This is just another case of a journalist making sweeping generalizations in order to get people to read an article. It's obviously not true: I'm both a nerd (CompSci grad student) AND an athlete (competitive swimmer for my school's varsity team). On my swim team there are several others I'd call geeks/nerds. In my lab there are several others I consider athletes. Case in point.
My girlfriend made a model-size car that ran on biodiesel for her chemical engineering undergrad. The biodiesel was made from used cooking oil from the school cafeteria (it can apparently be made from almost any natural oils). I doubt it would pass emissions though... when the thing was running it smelled like a barbeque gone horribly wrong!
Calm down, people, this is only version 0.1! I wouldn't write it off for crashing or for being platform-limited just yet!
And as for the "no one wants to buy from those stores anyway" argument, competition provides us with some choices. Apple's iTunes might be great for you, but it's probably not for everybody. If these developers want to work on an alternative choice, I think that's great. If you don't like it, don't use it.
I disagree. The only reason I can justify buying an expensive Bordeaux or Burgundy is that I know I'll have several years of anticipation before I drink it. That's the whole point. That's what makes it fun... having a cellar full of slowly aging bottles.
I could potentially see this device being used to make slightly better cheap wines. That might be a worthwhile use. But I pray that no one will ever put a good Bordeaux, Chianti, Malbec, or any other such wine through it.
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I wholeheartedly agree. The biggest strengths of Java are its cross-platform compatibility, its garbage collection, and its multithreading support (since the introduction of version 1.5). It's also useful as a research platform for computer scientists/engineers, because it allows for full control over both software and the (virtual) machine that it's running on. You can't get that in any other production software environment.
Some people (including me, soon) are taking advantage of this flexibility to try to improve Java's speed: Sable Lab
Sure, but they make Office for Mac only for the purpose of ensuring that everyone uses their document formats and that MS Office is the standard office suite. They know perfectly well that the Linux community will fend for itself when it comes to the burden of compatibility. Case in point: OOo. Also keep in mind that MS Office for Mac has been around for a long time. Perhaps the Mac user market was a larger percentage of the total market back then?
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This is just another case of a journalist making sweeping generalizations in order to get people to read an article. It's obviously not true: I'm both a nerd (CompSci grad student) AND an athlete (competitive swimmer for my school's varsity team). On my swim team there are several others I'd call geeks/nerds. In my lab there are several others I consider athletes. Case in point.
My girlfriend made a model-size car that ran on biodiesel for her chemical engineering undergrad. The biodiesel was made from used cooking oil from the school cafeteria (it can apparently be made from almost any natural oils). I doubt it would pass emissions though... when the thing was running it smelled like a barbeque gone horribly wrong!
Calm down, people, this is only version 0.1! I wouldn't write it off for crashing or for being platform-limited just yet!
And as for the "no one wants to buy from those stores anyway" argument, competition provides us with some choices. Apple's iTunes might be great for you, but it's probably not for everybody. If these developers want to work on an alternative choice, I think that's great. If you don't like it, don't use it.
I disagree. The only reason I can justify buying an expensive Bordeaux or Burgundy is that I know I'll have several years of anticipation before I drink it. That's the whole point. That's what makes it fun... having a cellar full of slowly aging bottles. I could potentially see this device being used to make slightly better cheap wines. That might be a worthwhile use. But I pray that no one will ever put a good Bordeaux, Chianti, Malbec, or any other such wine through it.
I wholeheartedly agree. The biggest strengths of Java are its cross-platform compatibility, its garbage collection, and its multithreading support (since the introduction of version 1.5). It's also useful as a research platform for computer scientists/engineers, because it allows for full control over both software and the (virtual) machine that it's running on. You can't get that in any other production software environment.
Some people (including me, soon) are taking advantage of this flexibility to try to improve Java's speed: Sable Lab
"...it is impossible to predict how a singularity will affect objects in its causal future." - NCSA Cyberia Glossary
Sounds like a Microsoft operating system alright...
It was bad enough when they started putting IE inside Outlook windows. Now they've managed to put Outlook inside IE. Fantastic...
Sure, but they make Office for Mac only for the purpose of ensuring that everyone uses their document formats and that MS Office is the standard office suite. They know perfectly well that the Linux community will fend for itself when it comes to the burden of compatibility. Case in point: OOo. Also keep in mind that MS Office for Mac has been around for a long time. Perhaps the Mac user market was a larger percentage of the total market back then?