good programming is not enough to prevent system failure. good programming is good for your homework project or a little module.
good software engineering is required for large systems. when you are developing hundred thousand lines of code to million lines of code. no amount of good programming will guarrante a good system without solid software engineering processes.
"Schwartz did say that any money the patents generate will be donated to charities."
So what? If we support them even if all money goes to open/free software projects. What's bound to happen is that after they have established from various cases that the patent is valid. Management will one day say, "Fuck It, time to make some profit!" In the world of business, everything that is said means nothing unless it is written and signed! With that said, Let's fight this, it's utter ridiculous and at the same time disgusting to patent ideas on licensing.
Political views is like religion. A lot of people take on what their parents and family are. Only few go far to question it and adopt their own real beliefs about the situation.
but I was on hotmail then, on yahoo, my bulk folder does a good job, so I rarely see their junk and I am not annoyed as much. A good spam filter is like Tivo...
After having been a victim of the jacked up job market, How is a man to survive? I can see why some of em do what they gotta do.
The original idea of cable TV was to be commerical free. We pay for cable TV just like we do for our internet connection. I consider TV commericals SPAM. I did not ask for it, but likewise they advertisers always go, "We have to make profit." Why is it that people put with cable commericals but not spam? Then there is the movie theaters. It use to be that if you went there, the previews start a few minutes before the movie time, and the movie starts on time. But today? commericals come first at the time the movie is suppose to start, then the previews, then the movie.
Spam is here to stay. It is NEVER going away. The day SPAM can be completed eliminated from the net, well, I certainly wouldn't be on it, cuz it must not be a free net. One of the pain of freedom is that those you do not like are also free to do the things you do not like for them to do.
We should battle SPAM the right way, not by banning it or attempting to. Suing the company for wrong advertisment (if they did.) Ordering from the company then returning the product. Credit card charge backs are in the average range of $20 per charge back for internet companies. Imagine if 1,000 people ordered then cancelled their orders. $20,000 in extra fees for the company selling the junk.
If such a thing is implemented, all the horny lil teens will rush to it. Slashdot crowd, imagine you being 12,13. And to find sex, all you had to do was go to.xxx domains. Think of the mischiefs you did at that age, kids are downloading mp3s, they will download cracks for filter software, some of them will even crack it!
I am so annoyed by your comment that no one will win this contest. If you are so technically inept in the engineering field, STFU, not everyone else is.
you are right, they have DREAMED, and you are in dream land too, programming challenge is never about typing fast or correctly, it is about good algorithms, etc, etc. what next? think about quicksort and your computer codes it for you? please!
Now a days, they are for open standards? The same guys that opened up the PC architecture, right? in early 80's or wait, say 20 years ago? As far as I know, that is the biggest open standard look how it changed the world, look at the companies it built. Whenever people talk about how IBM acts as they see fit, it is usually history lessons that they read about the 60's and 70's...
I want to get such a system for $450-$600 brand new tops. Doesn't have to be the fastest, but with the price of such small laptop like computers, it is never going to happen. Even used Toshiba liberttos are expensive.
You refuse to embrace change cuz you have gotten use to regular computer keyboards. This is how the old people where with computers, the prefered the feedback of a typewriter for typing paper than using a computer. Imagine giving this to an 8-10yrs old, do you think they will care? they will adjust fast, and it will become so norm, that they probably will dislike computer keyboards. Why not sound feedback? everything you hit a key, the pen beeps?
Mod me as a troll or whatever! BUT DAMN! What is it with " It sounds like a great opportunity for open source software" I am fucking sick of every damn thing being a great opportunity for open source, I love open source idea, but damn, it sends chills down my spine when yall mention it non stop, it is no different from adversiment on TV, or fundamentalist islams and christians trying for world domination. What next?, let's start inserting linux CD rooms in cereal boxes, no, better yet, let's mass distribute it like AOL!
LOL, I thought I was the only one that noticed... but then again what do you expect from people that write ugly code?:) Now I wonder if python programmers had a haiku contest if their's will be nicer.
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good programming is not enough to prevent system failure. good programming is good for your homework project or a little module.
good software engineering is required for large systems. when you are developing hundred thousand lines of code to million lines of code. no amount of good programming will guarrante a good system without solid software engineering processes.
"Schwartz did say that any money the patents generate will be donated to charities."
So what? If we support them even if all money goes to open/free software projects. What's bound to happen is that after they have established from various cases that the patent is valid. Management will one day say, "Fuck It, time to make some profit!" In the world of business, everything that is said means nothing unless it is written and signed! With that said, Let's fight this, it's utter ridiculous and at the same time disgusting to patent ideas on licensing.
why don't you give up your network for a week to see how good a feature this is. This is akin to an OS without a GUI. It's 2004 for crying out loud!
pictures of an external box? i want specs, internal pictures, no one cares about how it looks.
That do be lovely!
Political views is like religion. A lot of people take on what their parents and family are. Only few go far to question it and adopt their own real beliefs about the situation.
so? some diseases are genetic.
but I was on hotmail then, on yahoo, my bulk folder does a good job, so I rarely see their junk and I am not annoyed as much. A good spam filter is like Tivo...
After having been a victim of the jacked up job market, How is a man to survive? I can see why some of em do what they gotta do.
The original idea of cable TV was to be commerical free. We pay for cable TV just like we do for our internet connection. I consider TV commericals SPAM. I did not ask for it, but likewise they advertisers always go, "We have to make profit." Why is it that people put with cable commericals but not spam? Then there is the movie theaters. It use to be that if you went there, the previews start a few minutes before the movie time, and the movie starts on time. But today? commericals come first at the time the movie is suppose to start, then the previews, then the movie.
Spam is here to stay. It is NEVER going away. The day SPAM can be completed eliminated from the net, well, I certainly wouldn't be on it, cuz it must not be a free net. One of the pain of freedom is that those you do not like are also free to do the things you do not like for them to do.
We should battle SPAM the right way, not by banning it or attempting to. Suing the company for wrong advertisment (if they did.) Ordering from the company then returning the product. Credit card charge backs are in the average range of $20 per charge back for internet companies. Imagine if 1,000 people ordered then cancelled their orders. $20,000 in extra fees for the company selling the junk.
£1.12. is a lot of money
How about 7cents!
but you are not going to be a surgeon. but then again hand and eye coordination is good for laying bricks.
Beta tests technical issue not privacy issue.
please believe it! :(
If such a thing is implemented, all the horny lil teens will rush to it. Slashdot crowd, imagine you being 12,13. And to find sex, all you had to do was go to .xxx domains. Think of the mischiefs you did at that age, kids are downloading mp3s, they will download cracks for filter software, some of them will even crack it!
I am so annoyed by your comment that no one will win this contest. If you are so technically inept in the engineering field, STFU, not everyone else is.
you are right, they have DREAMED, and you are in dream land too, programming challenge is never about typing fast or correctly, it is about good algorithms, etc, etc. what next? think about quicksort and your computer codes it for you? please!
how about me calling you 1,000 times a day cuz you pissed me off? :D
your head will really be ringing!
Now a days, they are for open standards? The same guys that opened up the PC architecture, right? in early 80's or wait, say 20 years ago? As far as I know, that is the biggest open standard look how it changed the world, look at the companies it built. Whenever people talk about how IBM acts as they see fit, it is usually history lessons that they read about the 60's and 70's...
I want to get such a system for $450-$600 brand new tops. Doesn't have to be the fastest, but with the price of such small laptop like computers, it is never going to happen. Even used Toshiba liberttos are expensive.
Do you know how much I can tell about you as a person by your searches? I don't want my searches stored!
Would you pay for it?
You refuse to embrace change cuz you have gotten use to regular computer keyboards. This is how the old people where with computers, the prefered the feedback of a typewriter for typing paper than using a computer. Imagine giving this to an 8-10yrs old, do you think they will care? they will adjust fast, and it will become so norm, that they probably will dislike computer keyboards. Why not sound feedback? everything you hit a key, the pen beeps?
Mod me as a troll or whatever! BUT DAMN! What is it with " It sounds like a great opportunity for open source software" I am fucking sick of every damn thing being a great opportunity for open source, I love open source idea, but damn, it sends chills down my spine when yall mention it non stop, it is no different from adversiment on TV, or fundamentalist islams and christians trying for world domination. What next?, let's start inserting linux CD rooms in cereal boxes, no, better yet, let's mass distribute it like AOL!
LOL, I thought I was the only one that noticed... but then again what do you expect from people that write ugly code? :) Now I wonder if python programmers had a haiku contest if their's will be nicer.
Leak parts of your code, claim billions in damage, deduct from tax
Or it could simply be because we are lazy. I know I am. I am sick of registering at sites that I don't participate in.