and will determine with Ximian whether technical assistance would be appropriate...So first of all, nothing has been decided yet, hence the "will determine". Secondly, if a company directs it whole to a certain tecnology, as is the case with Microsofts.NET, is it so strange that they will try to get their hooks in other platforms as well? As far as I'm concerned the bigger the exposure, the bigger the chance that it will actually succeed. Just see it as a promotion or advertising campaign!
Well, at least they tried. What should they do according to you? Keep trying until it's really perfect? In that case you would have to wait quite a few years. But I really think that in a few years time actors *will* have a difficult time, because animation will be a lot better then. Maybe the lead roles will not be played by animated actors, but smaller roles will (especially roles that are too dangerous to play, I think an animated actor/stuntman is a lot cheaper than a real actor).
I think that the use of a number of German words is coming from philosofy and psychology; sciences from which there are lots and lots of famous Germans. Unfortunately there aren't many internationally famous words originating from my langauge (= Dutch), except for the word "apartheid":-(
Years and years age I read a SF short story about a guy who sucessfully patented the wheel, and thereby became rich, frightened all te big companies etc... I know that this story came from a bundle I think from the sixties, but I cannot remember who wrote it (Asimov, Clarke ???)
I remember a smurf patch for Doom. All the explosive barrels were replaced by smurfs with TNT around them. When you approached one, they started to shake and tremble, and when you shot them, they exploded in a great blue splash. I nearly died laughing first time I saw it...
Which is why I'm wondering how the hell the Russians keep getting in the news for space-related stuff
Well, maybe that's because in Russia they don't have that much red tape as the americans do. I mean a burocracy like that can't do anything else *but* slow down, doesn't it? And the american congress isn't much of a helping hand either!
The term debugging originated supposedly when they found a bug in between the relais of one of the first computers. I was just thinking what would happen if they actually build one of these machines and had to debug it: would they find a firefly??
So if I understand you correctly, over here in Europe we're all specialists? I mean over here the majority of people have a stick-shift car! According to your analogy, Europe will be a Linux refuge in few years time:-)
It all used to be so clear: a pc is a pc, and a game platform is a game platform. So now they take a game platform, add a mouse, a keyboard, a harddisk and a LCD display and hey presto! We've got a pc. Now as long as Microsoft is at battle with AOL we can be sure that Windows, Office and other Microsoft stuff will not be ported to the PS2
You're quite right. I work as a software architect/designer on a very large ERP system, designed for implementation in the corrugated board industry. The system was originally produced for a company which has really been streamlined over the years, and the software matches that 'model'. In the last few years we started implementing this ERP in other companies (within the same holding). These companies however, are not as streamlined as the original company is, so implemantation is not so easy.
One thing I learned over the years is not listen too hard to what users are saying, because not every user is fully aware of what the motives and the future plans are of the company they work for. And in our case, the holding told us not to deviate from the original model. So now we get into all sorts of discussions with users who are still working in the oldfashioned way; and you don't want that sort of user to decide what your system will look like. I don't really see how an environment like I'm working in could adapt to Extreme Programming. We've got a nice array of architects & designers, and in my view, we couldn't do without them. The article speaks too much about users meeting programmers, as if designing and planning functionality doesn't really exist!
Yep, nowadays science is more and more driven by what there is to gain. Science per se is out of the question; those projects / studies will unlikely get the necessary fundings. All too often people will ask for the direct benefits of some research, thereby disregarding the fact that most great discoveries are mere side effects of some other research (and all too often you don't exactly know where research will lead you).
Slashdot Mirror
scared open source platforms :-)
Is that a typo or a Freudian slip? This should probably read "sacred" open source platform
and will determine with Ximian whether technical assistance would be appropriate...So first of all, nothing has been decided yet, hence the "will determine". Secondly, if a company directs it whole to a certain tecnology, as is the case with Microsofts .NET, is it so strange that they will try to get their hooks in other platforms as well? As far as I'm concerned the bigger the exposure, the bigger the chance that it will actually succeed. Just see it as a promotion or advertising campaign!
but great news for human actors
Well, at least they tried. What should they do according to you? Keep trying until it's really perfect? In that case you would have to wait quite a few years. But I really think that in a few years time actors *will* have a difficult time, because animation will be a lot better then. Maybe the lead roles will not be played by animated actors, but smaller roles will (especially roles that are too dangerous to play, I think an animated actor/stuntman is a lot cheaper than a real actor).We don't need no education
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All in all it's just another sign on the wall
We just wanna be in control
Just dark sarcasm in the class room
I think that the use of a number of German words is coming from philosofy and psychology; sciences from which there are lots and lots of famous Germans. Unfortunately there aren't many internationally famous words originating from my langauge (= Dutch), except for the word "apartheid" :-(
from now on the smell of fear won't be so terrible then?
Years and years age I read a SF short story about a guy who sucessfully patented the wheel, and thereby became rich, frightened all te big companies etc... I know that this story came from a bundle I think from the sixties, but I cannot remember who wrote it (Asimov, Clarke ???)
I remember a smurf patch for Doom. All the explosive barrels were replaced by smurfs with TNT around them. When you approached one, they started to shake and tremble, and when you shot them, they exploded in a great blue splash. I nearly died laughing first time I saw it...
Which is why I'm wondering how the hell the Russians keep getting in the news for space-related stuff
Well, maybe that's because in Russia they don't have that much red tape as the americans do. I mean a burocracy like that can't do anything else *but* slow down, doesn't it? And the american congress isn't much of a helping hand either!What's nicer is that maybe in the future we will be able to slashdot whole planets :-)
your PROHIBITED
That should read: "You're prohibited" (abbreviation from you are).The term debugging originated supposedly when they found a bug in between the relais of one of the first computers. I was just thinking what would happen if they actually build one of these machines and had to debug it: would they find a firefly??
So if I understand you correctly, over here in Europe we're all specialists? I mean over here the majority of people have a stick-shift car! According to your analogy, Europe will be a Linux refuge in few years time :-)
It all used to be so clear: a pc is a pc, and a game platform is a game platform. So now they take a game platform, add a mouse, a keyboard, a harddisk and a LCD display and hey presto! We've got a pc. Now as long as Microsoft is at battle with AOL we can be sure that Windows, Office and other Microsoft stuff will not be ported to the PS2
True, but calculating this proof will definately need one of those computers!
Sounds a bit like that story about a chinese village, in which every inhabitant earns his money by doing no work besides doing the neighbor's laundry.
They either flip a quantum coin, or calculate it on a quantum abacus (patent pending) :-)
Does this machine run on software that doesn't have to be written?
Hmm, programming and spaghetti. Heard that somewhere else before :-)
You're quite right. I work as a software architect/designer on a very large ERP system, designed for implementation in the corrugated board industry. The system was originally produced for a company which has really been streamlined over the years, and the software matches that 'model'. In the last few years we started implementing this ERP in other companies (within the same holding). These companies however, are not as streamlined as the original company is, so implemantation is not so easy.
One thing I learned over the years is not listen too hard to what users are saying, because not every user is fully aware of what the motives and the future plans are of the company they work for. And in our case, the holding told us not to deviate from the original model. So now we get into all sorts of discussions with users who are still working in the oldfashioned way; and you don't want that sort of user to decide what your system will look like. I don't really see how an environment like I'm working in could adapt to Extreme Programming. We've got a nice array of architects & designers, and in my view, we couldn't do without them. The article speaks too much about users meeting programmers, as if designing and planning functionality doesn't really exist!Duck and cover!!
Yep, it all makes sense now, every time my system bluescreens, I'm swearing: "Bloody Windows..."
Granted, but the funding of what was to be the biggest accelerator (LEP???) was cancelled; it's was getting a bit too expensive.
including the Cotex
Ehrm, that would be Codex. Cotex is a brand of sanitary towels, at least in my country...;-)Yep, nowadays science is more and more driven by what there is to gain. Science per se is out of the question; those projects / studies will unlikely get the necessary fundings. All too often people will ask for the direct benefits of some research, thereby disregarding the fact that most great discoveries are mere side effects of some other research (and all too often you don't exactly know where research will lead you).