IBM can be assured that no other company can use the develloped software that comes forth of it
Well, this is not exactly true. Any company can use the software that gets developed from these patents. It's just that they can't extend the software for the sake of being able to sell it.
Read: China has the US by the balls. This is, by the way, the most underreported political issue going today. And the Bush regime wants it to stay that way.
Why don't just avoid all these legislative and political games and implement a final solution: Put all US citizens, no, better yet, all citizens of Earth into prison. That seems to be where the power-trip-politicians want most of the citizenry to end up anyway (just look at the Draconian, disproportionately enforced drug laws that penalize what people do to their own bodies). So, stop the games!
Or... maybe it's time for the US and the world to take a second, balanced look at IP law.
Naaaah! That would upset the prison industry too much and politicians wouldn't get to score their points and exercise their blood-thirst.
Not exactly useful advice there. People are fully accustomed to the longer URL's that are, by the way, standard for any scripted web site--having nothing to do with PHP specifically. By the way, most PHP sites I've been to are screamingly fast, so if the site is slow, its code should be examined for performance issues, e.g. too many database calls during page generation.
Agreed, except for subversion over CVS. CVS comes pre-installed in most, if not all Linux distributions, is extremely easy to work with, and many software platforms integrate with CVS. Subversion has to be installed, and it has, in my opinion, too many prerequisites that make installing too much a pain for your average beginner. Certainly, subversion offers some technical enhancements over CVS, but CVS is tried and true, and is a great start for a beginner.
I honestly don't think that campaign contributions are the biggest problem, especially as long as these are openly reported. Sure, they can influence politicians, but I think the biggest financial influence is the promise of riches from particular industries and wealthy interests once a politician gets out of office. For instance, it's pretty clear how Bush/Cheney are selling out the country and its people while in office so they can be richer than the most extreme dreams of avarice once out of office. It's not about getting re-elected as much as ensuring they and their descendents stay super-wealthy (and of course, it helps them that the inheritance taxes are being eliminated too). That this sellout scheme is not being noticed by more citizens is quite alarming.
Note that I don't think this is just a problem of the Bush administration, but politicians in general who think that the rationale for achieving high office is to become and stay super-wealthy, rather than serving the people and their interests.
What do I propose? Simple. Laws and government regulations that favor small business more and big business less--in other words, more capitalism, less corporatism. And I'd throw in, a reversal of Bush's moving the tax burden to those who work away from the investor class. And clamping down on corporate malfeasance for good measure would be nice too.
That said, if you had read my last sentence, you would see that I'm not opposed to a well-formed capitalism.
Heck, this is a guy who didn't know the upcoming power of the Internet until it ran over him, leaving tire marks over his crappy sweater. Bill Gates is the ultimate uber-nerd, socially unconscious and politically blinkered.
As a programmer who did some Y2K work, I would say that a lot of potential systemic business problems were averted by the large effort, and if they weren't corrected ahead of time, there would most likely have been some business upheaval that would have cost an order of magnitude more than the cost of the upgrades themselves. But this is just my opinion. But would the business upheaval have been something resembling a disaster? I think that would have depended upon one's perspective and position in the economy.
The same could be said of other popular platforms. PHP isn't especially unsecure. All the attacks against it in this thread's comments are really just biased opinions of developers who prefer other platforms.
PHP is already being used in the enterprise, so it's already "ready." But it's flawed like *every other* programming language/platform. And the HPHP project, through its work, will make PHP even more enterprise-ready. It just simply proves the strength and devotion of the PHP development community. This ongoing commitment is what has driven and will drive enterprise-readiness.
I've seen many RSS URLs pull from a site's database to build the XML each time it's hit. This is fixed simply by creating a CRON job that builds the RSS XML on a periodic basis, then serving the resulting file. If you're just throwing a file back, then server bandwidth isn't as much of a problem, especially when you consider that browsers themselves cache files.
Yeah, "they" hate our freedom! To which I answer: What freedom? The American people are no longer free, but rather owned, controlled and manipulated by the plutocrats and corporatists. We Americans are now a new version of serfs.
I've managed employees who "just wanted to get their work done and leave" and I've managed employees who took great pride in not only their work, but the success of the company/project.
Ummm... those two sets of qualities are not mutually exclusive.
You can have an employee who deeply cares so much about the quality of their work, and the project they work on, that they will spend the vast majority of a normal work day working their ass off, then go home at a decent hour so they can work out, relax, eat and recharge their batteries for the next day of doing a great job for you.
I somehow believe that you're one of those slavedrivers who think loyalty somehow comes only from those who will work long hours to the point of ruining their physical health, and shame on you if that's your MO.
This rube expects us to accept his "unbiased" analysis of the Wikipedia based on one article on Alexander Hamilton, while many of us who contribute to the Wikipedia have witnessed many articles progressing over time to become fairly accurate, and even more importantly, more complete than anyone would find in any printed encyclopedia.
Hopefully, this rube developed his Britannica articles using more than just one unrepresentative example.
Yes, it's about the illusion of reduced costs, but it's also about having employees that always follows orders without question and not having to have a conscience, due to their circumstances.
Case in point: Has anyone noticed that when you call an offshored call center about a bill dispute, there is nowadays a whole lot less understanding about your issue? They now take the tack of "deny deny deny". They just follow their script and don't have to understand or care about your issue. In other words, since they're from another culture, they naturally cannot have compassion for you and your problem.
Note: This isn't a slight against those who aren't American (or who aren't in the "first world"). What I'm saying is that offshored call center employees are separated from Americans by culture and by distance, so they either don't understand or don't have to have compassion for any issues we call them with. It's not like we can get in our cars and drive to their office and confront them. They are totally safe to follow their scripts and screw us over... protecting the bottom line of the corporate masters they serve.
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IBM can be assured that no other company can use the develloped software that comes forth of it
Well, this is not exactly true. Any company can use the software that gets developed from these patents. It's just that they can't extend the software for the sake of being able to sell it.
Read: China has the US by the balls. This is, by the way, the most underreported political issue going today. And the Bush regime wants it to stay that way.
Why don't just avoid all these legislative and political games and implement a final solution: Put all US citizens, no, better yet, all citizens of Earth into prison. That seems to be where the power-trip-politicians want most of the citizenry to end up anyway (just look at the Draconian, disproportionately enforced drug laws that penalize what people do to their own bodies). So, stop the games!
Or... maybe it's time for the US and the world to take a second, balanced look at IP law.
Naaaah! That would upset the prison industry too much and politicians wouldn't get to score their points and exercise their blood-thirst.
Get rid of PHP
Not exactly useful advice there. People are fully accustomed to the longer URL's that are, by the way, standard for any scripted web site--having nothing to do with PHP specifically. By the way, most PHP sites I've been to are screamingly fast, so if the site is slow, its code should be examined for performance issues, e.g. too many database calls during page generation.
Agreed, except for subversion over CVS. CVS comes pre-installed in most, if not all Linux distributions, is extremely easy to work with, and many software platforms integrate with CVS. Subversion has to be installed, and it has, in my opinion, too many prerequisites that make installing too much a pain for your average beginner. Certainly, subversion offers some technical enhancements over CVS, but CVS is tried and true, and is a great start for a beginner.
Well, I'm not anonymous and the parent is correct, you aren't.
I WWWonder WWWhat it WWWill be.
I honestly don't think that campaign contributions are the biggest problem, especially as long as these are openly reported. Sure, they can influence politicians, but I think the biggest financial influence is the promise of riches from particular industries and wealthy interests once a politician gets out of office. For instance, it's pretty clear how Bush/Cheney are selling out the country and its people while in office so they can be richer than the most extreme dreams of avarice once out of office. It's not about getting re-elected as much as ensuring they and their descendents stay super-wealthy (and of course, it helps them that the inheritance taxes are being eliminated too). That this sellout scheme is not being noticed by more citizens is quite alarming.
Note that I don't think this is just a problem of the Bush administration, but politicians in general who think that the rationale for achieving high office is to become and stay super-wealthy, rather than serving the people and their interests.
What do I propose? Simple. Laws and government regulations that favor small business more and big business less--in other words, more capitalism, less corporatism. And I'd throw in, a reversal of Bush's moving the tax burden to those who work away from the investor class. And clamping down on corporate malfeasance for good measure would be nice too.
That said, if you had read my last sentence, you would see that I'm not opposed to a well-formed capitalism.
Heck, this is a guy who didn't know the upcoming power of the Internet until it ran over him, leaving tire marks over his crappy sweater. Bill Gates is the ultimate uber-nerd, socially unconscious and politically blinkered.
Meanwhile, in the heartland of capitalism, the US, the disparity between rich and poor grows, and poverty is rising. Go figure.
I'm starting to wonder if capitalist propaganda is not becoming a great rival to the old Soviet communist propaganda.
That said, a capitalist economy with sound market rules and a reasonable social safety net is about the best thing going... today.
As a programmer who did some Y2K work, I would say that a lot of potential systemic business problems were averted by the large effort, and if they weren't corrected ahead of time, there would most likely have been some business upheaval that would have cost an order of magnitude more than the cost of the upgrades themselves. But this is just my opinion. But would the business upheaval have been something resembling a disaster? I think that would have depended upon one's perspective and position in the economy.
The same could be said of other popular platforms. PHP isn't especially unsecure. All the attacks against it in this thread's comments are really just biased opinions of developers who prefer other platforms.
Eventually, this becomes "chicken vs. egg."
PHP is already being used in the enterprise, so it's already "ready." But it's flawed like *every other* programming language/platform. And the HPHP project, through its work, will make PHP even more enterprise-ready. It just simply proves the strength and devotion of the PHP development community. This ongoing commitment is what has driven and will drive enterprise-readiness.
And after people upgrade to PHP 4.3.10, neither will PHP be vulnerable to such attacks.
Problem solved. Nothing to see here folks.
I've seen many RSS URLs pull from a site's database to build the XML each time it's hit. This is fixed simply by creating a CRON job that builds the RSS XML on a periodic basis, then serving the resulting file. If you're just throwing a file back, then server bandwidth isn't as much of a problem, especially when you consider that browsers themselves cache files.
Totally agreed.
And I'm still waiting for the *real* reason the U.S. invaded Iraq. All of Bush's "raisons du jour" have evaporated.
That's the funniest thing I've read all week.
Yeah, "they" hate our freedom! To which I answer: What freedom? The American people are no longer free, but rather owned, controlled and manipulated by the plutocrats and corporatists. We Americans are now a new version of serfs.
I've managed employees who "just wanted to get their work done and leave" and I've managed employees who took great pride in not only their work, but the success of the company/project.
Ummm... those two sets of qualities are not mutually exclusive.
You can have an employee who deeply cares so much about the quality of their work, and the project they work on, that they will spend the vast majority of a normal work day working their ass off, then go home at a decent hour so they can work out, relax, eat and recharge their batteries for the next day of doing a great job for you.
I somehow believe that you're one of those slavedrivers who think loyalty somehow comes only from those who will work long hours to the point of ruining their physical health, and shame on you if that's your MO.
I'm still eagerly awaiting the Magic Bullet Ride at Six Flags. Talk about zigging and zagging, a la the Stone(d) movie 'JFK'.
This rube expects us to accept his "unbiased" analysis of the Wikipedia based on one article on Alexander Hamilton, while many of us who contribute to the Wikipedia have witnessed many articles progressing over time to become fairly accurate, and even more importantly, more complete than anyone would find in any printed encyclopedia.
Hopefully, this rube developed his Britannica articles using more than just one unrepresentative example.
In reference to the wolfpack ad, it esp. reminds of me of who let the wolves in on 9/11.
Yes, it's about the illusion of reduced costs, but it's also about having employees that always follows orders without question and not having to have a conscience, due to their circumstances.
Case in point: Has anyone noticed that when you call an offshored call center about a bill dispute, there is nowadays a whole lot less understanding about your issue? They now take the tack of "deny deny deny". They just follow their script and don't have to understand or care about your issue. In other words, since they're from another culture, they naturally cannot have compassion for you and your problem.
Note: This isn't a slight against those who aren't American (or who aren't in the "first world"). What I'm saying is that offshored call center employees are separated from Americans by culture and by distance, so they either don't understand or don't have to have compassion for any issues we call them with. It's not like we can get in our cars and drive to their office and confront them. They are totally safe to follow their scripts and screw us over... protecting the bottom line of the corporate masters they serve.
If true, it means, he has a good team around him. Which is fine by me.
Translation: "I think it's just fine that the guy I support is a farking moron."