I'd feel fine about it as long as the small private company signed a contract guaranteeing that the information they have about me would only be used for very specific purposes, never disclosed to third parties and that they would post a bond for compensation should any such disclosure, deliberate or inadvertent, ever occur.
There are three G's that explain why a contract is not good enough for me:
Gates
the Government
the disGruntled
1. Bill Gates (or some other IT warlord) will eventually attempt to access your biometric info in an effort to "assist" you and organize your "identification profile".
2. I'm sure that governments are chomping at the bit to access these types of data stores in the name of "security". A contract won't protect against a search warrant!
3. The disgruntled employee who downloads everyone's biometric data to his USB dongle on his last day of work and posts them to a web site (and yes, that information can be used by bad guys).
There are plenty of pros and cons to the JCP (Java Community Process). Being "slow" is definitely one of the cons. The reality is that Java (nor any other language) is going to be everything to everyone.
As a web and enterprise app developer, I have no other viable options (and I'm including.NET). However, if you're doing socket programming to get legacy apps to communicate in real-time, then Java MAY not be for you.
Java is still one of the few languages that has added nothing new to the body of computer science and language design.
I'd have to disagree. "Java" is MUCH more than its core language syntax. It's also a framework which supports a compendium of practical APIs. When Ada is able to permeate the mobile, embedded, distributed, web, and enterprise app domains, we can continue this discussion!
Java was born (and continues to develop) with the benefits of the "lessons learned" from its forefathers (C, C++, Tcl!). Assertions were deemed a good thing from the C++ crowd, and -- VOILA! -- now assertions are now a part of the Java language.
Don't fight evolution. Resistance is futile. Put the pointer down -- nice and easy like.
Seems like everyone's walking around with $0.98 in their pockets...there's a need for my $0.02.
With the exception of those with well-heeled parents, every student should go for the school that offers the max reputation, name recognition, and quality program.
Why? Simply because the admission standards used by each school inadvertently act as a "student quality filter". Industry can use this barometer in this manner -- "if Little Johnny got in to Harvard, then SURELY he is a high quality candidate!"
I'm definitely leaning towards the Pavlovian conditioning -- worked for mine.
Just get the little one to mentally associate 'computers' with 'Heffalumps'...
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I'd feel fine about it as long as the small private company signed a contract guaranteeing that the information they have about me would only be used for very specific purposes, never disclosed to third parties and that they would post a bond for compensation should any such disclosure, deliberate or inadvertent, ever occur.
There are three G's that explain why a contract is not good enough for me:
1. Bill Gates (or some other IT warlord) will eventually attempt to access your biometric info in an effort to "assist" you and organize your "identification profile".
2. I'm sure that governments are chomping at the bit to access these types of data stores in the name of "security". A contract won't protect against a search warrant!
3. The disgruntled employee who downloads everyone's biometric data to his USB dongle on his last day of work and posts them to a web site (and yes, that information can be used by bad guys).
There are plenty of pros and cons to the JCP (Java Community Process). Being "slow" is definitely one of the cons. The reality is that Java (nor any other language) is going to be everything to everyone.
As a web and enterprise app developer, I have no other viable options (and I'm including .NET). However, if you're doing socket programming to get legacy apps to communicate in real-time, then Java MAY not be for you.
Java is still one of the few languages that has added nothing new to the body of computer science and language design.
I'd have to disagree. "Java" is MUCH more than its core language syntax. It's also a framework which supports a compendium of practical APIs. When Ada is able to permeate the mobile, embedded, distributed, web, and enterprise app domains, we can continue this discussion!
Java was born (and continues to develop) with the benefits of the "lessons learned" from its forefathers (C, C++, Tcl!). Assertions were deemed a good thing from the C++ crowd, and -- VOILA! -- now assertions are now a part of the Java language.
Don't fight evolution. Resistance is futile. Put the pointer down -- nice and easy like.
Mr. Java Zealot
Seems like everyone's walking around with $0.98 in their pockets...there's a need for my $0.02.
With the exception of those with well-heeled parents, every student should go for the school that offers the max reputation, name recognition, and quality program.
Why? Simply because the admission standards used by each school inadvertently act as a "student quality filter". Industry can use this barometer in this manner -- "if Little Johnny got in to Harvard, then SURELY he is a high quality candidate!"
I'm definitely leaning towards the Pavlovian conditioning -- worked for mine. Just get the little one to mentally associate 'computers' with 'Heffalumps'...