Although voice recognition is neat in movies, it's not practical in real world work environments. Just imagine working in a large room of programmers (not hard for most of us), lights dimmed, favorite music quiet in the background, penguin in top of the computer. Only problem is that you want to smash your head through the computer due to the lack of concentration... the room sounds like an angry mob to telemarketers. I see the computer as quiet time, I talk to enough people throughout the day as it is.
In my experience, and most will agree, you should always write code to execute as effeciently as possible. I doubt Rob, years ago, when first designing Slashdot had effeciency at the top of his list. He couldn't forsee the millions of hits the website would take. As a web contractor, I've learned the hard way to always comment code, and use objects/classes. Most of us when doing contract work, never think about who/what is going to maintain it after we leave/job is done. I often look back at old projects and wonder "What the hell was I thinking", or maybe even question what the program does, even though I wrote it. I've encountered the slashdot effect a few times on our server, and wished I had written the code better. Just my 2 cents
"...where players have been spending real dollars on buying virtual items. Isn't this what we do everyday by buying and selling domain names? This is just a slight variation. Let people do what they want, eventually it will reach an equilibrium point and take care of itself. ITS JUST A GAME FOLKS. --Brent my 2 cents.
If the domains are on an auction system, what is the point? Say I can fork up the money to buy ABC.TV or NBC.TV, etc.. hoping to sell it at HUGE profit to the companies. Wouldn't they just sue for trademark infringement and domain squatting and take it from me? Other than that, I can't find any reason why someone would want to buy a.TV TLD, unless they plan on squatting.
Is a school so large, that it needs a cookie cutter approach to a dynamic problem? I believe each school is unique, and students would be better supervised by their teachers and administration. After all, these are the people who are in contact with them everyday and know them best. A nationwide 1-800 number, ohh please. These young students don't need to be treated as criminals, they need support from friends and family.
Slashdot Mirror
Although voice recognition is neat in movies, it's not practical in real world work environments. Just imagine working in a large room of programmers (not hard for most of us), lights dimmed, favorite music quiet in the background, penguin in top of the computer. Only problem is that you want to smash your head through the computer due to the lack of concentration... the room sounds like an angry mob to telemarketers. I see the computer as quiet time, I talk to enough people throughout the day as it is.
In my experience, and most will agree, you should always write code to execute as effeciently as possible. I doubt Rob, years ago, when first designing Slashdot had effeciency at the top of his list. He couldn't forsee the millions of hits the website would take. As a web contractor, I've learned the hard way to always comment code, and use objects/classes. Most of us when doing contract work, never think about who/what is going to maintain it after we leave/job is done. I often look back at old projects and wonder "What the hell was I thinking", or maybe even question what the program does, even though I wrote it. I've encountered the slashdot effect a few times on our server, and wished I had written the code better. Just my 2 cents
"...where players have been spending real dollars on buying virtual items. Isn't this what we do everyday by buying and selling domain names? This is just a slight variation. Let people do what they want, eventually it will reach an equilibrium point and take care of itself. ITS JUST A GAME FOLKS. --Brent my 2 cents.
If the domains are on an auction system, what is the point? Say I can fork up the money to buy ABC.TV or NBC.TV, etc.. hoping to sell it at HUGE profit to the companies. Wouldn't they just sue for trademark infringement and domain squatting and take it from me? Other than that, I can't find any reason why someone would want to buy a .TV TLD, unless they plan on squatting.
Is a school so large, that it needs a cookie cutter approach to a dynamic problem? I believe each school is unique, and students would be better supervised by their teachers and administration. After all, these are the people who are in contact with them everyday and know them best. A nationwide 1-800 number, ohh please. These young students don't need to be treated as criminals, they need support from friends and family.
I am now dumber for having read that artlcle. I didn't know tabloid writers knew how to use the Internet?
can we have this in english please?
http://www.gtlogistics.com/cgi-bin/nph-babel.cgi