It seems from the demo this device comes closest to a way of accessing information and communication while being on the move. Vendors don't seem to understand that I don't want to do *everything* on a mobile device. And with PocketPC all developers can think of is porting desktop applications to a smaller form factor. Clearly the issues of human cognition and ergonomics is neglected by developers who are only concerned with enablement. Enablement is so often misunderstood for actual benefit or relevance. The Mac in 1984 understood this, including the one button mouse. The hardware wasn't exactly efficient as far as raw computing is concerned but it was efficient for human use. The QWERTY keyboard in Hiptop is example of this. Sure it is familiar. Sure it extends what is already out there. But is it useful. I recall anecdotaly that the QWERTY keyboard was designed to slow down typists. In any case it is meant for typing by a set of ten fingers than two thumbs.
That keyboard issue aside, the device screen shots look quite efficient in the manner they get the user from one function to other. The FAQ mention that they have their own virtual machine. This is important. A container environment, I think, is the best way to deploy applications (or rather applets) in a small device. A system of applets should surround data and provide "chaining" just like the Unix shells' filter/redirection rather than the desktop idea of apps/data. This might be a good way to approach mobile devices rather than the standalone app and file format crud.
About 10 years back while I was still in Engineering college we had a great "scandal" about Russia being arm twisted by the USA to not provide India with cryogenic rocket engine technology to launch remote sensing satellites. It was feared that India would develop missile technology and perhaps ICBMs.
So the problem is this. No engine. No rocket. No satelite aka no space program. And on top of that no Crays to model simulations etc. The man who said "screw this" was Dr. Kalam. The man that threw caution to wind and aligned the bureaucratic/lazy govt agencies to do this.
- Develop an indigenous super computer
- Develop a liquid fuel rocket
- Put a satelite in orbit
Some years later CDAC developed PARAM supercomputer followed by ANUPAM. These inexpensive machines were put to task to solve whole bunch of vibration related problems that used to send test rockets crashing into Bay of Bengal. Quote from a news item "Likewise, the PSLV too failed on its first ever launch on September 20, 1993. The then ISRO chairman, Dr U R Rao, said this was because of a software error in the pitch control loop of the on-board guidance and control processor." There were still more problems with the re-entry stage etc.
The supercomputers enabled some new materials research and first success was almost 10 years later PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle). India then proceeded to deploy remote sensing satellites in orbit without depending on the French Ariane program at 1/7th the cost.
Out of this came the four Indian missiles long-range Agni (fire), medium range Akash (sky), surface-to-surface Prithvi (earth) and anti-tank Nag (cobra) and the now infamous nukes.
The satellite deployment capability bothers EU and Australia because it is clearly the loss of some "easy money". India has not yet offered satellite launching services, but for those prices even Jamaica can put a bird in the sky. At the moment ISRO toils at the GSLV (Geo Synchronous Launch Vehicle). So far they have not had any success.
This new announcement of moon shot is exciting and a cause of concern. While India has put enough weather satellites it still is ransomed by abnormal weather patterns drought, floods et al Nonetheless it's a matter of pride or rather amazement for me to witness any govt dept doing anything straight over there. Dr. Kalam is now the president of India. President of India is as we call a ceremonious office quite like the Queen of England. So I am sure the Hindu fanatic party leading the govt now is not any progressive but I am optimistic that a secular govt will be elected soon and our rocket man is in the right place trying to crack a tougher cookie. Maybe it's time for the land of zero, decimal and exponent to earn some Karma.
There wasn't and now there is. The real reason behind this is incompetence. It reflects in the failure of businesses to recognize that the technology has evolved beyond the point that their business models don't make sense. Either they have to honestly make an effort to be smarter and address a demanding customer or die. Or better yet, buy few of our senators, executives, law enforcement.
The whole angle of 300-mile car and refilling options is quite difficult to overcome. As the article points out, it's a catch-22 situation.
Geoffrey Moore quite aptly models the problem as a technical chasm in his Crossing the Chasm book. I think if GM markets this car to an audience that appreciates a bit of hassle for economy/environment/technology they will be able to build a base with whom they can establish intelligent interaction and benefit from the feedback. I see no dearth of such people, overclockers, water coolers, misfits and troublemakers;-)
However Detroit will have to do so being sensitive to timing. Otherwise they'll feel rushed to bring out something before gas runs out and it will take quadruple the effort to earn populace's trust then.
. Gasoline will become expensive B. Situation in middle-east isn't helping C. There are all kinds of customers and a percentage of them can yield enough profits D. Corollary to (C), the probable market is too promising to afford the cost of lost opporunity
I am not saying the GM/Detroit is suddenly environment friendly, they've always been money friendly.
I'm an immigrant and I look at many things in USA and say "ahh! here is where they got it right". Pledge of Allegiance is such a thing. So it's got a politically 'incorrect' word in it, modify it or improve it or something. But don't simply abandon it as in dropping a hot cake. Patriotism is like a value that must be instilled like good values must be instilled in a child, not to make one blind with great pride but to learn to care for one's country and people. And some sentences as in 'I love you' or 'I miss you' reinforce good habits.
Why do projects require large teams, such as 200+ people? This is the first question you should be asking. XP is not some sort of band aid that will make the pain go away. It is a collection of some time honored practices, some newer techniques and whole lot of guidelines on what you should not be doing. Any oversimplification or executive summaries are not going to help you understand what is XP let alone how to apply it.
I think the most important, critical, absolutely must criteria is self-organizing teams. Traditionally, especially your 200+ person team, chops up development into "pieces" according to some vague boundries based on classical engineering practices. Some shops get into creating blueprints aka UML by "architects" and code written by "monkeys" aka contracters.
Please mod this guy up. This isn't a review. Nobody at Slashdot or whoever wrote this review actually seems to have read the book and compare it to the actual practice of extreme programming in the context of Java development.
Modding it to zero reflects what on the part of Moderators?
I can attempt this. Let's say the APIs have static initializers, and we know that static initializers are prepared and run before the actual execution i.e public static void main(). And a thread in that initializer may want some attention because of whatever reason.
5. They ask ECMA to rubber-stamp their Java Language as an offical standard, but allow SUN to keep all rights for licensing and changing the language as they wish. ECMA tells them to "get bent" and SUN goes off sulking to anyone who will listen. Java still remains in the hands of the nutters who thought it up.
Nutters! You mean Bill Joy (BSD, TCP, NFS etc.) and James Gosling (Emacs) are nuts. Dude, which planet are you from. Post here what have you accomplished so far.
At LEAST Microsoft took their language and VM to ECMA, and said standardize it, and we'll accept it. (It doesn't hurt that ECMA is pretty MS friendly, and the chairman of the TC39 committee is a MS employee, but at least they took the right steps)
Now I am truly wiser. Microsoft is playing by standards. Thank you for this piece of information now my Microsoft picture is in order. Dude which planet... oh forget it.
Ajile's AJ-100 and AJ-80 chips implement native Java instruction set. You grab a development board from Systronix . Which means you write your device drivers in Java!
Very interesting question. What is the point? I had to sit back and think what would prompt JonKatz on a fine morning to get up and write this. And then I notice all the articles going around discussing the new iMac and Steve Jobs. In unison, like it's a duty of mostly all the self styled futurists.
Mediocrity
And rest of the world's awareness of it. Everybody *knows* the PC is a pain. Everybody make does with it. And then comes along Apple consistently putting out innovative concepts and likes of Katz want to muffle it, squish it, wish it away for it reminds them of their own apathy and inertia mated to mediocrity.
There is a $2 wrench and then there is Snap-On
There is a $50 chair from OfficeDepot and then there is Herman Miller
There is a PC and then there is a Macintosh.
A true slashdotter will always acknowledge merit and applaud the honest effort of a team with good craftmanship and track record of delivering.
Did it ever occur to anybody that in present times we have more data on the human species than ever. Your argument on women's lib fails because in those times anybody suffering from neurological disorder would be diagnosed mental and therefore assigned to a mental institution to die eventually.
It's not women's lib, we just know more. We want to bring up kids no matter what their health condition is. We have all kinds of research going on. Who's to say that after anaylsing the human genome we can conclude that we all are mentally dysfunctional in one way or the other;-)
Why people are struggling with the ending?
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Along the movie, people in the theater were hoping for "dressing down" of traditional human practices more specifically related to the concept of experts who know better. The expectations were met until the New Mexico connection developed, a sympathetic disappointment settled in - the messiah is a false one with no magic tricks. Except for the one where he is going to ride the light home. There too it isn't clear if did or did not ride the light.
People like things that either confirm to their existing models of perception of reality - serial killer/pscychotic/maniac etc. or plausible new ones with reasonable risk - ET/Encounter of Third Kind/ anything that doesn't fall within this range is conveniently moved under WTF. And that's what the movie is about. Suspend your conceived notions and apperance of reality. There's more to it than meets the eye. And ofcourse another thing, with the instant gratification mindset, people want things chewed and digested.
ENIAC was created principally to crack the Nazi encryption code and that was the birth of electronic computing machines. And the same talent is now being punished for creating a digital world that let's these corporates even exist!
I'm sure you developed AtheOS in your free time and then let me ask you what is your day job? How do you find balance between the two especially when you are in that coding bubble that everything seems to be coming together well.
Secondly, (this may be for all/. ers as well), do you see yourself doing AtheOS development fulltime? If yes, then how do you foresee this transformation? In fact, I'm sure there are many people here who once worked for a big/medium company but were good at a certain thing and went solo after a while. I'm curious to find out their journies as well.
You're doing a great job! Good luck and keep it up!
Hindu is orginally a people. Hindi is their language. For lack of a better word in English their religion is called Hinduism. And the nation is actually Hind or more modern Hindustan/Bharat/India. Since I'm from there (if it's not obvious by now), I simply can't link up with this "newoess" definition. I speak four native languages and probably six or seven dialects.
As a side note people in Nepal, Indonesia, Malyasia, Thailand follow Hinduism as well (Nepal is 100%, rest are mixed).
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It seems from the demo this device comes closest to a way of accessing information and communication while being on the move. Vendors don't seem to understand that I don't want to do *everything* on a mobile device. And with PocketPC all developers can think of is porting desktop applications to a smaller form factor. Clearly the issues of human cognition and ergonomics is neglected by developers who are only concerned with enablement. Enablement is so often misunderstood for actual benefit or relevance. The Mac in 1984 understood this, including the one button mouse. The hardware wasn't exactly efficient as far as raw computing is concerned but it was efficient for human use. The QWERTY keyboard in Hiptop is example of this. Sure it is familiar. Sure it extends what is already out there. But is it useful. I recall anecdotaly that the QWERTY keyboard was designed to slow down typists. In any case it is meant for typing by a set of ten fingers than two thumbs.
That keyboard issue aside, the device screen shots look quite efficient in the manner they get the user from one function to other. The FAQ mention that they have their own virtual machine. This is important. A container environment, I think, is the best way to deploy applications (or rather applets) in a small device. A system of applets should surround data and provide "chaining" just like the Unix shells' filter/redirection rather than the desktop idea of apps/data. This might be a good way to approach mobile devices rather than the standalone app and file format crud.
(disclaimer: I'm an Indian)
About 10 years back while I was still in Engineering college we had a great "scandal" about Russia being arm twisted by the USA to not provide India with cryogenic rocket engine technology to launch remote sensing satellites. It was feared that India would develop missile technology and perhaps ICBMs.
So the problem is this. No engine. No rocket. No satelite aka no space program. And on top of that no Crays to model simulations etc. The man who said "screw this" was Dr. Kalam. The man that threw caution to wind and aligned the bureaucratic/lazy govt agencies to do this.
- Develop an indigenous super computer
- Develop a liquid fuel rocket
- Put a satelite in orbit
Some years later CDAC developed PARAM supercomputer followed by ANUPAM. These inexpensive machines were put to task to solve whole bunch of vibration related problems that used to send test rockets crashing into Bay of Bengal. Quote from a news item "Likewise, the PSLV too failed on its first ever launch on September 20, 1993. The then ISRO chairman, Dr U R Rao, said this was because of a software error in the pitch control loop of the on-board guidance and control processor." There were still more problems with the re-entry stage etc.
The supercomputers enabled some new materials research and first success was almost 10 years later
PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle). India then proceeded to deploy remote sensing satellites in orbit without depending on the French Ariane program at 1/7th the cost.
Out of this came the four Indian missiles long-range Agni (fire), medium range Akash (sky), surface-to-surface Prithvi (earth) and anti-tank Nag (cobra) and the now infamous nukes.
The satellite deployment capability bothers EU and Australia because it is clearly the loss of some "easy money". India has not yet offered satellite launching services, but for those prices even Jamaica can put a bird in the sky. At the moment ISRO toils at the GSLV (Geo Synchronous Launch Vehicle). So far they have not had any success.
This new announcement of moon shot is exciting and a cause of concern. While India has put enough weather satellites it still is ransomed by abnormal weather patterns drought, floods et al Nonetheless it's a matter of pride or rather amazement for me to witness any govt dept doing anything straight over there. Dr. Kalam is now the president of India. President of India is as we call a ceremonious office quite like the Queen of England. So I am sure the Hindu fanatic party leading the govt now is not any progressive but I am optimistic that a secular govt will be elected soon and our rocket man is in the right place trying to crack a tougher cookie. Maybe it's time for the land of zero, decimal and exponent to earn some Karma.
This is us, not them. There is no them.
There wasn't and now there is. The real reason behind this is incompetence. It reflects in the failure of businesses to recognize that the technology has evolved beyond the point that their business models don't make sense. Either they have to honestly make an effort to be smarter and address a demanding customer or die. Or better yet, buy few of our senators, executives, law enforcement.
The whole angle of 300-mile car and refilling options is quite difficult to overcome. As the article points out, it's a catch-22 situation.
;-)
Geoffrey Moore quite aptly models the problem as a technical chasm in his
Crossing the Chasm book. I think if GM markets this car to an audience that appreciates a bit of hassle for economy/environment/technology they will be able to build a base with whom they can establish intelligent interaction and benefit from the feedback. I see no dearth of such people, overclockers, water coolers, misfits and troublemakers
However Detroit will have to do so being sensitive to timing. Otherwise they'll feel rushed to bring out something before gas runs out and it will take quadruple the effort to earn populace's trust then.
Capitalism at work -
. Gasoline will become expensive
B. Situation in middle-east isn't helping
C. There are all kinds of customers and a percentage of them can yield enough profits
D. Corollary to (C), the probable market is too promising to afford the cost of lost opporunity
I am not saying the GM/Detroit is suddenly environment friendly, they've always been money friendly.
What the hell is wrong with you people?
I'm an immigrant and I look at many things in USA and say "ahh! here is where they got it right". Pledge of Allegiance is such a thing. So it's got a politically 'incorrect' word in it, modify it or improve it or something. But don't simply abandon it as in dropping a hot cake. Patriotism is like a value that must be instilled like good values must be instilled in a child, not to make one blind with great pride but to learn to care for one's country and people. And some sentences as in 'I love you' or 'I miss you' reinforce good habits.
Why do projects require large teams, such as 200+ people? This is the first question you should be asking. XP is not some sort of band aid that will make the pain go away. It is a collection of some time honored practices, some newer techniques and whole lot of guidelines on what you should not be doing. Any oversimplification or executive summaries are not going to help you understand what is XP let alone how to apply it.
I think the most important, critical, absolutely must criteria is self-organizing teams. Traditionally, especially your 200+ person team, chops up development into "pieces" according to some vague boundries based on classical engineering practices. Some shops get into creating blueprints aka UML by "architects" and code written by "monkeys" aka contracters.
Please mod this guy up. This isn't a review. Nobody at Slashdot or whoever wrote this review actually seems to have read the book and compare it to the actual practice of extreme programming in the context of Java development.
Modding it to zero reflects what on the part of Moderators?
I can attempt this. Let's say the APIs have static initializers, and we know that static initializers are prepared and run before the actual execution i.e public static void main(). And a thread in that initializer may want some attention because of whatever reason.
And, yes, we do not intend to stay there. We already have naval bases in the Hindi Ocean. (This was the reason behind the Soviet's push to the south)
You mean Indian Ocean. FYI, there are only four oceans, Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic and Indian.
Black box testing good. White box testing painful.
and what about the guy on grassy knoll!
5. They ask ECMA to rubber-stamp their Java Language as an offical standard, but allow SUN to keep all rights for licensing and changing the language as they wish. ECMA tells them to "get bent" and SUN goes off sulking to anyone who will listen. Java still remains in the hands of the nutters who thought it up.
... oh forget it.
Nutters! You mean Bill Joy (BSD, TCP, NFS etc.) and James Gosling (Emacs) are nuts. Dude, which planet are you from. Post here what have you accomplished so far.
At LEAST Microsoft took their language and VM to ECMA, and said standardize it, and we'll accept it. (It doesn't hurt that ECMA is pretty MS friendly, and the chairman of the TC39 committee is a MS employee, but at least they took the right steps)
Now I am truly wiser. Microsoft is playing by standards. Thank you for this piece of information now my Microsoft picture is in order. Dude which planet
Shut up! No Really.
Ajile's AJ-100 and AJ-80 chips implement native Java instruction set. You grab a development board from Systronix . Which means you write your device drivers in Java!
Very interesting question. What is the point? I had to sit back and think what would prompt JonKatz on a fine morning to get up and write this. And then I notice all the articles going around discussing the new iMac and Steve Jobs. In unison, like it's a duty of mostly all the self styled futurists.
Mediocrity
And rest of the world's awareness of it. Everybody *knows* the PC is a pain. Everybody make does with it. And then comes along Apple consistently putting out innovative concepts and likes of Katz want to muffle it, squish it, wish it away for it reminds them of their own apathy and inertia mated to mediocrity.
There is a $2 wrench and then there is Snap-On
There is a $50 chair from OfficeDepot and then there is Herman Miller
There is a PC and then there is a Macintosh.
A true slashdotter will always acknowledge merit and applaud the honest effort of a team with good craftmanship and track record of delivering.
Did it ever occur to anybody that in present times we have more data on the human species than ever. Your argument on women's lib fails because in those times anybody suffering from neurological disorder would be diagnosed mental and therefore assigned to a mental institution to die eventually.
;-)
It's not women's lib, we just know more. We want to bring up kids no matter what their health condition is. We have all kinds of research going on. Who's to say that after anaylsing the human genome we can conclude that we all are mentally dysfunctional in one way or the other
Along the movie, people in the theater were hoping for "dressing down" of traditional human practices more specifically related to the concept of experts who know better. The expectations were met until the New Mexico connection developed, a sympathetic disappointment settled in - the messiah is a false one with no magic tricks. Except for the one where he is going to ride the light home. There too it isn't clear if did or did not ride the light.
People like things that either confirm to their existing models of perception of reality - serial killer/pscychotic/maniac etc. or plausible new ones with reasonable risk - ET/Encounter of Third Kind/ anything that doesn't fall within this range is conveniently moved under WTF. And that's what the movie is about. Suspend your conceived notions and apperance of reality. There's more to it than meets the eye. And ofcourse another thing, with the instant gratification mindset, people want things chewed and digested.
Merit be damned, use American taxpayer's money to protect mediocrity.
ENIAC was created principally to crack the Nazi encryption code and that was the birth of electronic computing machines. And the same talent is now being punished for creating a digital world that let's these corporates even exist!
Where is the man when one needs him!
Have you bought a car in USA?
This is free market economy at it's best - the seller sets his price, the buyer buys whatever he likes.
Now if your complaint is against free market economy, maybe you could go to Russia or China, they have a great 'leveling' system.
Kurt,
/. ers as well), do you see yourself doing AtheOS development fulltime? If yes, then how do you foresee this transformation? In fact, I'm sure there are many people here who once worked for a big/medium company but were good at a certain thing and went solo after a while. I'm curious to find out their journies as well.
I'm sure you developed AtheOS in your free time and then let me ask you what is your day job? How do you find balance between the two especially when you are in that coding bubble that everything seems to be coming together well.
Secondly, (this may be for all
You're doing a great job! Good luck and keep it up!
Hindu is orginally a people. Hindi is their language. For lack of a better word in English their religion is called Hinduism. And the nation is actually Hind or more modern Hindustan/Bharat/India. Since I'm from there (if it's not obvious by now), I simply can't link up with this "newoess" definition. I speak four native languages and probably six or seven dialects. As a side note people in Nepal, Indonesia, Malyasia, Thailand follow Hinduism as well (Nepal is 100%, rest are mixed).
s/Chuck/Dave