If you are in California and you are really interested in the topic this person brings up, you need to stop by this place outside Victorville along the 15 freeway.
Not exactly what you might be looking for. But I want one of these houses. Cool looking, Cheap, Enviromentally friendly, and they will last a long... long... long... time.
Ngan gave us an amazing behind-the-scenes look at WETAs infrastructure, their mainframes and various workstations
Mainframes....
I didn't know Weta had Mainframes.
Occasionally I have been given a task to write a piece of software and I do not have an account on the system which I am writing the software for. The backdoor is designed to make sure test is working. So I basically put in code which basically says:
If User = Me then
bypass security else
Security/Validation end if
This way I can test the app without having to go and validate against the system which I don't have rights to. When we move from test to production, this backdoor is left in until the client validates user acceptance test(UAT) phases, at which point a second production move is done without the offending backdoor. In otherwords the backdoor is the first UAT bug reported.
At the very large company I work for there are standards. And if they were followed we wouldn't be in the trouble we are in now with over 16 different databases, 24 different programming languages, 8 different OS's.
The reason a company wants you to develop in Java or C++/C or whatever is to maintain the standard, do you have any idea how much money is going to have to be spent to maintain the employee knowledge to support so many different databses, OS, Languages, etc...
That's what standards address. Now the real question is what is the process to create a diviation from the standard, and is it justified?
You get what you pay for....
Finding a viable business model for this type of software publishing should be fun to watch. Finding people who will spend their type programming such a program and make it a viable product will also be interesting.
Open Source Gaming needs to have some more thought/philosophy put into it before it becomes as sucessful as the OS and Productivity sectors of software development.
Ted
For those of you without the tools necessary in the pictures above. A Road flare works wonders.
This from personal experience. I work for a rather large company. When we were upgrading from Windows 95 to 2000, many of the exec. at the company expressed concerns about the confidential data on their old machines. We Assured them that the data would be deleted.
We took the hard drives out to the parking lot broke open the drive, started up a road flare and proceeded to melt down the platters. We left the drive 'cool' down and took them back into our exec. and showed them to him. He was quite happy with the procedure. He asked that all exec.'s hard drive be treated the same. We decided at that point our supply of flares would not last so one tech mentioned that he had a blow torch at home. Next morning he returned with 10 nicly blown hard drives.
On another note, I've heard (someone please verify) that the military uses explosives to take care of old hard drives and storage media.
Perhaps Hollywood and the directors should look at making a PG, PG-13, and an R rated verison of their films. These different versions would as simple as hireing someone to edit and ADR the movie.
Oh, wait Network Television (Most owned by the same movie companies) already does this and they don't complain. Never mind. Again a double standard. But wouldn't it be nice if I could do that with the push of a button and the production quality wasn't as bad? I remember seeing a version of the Thomas Crown Affair which was missing much of the nudity. I bring this up becuase a PG/PG-13 version of that film was what I saw on Network TV and it didn't suffer all that much as far as the story goes. I definitly think there is a market for this. I could probably count my parents as two people who would have seen the PG-13 version of this movie?
Well, I would argue that the correct way to interpert a piece is as the author intended it to be writtne.
So LotR would be interperted as a piece of fiction, not as an Allegory, or as a story with applicibility, or as piece of religious works.
My main concern is that subjunctivism in being applied much to broadly.
As we are talking about English and Tolkien and interpretation methods, I'd recommend a read through of On Monsters and Critics, which discusses this matter to greater detail regarding Beowulf.
This is one of the major problems with the 'soft' majors.
Take English as an example. There are correct and incorrect ways to interpert a poem, book, or other piece. This idea of literary critism is so forign to our 'moderm' way of thinking that it boggles the mind.
I'm going to stop before this turns into a rant, but the basic problem is that we don't want to call someone else wrong.
I've tossed this idea around so many times it's almost a joke. But I would love to see someone do this. As someone who personally has some Harry Stories, I'd love to see this site created. Heck, I'd even consider putting the "site" on one of my personal servers.
Oh great... Now bad journalism... ellipses... and OTHER wierd Capitalizations, and speeeling mistakes will be further intagrated into the Internet Culture.
Oh, and not to mention selling out to promote a product.
Someone should do a parody site of AICN and call it Isn't it Cool. And run the same news Harry runs, but with corrected grammar, spelling, and a good design.
At work we need to use Meta Tags all the time for our Internal Intranet. These things are useful for stuff like that. They are very useful in an enviroment where they accurately reflect the content of the page.
Ted Tschopp
Slashdot Mirror
Who exactly are the fools... The ones who believe this or the ones who thought others would?
Don't laugh....
The guy has an article on there about building these structures on the Moon and MArs...
If you are in California and you are really interested in the topic this person brings up, you need to stop by this place outside Victorville along the 15 freeway.
California Institue of Earth Art and Architecture.
Not exactly what you might be looking for. But I want one of these houses. Cool looking, Cheap, Enviromentally friendly, and they will last a long... long... long... time.
Ted
Ngan gave us an amazing behind-the-scenes look at WETAs infrastructure, their mainframes and various workstations Mainframes.... I didn't know Weta had Mainframes.
And therefore protectible?
Occasionally I have been given a task to write a piece of software and I do not have an account on the system which I am writing the software for. The backdoor is designed to make sure test is working. So I basically put in code which basically says:
If User = Me then
bypass security
else
Security/Validation
end if
This way I can test the app without having to go and validate against the system which I don't have rights to. When we move from test to production, this backdoor is left in until the client validates user acceptance test(UAT) phases, at which point a second production move is done without the offending backdoor. In otherwords the backdoor is the first UAT bug reported.
I suspect this is common for contractors.
Ted
My guess is that they don't even know that they are fighting aginst themselves. That would be typicial of a large organization.
Ted
At the very large company I work for there are standards. And if they were followed we wouldn't be in the trouble we are in now with over 16 different databases, 24 different programming languages, 8 different OS's.
The reason a company wants you to develop in Java or C++/C or whatever is to maintain the standard, do you have any idea how much money is going to have to be spent to maintain the employee knowledge to support so many different databses, OS, Languages, etc...
That's what standards address. Now the real question is what is the process to create a diviation from the standard, and is it justified?
Thats what this questino should address.
Ted
You get what you pay for.... Finding a viable business model for this type of software publishing should be fun to watch. Finding people who will spend their type programming such a program and make it a viable product will also be interesting. Open Source Gaming needs to have some more thought/philosophy put into it before it becomes as sucessful as the OS and Productivity sectors of software development. Ted
For those of you without the tools necessary in the pictures above. A Road flare works wonders.
This from personal experience. I work for a rather large company. When we were upgrading from Windows 95 to 2000, many of the exec. at the company expressed concerns about the confidential data on their old machines. We Assured them that the data would be deleted.
We took the hard drives out to the parking lot broke open the drive, started up a road flare and proceeded to melt down the platters. We left the drive 'cool' down and took them back into our exec. and showed them to him. He was quite happy with the procedure. He asked that all exec.'s hard drive be treated the same. We decided at that point our supply of flares would not last so one tech mentioned that he had a blow torch at home. Next morning he returned with 10 nicly blown hard drives.
On another note, I've heard (someone please verify) that the military uses explosives to take care of old hard drives and storage media.
Ted
A documentry about a webcompany during and the .com bomb.
I was let down by the article as well. Someone with a bit more skills in the English/PR department should have checked this one out.
Ted
The orignal is not hurt by putting in code which would skip certain parts. This isn't censorship becuase it allows the orignal to still be viewed. Ted
OK,
So what do you have to say about Network Television editing movies for Broadcast Television. Why hasn't there been such a huge outcry?
Ted
Perhaps Hollywood and the directors should look at making a PG, PG-13, and an R rated verison of their films. These different versions would as simple as hireing someone to edit and ADR the movie.
Oh, wait Network Television (Most owned by the same movie companies) already does this and they don't complain. Never mind. Again a double standard. But wouldn't it be nice if I could do that with the push of a button and the production quality wasn't as bad? I remember seeing a version of the Thomas Crown Affair which was missing much of the nudity. I bring this up becuase a PG/PG-13 version of that film was what I saw on Network TV and it didn't suffer all that much as far as the story goes. I definitly think there is a market for this. I could probably count my parents as two people who would have seen the PG-13 version of this movie?
Ted Tschopp
A poorly written story on /. I can't believe it.
Well, I would argue that the correct way to interpert a piece is as the author intended it to be writtne.
So LotR would be interperted as a piece of fiction, not as an Allegory, or as a story with applicibility, or as piece of religious works.
My main concern is that subjunctivism in being applied much to broadly.
As we are talking about English and Tolkien and interpretation methods, I'd recommend a read through of On Monsters and Critics, which discusses this matter to greater detail regarding Beowulf.
This is one of the major problems with the 'soft' majors.
Take English as an example. There are correct and incorrect ways to interpert a poem, book, or other piece. This idea of literary critism is so forign to our 'moderm' way of thinking that it boggles the mind.
I'm going to stop before this turns into a rant, but the basic problem is that we don't want to call someone else wrong.
Ted
I've tossed this idea around so many times it's almost a joke. But I would love to see someone do this. As someone who personally has some Harry Stories, I'd love to see this site created. Heck, I'd even consider putting the "site" on one of my personal servers.
Oh great... Now bad journalism... ellipses... and OTHER wierd Capitalizations, and speeeling mistakes will be further intagrated into the Internet Culture.
Oh, and not to mention selling out to promote a product.
Someone should do a parody site of AICN and call it Isn't it Cool. And run the same news Harry runs, but with corrected grammar, spelling, and a good design.
I'm sure it would be a hit.
No, cause then his lawyers would end up with a patent on them.....
Oh, wait... Never Mind....
Ted
Um.... I thought Santa or at the very least the Grinch would be prior art on this.
Ted
I would never confuse the two, but I'm just reminded of several relatives of mine.
1. Uncle who designed a Underwater electrical connector which works and doesn't ground out. Highest level of Education: Some Highschool.
2 Uncle who was one of the orignal programmers at Nasdac. Highest Level of Education: AA degree in Logic.
This again proves that it's not a degree or an education, but thinking outside the box that will move technology forward.
At work we need to use Meta Tags all the time for our Internal Intranet. These things are useful for stuff like that. They are very useful in an enviroment where they accurately reflect the content of the page. Ted Tschopp