If I were to be the lead developer on an open source project, I'd support it as long as I'm working on it. If I decide to just abandon it, or if I start work on a new version, a major rewrite, or a completely different project, I'd give the users fair warning. Thanks to the nature of open source, I'm sure there'd be at least one other developer who knows the code well enough to issue bug fixes if he wants to help, but a developer is under no obligation to support his code unless he's contractually obliged to do so - this even applies to closed source commercial programs.
Their sexual preferences and oral sex practices have absolutely nothing to do with their greed or incompetence. Unless of course you're talking about them being greedy incompetent lovers.
PC gamers will have an obvious way around this. More and more reasonable people are being pushed to pirating games they want; nobody wants SecuROM, or Starforce foisted on them, and nobody will stand for being told they have to pay more just to see the end of a game. Sooner or later, games will be losing more and more key content to the optional extra market.
"Oh, sorry, you only bought the game. You can play the training level as much as you want, but all the levels are extras. Yeah, if you buy the levels, be prepared to see some textureless soldiers running around. Those textures are extras." That sadly doesn't seem far fetched...
A non-compete seems to me the perfect way to pay your best employees peanuts. If you sign a non-compete, then you're basically trapped at one company, and can never get a job in the same industry again. Using that information, your employer could pay you as little as they want and never fear you leaving for another company.
I'm sure there's a master plan for this story tag nonsense. Maybe the story tag will be broken up to be more descriptive - some would say story, if it's a news story like finding more water on Mars, reviews of anything would be tagged review, not story, journal entries would be tagged journal. I could be wrong, but I'd say we're in a transition period. I noticed the story tag as soon as I switched from the old index to the new one, so it's a fair bet they're related. The new index (not as it is now, but as it will one day be) will probably hold the answers when it matures a little more. Right now though, I think it's a side effect of the new index being just like the firehose. If you want things that aren't stories yet, you search for -story, the new index has everything tagged as story to prevent stories washing up in the firehose, and to prevent firehose items appearing on the front page.
I understand the advantages of a thin client in a corporate environment. Hardware costs can be greatly reduced if you've got more than a thousand computers to work with. I was afraid of the "home thin client", for lack of a better word. People are already vendor locked into Microsoft, but imagine if people had a thin client at home completely reliant on a Microsoft software subscription.
In reference to your sig, I was saying "Cloud Computing" was a trap long before RMS (publicly) said it. Actually, I was fearing the return of the thin-client long before this "Cloud Computing" came out of the mouths of marketing, because I knew it would lead to everyone having a computer that can't stand on it's own, and requires a Microsoft's (or some other vendor's) online services to function.
I'll go back to my crazy doomsday prophet rantings now... More people would probably listen to me if I had a beard...
Would vacuum packing the CDs or DVDs have any positive effect? Sealed away from the ravages of dust mites and oxygen, they might last a little longer on the shelf. When you want to use a disc, it would be as simple as piercing the pack where the hole in the disc is and resealing it when you're done (or resealing a new copy of it).
Starting with Wolfenstein on my 386, and the usual collection of shooters from then on. I've never even broken my own nose before, let alone performed any act of aggression against any person.
If I could be bothered building a whole car, I'd probably build it in the inescapable basement because I simply wouldn't believe it would ever be finished. No point planning beyond 40% of the build for me.
Now that Microsoft are feeling the pinch of competition, they no longer have hardware manufacturers over a barrel. The hardware manufacturers now have the power to control the public perception of Windows, rather than Windows controlling the perception of hardware.
That will soon be replaced with disillusioned apathy again. In matters of politics, hope always turns to disillusioned apathy. Or maybe I'm just permanently disillusioned and apathetic, and can no-longer see a Good Thing for what it is. Of course, my disillusioned apathy would turn to flabbergasted outrage if McCain had won. That would have been a Bad Thing - In that case, we'd have to consider that either the election was rigged and democracy is a sham (I'm not entirely dissuaded from that, already...), or that every US voter with half a brain was out on a cruise of the Caribbean (funded by the Republican party).
Walking on water would be an important step forward in military technology. I expect it more of a Republican than a Democrat. Other than that, he seems to be facing a near identical set of challenges as Kevin Rudd (Australian Prime Minister). People expect both of them to just wave a magic wand and fix everything overnight, but it's a fucking huge job.
Only boiling the water you use sounds good. I've often wondered why we bother boiling a full kettle for a cup of coffee, or keeping an entire tank of boiling water. Bring on the USB one-cup kettles! No more associating in the kitchenette with co-workers you generally dislike! Now, if only we could somehow get some USB plumbing so we can have a tiny sink...:P
Some say a politician flip-flopping on issues because of public opinion is a bad thing, I say it's democracy at it's most efficient (barely working, and solely at the whim of elected officials who are interested in saving their own arses).
This may well be the first time in Australian history when Telstra has sided with the rights of it's customers. If anything, their business interest lies in going along with the filtering so they can charge more to maintain it. Of course, in the event it becomes voluntary for ISPs, Telstra don't want to get the wrong end of the public shift to non-filtering ISPs.
Ooo, Alan Rickman. I didn't even think of him. He'd definitely make a good Doctor. Whenever I think of him, though, I remember his role in Dogma more than anything else.
I think he mentioned in one of his stage appearances (jokingly) that they'd replace him with Daniel Radcliffe (famous for playing Harry Potter). Ever since then I've been taunting my brother with the idea, and he will be very pissed off if Daniel Radcliffe is the next doctor. I'm actually still on the fence on that, though. I think he wouldn't make a bad doctor, but he is still a little young for the role. With the right acting, though, youth can just vanish. If he does it right, his age wouldn't be a problem, and with a couple of exceptions, the Doctor has been getting younger-looking with each regeneration.
In the cloud? Oh my god! What happens when it rains?! The farmers will have all our data! We'll have to sue the farmers for their harvest, since their crops will contain all the data and applications!
It's a shame we can't mod comments over +5, really. I know it counteracts group-think a little, and encourages mods to look at other comments instead of adding one to a "+193 Insightful", but some comments deserve more than 5.
My thoughts, exactly. It's not a high-end product, and I see little to distinguish it from competitors almost half the price. The only interesting thing about it is the 3G modem; not that that means much to anyone in Australia. If you want to watch a few videos on Youtube with a 3G modem here, be prepared to mortgage your house.
I find No Script to be a bit of a pain, usually, because I seem to spend half of my time allowing things that I need. Adblock, however, is the only thing that keeps the internet usable for me when I exceed my download limit. I get shaped down to 56k instead of my usual 10 Mb/s - a very painful fall. Adblock lets me load pages in far less than half the time it would take without it. It's shocking how much crap is foisted on us at our own expense, really.
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If I were to be the lead developer on an open source project, I'd support it as long as I'm working on it. If I decide to just abandon it, or if I start work on a new version, a major rewrite, or a completely different project, I'd give the users fair warning. Thanks to the nature of open source, I'm sure there'd be at least one other developer who knows the code well enough to issue bug fixes if he wants to help, but a developer is under no obligation to support his code unless he's contractually obliged to do so - this even applies to closed source commercial programs.
Their sexual preferences and oral sex practices have absolutely nothing to do with their greed or incompetence. Unless of course you're talking about them being greedy incompetent lovers.
PC gamers will have an obvious way around this. More and more reasonable people are being pushed to pirating games they want; nobody wants SecuROM, or Starforce foisted on them, and nobody will stand for being told they have to pay more just to see the end of a game. Sooner or later, games will be losing more and more key content to the optional extra market.
"Oh, sorry, you only bought the game. You can play the training level as much as you want, but all the levels are extras. Yeah, if you buy the levels, be prepared to see some textureless soldiers running around. Those textures are extras." That sadly doesn't seem far fetched...
A non-compete seems to me the perfect way to pay your best employees peanuts. If you sign a non-compete, then you're basically trapped at one company, and can never get a job in the same industry again. Using that information, your employer could pay you as little as they want and never fear you leaving for another company.
I'm sure there's a master plan for this story tag nonsense. Maybe the story tag will be broken up to be more descriptive - some would say story, if it's a news story like finding more water on Mars, reviews of anything would be tagged review, not story, journal entries would be tagged journal. I could be wrong, but I'd say we're in a transition period. I noticed the story tag as soon as I switched from the old index to the new one, so it's a fair bet they're related. The new index (not as it is now, but as it will one day be) will probably hold the answers when it matures a little more. Right now though, I think it's a side effect of the new index being just like the firehose. If you want things that aren't stories yet, you search for -story, the new index has everything tagged as story to prevent stories washing up in the firehose, and to prevent firehose items appearing on the front page.
I understand the advantages of a thin client in a corporate environment. Hardware costs can be greatly reduced if you've got more than a thousand computers to work with. I was afraid of the "home thin client", for lack of a better word. People are already vendor locked into Microsoft, but imagine if people had a thin client at home completely reliant on a Microsoft software subscription.
I resent being called a troll. I prefer hobgoblin.
In reference to your sig, I was saying "Cloud Computing" was a trap long before RMS (publicly) said it. Actually, I was fearing the return of the thin-client long before this "Cloud Computing" came out of the mouths of marketing, because I knew it would lead to everyone having a computer that can't stand on it's own, and requires a Microsoft's (or some other vendor's) online services to function.
I'll go back to my crazy doomsday prophet rantings now... More people would probably listen to me if I had a beard...
Would vacuum packing the CDs or DVDs have any positive effect? Sealed away from the ravages of dust mites and oxygen, they might last a little longer on the shelf. When you want to use a disc, it would be as simple as piercing the pack where the hole in the disc is and resealing it when you're done (or resealing a new copy of it).
Starting with Wolfenstein on my 386, and the usual collection of shooters from then on. I've never even broken my own nose before, let alone performed any act of aggression against any person.
If I could be bothered building a whole car, I'd probably build it in the inescapable basement because I simply wouldn't believe it would ever be finished. No point planning beyond 40% of the build for me.
Now that Microsoft are feeling the pinch of competition, they no longer have hardware manufacturers over a barrel. The hardware manufacturers now have the power to control the public perception of Windows, rather than Windows controlling the perception of hardware.
That will soon be replaced with disillusioned apathy again. In matters of politics, hope always turns to disillusioned apathy. Or maybe I'm just permanently disillusioned and apathetic, and can no-longer see a Good Thing for what it is. Of course, my disillusioned apathy would turn to flabbergasted outrage if McCain had won. That would have been a Bad Thing - In that case, we'd have to consider that either the election was rigged and democracy is a sham (I'm not entirely dissuaded from that, already...), or that every US voter with half a brain was out on a cruise of the Caribbean (funded by the Republican party).
Walking on water would be an important step forward in military technology. I expect it more of a Republican than a Democrat. Other than that, he seems to be facing a near identical set of challenges as Kevin Rudd (Australian Prime Minister). People expect both of them to just wave a magic wand and fix everything overnight, but it's a fucking huge job.
Only boiling the water you use sounds good. I've often wondered why we bother boiling a full kettle for a cup of coffee, or keeping an entire tank of boiling water. Bring on the USB one-cup kettles! No more associating in the kitchenette with co-workers you generally dislike! Now, if only we could somehow get some USB plumbing so we can have a tiny sink... :P
Some say a politician flip-flopping on issues because of public opinion is a bad thing, I say it's democracy at it's most efficient (barely working, and solely at the whim of elected officials who are interested in saving their own arses).
This may well be the first time in Australian history when Telstra has sided with the rights of it's customers. If anything, their business interest lies in going along with the filtering so they can charge more to maintain it. Of course, in the event it becomes voluntary for ISPs, Telstra don't want to get the wrong end of the public shift to non-filtering ISPs.
He should have linked to an image of a hand print. That, or copied "I AM A FISH" a few hundred times.
Ooo, Alan Rickman. I didn't even think of him. He'd definitely make a good Doctor. Whenever I think of him, though, I remember his role in Dogma more than anything else.
I think he mentioned in one of his stage appearances (jokingly) that they'd replace him with Daniel Radcliffe (famous for playing Harry Potter). Ever since then I've been taunting my brother with the idea, and he will be very pissed off if Daniel Radcliffe is the next doctor. I'm actually still on the fence on that, though. I think he wouldn't make a bad doctor, but he is still a little young for the role. With the right acting, though, youth can just vanish. If he does it right, his age wouldn't be a problem, and with a couple of exceptions, the Doctor has been getting younger-looking with each regeneration.
In the cloud? Oh my god! What happens when it rains?! The farmers will have all our data! We'll have to sue the farmers for their harvest, since their crops will contain all the data and applications!
Three Wiis? With twelve, I could set up a Beowulf Cluster and run Linux to calculate Pi to the 50 billionth decimal place!
It's a shame we can't mod comments over +5, really. I know it counteracts group-think a little, and encourages mods to look at other comments instead of adding one to a "+193 Insightful", but some comments deserve more than 5.
My thoughts, exactly. It's not a high-end product, and I see little to distinguish it from competitors almost half the price. The only interesting thing about it is the 3G modem; not that that means much to anyone in Australia. If you want to watch a few videos on Youtube with a 3G modem here, be prepared to mortgage your house.
I find No Script to be a bit of a pain, usually, because I seem to spend half of my time allowing things that I need. Adblock, however, is the only thing that keeps the internet usable for me when I exceed my download limit. I get shaped down to 56k instead of my usual 10 Mb/s - a very painful fall. Adblock lets me load pages in far less than half the time it would take without it. It's shocking how much crap is foisted on us at our own expense, really.