Or maybe it doesn't. New != better. I think the article goes into that pretty well. New just means, well, new.
What the world needs is something better. Problem is, most of the world is slow, and hasn't quite realized that yet. The ones who are not slow are the ones running the show, the very same ones who are on a power-grabbing binge before the rest of the world catches up.
It's not merely that Java represents a bigger risk. The reward is fairly insignificant as well.
If you disabled Flash, you'd have trouble with all sorts of sites, especially those that play video. If you disabled Java, you'd have trouble doing, well, nothing, because no respectable site has applets running straight off their pages anymore.
Java is a really shitty client language. It works, but it's not going to offer a good user experience. Which is why outside of the enterprise or software development environment, nobody really uses it. And I'm talking about applications. On the browser, they lost to Flash ten, fifteen years ago.
At this point, I don't even know why the installer tries to hook onto every browser on the machine. Sure, everybody should have a JRE installed, because there is the occasional niche program that will need it. But a normal user is tons more likely to run a full-fledged Java application than an applet.
Giving it to some aerospace contractor wasn't really to make the development faster or cheaper. It's all just a kickback to the guys who donated a ton of money to some particular politicans' campaigns.
The difference between a project done by government employees and a project done by a private contractor is that the former isn't in it for the money. And usually, that means they're doing it for pride. Pride is more productive than any amount of money.
More than likely, a core group of competent decision-making employees related to Java left Sun when they got bought out. It's like all the adults leaving, resulting in the teenagers taking charge of the kids.
I tend to find that meetings are less useful than e-mail threads for communication. Meetings are most useful to disseminate information as its primary purpose. It's not useful for being productive. In fact, the bigger the meeting, the less useful it is for this purpose, with the most productive meetings being one-on-ones.
Limiting large meetings to informational sessions with limited presenters would serve many, many large companies well.
In other places, people change their behavior to proactively protect themselves from harm.
In the U.S., people expect they will not come to harm. Period. Full stop. And people wonder why everyone else in the world find Americans arrogant.
So to take your example, in many dangerous places all over the world, women won't walk around at night. In the U.S., women will do so and completely expect to be safe while doing so. While they technically have the right to walk around unaccosted irrespective of where and when, I don't think criminals are very interested in technicalities.
#15 More pornography is created in the United States than anywhere else on the entire globe. Eighty nine percent is made in the U.S.A. and only 11 percent is made in the rest of the world.
You can even argue that desegregation is one of the causes of a sport to gain popularity, and the greater the diversity, the greater the popularity. Sports like golf and tennis have certainly gained in popularity as the number of non-white superstars increased.
Unfortunately, hockey is a cold weather sport, so that will always be dominated by whites.
Drowning is the most peaceful way to die. That having been said, you're least likely to drown if you swim competitively. Drowning usually happens to the people who don't know how to swim or are weak swimmers.
Additionally, competitive swimming is a non-contact sport. It's more of an exercise than a sport, like gymnastics or track.
I don't disagree with your sentiments about soccer though.
Very few civilians in China know a martial art. The communists outlawed kung fu for years, and they heavily promote the non-violent sport version these days. Most people who claim to practice kung fu practice the sport version, or some variation thereof. The rare (relatively) person who does know a martial art probably won't go around indiscriminately killing people.
"C" happened before, and is most likely to happen in any scenario involving internal armed conflict. It's called civil war. A lot of people die. Period.
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Forget the bouncy ball, all I need are my hands.
This world really needs something *new*
Or maybe it doesn't. New != better. I think the article goes into that pretty well. New just means, well, new.
What the world needs is something better. Problem is, most of the world is slow, and hasn't quite realized that yet. The ones who are not slow are the ones running the show, the very same ones who are on a power-grabbing binge before the rest of the world catches up.
No, they allowed the DOJ install wiretaps on their boxes, so they call in a favor and get a pass.
On the other hand, Joseph Nacchio, who did not allow the Feds to act with impunity, got convicted of insider trading.
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.
It's not merely that Java represents a bigger risk. The reward is fairly insignificant as well.
If you disabled Flash, you'd have trouble with all sorts of sites, especially those that play video. If you disabled Java, you'd have trouble doing, well, nothing, because no respectable site has applets running straight off their pages anymore.
the US has not gone after Assange (not yet, anyway).
Not officially, and not in so many words ("No comment" is only two words). But we all know who's pulling the strings behind that fiasco.
Java is a really shitty client language. It works, but it's not going to offer a good user experience. Which is why outside of the enterprise or software development environment, nobody really uses it. And I'm talking about applications. On the browser, they lost to Flash ten, fifteen years ago.
At this point, I don't even know why the installer tries to hook onto every browser on the machine. Sure, everybody should have a JRE installed, because there is the occasional niche program that will need it. But a normal user is tons more likely to run a full-fledged Java application than an applet.
Giving it to some aerospace contractor wasn't really to make the development faster or cheaper. It's all just a kickback to the guys who donated a ton of money to some particular politicans' campaigns.
The difference between a project done by government employees and a project done by a private contractor is that the former isn't in it for the money. And usually, that means they're doing it for pride. Pride is more productive than any amount of money.
It'll cost another $100 to not have it sent straight to his spam folder.
It's a hedge against the U.S. dollar, what, with four more years of Obama printing money like it's made of paper.
More than likely, a core group of competent decision-making employees related to Java left Sun when they got bought out. It's like all the adults leaving, resulting in the teenagers taking charge of the kids.
Unfortunately, those managers tend to be paid the most as well. A puffed-up ego tends to accompany idiocy.
It'd be better demote them to a janitor or something, but then that's unionized.
The correct response to "someone is always too verbose" is for them to corrected by that person until they stop.
How to be a dick at work.
That's the failing of Scrum. It doesn't take into account that the actors doing work are people (and oftimes idiots at that).
I tend to find that meetings are less useful than e-mail threads for communication. Meetings are most useful to disseminate information as its primary purpose. It's not useful for being productive. In fact, the bigger the meeting, the less useful it is for this purpose, with the most productive meetings being one-on-ones.
Limiting large meetings to informational sessions with limited presenters would serve many, many large companies well.
People like Sergey Brin are working on putting IC's into the human body, but this is the real future of melding man and machine.
How long before we as a race are more machine than man?
Don't forget: 32,885 vehicle-related deaths (2010).
Additionally, maybe Americans use corn as their sweetener (among many, many other things), while the rest of the world uses cane.
The first step to fighting obesity is to move away from consuming corn. The second is to move away from the suburbs.
In other places, people change their behavior to proactively protect themselves from harm.
In the U.S., people expect they will not come to harm. Period. Full stop. And people wonder why everyone else in the world find Americans arrogant.
So to take your example, in many dangerous places all over the world, women won't walk around at night. In the U.S., women will do so and completely expect to be safe while doing so. While they technically have the right to walk around unaccosted irrespective of where and when, I don't think criminals are very interested in technicalities.
#15 More pornography is created in the United States than anywhere else on the entire globe. Eighty nine percent is made in the U.S.A. and only 11 percent is made in the rest of the world.
And what a sweet, sweet 11 percent it is.
I see you find getting moisturizing hand lotion results when searching "STD homeopathic remedies" real helpful.
You can even argue that desegregation is one of the causes of a sport to gain popularity, and the greater the diversity, the greater the popularity. Sports like golf and tennis have certainly gained in popularity as the number of non-white superstars increased.
Unfortunately, hockey is a cold weather sport, so that will always be dominated by whites.
Drowning is the most peaceful way to die. That having been said, you're least likely to drown if you swim competitively. Drowning usually happens to the people who don't know how to swim or are weak swimmers.
Additionally, competitive swimming is a non-contact sport. It's more of an exercise than a sport, like gymnastics or track.
I don't disagree with your sentiments about soccer though.
Peter Williams just gained weight.
Nothing to see here. Move along.
Very few civilians in China know a martial art. The communists outlawed kung fu for years, and they heavily promote the non-violent sport version these days. Most people who claim to practice kung fu practice the sport version, or some variation thereof. The rare (relatively) person who does know a martial art probably won't go around indiscriminately killing people.
I noticed you said zap. The weapon you're thinking of applies especially to law enforcement.
"C" happened before, and is most likely to happen in any scenario involving internal armed conflict. It's called civil war. A lot of people die. Period.