Since the JVM will already be "interpreting" bytecode, you'll probably be looking at an even greater performance degradation if you find a way to run it via an emulation package. And that's not even the tip of the iceberg: wait until you start dealing with green vs. native threads, etc.
My thoughts exactly. Anything positive this guy had to say was immediately dissmised due to his delivery. Try "lame" or "ineffective" or "fucking ignorant", but not "gay", "female", "oriental", "democrat", or so on. "He needs a magazine rack cuz he gotz issues".
Staring salary in Austin is about $38,000 for C/Perl/Java people; Web design/sysadmin/database is a little lower. DBA's seem to be pulling in about $75k+ with 2 or more years experience, while software engineers get about $65k or so with 3-4 yrs. I entered at $30 and am up to $40 in the past 10 months. COL is low compared to California or New York, but I think that might be applicable for just about anywhere else in the world. Austin is a cool town; while it doesn't have quite the IT shortage that Dallas or Houston have (thus lower salaries), it is a much more liveable place.
Staring salary in Austin is about $38,000 for C/Perl/Java people; Web design/sysadmin/database is a little lower. DBA's seem to be pulling in about $75k+ with 2 or more years experience, while software enigneers get about $65k or so with 3-4 yrs. I entered at $30 and am up to $40 in the past 10 months. COL is low compared to California or New York, but I think that might be applicable for just about anywhere else in the world. Austin is a cool town; while it doesn't have quite the IT shortage that Dallas or Houston have (thus lower salaries), it is a much more liveable place.
I'm sure many of you have seen the Xtian product knock-off shirts (Coca-Cola, Tide, etc.) and heard some of the gimpy rap/heavy metal bands (a la DC Talk). These products are usually just lame attempts at filling the cultural desire that christian kids have, a desire that is the same as "secular" kids': have fun, be cool. It just so happens that the most effective way to keep from losing these kids to their oh-so-evil inherent drives for sex and fun was to mimic popular culture but "with a message". I really don't have a problem with people believing what they want, and practicing it as such. I have a problem with any religion (or company) that makes a practice of bastardizing other people's ideas and "flava", and then try to use it as their own. This goes for video games, t-shirts, and even lifestyles.
I had a friend once who was from a Jewish family (like myself), and he joined some anti-nazi straightedge skinhead group. I thought his goal was somewhat noble, but they way he attempted to achieve it was ignorant. He was trying to get in on some of the "docs and chains" coolness (circa '92), but with a message; everyone who saw him for the next 3 months sized him up as a neo-nazi. My point is this: if you have a message or an agenda, and we all usually do, the best means is usually NOT emulation of an opposing culture.
I saw some guys on campus who were walking around in white robes and beards and sandals. I talked to them briefly, and I came away with a different perspective on Christians, and religious people in general. Those guys were the shit. If you are going to do it, I mean if you really believe all of whatever it is you're into, don't half-ass it. Don't walk around in a God's Gym shirt and listen to wannabe clean rap. Don't talk about reincarnation and then cuss out your girlfriend. Those guys were "in the world, but not of the world". Eat locusts, or stop trying to throw stones at the rest of society.
I'm certain that there are serious christian artisits out there. I also know that the owners of some of the largest Xtian radio stations aren't even christians. If you asked them their religion, they would probably say, "Capitalism".
In summary, I seriously doubt that you would ever have caught Jesus playing Xtian video games and singing "To Hell With the Devil".
WTF is up with that? It doesn't appear to be a REAL pr0n add, as the same place often has some gangsta's bio on the banner as well. Nonetheless, I am ususally comfortable reading/. at work; bosses strolling by might see Borg Gates or IBM icons, but GurlLuvsBugz is kinda weird.
Although this AC could have used more constructive wording, his point is very relevant to the situation. Is Corel just jumping from bandwagon to bandwagon? It might seem so...
Well maybe you should "read any of his stuff" before you make sweeping and uninformed accusations about the man's understanding of behavior and economics. You're pretty far off base. IMO, the guy has his finger on the pulse of American culture.
First off, did Marianne Dyson get any NASA funding to help get your T1 trunk to Siberia? ;-)
Secondly, in your most recent book titled Distraction, you base a large part of the economic demise of America on the scenario of the Chinese government making all U.S. commercial software freely available on the net. While I am not deluded about the role and importance of many commercial products, how do you think the recent rise in availability and quality of free software would affect this scenario? How much consideration, if any, did you lend to the free software movement when writing Distraction?
There is nothing inherently capitalist or American about the open-source movement. To me, freely contributing for the good of the greater community smacks of socialism; focusing on one's own preservation, productivity, and success seems more aligned with capitalist ideologies.
What it comes down to is this: open-source contibutors write code for different reasons. Some do it for personal satisfaction, name recognition, or because it is a challenge. Others decide to use their skills to help those who aren't as well trained or gifted, or because the enjoy being part of a massive revolutionary movement. This combination of self-satisfaction combined with actively participating in a interdependent social structure does not fall very neatly into either the socialist/communist or capitalist paradigms. And it definately is not unique to America or its people.
it looks like the top half of a sybase logo. as for most of the other comparisons, you guys need to back up of the acid. 'cept for the monkey tail thing.
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so i know the newer versions arent free, but the 0.6x stuff is, and it is really well done... www.littleigloo.org makes ya want to learn gtk
Since the JVM will already be "interpreting" bytecode, you'll probably be looking at an even greater performance degradation if you find a way to run it via an emulation package. And that's not even the tip of the iceberg: wait until you start dealing with green vs. native threads, etc.
Hey beta people, does the Corel distro still use .debs? If so, do they have any good gui front-ends for apt? Thanks.
My thoughts exactly. Anything positive this guy had to say was immediately dissmised due to his delivery. Try "lame" or "ineffective" or "fucking ignorant", but not "gay", "female", "oriental", "democrat", or so on. "He needs a magazine rack cuz he gotz issues".
Staring salary in Austin is about $38,000 for C/Perl/Java people; Web design/sysadmin/database is a little lower. DBA's seem to be pulling in about $75k+ with 2 or more years experience, while software engineers get about $65k or so with 3-4 yrs. I entered at $30 and am up to $40 in the past 10 months. COL is low compared to California or New York, but I think that might be applicable for just about anywhere else in the world. Austin is a cool town; while it doesn't have quite the IT shortage that Dallas or Houston have (thus lower salaries), it is a much more liveable place.
Staring salary in Austin is about $38,000 for C/Perl/Java people; Web design/sysadmin/database is a little lower. DBA's seem to be pulling in about $75k+ with 2 or more years experience, while software enigneers get about $65k or so with 3-4 yrs. I entered at $30 and am up to $40 in the past 10 months. COL is low compared to California or New York, but I think that might be applicable for just about anywhere else in the world. Austin is a cool town; while it doesn't have quite the IT shortage that Dallas or Houston have (thus lower salaries), it is a much more liveable place.
I'm sure many of you have seen the Xtian product knock-off shirts (Coca-Cola, Tide, etc.) and heard some of the gimpy rap/heavy metal bands (a la DC Talk). These products are usually just lame attempts at filling the cultural desire that christian kids have, a desire that is the same as "secular" kids': have fun, be cool. It just so happens that the most effective way to keep from losing these kids to their oh-so-evil inherent drives for sex and fun was to mimic popular culture but "with a message". I really don't have a problem with people believing what they want, and practicing it as such. I have a problem with any religion (or company) that makes a practice of bastardizing other people's ideas and "flava", and then try to use it as their own. This goes for video games, t-shirts, and even lifestyles.
I had a friend once who was from a Jewish family (like myself), and he joined some anti-nazi straightedge skinhead group. I thought his goal was somewhat noble, but they way he attempted to achieve it was ignorant. He was trying to get in on some of the "docs and chains" coolness (circa '92), but with a message; everyone who saw him for the next 3 months sized him up as a neo-nazi. My point is this: if you have a message or an agenda, and we all usually do, the best means is usually NOT emulation of an opposing culture.
I saw some guys on campus who were walking around in white robes and beards and sandals. I talked to them briefly, and I came away with a different perspective on Christians, and religious people in general. Those guys were the shit. If you are going to do it, I mean if you really believe all of whatever it is you're into, don't half-ass it. Don't walk around in a God's Gym shirt and listen to wannabe clean rap. Don't talk about reincarnation and then cuss out your girlfriend. Those guys were "in the world, but not of the world". Eat locusts, or stop trying to throw stones at the rest of society.
I'm certain that there are serious christian artisits out there. I also know that the owners of some of the largest Xtian radio stations aren't even christians. If you asked them their religion, they would probably say, "Capitalism".
In summary, I seriously doubt that you would ever have caught Jesus playing Xtian video games and singing "To Hell With the Devil".
WTF is up with that? It doesn't appear to be a REAL pr0n add, as the same place often has some gangsta's bio on the banner as well. Nonetheless, I am ususally comfortable reading /. at work; bosses strolling by might see Borg Gates or IBM icons, but GurlLuvsBugz is kinda weird.
Although this AC could have used more constructive wording, his point is very relevant to the situation. Is Corel just jumping from bandwagon to bandwagon? It might seem so...
Well maybe you should "read any of his stuff" before you make sweeping and uninformed accusations about the man's understanding of behavior and economics. You're pretty far off base. IMO, the guy has his finger on the pulse of American culture.
First off, did Marianne Dyson get any NASA funding to help get your T1 trunk to Siberia?
Secondly, in your most recent book titled Distraction, you base a large part of the economic demise of America on the scenario of the Chinese government making all U.S. commercial software freely available on the net. While I am not deluded about the role and importance of many commercial products, how do you think the recent rise in availability and quality of free software would affect this scenario? How much consideration, if any, did you lend to the free software movement when writing Distraction?
Keep aiming to please.
I know, it is sorta off-topic, but it is nice to see a diverse set of interviewees. Now everyone go read Distraction.
There is nothing inherently capitalist or American about the open-source movement. To me, freely contributing for the good of the greater community smacks of socialism; focusing on one's own preservation, productivity, and success seems more aligned with capitalist ideologies.
What it comes down to is this: open-source contibutors write code for different reasons. Some do it for personal satisfaction, name recognition, or because it is a challenge. Others decide to use their skills to help those who aren't as well trained or gifted, or because the enjoy being part of a massive revolutionary movement. This combination of self-satisfaction combined with actively participating in a interdependent social structure does not fall very neatly into either the socialist/communist or capitalist paradigms. And it definately is not unique to America or its people.
it looks like the top half of a sybase logo. as for most of the other comparisons, you guys need to back up of the acid. 'cept for the monkey tail thing.
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http://www.sybase.com
http://rc5stats.distributed.net/rc5-64/
etc.