Agree. Know your requirements first, decide on the language after. But this has to be done by the software designer, not by the programmer. Most programmers tend to stick to a single language/platform and are trying to solve a task whitin those limits.
At this time I'm working on a pretty huge system. The real-time part is all ANSI C, communication interfaces are C++ and C# and the GUI is Java.
It seems that EMI, Sony-BMG, Universal Music and Warner don't give a shit about the market.
The market wants downloadable/streamable quickly selectable music. The market wants to know the music before paying for it. The demand is there, get to work and satisfy it.
All this lawsuit-circus is about forcing people to buy CDs. People want no more CDs. Is it so hard to understand?
Hey, people! At the time I write this only on this page I've found the name of that company 22 times.
Could you just stop writing down that name? At least for a day?
Okay, I have the implant in my left arm. I can imagine some situations when I simply want to switch it off. How do I do that? Carry around a remote control or an armband that shadows the thing?
I think I'll stick with my keychain for a while....
Those guys seem to be pretty desperate for loosing the leadership in technology. They try to line up against foreign enemies (China, Russia,...) while they are killing their own little players. Just wait 'till the rest of the world will just simply ignore the whole american patenting horseshit and this move will be seen as the first step to suicide!
Sometimes I got the feeling that you slashdotters are expressing your helplessness regarding the "wonderful world of m$" - and keep using windows. Don't like it? Drop it! You can't say that there's no alternative!
(none of my computers are running windows)
You simply don't get it, do you?! Bio-diesel is not about how much you spend on gas.
BIO-DIESEL IS ABOUT CLEAN ENERGY!
While petro-diesel adds extra amount of CO2 (carbon-dioxide) to the atmosphere it causes the green-house effect that heats up the Earth, melts the glaciers, the icecap on the poles, dries out lakes, kills species. Yes, the green-house effect is caused by YOU, too!
Bio-diesel is clean. The soy (peanut, canola,...) plant through the process called photosynthesis emits O2 (oxygen) and collects the CO2 (carbon-dioxide) in exchange. When you burn the bio-diesel in your engine, the SAME amount of CO2 gets back to the atmosphere, not more! It's a closed cycle. No harm done.
Bio-diesel has other advantages, as well. It's non-toxic. It's non-flamable, ie. does not explode during an accident. Get yourself educated about this matter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiesel
In Europe there are already many gas stations that sell bio-diesel. And is cheaper, too! But the USA... Come on! Have you heard of the Kyoto pact? Countries by signing that pact made a promise that they will reduce their CO2-emission. Your president did not sign that pact (it was during his first mandate). Because he did not want to tell to his "fellow americans" - to YOU - to get your fat ass out of your car, while he knew, if he does that, he does not get re-ellected. Many lives would have been spared in Iraq... And while YOU can drive your car and have your daily road-rage YOU don't give a shit, that the 4 giants: your Government, the Car builders, the Oil Companies and Weapon Manufacturers go happily hand-in-hand. Ever wondered how come no american company builds hybrids? (Except for those couple of thousand pick-ups GM built for Mimami)...
(No, I don't own a car, I ride each day 10 miles on my bycicle to get to work and I'm healty and have a beautyful body and no overweight. When I rent a car I rent a diesel and I tank bio-diesel only.)
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The same people who buy hybrids or biodiesel.
Agree. Know your requirements first, decide on the language after. But this has to be done by the software designer, not by the programmer. Most programmers tend to stick to a single language/platform and are trying to solve a task whitin those limits. At this time I'm working on a pretty huge system. The real-time part is all ANSI C, communication interfaces are C++ and C# and the GUI is Java.
It seems that EMI, Sony-BMG, Universal Music and Warner don't give a shit about the market. The market wants downloadable/streamable quickly selectable music. The market wants to know the music before paying for it. The demand is there, get to work and satisfy it. All this lawsuit-circus is about forcing people to buy CDs. People want no more CDs. Is it so hard to understand?
Hey, people! At the time I write this only on this page I've found the name of that company 22 times. Could you just stop writing down that name? At least for a day?
Okay, I have the implant in my left arm. I can imagine some situations when I simply want to switch it off. How do I do that? Carry around a remote control or an armband that shadows the thing? I think I'll stick with my keychain for a while....
Those guys seem to be pretty desperate for loosing the leadership in technology. They try to line up against foreign enemies (China, Russia, ...) while they are killing their own little players. Just wait 'till the rest of the world will just simply ignore the whole american patenting horseshit and this move will be seen as the first step to suicide!
Sometimes I got the feeling that you slashdotters are expressing your helplessness regarding the "wonderful world of m$" - and keep using windows. Don't like it? Drop it! You can't say that there's no alternative! (none of my computers are running windows)
You simply don't get it, do you?! Bio-diesel is not about how much you spend on gas.
...) plant through the process called photosynthesis emits O2 (oxygen) and collects the CO2 (carbon-dioxide) in exchange. When you burn the bio-diesel in your engine, the SAME amount of CO2 gets back to the atmosphere, not more! It's a closed cycle. No harm done.
BIO-DIESEL IS ABOUT CLEAN ENERGY!
While petro-diesel adds extra amount of CO2 (carbon-dioxide) to the atmosphere it causes the green-house effect that heats up the Earth, melts the glaciers, the icecap on the poles, dries out lakes, kills species. Yes, the green-house effect is caused by YOU, too!
Bio-diesel is clean. The soy (peanut, canola,
Bio-diesel has other advantages, as well. It's non-toxic. It's non-flamable, ie. does not explode during an accident. Get yourself educated about this matter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiesel
In Europe there are already many gas stations that sell bio-diesel. And is cheaper, too! But the USA... Come on! Have you heard of the Kyoto pact? Countries by signing that pact made a promise that they will reduce their CO2-emission. Your president did not sign that pact (it was during his first mandate). Because he did not want to tell to his "fellow americans" - to YOU - to get your fat ass out of your car, while he knew, if he does that, he does not get re-ellected. Many lives would have been spared in Iraq... And while YOU can drive your car and have your daily road-rage YOU don't give a shit, that the 4 giants: your Government, the Car builders, the Oil Companies and Weapon Manufacturers go happily hand-in-hand. Ever wondered how come no american company builds hybrids? (Except for those couple of thousand pick-ups GM built for Mimami)...
(No, I don't own a car, I ride each day 10 miles on my bycicle to get to work and I'm healty and have a beautyful body and no overweight. When I rent a car I rent a diesel and I tank bio-diesel only.)