Again, it's just a tool. This isn't intended as flaimbait, but probably will be modded as so. I'm admittedly biased towards Java, but here on/., I've seen lots of Java bashing. I'm wondering what it's all about? I realize there are license concerns, and the performance is a bit lower than a lot of other tools, but again, for the right application, it's the right tool.
There is a lot to be said for common industry practice, lots of developers who know the language, and can use it effectively, and read each other's code. When we splinter into a million little factions saying my tool is better for tiny task 'X', we begin to over-heterogenize (word?) our environments, and make them impossible to maintain.
Again, for the right task, Java is great. I personally do a lot of development for my own pleasure in Java, things that admittedly would be better suited in other languages. I do this to help myself push the boundaries of the language, and learn the deficiencies. It does do a lot of things very well, and, when it came out, was revolutionary.
All I'm saying is, there's no need for overzealous bashing of Java. If you don't like it, don't use it.
They already did that, actually. Remember an ancient (okay, start the flamewar;) OS called VAX? IIRC, every new version of the file appends a.number indicating the version of the file. So, just switch to VAX, and run Excel on there (HA!).
Yea, sorry about that... seems I wasn't quite reading correctly. So, if I may submit a conjecture, doesn't this mean that if you can smuggle a proprietary corporate document out the door, and somehow publish it (using any means available), you are protected under the shield law?
No, you don't get it! The additives are actually preserving your body for science. It's really just inappropriately named. Instead of "overeating" or "binging", it should be called the "pre-death embalming process"!
But on a serious (sorta) note, how long does milk typically last over on your side of the pond, compared to here? I grew up over here, so don't know any better;).
I realize the point of TFA was to illustrate the potential uses of the technique in coolant movement, but I was struck by this last night. This explains how a pyroclastic flow moves over water (such as in island volcanoes). It's simple! The water superheats, flashboiles, and on top of that steam, flows the magma?
I would probably say your experiences are different from those of the Average slashdotter. I myself did the Linux thing whilst working for Sun as an intern, so I could work from home. Instead of using the windows laptop, I installed Linux on it instead.
Now, I think the reason that you had so much trouble in doing the things that you need to do, versus the average slashdotter, is your definition of "office work". I would be willing to bet a large portion of SlashDot users are programmers, admins, or some other type of IT staff, and don't need to use the specific, (and sometimes very powerful) features of your average MS application (take MS Excel for example).
Instead, the average slashdotter is writing software, scripts, or making other systems work, and in this light, Linux is suited perfectly (and IMHO, far better than Windows). Now, I'd love to see Linux take over the rest of corporate america (such as the likes of your everyday Stock Broker, Banker, Accountant, what have you), but I really don't want to field questions from my Dad (the computer genius) on why (insert component name here) is different under Linux than it was under Windows. It's bad enough trying to support his Windows experience.
I wouldn't say you're wrong by any means. I totally agree with you, it's all a matter of perspective and desired tasks.
The Era of the Desktop Computer is rapidly coming to an end. Companies in that market will survive but it will never be a booming market again. OS X/Windows -> Linux and Apple/Dell ->Asian manufactures over the next few year.
We're already seeing this, actually. The Asian manufacturers can *kill* the standard manufacturers on labor costs. This applies to more than just the computer industry, but for the sake of the post, we'll stay with the computer topic. Basically, our insatiable appetite for cheaper stuff is driving this. Witness the sale of the IBM PC division to Lenovo, which is Chinese. I don't know anything about how Lenovo is doing with the quality, it's too early to tell. And, Lenovo hasn't had the sense to ditch that silly ad agency yet.
While working as an intern at Sun, heard this one from the man, regarding the merger between HP and Compaq:
"It's a slow motion collision between two garbage trucks."
And regarding HP's decision to pull out of some market or other (can't quite remember which one, sadly):
"All that's left is us, Big Blue, and the Convicts".
I love this argument, that loud pipes save lives. Bollocks! Look at how many idiot drivers fail to see emergency vehicles with lights and sirens blaring, and tell me that they'll notice loud pipes. ha.
Dang! That's a really good idea! In a similar move, you could a completely enclosed pipe (think donut shape) half underground, and half above ground, and let the temperature differences moving the air between them power the turbines... probably not supersonic, but perpetual during daylight hours.
The fact that hands free devices are made legal while banning handsets will not improve safety. The IIHS discovered that the type of device used makes no difference in the statistics:
from http://www.iii.org/media/hottopics/insurance/cellp hones//>
"Motorists who use cell phones while driving are four times as likely to get into crashes serious enough to injure themselves, according to a study of drivers in Perth, Australia, conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The results, published in July, 2005, suggest that banning hand-held phone use won't necessarily improve safety if drivers simply switch to hands-free phones. The study found that injury crash risk didn't vary with type of phone."
Wait... 0-60 in 6 seconds? I think a pickup truck can do that!
For the price of the Jag, buy two Subaru WRX STis (5.49 seconds), and throw in a Sportbike (numbers aren't usually published, but it's obscenely fast!) for grins. That ought to do it. Also, when will people realize that horsepower doesn't matter? It's all about the power to weight ratio. If the vehicle is light enough, you can toast anything with only 20 HP. And this Jag makes 400 HP? How much does the thing weigh?
Instead of focusing all their precious R&D effort on an automated traction control system, why not take some weight off! It'll clean up the handling far better than this silly system, and improve the gas mileage, and performance, too!
Sometimes, better hardware engineering will trump the software engineering. I don't want the car to drive for me, I'd rather to it myself. For example, Formula 1 recently (2 years ago, IIRC) banned the use of traction control, because it made the race a mechanic's race, not a drivers race.
Wow, the Author is really biased in their summary of the article. "The US refuses to cut emissions..." That makes it sound like we're all a bunch asshats hanging out over here, burning everything we can find! While somewhat true, it's a gross generalization, and there are those that care about the environment over here, and try to work towards cleaner emissions and higher standards (we've upped our standards, so up yours!).
Were I to re-write the aforementioned line, it might look something like this: "The current US administration has refused to adhere to the current global consensus on climate change... [and those of India and China are rising]".
<2 cents>
I'm not debating the relevance of the article, but the bias of the submitter.
</2 cents>
I graduated '03, and I imagine that the place has changed a bit since '83... that big annual street party they had around campus? That's no more either... I guess too many bikers were "invading" the party. And, of course, the C.S. department is still shunned. It's in the University Services building, about a block north of campus, on Howe street. Supposedly, they're supposed to donate the music department building to the C.S. department, but I'll believe that when I see it.
I actually went to college there! And sadly, yes, it is no more. It was located at Interstate 25 and Harmony, just outside the city limits. The city actually ANNEXED the land, to close the establishment. So much for free speech. And donuts. And boobies, all in one place.
I'm going to play devil's advocate here (probably get me killed on the karma, but whatever).
Now, from an optimist's point of view, the reason that a third party might wish to look at your computer is for "telemetry" data, so that they can "make their software better". By looking at the data that exposed the security hole (think forensics), they can fix the exploit. Something akin to the 'Send details of your error to Microsoft?'.
The idea was probably conceived of in good faith. Unfortunately, from what I've seen in the past, this doesn't work. It probably was presented to the higher-ups within MS, who said "Great! We can make this a 'feel good' fix, and collect information on our users too! And, fix the piracy problem at teh same time!". Yikes.
Totally agree. And, IMHO, the quality of the programming on Public Television is usually a lot better than that of commerical broadcasting. Shows such as Nova, for example, are informative, and offer you that extra 20 something minutes per hour of information that would otherwise go towards commericals.
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Again, it's just a tool. This isn't intended as flaimbait, but probably will be modded as so. I'm admittedly biased towards Java, but here on /., I've seen lots of Java bashing. I'm wondering what it's all about? I realize there are license concerns, and the performance is a bit lower than a lot of other tools, but again, for the right application, it's the right tool.
There is a lot to be said for common industry practice, lots of developers who know the language, and can use it effectively, and read each other's code. When we splinter into a million little factions saying my tool is better for tiny task 'X', we begin to over-heterogenize (word?) our environments, and make them impossible to maintain.
Again, for the right task, Java is great. I personally do a lot of development for my own pleasure in Java, things that admittedly would be better suited in other languages. I do this to help myself push the boundaries of the language, and learn the deficiencies. It does do a lot of things very well, and, when it came out, was revolutionary.
All I'm saying is, there's no need for overzealous bashing of Java. If you don't like it, don't use it.
If I remember correctly, the thing is armored over the outer skin, with a special coating that's pretty extreme.
Yep. I'm stupid again... sheesh. VMS, not VAX. Dang.
Okay, so when this demonstration is over, what are they going to do with all that crap when the piñata pops? More orbital junk?
They already did that, actually. Remember an ancient (okay, start the flamewar ;) OS called VAX? IIRC, every new version of the file appends a .number indicating the version of the file. So, just switch to VAX, and run Excel on there (HA!).
And who are we to judge which is the higher form of evolution? I mean, maybe we devolved into having eyes, and they evolved into not having them?
Yea, sorry about that... seems I wasn't quite reading correctly. So, if I may submit a conjecture, doesn't this mean that if you can smuggle a proprietary corporate document out the door, and somehow publish it (using any means available), you are protected under the shield law?
just kidding... seems my eyes don't work very well this late on a Friday afternoon in the office. Anyone seen my beer goggles?
The courts said that bloggers are not journalists... now if we could only convince CNN!
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I think we call that an "XML Wrapper"
No, you don't get it! The additives are actually preserving your body for science. It's really just inappropriately named. Instead of "overeating" or "binging", it should be called the "pre-death embalming process"!
;).
But on a serious (sorta) note, how long does milk typically last over on your side of the pond, compared to here? I grew up over here, so don't know any better
I realize the point of TFA was to illustrate the potential uses of the technique in coolant movement, but I was struck by this last night. This explains how a pyroclastic flow moves over water (such as in island volcanoes). It's simple! The water superheats, flashboiles, and on top of that steam, flows the magma?
Okay, last night was boring, I admit.
Ana10g off.
I would probably say your experiences are different from those of the Average slashdotter. I myself did the Linux thing whilst working for Sun as an intern, so I could work from home. Instead of using the windows laptop, I installed Linux on it instead.
Now, I think the reason that you had so much trouble in doing the things that you need to do, versus the average slashdotter, is your definition of "office work". I would be willing to bet a large portion of SlashDot users are programmers, admins, or some other type of IT staff, and don't need to use the specific, (and sometimes very powerful) features of your average MS application (take MS Excel for example).
Instead, the average slashdotter is writing software, scripts, or making other systems work, and in this light, Linux is suited perfectly (and IMHO, far better than Windows). Now, I'd love to see Linux take over the rest of corporate america (such as the likes of your everyday Stock Broker, Banker, Accountant, what have you), but I really don't want to field questions from my Dad (the computer genius) on why (insert component name here) is different under Linux than it was under Windows. It's bad enough trying to support his Windows experience.
I wouldn't say you're wrong by any means. I totally agree with you, it's all a matter of perspective and desired tasks.
The Era of the Desktop Computer is rapidly coming to an end. Companies in that market will survive but it will never be a booming market again. OS X/Windows -> Linux and Apple/Dell ->Asian manufactures over the next few year.
We're already seeing this, actually. The Asian manufacturers can *kill* the standard manufacturers on labor costs. This applies to more than just the computer industry, but for the sake of the post, we'll stay with the computer topic. Basically, our insatiable appetite for cheaper stuff is driving this. Witness the sale of the IBM PC division to Lenovo, which is Chinese. I don't know anything about how Lenovo is doing with the quality, it's too early to tell. And, Lenovo hasn't had the sense to ditch that silly ad agency yet.
While working as an intern at Sun, heard this one from the man, regarding the merger between HP and Compaq:
"It's a slow motion collision between two garbage trucks."
And regarding HP's decision to pull out of some market or other (can't quite remember which one, sadly):
"All that's left is us, Big Blue, and the Convicts".
You're right. Even after adding loud pipes...
I love this argument, that loud pipes save lives. Bollocks! Look at how many idiot drivers fail to see emergency vehicles with lights and sirens blaring, and tell me that they'll notice loud pipes. ha.
Dang! That's a really good idea! In a similar move, you could a completely enclosed pipe (think donut shape) half underground, and half above ground, and let the temperature differences moving the air between them power the turbines... probably not supersonic, but perpetual during daylight hours.
Okay, I'm an idiot. I'll use the preview button from now on, I promise. here's the link: http://www.iii.org/media/hottopics/insurance/cellp hones/
from http://www.iii.org/media/hottopics/insurance/cell
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Wait... 0-60 in 6 seconds? I think a pickup truck can do that!
For the price of the Jag, buy two Subaru WRX STis (5.49 seconds), and throw in a Sportbike (numbers aren't usually published, but it's obscenely fast!) for grins. That ought to do it. Also, when will people realize that horsepower doesn't matter? It's all about the power to weight ratio. If the vehicle is light enough, you can toast anything with only 20 HP. And this Jag makes 400 HP? How much does the thing weigh?
Instead of focusing all their precious R&D effort on an automated traction control system, why not take some weight off! It'll clean up the handling far better than this silly system, and improve the gas mileage, and performance, too!
Sometimes, better hardware engineering will trump the software engineering. I don't want the car to drive for me, I'd rather to it myself. For example, Formula 1 recently (2 years ago, IIRC) banned the use of traction control, because it made the race a mechanic's race, not a drivers race.
Wow, the Author is really biased in their summary of the article. "The US refuses to cut emissions..." That makes it sound like we're all a bunch asshats hanging out over here, burning everything we can find! While somewhat true, it's a gross generalization, and there are those that care about the environment over here, and try to work towards cleaner emissions and higher standards (we've upped our standards, so up yours!).
Were I to re-write the aforementioned line, it might look something like this: "The current US administration has refused to adhere to the current global consensus on climate change... [and those of India and China are rising]".
<2 cents> I'm not debating the relevance of the article, but the bias of the submitter. </2 cents>
I graduated '03, and I imagine that the place has changed a bit since '83... that big annual street party they had around campus? That's no more either... I guess too many bikers were "invading" the party. And, of course, the C.S. department is still shunned. It's in the University Services building, about a block north of campus, on Howe street. Supposedly, they're supposed to donate the music department building to the C.S. department, but I'll believe that when I see it.
I actually went to college there! And sadly, yes, it is no more. It was located at Interstate 25 and Harmony, just outside the city limits. The city actually ANNEXED the land, to close the establishment. So much for free speech. And donuts. And boobies, all in one place.
I'm going to play devil's advocate here (probably get me killed on the karma, but whatever).
Now, from an optimist's point of view, the reason that a third party might wish to look at your computer is for "telemetry" data, so that they can "make their software better". By looking at the data that exposed the security hole (think forensics), they can fix the exploit. Something akin to the 'Send details of your error to Microsoft?'.
The idea was probably conceived of in good faith. Unfortunately, from what I've seen in the past, this doesn't work. It probably was presented to the higher-ups within MS, who said "Great! We can make this a 'feel good' fix, and collect information on our users too! And, fix the piracy problem at teh same time!". Yikes.
Totally agree. And, IMHO, the quality of the programming on Public Television is usually a lot better than that of commerical broadcasting. Shows such as Nova, for example, are informative, and offer you that extra 20 something minutes per hour of information that would otherwise go towards commericals.