Actually with certain avionics systems, the danger is quite real. The wrong frequency signal at the wrong time can cause an almost complete restart of many of the aircrafts systems. This is part of the reason why the in-flight entertainment systems have to be purpose built and wired. On the other hand, most of the time it's a bit of extra noise over the radio.
When Sony removed the "Other OS" option from the PS3 they locked people out of a legitimate and relatively safe homebrew environment. Somewhere that people could play with the device without voiding their warranty. It was an option that really "sold" the device to many people who now own one.
While someone would have eventually jail-broken the device, I doubt it would be as widely used as these dongles are; if Sony had (a) left the "Other OS" option in, and (b) possibly added said-option to the "slim" PS3 consoles. The way to combat people jail-braking a device is to give them a safe way to homebrew without the possibility of bricking their consoles or voiding the warranty.
We recently had a discussion about this on our local JUG, and the consensus was in fact that people giving to much weight to their "eduction" would generally have their CV's chucked.
People doing the hiring view certificates (especially to many of them) as a way to cover up incompetence.
Hibernate is a very heavy OR mapping layer, and I've never had much joy using it. It detracts massively from what the database is truly capable of, in effect removing the power that SQL gives you by replacing it with a crippled Object query language. Hibernate is great, as is JDO, but they are both heavy weight tools that take away much of what a database gives you in the first place.
I find using JDBC far more powerful, since I can actually use my database without having to create hundreds of VIEW's on top of my actual tables. The fact that OR mapping layers take SQL out of my hands is the entire reason I started a clone of the EoD RI layer from Java 6 beta. So far it's been the only system I've worked with that allows me to model objects (rather than my database), but retains lets me use SQL directly.
Hibernate and JDO and such are great for new projects, but when trying to work with a legacy >200 table Informix database, they just doesn't cut it. The database has been modeled for SQL, not your lovely Object model (which winds up behind a business object layer anyway). In the end, deal with your database, or don't use one. They're hugely powerful systems, don't cripple them just because you don't understand how to make them work!
I live in South Africa, and by the look of things here, the only reason we're looking at more Nukes is corruption. We only have one electricity company, and they suddenly came up with the bright idea of building another Nuke, cause of the countries energy shortage.
The government told them to forget it and go find an alternative. Suddenly we're getting some totally crazy power cuts all over the place. This last week has been horrific with entire cities being turned off for hours on end (sometimes 5 hours or more). Trains don't reach their stations, computers go off, farmers can't refrigerate their produce... basically the entire province has gone nuts.
To me, the power outages look like Eskom (our electricity monopoly) trying to get back at the government until they give in and say "yes yes, build as many nukes as you want, just give us some electricity".
I stayed away from JSP's initialy as well (because of the way they mix display and business logic). These days I tend to have a servlet do the business logic and pass the processed data through to a JSP (via the HttpServletRequest.setAttribute method) which then does the rendering, extracting the processed data through custom taglibs.
I've coded in PHP quite a bit in the past, but I found it lacking for any site consisting of more than a few pages (and I sudder everytime I think of having to connect to databases with PHP).
I have to agree with this. I learned Java when I was 9 years old, it was my first programming language, and is still my favorite (I started with a pre 1.0 release).
I found that in teaching Java, the best option (for roughly the first 4 lessons) is to use Beanshell. It gets the basic concepts (like variables, methods and even classes) across very quickly (literally 4 lessons), and the you switch to a "real" environment to teach more advanced topics. (I tought Java to the younger students when I was in matric).
Anyone been to South Africa. I don't think we even have a 5mbit connection available here, and if we do it will cost more per month than I earn.
ADSL here costs around 96USD/month for a 512kbit connection (capped at 3GB/month may I add).
Although I don't think it's as formal the South African government has an open source program. No sooner was it annouched but they went out and spend millions on M$ software for schools. Doesn't make a lot of sense to me when more than half of our teachers want to resign due to lack of pay (do I smell a kickback?).
It does look like a fake though, since putting a UMD drive in the PS3 would push the price up rather drastically, and you'd have to provide emulation for the PSP.
The problem is that the people who actually decide whether P2P is illegal or not are totally ignorant to what it really is. All they know is that millions of people are using the technology to "steal" other peoples work.
We need to see more legal uses of P2P technology. Bit-torrent is a great system, but it's been abused. There are plenty of other possible uses for P2P apps (DNS servers that discover peers through P2P lookups; P2P Radio Stations; etc).
If we don't see some blatently legal, popular, and usefull P2P apps soon, the technology does risk being outlawed (which is not technically possible, but it's still legally possible (from what I know anyway)).
Last time I checked Lord of the Rings didn't look a hell of a lot like The Matrix. The fact is that all (or at leaste most) games seem aiming at the same graphical look: lush outdoor nature scenery. I think it would be cool to see a little more thought put into whats in a gaming world.
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Final Fantasy is comming to PSP. I'll buy a PSP just for that.
Movies: Yep, if Sony gets the rights to any movies you want.
Anybody here heard of Columbia/Tristar/MGM??? Cause last I checked they were owned by Sony.
That said, while UMD movies are a nice idea, I'd want to see an adapter to plug my PSP into my TV before I go out and buy loads of movies on UMD.
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Actually with certain avionics systems, the danger is quite real. The wrong frequency signal at the wrong time can cause an almost complete restart of many of the aircrafts systems. This is part of the reason why the in-flight entertainment systems have to be purpose built and wired. On the other hand, most of the time it's a bit of extra noise over the radio.
When Sony removed the "Other OS" option from the PS3 they locked people out of a legitimate and relatively safe homebrew environment. Somewhere that people could play with the device without voiding their warranty. It was an option that really "sold" the device to many people who now own one.
While someone would have eventually jail-broken the device, I doubt it would be as widely used as these dongles are; if Sony had (a) left the "Other OS" option in, and (b) possibly added said-option to the "slim" PS3 consoles. The way to combat people jail-braking a device is to give them a safe way to homebrew without the possibility of bricking their consoles or voiding the warranty.
We recently had a discussion about this on our local JUG, and the consensus was in fact that people giving to much weight to their "eduction" would generally have their CV's chucked. People doing the hiring view certificates (especially to many of them) as a way to cover up incompetence.
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Hibernate is a very heavy OR mapping layer, and I've never had much joy using it. It detracts massively from what the database is truly capable of, in effect removing the power that SQL gives you by replacing it with a crippled Object query language. Hibernate is great, as is JDO, but they are both heavy weight tools that take away much of what a database gives you in the first place.
I find using JDBC far more powerful, since I can actually use my database without having to create hundreds of VIEW's on top of my actual tables. The fact that OR mapping layers take SQL out of my hands is the entire reason I started a clone of the EoD RI layer from Java 6 beta. So far it's been the only system I've worked with that allows me to model objects (rather than my database), but retains lets me use SQL directly.
Hibernate and JDO and such are great for new projects, but when trying to work with a legacy >200 table Informix database, they just doesn't cut it. The database has been modeled for SQL, not your lovely Object model (which winds up behind a business object layer anyway). In the end, deal with your database, or don't use one. They're hugely powerful systems, don't cripple them just because you don't understand how to make them work!
This would make more sense if it were dolphins!
I live in South Africa, and by the look of things here, the only reason we're looking at more Nukes is corruption. We only have one electricity company, and they suddenly came up with the bright idea of building another Nuke, cause of the countries energy shortage. The government told them to forget it and go find an alternative. Suddenly we're getting some totally crazy power cuts all over the place. This last week has been horrific with entire cities being turned off for hours on end (sometimes 5 hours or more). Trains don't reach their stations, computers go off, farmers can't refrigerate their produce... basically the entire province has gone nuts. To me, the power outages look like Eskom (our electricity monopoly) trying to get back at the government until they give in and say "yes yes, build as many nukes as you want, just give us some electricity".
But how do you know that he is a witch?
I stayed away from JSP's initialy as well (because of the way they mix display and business logic). These days I tend to have a servlet do the business logic and pass the processed data through to a JSP (via the HttpServletRequest.setAttribute method) which then does the rendering, extracting the processed data through custom taglibs.
I've coded in PHP quite a bit in the past, but I found it lacking for any site consisting of more than a few pages (and I sudder everytime I think of having to connect to databases with PHP).
and lets not forget the dolphins with dart guns *nods*
I have to agree with this. I learned Java when I was 9 years old, it was my first programming language, and is still my favorite (I started with a pre 1.0 release). I found that in teaching Java, the best option (for roughly the first 4 lessons) is to use Beanshell. It gets the basic concepts (like variables, methods and even classes) across very quickly (literally 4 lessons), and the you switch to a "real" environment to teach more advanced topics. (I tought Java to the younger students when I was in matric).
Hrm... the naming in here and strings reminds me of Core Java (book one) :P
I didn't see it the first time round... I'm sure there are a few out there like me.
Then again... I kinda agree... if it's a dupe, I don't really see a compelling reason to re-report it (or re-re-report it)
Anyone been to South Africa. I don't think we even have a 5mbit connection available here, and if we do it will cost more per month than I earn. ADSL here costs around 96USD/month for a 512kbit connection (capped at 3GB/month may I add).
I agree. On the other hand it opens nice opertunities for communities of artists. I've kinda always liked the idea of Open Source TV.
Linux cannot make a dent??? I'd say it already has, else why is M$ running "Get the facts"?
That said, there is an important point here: Linux probably won't "kill" windows, it will be RedHat, or Mandrake, or Debian, or even Linspire :/
Linux at it's heart is nothing more than a Kernel, it's a GNU/Linux distro that people ultimatly install (mostly anyway).
I want one that can kick :P
Mwahahahahaha
no really... this thing is awsom...
i think so anyway
Although I don't think it's as formal the South African government has an open source program. No sooner was it annouched but they went out and spend millions on M$ software for schools. Doesn't make a lot of sense to me when more than half of our teachers want to resign due to lack of pay (do I smell a kickback?).
I would really like to see sucha program last.
Agreed, but after downloading an episode, just create an EDL file to get rid of the commercials. The joys of MPlayer :D
PS3 controllers will probably be wireless, hence no controller ports.
It does look like a fake though, since putting a UMD drive in the PS3 would push the price up rather drastically, and you'd have to provide emulation for the PSP.
It looks very fake to me. (and ugly to boot)
The problem is that the people who actually decide whether P2P is illegal or not are totally ignorant to what it really is. All they know is that millions of people are using the technology to "steal" other peoples work.
We need to see more legal uses of P2P technology. Bit-torrent is a great system, but it's been abused. There are plenty of other possible uses for P2P apps (DNS servers that discover peers through P2P lookups; P2P Radio Stations; etc).
If we don't see some blatently legal, popular, and usefull P2P apps soon, the technology does risk being outlawed (which is not technically possible, but it's still legally possible (from what I know anyway)).
We have that in South Africa as well, and yet here we have laws that state that banking websites must work on all browsers (for disabled users).
Last time I checked Lord of the Rings didn't look a hell of a lot like The Matrix. The fact is that all (or at leaste most) games seem aiming at the same graphical look: lush outdoor nature scenery. I think it would be cool to see a little more thought put into whats in a gaming world.
Final Fantasy is comming to PSP. I'll buy a PSP just for that.
Movies: Yep, if Sony gets the rights to any movies you want. Anybody here heard of Columbia/Tristar/MGM??? Cause last I checked they were owned by Sony. That said, while UMD movies are a nice idea, I'd want to see an adapter to plug my PSP into my TV before I go out and buy loads of movies on UMD.