Nobody who knows what they're doing in both would claim Java is better than C#/.NET. I develop on both and working in Java frankly feels like I'm slumming in 2003. Java's main advantage is being cross platform, though there are domains where of course it might make more sense but if you're sitting down to develop an enterprise app.NET will be more productive and capable in almost every way.
I would assert (as would US Code) that "mass destruction" includes the use of a destructive device that kills or maims indiscriminately a large number of people.
Oooh, you better tell that to USC 2332a and USC 921. I'm sure they'd love to learn of your legal, uhh, trailblazing and invention!
The words don't mean what you seem to think they mean. So you then assume that any use other than your assumed definition must be wrong. I mean I get it, I just don't understand how you can persist in this thinking when corrected.
Shrug. I don't know why you insist on being so wrong and then drawing out this wrong-headed thought process so much.
Just because you are used to hearing WMD in the context of international drama doesn't mean that is the only definition. WMD has a separate definition as applied to the US criminal code, and that includes bombs.
They aren't making anything up, you just don't understand as much as you think you do.
This is exactly correct, I don't understand why people are so fucking retarded. It's simple - in terms of domestic criminal statutes a bomb is a WMD, in terms of international definitions it's not unless it's nuclear, chemical, or biological.
People are such pedantic dumbasses. The international definition of a WMD is _different_ from the domestic criminal code definition. Is that really so whacky and inscrutable?
To the DoD a WMD is a chemical, biological, or nuclear weapon. To the FBI, it's a bomb.
Javascript is a terrible language for back-end development. It's a terrible language for _front end_ development but it's all we've got. Microsoft tried something very cool with Silverlight (.NET in the client) but it crashed and burned. So why would one want to use Javascript when C# or Java (or other shitty but still better than javascript scripting languages people seem to be into, I guess) are available on the back-end?
Nah, Java is the next C. It'll always be around and it works fine, and even by modern standards isn't all that bad. I find C# to be far superior to Java, but Java's fine and if I had to get a job doing only Java I wouldn't be too upset.
Hardware is much more easily validated, and usually much less easily updated after the fact. And that is just the way it is. Anyone even basically familiar with both would know this.
Nuget is pretty cool. Not as mature as Maven and not build-focused, only dependency focused but it provides the same basic features when combined with MSBuild.
.NET has Enterprise Library/Unity and Spring.NET and various other choices..NET's collection library is fine IME, never thought "gee, wish this was better". Nuget is a worthy Maven-like tool for dependency management, and MSBuild is certainly powerful for build management. J2EE...a...plus?
The only advantage I see to Java is the million libraries (though.NET is getting much better in this space with Nuget), and of course portability.
I'd only willingly use Java if an employers was cheap, not a Windows shop, or had some other odd reason to force Java use. I do actually have to use Java at work for a UNIX CLI tool that talks to a Windows web service I won using Kerberos authentication. I like it fine but.NET/C# spoils me.
Yeah, I too develop with both for my job and the Java vs. C# is pretty much over - C# is better in most ways. It's a bit like the AMD vs. Intel wars. Intel won..in most ways. There are still some cases where Java is better, for example cross-platform support is obviously superior.
But feature-wise C# is a clear winner, and it's even getting much better in its traditional weak spot which is third-party open source library support. Nuget is a worthy analog of Maven. Frankly I feel like I'm slumming when I use Java these days.
This is the age of tokenism and they clearly set out to pick 4 women. A simple statistical analysis of their candidate pool will tell you it's highly unlikely that half of the _best_ candidates would be women.
Lol, yes. The next generation will be able to do that and with much more detail and higher quality textures. Let's also not neglect price. It's not really cool to compare a $1000 gaming PC with a $500 graphics card to a $399 or $499 console.
In addition, console game developers can usually get more out of the hardware. So yes PC hardware is ahead of console hardware in terms of performance, but way behind in price performance and it will be for a while.
In addition, the couch gaming appeal of a PC sucks balls.
Media center doesn't suck, you just don't know what you're talking about. Shrug. I use it for my DVR with a quad cablecard tuner and it works very well.
You're whining about Microsoft, despite Sony's _proven_ track record as regards consumer rights and DRM? Uhh, really?
This is all just the usual crap that people spew when something like this is announced. They did the same thing about TPM, HDMI, BluRay, etc... It's all hogwash. Balance will be achieved, when it comes down to it few of the supposedly onerous DRM requirements will bother people. In fact they will be a benefit to some. With some of the Xbox rules you can share games with friends without the disc - try that with games that only come on a disc.
You are being ridiculous. This is like complaining that Netflix requires a network connection. Neither vendor cares about your money, don't buy either console as it won't meet your needs.
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64 bit? Lolwut? The only time you'd have to worry about that is if you use unmanaged resources. Ever heard of JNI? Same thing.
Nobody who knows what they're doing in both would claim Java is better than C#/.NET. I develop on both and working in Java frankly feels like I'm slumming in 2003. Java's main advantage is being cross platform, though there are domains where of course it might make more sense but if you're sitting down to develop an enterprise app .NET will be more productive and capable in almost every way.
I would assert (as would US Code) that "mass destruction" includes the use of a destructive device that kills or maims indiscriminately a large number of people.
Oooh, you better tell that to USC 2332a and USC 921. I'm sure they'd love to learn of your legal, uhh, trailblazing and invention!
The words don't mean what you seem to think they mean. So you then assume that any use other than your assumed definition must be wrong. I mean I get it, I just don't understand how you can persist in this thinking when corrected.
Why, because you're used to hearing WMD in a different context? Total rubbish.
No. WMD means one thing when applied to Iraq, and another when applied to the US criminal codes. It's really simple.
Shrug. I don't know why you insist on being so wrong and then drawing out this wrong-headed thought process so much.
Just because you are used to hearing WMD in the context of international drama doesn't mean that is the only definition. WMD has a separate definition as applied to the US criminal code, and that includes bombs.
They aren't making anything up, you just don't understand as much as you think you do.
This is exactly correct, I don't understand why people are so fucking retarded. It's simple - in terms of domestic criminal statutes a bomb is a WMD, in terms of international definitions it's not unless it's nuclear, chemical, or biological.
People are such pedantic dumbasses. The international definition of a WMD is _different_ from the domestic criminal code definition. Is that really so whacky and inscrutable?
To the DoD a WMD is a chemical, biological, or nuclear weapon. To the FBI, it's a bomb.
Easy peasy.
Lolbullshit. It does not run around 2X the speed of native C/C++ code unless that native C/C++ code is shit.
Javascript is a terrible language for back-end development. It's a terrible language for _front end_ development but it's all we've got. Microsoft tried something very cool with Silverlight (.NET in the client) but it crashed and burned. So why would one want to use Javascript when C# or Java (or other shitty but still better than javascript scripting languages people seem to be into, I guess) are available on the back-end?
Nah, Java is the next C. It'll always be around and it works fine, and even by modern standards isn't all that bad. I find C# to be far superior to Java, but Java's fine and if I had to get a job doing only Java I wouldn't be too upset.
Hardware is much more easily validated, and usually much less easily updated after the fact. And that is just the way it is. Anyone even basically familiar with both would know this.
Lolwut? The private modifier is not a security feature, it's to enforce build-time encapsulation.
Nuget is pretty cool. Not as mature as Maven and not build-focused, only dependency focused but it provides the same basic features when combined with MSBuild.
.NET has Enterprise Library/Unity and Spring.NET and various other choices. .NET's collection library is fine IME, never thought "gee, wish this was better". Nuget is a worthy Maven-like tool for dependency management, and MSBuild is certainly powerful for build management. J2EE...a...plus?
The only advantage I see to Java is the million libraries (though .NET is getting much better in this space with Nuget), and of course portability.
I'd only willingly use Java if an employers was cheap, not a Windows shop, or had some other odd reason to force Java use. I do actually have to use Java at work for a UNIX CLI tool that talks to a Windows web service I won using Kerberos authentication. I like it fine but .NET/C# spoils me.
Yeah, I too develop with both for my job and the Java vs. C# is pretty much over - C# is better in most ways. It's a bit like the AMD vs. Intel wars. Intel won..in most ways. There are still some cases where Java is better, for example cross-platform support is obviously superior.
But feature-wise C# is a clear winner, and it's even getting much better in its traditional weak spot which is third-party open source library support. Nuget is a worthy analog of Maven. Frankly I feel like I'm slumming when I use Java these days.
Apples, meet Oranges.
This is the age of tokenism and they clearly set out to pick 4 women. A simple statistical analysis of their candidate pool will tell you it's highly unlikely that half of the _best_ candidates would be women.
Not really. Develop something cool and pretend to sell it, reference that (and more importantly show it to your interviewers and talk about it).
If you don't want to work for free, don't offer to do an unpaid internship. Complex problem solved!
Lol, yes. The next generation will be able to do that and with much more detail and higher quality textures. Let's also not neglect price. It's not really cool to compare a $1000 gaming PC with a $500 graphics card to a $399 or $499 console.
In addition, console game developers can usually get more out of the hardware. So yes PC hardware is ahead of console hardware in terms of performance, but way behind in price performance and it will be for a while.
In addition, the couch gaming appeal of a PC sucks balls.
No. You really didn't. Let's not exaggerate.
Media center doesn't suck, you just don't know what you're talking about. Shrug. I use it for my DVR with a quad cablecard tuner and it works very well.
You're whining about Microsoft, despite Sony's _proven_ track record as regards consumer rights and DRM? Uhh, really?
This is all just the usual crap that people spew when something like this is announced. They did the same thing about TPM, HDMI, BluRay, etc... It's all hogwash. Balance will be achieved, when it comes down to it few of the supposedly onerous DRM requirements will bother people. In fact they will be a benefit to some. With some of the Xbox rules you can share games with friends without the disc - try that with games that only come on a disc.
You are being ridiculous. This is like complaining that Netflix requires a network connection. Neither vendor cares about your money, don't buy either console as it won't meet your needs.