Some pilots get shown to execs, green-lighted, and are then shot again to be the first episode the public sees, generally also known as a "pilot." Quality between the two can vary greatly. As much as we like to bash studio execs, they do know they're seeing a potentially "rough" version the first time through and will allow for that. The general public probably won't. Before there's a money commitment, quality will probably be below average. The result would be a lot of shows with mediocre production values getting trashed and nearly nothing getting approved.
I'm not going to make a "you must be new" here joke, I'm being totally serious: you do realize that Slashdot has been like that for over a decade, right? Old news (but good comments -- it's why we're all here) and trolls that are only addressed with moderation. Dice might kill Slashdot -- they've been mildly annoying so far but they're nowhere near golden-goose-killing yet -- but not the two things you mention.
And every time someone posts that, someone else has to post a reply saying that just does not scale. I guess it's my turn. Even Bruce Schneier says so. Bruce, quoting someone else with whom he agrees: "...no matter how safe or how wonderful the flying experience on El Al, it is TINY airline by U.S. standards, with only 38 aircraft, 46 destinations, and fewer than two million passengers in 2008. As near as I can tell, Cairo is their only destination in a majority Muslim country. Delta, before the Northwest merger is included, reported 449 aircraft and 375 destinations."
I remember reading about a different player doing that a million years ago in an old "Ripley's believe it or not" book that I had. I don't remember the player's name, but it wasn't anybody well-known like Ruth. The story there was that he missed second base so he ran around again to get it. A quick Google search doesn't turn up anything.
Google App Engine apps can be written in Python 2.5, 2.7, Java, or Go. If you ever want to move it to something else, I think you can just change the way it communicates to the new database -- the rest should be pretty portable.
3 things I almost never see mentioned in "let's make schools better!" articles:
Learning is hard, and not always pleasant.
If you're interested in a subject, it is generally more pleasant to spend time and effort learning it, but it's still work.
Some people are just naturally good at or well suited for certain things.
Making school fun, or like a game, or like a startup, or like an ice-cream parlour, or whatever, will help some people, but it's not a magic fix that will suddenly make everyone a successful learner.
"I would prefer to not spread and democratize the ability to fight war to every single human being. It's got to be regulated... It's one thing for governments, who have some legitimacy in what they're doing, but have other people doing it..." [emphasis mine]
I stopped reading right there. Not because I disagree, but because I was laughing too hard. What the fuck planet does this guy come from/live on?
"PC sales aren't declining because of Windows 8. They are declining because our PCs are so good, they last a lot longer."
Can't it be both?:-)
In all seriousness -- part of what sells computers is that the new one looks better. It's not just that you need a new one, it's partly that you want one, and/or that it does some new and better things. (Same with cars.) But if the new computers suck out loud, it takes away the "want" half of the equation and you're stuck with upgrading only when you need to.
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Some pilots get shown to execs, green-lighted, and are then shot again to be the first episode the public sees, generally also known as a "pilot." Quality between the two can vary greatly. As much as we like to bash studio execs, they do know they're seeing a potentially "rough" version the first time through and will allow for that. The general public probably won't. Before there's a money commitment, quality will probably be below average. The result would be a lot of shows with mediocre production values getting trashed and nearly nothing getting approved.
Aha! All those years of them trying to turn the Web into TV... and we'd turn TV into the Web!
A very old bug, and marked: WONTFIX.
He should have said "technical term." If you're circling the drain, you aren't in any medical distress... yet.
That, and it's like a 1:4 ratio of Apple engineers to attendees. If you need really specialized help, it's tough to beat.
Yeah. It's all the fanboys.
Fans of making money, that is.
5,000 fanboys dedicated enough to spend $1600, and travel to and stay in SF, and not even see Steve Jobs? Don't think so. Maybe some, but not all.
The first one to sell out was 2008. Hmm, what did Apple start doing in 2008 that attracted so many developers all of a sudden?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Worldwide_Developers_Conference
... a retraction to this posted any moment.
Waiting...
(Detailed take-apart here.)
John Gruber, Daring Fireball:
Taylor Soper, GeekWire:
> But soon after publishing, we became suspicious.
Pretty sure that's the wrong order.
> Has online journalism/tech news fallen so low that
> this qualifies as worth a front-page mention?
"Coming up next: Which work better -- springy clothes pins, or the other kind?"
-- Kent Brockman
"Stocks plunged and recovered within minutes"
See? The system works.
</sarcasm>
Slashdot has only been like that for 17 years. Maybe he didn't notice before.
I'm not going to make a "you must be new" here joke, I'm being totally serious: you do realize that Slashdot has been like that for over a decade, right? Old news (but good comments -- it's why we're all here) and trolls that are only addressed with moderation. Dice might kill Slashdot -- they've been mildly annoying so far but they're nowhere near golden-goose-killing yet -- but not the two things you mention.
And every time someone posts that, someone else has to post a reply saying that just does not scale. I guess it's my turn. Even Bruce Schneier says so. Bruce, quoting someone else with whom he agrees: "...no matter how safe or how wonderful the flying experience on El Al, it is TINY airline by U.S. standards, with only 38 aircraft, 46 destinations, and fewer than two million passengers in 2008. As near as I can tell, Cairo is their only destination in a majority Muslim country. Delta, before the Northwest merger is included, reported 449 aircraft and 375 destinations."
I remember reading about a different player doing that a million years ago in an old "Ripley's believe it or not" book that I had. I don't remember the player's name, but it wasn't anybody well-known like Ruth. The story there was that he missed second base so he ran around again to get it. A quick Google search doesn't turn up anything.
> Leave law enforcement to the trained professionals.
No problem at all. And when they can be by my side in 1 second every hour of every day, I'll leave my self defense to them, too.
> Yahoo also announced the closure of six other
> products today:... older versions of Mail.
Too bad. I still hate their new (as of several years ago) webmail. Oh well.
> If you're on dial-up or an older browser, we'll
> move you to an HTML only / basic version
> of the new Yahoo! Mail.
Oh good. Maybe there's hope.
Scenario 7: Meet, hit it off, do it, then check the next day.
Why It's So Hard For a Crowd To Leave a Burning Building Through The Only Exit Doors.
I mean really, WTF?
As a slashdot poster I don't understand:
Google App Engine apps can be written in Python 2.5, 2.7, Java, or Go. If you ever want to move it to something else, I think you can just change the way it communicates to the new database -- the rest should be pretty portable.
> The only thing that stops a bad guy with a drone is a good guy with a drone.
Which means we'll have drones until the first day someone straps a gun to one and shoots up a school.
3 things I almost never see mentioned in "let's make schools better!" articles:
Making school fun, or like a game, or like a startup, or like an ice-cream parlour, or whatever, will help some people, but it's not a magic fix that will suddenly make everyone a successful learner.
"I would prefer to not spread and democratize the ability to fight war to every single human being. It's got to be regulated... It's one thing for governments, who have some legitimacy in what they're doing, but have other people doing it..." [emphasis mine]
I stopped reading right there. Not because I disagree, but because I was laughing too hard. What the fuck planet does this guy come from/live on?
"PC sales aren't declining because of Windows 8. They are declining because our PCs are so good, they last a lot longer."
Can't it be both? :-)
In all seriousness -- part of what sells computers is that the new one looks better. It's not just that you need a new one, it's partly that you want one, and/or that it does some new and better things. (Same with cars.) But if the new computers suck out loud, it takes away the "want" half of the equation and you're stuck with upgrading only when you need to.