I think this has gone too far. Fighting for equality of opportunities is one thing but being racist to achieve it is another.
Reverse racism is simply racism it doesn't matter what group in targeted. Social justice isn't justice. Feminism is not about equality anymore it doesn't care about other genders it's only about women. People fought long hard against racism and inequality. The last thing we need is to find new victims (ie. Men, Caucasians and Asians this time around) .
Take a look at Squeak ( http://squeak.org/ ). As it turns out most things in the future will have their roots in the discarded ideas of the past. As far as programming languages take a look at Erlang and Elixir (computer languages are the operating systems of the future). I expect the capability model and the actor model will get a lot more popular in the future. In the future computers will be networks, applications will be distributed applications.
Elixir is a functional, concurrent, general-purpose programming language that runs on the Erlang virtual machine (BEAM). Elixir builds on top of Erlang to provide distributed, fault-tolerant, soft real-time, non-stop applications but also extends it to support metaprogramming with macros and polymorphism via protocols.
Think of it as a mix of Ruby, Haskell and Erlang without too many compromises.
You best bet is to get the drive hooked up to a USB to IDE adapter and copy the files.
If that doesn't work get and USB to RS232 cable and a NULL Modem Adapter and connect your two machines. Ideally you should setup Linux with pppd on the new computer. Run Trumpet Winsock on your old laptop and do a manual login and just hit ESC as soon as the terminal window shows up. Once that works install and ftp daemon on one of the two machines and a ftp client on the other side. Then just copy your files.
I noticed that everyone quickly jumped to the population problem. In fact this is not an issue at all.
Everything that grows exponentially has a doubling rate. One could easily argue that the real problem is in the newer generations since they will always represent significantly bigger population than the previous one. So the issue is not people not dying quickly, the problem is people being born. If everyone stopped having kids and would magically become biologically immortal the growth rate would be negative or 0% (due to the fact that people die in accidents).
Oh and by the way the only sustainable growth rate is exactly 0% not more. Anything more would mean it has a doubling rate. It's basic math.
It's true that population is not a big issue. But I am afraid the corrupt would use it to maintain their status indefinitely.
Forcing people to follow a style I think is counter productive. It prevents the styles from evolving. In recent years for example people have been moving towards using better naming rather than commenting.
Strict rules prevent creativity and for that reason I disagree with the conclusions of the article to require one. Requiring anything more than just to follow a style no matter what that style may be and to try to maintain the existing code in the style that it was in is about as much as you can do.
"The best way to predict the future is to invent it." - Alan Kay
Hopefully this new language addresses concurrency with lightweight processes, immutable message passing and location transparency, security with capabilities and has a preemptive scheduler like Erlang. Also it would be nice to have a nice type system with a FP/OO hybrid language with no shared mutable state. Built-in fault tolerance and replication would be nice too.
But who am I kidding there is a 1% chance of that happening.
I agree with you this solves nothing. But then again Sony has only created problems recently. As a honest law abiding customer I ask that they give me back what I paid for. Thats all. If they decide not to I will simply not purchase another Sony product again. No need to hack anything just stop buying their products.
In any case if my information was among the hacked accounts I would be furious right now.
Sure but what if the bank started taking stuff out of you safety deposit box because some fine print on a 100 pages agreement said they could (other os). Would you be okay with that? How about if they installed spy cameras in your house how would you feel then (rootkit)? And finally to top it off the bank gets robbed. I suppose that would be acceptable. Should we just ignore the bank and focus only the robbers? What if the robbers where bank customers that wanted their stuff back?
Thats a bit much. But I do agree that a boycott of Sony is in order but not for the reasons you stated. The reasons you should boycott Sony is because they install rootkits on peoples computers, they remove features from products after they are sold, and they don't take the security of your information seriously.
Buy buying Sony products you are enabling them to continue.
I'm copying this from enemy's propaganda and i'll be happy if Sony deny:
Sony stored over 1,000,000 passwords of its customers in plaintext. Sony stored over 1,000,000 passwords of its customers in plaintext. Sony stored over 1,000,000 passwords of its customers in plaintext. Sony stored over 1,000,000 passwords of its customers in plaintext. can you believe it? Sony stored over 1,000,000 passwords of its customers in plaintext. Sony stored over 1,000,000 passwords of its customers in plaintext. Sony stored over 1,000,000 passwords of its customers in plaintext.
No one, anywhere can make sony secure enough to stop these hacks at this point. This has become a game for hackers now and it will continue. Sony is now a target to get picked on. And no security can protect them because security is created by man and if one man can build it there will be 2 dozen waiting in line to break it. There is no such thing as secure.
Not as long as applications are written in languages like C and C++. And maybe not even until capability languages like E emerge.
It has been said that criminals try to rationalize their crimes often times by thinking that they are just playing by the rules of life, even if its not the rules of society. An example would be a car thief who finds a car unlocked in downtown New York. They might steal the vehicle and rationalize it as a sort of "finders keepers", where if they didn't steal it, someone else would come along and steal it instead. "If I don't, someone else will, so I might as well benefit". You might say that is a ridiculous assertion to make, but if you found a $50 laying in the parking lot, you would probably pick it up and keep it thinking that someone else would take it if you didn't, and any hope of the original owner finding their missing $50 is a lost cause.
So when someone does virtual breaking and entering because the virtual back door was virtually unlocked, you have to ask what line of thought is crossing their minds. When my neighbor's door is unlocked, should I enter it and steal their TV because I think someone else is bound to do it instead?
While I don't condemn what these guys are doing. I have to admit it does make me smile every time Sony gets hacked. A bit like seeing a bully failing a math exam.
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I think this has gone too far. Fighting for equality of opportunities is one thing but being racist to achieve it is another.
Reverse racism is simply racism it doesn't matter what group in targeted. Social justice isn't justice. Feminism is not about equality anymore it doesn't care about other genders it's only about women. People fought long hard against racism and inequality. The last thing we need is to find new victims (ie. Men, Caucasians and Asians this time around) .
Take a look at Squeak ( http://squeak.org/ ). As it turns out most things in the future will have their roots in the discarded ideas of the past. As far as programming languages take a look at Erlang and Elixir (computer languages are the operating systems of the future). I expect the capability model and the actor model will get a lot more popular in the future. In the future computers will be networks, applications will be distributed applications.
Any good developer can learn it. I was able to learn Erlang fairly quickly I don't see that Elixir is any different.
Elixir is a functional, concurrent, general-purpose programming language that runs on the Erlang virtual machine (BEAM). Elixir builds on top of Erlang to provide distributed, fault-tolerant, soft real-time, non-stop applications but also extends it to support metaprogramming with macros and polymorphism via protocols.
Think of it as a mix of Ruby, Haskell and Erlang without too many compromises.
It would be nice to see OpenSSH on Windows (included the in default distribution).
Microsoft opensource is your friend. Don't be afraid to use more of it!
This isn't limited to China. North America, Asia and Europe are in the same situation. If I can give one word of of advice it's this SELL.
You best bet is to get the drive hooked up to a USB to IDE adapter and copy the files.
If that doesn't work get and USB to RS232 cable and a NULL Modem Adapter and connect your two machines. Ideally you should setup Linux with pppd on the new computer. Run Trumpet Winsock on your old laptop and do a manual login and just hit ESC as soon as the terminal window shows up. Once that works install and ftp daemon on one of the two machines and a ftp client on the other side. Then just copy your files.
I noticed that everyone quickly jumped to the population problem. In fact this is not an issue at all.
Everything that grows exponentially has a doubling rate. One could easily argue that the real problem is in the newer generations since they will always represent significantly bigger population than the previous one. So the issue is not people not dying quickly, the problem is people being born. If everyone stopped having kids and would magically become biologically immortal the growth rate would be negative or 0% (due to the fact that people die in accidents).
Oh and by the way the only sustainable growth rate is exactly 0% not more. Anything more would mean it has a doubling rate. It's basic math.
It's true that population is not a big issue. But I am afraid the corrupt would use it to maintain their status indefinitely.
When writing code everything matters.
Forcing people to follow a style I think is counter productive. It prevents the styles from evolving. In recent years for example people have been moving towards using better naming rather than commenting.
Strict rules prevent creativity and for that reason I disagree with the conclusions of the article to require one. Requiring anything more than just to follow a style no matter what that style may be and to try to maintain the existing code in the style that it was in is about as much as you can do.
"The best way to predict the future is to invent it." - Alan Kay
Looking at the syntax it looks like nothing special. However, I have to admit it looks infinitely better than JavaScript.
I am really curious about these isolates, what do the rest of you think?
Hopefully this new language addresses concurrency with lightweight processes, immutable message passing and location transparency, security with capabilities and has a preemptive scheduler like Erlang. Also it would be nice to have a nice type system with a FP/OO hybrid language with no shared mutable state. Built-in fault tolerance and replication would be nice too.
But who am I kidding there is a 1% chance of that happening.
That means your password is about 35 characters long interesting...
I wouldn't assume that they didn't have the ability simply because they act in an unethical manner towards Sony. But who knows.
I agree with you this solves nothing. But then again Sony has only created problems recently. As a honest law abiding customer I ask that they give me back what I paid for. Thats all. If they decide not to I will simply not purchase another Sony product again. No need to hack anything just stop buying their products.
In any case if my information was among the hacked accounts I would be furious right now.
You seem like a guy who would ignore the existence of concentration camps simply because it doesn't affect you. You are part of the problem.
I am with you.
Nope I don't think so. But giving me back the Other OS feature would make me happy
Sure but what if the bank started taking stuff out of you safety deposit box because some fine print on a 100 pages agreement said they could (other os). Would you be okay with that? How about if they installed spy cameras in your house how would you feel then (rootkit)? And finally to top it off the bank gets robbed. I suppose that would be acceptable. Should we just ignore the bank and focus only the robbers? What if the robbers where bank customers that wanted their stuff back?
Thats a bit much. But I do agree that a boycott of Sony is in order but not for the reasons you stated. The reasons you should boycott Sony is because they install rootkits on peoples computers, they remove features from products after they are sold, and they don't take the security of your information seriously.
Buy buying Sony products you are enabling them to continue.
Rainbow tables? I bet there isn't even a salt.
Haha
Ouch Sony that is *&@# lame!
I'm copying this from enemy's propaganda and i'll be happy if Sony deny:
Sony stored over 1,000,000 passwords of its customers in plaintext.
Sony stored over 1,000,000 passwords of its customers in plaintext.
Sony stored over 1,000,000 passwords of its customers in plaintext.
Sony stored over 1,000,000 passwords of its customers in plaintext.
can you believe it?
Sony stored over 1,000,000 passwords of its customers in plaintext.
Sony stored over 1,000,000 passwords of its customers in plaintext.
Sony stored over 1,000,000 passwords of its customers in plaintext.
Anonymous C.
Ouch very lame....
What is this 1967?
No one, anywhere can make sony secure enough to stop these hacks at this point. This has become a game for hackers now and it will continue. Sony is now a target to get picked on. And no security can protect them because security is created by man and if one man can build it there will be 2 dozen waiting in line to break it. There is no such thing as secure.
Not as long as applications are written in languages like C and C++. And maybe not even until capability languages like E emerge.
It has been said that criminals try to rationalize their crimes often times by thinking that they are just playing by the rules of life, even if its not the rules of society. An example would be a car thief who finds a car unlocked in downtown New York. They might steal the vehicle and rationalize it as a sort of "finders keepers", where if they didn't steal it, someone else would come along and steal it instead. "If I don't, someone else will, so I might as well benefit". You might say that is a ridiculous assertion to make, but if you found a $50 laying in the parking lot, you would probably pick it up and keep it thinking that someone else would take it if you didn't, and any hope of the original owner finding their missing $50 is a lost cause.
So when someone does virtual breaking and entering because the virtual back door was virtually unlocked, you have to ask what line of thought is crossing their minds. When my neighbor's door is unlocked, should I enter it and steal their TV because I think someone else is bound to do it instead?
While I don't condemn what these guys are doing. I have to admit it does make me smile every time Sony gets hacked. A bit like seeing a bully failing a math exam.