I agree that Mac OS X is bad for web development. That was my impression too, after I've bought my Mac Book. After a while, I realized that I can just use VirtualBox or VMWare to run a Debian dev environment. Running Debian has the advantage of replicating my production environment, so I know what modules and external binaries that I need to install later on. I also don't make the silly mistake of using incorrect capitalization on file names, since my file system is case-sensitive.
Textmate? Yeah, it's not suitable for programming. I solved this by mounting my dev VM using sshfs, and by editing my files through MacVim.
Until society/companies puts emphasis on engineers and inventors in terms dollars, people will be less inclined to create/invent.
I'm not trolling, and I hate to type this, but I think society can only put emphasis on engineers when there's war, and when there's a very real possibility of losing. War spurs innovation, and advances the state of science and technology.
I'm not trolling, but his analogy on McDonalds kitchen sounds like Drupal and other CMS out there. Creating a 1.7oz burger is hard on those frameworks too, even though that's where the money on web development is.
Short-sightedness doesn't get old in Slashdot, does it?
Jose Sixpack can easily connect to a remote server, regardless of who set it up. This means that this can be commercialized to provide remote services (i.e., teh cloud) to Joe Sixpack. Imagine being able to connect to a real Libre Office app instead of the severely limited Google Docs.
If you think about it, connection via RDP is already commercialized (i.e., Amazon EC2) but it still requires the user to set up a client. Being able to connect via browser removes this requirement.
But I already have several remote access solutions. (Remote desktop services, vnc, etc) I'm not sure what advantage this give me.
I'm not stifling creativity. I'm just not sure what the point is.
The point is that VNC/RDP-like functionality is now accessible to everyone, which is a good thing. When was the last time Six Pack Joe had a properly configured VNC client?
I used to dream of world peace, but I realized that there can never be peace in this world. Only through the blood of soldiers and martyrs can world peace be achieved. We are living in an era of relative world peace because we have summoned the awesome might of nuclear weapons and unleashed it upon our enemies.
My idealism is no more. I no longer wish for a Utopian society that is free of hunger, of sadness, and of hardship. I have seen the true face of this world. Its face is not as beautiful as we were made to believe it to be. The world doesn't care us, for it is a cold and unforgiving place. Earth is insignificant; it is but a dust in the grand scheme of things. The universe won't care if all of civilization would be wiped out in an apocalypse. We are nothing.
So my wish for this world is for it to never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and desert you; never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye, never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.
Would you like to hire a "hammerist" instead of a carpenter or a "solderist" instead of an electronics engineer? That's the problem with the "business world". If you look at what you have just typed, you'll realize that you're looking for someone who knows how to create a CMS from scratch instead of someone who who's an expert in using a specific tool, such as a CMS.
If you look at recent job postings, you'll discover that the problem is because companies are looking for so-called "Drupalist" or "Wordpress/Joomla Engineer". If schools would include this in the curriculum, then the IT industry would be in a big trouble. Teaching specific languages to prepare students for the industry is bad enough. Schools should not teach CMS to Computer Science students. Time is better spent teaching the fundamentals of programming and architecture design.
Assuming that the cost of an Android phone comes down to say $30, the price of a non smartphone will most prob. go down to $5 or so(only a tiny monochrome screen, cheaper processor,smaller battery-- infact one of the phones launched for approx$50 here has a standby time of 30 days, and the option of using AA cells in an emergercy)
You need to live in a developing nation to know the needs..
You can already buy a non-smart phone here in the Philippines for $10~$20. You can buy used phones at $5. It's most likely cheaper in China, because that's where all these phones come from.
The Internet in developing nations is being brought via low-end smart phones and 3G/4G USB modems.
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I agree that Mac OS X is bad for web development. That was my impression too, after I've bought my Mac Book. After a while, I realized that I can just use VirtualBox or VMWare to run a Debian dev environment. Running Debian has the advantage of replicating my production environment, so I know what modules and external binaries that I need to install later on. I also don't make the silly mistake of using incorrect capitalization on file names, since my file system is case-sensitive.
Textmate? Yeah, it's not suitable for programming. I solved this by mounting my dev VM using sshfs, and by editing my files through MacVim.
Until society/companies puts emphasis on engineers and inventors in terms dollars, people will be less inclined to create/invent.
I'm not trolling, and I hate to type this, but I think society can only put emphasis on engineers when there's war, and when there's a very real possibility of losing. War spurs innovation, and advances the state of science and technology.
...but how 'ya gonna keep 'em down on the Engineering farm after they've seen Wall Street?
Give them the opportunity to change the world.
I'm not trolling, but his analogy on McDonalds kitchen sounds like Drupal and other CMS out there. Creating a 1.7oz burger is hard on those frameworks too, even though that's where the money on web development is.
If you want "developer friendliness" and "least surprise", use a syntax with the (relatively) minimal set of keywords/tokens to accomplish your task.
You mean, something like C?
It's the same reason why they chose Java for Android-- it's something that they're familiar with.
Short-sightedness doesn't get old in Slashdot, does it?
Jose Sixpack can easily connect to a remote server, regardless of who set it up. This means that this can be commercialized to provide remote services (i.e., teh cloud) to Joe Sixpack. Imagine being able to connect to a real Libre Office app instead of the severely limited Google Docs.
If you think about it, connection via RDP is already commercialized (i.e., Amazon EC2) but it still requires the user to set up a client. Being able to connect via browser removes this requirement.
But I already have several remote access solutions. (Remote desktop services, vnc, etc) I'm not sure what advantage this give me.
I'm not stifling creativity. I'm just not sure what the point is.
The point is that VNC/RDP-like functionality is now accessible to everyone, which is a good thing. When was the last time Six Pack Joe had a properly configured VNC client?
...and thanks for all the fish!
I used to dream of world peace, but I realized that there can never be peace in this world. Only through the blood of soldiers and martyrs can world peace be achieved. We are living in an era of relative world peace because we have summoned the awesome might of nuclear weapons and unleashed it upon our enemies.
My idealism is no more. I no longer wish for a Utopian society that is free of hunger, of sadness, and of hardship. I have seen the true face of this world. Its face is not as beautiful as we were made to believe it to be. The world doesn't care us, for it is a cold and unforgiving place. Earth is insignificant; it is but a dust in the grand scheme of things. The universe won't care if all of civilization would be wiped out in an apocalypse. We are nothing.
So my wish for this world is for it to never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and desert you; never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye, never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.
For a minute, I thought Boxxy became a millionaire. That could have been a real news for nerds.
Would you like to hire a "hammerist" instead of a carpenter or a "solderist" instead of an electronics engineer? That's the problem with the "business world". If you look at what you have just typed, you'll realize that you're looking for someone who knows how to create a CMS from scratch instead of someone who who's an expert in using a specific tool, such as a CMS.
If you look at recent job postings, you'll discover that the problem is because companies are looking for so-called "Drupalist" or "Wordpress/Joomla Engineer". If schools would include this in the curriculum, then the IT industry would be in a big trouble. Teaching specific languages to prepare students for the industry is bad enough. Schools should not teach CMS to Computer Science students. Time is better spent teaching the fundamentals of programming and architecture design.
Work in a place with 1500+ mac's and it's hell
Work in a place with 1500+ Mac users and it's hell. There, fix that for you.
Assuming that the cost of an Android phone comes down to say $30, the price of a non smartphone will most prob. go down to $5 or so(only a tiny monochrome screen, cheaper processor,smaller battery-- infact one of the phones launched for approx$50 here has a standby time of 30 days, and the option of using AA cells in an emergercy) You need to live in a developing nation to know the needs..
You can already buy a non-smart phone here in the Philippines for $10~$20. You can buy used phones at $5. It's most likely cheaper in China, because that's where all these phones come from.
The Internet in developing nations is being brought via low-end smart phones and 3G/4G USB modems.
Moderation on your moderation should be troll. Hehe... =)
He's developing the Wraith pathogen that is used for growing war ships that are capable of regeneration.
The queen is dead, you insensitive clod! :)
Fascism is the best solution for fixing the economy. Too bad humans can be corrupted so easily. To properly implement fascism, we need AI.
It's write once and debug anywhere, unfortunately.
Galactus, the sole survivor of the universe existing before the Big Bang, disagrees.
I dunno, but the spikes matches the times when it's easy to hook up with girls... As a geek, I've always wondered about this.
Who knows, the child's brain may adapt better to the low resolution images. The child's brain may develop some sort of anti-aliasing capabilities.
An insightful mod rewards the poster for his funny post by increasing his karma.
I envision a future where our minds would become Beowulf nodes. I don't have any date for my vision either.