The continued platform fuckups Palm managed to do in the PalmOS as a viable platform - it had no evolutionary chance. It's why I'm marginally waiting for the Pre. I *LIKE* the treo style keyboard with a full/widescreen G1 style screen.
I like the BB storm, but want a keyboard... a real keyboard.
It's never been the write-once-run-anywhere that the vendor has proclaimed... marginal platforms (like Palm) were always going to be marginal, if supported at all.
But it's far more immediately portable than C/C++, though definitely more inflexible. Many of the same portability mistakes that plague C/C++ also plague every other language (idioms that are vastly different between Unix and Windows, for example, pathnames, asynchronous IO, etc). But many of the problems that plague C++ also aren't. Pointer arithmetic, unbounded pointers, memory leaks (this is so/so).
Give me the introspection capabilities in C++ that Java has today, and I'll switch back 100% right now. I'm too used to these extension capabilities and the reliability Java gives me to give it up. Then again, getting Java to talk with libpurple via C++ has been quite the nightmare for me.
I have, and it doesn't. well, not 4G of RAM, but 2GB, and webbrowser and VMware player to boot. Sorry, it just doesn't.
Make no mistake, I *LIKE* Vista... I needed to downgrade because it WASN'T cutting it performance-wise (2-5 second delays on clicks). Vista seemed overly aggressive at swapping, which was perhaps the problem. But if I *NEED* 4GB of ram just to browse the web in my 5 tabs and run a single 256MB VM, your OS has issues.
The unix fork model is nowhere near as expensive as you think - it predominantly only creates process-unix OS datastructures - it will rely on shared code pages already loaded in memory versus creating new copies.
Visual Studio has been going downhill ever since version 7 in my opinion. The only reason I still use it is the debugger, and even then I'm starting to like Eclipse a little more.
I'll tell you what, I'll happily cash out now and give my share (negative or not) to those already retired or within 10 years of the retirement age, to stop future garnishments from being removed from my paycheck.
I like the *IDEA* of social security, a way of paying into the Treasury and earning a nice 3-5% on money, just as a hedge against inflation. I *LIKE* that idea. I don't like funding it with my children's paychecks, however.
I will tell you from hard-fought experience that rewriting massive DP type applications that worked mostly perfectly in COBOL, RPG and PL/SQL to Java is not necessarily the easiest thing in the world. Too much involved in frameworks, and the asynchronous nature of the web. I've seen enough such projects fail.
The idea behind the Microkernel architecture is that you can more adequately prove that a small 1000 line chunk of code is provably correct than you can with a 21,000,0000 line chunk of code.
And with almost everything going to interpreter environments today (Python, Ruby, Java,.Net), there's a better argument that building a JIT as a kernel component and that the message passing overhead is less of an issue.
The problem is that a secure microkernel OS will probably need to make a break from some of our Unix heritage.
Ah, but even then, you'll have to worry about one of those sharks betraying you and carrying a USB key full of Conficker.C to plug into the computer when you're not looking. Never trust a shark with a laserbeam on it's head.
How much of that instability was the result of design decisions to run on hardware without proper memory protection capabilities? Linux was a leapfrog in capabilities because Linus chose to target the i386, the first consumer-level 32bit processor with decent memory architecture.
Normally, I can avoid the fact that there's a penis onscreen. Part of watching and enjoying porn I guess. But A) I saw it in Imax, so it was huge, B) there were multiples, C) it was blue, D) It didn't move right E) he had no balls F) it wasn't countered with enough T&A of Silk Spectre to make it worth it, and G) I saw it with about 8 over-sensitive women afraid of cocks that made the whole experience awkward.
My fault. Go with real women, comfortable with their sexuality, next time.
I love the dichotomy of him storming Vietnam. What's more terrifying to the uncouth natives than a giant blue Tarzan with loincloth shooting fire and making people burn? A giant blue NAKED Tarzan shooting lazerbeams from his cock (Overfiend style). This producer had no balls, no courage...
Nevermind that the spectre of nuclear annihilation is nowhere NEAR the same as it was in 1990. Watchmen felt "dated" even when I wasn't being subjected to Dr. Quad Cock (I saw it in Imax, thank the FSM it wasn't Imax 3D).
The best thing about Watchmen was Rorschach and the Soundtrack.
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No, it's about vendors Trusting that your machine is who it says it is. It has nothing to do about control, except over their own content.
FUD.
Then don't be surprised when Time Warner says "Fuck you back, you can't have our content."
THAT'S what TPM media attestation is all about. Balancing the equation. Yes, it fucks open source to a degree, in the short term, but too bad.
Not if you're instead doing
... - / N
(((A+B)/2)+c)/3
IMAP + SSL... why reinvent the wheel. Thrice. :-)
And who, pray tell, is making one of these fabled CDMA G1s? Is TMo CDMA?
The continued platform fuckups Palm managed to do in the PalmOS as a viable platform - it had no evolutionary chance. It's why I'm marginally waiting for the Pre. I *LIKE* the treo style keyboard with a full/widescreen G1 style screen.
I like the BB storm, but want a keyboard... a real keyboard.
It's never been the write-once-run-anywhere that the vendor has proclaimed... marginal platforms (like Palm) were always going to be marginal, if supported at all.
But it's far more immediately portable than C/C++, though definitely more inflexible. Many of the same portability mistakes that plague C/C++ also plague every other language (idioms that are vastly different between Unix and Windows, for example, pathnames, asynchronous IO, etc). But many of the problems that plague C++ also aren't. Pointer arithmetic, unbounded pointers, memory leaks (this is so/so).
Give me the introspection capabilities in C++ that Java has today, and I'll switch back 100% right now. I'm too used to these extension capabilities and the reliability Java gives me to give it up. Then again, getting Java to talk with libpurple via C++ has been quite the nightmare for me.
The iPod succeeded where all others failed for one reason and one reason alone: marketing.
That U2 campaign was huge!! Silhouetted dancing hipsters jammin' to U2... that's what made the iPod king of the mp3 players.
And a dead-simple UI.
The whole thing, or a just a chunk?
I have, and it doesn't. well, not 4G of RAM, but 2GB, and webbrowser and VMware player to boot. Sorry, it just doesn't.
Make no mistake, I *LIKE* Vista... I needed to downgrade because it WASN'T cutting it performance-wise (2-5 second delays on clicks). Vista seemed overly aggressive at swapping, which was perhaps the problem. But if I *NEED* 4GB of ram just to browse the web in my 5 tabs and run a single 256MB VM, your OS has issues.
The unix fork model is nowhere near as expensive as you think - it predominantly only creates process-unix OS datastructures - it will rely on shared code pages already loaded in memory versus creating new copies.
Oddly enough, after years and years of avoiding the Cobol/Fortan mess, I've worked for two companies where Cobol and RPG are "big deals."
Why now, on the cusp of the second decade of the 3rd millennium?
Visual Studio has been going downhill ever since version 7 in my opinion. The only reason I still use it is the debugger, and even then I'm starting to like Eclipse a little more.
No they don't. They work on tools that make writing web applications EASIER (in theory).
I'll tell you what, I'll happily cash out now and give my share (negative or not) to those already retired or within 10 years of the retirement age, to stop future garnishments from being removed from my paycheck.
I like the *IDEA* of social security, a way of paying into the Treasury and earning a nice 3-5% on money, just as a hedge against inflation. I *LIKE* that idea. I don't like funding it with my children's paychecks, however.
I will tell you from hard-fought experience that rewriting massive DP type applications that worked mostly perfectly in COBOL, RPG and PL/SQL to Java is not necessarily the easiest thing in the world. Too much involved in frameworks, and the asynchronous nature of the web. I've seen enough such projects fail.
The idea behind the Microkernel architecture is that you can more adequately prove that a small 1000 line chunk of code is provably correct than you can with a 21,000,0000 line chunk of code.
.Net), there's a better argument that building a JIT as a kernel component and that the message passing overhead is less of an issue.
And with almost everything going to interpreter environments today (Python, Ruby, Java,
The problem is that a secure microkernel OS will probably need to make a break from some of our Unix heritage.
Ah, but even then, you'll have to worry about one of those sharks betraying you and carrying a USB key full of Conficker.C to plug into the computer when you're not looking. Never trust a shark with a laserbeam on it's head.
I feel bad for all those DNF prepaids at Babbages and the like... :-/ Money into the ether, poof!
How much of that instability was the result of design decisions to run on hardware without proper memory protection capabilities? Linux was a leapfrog in capabilities because Linus chose to target the i386, the first consumer-level 32bit processor with decent memory architecture.
Frankly, I think you're out of luck. Just as there's no real non-commercial centralized Unix administration tools out there.
Krb5 + Autofs + NFS + SSH + updates from a central control station or three - just not there. Someday, maybe.
Normally, I can avoid the fact that there's a penis onscreen. Part of watching and enjoying porn I guess. But A) I saw it in Imax, so it was huge, B) there were multiples, C) it was blue, D) It didn't move right E) he had no balls F) it wasn't countered with enough T&A of Silk Spectre to make it worth it, and G) I saw it with about 8 over-sensitive women afraid of cocks that made the whole experience awkward.
My fault. Go with real women, comfortable with their sexuality, next time.
I love the dichotomy of him storming Vietnam. What's more terrifying to the uncouth natives than a giant blue Tarzan with loincloth shooting fire and making people burn? A giant blue NAKED Tarzan shooting lazerbeams from his cock (Overfiend style). This producer had no balls, no courage...
Ok ok, balance this... 5 minutes of full frontal of Dr. Quad Cock vs. 0 minutes of full frontal of Silk Specter.
Yah. Fair.
Nevermind that the spectre of nuclear annihilation is nowhere NEAR the same as it was in 1990. Watchmen felt "dated" even when I wasn't being subjected to Dr. Quad Cock (I saw it in Imax, thank the FSM it wasn't Imax 3D).
The best thing about Watchmen was Rorschach and the Soundtrack.