Language evolves that way. EQ'ers frequently say "pally" instead of paladin, and "shammy" instead of shaman, so this cutesification of language is quite common.
So what the hell is an "EQ'er"? (this could go on forever...)
Although this is a very good idea I question the stability of a new emulator vs an old proven system.
Well, why not get the thing emulated now, so you can work the kinks out of the emulation while you still have a working system to compare it to? Before you know it, anyone who knows anything about these systems is going to be dead. (sorry, it's true) Would you want to hire anyone to work on an emulator for a system that was in use years before they were born? Or would you rather have people working on it who have used the systems?
It may seem kind of pointless to emulate these things now, but if you don't start on it now, when will you?
Agreed. We aren't quite "there" yet, but there are certainly people who are pretty close to it. There is a lot of software that needs to be as flawless as possible. Air Traffic Controllers, NASA, military, medical, etc. That is as close to engineering as you'll get in software. The problem is when you call coding engineering when it is just coding. People scoff at things like CMM Certification as "unnecessary", yet they wonder why their projects are managed like a Tennessee bait shop. Until people take software seriously, it will just range from "hacks" to engineered code.
Bottom line is that you have to do what works for your project. Not every software project needs to be engineered, but there are certainly those that have to be in order to succeed.
You can't tell the difference between good and bad code? That's too bad. Good code is what you get when you take someone genuinely skilled in the art of Software Engineering and a depth of knowledge in the problem domain and the language to be used.
Let's get one thing clear - coding != software engineering, software engineering != coding.
I have seen some fantastic coders who produced slick, good, fast code. But they weren't engineers by any means. They were coders. I have seen good software engineers that didn't code. I have been in software engineering for 10 years, but my coding skills are pretty rusty. Coding is one small piece of engineering. I deal with the good/bad coders/engineers every day. They are definitely NOT the same thing.
The single most valuable class that I took in college was Software Engineering. I am looking at the book from that class on my shelf right now. We did ZERO coding in that class. I brought my final project from that class with me when I graduated and started interviewing, and I was told later that it really helped to get me the job. It showed that I had depth of knowledge and wasn't just a coder. I knew the software lifecycle, from requirements through support. I knew about estimation techniques and the different types of testing. I am still amazed at how little many "seasoned" professionals know about any of this stuff.
Yes, you need good coders, they are invaluable. But coders are not necessarily software engineers.
King Microsoft against the Linux autonomous collective.
I am Bill Gates, King of the programmers
- Who are the programmers?
We all are. We are all programmers. And I am your king.
- I didn't know we had a king. I thought we were a Linux autonomous collective.
I was thinking they can't be a King because they don't pass this test:
Who is this Microsoft company anyway?
Must be a King.
Why's that?
It doesn't have shit all over it.
See, that doesn't seem right. Microsoft is knee deep in its own shit.
Is there anyone who can restrain themselves from verbally masturbating over LOTR for 5 minutes?
I am aware that it's very popular, won Oscars etc, but I myself found the book to be very very long winded and the films to be somewhat self-indulgent on the part of, well, everyone in them.
Don't get me wrong, I found them entertaining and they held my attention far better than the novels - but I feel I'm the only one who doesn't think they're the greatest cinematic feat EVER?
You aren't alone. (well, maybe around here you are close). I never read the books, but I heard an awfully lot about them. I had high expectations when the movies came out. To me, they were just OK action movies. Of course, a couple of my friends who know LOTR by heart have spent hours droning on about how the movies don't blah blah this and something something that - I don't care. I evaluated the movies for what they were, not for how well they held up to the books. In my opinion, they were OK. Nothing more, nothing less.
I intentionally didn't read the books before the movies came out because I wanted to see the movies with fresh eyes. I have since tried to read them, and found them pretty insufferable. It isn't like I have a short attention span or anything, I just don't get what all the hoopla is over these books. Rabid fans will bark and spit at me for saying such things, although I don't know why. They take it as a personal attack. So instead of this comment sitting here at the current mod level, it will get modded down. But I have to say what I think.
How in the heck is his page standing up to a/.ing so well?!?
No kidding. Not to mention that from the time I first looked at his page to now (10 minutes later) it has changed. He took down the pictures of him and his kid. Now there is a picture up of bad ol' Vince.
ROFL. If this guy is innocent, I would feel very sorry for him. I would not want to incur the wrath of a million internet dorks. If he is guilty.... oh well.
I was heavily into collecting/tinkering/restoring video arcade games a few years ago. I was looking to pick up a Gyruss boardset, and found one pretty cheap from a local guy. When I went to check it out, the game played fine. Then he showed me the board. There was a 1" square hold in the middle of the board. Some component, I don't remember which, fried and burned a hole in the board. He scraped it out and cleaned it up, and the board still worked. I bought it.
This guy is one of the biggest collectors in the country, and had a lot of awesome stuff - probably 100 cabinets and pinballs in his basement, including a sit-down Star Wars, sit down Sinistar, and a 4-player Cruisn World. He actually had a working boardset that had broken in half and he soldered it back together using small wires. He did it just because he was bored, but it was cool looking.
Any nerd worth his salt knows to first check the headers of the e-mail and Lookup the IP to see where the mail really came from, and/or view the source of the HTML and identify obfusicated URL redirects. Then again, any IT guy who is using HTML-enabled e-mail should have his geek license revoked in the first place.
It is usually much easier than that. Look at the To: list on the email. Is it sent to several other userids that are very similar to yours? Or is it set to someone other than you that doesn't look like a distribution list? If your ISP, Bank, whoever is sending YOU an email, they will send it to you and only you (more than likely). I usually don't even have to go to the headers to spot these bogus emails.
But I agree with you about the HTML. I still use PINE as my main email client at home. Light, fast, remotely accessible. I have tried others, but have always come back to it.
I wish the site wasn't slashdotted, I'd like to see that test.
The Hohokam had a peak population of less than 50,000 people, and their society collapsed. Some people think the Hohokam society collapsed because their irrigation technology overextended the population, which was then wiped out by drought and poor soil management. I see a parallel with Maricopa County. Yes, technology allows 4 million people to live in the desert. But in adverse conditions, the Maricopa County society is just as apt to evaporate as the Hohokam did 600 years ago.
So you are basically saying that it will thrive, die, and be reborn from the ashes just to do it all over again? Perhaps they chose an appropriate name for their city...
Defense companies have to go through a certain amount of security and background checks to win a contract.
Right. So they can build a 100% secret product that could run on Windows.
Think about that for a second. If they are building applications, does it matter how secure that code is if it runs on Windows? Or would you rather that they build apps that runs on a modified Linux kernel, where they could at least hire someone to check the code? Microsoft is not accountable to anyone, including the government and military. THAT scares the crap out of me.
Whinging" is a totally valid word; it's just not used in America. Because, you know, English was around far, far longer than your pitiful country.
Absolutely. But for you to use a word that is not used in America (technically the United States of America - just calling it America is kind of ignorant) is sort of a faux pas on your part. It is a British word, so why would you use it when composing a post towards Americans? It doesn't show that you have a better vocabulary, just a different one. Whooptie doo.
The fact that you spent so long replying says it all, really. You just can't accept that there are major flaws in your country. You're told at school that America is great, the govt. tells you that America is great, and you want to believe that America is great.
And how would you know what they tell us in school? I can accept the flaws of my country, but it sounds like *someone* may be a little jealous. Otherwise, why would you spend the time verbally attacking the USA? Upset that you can't win a Tour de France?
Well, you need a change. Go and live in Switzerland or Sweden for five years, and take note of the high standard of living, low crime rate, intelligent people and general good quality of society. THEN make your opinion up about America.
Umm, that would give me a better opinion of Switzerland or Sweden, not the USA. (oops, there is your faux pas again) Perhaps you should come live here for 5 years in order to get a more accurate opinion of this country.
Hmm. Poor attempt at a troll, not very inflammatory. I give you a C. But simply for the fact that it is Tuesday, let's address the issues. They do look legitimate at first glance.
1 - Buy yourself a gun
To become a fully-fledged Yank, you'll need to get a weapon. Americans think that having more killing machines magically makes their country safer, and it helps them to walk around saying "I'll put a cap in your ass". Even though the concept of "no guns = no gun-related crimes" is alien to the average Yank, it'll give you a false sense of security in this country with the highest crime rates in the developed world.
You watch too much TV if you believe that everyone in this country owns guns. The fact is, this is a HUGE country, and it is almost as if we have many different sub-countries. Nashville is not like Chicago, which isn't like LA, which isn't like Phoenix, which isn't like Boston, which isn't like Houston, etc etc. The fact is, this country is a young one, and we were founded with guns. Guns have been here pretty much from the beginning, simply because we haven't been around that long. If a country was existing when guns were invented, then they would have to be introduced. For us, they have always been here. We needed them "back in the day" when this country was being created. We needed them to hunt and protect our lands, and unfortunately to conquer the Native Americans. But no country really has a spotless history, and that isn't the topic at hand. The fact is, guns are here to stay, whether we like it or not. It would be impossible to remove all guns from this country, we have way too many now.
- Put on at least 25 stone
Skinny? Medium? Chubby? That won't cut it in the good ol' US of A. Because America has the highest obesty levels on the planet, you'll need to get those rolls of flab built up. Eating 18 waffles with Maple syrup for breakfast (and visiting Burger King five times in a day) is all natural when much of the world is suffering massive poverty. Get fat and fit in.
Overall, you are right - we are pretty overweight. But we aren't alone in that regard, we just seem to be the pioneers. While most of this is true, we also have some of the best athletes in the world. What? No comment?
3 - Learn the lingo
We've talked about issues affecting society, but on a personal level you'll need more knowledge (or ignorance as it may be) to fit in. First, forget proper English. Confuse "your" with "you're". Say "must of" instead of "must have". Whenever anything interesting occurs, say "shucks" repeatedly. Instead of clever spontaneity or witty insults, call people "asswipes". It's funny!
So are you talking about speaking proper English, or writing it? You seem to be confused. Since you are uninteresting, I'll refrain from saying "shucks", which I haven't heard since I was 10, and that was on a bad TV sitcom.
4 - Throw away all maps, history books etc.
To really feel a part of American society, you must lose all knowledge of the world. Forget where Poland is. Scrap your knowledge of the lengthy Chinese history. Make cretinous remarks like "India? Is that in Africa?". Because ALL that matters is America, and it doesn't matter how pathetic you look to educated people the world over.
Everyone else in the world is educated? Interesting concept, although it is completely wrong. This is an absolute myth, through and through.
5 - Become totally irrational and nonsensical
Spout on about the Constitution, and then make drastic changes to it. Talk about "freedom of speech" and watch TV programmes about the Ku Klux Klan. Rant on about market freedom, and sit back as companies run riot and destroy the economy with their anti-competitive practices. Essentially, act idiotic at all times.
Everyone else in the world is totally rational. Banning religious symbols in public, starving its population to feed the military, killing people for speaking out against the government, supporting Bush in his vendet
3. Shows legitimacy (see 2): publicly whooping SCO time and time again demonstrates the legimitacy of Linux and its IP.
3a. It shows the power of the internet, and how farces like this can be exposed to the public.
Groklaw does an awesome job of putting all this (dis)information together so we can all understand it. Without them, it would be hard to figure out what is going on. Without the internet, all you would hear about this stuff, if anything, would be what hits mainstream publications. I am amazed at the speed with which their arguments are dismantled.
What JFK should have said was "I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth with pictures that will scale properly as wallpaper on computer monitors not yet invented."
Why is it that when I think of something JFK said, I hear it in Mayor Quimby's voice?
Is that what it is saying? Since I don't have the "official" text, I'll take this statment:
The UK High Court has judged that the sale, advertisement, possession for commercial purposes and use of PlayStation 2 modification chips is illegal in this country.
Does this mean the sale OR advertisement OR posession for commercial purposes OR use of PS2 modchips is illegal. i.e.
the sale of PS2 modchips is illegal
the advertisement of PS2 modchips is illegal
the posession for commuercial purposes of PS2 modchips is illegal
the use of PS2 modchips is illegal
OR
Does it mean
the sale of AND advertisement of AND posession of for commercial purposes AND use of PS2 modchips is illegal.
I am guessing it is the first set of statements, where they are essentially completely outlawed. But if you wanted to get into the ANDs and ORs of the argument...
That's why philosophy exists in the first place - because science is unable to answer certain questions about our existence.
No, science has so far been unable to answer certain questions about our existence. You can't say that it won't. Unless of course, you don't believe that it will be able to. At least science progresses...
From what I've seen of OSS, the solution is not many, many eyes, but a core handful of experienced eyes that have experience and training.
Actually, no. I don't think the solution is to have a handful of experienced eyes - I am sure there are Windows programmers who are pretty top-notch. What is essential is having the power and ability to FIX problems. I am sure that MS is like most places, where the project ships with bugs. After that, someone else maintains the code and the original person moves on to more exciting things. Or there is no time to fix all that "security" stuff. Or their hands are tied because in order to fix that "security stuff" they would have to break some kind of whiz-bang lock-in interoperability. Or any of a thousand other reasons.
In OSS code, if it doesn't get fixed it is because the owner is lazy, or because the fix isn't deemed good enough, or it isn't seen as a high-priority. Or any of a thousand other reasons.
The more eyes you have on the product, the more likely you are to find problems. Experts will find the "expert" problems in architecture and whatnot, and the "user" eyes will find all kinds of things that the experts might not care about.
I now remember what I heard about the banking industry. Sorry for the vaugeness in the original post, but hey, it was a Friday.
Now what I am saying is juse heresay, so you Northerners can maybe comment. I heard that you can get loans at really low interest rates. Something like 2% or less. Now while at first that sounds like a great idea for the consumer, it doesn't allow the banks to make much money on the deals. So the banking *industry* just doesn't have the money to advance. Or I guess I should say the banking business. Of course, the person I heard this from worked at a bank up there, and this was a few years ago, so perhaps it has improved.
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So what the hell is an "EQ'er"? (this could go on forever...)
Well, why not get the thing emulated now, so you can work the kinks out of the emulation while you still have a working system to compare it to? Before you know it, anyone who knows anything about these systems is going to be dead. (sorry, it's true) Would you want to hire anyone to work on an emulator for a system that was in use years before they were born? Or would you rather have people working on it who have used the systems?
It may seem kind of pointless to emulate these things now, but if you don't start on it now, when will you?
That would be one way to get a Turing machine to admit it is a machine - sue it.
Bottom line is that you have to do what works for your project. Not every software project needs to be engineered, but there are certainly those that have to be in order to succeed.
Let's get one thing clear - coding != software engineering, software engineering != coding.
I have seen some fantastic coders who produced slick, good, fast code. But they weren't engineers by any means. They were coders. I have seen good software engineers that didn't code. I have been in software engineering for 10 years, but my coding skills are pretty rusty. Coding is one small piece of engineering. I deal with the good/bad coders/engineers every day. They are definitely NOT the same thing.
The single most valuable class that I took in college was Software Engineering. I am looking at the book from that class on my shelf right now. We did ZERO coding in that class. I brought my final project from that class with me when I graduated and started interviewing, and I was told later that it really helped to get me the job. It showed that I had depth of knowledge and wasn't just a coder. I knew the software lifecycle, from requirements through support. I knew about estimation techniques and the different types of testing. I am still amazed at how little many "seasoned" professionals know about any of this stuff.
Yes, you need good coders, they are invaluable. But coders are not necessarily software engineers.
Who is this Microsoft company anyway?
Must be a King.
Why's that?
It doesn't have shit all over it.
See, that doesn't seem right. Microsoft is knee deep in its own shit.
You aren't alone. (well, maybe around here you are close). I never read the books, but I heard an awfully lot about them. I had high expectations when the movies came out. To me, they were just OK action movies. Of course, a couple of my friends who know LOTR by heart have spent hours droning on about how the movies don't blah blah this and something something that - I don't care. I evaluated the movies for what they were, not for how well they held up to the books. In my opinion, they were OK. Nothing more, nothing less.
I intentionally didn't read the books before the movies came out because I wanted to see the movies with fresh eyes. I have since tried to read them, and found them pretty insufferable. It isn't like I have a short attention span or anything, I just don't get what all the hoopla is over these books. Rabid fans will bark and spit at me for saying such things, although I don't know why. They take it as a personal attack. So instead of this comment sitting here at the current mod level, it will get modded down. But I have to say what I think.
No kidding. Not to mention that from the time I first looked at his page to now (10 minutes later) it has changed. He took down the pictures of him and his kid. Now there is a picture up of bad ol' Vince.
ROFL. If this guy is innocent, I would feel very sorry for him. I would not want to incur the wrath of a million internet dorks. If he is guilty.... oh well.
This guy is one of the biggest collectors in the country, and had a lot of awesome stuff - probably 100 cabinets and pinballs in his basement, including a sit-down Star Wars, sit down Sinistar, and a 4-player Cruisn World. He actually had a working boardset that had broken in half and he soldered it back together using small wires. He did it just because he was bored, but it was cool looking.
It is usually much easier than that. Look at the To: list on the email. Is it sent to several other userids that are very similar to yours? Or is it set to someone other than you that doesn't look like a distribution list? If your ISP, Bank, whoever is sending YOU an email, they will send it to you and only you (more than likely). I usually don't even have to go to the headers to spot these bogus emails.
But I agree with you about the HTML. I still use PINE as my main email client at home. Light, fast, remotely accessible. I have tried others, but have always come back to it.
I wish the site wasn't slashdotted, I'd like to see that test.
The Windows version is just a bunch of half-popped kernels with lots and lots of extra butter and salt on them to make them seem more appealing.
So you are basically saying that it will thrive, die, and be reborn from the ashes just to do it all over again? Perhaps they chose an appropriate name for their city...
Right. So they can build a 100% secret product that could run on Windows.
Think about that for a second. If they are building applications, does it matter how secure that code is if it runs on Windows? Or would you rather that they build apps that runs on a modified Linux kernel, where they could at least hire someone to check the code? Microsoft is not accountable to anyone, including the government and military. THAT scares the crap out of me.
Absolutely. But for you to use a word that is not used in America (technically the United States of America - just calling it America is kind of ignorant) is sort of a faux pas on your part. It is a British word, so why would you use it when composing a post towards Americans? It doesn't show that you have a better vocabulary, just a different one. Whooptie doo.
The fact that you spent so long replying says it all, really. You just can't accept that there are major flaws in your country. You're told at school that America is great, the govt. tells you that America is great, and you want to believe that America is great.
And how would you know what they tell us in school? I can accept the flaws of my country, but it sounds like *someone* may be a little jealous. Otherwise, why would you spend the time verbally attacking the USA? Upset that you can't win a Tour de France?
Well, you need a change. Go and live in Switzerland or Sweden for five years, and take note of the high standard of living, low crime rate, intelligent people and general good quality of society. THEN make your opinion up about America.
Umm, that would give me a better opinion of Switzerland or Sweden, not the USA. (oops, there is your faux pas again) Perhaps you should come live here for 5 years in order to get a more accurate opinion of this country.
1 - Buy yourself a gun To become a fully-fledged Yank, you'll need to get a weapon. Americans think that having more killing machines magically makes their country safer, and it helps them to walk around saying "I'll put a cap in your ass". Even though the concept of "no guns = no gun-related crimes" is alien to the average Yank, it'll give you a false sense of security in this country with the highest crime rates in the developed world.
You watch too much TV if you believe that everyone in this country owns guns. The fact is, this is a HUGE country, and it is almost as if we have many different sub-countries. Nashville is not like Chicago, which isn't like LA, which isn't like Phoenix, which isn't like Boston, which isn't like Houston, etc etc. The fact is, this country is a young one, and we were founded with guns. Guns have been here pretty much from the beginning, simply because we haven't been around that long. If a country was existing when guns were invented, then they would have to be introduced. For us, they have always been here. We needed them "back in the day" when this country was being created. We needed them to hunt and protect our lands, and unfortunately to conquer the Native Americans. But no country really has a spotless history, and that isn't the topic at hand. The fact is, guns are here to stay, whether we like it or not. It would be impossible to remove all guns from this country, we have way too many now.
- Put on at least 25 stone Skinny? Medium? Chubby? That won't cut it in the good ol' US of A. Because America has the highest obesty levels on the planet, you'll need to get those rolls of flab built up. Eating 18 waffles with Maple syrup for breakfast (and visiting Burger King five times in a day) is all natural when much of the world is suffering massive poverty. Get fat and fit in.
Overall, you are right - we are pretty overweight. But we aren't alone in that regard, we just seem to be the pioneers. While most of this is true, we also have some of the best athletes in the world. What? No comment?
3 - Learn the lingo We've talked about issues affecting society, but on a personal level you'll need more knowledge (or ignorance as it may be) to fit in. First, forget proper English. Confuse "your" with "you're". Say "must of" instead of "must have". Whenever anything interesting occurs, say "shucks" repeatedly. Instead of clever spontaneity or witty insults, call people "asswipes". It's funny!
So are you talking about speaking proper English, or writing it? You seem to be confused. Since you are uninteresting, I'll refrain from saying "shucks", which I haven't heard since I was 10, and that was on a bad TV sitcom.
4 - Throw away all maps, history books etc. To really feel a part of American society, you must lose all knowledge of the world. Forget where Poland is. Scrap your knowledge of the lengthy Chinese history. Make cretinous remarks like "India? Is that in Africa?". Because ALL that matters is America, and it doesn't matter how pathetic you look to educated people the world over.
Everyone else in the world is educated? Interesting concept, although it is completely wrong. This is an absolute myth, through and through.
5 - Become totally irrational and nonsensical Spout on about the Constitution, and then make drastic changes to it. Talk about "freedom of speech" and watch TV programmes about the Ku Klux Klan. Rant on about market freedom, and sit back as companies run riot and destroy the economy with their anti-competitive practices. Essentially, act idiotic at all times.
Everyone else in the world is totally rational. Banning religious symbols in public, starving its population to feed the military, killing people for speaking out against the government, supporting Bush in his vendet
This would be lame on April 1st, let alone today. Anyone who thinks that is clever or funny should be seriously embarassed. Or very high.
Please work on P2P applications. Thank you.
3a. It shows the power of the internet, and how farces like this can be exposed to the public.
Groklaw does an awesome job of putting all this (dis)information together so we can all understand it. Without them, it would be hard to figure out what is going on. Without the internet, all you would hear about this stuff, if anything, would be what hits mainstream publications. I am amazed at the speed with which their arguments are dismantled.
Why is it that when I think of something JFK said, I hear it in Mayor Quimby's voice?
It was the right one. Not that I noticed or anything.
Does this mean the sale OR advertisement OR posession for commercial purposes OR use of PS2 modchips is illegal. i.e.
the sale of PS2 modchips is illegal
the advertisement of PS2 modchips is illegal
the posession for commuercial purposes of PS2 modchips is illegal
the use of PS2 modchips is illegal
OR
Does it mean
the sale of AND advertisement of AND posession of for commercial purposes AND use of PS2 modchips is illegal.
I am guessing it is the first set of statements, where they are essentially completely outlawed. But if you wanted to get into the ANDs and ORs of the argument...
No, science has so far been unable to answer certain questions about our existence. You can't say that it won't. Unless of course, you don't believe that it will be able to. At least science progresses...
Actually, no. I don't think the solution is to have a handful of experienced eyes - I am sure there are Windows programmers who are pretty top-notch. What is essential is having the power and ability to FIX problems. I am sure that MS is like most places, where the project ships with bugs. After that, someone else maintains the code and the original person moves on to more exciting things. Or there is no time to fix all that "security" stuff. Or their hands are tied because in order to fix that "security stuff" they would have to break some kind of whiz-bang lock-in interoperability. Or any of a thousand other reasons.
In OSS code, if it doesn't get fixed it is because the owner is lazy, or because the fix isn't deemed good enough, or it isn't seen as a high-priority. Or any of a thousand other reasons.
The more eyes you have on the product, the more likely you are to find problems. Experts will find the "expert" problems in architecture and whatnot, and the "user" eyes will find all kinds of things that the experts might not care about.
Except that GPL stands for General Public License.
Now what I am saying is juse heresay, so you Northerners can maybe comment. I heard that you can get loans at really low interest rates. Something like 2% or less. Now while at first that sounds like a great idea for the consumer, it doesn't allow the banks to make much money on the deals. So the banking *industry* just doesn't have the money to advance. Or I guess I should say the banking business. Of course, the person I heard this from worked at a bank up there, and this was a few years ago, so perhaps it has improved.