So what exactly is this going to get me over say something like using Python and the soon to be released gpl qt for windows? Python is a way more productive language than either C#,C,C++, java or VB so what is the benefit?
Well, for starters, you get a target platform that people actually have already. In the Linux world, that's not a big deal, but if you want Windows users using your software, you shouldn't depend on them installing Qt.
When a cop pulls me over, it is completely irrelevant to the matter at hand how many points are on my licence or what previous violations exist. In fact it would be a violation of equal protection if I were to be treated differently based on this information.
It's completely reasonable (and not a "violation of equal protection") to treat repeat offenders differently. If you haven't noticed, your sentence will be longer the third time you commit armed robbery than it was the first time you did it. Perhaps you just think traffic violations are no big deal, and we should all stop hassling you about your unsafe and illegal driving habits.
This is vertical integration. They are purchasing software to make their product more complete.
Antitrust would be involved if they purchased Apple, Sun, IBM or Red Hat, as they have Operating Systems.
Considering there are no (that I know of) open source or not for profit alternatives that allow you to pay your bills online like Quicken does what alternative do users have?
He isn't exactly exploiting security holes, he is showing a possible exploit, a danger that was already there, in your analogy, he is shouting that, even though you have bulletproof windows, you left the door open.
Yes, but in a city of 20,000 homes, one open door isn't likely to have a burglar find it. However, if some dickhead puts up a neon sign saying "this guy's door is open, someone could easily rob him", the the odds that a burglar find it go way up. And, really, what benefit was there in putting up the neon sign? So the guy would lock his door? The guy's door only got locked after 300 people went it and took all his stuff, which wasn't likely to happen until that neon sign went up. Your argument doesn't work.
Look, software makers should do a better job of listening to people who find exploits. But, the solution to this problem isn't to abuse all the people who use their software. That's what you're doing when you tell every script kiddie in the world exactly how to break in. You're screwing the users to try to push your own way of thinking. You're being a bigger dick than the software maker was in the first place.
The situation before this guy was that your phone was vulnerable, and you were ignorant. The situation now is that your phone is vulnerable, and you are aware of it, and probably won't buy another vulnerable bluetooth device until it's fixed.
Who are you kidding? The situation before was that my phone was vulnerable, and that only one guy knew anything about it. Now, everyone knows all about it, including people who will use it to create viruses. The odds are now higher that I will get a form of this virus.
All of the nerds that read about this will now think to not buy one of those phones, but that's what, 0.0001% of the people who buy cell phones?
letting someone else discover the vulnerability, and using it.
Now no one has to figure it out, they just have to do it how he told them to do it. It's certainly a lot easier to exploit when you tell the whole world how to do it.
This posting seems rather sympathetic to this guy. Free exchange of information? Your credit cards are information - should I freely exchange those with everyone? So, not all information should be exchanged. Why should we be so nice to his website? He's not being so nice to our cell phones. And who cares what the name of the virus is? It's not like he discovered a new comet or something positive.
There's something to be said for being open and free, but there's also taking it too far.
Actually, that would be a good idea. We could have actual data on what types of articles people wanted to see, instead of just scattered comments like this one. It shouldn't be that difficult to implement, because it's not that different from a poll.
If we see a clear path to fixing a problem that could save millions of lives, shouldn't we do that?
If you see some kind of clear path, then you should share it with the rest of us. Nobody knows what the solution is because nobody knows what the problem is. The earth's climate is ridiculously complicated, and we don't know that much about it. Half the stuff that people say about what we should do is irresponsible, because they really don't have a clue. Sure, it "makes sense", but that doesn't mean anything, really.
Specific days might not meet your needs, and might be disruptive to completion of your regular projects.
What you need to do is to establish a level of productivity that you expect out of your employees, and hold them to that. If you want to allow for them to work on other projects 20% of the time, then factor that into your expected productivity level. Don't base it on anything else. If a guy gets his stuff done even though he spends 25% of his time on free stuff, who cares? Don't make your employees feel like you're watching them like a hawk. Make them feel like you trust them. At the same time, make sure they perform.
The reason that you're going to get a dozen replys from the Apple "amen corner" is that you very clearly don't get it. If you could buy a Yugo for $5000 or a Honda for $5500, which one would you want? Sure, you could say that Dell is better than Yugo, but you'd still be missing the point.
Apple's hardware is better than the bottom basement x86 crap. Dell is using the lowest bidder, and changing monthly. Apple is consistently using the same hardware. This is important for two reasons. First, Apple can make sure the drivers work well. In the x86 world, drivers are a mess, written by the company that made the hardware. You have no guarantee of quality, and that is partially what makes Windows unstable. Second, if the hardware sucks, Apple will drop them.
More importantly, Apple's software is better. OS X is very pleasant to use. It's powerful for advanced users, and simple for novices. The bundled apps are easier to use. Plug and play works very well. Your mom's camera will just work without special drivers and special helper apps for downloading the images (yes, some digicams just work under Windows, but my Canon required a whole suite of applications to get the damn pictures from it).
What you seem to not understand is that these things have a value. In fact, they are worth at least the $50 price difference to many people. The fact that people find value in this shouldn't bother you. You shouldn't feel some compelling need to point out that an apple and an orange have different prices. Many people want a Mac. You seem to think that people want a computer.
Too much "planning and documenting" and not enough prototyping. Whip something up and have the client/user work with it. Make changes based on that. Don't plan the living shit out of it before you even have something to work with.
I can't stand up in court and know that I will get a fair hearing. It SHOULD cost nothing to defend myself in court as I SHOULD be able to just get up, tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth and be sure of getting justice. As it is I have to hire a professional liar to counteract the other side's professional liar.
That's not the legal system's fault. That's the fault of your fellow citizens. Many people are dishonest. If I say you stole $5000 from me, and you say you didn't, who is right? How does one decide between he said/she said? It's hardly ever black and white.
If I go camping for the weekend and my clients web site goes down, costing them $25,000 a day in sales, that makes it harder for them to pay me $50 / hour to maintain it.
You're not the only guy that can do it, are you? You really should have someone else that can do it. It's better for your clients that way. What happens to your client when you have to have surgery, or you have a new child (don't tell me you'll work from the hospital, cause I'll call you a dick), or when you have a mid-life crisis and become a yoga instructor? What if two of your clients have emergency down time at the same time?
Why not make progress in educating children about plants and animals instead of making progress in helping them to be able to play Half Life anywhere they are? People should be pissed off. You're wasting parks money that could be used for something to educate people.
- Microsoft essentially obsoleted our entire company's code base when they introduced.Net, forcing a rewrite that will cost millions. Microsoft is infamous for churning its technology base, so they could easily do it again. Fool us once, we aren't going there again.
VB6 still works fine, by the way. You were not forced to do a rewrite. If your code base is in VB6, and your developers know VB6, then the decision to go to.Net (or Java) seems crazy.
Wikis are great for this. You can organize on the fly, interlink between topics, and edit quickly. I coerced my company into implementing a wiki for all of our stuff, and I have one installed on my laptop for my own notes. We use the same software as Wikipedia - it's free and easy to use.
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So what exactly is this going to get me over say something like using Python and the soon to be released gpl qt for windows? Python is a way more productive language than either C#,C,C++, java or VB so what is the benefit?
Well, for starters, you get a target platform that people actually have already. In the Linux world, that's not a big deal, but if you want Windows users using your software, you shouldn't depend on them installing Qt.
When a cop pulls me over, it is completely irrelevant to the matter at hand how many points are on my licence or what previous violations exist. In fact it would be a violation of equal protection if I were to be treated differently based on this information.
It's completely reasonable (and not a "violation of equal protection") to treat repeat offenders differently. If you haven't noticed, your sentence will be longer the third time you commit armed robbery than it was the first time you did it. Perhaps you just think traffic violations are no big deal, and we should all stop hassling you about your unsafe and illegal driving habits.
This is vertical integration. They are purchasing software to make their product more complete. Antitrust would be involved if they purchased Apple, Sun, IBM or Red Hat, as they have Operating Systems.
Tell that to Real or Netscape.
most houses (even ones in an upper-middle class neighborhood) sit on an acre plot.
Do you live in Montana or something? You might get 1/3 acre around here.
Just when you thought you could escape clippy the office paperclip through open source...
Shows what you know - we're talking about XML, whereas paperclips are made of metal.
Considering there are no (that I know of) open source or not for profit alternatives that allow you to pay your bills online like Quicken does what alternative do users have?
Well, there's Microsoft Money!
Man, it looks a lot like the soon to arrive PowerBook G6!
He isn't exactly exploiting security holes, he is showing a possible exploit, a danger that was already there, in your analogy, he is shouting that, even though you have bulletproof windows, you left the door open.
Yes, but in a city of 20,000 homes, one open door isn't likely to have a burglar find it. However, if some dickhead puts up a neon sign saying "this guy's door is open, someone could easily rob him", the the odds that a burglar find it go way up. And, really, what benefit was there in putting up the neon sign? So the guy would lock his door? The guy's door only got locked after 300 people went it and took all his stuff, which wasn't likely to happen until that neon sign went up. Your argument doesn't work.
Look, software makers should do a better job of listening to people who find exploits. But, the solution to this problem isn't to abuse all the people who use their software. That's what you're doing when you tell every script kiddie in the world exactly how to break in. You're screwing the users to try to push your own way of thinking. You're being a bigger dick than the software maker was in the first place.
The situation before this guy was that your phone was vulnerable, and you were ignorant. The situation now is that your phone is vulnerable, and you are aware of it, and probably won't buy another vulnerable bluetooth device until it's fixed.
Who are you kidding? The situation before was that my phone was vulnerable, and that only one guy knew anything about it. Now, everyone knows all about it, including people who will use it to create viruses. The odds are now higher that I will get a form of this virus.
All of the nerds that read about this will now think to not buy one of those phones, but that's what, 0.0001% of the people who buy cell phones?
letting someone else discover the vulnerability, and using it.
Now no one has to figure it out, they just have to do it how he told them to do it. It's certainly a lot easier to exploit when you tell the whole world how to do it.
This posting seems rather sympathetic to this guy. Free exchange of information? Your credit cards are information - should I freely exchange those with everyone? So, not all information should be exchanged. Why should we be so nice to his website? He's not being so nice to our cell phones. And who cares what the name of the virus is? It's not like he discovered a new comet or something positive.
There's something to be said for being open and free, but there's also taking it too far.
Nah - he's just another one who would only admit to liking Zelda if it were full of profanity and sex. It's just not cool otherwise.
Someone mod this -1 Troll...
Actually, that would be a good idea. We could have actual data on what types of articles people wanted to see, instead of just scattered comments like this one. It shouldn't be that difficult to implement, because it's not that different from a poll.
If we see a clear path to fixing a problem that could save millions of lives, shouldn't we do that?
If you see some kind of clear path, then you should share it with the rest of us. Nobody knows what the solution is because nobody knows what the problem is. The earth's climate is ridiculously complicated, and we don't know that much about it. Half the stuff that people say about what we should do is irresponsible, because they really don't have a clue. Sure, it "makes sense", but that doesn't mean anything, really.
TFAYLT states that she has a degree in psychology.
WTFDTRLASF?
What the f**k does that really long acronym stand for?
This is Slashdot. Please refrain from making sense.
Specific days might not meet your needs, and might be disruptive to completion of your regular projects.
What you need to do is to establish a level of productivity that you expect out of your employees, and hold them to that. If you want to allow for them to work on other projects 20% of the time, then factor that into your expected productivity level. Don't base it on anything else. If a guy gets his stuff done even though he spends 25% of his time on free stuff, who cares? Don't make your employees feel like you're watching them like a hawk. Make them feel like you trust them. At the same time, make sure they perform.
The reason that you're going to get a dozen replys from the Apple "amen corner" is that you very clearly don't get it. If you could buy a Yugo for $5000 or a Honda for $5500, which one would you want? Sure, you could say that Dell is better than Yugo, but you'd still be missing the point.
Apple's hardware is better than the bottom basement x86 crap. Dell is using the lowest bidder, and changing monthly. Apple is consistently using the same hardware. This is important for two reasons. First, Apple can make sure the drivers work well. In the x86 world, drivers are a mess, written by the company that made the hardware. You have no guarantee of quality, and that is partially what makes Windows unstable. Second, if the hardware sucks, Apple will drop them.
More importantly, Apple's software is better. OS X is very pleasant to use. It's powerful for advanced users, and simple for novices. The bundled apps are easier to use. Plug and play works very well. Your mom's camera will just work without special drivers and special helper apps for downloading the images (yes, some digicams just work under Windows, but my Canon required a whole suite of applications to get the damn pictures from it).
What you seem to not understand is that these things have a value. In fact, they are worth at least the $50 price difference to many people. The fact that people find value in this shouldn't bother you. You shouldn't feel some compelling need to point out that an apple and an orange have different prices. Many people want a Mac. You seem to think that people want a computer.
A smart gun isn't going to save me if the guy that owns it is a dumb ass!
Too much "planning and documenting" and not enough prototyping. Whip something up and have the client/user work with it. Make changes based on that. Don't plan the living shit out of it before you even have something to work with.
I can't stand up in court and know that I will get a fair hearing. It SHOULD cost nothing to defend myself in court as I SHOULD be able to just get up, tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth and be sure of getting justice. As it is I have to hire a professional liar to counteract the other side's professional liar.
That's not the legal system's fault. That's the fault of your fellow citizens. Many people are dishonest. If I say you stole $5000 from me, and you say you didn't, who is right? How does one decide between he said/she said? It's hardly ever black and white.
If I go camping for the weekend and my clients web site goes down, costing them $25,000 a day in sales, that makes it harder for them to pay me $50 / hour to maintain it.
You're not the only guy that can do it, are you? You really should have someone else that can do it. It's better for your clients that way. What happens to your client when you have to have surgery, or you have a new child (don't tell me you'll work from the hospital, cause I'll call you a dick), or when you have a mid-life crisis and become a yoga instructor? What if two of your clients have emergency down time at the same time?
Progress is a good thing!!
Why not make progress in educating children about plants and animals instead of making progress in helping them to be able to play Half Life anywhere they are? People should be pissed off. You're wasting parks money that could be used for something to educate people.
- Microsoft essentially obsoleted our entire company's code base when they introduced .Net, forcing a rewrite that will cost millions. Microsoft is infamous for churning its technology base, so they could easily do it again. Fool us once, we aren't going there again.
.Net (or Java) seems crazy.
VB6 still works fine, by the way. You were not forced to do a rewrite. If your code base is in VB6, and your developers know VB6, then the decision to go to
Wikis are great for this. You can organize on the fly, interlink between topics, and edit quickly. I coerced my company into implementing a wiki for all of our stuff, and I have one installed on my laptop for my own notes. We use the same software as Wikipedia - it's free and easy to use.