Actually it is. But the language / framework plays a fundamental role in helping developers to write maintainable code. I've always been a C / C++ lover. However when it comes to sharing the code among many mixed-level programmers on a big non-system project, I had to admit - that was not easy - that C / C++ are not the best candidates. Of course some projects do require a low level language, like C, or even assembly (eg operating systems), but - this is another subject but it matters - these projects do not fit most of the nowadays programmers. Non-system bigger projects do need to rely on a language that require programmers to follow stricter rules (than C for instance). Java is, based on my experience, a relevant code-sharing candidate, thanks to the files structure (packaging, class per file) and the language itself (stricter types, no operator overriding, not allowing some of the C fancy acrobatics - that I like personally but another programmer may not like / understand,...).
Honestly, I'd like to believe you. What about what said the former Japanese ambassador in Switzerland? (first link from my post) If you could find an article that comments the ambassador's alarming news... (about Fukushima / unit 4)
The real problem is false positives: the car detects falsely a problem, avoids a non-collision, and even brakes by mistake. Worse will be when a false positive will induce an accident that wouldn't have happened otherwise.
With all the tech and engineers that were mobilized, was it that difficult to prevent FB to spin during the free fall? According to the various documentaries released before the fall, the spin was the problem to be addressed (and that's the reason why he actually opened the parachute earlier - as he started to spin quickly).
Most of the people don't even bother to wonder: they buy something they've known for a long time / from the office, i.e. a PC. And what OS comes with it? The last Windows == 8. It reminds me of the recent iphone 5 discussion: despite iOS6 and Maps problems, lack of innovation and a satellited price people just buy it. It's a trend which path takes years to get affected. Unfortunately, slashdotters are, by far, a minority.
You may wonder, and worry that you don't belong to the younger generation of programmers - usually preferred by employers. Don't. You belong to the pioneering team of programmers which knowledge didn't come from a school, it came from passion and challenge because, at the time, we had to learn by ourselves and to make efficient programs one had to master assembly - voluntarily (nowadays, assembly is a mandatory (and feared) subject taught in computer science schools to force students to get a clue about what usually does a cpu, and how a system works internally). This is an invaluable plus. So you may want to try web sites development - like 80% of programmers and "programmers" - in PHP or Java, or iOS for the fun, but you may also want to give another try to the C / robotics / devices programming etc... areas, where you could fit surprisingly well.
will be human brain like computer - which, unlike humans, will be able to dramatically expand its own capacities. and from there... other big things will come [ and big thing doesn't always mean good thing ].
oh and it will be from google.
No share, but I actually worry, because - IMO - Apple is (was) one of the rare companies able to not only innovate, and also capable of producing the best ergonomics (+ design). They set the standard regarding phones, tablets, music players etc... In a few years, Apple will certainly not be as rated as it is now, but I'm not sure anyone will have "beaten Apple at its own game", as "its own game" may not be seen any time soon, and probably not even from the future Apple.
Adding my 2 cents: upgraded to iOS6 with new Maps on my iPad (keeping iPhone 5.1.1 as backup), and had to travel a lot, and did (try to) use a lot the new Maps app on the iPad: ok, probably Apple had some time to refine some areas (like CA), but most of the rest of the world is - simply said - unusable (at least in September 19~30). Not talking about some enormous mistakes (missing or misplaced names...), it simply lacks details. Many cities were empty, smaller roads out of the picture etc... I finally used the iPhone, or Google Maps from Safari on iPad.
And please don't tell me "remember how was Google Maps when it was released first" (2005). Sorry, but if Apple decides to remove completely an app, they have to provide a service at least equal (or close). It's like if a company would release a new phone, says "it's a revolutionary phone", that looks like a crappy phone from the early 2000s - but argue "Guys, remember how phones were in 2000". No, sorry, I don't buy that.
Yes, it's a (piece of a) spaceship named Curiosity. Seriously, the robot finds a metallic piece of something close to where it landed... what are the odds that part is not from Curiosity itself? (answer ~0%)
Maps is a disaster. But what about the other iOS6 problems (some here). What about the recent Apple lack of innovation, and the reported lack of staff motivation? As a owner of 2 Macs, 2 iPhones and an iPad, I'm just worrying. During the past year, new devices are mere incremental updates, and nothing revolutionary came from the software dept (OSes and applications). And the general update trend slowed down, compared to 2 years ago. This appears to me as a management problem. To be fair, Tim Cook has to be vigilant - Apple sells a lot thanks to the nice and innovative ergonomics and design inertia coming from the iPhone 3~4 era. Taking a different direction would definitely mark that new era as the real beginning of the Cook epoch - and at the same time end the Jobs one forever. And who knows what would be the outcome of that. In my opinion, Tim Cook will keep sticking to the Jobs background for a while - maybe 2 years - while Apple staff will feel more and more the gap between what image Cook wants to show to the world (ie Jobs-like) and the day-to-day internal management. Updates slowness, substantial mistakes and bugs will increase over time, while disheartened (and good) people will leave the company. It will be a hard time for Cook, having to choose between working (hard) to maintain that fading image from the past, or cope with a dramatically different management requirement.
Oh yes, when it's about quantum physics, please bring a lot of details, with formulas and all... It'd help me to assess how low is my understanding of quantum physics...
Another question has yet to be answered: in Windows 8, is the BSOD still Blue? I mean, losing the emblematic Start button is one thing, but if the BSOD disappears as well, users will be really disoriented...
Do you think the iPhone will keep being the phone everyone wants for long? The iPhone is currently at the very top of its popularity curve, still up thanks to the inertia of the original devices design/ergonomics coming from the late Jobs era. Cook performs incremental updates (4S, 5, ipad 3, or soon some reduced devices) to maintain the ghost alive - for how long?
In two years from now the "next iPhone" will draw much less attention.
That proves nothing. But... Everything is probabilities and statistics. If - say - 10% of users are scammers, those 10% create each - say - 9 accounts (based on 9 different email addresses) => 50% "honest" users vs 50% scammers. Now, provided that almost any adult in English speaking countries has a cell phone, and thus is able to vote, the system is less biased as scammers would have to get a lot of cell phones to cheat... that would be an expensive scam.
Slashdot Mirror
being head developer of Apple Maps must earn really good!
Well, he's just been fired. So now he has enough time to spend on slashdot, lucky him. And welcome!
"Microsoft shamelessly copies Apple Storeconcept", why would they stop there?
It's not the code
Actually it is. But the language / framework plays a fundamental role in helping developers to write maintainable code. I've always been a C / C++ lover. However when it comes to sharing the code among many mixed-level programmers on a big non-system project, I had to admit - that was not easy - that C / C++ are not the best candidates. Of course some projects do require a low level language, like C, or even assembly (eg operating systems), but - this is another subject but it matters - these projects do not fit most of the nowadays programmers. Non-system bigger projects do need to rely on a language that require programmers to follow stricter rules (than C for instance). Java is, based on my experience, a relevant code-sharing candidate, thanks to the files structure (packaging, class per file) and the language itself (stricter types, no operator overriding, not allowing some of the C fancy acrobatics - that I like personally but another programmer may not like / understand, ...).
Honestly, I'd like to believe you. What about what said the former Japanese ambassador in Switzerland? (first link from my post) If you could find an article that comments the ambassador's alarming news... (about Fukushima / unit 4)
Maybe Dominion just read that, or this, for instance. These are recent news...
For the record
Run buy a bunch of those metal detector makers shares, quick!
God, I love Japanese scientists/engineers
Nissan is managed by Renault/France/Carlos Ghosn.
The real problem is false positives: the car detects falsely a problem, avoids a non-collision, and even brakes by mistake. Worse will be when a false positive will induce an accident that wouldn't have happened otherwise.
With all the tech and engineers that were mobilized, was it that difficult to prevent FB to spin during the free fall? According to the various documentaries released before the fall, the spin was the problem to be addressed (and that's the reason why he actually opened the parachute earlier - as he started to spin quickly).
Most of the people don't even bother to wonder: they buy something they've known for a long time / from the office, i.e. a PC. And what OS comes with it? The last Windows == 8. It reminds me of the recent iphone 5 discussion: despite iOS6 and Maps problems, lack of innovation and a satellited price people just buy it. It's a trend which path takes years to get affected. Unfortunately, slashdotters are, by far, a minority.
You may wonder, and worry that you don't belong to the younger generation of programmers - usually preferred by employers. Don't. You belong to the pioneering team of programmers which knowledge didn't come from a school, it came from passion and challenge because, at the time, we had to learn by ourselves and to make efficient programs one had to master assembly - voluntarily (nowadays, assembly is a mandatory (and feared) subject taught in computer science schools to force students to get a clue about what usually does a cpu, and how a system works internally). This is an invaluable plus. So you may want to try web sites development - like 80% of programmers and "programmers" - in PHP or Java, or iOS for the fun, but you may also want to give another try to the C / robotics / devices programming etc... areas, where you could fit surprisingly well.
Have no problem with the iPhone maps. Should I? Btw, still using iOS 5.1.1
We did after all surrender twice in the last century, the French only once.
And you just surrendered a 3rd time :-)
will be human brain like computer - which, unlike humans, will be able to dramatically expand its own capacities. and from there... other big things will come [ and big thing doesn't always mean good thing ].
oh and it will be from google.
Or they were using the new iOS6 trading API, where the "Commit" feature is yet to be implemented
They're not using secure email. They're using Gmail to send PDFs.
Isn't Gmail using SSL to send and receive mail? Isn't that secure enough?
No share, but I actually worry, because - IMO - Apple is (was) one of the rare companies able to not only innovate, and also capable of producing the best ergonomics (+ design). They set the standard regarding phones, tablets, music players etc... In a few years, Apple will certainly not be as rated as it is now, but I'm not sure anyone will have "beaten Apple at its own game", as "its own game" may not be seen any time soon, and probably not even from the future Apple.
Adding my 2 cents: upgraded to iOS6 with new Maps on my iPad (keeping iPhone 5.1.1 as backup), and had to travel a lot, and did (try to) use a lot the new Maps app on the iPad: ok, probably Apple had some time to refine some areas (like CA), but most of the rest of the world is - simply said - unusable (at least in September 19~30). Not talking about some enormous mistakes (missing or misplaced names...), it simply lacks details. Many cities were empty, smaller roads out of the picture etc... I finally used the iPhone, or Google Maps from Safari on iPad.
And please don't tell me "remember how was Google Maps when it was released first" (2005). Sorry, but if Apple decides to remove completely an app, they have to provide a service at least equal (or close). It's like if a company would release a new phone, says "it's a revolutionary phone", that looks like a crappy phone from the early 2000s - but argue "Guys, remember how phones were in 2000". No, sorry, I don't buy that.
Yes, it's a (piece of a) spaceship named Curiosity. Seriously, the robot finds a metallic piece of something close to where it landed... what are the odds that part is not from Curiosity itself? (answer ~0%)
why-apple-should-buy-nokia-to-fix-their-mapping-disaster
Maps is a disaster. But what about the other iOS6 problems (some here). What about the recent Apple lack of innovation, and the reported lack of staff motivation? As a owner of 2 Macs, 2 iPhones and an iPad, I'm just worrying. During the past year, new devices are mere incremental updates, and nothing revolutionary came from the software dept (OSes and applications). And the general update trend slowed down, compared to 2 years ago. This appears to me as a management problem.
To be fair, Tim Cook has to be vigilant - Apple sells a lot thanks to the nice and innovative ergonomics and design inertia coming from the iPhone 3~4 era. Taking a different direction would definitely mark that new era as the real beginning of the Cook epoch - and at the same time end the Jobs one forever. And who knows what would be the outcome of that.
In my opinion, Tim Cook will keep sticking to the Jobs background for a while - maybe 2 years - while Apple staff will feel more and more the gap between what image Cook wants to show to the world (ie Jobs-like) and the day-to-day internal management. Updates slowness, substantial mistakes and bugs will increase over time, while disheartened (and good) people will leave the company. It will be a hard time for Cook, having to choose between working (hard) to maintain that fading image from the past, or cope with a dramatically different management requirement.
The article is very skimpy on details
Oh yes, when it's about quantum physics, please bring a lot of details, with formulas and all... It'd help me to assess how low is my understanding of quantum physics...
Another question has yet to be answered: in Windows 8, is the BSOD still Blue? I mean, losing the emblematic Start button is one thing, but if the BSOD disappears as well, users will be really disoriented...
Do you think the iPhone will keep being the phone everyone wants for long? The iPhone is currently at the very top of its popularity curve, still up thanks to the inertia of the original devices design/ergonomics coming from the late Jobs era. Cook performs incremental updates (4S, 5, ipad 3, or soon some reduced devices) to maintain the ghost alive - for how long?
In two years from now the "next iPhone" will draw much less attention.
What does that prove?
That proves nothing. But... Everything is probabilities and statistics. If - say - 10% of users are scammers, those 10% create each - say - 9 accounts (based on 9 different email addresses) => 50% "honest" users vs 50% scammers. Now, provided that almost any adult in English speaking countries has a cell phone, and thus is able to vote, the system is less biased as scammers would have to get a lot of cell phones to cheat ... that would be an expensive scam.