Slashdot Mirror


User: posinabox

posinabox's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
12
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 12

  1. Just a Thought on Should We Clone a Neanderthal? · · Score: 1

    Horse and Donkey are of the same Genus but are considered different species because their offspring are not viable (Horse + Donkey = Mule).

    Case and point though is that they do reproduce.

    I wonder if a human can reproduce at all with a Neandathal, if so what would we call the resultant offspring (granted that we are of a different species I assume the offspring would be impotent - ala Mule)?

  2. The definition of Inhospitable - US Media on Birth of a New African Ocean · · Score: 1

    "in one of the hottest and most inhospitable corners of the globe" According to American Media I thought that was in reference to countries in the Middle East, oh, I mean N. Korea, actually according to US Media anywhere that is not geographically located in N. America or Western Europe.

  3. Re:How? on 7th-Grader Designs Three Dimensional Solar Cell · · Score: 1

    Don't feel bad; you make me feel stupid for spending my childhood throwing cats at rocks. Your way works a lot better.

    You may want to try throwing birds at stones instead. It helps you build character.

    - Chuck Norris.

    Killing two stones with one bird? A down-right Chuck Norris achievement.

  4. Relevance on Tech Vs. Business? · · Score: 1

    Maybe you could clarify what anti-business refers to.

    I also work for a large financial institution (in the IT department). You point out that 40% of the staff are on the IT side converse to that you fail to point out that probably 95% (or more) of the business processes are driven by IT - bringing us back to the point, what do you mean bu anti-business?

  5. Re:Dunno... on India Joins Nuclear Market · · Score: 1

    |I'd be a hell of a lot more worried about Iran (which has arguably sponsored terrorism) Why because George Bush says so? Did George Bush not also claim that Iraq has weapons of Mass Destruction? Anyone found those yet?

  6. Viewing Beeeg Boodies from Space on "Google Satellite" To Be Launched This Week · · Score: 1

    "Google, though, is permitted to use data only with a resolution of 50 cm"

    Awesome I can now see my X-woman's thong from outter space?

  7. Strict OO programming - separate all your layers on Java, Where To Start? · · Score: 1

    Here's to separating all your layers (Persistence, UI, Controller, Service, etc).

    I'd choose Wicket for web-dev since it follows a Swing Type model and closely resembles it.

    Wicket, which you could learn concurrently with Swing.

    Hibernate - handling your persistence (or any other OR mapping tool) - since you say you are clued up with OO-thinking. I'd recommend ActiveMQ if you are doing messaging-related stuff.

    Spring would also be brilliant IMHO to piece all your stuff together (Service, Persistence, Business Logic, etc).

  8. Looking forward on Google Chrome, the Google Browser · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm surprised at comments such as: "do we really need another browser". If you bother to read through that comic, there are some impressive features. I have done enterprise dev and maintained enterprise dev where a bloody site will take so damn long to do something that it would just time out. Features like the memory usage stamp for a website would be able to let you know possibly per page you click what you need to work on. The favorites page on a New Tab is also pretty cool. Also isolating your plugin processes such that if your flash component in a website causes a crash you don't have to reboot the entire PC (especially on a M$ crap box where Ctrl + Alt + delete != sudo kill -9 processId). Follow through the comic strip, as geeks you'll be pleasantly surprised at what Google is about to bring to the table. RTFM (the comic strip in this case).

  9. Re:Don't jump to conclusions on Anti-Government Webmaster Shot Dead By Russian Police · · Score: 1

    Maybe they were duck hunting at the time?

    Come on man, you should know by now: In Soviet-Russia Duck hunts you.

  10. 3000 line Method - YES METHOD on Best and Worst Coding Standards? · · Score: 1

    Some coding standards are just common sense and its sad that there are a crap load of developers/programmers without much of it. E.g. I work for a major financial institution and have seen extremely bad habits such as a 3,000 line method. I mean in all honesty, just one look at the code (even with great IDE's that can navigate to closing curly braces) you get so worn out before even debugging. What's sad is that the culprits churning out such crap are Senior Developers. I think emphasis should be placed on modularizing your code. With modern IDE's this is not much to ask for.

  11. Another PC-type prediction? on Computer Mouse Heading For Extinction · · Score: 1

    "The computer mouse is set to die out in the next five years and will be usurped..." Because these jokers say so, doesn't mean it will actually happen. The human mind is a source of major unpredictability. If there was one set way of gauging the market's reaction (human factor here) to any given product, we'd all have purchased that winning solution and applied it. And that includes Xerox which would not have led them to give away the current system of interacting with a computer (Mouse and Windows Manager) to Apple for a 6 pack of Coors.

  12. Try XP on Guide For Small Team Programming? · · Score: 1

    If there are only 2 of you, why don't you Pair Program? Run a Search on Xtreme Programming, I found it to be much more constructive. Maybe you guys can branch off back to coding as individuals after giving it a shot - or after you both feel you are almost at par Skill's wise and in terms of knowledge of what ever field you concentrate on.