They are politicans who were/are prisoners but to put them into the same category as people who are "conscientious objectors" or being persecuted for their political beliefs is just wrong.
Their purpose there wasn't to participate in a political debate, but to legally serve papers. Hardly a lofty goal which should cause the American people to pause and reflect.
Yes I agree with you that it is a problem, but how would this be different if I went with a FOSS solution? The grandparent apparently thinks that this isn't a problem with FOSS.
If I can't update the code, closed or open, how can I fix this problem? With either way, I'm at the mercy of someone else.
AeroPeru 603 crashed due to what was first thought was software error but it turned out to be caused by maintenace people leaving masking tape over important exterior sensors.
What do you mean by "kick" the gas pedal? As in a sharp hit away from you (and towards the engine/front of the car)?
I was told if the gas pedal gets stuck in the acceleration position, then put your foot behind the gas pedal and "lift" the pedal with the top of your foot towards you (and away from the engine/front of the car).
If I'm randomly browsing, I'm more likely to get sold on the book by touching, reading, being entertained by the pretty photos. I've mentally own the book.
If I go to Google, its because I'm searching for some information. Once I get it, in the 1 or 2 pages, I'm done.
>the user community to assist the developer community by minimizing noise while still adding useful information.
And I'm saying that the real world doesn't work like this.
You put up your code/application for the public, its like releasing a movie you directed/acted/produced. You will get Joe Blow commenting in highly unhelpful ways. You will get written up in newspapers by movie critics and trashed. Internet forumns will have long discussions on exactly how best to quantify how bad your movie was.
>to do is direct the user community's energies in a more productive manner.
He is basically telling people to stop whining to him because its distracting and he's not getting paid to listen to them. I'm not sure how this is directing the community energies into some thing productive. He might have asked them to "be productive" and get him some coffee.
>Whining about volunteers not fixing a bug you care about doesn't do anything.
Welcome to the real world. This is why companies have sales people/help desks/managers. The OSS model does away with it, and so now you see why they are needed.
>Insulting them is even less productive. If you don't have anything constructive to say, don't bother people.
Sort of like putting up your code for everyone to see and reviewing it (isn't this one of the strenghts of OSS?), people will look at your application. And they will critize on it. Don't want to hear what they have to say, don't listen.
>Your "real" issues are not other people's "real" issues, and vice versa.
I do realize that. Thats why I didn't specify which topic/issue. Its up to the voter to find out what issues are important to him, figure out the two/three/fifty view points are and then vote accordingly.
The fact that they need some trademarked 256-colour cartoon character best knowned for its ability for jumping for giant spinning coins to remind them to vote makes me question if they are even going have an informed vote.
The other day the computer admin reinstalled my entire computer and changed the entire thing. Gawd, what a pain.
He put on this new thing which totally messed up my work. Not only did I have to hand-hold the director to get his voice mail AGAIN today, I had to suffer learning a entirely new system. Where the hell do I change the fonts in this thing? Why isn't it the same place as before? And the phone was going off like crazy today. Took me a half a day before I realized I was falling behind in my real work. I tried to explain that I was missing the task-list from Outlook (I wanted to put in "learn new system that turned my world upside-down") and he just mummbled something about finding an extension then wandered off. Uh, yeah whatever, what does his hair have to do with anything?
In the end I made him put the stuff back. He was whiny about giving it a chance. God-forbid that I should spend more than half a day of productivity for his pet-project/hobby.
Do you actually think that "Program A and B do the same thing, so just use B!" is acceptable in the work place?
Even if you say "You can run Program A by running it though C" will meet resistance.
Its the little things between Program A and B which makes the world of difference for the end users.
Given enough pens and papers, I could replace every computer application out there. Its not the pen-and-paper's fault that you write, draw, think, sort or merge too slow.
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>no one really goes and studies the "music" of Sinatra like one would go and study up on Miles Davis or Bob Dylan or Jimmy Page....as in the art of music itself.
So if I "study" the music of someone they suddenly become legit musicians?
Who elected university/college professors the gatekeepers of this?
And when I listen to Sinatra, why would you not consider it "studying" his music? Or do I have to write an academic paper for him to become a "true musician"?
Do you; 1. Post a comment on those wacky Japanese and their crazy business practices. 2. Post a comment on the pre/post Internet technology boom? 3. Post a comment bashing Bill Gates/SCO/USPTO/PHBs in general. 4. Post a comment on the downward quality of recent slashdot posting and how this isn't even qualifies as "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters." since this excerpt neither is news nor does it matter.
But suppose that this supported general space exploration? You pay $X in taxes for NASA and do you think its worth it? You pay $Y in taxes for the military and do you think its worth it?
>"Maybe the large numbers of Microsoft workstations present an intractable problem". Stunned silence.
If someone tried this at work I would give him a stunned silence too.
Here we are trying to fix a difficult problem with everyone's job on the line and someone want to play Monday morning quarterback by sprouting off comments that does not help, unless you think you can get the entire company migrated over and trained to use Linux in the next 2 hours.
If I've learned anything from slashdot, an amateur is one who begins with "I Am Not A Laywer/Doctor/Baker/Candlestick Maker" and then proceeds to pretend that he is.
I mostly use it for scheduling activities and meetings with sometimes detailed notes. I am busy enough at my job that I do need something like this. Its a big relief that I don't have to try and recall everything or feel that I've forgotten something.
Also, keeping notes of various things help keep the post-it notes/loose papers down to a minimum.
>Others only offer this if you buy components and assemble them yourself - this is beyond many users who do want to run Linux.
There are lots of stores that will assemble it for you. They will do this just to make a large sale.
You can buy a barebones machine. Just ask or say that you don't need Windows because you already have a copy from a previous machine and that you accept the responsiblity of loading the OS.
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They are politicans who were/are prisoners but to put them into the same category as people who are "conscientious objectors" or being persecuted for their political beliefs is just wrong.
Their purpose there wasn't to participate in a political debate, but to legally serve papers. Hardly a lofty goal which should cause the American people to pause and reflect.
Yes I agree with you that it is a problem, but how would this be different if I went with a FOSS solution? The grandparent apparently thinks that this isn't a problem with FOSS.
If I can't update the code, closed or open, how can I fix this problem? With either way, I'm at the mercy of someone else.
>Re-writing can only happen today if you are able to update the application.
You update your own code which uses the MS application.
If you can't update your own code then you have bigger problems that MS can't help you with.
>Put the burden of fixing the problem on the end-users.
Seriously, isn't this the way OpenSource works, since we are all the end-users?
AeroPeru 603 crashed due to what was first thought was software error but it turned out to be caused by maintenace people leaving masking tape over important exterior sensors.
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http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/publications/Inci
Remember boys and girls, its a wild world outside of your programming cubical.
What do you mean by "kick" the gas pedal? As in a sharp hit away from you (and towards the engine/front of the car)?
I was told if the gas pedal gets stuck in the acceleration position, then put your foot behind the gas pedal and "lift" the pedal with the top of your foot towards you (and away from the engine/front of the car).
Its a different environment.
If I'm randomly browsing, I'm more likely to get sold on the book by touching, reading, being entertained by the pretty photos. I've mentally own the book.
If I go to Google, its because I'm searching for some information. Once I get it, in the 1 or 2 pages, I'm done.
Why would O'Rielly kill off their Safari service?
>the user community to assist the developer community by minimizing noise while still adding useful information.
And I'm saying that the real world doesn't work like this.
You put up your code/application for the public, its like releasing a movie you directed/acted/produced. You will get Joe Blow commenting in highly unhelpful ways. You will get written up in newspapers by movie critics and trashed. Internet forumns will have long discussions on exactly how best to quantify how bad your movie was.
>to do is direct the user community's energies in a more productive manner.
He is basically telling people to stop whining to him because its distracting and he's not getting paid to listen to them. I'm not sure how this is directing the community energies into some thing productive. He might have asked them to "be productive" and get him some coffee.
>Whining about volunteers not fixing a bug you care about doesn't do anything.
Welcome to the real world. This is why companies have sales people/help desks/managers. The OSS model does away with it, and so now you see why they are needed.
>Insulting them is even less productive. If you don't have anything constructive to say, don't bother people.
Sort of like putting up your code for everyone to see and reviewing it (isn't this one of the strenghts of OSS?), people will look at your application. And they will critize on it. Don't want to hear what they have to say, don't listen.
>Your "real" issues are not other people's "real" issues, and vice versa.
I do realize that. Thats why I didn't specify which topic/issue. Its up to the voter to find out what issues are important to him, figure out the two/three/fifty view points are and then vote accordingly.
The fact that they need some trademarked 256-colour cartoon character best knowned for its ability for jumping for giant spinning coins to remind them to vote makes me question if they are even going have an informed vote.
They are uninformed how important their vote is.
If they lack this basic knowledge, how would they know about the real, deep, political issues are?
The other day the computer admin reinstalled my entire computer and changed the entire thing. Gawd, what a pain.
He put on this new thing which totally messed up my work. Not only did I have to hand-hold the director to get his voice mail AGAIN today, I had to suffer learning a entirely new system. Where the hell do I change the fonts in this thing? Why isn't it the same place as before? And the phone was going off like crazy today. Took me a half a day before I realized I was falling behind in my real work. I tried to explain that I was missing the task-list from Outlook (I wanted to put in "learn new system that turned my world upside-down") and he just mummbled something about finding an extension then wandered off. Uh, yeah whatever, what does his hair have to do with anything?
In the end I made him put the stuff back. He was whiny about giving it a chance. God-forbid that I should spend more than half a day of productivity for his pet-project/hobby.
Do you actually think that "Program A and B do the same thing, so just use B!" is acceptable in the work place?
Even if you say "You can run Program A by running it though C" will meet resistance.
Its the little things between Program A and B which makes the world of difference for the end users.
Given enough pens and papers, I could replace every computer application out there. Its not the pen-and-paper's fault that you write, draw, think, sort or merge too slow.
>no one really goes and studies the "music" of Sinatra like one would go and study up on Miles Davis or Bob Dylan or Jimmy Page....as in the art of music itself.
So if I "study" the music of someone they suddenly become legit musicians?
Who elected university/college professors the gatekeepers of this?
And when I listen to Sinatra, why would you not consider it "studying" his music? Or do I have to write an academic paper for him to become a "true musician"?
Do you;
1. Post a comment on those wacky Japanese and their crazy business practices.
2. Post a comment on the pre/post Internet technology boom?
3. Post a comment bashing Bill Gates/SCO/USPTO/PHBs in general.
4. Post a comment on the downward quality of recent slashdot posting and how this isn't even qualifies as "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters." since this excerpt neither is news nor does it matter.
But suppose that this supported general space exploration? You pay $X in taxes for NASA and do you think its worth it? You pay $Y in taxes for the military and do you think its worth it?
Space exploration will be paid by someone.
This must be the most awkward question you can give a programmer.
Can you justify why you named your objects/variables/files years ago?
What is the fail-null mode of antimatter?
You seem to imply that once it set up, its easy to detonate.
>"Maybe the large numbers of Microsoft workstations present an intractable problem". Stunned silence.
If someone tried this at work I would give him a stunned silence too.
Here we are trying to fix a difficult problem with everyone's job on the line and someone want to play Monday morning quarterback by sprouting off comments that does not help, unless you think you can get the entire company migrated over and trained to use Linux in the next 2 hours.
I think what he's trying to say is that sometimes its not worth the pain and effort that a relationship requires.
Not sure why pointing this out makes him a a "jerk".
If I've learned anything from slashdot, an amateur is one who begins with "I Am Not A Laywer/Doctor/Baker/Candlestick Maker" and then proceeds to pretend that he is.
I mostly use it for scheduling activities and meetings with sometimes detailed notes. I am busy enough at my job that I do need something like this. Its a big relief that I don't have to try and recall everything or feel that I've forgotten something.
Also, keeping notes of various things help keep the post-it notes/loose papers down to a minimum.
> after which you have a paper weight.
No, you still have a PocketPC. It doesn't stop working just because a company doesn't provide upgrades to it.
>Others only offer this if you buy components and assemble them yourself - this is beyond many users who do want to run Linux.
There are lots of stores that will assemble it for you. They will do this just to make a large sale.
You can buy a barebones machine. Just ask or say that you don't need Windows because you already have a copy from a previous machine and that you accept the responsiblity of loading the OS.