Moller's car will never go anywhere. He just loves attention. Even he has never flown his car off of a crane harness and he's had this car for many years. The bottom line is that his design isn't feasible and never will be. There are some good ideas out there but his isn't one of them.
Unfortunately, we are a long long way from flying cars or anything similar. I'm 40 and I doubt I'll see one in my lifetime given what I've seen so far.
Imho, Enterprise was doomed the moment they cast Scott Bakula. I mean seriously...Scott Bakula?? I watched one episode and it made me so ill I vowed to never watch it again. He simply has ZERO leadership quality about him. Enterprise captains have always been very strong people...until Bakula. My dog is more of a leader than Bakula could ever hope to be.
Horrible casting will doom any show and that's what happened with Enterprise. Personally, I'm happy to see it go. Maybe there will be a new Star Trek with a real captain again.
Personally, I can't stand CRTs anymore unless they are the fairly expensive ones. The cheap ones have refresh rates that drive me out of my mind. I can't stand them and they give me horrible eye strain. I also don't like the extreme color fading that happens with CRTs over time. Oh, and fucking around with screen shapes and intense blurring problems on the edges with CRTs is also seriously unfun.
CRTs have some advantages but they are almost nil when you compare them to a GOOD LCD monitor (speed is about the only thing a CRT beats a modern LCD on). The only valid reason to have a CRT today, imho, is if you're a gamer. Although, I'm a gamer and I get by just fine with my LCD.
This stuff is easy to detect. The most important thing to remember is that whenever a site is doing a "preview" of an unreleased product, it will ALWAYS be very optimistic and glowing. Ignore previews at all costs. (Sites that are super-honest NEVER get previews unless the product company knows without question they have a slam-dunk.) This is often how their arrangements work. They offer glowing previews, keep their advertising revenues going, and then get honest when the real review comes down the pike. The nice part is that the reviewing site gets to keep their rep intact since they can always point to a real review that is mostly honest.
In cases where reviews are bad, it usually comes a fair bit after release to give the public a chance to waste their money on it before they are notified that the thing in question is a piece of shit. It's a win-win for the product companies and the reviewers.
Universitites didn't think of jack shit, asshole. Fucking prove it. Come on, name all the cool software and dev tools we're using today thanks to universities. Don't get me wrong. Other science departments of universities actually create new shit. It's just CS that's totally worthless.
As for me being the military's bitch...I actually enjoyed my time in the Air Force. I only left because of a dare. They treated me well and actually had some pride in what they were doing. Oh, and I've never been a VB programmer. I started with Turbo Pascal, then C, C++, and now I'm doing Java. I also make well above the average salary for people in my profession.
Sorry dude but the vast majority of shit people use day in and day out (developer or user) is NOT coming from universities. Feel free to live in dreamland though.
Oh, the military does dictate what they want. I was actually in the military. How about you? Didn't think so anonymous pussy.
Is BBN MIT or a consulting firm? I'm obviously confused. Does any of this change the fact that it was initiated by the military? They hired consultants to work out the technical details of THEIR idea. Again, where's the university leadership?
Unlike the other posters, you have a valid argument in that I may be twisting the intent of his message.
My grudge with universities is simply that, in regards to CS, they don't lead. Add to that the fact that they usually don't even prepare students for the real world very well and it's rather disappointing. Aren't they supposed to be think tanks? All of these brilliant people with apparently nothing interesting to say. Perhaps the world has simply changed and the people with something interesting to say have taken up jobs in the private industry where they can make significantly more money? I don't know. I just know I'm not impressed.
And thank you for proving my point. Did MIT create arpanet? No. Did MIT come up with the idea? No.
The MILITARY hired BBN to help them build this network technology.
People need to learn reading comprehension. I never said these people never went to college. Most people in our industry have. My point is that universities are no leading the way anymore. There's a huge fucking difference. Learn to read and you will understand what I'm saying.
Actually, DARPA created arpanet. Thanks for playing. In cases where the DoD does pay universities to do this research, the concept (read: leadership) actually comes from the military -- not a fucking university that's simply following a paycheck.
Dear God...people need to get their heads out their asses. You and half the people responding to your post are simply mentioning people who WENT TO COLLEGE. What the fuck does that have to do with my point? I didn't say that all the cool stuff not only not comes from universities, it doesn't come from college graduates either!
I have yet to hear a serious contribution from a university. I'm sure if you look hard enough you can find one. My point still stands: Universities DO NOT LEAD THE WORLD IN CS. They haven't for a very long time. All the innovation in software development happens in "the real world" now. CS degrees are about as valuable as the paper they are printed on. Do computer scientists really even exist any more? If so, they seemed to have all moved into the corporate world where the real innovation is happening.
Oh, and I HATE CORPORATIONS. However, it's hard for me to deny the work people have done in the corporate world these days. Everything I do is based on it.
Universities: thanks for nothing. Go back to school.
"If you want to know what ordinary people will be doing with computers in ten years, just walk around the CS department at a good university. Whatever they're doing, you'll be doing."
Seriously, this guy lives in fantasy land. It's been a long long time since universities have done anything that has influence the software industry.
" Actually google gives a very large (what that means I don't know) bonus to a person that made a very successful project."
Really? Prove it. The only thing I've read so far is that you *might* get stock options. What are the restrictions on those options?
My point is that a lot of companies try to act like they well reward their employees for this type of thing but 99% of the time when you look deeper into it, you find that it's a fucking joke. If Google is one of the rare few that's different then koodos to them!
Slashdot Mirror
Seriously, you're gonna sit there and post about a version of the product from four years ago?
Ok, I'm game. Lets see, firefix had what features four years ago? None! It didn't exist. Therefore, Opera must be superior!
Listen dipshit, next time you wanna do a product comparison at least have enough fucking gonads to get off your ass and download it first.
Yes, because all 9 were enjoying browsing the web with properly rendered pages...
Any case mod that requires chicks wearing hard hats and lots of welding is pretty fucking sweet by me.
Although, I find it a bit distrubing that they get Futurama in Norway.
It's just as easy to filter web proxies.
Moller's car will never go anywhere. He just loves attention. Even he has never flown his car off of a crane harness and he's had this car for many years. The bottom line is that his design isn't feasible and never will be. There are some good ideas out there but his isn't one of them.
Unfortunately, we are a long long way from flying cars or anything similar. I'm 40 and I doubt I'll see one in my lifetime given what I've seen so far.
Imho, Enterprise was doomed the moment they cast Scott Bakula. I mean seriously...Scott Bakula?? I watched one episode and it made me so ill I vowed to never watch it again. He simply has ZERO leadership quality about him. Enterprise captains have always been very strong people...until Bakula. My dog is more of a leader than Bakula could ever hope to be.
Horrible casting will doom any show and that's what happened with Enterprise. Personally, I'm happy to see it go. Maybe there will be a new Star Trek with a real captain again.
rofl...Berkley is the best public school in the nation. Yeah, they rested on their laurels...
Personally, I can't stand CRTs anymore unless they are the fairly expensive ones. The cheap ones have refresh rates that drive me out of my mind. I can't stand them and they give me horrible eye strain. I also don't like the extreme color fading that happens with CRTs over time. Oh, and fucking around with screen shapes and intense blurring problems on the edges with CRTs is also seriously unfun.
CRTs have some advantages but they are almost nil when you compare them to a GOOD LCD monitor (speed is about the only thing a CRT beats a modern LCD on). The only valid reason to have a CRT today, imho, is if you're a gamer. Although, I'm a gamer and I get by just fine with my LCD.
Apparently Mangina was taken.
This stuff is easy to detect. The most important thing to remember is that whenever a site is doing a "preview" of an unreleased product, it will ALWAYS be very optimistic and glowing. Ignore previews at all costs. (Sites that are super-honest NEVER get previews unless the product company knows without question they have a slam-dunk.) This is often how their arrangements work. They offer glowing previews, keep their advertising revenues going, and then get honest when the real review comes down the pike. The nice part is that the reviewing site gets to keep their rep intact since they can always point to a real review that is mostly honest.
In cases where reviews are bad, it usually comes a fair bit after release to give the public a chance to waste their money on it before they are notified that the thing in question is a piece of shit. It's a win-win for the product companies and the reviewers.
Universitites didn't think of jack shit, asshole. Fucking prove it. Come on, name all the cool software and dev tools we're using today thanks to universities. Don't get me wrong. Other science departments of universities actually create new shit. It's just CS that's totally worthless.
As for me being the military's bitch...I actually enjoyed my time in the Air Force. I only left because of a dare. They treated me well and actually had some pride in what they were doing. Oh, and I've never been a VB programmer. I started with Turbo Pascal, then C, C++, and now I'm doing Java. I also make well above the average salary for people in my profession.
Sorry dude but the vast majority of shit people use day in and day out (developer or user) is NOT coming from universities. Feel free to live in dreamland though.
Oh, the military does dictate what they want. I was actually in the military. How about you? Didn't think so anonymous pussy.
I thought the point was to learn how to use p2p software?
Is BBN MIT or a consulting firm? I'm obviously confused. Does any of this change the fact that it was initiated by the military? They hired consultants to work out the technical details of THEIR idea. Again, where's the university leadership?
Indeed, but not true for all languages. In any event, points 1 & 2 are still valid.
Unlike the other posters, you have a valid argument in that I may be twisting the intent of his message.
My grudge with universities is simply that, in regards to CS, they don't lead. Add to that the fact that they usually don't even prepare students for the real world very well and it's rather disappointing. Aren't they supposed to be think tanks? All of these brilliant people with apparently nothing interesting to say. Perhaps the world has simply changed and the people with something interesting to say have taken up jobs in the private industry where they can make significantly more money? I don't know. I just know I'm not impressed.
I did.
And thank you for proving my point. Did MIT create arpanet? No. Did MIT come up with the idea? No.
The MILITARY hired BBN to help them build this network technology.
People need to learn reading comprehension. I never said these people never went to college. Most people in our industry have. My point is that universities are no leading the way anymore. There's a huge fucking difference. Learn to read and you will understand what I'm saying.
Actually, DARPA created arpanet. Thanks for playing. In cases where the DoD does pay universities to do this research, the concept (read: leadership) actually comes from the military -- not a fucking university that's simply following a paycheck.
Dear God...people need to get their heads out their asses. You and half the people responding to your post are simply mentioning people who WENT TO COLLEGE. What the fuck does that have to do with my point? I didn't say that all the cool stuff not only not comes from universities, it doesn't come from college graduates either!
Seriously, Napster is the best you can do?
I have yet to hear a serious contribution from a university. I'm sure if you look hard enough you can find one. My point still stands: Universities DO NOT LEAD THE WORLD IN CS. They haven't for a very long time. All the innovation in software development happens in "the real world" now. CS degrees are about as valuable as the paper they are printed on. Do computer scientists really even exist any more? If so, they seemed to have all moved into the corporate world where the real innovation is happening.
Oh, and I HATE CORPORATIONS. However, it's hard for me to deny the work people have done in the corporate world these days. Everything I do is based on it.
Universities: thanks for nothing. Go back to school.
Congrats on catching up to the military 10 years after they had it. It was called arpanet. Again, universities led the way where??
People are doing that outside of universities too. What's your point?
My favorite part of his essay:
"If you want to know what ordinary people will be doing with computers in ten years, just walk around the CS department at a good university. Whatever they're doing, you'll be doing."
Seriously, this guy lives in fantasy land. It's been a long long time since universities have done anything that has influence the software industry.
" Actually google gives a very large (what that means I don't know) bonus to a person that made a very successful project."
Really? Prove it. The only thing I've read so far is that you *might* get stock options. What are the restrictions on those options?
My point is that a lot of companies try to act like they well reward their employees for this type of thing but 99% of the time when you look deeper into it, you find that it's a fucking joke. If Google is one of the rare few that's different then koodos to them!
If my choice is between getting $2k and Google making millions off MY IDEA, or nothing...I'll choose nothing.
Btw, grats on being brainwashed by corporate america. They appreciate you bending over for them.