So why would it be Microsoft's fault if there is a potential vulnerability in an arbitrary software product delivered by RSS?
Sorry if I was obtuse, but I meant to say that they will probably choose to "fix" it, but in such a way that they "extend" it as a MSFT software patent and thus "own" it.
let's not be obtuse - we know there are vulnerabilities, MSFT just doesn't want to fix them in a way that won't let them steal the underlying patents from the public and others.
I seem to recall that once upon a time they passed laws that made it illegal to sell something below cost to steal market share from competitors. It was called "predatory pricing". While Sony's probably staying within the loophole of the law, the principle's the same. And of course the US DoJ doesn't even enforce the law when it's blatantly predatory (e.g. IE taking over the browser market).
That was back when capitalists were in the White House. They're all gone.
Most people know that the xBox would lose MSFT money - they had to sell at least 10 games to recoup their loss on each sale. I bought one to play Fable on - and bought Lego Star Wars - and now I'll let my son get free used xBox games from his friends and watch all that MSFT money flow down the drain.
So if Playstation loses almost $100 per console for the PS3, and Nintendo has always made money on their consoles - who is really the winner?
I don't know, but I'm not buying the xBox 360 - I'll be buying either the Nintendo SuperHamsterCage - or whatever it's called - or the Sony PS3.
It's the games. xBox has virtually nothing to play on it that I like.
In the end, will it really matter that the new Cpus are only twice as powerful as the old ones? Just how much power does it need? Won't the quality of the games be more important to the sucess of the console than how much "processing juice" they drink?
And that is why Nintendo must be laughing right now.
FUSION IS NOT FISSION. A FUSION REACTOR CANNOT GO BOOM EVEN IN THEORY.
Very good point.
I should point out, based on research I did for a TV show on alternative energy back in British Columbia, that the actual shell does become radioactive and has to be disposed of, and some of the particles/waves will create radioactive emissions - but in very low quantities, similar to those found in the process of mining, extracting, processing, and using coal.
Compared to fission, it's incredibly less radioactive in terms of wastes - and near impact.
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someone else mentioned that - sorry, I don't read in detail every single email I get, or grok the implications of.
Care to count how many digits my account has? And mind you, this is my second account, I lost the first one.
Mine is half yours.
That's ok, I remember 110 baud modems too.
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ah, so it's really from March to June that it's picked up steam - that explains a lot.
I've been reading a lot of Biology, Biochem, Protein, and Bioinformatics texts during that time, as well as advanced Perl.
I already get Sys-Con's Java mags at home and via email - but have been bogged down learning other skill sets - e.g. Biochem/etc - so that's a useful answer.
However, since then I've moved to JEdit. It's free (libre), the base install is simple, and it's integrated plugin manager allows almost IDE functionality. I figured I'd recommend it since you've never heard of eclipse. And not to start a flame war, but IMHO it's the best pure-GUI programmer's text editor out there.
I know a few people who like JEdit too. We do a lot of Perl - more than Java - but I'll keep it in mind.
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So what the heck is an IDE? you give this explination but don't explain these advanced terms.
On that what is Java? "It's written in java?" does that have something to do with coffee?
Geesh, Arson, give me a break.
IDE is Integrated Development Environment.
Java is a platform-independent programming language using object-oriented class structures to encapsulate and provide security for various uses.
Newb is what I used to call people that flamed others who ask a simple question because the submitter didn't bother having more than one link or even a faq link or brief explanation - but then I grew up and stopped the flamewars.
thanks for the explanation. After I found another developer who had heard of it - just barely - but couldn't remember what it did - your explanation that Eclipse is a Free, Open Source, Integrated Development Environment (IDE) which allows plug-ins to extend it's usefullness and is written in Java with SWT for multi-OS usage - well, it's very helpful.
Much thanks. It just popped up on top of/. and I went... um... what IS this...
After all, my Perl script was running in background updating the database anyway.
For those of us not in the know and who might possibly be interested in this application, would it be possible from now on for submitters to include a brief description of what the program actually does, and maybe what OSes you can use it on? I think this is fair considering anytime I want to R the FA it's already been pounded into glue by the slashdot hordes.
I tried asking a question like that and people started calling me names.
Glad I'm not the only person - I just checked with two other developers here in the research labs - both have PhD's - and one said "oh, yeah, I think I heard of a group over in Wisconsin that used it and then ditched it".
So you're not alone in asking this - what to me appears to be - reasonable question.
I'd also like it if people would - even if it's obvious to them - post such useful information as the fact that - so I have found out eventually - Eclipse is apparently a FREE and OPEN SOURCE program.
Sometimes people go on vacation. Sometimes they wait until it's bug free. Sometimes they see a feature list and don't see a reason to move yet.
But if a submitter knew that it was a Free, Open Source, multi-OS IDE and toolkit that did X, Y, and Z - they might check it out.
Which is the point of posting it on Dev, if you ask me.
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If you are a Java developer and you haven't heard of eclipse, download it. It's the open-source IDE originally from IBM. It seems to be the IDE with the most traction in the Java world. IIRC, even Borland and BEA have decided the next versions of their respective IDEs (JBuilder and Workspace) will be simple plugins to Eclipse.
dated June 21, 2005 - the press releases above.
So, you presume I'd know about it when it's still June. I get a lot of press releases for cruft that isn't very useful each and every day.
As someone said, they couldn't even get the 3.1 release to compile. Maybe I'll wait for 3.2...
But it puzzles me that in the main post not a single person mentioned that it's:
A. FREE
B. Open Source
C. A better description of what it does.
I see a lot of PR spin on/. for non-open-source and non-free cruft that I'm just a bit cynical about things.
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for all I know I heard of problems with Eclipse and derezzed it from my RAM.
I tend to work on the middle tier and with genomics databases - and my toolsets are partially constrained by the other things I need to get my job done. Heck, I don't even know Parrot and I use Perl every day - a lot.
Again, if you need to post something on Dev, consider the audience and don't just have one link.
It's like a table - if it only has one entry in it, it's kind of useless.
and use bright colors for the warning/alert boxes.
[grin]
Actually, first make sure you have device drivers for all the devices that deaf and blind users tend to use - and rethink how you interact with them.
Consider that they may have different levels of use - they may use magnifying lenses to read their screens [common], they may have large input pads or special mouse devices, they may use throat/chin/head input devices.
Each person is different so you need to adjust to all the probable combinations. Some won't be able to hear a beep - or even see a pop up box not in their limited [if any] field of vision - so maybe a flash is better than a beep or a screen color shift or a vibration device.
And make it adaptable for the telepathic upgrade when it comes out.
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So why would it be Microsoft's fault if there is a potential vulnerability in an arbitrary software product delivered by RSS?
Sorry if I was obtuse, but I meant to say that they will probably choose to "fix" it, but in such a way that they "extend" it as a MSFT software patent and thus "own" it.
History shows us this tends to happen.
[caveat - I own MSFT shares]
let's not be obtuse - we know there are vulnerabilities, MSFT just doesn't want to fix them in a way that won't let them steal the underlying patents from the public and others.
[caveat - I own MSFT stock]
that's not too expensive ...
and I just thought I was searching wrong.
Figures.
I seem to recall that once upon a time they passed laws that made it illegal to sell something below cost to steal market share from competitors. It was called "predatory pricing". While Sony's probably staying within the loophole of the law, the principle's the same. And of course the US DoJ doesn't even enforce the law when it's blatantly predatory (e.g. IE taking over the browser market).
That was back when capitalists were in the White House. They're all gone.
Most people know that the xBox would lose MSFT money - they had to sell at least 10 games to recoup their loss on each sale. I bought one to play Fable on - and bought Lego Star Wars - and now I'll let my son get free used xBox games from his friends and watch all that MSFT money flow down the drain.
So if Playstation loses almost $100 per console for the PS3, and Nintendo has always made money on their consoles - who is really the winner?
I don't know, but I'm not buying the xBox 360 - I'll be buying either the Nintendo SuperHamsterCage - or whatever it's called - or the Sony PS3.
It's the games. xBox has virtually nothing to play on it that I like.
Geez, if they really want to coax developers, they should target the sub-$2,000 developers, though, I'm no marketing genius...
Sadly, you're right.
I could even see somethin around $2500 price mark, but this is a tad too high.
oh.
...
wait.
um, $3400?
oh well
Sure, right now, 512mb sounds great... But then 64mb sounded good five years ago too.
Have to agree with that point - nowadays, even the cheap PCs come with 512MB.
In the end, will it really matter that the new Cpus are only twice as powerful as the old ones? Just how much power does it need? Won't the quality of the games be more important to the sucess of the console than how much "processing juice" they drink?
And that is why Nintendo must be laughing right now.
Most gamers do NOT only play on consoles! The PC game market is more alive and well than at any other time in the history of gaming.
the market hears your frustration and cares nothing - reality says that the money flows have decided otherwise.
We can discuss purity of gaming and if PC is better than console, but it's pretty pointless.
win.
And truer words were never spoken.
[caveat - I own MSFT, RHAT, and SONY shares]
because the Force is with them.
Sun only supports linux because it is forced too. Sun developing for linux is ultimately counterproductive to its own long term future.
From a business viewpoint, you're probably right, if they want to keep selling what they're selling.
On the other hand, sometimes you have to transform the firm - just ask Groves about Intel changing from making memory to making CPUs.
FUSION IS NOT FISSION. A FUSION REACTOR CANNOT GO BOOM EVEN IN THEORY.
Very good point.
I should point out, based on research I did for a TV show on alternative energy back in British Columbia, that the actual shell does become radioactive and has to be disposed of, and some of the particles/waves will create radioactive emissions - but in very low quantities, similar to those found in the process of mining, extracting, processing, and using coal.
Compared to fission, it's incredibly less radioactive in terms of wastes - and near impact.
someone else mentioned that - sorry, I don't read in detail every single email I get, or grok the implications of.
but thanks for mentioning it.
Care to count how many digits my account has? And mind you, this is my second account, I lost the first one.
Mine is half yours.
That's ok, I remember 110 baud modems too.
ah, so it's really from March to June that it's picked up steam - that explains a lot.
I've been reading a lot of Biology, Biochem, Protein, and Bioinformatics texts during that time, as well as advanced Perl.
I already get Sys-Con's Java mags at home and via email - but have been bogged down learning other skill sets - e.g. Biochem/etc - so that's a useful answer.
However, since then I've moved to JEdit. It's free (libre), the base install is simple, and it's integrated plugin manager allows almost IDE functionality. I figured I'd recommend it since you've never heard of eclipse. And not to start a flame war, but IMHO it's the best pure-GUI programmer's text editor out there.
I know a few people who like JEdit too. We do a lot of Perl - more than Java - but I'll keep it in mind.
So what the heck is an IDE? you give this explination but don't explain these advanced terms.
On that what is Java? "It's written in java?" does that have something to do with coffee?
Geesh, Arson, give me a break.
IDE is Integrated Development Environment.
Java is a platform-independent programming language using object-oriented class structures to encapsulate and provide security for various uses.
Newb is what I used to call people that flamed others who ask a simple question because the submitter didn't bother having more than one link or even a faq link or brief explanation - but then I grew up and stopped the flamewars.
thanks for the explanation. After I found another developer who had heard of it - just barely - but couldn't remember what it did - your explanation that Eclipse is a Free, Open Source, Integrated Development Environment (IDE) which allows plug-ins to extend it's usefullness and is written in Java with SWT for multi-OS usage - well, it's very helpful.
/. and I went ... um ... what IS this ...
Much thanks. It just popped up on top of
After all, my Perl script was running in background updating the database anyway.
It is for Devs, as you say. If you don't know what it is, we don't know you, you don't belong...
/. accounts - one has a user id with four digits.
Hey, I've got four
Geesh, just like high school. I thought we gave up on that back sometime after I got my third degree.
For those of us not in the know and who might possibly be interested in this application, would it be possible from now on for submitters to include a brief description of what the program actually does, and maybe what OSes you can use it on? I think this is fair considering anytime I want to R the FA it's already been pounded into glue by the slashdot hordes.
I tried asking a question like that and people started calling me names.
Glad I'm not the only person - I just checked with two other developers here in the research labs - both have PhD's - and one said "oh, yeah, I think I heard of a group over in Wisconsin that used it and then ditched it".
So you're not alone in asking this - what to me appears to be - reasonable question.
I'd also like it if people would - even if it's obvious to them - post such useful information as the fact that - so I have found out eventually - Eclipse is apparently a FREE and OPEN SOURCE program.
Sometimes people go on vacation. Sometimes they wait until it's bug free. Sometimes they see a feature list and don't see a reason to move yet.
But if a submitter knew that it was a Free, Open Source, multi-OS IDE and toolkit that did X, Y, and Z - they might check it out.
Which is the point of posting it on Dev, if you ask me.
If you are a Java developer and you haven't heard of eclipse, download it. It's the open-source IDE originally from IBM. It seems to be the IDE with the most traction in the Java world. IIRC, even Borland and BEA have decided the next versions of their respective IDEs (JBuilder and Workspace) will be simple plugins to Eclipse.
...
/. for non-open-source and non-free cruft that I'm just a bit cynical about things.
dated June 21, 2005 - the press releases above.
So, you presume I'd know about it when it's still June. I get a lot of press releases for cruft that isn't very useful each and every day.
As someone said, they couldn't even get the 3.1 release to compile. Maybe I'll wait for 3.2
But it puzzles me that in the main post not a single person mentioned that it's:
A. FREE
B. Open Source
C. A better description of what it does.
I see a lot of PR spin on
for all I know I heard of problems with Eclipse and derezzed it from my RAM.
I tend to work on the middle tier and with genomics databases - and my toolsets are partially constrained by the other things I need to get my job done. Heck, I don't even know Parrot and I use Perl every day - a lot.
Again, if you need to post something on Dev, consider the audience and don't just have one link.
It's like a table - if it only has one entry in it, it's kind of useless.
and use bright colors for the warning/alert boxes.
[grin]
Actually, first make sure you have device drivers for all the devices that deaf and blind users tend to use - and rethink how you interact with them.
Consider that they may have different levels of use - they may use magnifying lenses to read their screens [common], they may have large input pads or special mouse devices, they may use throat/chin/head input devices.
Each person is different so you need to adjust to all the probable combinations. Some won't be able to hear a beep - or even see a pop up box not in their limited [if any] field of vision - so maybe a flash is better than a beep or a screen color shift or a vibration device.
And make it adaptable for the telepathic upgrade when it comes out.