Futurama was pretty funny sometimes. I'm sad to see it go and hope another network picks it up.
I really liked the Tick. I thought the dialog was well done and Patrick's delivery was great. Here again, I would like to see another network pick it up, but I doubt either will happen.
I hate the family guy and wish it would just die, but it still keeps coming back like a bad case of jock itch.
Why are you comparing Java to CLR? CLR is Microsoft's bytecode which runs through their.NET virtual machine.
CLR doesn't let you do a damn thing since you can't write in it.
Therefore, please either compare Java to VB.NET, C#, ASP.NET, and so on, or compare Java's bytecode to Microsoft's CLR (which is pointless in my opinion).
You probably will never read this. I didn't have time to look at this post until today. Who cares?
Anyway, have you even looked at the API?.NET is not the Windows API, I know that. What I said is that.NET is as messy as the Windows API, which it is. Next time, why don't you actually look at what you're talking about before you turn all professor snot talk on us?
My point and question was why anyone would want to code to.NET when creating a Linux or *BSD open-source projects. Who mentioned programming cash cows and Windows? I didn't. Just because you can't read doesn't mean my premise is questionable.
Java is standardized. No matter what Java compiler (Sun, IBM, etc.) I use, it works the same. It also runs the same across all JVMs. What is your definition of the word standardized?
To answer you second question, I would like to boost Sun's "proprietary" language because it has a clean API, which equals more money through quicker times to market.
Nice use of the word jihad. Especially in today's political climate, this was an excellent way to downplay my statement by first of all not even reading it and second of all calling me names.
I make a living programming for Windows. No I don't like Microsoft's technologies as much as I do Sun's and everything available in the open source world. However, I didn't make this into an anti-microsoft bash, why did you?
With all the talk of.NET and C# killing Java, I decided to take a look at Visual Studio.NET for myself.
One question that I have not seen raised is this: It is easier to write programs for Linux and *BSD than it is to write programs for Windows. Many open-source programmers use this as an excuse for charging for the Windows versions of their products.
That said, why would anyone but a Windows programmer want to program for.NET when it is as messy to program for as Windows is?
Mono may support.NET programs, but do Linux, etc. developers really want to go to all the trouble of writing to.NET when Sun's JVM provides the same functionality and a much cleaner API?
I think if Sun's JVM supported other languages like Perl, Python, C, C++, etc..NET would have absolutely nothing to offer to the developer community.
I think the languages support in CLR are impressive, but still, if you have to write to a Windows-like API, what good does it do you?
Although there are a lot of things I like about.NET and the dev tools that go along with it, I still think Java and the JVM are better for cross-platform development.
I disagree with your explanation of number one. Java is excellent in the server environment, but there are quite a few projects that use Java on the desktop. These run on Windows, Linux, *BSD, and anywhere else the JVM has been implemented (where applicable of course).
Also, what about Servlet programming and JSP for dynamic web pages and database connectivity? These are desktop applications! They just run in a browser; on the desktop. The trouble is that Java does it's job so well, many people don't have any idea they are using Java applications every day.
I agree, I would like to see a good book or two on Jakarta. I would also like to see some books on the other Apache.org offerings (like Ant), or pehaps a book that covered several of them.
I would also like to see books on Zope, and some books that link a lot of these technologies together. Such as a book that shows you how to use Servlets/JSP, MySQL, JDBC, apache, tomcat, etc. to set up a secure transaction site to be hosted on Linux/*BSD.
The problem is that everyone tries to teach each of these technologies from the ground up. Stop doing that. If I don't know Java, I'll buy a Java book, but if all I'm looking for is an easy reference to hooking it all together, I can't find one.
On a side note, I'm sick of going to Amazon.com and seeing good books marked with one star because it was hard for beginners to understand. I wish these beginners would think ahead to the day that they might want more in depth information.
Finally, I would really like to see a lot more books on FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD. FreeBSD and NetBSD already have good documentation on the web (I wish OpenBSD's was as good), but it would be nice to have this and a lot more information in "dead tree" format.
I have used Libranet since two versions ago. Yes, the installer is text based, but who cares. It's not like you sit and install the os every day. Once it's installed, it a very easy to use and powerful system.
What is wrong about him? When he says something, doesn't he do it? Doesn't he perform his role with dignity and integrity? He may not be a good public speaker, but most people aren't. Who cares about that anyway? I rather like having a leader that lacks the oratory skills to lead most of the country into the depths of stupidity.
He may not do what you personally want him to, but at least he's not a disgusting liar like his predecessor or the cardboard idiot that he ran against.
I have read many slashdot reader's comments asking how to contact their representatives (and many cynical responses as to why it is okay not to do so), so I will post this to the main message thread.
Go to www.senate.gov and look for your states senators. Call their offices. Tell them that you want to contact your representative and explain why. Ask them what the best way to contact your senator is, they will tell you. Once they do, use that medium to contact your senator.
Get all the information you can. Quote the sources you use to make your point. Make the points that this bill is contrary to the constitution (personally, I used amendment IV). Make it clear that you voted for them to protect your rights and freedoms, not give them away to Disney, et al.
The most important point is to come across as a well informed constituent. Don't write threatening, uninformed letters like some backwater rube.
If enough people put the pressure on, this bill will not pass (and we will be able to destroy laws like the DMCA)..
The time for thinking someone else will take care of it for you is over. Do your part as a member of the technology community. If every person that is against this bill (and others like the DMCA) write their senators, this bill will fail. Also, if every one of us keeps the pressure on our representatives concerning DMCA, it will also fail..
Unless you do something about this, you have no right to complain when your freedoms are stolen. Also, you can't win unless you fight..
My experience with these you-don't-have-to-be-a-developer-we'll-code-for-yo u IDEs is that many programmers that use them tend to write poor code.
Most of the time, developers that use these IDEs exclusively are either poorly trained to begin with or become lazy and depend to much on them. Their code reflects that.
I own JBuilder, and I use it occasionally because I like it's debugger, but most of the time, I just code in a regular old text editor and compile at the command line.
I would rather keep my options open and my talents sharp, so I'll avoid MS's latest code generator.
No, he/she has a point. If the government gets involved with the manufacturing of the hardware that makes up our machines and the software that we install on them (as SSSCA demands they do) then you bet prices are going to skyrocket.
The next thing you'll probably see are government licenses to practice software engineering, computer assembly, sales, etc, just as they currently do with construction, plumbing, electrical, realators, etc.
Once the government digs in its paws, you can guarantee prices will raise and innovation will falter.
I have to disagree with you. StarOffice actually works quite well. Especially the 6.0 beta. It is fast, clean and stable. It looks and works great. It imports and exports.doc files quite well.
If you want to talk about instability, install XP.
Microsoft's new licensing rituals turned me off for good, as I'm sure they will many people who know there are alternatives. Also, the price hike in everything they are releasing will hopefully stunt their sales.
I'm glad to see a very viable replacement for Office in the form of StarOffice, and I hope to see Sun do very well with this product.
Science in general is irritating to me. If I remember correctly, which I probably don't, There is the hypothesis stage, the theory stage and with a lot of research and luck, you finally reach truth. It seems to me that science is stopping at the opinion stage of things and preaching it all as truth and universal gospel.
Therefore, science, please refrain from expressing your opinions as anything but such. When you have proof, call me and I'll care.
I just downloaded StarOffice 6 from Sun and just wanted to say that so far, I think it's great. At first glance, here's what I like:
Clean GUI. Sun pulled out the retarded desktop interface.
The screen fonts look amazing. My documents are very easy to read.
Launches quickly. I am up ready to start typing in 3 seconds.
Is significantly cheaper than MSOffice.
Runs on Linux and Windows.
XML
The only thing I didn't check was the.doc import feature. Mostly because I don't care. I do wish they would stick a WordPerfect filter in there though.
It is entirely possible, and also entirely unlikely, that the market could cripple Microsoft (or any other unpleasant entity).
All people need to do is answer these two questions:
1) Will Office XP really help me write letters better than Office 2000 or WordPerfect?
2) Does Windows XP make me more efficient or effective than Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME?
The answers to both are undeniably no.
However, most individuals and business entities act, and purchase, like their worlds will come to an end if they don't upgrade to the latest MS crap.
All it would take to reverse Microsoft's current attempts to take over your computing life would be to refuse to purchase anything they produce until they stop producing invasive, time-limited products.
I don't think they would go out of business, but I wager they would become more interested in their customers wishes and less inclined to screw them over.
But alas, our world is filled with weak willed individuals who like to complain and curse as they fork over their wealth and rights to someone else, but lack the courage to actually do something about it.
Fight this law at the roots if you want to win.
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Here's what I think. If you want to kill a weed, you fight it at the roots, or remove the roots all together.
In the case of the DMCA, the roots are large companies. In Sklyarov's instance, Adobe was the one who got him thrown in jail in the first place. I personally will NEVER buy or use an Adobe product again (or any big company's software for that matter). I won't help support this kind of behavior. I think protesting is nice, but hit these companies where it hurts, their profits, and they will stop acting this way or go out of business. Either result is fine with me. I don't understand why people can't see this, or if they can, why they don't act upon it.
Adobe dropped their charges. This was only a PR move, however, they knew the government would still prosecute Sklyarov, which is what they wanted. They only dropped the charges to get public focus off of them. Anyway, if you want the government to recall stupid laws like the DMCA, en mass write (not by email since they won't read it) your representatives and let them know that you want this law gone or they will not be voted into office again. If they don't comply, keep good on your promise to withhold your vote from them. Educate everyone you know about the DMCA (or any of the other retarded laws our retarded government has passed) and encourage them to do the same.
While I liked Mononoke Hime okay, my favorite two films are Kaze no Tani no Naushika and Tenku no Shiro Laputa. (sorry, I only know the movies by their Japanese titles). These were great films. It is very disappointing that I can't share these enjoyable films with my English speaking friends and family.
In my mind, Disney has no business even touching these films. Disney's talent at story telling and detailed animation cannot touch the likes of these films. It's completely beyond them. I hope somebody eventually gets it right.
It's also sad that I can only buy these films on VHS even if I travel to Japan. They really need to be released on a region free DVD.
One: I know you meant this as a joke, but creationists don't think the universe is only 6,000 years old, or that the Earth is only 6,000 years old. Rather, they believe that man has been on the Earth for around 6000 years. There were five creation periods before man's arrival. In the Old Testament, these are referred to as days, but they were periods of undetermined length (some suggest these periods were about 1,000 years each). Assuming the 1,000 year theory, that would make the Earth at least 11,000 years old. That date, however, is just a guess.
Two: One response reads, "Since creationists depend upon blind faith in inconsistent and impractical arguments...". I find this humorous since the other theories of man and Earth's origin, such as the Big Bang Theory, Darwinism, etc., require an equal dose of blind faith and inconsistent and impractical arguments and ideas. Just because you believe it doesn't mean it's so or makes sense.
I can understand Lucas wanting the word "clones" in the title of Episode II since it deals with the clone wars. However, I can think of at least 10 cheesy names containing the words "of the clones" that are much more acceptable than Attack of the Clones.
March of the Clones
Scourge of the Clones
Storm of the Clones
Strike of the Clones
Onslaught of the Clones
Drive of the Clones
Onset of the Clones
Pugnacity of the Clones (A good one to give the word pugnacity the attention it deserves)
Bellicosity of the Clones
Bedlam of the Clones
Militarization of the Clones
War of the Clones
Combat of the Clones
Fray of the Clones
Clones of the Clones of the Clones...
I hope George will break out his Thesaurus and Dictionary and do a serious rethink of this title.
They don't know what the effects of global warming are and they don't know what causes it. In the 1300's politicians were going around preaching doom because the Earth was getting cooler. They predicted how eventually everything on Earth would freeze to death. We can all see what a right bunch of fruitcakes they were now can't we.
From the article: But many industry observers fear that.Net is a way of turning the open standards-based Internet into yet another Microsoft proprietary format.
Of course it is. Microsoft has said, at least internally, for years that the only way to win the war against Linux was to make the standard protocols of the internet proprietary. I believe.Net in their attempt at doing so.
This reminds me of Douglas Adams' The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul where Dirk Gently is going through his mail and receives a letter from American Express notifying him that his account is past due and now terminated along with a letter asking him to apply for an American Express card. I thought it was funny when I read it as fiction, but this is great.
Java is clunky, ugly, and runs much too slow on most platforms.
When choosing a programming language to learn, you must choose a language that does what you want to do. If you are looking at low level programming, Java isn't for you since you can't access the hardware directly (unless you are using the Java SDK 1.4, which supports writing directly to the video card).
Java is a well thought out, beautiful language. It's strengths are, in my opinion, at the server end, where it out performs CGI, although I do use it for some application development.
Java has seen great performance gains since version 1.0. Many Java applications that I have created work just as well and just as fast as C++ applications that do the same thing.
Finally, it isn't the language that's slow, it's the interpretation of bytecode that slows things down a little. There isn't any law against compiling your Java code into a native executable.
I'm right. Java is a fad, not worth much more than the Windows OS in terms of quality, and my CS faculty is doing me a disservice by cramming it down my throat.
I think Java is an excellent language to use to learn OOP because it forces it. If I were taking a class, I would rather learn Java since the demand for Java programmers far exceeds the demand for smalltalk and other OOP language programmers. I don't see how making you learn a very marketable language is doing you a disservice.
It seems to me that you don't know much about Java. I would hold off judgement until you do. Everyone that I know that takes the time to learn it's strength comes to respect what it has to offer them. Again, it's a great programming language. Even Microsoft thinks so (not that that means anything to me). That's why they are working on releasing Microsoft Java (oh, I guess they changed the name to C# so they could break there Java licensing agreement with Sun).
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Futurama was pretty funny sometimes. I'm sad to see it go and hope another network picks it up.
I really liked the Tick. I thought the dialog was well done and Patrick's delivery was great. Here again, I would like to see another network pick it up, but I doubt either will happen.
I hate the family guy and wish it would just die, but it still keeps coming back like a bad case of jock itch.
Fox sucks!
Why are you comparing Java to CLR? CLR is Microsoft's bytecode which runs through their .NET virtual machine.
CLR doesn't let you do a damn thing since you can't write in it.
Therefore, please either compare Java to VB.NET, C#, ASP.NET, and so on, or compare Java's bytecode to Microsoft's CLR (which is pointless in my opinion).
You probably will never read this. I didn't have time to look at this post until today. Who cares?
.NET is not the Windows API, I know that. What I said is that .NET is as messy as the Windows API, which it is. Next time, why don't you actually look at what you're talking about before you turn all professor snot talk on us?
.NET when creating a Linux or *BSD open-source projects. Who mentioned programming cash cows and Windows? I didn't. Just because you can't read doesn't mean my premise is questionable.
Anyway, have you even looked at the API?
My point and question was why anyone would want to code to
Java is standardized. No matter what Java compiler (Sun, IBM, etc.) I use, it works the same. It also runs the same across all JVMs. What is your definition of the word standardized?
To answer you second question, I would like to boost Sun's "proprietary" language because it has a clean API, which equals more money through quicker times to market.
Nice use of the word jihad. Especially in today's political climate, this was an excellent way to downplay my statement by first of all not even reading it and second of all calling me names.
I make a living programming for Windows. No I don't like Microsoft's technologies as much as I do Sun's and everything available in the open source world. However, I didn't make this into an anti-microsoft bash, why did you?
With all the talk of .NET and C# killing Java, I decided to take a look at Visual Studio .NET for myself.
.NET when it is as messy to program for as Windows is?
.NET programs, but do Linux, etc. developers really want to go to all the trouble of writing to .NET when Sun's JVM provides the same functionality and a much cleaner API?
.NET would have absolutely nothing to offer to the developer community.
.NET and the dev tools that go along with it, I still think Java and the JVM are better for cross-platform development.
One question that I have not seen raised is this: It is easier to write programs for Linux and *BSD than it is to write programs for Windows. Many open-source programmers use this as an excuse for charging for the Windows versions of their products.
That said, why would anyone but a Windows programmer want to program for
Mono may support
I think if Sun's JVM supported other languages like Perl, Python, C, C++, etc.
I think the languages support in CLR are impressive, but still, if you have to write to a Windows-like API, what good does it do you?
Although there are a lot of things I like about
I disagree with your explanation of number one. Java is excellent in the server environment, but there are quite a few projects that use Java on the desktop. These run on Windows, Linux, *BSD, and anywhere else the JVM has been implemented (where applicable of course).
Also, what about Servlet programming and JSP for dynamic web pages and database connectivity? These are desktop applications! They just run in a browser; on the desktop. The trouble is that Java does it's job so well, many people don't have any idea they are using Java applications every day.
I agree, I would like to see a good book or two on Jakarta. I would also like to see some books on the other Apache.org offerings (like Ant), or pehaps a book that covered several of them.
I would also like to see books on Zope, and some books that link a lot of these technologies together. Such as a book that shows you how to use Servlets/JSP, MySQL, JDBC, apache, tomcat, etc. to set up a secure transaction site to be hosted on Linux/*BSD.
The problem is that everyone tries to teach each of these technologies from the ground up. Stop doing that. If I don't know Java, I'll buy a Java book, but if all I'm looking for is an easy reference to hooking it all together, I can't find one.
On a side note, I'm sick of going to Amazon.com and seeing good books marked with one star because it was hard for beginners to understand. I wish these beginners would think ahead to the day that they might want more in depth information.
Finally, I would really like to see a lot more books on FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD. FreeBSD and NetBSD already have good documentation on the web (I wish OpenBSD's was as good), but it would be nice to have this and a lot more information in "dead tree" format.
I have used Libranet since two versions ago. Yes, the installer is text based, but who cares. It's not like you sit and install the os every day. Once it's installed, it a very easy to use and powerful system.
Keep up the good work Libranet!!!
I saw Monsters Inc. tonight with my kids. It was a pretty good show.
I have already seen The One, I think, in the form of Highlander and Timecop.
What is wrong about him? When he says something, doesn't he do it? Doesn't he perform his role with dignity and integrity? He may not be a good public speaker, but most people aren't. Who cares about that anyway? I rather like having a leader that lacks the oratory skills to lead most of the country into the depths of stupidity.
He may not do what you personally want him to, but at least he's not a disgusting liar like his predecessor or the cardboard idiot that he ran against.
I have read many slashdot reader's comments asking how to contact their representatives (and many cynical responses as to why it is okay not to do so), so I will post this to the main message thread.
Go to www.senate.gov and look for your states senators. Call their offices. Tell them that you want to contact your representative and explain why. Ask them what the best way to contact your senator is, they will tell you. Once they do, use that medium to contact your senator.
Get all the information you can. Quote the sources you use to make your point. Make the points that this bill is contrary to the constitution (personally, I used amendment IV). Make it clear that you voted for them to protect your rights and freedoms, not give them away to Disney, et al.
The most important point is to come across as a well informed constituent. Don't write threatening, uninformed letters like some backwater rube.
If enough people put the pressure on, this bill will not pass (and we will be able to destroy laws like the DMCA)..
The time for thinking someone else will take care of it for you is over. Do your part as a member of the technology community. If every person that is against this bill (and others like the DMCA) write their senators, this bill will fail. Also, if every one of us keeps the pressure on our representatives concerning DMCA, it will also fail..
Unless you do something about this, you have no right to complain when your freedoms are stolen. Also, you can't win unless you fight..
Go write!
My experience with these you-don't-have-to-be-a-developer-we'll-code-for-yo u IDEs is that many programmers that use them tend to write poor code.
Most of the time, developers that use these IDEs exclusively are either poorly trained to begin with or become lazy and depend to much on them. Their code reflects that.
I own JBuilder, and I use it occasionally because I like it's debugger, but most of the time, I just code in a regular old text editor and compile at the command line.
I would rather keep my options open and my talents sharp, so I'll avoid MS's latest code generator.
No, he/she has a point. If the government gets involved with the manufacturing of the hardware that makes up our machines and the software that we install on them (as SSSCA demands they do) then you bet prices are going to skyrocket.
The next thing you'll probably see are government licenses to practice software engineering, computer assembly, sales, etc, just as they currently do with construction, plumbing, electrical, realators, etc.
Once the government digs in its paws, you can guarantee prices will raise and innovation will falter.
I have to disagree with you. StarOffice actually works quite well. Especially the 6.0 beta. It is fast, clean and stable. It looks and works great. It imports and exports .doc files quite well.
If you want to talk about instability, install XP.
Microsoft's new licensing rituals turned me off for good, as I'm sure they will many people who know there are alternatives. Also, the price hike in everything they are releasing will hopefully stunt their sales.
I'm glad to see a very viable replacement for Office in the form of StarOffice, and I hope to see Sun do very well with this product.
Science in general is irritating to me. If I remember correctly, which I probably don't, There is the hypothesis stage, the theory stage and with a lot of research and luck, you finally reach truth. It seems to me that science is stopping at the opinion stage of things and preaching it all as truth and universal gospel.
Therefore, science, please refrain from expressing your opinions as anything but such. When you have proof, call me and I'll care.
- Clean GUI. Sun pulled out the retarded desktop interface.
- The screen fonts look amazing. My documents are very easy to read.
- Launches quickly. I am up ready to start typing in 3 seconds.
- Is significantly cheaper than MSOffice.
- Runs on Linux and Windows.
- XML
The only thing I didn't check was theIt is entirely possible, and also entirely unlikely, that the market could cripple Microsoft (or any other unpleasant entity).
All people need to do is answer these two questions:
1) Will Office XP really help me write letters better than Office 2000 or WordPerfect?
2) Does Windows XP make me more efficient or effective than Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME?
The answers to both are undeniably no.
However, most individuals and business entities act, and purchase, like their worlds will come to an end if they don't upgrade to the latest MS crap.
All it would take to reverse Microsoft's current attempts to take over your computing life would be to refuse to purchase anything they produce until they stop producing invasive, time-limited products.
I don't think they would go out of business, but I wager they would become more interested in their customers wishes and less inclined to screw them over.
But alas, our world is filled with weak willed individuals who like to complain and curse as they fork over their wealth and rights to someone else, but lack the courage to actually do something about it.
Here's what I think. If you want to kill a weed, you fight it at the roots, or remove the roots all together.
In the case of the DMCA, the roots are large companies. In Sklyarov's instance, Adobe was the one who got him thrown in jail in the first place. I personally will NEVER buy or use an Adobe product again (or any big company's software for that matter). I won't help support this kind of behavior. I think protesting is nice, but hit these companies where it hurts, their profits, and they will stop acting this way or go out of business. Either result is fine with me. I don't understand why people can't see this, or if they can, why they don't act upon it.
Adobe dropped their charges. This was only a PR move, however, they knew the government would still prosecute Sklyarov, which is what they wanted. They only dropped the charges to get public focus off of them. Anyway, if you want the government to recall stupid laws like the DMCA, en mass write (not by email since they won't read it) your representatives and let them know that you want this law gone or they will not be voted into office again. If they don't comply, keep good on your promise to withhold your vote from them. Educate everyone you know about the DMCA (or any of the other retarded laws our retarded government has passed) and encourage them to do the same.
I think it was Benjamin Franklin that said something to the effect of, anyone who would give up any amount of freedom for safety deserves neither.
I second that thought.
While I liked Mononoke Hime okay, my favorite two films are Kaze no Tani no Naushika and Tenku no Shiro Laputa. (sorry, I only know the movies by their Japanese titles). These were great films. It is very disappointing that I can't share these enjoyable films with my English speaking friends and family.
In my mind, Disney has no business even touching these films. Disney's talent at story telling and detailed animation cannot touch the likes of these films. It's completely beyond them. I hope somebody eventually gets it right.
It's also sad that I can only buy these films on VHS even if I travel to Japan. They really need to be released on a region free DVD.
Two things to point out:
One: I know you meant this as a joke, but creationists don't think the universe is only 6,000 years old, or that the Earth is only 6,000 years old. Rather, they believe that man has been on the Earth for around 6000 years. There were five creation periods before man's arrival. In the Old Testament, these are referred to as days, but they were periods of undetermined length (some suggest these periods were about 1,000 years each). Assuming the 1,000 year theory, that would make the Earth at least 11,000 years old. That date, however, is just a guess.
Two: One response reads, "Since creationists depend upon blind faith in inconsistent and impractical arguments...". I find this humorous since the other theories of man and Earth's origin, such as the Big Bang Theory, Darwinism, etc., require an equal dose of blind faith and inconsistent and impractical arguments and ideas. Just because you believe it doesn't mean it's so or makes sense.
- March of the Clones
- Scourge of the Clones
- Storm of the Clones
- Strike of the Clones
- Onslaught of the Clones
- Drive of the Clones
- Onset of the Clones
- Pugnacity of the Clones (A good one to give the word pugnacity the attention it deserves)
- Bellicosity of the Clones
- Bedlam of the Clones
- Militarization of the Clones
- War of the Clones
- Combat of the Clones
- Fray of the Clones
- Clones of the Clones of the Clones...
I hope George will break out his Thesaurus and Dictionary and do a serious rethink of this title.As stated by scientists in this article
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http://opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?
They don't know what the effects of global warming are and they don't know what causes it. In the 1300's politicians were going around preaching doom because the Earth was getting cooler. They predicted how eventually everything on Earth would freeze to death. We can all see what a right bunch of fruitcakes they were now can't we.
From the article: But many industry observers fear that .Net is a way of turning the open standards-based Internet into yet another Microsoft proprietary format.
.Net in their attempt at doing so.
Of course it is. Microsoft has said, at least internally, for years that the only way to win the war against Linux was to make the standard protocols of the internet proprietary. I believe
This reminds me of Douglas Adams' The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul where Dirk Gently is going through his mail and receives a letter from American Express notifying him that his account is past due and now terminated along with a letter asking him to apply for an American Express card. I thought it was funny when I read it as fiction, but this is great.
Java is clunky, ugly, and runs much too slow on most platforms.
When choosing a programming language to learn, you must choose a language that does what you want to do. If you are looking at low level programming, Java isn't for you since you can't access the hardware directly (unless you are using the Java SDK 1.4, which supports writing directly to the video card).
Java is a well thought out, beautiful language. It's strengths are, in my opinion, at the server end, where it out performs CGI, although I do use it for some application development.
Java has seen great performance gains since version 1.0. Many Java applications that I have created work just as well and just as fast as C++ applications that do the same thing.
Finally, it isn't the language that's slow, it's the interpretation of bytecode that slows things down a little. There isn't any law against compiling your Java code into a native executable.
I'm right. Java is a fad, not worth much more than the Windows OS in terms of quality, and my CS faculty is doing me a disservice by cramming it down my throat.
I think Java is an excellent language to use to learn OOP because it forces it. If I were taking a class, I would rather learn Java since the demand for Java programmers far exceeds the demand for smalltalk and other OOP language programmers. I don't see how making you learn a very marketable language is doing you a disservice.
It seems to me that you don't know much about Java. I would hold off judgement until you do. Everyone that I know that takes the time to learn it's strength comes to respect what it has to offer them. Again, it's a great programming language. Even Microsoft thinks so (not that that means anything to me). That's why they are working on releasing Microsoft Java (oh, I guess they changed the name to C# so they could break there Java licensing agreement with Sun).