My previous boss got me a Treo 650 and I loved it. The only fault I could find with it was sometimes Sprint's service was slow and the keyboard was almost too small. But I had a good freeware SSH client for it and used it for emergency server repair on more than one occasion.
My current boss bought me a Blackberry 7520. At first I didn't like it as much because the treo's screen is a bit better/brighter and the Treo could do more because it was Palm OS based. However, after carrying the blackberry for a month now, I've got to say that I do like it better. The SSH client I've got for it is as good or better and the service is almost always better than the Treo's. (Faster, more coverage and more stable) The keyboard is much easier to use. In fact the only 2 things I miss from my Treo are the camera and Verichat. (But I don't chat as much as I used to so that's really no great loss)
So if you've got to pick between the two...go Blackberry.
Having just completed a cross-country dash I can recommend the ones I found:
http://www.scottsigler.net/earthcore/ This one is really good, it's the best of the podcasts I currently listen to. Warning: As of this writing he still hasn't released all the chapters (which is pissing me off Scott, get on with it already!) but what is there will take you a day to listen to and well worth the download.
http://www.pinkgeekaudio.net/weblog3/Sherlock Holmes pod casts. While the production quality is not as high as Earth Core, this one is still a good one. Very enjoyable if you are a fan of Holmes.
http://escape.extraneous.org/ I think someone has already mention this one but just in case, here it is. Grab all of these. Some of them are outstanding while others are just interesting. None of them, however, are bad.
Those are the ones that got me from TN to CA. Hope they help you too.
Everybody memorize a webpage. Instead of names we will be known as URLs. Before you die, you have to make someone else memorize your webpage so that none of the great literature on the web can ever be destroyed.
I'm amazed that anyone is surprised by this. Apple has never been a White Hat. They are as black as M$, just in different ways.
Apple has never been the friend of the programmer. their recent release of Darwin should be seen for what it is, a commercial enterprise trying to shorten their development time by using Open Source products. Nothing particularly wrong with that but it's not a great leap forward on their part.
Aside from that, they have been as antagonistic as any company and more so in many cases. (Themese.org has yet to see C&D letters from M$.)
Apple is as evil as M$. The difference is M$ is more widespread.
I believe that at a Federal level, the suit will be dropped. However, at the State level, I believe the fight will continue and I believe that the States will prevail.
FWIW, I believe the above scenario will happen no matter which one gets elected.
Cal
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There is a huge difference between writing code under pressure in a contest and writing code under pressure because your job depends on it. In the former, you choose to be in a death march.
As the Commandant of a current DM, I'm desperately trying to find ways to end it. it's not as easy as it sounds. Maybe this book will spark an idea.
Since you can now patent procedures, I'd like to file for the following:
Starting the coding phase of any project without a completed requirements phase. If you don't know where you are going, how can you know how to get there?
Building a prototype that actually has code in it. Every prototype I've ever seen that actually seems to work, gets rolled into production. Always prematurely.
Adding additional developers to an already late project. Oh yea, that's always the answer.:) This one is especially effective if you hire contractors off the street who have no idea what you are building or what the company does.
And never, ever, ever delude yourself into thinking that stock options are real money. They are basically just free lottery tickets.
I'm currently trying to find a polite way to tell my boss that none of my team wants stock options for the 6 months of sacrifice they've made for the current project. A wad of cash big enough to choke a horse is more in line with the exorbitant hours we've had to put in. Stock options are a promissory note for a bonus. None of us "promised" we'd develop the software.
(apart from the antitrust references, which I think are kind of weak)
Actually, I think the anti-trust references are right on target. Isn't yhe whole Kerberos situation is similar to what M$, in it's recent proposal, agreed not to do anymore? Also, this is another example of their "innovation". (when you redefine innovation as "Leverage our control of the desktop to make sure that while we can talk to other systems, they can't talk to us.")
Seriously, I don't think/. is avoiding the issue at all. If it is (as is hinted at in the letter) that the specification is not copyrightable then there is no reason to remove the posts.
>>Microsoft has lost, folks. >>The rest of this trial will consist of posturing on the part of Microsoft to get the best deal.
Remember, M$ lost the last one too. (1995?) The posturing they do is very important. If they lose but get another slap on the wrist, who has really won?
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My previous boss got me a Treo 650 and I loved it. The only fault I could find with it was sometimes Sprint's service was slow and the keyboard was almost too small. But I had a good freeware SSH client for it and used it for emergency server repair on more than one occasion.
My current boss bought me a Blackberry 7520. At first I didn't like it as much because the treo's screen is a bit better/brighter and the Treo could do more because it was Palm OS based. However, after carrying the blackberry for a month now, I've got to say that I do like it better. The SSH client I've got for it is as good or better and the service is almost always better than the Treo's. (Faster, more coverage and more stable) The keyboard is much easier to use. In fact the only 2 things I miss from my Treo are the camera and Verichat. (But I don't chat as much as I used to so that's really no great loss)
So if you've got to pick between the two...go Blackberry.
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Having just completed a cross-country dash I can recommend the ones I found:
http://www.scottsigler.net/earthcore/ This one is really good, it's the best of the podcasts I currently listen to. Warning: As of this writing he still hasn't released all the chapters (which is pissing me off Scott, get on with it already!) but what is there will take you a day to listen to and well worth the download.
http://www.pinkgeekaudio.net/weblog3/Sherlock Holmes pod casts. While the production quality is not as high as Earth Core, this one is still a good one. Very enjoyable if you are a fan of Holmes.
http://escape.extraneous.org/ I think someone has already mention this one but just in case, here it is. Grab all of these. Some of them are outstanding while others are just interesting. None of them, however, are bad.
Those are the ones that got me from TN to CA. Hope they help you too.
=C=
...um no, read it and then saw the movie. Why?
Everybody memorize a webpage. Instead of names we will be known as URLs. Before you die, you have to make someone else memorize your webpage so that none of the great literature on the web can ever be destroyed.
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A custom Gentoo (www.gentoo.org) Linux LIVE CD with storage on a central file server.
IMHO, FWIW, etc.
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How is flash mobbing different from posting the URL of a small website (cheesebikini.com anyone?) on /. ?
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I'm amazed that anyone is surprised by this. Apple has never been a White Hat. They are as black as M$, just in different ways.
Apple has never been the friend of the programmer. their recent release of Darwin should be seen for what it is, a commercial enterprise trying to shorten their development time by using Open Source products. Nothing particularly wrong with that but it's not a great leap forward on their part.
Aside from that, they have been as antagonistic as any company and more so in many cases. (Themese.org has yet to see C&D letters from M$.)
Apple is as evil as M$. The difference is M$ is more widespread.
My $.02,
Cal
Yes and no.
I believe that at a Federal level, the suit will be dropped. However, at the State level, I believe the fight will continue and I believe that the States will prevail.
FWIW, I believe the above scenario will happen no matter which one gets elected.
Cal
There is a huge difference between writing code under pressure in a contest and writing code under pressure because your job depends on it. In the former, you choose to be in a death march.
As the Commandant of a current DM, I'm desperately trying to find ways to end it. it's not as easy as it sounds. Maybe this book will spark an idea.
Cal
- Starting the coding phase of any project without a completed requirements phase.
- Building a prototype that actually has code in it.
- Adding additional developers to an already late project.
:) This one is especially effective if you hire contractors off the street who have no idea what you are building or what the company does.
I could retire tomorrow if these were granted.If you don't know where you are going, how can you know how to get there?
Every prototype I've ever seen that actually seems to work, gets rolled into production. Always prematurely.
Oh yea, that's always the answer.
Cal
And never, ever, ever delude yourself into thinking that stock options are real money. They are basically just free lottery tickets.
I'm currently trying to find a polite way to tell my boss that none of my team wants stock options for the 6 months of sacrifice they've made for the current project. A wad of cash big enough to choke a horse is more in line with the exorbitant hours we've had to put in. Stock options are a promissory note for a bonus. None of us "promised" we'd develop the software.
Cal
(apart from the antitrust references, which I think are kind of weak)
Actually, I think the anti-trust references are right on target. Isn't yhe whole Kerberos situation is similar to what M$, in it's recent proposal, agreed not to do anymore? Also, this is another example of their "innovation". (when you redefine innovation as "Leverage our control of the desktop to make sure that while we can talk to other systems, they can't talk to us.")
IMHO, Cal
it's you... :)
/. is avoiding the issue at all. If it is (as is hinted at in the letter) that the specification is not copyrightable then there is no reason to remove the posts.
Seriously, I don't think
Cal
They were, they reported this morning that (paraphrasing)
A Judge refused to stop the distribution of a program to make illegal copies of DVDs.
Just ONCE, I wish they would get it right.
Cal
>>Microsoft has lost, folks.
>>The rest of this trial will consist of posturing on the part of Microsoft to get the best deal.
Remember, M$ lost the last one too. (1995?) The posturing they do is very important. If they lose but get another slap on the wrist, who has really won?
Cal