I must be old, but I remember when talk of Cable TV first began, and all the promises that "since you'll be paying for the service, there will be no commercials." Oops. I guess they meant "since you'll be paying for the service, you'll be watching more commercials and they'll become even more obnoxious, and when we figure out that the remote allows you to avoid them, we'll start showing them at the bottom of the screen during regular programming."
You're being asked to fill a position that amounts to a collective slap in the face to a whole department. How do you think this is going to turn out for you? I don't have much information to work with here, but my suspicion is that you know that this situation is a bit awkward, to say the least, and you're not sure about it. Follow your gut and take a different job.
A customer who isn't willing to put forth the minimal effort required to run a script to gather some basic troubleshooting information isn't going to get much help with his problem, nor should he expect to. If I ran the company discussed in the article and discovered that I had someone working for me who was so lazy and incompetent that he couldn't be bothered to provide the information needed to get the problem solved I'd fire him on the spot.
This is how the Propaganda Machine works. The media tell you what you should think, then they conduct polls using questions based on false premises with answer sets designed to exclude dissenting opinions.
Once 3G-ish technologies roll out widely enough, shout/icecast will kill satellite radio dead. I mean, why have this extra box and another subscription service when you already have a cell phone and an iPod?
Assuming carriers manage to deliver devices that actually allow you to take advantage of streaming media and don't cripple their EV-DO and etc. networks with poorly implemented gateways that break streaming. I'm not optimistic.
Assertions can be disputed, facts cannot.
The contradictory term "disputed facts" is just more silliness from the folks who gave us that little gem we now hear so often on the evening news: "co-conspirator".
I wager that within ten years the illiterati of the legal profession will manage to push at least one of the following into common usage: co-teammate, co-spouse or co-associate.
You don't know where to begin because you're clueless on the subject. Prior to two-way SMS, there was one-way SMS which was Mobile Terminated only, meaning that messages could not be sent from the device and could not be replied to, and there was Shortmail. Shortmail is "two way", but relies on a web interface. You may not believe this, but I know it to be a fact. Why do you suppose the Shortmail Inbox is accessible from the Vision Home Page? Why is it that a device that is unable to authenticate to AAA (error 67, 97, 1012, etc.) is also unable to send or receive shortmail? Don't confuse Shortmail notifications with the actual messages they relate to, a notification is simply an alphanumeric page. In order to retrieve the announced message, one is still required to log in to the messaging server via the browser.
Sprint did not offer real SMS until the beginning of 2004. Prior to 2004, all of Sprint's messaging was implemented via a web-based product called shortmail. All Sanyo phones through the 8100 and all Samsung phones through the a620 were shortmail phones.
Shortmail is a sub-optimal messaging solution because it is slow and the implementation is unnecessarily complex. Shortmail is a pain to support: troubleshooting involves verification of access to the Vision network (a properly provisioned device, successful authentication to the AAA, etc.), a stable browser instance, and successful authentication to the shortmail server. Mobile originated/terminated SMS, on the other hand, is faster, more reliable, and much easier to support.
A developer who is familiar enough with the language he's using that he can develop code without the use of an IDE will probably be much more effective with an IDE than a developer whose knowledge of the language has come only through the use of an IDE.
The value of an IDE is that it allows us to ignore details without suffering unintended consequences. If the IDE's designers have taken good decisions about which details can be safely ignored, the IDE-only programmer is fine, but when the IDE generates broken code, the programmer who knows the language can correct the problem and move on.
With that said, I probably wouldn't add the -D (--deep) option very often, since updating deep dependencies often seems to cause unnecessary hassles. I've gone months at a time without updating deep deps and haven't suffered for it.
Of more immediate concern to me is the IRS' use of Microsoft software while violating my right to own property. Will Amnesty International and the U.N. be addressing this issue any time in the near future?
You remember when Wal-Mart claimed everything was made in America. Apparently you missed the part where they got busted for fudging labels or some such and silently dropped the "Made in America" scam.
When you make a significant change to kernel options, yes, you have to recompile the kernel. Be honest, how often do you find it necessary to change kernel options? Drivers don't count, especially when considering 2.6.0's much-improved build system, which usually only relinks the kernel or builds a module when drivers are changed.
You're right, I guess I read too much into the presence of the Windows 95 box that appeared on the desktop next to the computer in a few episodes. Evidently the system that replaced the Classic was a Duo.
Seinfeld's computer was a Mac until he struck a deal with Microsoft for the Windows 95 rollout, when it became a Windows PC. I'm not enough of a Seinfeld nut to know which episode featured the new computer for the first time, but if you look at the 95 or 96 season you'll notice the change.
For what it's worth, I think I recall seeing him actually using the system only once or twice.
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I must be old, but I remember when talk of Cable TV first began, and all the promises that "since you'll be paying for the service, there will be no commercials." Oops. I guess they meant "since you'll be paying for the service, you'll be watching more commercials and they'll become even more obnoxious, and when we figure out that the remote allows you to avoid them, we'll start showing them at the bottom of the screen during regular programming."
You're being asked to fill a position that amounts to a collective slap in the face to a whole department. How do you think this is going to turn out for you? I don't have much information to work with here, but my suspicion is that you know that this situation is a bit awkward, to say the least, and you're not sure about it. Follow your gut and take a different job.
Gaim offers two ways to conduct secure conversations over AIM: the gaim-encryption plugin and the OTR plugin.
The empty prototype is a requirement.
Instead of basing your opinion of what is written on the reputation of the writer, why not think about what he has written and judge for yourself?
A customer who isn't willing to put forth the minimal effort required to run a script to gather some basic troubleshooting information isn't going to get much help with his problem, nor should he expect to. If I ran the company discussed in the article and discovered that I had someone working for me who was so lazy and incompetent that he couldn't be bothered to provide the information needed to get the problem solved I'd fire him on the spot.
This is how the Propaganda Machine works. The media tell you what you should think, then they conduct polls using questions based on false premises with answer sets designed to exclude dissenting opinions.
Goebbels would be so proud.
Have you stopped hitting you're mother yet?Once 3G-ish technologies roll out widely enough, shout/icecast will kill satellite radio dead. I mean, why have this extra box and another subscription service when you already have a cell phone and an iPod?
Assuming carriers manage to deliver devices that actually allow you to take advantage of streaming media and don't cripple their EV-DO and etc. networks with poorly implemented gateways that break streaming. I'm not optimistic.
Assertions can be disputed, facts cannot. The contradictory term "disputed facts" is just more silliness from the folks who gave us that little gem we now hear so often on the evening news: "co-conspirator".
I wager that within ten years the illiterati of the legal profession will manage to push at least one of the following into common usage: co-teammate, co-spouse or co-associate.
At least there were, several hundred million years ago.
You don't know where to begin because you're clueless on the subject. Prior to two-way SMS, there was one-way SMS which was Mobile Terminated only, meaning that messages could not be sent from the device and could not be replied to, and there was Shortmail. Shortmail is "two way", but relies on a web interface. You may not believe this, but I know it to be a fact. Why do you suppose the Shortmail Inbox is accessible from the Vision Home Page? Why is it that a device that is unable to authenticate to AAA (error 67, 97, 1012, etc.) is also unable to send or receive shortmail? Don't confuse Shortmail notifications with the actual messages they relate to, a notification is simply an alphanumeric page. In order to retrieve the announced message, one is still required to log in to the messaging server via the browser.
Sprint did not offer real SMS until the beginning of 2004. Prior to 2004, all of Sprint's messaging was implemented via a web-based product called shortmail. All Sanyo phones through the 8100 and all Samsung phones through the a620 were shortmail phones.
Shortmail is a sub-optimal messaging solution because it is slow and the implementation is unnecessarily complex. Shortmail is a pain to support: troubleshooting involves verification of access to the Vision network (a properly provisioned device, successful authentication to the AAA, etc.), a stable browser instance, and successful authentication to the shortmail server. Mobile originated/terminated SMS, on the other hand, is faster, more reliable, and much easier to support.
Samsung is adding Ready Link to its line. If I remember correctly, the SPH-a760 will be the first device to include the feature.
Is this storm brewing on the horizon, or over Microsoft? I'm confused.
A developer who is familiar enough with the language he's using that he can develop code without the use of an IDE will probably be much more effective with an IDE than a developer whose knowledge of the language has come only through the use of an IDE.
The value of an IDE is that it allows us to ignore details without suffering unintended consequences. If the IDE's designers have taken good decisions about which details can be safely ignored, the IDE-only programmer is fine, but when the IDE generates broken code, the programmer who knows the language can correct the problem and move on.
Shows same output as --pretend (-p)
Asks if you want to proceed with merge
Calculates dependencies only once
Does it all with a single command
With that said, I probably wouldn't add the -D (--deep) option very often, since updating deep dependencies often seems to cause unnecessary hassles. I've gone months at a time without updating deep deps and haven't suffered for it.
Better yet, why don't you show me where the constitution claims to be the source of my rights?
Of more immediate concern to me is the IRS' use of Microsoft software while violating my right to own property. Will Amnesty International and the U.N. be addressing this issue any time in the near future?
Quiet, you!
You remember when Wal-Mart claimed everything was made in America. Apparently you missed the part where they got busted for fudging labels or some such and silently dropped the "Made in America" scam.
When all you have is a hammer, every customer begins to look like a nail!
When you make a significant change to kernel options, yes, you have to recompile the kernel. Be honest, how often do you find it necessary to change kernel options? Drivers don't count, especially when considering 2.6.0's much-improved build system, which usually only relinks the kernel or builds a module when drivers are changed.
Yet another confusing explosion of tiny letters with a bad color scheme. Yeah, this is going to change the world. Or something.
Hyperbole much?
You're right, I guess I read too much into the presence of the Windows 95 box that appeared on the desktop next to the computer in a few episodes. Evidently the system that replaced the Classic was a Duo.
Seinfeld's computer was a Mac until he struck a deal with Microsoft for the Windows 95 rollout, when it became a Windows PC. I'm not enough of a Seinfeld nut to know which episode featured the new computer for the first time, but if you look at the 95 or 96 season you'll notice the change.
For what it's worth, I think I recall seeing him actually using the system only once or twice.