In many cases, if you certify a higher level certification, it will renew your older lower ranked certificate. But if your certification expires, you won't be able to take the higher level certification because that lower level certification is required to take the higher level.
So yes, in this case, people are being somewhat lazy, and frankly most companies would work with you on this.
2) Some people need a certification to be able to work.
This might mean that some people are unable to start working (i.e. take a job with a company) until they pass their certification.
This is a different issue altogether, and has nothing to do with laziness on the part of the test taker.
Maybe you'll still feel like the Pi isn't for you, but contrasting the Raspberry Pi against a cell phone is missing the point entirely, and it detracts from the purpose of the project.
"Hey Slashdot, look how cool and ethical I am! I have problems with how my company is doing something and I want to "ask" about it even though all of the relevant options are obvious! This is so everyone will know how awesome I am because I don't believe in patents!"
I mean, cool or whatever, but did you really think you were going to get any other answer than, "What's worth more, your job, or your beliefs about software patents?"
Surely anyone intelligent enough to HAVE this dilemma should be able to map out the various options and likely outcomes. At least, just as well as anyone on slashdot can.
I think a better question is... is your opposition to patents so strong that you would be willing to stand up and lose your job for it?
I've been in a situation that forced me to stand up for what I believe in and was fired for it. I'd do it again in a heartbeat, because I wouldn't be able to work at a place that compromised my value system...
So is the question really whether they're able to fire you for not doing it?
For point #2... In a way, Blizzard is defending their customers whom are negatively affected by Glider. "Your rights end where mine begin." So I am torn here, because I agree with many of you that this may set a bad precedent, but nothing irks me more than a 13 year old LOLn00b script kiddie running mods cheating in games.;)
I'll forgive you for being a Java developer, but the fathers of C have always cited readability first (The C Programming Language ~1978). They don't call it "literate programming", which is simply a trendy buzzword, but the idea of programming for readability has been around for an extremely long time.
Basically Gmail is losing value for all of us as it becomes spam soaked. Even their filtering is having troubles with false positives and false negatives--and the spam is just increasing. Therefore I think Google should act more aggressively to drive the spammers away from Gmail.
My latest anti-spam idea is a SuperReport option. (Kind of like SpamCop, but not so lazy.) If you click on the SuperReport option, Gmail would explode the spam and try to analyze it for you to help go after the spammers more aggressively. Here is one approach to implementing it:
The first pass analysis would be a low-cost quickie that would also act like a kind of CAPTCHA. This would just be an automated pass looking for obvious patterns like email addresses and URLs. The email would then be exploded and shown to the person making the report (= the targeted recipient of the spam AKA victim). The thoughtful responses for the second pass would guide the system in going after the spammers--making Gmail a *VERY* hostile environment for spammers to the point that they would stop spamming Gmail.
For example, if the first pass analysis finds an email address in the header, the exploded options might be "Obvious fake, ignore", "Plausible fake used to improve delivery", "Apparently valid drop address for replies", "Possible Joe job", and "Other". (Of course there should be pop-up explanations for help, which would be easy if it's done as a radio button. Also, Google always needs to allow for "Other" because the spammers are so damn innovative. In the "Other" case, the second pass should call for an explanation of why it is "Other".)
If the first pass analysis finds a URL, the exploded options should be things like "Drugs", "Stock scam", "Software piracy", "Loan scam", "419 scam", "Prostitution", "Fake merchandise", "Reputation theft", "Possible Joe job", and "Other". I think URLs should include a second radio button for "Registered Domain" (default), "Redirection", "Possible redirection", "Dynamic DNS routing", and "Other". (Or perhaps that would be another second-pass option?)
If the first pass finds an email address in the body, the exploded options should include things like "Fake opt-out for address harvester", "419 reply path", "Joe job", and "Other".
At the bottom of the expanded first pass analysis there should be some general options about the kind of spam and suggested countermeasures, and the submit SuperReport button. This would trigger the heavier second pass where Gmail's system would take these detailed results of the human analysis of the spam and use them to really go after the spammers in a more serious way. Some of the second pass stuff should come back to the person who received the spam for confirmation of the suggested countermeasures.
Going beyond that? I think Gmail should also rate the spam reporters on their spam-fighting skills, and figure out how smart they are when they are analyzing the spam. I want to earn a "Spam Fighter First Class" merit badge!
If you agree with these ideas--or have better ones, I suggest you try to call them to Google's attention. Google still seems to be an innovative and responsive company--and they claim they want to fight evil, too. More so if many people write to them? (I even think they recently implemented one of my suggestions to improve the Groups... However, it doesn't matter who gets credit--what matters is destroying the spammers.) *ahem* Who owns this patent, exactly?;)
I find it quite humorous that people haven't realized that Apple is positioning itself for embedded devices. The iPhone runs "OS X 1.0" which is not the same as "Mac OS X". Yes, it's still *NIX. Yes, it is based off of the same technologies as Mac OS X... but it's an embedded OS. It is to Mac OS X what Windows Mobile is to Windows.
So to answer your question, no there's no terminal application. There is a shell (/usr/bin/sh).
And no, there aren't any X11 libraries or anything like that.
I can think of two very specific situations it reminds me of:
1) Going to the first showing of some outrageously popular film such as Lord of the Rings or Star Wars. Personally I can't stand the people who cheer at those events, and want to beat them within an inch of their lives.
2) Going to an amazing concert being performed by your favorite band.
Now... If you're standing in line for the first day of the launch of a product that is obviously going to be popular, such as the iPhone, you've got to expect the people there to be slightly zealot-bound, no? Everybody in my line was extremely cool about it. People were amicable and generally chatty considering the 102 degree weather and uncertainty about the phone's supply.
The fact that Apple employees were cheering people on the way in (in my case) indicated to us that there were still phones available (duh) so, as you got closer to the front of the line, and while you were entering and being cheered it was because you were extremely likely to get a phone.
That said, I liken yesterday more to the latter - going to your favorite concert. I'd much rather have the people around me cheering than spilling a beer on me.
Now if AT&T would activate my phone. It's only been about 27 hours. *grumble*
Dude... you bought 4 phones. You have no right to complain.
I stood in line for 2 hours in 102 degree weather yesterday... and guess what? My phone still isn't activated. It's been over 24 hours.
By the way, the Apple store I bought my phone from was extremely professional. They brought us all free bottles of cold water and asked us to keep an eye out for anyone suffering from heat exhaustion. They checked on us several times all the way up until the opening of the store.
So fine, the Apple stores were a madhouse, but have you seen the reviews of how the AT&T stores are dealing with customers? I'm glad Apple decided to sell the phones - they handled it very well... now if AT&T would get their act together life would be swell.;)
I've been keeping track of Apple's development cycle for the past few years, and I don't think the iPhone has anything to do with the delay.;) In fact, I have been saying for some time that I didn't think the quality of Leopard was on target for a spring release... well before the iPhone announcement. While I suppose it's possible that the iPhone was somewhat of a drain on the core OS developers, I think this all ties into Steve's "Top Secret Features" announcement... the suspicious lack of any Leopard discussions during MacWorld San Francisco is interesting... but not necessarily surprising... If Apple really does have a rabbit up its sleeve, they may have wanted to wait until Vista was sufficiently saturated before unveiling it.
Keep in mind that Apple claims the iPhone is delayed until June because of the need for FCC approval... so which story are we supposed to believe?;)
Also, if you actually break down the time that Leopard has had for development... it's *much* longer than previous releases, and that doesn't have anything to do with the Intel work because Apple's been keeping things in sync for 5 years...
I'm skeptical of the announcement... Either Apple's dates have slipped, or they've got something big. It surprised me that Jobs stood up and said there were "Top Secret" features coming, so I hope he makes good on that promise... I expect the unexpected at WWDC in June.
I did a bunch of research into QWERTY vs Dvorak a few years ago and I could never find anybody who was actually a speedy typer with both QWERTY and Dvorak... It sounds like some of you are, but it doesn't look like anyone is displaying their typing speeds.
So how fast are you with each set?
I can currently type upwards of 90WPM (Above 95% accuracy) with QWERTY. I'm only up to 35WPM with Dvorak.
So how about it? Are there any people out there who can type equally well with both QWERTY and Dvorak? I've seen a lot of articles about people complaining that they could never get the hang of QWERTY, but they type way faster with Dvorak, so I'm skeptical of the supposed speed improvements.;)
Some of the above is very "duh", but having Cocoa, and Core Animation are two things that I would consider to be part of OS X... so even if the thing doesn't run the Darwin kernel, if it's compatible at the application layer I'd consider it OS X enough.;)
Seems like people are splitting hairs here...
Maybe Apple is misleading us, maybe not... Hard to say with a closed platform.
Ok, yeah... the 21% of customers that bought an over $400 cell phone... I'm completely with you there...
Consider this, though... what about all those iPod faithfuls that are poised to refresh their iPod with a newer model?
I have an old 3rd Generation 20GB b&w iPod that I've been wanting to upgrade... and the iPhone would be the perfect device for me. I've found that while it's possible to stuff my iPod full of music, there really aren't 20GB worth of songs that I actually care listening to... The video iPod is appealing, but I also need a new cell phone... so I'd be inclined to go for the iPhone.
The only thing that is holding me back (seriously, the only thing) is that Cingular is the provider. I've been a happy T-Mobile customer for the past 3 years, and I have no intentions of switching to a new carrier... not even for something as appealing as the iPhone.
At any rate, consider the fact that this phone isn't only appealing to the high-end cellphone users... it's also appealing to iPod users. People who are already going to shell out $200 to $400 for an iPod wouldn't really think twice about another $100 to $200 for an iPhone... especially when their own cell phones may cost between $50 to $100 (or more) anyway...
I think people who have had bad experiences with AT&T or Cingular are more likely to boycott the iPhone than people who think it's too expensive. The latter group probably owns a cheap cell phone, and doesn't own an iPod, I would think... so they're totally out of the target group.
Let me put it another way... I'd rather buy an iPhone than a PS3.;)
Increased bandwidth is a good thing. It means we (those of us running network operations on campuses) can petition for more money to get fatter pipes which means increased research capability which means increased research money... The kinds of things we don't want to see are insane spikes of Bit Torrent downloads of... of course even that is a slippery slope because there are legit uses for Bit Torrent (Linux ISOs come to mind).
Blocking websites to cut down on traffic use is a bad example because that's not where the largest traffic comes from... I suspect it is more intended to cut down on plagiarism than anything, but I don't agree that censorship is the best way to accomplish this.
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I think you're mixing two different things.
1) Some people have certifications expiring.
In many cases, if you certify a higher level certification, it will renew your older lower ranked certificate. But if your certification expires, you won't be able to take the higher level certification because that lower level certification is required to take the higher level.
So yes, in this case, people are being somewhat lazy, and frankly most companies would work with you on this.
2) Some people need a certification to be able to work.
This might mean that some people are unable to start working (i.e. take a job with a company) until they pass their certification.
This is a different issue altogether, and has nothing to do with laziness on the part of the test taker.
http://pyvideo.org/video/1668/keynote-2
Maybe you'll still feel like the Pi isn't for you, but contrasting the Raspberry Pi against a cell phone is missing the point entirely, and it detracts from the purpose of the project.
Apple's Mac Pro uses (and shipped with) fully buffered ECC... at least my Jan 2008 model does.
I guess that extra cost *does* go somewhere. ;)
"Hey Slashdot, look how cool and ethical I am! I have problems with how my company is doing something and I want to "ask" about it even though all of the relevant options are obvious! This is so everyone will know how awesome I am because I don't believe in patents!"
I mean, cool or whatever, but did you really think you were going to get any other answer than, "What's worth more, your job, or your beliefs about software patents?"
Surely anyone intelligent enough to HAVE this dilemma should be able to map out the various options and likely outcomes. At least, just as well as anyone on slashdot can.
*SOFTWARE* patents, you insensitive clod. ;)
I think a better question is... is your opposition to patents so strong that you would be willing to stand up and lose your job for it?
I've been in a situation that forced me to stand up for what I believe in and was fired for it. I'd do it again in a heartbeat, because I wouldn't be able to work at a place that compromised my value system...
So is the question really whether they're able to fire you for not doing it?
How strong are your convictions, really?
Using VMWare ESX server? ;)
What was your domain name again? ;)
Pay cuts for everyone? That'll take 6 months! ;)
For point #2... In a way, Blizzard is defending their customers whom are negatively affected by Glider. "Your rights end where mine begin." So I am torn here, because I agree with many of you that this may set a bad precedent, but nothing irks me more than a 13 year old LOLn00b script kiddie running mods cheating in games. ;)
I'll forgive you for being a Java developer, but the fathers of C have always cited readability first (The C Programming Language ~1978). They don't call it "literate programming", which is simply a trendy buzzword, but the idea of programming for readability has been around for an extremely long time.
soaked. Even their filtering is having troubles with false positives
and false negatives--and the spam is just increasing. Therefore I
think Google should act more aggressively to drive the spammers away
from Gmail.
My latest anti-spam idea is a SuperReport option. (Kind of like
SpamCop, but not so lazy.) If you click on the SuperReport option,
Gmail would explode the spam and try to analyze it for you to help go
after the spammers more aggressively. Here is one approach to
implementing it:
The first pass analysis would be a low-cost quickie that would also
act like a kind of CAPTCHA. This would just be an automated pass
looking for obvious patterns like email addresses and URLs. The email
would then be exploded and shown to the person making the report (=
the targeted recipient of the spam AKA victim). The thoughtful
responses for the second pass would guide the system in going after
the spammers--making Gmail a *VERY* hostile environment for spammers
to the point that they would stop spamming Gmail.
For example, if the first pass analysis finds an email address in the
header, the exploded options might be "Obvious fake, ignore",
"Plausible fake used to improve delivery", "Apparently valid drop
address for replies", "Possible Joe job", and "Other". (Of course
there should be pop-up explanations for help, which would be easy if
it's done as a radio button. Also, Google always needs to allow for
"Other" because the spammers are so damn innovative. In the "Other"
case, the second pass should call for an explanation of why it is
"Other".)
If the first pass analysis finds a URL, the exploded options should be
things like "Drugs", "Stock scam", "Software piracy", "Loan scam",
"419 scam", "Prostitution", "Fake merchandise", "Reputation theft",
"Possible Joe job", and "Other". I think URLs should include a second
radio button for "Registered Domain" (default), "Redirection",
"Possible redirection", "Dynamic DNS routing", and "Other". (Or
perhaps that would be another second-pass option?)
If the first pass finds an email address in the body, the exploded
options should include things like "Fake opt-out for address
harvester", "419 reply path", "Joe job", and "Other".
At the bottom of the expanded first pass analysis there should be some
general options about the kind of spam and suggested countermeasures,
and the submit SuperReport button. This would trigger the heavier
second pass where Gmail's system would take these detailed results of
the human analysis of the spam and use them to really go after the
spammers in a more serious way. Some of the second pass stuff should
come back to the person who received the spam for confirmation of the
suggested countermeasures.
Going beyond that? I think Gmail should also rate the spam reporters
on their spam-fighting skills, and figure out how smart they are when
they are analyzing the spam. I want to earn a "Spam Fighter First
Class" merit badge!
If you agree with these ideas--or have better ones, I suggest you try
to call them to Google's attention. Google still seems to be an
innovative and responsive company--and they claim they want to fight
evil, too. More so if many people write to them? (I even think they
recently implemented one of my suggestions to improve the Groups...
However, it doesn't matter who gets credit--what matters is destroying
the spammers.) *ahem* Who owns this patent, exactly?
*sigh*
Apple already moved away from DRM with EMI and "iTunes Plus" tracks. They were the first online music reseller to do so.
Huh?
If they block my assets (i.e. money) then I can't pay my bills... how is that *NOT* depriving me of it?
Right then.
Let's boycott the iPhone by buying up all of them, and then we'll show AT&T a lesson by *NOT* activating them.... buahahahahaha
No.
I find it quite humorous that people haven't realized that Apple is positioning itself for embedded devices. The iPhone runs "OS X 1.0" which is not the same as "Mac OS X". Yes, it's still *NIX. Yes, it is based off of the same technologies as Mac OS X... but it's an embedded OS. It is to Mac OS X what Windows Mobile is to Windows.
So to answer your question, no there's no terminal application. There is a shell (/usr/bin/sh).
And no, there aren't any X11 libraries or anything like that.
It's a very stripped down OS.
It's no fun if the door's left unlocked. ;)
;)
Where's the challenge?
Indeed, the iPhone is more of a target because we know Apple doesn't want us getting into it.
Linux is *SO* 1999.
Apparently not, since I bought 2. ;)
I can think of two very specific situations it reminds me of:
1) Going to the first showing of some outrageously popular film such as Lord of the Rings or Star Wars. Personally I can't stand the people who cheer at those events, and want to beat them within an inch of their lives.
2) Going to an amazing concert being performed by your favorite band.
Now... If you're standing in line for the first day of the launch of a product that is obviously going to be popular, such as the iPhone, you've got to expect the people there to be slightly zealot-bound, no? Everybody in my line was extremely cool about it. People were amicable and generally chatty considering the 102 degree weather and uncertainty about the phone's supply.
The fact that Apple employees were cheering people on the way in (in my case) indicated to us that there were still phones available (duh) so, as you got closer to the front of the line, and while you were entering and being cheered it was because you were extremely likely to get a phone.
That said, I liken yesterday more to the latter - going to your favorite concert. I'd much rather have the people around me cheering than spilling a beer on me.
Now if AT&T would activate my phone. It's only been about 27 hours. *grumble*
Dude... you bought 4 phones. You have no right to complain.
;)
I stood in line for 2 hours in 102 degree weather yesterday... and guess what? My phone still isn't activated. It's been over 24 hours.
By the way, the Apple store I bought my phone from was extremely professional. They brought us all free bottles of cold water and asked us to keep an eye out for anyone suffering from heat exhaustion. They checked on us several times all the way up until the opening of the store.
So fine, the Apple stores were a madhouse, but have you seen the reviews of how the AT&T stores are dealing with customers? I'm glad Apple decided to sell the phones - they handled it very well... now if AT&T would get their act together life would be swell.
I've been keeping track of Apple's development cycle for the past few years, and I don't think the iPhone has anything to do with the delay. ;) In fact, I have been saying for some time that I didn't think the quality of Leopard was on target for a spring release... well before the iPhone announcement. While I suppose it's possible that the iPhone was somewhat of a drain on the core OS developers, I think this all ties into Steve's "Top Secret Features" announcement... the suspicious lack of any Leopard discussions during MacWorld San Francisco is interesting... but not necessarily surprising... If Apple really does have a rabbit up its sleeve, they may have wanted to wait until Vista was sufficiently saturated before unveiling it.
;)
Keep in mind that Apple claims the iPhone is delayed until June because of the need for FCC approval... so which story are we supposed to believe?
Also, if you actually break down the time that Leopard has had for development... it's *much* longer than previous releases, and that doesn't have anything to do with the Intel work because Apple's been keeping things in sync for 5 years...
I'm skeptical of the announcement... Either Apple's dates have slipped, or they've got something big. It surprised me that Jobs stood up and said there were "Top Secret" features coming, so I hope he makes good on that promise... I expect the unexpected at WWDC in June.
I did a bunch of research into QWERTY vs Dvorak a few years ago and I could never find anybody who was actually a speedy typer with both QWERTY and Dvorak... It sounds like some of you are, but it doesn't look like anyone is displaying their typing speeds.
;)
So how fast are you with each set?
I can currently type upwards of 90WPM (Above 95% accuracy) with QWERTY. I'm only up to 35WPM with Dvorak.
So how about it? Are there any people out there who can type equally well with both QWERTY and Dvorak? I've seen a lot of articles about people complaining that they could never get the hang of QWERTY, but they type way faster with Dvorak, so I'm skeptical of the supposed speed improvements.
Agreed...
;)
The keynote very specifically listed:
Syncing, Networking, Multi-tasking, Low power, Security, Video, Cocoa, Core Animation, Graphics, and Audio...
Some of the above is very "duh", but having Cocoa, and Core Animation are two things that I would consider to be part of OS X... so even if the thing doesn't run the Darwin kernel, if it's compatible at the application layer I'd consider it OS X enough.
Seems like people are splitting hairs here...
Maybe Apple is misleading us, maybe not... Hard to say with a closed platform.
Ok, yeah... the 21% of customers that bought an over $400 cell phone... I'm completely with you there...
;)
Consider this, though... what about all those iPod faithfuls that are poised to refresh their iPod with a newer model?
I have an old 3rd Generation 20GB b&w iPod that I've been wanting to upgrade... and the iPhone would be the perfect device for me. I've found that while it's possible to stuff my iPod full of music, there really aren't 20GB worth of songs that I actually care listening to... The video iPod is appealing, but I also need a new cell phone... so I'd be inclined to go for the iPhone.
The only thing that is holding me back (seriously, the only thing) is that Cingular is the provider. I've been a happy T-Mobile customer for the past 3 years, and I have no intentions of switching to a new carrier... not even for something as appealing as the iPhone.
At any rate, consider the fact that this phone isn't only appealing to the high-end cellphone users... it's also appealing to iPod users. People who are already going to shell out $200 to $400 for an iPod wouldn't really think twice about another $100 to $200 for an iPhone... especially when their own cell phones may cost between $50 to $100 (or more) anyway...
I think people who have had bad experiences with AT&T or Cingular are more likely to boycott the iPhone than people who think it's too expensive. The latter group probably owns a cheap cell phone, and doesn't own an iPod, I would think... so they're totally out of the target group.
Let me put it another way... I'd rather buy an iPhone than a PS3.
Interviewer: "You're not very technical are you?"
;)
Interviewee: "Oh, yeah, well... I read slashdot religously."
So naturally the correct way to inform them is as an anonymous coward... No company liability.
Increased bandwidth is a good thing. It means we (those of us running network operations on campuses) can petition for more money to get fatter pipes which means increased research capability which means increased research money... The kinds of things we don't want to see are insane spikes of Bit Torrent downloads of ... of course even that is a slippery slope because there are legit uses for Bit Torrent (Linux ISOs come to mind).
Blocking websites to cut down on traffic use is a bad example because that's not where the largest traffic comes from... I suspect it is more intended to cut down on plagiarism than anything, but I don't agree that censorship is the best way to accomplish this.