When Bush said Sadam had looked for uranium in Africa he knew it was not true. The director of the CIA told him it was not true prior to giving the speech. So instead of removing the information from the speech he rewords it to be factually true but misleading. He would only have done this if he knew it was a hoax. Also don't forget that he had asked his staff to find a way into Iraq prior to 9/11.
"but the simple fact is: BSD/Darwin/OS X never needed a rewrite - they work really well to this day"
Right. The company I work for makes software for both Mac and Windows. On the Mac we only support 10.2.8 and up while we support all the way back to 98 on Windows. Why is that? What happened to 10.0 and 10.1 if they work so great? Oh, I guess maybe the weren't so great after all.
Saying it is hard to test is not the same as saying it is untestable. The theory of evolution my be hard to test but ID is untestable. Therefore it is not science and should not be talked about on equal grounds with evolution.
"that means far less to me from a generosity standpoint than the minimum-wage-earner who gives a few bucks a week to the church for a meal program for the homeless."
But the award is about effectivness. Who is more effective at helping people, Bill or your min-wage-earner? Hint, it's the one who has given $28B.
So you are saying that because the happy people on TV are holding it in their hand or have it in an arm band we should conclude that this is the only way it should be used? You sir have just taken fanboy logic to a new level.
Common sense says that if a device is advertised as portable and able to be carried around everywhere I go it should be designed as such. I should be able to carry it in my pocket or backpack without worrying that it's going to scratch. They should have used a harder material to cover the screen.
Our rights don't come from a god. Some progressive forward thinking people got together and decided that the previous forms of government weren't working. So they came up with a model for one that would be run by the people it governed. In order for it to work and for us to all get along we had to draw up this notion of inalienable rights. Note that at the time these rights did not extend to women and people of color. So are you saying that your god made a mistake and later changed his mind and that's why the rights were extended? I guess this wouldn't surprise me as it's the same god that has in the past demanded sacrifice, both animal and human.
To quote Dylan: God said to Abraham "kill me a son" Abe said "man you must be putting me on' God said "No" Abe said "What?!?" God said "you can do what you want Abe but, The next time you seem me coming you better run!" Abe said "where do you want this killing done?"
"If we say the Bible is whack and God doesn't exist, then the basis of our Constitution crumbles to pieces."
Despite the right wing FUD, god is not the basis for our Constitution. The founders did worship a god but they were very clear that religion did not have an authoritative place in our government. The stipulation about there being no religious test in order to hold office was unique among governments of its time and almost kept the Constitution from being ratified in the first place. The religious right likes to forget about all of that when they pretend "holy" laws are innate in the constitution. It's a myth that the constitution is getting less godly. It's getting more, and not in a good way if there could be such a thing.
To hell with the bible. The bible should not be a guide for how we are governed. There is just too much crap in it that doesn't make sense and/or contradicts other parts. We are governed by our Constitution. Show me where the constitution prohibits fornication or online porn.
"I mean it's the same culture using ostensibly the same tools and processes"
I know this is/. but you really should read the article some times. The whole point is that they are not using the same tools and processes. The author doesn't go into much detail because it's the WSJ but this shift does change the culture and does produce code with fewer defects.
What I gather from this article and others I have read is that they have rewritten any code that does not pass their new quality gates. It's these gates that are the new important step, not how much code was rewritten.
"Nothing new hear" Pun intended I assume. I agree with you to the extent that this was my first reaction as well. But then I considered the difference between the iPod and the Walkman. I was there in 1984 and played Panama and Hot for Teacher (but not Jump) over and over and over. But I didn't have 20+ GB of music to listen to and play all day long like I do now. Maybe now that I'm in the late summer of my 30s I'm just getting older but it does seem like my hearing is going more now than it did back then.
I don't think Kerry would have appointed someone who got fired from their last job as Commissioner of Judges and Stewards of some horse show organization to head up FEMA. The fact that bush did says a lot about the man.
Many years ago I took a geology class to fill in some needed credits so I may not be remembering this correctly, but I think I remember that fissure volcanoes are long cracks that spill magma and that they've never been seen in modern times. These are what created the basalt cap that covers much of eastern Washington and Oregon millions of years ago. Could we be getting ready to see another one of these?
"I want a game where I can play a few hours a week, and still get something out of it. Things just take too long in the high level game in WoW!"
Try Counter Strike. It also can be a time sink but it is easier for it not to be. With each round resetting every 3-5 min it's easy to hop in for half hour or so and have a lot of fun. Not like WoW where you can spend that much time just trying to get to where the action is. Run run run. Get to the port. No boat. Dang, just missed it. Wait 5 min. Fish. Dang, fishing without beer is boring. Ride the boat, run run run. Hop on griffon. fly fly fly. run some more. Now the fun can start 20 min later. Boring.
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When Bush said Sadam had looked for uranium in Africa he knew it was not true. The director of the CIA told him it was not true prior to giving the speech. So instead of removing the information from the speech he rewords it to be factually true but misleading. He would only have done this if he knew it was a hoax. Also don't forget that he had asked his staff to find a way into Iraq prior to 9/11.
She must be catholic. The pope says fish isn't meat so it's not meat. Who but a heretic would argue with that.
"but the simple fact is: BSD/Darwin/OS X never needed a rewrite - they work really well to this day"
Right. The company I work for makes software for both Mac and Windows. On the Mac we only support 10.2.8 and up while we support all the way back to 98 on Windows. Why is that? What happened to 10.0 and 10.1 if they work so great? Oh, I guess maybe the weren't so great after all.
Saying it is hard to test is not the same as saying it is untestable.
The theory of evolution my be hard to test but ID is untestable. Therefore it is not science and should not be talked about on equal grounds with evolution.
"that means far less to me from a generosity standpoint than the minimum-wage-earner who gives a few bucks a week to the church for a meal program for the homeless."
But the award is about effectivness. Who is more effective at helping people, Bill or your min-wage-earner? Hint, it's the one who has given $28B.
Why not reuse the power supply too? Could have added another 512 ram instead.
So you are saying that because the happy people on TV are holding it in their hand or have it in an arm band we should conclude that this is the only way it should be used? You sir have just taken fanboy logic to a new level.
Common sense says that if a device is advertised as portable and able to be carried around everywhere I go it should be designed as such. I should be able to carry it in my pocket or backpack without worrying that it's going to scratch.
They should have used a harder material to cover the screen.
Our rights don't come from a god.
Some progressive forward thinking people got together and decided that the previous forms of government weren't working. So they came up with a model for one that would be run by the people it governed. In order for it to work and for us to all get along we had to draw up this notion of inalienable rights. Note that at the time these rights did not extend to women and people of color.
So are you saying that your god made a mistake and later changed his mind and that's why the rights were extended? I guess this wouldn't surprise me as it's the same god that has in the past demanded sacrifice, both animal and human.
To quote Dylan:
God said to Abraham "kill me a son"
Abe said "man you must be putting me on'
God said "No" Abe said "What?!?"
God said "you can do what you want Abe but,
The next time you seem me coming you better run!"
Abe said "where do you want this killing done?"
And it shows in the quality.
"If we say the Bible is whack and God doesn't exist, then the basis of our Constitution crumbles to pieces."
Despite the right wing FUD, god is not the basis for our Constitution. The founders did worship a god but they were very clear that religion did not have an authoritative place in our government. The stipulation about there being no religious test in order to hold office was unique among governments of its time and almost kept the Constitution from being ratified in the first place. The religious right likes to forget about all of that when they pretend "holy" laws are innate in the constitution. It's a myth that the constitution is getting less godly. It's getting more, and not in a good way if there could be such a thing.
You should stick it to the man and put autopr0n back up. That'd show em.
Seriously.
To hell with the bible.
The bible should not be a guide for how we are governed. There is just too much crap in it that doesn't make sense and/or contradicts other parts.
We are governed by our Constitution. Show me where the constitution prohibits fornication or online porn.
"I mean it's the same culture using ostensibly the same tools and processes"
/. but you really should read the article some times. The whole point is that they are not using the same tools and processes. The author doesn't go into much detail because it's the WSJ but this shift does change the culture and does produce code with fewer defects.
I know this is
What I gather from this article and others I have read is that they have rewritten any code that does not pass their new quality gates.
It's these gates that are the new important step, not how much code was rewritten.
"(I expect to get modded troll for this...)"
Keep speaking truth to power bro. Who cares if the iSheep mod you down.
Or just buy one of the many non-iPod devices that play music just as well AND have a radio.
And its joke format too.
"Nothing new hear"
Pun intended I assume.
I agree with you to the extent that this was my first reaction as well. But then I considered the difference between the iPod and the Walkman. I was there in 1984 and played Panama and Hot for Teacher (but not Jump) over and over and over.
But I didn't have 20+ GB of music to listen to and play all day long like I do now.
Maybe now that I'm in the late summer of my 30s I'm just getting older but it does seem like my hearing is going more now than it did back then.
I don't think Kerry would have appointed someone who got fired from their last job as Commissioner of Judges and Stewards of some horse show organization to head up FEMA.
The fact that bush did says a lot about the man.
87.333% (repeating of coarse) of the statistics you read on /. are yanked straight from the poster's ass.
Posting a dupe once every 5 years would be a HUGH improvement for the /. editors.
Many years ago I took a geology class to fill in some needed credits so I may not be remembering this correctly, but I think I remember that fissure volcanoes are long cracks that spill magma and that they've never been seen in modern times. These are what created the basalt cap that covers much of eastern Washington and Oregon millions of years ago. Could we be getting ready to see another one of these?
"I am a D&D geek" ... "So, am I an anomaly or a member of the uncounted majority of non-MMORPG computer gamers?"
By definition, both.
"I want a game where I can play a few hours a week, and still get something out of it. Things just take too long in the high level game in WoW!"
Try Counter Strike. It also can be a time sink but it is easier for it not to be. With each round resetting every 3-5 min it's easy to hop in for half hour or so and have a lot of fun.
Not like WoW where you can spend that much time just trying to get to where the action is. Run run run. Get to the port. No boat. Dang, just missed it. Wait 5 min. Fish. Dang, fishing without beer is boring. Ride the boat, run run run. Hop on griffon. fly fly fly. run some more. Now the fun can start 20 min later. Boring.