See https://www.dartlang.org/performance/, in some cases they actually are claiming that the cross-compiled javascript performance outperforms the standardized implementation of an algorithm written originally in Javascript (e.g. the DeltaBlue and Tracer benchmarks)
Dart is really just the evolution of Google's GWT efforts, which they've been pretty good about supporting long-term and cultivating community contributions while also making a lengthy migration path to Dart
Although in some benchmarks the Dart VM is 25% faster than JavaScript (and much more in other benchmarks). The article quotes are a mess. Just look at the actual benchmark numbers at https://www.dartlang.org/performance/ for a good idea of what's actually being claimed.
"which ultimately led to the demise of the financial services firm he worked for."
The company went bankrupt, which is as much as a company can be punished. Something this negligent requires punishment on both the individual and the company -- there just aren't enough consequences a company can impose on their employees beyond firing them to prevent something like this.
The average energy of the X-ray beam used is three times that used in a CT scan
This assumes professional calibration! This should read "The average energy of the X-ray beam when calibrated by an apathetic TSA employee is a hell of a lot more than three times that used in a CT scan calibrated by a hospital technician"
"Yes Johnny, but you're supposed to come tell us immediately, not hit him"
"Yes Google, but you're supposed to explore all the wonderful alternatives we have to a defunct patent system. Not write legal briefs and submit them to a judge"?
which is exactly why one of the biggest improvements in AIR 3 is it's iOS support. My iOS app ( http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lickety-split/id454354262 ) is written 100% in Flash (Actionscript) using the Open Source Flash SDK ( http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Flex+SDK ). That's infinitely more open than Objective-C, and it performs great. The only thing Adobe sucks at is P.R. for letting Apple brainwash people into thinking using Apple's approach is more open than an open source sdk. Yeah it's not perfect or standards committee developed (ironically, Flash/Actionscript is exactly JavaScript 4 . If it weren't for all the JS4 politics Flash would be JS by now), but that's only if you're letting it be compared to JS. It's capabilities and performance are way closer to Native than JS.
I've made an app using the Adobe Flex Builder Burrito Blackberry sdk and thought it was great. Better than iOS even. Essentially, his argument boils down to saying "they made me use VMWare for a virtual machine and I'm an idiot who can't differentiate the free VMWare Player that I'm given a download link to on the blackberry site from VMWare Workstation, which I'd need to use a trial version of."
I will gladly have to click three separate download links (oh no!) in order to get a more exact desktop emulation experience than be stuck with an emulator that just shows the target device screen resolution and no other changes. Even on Android Emulator I had an issue once where the emulator said everything was great and then running on the device, key information was placed off-screen. Dealing with that was far worse than having to click download 3 times.
This guy should be thankful he's never had to develop for Nokia OVI store. As for Blackberry, they can probably be thankful not to have to deal with this guy anymore.
Like DotA was a mod to Warcraft III, Heroes of Newerth is a mod to Savage 2, which is already available/playable on Linux and a great game. So, there's at least some evidence this is likely to be good.
By forcing the users to make a choice, it allows Opera to attempt to sway users to choose them.
They already have to pick between IE and Telnet:80 . Exactly how many options does Microsoft have to provide for people to sort through before they magically decide they want to download Opera?
The constitution most definitely does not say all branches are equal. The Federalist and Anti-Federalist papers both put the judicial branch as weaker than the other two. Granted to your point, the President was never intended to be more powerful than the Congress; it's no accident that if 76% of the congress agreed to it, they'd have the legal authority to abolish both the presidency and the supreme court and install cowboy neal as dictator for life.
How is this measured? I personally both use Google Docs and have OO installed (actually, I have OO installed on my 4 different computers, but only 1 Google Docs account which I use from all of them), but I spend about 90% of my word processing time in Google Docs and about 10% in OO.
See the Comparative Media Studies program at MIT -- exactly designed for people who got into MIT, but then decided they wanted to combine those abilities with something broader.
> I see you own a computer. Surely you could have > sent your money to Africa instead?
You mean do something more like what google.org is doing? Just because they weren't egotistical enough to call it the Larry Page and Sergey Brin Foundation doesn't mean they didn't fund, well, all of it.
> Profits and/or speed were not the drivers as claimed. Much of the construction was financed by a US$80 million loan from the World > Bank. USD$80 mil in 1960 dollars is approx. 1/2 billion in today's money.
Huh... what does that come out to in terms of hours of the Iraqi war?
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See https://www.dartlang.org/performance/, in some cases they actually are claiming that the cross-compiled javascript performance outperforms the standardized implementation of an algorithm written originally in Javascript (e.g. the DeltaBlue and Tracer benchmarks)
Dart is really just the evolution of Google's GWT efforts, which they've been pretty good about supporting long-term and cultivating community contributions while also making a lengthy migration path to Dart
Although in some benchmarks the Dart VM is 25% faster than JavaScript (and much more in other benchmarks). The article quotes are a mess. Just look at the actual benchmark numbers at https://www.dartlang.org/performance/ for a good idea of what's actually being claimed.
The funny thing is, the Taxi companies could easily implement their own Apps to automate the cab hiring process, perhaps some are doing this already.
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"news for nerds" [x] Check.
"stuff that matters" [ ] Not so much.
"which ultimately led to the demise of the financial services firm he worked for."
The company went bankrupt, which is as much as a company can be punished. Something this negligent requires punishment on both the individual and the company -- there just aren't enough consequences a company can impose on their employees beyond firing them to prevent something like this.
Next up, sharks.
Erm, nope. Next up, Somali Pirates with mirrors
This assumes professional calibration! This should read "The average energy of the X-ray beam when calibrated by an apathetic TSA employee is a hell of a lot more than three times that used in a CT scan calibrated by a hospital technician"
Ah, the "but mooom, he started it!". I get it.
"Yes Johnny, but you're supposed to come tell us immediately, not hit him"
"Yes Google, but you're supposed to explore all the wonderful alternatives we have to a defunct patent system. Not write legal briefs and submit them to a judge"?
which is exactly why one of the biggest improvements in AIR 3 is it's iOS support. My iOS app ( http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lickety-split/id454354262 ) is written 100% in Flash (Actionscript) using the Open Source Flash SDK ( http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Flex+SDK ). That's infinitely more open than Objective-C, and it performs great. The only thing Adobe sucks at is P.R. for letting Apple brainwash people into thinking using Apple's approach is more open than an open source sdk. Yeah it's not perfect or standards committee developed (ironically, Flash/Actionscript is exactly JavaScript 4 . If it weren't for all the JS4 politics Flash would be JS by now), but that's only if you're letting it be compared to JS. It's capabilities and performance are way closer to Native than JS.
I've made an app using the Adobe Flex Builder Burrito Blackberry sdk and thought it was great. Better than iOS even. Essentially, his argument boils down to saying "they made me use VMWare for a virtual machine and I'm an idiot who can't differentiate the free VMWare Player that I'm given a download link to on the blackberry site from VMWare Workstation, which I'd need to use a trial version of."
I will gladly have to click three separate download links (oh no!) in order to get a more exact desktop emulation experience than be stuck with an emulator that just shows the target device screen resolution and no other changes. Even on Android Emulator I had an issue once where the emulator said everything was great and then running on the device, key information was placed off-screen. Dealing with that was far worse than having to click download 3 times.
This guy should be thankful he's never had to develop for Nokia OVI store. As for Blackberry, they can probably be thankful not to have to deal with this guy anymore.
a sentence in German has roughly the length of a book in English, so they're just bringing things up to parity with the US.
http://scratch.mit.edu designed explicitly for this
Like DotA was a mod to Warcraft III, Heroes of Newerth is a mod to Savage 2, which is already available/playable on Linux and a great game. So, there's at least some evidence this is likely to be good.
Doesn't Flash use use On2 VP7 as its codec?
So? I've never met a person who didn't have a personality disorder of some sort.
Mmmm, try leaving slashdot
By forcing the users to make a choice, it allows Opera to attempt to sway users to choose them.
They already have to pick between IE and Telnet:80 . Exactly how many options does Microsoft have to provide for people to sort through before they magically decide they want to download Opera?
They are equal branches of government.
The constitution most definitely does not say all branches are equal. The Federalist and Anti-Federalist papers both put the judicial branch as weaker than the other two. Granted to your point, the President was never intended to be more powerful than the Congress; it's no accident that if 76% of the congress agreed to it, they'd have the legal authority to abolish both the presidency and the supreme court and install cowboy neal as dictator for life.
Hey, guys, my car goes from 0 to 120 in 3! That makes about as much sense as the summary.
Was a car analogy really necessary?
How is this measured? I personally both use Google Docs and have OO installed (actually, I have OO installed on my 4 different computers, but only 1 Google Docs account which I use from all of them), but I spend about 90% of my word processing time in Google Docs and about 10% in OO.
See the Comparative Media Studies program at MIT -- exactly designed for people who got into MIT, but then decided they wanted to combine those abilities with something broader.
Does idle base its story submissions solely by how well the content matches up to whatever pictures they happen have lying around?
> I see you own a computer. Surely you could have
> sent your money to Africa instead?
You mean do something more like what google.org is doing? Just because they weren't egotistical enough to call it the Larry Page and Sergey Brin Foundation doesn't mean they didn't fund, well, all of it.
> Profits and/or speed were not the drivers as claimed. Much of the construction was financed by a US$80 million loan from the World
... what does that come out to in terms of hours of the Iraqi war?
> Bank. USD$80 mil in 1960 dollars is approx. 1/2 billion in today's money.
Huh