Comment Re:CVE = Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (Score 2) 20
Ditto!
Comment Re:Wasn't that the whole point of Java? (Score 1) 118
... It was also designed as an OOP language with exceptions, classes, etc. which causes your program to have a heavy emphasis on the taxonomy of types, and turns out to be less useful for code-reuse than was originally thought. Later Java ditched the VM and went to a more traditional compilation model, but the OOP baggage is still there.
There's a few dubious points in there, but are you saying OOP is somehow tied to native compilation vs. VM-based languages? Also, I thought Java's VM is still integral part of Java (thought I understand JIT compilation is at play).
Comment Re:Oracle is doing everything they can to fuck up (Score 1) 641
Microsoft .Net is free? Really? The cheapest version of visual studio appears to be $800 (and that version has far fewer "enterprise-y" features than the $5500 premium or $12,000 ultimate versions).
I realize there are "free" parts of .Net, including the express editions of visual studio but there are already arguably superior equivalents available in the Java community.
Comment Re:Underlying technology. (Score 2, Interesting) 353
Regarding the dropped call when switching between 3G and Edge: I can't speak to the underlying cause, but over the past few years I've had a Palm Treo and a blackberry that did this constantly (Dallas area was especially bad). From my personal experience, the iPhone seems to do this less than these older phones.
Microsoft Patches "Google Hack" Flaw In IE 142
An anonymous reader writes "As expected, Microsoft has issued an out-of-band security patch to address a remote code execution hole in Internet Explorer that was used in the recent Chinese attacks disclosed by Google. Ars Technica has all the download links you need."
Comment Even better... (Score 1) 231
... no pesky ozone layer to hinder the telescope!!
'Because the sky there is so much darker and drier, it means that a modestly-sized telescope would be as powerful as the largest telescopes anywhere else on earth.'
'Because the sky there is so much darker and drier, it means that a modestly-sized telescope would be as powerful as the largest telescopes anywhere else on earth.'
Comment my problem with sirius (Score 1) 397
...was that they did not make the same channels available over internet that did on their satellite broadcast. The terrestrial coverage didn't work for me in my location. Had they just made the same channels available via internet, I'd still have my subscription today ($12/month, I think is what it was a couple of years ago).
