I don't know how many groups you have worked in as part of a business, but in my experience, the 20/80 percent rule holds just as true. It is usually for the same reasons too, the 80% either doesn't really know the material, or just doesn't care. It is easier to for many larger businesses to make a hiring mistake than a firing decision.
I have a Dell C800 (1ghz) laptop. When the fan comes on, people look over...when the second comes on, people dive for cover. (Well, maybe they are not really that loud) It would be nice if they could sync the RPM's a little better so it doesn't have the "whir" "whir" "whir" sound. That's the price I have to pay for a 1st gen gightz laptop.
I've got some copper piping stuff going from my CPU to the fans, which supposedly has some super heat conductive stuff in it.
O'Rielly (sp?) has many of their java books available on CD-ROM, although I only own the dead tree versions of the ones I have in that series.
On a regular basis, I haul 2188 pages worth, I just added them up, of QUE's Using Java2 Standard Edition, and Enterprise edition, between home an the office. (Speaking of which, go to the link in my.sig and buy some of my favorite books!) That a lot of weight for two books, and I usually haul around a couple smaller ones as well, O'Riely's perl book, and their EJB 3rd edition.
Not only are all of these books heavy, but I have also yet to find an easy way to card them around, they don't all fit right in any of my bags.
I want all of these books on CD-ROM, but not just CD-ROM. Half the books I have INCLUDED a cd-rom, it just doesn't contain the texxt of the book. With O-Riely, I'd buy the CD-ROM version, but I want to dead tree version too. I want to use the dead tree version, unless I am working from home, I want to haul home the CD's. I don't think I should have to pay any more for it either, I bought the IP (in the property sense), and I am already paying the price for the wood slices, which includes a silver disk.
PUBLISHERS, GIVE ME THE BOOK ON THE CD TOO! I spend $100/month or so on tech books.
Clippie>> It looks like you are writing a letter. You>>grr Clippie>> You are frusterated, would you like my help? You>>arrrg Clippie>> I sense you need help, I have migrated your document into the letter template I think you want to you. You>> stop! Clippie>> Oh, you are done with your letter? Since you are having trouble, I have taken the liberty of saving and printing you letter for you. You>> &*^@*(&#$_#(%*& Clippie>> I sense how difficult this is for you, relax as I help you through the end of the letter writing process. Place an envelope in the printer to print the envelope to send you letter, that's all you have to do, see how easy this is? ...
I want a service which will let me make phone calls to real phone numbers over my high speed broadband connection, using my existing telephone equipment (rj-11 cordless phone, etc.)
In addition, I would like to be able to recieve calls on it, using a number which would be free for people who live close to me to call.
Does such a service exist? I don't use my phone very often, and hate paying Verizon every month. I have a cable modem which usually gets very high thruput.
JavaScript itself, thanks to its Microsoft "JScript" counterpart has been a cruel joke to we developers for years anyway. Just compatable enough to be able to work around the differences, but just different enough to be a royal pain in the ass to use for anything complicated.
I don't know any details about the posters condition, so this may not be relevent.
Over the past few years my eyesight has started to get worse. I can have a slightly weak right eye, which has been getting progressivly worse with time. about a year ago, after hiting an insane deadline for a project, my boss got me what was at the time the top of the line Dell laptop (C800). The machine has a 15" LCD which I use at 1600x1200, which makes everything very small, but razor sharp. Not only is it razor sharp, but there is no refresh rate, which is something that gives me problems.
Anyway, since getting the LCD, my right eye has bothered me less and less. I almost never even notice the problem now. Everyone that looks at my screen tells me I am going to go blind, and I just have to kind of chuckle, and tell them my vision has improved.
Now when I use a CRT for any length of time, I can actually feel my right eye starting to get stressed again. My experience may not be true for everyone, especially if you have a real vision problem, other than the standard bad vision, like I believe the poster does.
I highly suggest getting a high resolution LCD if you are just starting to get vision problems from using an CRT all day long. For me, using a CRT is a killer, even at 85htz refresh. I have a 21" Sony Trintron at home, and that gives me problems as well, although other people swear by them.
I need a document/website/etc from someone what has read and really understands this bill. I would like to go to my representitives in person, and feel like I am currently not imformed enough on the issue to be able to effectivly argue my case.
The more idiot proof stuff the better, these people don't understand technology.
Talking points are good, with detailed information to back them up, with the common resonses the arguments will recieve, etc.
I don't want to read through the whole bill and come up with everything if it has already been done. I'm the first to admit I can realy through a bill like this and not understand what it does or doesn't mean.
I'm on my way to spend my 10 bugzilla voting points on my favorite bugs.
You may want to do the same, I bet it matters more now then before. As a matter of fact, all bugs I have previously voted on have been resolved, so I have all 10 votes back.
---- Sen. Fritz Hollings introduces legislation that prohibits the sale of electronic devices, unless those devices include copy-protection standards to be set by the federal government. ---- It says SALE of electronic device. That could make things interesting.
I am going to be writting my senators tomorrow to get a feel for what they think about this bill. As a computer programmer, me writing a new version of "cat" and trying to sell it could make me a fellon. I don't like that idea, and my representitives need to know that. Your's do too. Write them, email them, call them, show up at their office. This makes the DCMA look like a teaser.
This guy deserves a big cellmate named Bubba. Who says the system doesn't work...this problem could take care of itself. After a little small-talk, I'm sure Bubba would "have his way" (in some way or another) with the poor kid.
Without personal email, how would I do my job the one day each week our Exchange server decides to stop routing Internet email? Err, well...maybe that's what our exchange network's real goal is, and they are just randomly phasing it in a little at a time.
Like it or not, there are lots of AOL users out there. Even if all 30 million people out their don't upgrade anytime soon, there will still be enough to matter. Each day I browser in Mozilla, more and more sites render correctly on it.
Most importantly, sites that say "works best in Internet Explorer" may have to reevaluate their stance on the issue.
Netscape is about to be back in the ring, and just lined up millions of people in their corner. Standards might mean something again soon.
On a somewhat related topic I have been thinking about recently:
Java (J2ME) is now in cell phones, I have one and have played around a bit. Biggest problem with real applications is lack of a good input device. Now, for speed dialing, my phone has "voice recognition", which is really a pattern match against a saved database of me saying each person's name. It is an i85 Nextel Phone.
Why not have a voice recognition processor? Now, the phone does not have enough horsies to crunch the stuff needed to do that...but: The phone has direct-connect. Why not a feature like direct connect, but instead of 2-way radioing another person, a voice processor system, which returns the processed speech as text into whatever is running on the phone? Take the time used out of alloted minutes...it's not like they have to connect anything in your call to the phone system to establish a call for you.
Data connection is only about 300 baud or so, but how much faster can you really talk (so that a computer can uderstand you) than 300 baud worth of text? Same thing for reading. I can't read my email while driving (at least not safely), but why not have a "my phone" (really a computer talking to my phone) read it to me? That solves the small screen display problem too.
Ok, enough crazy thinking for now, I could go on and on about this stuff.
Does that mean I have to stop running findfast.exe to speed up my file searches!? I can hardly believe MS thinks they can come up with something better than that little gem of an app.
Has anyone else just noticed the slashdot Aqua theme, or am I slow? Looks nice. The slashdot "theme" probably could use a little update itself as well.
That may sound stupid, but that is very acurate if you take it one step further. If auto makers are responsible for drunk driving deaths, then why not the highway system, and the beverage company that made whatever the drunk drank?
Not sure I agree with it, but I wanted to complete the swordbay's thought.
He is not talking about web applications as you know them. What I believe he is talking about is the webservices model for remote procedure calls as part of the internals of applications. An commonly used example of this would be an application on your computer requesting a stock price from a stock price webservice, which is then used by the application, not displayed in a web browser.
What they effectivly have created is a nasty implementation of "one-way-corba", which seems to be his complaint (and rightly so!) It is a real pain in the butt to design any complex distributed application using soap calls for everything, due to the limitations he talks about.
What he wants is something like corba, without the problem of be firewalled up the wazu, like everything but http!
Distributed apps over an IP network? Easy. Distributed apps over the everything blocked but application level http internet IP network? Hope you have a simple app!
Firewalls are put up purely for the reason of not allowing things like this. The problem is now there are too many firewall managers out there who either don't know how, or refuse to open ports which makes all communication except application level httpd (as opposed to raw port 80) impossible to base a commercial application on.
Seeing how the site is slashdotted, I might as well reply.
I see the market for this not being "VRML" like things, like someone said, but remote viewing of blender files (and other supported formats?) without having to have blender installed. The same reason many companies use PDF for "print" documents. You don't have to have the DTP tool used to create the document, you just have to have a common web based viewer (Acrobat.)
I know companies charge thousands for web plug-ins that let people view ProE models and the like without having ProE installed. Is this much different?
My Verizon phone (Syracuse, NY) is crystal clear. Manytimes people I call are impressed, and don't even know until I tell them, that I am talking on a wireless phone. I have to say their network around here is known as the best in the area by far.
Just because they are owned by a former big bell doesn't mean they are all bad.
<QUOTE>Compensation plans of Microsoft product engineers, such as raises and bonuses, will also be tied to how secure their products are.</QUOTE>
If you know anything about managing people, that is probably the #1 way to get people who don't really want to do something to get results. Sounds like while it may be in part a PR stunt, it really is a serious push by Gates.
Slashdot Mirror
I don't know how many groups you have worked in as part of a business, but in my experience, the 20/80 percent rule holds just as true. It is usually for the same reasons too, the 80% either doesn't really know the material, or just doesn't care. It is easier to for many larger businesses to make a hiring mistake than a firing decision.
Other than that, I agree with the above posts.
-Pete
See the subject line.
This project used to not work in the USA, is that still the case?
I have a Dell C800 (1ghz) laptop. When the fan comes on, people look over...when the second comes on, people dive for cover. (Well, maybe they are not really that loud) It would be nice if they could sync the RPM's a little better so it doesn't have the "whir" "whir" "whir" sound. That's the price I have to pay for a 1st gen gightz laptop.
I've got some copper piping stuff going from my CPU to the fans, which supposedly has some super heat conductive stuff in it.
-Pete
O'Rielly (sp?) has many of their java books available on CD-ROM, although I only own the dead tree versions of the ones I have in that series.
.sig and buy some of my favorite books!) That a lot of weight for two books, and I usually haul around a couple smaller ones as well, O'Riely's perl book, and their EJB 3rd edition.
On a regular basis, I haul 2188 pages worth, I just added them up, of QUE's Using Java2 Standard Edition, and Enterprise edition, between home an the office. (Speaking of which, go to the link in my
Not only are all of these books heavy, but I have also yet to find an easy way to card them around, they don't all fit right in any of my bags.
I want all of these books on CD-ROM, but not just CD-ROM. Half the books I have INCLUDED a cd-rom, it just doesn't contain the texxt of the book. With O-Riely, I'd buy the CD-ROM version, but I want to dead tree version too. I want to use the dead tree version, unless I am working from home, I want to haul home the CD's. I don't think I should have to pay any more for it either, I bought the IP (in the property sense), and I am already paying the price for the wood slices, which includes a silver disk.
PUBLISHERS, GIVE ME THE BOOK ON THE CD TOO! I spend $100/month or so on tech books.
-Pete
Clippie>> It looks like you are writing a letter.
You>>grr
Clippie>> You are frusterated, would you like my help?
You>>arrrg
Clippie>> I sense you need help, I have migrated your document into the letter template I think you want to you.
You>> stop!
Clippie>> Oh, you are done with your letter? Since you are having trouble, I have taken the liberty of saving and printing you letter for you.
You>> &*^@*(&#$_#(%*&
Clippie>> I sense how difficult this is for you, relax as I help you through the end of the letter writing process. Place an envelope in the printer to print the envelope to send you letter, that's all you have to do, see how easy this is?
...
I can't wait...
-Pete
Who do you get service through?
Here is what I want:
I want a service which will let me make phone calls to real phone numbers over my high speed broadband connection, using my existing telephone equipment (rj-11 cordless phone, etc.)
In addition, I would like to be able to recieve calls on it, using a number which would be free for people who live close to me to call.
Does such a service exist? I don't use my phone very often, and hate paying Verizon every month. I have a cable modem which usually gets very high thruput.
-Pete
Hey, at least they didn't have to hire expensive experts to run their simple static one page web site.
-Pete
JavaScript itself, thanks to its Microsoft "JScript" counterpart has been a cruel joke to we developers for years anyway. Just compatable enough to be able to work around the differences, but just different enough to be a royal pain in the ass to use for anything complicated.
-Pete
I don't know any details about the posters condition, so this may not be relevent.
Over the past few years my eyesight has started to get worse. I can have a slightly weak right eye, which has been getting progressivly worse with time. about a year ago, after hiting an insane deadline for a project, my boss got me what was at the time the top of the line Dell laptop (C800). The machine has a 15" LCD which I use at 1600x1200, which makes everything very small, but razor sharp. Not only is it razor sharp, but there is no refresh rate, which is something that gives me problems.
Anyway, since getting the LCD, my right eye has bothered me less and less. I almost never even notice the problem now. Everyone that looks at my screen tells me I am going to go blind, and I just have to kind of chuckle, and tell them my vision has improved.
Now when I use a CRT for any length of time, I can actually feel my right eye starting to get stressed again. My experience may not be true for everyone, especially if you have a real vision problem, other than the standard bad vision, like I believe the poster does.
I highly suggest getting a high resolution LCD if you are just starting to get vision problems from using an CRT all day long. For me, using a CRT is a killer, even at 85htz refresh. I have a 21" Sony Trintron at home, and that gives me problems as well, although other people swear by them.
Try things out and see what works best for you.
-Pete
I need a document/website/etc from someone what has read and really understands this bill. I would like to go to my representitives in person, and feel like I am currently not imformed enough on the issue to be able to effectivly argue my case.
The more idiot proof stuff the better, these people don't understand technology.
Talking points are good, with detailed information to back them up, with the common resonses the arguments will recieve, etc.
I don't want to read through the whole bill and come up with everything if it has already been done. I'm the first to admit I can realy through a bill like this and not understand what it does or doesn't mean.
-Pete
I'm on my way to spend my 10 bugzilla voting points on my favorite bugs.
You may want to do the same, I bet it matters more now then before. As a matter of fact, all bugs I have previously voted on have been resolved, so I have all 10 votes back.
bugzilla.mozilla.org
-Pete
----
Sen. Fritz Hollings introduces legislation that prohibits the sale of electronic devices, unless those devices include copy-protection standards to be set by the federal government.
----
It says SALE of electronic device. That could make things interesting.
I am going to be writting my senators tomorrow to get a feel for what they think about this bill. As a computer programmer, me writing a new version of "cat" and trying to sell it could make me a fellon. I don't like that idea, and my representitives need to know that. Your's do too. Write them, email them, call them, show up at their office. This makes the DCMA look like a teaser.
-Pete
This guy deserves a big cellmate named Bubba. Who says the system doesn't work...this problem could take care of itself. After a little small-talk, I'm sure Bubba would "have his way" (in some way or another) with the poor kid.
-Pete
Without personal email, how would I do my job the one day each week our Exchange server decides to stop routing Internet email? Err, well...maybe that's what our exchange network's real goal is, and they are just randomly phasing it in a little at a time.
-Pete
Like it or not, there are lots of AOL users out there. Even if all 30 million people out their don't upgrade anytime soon, there will still be enough to matter. Each day I browser in Mozilla, more and more sites render correctly on it.
Most importantly, sites that say "works best in Internet Explorer" may have to reevaluate their stance on the issue.
Netscape is about to be back in the ring, and just lined up millions of people in their corner. Standards might mean something again soon.
-Pete
On a somewhat related topic I have been thinking about recently:
Java (J2ME) is now in cell phones, I have one and have played around a bit. Biggest problem with real applications is lack of a good input device. Now, for speed dialing, my phone has "voice recognition", which is really a pattern match against a saved database of me saying each person's name. It is an i85 Nextel Phone.
Why not have a voice recognition processor? Now, the phone does not have enough horsies to crunch the stuff needed to do that...but: The phone has direct-connect. Why not a feature like direct connect, but instead of 2-way radioing another person, a voice processor system, which returns the processed speech as text into whatever is running on the phone? Take the time used out of alloted minutes...it's not like they have to connect anything in your call to the phone system to establish a call for you.
Data connection is only about 300 baud or so, but how much faster can you really talk (so that a computer can uderstand you) than 300 baud worth of text? Same thing for reading. I can't read my email while driving (at least not safely), but why not have a "my phone" (really a computer talking to my phone) read it to me? That solves the small screen display problem too.
Ok, enough crazy thinking for now, I could go on and on about this stuff.
-Pete
Does that mean I have to stop running findfast.exe to speed up my file searches!? I can hardly believe MS thinks they can come up with something better than that little gem of an app.
-Pete
Has anyone else just noticed the slashdot Aqua theme, or am I slow? Looks nice. The slashdot "theme" probably could use a little update itself as well.
-Pete
That may sound stupid, but that is very acurate if you take it one step further. If auto makers are responsible for drunk driving deaths, then why not the highway system, and the beverage company that made whatever the drunk drank?
Not sure I agree with it, but I wanted to complete the swordbay's thought.
-Pete
He is not talking about web applications as you know them. What I believe he is talking about is the webservices model for remote procedure calls as part of the internals of applications. An commonly used example of this would be an application on your computer requesting a stock price from a stock price webservice, which is then used by the application, not displayed in a web browser.
What they effectivly have created is a nasty implementation of "one-way-corba", which seems to be his complaint (and rightly so!) It is a real pain in the butt to design any complex distributed application using soap calls for everything, due to the limitations he talks about.
What he wants is something like corba, without the problem of be firewalled up the wazu, like everything but http!
Distributed apps over an IP network? Easy. Distributed apps over the everything blocked but application level http internet IP network? Hope you have a simple app!
Firewalls are put up purely for the reason of not allowing things like this. The problem is now there are too many firewall managers out there who either don't know how, or refuse to open ports which makes all communication except application level httpd (as opposed to raw port 80) impossible to base a commercial application on.
-Pete
Seeing how the site is slashdotted, I might as well reply.
I see the market for this not being "VRML" like things, like someone said, but remote viewing of blender files (and other supported formats?) without having to have blender installed. The same reason many companies use PDF for "print" documents. You don't have to have the DTP tool used to create the document, you just have to have a common web based viewer (Acrobat.)
I know companies charge thousands for web plug-ins that let people view ProE models and the like without having ProE installed. Is this much different?
-Pete
My Verizon phone (Syracuse, NY) is crystal clear. Manytimes people I call are impressed, and don't even know until I tell them, that I am talking on a wireless phone. I have to say their network around here is known as the best in the area by far.
Just because they are owned by a former big bell doesn't mean they are all bad.
-Pete
<QUOTE>Compensation plans of Microsoft product engineers, such as raises and bonuses, will also be tied to how secure their products are.</QUOTE>
If you know anything about managing people, that is probably the #1 way to get people who don't really want to do something to get results. Sounds like while it may be in part a PR stunt, it really is a serious push by Gates.
-Pete