For 35 years, George Lucas has permitted derivative fan-based works to thrive. He's a kid at heart who gains great personal pleasure from seeing so many people embrace his movies and characters.
George Lucas permitted his Star Wars genre to be degraded into one with soap opera level plot and thinly veiled product placement at every turn once he embarked on episodes 1,2 and 3. He has made as much money as he possibly can from his success. That's not being a 'kid at heart', but a shrewd businessman. Star was episodes 4-6 (in descending order) are groundbreaking works, but he is no Asimov!
Disney will make a Mattel Movie out of Star Wars, you've got that right!
I find that an IDE is usually better than no IDE!
The premise of the article is that Java is broken so it needs an IDE. This is like saying that flat screen displays are no good because they fail to represent three dimensional objects adequately. You could solve this by inventing a holographic display - good for you - but few people will shoot themselves in the foot and not use a flat screen display in the interim.
I like the idea of having a fly at your own risk airline where you can just "risk it" and not have all these so called "protections". I bet it would put the airlines with the TSA out of business in a week.
We have no bags at the supermarkets anymore, unless you buy them. So almost everybody has bags or boxes that will last much longer.
I insist on plastic bags at the checkout, otherwise I have to go out and buy bin-liners. That's the thing, you either get the bags for free, or you pay for them - you still need plastic bags at home.
Agreed. My approach was to construct a UI using UI constructor (in my case wxDev-Cpp) and just making a dummy program with all the bits and pieces where they need to be. Then I road tested the dummy interface on the target audience - my workmates - and on a guaranteed non-tech - my wife. And got feedback in the form of a questionnaire using a visual analogue scale (ratings of 0-10 for various attributes like 'intuitiveness') and with suggestions for improvement.
I ended up with what I think was a good model and the program has been well accepted and those who were not involved in the early testing have found it surprisingly usable.
ast I knew, they were working on a way to harmonize UOF with ODF. How is that going?
Well they have a new name, UFO: Unified File Object, which, if flies, will also offer security through obscurity in that its contents will be Unidentifiable, thus making Microsoft happy in the same breath. Microsoft of course wishes it to be called "Unidentified File Object" and thus mod it +5 Funny so that it doesn't get accepted.
I think the right thing to do would to run two independent circuits throughout new house construction, standard AC for legacy appliances and DC for a new 'smart' home standard
DC is nice, but you can lose as much as an inverter (if not more) if you don't run DC along thicker wires, appropriately rated (or an alternative to wires like rods, again capable of transporting the energy you need). It's cheaper to keep an existing circuit and use it, but in new homes you might be right, though I suspect the cost of doubling your wiring work (or having to buy more expensive materials) is not worth it unless you're going to be using scrap materials and doing it yourself (bring on the electrical trades flamewars!).
That being said, I know of people who are running dual setups with 12V for lighting and 240V for appliances and it is working very well for them. The scaremongering about dangers and so on that we had when this subject was brought up previously on Slashdot is just FUD. Anyone who is prepared to invest the large amounts of money needed to do solar will be going through the correct channels and seeking advice. Pretty hard not to when you basically have to read up on it, get to know the products, buy the stuff and talking to people selling to you who generally are experts in their area.
I prefer that people stick to doing what they do best and thus provide greater wealth to humanity through specialization (as mathematically proven by Ricardo [wikipedia.org]).
Well, IT is a commercial industry and most of it is not part of 'essential services' and so most of it is able to contract in the event of an economic downturn. You're aware of an economic downturn, aren't you? It doesn't matter how you work or where you work, if nobody is confident enough to spend money on new stuff, your business stalls.
Note, that is an SSL123 cert and not an extended validation certificate. If you get an EV cert you have more hoops to jump through going to far as faxed letterhead and the likes.
Yeah, and the end user is gonna know what went on to get the certificate? I don't think so! The problem is that if a browser accepts a low-trust cert without bashing someone's head with a brick, then there is no reason to go for a high-trust cert at greater expense, unless you are catering for a knowledgeable customer base.
The problem is, even after that amount of training, no one could remain on top of their game for more than a few years. And "Batman can't really afford to lose. Losing means death â" or at least not being able to be Batman anymore."
So, after all that, we should all stick to our day-jobs? Thanks Slashdot, you saved us again!
As there was in Russia in 1917, or a century before.
..but it's a big mystery how Russia can come up with money for space, and yet can't seem to raise the standard of living enough to stop its demographic implosion and high rates of unemployment and deadly alcoholism.
I respect your opinion greatly, as you indeed have first hand experience of what is happening in Russia, but from my reading of Russian history (biased as it may be) poverty has been widespread throughout Russia's long past. There appear to be few golden ages, certainly nothing that resembles prosperity reaching the lower classes. The current disorder and corruption in Russia is particularly bad, especially when you throw in a rushed sexual revolution mixed with drugs and chaotic government. The space programme, I think, is a benign thing and probably worth the effort notwithstanding, compared to, well, pretty much everything else you hear about, like the Chechen war and so forth.
Typical, they are a decade behind the rest of the world.
Yeah the "world" is so ahead isn't it. Poor Kiwis, why haven't they got all their troops in the middle east already, and a mortgage crisis, and incalculable foreign debt and nuclear power and massive prisons and... and when can I move there?
Did you know that it is now even illegal to smack your child in NZ?
Did you know, if you smack your wife in the shopping mall, she can press charges? If your wife turns up to the hospital bruised and battered and says that you did it, you'd be fronting the police also.
Those laws aren't in the least extreme, since children are not in a position to press charges on their own behalf.
I tell you what. this coutry is great in so many respects but they are really bad at punishing people.
That is something I can't argue with, but the reasons the system is broken are the same why the health system is broken, education and others. They don't work properly because there are finite resources and judges are forced to give sentences which don't flood the prison system. You want tougher sentences for existing criminality, then you'll need bigger prisons. Then you'll hear "why am I paying $$$ in taxes to support those crims in prison, giving them three meals a day plus free color television, etc..etc..rant rant rant".
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For 35 years, George Lucas has permitted derivative fan-based works to thrive. He's a kid at heart who gains great personal pleasure from seeing so many people embrace his movies and characters.
George Lucas permitted his Star Wars genre to be degraded into one with soap opera level plot and thinly veiled product placement at every turn once he embarked on episodes 1,2 and 3. He has made as much money as he possibly can from his success. That's not being a 'kid at heart', but a shrewd businessman. Star was episodes 4-6 (in descending order) are groundbreaking works, but he is no Asimov! Disney will make a Mattel Movie out of Star Wars, you've got that right!
I find that an IDE is usually better than no IDE! The premise of the article is that Java is broken so it needs an IDE. This is like saying that flat screen displays are no good because they fail to represent three dimensional objects adequately. You could solve this by inventing a holographic display - good for you - but few people will shoot themselves in the foot and not use a flat screen display in the interim.
Will we get the same sensationalist headlines when nothing happens?
"The plants performed as designed! No meltdown!!!"
Maybe it will be a free-for-all for Darwin awards.
I like the idea of having a fly at your own risk airline where you can just "risk it" and not have all these so called "protections". I bet it would put the airlines with the TSA out of business in a week.
Thinking of joining the air force?
We have no bags at the supermarkets anymore, unless you buy them. So almost everybody has bags or boxes that will last much longer.
I insist on plastic bags at the checkout, otherwise I have to go out and buy bin-liners. That's the thing, you either get the bags for free, or you pay for them - you still need plastic bags at home.
Nothing beats using it.
Agreed. My approach was to construct a UI using UI constructor (in my case wxDev-Cpp) and just making a dummy program with all the bits and pieces where they need to be. Then I road tested the dummy interface on the target audience - my workmates - and on a guaranteed non-tech - my wife. And got feedback in the form of a questionnaire using a visual analogue scale (ratings of 0-10 for various attributes like 'intuitiveness') and with suggestions for improvement.
I ended up with what I think was a good model and the program has been well accepted and those who were not involved in the early testing have found it surprisingly usable.
ast I knew, they were working on a way to harmonize UOF with ODF. How is that going?
Well they have a new name, UFO: Unified File Object, which, if flies, will also offer security through obscurity in that its contents will be Unidentifiable, thus making Microsoft happy in the same breath. Microsoft of course wishes it to be called "Unidentified File Object" and thus mod it +5 Funny so that it doesn't get accepted.
The AC is right. How many versions of wordprocessor extensions do we really need?
I for one welcome our dyslexic UFO overlords.
And our reason for going to Venus is...?
Well.. from the summary:
We'd need air to breathe and protection from the sulfuric acid in the atmosphere.'"
Some people might be feeling nostalgic and remember life in down-town Tokyo or New York or something, but just want to live in a new neighbourhood.
I think the right thing to do would to run two independent circuits throughout new house construction, standard AC for legacy appliances and DC for a new 'smart' home standard
DC is nice, but you can lose as much as an inverter (if not more) if you don't run DC along thicker wires, appropriately rated (or an alternative to wires like rods, again capable of transporting the energy you need). It's cheaper to keep an existing circuit and use it, but in new homes you might be right, though I suspect the cost of doubling your wiring work (or having to buy more expensive materials) is not worth it unless you're going to be using scrap materials and doing it yourself (bring on the electrical trades flamewars!).
That being said, I know of people who are running dual setups with 12V for lighting and 240V for appliances and it is working very well for them. The scaremongering about dangers and so on that we had when this subject was brought up previously on Slashdot is just FUD. Anyone who is prepared to invest the large amounts of money needed to do solar will be going through the correct channels and seeking advice. Pretty hard not to when you basically have to read up on it, get to know the products, buy the stuff and talking to people selling to you who generally are experts in their area.
California is a big place, and housing prices vary greatly.
Yep, in a year or so you might easily pick up a few bargains if you're cashed up (in non US currency of course).
I prefer that people stick to doing what they do best and thus provide greater wealth to humanity through specialization (as mathematically proven by Ricardo [wikipedia.org]).
You and every banker.
a programmer can downgrade expectations and work during a recession
True up to a point, and that's my point.
But, will they really drop globally ?
Well, IT is a commercial industry and most of it is not part of 'essential services' and so most of it is able to contract in the event of an economic downturn. You're aware of an economic downturn, aren't you? It doesn't matter how you work or where you work, if nobody is confident enough to spend money on new stuff, your business stalls.
HP : Hewlett Packard, Heaped Packaging, Heavy Paper, Hopeless Paperweight, Highly Priced...
Arr, not a looker in the bunch!
Yeah, mostly pictures of bare-chested blokes. Meh! But OTOH I think there are many geeks out there who might find this strangely alluring.
Note, that is an SSL123 cert and not an extended validation certificate. If you get an EV cert you have more hoops to jump through going to far as faxed letterhead and the likes.
Yeah, and the end user is gonna know what went on to get the certificate? I don't think so! The problem is that if a browser accepts a low-trust cert without bashing someone's head with a brick, then there is no reason to go for a high-trust cert at greater expense, unless you are catering for a knowledgeable customer base.
The problem is, even after that amount of training, no one could remain on top of their game for more than a few years. And "Batman can't really afford to lose. Losing means death â" or at least not being able to be Batman anymore."
So, after all that, we should all stick to our day-jobs? Thanks Slashdot, you saved us again!
. . . and DNS servers not responding doesn't?
That was my point (with sarcasm quotes missing)
...you should always test your patches before you roll them production.
But that would cost time and money.
The real question is, how does crap like this get posted as a feature article on slashdot.
And the obvious non-answer is "you must be new here".
There is desparate poverty everywhere.
As there was in Russia in 1917, or a century before.
..but it's a big mystery how Russia can come up with money for space, and yet can't seem to raise the standard of living enough to stop its demographic implosion and high rates of unemployment and deadly alcoholism.
I respect your opinion greatly, as you indeed have first hand experience of what is happening in Russia, but from my reading of Russian history (biased as it may be) poverty has been widespread throughout Russia's long past. There appear to be few golden ages, certainly nothing that resembles prosperity reaching the lower classes. The current disorder and corruption in Russia is particularly bad, especially when you throw in a rushed sexual revolution mixed with drugs and chaotic government. The space programme, I think, is a benign thing and probably worth the effort notwithstanding, compared to, well, pretty much everything else you hear about, like the Chechen war and so forth.
because I get to imagine how their panties got in such a tight knot. :)
This is the wrong website for imagining those kinds of things.
Typical, they are a decade behind the rest of the world.
Yeah the "world" is so ahead isn't it. Poor Kiwis, why haven't they got all their troops in the middle east already, and a mortgage crisis, and incalculable foreign debt and nuclear power and massive prisons and... and when can I move there?
Did you know that it is now even illegal to smack your child in NZ?
Did you know, if you smack your wife in the shopping mall, she can press charges? If your wife turns up to the hospital bruised and battered and says that you did it, you'd be fronting the police also.
Those laws aren't in the least extreme, since children are not in a position to press charges on their own behalf.
I tell you what. this coutry is great in so many respects but they are really bad at punishing people.
That is something I can't argue with, but the reasons the system is broken are the same why the health system is broken, education and others. They don't work properly because there are finite resources and judges are forced to give sentences which don't flood the prison system. You want tougher sentences for existing criminality, then you'll need bigger prisons. Then you'll hear "why am I paying $$$ in taxes to support those crims in prison, giving them three meals a day plus free color television, etc..etc..rant rant rant".