Lol, Sweet. I was so hoping someone would mention that. Every time I hear of directed sound I can't help but think "Mua'dib!". Thanks for making my day.
Judging by what I see in the code at my work place, flowcharts are in the same realm as internal documentation. In other words, not used at all. To code in the modern environment, you just write obtuse poorly designed code and rely on the statement "code should be self documenting". This doesn't mean your code actually has to be self documenting. You just give that excuse whever anyone mentions actually expending effort to produce inline documentation. I suppose the parallel statement for you would be "code describes its own flow" instead of actually putting down an analysis of what leads to what. In emergencies you can always provide the equivalent of the occasional comment for one hundered lines of code: Start->GetData->ProduceData->End.
If the quasi immortality thing is an irritant, then might I suggest you try this one out? I have been playing it for a while now. It can be pretty though at times, with occasional treadmilling, but so far I havn't died once.
I rebut it with the following: If I have not committed a crime, why do I not deserve the right of privacy?
On what grounds must that right be taken from me if I have not been convicted of a crime? If I have not commited a crime may I also be denied the rights of voting, assembling in a peaceful manner, freedom of speech, and freedom of the press? For lack of any violation of the law, thus I have nothing to hide, shall I loose my right to privacy as well as my other equal rights?
Through those statements, I find they place the matter in the proper light. I have the freedom to read and another had the freedom to publish. Because of this, I have read the constitution. Under it I know am innocent until proven guilty. Listening to the ones whom would choose to punish the innocent, I am reminded to repeat those words spoken by those who framed the Constitution. "Don't Tread On Me"
The easiest solution to resolve the issue, end the vicious debates, cut expenses, and recoup some of the costs all at the same time is already known. They just need to follow the example set by everyone else who has some annoying junk they want to get rid of...
Sell it on ebay.
Just don't forget the standard clause of "Buyer is responsible for paying delivery charges."
I know how you feel. My floors are are usually cluttered as well. I just grab everyting real quick and toss it up on the couch before I start it up. As for cabeling, I had the exact same concern. However, it does surpriseingly well. If it hits a single cable it usually jusy drives right over it and goes on. When it gets under my desk and encounters the five foot long run of power, network, video, mouse, keyboard, sound, usb, and other miscelaneous cables it typically changes direction as if it hit a wall. Mine doesn't tend to get stuck and it has never caused things to come unplugged. I no longer worry about it any more. I love being able to say I am vacumeing while I am playing unreal tournament at the same time. Also, its a lot quieter than most other vacumes (and many pc systems these days).
Having two cats myself I can vouch for the ability for the original roomba to handle the cat fur very nicely. My floors stay much cleaner than when I did it myself. It also fun to watch the cats run like mad when they think it's chaseing them. Grated, I still have to do the sofa myself, but I would rather do a sofa than the whole house anyday. If the newer models show that they really are an improvement over the original then they are definately worth the money.
In slang terms it may be used quite freely as a generic term. However, as a product or service its a different story. A good example of this is jello. It is very often used as a slang term instead of gelatin. Unfortunately, as the rock band "Green Jello" found out, outside of slang usage, companies can and will enforce their trademark. The band was required to change their name and went to "Green Gelatin" instead.
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Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic. --from "The Sayings of Muad'Dib" by the Princess Irulan
Update: 6:30 AM, Scientists determine that the original analysis was erroneous and that it is, in fact, two separate winged dinosaurs on top of each other. This reassessment was prompted when archeological interns in the field discovered a fossilized truck with fossilized skid marks approximately 30 meters away.
>Keeping a standard user interface makes it easier for people to move from computer to computer. There's nothing that irks me more than working on a different computer at the office, and some wiseacre has removed the menus from MSIE.
I know exactly how you feel. Nothing cheezes me off more than when I go to someone elses house and their front door isn't exactly in the same place as mine. Its these same people who should be shot when, instead of blue curtains to close off the windows, they use blinds instead. Sheesh, just the other day I saw a house that had two twin beds in the bedroom instead of a single queen sized one. Next thing you know people will start adding on new rooms that weren't in the designs written up by the original architects. I am so sick of it. What are these people thinking? After all, how am I supposed to function when I am someone elses house instead of my own?
The Internet is comprised of systems connected to the net via others that are already connected. These systems then extend the net by connecting new entities via their connection and so on down the line. This continues for as long as someone is willing to share their bandwidth, usually at a price. Without a specifically written contract, I do not understand how these companies can view this as an illegality. It is precisely what they themselves are doing.
Unlike cable television access theft, where it is the duplication of data that is being sold, bandwidth is a limited commodity and you cannot use the exact same bits that are being used by whomever you gave them to. It is more analogous to allowing a guest of your home to use your telephone. As that guest is taking up the entire "bandwidth" of your phone for their conversation, you cannot use that same phone line yourself. I don not believe that phone companies could legally establish the practice of fining or disconnecting your service should someone other than yourself use your phone.
There is no law that states that it is mandatory to be a Fortune 500 company in order to resell or give away bandwidth you have purchased. This behavior is a very good example on how the Internet is being altered and stunted by the corporate machine who now views the net as their property. They now feel that not only do they have rights to your data, what you can or cannot send or download, but also in the manner of how you allow data to eventually be placed on your wire.
There is indeed still room for quirkyness in a company. In fact, from my own experiance, it really enhances a team to have at least one oddball. This oddball tends to think "out of the box" generating new and usefull ideas. It can be even better to have a team of oddballs with one who is really different. I could spend a lot of time trying to prove this, but instead I will leave you with this following information for encouragement. First, my team is a group of oddballs surounded by other teams who could be classified as "normal". Second, I am most definately considered the oddest of the odd in this team. Third, we are the most intensive and successful team here. Analysis of information flow shows other teams defering to us by their choice based off of our successes. Third, I work for a Fortune 500 company that most would guess as stoic and unaccepting of the wierd and unusual. Fourth, tho just a working geek, I sit directly outside the offices of the directors, vice president, and president of the company. So, not only is there room, but everyone here finds it exceedingly benificial. We don't have to hide the fact that we tend to be much different from the average worker here. I hope this encourages everyone else who specificaly hunts out the differant and unique over the normal.
Peace is achieved through diplomats and world leaders talking together. This is not peace. This is a coward attack against unarmed people and yet you wish me to tell my senator to ask for peace? What peace has been given by this unprovoked attacked against non-military? People, regardless of many beliefs, values, political prefrences, and world views have been slaughtered without regard. Whether foreign or internal, whoever did this has killed innocents and deserves punishment. They conciously removed their own right to peace. Should this be the result of a small foreign group then I will expect what ever nation harbours them to hand the ofer to the Unites States. If they do not, whoever they might be, I shall not only support a declaration of war upon that country, but I shall also personally encourage my senator to vote to declare war. I shall personally request my President to ask for war. I shall support all American Armed Forces in every way I can. The military in this country is controlled by the people. We the people have been attacked without warning. We can and will direct our military to respond. Whoever planned this already destroyed the concept of peace between us and them. They chose war over peace before we even had a chance. They gave war. They will get war. Representationally I vote for a proper response to this act. I support justice to be served. I support liberty and freedom to be protected.
I currently work for a Fortune 500 and I would like to say that flex time does indeed work for lagre corperations. We have core hours from 10 AM to 3 PM. All employees must be at work during those times. These 5 hours are more than enough to accomplish and face to face duties that are necessary. We can come in as early as 6 AM or as late as 10 AM. One of the benifits is that employees can adjust their work to corespond closer to their biologic clock. Thus, they get more work done when they are maching their own natural rythms. I and another coworker work from 6 AM to 3 PM. Yet three others on the team work 10 AM to 7 PM. This means we have someone on site to handle problems 13 hours of the day. This ability to provide such immedeate onsite coverage, without having to page someone, has made our group very dependable and respectable. This occured not because management dictated it to be so but because we chose it. I stongly suggest that your company continue flex time for the employees with core time to ensure communication. As a personal note, I can get tons done before 8-9 when many people start comming in. Its also wonderful to beat the evening rush hour by two hours. I am happier driving to and from work, thus I am a happier employee.
I with you. I have lived in the Kansas City area for years and have been with linux since the early 1.1.x kernels, and yet I didn't know of it either. I would loved to have gone to the show. ESR would also have been a nice bonus. As clued in to the Linux community as I usually am and with everyone else pointing out any and all Linux stuff to me "The Local Office Linux Geek", I am completely amazed that I never knew this event was coming. *sigh* So when will it be here again? I don't want to miss it a second time....
"The long run". Now thats the real point isn't it. I definately agree! After the initial period I have found that most Slackware users really advance in their computing capacity. Good point, glad you pointed out that I didn't mention it.
It's really how you like your Linux presented and how close to the core you wan't to be. I personally prefer it because it feels so Unix like to me that I can easily jump back and forth between other professional Unixes. On a daily basis I have had to work on/administrate AIX, Solaris, SCO (eech), Ultrix, BSD, etc boxes. By starting with Slackware as my center point I found the jumps to be relatively easy. Your ultimate answer is this. Give Slackware a try. If you like it, excellant. If not, just jump to another distrubution that you like. Under the hood they are all Linux and they can all be tweaked. Just enjoy the distibution and the Linux power.
Chuckle, I appreciate your drive for Debian, don't quit. However, I must disagree. In my experiance I have found that Slackware is definately NOT for newbies. To quote from the Linux Journal (issue ?) when they last reviewed the major distributions, Slackware is really the "Roll your own" Linux distrubution. This isn't to imply that Debian isn't, rather that a "roll your own" is definately not for newbies. I personally find it much more Unix like that most (do not translate as all) other distributions. As for stability, well, its all Linux. I suppose that 8 months isn't really long uptime in the Linux world, but I had to reboot 8 months ago when I upgraded to Slackware 7. Finally, power? Heh, what can I say? I've got it. Ultra trim kernel, plenty of memory, full SMP, and nothing extra on my drives that I don't know about. Red Hat, Debian, and Mandrake are all good Linuxes and I have no problem letting them play with the Slackware bigboys anyday.;)
Although very tempting, I do not suggest such action. At most, it would be considered a distributed denial of service attack. That sort of response would cast a good light on Amazon and make us appear as credible as whining children.
I myself was planning on buying a large number of books at Amazon this year. Since the announcement of the patent problem, I redirected my purchases elsewhere. I am pleased to see a distributed denial of "sales" approach occur.
That article was highly interesting. Tell me though, as you read the discussion of how we perceive time and motion, was anyone else thinking what I was thinking? "Infinate Improbability Drive"! Movement by altering the probability mist of the Platonic landscape. Make the improbable more probable and suddenly your there. No 'movement' needed at all. Hmm... Ok, Mr. Douglas Adams, maybe that flying thing has some potential after all.;)
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Lol, Sweet. I was so hoping someone would mention that. Every time I hear of directed sound I can't help but think "Mua'dib!". Thanks for making my day.
Judging by what I see in the code at my work place, flowcharts are in the same realm as internal documentation. In other words, not used at all. To code in the modern environment, you just write obtuse poorly designed code and rely on the statement "code should be self documenting". This doesn't mean your code actually has to be self documenting. You just give that excuse whever anyone mentions actually expending effort to produce inline documentation. I suppose the parallel statement for you would be "code describes its own flow" instead of actually putting down an analysis of what leads to what. In emergencies you can always provide the equivalent of the occasional comment for one hundered lines of code: Start->GetData->ProduceData->End.
Welcome to modern programming. Good luck.
If the quasi immortality thing is an irritant, then might I suggest you try this one out? I have been playing it for a while now. It can be pretty though at times, with occasional treadmilling, but so far I havn't died once.
I rebut it with the following: If I have not committed a crime, why do I not deserve the right of privacy?
On what grounds must that right be taken from me if I have not been convicted of a crime? If I have not commited a crime may I also be denied the rights of voting, assembling in a peaceful manner, freedom of speech, and freedom of the press? For lack of any violation of the law, thus I have nothing to hide, shall I loose my right to privacy as well as my other equal rights?
Through those statements, I find they place the matter in the proper light. I have the freedom to read and another had the freedom to publish. Because of this, I have read the constitution. Under it I know am innocent until proven guilty. Listening to the ones whom would choose to punish the innocent, I am reminded to repeat those words spoken by those who framed the Constitution.
"Don't Tread On Me"
Ack! Commie Mutant Traitor Planet!!!
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The easiest solution to resolve the issue, end the vicious debates, cut expenses, and recoup some of the costs all at the same time is already known. They just need to follow the example set by everyone else who has some annoying junk they want to get rid of...
Sell it on ebay.
Just don't forget the standard clause of "Buyer is responsible for paying delivery charges."
I know how you feel. My floors are are usually cluttered as well. I just grab everyting real quick and toss it up on the couch before I start it up. As for cabeling, I had the exact same concern. However, it does surpriseingly well. If it hits a single cable it usually jusy drives right over it and goes on. When it gets under my desk and encounters the five foot long run of power, network, video, mouse, keyboard, sound, usb, and other miscelaneous cables it typically changes direction as if it hit a wall. Mine doesn't tend to get stuck and it has never caused things to come unplugged. I no longer worry about it any more. I love being able to say I am vacumeing while I am playing unreal tournament at the same time. Also, its a lot quieter than most other vacumes (and many pc systems these days).
Having two cats myself I can vouch for the ability for the original roomba to handle the cat fur very nicely. My floors stay much cleaner than when I did it myself. It also fun to watch the cats run like mad when they think it's chaseing them. Grated, I still have to do the sofa myself, but I would rather do a sofa than the whole house anyday. If the newer models show that they really are an improvement over the original then they are definately worth the money.
In slang terms it may be used quite freely as a generic term. However, as a product or service its a different story. A good example of this is jello. It is very often used as a slang term instead of gelatin. Unfortunately, as the rock band "Green Jello" found out, outside of slang usage, companies can and will enforce their trademark. The band was required to change their name and went to "Green Gelatin" instead.
Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.
--from "The Sayings of Muad'Dib" by the Princess Irulan
Update: 6:30 AM, Scientists determine that the original analysis was erroneous and that it is, in fact, two separate winged dinosaurs on top of each other. This reassessment was prompted when archeological interns in the field discovered a fossilized truck with fossilized skid marks approximately 30 meters away.
>Keeping a standard user interface makes it easier for people to move from computer to computer. There's nothing that irks me more than working on a different computer at the office, and some wiseacre has removed the menus from MSIE.
I know exactly how you feel. Nothing cheezes me off more than when I go to someone elses house and their front door isn't exactly in the same place as mine. Its these same people who should be shot when, instead of blue curtains to close off the windows, they use blinds instead. Sheesh, just the other day I saw a house that had two twin beds in the bedroom instead of a single queen sized one. Next thing you know people will start adding on new rooms that weren't in the designs written up by the original architects. I am so sick of it. What are these people thinking? After all, how am I supposed to function when I am someone elses house instead of my own?
The Internet is comprised of systems connected to the net via others that are already connected. These systems then extend the net by connecting new entities via their connection and so on down the line. This continues for as long as someone is willing to share their bandwidth, usually at a price. Without a specifically written contract, I do not understand how these companies can view this as an illegality. It is precisely what they themselves are doing.
Unlike cable television access theft, where it is the duplication of data that is being sold, bandwidth is a limited commodity and you cannot use the exact same bits that are being used by whomever you gave them to. It is more analogous to allowing a guest of your home to use your telephone. As that guest is taking up the entire "bandwidth" of your phone for their conversation, you cannot use that same phone line yourself. I don not believe that phone companies could legally establish the practice of fining or disconnecting your service should someone other than yourself use your phone.
There is no law that states that it is mandatory to be a Fortune 500 company in order to resell or give away bandwidth you have purchased. This behavior is a very good example on how the Internet is being altered and stunted by the corporate machine who now views the net as their property. They now feel that not only do they have rights to your data, what you can or cannot send or download, but also in the manner of how you allow data to eventually be placed on your wire.
There is indeed still room for quirkyness in a company. In fact, from my own experiance, it really enhances a team to have at least one oddball. This oddball tends to think "out of the box" generating new and usefull ideas. It can be even better to have a team of oddballs with one who is really different. I could spend a lot of time trying to prove this, but instead I will leave you with this following information for encouragement. First, my team is a group of oddballs surounded by other teams who could be classified as "normal". Second, I am most definately considered the oddest of the odd in this team. Third, we are the most intensive and successful team here. Analysis of information flow shows other teams defering to us by their choice based off of our successes. Third, I work for a Fortune 500 company that most would guess as stoic and unaccepting of the wierd and unusual. Fourth, tho just a working geek, I sit directly outside the offices of the directors, vice president, and president of the company. So, not only is there room, but everyone here finds it exceedingly benificial. We don't have to hide the fact that we tend to be much different from the average worker here. I hope this encourages everyone else who specificaly hunts out the differant and unique over the normal.
Peace is achieved through diplomats and world leaders talking together. This is not peace. This is a coward attack against unarmed people and yet you wish me to tell my senator to ask for peace? What peace has been given by this unprovoked attacked against non-military? People, regardless of many beliefs, values, political prefrences, and world views have been slaughtered without regard. Whether foreign or internal, whoever did this has killed innocents and deserves punishment. They conciously removed their own right to peace. Should this be the result of a small foreign group then I will expect what ever nation harbours them to hand the ofer to the Unites States. If they do not, whoever they might be, I shall not only support a declaration of war upon that country, but I shall also personally encourage my senator to vote to declare war. I shall personally request my President to ask for war. I shall support all American Armed Forces in every way I can. The military in this country is controlled by the people. We the people have been attacked without warning. We can and will direct our military to respond. Whoever planned this already destroyed the concept of peace between us and them. They chose war over peace before we even had a chance. They gave war. They will get war. Representationally I vote for a proper response to this act. I support justice to be served. I support liberty and freedom to be protected.
The real question is, how long until Apple sues over the look of the new George Forman grills?
I currently work for a Fortune 500 and I would like to say that flex time does indeed work for lagre corperations. We have core hours from 10 AM to 3 PM. All employees must be at work during those times. These 5 hours are more than enough to accomplish and face to face duties that are necessary. We can come in as early as 6 AM or as late as 10 AM. One of the benifits is that employees can adjust their work to corespond closer to their biologic clock. Thus, they get more work done when they are maching their own natural rythms. I and another coworker work from 6 AM to 3 PM. Yet three others on the team work 10 AM to 7 PM. This means we have someone on site to handle problems 13 hours of the day. This ability to provide such immedeate onsite coverage, without having to page someone, has made our group very dependable and respectable. This occured not because management dictated it to be so but because we chose it. I stongly suggest that your company continue flex time for the employees with core time to ensure communication. As a personal note, I can get tons done before 8-9 when many people start comming in. Its also wonderful to beat the evening rush hour by two hours. I am happier driving to and from work, thus I am a happier employee.
I with you. I have lived in the Kansas City area for years and have been with linux since the early 1.1.x kernels, and yet I didn't know of it either. I would loved to have gone to the show. ESR would also have been a nice bonus. As clued in to the Linux community as I usually am and with everyone else pointing out any and all Linux stuff to me "The Local Office Linux Geek", I am completely amazed that I never knew this event was coming. *sigh* So when will it be here again? I don't want to miss it a second time....
"The long run". Now thats the real point isn't it. I definately agree! After the initial period I have found that most Slackware users really advance in their computing capacity. Good point, glad you pointed out that I didn't mention it.
It's really how you like your Linux presented and how close to the core you wan't to be. I personally prefer it because it feels so Unix like to me that I can easily jump back and forth between other professional Unixes. On a daily basis I have had to work on/administrate AIX, Solaris, SCO (eech), Ultrix, BSD, etc boxes. By starting with Slackware as my center point I found the jumps to be relatively easy. Your ultimate answer is this. Give Slackware a try. If you like it, excellant. If not, just jump to another distrubution that you like. Under the hood they are all Linux and they can all be tweaked. Just enjoy the distibution and the Linux power.
Chuckle, I appreciate your drive for Debian, don't quit. However, I must disagree. In my experiance I have found that Slackware is definately NOT for newbies. To quote from the Linux Journal (issue ?) when they last reviewed the major distributions, Slackware is really the "Roll your own" Linux distrubution. This isn't to imply that Debian isn't, rather that a "roll your own" is definately not for newbies. I personally find it much more Unix like that most (do not translate as all) other distributions. As for stability, well, its all Linux. I suppose that 8 months isn't really long uptime in the Linux world, but I had to reboot 8 months ago when I upgraded to Slackware 7. Finally, power? Heh, what can I say? I've got it. Ultra trim kernel, plenty of memory, full SMP, and nothing extra on my drives that I don't know about. Red Hat, Debian, and Mandrake are all good Linuxes and I have no problem letting them play with the Slackware bigboys anyday. ;)
Although very tempting, I do not suggest such action. At most, it would be considered a distributed denial of service attack. That sort of response would cast a good light on Amazon and make us appear as credible as whining children.
I myself was planning on buying a large number of books at Amazon this year. Since the announcement of the patent problem, I redirected my purchases elsewhere. I am pleased to see a distributed denial of "sales" approach occur.
That article was highly interesting. Tell me though, as you read the discussion of how we perceive time and motion, was anyone else thinking what I was thinking? "Infinate Improbability Drive"! Movement by altering the probability mist of the Platonic landscape. Make the improbable more probable and suddenly your there. No 'movement' needed at all. Hmm... Ok, Mr. Douglas Adams, maybe that flying thing has some potential after all. ;)