JSPs are a good solution for large projects, but for smaller scale projects it would be overkill.
My advise would be to check out php. It's very similar to "classic" ASP. Another option would be perl, but php is a lot easier to learn if you already know asp.
Nah. Except for the weighless part, we've already got Amsterdam for all that. For those who have never been there: Amsterdam is the real-life version of the internet.
I guess the main market for space tourism would be the rich and famous. They have money to burn and a big desire to go somewhere *really* exclusive.
Of course, I see a clear need for LGPL as well here, since that is different than just GPL or MPL or BSD, and very useful indeed.
It's the incompatible licenses that cause the trouble. The OSI wants to cut down the number of licenses so code can be shared between more projects. Since LGPL'd code can be used in GPL'd projecs, it's not part of the problem.
I really wish the Anime community saw it as a viable format rather than using XVid and DivX for everything. OGG is beautiful.
Sure, I too would love to see an open format like ogg hit the mainstream, but since CDRs can only hold 700 MB of data, I also want to use that space as efficient as possible. That means using the codec with the highest compression/quality ratio, which unfortunately is not free (as in speech).
I understand and respect your view. However, I think the problem with communism as we know it (Soviet union, China, N-Korea, Cuba etc.) isn't the system itself, but the fact it's being forced upon the people by a fascist dictator. That's indeed something I'd never want to experience. I'm very sorry you had to go trough such horror, and I hope you're not offended by my post.
I didn't mention Startrek to increase the geek-factor of my post, but to point out a global mentality shift would be required to make such a change. I realize this won't happen over night, but if/when we get that far, it would free us from being slaves of our possessions, and allow us to focus on the more important aspects of life.
I would bet that, however true your post is, it will not be moderated as insightful nor informative (most people here are GPL zealots).
I'm afraid you lost that bet. Maybe slashdotters are less short-sighted than you think.
GPL is not perfect and it is capable of preventing research, development, and progress in some fields.
True, but I don't think there is any license that is "perfect" from everyone's point of view.
Communism does not *always* work.
No, but neither does corperatism. I think linux is a pretty good example of a situation where it *does* work. If that makes me a "GPL zealot", so be it. I for one, hope that someday we'll live in a socialistic world (a la Startrek) where money is no longer the most important factor in life.
Ah, football. That explains a lot. It still puzzles me how a stupid game can turn otherwise "normal" people into a bunch of complete morons. The Brits are worse though! =P
Cheeseheads? You are lagging behind. For quite some time now, we are widthly known to be potheads.
All kidding aside, this is, imho, the first good decision our parliament has made in quite some time. Good to see there are still some remains of our once so liberal nation.
By the way, why would you chant strange incantaions in recognition of our greatness? Am I missing some reference to my own folklore here?
There was a reason this wasnt a UN led operation, the lack of convincing evidence presented to the UN security council.
I totally agree. In retrospect, the whole WMD thing was nothing but PR.
One thing always puzzled me though... If the US really wanted to find those WMDs, why didn't they? They could have planted some to save their face, right? I find it very hard to believe a "world power" like the US does not have the resources to do so.
Unfortunately, when you dispose of governments in that way, you face a very real risk of becoming that which you are dealing with.
A large part of the world (specially Arabs) already sees the US as a great threat to their freedom. Even many Americans see the current US government as a threat (DMCA enyone?). You don't have to be a dictator to violate peoples rights.
HTML is a standard for the web. All software vendors who develop software that either views, displays or edits HTML comply with the standard, which means that content developed on
Dreamweaver will not only be viewable on Internet Explorer but can also be reopened and reedited
by Frontpage. Macromedia, who developed Dreamweaver, doesn't need to have ever
tested on Microsoft's product, they both comply.
The author is obviously lives in some parallel universe. I wish I could live there too. Not testing your html in *all* browsers is the most ignorant thing one could possibly do.
I'm not sure I understand this correctly, but by your discription i'd say java is Weakly Staticly typed, because "type checking is done at compile time, but it's easy to get around."
Example #1:
Bar bar = new Bar();
Foo foo = bar;//Causes compile-time error
Example #2 (gets around compile-time check):
Bar bar = new Bar();
Foo foo = (Foo)bar;//Throws ClassCastException at runtime if Foo and Bar don't share a common ancester
Robots could reproduce by recombining/mutating their "dna", thus creating a new robot mind (The software). This offspring could be stored on a flash chip in one of the robots (The female one?;). Then humans could build a new robot and put the new mind into this "body". This way robots could be "pregnant" too.
Makes me wonder why this technology would need a mechanical robot at all. If the conciousness resides in the software, an entire population of concious beings could live in my home PC, having a big virtual orgy!
I agree a government/evilcorp controlled authority for controlling access to the internet is a very, very bad idea for al the reasons you discribed. However, I do think it's a good idea for an ISP to block you off the net (or rather filter your traffic) if they detect spam being send or a worm being spread from your machine.
My ISP has done this to me after some windows box in my network got compromised. They restored access after I send them some Spybot logs showing the malicious software had been removed.
Although such an experience can be quite annoying, I think it's a good thing they take such measures. I've seen freshly installed machines being compromised within 10 seconds after plugging in the network cable, just because there are so many infected machines hammering you on the network of some ISPs. It's quite difficult to download a PFW on such a connection before being infected. Not everyone has another way of connecting to the internet available. Those people are forced to buy some shrinkwrapped shit like Norton Internet Security.
Who the hell modded this funny? As far as I can tell he's being dead serious. Polyps are quite dangerous. The parent tries to warn the grandparent he might have a serious medical condition. There's nothing funny about that. Go figure.
The reason I like Ubuntu is because of it's philosophical roots. Ubuntu is an ancient African ideology about seeing yourself in your social context ("My worth is defined by what I can do for others") instead of as a pure individual ("My worth is defined by what I can do for myself").
In the African tribes where Ubuntu originated from, giving your belongings away is/was considered more rewarding than actually owning them. In such a culture, sharing your meal with someone will give you more "social status" than having a nice house, car or bank account. Personal wealth doesn't make you "rich", humanity to others does.
In the F/OSS community, this way of thinking is widely adopted. Hackers gain status for what their work means to others, not by how financially successfull they are. After all, who do you like more, Torvalds or Gates?
However, the reason RMS likes Ubuntu Linux (Oops! Ubuntu GNU/Linux. Sorry man!) probably has more to do with licensing issues than with African ideology.
[...] our brain cells are certainly not going to be optimal for controlling a mouse's body [...]
Our brains have adapted a lot of new uses over time. We can control computers, play music, write poetry, fly airplanes... All those things seem "unnatural" to me, but we have learned how to use our brains in different ways. I don't see why it would be so hard to adapt to a mouse body.
[...] and living as a mouse.
That might be more of a problem. I don't think any concious person would choose such a life. That's why many people think we should be extremely causious with such experiments. It won't cause any major problems now, but you don't know what will happen eventually. Humans have quite a history of abuse, both of nature and eachother.
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JSPs are a good solution for large projects, but for smaller scale projects it would be overkill.
My advise would be to check out php. It's very similar to "classic" ASP. Another option would be perl, but php is a lot easier to learn if you already know asp.
You're such a good patriot. Uncle Sam should be proud.
Nah. Except for the weighless part, we've already got Amsterdam for all that. For those who have never been there: Amsterdam is the real-life version of the internet.
I guess the main market for space tourism would be the rich and famous. They have money to burn and a big desire to go somewhere *really* exclusive.
It's the incompatible licenses that cause the trouble. The OSI wants to cut down the number of licenses so code can be shared between more projects. Since LGPL'd code can be used in GPL'd projecs, it's not part of the problem.
Are you, by any chance, a frequent wikipedia contributer? Because IMHO, your linkage is a bit over the top.
Sure, I too would love to see an open format like ogg hit the mainstream, but since CDRs can only hold 700 MB of data, I also want to use that space as efficient as possible. That means using the codec with the highest compression/quality ratio, which unfortunately is not free (as in speech).
Buddha wouldn't.
Yes, we all love teh c0ck over here. ;-)
I understand and respect your view. However, I think the problem with communism as we know it (Soviet union, China, N-Korea, Cuba etc.) isn't the system itself, but the fact it's being forced upon the people by a fascist dictator. That's indeed something I'd never want to experience. I'm very sorry you had to go trough such horror, and I hope you're not offended by my post.
I didn't mention Startrek to increase the geek-factor of my post, but to point out a global mentality shift would be required to make such a change. I realize this won't happen over night, but if/when we get that far, it would free us from being slaves of our possessions, and allow us to focus on the more important aspects of life.
I'm afraid you lost that bet. Maybe slashdotters are less short-sighted than you think.
GPL is not perfect and it is capable of preventing research, development, and progress in some fields.True, but I don't think there is any license that is "perfect" from everyone's point of view.
Communism does not *always* work.No, but neither does corperatism. I think linux is a pretty good example of a situation where it *does* work. If that makes me a "GPL zealot", so be it. I for one, hope that someday we'll live in a socialistic world (a la Startrek) where money is no longer the most important factor in life.
Ah, football. That explains a lot. It still puzzles me how a stupid game can turn otherwise "normal" people into a bunch of complete morons. The Brits are worse though! =P
Ik was gisteren jarig, en het is behoorlijk laat geworden. Vandaag is duidelijk niet de ideale dag om aan m'n spelling te werken. :)
De sig is niet cynisch bedoelt. Bedankt voor de correctie.
Cheeseheads? You are lagging behind. For quite some time now, we are widthly known to be potheads.
All kidding aside, this is, imho, the first good decision our parliament has made in quite some time. Good to see there are still some remains of our once so liberal nation.
By the way, why would you chant strange incantaions in recognition of our greatness? Am I missing some reference to my own folklore here?
I totally agree. In retrospect, the whole WMD thing was nothing but PR.
One thing always puzzled me though... If the US really wanted to find those WMDs, why didn't they? They could have planted some to save their face, right? I find it very hard to believe a "world power" like the US does not have the resources to do so.
Unfortunately, when you dispose of governments in that way, you face a very real risk of becoming that which you are dealing with.A large part of the world (specially Arabs) already sees the US as a great threat to their freedom. Even many Americans see the current US government as a threat (DMCA enyone?). You don't have to be a dictator to violate peoples rights.
"Friend" access is default in java if you don't explicitly set a access specifier:
void foo() {
/* This method can only be accessed from this
* class and classes in the same package.
*/
}
A bit less restrictive is the protected keyword:
protected void foo() {
/* This method can only be accessed from this
* class, from classes in the same package
* and by subclasses of this class.
*/
}
More information on the subject can be found here.
I thought the rule of tumb was:
Fast, Reliable, Cheap. Pick two.
So your network can be reliable and cheap, it just won't be very fast. This does not mean it's inefficient per se. Not everyone needs a fast link.
From TFA:
The author is obviously lives in some parallel universe. I wish I could live there too. Not testing your html in *all* browsers is the most ignorant thing one could possibly do.
The ClassCastException is thrown at runtime, so it's not the compiler that saw my error, but the jvm that was unable to downcast the object.
However, your main point remains valid. Thanks for the information.
I'm not sure I understand this correctly, but by your discription i'd say java is Weakly Staticly typed, because "type checking is done at compile time, but it's easy to get around."
Example #1:
Bar bar = new Bar(); //Causes compile-time error
Foo foo = bar;
Example #2 (gets around compile-time check):
Bar bar = new Bar(); //Throws ClassCastException at runtime if Foo and Bar don't share a common ancester
Foo foo = (Foo)bar;
Could someone enlighten me?
Robots could reproduce by recombining/mutating their "dna", thus creating a new robot mind (The software). This offspring could be stored on a flash chip in one of the robots (The female one? ;). Then humans could build a new robot and put the new mind into this "body". This way robots could be "pregnant" too.
Makes me wonder why this technology would need a mechanical robot at all. If the conciousness resides in the software, an entire population of concious beings could live in my home PC, having a big virtual orgy!
I agree a government/evilcorp controlled authority for controlling access to the internet is a very, very bad idea for al the reasons you discribed. However, I do think it's a good idea for an ISP to block you off the net (or rather filter your traffic) if they detect spam being send or a worm being spread from your machine.
My ISP has done this to me after some windows box in my network got compromised. They restored access after I send them some Spybot logs showing the malicious software had been removed.
Although such an experience can be quite annoying, I think it's a good thing they take such measures. I've seen freshly installed machines being compromised within 10 seconds after plugging in the network cable, just because there are so many infected machines hammering you on the network of some ISPs. It's quite difficult to download a PFW on such a connection before being infected. Not everyone has another way of connecting to the internet available. Those people are forced to buy some shrinkwrapped shit like Norton Internet Security.
Who the hell modded this funny? As far as I can tell he's being dead serious. Polyps are quite dangerous. The parent tries to warn the grandparent he might have a serious medical condition. There's nothing funny about that. Go figure.
The reason I like Ubuntu is because of it's philosophical roots. Ubuntu is an ancient African ideology about seeing yourself in your social context ("My worth is defined by what I can do for others") instead of as a pure individual ("My worth is defined by what I can do for myself").
In the African tribes where Ubuntu originated from, giving your belongings away is/was considered more rewarding than actually owning them. In such a culture, sharing your meal with someone will give you more "social status" than having a nice house, car or bank account. Personal wealth doesn't make you "rich", humanity to others does.
In the F/OSS community, this way of thinking is widely adopted. Hackers gain status for what their work means to others, not by how financially successfull they are. After all, who do you like more, Torvalds or Gates?
However, the reason RMS likes Ubuntu Linux (Oops! Ubuntu GNU/Linux. Sorry man!) probably has more to do with licensing issues than with African ideology.
Our brains have adapted a lot of new uses over time. We can control computers, play music, write poetry, fly airplanes... All those things seem "unnatural" to me, but we have learned how to use our brains in different ways. I don't see why it would be so hard to adapt to a mouse body.
[...] and living as a mouse.That might be more of a problem. I don't think any concious person would choose such a life. That's why many people think we should be extremely causious with such experiments. It won't cause any major problems now, but you don't know what will happen eventually. Humans have quite a history of abuse, both of nature and eachother.