Their scientific achievements helped Europe, and consequently the rest of the modern world, move along in their scientific developments. Remember, for a long time, Europe was under the thumb of the Catholic Church, which dismissed science.
The number of Muslims who do all the things you mentioned are a small minority compared to the rest. But like the minority in the US who clamor for FCC protection, moral judges and Arab-hate, they are the most vocal. Yet, there are people who have "bleeding heart praise" for American achievements over the years.
Conservativism tends to hold people from progress, by definition. And religious conservativism can be the worst.
Intriguingly, Muslim nations and peoples have always had a strong interest in the sciences, from astrology to zoology, as their religion forbade them from other professions, such as bankers (who charge interest) and religious artisans.
While there is undoubtedly a conservative social agenda in many Muslim nations, their affinity for the natural sciences would hopefully make it easier for moderate and liberal Muslims, and Muslims as a people, to take on AIDS as a problem, from the perspective of science.
North Korea aside, China isn't as closed or sensitive to medical information as it once was. The recent inquiries into the handling of SARS shows that it is at least willing to tackle its problems.
The problem is that many diseases now are coming from Asia and Africa, more than the US. And this application seems to support the US as a model only.
As for diseases like AIDS, many like Thabo Mbeki refuse to acknowledge the link between AIDS and HIV. And President Mbeki is seen by many as the voice of Africa. His views on AIDS are more disturbing than those who put politics over safety.
From what I understand, it's a framework for building models of infectious diseases.
It has some geographical data (US only), and uses this to plot or guess the spread of a disease, given the some parameters about the disease and the model.
It's the type of thing we constantly see in movies and TV shows about people researching diseases and disease control.
it is not only immune from viruses, it stops them too!
Note: this technology is based on Java2. It should run on any Java-supported platform, although IBM only lists Win2000 and Linux as supported platforms.
Entirely true. However, there is a difference between languages like PHP, Java and C++: for the former two, the modules or libraries are largely centralized, while for C++, there are so many ways to do the same thing. This means that shared libraries would have to be deployed together with the application itself.
While not everything can be included in any language, for it would truly be a behemoth to program and deploy, there are some things which all languages should have. The problem is where do you draw the line? Is CGI something all languages should support by default? Should languages have built-in support for Regular Expressions?
The line is usually drawn by the company/individual(s)/organization(s) that created and oversee the language. And sometimes, as in the case of C++, it was drawn too early. Fortunately, they will change that with further reviews of the language.
As for writing libraries that could work with any language, Microsoft has tried that, and quite honestly failed. However, it's an unenviable task, especially with the variety of deployments, platforms and features that need to be supported. If anyone does suceed in doing so, they would be the 21st century equivalent of Kernighan.
I actually like Boost, but it would be nice to have it as part of the standard itself. C++ is woefully lacking in features that newer languages likes Java and C# have by default.
I haven't fiddled around with Boost threads though. How would you rate them against protothreads?
Personally, I believe it survives because it mixes the robustness of object-oriented languages with the minimalistic procedural approach. It survives because its design is adept at conforming to anything thrown at it.
Java, for one, doesn't allow for RAD. It requires a structured design and systematic coding. People have invented scripting languages based on Java, and this highlights Java's serious lack of flexibility. The problems with.NET are obvious - it's tied to one platform and the framework required is quite substantial.
While C++ may be an abomination in terms of language theory, it serves the purpose it was intended for - to meld the C programming language with the OOP paradigm.
it seems that with corporate support, Java and.NET technologies, as well as Perl, PHP and Python are the major languages for the future, not C++.
Apart from PHP and Perl, the above languages are usually very strict in their object-oriented ways, and thus prevent loose syntax and clumsy errors. But this nannying produces only poorer developers who rely on the language rather than their own abilities to code effectively.
A return to C++ would be nice, especially in educational institutions, as it provides all the necessities of modern languages, bar effective string-handling, while maintaining the simplicity of older languages.
While Java and.NET may be the future for enterprise software, developers should learn C/C++ first, and not Java, as those who can program effectively in C and/or C++ tend to code better in Java and.NET, while the reverse is not true.
Copying and assimilating software and companies has worked for them so far. Why should they start innovating?
Every marketing dept knows that innovation means risk. Risk could mean loss, and at a time that Linux and Mac OS X are on the rise, it's a risk they can't afford to take. So they're going with what's tried and tested.
They have a strangle-hold on the desktop market. They just need to make sure people don't switch to other OSes by offering them just enough.
Interestingly, their motto might as well have been "It's just enough". At least it's original.
At least you don't get your code-reviewers moderating your code as -1,Redundant and -1,Offtopic. That's almost mean-spirited enough to make me stop submitting "Hello, World" patches.
But I shall persevere. And perhaps, I'll add some CRLFs this time.
Well, by posting information, it doesn't mean I don't get it. Besides, I know of a whole lot of people (Americans especially) who weren't aware of how numbers are represented in Europe.
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Do I need a password to view your super-secret password? Or do I run your comment by LC5?
Their scientific achievements helped Europe, and consequently the rest of the modern world, move along in their scientific developments. Remember, for a long time, Europe was under the thumb of the Catholic Church, which dismissed science.
The number of Muslims who do all the things you mentioned are a small minority compared to the rest. But like the minority in the US who clamor for FCC protection, moral judges and Arab-hate, they are the most vocal. Yet, there are people who have "bleeding heart praise" for American achievements over the years.
Conservativism tends to hold people from progress, by definition. And religious conservativism can be the worst.
Intriguingly, Muslim nations and peoples have always had a strong interest in the sciences, from astrology to zoology, as their religion forbade them from other professions, such as bankers (who charge interest) and religious artisans.
While there is undoubtedly a conservative social agenda in many Muslim nations, their affinity for the natural sciences would hopefully make it easier for moderate and liberal Muslims, and Muslims as a people, to take on AIDS as a problem, from the perspective of science.
North Korea aside, China isn't as closed or sensitive to medical information as it once was. The recent inquiries into the handling of SARS shows that it is at least willing to tackle its problems.
Hmm. Thanks for the heads-up.
The problem then would be getting the relevant up-to-date data from the countries which would need this product, more than anything else.
But it's good to know that IBM is keeping with its pledge to keep things open, especially for such a valuable product.
That's because you are on a Linux machine. From my Windows box, I see the instructions for Windows.
I've heard those guys before. I wanted to piss off people who prefer using virii over viruses.
The problem is that many diseases now are coming from Asia and Africa, more than the US. And this application seems to support the US as a model only.
As for diseases like AIDS, many like Thabo Mbeki refuse to acknowledge the link between AIDS and HIV. And President Mbeki is seen by many as the voice of Africa. His views on AIDS are more disturbing than those who put politics over safety.
From what I understand, it's a framework for building models of infectious diseases.
It has some geographical data (US only), and uses this to plot or guess the spread of a disease, given the some parameters about the disease and the model.
It's the type of thing we constantly see in movies and TV shows about people researching diseases and disease control.
it is not only immune from viruses, it stops them too!
Note: this technology is based on Java2. It should run on any Java-supported platform, although IBM only lists Win2000 and Linux as supported platforms.
Entirely true. However, there is a difference between languages like PHP, Java and C++: for the former two, the modules or libraries are largely centralized, while for C++, there are so many ways to do the same thing. This means that shared libraries would have to be deployed together with the application itself.
While not everything can be included in any language, for it would truly be a behemoth to program and deploy, there are some things which all languages should have. The problem is where do you draw the line? Is CGI something all languages should support by default? Should languages have built-in support for Regular Expressions?
The line is usually drawn by the company/individual(s)/organization(s) that created and oversee the language. And sometimes, as in the case of C++, it was drawn too early. Fortunately, they will change that with further reviews of the language.
As for writing libraries that could work with any language, Microsoft has tried that, and quite honestly failed. However, it's an unenviable task, especially with the variety of deployments, platforms and features that need to be supported. If anyone does suceed in doing so, they would be the 21st century equivalent of Kernighan.
I actually like Boost, but it would be nice to have it as part of the standard itself. C++ is woefully lacking in features that newer languages likes Java and C# have by default.
I haven't fiddled around with Boost threads though. How would you rate them against protothreads?
I haven't been keeping up with C++ in a while because of school, which is fixated on Java. I'm still a C/C++ fan at heart.
Thx for the heads up. I can't wait for GCC 4 (Cygwin) with tr1.
Actually, you are right. There isn't anything wrong with std::string. However, a regexp feature, a la Perl, would be nice.
Personally, I believe it survives because it mixes the robustness of object-oriented languages with the minimalistic procedural approach. It survives because its design is adept at conforming to anything thrown at it.
.NET are obvious - it's tied to one platform and the framework required is quite substantial.
Java, for one, doesn't allow for RAD. It requires a structured design and systematic coding. People have invented scripting languages based on Java, and this highlights Java's serious lack of flexibility. The problems with
While C++ may be an abomination in terms of language theory, it serves the purpose it was intended for - to meld the C programming language with the OOP paradigm.
it seems that with corporate support, Java and .NET technologies, as well as Perl, PHP and Python are the major languages for the future, not C++.
.NET may be the future for enterprise software, developers should learn C/C++ first, and not Java, as those who can program effectively in C and/or C++ tend to code better in Java and .NET, while the reverse is not true.
Apart from PHP and Perl, the above languages are usually very strict in their object-oriented ways, and thus prevent loose syntax and clumsy errors. But this nannying produces only poorer developers who rely on the language rather than their own abilities to code effectively.
A return to C++ would be nice, especially in educational institutions, as it provides all the necessities of modern languages, bar effective string-handling, while maintaining the simplicity of older languages.
While Java and
With the mother's maiden name, you could finally get access to that person's hotmail account.
That is unless they used another question, in which case this whole exercise was for 50 years of ass-pounding.
I guess the hackers really like backdoor-ing.
But it isn't standing still at all. It's moving at the same pace as its competitors by copying them.
Just work it.
Copying and assimilating software and companies has worked for them so far. Why should they start innovating?
Every marketing dept knows that innovation means risk. Risk could mean loss, and at a time that Linux and Mac OS X are on the rise, it's a risk they can't afford to take. So they're going with what's tried and tested.
They have a strangle-hold on the desktop market. They just need to make sure people don't switch to other OSes by offering them just enough.
Interestingly, their motto might as well have been "It's just enough". At least it's original.
At least you don't get your code-reviewers moderating your code as -1,Redundant and -1,Offtopic. That's almost mean-spirited enough to make me stop submitting "Hello, World" patches.
But I shall persevere. And perhaps, I'll add some CRLFs this time.
And ironically, secureads.ft.com uses Netscape Enterprise Server.
This is akin to IE not working with IIS.
From the source code I've seen and debugged, it seems most programmers are anti-comments.
Flywheels has a history of linking articles at his site, PressEsc to un-related stories and comments, in order to boost his PageRank.
He has even linked to Google to redirect to his page so that he escapes detection from mods.
Feel free to check his history.
Well, by posting information, it doesn't mean I don't get it. Besides, I know of a whole lot of people (Americans especially) who weren't aware of how numbers are represented in Europe.
Sorry, what was your point again?