GWT rocks - don't expect it to go easily into that good night.

Consider the following scenario:
o Convert the compiler to accept Dart instead of "pure" Java. Remember, GWT does not implement the entire language, only a subset of the run-time. This conversion can easily be implemented as a rolling replacement to the compiler.
o There's absolutely no reason now for GWT to support Java 7+
o The Google Plugin for Eclipse will easily convert to Dart, keeping the developer mind-share
o Keeps all those nifty 3rd party libraries
o Keeps the advantage of all those optimizations that the GWT compiler reduces to practice. Google will not flush all that work.
o Tell Larry to stick it where the sun don't shine

1. Interesting that /. is making such a big deal of recognizing 1st time contributors. It's an "interesting" editorial policy.

2. I, too, wondered whether or not to complete the enrollment process. We never:
o had a realistic opportunity to interact with the instructor(s). I know that a certain set of questions will be answered, but what are the odds /my/ question will be answered? Apparently about 1 in 100K;
o never had an opportunity to get feedback to quizzes/exams;
o Maybe I missed it, in the initial furor, but the lectures will now be delivered 2 wks, after the live class.

The "bloom is off the rose", but it will provide a interesting excuse for ignoring my other tasks in the next few months.

Does anyone here doubt Acacia is assessing its patient portfolio in light of this now becoming a startup?

Comments so far are missing a salient feature of these things: they are in use at the U.S. border.

Trucks drive past them at the border (oh, they're just mezkins...)

They are located north of the border, by approx. 30 miles (DHS calls it "defense in depth"). See them in my neck of the woods in Arizona on: northbound I/19, eastbound Hwy 82, northbound Hwy 83, northbound Hwy 90

To the assholes who have no problem with this: how many checkpoints do you drive through on your way to work?

You can see a picture of these vans via the earlier /. link

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING!!!!!!!!!!

We claim the ornamental DESIGN FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE, SUBSTANTIALLY SHOWN AS DESCRIBED

Jesus H. Creepy Christ On A Crutch

HP is committed to making the webOS developer program the world leader in developer benefits, growing the developer base, and helping developers showcase their products. Over the coming months, the webOS ecosystem will be growing dramatically as webOS is introduced to PCs and printers, and into the enterprise with a scale only HP can provide.

Jeebus, did anyone here sign on to this gobbler?

From pg. 6

One of the posts in the linked thread goes to some Israeli biz-pub.

The Ha'aretz article about RMS' decision doesn't mis-attribute "Linux Founder" to RMS.

The error is in another publication

With apologies to whatever Star Trek episode featured this character:
"It is so strong, even Rok does not know how strong"
Sorry, feels like snake oil to me.

Neither the summary nor the headline are misleading.

Still, I'm heartened you took the time to read TFA.

emphasis mine

The reporter uses the phrase "There was, still...". Almost a year later, there was still no agreement between the BFDI and the the Americans This is a crucial point, as such an agreement was a condition of the treaty.

Consider the phrase "The American authorities would require still more data..." I infer the Americans had been involved from the start. After all, how would the BFDI know the Americans required still more data if they hadn't been communicating with them? Why would the BFDI speak for their interlocutors when it comes to the need for such information?

Finally, the reporter states that

Again, providing this information is one of the conditions of the treaty. The U.S. must provide this information.

This is simply more of Obama's rhetorical slight-of-hand.

The Executive branch doesn't make the law. It may choose what laws to enforce and in the process do Hollywood's bidding, but that's another issue.

The Executive can propose legislation (think PATRIOT act), but how often is s such legislation enacted?

I don't like to say this, but consider the Tea Party caucus in the House as our friends on this issue. They just succeeded in handing stinging defeats to House leadership. We ought to try and make the case that is the subject of this /. article to that caucus and its allies. Politics is education; this didactic moment will soon pass. It's only a matter of time before they are entirely co-opted by "External Forces".

All together now...

Monty Python-Bring out your dead!

I don't think it does much for market irrationality. It does provide liquidity, though, which is good in reasonable amounts:

Wrong. Here's a citation: http://www.zerohedge.com/article/34-billion-asset-manager-says-market-prices-are-manipulated-accuses-nyse-intellectual-proper