Ever notice that you're a total nancypants for getting all up in arms about discrimination against males? There are completely valid reasons for the dual standard in reactions.
Well, please feel free not to apply for any of the positions I advertise for.
Will do.
I have no certifications to speak of and agree that they are meaningless to hiring outside of the most entry-level positions, but your arbitrary decision to exclude people who list them is just as dumb as an arbitrary decision to only interview people who have them.
To really take advantage of a platform like this, you need to write code tailored for it. Who is going to risk spending large sums of money and lots of time developing for such a platform when it is controlled by a single-vendor and could disappear at any time?
Some things never change. The Slashdot crowd is still playing the blame game, working on the assumption that if Windows didn't have a large monopoly, Linux usage would be more widespread.
Still ignoring the fact that the vast majority of people just don't want to use Linux even if given a choice, because it still has serious usability issues that show no signs of being solved. Mostly because even though it is "one OS" it still suffers from the fragmentation that killed UNIX as a viable platform. Instead of kernel/system call fragmentation, it is fragmentation of desktops (KDE, Gnome, etc) and services (different print systems, different X servers, different window managers, each with slightly incompatible ways to cut & paste, etc).
Not to mention how much easier it is for developers to develop for Windows due to the fact that you don't have to worry about a billion different differences between distros, libc versions, kernel branches, etc.
But go ahead and keep blaming Microsoft's business practices... why stop now? It is easier than trying to actually compete for users.
I think you completely miss the point of what he's saying. I mean, his project is an Open Source success story, for crying out loud!
There are tons of responses to your post already that mention the successful OSS projects like Apache, Linux, Mozilla/Firebird, GNOME, KDE, etc. The one thing most of these have in common is that they've got one or more core developers who are getting paid to work on them.
Using these as examples only proves his point further.
If those three movies are successful, it might make Fox eager to order new seasons...
If the three movies are successful, the stars involved will have become "movie stars" and would be unlikely to agree to go back to doing a TV show. Granted, there are cases where "movie stars" have gone back and done TV, but they are few and far between (good luck getting the whole cast back) and usually don't happen until the "movie star" has had a string of high profile movie flops.
So, damned if you do, damned if you don't. I'll eat my hat if Firefly makes it back to tv as a regular series.
US stations have such a knack for taking great channels (or TV shows), and totally foobar them in a vain attempt to 'improve' them.
The blame really belongs to the viewers, not the stations.
If these good shows were doing at all well in the ratings, the network execs wouldn't dare to change a thing. Generally when they "screw up a good show" it is a last ditch effort to try to find a viewership when everything else has failed. Since they aren't in the business of losing money, there is really nobody to blame but the masses.. for not tuning in to quality shows.
Has it gotten to the point where we don't even watch a movie to figure out if we like it?
Considering the rather high cost of movie tickets these days (~$10 in many areas of the US), I can understand why people like to hear what others are saying about a film before plunking down their hard-earned cash.
How often are critics wrong?
Fairly often, but I find looking to places like rottentomatoes helps because it is rare that all the critics will be wrong about all the movies. Taking a wide sample of critics' views on a movie really seems to weed out the occasional critic who just "didn't get it" or was too far removed from the intended audience.
Of course, the best reviews are always from people we know with similar tastes in movies, so those are preferred, but not always available...
One of the things that makes FS/OSS so attractive is that things aren't about spin (yes, there is always going to be some spin, but nothing like in your world) but about the code and about technical excellence.
This is billed as the first time an artist has released such a track to the public for remixing, but it probably isn't.
Wow, that's a pretty useless comment even by Slashdot standards. If you can't be bothered to google for a couple of seconds to see if it is, indeed, the first time, why comment on it?
And for the record, the important thing here is that NIN/Trent is a "major" well-known artist. And while major artists (eg Bowie) have been involved in authorized remix situations before, the big deal here is Trent released what is essentially the source code of the song (not Open Source style, more like Shared Source style), making it a LOT easier for Joe Average to try his hand at a remix. Usually the remixers are left to their own devices to cut and make loops of the original track, which requires a lot of skill and, arguably, access to rather high priced audio software.
Another reason for the failure might be that when you live in the rural part of a third world country, easy access to computing and the Internet might not be your highest priority in life.
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Ever notice that you're a total nancypants for getting all up in arms about discrimination against males? There are completely valid reasons for the dual standard in reactions.
Mono may be open and that may be all well and good, but it is not a better implementation of .NET, period.
So shut your mouth, bitch!
Just because it is anti-Microsoft doesn't make it funny. I mean... that article just isn't funny. At all. Seriously.
so i'm guessing out of 10 movies maybe 2 won't suck
There you have it, folks... the most optimistic man in the world.
Someone will probably have at least partial support for it before it ever even gets out of beta.
And then it will stay only partially supported for 10+ years, just like the NTFS support.
With Open Source, innovation usually comes from the guy who is copying the feature set of some existing closed source application.
Don't get me wrong, I'm pro-Open Source, but to suggest that OSS is generally innovative requires hitting the Kool-Aid pretty friggin' hard.
If you disagree, post counter-examples that prove I'm wrong rather than modding me down, please.
Well, please feel free not to apply for any of the positions I advertise for.
Will do.
I have no certifications to speak of and agree that they are meaningless to hiring outside of the most entry-level positions, but your arbitrary decision to exclude people who list them is just as dumb as an arbitrary decision to only interview people who have them.
To really take advantage of a platform like this, you need to write code tailored for it. Who is going to risk spending large sums of money and lots of time developing for such a platform when it is controlled by a single-vendor and could disappear at any time?
Some things never change. The Slashdot crowd is still playing the blame game, working on the assumption that if Windows didn't have a large monopoly, Linux usage would be more widespread.
Still ignoring the fact that the vast majority of people just don't want to use Linux even if given a choice, because it still has serious usability issues that show no signs of being solved. Mostly because even though it is "one OS" it still suffers from the fragmentation that killed UNIX as a viable platform. Instead of kernel/system call fragmentation, it is fragmentation of desktops (KDE, Gnome, etc) and services (different print systems, different X servers, different window managers, each with slightly incompatible ways to cut & paste, etc).
Not to mention how much easier it is for developers to develop for Windows due to the fact that you don't have to worry about a billion different differences between distros, libc versions, kernel branches, etc.
But go ahead and keep blaming Microsoft's business practices... why stop now? It is easier than trying to actually compete for users.
I think you completely miss the point of what he's saying. I mean, his project is an Open Source success story, for crying out loud!
There are tons of responses to your post already that mention the successful OSS projects like Apache, Linux, Mozilla/Firebird, GNOME, KDE, etc. The one thing most of these have in common is that they've got one or more core developers who are getting paid to work on them.
Using these as examples only proves his point further.
What if we're in a simulated universe, simulating other universes?
Whoaaa.
Pass the bong, dude.
Not only a great mathematician, but he could really rock out. His song "Mother" will always be a classic.
If those three movies are successful, it might make Fox eager to order new seasons...
If the three movies are successful, the stars involved will have become "movie stars" and would be unlikely to agree to go back to doing a TV show. Granted, there are cases where "movie stars" have gone back and done TV, but they are few and far between (good luck getting the whole cast back) and usually don't happen until the "movie star" has had a string of high profile movie flops.
So, damned if you do, damned if you don't. I'll eat my hat if Firefly makes it back to tv as a regular series.
How hard can it be to switch to less wasteful HTML code?
About as hard as editors doing a cursory look for dupes or using something that approaches proper English in their comments.
IOW, Don't hold your breath waiting!
They only made $2.56 billion dollars in profit this quarter! A sure sign of a company on the decline! Linux desktops for everyone by 2006!!
Don't get laid much do you?
US stations have such a knack for taking great channels (or TV shows), and totally foobar them in a vain attempt to 'improve' them.
The blame really belongs to the viewers, not the stations.
If these good shows were doing at all well in the ratings, the network execs wouldn't dare to change a thing. Generally when they "screw up a good show" it is a last ditch effort to try to find a viewership when everything else has failed. Since they aren't in the business of losing money, there is really nobody to blame but the masses.. for not tuning in to quality shows.
Nor is it a Hardware post, despite showing up in that section. But that's ok, because the person who posted it isn't really an editor, either.
Welcome to Slashdot!
Presidential memos don't support the BLINK tag.
Has it gotten to the point where we don't even watch a movie to figure out if we like it?
Considering the rather high cost of movie tickets these days (~$10 in many areas of the US), I can understand why people like to hear what others are saying about a film before plunking down their hard-earned cash.
How often are critics wrong?
Fairly often, but I find looking to places like rottentomatoes helps because it is rare that all the critics will be wrong about all the movies. Taking a wide sample of critics' views on a movie really seems to weed out the occasional critic who just "didn't get it" or was too far removed from the intended audience.
Of course, the best reviews are always from people we know with similar tastes in movies, so those are preferred, but not always available...
One of the things that makes FS/OSS so attractive is that things aren't about spin (yes, there is always going to be some spin, but nothing like in your world) but about the code and about technical excellence.
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Stop, you're killing me!
This is billed as the first time an artist has released such a track to the public for remixing, but it probably isn't.
Wow, that's a pretty useless comment even by Slashdot standards. If you can't be bothered to google for a couple of seconds to see if it is, indeed, the first time, why comment on it?
And for the record, the important thing here is that NIN/Trent is a "major" well-known artist. And while major artists (eg Bowie) have been involved in authorized remix situations before, the big deal here is Trent released what is essentially the source code of the song (not Open Source style, more like Shared Source style), making it a LOT easier for Joe Average to try his hand at a remix. Usually the remixers are left to their own devices to cut and make loops of the original track, which requires a lot of skill and, arguably, access to rather high priced audio software.
If you want to know what stories Slashdot will post, just look at what they posted they week before. What goes around comes around here in Dupeville.
What I want is a tool that generates java code from business rules. That would make my job so much easier.
That would make your job so easy, you'd be out of one. Be careful what you wish for!