He has been answering questions thrown by people for some years, also check his editorials.
Who is he?
Brian Hook, a damn fine programmer, friend of the community, Ultimate Fighting
Championship contestant, member of the Save the Whales foundation, the man that
controls the black-market on baby seal pelts, and a member of the "probably yo'
daddy" foundation is here to share some of his technical expertise mixed in with a
few smart-ass remarks that are guaranteed to chap your booty, put a sparkle in
your eye, and a shine on your car. And hell, the chicks dig him.
Will Slashdot begin posting only hypotetical questions like would space aliens have civil rights?, what OS would best interface with space aliens?, and what would/. be like during war?. Will articles become increasingly self-referential and hypothetical until the only articles posted are idle speculation about whether, if space aliens landed, the only articles/. would post would be about what aliens would think of idle speculation about future/. postings about aliens? This is a burning question, people!
I thought the sony home-theater-in-a-box I've got, with a "big sub" and 5 satellite speakers (dav-s300 us$600 list price) is good enough, and I also saw a lot of good reviews before buying it.
Any difference between this one and pc speaker systems (like the cambridge soundworks 4 point) I got for my pc?
Anyway, at the dolby site, they say that for 5.1 surround is best to have the the same model for the 5 speakers.
I would love those features. But what happens when developers see their business models on the trash due to these features? Will they start developing just for Internet Explorer?
Strange movement. First I bough STB Velocity 440 (with a TNT chipset). Then 3dfx bought STB, so I had no more support from my card by STB, while people that had bought creative's one had all the latest improvements. And now.. wil I get back support for my Velocity, that still rocks?
Although the Freedom client provides some features for free, others rely
on access to the Freedom Network. Once the beta testing period is over,
users wishing to continue using the network must purchase a serial
number, available at http://store.freedom.net/default.asp. For more
information about the Linux beta program, please visit
http://www.freedom.net/download/betatesters.html.
So you will need a serial number to use the "privacy services". Where's my privacy if you can track me down to a serial number? It's worst than the Pentium 3 serial number, because you only used it at one computer. If I want to use this software at different places then I should move with my serial number. Or purchase another.
A fundamental difficulty is not at all technical type, but is
situated in the fact that most people do not want to upgraden at all on a new
Kernel. They are not content with the Kernel 2,2, have larger problems thereby
- why should they try a Entwicklerkernel out? It is a certain group of users,
who test new Kernels; and before the publication of a new Anwenderkernels at
least a section this user must have tested the new Kernel. The developers have
their own view of new versions, we need external users for testing. That is not
only with Linux a problem; some software producers pay even people for trying
new beta versions out.
But there are also still a few technical difficulties. We know of some genuine
bug, for which partly even already solutions exist; however all developers are
not convinced that these solutions are also really good. In this regard there
are still some open questions: Frequently the developers want better solutions,
which guarantee that a certain problem does not occur in the future any
longer.
Beyond that there are also problems in communication. The people, bug find, are
usually the developers themselves and do not describe the problems completely
differently, than that would do a developer. That costs simply much time.
I don't see what's so good about archiving the Internet. It's like having a ten hour meeting where nothing
gets decided but hey - we'll be able to see exactly what was said 10 years from now!
Somehow your message got logged and I am able to read it. Wow.
Not that I am a Microsoft fan, but at some things they have done it right, for example some of their games or at hardware. Really, their gamepads are next to the standard, and remeber, your mouse is microsoft compatible, not mouse system compatible (and you don't have to hold the right button while you boot now).
Or what kind of people are using their software? Anyone at slashdot? Maybe if we all started using it this site would become number one in their records.
Well, maybe we won't be able to run it at all, if they only have a windows version.
This book was written more than 25 years ago and it continues enlighting people until now. And the 25th anniversary edition comes with new chapters, that give an updated (and not so changed) view on the same problems.
From the "one click method owner":
The classic book on the human elements of software engineering. Software tools and development
environments may have changed in the 21 years since the first edition of this book, but the peculiarly
nonlinear economies of scale in collaborative work and the nature of individuals and groups has not
changed an epsilon. If you write code or depend upon those who do, get this book as soon as
possible -- from Amazon.com Books, your library, or anyone else. You (and/or your colleagues)
will be forever...
Slashdot Mirror
Can this be possible?
Fh
Instead of askink slashdot, just "ask hook".
He has been answering questions thrown by people for some years, also check his editorials.
Who is he?
Fh
I can see why you, Slashdot, posted this story.
Now you can sell them the right to republish it, so they can show they have been mentioned in Slashdot.
How clever, my dear Watson.
Add a little paranoism, read Your Rights Online: Star Wars Most Violent Movie Ever?, about mass deaths by planet destructions, and run for your shelter.
Please!! Don't encourage them or even let the idea fall in their head. Have you seen a 256 color animated ad? It just takes years to download.
Then wait for OS X, it's unix (somehow) and it's apple.
In the meantime maybe you can watch last year's spots using Real player at superbowl-ads.com
Fh
Fh
If you want to look at those comercials, you can always go to adcritic.
(I just want to be helpful, if you think I am a karma whore, mod me down).
Fh
I thought the sony home-theater-in-a-box I've got, with a "big sub" and 5 satellite speakers (dav-s300 us$600 list price) is good enough, and I also saw a lot of good reviews before buying it.
Any difference between this one and pc speaker systems (like the cambridge soundworks 4 point) I got for my pc?
Anyway, at the dolby site, they say that for 5.1 surround is best to have the the same model for the 5 speakers.
Any enlightment for me?
Now, how do I stop my Visor getting full of sweat and grease every time I make a phone call? Women will have a harder time, with all their makeup.
Fh
I would love those features. But what happens when developers see their business models on the trash due to these features? Will they start developing just for Internet Explorer?
Strange movement. First I bough STB Velocity 440 (with a TNT chipset). Then 3dfx bought STB, so I had no more support from my card by STB, while people that had bought creative's one had all the latest improvements. And now.. wil I get back support for my Velocity, that still rocks?
Please, I will have a talking clip that aids me with that!
It seems your site is slashdotted, can I aid you?
Fh
Of course you can't press multiple keys at once. Neither one. Didn't you read the "keyless" part?
Fh
So you will need a serial number to use the "privacy services". Where's my privacy if you can track me down to a serial number? It's worst than the Pentium 3 serial number, because you only used it at one computer. If I want to use this software at different places then I should move with my serial number. Or purchase another.
Food for thought.
Now I understand why the geek community loves Linus: He speaks like Yoda!
A fundamental difficulty is not at all technical type, but is situated in the fact that most people do not want to upgraden at all on a new Kernel. They are not content with the Kernel 2,2, have larger problems thereby - why should they try a Entwicklerkernel out? It is a certain group of users, who test new Kernels; and before the publication of a new Anwenderkernels at least a section this user must have tested the new Kernel. The developers have their own view of new versions, we need external users for testing. That is not only with Linux a problem; some software producers pay even people for trying new beta versions out.
But there are also still a few technical difficulties. We know of some genuine bug, for which partly even already solutions exist; however all developers are not convinced that these solutions are also really good. In this regard there are still some open questions: Frequently the developers want better solutions, which guarantee that a certain problem does not occur in the future any longer.
Beyond that there are also problems in communication. The people, bug find, are usually the developers themselves and do not describe the problems completely differently, than that would do a developer. That costs simply much time.
Somehow your message got logged and I am able to read it. Wow.
Fh
I hope that Napkin wasn't used after reading alt.erotica at Deja.
I think so, I can see the headlines:
"Windows 2000 is able to be up for more than one week".
Now on, we will have the deep blue screen of death.
Has anybody noticed an ad here at slashdot about a testing suite for web applications?
I think many of you have noticed it, because it seems seriously slashdotted.
Ironic enough, their application tests workloads also.
Not that I want to worsen the slashdot effect, but a link is always necesary http://www.rswsoftwa re. com/products/etest-suite_index.shtml
Fh
Not that I am a Microsoft fan, but at some things they have done it right, for example some of their games or at hardware. Really, their gamepads are next to the standard, and remeber, your mouse is microsoft compatible, not mouse system compatible (and you don't have to hold the right button while you boot now).
Fh
Just wondering how trustable is Alexa.
Or what kind of people are using their software? Anyone at slashdot? Maybe if we all started using it this site would become number one in their records.
Well, maybe we won't be able to run it at all, if they only have a windows version.
Fh
Take a look at the Mythical Man Month.
This book was written more than 25 years ago and it continues enlighting people until now. And the 25th anniversary edition comes with new chapters, that give an updated (and not so changed) view on the same problems.
From the "one click method owner":
Fh