that you don't have to worry about allocating/deallocating memory. Sure you can learn how the memory is laid out but for starting off that stuff is pretty much not needed. Its like saying that beginners must know how registers works in assembly before you can code in C.
Incidentally BASIC/PASCAL/C are all high level languages.
You do have a point but what if you had to go into the DVD settings menu and switch off the adverts each time? It is looking that way for each character in CoX. Add to that enough people switch off the adverts and then it will magically become non-optional.
TBH CoX is already on a slippy slope with you have to pay for the extra content these days instead of updates that you are paying for (the point of a subscription game).
This acceptance of adverts appears to be a purely American-centric. US Television is a good example of this. adverts every 5 minutes with advert overlays in the program and product placement.
Then you get a mess like Stargate SG1 where for example in one Episode not only does a Dell XPS laptop get more screen time then the main actors but it also saves the day ("Line in the sand").
What gets me with NCSoft is if this is optional why are they making people Opt-Out rather then Opt-In?
>Admittedly, most J2ME-only phones don't support multitasking
I don't believe that is true. for a number of years now my phones (Mainly Nokia) if a call came in while playing a game the java game is paused for you to take the call.
Also later versions of J2ME allow you to write applications that are event driven. So for example you can create a J2ME app that picks up SMS incoming messages and processes them. I've even seen J2ME stuff that overlays the camera on some devices.
iPhone is nice hardware, but as a phone it is really is a bit backward compared to what else is out there.
Your right about the CMYK. But can you think of anything else? Unless your a serious print shop CMYK is pointless. IIRC there are plugins to help mitigate this.
As for the interface that has been changed around in the last year or so. Certainly its initial incantations were annoying to use, but latest version is very easy to use. I would recommend you find a tutorial on how to use it.
You don't need to get a hotel room. If your tired even a 15 minute nap in your car (while it is stopped) would be enough to continue driving for a while.
I've fallen asleep while driving. Thankfully at a red light while stationary. Prior to getting to that light I had the window open, music blaring and keep trying to keep myself aware that I should stay awake. Once I stopped at the lights I had relaxed a bit and fell asleep. Person behind me woke me up but after that I realised how easy it was to just switch off I haven't driven while tired since.
I think it has less to do with a hacker and more to do with litigation. IBM for example is extremely anal about what developers are allowed access when creating applications and have to account for everything they do. Because when your a large multinational with lots of money people will try to get it from you.
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News flash for those that don't know. This is old news.
The "westerners" only hotels in China are censored. It is a little less lax then normal Chinese hotels (for example you can watch BBC). But there is censorship and even other rules, for example the only chinese allowed on the hotels premises when I was there had to be working in the hotel.
The censorship is more directed at the population though rather then to external sources.
Lastly it is their country, even if like me you don't agree with this. If you don't like, then don't go to the country.
The US didn't oppose the killing of Saddam. IIRC Bushes response at that time was they could not interfer with judicial rulings of other countries. I remember it because my hypocrite detector exploded leaving a small crater.
"The president of Iran visits a top secret (!) nuclear facility, "
Who told you it was top secret? That's bull. In fact you can view their locations in google earth. Yep I said locations. There is more then one.
Email is just one feature of what Notes/Domino does. If all the company does is email then they would be better off with Thunderbird rather then a notes client. Any mail client can connect to a domino server if it supports SMTP/POP3/IMAP. Also has a lightweight mail client for web browsers built in.
That doesn't mean it sucks, it just means you are not using the full potential of what the application does. I could list off all the features (R8 has even more), but you seem set in your ways and it is unlikely to change your opinion. I will say the latest release is pretty much up to date with current internet standards.
It would be like saying visual studio sucks because it is a bloated application when it comes to text editing.
News flash for you. If you are buying notes to only use as a mail client then you wasted your money.
It is much more then a mail client.
Most recent machines these days don't come with less then 1GB of memory.
Even so the spec you mentioned is for the "Standard client". You can run the notes client in basic mode which uses a lot less memory but you loose a lot of the new features like Compapps, widgets, etc.
What version of Notes/Domino did you use?
I thought this site was for technical people? If this was year 2000 I would probably find the comment funny. Now it's just annoying fud.
> The wedding pack, which I'm guessing you're lamenting
Nope. In fact I wasn't even aware of a wedding pack. GvE is a different story though.
I agree with you that if the adverts paid for free play then I wouldn't have anything to complain about, but the truth is the game is expensive to play and paying for that and having adverts (or missing out on community stuff if I don't) I don't see it as a bonus at all.
> And how do you feel about wow making you pay for extra stuff?
I don't play WOW but if I did it would be the same. Your already paying a monthly subscription why should you have to pay more?
GvE is not limited in appeal at all. It has a huge impact on playability of the game. Which again asks the question why should someone pay more to actually get functionality that should be in the game.
> Theists do better in society, so that's what he should remind people of, "survival of the fittest".
I don't know where you made that little leap of faith from?
The guy beside me. I am his boss. He is deeply religious, I am not at all. I can only assume that his God hates him in some way. Although most "rewards" you get from religion tend to come after you are dead.
> Another part is that Java already has reasonable
> solutions in the standard libraries for any
> fundamental structure.
As does any other programming language out there.
> Also, understanding pointers and how memory
> is laid out is a pretty fundamental thing,
> wouldn't you say?
Well duh, and if you studied Java you would know this as well. In Java pointers are called "references" and everything except primitives are in fact pointers. The only difference is that you don't have to worry about allocating/deallocating memory. Sure you can learn how the memory is laid out but for starting off that stuff is pretty much not needed. Its like saying that beginners must know how registers works in assembly before you can code in C.
Incidentally BASIC/PASCAL/C are all high level languages.
You do have a point but what if you had to go into the DVD settings menu and switch off the adverts each time? It is looking that way for each character in CoX. Add to that enough people switch off the adverts and then it will magically become non-optional.
TBH CoX is already on a slippy slope with you have to pay for the extra content these days instead of updates that you are paying for (the point of a subscription game).
This acceptance of adverts appears to be a purely American-centric. US Television is a good example of this. adverts every 5 minutes with advert overlays in the program and product placement.
Then you get a mess like Stargate SG1 where for example in one Episode not only does a Dell XPS laptop get more screen time then the main actors but it also saves the day ("Line in the sand").
What gets me with NCSoft is if this is optional why are they making people Opt-Out rather then Opt-In?
I've found the results tend not to be as great as they were before in Google. Now days I am using social based bookmarking. Like Dogear http://domino.research.ibm.com/comm/research_projects.nsf/pages/dogear.index.html and Stumbleupon http://www.stumbleupon.com/ .
The results are so much better.
>Admittedly, most J2ME-only phones don't support multitasking
I don't believe that is true. for a number of years now my phones (Mainly Nokia) if a call came in while playing a game the java game is paused for you to take the call.
Also later versions of J2ME allow you to write applications that are event driven. So for example you can create a J2ME app that picks up SMS incoming messages and processes them. I've even seen J2ME stuff that overlays the camera on some devices.
iPhone is nice hardware, but as a phone it is really is a bit backward compared to what else is out there.
Your right about the CMYK. But can you think of anything else? Unless your a serious print shop CMYK is pointless. IIRC there are plugins to help mitigate this.
As for the interface that has been changed around in the last year or so. Certainly its initial incantations were annoying to use, but latest version is very easy to use. I would recommend you find a tutorial on how to use it.
You don't need to get a hotel room. If your tired even a 15 minute nap in your car (while it is stopped) would be enough to continue driving for a while.
I've fallen asleep while driving. Thankfully at a red light while stationary. Prior to getting to that light I had the window open, music blaring and keep trying to keep myself aware that I should stay awake. Once I stopped at the lights I had relaxed a bit and fell asleep. Person behind me woke me up but after that I realised how easy it was to just switch off I haven't driven while tired since.
I find a flashing blue light in the rear view mirror certainly wakes me up.
Seriously though, it would be better to just not drive when tired. Also wouldn't screwing around with your internal body clock mess you up more?
I think it has less to do with a hacker and more to do with litigation. IBM for example is extremely anal about what developers are allowed access when creating applications and have to account for everything they do. Because when your a large multinational with lots of money people will try to get it from you.
Often developers pick languages on how cool they are for them to program in. But the truth is the industry would prefer the following in a language.
- Easy to localise.
- Easy to maintain.
- Easy to learn.
- Can integrate with existing systems without having to rewrite anything.
Or backbone for that matter. It's not like these abuses are new stories.
Your bias is somewhat limited. Do some research on Java. It would be like a hatred for C++ because it is only used for windows programs.
"I stuck with JDK 1.1 until last year just to keep away from J2EE."
ROFL. That's like saying I stuck with Windows 95 because I wanted to stay away from XP.
Even 1.4 JVM is considered dated by todays standards and still way better then 1.1.
While the recent spate of Anon activities is good they do have roots in terrorizing everyday people. Do some research.