Re:Spielberg annoys to the end
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What's so bad about a little comic relief?
I enjoyed the sandwich, the eyes rolling, etc.
Some of us don't like to come out of a theater 2x as depressed as when we started.
Re:Spielberg annoys to the end
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It is evident why things occured the way they did, and we don't need a monologue or whatever to reveal that to us.
Remember Memento ? That movie had much less explanation than Minority Report. When I saw it in the theater, most of the people were like "huh? what? I don't get it..."
Face it. Most people are just too damn stupid to comprehend things unless they are laid out right before them.
I don't think the poster wanted in-depth criticism of all the submissions, rather, SOMETHING to go on.
Saying "we didn't like any of these" is of no use.
However, saying "we didn't like them because they looked too much like our competitors, lacked distinctive design elements that evidenced what FreeBSD is all about, and were in general too plain" is at least slightly more useful.
At this point, it is impossible for any of the original artists to improve their submission and try again, even if the contest were still open. The whole thing became a 'skeet-shoot' where FreeBSD Foundation yelled "PULL!", a bunch of artists threw out submissions, and every one was shot down without any comments.
SSH is so your competitors don't sniff your traffic or otherwise interfere.
Logging keystrokes is for the security and integrity of the business. That is, so that ppl inside the company don't smuggle stuff out, so you can determine who screwed up the customer's system when something went wrong, etc.
SSH is most definitely NOT for the privacy of the employee at the workplace. There is no expectation of that, for the reasons outlined above.
Agreed. I'd create a secure network completely separate from the outside world, with a simple HTTP proxy server allowing access to web. Other hosts that need similar outside access (public web server, public mail server, etc...) should sit on the outside and communicate with peers on the inside securely.
There is no need for businesses to allow everyone access to every port under the sun. If someone has a legitimate need for SSH to a customer site, set up a separate machine on the DMZ which allows SSH out, and log all the keystrokes for auditing and security reasons.
However, the article authours propose no mechanism for their magical solid-state fission reactor to turn on and off every so often to reset the dynamo currents.
The article DID say how the reactor turns on and off.
The elements that would soak up the neutrons to stop the chain reaction are concentrated differently over time, allowing the process to turn on and off over time.
This article neglected two important players in the PC Audio scene. Where is the nForce 420D and the Hercules Game Theater XP? Why were they not included in the roundup? Instead, we got reviews of a bunch of low end cards and high-end Phillips and Creative cards. I think the nForce and Game Theater would have been worthy competition.
Patches like this come out because the company does QA after signing off on the master copy sent for duplication.
Its like this. You sit down a few months before release and determine what bugs MUST be fixed before you can go into duplication. Then you also determine what bugs you will fix in the first patch, which will be available within the first week or two of release. These are less critical fixes. Then you also determine what to work on after that.
Its a matter of priority - if they delay the release to fix all the bugs, users get unhappy, and eventually go to competing products.
Have the students write simple graphics assignments.
You, the instructor, can supply the bootstrap code needed to get a drawing surface up in whatever platyform you choose. Supply a function like GraphicsMain() and ask the students to fill it in.
You can do all kinds of neat things like reading in points from a file and displaying them (you supply the files initially). Then have the students write a program to generate their own point files. Have them make a simple 2D visualization program.
This would be a great way to demonstrate modularity too, since you can emphasize that if carefully written, the code can be used later on the next phase.
In addition, these types of assignments are a lot of fun (since there is instant visual feedback) and they really lend themselves to creativity. Encourage everyone to explore for themselves beyond the boundaries of the assignment and you will get the brightest, most talented students submitting really interesting things.
I think a fractal engine which displays L-systems would be very appropriate, for example. Instructor supplies the bootstrap code, and a handout describing what L-Systems are, and asks the students to draw it. Not too difficult, a good example of file-io (to read the L-system) some basic maths (geometry, etc to get angles right - you can even supply this on the handout if you think the students might be lost), and string manipulation. There are a few ways to do it also, and the good students can come up with their own L-systems to demonstrate.
Be sure to give assignments that lend themselves to lots of creative solutions. This is especially true these days, with academic dishonesty so commonplace. If the assignment is open enough to allow people to solve it in many different ways, you will get a lot of different answers - this will make your life much easier when it comes time to detect the cheaters.
Its unfortunate that, as you noted, you are in the vast minority.
Just knowing that you could be canned for looking for a job really hurts the ee/er relationshop I think. What a shame. If everyone were just more open things would go a lot smoother.
These have long been suggested as the source of so-called 'advantages' that Office and IE have, but where is the evidence for them?
I'd like to see URLs that give conclusive (or at least, extremely convincing) evidence of their existence.
I think the real issue here is Microsoft has spent much much more time working on performance and footprint for IE than has been spent on Mozilla so far. Of course, that is not surprising, with several years head start, and Mozilla is a 1.0 product.
I've got oa Gigarange, and every since January I can't hardly use the Caller ID functions. I can still make calls, with some loss in sound quality. But when I try to use the handset to look at caller ID, it just says out of range 9/10 times.
I love my handsprings (this is the 3rd one i've owned) but I have definitely had problems with my Prisms.
The first Prism I had crashed a lot - hard reset-requiring crashes that made me reload all my data. It got so bad, I bought JBBackup so that I could schedule automatic backups to my 8mb Flash Module every 6 hours.
The buttons seem to be made poorly. The power button on my original Prism stopped working - the only way to turn it on was using an app hardkey.
I sent the Prism back for warranty, and got another. It didn't crash any more, but several months later, the buttons were broken again. Of course now it is beyond warranty period so I am screwed. Also, the Address Book key doesn't work either. Very annoying.
I love the device. Super expandable, nice brilliant display (much better than m505's dim, almost color-less display). But the buttons should have been made better.
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What's so bad about a little comic relief?
I enjoyed the sandwich, the eyes rolling, etc.
Some of us don't like to come out of a theater 2x as depressed as when we started.
It is evident why things occured the way they did, and we don't need a monologue or whatever to reveal that to us.
Remember Memento ? That movie had much less explanation than Minority Report. When I saw it in the theater, most of the people were like "huh? what? I don't get it..."
Face it. Most people are just too damn stupid to comprehend things unless they are laid out right before them.
I don't think the poster wanted in-depth criticism of all the submissions, rather, SOMETHING to go on.
Saying "we didn't like any of these" is of no use.
However, saying "we didn't like them because they looked too much like our competitors, lacked distinctive design elements that evidenced what FreeBSD is all about, and were in general too plain" is at least slightly more useful.
At this point, it is impossible for any of the original artists to improve their submission and try again, even if the contest were still open. The whole thing became a 'skeet-shoot' where FreeBSD Foundation yelled "PULL!", a bunch of artists threw out submissions, and every one was shot down without any comments.
Or just get a TiVo.
Better features, easier to use, more convenient, and it sets the clock automatically (even on DST!)
No, not in the case.
SSH is so your competitors don't sniff your traffic or otherwise interfere.
Logging keystrokes is for the security and integrity of the business. That is, so that ppl inside the company don't smuggle stuff out, so you can determine who screwed up the customer's system when something went wrong, etc.
SSH is most definitely NOT for the privacy of the employee at the workplace. There is no expectation of that, for the reasons outlined above.
...what did you think, that the worlds most used currency *wouldn't* have some top-of-the-line security protections?
Well naturally he would think that. After all, the world's most used operating system doesn't have "top-of-the-line security protections"...
Agreed. I'd create a secure network completely separate from the outside world, with a simple HTTP proxy server allowing access to web. Other hosts that need similar outside access (public web server, public mail server, etc...) should sit on the outside and communicate with peers on the inside securely.
There is no need for businesses to allow everyone access to every port under the sun. If someone has a legitimate need for SSH to a customer site, set up a separate machine on the DMZ which allows SSH out, and log all the keystrokes for auditing and security reasons.
This shouldn't be that hard to do.
However, the article authours propose no mechanism for their magical solid-state fission reactor to turn on and off every so often to reset the dynamo currents.
The article DID say how the reactor turns on and off.
The elements that would soak up the neutrons to stop the chain reaction are concentrated differently over time, allowing the process to turn on and off over time.
Re-read the article.
This article neglected two important players in the PC Audio scene. Where is the nForce 420D and the Hercules Game Theater XP? Why were they not included in the roundup? Instead, we got reviews of a bunch of low end cards and high-end Phillips and Creative cards. I think the nForce and Game Theater would have been worthy competition.
Patches like this come out because the company does QA after signing off on the master copy sent for duplication.
Its like this. You sit down a few months before release and determine what bugs MUST be fixed before you can go into duplication. Then you also determine what bugs you will fix in the first patch, which will be available within the first week or two of release. These are less critical fixes. Then you also determine what to work on after that.
Its a matter of priority - if they delay the release to fix all the bugs, users get unhappy, and eventually go to competing products.
Some of us are very excited that the browser is out.
Having the same browser which is stable, fast, and rock-solid standards compliant on all of the platforms we use is a dream come true.
Have the students write simple graphics assignments.
You, the instructor, can supply the bootstrap code needed to get a drawing surface up in whatever platyform you choose. Supply a function like GraphicsMain() and ask the students to fill it in.
You can do all kinds of neat things like reading in points from a file and displaying them (you supply the files initially). Then have the students write a program to generate their own point files. Have them make a simple 2D visualization program.
This would be a great way to demonstrate modularity too, since you can emphasize that if carefully written, the code can be used later on the next phase.
In addition, these types of assignments are a lot of fun (since there is instant visual feedback) and they really lend themselves to creativity. Encourage everyone to explore for themselves beyond the boundaries of the assignment and you will get the brightest, most talented students submitting really interesting things.
I think a fractal engine which displays L-systems would be very appropriate, for example. Instructor supplies the bootstrap code, and a handout describing what L-Systems are, and asks the students to draw it. Not too difficult, a good example of file-io (to read the L-system) some basic maths (geometry, etc to get angles right - you can even supply this on the handout if you think the students might be lost), and string manipulation. There are a few ways to do it also, and the good students can come up with their own L-systems to demonstrate.
Those are some of my most enjoyable ideas.
It sucks that you have to consider this, but...
Be sure to give assignments that lend themselves to lots of creative solutions. This is especially true these days, with academic dishonesty so commonplace. If the assignment is open enough to allow people to solve it in many different ways, you will get a lot of different answers - this will make your life much easier when it comes time to detect the cheaters.
You sound like a terrific guy to work for.
Its unfortunate that, as you noted, you are in the vast minority.
Just knowing that you could be canned for looking for a job really hurts the ee/er relationshop I think. What a shame. If everyone were just more open things would go a lot smoother.
What is this exit interview thing?
IMO, if I am leaving, none of their damn business why, where I am going, etc...
And I sure don't have to put up with being guilted.
So what is the deal there?
That sounds really neat.
How long until these things are actually in the hands of consumers?
maybe he stole it
I believe this points to problem which ofen arises from Open Source projects - the 'good enough' syndrome.
A tool like CVS is good enough to get the job done, roughly speaking, but it is not best-of-breed for a number of reasons.
Why do these projects stop when they are good enough? Is it due to a lack of a strong maintainer, as ESR recommends? Or is it something else?
I'm interested to hear what others think.
I searched around and could not find any information whatsoever on winehq.
Can you post a more specific link?
I'm familiar with the NT kernel api discussed on sysinternals.com
But my impression was that API is only really useful for creating programs to run on system startup, (like autochk mentioned on sysinternals).
So it seems that this API isn't really useful to give an MS app an advantage over a non-MS app.
What other API is there?
What hidden APIs?
These have long been suggested as the source of so-called 'advantages' that Office and IE have, but where is the evidence for them?
I'd like to see URLs that give conclusive (or at least, extremely convincing) evidence of their existence.
I think the real issue here is Microsoft has spent much much more time working on performance and footprint for IE than has been spent on Mozilla so far. Of course, that is not surprising, with several years head start, and Mozilla is a 1.0 product.
Because Moore's Law is poorly understood by many, and poorly applied.
You've got that right.
Places that run multiply operating system platforms, such as Solaris, Linux, Windows, and Mac (just to name a few) will love Mozilla.
Same great browser, same great features, runs on all of them.
IMO this is the real value of Mozilla. Its available on just about anything you would want it on.
I've got oa Gigarange, and every since January I can't hardly use the Caller ID functions. I can still make calls, with some loss in sound quality. But when I try to use the handset to look at caller ID, it just says out of range 9/10 times.
Sux.
I love my handsprings (this is the 3rd one i've owned) but I have definitely had problems with my Prisms.
The first Prism I had crashed a lot - hard reset-requiring crashes that made me reload all my data. It got so bad, I bought JBBackup so that I could schedule automatic backups to my 8mb Flash Module every 6 hours.
The buttons seem to be made poorly. The power button on my original Prism stopped working - the only way to turn it on was using an app hardkey.
I sent the Prism back for warranty, and got another. It didn't crash any more, but several months later, the buttons were broken again. Of course now it is beyond warranty period so I am screwed. Also, the Address Book key doesn't work either. Very annoying.
I love the device. Super expandable, nice brilliant display (much better than m505's dim, almost color-less display). But the buttons should have been made better.