Maybe this is the beginning of the end for the Wintel platform. Just imagine... instead of IBM PC compatible hardware running Windoze, we could have Sony PS3 compatible hardware running Linux. A new platform standard!
Wouldn't it be cool if you could download a show with commercials that were targeted so specifically at _you_ that you didn't _want_ to fast forward through them?
Apple's plist stuff is an abuse of XML. All those keys should have been XML elements so that I can actually validate the configuration using a DTD or a schema, not just the key/value structure.
It's also maddening to use XPath on a plist. I once needed to use Apple's iTunes export format to programmatically recover from a disk failure. The plist format made it difficult to get at the information associated with each file that I was missing.
If you are sick of school after only one year, how would you last 30+ years in the work force?
Easy. I'd rather get paid well to learn boring stuff than pay a university to make me learn boring stuff. People that are smart enough to learn on their own don't need to pay to be spoon fed.
In the last couple of weeks/. as a culture came up as a lunch conversation between my co-workers and I. We came to the conclusion that the wild herd doesn't pay for stuff (Kazaa, Morphious, etc), is ADD (how many times have you read a posting where the poster hadn't read the link?) and generally thinks that education is mostly worthless (the bi-annual do I need a degree grudge match).
I have read much about ADD (now called ADHD in all cases), and have discovered that ADDers are highly intelligent people who cannot tolerate the existing school structure. Perhaps/. gives them a place to meet others like themselves, and perhaps design and programming are the areas where their abilities shine. I know it's true for me and my daughter.
I believe society needs to find a way to harness the intellect of these people for the greater good of society and stop relegating them and beating them over the head with their inability to sit still long enough to finish a degree. There are more valid ways to learn than formal schooling. What you're talking about is a societal problem we can fix.
Perl's ability to be the shortest path from 'nothing' to 'job's done', and Python's knack at remaining damn readable through thousands of lines of code
Has anyone ever tried coding in Perl to get the job done quickly and then converting that code into Python for further maintenance? That might leverage
the strengths of both languages.
I've got a great idea! Let's port Contiki to a Turing Machine so it can browse the web, set up a web server, and doing other essential stuff. That will make porting it to other Turinig Complete platforms a piece of cake!:-)
Am I the only person who noticed Micro$loth commandeer the eXtreme Programming buzz a few years ago? You gotta admit, it was pretty clever of them to steal a buzz, but it makes them seem even slimier to me. Now XP mean a version of Windoze and Agile Programming (AP) means testing, pair programming, and refactoring.
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have you read the article about how he's using it?
Yes, I read the entire article with great interest. Maybe I misconstrued where Cringley says, "Every time a shareholder wants to download or play a song, he or she must ensure that their download is matched on a one-for-one basis with a physical CD somewhere in the system." I interpreted that to mean download or stream a song, since there is no technology I know of to prevent me from playing an MP3.
If this actually holds up in court. An amusing thought experiment though..
I must be missing something. Is it fair use for someone to swap CDs with me, for me to make a copy, swap back so that I no longer "own" the original CD, and then for me to continue to play the copy? I think not!
I wish the manufacturers would spend some time making mobile-phone gear that can tell us the difference between the other party's silence and a loss of signal. I'm sick of having to say, "can you hear me now?" over and over. Forget the 3G frills until you make basic moile telephony work better.
Mobile telephony service is already overpriced. I don't want to pay even more exorbitant monthly fees for Internet access and video, I just want my mobile phone to work reasonably!
It would be cool if we could use ethanol instead of methanol in a pinch. Imagine flying long distances in coach class. You could buy bottles of booze and keep your laptop going indefinitely!
"Excuse me, what's the highest proof you sell on this flight?":-)
Just like with the VCR, the porn industry gives consumers something they really want to consume. If the porn industry made HDTV 1080i on-demand video available for download, I'll bet HDTV and broadband would quickly become commonplace almost overnight!
Does X still communicate between the client and the server over a socket connection? I haven't checked in many yeas. If so, wouldn't it be better to have the client communicate using an API that's implemented by either the video card itself, a video card proxy, or a legacy X server connected by a socket?
In my experience the strongest indication of spam is near the very end of a message, where is says something like, "click here to unsubscribe." If you've already accepted that much of the message, isn't it possible that the spammer will only have to wait for the message acknowledgement before it disconnects? What the spammer may see is either a normal or a slow acknowledgement. Is that enough to make a difference?
If only the wise and intelligent people who invented that battery were running Iraq right now. But, like nerds in high school, these people are too easily disposed of.
Get a GameCube. Get Pikmin, Metroid Prime and Zelda : WindWaker. 'nuff said.
Actually, I do have a GameCube. Pikmin is a perfect 10. Metroid, on the other hand, is excellent but missing something from the older series. There's not as much exploration and hidden stuff as there used to be. I noticed a lot of places that should have had hidden stuff but didn't. For example, do you remember the statue in the lava? I went back there with the X-ray beam expecting to find something. I was disappointed.
It seems to me that the more technology these companies throw at games, the less I feel the desire to play them. Don't get me wrong: I love excellent graphics and sound. I just think the playability suffers when a game developer spends so much effort on the technology. I'm glad we have such a scalable platform for online gaming. I just haven't seen games that are as compelling as they used to be to take advantage of the platform. Am I getting too old for video games?
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Maybe this is the beginning of the end for the Wintel platform. Just imagine... instead of IBM PC compatible hardware running Windoze, we could have Sony PS3 compatible hardware running Linux. A new platform standard!
Why use vi when ed is available? :-)
I'm not Bingo. :-)
That would ROCK! I've seen late night commercials in Europe like that.
Wouldn't it be cool if you could download a show with commercials that were targeted so specifically at _you_ that you didn't _want_ to fast forward through them?
It's not impossible for a well-defined configuration. It should have well-defined, meaningful XML elements.
Apple's plist stuff is an abuse of XML. All those keys should have been XML elements so that I can actually validate the configuration using a DTD or a schema, not just the key/value structure.
It's also maddening to use XPath on a plist. I once needed to use Apple's iTunes export format to programmatically recover from a disk failure. The plist format made it difficult to get at the information associated with each file that I was missing.
Reminds me of this funny IRC log [bash.org] I came across this weekend. Made me laugh out loud, and I usually don't do that.
If you are sick of school after only one year, how would you last 30+ years in the work force?
Easy. I'd rather get paid well to learn boring stuff than pay a university to make me learn boring stuff. People that are smart enough to learn on their own don't need to pay to be spoon fed.
I have read much about ADD (now called ADHD in all cases), and have discovered that ADDers are highly intelligent people who cannot tolerate the existing school structure. Perhaps /. gives them a place to meet others like themselves, and perhaps design and programming are the areas where their abilities shine. I know it's true for me and my daughter.
I believe society needs to find a way to harness the intellect of these people for the greater good of society and stop relegating them and beating them over the head with their inability to sit still long enough to finish a degree. There are more valid ways to learn than formal schooling. What you're talking about is a societal problem we can fix.
Has anyone ever tried coding in Perl to get the job done quickly and then converting that code into Python for further maintenance? That might leverage the strengths of both languages.
I've got a great idea! Let's port Contiki to a Turing Machine so it can browse the web, set up a web server, and doing other essential stuff. That will make porting it to other Turinig Complete platforms a piece of cake! :-)
XP is a bad version number and so is MX.
Am I the only person who noticed Micro$loth commandeer the eXtreme Programming buzz a few years ago? You gotta admit, it was pretty clever of them to steal a buzz, but it makes them seem even slimier to me. Now XP mean a version of Windoze and Agile Programming (AP) means testing, pair programming, and refactoring.
eventually there will be streaming music videos on the net to replace the MTV distribution
MTV plays videos? Really? When? I thought the M was for Mindless!
[ . . . ] have you read the article about how he's using it?
Yes, I read the entire article with great interest. Maybe I misconstrued where Cringley says, "Every time a shareholder wants to download or play a song, he or she must ensure that their download is matched on a one-for-one basis with a physical CD somewhere in the system." I interpreted that to mean download or stream a song, since there is no technology I know of to prevent me from playing an MP3.
If this actually holds up in court. An amusing thought experiment though..
I must be missing something. Is it fair use for someone to swap CDs with me, for me to make a copy, swap back so that I no longer "own" the original CD, and then for me to continue to play the copy? I think not!
I wish the manufacturers would spend some time making mobile-phone gear that can tell us the difference between the other party's silence and a loss of signal. I'm sick of having to say, "can you hear me now?" over and over. Forget the 3G frills until you make basic moile telephony work better.
Mobile telephony service is already overpriced. I don't want to pay even more exorbitant monthly fees for Internet access and video, I just want my mobile phone to work reasonably!
It would be cool if we could use ethanol instead of methanol in a pinch. Imagine flying long distances in coach class. You could buy bottles of booze and keep your laptop going indefinitely!
:-)
"Excuse me, what's the highest proof you sell on this flight?"
This TarPit thing was already discussedon Slashdot this week.
Just like with the VCR, the porn industry gives consumers something they really want to consume. If the porn industry made HDTV 1080i on-demand video available for download, I'll bet HDTV and broadband would quickly become commonplace almost overnight!
Does X still communicate between the client and the server over a socket connection? I haven't checked in many yeas. If so, wouldn't it be better to have the client communicate using an API that's implemented by either the video card itself, a video card proxy, or a legacy X server connected by a socket?
In my experience the strongest indication of spam is near the very end of a message, where is says something like, "click here to unsubscribe." If you've already accepted that much of the message, isn't it possible that the spammer will only have to wait for the message acknowledgement before it disconnects? What the spammer may see is either a normal or a slow acknowledgement. Is that enough to make a difference?
If only the wise and intelligent people who invented that battery were running Iraq right now. But, like nerds in high school, these people are too easily disposed of.
Actually, I do have a GameCube. Pikmin is a perfect 10. Metroid, on the other hand, is excellent but missing something from the older series. There's not as much exploration and hidden stuff as there used to be. I noticed a lot of places that should have had hidden stuff but didn't. For example, do you remember the statue in the lava? I went back there with the X-ray beam expecting to find something. I was disappointed.
Nintendo is about games, not technology.I agree. They are the best of the bunch IMHO.
It seems to me that the more technology these companies throw at games, the less I feel the desire to play them. Don't get me wrong: I love excellent graphics and sound. I just think the playability suffers when a game developer spends so much effort on the technology. I'm glad we have such a scalable platform for online gaming. I just haven't seen games that are as compelling as they used to be to take advantage of the platform. Am I getting too old for video games?