I haven't read the book so I was relatively unbiased going in. That said I knew while I was watching there were things not fleshed out just as you stated. I also knew what was going to happen when the cue's you eluded to were given to the audience. Overall I was entertained but left feeling the need to read the book to fill in the holes. I also agree that the tech should not have been so pristine. Even if they hadn't been hurriedly put together the controls and ships would have normal wear and tear.
It's not a competition if you set the terms for your competitors. Intel doesn't care if they get their money from direct sales or licensing. In fact licensing is a sweet deal since they get paid without having to produce anything. Much like how Apple makes millions just raking in licensing fees for power cords.
Let me count the ways
And there was much rejoicing!
And nothing of value was lost.
For those saying it wasn't a failure you must look at what Intel intended Itanium for. If they had succeeded Intel would have owned the 64 bit CPU realm on the desktop with a proprietary architecture effectively eliminating any competition in the space. To succeed they had to get all popular software including Windows to be rewritten for the new processor. This was a daunting task and few were ready at the time to make the switch to 64 bit. AMD introduced the Opteron in 2003 with their 64 bit extensions for the existing x86 architecture which allowed the reuse of the 32 bit code in existence. AMD's x86-64 was well received and Intel ultimately adopted the architecture in their own processors. So yes the Itinaium failed to succeed in its intended task despite lingering for over a decade.
It's also a way to potentially slow down bug solving. You write the patch and just before you hit submit, you realize "Oh wait, I could get paid for this" so you create a $1 bribe for said bug, wait until it have some dollars more, then submit and cash out.
It might even lead to more bugs appearing in the software. If there's some 1000 bugs you know because you added some willfully sloppy code, there's obviously money to be made.
Want more features? Well think of it like DLC. Oh they're ready all right but I'm waiting for the bribe request.
You forget this is OSS so you're not the only one who can bug hunt. I'm not saying some enterprising scumbag won't have such an idea and try to perpetuate such a con but for it to be successful the code must be relevant to begin with. Then there's the time spent fabricating the actual bug in the code. If it's too easy to spot somebody is going to swoop in and claim that $1 you just put up. Of course crafting such a bug on purpose is much more difficult than doing it accidentally so you actually spend more time creating a problem to solve than the original software would have taken but you stand to make a few dollars from the endeavor.
I worked with a guy like that. He would go to outrageous lengths to avoid doing some of the more mundane aspects of his job to the effect it took him longer to come up with the plan to avoid the work than the work would have taken. It was usually entertaining to see what he would do next to avoid a simple job.
I know someone in the US who uses HughesNet and she likes it. It looks like their service is available in S. A. as well. Of course for what you are asking it better be worth it.
this is the same company that let the indian and other asian governments have access to customers' data
This is the only company that fought (for years) to prevent such access. You only heard about it because they fought it. All the other companies complied. And the way they designed the BES not even they can grant India access to that data. But don't let facts get in the way of bashing a company that went to bat for your rights to privacy.
There's a reason why Skype caught on in the first place, and Microsoft has just pissed it away. I look forward to using whatever competitors emerge with secure, encrypted VOIP products.
-jcr
Like BBM?
The Android and iOS clients don't have the VOIP or Video yet but should get them in the next update.
Humans naturally cooperate. Competition isn't a religious edict - it's just that we have a fucked up society where everyone at the bottom is told to compete while everyone at the top plays golf together.
Um...Humans naturally club each other to death in attempt to be dominant. Cooperation is a concept developed BY society to achieve a greater goal than an individual could on their own. Because Americans have lived in relative peace the last century many citizens believe peace is the norm but it is not. We have been very fortunate to live in such an age but now take it for granted.
I was working at Compaq during the takeover. hp was livid when they found out Compaq was getting an identical HDD from a manufacturer for less than hp was paying. That was a good day...
If Android could inherit much of what makes WebOS great, I would be ecstatic!
So...BB 10 is what you are asking for. BlackBerry took the best design elements from WebOS and put them on the rock solid QNX kernel and then made it possible to run ~90% of all Android apps.
You forgot Biodiesel. There have been stories for years of people being fined for using biodiesel in their vehicle since it isn't taxed. If you are going to run biofuel don't put a bumper sticker telling the man you are sticking it to him or he will stick you back.
As an exercise in security that Schneier himself may find interesting, what methods are available for proving (or at least affirming) that we can trust Bruce Schneier?
What is the hardest thing "coders" have to do? Based on the evidence that I have seen, over more than 20 years?
Comment their code
Either that, or produce relevant, well-defined logging.
The other hard things they have to do are usually related to have a project to complex or ill-defined for producing a clear outcome. This is usually not the coder's doing, but a downstream problem derived from insufficient architecture role/guidance and probably a weak project management function.
It's hard to develop a strategy when your boss comes running in screaming "The sky is falling" because your biggest competitor just released a new version that adds feature X and you are now tasked with implementing feature X into your product by tomorrow and it has to be on all the install media that has already shipped as well.
Nice list. I used both LabView and HP (now Agilent) VEE in the early nineties. Working in a lab this was a time saving godsend. We were tweaking hardware and software so the ability to logically flow a new program on the fly was great and not having to explain to the engineers was nice since they could look at the flow on the screen and see what the program was doing. Of course once the semantics were figured out it all got rewritten in Objective C on the NeXTcube for production. Once a flow program reaches a certain level of complexity it becomes nigh impossible to follow the flow due to overlap and screen size.
If you think that the "women, minorities, veterans preference" means anything at all in the real world, please give some examples. Good luck.
I knew a guy who worked for a guy who incorporated a business using his wife as the "owner" and he got numerous subsidies for the business because it was owned by a woman.
Had is the word. Most of their newer printing stuff is minor tweaks on major designs that were developed at branches that were shut down. The don't have the people left that can do major R&D.
When you get rid of (spin off) your R&D department that tends to happen.
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I haven't read the book so I was relatively unbiased going in. That said I knew while I was watching there were things not fleshed out just as you stated. I also knew what was going to happen when the cue's you eluded to were given to the audience. Overall I was entertained but left feeling the need to read the book to fill in the holes. I also agree that the tech should not have been so pristine. Even if they hadn't been hurriedly put together the controls and ships would have normal wear and tear.
It's not a competition if you set the terms for your competitors. Intel doesn't care if they get their money from direct sales or licensing. In fact licensing is a sweet deal since they get paid without having to produce anything. Much like how Apple makes millions just raking in licensing fees for power cords.
Let me count the ways
And there was much rejoicing!
And nothing of value was lost.
For those saying it wasn't a failure you must look at what Intel intended Itanium for. If they had succeeded Intel would have owned the 64 bit CPU realm on the desktop with a proprietary architecture effectively eliminating any competition in the space. To succeed they had to get all popular software including Windows to be rewritten for the new processor. This was a daunting task and few were ready at the time to make the switch to 64 bit. AMD introduced the Opteron in 2003 with their 64 bit extensions for the existing x86 architecture which allowed the reuse of the 32 bit code in existence. AMD's x86-64 was well received and Intel ultimately adopted the architecture in their own processors. So yes the Itinaium failed to succeed in its intended task despite lingering for over a decade.
It's also a way to potentially slow down bug solving. You write the patch and just before you hit submit, you realize "Oh wait, I could get paid for this" so you create a $1 bribe for said bug, wait until it have some dollars more, then submit and cash out.
It might even lead to more bugs appearing in the software. If there's some 1000 bugs you know because you added some willfully sloppy code, there's obviously money to be made.
Want more features? Well think of it like DLC. Oh they're ready all right but I'm waiting for the bribe request.
You forget this is OSS so you're not the only one who can bug hunt. I'm not saying some enterprising scumbag won't have such an idea and try to perpetuate such a con but for it to be successful the code must be relevant to begin with. Then there's the time spent fabricating the actual bug in the code. If it's too easy to spot somebody is going to swoop in and claim that $1 you just put up. Of course crafting such a bug on purpose is much more difficult than doing it accidentally so you actually spend more time creating a problem to solve than the original software would have taken but you stand to make a few dollars from the endeavor.
I worked with a guy like that. He would go to outrageous lengths to avoid doing some of the more mundane aspects of his job to the effect it took him longer to come up with the plan to avoid the work than the work would have taken. It was usually entertaining to see what he would do next to avoid a simple job.
You can look...you just can't fap while you look.
I know someone in the US who uses HughesNet and she likes it. It looks like their service is available in S. A. as well. Of course for what you are asking it better be worth it.
:FREE
Plan: 2048/256 FAP Free DOWN/UP: 2048Kbps/256Kbps monthly: $1,207.50 modem
this is the same company that let the indian and other asian governments have access to customers' data
This is the only company that fought (for years) to prevent such access. You only heard about it because they fought it. All the other companies complied. And the way they designed the BES not even they can grant India access to that data. But don't let facts get in the way of bashing a company that went to bat for your rights to privacy.
Somebody mod this guy up. He's a riot!
There's a reason why Skype caught on in the first place, and Microsoft has just pissed it away. I look forward to using whatever competitors emerge with secure, encrypted VOIP products.
-jcr
Like BBM?
The Android and iOS clients don't have the VOIP or Video yet but should get them in the next update.
Humans naturally cooperate. Competition isn't a religious edict - it's just that we have a fucked up society where everyone at the bottom is told to compete while everyone at the top plays golf together.
Um...Humans naturally club each other to death in attempt to be dominant. Cooperation is a concept developed BY society to achieve a greater goal than an individual could on their own. Because Americans have lived in relative peace the last century many citizens believe peace is the norm but it is not. We have been very fortunate to live in such an age but now take it for granted.
I was working at Compaq during the takeover. hp was livid when they found out Compaq was getting an identical HDD from a manufacturer for less than hp was paying. That was a good day...
I guess they never got over it.
I am shocked! Nothing like this has ever happened on the Google Play store before.
I mean Samsung would never stoop to such levels
If Android could inherit much of what makes WebOS great, I would be ecstatic!
So...BB 10 is what you are asking for. BlackBerry took the best design elements from WebOS and put them on the rock solid QNX kernel and then made it possible to run ~90% of all Android apps.
That thing will be around FOREVER!
I really like where QNX is heading.
You forgot Biodiesel. There have been stories for years of people being fined for using biodiesel in their vehicle since it isn't taxed. If you are going to run biofuel don't put a bumper sticker telling the man you are sticking it to him or he will stick you back.
As an exercise in security that Schneier himself may find interesting, what methods are available for proving (or at least affirming) that we can trust Bruce Schneier?
What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
It's hardly a myth to me as it has happened more than once.
What is the hardest thing "coders" have to do? Based on the evidence that I have seen, over more than 20 years?
Comment their code
Either that, or produce relevant, well-defined logging.
The other hard things they have to do are usually related to have a project to complex or ill-defined for producing a clear outcome. This is usually not the coder's doing, but a downstream problem derived from insufficient architecture role/guidance and probably a weak project management function.
It's hard to develop a strategy when your boss comes running in screaming "The sky is falling" because your biggest competitor just released a new version that adds feature X and you are now tasked with implementing feature X into your product by tomorrow and it has to be on all the install media that has already shipped as well.
Nice list. I used both LabView and HP (now Agilent) VEE in the early nineties. Working in a lab this was a time saving godsend. We were tweaking hardware and software so the ability to logically flow a new program on the fly was great and not having to explain to the engineers was nice since they could look at the flow on the screen and see what the program was doing. Of course once the semantics were figured out it all got rewritten in Objective C on the NeXTcube for production. Once a flow program reaches a certain level of complexity it becomes nigh impossible to follow the flow due to overlap and screen size.
a country with a name like that must have free drugs everywhere.
Well if logic works that way then I am moving to Jabooty (Djibouti)!
If you think that the "women, minorities, veterans preference" means anything at all in the real world, please give some examples. Good luck.
I knew a guy who worked for a guy who incorporated a business using his wife as the "owner" and he got numerous subsidies for the business because it was owned by a woman.
Something like that?
What they really want to do is figure out how to charge you for using your phone over WiFi like you can do with properly equipped T-Mobile phones.
Had is the word. Most of their newer printing stuff is minor tweaks on major designs that were developed at branches that were shut down. The don't have the people left that can do major R&D.
When you get rid of (spin off) your R&D department that tends to happen.
Yeah Ninfa's is great but I prefer the other Laurenzo restaurant El Tiempo right down the street. Their Parrillada (Mexican BBQ) is incredible!
I'll have to check out TX/RX Labs next time I'm over there.