Google uses two version numbers in Android: an API level (Honeycomb is 11), and a platform version (Honeycomb is 3.0). Usually the latter is used.
The API level is a simple increasing number, and the platform version is more traditional hierarchical. For example: platform 2.1 was API level 7, platform 2.3 was level 9, platform 2.3.3 level 10, and now 3.0 is 11.
Maybe yes, maybe no. The big loser in this would be Intel. I'm not sure of the % of Dell computers that ship with AMD CPU's but it's certainly less than 25%. Dell is big enough to hurt Intel if they switch to AMD.
More likely good news for Intel. Fair chance all of Dell's competitors will switch from AMD to Intel where possible, just so Dell won't profit from their business.
And you have to wonder if Dell's customers will just happily go along with AMD instead of Intel.
If this happens, it could cost both Dell and AMD customers.
If all you're doing is a redirect, it's like... why would you leave the connection open? "Dude, go here... and um... stick around for a bit, I just want to make sure you don't have anything else to ask about..."
In that case, don't ever look how http://bit.ly/ redirects.
But to rate software robustness based on a small amount of anecdotal evidence is irresponsible.
Normally I'd agree with that. However, we're talking about opening a largely undocumented file format. MS office should be the gold standard in opening their own files. You save it in word, it should open in word - end of story. For any application to fail that test indicates a lack of something. The fact that people are often able to open their "corrupt" files using another tool indicates that part of the something missing is robustness.
Yes, it should open in MS-Word if you saved it in word, every time, you are right. But you cannot conclude Abiword (or OO/LO) is more robust if you have one (or a few) examples where it was able to open a file and MS-Word wasn't. You only tried Abiword when MS failed, you didn't try Abiword everytime MS succeeded, and you might have found some Abiword failures then.
"Libre" (which has now been included in OSS... oops, FOSS, oops... FLOSS, for all those free software-loving dentists) is generally used as an alternative to "free" and "open". Despite all of Stallman's efforts, many people associate "free" with cost, and "open-source" has been partially turned into a buzzword by companies. "Libre" is used by others since it implies freedom (liberty, etc.) without really being a term from either "camp".
I'll probably be modded troll for this, but I think about 0.5% of all office software users in the world care about this 'freedom' version of open source. The cost aspect is much more interesting. Personally I would gladly give up my right to ever change or even see the Open Office source code for one free beer.
I believe the point in TFA was that the senior developer who complained about the new hires being paid much more than him really was as valuable to the company as the new hires, if not more so.
Yes, and it ended with him getting paid pretty much the same (and having way better job security than the new hires with their technology-du-jour).
There was a disagreement between the higher-ups how critical the project was, and if it was ok to pay the new hires more then the existing people. The VP said 'they will never find out anyway', and moved forward based on that naive assumption. IMO whoever is most valuable to the company should be paid the most, whether it is a new hire fresh from college or a senior developer. From this article my only conclusion is that the VP is paid too much.
More pay
Ownership stake
Look for your replacement
That's the boring answer. "You want more ok gimme more". The real question is, do more hours result in more work done. From personal experience, no.
No, your boss should be asking if more work is getting done. Getting work done is only a secondary goal as an employee, for your boss it is the primary goal. Getting compensated for the hours put in is an employees primary goal. It's nice to get work done, but I can think of better ways to spend my time than working...
The GPs options (direct pay, ownership/indirect pay, or else...) make more sense as an employee. If getting work done is a primary goal to you, and you think you won't get more work done by working longer hours, you can always tell your boss to go fu^H^H^H^H^H reconsider his request.
Window's dominance of the PC market has been good in many ways... increased IT literacy
What?! That's like saying McDonald's did anything for fine cuisine. Gimme a break!
Like McD has given us something with which to compare fine cuisine, Windows has given us a way to differentiate between those who are and aren't IT literate.
Disaster? Hardly. Let's see where "insert your favorite language here" is after 50 years.
A recent Gartner study found COBOL in about 75% of enterprise business processes still today.
Just because it won't die, doesn't mean it's a success.
They were not worried about being liable for the content, they were worried about the (future) content putting people in jeopardy. Since the content they were worried about was not published yet, that in itself that was not a valid reason for the takedown IMO.
The fact that Wikileaks doesn't own the rights to then content was the main reason they stated. You can argue about that as well (legitimate purposes for publishing, freedom of press, etc...), but that was their reason.
The point is that Amazon did not lie in its statement. That doesn't make their reasons valid, but they did not lie.
Have you read the statement?
It says they withdrew hosting because they believe Wikileaks doesn't own the rights to the content. They also say they are worried about the verification of the 250K cables they are publishing (not: have published).
Logical fallacy: transparent attempt to redefine terms by reframing the debate.
Fair point; that last part was unnecessary and over-interpreted the statement made by the parent. Of course Slashdot posters know open source, and many even know how to monetize it (even when that is 'just' as a salary). It was the tone of the parents message which I interpreted as 'of course we are the right people to criticize McNealy' that triggered me to post that last statement. But I should have read more carefully.
In fact, the decline of Sun could be viewed as specific evidence that there was a lack of understanding about Open Source on his part.
But he admits that, doesn't he?
"That's the message," McNealy tells us. "You gotta strike a proper balance between sharing and building the community and then monetizing the work that you do... I think we got the donate part right, I don't think we got the monetize part right.'
Now, if you can share your insight on how to build a multi-billion-dollar-company, please do...
The reason, I think, is that Ayn Rand's philosophy is that people become rich and powerful because they're better and more valuable people than those who don't. Compare that to, say, Karl Marx, who would argue that people become rich and powerful because they're scum-sucking leeches who like to steal from everybody else. Now, if you're rich and powerful, which philosophy would make you feel better about yourself and what you did to get to where you are?
And which makes you feel better about yourself if you are not rich and powerful?
Right, the only mistake Sun did was open-source too much. Like all the closed shop were doing wonderfully well too.
The summary is incomplete. Somewhere else in the interview he mentions that one of his regrets is not open sourcing Solaris earlier, claiming it was better than, and could have beaten Linux.
His point is that they didn't have a good business model and didn't make enough money from the open source, but he also clearly still believes open source can be profitable, and open source was the right direction for Sun.
I know I am not using IPv6 at the moment. How can I test whether it is my setup that fails, or my ISP that fails (or any other part)?
Also, what advantages do I get _now_ (while everybody(?) is still also on IPv4) when I have full IPv6 support?
Slashdot Mirror
Which implies of course that he thinks that STL is useful...
Or that people still shouldn't use it.
Encryption is like bacon. The more the better.
That's why I always use ROT-13 twice.
Google uses two version numbers in Android: an API level (Honeycomb is 11), and a platform version (Honeycomb is 3.0). Usually the latter is used.
The API level is a simple increasing number, and the platform version is more traditional hierarchical. For example: platform 2.1 was API level 7, platform 2.3 was level 9, platform 2.3.3 level 10, and now 3.0 is 11.
Maybe yes, maybe no. The big loser in this would be Intel. I'm not sure of the % of Dell computers that ship with AMD CPU's but it's certainly less than 25%. Dell is big enough to hurt Intel if they switch to AMD.
More likely good news for Intel. Fair chance all of Dell's competitors will switch from AMD to Intel where possible, just so Dell won't profit from their business. And you have to wonder if Dell's customers will just happily go along with AMD instead of Intel. If this happens, it could cost both Dell and AMD customers.
I was a little peeved by the Keep-Alive: yes
If all you're doing is a redirect, it's like... why would you leave the connection open? "Dude, go here... and um... stick around for a bit, I just want to make sure you don't have anything else to ask about..."
In that case, don't ever look how http://bit.ly/ redirects.
darn, messed up the formatting.
Looks like Slashdot is as insecure as SourceForge, you've messed up the whole website!
Oh great, now you've slashdotted it, soon it will be down again!
Normally I'd agree with that. However, we're talking about opening a largely undocumented file format. MS office should be the gold standard in opening their own files. You save it in word, it should open in word - end of story. For any application to fail that test indicates a lack of something. The fact that people are often able to open their "corrupt" files using another tool indicates that part of the something missing is robustness.
Yes, it should open in MS-Word if you saved it in word, every time, you are right. But you cannot conclude Abiword (or OO/LO) is more robust if you have one (or a few) examples where it was able to open a file and MS-Word wasn't. You only tried Abiword when MS failed, you didn't try Abiword everytime MS succeeded, and you might have found some Abiword failures then.
"Libre" (which has now been included in OSS ... oops, FOSS, oops ... FLOSS, for all those free software-loving dentists) is generally used as an alternative to "free" and "open". Despite all of Stallman's efforts, many people associate "free" with cost, and "open-source" has been partially turned into a buzzword by companies. "Libre" is used by others since it implies freedom (liberty, etc.) without really being a term from either "camp".
I'll probably be modded troll for this, but I think about 0.5% of all office software users in the world care about this 'freedom' version of open source. The cost aspect is much more interesting. Personally I would gladly give up my right to ever change or even see the Open Office source code for one free beer.
P=NP IFF N is equal to 1. QED
Next problem?
or P=0
Damn you math geeks. Why must you come here and spew your incomprehensible formulas.
I agree. Can we have a car analogy? Or at least Natalie Portman?
Given a choice, I'd rather have Natalie Portman than a car analogy :)
I have recently changed my default search engine in Chromium to Yahoo because of Google's annoying Instant Preview "feature" that can't be turned-off.
You can turn off Google Instant using the Settings link.
(and Yahoo search is powered by Bing now)
Will Yahoo still have 1M users by year-end to shut out?
I believe the point in TFA was that the senior developer who complained about the new hires being paid much more than him really was as valuable to the company as the new hires, if not more so.
Yes, and it ended with him getting paid pretty much the same (and having way better job security than the new hires with their technology-du-jour).
There was a disagreement between the higher-ups how critical the project was, and if it was ok to pay the new hires more then the existing people. The VP said 'they will never find out anyway', and moved forward based on that naive assumption.
IMO whoever is most valuable to the company should be paid the most, whether it is a new hire fresh from college or a senior developer. From this article my only conclusion is that the VP is paid too much.
Give him three options:
More pay Ownership stake Look for your replacement
That's the boring answer. "You want more ok gimme more". The real question is, do more hours result in more work done. From personal experience, no.
No, your boss should be asking if more work is getting done. Getting work done is only a secondary goal as an employee, for your boss it is the primary goal. Getting compensated for the hours put in is an employees primary goal. It's nice to get work done, but I can think of better ways to spend my time than working...
The GPs options (direct pay, ownership/indirect pay, or else...) make more sense as an employee. If getting work done is a primary goal to you, and you think you won't get more work done by working longer hours, you can always tell your boss to go fu^H^H^H^H^H reconsider his request.
Window's dominance of the PC market has been good in many ways ... increased IT literacy
What?! That's like saying McDonald's did anything for fine cuisine. Gimme a break!
Like McD has given us something with which to compare fine cuisine, Windows has given us a way to differentiate between those who are and aren't IT literate.
Disaster? Hardly. Let's see where "insert your favorite language here" is after 50 years. A recent Gartner study found COBOL in about 75% of enterprise business processes still today.
Just because it won't die, doesn't mean it's a success.
What do you do when they worry about you?
They were not worried about being liable for the content, they were worried about the (future) content putting people in jeopardy. Since the content they were worried about was not published yet, that in itself that was not a valid reason for the takedown IMO. The fact that Wikileaks doesn't own the rights to then content was the main reason they stated. You can argue about that as well (legitimate purposes for publishing, freedom of press, etc...), but that was their reason.
The point is that Amazon did not lie in its statement. That doesn't make their reasons valid, but they did not lie.
Have you read the statement? It says they withdrew hosting because they believe Wikileaks doesn't own the rights to the content. They also say they are worried about the verification of the 250K cables they are publishing (not: have published).
Logical fallacy: transparent attempt to redefine terms by reframing the debate.
Fair point; that last part was unnecessary and over-interpreted the statement made by the parent. Of course Slashdot posters know open source, and many even know how to monetize it (even when that is 'just' as a salary). It was the tone of the parents message which I interpreted as 'of course we are the right people to criticize McNealy' that triggered me to post that last statement. But I should have read more carefully.
In fact, the decline of Sun could be viewed as specific evidence that there was a lack of understanding about Open Source on his part.
But he admits that, doesn't he?
"That's the message," McNealy tells us. "You gotta strike a proper balance between sharing and building the community and then monetizing the work that you do... I think we got the donate part right, I don't think we got the monetize part right.'
Now, if you can share your insight on how to build a multi-billion-dollar-company, please do...
The reason, I think, is that Ayn Rand's philosophy is that people become rich and powerful because they're better and more valuable people than those who don't. Compare that to, say, Karl Marx, who would argue that people become rich and powerful because they're scum-sucking leeches who like to steal from everybody else. Now, if you're rich and powerful, which philosophy would make you feel better about yourself and what you did to get to where you are?
And which makes you feel better about yourself if you are not rich and powerful?
Right, the only mistake Sun did was open-source too much. Like all the closed shop were doing wonderfully well too.
The summary is incomplete. Somewhere else in the interview he mentions that one of his regrets is not open sourcing Solaris earlier, claiming it was better than, and could have beaten Linux. His point is that they didn't have a good business model and didn't make enough money from the open source, but he also clearly still believes open source can be profitable, and open source was the right direction for Sun.
I know I am not using IPv6 at the moment. How can I test whether it is my setup that fails, or my ISP that fails (or any other part)? Also, what advantages do I get _now_ (while everybody(?) is still also on IPv4) when I have full IPv6 support?
It's also vaporware, there is no C++0x standard. There might be a C++1x standard someday.. or C++2x...