The talent is still there, So, keep expecting
great "hacks" from them, albeit affordable ones
-- no more dough to lift a cop car.
Expect something like.. a coin trick.
As a/standalone/ programmer/designer/analyst, I
developed this API design philosphy on my own.
Actually, I have evolved to it.
If you are in a one-mans shop, or do alot of coding
for a specific domain, try to roll out your own
layer of helper APIs on top of the system provided ones.
I work on win32 and ODBC: I have my own class
hierchies of *standard* dialogs for DB applications.
Ex: the ActiveX components for DB Appz (advanced
list views, financial stats, bar charts and graphs, etc.)
are really resource greedy (the updating required
for a dynaset database connection, with millions
of records being fetched per minute is very
expensive.)
So I wrote some ready to run classes, that take
care of the interface (with all the company logos
and standard look-and-feel stuff.)
then wrote some other classes to wrap around the
"CResultView" classes, and finally,
wrote some classes that *know* about our strange
servers, and are optimized for them (including
a connection "language" I derived, which is nothing
more than a hand optimization of the subset of
SQL accepted by oracle.)
So, if the shop is good to you, be good to them
and put your talent to work.
The API method works, and I am a living witness for it.
Seriously, I salute the man for standing up for his
principles, but I don't think his "pre-judgement"
should receive such an attention.
He already works for a corporation, if the new
parent company promises to continue supporting the
spirit of the old company, and remains commited to
open source, then ACs comments are unjustified.
Atleast in my humble opinion.
>Linux will NOT succeed as a desk top OS until it
>gets DirectX.
Hmmm, an OK graphics API with sound and input-devs
support, not bad, but we can catch up with OpenGL
and alsa.
>If a user can't click a button and get Internet > Explorer to come up under Linux, they will NOT > use it. End of story.
Wait a minute? Did you say IE? if so, then I will
take your "DirectX" to mean "ActiveX".
They are different technologies (actually, ActiveX
is one application of COM.)
We already have a decent browser (actually, half
a dozen at that, just counting the engines; the
GUI are even more.)
> Come on guys, nobody cares about CORBA.. [snip]
WHAT?
CORBA and COM are workalikes. If COM gave win32 its
seamless desktop experience, the CORBA (actually, subsets of it.)
are giving Unix desktops that very integration.
Or is it only cool when they do it?
Remember how the HP-compaq acquistion shook us for
days? I personally couldn't beleive it.
Now, for FreeBSD to go from hand to hand, that easily,
and to end up at fbsdmall (of all the arms out there.)
I think the dollar value of fbsd is somewhere around
1200 dollars.
If I sell my 89 VW Fox, I might own FBSD (AYFBSDABTU)
Before you flame, I am posting this from a 4.1 stable, Ok.
In my facist startup, we pass "speech"[1] in napkin notes, rot-13ed!
It is a risky business, and the unfortunate[2] ones
end up in the server cell, with nothing but a terminal over null modem, and `tail -f/var/log/messages`.
==
[1] Also known as "libel" and "defamation"
[2] Scott was nailed, after he posted the names of the C*Os,
in the "fuck yous" section of a cracking tutorial.
In a major university, and I decided to honor his
soul and follow his foot steps.
And now, thanks to google, I find myself battling
the flame wars he started.
Better go back and do him and VI and honor.. alt.emacs, here I come.
On my birthday, a representitive of TimeCanada
stoped me as I was about to enter my apartment.
"Don't be alarmed" he said, "Your friends are in
there, awaiting to surprise you."
Ok, i might be sleepless and drunk, but i am
sure of what i see.
a little water drop, all over the comments.
When i tried to click it, and clicking is my
preffered way of *feeling* things, it said
"alter relationship".
Slashdot is not only getting wet, but it is encouraging
posters to take each other personally.
If you promise not to arrest him, Alan Cox might
tell you all about open source.
Just make sure you clap thrice, and shreik "DMCA"
in order to shut him up.
Slashdot Mirror
The talent is still there, So, keep expecting .. a coin trick.
great "hacks" from them, albeit affordable ones
-- no more dough to lift a cop car.
Expect something like
>I'd like to see a list of my posts, along with who moderated them to what level.
If they did, poor malda's "foes" page, would be slashdoted.
This guy just gave me the encouragement I needed.
/standalone/ programmer/designer/analyst, I
As a
developed this API design philosphy on my own.
Actually, I have evolved to it.
If you are in a one-mans shop, or do alot of coding
for a specific domain, try to roll out your own
layer of helper APIs on top of the system provided ones.
I work on win32 and ODBC: I have my own class
hierchies of *standard* dialogs for DB applications.
Ex: the ActiveX components for DB Appz (advanced
list views, financial stats, bar charts and graphs, etc.)
are really resource greedy (the updating required
for a dynaset database connection, with millions
of records being fetched per minute is very
expensive.)
So I wrote some ready to run classes, that take
care of the interface (with all the company logos
and standard look-and-feel stuff.)
then wrote some other classes to wrap around the
"CResultView" classes, and finally,
wrote some classes that *know* about our strange
servers, and are optimized for them (including
a connection "language" I derived, which is nothing
more than a hand optimization of the subset of
SQL accepted by oracle.)
So, if the shop is good to you, be good to them
and put your talent to work.
The API method works, and I am a living witness for it.
Cuz the guy must be a star!
Seriously, I salute the man for standing up for his
principles, but I don't think his "pre-judgement"
should receive such an attention.
He already works for a corporation, if the new
parent company promises to continue supporting the
spirit of the old company, and remains commited to
open source, then ACs comments are unjustified.
Atleast in my humble opinion.
I wish if they could fix the PPP applet. modem
configuration in gnome/linux-bad was piece of cake,
this one is still tough.
> I'm repeating myself on purpose because
/.!
... I can't even
:-)
> it's true and important, and i don't care
> about my karma if the truth is at stake.
OMFG
Two identical posts, the first is a troll, and the
second is insightful.
and the guy is such a genius
finish.
Dude, were did you get this 2x trick? it is really
working
How was Gossling "responsible for the original
;-)
Emacs, 23 years ago"?
I think I have been flaming the wrong hairy guy
all this time
:wq
Clippy is gonna have sharper edges.
Was recruiting Lisp programmers from an Slashdot ad! :-)
Am I the only one who was busy solving those puzzles they posted? (I know some people like Kaz
solved it, and posted hints on usenet.)
>Linux will NOT succeed as a desk top OS until it
.. [snip]
>gets DirectX.
Hmmm, an OK graphics API with sound and input-devs
support, not bad, but we can catch up with OpenGL
and alsa.
>If a user can't click a button and get Internet > Explorer to come up under Linux, they will NOT > use it. End of story.
Wait a minute? Did you say IE? if so, then I will
take your "DirectX" to mean "ActiveX".
They are different technologies (actually, ActiveX
is one application of COM.)
We already have a decent browser (actually, half
a dozen at that, just counting the engines; the
GUI are even more.)
> Come on guys, nobody cares about CORBA
WHAT?
CORBA and COM are workalikes. If COM gave win32 its
seamless desktop experience, the CORBA (actually, subsets of it.)
are giving Unix desktops that very integration.
Or is it only cool when they do it?
and I don't care about the fucking karma.
Do you know the original contents of the post? can
you repost it elsewhere?
the sweat pants, it is all in the sweat pants.
The little Atari 2600 webserver (posted a while back) .. Frogger couldn't cross the street after the third second!
was an instant drama
Interview with Ismael: The lead developer of the Amish Abacus-embedded Linux.
Remember how the HP-compaq acquistion shook us for
days? I personally couldn't beleive it.
Now, for FreeBSD to go from hand to hand, that easily,
and to end up at fbsdmall (of all the arms out there.)
I think the dollar value of fbsd is somewhere around
1200 dollars.
If I sell my 89 VW Fox, I might own FBSD (AYFBSDABTU)
Before you flame, I am posting this from a 4.1 stable, Ok.
The dead people are back, rooting for M$, but this time online.
Not only that, but the TI-89 has much better
battery life.
The 92 uses power, even when it is off!
Nuh, sun is just a tease ;)
In my facist startup, we pass "speech"[1] in napkin notes, rot-13ed!
/var/log/messages`.
It is a risky business, and the unfortunate[2] ones
end up in the server cell, with nothing but a terminal over null modem, and `tail -f
==
[1] Also known as "libel" and "defamation"
[2] Scott was nailed, after he posted the names of the C*Os,
in the "fuck yous" section of a cracking tutorial.
In a major university, and I decided to honor his
.. alt.emacs, here I come.
soul and follow his foot steps.
And now, thanks to google, I find myself battling
the flame wars he started.
Better go back and do him and VI and honor
On my birthday, a representitive of TimeCanada
stoped me as I was about to enter my apartment.
"Don't be alarmed" he said, "Your friends are in
there, awaiting to surprise you."
I wish I had mod points, thanks for the laugh.
A coat hanger mounted eyeball should be as good
as an x10 -- for security purposes that is.
I am seeing WATER in slashdot, I swear.
Ok, i might be sleepless and drunk, but i am
sure of what i see.
a little water drop, all over the comments.
When i tried to click it, and clicking is my
preffered way of *feeling* things, it said
"alter relationship".
Slashdot is not only getting wet, but it is encouraging
posters to take each other personally.
zzzzZZZZZZZ
If you promise not to arrest him, Alan Cox might
tell you all about open source.
Just make sure you clap thrice, and shreik "DMCA"
in order to shut him up.