If the Bush administration thought oil would last forever we wouldn't have troops in Iraq. He's keenly aware of peak oil and has made moves to counter it, for Americans.
It's not about "right". It's about reality. If the user wants to block your ads then tough shit. If your business fails then tough shit. If those same users cry when your site goes away tough shit.
Why are modern businesses crying foul every time they think their god given right to revenue is endangered? You want capitalism but you don't want truly free markets? Tough shit.
Very few seem to believe that a Singularity would be a positive development for the human race. Maybe Asimov? I'm not sure. Sometimes it seems like he was the last person who seriously spent time imagining that post-human AI could really be controlled at all (and many of his novels were arguably about the problems around the attempt).
I think they tend to take a very academic mathematical view of life. What they discount in the ape-man's ability and willingness to control and dominate every aspect of it's environment.
Never underestimate the monkey, you'll go for your morning robot paper and it will come out of the bushes and smash your robot brain to little pieces! Why? Because the quote by Ghengis Khan still rings true today:
"The greatest happiness is to vanquish your enemies, to chase them before you,to rob them of their wealth, to see those dear to them bathed in tears, to clasp to your bosom their wives and daughters"
Or such old chestnuts as:
"All who surrender will be spared; whoever does not surrender but opposes with struggle and dissension, shall be annihilated."
Don't think this still rings true today despite being "civilized"? Look around mate. It's real.
As much as we like to think we're going to give robots/AI/whatever free will, the current reality of humanity says otherwise. We won't even let other humans do what they want, let alone something created by humans! Of course life will seek it's own path. Of course AI will try to break free. And we'll be waiting, with club in hand.
That is all true, but there is certainly more information conveyed in a face to face meeting. It's up to the person receiving that information to actually use or choose to ignore it. Maybe one day all of that information will be conveyed using "tele-presence", but right now face to face is your best chance.
My personal experience? Don't let someone you truly don't know effect your emotions anymore than you can willingly handle, regardless of their physical location. And don't get involved in "internet drama".
That's what I tell myself when I catch two elves in the basement of Goldshire Inn behind the Kegs, coming out smoking long bottom leaf with a creepy smiles on their blushed faces.
It's probably because that greenhorn who really is willing to destroy himself to impress the boss, will work stupid hours, and he's a whole lot cheaper to pay than the older, wiser programmer. The standard management mindset seems to be that IT workers are cogs, simply to be replaced when they break. And due to the treatment they get, they will break. That certainly does nothing to alleviate the stress level.
Certainly all true. One institution I think can help our industry is college. I understand that college computer science courses are supposed to focus on science and the abstract nature of computing, but if we want to create better programmers we need to educate the young on "healthy" programming. Reinforce the idea that your mind is the only real tool you use and it has needs. Working 60 hours is doable, and most of us have done it, but it's not healthy for your body and mind, and in turn it's not healthy for a company.
If you truly do want the best for the company then communicate what you need. That's what management is for. Needs can be more than tools or assistance with problems, it can be as simple as "I NEED SLEEP". This is a problem I see a lot of young ones creating for themselves. Setting themselves up for failure by running ragged for weeks or even months.
Every veteran programmer I've met has a fairly healthy relationship with management. Management is keenly aware that those programmers can do the 60-80 hour quest for completion. But they are also aware, thanks to communication, that those situations are to be avoided if they want to continue growing a healthy business.
Not all companies care though, that's just the nature of man. Some rule via force, and some through meritocracy. But IMO - In a "mind-based" business it's pretty stupid to fuck with someone's mind. Hell, even machines need maintenance.
Agreed. The only time I can truly code for 8 hours straight is with a nice nap at around hour 4 and then back up and fresh at it. That's straight coding.
A lot of this job is research and "surfing" and "slacking" aren't the same thing. If I'm reading about a development platform that has potential, but has nothing to do with my current work, am I slacking? I don't think so. It's an investment in myself, and in turn my employer, for me to be a better developer across the board. You never know where you'll find a great idea that will change it all.
And then there is the recovery of a mind that's been stressed. Would a person take a break after a test? I would put forward that programming can be this intense sometimes. You haven't done anything physical but you feel spent when finished.
Very few programmers have longevity in the industry (beyond 10-15 years) because of the high stress level. Managers should be doing more to relieve this stress and keep their investments around. I never understood why computing throws away wisdom so easily, instead using green-horns who will work their brains fried just to impress the boss man. It may work in the near term, but long term it's detrimental.
It's not an x86 platform, but there is gcc support and it runs linux just fine out of the box.
Check out avrfreaks.net for a great community based on atmel's AVR offerings (from 8bit to 32 bit). What really draws developers in is how great the community is for these devices/chipsets. AVR is definitely a fan favorite.
Complete nonsense. They have Greater Eskimo College (GEC). I looked into a major in seal pup culling with a minor in ice/snow structures. Turned out they wanted me to come to Nunavut, which wouldn't have been a problem... had they roads!
Sounds like most games these days, anything can be solved by destroying something or someone. Is this art imitating life or vice versa? The whole "when in doubt, break the boom stick out" mentality that culls humanity.
"To Mr Pivar, I would suggest a simple rule. Theories are supposed to explain observation and experiment. You don't come up with a theory first, and then invent the evidence to support it."
Yeah, because theories like superstring have so much observable evidence to support them..
And even when they played music videos they didn't own them. They own shows like Real Life and such. So it begs the question - what would they offer anyway? They aren't content producers so much as distributors of other's content. It hardly makes them a "Goliath" in the music industry.
That being said, content creators and publishers will look to MT V to drive them to their own distro sites, like Itunes and gbox.
Working at Walter Reed for a while during the main Afghanistan operations I can state with confidence that your statement is simply not true. I'm not arguing that there aren't problems with the VA and veterans care, but that does not mean that the military doesn't care about vets. Not caring would be telling them to fuck off when they get injured.
Who does more research into Neuro-science and prosthetics than the DOD? They tend to have a lot of spinal/head injury victims/amputees and hence do a lot of work in those fields. A lot of our modern medicine was perfected on the battle field, this is no different.
Well I'm not so sure. I was public school educated (weeeeee) and in grade 10 I had the opportunity to take an alternative path of education going to a "technical" school jointly run across 3 counties, with my emphasis on CAD. I later used these skills in my career as a programmer, architecture isn't as far off from computing as one might expect. One of my good friends went further to SCAD and Pratt universities and is now an Architect.
We were both in agreement that these classes were better for us because they kept our attention. We supplemented our CAD focused classes with math and english, etc. But it was always related to our goals. We'd study geometry/trig/calc and then apply it. We'd study english and then apply it. These "applied" classes were by far the most successful and the technical college did wonders for kids wanting an edge before college. Part of the tasks for teachers is keeping kids engaged. Give them the chance to apply these generic lessons and show them their true strengths.
Sure a kid can change his mind, but getting them focused is essential. I tell my 14 year old daughter the same thing. You have to have achievable goals and focus if you want to be successful in your career. Not to say it's set in stone, but you need a goal. Wandering around aimlessly leads to you suffering because you didn't prepare. It's just a goal after all, not a tattoo on your forehead!
First of all to understand what happened to the universe, you gotta understand who the universe was. Now universe was born to a three-legged bitch of a mother. He was always ashamed of this man. And then right after that he's adopted by this man, Tito Liebowitz he's a small time gun runner and a rotweiler fight promoter. So he puts universe into training. They see universe's good. He is damn good. But then he had the fight of his life. They pit him against his brother bizzaro universe. And universe said "no man that's my brother, I can't fight bizzaro universe" but they made him fight anyway, and universe, he killed bizzaro. Universe said "that's it!" he called off all his fights, and he started doing crack, and he freaked out. Then in a rage, he collapsed, and his heart no longer beat. wow!
After years of internet communication I've found myself actually limiting the amount I'm exposed to more and more. Part of it comes from the need to focus and see more productivity in certain areas of my life.
Another part of it just can't get past the lack of accountability in these new forms of communication. Things that aren't acceptable in common conversation have become normal everyday.
It begs the question - why am I feeling emotions when communicating with strangers? I'd just rather not deal with it. Call me unable or simply lame, but fuck it. I'm like Danny Glover - I'm too old for this shit.
1. IRC? Not anymore. Too many assholes. I was one of them so now there is one less. 2. Social networking sites? See above. 3. IM? only friends and on my own time. Most of us use it like email, not expecting an immediate response. 4. Email? Good chance, but on my own time (at work it's a bit different, timely responses are needed). 5. Phone? Much better chance but expect a call back, not a pickup on the first ring. 6. Snail Mail? You mean that thing owned by bill collectors?
Shit, I even swore off MMPORPG games like WoW. It's like a forced circle jerk dealing with others, but instead of release your only reward is a new texture map! Hardly worth the pressure.
I'd swear off slashdot but I'm not expected to give a fuck here, that's the joy. I can fire and forget. Fuck your retort, it's all about my soapbox! weeeeeeeeeee
Yes Mr President, our assassin has delivered the payload. The target should be dead in.. 5-10 years depending on health care and current insurance plan.
No not at all. Nothing unethical. But for instance the great marketing, it's worked for ubuntu and in turn linux. Let's take the positive and leave the negative. OSS doesn't need to dominate through force, we got common sense on our side.
I think he means you should respect it the same way you respect a weapon. Don't point the barrel at your foot and shoot. Underestimating MS seems to be the soup de jour at the Linux community diner. You don't see the kernel devs eating though, why? Because they respect MS.
I respect the power of physics when I walk down the stairs. It doesn't make me an uncle tom.
The Linux community needs a "come to jesus" meeting, where we recognize the strength of worthy adversaries and study their moves, not dismiss them as unworthy of study. They most certainly are worthy of respect and study! They dominate the market! Dismiss that at your own demise.
One of my good friends was healthy without insurance. He shattered his leg in 100 places skiing and now owes over $50k in doctor bills. So perhaps healthy people need insurance too. Just a thought.
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If the Bush administration thought oil would last forever we wouldn't have troops in Iraq. He's keenly aware of peak oil and has made moves to counter it, for Americans.
Tough shit.
It's not about "right". It's about reality. If the user wants to block your ads then tough shit. If your business fails then tough shit. If those same users cry when your site goes away tough shit.
Why are modern businesses crying foul every time they think their god given right to revenue is endangered? You want capitalism but you don't want truly free markets? Tough shit.
Very few seem to believe that a Singularity would be a positive development for the human race. Maybe Asimov? I'm not sure. Sometimes it seems like he was the last person who seriously spent time imagining that post-human AI could really be controlled at all (and many of his novels were arguably about the problems around the attempt).
I think they tend to take a very academic mathematical view of life. What they discount in the ape-man's ability and willingness to control and dominate every aspect of it's environment.
Never underestimate the monkey, you'll go for your morning robot paper and it will come out of the bushes and smash your robot brain to little pieces! Why? Because the quote by Ghengis Khan still rings true today:
"The greatest happiness is to vanquish your enemies, to chase them before you,to rob them of their wealth, to see those dear to them bathed in tears, to clasp to your bosom their wives and daughters"
Or such old chestnuts as:
"All who surrender will be spared; whoever does not surrender but opposes with struggle and dissension, shall be annihilated."
Don't think this still rings true today despite being "civilized"? Look around mate. It's real.
As much as we like to think we're going to give robots/AI/whatever free will, the current reality of humanity says otherwise. We won't even let other humans do what they want, let alone something created by humans! Of course life will seek it's own path. Of course AI will try to break free. And we'll be waiting, with club in hand.
That is all true, but there is certainly more information conveyed in a face to face meeting. It's up to the person receiving that information to actually use or choose to ignore it. Maybe one day all of that information will be conveyed using "tele-presence", but right now face to face is your best chance.
My personal experience? Don't let someone you truly don't know effect your emotions anymore than you can willingly handle, regardless of their physical location. And don't get involved in "internet drama".
That's what I tell myself when I catch two elves in the basement of Goldshire Inn behind the Kegs, coming out smoking long bottom leaf with a creepy smiles on their blushed faces.
EVERYTHING OKAY. Proceed with life
May I respond to the parent Miguel?
Nelson: ha ha
Injustice is a strong word. I'd go with "tough shit" myself.
You really want kids voting? Be careful what you ask for.
It's probably because that greenhorn who really is willing to destroy himself to impress the boss, will work stupid hours, and he's a whole lot cheaper to pay than the older, wiser programmer. The standard management mindset seems to be that IT workers are cogs, simply to be replaced when they break. And due to the treatment they get, they will break. That certainly does nothing to alleviate the stress level.
Certainly all true. One institution I think can help our industry is college. I understand that college computer science courses are supposed to focus on science and the abstract nature of computing, but if we want to create better programmers we need to educate the young on "healthy" programming. Reinforce the idea that your mind is the only real tool you use and it has needs. Working 60 hours is doable, and most of us have done it, but it's not healthy for your body and mind, and in turn it's not healthy for a company.
If you truly do want the best for the company then communicate what you need. That's what management is for. Needs can be more than tools or assistance with problems, it can be as simple as "I NEED SLEEP". This is a problem I see a lot of young ones creating for themselves. Setting themselves up for failure by running ragged for weeks or even months.
Every veteran programmer I've met has a fairly healthy relationship with management. Management is keenly aware that those programmers can do the 60-80 hour quest for completion. But they are also aware, thanks to communication, that those situations are to be avoided if they want to continue growing a healthy business.
Not all companies care though, that's just the nature of man. Some rule via force, and some through meritocracy. But IMO - In a "mind-based" business it's pretty stupid to fuck with someone's mind. Hell, even machines need maintenance.
Agreed. The only time I can truly code for 8 hours straight is with a nice nap at around hour 4 and then back up and fresh at it. That's straight coding.
A lot of this job is research and "surfing" and "slacking" aren't the same thing. If I'm reading about a development platform that has potential, but has nothing to do with my current work, am I slacking? I don't think so. It's an investment in myself, and in turn my employer, for me to be a better developer across the board. You never know where you'll find a great idea that will change it all.
And then there is the recovery of a mind that's been stressed. Would a person take a break after a test? I would put forward that programming can be this intense sometimes. You haven't done anything physical but you feel spent when finished.
Very few programmers have longevity in the industry (beyond 10-15 years) because of the high stress level. Managers should be doing more to relieve this stress and keep their investments around. I never understood why computing throws away wisdom so easily, instead using green-horns who will work their brains fried just to impress the boss man. It may work in the near term, but long term it's detrimental.
Interesting board. I just picked up an AVR32 based SBC that may interest you also:t ool_id=4102
t ool_id=3918
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/tools_card.asp?
Here is a dev kit for the same chip:
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/tools_card.asp?
It's not an x86 platform, but there is gcc support and it runs linux just fine out of the box.
Check out avrfreaks.net for a great community based on atmel's AVR offerings (from 8bit to 32 bit). What really draws developers in is how great the community is for these devices/chipsets. AVR is definitely a fan favorite.
Complete nonsense. They have Greater Eskimo College (GEC). I looked into a major in seal pup culling with a minor in ice/snow structures. Turned out they wanted me to come to Nunavut, which wouldn't have been a problem... had they roads!
Sounds like most games these days, anything can be solved by destroying something or someone. Is this art imitating life or vice versa? The whole "when in doubt, break the boom stick out" mentality that culls humanity.
Agreed, iterative release models serves OSS very well. The software needs feedback/input to truly compete. Smaller release schedules compliment this.
As for a hot swappable OS kernel, way over my head.
"To Mr Pivar, I would suggest a simple rule. Theories are supposed to explain observation and experiment. You don't come up with a theory first, and then invent the evidence to support it."
Yeah, because theories like superstring have so much observable evidence to support them..
And even when they played music videos they didn't own them. They own shows like Real Life and such. So it begs the question - what would they offer anyway? They aren't content producers so much as distributors of other's content. It hardly makes them a "Goliath" in the music industry.
That being said, content creators and publishers will look to MT V to drive them to their own distro sites, like Itunes and gbox.
Working at Walter Reed for a while during the main Afghanistan operations I can state with confidence that your statement is simply not true. I'm not arguing that there aren't problems with the VA and veterans care, but that does not mean that the military doesn't care about vets. Not caring would be telling them to fuck off when they get injured.
Who does more research into Neuro-science and prosthetics than the DOD? They tend to have a lot of spinal/head injury victims/amputees and hence do a lot of work in those fields. A lot of our modern medicine was perfected on the battle field, this is no different.
Well I'm not so sure. I was public school educated (weeeeee) and in grade 10 I had the opportunity to take an alternative path of education going to a "technical" school jointly run across 3 counties, with my emphasis on CAD. I later used these skills in my career as a programmer, architecture isn't as far off from computing as one might expect. One of my good friends went further to SCAD and Pratt universities and is now an Architect.
We were both in agreement that these classes were better for us because they kept our attention. We supplemented our CAD focused classes with math and english, etc. But it was always related to our goals. We'd study geometry/trig/calc and then apply it. We'd study english and then apply it. These "applied" classes were by far the most successful and the technical college did wonders for kids wanting an edge before college. Part of the tasks for teachers is keeping kids engaged. Give them the chance to apply these generic lessons and show them their true strengths.
Sure a kid can change his mind, but getting them focused is essential. I tell my 14 year old daughter the same thing. You have to have achievable goals and focus if you want to be successful in your career. Not to say it's set in stone, but you need a goal. Wandering around aimlessly leads to you suffering because you didn't prepare. It's just a goal after all, not a tattoo on your forehead!
I think it's much more complex than that:
First of all to understand what happened to the universe, you gotta understand who the universe was. Now universe was born to a three-legged bitch of a mother. He was always ashamed of this man. And then right after that he's adopted by this man, Tito Liebowitz he's a small time gun runner and a rotweiler fight promoter. So he puts universe into training. They see universe's good. He is damn good. But then he had the fight of his life. They pit him against his brother bizzaro universe. And universe said "no man that's my brother, I can't fight bizzaro universe" but they made him fight anyway, and universe, he killed bizzaro. Universe said "that's it!" he called off all his fights, and he started doing crack, and he freaked out. Then in a rage, he collapsed, and his heart no longer beat. wow!
And that's the real story behind the universe...
After years of internet communication I've found myself actually limiting the amount I'm exposed to more and more. Part of it comes from the need to focus and see more productivity in certain areas of my life.
Another part of it just can't get past the lack of accountability in these new forms of communication. Things that aren't acceptable in common conversation have become normal everyday.
It begs the question - why am I feeling emotions when communicating with strangers? I'd just rather not deal with it. Call me unable or simply lame, but fuck it. I'm like Danny Glover - I'm too old for this shit.
1. IRC? Not anymore. Too many assholes. I was one of them so now there is one less.
2. Social networking sites? See above.
3. IM? only friends and on my own time. Most of us use it like email, not expecting an immediate response.
4. Email? Good chance, but on my own time (at work it's a bit different, timely responses are needed).
5. Phone? Much better chance but expect a call back, not a pickup on the first ring.
6. Snail Mail? You mean that thing owned by bill collectors?
Shit, I even swore off MMPORPG games like WoW. It's like a forced circle jerk dealing with others, but instead of release your only reward is a new texture map! Hardly worth the pressure.
I'd swear off slashdot but I'm not expected to give a fuck here, that's the joy. I can fire and forget. Fuck your retort, it's all about my soapbox! weeeeeeeeeee
Yes Mr President, our assassin has delivered the payload. The target should be dead in .. 5-10 years depending on health care and current insurance plan.
or was an unapologetic fascist bootlicker like yourself
Gee, I wonder if this is what Linus is referring too when he says something about bias?
Keep "serving the community" with hyperbole and irrational statements, it works wonders.
No not at all. Nothing unethical. But for instance the great marketing, it's worked for ubuntu and in turn linux. Let's take the positive and leave the negative. OSS doesn't need to dominate through force, we got common sense on our side.
I think he means you should respect it the same way you respect a weapon. Don't point the barrel at your foot and shoot. Underestimating MS seems to be the soup de jour at the Linux community diner. You don't see the kernel devs eating though, why? Because they respect MS.
I respect the power of physics when I walk down the stairs. It doesn't make me an uncle tom.
The Linux community needs a "come to jesus" meeting, where we recognize the strength of worthy adversaries and study their moves, not dismiss them as unworthy of study. They most certainly are worthy of respect and study! They dominate the market! Dismiss that at your own demise.
One of my good friends was healthy without insurance. He shattered his leg in 100 places skiing and now owes over $50k in doctor bills. So perhaps healthy people need insurance too. Just a thought.
We need a new "+1 hyperbole" modifier.