I pity that guy. Every day, the Trixbox forums are filled with people demanding some pet feature or howling about the delayed release date, and now this. Obviously he made a mistake, no doubt about that, but it's going to be one more thing to add to his hellish days. There's no way I'd ever, ever take his job.
I'm a CS, so my opinion is probably biased. When people tell me they're in IT, that has the connotation that they're less skilled than me. I hear that and I picture them installing network cards, rebooting machines, updating antivirus software, and pulling network wire. As a CS, I know how to analyze programs for efficiency, do complex math, learn new languages quickly, etc. Because I'm a computer enthusiast I can do all of those IT things, but it's not really my job. It's like an automotive engineer - because I can create new cars from scratch, of course I can fix the basics. I definitely consider myself to have taken the harder path.
I'm not trying to rag on IT guys, of course. I appreciate all of the stuff they do. I've been in situations where I've had to do the network and server admin, and it kept me from being able to program. IT guys are welcome to the day-to-day issues of keeping things running - I'd much rather be doing the creative work.
I just recently started my microprocessor programming experiences, and a PIC is what I used. That said, the instruction set is pretty anemic. I didn't like the way that branching worked especially. I'm about to start on my next project, and I'll probably be using an Atmel AVR (ATmega8, most likely).
I think it's pretty obvious from his article that he's just a casual player who can't get into a good guild and feels the need to whine about it. My guild raids hard, and we sure as hell earn our purples.
We just removed everything on that list that we didn't need. I think the only thing we kept was the JCE jar. It all compresses down to about 18MB (Nullsoft installer, LZMA compression). Also, you can put any of your jars into jre/lib/ext, and the VM will pick them up automatically without you having to add them to the classpath.
The java vm startup time is a problem for client apps
My company ships a desktop application with its own stripped down JVM, and the start time is very competitive with C/C++ programs. You double click the icon, the splash screen pops right up. We even had to add a sleep timer in there so that it would be guaranteed to stay up long enough for the user to see it. If we didn't do that, it would disappear within one second, which is all the time it takes to initialize all of the SWT interface stuff.
We also have a guy on another project that's working in C++, and he's constantly behind the schedule curve. Obviously one data point doesn't make a good case study, but I guarantee it's easier to go fix a NullPointerException that tells me its location than what he has to do to track down some obscure pointer bug.
I'd agree with this. If you're only looking for bare-bones programming ability, check out a vocational course. If you're looking for more advanced abilities like algorithmic analysis, the experience to see abstractions, better data structures, and more flexibility, stick with a BS degree.
I'm certainly not saying that you can't pick those things up from a vocational course, but you'll be doing it on your own. It's always a tradeoff between time/cash and general well-roundedness. Personally, I got my BS because I wanted the flexibility.
The main point is that vocational programs will teach you how to code. A BSCS will teach you how to learn. It doesn't take a genius to figure out which is better in a rapidly changing field.
This is closer to my experience too. I run Eclipse under linux on a 1.8GHz Athlon64 with 1GB RAM, and I regularly have 10-15 projects open with several hundred files. Startup time is good for me, on the order of 7-10 seconds. Normal operation is likewise very responsive.
Wrong, Eclipse is not a Java development tool. It's always been billed as a rich application platform. The Java IDE is the first and primary use for it, but the C Development Tools (CDT) have seen a lot of work lately.
I want to make certain that the American people will continue to have the opportunity to see our movies and television shows on free television in the digital age.
This is such a facetious load of crap. Anyone who doesn't live under a rock knows that the MPAA's only driving concern is money, pure and simple. If the article were written by someone involved in the creation of a movie, that quote might be a little more credible, but the MPAA's only role is to protect the industry's revenue.
But without the broadcast flag, that option will look less and less appealing. In the end, it will be the consumers who suffer the most if the broadcast flag is not mandated for the digital era.
Again, whatever. A movie that's not seen makes no money, and people want to make money. Does this guy think that the public doesn't understand basic, greedy motivation? The networks will show movies as long as they make money, even if it means that they have to lose control of the viewer's ability to copy the movie in the process.
It's such flawed logic to say that "if you can copy it, studios will quit showing their movies to you." You can copy things today, in a range of qualities, from crappy telesyncs all the way up to DVD rips, yet the movie industry is still growing, even in the midst of economic unsteadiness. How anyone can give any credence to these guys is just beyond me.
I had the same problem, until I forwarded all of our outgoing mail to our designated RR mail server. It accepted our connections because we were in their address space, and it wasn't on anyone's block list because it was the official mail server. Solved that problem quickly and easily.
The issue here isn't what individuals are putting on their pages, it's that Wordpress put a bunch of invisible links on it's front page. Because Wordpress has a high Google rating, this boosted the Google rating for the links. Obviously that's in violation of Google's terms.
Completely agree with this. I certainly don't intend any offense to the IT folks out there, but I hate being referred to as IT. Sure, I can do IT, but it's because I have a good general grounding due to my CS degree.
"People say the Internet flourished because of the absence of government control. I do not agree with this view. I argue that in any country, if the government opposed Internet service, how do you get Internet service?"
The author moves right from talking about "control" to "opposition", as though any government with laws regarding the net opposes it. Seems like a bit of an argumentative trick to me.
I occasionally use my modchipped Xbox. I've got an Xecuter3 modchip, and it allows me to run Xbox Media Center (XBMC). I just set up a Windows file share on my desktop, and the Xbox can browse the network and find it. Then it just streams it over the network and outputs it on my TV.
Agreed. Halo single player is fun (and the primary reason I personally play), but the original Halo's longevity is from the multiplayer. It would be nice if Bungie/MS would take the view that this is just going to create some user-based hype in the long run.
Some of the people above recommend cold turkey, and I have to agree. I just quit Mountain Dew for the second time, and cold turkey is a lot better than weaning off of it, at least for me. It's etter to just have one day of incapacitation than spreading out the headaches for multiple days. Also, I found that Aleve helped my headaches a lot, even at their worst. Your mileage may vary.
These people are made of stupid! A quick glance at the pdf of the complaint shows how completely slanted their case seems to be.
For example, Allegation 19 states that the only federal regulation with respect to radiation is an older regulation dealing with thermal radiation. Now, I've not researched this or anything, but I'm fairly certain that electronics folks have to deal with lots of stringent FCC radiation regulations. It seems like that'd probably qualify as a federal regulation.
Even better, Allegation 20 says that since different nations have different standards on radiation exposure (although the US apparently doesn't, per Allegation 19), there's clearly scientific uncertainty! It couldn't **possibly** be a simple case of differing opinions in the details!
Oh God! The horrible RF death rays are breaking down the brain-blood barrier in our precious precious children! Quick, sue someone!
In other news, the parents of the students have also filed a suit requesting that all classes take place in a grove of trees and that each teacher be addressed by titles similar to Starshine Leaf-flutter, Gaia-friend, etc.
It seems to me that if you sell me a product whose functioning is contingent on something else, then you've pretty clearly involved yourself in that piece's working. I'm not saying that BuyMusic should be rewriting Roxio's code, but it certainly looks like they've got an obligation to their customers of Roxio's plugin is the only access method.
I know his page is mentioned above, but for the lazy, he did a bunch of research on packet switching back in the '60s, for the military I believe. One of the founders of modern networks, but I don't know that he's one of the founders of the Net. Seems to be a fundamental difference to me.
True, but the problem is that lots of Americans are so reactionary and unaware, and the media and government are so hell-bent on using 9/11 as a means to their ends, be it profit, greater civilian control, or whatever. Obviously, exceptions abound, but middle class fear is this sluggish thing that's hard to stop once it starts moving.
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I pity that guy. Every day, the Trixbox forums are filled with people demanding some pet feature or howling about the delayed release date, and now this. Obviously he made a mistake, no doubt about that, but it's going to be one more thing to add to his hellish days. There's no way I'd ever, ever take his job.
I'm a CS, so my opinion is probably biased. When people tell me they're in IT, that has the connotation that they're less skilled than me. I hear that and I picture them installing network cards, rebooting machines, updating antivirus software, and pulling network wire. As a CS, I know how to analyze programs for efficiency, do complex math, learn new languages quickly, etc. Because I'm a computer enthusiast I can do all of those IT things, but it's not really my job. It's like an automotive engineer - because I can create new cars from scratch, of course I can fix the basics. I definitely consider myself to have taken the harder path.
I'm not trying to rag on IT guys, of course. I appreciate all of the stuff they do. I've been in situations where I've had to do the network and server admin, and it kept me from being able to program. IT guys are welcome to the day-to-day issues of keeping things running - I'd much rather be doing the creative work.
I just recently started my microprocessor programming experiences, and a PIC is what I used. That said, the instruction set is pretty anemic. I didn't like the way that branching worked especially. I'm about to start on my next project, and I'll probably be using an Atmel AVR (ATmega8, most likely).
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http://duggmirror.com/politics/Bush_Moves_Toward_
I think it's pretty obvious from his article that he's just a casual player who can't get into a good guild and feels the need to whine about it. My guild raids hard, and we sure as hell earn our purples.
We just removed everything on that list that we didn't need. I think the only thing we kept was the JCE jar. It all compresses down to about 18MB (Nullsoft installer, LZMA compression). Also, you can put any of your jars into jre/lib/ext, and the VM will pick them up automatically without you having to add them to the classpath.
My company ships a desktop application with its own stripped down JVM, and the start time is very competitive with C/C++ programs. You double click the icon, the splash screen pops right up. We even had to add a sleep timer in there so that it would be guaranteed to stay up long enough for the user to see it. If we didn't do that, it would disappear within one second, which is all the time it takes to initialize all of the SWT interface stuff.
We also have a guy on another project that's working in C++, and he's constantly behind the schedule curve. Obviously one data point doesn't make a good case study, but I guarantee it's easier to go fix a NullPointerException that tells me its location than what he has to do to track down some obscure pointer bug.
I'd agree with this. If you're only looking for bare-bones programming ability, check out a vocational course. If you're looking for more advanced abilities like algorithmic analysis, the experience to see abstractions, better data structures, and more flexibility, stick with a BS degree.
I'm certainly not saying that you can't pick those things up from a vocational course, but you'll be doing it on your own. It's always a tradeoff between time/cash and general well-roundedness. Personally, I got my BS because I wanted the flexibility.
The main point is that vocational programs will teach you how to code. A BSCS will teach you how to learn. It doesn't take a genius to figure out which is better in a rapidly changing field.
This is closer to my experience too. I run Eclipse under linux on a 1.8GHz Athlon64 with 1GB RAM, and I regularly have 10-15 projects open with several hundred files. Startup time is good for me, on the order of 7-10 seconds. Normal operation is likewise very responsive.
Wrong, Eclipse is not a Java development tool. It's always been billed as a rich application platform. The Java IDE is the first and primary use for it, but the C Development Tools (CDT) have seen a lot of work lately.
This is such a facetious load of crap. Anyone who doesn't live under a rock knows that the MPAA's only driving concern is money, pure and simple. If the article were written by someone involved in the creation of a movie, that quote might be a little more credible, but the MPAA's only role is to protect the industry's revenue.
Again, whatever. A movie that's not seen makes no money, and people want to make money. Does this guy think that the public doesn't understand basic, greedy motivation? The networks will show movies as long as they make money, even if it means that they have to lose control of the viewer's ability to copy the movie in the process.
It's such flawed logic to say that "if you can copy it, studios will quit showing their movies to you." You can copy things today, in a range of qualities, from crappy telesyncs all the way up to DVD rips, yet the movie industry is still growing, even in the midst of economic unsteadiness. How anyone can give any credence to these guys is just beyond me.
I had the same problem, until I forwarded all of our outgoing mail to our designated RR mail server. It accepted our connections because we were in their address space, and it wasn't on anyone's block list because it was the official mail server. Solved that problem quickly and easily.
The issue here isn't what individuals are putting on their pages, it's that Wordpress put a bunch of invisible links on it's front page. Because Wordpress has a high Google rating, this boosted the Google rating for the links. Obviously that's in violation of Google's terms.
Completely agree with this. I certainly don't intend any offense to the IT folks out there, but I hate being referred to as IT. Sure, I can do IT, but it's because I have a good general grounding due to my CS degree.
"People say the Internet flourished because of the absence of government control. I do not agree with this view. I argue that in any country, if the government opposed Internet service, how do you get Internet service?"
The author moves right from talking about "control" to "opposition", as though any government with laws regarding the net opposes it. Seems like a bit of an argumentative trick to me.
I sure hope those 10 million people who have downloaded Firefox so far haven't all download backdoors into their system...
I've already got IE, why would another backdoor be any big deal?
I occasionally use my modchipped Xbox. I've got an Xecuter3 modchip, and it allows me to run Xbox Media Center (XBMC). I just set up a Windows file share on my desktop, and the Xbox can browse the network and find it. Then it just streams it over the network and outputs it on my TV.
Agreed. Halo single player is fun (and the primary reason I personally play), but the original Halo's longevity is from the multiplayer. It would be nice if Bungie/MS would take the view that this is just going to create some user-based hype in the long run.
What's the URL to join?
Some of the people above recommend cold turkey, and I have to agree. I just quit Mountain Dew for the second time, and cold turkey is a lot better than weaning off of it, at least for me. It's etter to just have one day of incapacitation than spreading out the headaches for multiple days. Also, I found that Aleve helped my headaches a lot, even at their worst. Your mileage may vary.
These people are made of stupid! A quick glance at the pdf of the complaint shows how completely slanted their case seems to be.
For example, Allegation 19 states that the only federal regulation with respect to radiation is an older regulation dealing with thermal radiation. Now, I've not researched this or anything, but I'm fairly certain that electronics folks have to deal with lots of stringent FCC radiation regulations. It seems like that'd probably qualify as a federal regulation.
Even better, Allegation 20 says that since different nations have different standards on radiation exposure (although the US apparently doesn't, per Allegation 19), there's clearly scientific uncertainty! It couldn't **possibly** be a simple case of differing opinions in the details!
Oh God! The horrible RF death rays are breaking down the brain-blood barrier in our precious precious children! Quick, sue someone!
In other news, the parents of the students have also filed a suit requesting that all classes take place in a grove of trees and that each teacher be addressed by titles similar to Starshine Leaf-flutter, Gaia-friend, etc.
Out damned hippies!
It seems to me that if you sell me a product whose functioning is contingent on something else, then you've pretty clearly involved yourself in that piece's working. I'm not saying that BuyMusic should be rewriting Roxio's code, but it certainly looks like they've got an obligation to their customers of Roxio's plugin is the only access method.
Loopy bastard.
I know his page is mentioned above, but for the lazy, he did a bunch of research on packet switching back in the '60s, for the military I believe. One of the founders of modern networks, but I don't know that he's one of the founders of the Net. Seems to be a fundamental difference to me.
True, but the problem is that lots of Americans are so reactionary and unaware, and the media and government are so hell-bent on using 9/11 as a means to their ends, be it profit, greater civilian control, or whatever. Obviously, exceptions abound, but middle class fear is this sluggish thing that's hard to stop once it starts moving.