No, actually they don't. Or rather; many people don't learn from others mistakes. It seems to me (through empirical data, i.e. experience;)) that although people see other people fail over and over again, they still seem to think that they are going to get it right.
This is very strange, but it probably has something to do with peoples strong faith in themselves and their abilities.
Do they learn when they eventually fail, you may ask? Well, some people do, and become smarter. Others don't, continue to use the same methods as they've always used, and continue to fail.
I don't know much about Python... but is it very cross-platform?
Yes. It even has bytecode, that (IIRC) can be run on any platform that has the correct Python interpreter.
As for GUI-toolkits, there are several to choose from, and they are supported on several platforms, but probably not as many as Java AWT/JFC.
Is there a reason you'd use Python over Java if you wanted to run your application in a few different environments?
Yes, you would be using Python instead of Java. That's a plus..;)
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HA! just try to mention opensource developers and "lightweight" in the same sentence. IT WON'T MAKE SENSE! that's what happens when you spend your life in an easy chair in front of a monior.
Well.. you may be right.. Nah. Please realize that Open Source does not explicitly mean that the developers are idiots. It doesn't even mean that they do it on their spare time! *gasp*
There are actually people getting paid for developing open source code! *shock*
Also, their code is probably pretty much UI independent (because it works on so many different OSes), so it's probably not a lot of work to create a patch to make it KOpenOffice.;)
Try instead:...but a shortage of inexpensive IT workers.
You're right about that, but that's just because all the incompetent IT workers demand too much money, and are actually paid too much money thanks to incompetent management (which there is also a shortage of, as mentioned in another post).
And the HB-1b who has a tenuous grasp over the
English language working the phones in tech
support, interacting with a generally frustrated
and/or poorly computer versed customer base would
be your definition of a competent IT worker?
Emperically, with a computer. Isn't this the one where someone with a sense of humor wrote "I have an elagant solution to Fermat's theorem, unfortunately, the margin it too small to write it."
Well.. actually it was Fermat himself that wrote it in a book he had. He claimed to have solved it, but he never distributed his proof. In those days, mathematicians were very secretive.
In many years before Fermat's Theorem was solved, people actually based their work on it being true. People would start by first saying that if the theorem is true, then.. blah blah...
yes, it did get solved. it was a british guy who solved it.. or rather he solved a problem, named after a couple of Japanese mathematicians, that implied that Fermat's Theorem had to be true.
Simon Singh wrote a book about it. I can recommend it.. it is very entertaining. even for people who do not know much (or anything!) about mathemathics.
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the Opera web browser is one of the things I install on all my boxes. Opera doesn't need a Google-bar, because it has it bultin.
i simply type "g whatever" in the URL-field, and it zooms off to Google and searches for whatever. very useful.
it can use several other search engines too, with their own prefixes, like "a" for AllTheWeb..
one of my favourite features in Opera.
vr
er.. what? the latest entries are from 5th of December, _this_ year. that's today.
It won't be really wireless until the power supply is also wireless ;-)
You know.. Tesla actually worked on wireless transmition of electricity for a while. Unfortunately, he was not successfull.
Before he died he claimed he had invented some
kind of super-weapon. A particle beam of some kind.
argh. that should have been "seems very _similar_ to.."
This seems very to Suns Sunray product line.
Check out Magcom, a norwegian company that makes a pda/phone thingy.
...learn from others mistakes?
;)) that although people see other people fail over and over again, they still seem to think that they are going to get it right.
No, actually they don't. Or rather; many people don't learn from others mistakes. It seems to me (through empirical data, i.e. experience
This is very strange, but it probably has something to do with peoples strong faith in themselves and their abilities.
Do they learn when they eventually fail, you may ask? Well, some people do, and become smarter. Others don't, continue to use the same methods as they've always used, and continue to fail.
People are strange.
.. it's so portable, it will even run under perl - Inline::Python ;-)
;-P
.. if your a masochist.
Newsflash: South Park isn't made using paper cutouts, but using some nifty SGI workstations.
s /1999/ju ly/south_park.html
Yes, they use advanced hardware and graphics software to create the paper cutout look-and-feel.
Press-release from SGI regarding Bigger, Longer and Uncut:
http://www.sgi.com/newsroom/press_release
I don't know much about Python... but is it very cross-platform?
;)
Yes. It even has bytecode, that (IIRC) can be run on any platform that has the correct Python interpreter.
As for GUI-toolkits, there are several to choose from, and they are supported on several platforms, but probably not as many as Java AWT/JFC.
Is there a reason you'd use Python over Java if you wanted to run your application in a few different environments?
Yes, you would be using Python instead of Java. That's a plus..
HA! just try to mention opensource developers and "lightweight" in the same sentence. IT WON'T MAKE SENSE! that's what happens when you spend your life in an easy chair in front of a monior.
Well.. you may be right.. Nah. Please realize that Open Source does not explicitly mean that the developers are idiots. It doesn't even mean that they do it on their spare time! *gasp*
There are actually people getting paid for developing open source code! *shock*
What kind of software is used for this?
Just like that old phrase says, noone ever got fired for buying Microsoft. The same goes for Oracle.
Please don't rewrite the history.
The correct phrase is "Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM."
It is still better than MySQL, and it can actually handle large quantities of data pretty good.
If MySQL doesn't fit your needs, don't use it.
Why not use a real RDBMS like Borland InterBase. </flamebait>
.. and yes; it is opensource.. :)
Also, their code is probably pretty much UI independent (because it works on so many different OSes), so it's probably not a lot of work to create a patch to make it KOpenOffice. ;)
.. and GnOpenOffice, of course.. *sigh*
(posted using Opera for Linux 4.0b1Yes, of course. That's what I meant to write :-)
vr
I appologise for being rude, but I'm just so damn
;)
sick of people telling me what opinions I have
based on a few words.
All I did was make a simple comment, and people
go on claiming I want to import a lot of Indians
into the US.
Speaking of incompetence..
vr
Try instead: ...but a shortage of inexpensive IT workers.
You're right about that, but that's just because all the incompetent IT workers demand too much money, and are actually paid too much money thanks to incompetent management (which there is also a shortage of, as mentioned in another post).
vr
And the HB-1b who has a tenuous grasp over the
English language working the phones in tech
support, interacting with a generally frustrated
and/or poorly computer versed customer base would
be your definition of a competent IT worker?
Did I say that? No I did not.
vr
.. but a shortage of competent IT workers.
First, some of the facts about Opera were wrong:
;). The download is approximatly 1.8Mb.
1) No Java? Wrong. There are two separate versions of Opera. One with java, and another with Java.
2) 200Mb of hd space to install? That's just plain bullshit (maybe they counted the space windows uses too?
Second, it is still very fast in comparison to Netscape and IE. (As someone pointed out, they used a beta..)
Approx. $30 for a browser is not much, considering you get the best browser available.
Its hard to sell a product when your competitor is giving theirs away for free.Just ask Netscape.
Ask Opera Software. Supply a better product, and they will pay.
vr
Emperically, with a computer.
Isn't this the one where someone with a sense of humor wrote
"I have an elagant solution to Fermat's theorem, unfortunately, the margin it too small to write it."
Well.. actually it was Fermat himself that wrote it in a book he had. He claimed to have solved it, but he never distributed his proof. In those days, mathematicians were very secretive.
In many years before Fermat's Theorem was solved, people actually based their work on it being true. People would start by first saying that if the theorem is true, then
:-)
Did it actually get solved, or is it just me?
yes, it did get solved. it was a british guy who solved it.. or rather he solved a problem, named after a couple of Japanese mathematicians, that implied that Fermat's Theorem had to be true.
Simon Singh wrote a book about it. I can recommend it.. it is very entertaining. even for people who do not know much (or anything!) about mathemathics.