That much is probably true. Implementing some new process on a Linux box probably does take a bit longer. But here's the thing: Once it's done, it's done.
True, for the most part.
I've seen enough gawd-awful in-house software and scripts in Microsoft shops to know better than to be impressed by how much "faster" it is to adapt their shit. If you count all the down-time and set-backs which can happen after implementation, you probably ultimtely save a lot of time by going with a Linux-based enterprise.
Now I've a bone to pick with this point - the poor quality of code is by Microsoft shops, which is not really Microsoft's fault. I can point you to equally God-awful pieces of code by several "Open Source" shops, if you get my drift.
Sure, Microsoft encourages writing easy code, but don't blame them because some MS shop decided to hire an MCSE/D who learnt to write a few lines of ASP and VB code and called himself a "programmer".
Most of the stuff that's tested in the military has been tested on a population that's usually in peak health (mostly males of a certain age group who are physically fit) and generalizing it across the general population (external validity) is usually a lot harder.
I guess this is to strongly discourage similar incidents in the future - if it was a lighter fine, the school (or other schools) would be tempted to do the same thing time and again.
A large fine would largely be detrimental to such actions.
More importantly, it becomes imperative that such offenses to the very fundamental fabric of free speech should not be treated lightly, no matter what the situation. Else it would not be undermining the incident, it would be undermining free speech.
And sometimes, people only understand force and authority and a large fine reinforces the importance and gravity of the situation, and at the same time showing that such incidents will not be dealt with lightly.
Spelt is the original British usage, however American English does not seem to use that form, and uses spelled instead.
My highschool English teacher would fail me for using spelled in the place of spelt, my American professor would frown and perhaps even point out my mistake (and her ignorance).
That's not the point - the point is that it happens to be the job of the editors to correct such mistakes, and it's appalling that they do not take notice of something like this on the title of a new submission, no less. And while I was a subscriber, I've pointed out several such mistakes which would just be ignored time and again.
An occasional mistake or two is one thing, but repeated ones are something else entirely.
And as so-called geeks who can be sticklers about rules in programming and in a programming language, why should you treat natural language any differently?
It's got a proper way of spelling it, and spell it that way. And in some ways, I'm at least glad that there are some of us who care enough about the language to point out a mistake.
Sorry, some of us happen to appreciate proper usage and good spelling - and if there're so many folks pointing out the mistakes time and again, maybe there is a reason?
The film industry in India is a little more complicated than that, and even one movie that may turn a profit usually tends to bring in a whole lot of money that would cover the losses of several failed movies.
And relative to Hollywood, the amount invested in Indian movies is far lesser, so that's another reason.
Finally, the Bollywood has a lot of families which have been in the industry for a long time, so money isn't really a problem for a lot of them - they'd rather waste a lot of money making absolutely crappy movies just to launch a new actor or an actress from their family.
Not only that, but the example given (of Miles vs. Halpern) is a case of stock fraud, where Miles merely used Blogs (amongst other online media) as a means to further his trading.
He used normal press releases too - just pointing out to blogs is ridiculous.
Folks like Miles would use any new technology to get ahead, that he used Blogs too means absolutely nothing.
Ummm, if you had noticed my point, I indicated that this was an emergent behavior.
The system noticed that I would go to the shower (i.e. change in coordinates regularly at a given point of time at a particular frequency). Consequently, it assumed that showering was a task and added it as the same.
Well, regularity and frequency are essential for it to beep - so, if I didn't shower regularly or frequently, it would not beep.
Actually, what would happen is that the GPS would pick up the signal only if it's near a window - so, the bedroom or the bathroom were the only two locations where it could pick up the locations.
We decided to test it for localization at a granular level and so, I'd take it every morning when I wake up to the bathroom. Consequently, it actually thought that the bathroom was a different place I had to be in the morning, which was kinda cool.
Hmm, not entirely the same thing, but I'd worked on a project called ScheduleNanny, where we used people's PDAs coupled with GPSes to predict where they will be.
There were some interesting emergent behaviors - for instance, the system would know that I have to go to the bank later in the day and I would drive by the bank in the morning, so it would indicate that I could save time by going to the bank then. Or for instance, it would beep in the morning that it was time for me to go shower or go to the train station.
All in all, it was pretty good - after some amount of initial bootload information, you can take away the GPS and quite accurately predict where people are likely to be. This looks fairly similar, in some ways.
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That much is probably true. Implementing some new process on a Linux box probably does take a bit longer. But here's the thing: Once it's done, it's done.
True, for the most part.
I've seen enough gawd-awful in-house software and scripts in Microsoft shops to know better than to be impressed by how much "faster" it is to adapt their shit. If you count all the down-time and set-backs which can happen after implementation, you probably ultimtely save a lot of time by going with a Linux-based enterprise.
Now I've a bone to pick with this point - the poor quality of code is by Microsoft shops, which is not really Microsoft's fault. I can point you to equally God-awful pieces of code by several "Open Source" shops, if you get my drift.
Sure, Microsoft encourages writing easy code, but don't blame them because some MS shop decided to hire an MCSE/D who learnt to write a few lines of ASP and VB code and called himself a "programmer".
Ah, but there's a problem with that.
Most of the stuff that's tested in the military has been tested on a population that's usually in peak health (mostly males of a certain age group who are physically fit) and generalizing it across the general population (external validity) is usually a lot harder.
I guess this is to strongly discourage similar incidents in the future - if it was a lighter fine, the school (or other schools) would be tempted to do the same thing time and again.
;)
A large fine would largely be detrimental to such actions.
More importantly, it becomes imperative that such offenses to the very fundamental fabric of free speech should not be treated lightly, no matter what the situation. Else it would not be undermining the incident, it would be undermining free speech.
And sometimes, people only understand force and authority and a large fine reinforces the importance and gravity of the situation, and at the same time showing that such incidents will not be dealt with lightly.
Precedence in law is a wonderful thing.
That doesn't change the fact that a mistake is a mistake.
*shrug*
But go ahead, though. Relish yourself in your misspellings.
Spelt is the original British usage, however American English does not seem to use that form, and uses spelled instead.
My highschool English teacher would fail me for using spelled in the place of spelt, my American professor would frown and perhaps even point out my mistake (and her ignorance).
That's not the point - the point is that it happens to be the job of the editors to correct such mistakes, and it's appalling that they do not take notice of something like this on the title of a new submission, no less. And while I was a subscriber, I've pointed out several such mistakes which would just be ignored time and again.
An occasional mistake or two is one thing, but repeated ones are something else entirely.
And as so-called geeks who can be sticklers about rules in programming and in a programming language, why should you treat natural language any differently?
It's got a proper way of spelling it, and spell it that way. And in some ways, I'm at least glad that there are some of us who care enough about the language to point out a mistake.
Sorry, some of us happen to appreciate proper usage and good spelling - and if there're so many folks pointing out the mistakes time and again, maybe there is a reason?
But only if they were old and Korean? ;)
So, wait - let me get this straight.
Your girlfriend probes you all over?
Wow. It takes all kinds, I guess.
Actually, I'm disappointed - I'd have thought pr0n. ;)
The film industry in India is a little more complicated than that, and even one movie that may turn a profit usually tends to bring in a whole lot of money that would cover the losses of several failed movies.
And relative to Hollywood, the amount invested in Indian movies is far lesser, so that's another reason.
Finally, the Bollywood has a lot of families which have been in the industry for a long time, so money isn't really a problem for a lot of them - they'd rather waste a lot of money making absolutely crappy movies just to launch a new actor or an actress from their family.
Not only that, but the example given (of Miles vs. Halpern) is a case of stock fraud, where Miles merely used Blogs (amongst other online media) as a means to further his trading.
He used normal press releases too - just pointing out to blogs is ridiculous.
Folks like Miles would use any new technology to get ahead, that he used Blogs too means absolutely nothing.
Thank God you didn't say a bite, the sheer thought would be catastrophic.
But you can be sure that he's a VB demigod, though!
Nice idea, but don't buy stock.
Yet.
You never know - sometimes, ideas that are good conceptually take off at the least unexpected of times.
You'd be surprised.
I can't wait to see what the future holds for us next!
Arghh!! Must escape the Attack of Horrible Puns (TM) from Slashdot!
I am glad someone is worried about destruction of the Earth...
Me too!
*sticks pinky to his mouth*
Interesting article - it actually lists Kibu as a Top 10 DotCom bust site.
There is a nice book by Lori Gottlieb and Jesse Jacobs called, "Inside the Cult of Kibu: And Other Tales of the Millennial Gold Rush" which talks about the madness during that era.
Nothing new, but it is an interesting read, written by some of the very people behind Kibu.
I agree, it's high time K5 got it's shit together.
Its, not it's..
Thanks, dude!
Actually, I wanted to use her full name, but couldn't recall it/find it - got a clue?
And an R. Bliss! (although it's not quite certain...)
Nice nick. Maybe I should sign up for a R. G. Reventlov or something. =)
Ummm, if you had noticed my point, I indicated that this was an emergent behavior.
The system noticed that I would go to the shower (i.e. change in coordinates regularly at a given point of time at a particular frequency). Consequently, it assumed that showering was a task and added it as the same.
Well, regularity and frequency are essential for it to beep - so, if I didn't shower regularly or frequently, it would not beep.
Actually, what would happen is that the GPS would pick up the signal only if it's near a window - so, the bedroom or the bathroom were the only two locations where it could pick up the locations.
We decided to test it for localization at a granular level and so, I'd take it every morning when I wake up to the bathroom. Consequently, it actually thought that the bathroom was a different place I had to be in the morning, which was kinda cool.
Hmm, not entirely the same thing, but I'd worked on a project called ScheduleNanny, where we used people's PDAs coupled with GPSes to predict where they will be.
There were some interesting emergent behaviors - for instance, the system would know that I have to go to the bank later in the day and I would drive by the bank in the morning, so it would indicate that I could save time by going to the bank then. Or for instance, it would beep in the morning that it was time for me to go shower or go to the train station.
Details can be found here.
All in all, it was pretty good - after some amount of initial bootload information, you can take away the GPS and quite accurately predict where people are likely to be. This looks fairly similar, in some ways.