XP is a means for people to acheive the excellence *on purpose* that is sometimes acheived by a small group of talented people. Of course it helps if you have a small group of talented people.:-)
On the other hand, overzealous change control can lead to "big ball of mud" software over time. I think it is totally reasonable to refactor / improve code as you fix a bug or add a feature.
HOWEVER, that is subject to being able to *test* the results to make sure the software produces the same results as before. If you can't test it, you have no way of know that you didn't break something - in which case it does make sense to make the minimum possible change to fix a bug/etc.
They get paid to deliver mail. More mail is more job security. Why would they be upset people are sending mail, for any purpose? It seems like they would be more worried by trends toward *not* doing business by mail.
Somewhere I picked up the idea that the shuttle was primarily designed to make sure a whole lot of money got spread around to a lot of aerospace contractors in lots of states, to ensure widespread support in Congress. Politically, getting stuff to space is just a pleasant side-effect.
Actually, to me his explanation made sense. His content is targetted at technologies mainly used on Intranets, and it is much more reasonable on an Intranet to assume/require certain browsers and make use of features they have.
Since a big point of his content revolves around IE specific features, it does seem like a waste of effort to make it so people can read about these features in Netscape - they would have to switch to IE to try them out.
He didn't seem to be advocating Internet deployment of IE-only features; he simply did so himself because it's a site about IE-only features.
I "third" the recommendation of JBoss, and point out that JBoss is leading the way in some areas of EJB implementation especially in its pluggable architecture, use of JMX management, and standards compliance.
It's also vastly easier to get working than the other EJB server we have around here, WebSphere.
This is not intended as an insult, but a PalmPilot could serve 1000 hits per day. Even if they all happen during one hour, that's a hit every few seconds. I suspect if you optimized it, the PalmPilot could do this when programmed in Java.
Having browsed a few bookstores in the last few months, I respectfully disagree. There are plenty of sloppy, buggy books out there, from vendors who appear to be selling them in large numbers.
Of course you should have (preferably multiple) offsite backups for other reasons, too.
Steve Jackson lost a lot because of that debacle. He could have lost just as much due to flood, fire, tornado, etc., though. He would have lost a lot less if he could have restored all his stuff from offsite backup onto a new computer a few days after the raid.
Don't blame the existence of better entertainment and bigger house for people's *choice* to buy them. That same family, were they willing to forgo the choices available now, and live at the scale that was common in the 40s (house size, etc.), could have a similar lifestyle.
It seems to me that people in general are very good at continually increasing their wants to stay ahead of their resources, without limit? I'm not trying to be derogatory here, by the way.
Great points here. If you are not getting the position / pay / whatever you want and can justify, there is no reason to make people upset, burn bridges, etc. Make the powers that be aware of your requests, and if they are unable to work something out, then politely and professionally look elsewhere.
It helps the one particular employer who avoid hiring someone with a higher risk of medical claims, but how does that really help anything? What if all employers are so efficient? Then an otherwise good worker is unemployed, on the dole, not contributing, but still costing somebody.
The solution is that health care should *NOT* be provided by employers. (I don't believe it should be provided by the government either, I would like to have a public marketplace where individuals buy insurance, and insurance only covers real risks, not routine care, but that's a whole other debate of course.)
By charging tax on many different aspects of the transaction, the overall tax bite is less glaring. Income tax, sales tax, property tax, gas tax, sales tax on other consumables, tolls on toll roads, tariffs, etc. Of the total cost of ownership of the item, the bulk went to taxes of one form or another.
That would be much more annoying to the citizenry if the 15 other taxes were eliminated and replace with a 120+% sales tax or a 60+% income tax.
They are mostly *NOT* looking for ways to reduce the national debt. In fact, there is now a budget surplus, so if they do nothing, the national debt will be reduced over time.
Instead, though, they are arguing whether to:
1) Reduce taxes; I admit to liking this idea:-)
2) Spend more money on more programs
rather than keep the surplus and thus reduce the debt.
You may be able to get IDSL. It costs more than ADSL or cable, and is much slower (144K), but it's worlds better than dialup. It works at 30,000 ft. or more from the central office, so you can get it in lots of places that are far beyond ADSL distance limits.
(I was unable to get ADSL, and the cable modems here are "one-way".)
On the other hand, you need to mine a million times (or whatever) less uranium than you would coal to get the same amount of power... so unfriendly as it may (or may not) be, I'd rather mine N units of uranium then 1,000,000*N units of coal.
Such a changer costs several thousand dollars, correct?
A home computer costing much less than that often has more than 32G of storage. A server with a small disk array can have a LOT more than 32G of data to back up.
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I would think they they should be able to run their basic Usenet search thing on $922,000 per quarter of advertising, and break even and then some.
Bandwidth is expensive, but if you design the pages to be light on cruft, you need a lot less of it.
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[Of course XP isn't unique in one sense: some of the best programmers I've known already use these techniques in their own work]
Same here. XP feels like a compilation and pushing to extremes of a bunch of ideas that great programmers were already doing.
Heh, that's what XP is.
XP is a means for people to acheive the excellence *on purpose* that is sometimes acheived by a small group of talented people. Of course it helps if you have a small group of talented people. :-)
On the other hand, overzealous change control can lead to "big ball of mud" software over time. I think it is totally reasonable to refactor / improve code as you fix a bug or add a feature.
HOWEVER, that is subject to being able to *test* the results to make sure the software produces the same results as before. If you can't test it, you have no way of know that you didn't break something - in which case it does make sense to make the minimum possible change to fix a bug/etc.
They get paid to deliver mail. More mail is more job security. Why would they be upset people are sending mail, for any purpose? It seems like they would be more worried by trends toward *not* doing business by mail.
Somewhere I picked up the idea that the shuttle was primarily designed to make sure a whole lot of money got spread around to a lot of aerospace contractors in lots of states, to ensure widespread support in Congress. Politically, getting stuff to space is just a pleasant side-effect.
Actually, to me his explanation made sense. His content is targetted at technologies mainly used on Intranets, and it is much more reasonable on an Intranet to assume/require certain browsers and make use of features they have.
Since a big point of his content revolves around IE specific features, it does seem like a waste of effort to make it so people can read about these features in Netscape - they would have to switch to IE to try them out.
He didn't seem to be advocating Internet deployment of IE-only features; he simply did so himself because it's a site about IE-only features.
The article says that JScript is better than VBScript in umpteen different ways.
(and it is true)
I "third" the recommendation of JBoss, and point out that JBoss is leading the way in some areas of EJB implementation especially in its pluggable architecture, use of JMX management, and standards compliance.
It's also vastly easier to get working than the other EJB server we have around here, WebSphere.
Tomcat has improved greatly... it's not as fast as some others, but is now OK for a great # of uses.
This is not intended as an insult, but a PalmPilot could serve 1000 hits per day. Even if they all happen during one hour, that's a hit every few seconds. I suspect if you optimized it, the PalmPilot could do this when programmed in Java.
Having browsed a few bookstores in the last few months, I respectfully disagree. There are plenty of sloppy, buggy books out there, from vendors who appear to be selling them in large numbers.
It seems like that could be used against you... especially if the litigant could easily demonstrate that you tool few or no precautions.
Of course you should have (preferably multiple) offsite backups for other reasons, too.
Steve Jackson lost a lot because of that debacle. He could have lost just as much due to flood, fire, tornado, etc., though. He would have lost a lot less if he could have restored all his stuff from offsite backup onto a new computer a few days after the raid.
The introduction screen, which is incredibly painful to read (scrolls real slow) contains the text:
"Please read the User Guide to learn how to navigate through the site"
No thanks. You have got to be kidding me. This definately does not "rock".
Don't blame the existence of better entertainment and bigger house for people's *choice* to buy them. That same family, were they willing to forgo the choices available now, and live at the scale that was common in the 40s (house size, etc.), could have a similar lifestyle.
It seems to me that people in general are very good at continually increasing their wants to stay ahead of their resources, without limit? I'm not trying to be derogatory here, by the way.
Does Fukuyama address this idea?
Great points here. If you are not getting the position / pay / whatever you want and can justify, there is no reason to make people upset, burn bridges, etc. Make the powers that be aware of your requests, and if they are unable to work something out, then politely and professionally look elsewhere.
Need glasses? Can't be a pilot. Oh well, there are hundreds/thousands of other great job types available.
How'd you like to be branded as a risk, and not be able to get any job doing anything?
It's not an issue of the wrong person for the job; the scenario is that a person can be marked the wrong person for *any* job.
It helps the one particular employer who avoid hiring someone with a higher risk of medical claims, but how does that really help anything? What if all employers are so efficient? Then an otherwise good worker is unemployed, on the dole, not contributing, but still costing somebody.
The solution is that health care should *NOT* be provided by employers. (I don't believe it should be provided by the government either, I would like to have a public marketplace where individuals buy insurance, and insurance only covers real risks, not routine care, but that's a whole other debate of course.)
By charging tax on many different aspects of the transaction, the overall tax bite is less glaring. Income tax, sales tax, property tax, gas tax, sales tax on other consumables, tolls on toll roads, tariffs, etc. Of the total cost of ownership of the item, the bulk went to taxes of one form or another.
That would be much more annoying to the citizenry if the 15 other taxes were eliminated and replace with a 120+% sales tax or a 60+% income tax.
They are mostly *NOT* looking for ways to reduce the national debt. In fact, there is now a budget surplus, so if they do nothing, the national debt will be reduced over time.
:-)
Instead, though, they are arguing whether to:
1) Reduce taxes; I admit to liking this idea
2) Spend more money on more programs
rather than keep the surplus and thus reduce the debt.
You may be able to get IDSL. It costs more than ADSL or cable, and is much slower (144K), but it's worlds better than dialup. It works at 30,000 ft. or more from the central office, so you can get it in lots of places that are far beyond ADSL distance limits.
(I was unable to get ADSL, and the cable modems here are "one-way".)
On the other hand, you need to mine a million times (or whatever) less uranium than you would coal to get the same amount of power... so unfriendly as it may (or may not) be, I'd rather mine N units of uranium then 1,000,000*N units of coal.
Such a changer costs several thousand dollars, correct?
A home computer costing much less than that often has more than 32G of storage. A server with a small disk array can have a LOT more than 32G of data to back up.
I would think they they should be able to run their basic Usenet search thing on $922,000 per quarter of advertising, and break even and then some.
Bandwidth is expensive, but if you design the pages to be light on cruft, you need a lot less of it.