Yes the mods don't care. But honestly, can anyone explain me how the "Advanced features like drag 'n drop, dropdown menus and faster performance capabilities" of AJAX are better than the ones of the first Macintosh? (except for the colors, of course). Webapps are twenty years late.
Advanced features like drag 'n drop, dropdown menus and faster performance capabilities
A very nice offer. Really. Something fresh and new: DnD and Menus. 1984?
a significant leap
21 years back. Honestly I don't like it, AJAX is not good for the users, not good for the developpers. All of that could be replaced by Java or any similar tech. With much better results. Let's switch to the Web 3.0 directly.
I imagine you'd have a very different view if you saw religion as being an important part of one's culture
My opinion is of no importance. I just stated the "official" position, as much as I understand it.
In a free society, one doesn't surrender his/her culture when using public resources.
A school is not a public resource, in the sense you can't go there if you're not a pupil or a teacher. Anyway, what about UK where you must dress the official costume of the school? And FYI, this law was much more opposed by christians one hundred years ago than by muslims today. In the french republic, Liberty is one part, Equality and Fraterny are the others and they are as important as the first one.
Then what do you call forbidding Muslim school girls from wearing traditional head scarves in school?
Laicity. You can not wear religious signs at school and that applies to every one. You can not come with a cross, you can not keep your kipa,... No exception. This is not about culture, this is about religion at public schools. And this is not targeted to the muslims but it applies to every one. This is the law and it is a very old one.
Give me a call when the U.S. has 10% unemployment
The employment rate is lower in the US but the poverty is much more common. is actively working to irradicate all elements of foreign culture.
This sentence is crazy and totaly out of place.
Good post but:
anti semitism in France comes overwhelmingly from this arabic population
Anti-semitism is a long "tradition" in France, especialy between 1850 and 1950. Addtionaly, if this population plays a role, it has certainly not the main one.
Many of those rioters are simply criminals
Depends what you call a criminal. Some are certainly thieves and drug dealers. And depends what you call "many"? 3%?
BTW, I agree with your points 3, 4, 5 and 6.
Well, speaking as somebody that has actually BEEN THERE, I can tell you it is totally a Muslim event!
When? Where? How long?
There is no religion involded.
There are dozens of different nationalities involved
Wrong. They are french. And most of them don't have another nationality.
but the common denominator is they are Muslims.
Yes some of them are muslims. And what? The police men are 90% christians (were baptized). And what?
My comment may be considered flamebait here
You're right for this point
it is the reality of Muslim immigrants all across Europe
There is hardly any immigrant involved in these riots. Most of the rioters are french. Born in France. Educated in France.
The do not wish to blend in and they are intolerant of other religions, not just the Jews.
Totaly wrong. Would be too long to explain.
Perhaps you should familiarize yourself with current evets before your next comment.
Instead of familiarizing with events, you should meet people.
I don't want to say there is no problem. Because there is. But it is not a matter of religion. This is a social problem (unemployment, future, integration,...). Give the youngs some fun, give the older a job and there would be no riot.
Honestly, just because the patent (under what terms exactly?) is available at no cost doesn't make it good. There is a lot of reasons to dislike software patents: price is one of them but not the only one. Additionaly, what about the completely broken USPTO? the lack of research for prior art? tre triviality? What about the complexity of the patent itself? How will you know what is exactly covered?
As an analogy: think Freeware vs Free Software.
I remember the craze. I got one cube, my brother too, my friends too, almost every pupil had one. I never could do more than two lines but some could in 1'30. There was different types, the official and some imitations of quite bad quality. There was also similar games (cylinders,...). Fun to see the competition continues.
But there isn't. I'm aware of JRuby and Jython (I don't know a java-based Perl impl.). AFAIR, JRuby and Jython provide the core of their respective languages. For example, there is no GUI or they use Swing. Same for database access,... Most of jython programs won't run on CPython and vice-versa. That may change in the future.
No let's do the reverse: since there is a Java implementation in Perl (well Parrot), Java is at least as portable as Perl:)
Guess they weren't ready for serious drawing (aka bande dessinee franco-belge but not only). I don't like too much mangas, at least those I read. But I probably didn't read the good ones.
Plus, far fewer platforms have a working JRE than a working C or C++ compiler or Perl or Ruby interpreter.
It is true for C, probably true for C++. But not for Perl and Ruby. Check out all the free JVMs and all the embedded JVMs. There is more than one hundred. I never see Perl or Ruby on a mobile phone or on a credit card. IIRW, Python has been ported on a mobile phone but that's all.
Sun makes the Java install process on FreeBSD so complex that I've given up. Therefore any Java program instantly cannot run on my computers.
Right (and it is a shame). However, once installed, it is reported to run well (I haven't try myself). OTOH, Kaffe is avaliable everywhere. Depending on your program, it can be an option.
Java is mostly used for long running server processes
I disagree. There is plenty of client-side apps. And the rumour says 30% of the Java Developpers do client-side stuff. The JIT is fast enough for GUIs. The startup time is still a problem. Partialy solved by JDistro or a native compiler (GCJ, Jet).
That depends on your country. In France, it is legal to download it, even if you don't have it. But it is not legal to upload. Anyway, in you case, since you have the CD, just use an extractor/encoder. The process will be faster and the result better. You will have the quality you need, you will be able to get the right tags from FreeCDDB and/or Brainz, and the whole process will take just a few minutes.
Most of the code portability issues are solved in Java. By using Java, your code will run 90% of the boxes. Of course, Java is not perfect. And even if the portability is good, it is not perfect: there was some minor bugs when our sowftare was runned on OSX. However, it was extremely easy to fix it. Also Java is some way limited so doesn't fit the bill for some applications. OTOH, Classpath.org is going well and there is plenty of good free JVMs. Almost for any box. If you take the limitations in consideration, you can write code that will run on 99% of the boxes. You could do the same in C but it would be painful and much more limited (no GUI, no DB,...). Also, most issues with L10N and I18N are already solved with Java.
Thanks to the US governement, we have now world-wide terrorism.
Terrorism that is biting France right now, in flames.
There is no terrorism in France. Get informed. There is small riots. Remember the big riots in L.A.? Did you call them terrorism?
Some think that France will fall soon.
The government may fall. I don't think but it may happen. That's all.
There are satellite pictures showing truck traffic from the WMD sites to Syria just before the war.
Ok, so you think the WMD are in Syria. If they would exist, every one would know what they are and where they are. Do you really think Syria could hide them for long? Additonaly, if the WMD are not in Irak, why to invade this country? This is really a pity but the USA is the only country that started war in the 21st century (so far). No excuse.
it's all up to the owner on how they want to license it, but in many ways it kills the spirit of OSS that I enjoy to begin with.
Sorry, this is what OSS is all about. Share the developping cost. The spirit you're talking can be found in the Free Software. IBM wanted from the very beginning that companies come with their proprietary plugins. They share (a small part of) the cost but they control (more or less) the platform.
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Yes the mods don't care. But honestly, can anyone explain me how the "Advanced features like drag 'n drop, dropdown menus and faster performance capabilities" of AJAX are better than the ones of the first Macintosh? (except for the colors, of course). Webapps are twenty years late.
AJAX is so 2005, we should use new technologies.
Advanced features like drag 'n drop, dropdown menus and faster performance capabilities
A very nice offer. Really. Something fresh and new: DnD and Menus. 1984?
a significant leap
21 years back. Honestly I don't like it, AJAX is not good for the users, not good for the developpers. All of that could be replaced by Java or any similar tech. With much better results. Let's switch to the Web 3.0 directly.
Funny (3/5)
You're sort of making my point for me...
Not at all
I imagine you'd have a very different view if you saw religion as being an important part of one's culture
My opinion is of no importance. I just stated the "official" position, as much as I understand it.
In a free society, one doesn't surrender his/her culture when using public resources.
A school is not a public resource, in the sense you can't go there if you're not a pupil or a teacher. Anyway, what about UK where you must dress the official costume of the school? And FYI, this law was much more opposed by christians one hundred years ago than by muslims today. In the french republic, Liberty is one part, Equality and Fraterny are the others and they are as important as the first one.
unzip mydocument.sxw
emacs content.xml
zip mydocument.sxw *
Then what do you call forbidding Muslim school girls from wearing traditional head scarves in school?
... No exception. This is not about culture, this is about religion at public schools. And this is not targeted to the muslims but it applies to every one. This is the law and it is a very old one.
Laicity. You can not wear religious signs at school and that applies to every one. You can not come with a cross, you can not keep your kipa,
Give me a call when the U.S. has 10% unemployment
The employment rate is lower in the US but the poverty is much more common.
is actively working to irradicate all elements of foreign culture.
This sentence is crazy and totaly out of place.
Good post but: anti semitism in France comes overwhelmingly from this arabic population
Anti-semitism is a long "tradition" in France, especialy between 1850 and 1950. Addtionaly, if this population plays a role, it has certainly not the main one.
Many of those rioters are simply criminals
Depends what you call a criminal. Some are certainly thieves and drug dealers. And depends what you call "many"? 3%?
BTW, I agree with your points 3, 4, 5 and 6.
Well, speaking as somebody that has actually BEEN THERE, I can tell you it is totally a Muslim event!
...). Give the youngs some fun, give the older a job and there would be no riot.
When? Where? How long?
There is no religion involded.
There are dozens of different nationalities involved
Wrong. They are french. And most of them don't have another nationality.
but the common denominator is they are Muslims.
Yes some of them are muslims. And what? The police men are 90% christians (were baptized). And what?
My comment may be considered flamebait here
You're right for this point
it is the reality of Muslim immigrants all across Europe
There is hardly any immigrant involved in these riots. Most of the rioters are french. Born in France. Educated in France.
The do not wish to blend in and they are intolerant of other religions, not just the Jews.
Totaly wrong. Would be too long to explain.
Perhaps you should familiarize yourself with current evets before your next comment.
Instead of familiarizing with events, you should meet people.
I don't want to say there is no problem. Because there is. But it is not a matter of religion. This is a social problem (unemployment, future, integration,
Honestly, just because the patent (under what terms exactly?) is available at no cost doesn't make it good. There is a lot of reasons to dislike software patents: price is one of them but not the only one. Additionaly, what about the completely broken USPTO? the lack of research for prior art? tre triviality? What about the complexity of the patent itself? How will you know what is exactly covered? As an analogy: think Freeware vs Free Software.
In general, the boys usually used a screwdriver, while the girls just moved the stickers.
;)
I did use the screwdriver
with the result the cube was not solveable anymore.
Nope. Nothing like that. BTW, I was 10-y-o.
I remember the craze. I got one cube, my brother too, my friends too, almost every pupil had one. I never could do more than two lines but some could in 1'30. There was different types, the official and some imitations of quite bad quality. There was also similar games (cylinders, ...). Fun to see the competition continues.
But there isn't. I'm aware of JRuby and Jython (I don't know a java-based Perl impl.). AFAIR, JRuby and Jython provide the core of their respective languages. For example, there is no GUI or they use Swing. Same for database access, ... Most of jython programs won't run on CPython and vice-versa. That may change in the future.
:)
No let's do the reverse: since there is a Java implementation in Perl (well Parrot), Java is at least as portable as Perl
Guess they weren't ready for serious drawing (aka bande dessinee franco-belge but not only). I don't like too much mangas, at least those I read. But I probably didn't read the good ones.
Plus, far fewer platforms have a working JRE than a working C or C++ compiler or Perl or Ruby interpreter.
It is true for C, probably true for C++. But not for Perl and Ruby. Check out all the free JVMs and all the embedded JVMs. There is more than one hundred. I never see Perl or Ruby on a mobile phone or on a credit card. IIRW, Python has been ported on a mobile phone but that's all.
Sun makes the Java install process on FreeBSD so complex that I've given up. Therefore any Java program instantly cannot run on my computers.
Right (and it is a shame). However, once installed, it is reported to run well (I haven't try myself). OTOH, Kaffe is avaliable everywhere. Depending on your program, it can be an option.
Java is mostly used for long running server processes
I disagree. There is plenty of client-side apps. And the rumour says 30% of the Java Developpers do client-side stuff. The JIT is fast enough for GUIs. The startup time is still a problem. Partialy solved by JDistro or a native compiler (GCJ, Jet).
That depends on your country. In France, it is legal to download it, even if you don't have it. But it is not legal to upload. Anyway, in you case, since you have the CD, just use an extractor/encoder. The process will be faster and the result better. You will have the quality you need, you will be able to get the right tags from FreeCDDB and/or Brainz, and the whole process will take just a few minutes.
Most of the code portability issues are solved in Java. By using Java, your code will run 90% of the boxes. Of course, Java is not perfect. And even if the portability is good, it is not perfect: there was some minor bugs when our sowftare was runned on OSX. However, it was extremely easy to fix it. Also Java is some way limited so doesn't fit the bill for some applications. OTOH, Classpath.org is going well and there is plenty of good free JVMs. Almost for any box. If you take the limitations in consideration, you can write code that will run on 99% of the boxes. You could do the same in C but it would be painful and much more limited (no GUI, no DB, ...). Also, most issues with L10N and I18N are already solved with Java.
Supporting terrorism.
Thanks to the US governement, we have now world-wide terrorism.
Terrorism that is biting France right now, in flames.
There is no terrorism in France. Get informed. There is small riots. Remember the big riots in L.A.? Did you call them terrorism?
Some think that France will fall soon.
The government may fall. I don't think but it may happen. That's all.
There are satellite pictures showing truck traffic from the WMD sites to Syria just before the war.
Ok, so you think the WMD are in Syria. If they would exist, every one would know what they are and where they are. Do you really think Syria could hide them for long? Additonaly, if the WMD are not in Irak, why to invade this country? This is really a pity but the USA is the only country that started war in the 21st century (so far). No excuse.
"The supremely funny SCO Group has now topped even itself."
They always impress us, don't they?
What will be their next joke?
it's all up to the owner on how they want to license it, but in many ways it kills the spirit of OSS that I enjoy to begin with.
Sorry, this is what OSS is all about. Share the developping cost. The spirit you're talking can be found in the Free Software. IBM wanted from the very beginning that companies come with their proprietary plugins. They share (a small part of) the cost but they control (more or less) the platform.
They bring their offer to Eclipse.
Eclipse is an open-source platform.
They bring their offer to an open-source platform.
Understood?
LOL. "Business Objects" is the name of the company. One of the most succesfull french software companies, BTW.
You should first enlighten us. How can you plug modules into a pdf reader? And how does pdf reader provide module management, reporting, OSGi, ...?