Anyone else kind of surprised that this didn't happen prior to '82? Maybe it's just my cynical nature, but it's hard to imagine that emoticons as we know them weren't thrown around amongst colleagues in academia way before this.
Yeah, they should definately leave it in. I was one of the lucky "few" who got to see it last Thursday (yes, that's 5/2:-P) and I don't see how they're making a big fuss over a damn head-butt... there are several other scenes, many lasting longer than a second, that I would consider to be more worthy of a PG-13 rating. But that's just me....
...not taking the time to compose complete specifications for software engineering projects... at least that's what I've experienced. Most manager types want estimates without putting any work into it, which is when you run into BIG problems (BIG underestimates). The thing is, there is quite a bit of work that has to be done in order to even have an educated guess. Customer specifications, developer specifications, test planning, etc. Once these things are considered and drawn up, it forces you to consider the unforseen, and plan for the unforseen.
Unfortunately, I personally have never met a manager type that will allow you to put time into a project they don't know will be profitable or not.
You might wanna ask yourself a question before replying to posts... "do I really know what I'm talking about, or at least to sound like I do?".
Concerning the Nimbda virus (if you're referring to something else, sorry, I assumed you were OnTopic), even if you have EVERY patch installed on your MS IIS servers, you still get slammed by random IP's from MS servers that weren't patched, thereby bringing "your internet" to a slow crawl (bandwidth/data rate dependent, of course).
So, all in all, in defense of the NT admin you responded to (FYI, I'm not an Admin, I'm a programmer), sometimes you can't do anything about the problem besides try blocking the most common IPs that hammer your site, after all, you aren't going to be able to get all of them blocked (which is probably what they were doing till 3am).
heh
I got an @home tech support person to hang up on me once... I wasn't trying to, and it really pissed me off, but it happened.
All I did was try to tell him that if he couldn't ping the @home network ip on my *external* cable modem, changing the computer it's attached to (via rj45) wouldn't make a bit of difference.
There definately has to be better selection criteria for people working tech support for @home... even though it looks like it'll be too late anyway.
I used to have DSL till I moved... I never would've tried cable if it weren't my only option for bandwidth > dialup.
Do you really expect perfection from the US government? Of course the first several times a law is first used to bring someone to court will result in changes, or at least reflections and debate. This is at least one Good Thing(TM) about the judicial system.
Doesn't mean the DMCA is any easier to swallow...
Last week my boss had a party type thing, and he has a projection TV. It's incredible. I think it's like 100" or so with the projector mounted on the ceiling of course.
As far as the quality is concerned, it looks just as good, if not better, than the conventional TVs. The only con that I could think of was that it's harder to see what's showing if the room is well-lit. Just hafta dim the lights:-)
Whichever you go with, you should still consider what he did with the sound: had surround sound speakers built into the walls, making for some very nice ear candy, without intruding the space in the room. Very nice setup.
Personally, I think the x.x.x versioning scheme is best (or x.x if the patch-level isn't needed).
It makes it very clear what version you have and makes it easier to determine if an upgrade is available.
As far as your concern with being descriptive with your versioning scheme, most people could care less, as long as it's the "latest and greatest". In addition, if you keep with the versioning pattern that the kernel has adopted (odd/even=devel/stable), then the user knows if they have the latest "even" version, they should be good to go.
However, it's still a very good idea to keep a somewhat verbose changelog, both for your tracking purposes and the user's curiosities/requirements.
Any one specific language shouldn't be required for the AP exam. If they really want to see a student's ability to actually code, give them the freedom to use whatever language their class focused on.. or whatever language they're more comfortable with.
Personally, I'm pretty sick of seeing the comments saying "blah, java is slow" or "it's not fair to those who only know C" etc. etc.
What about those who don't know C but do know Java? Think they weren't up shit creek without a paddle before? (unless they decided to learn C for the test)
Java is a technically sound (relatively speaking) object oriented language. It has more merit to be on the AP test than C, and possibly even C++.
However, I strongly believe that the media and the marketing of available technologies drives the ebb and flow of interest. If the media stresses that we've "peaked" and are now in a "slow-down period", this will calm the excitement and interest that many of the not-as-savvy users have.
It's a pretty simple concept: hype the internet and associated technologies, and people will stay excited and interested. state the (alleged) fact that the peak has been reached, and people will calm down and not be so avid to jump on the technological bandwagon, so to speak.
Did you ever think of the possibility that this lawyer is in bed with the Clinton/Gore administration concerning the administrations strong ties to vetoing an important bill on tort reform? The fact that he couldn't resist voicing his opinion sounds like a load of horse crap.
For those of you who're confused right about now, tort reform was an attempt to cap punitive damages someone could get in court, therefore limiting the amount that lawyers could get from any such case, considering they get percentages of any "winnings".
it's funny, do the/. readers/posters only hate FUD when put out by a certain unmentionable company? /. wouldn't be the same without these conspiracy theorists hard at work.
I agree.
Having.biz exclusive is a valid attempt at getting some meaningful association back to the TLD.
As far as giving unfair advantages to the larger corporations (as another response posted), and putting up another wall in front of the small-time entrepaneur, I don't think that would be the case. Do you discriminate between who you'll make your next online purchase from by TLD? I highly doubt not having the.biz TLD will have any negative impact for the up-and-coming corporate behemoth.
However, the.biz TLD will provide more standards with regards to domain names, and this is something the.com/.net/.org TLD's were intended for, but not having restrictions/requirements have totally obliterated that hope.
My wheel mouse works fine in win2k.
I'm quite pleased with what I've seen so far.
Not too shabby for such an overhaul as what we've seen from 4.76 to 6.0
Patches/updates may be quite necessary, but I give the Netscape kudos for being able to pull such an undertaking off without too many hangups.
according to your logic, Bush should have backed out too to just leave Gore the remaining candidate, since (in your eyes) Gore is the end-all, be-all presidential candidate. why was Nader being "egomaniacal", but it was OK for Bush to give Gore some competition for the oval oriface?
i'm sorry if you take this as an insult, but it's ideologies like yours that'll bring this country to the point where you have a choice between Mr. Dictator and..... Mr. Dictator.
if Gore had energized his liberal base, he wouldn't have had to worry about Nader.
this is just the words that many of the bleeding-heart liberals are spewing about the air waves because the taste of defeat is becoming too strong.
Title I of the DMCA amends U.S. copyright law to comply with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, adopted at the WIPO Diplomatic Conference in December 1996.
Two major provisions in the WIPO treaties require contracting parties to provide legal remedies against circumventing technological protection measures and tampering with copyright management information. To comply with these provisions, the DMCA adds a new chapter, Chapter 12, to Title 17 of the United States Code.
Though the article says this will be an "optical fiber network," it doesn't detail the mechanics of it
for a story like this, when have you known for the "geek community" to be pleased with the technical details given in said article.
we're never happy:-P
Nader has tried time and time again to point out the sheer falseness in Gore's claim that he has been one of the most avid proponents in cleaning up the environment. Bush's campaign won't make those points because they could just come right back at him concerning the environmental record of Texas (some of which would actually be true;-). However, Nader (who has "nothing to lose") can point out Gore's true record on the environment. It's a damn shame too, because the environment is the only issue Gore has going for him.
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Anyone else kind of surprised that this didn't happen prior to '82?
;-]
Maybe it's just my cynical nature, but it's hard to imagine that emoticons as we know them weren't thrown around amongst colleagues in academia way before this.
At any rate, I'll sleep better now knowing...
"our" not "are"
Yeah, they should definately leave it in. :-P) and I don't see how they're making a big fuss over a damn head-butt... there are several other scenes, many lasting longer than a second, that I would consider to be more worthy of a PG-13 rating.
I was one of the lucky "few" who got to see it last Thursday (yes, that's 5/2
But that's just me....
...not taking the time to compose complete specifications for software engineering projects... at least that's what I've experienced. Most manager types want estimates without putting any work into it, which is when you run into BIG problems (BIG underestimates). The thing is, there is quite a bit of work that has to be done in order to even have an educated guess. Customer specifications, developer specifications, test planning, etc. Once these things are considered and drawn up, it forces you to consider the unforseen, and plan for the unforseen.
Unfortunately, I personally have never met a manager type that will allow you to put time into a project they don't know will be profitable or not.
You might wanna ask yourself a question before replying to posts... "do I really know what I'm talking about, or at least to sound like I do?".
Concerning the Nimbda virus (if you're referring to something else, sorry, I assumed you were OnTopic), even if you have EVERY patch installed on your MS IIS servers, you still get slammed by random IP's from MS servers that weren't patched, thereby bringing "your internet" to a slow crawl (bandwidth/data rate dependent, of course).
So, all in all, in defense of the NT admin you responded to (FYI, I'm not an Admin, I'm a programmer), sometimes you can't do anything about the problem besides try blocking the most common IPs that hammer your site, after all, you aren't going to be able to get all of them blocked (which is probably what they were doing till 3am).
heh
I got an @home tech support person to hang up on me once... I wasn't trying to, and it really pissed me off, but it happened.
All I did was try to tell him that if he couldn't ping the @home network ip on my *external* cable modem, changing the computer it's attached to (via rj45) wouldn't make a bit of difference.
There definately has to be better selection criteria for people working tech support for @home... even though it looks like it'll be too late anyway.
I used to have DSL till I moved... I never would've tried cable if it weren't my only option for bandwidth > dialup.
http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/
http://www.tuxers.net/dmca/
Do you really expect perfection from the US government? Of course the first several times a law is first used to bring someone to court will result in changes, or at least reflections and debate. This is at least one Good Thing(TM) about the judicial system. Doesn't mean the DMCA is any easier to swallow...
Think Linus will go for it?
yeah, and i'd like to know how they distinguish between linux distros by scanning ports and the like.
Last week my boss had a party type thing, and he has a projection TV. It's incredible. I think it's like 100" or so with the projector mounted on the ceiling of course. :-)
As far as the quality is concerned, it looks just as good, if not better, than the conventional TVs. The only con that I could think of was that it's harder to see what's showing if the room is well-lit. Just hafta dim the lights
Whichever you go with, you should still consider what he did with the sound: had surround sound speakers built into the walls, making for some very nice ear candy, without intruding the space in the room. Very nice setup.
It makes it very clear what version you have and makes it easier to determine if an upgrade is available.
As far as your concern with being descriptive with your versioning scheme, most people could care less, as long as it's the "latest and greatest". In addition, if you keep with the versioning pattern that the kernel has adopted (odd/even=devel/stable), then the user knows if they have the latest "even" version, they should be good to go.
However, it's still a very good idea to keep a somewhat verbose changelog, both for your tracking purposes and the user's curiosities/requirements.
Personally, I'm pretty sick of seeing the comments saying "blah, java is slow" or "it's not fair to those who only know C" etc. etc.
What about those who don't know C but do know Java? Think they weren't up shit creek without a paddle before? (unless they decided to learn C for the test)
Java is a technically sound (relatively speaking) object oriented language. It has more merit to be on the AP test than C, and possibly even C++.
btw, C++ is my favorite language to code in.
However, I strongly believe that the media and the marketing of available technologies drives the ebb and flow of interest. If the media stresses that we've "peaked" and are now in a "slow-down period", this will calm the excitement and interest that many of the not-as-savvy users have.
It's a pretty simple concept: hype the internet and associated technologies, and people will stay excited and interested. state the (alleged) fact that the peak has been reached, and people will calm down and not be so avid to jump on the technological bandwagon, so to speak.
"2.8 contains
hehe
For those of you who're confused right about now, tort reform was an attempt to cap punitive damages someone could get in court, therefore limiting the amount that lawyers could get from any such case, considering they get percentages of any "winnings".
it's funny, do the /. readers/posters only hate FUD when put out by a certain unmentionable company?
/. wouldn't be the same without these conspiracy theorists hard at work.
I agree. .biz exclusive is a valid attempt at getting some meaningful association back to the TLD. .biz TLD will have any negative impact for the up-and-coming corporate behemoth. .biz TLD will provide more standards with regards to domain names, and this is something the .com/.net/.org TLD's were intended for, but not having restrictions/requirements have totally obliterated that hope.
Having
As far as giving unfair advantages to the larger corporations (as another response posted), and putting up another wall in front of the small-time entrepaneur, I don't think that would be the case. Do you discriminate between who you'll make your next online purchase from by TLD? I highly doubt not having the
However, the
My wheel mouse works fine in win2k.
I'm quite pleased with what I've seen so far.
Not too shabby for such an overhaul as what we've seen from 4.76 to 6.0
Patches/updates may be quite necessary, but I give the Netscape kudos for being able to pull such an undertaking off without too many hangups.
according to your logic, Bush should have backed out too to just leave Gore the remaining candidate, since (in your eyes) Gore is the end-all, be-all presidential candidate. why was Nader being "egomaniacal", but it was OK for Bush to give Gore some competition for the oval oriface?
i'm sorry if you take this as an insult, but it's ideologies like yours that'll bring this country to the point where you have a choice between Mr. Dictator and..... Mr. Dictator.
if Gore had energized his liberal base, he wouldn't have had to worry about Nader.
this is just the words that many of the bleeding-heart liberals are spewing about the air waves because the taste of defeat is becoming too strong.
for a story like this, when have you known for the "geek community" to be pleased with the technical details given in said article. :-P
we're never happy
Nader has tried time and time again to point out the sheer falseness in Gore's claim that he has been one of the most avid proponents in cleaning up the environment. Bush's campaign won't make those points because they could just come right back at him concerning the environmental record of Texas (some of which would actually be true ;-). However, Nader (who has "nothing to lose") can point out Gore's true record on the environment. It's a damn shame too, because the environment is the only issue Gore has going for him.
http://www.moller.com/skycar/
Now, THAT is the coolest vehicle I've seen.