There are also stories I heard from back in my telephony days that some of the switches that AT&T was selling to the various Eastern-bloc countries had back-doors built into them. Not quite as spectacular as a fireball, but potentially more damaging .
I remember using some of those ultra-high-strength bolts when I was in the USAF. They look like normal bolts but cost 100x to 1000x as much.We had to treat them like gold because they were typically low in stock.
There actually is. It's a point in time, not in space. If you _really_ want to express it in terms of space, then everywhere is the center of the universe.
> A friend tried it on two systems (one is a new quad-core) and is much happier now. So where does that get you? > Basically, system that looks like Windows 2000, performs like XP, and has the underneath the cover features of > Vista like "enhanced" security, searching, etc.
So I need to upgrade to quad core to get the performance I have now with no significant gain in functionality? It's nice to know what a real Vista platform requires, I just hope I don't get any significant new work that requires me getting a new box to do what I'm already doing on my current hardware.
I've been on the same box now for almost 3 years now. I no longer have a compelling need to upgrade every 18 months like I had in the past. But I am thinking of upgrading my Mac Mini to one of the new iMacs.
I naturally didn't RTFA but, but if they are doing the work to get PS on Linux they really have to get Bridge working there as well. It has become essential to a lot of peoples PS workflow.
Then, of course, a functioning LightRoom would be a very nice thing, too.
To echo some other posts, if somebody wanted guarantees, warrantability, etc... for some piece of code that I wrote, the cost, effort, and time would be increased by 1 to 2 orders of magnitude. There would be pages of stipulations about what precise hardware platform, OS, and other installed applications and services were running on the same machine. I would probably just go the 'appliance' route and lock down the box so that they could only make minimal changes to the environment. It can be done, but since I don't write life-critical/infrastructure-critical code, I can't see that the cost can be justified.
If I had to define a program for somebody to learn how to write code, it would probably be:
1) Pascal and/or Java. NO UI! Learn the basics of how programming works. 2) C and assembler. Learn how code maps to the hardware. Be able to manual translate simple C programs into assembly. 3) Scripting languages. JavaScript, perl, and bash (or the equivalent). 4) Prolog, forth, and/or Lisp. Think Differently. 5) C++, Advanced Java (with UI).
After all of this, specialty languages like VB, SQL, C#, AppleScript, and Ada should be fairly easy to pick up.
For me, probably the biggest surprise/let-down was when Darth Vader's mask came off and it _wasn't_ James Earl Jones. Everybody knew who the man behind the voice was. And he has was probably a better match for Vader physically than Christensen ever was or will be.
There are likely other solutions available like this one, I just happened to cross path with some of the engineering staff in a former life which is how I knew about this company.
Spam-registration-bots are reading captchas far too well. I gave up on them on a site I admin. A more feasible solution is to have a registration code that they have to enter that is present on some other part of the site or have them answer a question like 'how many beers are left in six pack if you drink two of them'. Humans can, in general, understand this question and answer it correctly far more easily than a registration-bot.
One thing that a lot of people are overlooking is that a great deal of music is never published; I can't go out and buy the sheet music for King Crimson's Fracture because it hasn't been published. Nor can I get the complete score for Tubular Bells or Gates of Delirium. I have to look for tabs or work out the stuff myself, which I also do but don't really have the time for anymore.
If I can buy the music for the stuff I like and want, I typically do provided it's a good transcription and it's not just one song out of a $30 book.
But much of what I'm interested in is not available. So I turn to the online tab sites. And, if I can find GuitarPro files, all the better.
The only true Silver Bullet is really smart people. I've seen it time and again. If a project absolutely positively has to get finished by a particular date, put the best people in your organization on the project and turn them loose. Even the mediocre people on the team will start performing well above their normal levels. I'm not saying that adding new tools and technology won't help. I'm saying that adding really smart people will do far more than tools and technology.
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There are also stories I heard from back in my telephony days that some of the switches that AT&T was selling to the various Eastern-bloc countries had back-doors built into them. Not quite as spectacular as a fireball, but potentially more damaging .
Apple is not a convicted monopolist. MS is.
I remember using some of those ultra-high-strength bolts when I was in the USAF. They look like normal bolts but cost 100x to 1000x as much.We had to treat them like gold because they were typically low in stock.
> no absolute "center" of the universe.
There actually is. It's a point in time, not in space. If you _really_ want to express it in terms of space, then everywhere is the center of the universe.
> A friend tried it on two systems (one is a new quad-core) and is much happier now. So where does that get you?
> Basically, system that looks like Windows 2000, performs like XP, and has the underneath the cover features of > Vista like "enhanced" security, searching, etc.
So I need to upgrade to quad core to get the performance I have now with no significant gain in functionality? It's nice to know what a real Vista platform requires, I just hope I don't get any significant new work that requires me getting a new box to do what I'm already doing on my current hardware.
I've been on the same box now for almost 3 years now. I no longer have a compelling need to upgrade every 18 months like I had in the past. But I am thinking of upgrading my Mac Mini to one of the new iMacs.
I naturally didn't RTFA but, but if they are doing the work to get PS on Linux they really have to get Bridge working there as well. It has become essential to a lot of peoples PS workflow.
Then, of course, a functioning LightRoom would be a very nice thing, too.
-X
I've always wanted PS running on a Unix-likes OS.
That's why I got a Mac with OSX. Works real nice and there are other benefits including the rest of the CS3 suite.
-X
> I'm a little astounded that this fellow didn't adopt an online pseudonym...
I know 16yo camwhores from MySpace that have this much freakin' sense.
-X
> Are there any respectable news sources left on US TV?
BBC World Service on BBC America.
CNN International is not too bad when it's available.
-X
I will offer a toast to night to all of the man's achievements, as I have done for the individual ones.
I had hoped for the longest time to hear on the news that he'd finally dragged himself out of the wilderness with yet another epic tale to tell.
To echo some other posts, if somebody wanted guarantees, warrantability, etc... for some piece of code that I wrote, the cost, effort, and time would be increased by 1 to 2 orders of magnitude. There would be pages of stipulations about what precise hardware platform, OS, and other installed applications and services were running on the same machine. I would probably just go the 'appliance' route and lock down the box so that they could only make minimal changes to the environment. It can be done, but since I don't write life-critical/infrastructure-critical code, I can't see that the cost can be justified.
When I read this post, I heard the voice of Hank Hill...
> Is that Dominican-the-country or Dominican-the-Catholic-religious-order?
Both.
Maybe the OLPC folks can get Apple to join in and get the UI cleaned up.
If I had to define a program for somebody to learn how to write code, it would probably be:
1) Pascal and/or Java. NO UI! Learn the basics of how programming works.
2) C and assembler. Learn how code maps to the hardware. Be able to manual translate simple C programs into assembly.
3) Scripting languages. JavaScript, perl, and bash (or the equivalent).
4) Prolog, forth, and/or Lisp. Think Differently.
5) C++, Advanced Java (with UI).
After all of this, specialty languages like VB, SQL, C#, AppleScript, and Ada should be fairly easy to pick up.
-X
For me, probably the biggest surprise/let-down was when Darth Vader's mask came off and it _wasn't_ James Earl Jones. Everybody knew who the man behind the voice was. And he has was probably a better match for Vader physically than Christensen ever was or will be.
-X
Shipping containers, chock full of electronics, weapons, etc...
http://www.marinelink.com/Story/Navy+Rolls+Out+New+Mine+Warfare+Mission+Package-208892.html
And they probably have one that's loaded with Linux boxes.
This isn't FOSS but it is a cryptographically based solution: http://www.surety.com/.
There are likely other solutions available like this one, I just happened to cross path with some of the engineering staff in a former life which is how I knew about this company.
-X
The summary extract on the front page has nothing to do with the rest of the summary or the article.
Or I'm confused again...
Spam-registration-bots are reading captchas far too well. I gave up on them on a site I admin. A more feasible solution is to have a registration code that they have to enter that is present on some other part of the site or have them answer a question like 'how many beers are left in six pack if you drink two of them'. Humans can, in general, understand this question and answer it correctly far more easily than a registration-bot.
-X
Thomas Knoll still actively contributes, especially with the DNG effort.
One thing that a lot of people are overlooking is that a great deal of music is never published; I can't go out and buy the sheet music for King Crimson's Fracture because it hasn't been published. Nor can I get the complete score for Tubular Bells or Gates of Delirium. I have to look for tabs or work out the stuff myself, which I also do but don't really have the time for anymore.
If I can buy the music for the stuff I like and want, I typically do provided it's a good transcription and it's not just one song out of a $30 book.
But much of what I'm interested in is not available. So I turn to the online tab sites. And, if I can find GuitarPro files, all the better.
-X
I thought gopher http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1436.txt died a slow lingering death...
Guarantee that whomever CR picks is going to parade that around regardless of their stance before testing occurs.
a tion/index.htm
Consumer Reports does not take kindly to companies using their name in advertisements:
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/aboutus/adviol
The only true Silver Bullet is really smart people. I've seen it time and again. If a project absolutely positively has to get finished by a particular date, put the best people in your organization on the project and turn them loose. Even the mediocre people on the team will start performing well above their normal levels. I'm not saying that adding new tools and technology won't help. I'm saying that adding really smart people will do far more than tools and technology.