"Dear Slashdot: please don't post about this. Screw you guys."
I was hoping Slashdot would actually honor this (when I read it before it hit Slashdot). Does Slashdot actually have any policies about how to keep a page from being listed? Google (and other automated systems) for example list ways that you can keep your pages out.
Operator overloading is a PITA for those of us who have ever had to debug code that has been obsfucated by overloading '==', '+', or any number of other operators so they don't behave the way you expect. In my opinion, saving the few keystrokes by typing 'foo == bar' instead of 'foo.equals(bar)' is not worth the pain inflicted when you don't know if/where '==' has been defined. It turns into a real pain when you're working on large projects with large inheritence trees. With Java it's pretty easy to track down the definition of '.equals'. In C++ with polymorphism it gets really weird figuring these things out. If you use operator overloading in C++, make sure all developers on the project adhere to a convention for semantics.
"...Is this another ploy from Microsoft to not look like the bad guy, or do you think they are embracing on the Open Source movement?" Slashdot and SourceForge are both part of OSDN.
There is a third possibility, OSDN has sold out to one of their major advertisers. I just fear the day when OSDN or MS get control of the tinfoil beanie supply. We're all hosed then.
This is sure to get a reaction with the slashdot crowd though, I mean what are they thinking, this is horrible - Windows!? They should be using Linux!!!
I'll challenge that. One of the times that I got laid off was a great learning experience for me. They had 'Relocation Training' or whatever it's called today, that taught how to make a resume and 'network'. It was hard, but it forced me to learn new, non-techie skills that I never would have had to do otherwise. Scary? sure, but at least I felt alive.
The worst tech jobs for me have always been like the one described in the main article, dull, go nowhere projects where I don't learn anything. However even then, and in spite of what I said above, I (usually) don't voluntarily opt for unemployment.
I for one don't acknowledge ESR as being a 'steward' of Open Source. I think of him as a self appointed PR, not really for Open Source, but for himslef. He is trying to keep himself relevant (not that he is, or ever was) by trying to pick a fight that will only cause more harm than good.
There are many self proclaimed ambassadors of Open Source who end up doing more damage than good. In the end I only acknowledge those who write more code than manifestos and open letters as being the true promoters of open source.
ESR should shut up and pick up a copy of the Java standard, and then start coding with the other open source java projects if he really wants to help. If he wants to keep promoting himself as a self proclaimed emissary, at the expense of Java and Open Source, then he should probably keep doing what he's doing now.
I'm getting pretty sick of this, and I've seen that small claims has been a pretty useful way of dealing with some really anoying pests (ie. telemarketers). Is there any possible way I could bring them to small claims? I mean they're claiming I owe them money, but I don't think I do. Of course IANAL, but if someone else know the applicible law better than I do...
It'd be really funny if SCO got slashdotted in small claims court.
I agree that you should follow the license agreement, if you don't like the license, don't use the software. I think the RIAA will start to rethink it's hard liine stance as more people start listening to musicians who provide MP3s for free. Free music certainly didn't hurt the Greatful Dead. I've actually pushed my work to start paying for the software that they've been bootlegging. I personally prefer open source, but if they're not going to use the free stuff, then they should at least pay for the other stuff. I'm hoping that they'll start to think about the advantages of open source more if they actually have to pay for the proprietary.
A better question is "anyone know of any languages that don't run on the JVM?"
A quick Google search turns up a lot of info. I wish stories could be moderated, this one 'troll' for example.
Java does have a lot of disadvantages, mainly it's a time/space pig, but it is the right tool for some jobs. The problem is that too many enthusiasts insist on using their favorite tool for every job, even if it's a horrible match. See the 'Golden Hammer' in the anti-patterns book.
An important part of any developer's job is knowing how to evaluate the available solutions, whether it's algorithm, language, or platform.
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I was thinking this would be the ultimate in "Force Feedback" for games. A lot of types of games could be enhanced with this type of device, until your box crashed and it tries to plant you in the floor.
All of these problems could have been avoided if people had used my plan to install Pnumatic tubes instead of fiber. You just put a few tapes/disk/punch cards in a canister, and... WHOOSH! - it's there. Fiber can never match that kind of bandwidth. Sure some will complain about latency, and we were having trouble integrating our last mile TCP/IP over carrier pigeon solution, but all cutting edge tech has its share of problems.
I saw an ad in the local Yellow Pages from the BSA that states: It's illegal to copy software. I had no idea, you'd think that FreeBSD, Debian, et. al. would warn you that you are committing an illegal act when you install as so-called "free" OS! Can I just give MS my credit card number, or sign up for direct debit?
I've got an iMac that I leave on almost all the time cause it's quiet and take a long time to boot. My FreeBSD box boots in less than a minute, but it's really noisy so I shut it down when I'm not using it. The iMac make a great 'information appliance', and all my 'real' computer is a rackmount I've never seen in a data center I've never been to.
What does Bill think about it?
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Doesn't the G in SKG stand for "Gates"? I thought he was one of the founders or something.
Seems like the real threat of Big Brother comes from the media, not the government. They're already starting on though policing with DMCA and "Intellectual Property" meme/law. Two way TVs are already a reality with spyware, Microsoft 'activation' is just a huge step in the same direction. I've heard that Tivo reports what you watch, and there are too many other examples to list.
A decent job has been done by government watchdogs to keep gov't in line, not that there haven't been many abuses, but overall the worst ones have been caught.
On the other hand, many mega corporations now have more power and influence in our lives than does the goevernment, without the same restrictions.
I'll just love it if some libertairan responds to this post with a message about how it's important to keep elected officials on a lease, but I should trust Bill Gates and other mega powerful, mega rich entities, because Ayn Rand says I should.
I want to be able to search Garfield every day to see how many times he has used the exact same theme. I bet I could find some matches that are pretty close to exact, with minor differences in the phrases used and "art". That comic is so lame, yet ranked so high, I've often wondered about doing this. I've heard that comics are ordered on the page depending on popularity, and Garfield is #1 on many comics pages, and usually in the top few.
Another example of how most rating/moderation systems suck, like the way slashdot comments/moderation have very low signal to noise ratio. Just adding a bit more noise, thank you!
Yeah, display postscript did exactly what you're describing. You didn't care about resolution. What was on your screen was exactly what showed up on your printer.
Remember this was the April 1 edition, and it contains some pretty bogus sounding names. Not to mention the tone was very tongue in cheek. I read it yesterday and I thought it was pretty funny.
It's like a tax for stupid people. We need more things like this, if you're stupid, you not only get a crappy product, you pay extra too! Look how well it's worked for the software industry.
Slashdot Mirror
"Dear Slashdot: please don't post about this. Screw you guys."
I was hoping Slashdot would actually honor this (when I read it before it hit Slashdot). Does Slashdot actually have any policies about how to keep a page from being listed? Google (and other automated systems) for example list ways that you can keep your pages out.
Operator overloading is a PITA for those of us who have ever had to debug code that has been obsfucated by overloading '==', '+', or any number of other operators so they don't behave the way you expect. In my opinion, saving the few keystrokes by typing 'foo == bar' instead of 'foo.equals(bar)' is not worth the pain inflicted when you don't know if/where '==' has been defined. It turns into a real pain when you're working on large projects with large inheritence trees. With Java it's pretty easy to track down the definition of '.equals'. In C++ with polymorphism it gets really weird figuring these things out. If you use operator overloading in C++, make sure all developers on the project adhere to a convention for semantics.
"...Is this another ploy from Microsoft to not look like the bad guy, or do you think they are embracing on the Open Source movement?" Slashdot and SourceForge are both part of OSDN.
There is a third possibility, OSDN has sold out to one of their major advertisers. I just fear the day when OSDN or MS get control of the tinfoil beanie supply. We're all hosed then.
This is sure to get a reaction with the slashdot crowd though, I mean what are they thinking, this is horrible - Windows!? They should be using Linux!!!
I'll challenge that. One of the times that I got laid off was a great learning experience for me. They had 'Relocation Training' or whatever it's called today, that taught how to make a resume and 'network'. It was hard, but it forced me to learn new, non-techie skills that I never would have had to do otherwise. Scary? sure, but at least I felt alive.
The worst tech jobs for me have always been like the one described in the main article, dull, go nowhere projects where I don't learn anything. However even then, and in spite of what I said above, I (usually) don't voluntarily opt for unemployment.
I for one don't acknowledge ESR as being a 'steward' of Open Source. I think of him as a self appointed PR, not really for Open Source, but for himslef. He is trying to keep himself relevant (not that he is, or ever was) by trying to pick a fight that will only cause more harm than good.
There are many self proclaimed ambassadors of Open Source who end up doing more damage than good. In the end I only acknowledge those who write more code than manifestos and open letters as being the true promoters of open source.
ESR should shut up and pick up a copy of the Java standard, and then start coding with the other open source java projects if he really wants to help. If he wants to keep promoting himself as a self proclaimed emissary, at the expense of Java and Open Source, then he should probably keep doing what he's doing now.
I'm getting pretty sick of this, and I've seen that small claims has been a pretty useful way of dealing with some really anoying pests (ie. telemarketers). Is there any possible way I could bring them to small claims? I mean they're claiming I owe them money, but I don't think I do. Of course IANAL, but if someone else know the applicible law better than I do...
It'd be really funny if SCO got slashdotted in small claims court.
I agree that you should follow the license agreement, if you don't like the license, don't use the software. I think the RIAA will start to rethink it's hard liine stance as more people start listening to musicians who provide MP3s for free. Free music certainly didn't hurt the Greatful Dead. I've actually pushed my work to start paying for the software that they've been bootlegging. I personally prefer open source, but if they're not going to use the free stuff, then they should at least pay for the other stuff. I'm hoping that they'll start to think about the advantages of open source more if they actually have to pay for the proprietary.
A better question is "anyone know of any languages that don't run on the JVM?"
A quick Google search turns up a lot of info. I wish stories could be moderated, this one 'troll' for example.
Java does have a lot of disadvantages, mainly it's a time/space pig, but it is the right tool for some jobs. The problem is that too many enthusiasts insist on using their favorite tool for every job, even if it's a horrible match. See the 'Golden Hammer' in the anti-patterns book.
An important part of any developer's job is knowing how to evaluate the available solutions, whether it's algorithm, language, or platform.
I was thinking this would be the ultimate in "Force Feedback" for games. A lot of types of games could be enhanced with this type of device, until your box crashed and it tries to plant you in the floor.
All of these problems could have been avoided if people had used my plan to install Pnumatic tubes instead of fiber. You just put a few tapes/disk/punch cards in a canister, and ... WHOOSH! - it's there. Fiber can never match that kind of bandwidth. Sure some will complain about latency, and we were having trouble integrating our last mile TCP/IP over carrier pigeon solution, but all cutting edge tech has its share of problems.
I saw an ad in the local Yellow Pages from the BSA that states: It's illegal to copy software. I had no idea, you'd think that FreeBSD, Debian, et. al. would warn you that you are committing an illegal act when you install as so-called "free" OS! Can I just give MS my credit card number, or sign up for direct debit?
I've got an iMac that I leave on almost all the time cause it's quiet and take a long time to boot. My FreeBSD box boots in less than a minute, but it's really noisy so I shut it down when I'm not using it. The iMac make a great 'information appliance', and all my 'real' computer is a rackmount I've never seen in a data center I've never been to.
Doesn't the G in SKG stand for "Gates"? I thought he was one of the founders or something.
Seems like the real threat of Big Brother comes from the media, not the government. They're already starting on though policing with DMCA and "Intellectual Property" meme/law. Two way TVs are already a reality with spyware, Microsoft 'activation' is just a huge step in the same direction. I've heard that Tivo reports what you watch, and there are too many other examples to list.
A decent job has been done by government watchdogs to keep gov't in line, not that there haven't been many abuses, but overall the worst ones have been caught.
On the other hand, many mega corporations now have more power and influence in our lives than does the goevernment, without the same restrictions.
I'll just love it if some libertairan responds to this post with a message about how it's important to keep elected officials on a lease, but I should trust Bill Gates and other mega powerful, mega rich entities, because Ayn Rand says I should.
I want to be able to search Garfield every day to see how many times he has used the exact same theme. I bet I could find some matches that are pretty close to exact, with minor differences in the phrases used and "art". That comic is so lame, yet ranked so high, I've often wondered about doing this. I've heard that comics are ordered on the page depending on popularity, and Garfield is #1 on many comics pages, and usually in the top few.
Another example of how most rating/moderation systems suck, like the way slashdot comments/moderation have very low signal to noise ratio. Just adding a bit more noise, thank you!
Yeah, display postscript did exactly what you're describing. You didn't care about resolution. What was on your screen was exactly what showed up on your printer.
follow up info: salon has it listed with other 4/1 tricks:9 log.html
http://www.salonmagazine.com/21st/log/1999/03/2
Remember this was the April 1 edition, and it contains some pretty bogus sounding names. Not to mention the tone was very tongue in cheek. I read it yesterday and I thought it was pretty funny.
It's like a tax for stupid people. We need more things like this, if you're stupid, you not only get a crappy product, you pay extra too! Look how well it's worked for the software industry.