The DVD should have an alternate track whenever Paul is with his mother or girlfriend on a sand dune. It would display a split screen of Dune and one of those chewing gum commercials of young people having fun at the beach. You wouldn't be able to tell the difference, except the acting and special effects in the chewing gum commercial would be better.
I read an article saying that bluetooth devices could be set up that would turn off the bluetooth phones within their range. Movie theatres were given as an example. Of course, a wireless spokesperson stated that there was no plan to implement this capability because there was no demand for it. Sucksperson is more like it.
Well, I was able to look at the site as a visitor today. I don't "get it" in the fact that there is no search mechanism for anything on the site. The creator admits that books will probably end up in two or more categories. And only the first comment for a title makes it into the system?
That WOULD explain some of the lame-o
descriptions- did this person even read the book or just fast-forward through the movie?
So, no search mechanism and a "first-post!" mentality. I would like to like this site, so I'm going to send the developer some suggestions.
So Hart says that "The Man in the White Suit" is a favorite. The movie where a man invents a fabric that never wears out and stays clean, and thus creates a furor in the garment/fashion industry because people will not need to continuously buy a new (whatever garment) just like the (whatever garment) that they bought several months before. Hmmmm. Hmmmm.
I didn't see the "1980" shows until a few years ago. They showed a half-ounce of sense of departing from the dead-end storyline of the earlier episodes (which was why I had stopped watching the show). Unfortunately, the 1980 theme also turned out to be a dead-end after the first few episodes.
"That's why De Soto's argument sounds like crap to me without even reading the book." You didn't even read the book? I can see who has "preconceived notions that will not be disturbed by facts"
Also, I assume that if I proceed with the links on the google page, when I return to that google search page the adlinks will still be there. The banner idiots never understood that constantly changing the ads just screws them out of a customer.
Just try to REALLY opt-in. Go to Sony or Microsoft sites and a lot of other companies
and look for product info with serious intent to buy or go to one of their sites with credit card in hand. At some point you'll run into some crap about registering as a user or where's your e-wallet, etc. Or they've got the world's slowest servers and biggest web pages. I've voluntarily gone to their sites and
I want to find something to buy, and they throw this at me!!! How are they going to be any better at targeting me? They won't even let me target myself!!
Even if I told you exactly which Sony site caused me this registration grief, it wouldn't matter, Sony changes its web sites and features every 2 seconds. Too many companies screw-up when I want to come to them but they are working on new ways to target me, anyway. That's sick.
This is Pat Schroder, for God's sake. She was a slimeball politician
and now she's a slimeball shill for stupid, lazy, greedy
publishers. Don't confuse her and her whore-masters for 99.99% of
Americans who are smarter and more ethical than these dopes. I see
these publishing people on television and even meet a few in
person. Most of them are incredible STUPID about reading habits and
preferences. This article boiled-down to the stupid ideas of stupid
people.
The first reply came across as obnoxious and facile, and I'm glad someone said so. I bet a lot of us have been in projects where someone will just come along and uselessly say "You did it all wrong. Read these books and then you will understand. Bye." By contrast, this rblum reply is thoughtfilled and useful.
I strongly agree that you should talk to an employee or senior contractor and see what they think. Approach them about the technical side of this problem, but they may give you background about some non-technical or cultural reason for leaving this stuff alone. Unless you trust some one totally, don't ask why management won't let the stuff be changed- some people will twist that around to make you look like a trouble-maker or goof-off. Better approach them simply about the technical merits of rewriting this particular software. If you think that you need their support, before you ask them to back you up on this, be certain that that they are the kind of people who don't flake out on you - saving any e-mail is a good idea - but if they turn flaky there will be bad feelings that YOU could have avoided. And if you and Joe Blow haven't agreed that he will back you up on this, then don't tell management anything that Joe Blow
said or implied. It may be true, but it just isn't a nice thing to do. There is a BIG difference between asking me what I think of some software and asking me if I want to get involved in your dealings with management. The first doesn't necessarily imply the second.
At one time Altavista bought a tool that made a map of the "nodes" or whatever of a search and let you filter on the nodes to refine the search. This was really cool althought it was not perfect. Someone at Altavista soon
realized that this map took up space that could be used for banner ads, so the whole feature was flushed down the toilet. Altavista could sue itself- they would be sure to win.
I agree Rendezvous with Rama is one of Clarke's best books. When I read the slashdot article I immediately dreaded the possibility of film sequels. The rest of the series descends into total garbage with a conclusion that is, well, whatever it is, it isn't a conclusion by any intelligent standard. The sequels had a co-writer , Lee Gentry, and were clearly propelled by the huge market for sci-fi at the time. They were more than a disappointment, they were an insult to my intelligence.
Read the article instead of trying to be first post. If you have copyright material, then MS just
trusts that the buyer is the copyright owner.
MS doesn't trust you or me for anything, but
if you are giving them $$$ for images, then they
trust that you are the owner. Ha! I've never used these photo sites because I read
the weasel words in their agreements and didn't trust that they would leave my photos alone.
In my area, if you are stupid or rich enough to
get the "digital" cable with it's lack of stereo sound and dopey set-top box rental for EACH video device (one for your TV, another for your VCR if you want to watch one channel and tape another) you can see Dune starting at 6pm. If you haven't been suckered into getting digital cable and only have regular
cable, you must wait until 9pm. I think this is intentionally done to make digital cable seem like a wonderful thing.
"but it makes really small programs..."
I'm a little rusty, but try this on for size
Program A
[1] -> [0]
Translated:
Statement [1] goto beginning of program
Simply type the program name
A
and you were on a loop
As the writer said, "Few believe that the station's scientific value
will ever justify its astounding cost."
The corporation profit value is the only justification for the space station's astounding cost. Almost ANY space project makes more value/cost sense then the space station.
I agree with Harlequin Jones. If WHO wants to show that it deserves any standing among websites it could start by setting up a high-grade site of their own. yaWHO or something. Let's see if they know what they are doing on the Internet. (Do they already have a site? Never heard of it.)(Don't have the resources for a web site? Then they don't have the resources to regulate other sites, do they?)
I read this article and at the start thought it was about managing software engineers. That's what the author said. But as I read it I'm thinking "what the hell?" so I've followed the comments here by the author and and also in the arsdigita.com comments area. (That flippant solution from Greenspun at arsdigita.com for RSI was a real snort "...Microsoft Natural Keyboard. It is the only answer!" (Double-snort)).
But I noticed an upsetting trend in the comments from Phillip Greenspun here at slashdot. Turns out the article was not at all about managing software engineers. First, I learned that it was about managing Ph.d.-aged people "Your point was sort of an unstated assumption of mine. At ArsDigita we do tend to get fairly young people..." Kind of sloppy not to state that and it is quantified with the later explanation "the career-building years about which I was writing (age 22-30)." Uh, any reference to career-building 22-30 was left out of the original article. Not only that, its about GENIUSES! "The articles I put on my various Web sites are not intended to help people who just want to live a quiet comfortable life (I'm not an expert on this). They are intended to help young people turn into Linus Torvalds or Richard Stallman or Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston (Visicalc)." Woo-hoo! People with common sense like me and a lot of other slashdotters don't need this 70-hour a week crap, the geniuses like Linus Torvald and Richard Stallman don't need anything from Phillip Greenspun (who?), so this is only something that will be recycled and regurgitated by the stupid pointy headed managers out there. A fitting audience for a self-promoting, sloppy-thinking, sloppy-writer such as Greenspun. What a jackass, what a jackass.
The guy needs a really good editor before his stuff can make enough sense to analyze for cheap shots and defensiveness. I reread his article last night because I began to wonder if it is supposed to be parody. I still can't tell.
Slashdot Mirror
The DVD should have an alternate track whenever Paul is with his mother or girlfriend on a sand dune. It would display a split screen of Dune and one of those chewing gum commercials of young people having fun at the beach. You wouldn't be able to tell the difference, except the acting and special effects in the chewing gum commercial would be better.
I read an article saying that bluetooth devices could be set up that would turn off the bluetooth phones within their range. Movie theatres were given as an example. Of course, a wireless spokesperson stated that there was no plan to implement this capability because there was no demand for it. Sucksperson is more like it.
Well, I was able to look at the site as a visitor today. I don't "get it" in the fact that there is no search mechanism for anything on the site. The creator admits that books will probably end up in two or more categories. And only the first comment for a title makes it into the system? That WOULD explain some of the lame-o descriptions- did this person even read the book or just fast-forward through the movie? So, no search mechanism and a "first-post!" mentality. I would like to like this site, so I'm going to send the developer some suggestions.
So Hart says that "The Man in the White Suit" is a favorite. The movie where a man invents a fabric that never wears out and stays clean, and thus creates a furor in the garment/fashion industry because people will not need to continuously buy a new (whatever garment) just like the (whatever garment) that they bought several months before. Hmmmm. Hmmmm.
I didn't see the "1980" shows until a few years ago. They showed a half-ounce of sense of departing from the dead-end storyline of the earlier episodes (which was why I had stopped watching the show). Unfortunately, the 1980 theme also turned out to be a dead-end after the first few episodes.
"That's why De Soto's argument sounds like crap to me without even reading the book." You didn't even read the book? I can see who has "preconceived notions that will not be disturbed by facts"
"Still River" is mentioned in the post just above, so I guess "Still River" is "this"
Also, I assume that if I proceed with the links on the google page, when I return to that google search page the adlinks will still be there. The banner idiots never understood that constantly changing the ads just screws them out of a customer.
I'd also like to hear what the "absolute best software engineers" use. Extra points if you can throw in some journal citations.
Just try to REALLY opt-in. Go to Sony or Microsoft sites and a lot of other companies and look for product info with serious intent to buy or go to one of their sites with credit card in hand. At some point you'll run into some crap about registering as a user or where's your e-wallet, etc. Or they've got the world's slowest servers and biggest web pages. I've voluntarily gone to their sites and I want to find something to buy, and they throw this at me!!! How are they going to be any better at targeting me? They won't even let me target myself!! Even if I told you exactly which Sony site caused me this registration grief, it wouldn't matter, Sony changes its web sites and features every 2 seconds. Too many companies screw-up when I want to come to them but they are working on new ways to target me, anyway. That's sick.
"to them it would be like The Matrix is to us." Actually, to many of us it was like the Star Trek TV episode about Nomad, only the TV show was better.
This is Pat Schroder, for God's sake. She was a slimeball politician and now she's a slimeball shill for stupid, lazy, greedy publishers. Don't confuse her and her whore-masters for 99.99% of Americans who are smarter and more ethical than these dopes. I see these publishing people on television and even meet a few in person. Most of them are incredible STUPID about reading habits and preferences. This article boiled-down to the stupid ideas of stupid people.
The first reply came across as obnoxious and facile, and I'm glad someone said so. I bet a lot of us have been in projects where someone will just come along and uselessly say "You did it all wrong. Read these books and then you will understand. Bye." By contrast, this rblum reply is thoughtfilled and useful.
I strongly agree that you should talk to an employee or senior contractor and see what they think. Approach them about the technical side of this problem, but they may give you background about some non-technical or cultural reason for leaving this stuff alone. Unless you trust some one totally, don't ask why management won't let the stuff be changed- some people will twist that around to make you look like a trouble-maker or goof-off. Better approach them simply about the technical merits of rewriting this particular software. If you think that you need their support, before you ask them to back you up on this, be certain that that they are the kind of people who don't flake out on you - saving any e-mail is a good idea - but if they turn flaky there will be bad feelings that YOU could have avoided. And if you and Joe Blow haven't agreed that he will back you up on this, then don't tell management anything that Joe Blow said or implied. It may be true, but it just isn't a nice thing to do. There is a BIG difference between asking me what I think of some software and asking me if I want to get involved in your dealings with management. The first doesn't necessarily imply the second.
Yeah. That the slashdot way.
At one time Altavista bought a tool that made a map of the "nodes" or whatever of a search and let you filter on the nodes to refine the search. This was really cool althought it was not perfect. Someone at Altavista soon realized that this map took up space that could be used for banner ads, so the whole feature was flushed down the toilet. Altavista could sue itself- they would be sure to win.
I agree Rendezvous with Rama is one of Clarke's best books. When I read the slashdot article I immediately dreaded the possibility of film sequels. The rest of the series descends into total garbage with a conclusion that is, well, whatever it is, it isn't a conclusion by any intelligent standard. The sequels had a co-writer , Lee Gentry, and were clearly propelled by the huge market for sci-fi at the time. They were more than a disappointment, they were an insult to my intelligence.
Read the article instead of trying to be first post. If you have copyright material, then MS just trusts that the buyer is the copyright owner. MS doesn't trust you or me for anything, but if you are giving them $$$ for images, then they trust that you are the owner. Ha! I've never used these photo sites because I read the weasel words in their agreements and didn't trust that they would leave my photos alone.
In my area, if you are stupid or rich enough to get the "digital" cable with it's lack of stereo sound and dopey set-top box rental for EACH video device (one for your TV, another for your VCR if you want to watch one channel and tape another) you can see Dune starting at 6pm. If you haven't been suckered into getting digital cable and only have regular cable, you must wait until 9pm. I think this is intentionally done to make digital cable seem like a wonderful thing.
I also think that APL was the first language to generate the slogan "If you've seen one APL program, you've seen them all."
"but it makes really small programs..." I'm a little rusty, but try this on for size Program A [1] -> [0] Translated: Statement [1] goto beginning of program Simply type the program name A and you were on a loop
As the writer said, "Few believe that the station's scientific value will ever justify its astounding cost." The corporation profit value is the only justification for the space station's astounding cost. Almost ANY space project makes more value/cost sense then the space station.
I agree with Harlequin Jones. If WHO wants to show that it deserves any standing among websites it could start by setting up a high-grade site of their own. yaWHO or something. Let's see if they know what they are doing on the Internet. (Do they already have a site? Never heard of it.)(Don't have the resources for a web site? Then they don't have the resources to regulate other sites, do they?)
I read this article and at the start thought it was about managing software engineers. That's what the author said. But as I read it I'm thinking "what the hell?" so I've followed the comments here by the author and and also in the arsdigita.com comments area. (That flippant solution from Greenspun at arsdigita.com for RSI was a real snort "...Microsoft Natural Keyboard. It is the only answer!" (Double-snort)). But I noticed an upsetting trend in the comments from Phillip Greenspun here at slashdot. Turns out the article was not at all about managing software engineers. First, I learned that it was about managing Ph.d.-aged people "Your point was sort of an unstated assumption of mine. At ArsDigita we do tend to get fairly young people..." Kind of sloppy not to state that and it is quantified with the later explanation "the career-building years about which I was writing (age 22-30)." Uh, any reference to career-building 22-30 was left out of the original article. Not only that, its about GENIUSES! "The articles I put on my various Web sites are not intended to help people who just want to live a quiet comfortable life (I'm not an expert on this). They are intended to help young people turn into Linus Torvalds or Richard Stallman or Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston (Visicalc)." Woo-hoo! People with common sense like me and a lot of other slashdotters don't need this 70-hour a week crap, the geniuses like Linus Torvald and Richard Stallman don't need anything from Phillip Greenspun (who?), so this is only something that will be recycled and regurgitated by the stupid pointy headed managers out there. A fitting audience for a self-promoting, sloppy-thinking, sloppy-writer such as Greenspun. What a jackass, what a jackass.
The guy needs a really good editor before his stuff can make enough sense to analyze for cheap shots and defensiveness. I reread his article last night because I began to wonder if it is supposed to be parody. I still can't tell.