While this book report was well-written, and the handwriting is flawless, I was looking for more discussion of the book's themes and the author's use of literary techniques such as metaphor and simile. The plot summary should be very limited. Rewrite for a B+.
While there are (and have been) plenty of companies trying (and occaisionally succeeding) to make money with Open Source software, almost all of them are established corporations (IBM) or limit their business to Linux distributions (Red Hat). As someone with experience at selling Free Software at the application level, what insights can you provide to those of us in the software business? Are there any markets where Open Source wouldn't be profitable?
So is this guy related to EL Doctorow, or what? EL had a short story that made it into The New Yorker's "Best of Fiction" issue as well as Best American Short Fiction 2002. Haven't read it yet, but I'm looking forward to it. Anyway, maybe Cory has more in him than I give him credit for, if he's got the genetic advantage.
Where are all these judges coming from? I didn't even know MS was still in court, but every couple weeks it seems like some federal judge or other is ordering Bill to do some crazy thing or other. Did they just declare to do away with the legal system and declare open season on them or what?
Either way, I'm not going to hold my breath. It never seems like MS ends up doing any of these things anyway, so at this point I kind of tune it out.
Not that I necessarily agree with the judgement anyway. Does anyone still use Java? Our courts just don't operate on a fast enough time scale for them to be relevant in the computing industry.
For 99% of people, these kinds of unreadable but "neat" optimizations are going to have no impact on execution time whatsoever. Good algorithm design and efficient architecture -- and yes, optimization, once you've profiled and located a bottleneck -- are worth far more than stupid bit shifting tricks, and your code will actually end up maintainable. If you follow the advice in this book, you're liable to produce code that looks like the Linux kernel.
Say what you will about Quake 3 and its tendency to provoke violence in children, but at least people who obsess over it are communicating with other people, albeit over the Internet.
Games like this (and Tetris, and Solitaire, and so many others) are simply antisocial and psychologically crippling. You play for hours, not because you're "enjoying" it, but because your brain is too numbed to stop.
If our legislators had seen these in action, they'd be banning them before they worry about the comparitively healthy first person shooters.
And guess what, Intel was hurt by Apple's decision to use the PPC and Microsoft was hurt by Apple not licensing the NT kernel. They're a fucking business, not a charity.
This is actually just what I've been wishing for. You know when you've misplaced something in your house (my favorite pencil, for a recent example from my own life, though "house" is maybe being charitable), and you spend hours tearing everything apart and then it turns out that it's just lying there somewhere in plain sight?
I always wish, both during and after such a quest, that I could have just whipped out a tricorder (or device of a similar form factor) and scanned for whatever I'm missing, and it would start beeping or blinking on the screen or whatever. It would save hours of time for all but the most type A people.
It would also be a boon on the golf course. And for finding your kids when they wander off at Disneyland. Really, all I can think about is good applications of this technology, so bring it on!
Statistical analysis of Carl Sagan's greatness? Puh-lease. Surveying people about dead men's psychological characteristics is an obvious reference to the classic solution to discovering the length of the emperor's nose (which no one has seen; the solution being to ask everybody how long they think it is and average the results). He's trying to get "stupid people" to swallow this as a demonstration of what he's talking about. Expect this review to be quoted in one of his future works.
It seems like every couple months there's a Slashdot story about another "mini PC." A CPU, some RAM, and a laptop hardrive...for some reason getting it the size of a paperback book doesn't strike me as an incredible engineering feat.
Also, has anyone come up with a good use for these things? We're always told how they're "perfect" for firewalls or in-dash computers (not that that really counts as "useful"), but I don't recall ever seeing a finished project that did anything cool with these. Why do they keep making them?
In the past year, we've seen a lot of attempts by companies to make a profit by selling mixed open and closed source software. Lindows and CrossOver spring to mind. How do you, both personally and as a representative of the EFF, react to this trend? Is it beneficial to the Free Software Movement in the short and long term?
No kidding. Apparently their target audience is comprised of middle aged women and adolescent boys. For some reason it reminds me of the Slashdot PT Cruiser.
What is this story about? I saw a bunch of proper names that mean absolutely nothing to me. Blaxxun was from that sci-fi book, right? So what's the deal? Is this some sort of VR ISP or just another MMORPG or what?
Workers took a 6 percent pay cut, but the CEO led the way with a 20 percent cut.
Of course he still ended up making an order of magnitude more than the workers. This is the kind of thing we wouldn't have to worry about if programmers were unionized.
Slashdot Mirror
Can you say dry? 290,000 whatever, 21% something, 550 MHz, blah blah blah....
I'm not a computer, I'm a person. Give me graphs or don't bother.
No kidding. Washington, D.C. is an embarrassment to the whole country.
While this book report was well-written, and the handwriting is flawless, I was looking for more discussion of the book's themes and the author's use of literary techniques such as metaphor and simile. The plot summary should be very limited. Rewrite for a B+.
Is it normal to barbecue hot dogs on a sauna? It's a really good idea. I'm hungry.
While there are (and have been) plenty of companies trying (and occaisionally succeeding) to make money with Open Source software, almost all of them are established corporations (IBM) or limit their business to Linux distributions (Red Hat). As someone with experience at selling Free Software at the application level, what insights can you provide to those of us in the software business? Are there any markets where Open Source wouldn't be profitable?
So is this guy related to EL Doctorow, or what? EL had a short story that made it into The New Yorker's "Best of Fiction" issue as well as Best American Short Fiction 2002. Haven't read it yet, but I'm looking forward to it. Anyway, maybe Cory has more in him than I give him credit for, if he's got the genetic advantage.
Where are all these judges coming from? I didn't even know MS was still in court, but every couple weeks it seems like some federal judge or other is ordering Bill to do some crazy thing or other. Did they just declare to do away with the legal system and declare open season on them or what?
Either way, I'm not going to hold my breath. It never seems like MS ends up doing any of these things anyway, so at this point I kind of tune it out.
Not that I necessarily agree with the judgement anyway. Does anyone still use Java? Our courts just don't operate on a fast enough time scale for them to be relevant in the computing industry.
choices say they...uh, hide...
Never mind.
For 99% of people, these kinds of unreadable but "neat" optimizations are going to have no impact on execution time whatsoever. Good algorithm design and efficient architecture -- and yes, optimization, once you've profiled and located a bottleneck -- are worth far more than stupid bit shifting tricks, and your code will actually end up maintainable. If you follow the advice in this book, you're liable to produce code that looks like the Linux kernel.
1. Build model rocket.
2. Attach computer running Linux.
3. Post story to Slashdot.
4. ???
5. PROFIT!!
What is this, extra slow news day? This is definitely "for nerds," but it's not even remotely newsworthy.
Say what you will about Quake 3 and its tendency to provoke violence in children, but at least people who obsess over it are communicating with other people, albeit over the Internet.
Games like this (and Tetris, and Solitaire, and so many others) are simply antisocial and psychologically crippling. You play for hours, not because you're "enjoying" it, but because your brain is too numbed to stop.
If our legislators had seen these in action, they'd be banning them before they worry about the comparitively healthy first person shooters.
Once again Linux gets the jump on Micro$oft. It's hard to believe that some people still don't understand that Open Source results in better software.
And guess what, Intel was hurt by Apple's decision to use the PPC and Microsoft was hurt by Apple not licensing the NT kernel. They're a fucking business, not a charity.
This is actually just what I've been wishing for. You know when you've misplaced something in your house (my favorite pencil, for a recent example from my own life, though "house" is maybe being charitable), and you spend hours tearing everything apart and then it turns out that it's just lying there somewhere in plain sight?
I always wish, both during and after such a quest, that I could have just whipped out a tricorder (or device of a similar form factor) and scanned for whatever I'm missing, and it would start beeping or blinking on the screen or whatever. It would save hours of time for all but the most type A people.
It would also be a boon on the golf course. And for finding your kids when they wander off at Disneyland. Really, all I can think about is good applications of this technology, so bring it on!
The plural of "bacteria" is actually not "bacterium," but rather "bacterii" (analogous to "virii").
Someone seems to have misunderstood. Which is utterly appropriate given the content of the post above.
Statistical analysis of Carl Sagan's greatness? Puh-lease. Surveying people about dead men's psychological characteristics is an obvious reference to the classic solution to discovering the length of the emperor's nose (which no one has seen; the solution being to ask everybody how long they think it is and average the results). He's trying to get "stupid people" to swallow this as a demonstration of what he's talking about. Expect this review to be quoted in one of his future works.
What marketing whiz came up with that name? Sounds like a good name for an adult diaper.
It seems like every couple months there's a Slashdot story about another "mini PC." A CPU, some RAM, and a laptop hardrive...for some reason getting it the size of a paperback book doesn't strike me as an incredible engineering feat.
Also, has anyone come up with a good use for these things? We're always told how they're "perfect" for firewalls or in-dash computers (not that that really counts as "useful"), but I don't recall ever seeing a finished project that did anything cool with these. Why do they keep making them?
My solution for sendmail tuning:
1. Uninstall sendmail.
2. Install qmail.
3. There is no step 3.
In the past year, we've seen a lot of attempts by companies to make a profit by selling mixed open and closed source software. Lindows and CrossOver spring to mind. How do you, both personally and as a representative of the EFF, react to this trend? Is it beneficial to the Free Software Movement in the short and long term?
No kidding. Apparently their target audience is comprised of middle aged women and adolescent boys. For some reason it reminds me of the Slashdot PT Cruiser.
What is this story about? I saw a bunch of proper names that mean absolutely nothing to me. Blaxxun was from that sci-fi book, right? So what's the deal? Is this some sort of VR ISP or just another MMORPG or what?
Workers took a 6 percent pay cut, but the CEO led the way with a 20 percent cut.
Of course he still ended up making an order of magnitude more than the workers. This is the kind of thing we wouldn't have to worry about if programmers were unionized.
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Like in the X Files?