Open Source by default has the benefit of many eyes checking for errors, contributing ideas, but things get sour when too many people commit.
Too many chefs etc... etc...
A failure to be first to publish results in a loss of potential peer recognition which in turn results in a significant impact on future funding and employment opportunities.
I think this will change when there's an open record of who came up with an idea first. Wouldn't it be quite a bit harder to say "I came up with that" if we don't know about your ideas until after your paper is published?
It is so specialised that it is unlikely to attract significant contributions. Furthermore, where the work builds on existing open source solutions, it is likely to be seen as a "code dump" (a significant chunk of work rather than a set of incremental changes working towards a defined goal). Most community projects are resistant to code dumps because they are usually hard to review and difficult to maintain.
This is a false premise, IMO. By default, all changes are incremental. Dumps happen when there's poor coordination between parties involved an no one's really sure of what they're working on.
The "quick hack" nature of academic research software further contributes to the lack of maintainability and reusability.
There needs to be oversight by competent, impartial people who can pinpoint conflicts early, look for logical problems (this is harder when you're too involved your own research/programming/souffle) and most importantly, let ideas through that actually contribute to the overall understanding of the subject.
This doesn't apply to code per se, but really any research: If the global warming controversy is any hint, research is prime realestate for astroturfing. Empirically observed fact is no match for the perceived reality of the ignorant when special interests are involved. Open source, with research wouldn't just be beneficial to the programming aspect, but it would also ensure we're not walking into a wall with critical thought.
There's this misconception that Python (the new hotness after some people started getting bored with Ruby) was being adopted purely due to it being new and... well, popular.
We see that Python has a sizable lead on Perl, and oddly, the popularity of Bash has risen sixfold over the past year, breaking into the top 20 for the first time ever.
The fact is that Python today is taking over where Perl would have dominated in the past. That is applications, front-end scripting and where integration of both would be beneficial. If it weren't for Python, I doubt legacy apps that are being migrated away from Perl would have had that path ahead of them. It's a much muddier road through Ruby (not criticism of the language itself, but things are too... different than Python).
oh please, stop kidding yourselves. it's just because we are forced to login to use google services that they're getting the traffic. google plus is a turd!
I thought plus was optional when signing up for an account, but I guess this has now changed?
Not completely disagreeing with you, but people are capable of other courses of action in dire situations. I was in New York when the power outage happened in 2003 when a lot of the Northeast was completely dark except for a few lights being kept on by generators. This was only two years after 9/11 and the first thought on everyone's mind was terrorism, but no one panicked or rioted except for a few burglaries (those are always to be expected). People were being helped from the subways by fellow passengers, others took care of each other as best they can.
Even after the 2001 attacks, there were people helping out and staying calm (as best they can).
There are instances where people act like they've lost their minds during emergencies, but then they have already lost their minds by the time the rioting starts. The riot is just the symptom of that.
That's not to say everything should be on the cloud, but I don't see why we can't push non-critical functionality on rendering engines.
Seriously, clam down.:/ I mentioned cloud once and I understand the pitfalls. Outside the U.S. ulimited data is very rare and in the UK especially it's bad.
Chromium, Firefox (and kids), Opera, WebKit (and co)... pick your poison. My point was that the browser is a handy tool to publish applications and a lot of native applications can be made more easily cross-platform through web standards.
Think of it as the corollary to "everything is a file": "Everything is a service*" to be consumed by the browser.
*And by everything, I mean what makes sense to be on the browser. I.E. Documents, chat etc...
I'm not gonna go into whether or not this "warhead" business is a good idea. It's probably not, since it wouldn't be what Aaron Swartz himself would. He would have made a lot of noise and brought public attention had he been able to cope, but defacements were beneath him. Also, it's likely just dirt courtesy of WikiLeaks.
But whatever hope anyone had about restoring that term to what it was just went up in a flame of digital smoke.
Call me silly, but I think there is something to this "everything through the browser" malarkey. That's not to say everything should be on the cloud, but I don't see why we can't push non-critical functionality on rendering engines. A lot of mobile apps are just native interfaces to webservices anyway.
Let's be honest, college in China is no where near the difficulty as in the U.S. It's even harder than Japan if folks who've been to both countries are to be belived. You work hard for an education, you deserve something better than being a semi-automoton.
But he will not consider applying for a full-time factory job because Mr. Wang, as a college graduate, thinks that is beneath him...
“I have never and will never consider a factory job — what’s the point of sitting there hour after hour, doing repetitive work?” he asked.
Now we get on our graduates' cases when they complain about doing menial jobs. It's a tough first year (or 5) right after school, but in places like China where you're competing against literally millions in the same line, what are your odds of personal advancement without connections?
I usually go to xkcd to be amused or be provoked into thinking, but this rover existentialism made me a bit sad, actually. I know it's just an inanimate object, but it's hard to stay objective when there's a voice being projecting onto it:/
Cisco is to the consumer market what Oracle is to Java.
I was always confused with where Linksys belonged under Cisco. The not quite SOHO, not quite SME limbo was reflected on some of their decisions. Well, this just proves Cisco has no idea what to do with the general consumer market (E.G. The Flip).
People have been up in arms over ex post facto law, so why do they think they can get away with taxes? Granted, not all retroactive laws are unconstitutional. The tax law shouldn't have been in the books in the first place if it was unconstitutional, but we're not talking slavery here. Repeal the law, if you must, and call it even.
This is just a sad attempt at increasing state revenue
Dump and humiliate instead of disclose "responsibly". That word applies to both parties; when a vulnerability is revealed "responsibly", and the end result is for the powers that be to act irresponsibly with no regard to measured response, what's the incentive to do good?
Delicacy is over. Expect nukes.
I'm just gonna grab the popcorn and enjoy how the restless kids will respond to the power high prosecutors expect to get massaged.
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Open Source by default has the benefit of many eyes checking for errors, contributing ideas, but things get sour when too many people commit.
Too many chefs etc... etc...
I think this will change when there's an open record of who came up with an idea first. Wouldn't it be quite a bit harder to say "I came up with that" if we don't know about your ideas until after your paper is published?
This is a false premise, IMO. By default, all changes are incremental. Dumps happen when there's poor coordination between parties involved an no one's really sure of what they're working on.
There needs to be oversight by competent, impartial people who can pinpoint conflicts early, look for logical problems (this is harder when you're too involved your own research/programming/souffle) and most importantly, let ideas through that actually contribute to the overall understanding of the subject.
This doesn't apply to code per se, but really any research: If the global warming controversy is any hint, research is prime realestate for astroturfing. Empirically observed fact is no match for the perceived reality of the ignorant when special interests are involved. Open source, with research wouldn't just be beneficial to the programming aspect, but it would also ensure we're not walking into a wall with critical thought.
The fact is that Python today is taking over where Perl would have dominated in the past. That is applications, front-end scripting and where integration of both would be beneficial. If it weren't for Python, I doubt legacy apps that are being migrated away from Perl would have had that path ahead of them. It's a much muddier road through Ruby (not criticism of the language itself, but things are too... different than Python).
I thought plus was optional when signing up for an account, but I guess this has now changed?
That's a very bleak assessment of us :/
Not completely disagreeing with you, but people are capable of other courses of action in dire situations. I was in New York when the power outage happened in 2003 when a lot of the Northeast was completely dark except for a few lights being kept on by generators. This was only two years after 9/11 and the first thought on everyone's mind was terrorism, but no one panicked or rioted except for a few burglaries (those are always to be expected). People were being helped from the subways by fellow passengers, others took care of each other as best they can.
Even after the 2001 attacks, there were people helping out and staying calm (as best they can).
There are instances where people act like they've lost their minds during emergencies, but then they have already lost their minds by the time the rioting starts. The riot is just the symptom of that.
Yes.
Yes I am.
You'll be able to predict your children's future. And safely give up the sociopaths for adoption.
Seriously, clam down. :/ I mentioned cloud once and I understand the pitfalls. Outside the U.S. ulimited data is very rare and in the UK especially it's bad.
Going into != touching upon. Protection aside, I guess they don't really make that difference more clear in sex ed :/
Everything has hiccups at first. I think we'll see more of this as WebRTC takes off.
Chromium, Firefox (and kids), Opera, WebKit (and co)... pick your poison. My point was that the browser is a handy tool to publish applications and a lot of native applications can be made more easily cross-platform through web standards.
Think of it as the corollary to "everything is a file": "Everything is a service*" to be consumed by the browser.
*And by everything, I mean what makes sense to be on the browser. I.E. Documents, chat etc...
I'm not gonna go into whether or not this "warhead" business is a good idea. It's probably not, since it wouldn't be what Aaron Swartz himself would. He would have made a lot of noise and brought public attention had he been able to cope, but defacements were beneath him. Also, it's likely just dirt courtesy of WikiLeaks.
But whatever hope anyone had about restoring that term to what it was just went up in a flame of digital smoke.
Call me silly, but I think there is something to this "everything through the browser" malarkey. That's not to say everything should be on the cloud, but I don't see why we can't push non-critical functionality on rendering engines. A lot of mobile apps are just native interfaces to webservices anyway.
Let's be honest, college in China is no where near the difficulty as in the U.S. It's even harder than Japan if folks who've been to both countries are to be belived. You work hard for an education, you deserve something better than being a semi-automoton.
Now we get on our graduates' cases when they complain about doing menial jobs. It's a tough first year (or 5) right after school, but in places like China where you're competing against literally millions in the same line, what are your odds of personal advancement without connections?
Ah! Then, I stand corrected.
Yes, but he bought the rights to do the cover. The cover version is licensed CC.
Now this is news for nerds!
That didn't help at all! :( Also, I own a lamp that looks almost exactly like that. Now I need to watch more Maru videos.
I usually go to xkcd to be amused or be provoked into thinking, but this rover existentialism made me a bit sad, actually. I know it's just an inanimate object, but it's hard to stay objective when there's a voice being projecting onto it :/
Hear, hear!
Carry on, Opportunity, your sister will always be with you in Spirit.
Cisco is to the consumer market what Oracle is to Java.
I was always confused with where Linksys belonged under Cisco. The not quite SOHO, not quite SME limbo was reflected on some of their decisions. Well, this just proves Cisco has no idea what to do with the general consumer market (E.G. The Flip).
People have been up in arms over ex post facto law, so why do they think they can get away with taxes? Granted, not all retroactive laws are unconstitutional. The tax law shouldn't have been in the books in the first place if it was unconstitutional, but we're not talking slavery here. Repeal the law, if you must, and call it even.
This is just a sad attempt at increasing state revenue
Practice makes perfect. Perfect practice is even better, and that's harder on just a sim.
Drop it like it's hot
Dump and humiliate instead of disclose "responsibly". That word applies to both parties; when a vulnerability is revealed "responsibly", and the end result is for the powers that be to act irresponsibly with no regard to measured response, what's the incentive to do good?
Delicacy is over. Expect nukes.
I'm just gonna grab the popcorn and enjoy how the restless kids will respond to the power high prosecutors expect to get massaged.
Nice!