" What do manual locks and windows have to do with anything?"
Cost of repairs. Electric windows are notorious for crapping out. Fixing them is expensive and/or a real pain. My wife's last car had an "automatic" sunroof. Yeah, until the motor craps out with the window open, then "automatic" means I've huffing and puffing to get the GD thing closed. Don't even get me started with CPM/EPMs and there bad sensors...
I'll stick with every manual myself, thank you very much. I have enough crap to fix...
I saw a biography of Killdall on PBS. There was no mention of Microsoft stealing anything. IBM shipped BOTH CPM and DOS. CPM machines were priced higher (reason unknown). The MARKET choose DOS. Plain and simple.
Let's not distort facts to make MS look evil, that just makes open sourcers look like evil zealots.
"It's akin to not pulling the handle after pressing the switches for the choices."
If you don't pull the handle, the curtain stays closed, and you can't get out. When you walk straight into the curtain, a light should go off in your head - "hmmm, maybe I did something wrong!"
"In a closed development shop, once we completed the user interviews, a software engineer would begin writing specifications. Once he or she completed writing the document, it would sit on someone's desk for approval for weeks and maybe months. The document would then make its way to a project manager who would fit it into his schedule and translate those specifications into tasks."
is a made-up scenerio that MAY exist in some software houses but certainly not all. Dude swings the pendulum too far in the other direction and is now spreading misconceptions about closed source development.
Unfortunately, you are incorrect. From personal experience, with JUST a checking account number people are able to buy stuff over the phone. Once a thief gets a hold of that, you're done.
"You can still do catering for parties in your free time"
Typically, yes, iff you are not competing with your employer. This little tidbit is what is missing in most of the posts above. I need permission from my boss before developing anything in my time. Typically, as long as there is not "conflict of interest", there is no issue.
You are so not going to make a lot of friends around here saying stuff like that. My suggestion, abandon your id and everything associated with it. There's a band on Penguins tracking your IP right no... [NO CARRIER]
We as individuals and as a species should *never* stop learning. This does not need to be a formal education (though piling up degrees can be fun:-), reading books, howstuffworks.com, local community college classes, the discovery channel, etc. work just as well. There is infinite knowledge out there - learn it, question it, _extend_ it!
When you stop learning, you become a mindless drone that will eventually get conned into the next round of scams. When you stop learning you begin the process of becoming obsolete.
I do disagree on one point - programming is a science just as much (more) as it is an art.
This is really nothing new. Millions of people buy crap from infomercials. "Average" people cannot discern between a scam/sup-par product and a genuine deal.
I hear the news repeat _constantly_ "If it's too good to be true, it is." yet inDUHviduals just do not get it....
HTF is this "insightful"? The USA was formed by two groups: protestants seeking refuge and 'others' seeking riches. The former wishes for a place to worship as they wish and not have the government force religious beliefs upon them.
The USA is NOT a Christian country. WTF did THAT come from, your arse? It is "defined and based on" the constitution.
"If you can change those assumptions, you can deny people their rights." I'd comment, but I have no clue what this means. Rights are defined by laws and the constitution not assumptions.
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" What do manual locks and windows have to do with anything?"
Cost of repairs. Electric windows are notorious for crapping out. Fixing them is expensive and/or a real pain. My wife's last car had an "automatic" sunroof. Yeah, until the motor craps out with the window open, then "automatic" means I've huffing and puffing to get the GD thing closed. Don't even get me started with CPM/EPMs and there bad sensors...
I'll stick with every manual myself, thank you very much. I have enough crap to fix...
Unfortunately, this is short sighted. Sites will force advertising on its visitors AND charge a fee. This is called milking the snot out of everyone.
The mantra is "make as much as you can as fast as you can". Respect for the customer died in like the 50's dude.
WHAT?!? I've based all my IT decision the last few years on /. postings! I was just typing out and Ask /. to find out what to do about my marriage!
Now what "authorative" source do I base my life on?
I know! theonion.com!
"Microsoft who stole CP/M"
I saw a biography of Killdall on PBS. There was no mention of Microsoft stealing anything. IBM shipped BOTH CPM and DOS. CPM machines were priced higher (reason unknown). The MARKET choose DOS. Plain and simple.
Let's not distort facts to make MS look evil, that just makes open sourcers look like evil zealots.
"Maybe if they didn't spend R&D time and money on useless features, their products would be more affordable"
Right, because we all know we get better products when people and companies stand still and refuse to invent or innovate.
"It's akin to not pulling the handle after pressing the switches for the choices."
If you don't pull the handle, the curtain stays closed, and you can't get out. When you walk straight into the curtain, a light should go off in your head - "hmmm, maybe I did something wrong!"
" and it gets mentioned on Buffy, which is as good a cultural barometer as we are ever likely to have"
Gawd help us. Society now sucks if that is our barometer.
Google, the verb, has been mentioned on Law & Order. _THAT_ tells me it has entered the mainstream.
I couldn't agree with you more. His statement:
"In a closed development shop, once we completed the user interviews, a software engineer would begin writing specifications. Once he or she completed writing the document, it would sit on someone's desk for approval for weeks and maybe months. The document would then make its way to a project manager who would fit it into his schedule and translate those specifications into tasks."
is a made-up scenerio that MAY exist in some software houses but certainly not all. Dude swings the pendulum too far in the other direction and is now spreading misconceptions about closed source development.
The readme for this claims it is not quite cooked all the way.
"So what's the problem? NO END USER FOCUS."
+50 He gets it! Been saying that for years.
Unfortunately, you are incorrect. From personal experience, with JUST a checking account number people are able to buy stuff over the phone. Once a thief gets a hold of that, you're done.
"You can still do catering for parties in your free time"
Typically, yes, iff you are not competing with your employer. This little tidbit is what is missing in most of the posts above. I need permission from my boss before developing anything in my time. Typically, as long as there is not "conflict of interest", there is no issue.
"I work for Microsoft."
You are so not going to make a lot of friends around here saying stuff like that. My suggestion, abandon your id and everything associated with it. There's a band on Penguins tracking your IP right no...
[NO CARRIER]
+10 Insightful!
:-), reading books, howstuffworks.com, local community college classes, the discovery channel, etc. work just as well. There is infinite knowledge out there - learn it, question it, _extend_ it!
We as individuals and as a species should *never* stop learning. This does not need to be a formal education (though piling up degrees can be fun
When you stop learning, you become a mindless drone that will eventually get conned into the next round of scams. When you stop learning you begin the process of becoming obsolete.
I do disagree on one point - programming is a science just as much (more) as it is an art.
This gives me a great idea: The Artwork Channel! Get a few hundred famouns paintings and show each for like 5 minutes.
1. Set up the Artwork Channel
2. ????
3. Profit!!!!!!
Yes!!! I better patent this right away before anyone reads this...
This is really nothing new. Millions of people buy crap from infomercials. "Average" people cannot discern between a scam/sup-par product and a genuine deal.
I hear the news repeat _constantly_ "If it's too good to be true, it is." yet inDUHviduals just do not get it....
'Let them just insert the name of their God in the "under God" space.
So you can keep saying under God... or... you could say "under Allah", "under Buddah", "under Lucifer'
And agnostics would say "under "...?
Because liberty (Jeep) IS an SUV!
"So by removing the phrase "under God" we are actually supporting the atheist view of religion."
ACK! NO! Look it up...atheist beleive no good exists..so by your argument "under NO God" would support atheism.
By removing it, we'd be supporting agnostics, but, IMHO, this is not a bad thing - it means it could go either way.
HTF is this "insightful"? The USA was formed by two groups: protestants seeking refuge and 'others' seeking riches. The former wishes for a place to worship as they wish and not have the government force religious beliefs upon them.
The USA is NOT a Christian country. WTF did THAT come from, your arse? It is "defined and based on" the constitution.
"If you can change those assumptions, you can deny people their rights." I'd comment, but I have no clue what this means. Rights are defined by laws and the constitution not assumptions.
Dumping my snowboard wearing the Burton ski jacket. With each tumble the station & volume changes.
Not only will I LOOK bad, I'll sound stupid too.
Sounds like a scene out of the Simpsons:
D'oh! "today in the news" D'oh! "Exit light, Enter night.." D'oh! "I just called to say.." D'oh!
" You could have thought before posting and realized that Hummer makes two models"
I did. The H1 is typically referred to as just 'the Hummer' because it was the first one. If you wanted to be specific, you should have been specific.
"I think fully loaded they go for about ~$50k"
NO. I just priced an H1 fully loaded at hummer.com. The price: $123,537. Took me 1.5 minutes. You could have done the same before posting.
"What do you see when you look up at the stars at night?"
Stars.
" people dont have my phone number ... noone calls me. And I go to no
here, so
meetings."
Is your 'job' title "Unemployed"???