As much as I enjoy the humor involved, it does show what's right with trademark registration. Notice that they have a fairly narrow mandate for using their trademark -- "Printed matter namely, greeting cards, posters and art prints." So, no one else can use:-( to sell posters. Patents may have their problems, but trademarks have been fairly limited, especially since the Apple (Records/Compter) lawsuit.
Although this doesn't apply to the question directly, I've noticed a lot of people mentioning that it's important to take care of your family. I certainly won't disagree with that, but only mention what I experienced at my first job.
Simply put, it was a rathole of a company. Dilbert worked there. It was uncommon to stay longer than a year, and that only if you had to. The people who stayed were the ones who were unwilling to leave, for whatever reason. The excuse most of them gave was "I have to feed my family." This, of course, was 1998, when tech jobs were floating around like oxygen molecules. My only point is, they convinced themselves they were staying for a "good reason," even though it was just a cover for their own fears. Don't use your family as an all-purpose excuse to cover your own issues.
When I was looking for a job a few months ago, I would have loved to have heard from some non-profits. I had my resume on dice and monster, but never heard from a one.
Look at those sites, and others, and ask those people. Tell them who you are and what you do. I suspect you'll find a decent amount of good developers who already have their money, or don't care about money, and are willing to work for you.
Once again, malice is read into a situation where none is intended. There's an IRS regulation that says that any transfer of $10,000 or more requires a form. As the article says, it's a drug war thing. Yet another way to contain drug money being laundered.
Yet somehow, the judge intentionally set this number to hurt the defendent. Am I the only one who's confused? Isn't this whole "everyone against us" attitude self-fulfilling?
While I certainly agree that the ISS is a worthy goal, it nevertheless amazes me how much was accomplished at the beginning of the Space Race, and how little has been accomplished since.
Consider that it was 15 years from the time we started looking toward space until we reached the moon. It's been twice as long since then that we've been to the moon. What have we done since then? Skylab, the Shuttle, and Mir. All good things, but without the drive we once had. Yes, we've lost the political motivations, but I look forward to the Mars race, and having a clear goal in front of us.
I'm a little unclear as to why it's a good thing to have an unanswerable entity running around this planet. We have governments, and inter-governmental institutions for a reason! Would we condone this place if they housed thieves or killers? What if SeaLand was a refuge for terrorists instead of data? Anarchy is anarchy....
I think you are seriously confusing two differing trends: the ability to choose how much you want, and a loss of control over what you can have.
Application service providers, or rental apartments, are good in that you don't have to take more than you need. I could buy a house, but I know I do not want to commit to where I am, so I rent. I don't want to buy an app, but I need it for this project, so I'll rent it. Having these options is a good thing.
UCITA, on the other hand, removes options. You cannot do certain things that you used to be able to do. That is a bad thing.
In short, while I agree that the ability to not commit tends to lessen overall committment, that doesn't make it a bad idea, simply an abused one.
Given your background, you should do just fine with this book. The wave/particle duality IS quantum physics, whether it was called that or not. Give this one a try, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
It never ceases to amaze me how much people enjoy playing the bad guy, while publically proclaiming their martyrdom. Why do self-proclaimed "intelligent people" insist on doing things they know will turn others against them? Why do they insist on spam, mailbombs, DoS attacks, and other means of resistence that will ensure that their point will not be taken seriously? And why do we encourage Katz to tilt at windmills? Do we so get off on being outsiders that we have to push ourselves further to the outside?
Actually, in regards to the length of the review, it does go on for a while, but I felt with the depth of the book that a longer review was necessary. If it is too long, though, please let me know.
I just finished doing a servlet under IBM VAJ and Apache JServ, and aside from from classpath issues, it went well. Make sure you specify all your JAR files in the JServ setup, and check the server log when you have problems. I didn't try running Tomcat in VAJ, but I did read where that can be done. It would certainly be easier, and VAJ is available for anyone.
Why exactly do we want courts to move in Internet time? It seems that the cost of I.T. is rash decisions, shoddy products, and rampant mistakes. Shouldn't deciding someone/something's future be done with due dilligence?
What level of filtering do you feel is appropriate in a public school setting? Do you feel that some level of school filtering is appropriate, or do you feel that First Amendment concerns override this issue?
You are correct that there needs to be a balance, and I agree that an interative approach is the most logical one. Certainly, no one should "freeze" requirements in the middle of the project. Things change all the time. What is important is to have the requirements on paper, and a defined way to change them, so that everyone is on the same page.
I think the most important point this article makes is one it does not explicitly state: that losing our soul would be the worst outcome of all of this, while retaining our soul is a win no matter what. If all the money leaves, and we keep what we believe, we win. If the money stays, and we keep what we believe, we win. Regardless of the money, losing our soul means losing everything. Never forget, free software means freedom, free software means security, free software means that the best is produced.
Before everyone starts lamenting the loss of the lost days of yore, remember: Open Source means Choice. It doesn't matter if Redhat or Caldera put out a Microsofted Linux; you can always run Slackware. Choice cannot and will not be extinguished in the Linux camp, allowing each to go his own way. Keep those teeth ungnashed and those fingers moving!
Slashdot Mirror
As much as I enjoy the humor involved, it does show what's right with trademark registration. Notice that they have a fairly narrow mandate for using their trademark -- "Printed matter namely, greeting cards, posters and art prints." So, no one else can use :-( to sell posters. Patents may have their problems, but trademarks have been fairly limited, especially since the Apple (Records/Compter) lawsuit.
Although this doesn't apply to the question directly, I've noticed a lot of people mentioning that it's important to take care of your family. I certainly won't disagree with that, but only mention what I experienced at my first job.
Simply put, it was a rathole of a company. Dilbert worked there. It was uncommon to stay longer than a year, and that only if you had to. The people who stayed were the ones who were unwilling to leave, for whatever reason. The excuse most of them gave was "I have to feed my family." This, of course, was 1998, when tech jobs were floating around like oxygen molecules. My only point is, they convinced themselves they were staying for a "good reason," even though it was just a cover for their own fears. Don't use your family as an all-purpose excuse to cover your own issues.
When I was looking for a job a few months ago, I would have loved to have heard from some non-profits. I had my resume on dice and monster, but never heard from a one.
Look at those sites, and others, and ask those people. Tell them who you are and what you do. I suspect you'll find a decent amount of good developers who already have their money, or don't care about money, and are willing to work for you.
jason
What we need is to bring back Tranzor Z! Hovercraft, link!
Once again, malice is read into a situation where none is intended. There's an IRS regulation that says that any transfer of $10,000 or more requires a form. As the article says, it's a drug war thing. Yet another way to contain drug money being laundered.
Yet somehow, the judge intentionally set this number to hurt the defendent. Am I the only one who's confused? Isn't this whole "everyone against us" attitude self-fulfilling?
While I certainly agree that the ISS is a worthy goal, it nevertheless amazes me how much was accomplished at the beginning of the Space Race, and how little has been accomplished since.
Consider that it was 15 years from the time we started looking toward space until we reached the moon. It's been twice as long since then that we've been to the moon. What have we done since then? Skylab, the Shuttle, and Mir. All good things, but without the drive we once had. Yes, we've lost the political motivations, but I look forward to the Mars race, and having a clear goal in front of us.
I'm a little unclear as to why it's a good thing to have an unanswerable entity running around this planet. We have governments, and inter-governmental institutions for a reason! Would we condone this place if they housed thieves or killers? What if SeaLand was a refuge for terrorists instead of data? Anarchy is anarchy....
Might I suggest the latest Freshmeat editorial on this subject?
h tml
http://freshmeat.net/news/2000/06/14/960993071.
We need more developers as managers, so the two can relate....
I think you are seriously confusing two differing trends: the ability to choose how much you want, and a loss of control over what you can have.
Application service providers, or rental apartments, are good in that you don't have to take more than you need. I could buy a house, but I know I do not want to commit to where I am, so I rent. I don't want to buy an app, but I need it for this project, so I'll rent it. Having these options is a good thing.
UCITA, on the other hand, removes options. You cannot do certain things that you used to be able to do. That is a bad thing.
In short, while I agree that the ability to not commit tends to lessen overall committment, that doesn't make it a bad idea, simply an abused one.
Given your background, you should do just fine with this book. The wave/particle duality IS quantum physics, whether it was called that or not. Give this one a try, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
jason
How would a multithreaded TCP/IP stack impact this setup? What sort of performance boost would that give Slashdot?
It never ceases to amaze me how much people enjoy playing the bad guy, while publically proclaiming their martyrdom. Why do self-proclaimed "intelligent people" insist on doing things they know will turn others against them? Why do they insist on spam, mailbombs, DoS attacks, and other means of resistence that will ensure that their point will not be taken seriously? And why do we encourage Katz to tilt at windmills? Do we so get off on being outsiders that we have to push ourselves further to the outside?
Actually, in regards to the length of the review, it does go on for a while, but I felt with the depth of the book that a longer review was necessary. If it is too long, though, please let me know.
Was a transcript ever made available? I'd be interested in seeing what happened.
I just finished doing a servlet under IBM VAJ and Apache JServ, and aside from from classpath issues, it went well. Make sure you specify all your JAR files in the JServ setup, and check the server log when you have problems. I didn't try running Tomcat in VAJ, but I did read where that can be done. It would certainly be easier, and VAJ is available for anyone.
Why exactly do we want courts to move in Internet time? It seems that the cost of I.T. is rash decisions, shoddy products, and rampant mistakes. Shouldn't deciding someone/something's future be done with due dilligence?
What level of filtering do you feel is appropriate in a public school setting? Do you feel that some level of school filtering is appropriate, or do you feel that First Amendment concerns override this issue?
Sorry that the link was filtered out. Here's what I meant: JFC Tutorial
You are correct that there needs to be a balance, and I agree that an interative approach is the most logical one. Certainly, no one should "freeze" requirements in the middle of the project. Things change all the time. What is important is to have the requirements on paper, and a defined way to change them, so that everyone is on the same page.
I think the most important point this article makes is one it does not explicitly state: that losing our soul would be the worst outcome of all of this, while retaining our soul is a win no matter what. If all the money leaves, and we keep what we believe, we win. If the money stays, and we keep what we believe, we win. Regardless of the money, losing our soul means losing everything. Never forget, free software means freedom, free software means security, free software means that the best is produced.
Before everyone starts lamenting the loss of the lost days of yore, remember: Open Source means Choice. It doesn't matter if Redhat or Caldera put out a Microsofted Linux; you can always run Slackware. Choice cannot and will not be extinguished in the Linux camp, allowing each to go his own way. Keep those teeth ungnashed and those fingers moving!
Why is it that cracker groups refer to themselves as hackers? How exactly does that help fix the terminology?