Nah, he's not a true (Cringley, Dvorak) pundit. If he was, he'd be getting paid an insane amount of money to voice his opinion, instead of posting it for free on Slashdot.
Given Slashdot demographics, I'm probably way older than the pair 'o you, and trust me, he has never been respectable.
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No Blackbird became Visual Interdev, which is an abortion on toast, and has been dropped from further releases of Visual Studio. I'd say it was a failure.
Personally, I think he's trying to avoid a massive flame war. Look at this quote from an article referenced in Slashdot a few days ago:
"Free Software Foundation founder and major developer of the operating system known as GNU/Linux, Richard Stallman"
Major developer? Since when? It sounds like Stallman is going out of his way to co-opt Linux (he emailed Taco asking him to link to the story) and Linus doesn't want to play. Good for him.
I give, I'll just have to try compiling it. I suspect it's using my favorite C trick, "there's no such thing as arrays". Arrays are just pointer arthimetic. But those type conversions and casts(?) make my head spin.
Sorry, but I don't buy it. Plut is not recyclable (except in bombs), has a horrendous half-life, and is completely lethal. The only solution I've heard of (and I used to work in nuclear safety) is to seal it into drums and bury it in a hole. God help us if the drums leak (lowest bidder, anyone?) and it gets into the water table. I'm not saying that thermal is any better, I just don't like the risks involved with nuclear waste. Nuclear power may be the best of all possible evils, but it's still evil.
I saw some of the source code to Microsoft's ODBC drivers, years ago. I gave up trying to figure out their SQL parser when they referenced -5 from the start of an array. Scary stuff.
Here are the specs from the DoCoMo web site. 64 Kbps for real-time video, max 384K bps downlink, 64K bps uplink. Decent (but not great) battery life, too.
Exactly. This question came up last week and I did a Google search for 'Microsoft EULA'. Nothing except custom educational EULAs. They aren't publishing them on purpose....
Is this just Microsoft? I've sold some games on Ebay (in their original boxes, with all the docs) after I finished playing them, and no one complained. is this just another example of Microsoft being heavy-handed?
7) The Speech by Cochran was LAME! Maybe, but it finally gave them a chance to fix that 35-year-old split-infinitive "to boldly go". That, and the seat belt line, were to two funniest things in the show.
hard science Huh? You mean warp drive, dilithium crystals, force fields, transporters, phasers, time travel, artifical gravity, sound in space, or aliens speaking english? Star Trek has some good qualities, but adhering to science isn't one of them.
No the point is that he is running to the defence of Microsoft's IIS in one case, and Microsoft's Hotmail in another. It certainly makes him look more like a PR flack than an "Internet Security Expert".
I'm not working for the wrong companies, I'm jsut paying attention. Maybe you would like to explain the fiscal realities to the 100,000+ airline workers who have just been laid off at the same time as their employers have been given a bail-out by the government.
I know of a few people who have had the same job for 15 years, and are secure in their position, but that seems to be the exception, rather than the rule. And take a look at the Salshdot article last week about how layoffs are handled. Most of the time they are out of the blue. You've just been lucky, so far.
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Nah, he's not a true (Cringley, Dvorak) pundit. If he was, he'd be getting paid an insane amount of money to voice his opinion, instead of posting it for free on Slashdot.
Anyone know how I can get in on this scam?
Check out the battlebots web site for an SVG app. Note that it's an Adobe product. Sigh.
Given Slashdot demographics, I'm probably way older than the pair 'o you, and trust me, he has never been respectable.
No Blackbird became Visual Interdev, which is an abortion on toast, and has been dropped from further releases of Visual Studio. I'd say it was a failure.
Obligatory quote:
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
I am so tired of seeing that, no matter how approproiate it may be.
Invoking Godwin's law, clause 9/11: this discussion is now over.
Personally, I think he's trying to avoid a massive flame war. Look at this quote from an article referenced in Slashdot a few days ago:
"Free Software Foundation founder and major developer of the operating system known as GNU/Linux, Richard Stallman"
Major developer? Since when? It sounds like Stallman is going out of his way to co-opt Linux (he emailed Taco asking him to link to the story) and Linus doesn't want to play. Good for him.
Why? They get much higher attendance if the rednecks think someone's going to die.
I give, I'll just have to try compiling it. I suspect it's using my favorite C trick, "there's no such thing as arrays". Arrays are just pointer arthimetic. But those type conversions and casts(?) make my head spin.
I've got one of those titanium crowbars, light as a feather and tougher than steel. Really nice. Titanium also makes good battlebot armor.
Sorry, but I don't buy it. Plut is not recyclable (except in bombs), has a horrendous half-life, and is completely lethal. The only solution I've heard of (and I used to work in nuclear safety) is to seal it into drums and bury it in a hole. God help us if the drums leak (lowest bidder, anyone?) and it gets into the water table. I'm not saying that thermal is any better, I just don't like the risks involved with nuclear waste. Nuclear power may be the best of all possible evils, but it's still evil.
I saw some of the source code to Microsoft's ODBC drivers, years ago. I gave up trying to figure out their SQL parser when they referenced -5 from the start of an array. Scary stuff.
Take it from an engineer: there ain't no such thing as a free lunch. Oops. Don't tell that to the Sun, I don't want to be dark during the day.
Okay, so it's not free, but 5 billion+ years is a hell of a good mortgage.
The process itself may be cleaner, but the waste product is decidedly more nasty, they have yet to come up witha foolproof disposal method.
Here are the specs from the DoCoMo web site. 64 Kbps for real-time video, max 384K bps downlink, 64K bps uplink. Decent (but not great) battery life, too.
Exactly. This question came up last week and I did a Google search for 'Microsoft EULA'. Nothing except custom educational EULAs. They aren't publishing them on purpose....
Ha, reminds me of the guy who wrote his own word processor in Lotus 1-2-3 macros.
I'll be back tomorrow when the flamewar has cooled off.
Is this just Microsoft? I've sold some games on Ebay (in their original boxes, with all the docs) after I finished playing them, and no one complained. is this just another example of Microsoft being heavy-handed?
7) The Speech by Cochran was LAME! Maybe, but it finally gave them a chance to fix that 35-year-old split-infinitive "to boldly go". That, and the seat belt line, were to two funniest things in the show.
So this is basically a case of the Death Star vs the Borg, right? I think I saw a fan CG animation of this somewhere.
I guess you missed the Voyager episode guest-starring "The Rock". (I did, too, but I saw the promos).
as long as there isnt a combined sea to space movie Oops. Space Cruiser Yamato, aka Star Blazers.
hard science Huh? You mean warp drive, dilithium crystals, force fields, transporters, phasers, time travel, artifical gravity, sound in space, or aliens speaking english? Star Trek has some good qualities, but adhering to science isn't one of them.
No the point is that he is running to the defence of Microsoft's IIS in one case, and Microsoft's Hotmail in another. It certainly makes him look more like a PR flack than an "Internet Security Expert".
I'm not working for the wrong companies, I'm jsut paying attention. Maybe you would like to explain the fiscal realities to the 100,000+ airline workers who have just been laid off at the same time as their employers have been given a bail-out by the government.
I know of a few people who have had the same job for 15 years, and are secure in their position, but that seems to be the exception, rather than the rule. And take a look at the Salshdot article last week about how layoffs are handled. Most of the time they are out of the blue. You've just been lucky, so far.