Last time this site was slashdotted, I read through all their whitepapers and came away with the impression that they *do* turn people over to the appropriate authorities if they feel doing so is justified.
Huh? Kylix is the code name for the entire project. Kylix is not just an IDE.
If you've used any of Borland's similar products (Delphi or C++Builder), you'd know that the IDE is pretty well integrated with the compiler; this isn't a simple "shell out to a command-line compiler" operation.
Besides, any outside compiler/linker/etc would be clueless about handling the supplementary files used by Delphi/C++Builder (form files, for example).
Early stuff on Kylix makes much of its CLX (component library for X)
The 'X' in CLX is for "cross-platform", not "X Windows.
it seems they want to lock us into a single window manager
Kylix will not lock people into a single window manager.
-- CP
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19000 ballots were thrown away because Gore and Buchanan were both voted for. Why are the papers reporting a Bush victory, anyway?
The 19,000 number is nothing but a liberal fuzzy spin designed to generate controversy.
According to election officials in Florida, the number represents the total number of discarded ballots during the election; including ballots that were discarded because voters realized they screwed up and requested a new one.
So the number does not represent 19,000 voters that wanted to vote for Gore and got screwed. The vast majority of those discarded ballots had valid replacements that were counted.
That said, this looks really fishy. Gore easily won the exit polls in Florida, which is why the Major networks declared a Gore victory in Florida early on.
Yep, I thought that looked fishy too, but for a different reason.
At the moment Gore was declared a winner due to exit polls in Florida, Bush was leading in the actual tabulated vote count in Florida. Come on networks, this ain't rocket science.
A discrepancy like that should raise some flags. The networks jumped the gun, plain and simple. IMO, they had enough information to do the right thing and leave Florida "too close to call".
Effective writer? Hah! Why does he contradict his own points then?
WRT inheritance tax, he's clueless (probably other things too, but I only skimmed the article) -- the inheritance tax portion caught my eye.
David claims inheritance tax is responsible for the high rate of giving in the U.S. compared to Europe. Guess what? Much of Europe has inheritence tax too.
David showcases Andrew Carnegie as a big giver in this section too. He was. Carnegie gave somewhere around $350 million to charity during his lifetime. Did this have *anything* to do with inheritance tax? NO! Duh...look at the Carnegie quote that David thoughtfully included.
If you want an interesting homework assignment, dig up the tax laws from 1900-1919 and explain how those laws motivated Carnegie to give so much.
'Windows' Delphi was practically non-existent at the last Borland conference
Not in the spotlight maybe, but hardly "practically non-existant" (IMO).
Even though it was officially an "unannounced product" the Delphi 6 beta was used in several sessions. And, of course, there were many of the usual Delphi sessions using D5.
Can you give more details about what gave you this impression? The lack of a Delphi 6 announcement or something?
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Ummm, there was already a link to a pic on Yahoo. Different from the Seattle Times, BTW.
Click the "Photos" link above the article, and scroll down a couple pics.
Or, if you want a direct link, click this (no, it's not that damn goat thing).
-- CP
Last time this site was slashdotted, I read through all their whitepapers and came away with the impression that they *do* turn people over to the appropriate authorities if they feel doing so is justified.
Huh? Kylix is the code name for the entire project. Kylix is not just an IDE.
If you've used any of Borland's similar products (Delphi or C++Builder), you'd know that the IDE is pretty well integrated with the compiler; this isn't a simple "shell out to a command-line compiler" operation.
Besides, any outside compiler/linker/etc would be clueless about handling the supplementary files used by Delphi/C++Builder (form files, for example).
-- CPThe 'X' in CLX is for "cross-platform", not "X Windows.
it seems they want to lock us into a single window managerKylix will not lock people into a single window manager.
-- CPThe 19,000 number is nothing but a liberal fuzzy spin designed to generate controversy.
According to election officials in Florida, the number represents the total number of discarded ballots during the election; including ballots that were discarded because voters realized they screwed up and requested a new one.
So the number does not represent 19,000 voters that wanted to vote for Gore and got screwed. The vast majority of those discarded ballots had valid replacements that were counted.
--CPYep, I thought that looked fishy too, but for a different reason.
At the moment Gore was declared a winner due to exit polls in Florida, Bush was leading in the actual tabulated vote count in Florida. Come on networks, this ain't rocket science.
A discrepancy like that should raise some flags. The networks jumped the gun, plain and simple. IMO, they had enough information to do the right thing and leave Florida "too close to call".
--CPEffective writer? Hah! Why does he contradict his own points then?
WRT inheritance tax, he's clueless (probably other things too, but I only skimmed the article) -- the inheritance tax portion caught my eye.
David claims inheritance tax is responsible for the high rate of giving in the U.S. compared to Europe. Guess what? Much of Europe has inheritence tax too.
David showcases Andrew Carnegie as a big giver in this section too. He was. Carnegie gave somewhere around $350 million to charity during his lifetime. Did this have *anything* to do with inheritance tax? NO! Duh...look at the Carnegie quote that David thoughtfully included.
If you want an interesting homework assignment, dig up the tax laws from 1900-1919 and explain how those laws motivated Carnegie to give so much.
--CP-- CP
Not in the spotlight maybe, but hardly "practically non-existant" (IMO).
Even though it was officially an "unannounced product" the Delphi 6 beta was used in several sessions. And, of course, there were many of the usual Delphi sessions using D5.
Can you give more details about what gave you this impression? The lack of a Delphi 6 announcement or something?
-- CP