Nothing lasts forever. Blizzard have had a good run that other companies can only dream of. I'd love to spend months in it, but real life beckons and by that I don't mean Facebook.
> 'Google developers forked Webkit and decided to remove from Blink all the code (including MathML) on which they don't plan to work in the short term.'"
Haha! What a bunch of losers. Psssst! What's he talking about?
> A recent letter signed by 15 companies and trade groups — including TechAmerica, which represents Google,
LOL. Google with the same Eric Schmidt who wants Drones banned because he's worried about the invasion of privacy when they fly over your mansion estate?
""You're having a dispute with your neighbour," he hypothesised. "How would you feel if your neighbour went over and bought a commercial observation drone that they can launch from their back yard. It just flies over your house all day. How would you feel about it?"
They didn't make him the CFO for nothing!
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Smart guy! Good with money. Knows to cash out on those share options while they are still high. Before that impending PLUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNGE...
Yeah the execs are parachuting out, but does anyone know who in MS is behind the Windows 8 clusterfuck? Like who was the dick who said to get rid of the Start button because *FUCK* those PC users. If there is a series of unsolved murders in Seattle at the moment it is that guy getting rid of everyone else at that meeting.
> Unfortunately, our US bank account is scheduled to be closed and we can no longer provide the same level of USD deposits and withdrawals as we have in the past.
Is it me or is that the most understated sentence ever written?
Modded Off topic? Really? Ok I could have worded in nicer but here is a company accused of fraud which a serious offense but their first thought is hunting down the person who reported them?
Lots of Windows developers warned you Windows 8 was going to be a big mistake. You ignored us and stumbled on like an angry dunk. I used Windows 8 in the shops. It sucked and was clear customers wouldn't warm to it. With the writing on the wall developers took the plunge to Tablet development. People still wanted their PCs, but instead of re-inventing the desktop and instead you laid another Zune and forgot to flush. You have squandered the biggest computing monopoly ever, but this time people are leaving so I don't think there is a come back. Bye Bye Balmer.
CSIRO-linked company DataDot also said it was concerned about the leak of confidential information, saying it appears to have been made ‘‘by a person disgruntled with the CSIRO and... not from anyone currently employed by DataTrace or DataDot’’.Nevertheless, the company apologises unreservedly for this breach of confidentiality and reserves its rights against the person causing the breach.’’ http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/shares-tumble-after-csirolinked-company-announces-inquiry-20130415-2hum1.htmldatadat should care about TEN YEARS JAIL FOR FRAUD!!!!!!!!!!! but maybe hope lard arses at AFP wont climb out of chairs
Recommend Robert M. Hazen's book on the Origins of Life. This is just one theory. There are many others all probable. There is also a lot of politics here too. The primordial soup camp has starved researchers into alternate theories of funding. Recommend Hazen's book because he covers AFAIK all of them.
A rule of business is sell to customers who have money. Small businesses are notoriously poor. They don't have much cash don't pay their bills on time, if they pay them at all. They are often poorly run. Even though you may stumble across the odd 2-man Apple-in-a-garage operation, even they were cheap and nasty when they started. It's a really bad market to chase. They won't pay much, and you won't get repeat business because most fail in 12 months anyway.
I'm suspicious that this is just an fancy marketing gimmick by the agency. but I like the idea.
Over the years I've worked with many programmers and I've noticed a huge range in talent.
It's interesting because that range rarely occurs within a single company.
Instead some companies attract very good talent and some attract mostly mediocre.
I've seen small companies with just a few excellent programmers produce systems
where larger companies with many more mediocre programmers have struggled.
The question is, how can you tell the difference? It's extremely hard to pick them.
Merely listing some nice projects on their CV doesn't help, because the IT industry hides it failures.
We have all seen projects that were a disaster but everyone smiled nervously and declared an outstanding success.
Technical interviews by interviewers without a chip on their shoulder help, but only when you work with someone for
about a year on a hard project do you really get to see how they perform. Mates referrals don't help, because mates
look after mates no matter how shit they are.
I like the idea, but I'm yet to see an agency who could consistently deliver good programmers.
The *best* idea I saw was at a big company who only hired people who were the top of their class.
Too right! I love PCs, but I hate Windows 8. Wandered into the stops to use it. Yuck. Horrible. Nothing worked the way it was supposed to (under Windows 7). It convinced me to go out and buy Android tablets instead. Laptop keyboards have all gone chiclet now. There's no reason to stay PC. It's an incredible self-inflected wound which is bleeding every day. Balmer won't admit he f*ed up. Microsoft are going to kill the goose that laid the golden egg. It's one thing to copy a competitors idea like they did with the Zune, but it's another to bet their core business on it!
> The journal Nature even published an entire issue on the problem a couple of weeks ago.So again, scientists know this is a problem.
"even"? "even"? oh well then... Come on. I smell bias in this submission. It doesn't mention that Nature is owned by an academic publisher making $$$. Those publishers hate open access journals. If they accuse these fake journals of being there to make a profit, isn't that what Nature's owners are in the business for too? It may also be an attempt to smear genuine open access journals with a broad brush.
Yes. It is dangerous to check it while driving. You can only set the root when you leave your house, and the stupid thing only loads voice prompts for the first few stops. After that all it does is chime? Turn left? Turn right? CHIME! The stupid thing is designed so you must pick it up and look at it. It is no substitute for a proper GPS.
And insult to injury: When you want to return home, it needs a wifi connection or it can't compute the route back. Ok. You are calling me cheap and telling me to get a SIM. It doesn't even have a SIM slot. It's wifi only. It's really dumb.
Yes. I met one poor troll victim whose knowledge of the court system came from TV dramas and thought they would get a fair trial. $$$$ later he discovered the system is rigged in favor of lawyers and trolls. No trolls. No business. Judges are supposed to be dignified and neutral. If you get one that isn't you are fucked. http://mokellyreport.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/sterling-reviews-of-judge-natalia-combs-green/ You are right. Play the game their way and you are fucked,
The problem is with overinflated lawyers fees, court procedures which encourage paperwork which makes even more fees for lawyers and and court fees that the courts are so expensive you are looking at handing lawyers and courts two million up just to defend yourself from a patent troll. If cases were streamlined and it only cost $10K to defend a patent troll it would be far fairer, but lawyers and judges would be out of work. Have you ever heard of judges being laid off for lack of work? Judges whose communities depend on patent trolls for a steady stream of cases have a conflict of interest. If they came down hard on patent trolls and threw out meritless cases there would be boarded up lawyers offices all over town. Instead the judges say well geez better have a trial anyway just to be sure. It might get an answer but it wastes a fuckload of cash to get there. If the USPTO issued firm rulings we wouldn't need the courts. Instead the USPTO scratch their balls and say well I will just approve this shit because I can't understand it anyway and let the courts sort it out. The problem is as much the court system as it is the USPTO. They should streamline these but do you really think lawyers and judges will be putting themselves out of work?
Patents are written in bullshit confusing language so courts argue what they mean. A software engineering looking at one of these wouldn't even recognize their own system in one of these documents. Lawyers write them to be broad and confusing so they can make money arguing it. The USPTO shouldn't be approving patents that are unreadable. And if a IT graduate can't read one of these and work out what they mean, they shouldn't be granted.
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Nothing lasts forever. Blizzard have had a good run that other companies can only dream of. I'd love to spend months in it, but real life beckons and by that I don't mean Facebook.
> 'Google developers forked Webkit and decided to remove from Blink all the code (including MathML) on which they don't plan to work in the short term.'"
Haha! What a bunch of losers. Psssst! What's he talking about?
Is this bill PR to divert attention? The government has given itself permission to breach privacy anyways: http://www.news.com.au/technology/nicola-roxon-backflip-gives-green-light-for-online-spying/story-e6frfro0-1226464553027 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/government/data-retention-laws-risky-canberra-told/story-fn4htb9o-1226465841909
> A recent letter signed by 15 companies and trade groups — including TechAmerica, which represents Google,
LOL. Google with the same Eric Schmidt who wants Drones banned because he's worried about the invasion of privacy when they fly over your mansion estate?
""You're having a dispute with your neighbour," he hypothesised. "How would you feel if your neighbour went over and bought a commercial observation drone that they can launch from their back yard. It just flies over your house all day. How would you feel about it?"
Gee I don't know Eric. About the same way I feel when you run your fingers through my hair. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/apr/21/drones-google-eric-schmidt
Smart guy! Good with money. Knows to cash out on those share options while they are still high. Before that impending PLUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNGE...
Yeah the execs are parachuting out, but does anyone know who in MS is behind the Windows 8 clusterfuck? Like who was the dick who said to get rid of the Start button because *FUCK* those PC users. If there is a series of unsolved murders in Seattle at the moment it is that guy getting rid of everyone else at that meeting.
> Unfortunately, our US bank account is scheduled to be closed and we can no longer provide the same level of USD deposits and withdrawals as we have in the past.
Is it me or is that the most understated sentence ever written?
Modded Off topic? Really? Ok I could have worded in nicer but here is a company accused of fraud which a serious offense but their first thought is hunting down the person who reported them?
Lots of Windows developers warned you Windows 8 was going to be a big mistake. You ignored us and stumbled on like an angry dunk. I used Windows 8 in the shops. It sucked and was clear customers wouldn't warm to it. With the writing on the wall developers took the plunge to Tablet development. People still wanted their PCs, but instead of re-inventing the desktop and instead you laid another Zune and forgot to flush. You have squandered the biggest computing monopoly ever, but this time people are leaving so I don't think there is a come back. Bye Bye Balmer.
Windows 8 App Developer Says Process Stinks
http://www.informationweek.com/security/application-security/windows-8-app-developer-says-process-sti/240010598
More Game Developers Unhappy With Windows 8
http://linuxgamenews.com/post/29001456897/more-game-developers-unhappy-with-windows-8
Why Microsoft has made developers horrified about coding for Windows 8 # warning signs as far back as 2011!
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2011/06/html5-centric-windows-8-leaves-microsoft-developers-horrified/
Don’t Blame Us for Windows 8s Slow Sales, PC Makers Say
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/11/oem-windows-8/
CSIRO-linked company DataDot also said it was concerned about the leak of confidential information, saying it appears to have been made ‘‘by a person disgruntled with the CSIRO and ... not from anyone currently employed by DataTrace or DataDot’’.Nevertheless, the company apologises unreservedly for this breach of confidentiality and reserves its rights against the person causing the breach.’’ http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/shares-tumble-after-csirolinked-company-announces-inquiry-20130415-2hum1.html datadat should care about TEN YEARS JAIL FOR FRAUD!!!!!!!!!!! but maybe hope lard arses at AFP wont climb out of chairs
Recommend Robert M. Hazen's book on the Origins of Life. This is just one theory. There are many others all probable. There is also a lot of politics here too. The primordial soup camp has starved researchers into alternate theories of funding. Recommend Hazen's book because he covers AFAIK all of them.
LOL! WOT!? Someone modded me down. I've worked with small biz. It's the reality. You spend most of your time chasing debts.
If whoever modded me down didn't like what I said because they are chasing small biz then they are in for a rude shock.
> His agenda is he wants to prevent paparazzi and other civilians from being able spy on their targets from above. ,
I think you are right. Google is terrible with our privacy, now suddenly he cares about ours? I call self-interest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Google#Privacy
http://digitaljournal.com/article/318518 "Google faces criticism as it reveals new privacy policy"
That is right. Mineral Rights are assigned separately by the government, over lunch in 'corrupt' deals to your political mates.
Coal licences: ‘corrupt’ deal worth $100m
http://www.afr.com/p/national/coal_licences_corrupt_deal_worth_5N2rJf47NdL2yQJuDxmmkJ
Obeid family and friends reap millions from lucrative coal licenses
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/obeid-family-and-friends-reap-millions-from-lucrative-coal-licences-20120520-1yz31.html
A rule of business is sell to customers who have money. Small businesses are notoriously poor. They don't have much cash don't pay their bills on time, if they pay them at all. They are often poorly run. Even though you may stumble across the odd 2-man Apple-in-a-garage operation, even they were cheap and nasty when they started. It's a really bad market to chase. They won't pay much, and you won't get repeat business because most fail in 12 months anyway.
> a group of Asian hackers
Hey special treatment man! Henceforth you will refer to me as "Caucasian Hacker".
That's what I will always assume when I see one. Good luck with that, Google.
I'm suspicious that this is just an fancy marketing gimmick by the agency. but I like the idea. Over the years I've worked with many programmers and I've noticed a huge range in talent. It's interesting because that range rarely occurs within a single company. Instead some companies attract very good talent and some attract mostly mediocre.
I've seen small companies with just a few excellent programmers produce systems where larger companies with many more mediocre programmers have struggled.
The question is, how can you tell the difference? It's extremely hard to pick them. Merely listing some nice projects on their CV doesn't help, because the IT industry hides it failures. We have all seen projects that were a disaster but everyone smiled nervously and declared an outstanding success. Technical interviews by interviewers without a chip on their shoulder help, but only when you work with someone for about a year on a hard project do you really get to see how they perform. Mates referrals don't help, because mates look after mates no matter how shit they are.
I like the idea, but I'm yet to see an agency who could consistently deliver good programmers. The *best* idea I saw was at a big company who only hired people who were the top of their class.
Too right! I love PCs, but I hate Windows 8. Wandered into the stops to use it. Yuck. Horrible. Nothing worked the way it was supposed to (under Windows 7). It convinced me to go out and buy Android tablets instead. Laptop keyboards have all gone chiclet now. There's no reason to stay PC. It's an incredible self-inflected wound which is bleeding every day. Balmer won't admit he f*ed up. Microsoft are going to kill the goose that laid the golden egg. It's one thing to copy a competitors idea like they did with the Zune, but it's another to bet their core business on it!
> Eric Schmidt's Lone Ranger expedition yacht was cut from $20,000,000 to a mere $14,000,000
.... Ok gimme my 12 million!"
"Ok Schmidt. Let's haggle. I'll give you 12! No, you can't think on it. Tell me now! Right now! 3, 2, 1..."
"SOLD!!!!
"Who said anything about million? Muahahahahhahaha!"
The Daily Show said congressmen have given themselves immunity to the sequester so their salaries are not affected. http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/02/look-whos-not-taking-a-pay-cut/
> The journal, along with several others like it, was published by Elsevier. Go figure.
That's terrible. Can someone please contact Jeffrey Beall and tell him to add Elsevier to the fake journals list.
Thank God! We nearly let that one get through!
> The journal Nature even published an entire issue on the problem a couple of weeks ago.So again, scientists know this is a problem.
"even"? "even"? oh well then... Come on. I smell bias in this submission. It doesn't mention that Nature is owned by an academic publisher making $$$. Those publishers hate open access journals. If they accuse these fake journals of being there to make a profit, isn't that what Nature's owners are in the business for too? It may also be an attempt to smear genuine open access journals with a broad brush.
Yes. It is dangerous to check it while driving. You can only set the root when you leave your house, and the stupid thing only loads voice prompts for the first few stops. After that all it does is chime? Turn left? Turn right? CHIME! The stupid thing is designed so you must pick it up and look at it. It is no substitute for a proper GPS. And insult to injury: When you want to return home, it needs a wifi connection or it can't compute the route back. Ok. You are calling me cheap and telling me to get a SIM. It doesn't even have a SIM slot. It's wifi only. It's really dumb.
Yes. I met one poor troll victim whose knowledge of the court system came from TV dramas and thought they would get a fair trial. $$$$ later he discovered the system is rigged in favor of lawyers and trolls. No trolls. No business. Judges are supposed to be dignified and neutral. If you get one that isn't you are fucked. http://mokellyreport.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/sterling-reviews-of-judge-natalia-combs-green/ You are right. Play the game their way and you are fucked,
The problem is with overinflated lawyers fees, court procedures which encourage paperwork which makes even more fees for lawyers and and court fees that the courts are so expensive you are looking at handing lawyers and courts two million up just to defend yourself from a patent troll. If cases were streamlined and it only cost $10K to defend a patent troll it would be far fairer, but lawyers and judges would be out of work. Have you ever heard of judges being laid off for lack of work? Judges whose communities depend on patent trolls for a steady stream of cases have a conflict of interest. If they came down hard on patent trolls and threw out meritless cases there would be boarded up lawyers offices all over town. Instead the judges say well geez better have a trial anyway just to be sure. It might get an answer but it wastes a fuckload of cash to get there. If the USPTO issued firm rulings we wouldn't need the courts. Instead the USPTO scratch their balls and say well I will just approve this shit because I can't understand it anyway and let the courts sort it out. The problem is as much the court system as it is the USPTO. They should streamline these but do you really think lawyers and judges will be putting themselves out of work?
Patents are written in bullshit confusing language so courts argue what they mean. A software engineering looking at one of these wouldn't even recognize their own system in one of these documents. Lawyers write them to be broad and confusing so they can make money arguing it. The USPTO shouldn't be approving patents that are unreadable. And if a IT graduate can't read one of these and work out what they mean, they shouldn't be granted.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_troll
http://news.cnet.com/8301-32973_3-57409792-296/how-much-is-that-patent-lawsuit-going-to-cost-you/
http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2013/03/guest-editorial-throwing-trolls-off-the-bridge.html