Re: What are OOP's Jargons and Complexities

2007-03-30 Thread Mike Schilling
bugbear wrote: > Er. How about > > public class test { > public static void main(String[] args) { > String a = "a string"; > String b = "another one"; > StringBuffer c = a + b; String c (etc.), that is. > System.out.println(c); > } > } -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/li

Re: What are OOP's Jargons and Complexities

2007-03-30 Thread Mike Schilling
Timofei Shatrov wrote: > On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 06:48:05 GMT, "Mike Schilling" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> tried to confuse everyone with this > message: > >> Xah Lee wrote: >> >>> So, a simple code like this in normal languages: > >>> becom

Re: What are OOP's Jargons and Complexities

2007-03-29 Thread Mike Schilling
Xah Lee wrote: > So, a simple code like this in normal languages: > > a = "a string"; > b = "another one"; > c = join(a,b); > print c; > > or in lisp style > > (set a "a string") > (set b "another one") > (set c (join a b)) > (print c) > > becomes in Java: > > public class test { > public static

Re: Xah Lee network abuse

2006-06-11 Thread Mike Schilling
"Erik Max Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Mike Schilling wrote: > >> If I were to write, say, that Tony Blair's tax policy will lead to higher >> deficits, I could be convicted of libel? Even if that's true,

Re: Xah Lee network abuse

2006-06-10 Thread Mike Schilling
"Philippa Cowderoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Sun, 11 Jun 2006, Mike Schilling wrote: > >> I'm not aware of any definition of libel that includes "making statements >> that are not provably true". >>

Re: Xah Lee network abuse

2006-06-10 Thread Mike Schilling
"Mallor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I know I'm coming late to the barbeque. In passing, I ask: do you have > an objective, impartial perspective on the subject of committing > crimes? Because libel is a crime. It all depends on whether what you > state abou

Re: John Bokma harassment

2006-05-26 Thread Mike Schilling
"P.L.Hayes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I agree. I have already written to Dreamhost and I hope more people > will do so. I have found some of what has been posted here quite > astonishing and the actions of certain people to be reprehensible: by > far the most

Re: OT: Quote ? [was: John Bokma harassment]

2006-05-26 Thread Mike Schilling
"John Bokma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Mike Schilling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> "John Bokma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> "

Re: OT: Quote ? [was: John Bokma harassment]

2006-05-26 Thread Mike Schilling
"John Bokma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Chris Uppal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> [apologies to the whole flaming crowd for sending this to the whole >> flaming crowd...] >> >> Geoffrey Summerhayes wrote: >> >>> After you kill Navarth, will it be nothing but

Re: Xah's Edu Corner: What is Expressiveness in a Computer Language

2006-03-19 Thread Mike Schilling
"Xah Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >What is Expressiveness in a Computer Language >Xah Lee, 200502, 200603. >In languages human or computer, there's a notion of expressiveness. >English for example, is very expressive in manifestation, witness all >the poetry

Re: Xah's Edu Corner: The Concepts and Confusions of Pre-fix, In-fix, Post-fix and Fully Functional Notations

2006-03-17 Thread Mike Schilling
"Roedy Green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On 17 Mar 2006 00:58:55 -0800, "Fuzzyman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote, > quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said : > >>Hmmm... it displays fine via google groups. Maybe it's the reader which >>is 'non-compliant' ? > I

Re: Microsoft Hatred FAQ

2005-10-27 Thread Mike Schilling
"David Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Mike Schilling wrote: > >> "David Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>There is no different to Microsoft bewe

Re: Microsoft Hatred FAQ

2005-10-26 Thread Mike Schilling
"David Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >There is no different to Microsoft beween a bare computer and one > preloaded with Linux or FreeBSD. One can quickly be converted to other > with minimal cost of effort. In the market, bare PCs really do compete

Re: Microsoft Hatred FAQ

2005-10-20 Thread Mike Schilling
"Steven D'Aprano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 13:17:14 +, axel wrote: > >> Employees have *no* obligations towards the shareholders of a company. >> They are not employed or paid by the shareholders, they are employed >> by the company its

Re: Microsoft Hatred FAQ

2005-10-18 Thread Mike Schilling
"Mike Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > One alternative, as I've said, is to write to the standards, and then > work around bugs in the popular browsers. If the public whim changes > which browser is most popular - I am not holding my breath. > it only has min

Re: Microsoft Hatred FAQ

2005-10-18 Thread Mike Schilling
"John Bokma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Mike Schilling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Now, once more, why are standards" *more valuable* than >> "recommendations"? > > standards are

Re: Microsoft Hatred FAQ

2005-10-18 Thread Mike Schilling
"Mike Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Mike Schilling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> "Mike Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> "Mike Schillin

Re: Microsoft Hatred FAQ

2005-10-18 Thread Mike Schilling
"John Bokma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Roedy Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 18 Oct 2005 06:57:47 GMT, John Bokma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote >> or quoted : >> >That an HTML standard (ISO/IEC 15445:2000) and an HTML >recommendation by w3c (4.01 f

Re: Microsoft Hatred FAQ

2005-10-18 Thread Mike Schilling
"John Bokma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Mike Schilling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> "John Bokma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > [ w3c "standard" v.s. I

Re: Microsoft Hatred FAQ

2005-10-18 Thread Mike Schilling
"Mike Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Mike Schilling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> "Mike Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> "Mike Schilli

Re: Microsoft Hatred FAQ

2005-10-17 Thread Mike Schilling
"John Bokma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Mike Schilling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> "John Bokma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Roedy

Re: Microsoft Hatred FAQ

2005-10-17 Thread Mike Schilling
"Mike Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Mike Schilling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> What matters in generating HTML is which browsers you want to support and >> what they understand. Standards and recommendat

Re: Microsoft Hatred FAQ

2005-10-17 Thread Mike Schilling
"John Bokma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Mike Schilling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> "John Bokma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> &q

Re: Microsoft Hatred FAQ

2005-10-17 Thread Mike Schilling
"John Bokma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Roedy Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 16 Oct 2005 05:22:47 GMT, John Bokma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote >> or quoted : >> >>>No, it's a recommendation, an advise, nothing else. Otherwise they >>>would call it a stand

Re: Microsoft Hatred FAQ

2005-10-17 Thread Mike Schilling
"John Bokma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Mike Schilling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> "John Bokma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> Yup, b

Re: Microsoft Hatred FAQ

2005-10-16 Thread Mike Schilling
"John Bokma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Mike Schilling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> "John Bokma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > >>> No, it's a recommendation, an advise

Re: Microsoft Hatred FAQ

2005-10-16 Thread Mike Schilling
"John Bokma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Mike Schilling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> "John Bokma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>&

Re: Microsoft Hatred FAQ

2005-10-15 Thread Mike Schilling
"John Bokma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Which standards? W3C doesn't make standards (they talk about working > drafts and recommendations), so nothing to warp there for MS. Umm, a recommendation *is* a standard. And Microsoft must disagree with you. When the

Re: Jargons of Info Tech industry

2005-08-25 Thread Mike Schilling
"Denis Kasak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Mike Schilling wrote: >> >> I see a difference between "X would be useful for A, B, and C" and "Y >> will always be the only proper way." >> >> Don&

Re: Jargons of Info Tech industry

2005-08-25 Thread Mike Schilling
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Mike Schilling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> "Rich Teer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > On Thu, 25 Aug 2005, Mike Schilling wr

Re: Jargons of Info Tech industry

2005-08-25 Thread Mike Schilling
"Rich Teer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Thu, 25 Aug 2005, Mike Schilling wrote: > >> Another advantage is that evewry internet-enabled computer today already >> comes with an HTML renderer (AKA browser), so that a message

Re: Jargons of Info Tech industry

2005-08-25 Thread Mike Schilling
"CBFalconer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Mike Schilling wrote: >> "Mike Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >>> "Mike Schilling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>>> "l v&

Re: Jargons of Info Tech industry

2005-08-24 Thread Mike Schilling
"Mike Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Mike Schilling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> "l v" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Xah Lee wrote: >>

Re: Jargons of Info Tech industry

2005-08-23 Thread Mike Schilling
"l v" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Xah Lee wrote: >> (circa 1996), and email should be text only (anti-MIME, circa 1995), > > I think e-mail should be text only. I have both my email and news readers > set to display in plain text only. It prevents the marketee

Re: Jargons of Info Tech industry

2005-08-12 Thread Mike Schilling
"Jürgen Exner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Xah Lee wrote: >> Jargons of Info Tech industry >> >> (A Love of Jargons) >> >> Xah Lee, 2002 Feb >> >> People in the computing field like to spur the use of spurious >> jargons. The less educated they are, the more they