I have to agree, I've traveled thousands of kilometers by train in Canada and the UK and for 12 months I was doing a three hour trip twice a week in Indonesia of all places and I have never had a single thing stolen from me. Don't worry, be happy.
I have one of those eeepc netbooks, and the first thing I discovered is that most of the desktop UI toolkits are completely witless rendering engines that would happily draw a dialog box larger than the screen with no way to scroll the rest of it into view.
So true. I had a tester complain that a dialog I added to an Eclipse UI plugin did not fit on the screen when running VMware at 640x480. While that may be a reasonable compromise for testing it never really occurred to me that anyone might try to use an IDE on a cheap netbook. I guess we'll see.
Can you really think you can compare a jack of all trades master of none half witted rendering engine that is html 5, coupled with a dull language that isn't even type safe and costs a comparitive fortune to debug, vs well, a -modern- language. I agree plugins can be hokey but html5 sucks.
That was certainly the intent of Applets back in the day when the web was young and exciting, but it's certainly not the reality that I've seen in the industry in the past 15 years. What I have seen has been a trainwreck of end user frustration, incompatibiity and security holes you could drive a truck through. (Not quite as bad as ActiveX, but close.)
Are you assuming they're to stupid to know the difference between the Martian atmosphere and Earth's atmosphere?
Everyone knows Slashdot commentators are more qualified than any so called "expert". I know that when I have questions about areography I come here, not to NASA or JPL.
And for what it's worth, the JDK includes the JRE and JVM, so yes, if the original JDK took a year (it didn't Oak was under development for three years and it took two more for Java 1.0 to ship.) a complete rewrite, including the JVM should be less than two.
The problem with that statement is not that he said JDK, it's that his understanding of the time frame and effort to produce the original JDK is completely wrong and furthermore the current JVM looks almost nothing like the original from 1995. A complete white room rewrite with similar performance characteristics to the 1.7 VM with enhanced security would be significantly more expensive than the original implementation. (I'm pretty sure that more effort has gone into garbage collection algorithms alone since 1996 than went into the original JDK.)
You're trying to slam someone else for their dubious selection of jargon but the best you could do is "at least a decade"? (For nostalgia purposes I keep the original edition of "Java in a Nutshell" on my desk, copyright 1996, and yes, JDK is in the index.)
There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.
There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
That's it Baby, you know how I love it when you talk HHGTTG to me. Now talk like a Dolphin!
Top 20 things likely to be overheard if you had a Klingon Programmer:
Defensive programming? Never! Klingon programs are always on the offense. Yes, offensive programming is what we do best.
Specifications are for the weak and timid!
This machine is GAGH! I need dual Pentium processors if I am to do battle with this code!
You cannot really appreciate Dilbert unless you've read it in the original Klingon.
Indentation?! - I will show you how to indent when I indent your skull!
What is this talk of 'release'? Klingons do not make software 'releases'. Our software 'escapes' leaving a bloody trail of designers and quality assurance people in its wake.
Klingon function calls do not have 'parameters' - they have 'arguments' -- and they ALWAYS WIN THEM.
Debugging? Klingons do not debug. Our software does not coddle the weak. Bugs are good for building character in the user.
I have challenged the entire ISO-9000 quality assurance team to a Bat-Leth contest on the holodeck. They will not concern us again.
A TRUE Klingon Warrior does not comment his code!
By filing this bug report you have challenged the honor of my family. Prepare to die!
You question the worthiness of my code? I should kill you where you stand!
Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it and let them flee like the dogs they are!
Our competitors are without honor!
Python? That is for children. A Klingon Warrior uses only machine code, keyed in on the front panel switches in raw binary.
Klingon programs don't do accountancy. For that, you need a Ferengi.
Klingon multitasking systems do not support "time-sharing". When a Klingon program wants to run, it challenges the scheduler in hand-to-hand combat and owns the machine.
Perhaps it IS a good day to die! I say we ship it!
My program has just dumped Stova Core!
Behold, the keyboard of Kalis! The greatest Klingon code warrior that ever lived!
The best Onion stories are the ones that have a hint of truth to them. Unfortunately, some end up having a bit too much truth in them and later come to pass.
On the economic side, Bush vowed to bring back economic stagnation by implementing substantial tax cuts, which would lead to a recession, which would necessitate a tax hike, which would lead to a drop in consumer spending, which would lead to layoffs, which would deepen the recession even further.
How can you read that and not love the Onion. (For those not following along at home, it was published in January 2001 and also predicted a war in the Gulf.)
The organization known as the "United Nations" considers the whole world, including the US, as its jurisdiction. There are many US "liberals" who consider that a good thing.
I don't know where this right-wing talking point came from. When exactly did this particular line of propaganda come up?
Remember that these are the same kinds of people that caused tens of thousands of Muslims to be killed in Iraq and Afghanistan by triggering "The War on Terror" by killing three thousand civilians.
No they aren't. They've yet to kill a single person with this attack, nor is there any reasonable scenario where they possibly could. Don't libel.
Islamic extremist hacker group Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters is claiming responsibility. The group, which launched similar attacks earlier this year, reiterated its demands: that a controversial YouTube video mocking the prophet Mohammed "be eliminated from the Internet."
I'm losing track here... Are you suggesting that the Hamas and al-Qaeda are not islamic extremists?
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Clearly you're not a musician or you would have found this.
If that's the only thing you can find wrong with Python, then I think that speaks much more good about the language than bad.
Agreed, the whitespace thing is pretty much my only complaint about Python.
I don't script everyday, but when I do script and I can choose the language, I script in Python.
C and C++ can both be compiled for the JVM.
Yes, but I hear it makes you go blind.
I have to agree, I've traveled thousands of kilometers by train in Canada and the UK and for 12 months I was doing a three hour trip twice a week in Indonesia of all places and I have never had a single thing stolen from me. Don't worry, be happy.
All gone missing. There's something funny goin' on 'round here.
Next it'll be all the Dolphins, and it won't be so funny then.
It's those fucking white mice again.
half witted rendering engine
I have one of those eeepc netbooks, and the first thing I discovered is that most of the desktop UI toolkits are completely witless rendering engines that would happily draw a dialog box larger than the screen with no way to scroll the rest of it into view.
So true. I had a tester complain that a dialog I added to an Eclipse UI plugin did not fit on the screen when running VMware at 640x480. While that may be a reasonable compromise for testing it never really occurred to me that anyone might try to use an IDE on a cheap netbook. I guess we'll see.
Can you really think you can compare a jack of all trades master of none half witted rendering engine that is html 5, coupled with a dull language that isn't even type safe and costs a comparitive fortune to debug, vs well, a -modern- language. I agree plugins can be hokey but html5 sucks.
That was certainly the intent of Applets back in the day when the web was young and exciting, but it's certainly not the reality that I've seen in the industry in the past 15 years. What I have seen has been a trainwreck of end user frustration, incompatibiity and security holes you could drive a truck through. (Not quite as bad as ActiveX, but close.)
Something may have got lost in translation, it's only part of Tim Horton that built the CN Tower. It was also less building than it was being.
Revisionist!
Are you assuming they're to stupid to know the difference between the Martian atmosphere and Earth's atmosphere?
Everyone knows Slashdot commentators are more qualified than any so called "expert". I know that when I have questions about areography I come here, not to NASA or JPL.
You need to read more about Canadian mythology. It means Oh My Gockey.
Gockey being the ancient deity that gave up his immortality to become the holiest game: Hockey.
My favorite Gockey story is the part about Tim Horton building the CN tower eh?
"pot use reduces not only IQ but also wealth and access to schooling"
Just like alcohol.
I forgot what I was going to post !
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Wait, what were we talking about?
And for what it's worth, the JDK includes the JRE and JVM, so yes, if the original JDK took a year (it didn't Oak was under development for three years and it took two more for Java 1.0 to ship.) a complete rewrite, including the JVM should be less than two.
The problem with that statement is not that he said JDK, it's that his understanding of the time frame and effort to produce the original JDK is completely wrong and furthermore the current JVM looks almost nothing like the original from 1995. A complete white room rewrite with similar performance characteristics to the 1.7 VM with enhanced security would be significantly more expensive than the original implementation. (I'm pretty sure that more effort has gone into garbage collection algorithms alone since 1996 than went into the original JDK.)
the JDK has been around for at least a decade
You're trying to slam someone else for their dubious selection of jargon but the best you could do is "at least a decade"? (For nostalgia purposes I keep the original edition of "Java in a Nutshell" on my desk, copyright 1996, and yes, JDK is in the index.)
There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.
There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
That's it Baby, you know how I love it when you talk HHGTTG to me. Now talk like a Dolphin!
An oldie but a goodie:
http://gradha.sdf-eu.org/textos/klingon_programmer.en.html
Top 20 things likely to be overheard if you had a Klingon Programmer:
Guns are tools, nothing more, nothing less.
Very true, so is welding equipment. Do you think everyone should drive around with oxy-acetylene tanks and a blow torch JUST IN CASE?
The only thing that will stop a bad welder is a good welder.
(And blasting explosives... etc. etc.)
The best Onion stories are the ones that have a hint of truth to them. Unfortunately, some end up having a bit too much truth in them and later come to pass.
On the economic side, Bush vowed to bring back economic stagnation by implementing substantial tax cuts, which would lead to a recession, which would necessitate a tax hike, which would lead to a drop in consumer spending, which would lead to layoffs, which would deepen the recession even further.
How can you read that and not love the Onion. (For those not following along at home, it was published in January 2001 and also predicted a war in the Gulf.)
It's just their culture. Nothing racist about it.
Q: "Why did God create Whisky?"
A: "To prevent the Irish from taking over the world."
What does it bring new to developers that isn't there in Android?
Real openness?
What have the Romans ever done for us?
Sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health?
Where do you guys get this stuff?
The organization known as the "United Nations" considers the whole world, including the US, as its jurisdiction. There are many US "liberals" who consider that a good thing.
I don't know where this right-wing talking point came from. When exactly did this particular line of propaganda come up?
I have yet to hear anyone blame that fact that a gun can be obtained so easily.
Indeed. That rifle is sold by Walmart... WALMART FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY
No they aren't. They've yet to kill a single person with this attack, nor is there any reasonable scenario where they possibly could. Don't libel.
Islamic extremist hacker group Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters is claiming responsibility. The group, which launched similar attacks earlier this year, reiterated its demands: that a controversial YouTube video mocking the prophet Mohammed "be eliminated from the Internet."
I'm losing track here... Are you suggesting that the Hamas and al-Qaeda are not islamic extremists?