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Drive it!: The Motor Magazine

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Drive it! brings you the latest developments at the New York International Auto Show; takes a trip back in time at the Techno Classica; and provides safety tips for towing trailers.examine it! The New York International Auto ShowThe New York International Automobile Show has a very long history. The inaugural event was back in 1900, making it one of the oldest car shows in the world. This show boasts pretty much every marque and model available on the US market. From fuel-efficient models to incredibly expensive supercars - all facets of the automotive world are present under one roof. And the big German automakers are also here, of course. There’s a world premiere for Mercedes and its new GL. Drive it! presents the new models on show in New York. present it! The Seat IbizaSEAT presents the next generation of the Ibiza. The Ibiza has sold over 4.65 million units since its launch in 1984, and is one of the most important models in the SEAT range. For the new version, the designers enhanced the aerodynamics. The V-shaped front is even more prominent, as are the contours down the sides. Buyers can choose from seven gasoline and five diesel engines. Drive it! tests the 3-door model with a 1.2-liter gasoline engine, with 77 kW of power and a 7-speed direct-shift gearbox. spot it! Travel Homes - The Dangers of OverloadingAs the holiday season approaches, the masses will be back on the highway with their mobile homes.But before the fun can begin, many have a long journey ahead of them - and there are plenty of dangers along the way. A lot of drivers ignore weight restrictions when loading up their trailers, so police have road-side scales to check those limits. As mobile homes aren’t actually out on the road much, drivers might forget how old the tires are. Drive it! shows you footage from crash tests to demonstrate the potential hazards facing travel home owners.test it! BMW 640d xDriveThe 640d xDrive Coupe is a diesel-powered, all-wheel drive addition to BMW’s 6-series.The 640d xDrive employs the latest version of BMW’s intelligent, permanent all-wheel drive system. In addition to varying the distribution of power between the front and rear axles, as needed, it also features a function called "Performance Control". On curvy roads this means the outer wheels get more drive power than the inner wheels, ensuring greater stability. Drive it! took the new 640d xDrive out for a spin.vintage! The Techno Classica in EssenThe Techno Classica is the world’s largest and most important trade fair for vintage and classic cars.This year over 1,200 exhibitors from 30 countries came to the western German city of Essen to show off their wares. In addition to parts and accessories, over 2,500 vintage cars were up for grabs. Carmakers often hold spectacular presentations that are real crowd pleasers. This year, for example, the Volkswagen Group presented an exhibition about the history of motorsport. Join Drive it! for a tour around the Techno Classica.

Tesla Takes Luxury Route to Electric Car

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Get the traffic moving - invest in a road

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Get the traffic moving - invest in a road

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Drive it!: The Motor Magazine

Added 03/14/12
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Drive it!: The Motor Magazine

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Drive it! shows the newest trends in the European automobile scene - both in the format of a major automotive trade fair and in everyday life.Examine it! The Geneva International Motor Show 2012The International Auto Show in Geneva is traditionally the first European automotive trade fair of the year.The Swiss trade fair was first held in 1905 under the name "National Automobile and Bicycle Exposition". Since then, it has opened its doors for two weeks in early March each year. Some 700 brands are exhibiting their newest products in a show expected to draw 700 thousand visitors. That makes Geneva one of the world's most important automotive trade fairs. Drive it! shows the highlights and world premieres. Present it! BMW M550d xDriveBMW's subsidiary, BMW M GmbH, has been customizing and fine-tuning the company's models since 1972.Now the engineers have started a new chapter, trying their hands at the diesel motors for the first time. Under the title "BMW M Performance Automobile", the subsidiary is presenting four new models with one thing in common: a newly developed six-cylinder in-line diesel engine with triple turbocharging. It turns out 280 kilowatts and achieves a maximum torque of 740 Newton-meters. The new motor is in the X5 and X6 models, the 5-series station wagon, and the sedan. Drive it! tests the M550d xDrive sedan. Compare it! Renault Clio - Kia RioTwo compacts compared: the Renault Clio from France and the Kia Rio from Korea. The Renault Clio has been around since 1990 and has been continuously developed through three generations. In mid-2009, it received a facelift to fit it into Renault's current design concept.The Kia Rio is also available in Germany in the third generation since 2000. It was overhauled just last year. The Rio's fresh design is the brainchild of the German designer Peter Schreyer, who quit VW in 2006 to work for KIA and has meanwhile molded Kia's new image. Which compact car does best in Drive it!'s test? Inside it! All-wheel drive in Mercedes commercial vehiclesLight commercial vehicles are usually enough to transport goods and people from one place to another.But what about when road conditions are so poor that conventional, delivery vehicles with two-wheel drive make no headway? Or when a driver has to move off of paved roads on construction sites or in gravel pits? For such cases, Mercedes has a wide selection of utility vehicles with four-wheel drive -- from the little Viano through the Sprinter with up to 5 tons total weight to the heavy transporter Vario, weighing up to 7.5 tons. Drive it! takes a look at the advantages of all-wheel drive. Vintage: VW Bug BJ 1956The VW bug, loved by the masses with its big, loyal eyes. But Gerd Weiser's bug, built in 1956, is very different. The first impression of this Bug with its oval windows is deceptive. The motor has been expanded to a 2.2 liter capacity and delivers a hefty 165 horsepower.It is more than it appears. Most of the time, it putters around inconspicuously in everyday life. But we sent the old-timer onto the racetrack. The little car with the engine in the back took curves as if it were on rails. And impressed us all around.

Rwanda-Libya-Yougoslavia: Same Counter-Revolution Different Day

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Rwanda-Libya-Yougoslavia: Same Counter-Revolution Different Day

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The Brecht Forum, Rwanda-Libya Same Counter-Revolution, Different Day Mick Collins With the current intensification of the campaign for regime change in Syria (and finally a division of the UNSC along WWII lines with China and Russia trying to dust off their old anti-fascist creds to stop the anti-Palestinian madness), the repetition/compulsion syndrome driving this paramilitary activity that passes for geopolitics may have, once again, disappeared into the fuzzy uniqueness of this, yet another coup d'%eacutetat against a popular government led by a mass party, Assad's Syrian Ba'athist Socialists. Rwanda's regime change began more than 20 years ago now--right on the heels of the busting and privatization of the Soviet Union. Then, similarly, came Yugoslavia's violent buy-out. And most recently Libya's Jamalahiya was overturned and its leader murdered most gruesomely. All the while, there have been parallel fascist acquisitions using this model for geopolitical privatization at work in Iraq, Afghanistan and, with much less success though just as much violence, in Iran--actually, throughout North/Central Africa, the Middle East, Eurasia, East/Central Europe--really, the military campaign behind the venture capitalist wastage on the planet and everything on it has for some time now reached fully global proportions. I hope that by going over some of the techniques used to get us to accept just one more violent national buy-out in the name of Human Rights and civilian security--the linguistics of it, the media lies and manipulations in the use of terms like 'genocide', 'rape as a weapon of war', and duly elected leaders as 'dictators or Stalinist strongmen', the evisceration of the international Justice system (such as it is or ever has been), and the flipping of international institutions for Peace into global militias for the IFI (International Financial Institutions) to enforce their criminal contracts--I hope we can get a feeling for how this latest crime against Humanity is neither unique nor singly correct, and that the subsumption of use-value by exchange value, on a purely human and geopolitical level, has led to the uncontrolled and uncontrollable destruction--for no good purpose and to no one real gain: just wasting for waste's sake--of our entire material--and philosophical--ecosystem. We are living through an inversion of reason and a perversion of decent human sociability that make Orwell's vision seem like Rogers and Hammerstein's.

Newt on This Week: Mitt Can't Tell The Truth, Has A 'Character...

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Newt on This Week: Mitt Can't Tell The Truth, Has A 'Character' Problem

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video platform video management video solutions video player Now, I'm going to assume that you didn't come in during the third act of Newt's career, and therefore you can appreciate just how funny it is when, on This Week , he's whining to Jake Tapper about how hard it is to pin someone down who will just lie about anything ! > TAPPER: In many ways, you are where you are because of your debate performances. Last week, you had a couple that were not your strongest, to say the least. GINGRICH: Yep. TAPPER: Why do you think that was? What happened? GINGRICH: I was amazed. I mean, I'm standing next to a guy who is the most blatantly dishonest answers I can remember in any presidential race in -- in my lifetime. And I've seen, I think, every presidential debate -- presidential campaign debate or virtually every one. And, you know, he would say things that were just plain not true. Look, it's a little bit like yesterday's L.A. Times report. I mean, now it found 23 foreign accounts he never reported until he released his taxes. He would say -- he would say thing after thing after thing that just plain wasn't true. And I had -- I don't know how you debate a person with civility if they're prepared to say things that are just plain factually false. And that's going to become a key part of this. I think the Republican establishment believes it's OK to say and do virtually anything to stop a genuine insurgency from winning because they are very afraid of losing control of the old order. We tried a moderate in 1996 for president. He lost. We tried a moderate in 2008 for president. He lost. It's very hard to take Romneycare and Obamacare and have a debate and have the Republican win that debate. You need to have a conservative who is a very big distance away from Obama, because you've got to have the space so that, in fact, you can communicate with the American people. TAPPER: I want to follow up on some of these comments you're making about Mitt Romney. The race has taken something of a nasty turn. Here's an ad that you are currently running in Florida. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) (UNKNOWN): What kind of man would mislead, distort and deceive just to win an election? This man would, Mitt Romney. If we can't trust what Mitt Romney says about his own record, how can we trust him on anything? (END VIDEO CLIP) TAPPER: It sounds as if you're saying in that ad, and here this morning, that Mitt Romney is unfit and does not have the character to be president. GINGRICH: I am saying that he would not be where he is today, the debates this week wouldn't have been where they were, if he had told the truth. And I think that's a very serious problem for somebody. I think that you look at -- again, he's supposedly a great manager, yet he can't explain 23 different foreign accounts that weren't reported. He's a great manager. He can't explain being on the board of directors of the company which got the largest Medicare fine in history for fraud? Somehow, every time it's bad, he didn't know about it or he wasn't aware about it. He didn't really understand the Planned Parenthood by law, the largest abortion provider in the United States, is in Romneycare? Romneycare literally defines Planned Parenthood in a key -- in a part of the bill. He didn't seem to quite know it. Every time you turn around, this great manager consistently doesn't understand whatever it is that would have hurt him. And you just have to look back and say, why can't you be candid with the American people? You cannot be president of the United States if you cannot be honest and candid with the American people. And that's compounded, frankly, by a number of the ads he runs, which are just plain false. TAPPER: So you're saying that he does not have the character to be president of the United States, because he's, in your view, not honest. GINGRICH: I'm saying it is a very -- it's a -- it is a very serious problem when you have somebody who on item after item after item -- I mean, the clip you had just now, he knows what he said in that clip is not true. I did not resign in disgrace. I did not pay a fine. And, in fact, CNN ran an entire piece recently in which they pointed out that on every single substantive count in the ethics investigation, every single one, that I was vindicated, including vindication by a federal judge, vindication by the Internal Revenue Service, vindication by the Federal Elections Commission . Now, Romney knows that. (CROSSTALK) TAPPER: Well, the clip -- the clip... GINGRICH: So he's run a campaign of vilification. TAPPER: The clip I just played was actually one of your ads, but let's get to that Romney ad that you're talking about... GINGRICH: No, no, but I'm talking about the earlier -- I'm talking about -- I'm talking about the clip you showed of him campaigning yesterday. TAPPER: Oh, OK. GINGRICH: What he said yesterday, this wasn't true. TAPPER: There... GINGRICH: And so at some point, I don't quite -- I don't quite -- to be honest, Jake, I don't quite know how you deal with an opponent, because you want to deal with them with civility, you want to deal with them in a positive way. I want to talk about big issues. I talked about space this week, which I think is important for the country's future. I talked about housing. I talked about creating jobs. I talked about the record I had working with Ronald Reagan to create jobs and the record I had working with Bill Clinton to create jobs. We talked about welfare reform as the first great entitlement reform. There are all sorts of positive things. We have a proposal on Social Security which would allow every young American the option of having a personal Social Security account on the model of Galveston, Texas, and the country of Chile. So there are a lot of positive things. And if you'll notice, when you get outside the zone where Romney carpet-bombs with Wall Street money, and you look at what's happening in the rest of the country, I'm ahead in all three national polls that were released this week. I'm ahead by a big margin, because when you come to positive ideas, I represent real change in Washington, I represent unleashing the spirit of the American people to get us back as a country, rebuilding the country we love. And when we get to a positive idea campaign, I consistently win. It's only when he can mass money to focus on carpet-bombing with negative ads that he gains any traction at all.

Newt on This Week: Mitt Can't Tell The Truth, Has A 'Character...

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Newt on This Week: Mitt Can't Tell The Truth, Has A 'Character' Problem

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video platform video management video solutions video player Now, I'm going to assume that you didn't come in during the third act of Newt's career, and therefore you can appreciate just how funny it is when, on This Week , he's whining to Jake Tapper about how hard it is to pin someone down who will just lie about anything ! > TAPPER: In many ways, you are where you are because of your debate performances. Last week, you had a couple that were not your strongest, to say the least. GINGRICH: Yep. TAPPER: Why do you think that was? What happened? GINGRICH: I was amazed. I mean, I'm standing next to a guy who is the most blatantly dishonest answers I can remember in any presidential race in -- in my lifetime. And I've seen, I think, every presidential debate -- presidential campaign debate or virtually every one. And, you know, he would say things that were just plain not true. Look, it's a little bit like yesterday's L.A. Times report. I mean, now it found 23 foreign accounts he never reported until he released his taxes. He would say -- he would say thing after thing after thing that just plain wasn't true. And I had -- I don't know how you debate a person with civility if they're prepared to say things that are just plain factually false. And that's going to become a key part of this. I think the Republican establishment believes it's OK to say and do virtually anything to stop a genuine insurgency from winning because they are very afraid of losing control of the old order. We tried a moderate in 1996 for president. He lost. We tried a moderate in 2008 for president. He lost. It's very hard to take Romneycare and Obamacare and have a debate and have the Republican win that debate. You need to have a conservative who is a very big distance away from Obama, because you've got to have the space so that, in fact, you can communicate with the American people. TAPPER: I want to follow up on some of these comments you're making about Mitt Romney. The race has taken something of a nasty turn. Here's an ad that you are currently running in Florida. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) (UNKNOWN): What kind of man would mislead, distort and deceive just to win an election? This man would, Mitt Romney. If we can't trust what Mitt Romney says about his own record, how can we trust him on anything? (END VIDEO CLIP) TAPPER: It sounds as if you're saying in that ad, and here this morning, that Mitt Romney is unfit and does not have the character to be president. GINGRICH: I am saying that he would not be where he is today, the debates this week wouldn't have been where they were, if he had told the truth. And I think that's a very serious problem for somebody. I think that you look at -- again, he's supposedly a great manager, yet he can't explain 23 different foreign accounts that weren't reported. He's a great manager. He can't explain being on the board of directors of the company which got the largest Medicare fine in history for fraud? Somehow, every time it's bad, he didn't know about it or he wasn't aware about it. He didn't really understand the Planned Parenthood by law, the largest abortion provider in the United States, is in Romneycare? Romneycare literally defines Planned Parenthood in a key -- in a part of the bill. He didn't seem to quite know it. Every time you turn around, this great manager consistently doesn't understand whatever it is that would have hurt him. And you just have to look back and say, why can't you be candid with the American people? You cannot be president of the United States if you cannot be honest and candid with the American people. And that's compounded, frankly, by a number of the ads he runs, which are just plain false. TAPPER: So you're saying that he does not have the character to be president of the United States, because he's, in your view, not honest. GINGRICH: I'm saying it is a very -- it's a -- it is a very serious problem when you have somebody who on item after item after item -- I mean, the clip you had just now, he knows what he said in that clip is not true. I did not resign in disgrace. I did not pay a fine. And, in fact, CNN ran an entire piece recently in which they pointed out that on every single substantive count in the ethics investigation, every single one, that I was vindicated, including vindication by a federal judge, vindication by the Internal Revenue Service, vindication by the Federal Elections Commission . Now, Romney knows that. (CROSSTALK) TAPPER: Well, the clip -- the clip... GINGRICH: So he's run a campaign of vilification. TAPPER: The clip I just played was actually one of your ads, but let's get to that Romney ad that you're talking about... GINGRICH: No, no, but I'm talking about the earlier -- I'm talking about -- I'm talking about the clip you showed of him campaigning yesterday. TAPPER: Oh, OK. GINGRICH: What he said yesterday, this wasn't true. TAPPER: There... GINGRICH: And so at some point, I don't quite -- I don't quite -- to be honest, Jake, I don't quite know how you deal with an opponent, because you want to deal with them with civility, you want to deal with them in a positive way. I want to talk about big issues. I talked about space this week, which I think is important for the country's future. I talked about housing. I talked about creating jobs. I talked about the record I had working with Ronald Reagan to create jobs and the record I had working with Bill Clinton to create jobs. We talked about welfare reform as the first great entitlement reform. There are all sorts of positive things. We have a proposal on Social Security which would allow every young American the option of having a personal Social Security account on the model of Galveston, Texas, and the country of Chile. So there are a lot of positive things. And if you'll notice, when you get outside the zone where Romney carpet-bombs with Wall Street money, and you look at what's happening in the rest of the country, I'm ahead in all three national polls that were released this week. I'm ahead by a big margin, because when you come to positive ideas, I represent real change in Washington, I represent unleashing the spirit of the American people to get us back as a country, rebuilding the country we love. And when we get to a positive idea campaign, I consistently win. It's only when he can mass money to focus on carpet-bombing with negative ads that he gains any traction at all.

Getting Started In Modeling With Couchbase Mobile

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Drive it!: The Motor Magazine

Added 01/04/12
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Drive it!: The Motor Magazine

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In this edition of Drive It! We look at the souped-up John Cooper Works Coupe of the Mini; a battle of efficiency between electric and diesel Smarts; and the new Mercedes B-Class tries to combine the stylish with the solid.present it! The Mini CoupeThe Mini family welcomes a rather flash new addition: the John Cooper Works Coupé. The design is extravagant, featuring a low and sporty profile and a chunky rear.The two-seater also boasts an active rear spoiler that automatically rises at speeds in excess of 80 km/h in order to increase the pressure on the rear axle. There are four engines available for selection. We treated ourselves to the most dynamic one, delivering 155 kilowatts of power. compare it! Electric Smart vs. Diesel SmartWith the electric Smart due to go into mass production in 2012, we decided to put one through its paces to check its practical credentials.This involved a face-off against stiff competition from a close relative - the diesel-powered Smart cdi. In visual terms the two Smarts are difficult to tell apart. But our car expert Alexandra Feders certainly discovered a few differences. test it! The Mercedes B ClassThe coffee house is a big Vienna tradition with an appeal to the young and old alike. Appealing to all generations is what big-on-tradition Mercedes wants to do with the B-Class. Until now the car has had a reputation for catering more to seniors than the style-conscious.The aim was now to discard that image - but without scaring off its older clientele. The Daimler designers first tried to give the new model a zippier look and feel by lowering its stance and introducing some pretty wild contours. drive it! checked to see whether the carmaker has managed to bridge the generation gap. examine it! Warning lights - what do they mean?Modern dashboards feature clusters of warning lights. Most of the time they remain idle - but what do we do when they light up red or start flashing? Take the light for ABS, for example. ABS prevents the wheels from locking when you brake. When the warning light goes on, however, it’s telling us there’s a problem.The wheels might now lock when you brake, meaning that you can’t steer and will carry on sliding straight ahead. But flashing lights don’t necessarily require a visit to the repair shop. drive it! provides some tips on how to correctly interpret the lamps and resolve the problem. vintage! Beauty is in the eye of the beholder - the AMC PacerCostume designer Anne Jendritzko has her fair share of curiosities stored away. Among them is her lemon-yellow AMC Pacer from GM. Some say it’s the most unlikely car ever to hail from the US. When the oil crisis hit home in the 1970s, classic cruisers were no longer a sound economic option.As the small-is-good era dawned, one of the fruits was the efficiently-titled Pacer. Unlike most other new models, this baby apparently won cult status because its design was so advanced. drive it! took a look at the weird but wonderful antique car.

Drive it!: The Motor Magazine

Added 11/16/11
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Drive it!: The Motor Magazine

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From racing models to electric mobility, drive it! presents new sports cars with a long tradition and workhorses for tomorrow's everyday driving.examine it! Headlight HeadacheOne look under the hood and that's enough to frighten off many motorists. The headlights on modern cars are well hidden among the car's inner workings so getting to them often demands blood, sweat and tears.That means changing headlight bulbs is a staple job for many mechanics, and now more so than ever. Today's generation of cars are designed in a way that drastically reduces the lifespan of headlight bulbs. vintage: The Farmyard Do-it-yourselfer87-year old Willi Hoffmann always dreamed of working on airplanes. That boyhood dream never worked out, but the farmer's fascination with mechanical contraptions is still as strong as ever. He's transformed his barns into shrines to cars, tractors and farmyard equipment from bygone times, and everything in them works like new.The centerpiece of Willi's collection is an old Opel Olympia from 1938, which runs on firewood!present it! The BMW M5Normally, business class sedans are kept on a short leash. They diligently fulfil their duties, bringing their drivers and passengers from point A to B. But some models just don't fit in. Like the BMW M5.Since 1984 it's been one of the leading high performance sedans in the premium class. Now the Bavarians have unveiled the fifth generation of this super-sports car. The high-revving 4.4 liter V8 engine with M TwinPower turbo technology puts out a staggering 412 kilowatts of power. drive it! unleashed this animal on the race track. picture it! MIA - The Electric Citymobile for AllMIA is a SHE. That's according to her creator, the former VW chief designer Murat Günak. She's more than an electric car. She's a whole new brand and, if Günak gets his way, a revolution in mobility. Several versions go into mass production in 2012.They include a three-seater, a four-seater and a kind of van for cargo transport. The basic model with the smallest battery costs 23,500 euros - and will last for 80 kilometers between chargings. Some 10 thousand units are to be built next year in France. test it! The VW SharanIn Volkswagen's European model spectrum, the 5-, 6- or 7-seater Sharan is the bridge between the Touran minivan and the big Multivan. Its second generation has been on the market for a year now.It's 22 cm longer yet 30 kg lighter than its predecessor. The new Sharan sports sliding doors on both sides built to improve access to the second and third seating rows. After all, it's the variable seating that has made this model so attractive to families. drive it! put the new Sharan through its paces. How much space is there really for passengers and luggage?

picture it! MIA - The Electric Citymobile for All

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SPLASH 2011: Dave Thomas - On Modern Application Development

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SPLASH 2011: Dave Thomas - On Modern Application Development

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It's been a while since we've been lucky enough to catch up with Dave Thomas . Dave is well known for his work in object oriented programming language design, dynamic language development (SmallTalk), and virtual machines. Dave did the initial development of the Eclipse IDE and is currently the CEO of Bedarra Corporation. Dave is a recognized leader in the discipline of making software. A godfather in software engineering. Many technical conferences benefit from his support and influence. Here, we learn about the history of SPLASH and find out what's on Dave's mind with respect to modern app development methodologies. Dave shares his wise opinions on the state of objects, JavaScript, Dart, browser DOM, model-driven development, IDEs, and more. Dave is on a mission to democratize software engineering for the masses by removing unnecessary complexity in programming abstractions (has Dave lost his faith in objects?). What does this mean? Thank you for spending time with C9, Dave! Always a pleasure. We'll see you again at YOW! 2011 Tune in. Enjoy. Time codes (thanks to George!): [00:30] history of SPLASH events since the 1986 beginnings [02:17] - ref to Ivan Sutherland's amazing SPLASH talk [02:50] concurrency & parallel programming & the role of hardware / software co-design [04:40] one of the problems in computer science is that most of the students don't know what is involved in hardware & virtual machines [05:08] the need to go back to old days feeling of growing hardware / software knowledge together [05:30] what's the state of object oriented programming? Commercially imensely succesful but practical is a disaster since it is difficult for people to do abstractions 6:18 F# is a great language but it is hard to use [06:45] challenge: complexity is exposed and people get lost in this sea of complexity [07:00] refactoring in practice is difficult for big projects, the tools and practices are not there [07:16] Object-oriented technology doesn't have the old 4 generation languages (4GL) like Excel & Access [07:32] ref to the easy of use of some older MS product [07:50] as we move into the cloud, the challenge is how do we democratise the programming process [08:15] the need to setup up a Hadoop cluster to search large data, is questioned [09:02] notion of Virtual machine in the sky and what's Dave's take on Javascript? [10:30] one of the challenges of Javascript is having too many ways to do things [11:00] Dart might help Javascript to be more modular [12:14] there is still lots of room for innovation on the web & mobile. Current impedance mismatch between DOM (in C++) and Javascript, needs to be solved [14:22] end-user programming comments [16:20] reference to a SPLASH paper on direct Mathlab compilation into code. - mathlab issue translating to c++ (v.s. wiring into silicon) - going directly from the model to silicon [16:50] ref to Simulink, compiling Mathlab to GPU & going from brain to code [17:30] declarative specifications open opportunities for parallelism [17:53] ref to a SPLASH talk on spreadsheet processed by multicores [18:18] there is a huge benefit to go directly from model to code [19:30] reference to model-driven development [19:55] a lot can be done with the spreadsheets [21:27] the challenge of slow software [21:47] the need to be greener in writing software to reduce cycles [22:20] the state of IDEs. - Current IDEs cannot refactor huge code [23:50] - there is a real opportunity for IDEs to breakthrough - their philosophy needs to change [25:45] comments on the current tendency to move into the cloud [29:00] parallelism is a tough problem Recently, Channel 9 was invited to attend the great SPLASH conference . What is SPLASH? Systems, Programming, Languages and Applications: Software for Humanity . A big thanks to the SPLASH event organizers for inviting me and my camera to engage some key computer scientists and engineers in geeky, fun conversation! SPLASH is a great event! I learned a ton and met many amazing computer scientists and students. SPLASH is an annual conference that embraces all aspects of software construction and delivery, and that joins all factions of programming technologies. Since 2010 SPLASH is the umbrella for OOPSLA and Onward! [source=splashcon.org]

SPLASH 2011: Dave Thomas - On Modern Application Development

Added 11/10/11
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SPLASH 2011: Dave Thomas - On Modern Application Development

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It's been a while since we've been lucky enough to catch up with Dave Thomas . Dave is well known for his work in object oriented programming language design, dynamic language development (SmallTalk), and virtual machines. Dave did the initial development of the Eclipse IDE and is currently the CEO of Bedarra Corporation. Dave is a recognized leader in the discipline of making software. A godfather in software engineering. Many technical conferences benefit from his support and influence. Here, we learn about the history of SPLASH and find out what's on Dave's mind with respect to modern app development methodologies. Dave shares his wise opinions on the state of objects, JavaScript, Dart, browser DOM, model-driven development, IDEs, and more. Dave is on a mission to democratize software engineering for the masses by removing unnecessary complexity in programming abstractions (has Dave lost his faith in objects?). What does this mean? Thank you for spending time with C9, Dave! Always a pleasure. We'll see you again at YOW! 2011 Tune in. Enjoy. Time codes (thanks to George!): [00:30] history of SPLASH events since the 1986 beginnings [02:17] - ref to Ivan Sutherland's amazing SPLASH talk [02:50] concurrency & parallel programming & the role of hardware / software co-design [04:40] one of the problems in computer science is that most of the students don't know what is involved in hardware & virtual machines [05:08] the need to go back to old days feeling of growing hardware / software knowledge together [05:30] what's the state of object oriented programming? Commercially imensely succesful but practical is a disaster since it is difficult for people to do abstractions 6:18 F# is a great language but it is hard to use [06:45] challenge: complexity is exposed and people get lost in this sea of complexity [07:00] refactoring in practice is difficult for big projects, the tools and practices are not there [07:16] Object-oriented technology doesn't have the old 4 generation languages (4GL) like Excel & Access [07:32] ref to the easy of use of some older MS product [07:50] as we move into the cloud, the challenge is how do we democratise the programming process [08:15] the need to setup up a Hadoop cluster to search large data, is questioned [09:02] notion of Virtual machine in the sky and what's Dave's take on Javascript? [10:30] one of the challenges of Javascript is having too many ways to do things [11:00] Dart might help Javascript to be more modular [12:14] there is still lots of room for innovation on the web & mobile. Current impedance mismatch between DOM (in C++) and Javascript, needs to be solved [14:22] end-user programming comments [16:20] reference to a SPLASH paper on direct Mathlab compilation into code. - mathlab issue translating to c++ (v.s. wiring into silicon) - going directly from the model to silicon [16:50] ref to Simulink, compiling Mathlab to GPU & going from brain to code [17:30] declarative specifications open opportunities for parallelism [17:53] ref to a SPLASH talk on spreadsheet processed by multicores [18:18] there is a huge benefit to go directly from model to code [19:30] reference to model-driven development [19:55] a lot can be done with the spreadsheets [21:27] the challenge of slow software [21:47] the need to be greener in writing software to reduce cycles [22:20] the state of IDEs. - Current IDEs cannot refactor huge code [23:50] - there is a real opportunity for IDEs to breakthrough - their philosophy needs to change [25:45] comments on the current tendency to move into the cloud [29:00] parallelism is a tough problem Recently, Channel 9 was invited to attend the great SPLASH conference . What is SPLASH? Systems, Programming, Languages and Applications: Software for Humanity . A big thanks to the SPLASH event organizers for inviting me and my camera to engage some key computer scientists and engineers in geeky, fun conversation! SPLASH is a great event! I learned a ton and met many amazing computer scientists and students. SPLASH is an annual conference that embraces all aspects of software construction and delivery, and that joins all factions of programming technologies. Since 2010 SPLASH is the umbrella for OOPSLA and Onward! [source=splashcon.org]