I'd just read the article in this post, after reading about it in this excellent post on the USS Clueless. In it he mentions some of the other articles linked in earlier comments. Definitely worth reading.
The posts on this site are written by a longtime techie Stephen Den Beste, but are not the usual techie subjects. I also like his Strategic Overview of the US war on terror in general, and Iraq in specific.
Also, more techie oriented, this discussion is about the creation of a Super-human Intelligence that's probably not what you'd think it is.
The worst thing that could happen is that they get the list of phone numbers they're not allowed to call, then they block the legislation, and use the numbers on the DNC list.
I don't currently get [m]any spam calls on my cell phone becaluse I've been careful where I give it out, but I put it on the DNC list just in case. How screwed up would that be, if thanks to the DNC list, I start getting spam calls on my cell phone?!
So you want more women testers and you're not getting any when you pay them the same as men? Sounds like simple supply and demand--you have to pay women more!
> Lifetime of the unit, not of the company, not of you.
No, the previous poster was right: it's the lifetime of the unit or the company, whichever is shorter. If Tivo goes out of business in six months, it won't matter how long your unit lasts! There won't be anyone there to provide the service!
That said, I wouldn't watch T.V. without my Tivo anymore.
The law requires that H1B workers make at least 95% of what a the average US worker with similar skills makes. So, while they may make slightly less than most, it's not like they're hugely undercutting the market. After all, that means 45 out of 100 US workers with the same skills are making less.
The delivery is not meant to be real-time, but the JMS implementation should accept the messages in real-time even at volume, and the delivery shouldn't get bogged down to the point where it can never catch up.
We've used SonicMQ but not to the level of volume described. It may be that he's reached the limit of the hardware and needs to cluster or go to a bigger box. He's going to have to demo the competitors and see if any can do better on the same hardware, which is what I expect he is planning to do. He just wants to start the testing with one other folks have had good high-volume experiences with.
I just downloaded Clue from you link above, and now I'm posting this comment using Clue. The rendering actually looks pretty good, although there aren't a whole lot of functions on the menu bar.
Java Web Start is a technology that combines the advantages of applets and applications. Web Start applications can be started via a browser, but do not run in the browser and can be run independently. It provides several services that allow the security of an applet with the power of an application.
One service (the BasicService) provides access to the user's default browser.
This is not exactly an "embedded browser" but it may be what you need.
Well, no, it's not an accurate description of what they do. The software is produced by the people who write the code. These "pirates" could more clearly and accurately be described as "illegal software reproducers" or "illegal software copiers."
I've bought 3 Tivos with lifetime subscriptions--if they put Tivo out of business, I guess that's a fair chunk of cash down the drain, since the d@mned thing is dependent on the service.
On the other hand, it would give me an excuse to go ahead and get one of those cool ReplayTV things--I must admit, they do have several features I really miss on TIVO. And 320 hours storage would be nice.
I was just afraid they were going too far with the "send shows over the internet" thing and would be the ones put out of business by the MPAA or networks or someone.
There's still some good paintball out there. At Paintball Atlanta, Saturdays are reserved for non-tournament level guns and most of the fields are large wooded areas with half-hour games. Some people still just fling paint, but the winners are practically always those who do depend on skill, stealth, and cunning.
There are some speedball fields that seem to end up being more about spraying paint, but there're also 24hr games around here on very fields. It may not be just like the good (bad?) old days, but it's still a lot of fun--at least around here.
How are you compensated for changes that occur after the bid, as development occurs?
XP calls for short release cycles of a few months at most. Do you just bid on the current short release cycle or on the whole several month (or year) project?
XP calls for implementing the highest priority features first, so features that slip past the release will be of lower priority. Do you get paid for a release even if lower priority features slip?
XP recognizes four variables in software development: cost, time, quality, and scope. Of these, one is usually going to have to give. XP recommends fixing cost, time, and quality and allowing the scope to change. It recognizes that requirements are never clear at first, and customers can never tell you exactly what they want. As development progresses, you adjust the scope to match the conditions as you find them. So, following XP, are you saying that you charge a fixed price but change the scope throughout the life of the project? I can see how that can work, but I don't think that's what people understood your post to mean, and it's not what most people consider 'fixed bid'.
We use and like XP as well, though we charge by the hour. I am intrigued to hear more about how you use XP with fixed bids. It seems like it might be a fixed bid for "whatever we can get done in 3x8 man months," though.
James Gosling, who built the original Unix 'Emacs' was asked at the 1998 JavaONE conference, "which development tools do you use?" He replied, "I use vi."
They were at JavaONE showing off their stuff this summer, and had a prerelease of this distribution. According to the technical salesman, they have licensed Java and created their own Java Runtime Environment that is optimized for GUI client apps. Seeing it run, it looked a lot smoother and faster than Sun's or IBM's on Redhat, but I wasn't comparing the same hardware.
Java has proven itself plenty fast for server side stuff, but screen I/O has been a downfall. If Caldera has a really good client gui JRE, it might be worth the $59 for those using Together, Forte and homegrown Java gui apps. (I'm still coding in Vim).
Of course, I haven't really seen 1.4 on Redhat yet. It's in its second beta now, and it's supposed to have much improved graphics performance.
Now this is assuming the Caldera guy wasn't pissing in my ear--I can't find any mention of a custom JRE on their web site.
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No, it's not coded in Java. It does have a Java API so you can interface to it from Java, though.
There is no wide acceptance that Roosevelt knew about the impending attack. He was trying to get us into the war with the Nazis, not Japan. He had no reason to expect the Nazis would make the foolish decision to bring us into their conflict once we were fighting Japan. There is some reason to believe he knew, but it's far from proven or accepted.
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The posts on this site are written by a longtime techie Stephen Den Beste, but are not the usual techie subjects. I also like his Strategic Overview of the US war on terror in general, and Iraq in specific.
Also, more techie oriented, this discussion is about the creation of a Super-human Intelligence that's probably not what you'd think it is.
I read USS Clueless pretty much every day now.
I don't currently get [m]any spam calls on my cell phone becaluse I've been careful where I give it out, but I put it on the DNC list just in case. How screwed up would that be, if thanks to the DNC list, I start getting spam calls on my cell phone?!
Hey! Real estate in rural areas is so cheap, they can afford to pay more for their telephones!
So you want more women testers and you're not getting any when you pay them the same as men? Sounds like simple supply and demand--you have to pay women more!
No, the previous poster was right: it's the lifetime of the unit or the company, whichever is shorter. If Tivo goes out of business in six months, it won't matter how long your unit lasts! There won't be anyone there to provide the service!
That said, I wouldn't watch T.V. without my Tivo anymore.
The law requires that H1B workers make at least 95% of what a the average US worker with similar skills makes. So, while they may make slightly less than most, it's not like they're hugely undercutting the market. After all, that means 45 out of 100 US workers with the same skills are making less.
Actually, this post from 15 minutes before yours notes that there is an eval available here.
We've used SonicMQ but not to the level of volume described. It may be that he's reached the limit of the hardware and needs to cluster or go to a bigger box. He's going to have to demo the competitors and see if any can do better on the same hardware, which is what I expect he is planning to do. He just wants to start the testing with one other folks have had good high-volume experiences with.
I just downloaded Clue from you link above, and now I'm posting this comment using Clue. The rendering actually looks pretty good, although there aren't a whole lot of functions on the menu bar.
One service (the BasicService) provides access to the user's default browser.
This is not exactly an "embedded browser" but it may be what you need.
Well, no, it's not an accurate description of what they do. The software is produced by the people who write the code. These "pirates" could more clearly and accurately be described as "illegal software reproducers" or "illegal software copiers."
On the other hand, it would give me an excuse to go ahead and get one of those cool ReplayTV things--I must admit, they do have several features I really miss on TIVO. And 320 hours storage would be nice.
I was just afraid they were going too far with the "send shows over the internet" thing and would be the ones put out of business by the MPAA or networks or someone.
There are some speedball fields that seem to end up being more about spraying paint, but there're also 24hr games around here on very fields. It may not be just like the good (bad?) old days, but it's still a lot of fun--at least around here.
XP calls for short release cycles of a few months at most. Do you just bid on the current short release cycle or on the whole several month (or year) project?
XP calls for implementing the highest priority features first, so features that slip past the release will be of lower priority. Do you get paid for a release even if lower priority features slip?
XP recognizes four variables in software development: cost, time, quality, and scope. Of these, one is usually going to have to give. XP recommends fixing cost, time, and quality and allowing the scope to change. It recognizes that requirements are never clear at first, and customers can never tell you exactly what they want. As development progresses, you adjust the scope to match the conditions as you find them. So, following XP, are you saying that you charge a fixed price but change the scope throughout the life of the project? I can see how that can work, but I don't think that's what people understood your post to mean, and it's not what most people consider 'fixed bid'.
We use and like XP as well, though we charge by the hour. I am intrigued to hear more about how you use XP with fixed bids. It seems like it might be a fixed bid for "whatever we can get done in 3x8 man months," though.
(my comments about what XP says come almost directly from Extreme Programming Explained, by Kent Beck).
Only when a Microsoft Word file isn't the only alternative. Besides, there are non-Adobe .pdf tools
here (PDFZone), here (PDFPlanet)
, and here (SourceForge).
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from JavaONE '98 Keynote
Long live VIM!!!James Gosling built the original Unix Emacs and was the primary creator of Java.
Java has proven itself plenty fast for server side stuff, but screen I/O has been a downfall. If Caldera has a really good client gui JRE, it might be worth the $59 for those using Together, Forte and homegrown Java gui apps. (I'm still coding in Vim).
Of course, I haven't really seen 1.4 on Redhat yet. It's in its second beta now, and it's supposed to have much improved graphics performance.
Now this is assuming the Caldera guy wasn't pissing in my ear--I can't find any mention of a custom JRE on their web site.
No, it's not coded in Java. It does have a Java API so you can interface to it from Java, though.
Why was this moderated down. It is a perfectly cogent rebuttal demonstrating the gaping hole in the argument of a score 3 post.
Whether you agree with stem cell research or not, (I am in favor) the argument that Bush's decision was devoid of ideology is false.
It was published in '95, but it's still very relevant. Very few programmers couldn't learn many relevant things from it today.
Considering that gas is taxed by the gallon, SUVs and other inefficient vehicles are already taxed more.
There is no wide acceptance that Roosevelt knew about the impending attack. He was trying to get us into the war with the Nazis, not Japan. He had no reason to expect the Nazis would make the foolish decision to bring us into their conflict once we were fighting Japan. There is some reason to believe he knew, but it's far from proven or accepted.