So this year, the choice is between being a racisist or a sexist.
Hmmm.... If i only I could be both! This will be a tough one this will...
Ada never went anywhere...
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The Return of Ada
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My first three foundation CS courses (back in 2001) were all taught in ADA. This provides the benefit of qualifying me to talk on the subject, with the drawback of providing a heavily biased opinion...
Because of the nature of the language, you HAVE to know what you are doing to write a program in Ada. Getting something to compile in Ada pretty much guarantees you get something that will run reliably.
Schools that train programmers starting with Java or C++ provide the benefit of making their graduates highly employable, but with a greater risk of turning out highly incompetent programmers.
Ada never went anywhere, there has just been a large increase in the number of developers trained on other languages. The reason its 'Returning' is because almost any Project that uses Ada does provide for a success story (As long as you use developers who have been trained on Ada (Googling for source examples is not training)). Its a professional language for applications that just have to run. (Examples of great software written in ada: (Air Traffic Control, Flight Software, Hello World, etc...)
"can't use it with itunes"
Wrong. You can sync your itunes to Windows Mobile 6.0 phones all day long; you just can't purchase music directly from the phone. (Alternatives exists for this as well though.)
"the battery life doesn't compare"
true, but thats what happens when you need to provide power to a more feature rich phone. (But, when you simply can't get to a charger: w/GPS and wifi turned off, the phone can run for several days w/out going to a charger.)
"freezes every couple hours"
I've had 2 freezes in the past week.
size and weight complaint:
Yes, but thats the trade off for a full keyboard.
"Browser is mobile IE"
you should have said, "Default Browser". The great thing about wm phones is you can customize to your hearts content. (Opera Mini is a readily available free alternative.)
"No Multi Touch"
True, but the alternative is a keyboard, plenty of customizable buttons, and a standard touch screen. Sure, it doesn't have the same "ooohhh ahhh" that multi touch has; but its definitely more useful and customizable.
"Butt Ugly"
Definitely your opinion. If you haven't held one in your hand though; i suggest doing so.
Any input device that requires you to continually keep your hands elevated will never work. Not to mention, constant movement.
The reason a mouse and keyboard is so effective is because you can use them both all day long with little to no effort.
I should try this defense with everything.
"Sorry officer, but unless you can produce the source code for all those kittens I drowned in my cousin tim's baby pool, I haven't done anything wrong."
I live in missouri, and i was able to get inline at about 9 (store opened at 10)... I was the 7th one there and managed to get a pre-order in. (Of course, i was the last one in line to get one... they only had 7 at the store i went to)
I dont really think i had to go pre order though, from the way its been sounding, there will be plenty of systems at launch. Its more that I wanted to.
Oh man, a new IE... this is exciting! I'm sure many things will change. We'll, many things except one, IE's blaringly evident security flaws and the level of user frustration during use of that ridiculously terrible browser that needs to be retired, rather than keep incrementing to higher numbers to show how "Cutting Edge" it is. No thanks Billy, I'll stick with my firefox.
I think Red Hat would have a much better time protecting their TM if they just change their name to Red Hatcrosoft... I know I wouldn't want to touch it.
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Only back then; it consisted of a paper mache cylinder; red food coloring; baking soda and vinegar.
Am I the only one concerned about putting something in my ear with the potential to expand to the size of a laptop?
That has bad day written all over it.
So this year, the choice is between being a racisist or a sexist.
Hmmm.... If i only I could be both! This will be a tough one this will...
My first three foundation CS courses (back in 2001) were all taught in ADA. This provides the benefit of qualifying me to talk on the subject, with the drawback of providing a heavily biased opinion...
Because of the nature of the language, you HAVE to know what you are doing to write a program in Ada. Getting something to compile in Ada pretty much guarantees you get something that will run reliably.
Schools that train programmers starting with Java or C++ provide the benefit of making their graduates highly employable, but with a greater risk of turning out highly incompetent programmers.
Ada never went anywhere, there has just been a large increase in the number of developers trained on other languages. The reason its 'Returning' is because almost any Project that uses Ada does provide for a success story (As long as you use developers who have been trained on Ada (Googling for source examples is not training)). Its a professional language for applications that just have to run. (Examples of great software written in ada: (Air Traffic Control, Flight Software, Hello World, etc...)
As I said, my opinion is biased.
"can't use it with itunes"
Wrong. You can sync your itunes to Windows Mobile 6.0 phones all day long; you just can't purchase music directly from the phone. (Alternatives exists for this as well though.)
"the battery life doesn't compare"
true, but thats what happens when you need to provide power to a more feature rich phone. (But, when you simply can't get to a charger: w/GPS and wifi turned off, the phone can run for several days w/out going to a charger.)
"freezes every couple hours"
I've had 2 freezes in the past week.
size and weight complaint:
Yes, but thats the trade off for a full keyboard.
"Browser is mobile IE"
you should have said, "Default Browser". The great thing about wm phones is you can customize to your hearts content. (Opera Mini is a readily available free alternative.)
"No Multi Touch"
True, but the alternative is a keyboard, plenty of customizable buttons, and a standard touch screen. Sure, it doesn't have the same "ooohhh ahhh" that multi touch has; but its definitely more useful and customizable.
"Butt Ugly"
Definitely your opinion. If you haven't held one in your hand though; i suggest doing so.
that does everything the iPhone plans on doing (and more):
http://www.wireless.att.com/businesscenter/atttilt/
You can even change the system look and feel to have it look and behave like an iphone... for 1/3 the cost.
the car must hit 88 mph.
Any input device that requires you to continually keep your hands elevated will never work. Not to mention, constant movement. The reason a mouse and keyboard is so effective is because you can use them both all day long with little to no effort.
I should try this defense with everything. "Sorry officer, but unless you can produce the source code for all those kittens I drowned in my cousin tim's baby pool, I haven't done anything wrong."
I've actually had a pair of underwear with a filter built into the back to sweeten out farts for years.
This is essentially the same thing.
Talk about kicking someone when they're down.
I live in missouri, and i was able to get inline at about 9 (store opened at 10)... I was the 7th one there and managed to get a pre-order in. (Of course, i was the last one in line to get one... they only had 7 at the store i went to) I dont really think i had to go pre order though, from the way its been sounding, there will be plenty of systems at launch. Its more that I wanted to.
Can I murder the woman who sued for the principle of the thing?
Its called a KVM switch.
How can an article about GUIs not have any pictures? They can't honestly expect me to read that.
I wonder if there will be an entire section of the parking lot devoted entirely to segways.
Next step, mounting the lazers...
Oh man, a new IE... this is exciting! I'm sure many things will change. We'll, many things except one, IE's blaringly evident security flaws and the level of user frustration during use of that ridiculously terrible browser that needs to be retired, rather than keep incrementing to higher numbers to show how "Cutting Edge" it is. No thanks Billy, I'll stick with my firefox.
I think Red Hat would have a much better time protecting their TM if they just change their name to Red Hatcrosoft... I know I wouldn't want to touch it.