Actually it wasn't connected to the google codebase at all. The questions were all general computer algorithms related. I checked in on the contest, it was really cool!
On of the problems was a game space solving question, I don't remember what the other two were, but some of the topcoder contestents mentioned having heard of if through slashdot, so I'd imagine some might post.
Actually, this was considered by the AEC/DOE in the mid to late 60s. The problem with launching it was two fold:
1...might want the "waste" later.
2...don't know what it will do with the sun.
They didn't think they could hurt the sun, mind you, but who wants to screw something like that up. Also, it's fiendishly expensive to do. The result was that they chose vitrification (glassing in of the waste) and internment (at the time, to nevada was the preferred site) as being the best way to "deal" with the waste.
Is quite remarkable...and to answer your questions directly:
Crashing: It happens, usually a bad palm app will cause it to bork, but if you are careful which apps you add, you won't have a problem. Don't use AIM, use a third party IM client.
Voice Quality: Well, not so great....I use Sprint and I think that there is too much bass or something along the line, or I talk to too many poeple wiht low voices. Included headphone quality is crap.
Camera: Has one....but like was said before is utterly crappy.
Other Observations: I won mine, but it would have been worth buying. Can do everything on the road, IM, Mail, Web, VNC, SSH, you name it. The little keyboard is well designed, so you don't need a typing stick.
I felt the same way as you do, actually. My sister and I bought one for my dad and I have to admit that it is a pretty terrific device. He's very happy with it, already loaded a great number of songs on it.
That said, I think that the 1000 number has been over used, if you encode your music at higher quality levels, you won't see nearly as many songs as that. Just a nit, but one worth mentioning.
From experience, and yes I know how to use google, Safari is outrageously useful. Go do a trial of it if you like and try it on. If every technical topic had a php.net, then that would be great, but they don't, so we have safari. I probably visit it 3 times a week on average.
Hi all, I know a bunch of people on the gforge team...while they've had disagreements with RMS over the whole gnu/linux vs linux thing, I think they could only be characterised as hostile only the deluded.
Also, I'd point out that GForge is released under the GPL....so if actions count...
Call the phone company, order enough lines so that you have three in your house, most states have a limit on how much the phone company can charge you to install lines, so you'll hit the limit fast, but when they get to your house, you'll need a new demarc to handle the incoming lines, so....poof they'll rewire you to the nearest pole and you'll have modern wiring from there to a modern demarc in your house, and everyone will be happy and you'll only pay 120$ or whatever your state limit is. Then cancel the extra lines. You'll get a clean starting point that way and from a lightning perspective you'll likely be safer.
If you don't want to do the wiring yourself, just ask the phone guys for a reccomendation of a guy to do it off hours...they'll say "Oh, we can't reccomend someone...", then you say, I was hoping one of your retired buddies could come ou t and make a few bucks...and so forth. Or one of them will pull you aside to tell you to either screw off or to set up a time on the weekend to come out.
For the house, run cat5 to a few places, wireless the rest and save a bit of time, money and elbox grease. It sounds like you did the right thing by ripping out the old wiring, we had the same problems on some old lines in our place (built in 1936) and a modern demarc will allow you to hook up a ton of lines, you can go the 110 route if you like, but it seems sort of a hassle.
Uh, you know that North Carolina has 5 nuclear generating plants, right? Its more likely that you already get your power from one more economically than a distributed system.
fun nuke link for ya from the nuclear power industry.
Consider buying a monopod or tripod, that's all I'll say. The greatest thing about digital is that you can take a crapton of shots and learn how to compose your shots. So get out and get shooting, take a couple hundred a week and see what you like.
Also, try to get in the practice of learning how to take good pictures at any time or place. Getting an interesting shot of the commonplace can be a very difficult thing to do.
I'd also try out your cameras different modes, take tiffs, macro shots, buy an infrared filter mayeb, b&ws etc...Learn your gear.
Ostrich Chase? The weird thing about that is that is a key scene in Dorthy Dunnet's Niccolo Rising, which is a pretty decent fictionalization orbiting Machiavelli.
I didn't really read that as fud or even invalid criticism of MySQL. Maybe I'm biased because of my previous work with Queue and since I have met Jim, but if you get the impression that Jim doesn't like MySQL (which I did not) then I would actually assume it is because he felt that way, not because of Microsoft. Jim is one of those guys that will never be looking for a job, his early work on databases were pivotable to the development of transactions and his work on fault tolerant systems is legendary, he really is beyond reproach.
Actually, the game is -set- 400 years in the future, the copyrighting at the bottom of the page is our little joke. If we take as long at Duke Nukem Forever, I can pretty much guarantee that we won't be in business...
I should point out that other companies are doing it, we're just being public about it. I've heard of other firms explicitly , and perhaps unfairly, doing this as well, without regard for when a person worked there. I mean, take John Terpstra, who worked for caldera before all this, or Ransom Love, both are really, really, good people who are in my mind eminently hireable. They both were gone before may of 03 though, and if not, I'll amend our policy.
There is truth to your comment, we are not currently hiring. I'd like to point out that the SCO Group, and not the storied engeineers of the Santa Cruz Operation are the ones who are not eligible. I put that deadline in there for a reason, I think that two months is enough time for a decent engineer to find a new job. (the sco lawsuits were launched in march)
Actually, we refuse to do business with the Boies lawfirm as well...
It isn't really Guilt by association if you are part of the problem...I think this is a measured, appropriate response to SCOs attack on free software. Note the date is well after they launched the lawsuit, giving employees time enough to go find new jobs..
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On of the problems was a game space solving question, I don't remember what the other two were, but some of the topcoder contestents mentioned having heard of if through slashdot, so I'd imagine some might post.
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Replace dramatic pause with that whining sound of the glass thing sliding in front of his eye. Much cooler :-)
They didn't take posession for some time, as they resisted moving off their own hardware, but they eventually gave in.
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1...might want the "waste" later.
2...don't know what it will do with the sun.
They didn't think they could hurt the sun, mind you, but who wants to screw something like that up. Also, it's fiendishly expensive to do. The result was that they chose vitrification (glassing in of the waste) and internment (at the time, to nevada was the preferred site) as being the best way to "deal" with the waste.
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Crashing: It happens, usually a bad palm app will cause it to bork, but if you are careful which apps you add, you won't have a problem. Don't use AIM, use a third party IM client.
Voice Quality: Well, not so great....I use Sprint and I think that there is too much bass or something along the line, or I talk to too many poeple wiht low voices. Included headphone quality is crap.
Camera: Has one....but like was said before is utterly crappy.
Other Observations: I won mine, but it would have been worth buying. Can do everything on the road, IM, Mail, Web, VNC, SSH, you name it. The little keyboard is well designed, so you don't need a typing stick.
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That said, I think that the 1000 number has been over used, if you encode your music at higher quality levels, you won't see nearly as many songs as that. Just a nit, but one worth mentioning.
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Also, I'd point out that GForge is released under the GPL....so if actions count...
Chris DiBona
It is touched on in the article, but also some of the back and forth got trimmed (length limits for the magazine).
If you don't want to do the wiring yourself, just ask the phone guys for a reccomendation of a guy to do it off hours...they'll say "Oh, we can't reccomend someone...", then you say, I was hoping one of your retired buddies could come ou t and make a few bucks...and so forth. Or one of them will pull you aside to tell you to either screw off or to set up a time on the weekend to come out.
For the house, run cat5 to a few places, wireless the rest and save a bit of time, money and elbox grease. It sounds like you did the right thing by ripping out the old wiring, we had the same problems on some old lines in our place (built in 1936) and a modern demarc will allow you to hook up a ton of lines, you can go the 110 route if you like, but it seems sort of a hassle.
Chris
Chris DiBona
fun nuke link for ya from the nuclear power industry.
Chris DiBona
Also, try to get in the practice of learning how to take good pictures at any time or place. Getting an interesting shot of the commonplace can be a very difficult thing to do.
I'd also try out your cameras different modes, take tiffs, macro shots, buy an infrared filter mayeb, b&ws etc...Learn your gear.
Chris DiBona
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It isn't really Guilt by association if you are part of the problem...I think this is a measured, appropriate response to SCOs attack on free software. Note the date is well after they launched the lawsuit, giving employees time enough to go find new jobs..
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