Posts by Destroy All Monsters

Re: A real fire risk

The warehouse must have been one of the most inflammable places in the area! It was protected by a MASSIVE halon system

Yeah, sometimes the fire suppression systems are bit .. let's say .. underperforming.

1996-05-06: Credit Lyonnais suffers further blow as fire guts headquarters

The fire is the latest blow to the troubled institution, which suffered record losses in 1994 and was bailed out by the government.

I think no-one really ever found out where 20 billion franc français went exactly.

It was a sign of things to come.

Breakdown of trust-based society in Europe too

Except they don't trust the americans not to drive off after filling up without paying, so if you're paying cash, you have to pre-pay the teller a guessed amount first (he said $40) and I filled up ($35) so he gave me the change afterwards.

Enjoy your European diversity initiatives because this kind of complete bollocks is appearing there too. I was quite surprised that german stations near the border to BE/NL demand that you pay up-front before they switch on the pump.

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Re: Seriously?

if you don't understand the difference between a freely elected government and a government ran by a pseudo-dictatorship which invades a peaceful nation and runs hundreds of thousands of people out of their home at gunpoint.. then I believe you have a lot of research and self-reflection to do.

Meanwhile, Afghanistan was flattened and is a festering wound, then Iraq was flattened and is a festering wound, then Lybia was flattened and is a festering wound and our good terrorists blew up Syria, which was then flattened and is a festering wound half-occupied by the US in total contravention of international law, camping on bodies, now they are coming for Iran.

Maybe the self-reflection should start at home?

For anyone to back the Russian government about anything is just ridiculous. It also means you don't have any regard for human rights.

And a F.U. for you, too.

Re: Options

Options to replace Java without any Slurp of JVM are

> Go - Depends on the "ecosystem" and Google isn't company doing stable product support.

> Rust - Not yet, maybe not ever.

> Ruby - Fun language but ... no static typing, so no. Yes for scripts.

> Python - Fun language but ... no static typing, so no. Yes for scripts.

> C - You having a laf mate.

> C++ - Barely, and the manual no longer passes the "arm's length test". The Ada of today.

> Nim - No idea.

> Elixir - No static typing, good for agent-oriented programming, nice, but no cigar.

> Erlang - No static typing, good for agent-oriented programming, nice, but no cigar.

> Haskell - Not getting out academy fast, most programmers' heads would explode in any case.

> "The only real value to Java is the JVM" - Maybe, maybe

> "as the language itself is a misbegotten turd" - If it's good enough for biz, that's where the money is. Deal with it.

Re: @TheVogon

Finally a good reason to push OCaml past these blockheads... (because I will go medieval on the arse of the next person who says "why not use Node.js").

It looks like the Oracle Java SE standard is still free and only the "Advanced" issues needs licensing (and may also need additional licenses for Oracle WebLogic, Oracle DB or Oracle MySQL, and possible Oracle Oracle to consult on licenses).

Check your privilege here: Java SE Licensing Information User Manual via Java SE Downloads

"Pick up that can!"

No beer is one way revolutions start. Governments should be very worried.

Govnmt's are only worried if every home has an (AR-15 / AKM / H&K / VSS Vintorez) over the fireplace and they actually need to take care that it stays there. "A well-regulated militia" etc.

Britain? No worries. Sold your liberties out for a beer. Which is now unfizzy.