Slashdot Mirror


User: ewg

ewg's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
353
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 353

  1. Homage to Star Wars on NASA Sticking To Imperial Units For Shuttle Replacement · · Score: 1

    "Imperial" "shuttle" sounds like an homage to George Lucas to me.

  2. Scared Straight! on Should Undergraduates Be Taught Fortran? · · Score: 1

    They should be taught Fortran by screaming lifers to save them from a life of static compilation.

  3. Basis for comparsion on How Do IT Guys Get Respect and Not Become BOFHs? · · Score: 1

    Your prestige depends on your coworkers' basis for comparison. If they've dealt with worse in past, they'll accept your policies and explanations with cheerful relief.

    However if their standard is a fantasy of instant gratification with no cost or effort, you'll never measure up.

    Which reminds me, I need to send my predecessor a thank-you note. His antics and excuses are still making me look good, years after replacing him.

  4. Combine this with school choice on Kids Score 40 Percent Higher When They Get Paid For Grades · · Score: 4, Funny

    Before long children will be asking to transfer to the schools that pay the best.

  5. Spam risk and blind spots on Data Mining Moves To Human Resources · · Score: 2, Insightful

    On the face of it, these methods' reliance on machine-readable communications introduces an incentive to spam colleagues with messages in order to inflate one's score. It also penalizes any form of off-line communication.

    Calling a meeting to discuss an issue that could have been resolved in the hallway is rewarded, while taking a minute to share information with a coworker in their office is not.

  6. Cryptographic hashes on False Fact On Wikipedia Proves Itself · · Score: 1

    This is why we'll soon be dropping old-fashioned "names" for cryptographic hashes of our decoded genomes.

    Yours truly,
    2619601604C639867C95D816A5E1A1FA

  7. This "internet" thing really coming together on CBS Hosts Ad-Funded TV Series, Incl. Original Star Trek · · Score: 1

    Star Trek on Linux? This internet thing is really coming together...

  8. Crimes in progress on New Law Will Require Camera Phones To "Click" · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Probably a rare occurrence, but this means bystanders won't be able to photograph crimes in progress without alerting criminals.

  9. "Great Recession" on US Has Been In Recession Since December 2007 · · Score: 1

    Lately the term "Great Recession" has emerged in the press to describe the current predicament. It's weighty enough to distinguish this very serious situation from a garden variety recession, but doesn't verge into hysteria.

    Now if you'll excuse me, I have to hop a train to Kalamazoo.

    http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=%22Great%20Recession%22

  10. A straight answer: servlets, then JSP on Java, Where To Start? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    A straight answer: leverage your knowledge of web development by starting with servlets, then move on to JSP.

    Regarding tools, I've had good results with NetBeans with both novice and veteran Java developers. The "Web & Java EE" bundle comes with both Apache Tomcat.

  11. Throwback signals on Lawmakers Say Electric Cars Are Too Quiet · · Score: 2, Funny

    I say, make them whinny and neigh and emit a horse manure scent.

  12. Re:Tried it on New Search Engine Cuil Takes Aim At Google · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Searching for "Bill Clinton" yields the Bill Clinton Wikipedia article as the first result, but with a thumbnail depicting someone else (Thomas Kean?).

    http://www.cuil.com/search?q=Bill+Clinton

  13. Self-hosting? on "Vetrolium" From Agricultural Waste · · Score: 1

    So they have a facility that uses energy, right? How do they power it?

    Seems like the easiest test a reporter can put to anybody claiming to have a cheap, simple energy alternative: show me your zeroed-out energy bills. If you pay for power from traditional sources, why?

  14. "Sorry, Swedish only"?! on Google Earth Beaten By Autorendering From Photos · · Score: 1

    Do not apologize for Swedish-only! Ingmar Bergman movies are Swedish-only!

  15. Re:Um, no on Microsoft Prefers Flash To Silverlight · · Score: 1

    I'm referring the promotional website, not to the JavaFX technology itself.

    JavaFX itself is definitely Java-based, designed to leverage the Java already installed, Sun hopes, on your computer, phone, or Blu-ray player.

    However JavaFX.com the website is Java-free.

  16. JavaFX.com is Java-free on Microsoft Prefers Flash To Silverlight · · Score: 5, Informative

    JavaFX.com uses JavaScript and QuickTime to promote the benefits of JavaFX. No JVM needed.

    (Of course, you still have to visit the Wikipedia article for an introduction in context.)

  17. JavaFX Script footprint even tinier on Little Demand Yet For Silverlight Developers · · Score: 1

    Had to check JavaFX Script out of curiosity: it does register on the top employment sites, but at an order of magnitude smaller than Silverlight.

  18. Roads on Smart Rubber Promises Self-Mending Products · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Please tell me there's some way to incorporate this material into roadways that don't develop potholes. I'm tired of paying for them--in wear and tear on my car and in taxes.

  19. Re:Politics explained on Gene Found to Explain Repeated Mistakes · · Score: 1

    Now I know why people read blog comments.

  20. Re:Tracing Of Users? on Drug Testing Entire Cities at Once · · Score: 1

    Or from workplaces. Employers would love to know this information.

  21. Even the Wii?! on Gamers Don't Know Their Own Consoles · · Score: 1

    I was shocked to learn recently that my Nintendo Wii has a wireless controller! And that my "Wii" game collection is actually just pirated Gamecube titles repackaged for the Wii!

    I'm so embarrassed.

  22. "Re-Wii"? on Nintendo Admits They May 'Lose Some Purists' · · Score: 1

    Revised Wii == "Re-Wii"?!

  23. Re:What are the odds? on Safest Seat on a Plane, Or How to Survive a Crash · · Score: 1

    It's also worth reflecting on the leading causes of death in the USA as reported by the CDC: accidents of all kinds are only in the middle of the list.

    http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/lcod.htm

  24. Retro cool on Is the CD Becoming Obsolete? · · Score: 1

    Retro cool in 5...4...3...

  25. Throughput? on Fiber Optic Table Illuminates Your Dining · · Score: 1

    I disapprove of any use of fiber optics that doesn't involve massive data throughput.