You want hardware agnostic machine code? Of course he needs to be properly ported...the Dr. can't run natively on just anyone. And like any port, good or bad, there are slight differences.
Actually you're right, but not for the reason you think. They hired someone to do some coding for a very good idea they had. What they failed to do is manage him properly and get a proper contract signed. They had a great idea but zero business sense -- which is understandable as they were Harvard undergrads. I'm kind of surprised they're getting any money at all. That being said, Facebook guy is a douche. And the world, legal loopholes or no, would be better with less douchiness.
1) if you're going to fire an IT admin who has access to all your stuff, you meet him at the door in the morning while your other admins are changing passwords. He doesn't touch a computer in your building again. You'll put his files on a flash drive and don't let the door hit you on the way out.
2) Anyone posting IT post-firing sabotage fantasies who isn't posting as a Anonymous Coward deserves the results of their next interview. I'm looking at you sandytaru.
You get his idea though: if you're standing in the center of a 100% frictionless frozen pond in a vacuum, you have no way of progressing forward. So if you actually want to get off the pond what do you do? You take off your mitten and toss it in the opposite direction. Or, if you're the sun, you have a coronal ejection, spewing pieces of yourself into the void.
This could, conceivably, move the sun. And yes, the planets wouldn't just follow along with it automagically -- they have their own momentum as well as the gravitation well of the Sun to deal with. I wouldn't expect planets to collide certainly, but their own orbits might change slightly over the short term (thousands of years) which, conceivably, could have a detrimental effect on your rosebush in the side yard.
I'm likely not thinking of something physically obvious, so please point me in the right direction in the usual generous slashdot manner.:-)
In the distinguished and comely congressperson's defense, no matter how much money you're making, all you really need to do to cripple yourself financially is buy a house. My wife and I make decent money and went ahead and purchased a small but expensive (well...it *was* expensive...) home in a quiet neighborhood with a tennis club we could walk to. We have extra income still, but we think of how much more of it we might have if our monthly bills for the house hadn't tripled compared to the last house we owned. But it's a choice, and we have no one to blame but ourselves. Same as this guy in the article.
Funny, my boss and I were just discussing merit based review. At her last position you would get points for being able to do a certain level of task and points for completing tasks. Of course I immediately equate this to experience points:
1) Java Programmer: Level 6. 2).NET Programmer: Level 5 3) PHP programmer: Level 3 4) write an application to inventory computers into an SQL-based database: 300 xp 5) script a website that allows for a single header across multiple pages: 25 xp
So there is less distance between level 3 and 4 so the PHP programmer might pick up task 5. But if that person takes on task 4 and does it well, that's a big xp boost and they might even ding.
My examples to my boss actually included killing orcs and saving princesses but you know...didn't want to alienate the tech-only crowd.
I have to agree here. If I buy a book, I want a reader for it on every platform: iPhone, Android, Windows, Linux, etc. You can make it the same proprietary reader if you like. For example, give me iBooks for the PC so when I'm off my commute I can sit at my computer and read the book on a larger screen. As far as pricing...cheaper would be better of course, and it makes some sense as there is no binding costs, etc. But I'm paying for content, not for delivery and there's a cost to hosting, online payment structure, etc. Of course, what you're really paying for is content and editing -- the rest is small potatoes.
I agree...BG2 was full of sidequests which was actually why I never finished it. I spent so much time on it that, like any other single player game, it gets boring. DA:O had the right balance for me of sidequests and the main plot. I even got a good laugh out of the matchmaking quest in the Dalish village: "Why...why would you DO something like that?! You're a monster!" Ah, young love.
Good info on Gaxkhang -- I had no idea what he was about.
So this article makes sense until the new consoles are out. Then they'll be back on par. It's like complaining about an extra cups of water at the finish line when there are still people running the race. "All this water...it's such a waste. What are we doing to do with it all? This is a catastro...oh. Here they are. We're good."
Meh, graphics... Give me decent gameplay or a damn good storyline and I'd play it if it was still sprite based. I personally care less to see each blade of grass moving in the wind, than I care about a story that keeps me entertained enough to want to know how it ends.
I think the problem with DA was that it was a great game in every way except the graphics. It still won awards even with its 2002 graphics. It seemed odd that a game released in 2010 was only around Everquest graphics quality, and even that level of graphics could bring a medium graphics card to a slideshow.
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Wow. Those go way back. I'd forgotten Defender of the Crown. It's true -- I often wonder why RTS games don't also have quests to improve your heroes, etc.
The fact this might be the first fantasy book I've ever seen in a Slashdot headline should tell you how good the series is. There is Tolkien who made it epic and there is Martin who makes it personal. Best Fantasy character writer ever.
"The Decline and Fall..." is the history of the end of something. You could write about the "fall" which might be its last days or you could write about the decline and fall which portrays a fuller history of why it actually collapsed. This also allows the decline to recover if things go well. Fall gives that sense of permanence.
A single site to register open source software developers. It would work like a temp agency -- you pay the developer $30/hour, the hiring company pays you $45/hour. There may be something else out there but it would be nice to have a central community for hiring experts on Plone, Python, Drupal, Graphic Design, MySQL, Postgres, etc. Something that showcases their resumes, portfolio, photos of their mom's basement, etc.
There are definitely people who can learn and not attend all the classes. But I don't want to discount the information you're being given -- by book or by lecture. Even history -- perhaps especially history -- is important. It gives you perspective. For example, we've all read that the Repulican and/or Democratic party has done things like posted the wrong polling place or date on their opposition party voters' doors. You've heard newspapers, supposedly unbiased, endorse candidates, slander others.
For awhile I thought this was the fault of the New Republicans vs the Old Democrats. Such a chasm between the two parties that our country HAD to be so divided. As it turns out, after reading a little history on the matter, this is lightweight. People have been killed over their votes, establishments burned, extortion, etc. If anything, things have gotten better. It puts things in perspective so one might realize that the world isn't quite so ready to fall apart as the newspapers would have you believe.
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You want hardware agnostic machine code? Of course he needs to be properly ported...the Dr. can't run natively on just anyone. And like any port, good or bad, there are slight differences.
Hey. At least it wasn't a car analogy.
Actually you're right, but not for the reason you think. They hired someone to do some coding for a very good idea they had. What they failed to do is manage him properly and get a proper contract signed. They had a great idea but zero business sense -- which is understandable as they were Harvard undergrads. I'm kind of surprised they're getting any money at all. That being said, Facebook guy is a douche. And the world, legal loopholes or no, would be better with less douchiness.
1) if you're going to fire an IT admin who has access to all your stuff, you meet him at the door in the morning while your other admins are changing passwords. He doesn't touch a computer in your building again. You'll put his files on a flash drive and don't let the door hit you on the way out.
2) Anyone posting IT post-firing sabotage fantasies who isn't posting as a Anonymous Coward deserves the results of their next interview. I'm looking at you sandytaru.
Linux: 90% of the uses
Windows: 90% of the usage
You get his idea though: if you're standing in the center of a 100% frictionless frozen pond in a vacuum, you have no way of progressing forward. So if you actually want to get off the pond what do you do? You take off your mitten and toss it in the opposite direction. Or, if you're the sun, you have a coronal ejection, spewing pieces of yourself into the void.
This could, conceivably, move the sun. And yes, the planets wouldn't just follow along with it automagically -- they have their own momentum as well as the gravitation well of the Sun to deal with. I wouldn't expect planets to collide certainly, but their own orbits might change slightly over the short term (thousands of years) which, conceivably, could have a detrimental effect on your rosebush in the side yard.
I'm likely not thinking of something physically obvious, so please point me in the right direction in the usual generous slashdot manner. :-)
No! This only proves they've infiltrated the highest levels of Muffin. Or Muffon. MUFON. Whatever.
You'll rue the day!
In the distinguished and comely congressperson's defense, no matter how much money you're making, all you really need to do to cripple yourself financially is buy a house. My wife and I make decent money and went ahead and purchased a small but expensive (well...it *was* expensive...) home in a quiet neighborhood with a tennis club we could walk to. We have extra income still, but we think of how much more of it we might have if our monthly bills for the house hadn't tripled compared to the last house we owned. But it's a choice, and we have no one to blame but ourselves. Same as this guy in the article.
Same here. W00t for Obamacare!
Funny, my boss and I were just discussing merit based review. At her last position you would get points for being able to do a certain level of task and points for completing tasks. Of course I immediately equate this to experience points:
1) Java Programmer: Level 6. .NET Programmer: Level 5
2)
3) PHP programmer: Level 3
4) write an application to inventory computers into an SQL-based database: 300 xp
5) script a website that allows for a single header across multiple pages: 25 xp
So there is less distance between level 3 and 4 so the PHP programmer might pick up task 5. But if that person takes on task 4 and does it well, that's a big xp boost and they might even ding.
My examples to my boss actually included killing orcs and saving princesses but you know...didn't want to alienate the tech-only crowd.
I have to agree here. If I buy a book, I want a reader for it on every platform: iPhone, Android, Windows, Linux, etc. You can make it the same proprietary reader if you like. For example, give me iBooks for the PC so when I'm off my commute I can sit at my computer and read the book on a larger screen. As far as pricing...cheaper would be better of course, and it makes some sense as there is no binding costs, etc. But I'm paying for content, not for delivery and there's a cost to hosting, online payment structure, etc. Of course, what you're really paying for is content and editing -- the rest is small potatoes.
Really? Drizzle? That was the best they could do for a name of the new project?
Fo' shizzle!
In the U.S. we speak Microsoft English.
You know, I didn't really care much for Angelina Jolie until I saw Hackers.
I agree...BG2 was full of sidequests which was actually why I never finished it. I spent so much time on it that, like any other single player game, it gets boring. DA:O had the right balance for me of sidequests and the main plot. I even got a good laugh out of the matchmaking quest in the Dalish village: "Why...why would you DO something like that?! You're a monster!" Ah, young love.
Good info on Gaxkhang -- I had no idea what he was about.
So this article makes sense until the new consoles are out. Then they'll be back on par. It's like complaining about an extra cups of water at the finish line when there are still people running the race. "All this water...it's such a waste. What are we doing to do with it all? This is a catastro...oh. Here they are. We're good."
Meh, graphics... Give me decent gameplay or a damn good storyline and I'd play it if it was still sprite based. I personally care less to see each blade of grass moving in the wind, than I care about a story that keeps me entertained enough to want to know how it ends.
I think the problem with DA was that it was a great game in every way except the graphics. It still won awards even with its 2002 graphics. It seemed odd that a game released in 2010 was only around Everquest graphics quality, and even that level of graphics could bring a medium graphics card to a slideshow.
Wow. Those go way back. I'd forgotten Defender of the Crown. It's true -- I often wonder why RTS games don't also have quests to improve your heroes, etc.
ME2 and DA:O are terrible and I regret purchasing them.
From this statement we can also garner that you don't like Firefly, ice cream, or a baby's laughter. It's okay to have your opinions.
The fact this might be the first fantasy book I've ever seen in a Slashdot headline should tell you how good the series is. There is Tolkien who made it epic and there is Martin who makes it personal. Best Fantasy character writer ever.
"The Decline and Fall..." is the history of the end of something. You could write about the "fall" which might be its last days or you could write about the decline and fall which portrays a fuller history of why it actually collapsed. This also allows the decline to recover if things go well. Fall gives that sense of permanence.
Perfectly fair use of language.
10 days around our Sun:
2.43 million miles per hour
365 days around hour Sun:
66.6 thousand miles per hour
Purdy quick either way I'd say.
A single site to register open source software developers. It would work like a temp agency -- you pay the developer $30/hour, the hiring company pays you $45/hour. There may be something else out there but it would be nice to have a central community for hiring experts on Plone, Python, Drupal, Graphic Design, MySQL, Postgres, etc. Something that showcases their resumes, portfolio, photos of their mom's basement, etc.
Framework: A bunch of organized and easily referenced functions which make development easier.
CMS (Drupal, Plone, Etc): Fun for users. Hell for developers.
It'll probably come out as Razeel Cassid Fassbuk el Dar-min or something. She'll be fine.
There are definitely people who can learn and not attend all the classes. But I don't want to discount the information you're being given -- by book or by lecture. Even history -- perhaps especially history -- is important. It gives you perspective. For example, we've all read that the Repulican and/or Democratic party has done things like posted the wrong polling place or date on their opposition party voters' doors. You've heard newspapers, supposedly unbiased, endorse candidates, slander others.
For awhile I thought this was the fault of the New Republicans vs the Old Democrats. Such a chasm between the two parties that our country HAD to be so divided. As it turns out, after reading a little history on the matter, this is lightweight. People have been killed over their votes, establishments burned, extortion, etc. If anything, things have gotten better. It puts things in perspective so one might realize that the world isn't quite so ready to fall apart as the newspapers would have you believe.