I agree with you that there are probably gravitational perturbations to the Oort cloud or inner asteroid-belt that result in extinction-events but I also expect that there is another phenomena: the varying levels of cosmic rays as we pass through the galaxy's arms.
We visit a Microsoft boardroom, where execs are discussing their future plans
Exec 1: Hey, I've got an idea, you know how on that android-y thingy, you can download free apps but to make their money back on them, the developers serve ads? Why don't we do that?
Exec 2: You mean serve people ads with software they've already paid for???
Instead of asking questions like that, why don't you build Skype and any other software you're working on to NOT have backdoors
That way, if ever the machines DO try to take over the world, they won't have a bunch of convenient control channels in all the important software to do so.
From everything I'm hearing, Agile appears to encourage laziness on the part of the client.
It's not that I don't want to satisfy the client, of course I do, it's just that the client has to do his part in specifying clearly what s/he wants. You know, specs.
And yes, sometimes the developer DOES know what the client wants better than the client does. A seasoned developer with knowledge/experience in the target domain will typically understand lots of things more in-depth and realistically than a client who simply has a pie-in-the-sky vision of things.
Honestly, I love the fact that linux is not mainstream on the desktop yet.
I live my (computing) life blissfully, untroubled by the rolling waves of forced upgrades and virus panics that everyone around is going through and I can just smile and say "sorry, I run linux, I have no idea how to fix that" when they ask me to help them with their mess.
What if you were a mega-corporation with unlimited funding, access to the brightest researchers in bio-engineering and you were trying to corner the world's food supply.
You'd start by controlling agriculture; you'd develop seeds that would only germinate once, for example, to slowly drive farmers out of business.
Next, you'd want to definitively stop people from producing food on their own, so you'd develop an artificial means of pollenisation and then develop something like say a virus or bacteria or even a toxic compound that you'd release into the environment to get rid of the top natural pollinators so the only crops that could grow would be under your control.
Of course no corporation would ever do something like that, no one is that evil, right?
Still, it makes a nice plot for an eventual James Bond or other science-fiction...
I also agree; at one place I worked, many developers were in agreement that the code that another programmer (who had since moved on) had written was above-par.
I believe I can also appreciate concise, clear code from time to time, even when it comes from others.
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It's a better solution because
- You DON'T need a Windows license
- It's smaller: You can run more apps with less memory
I agree with you that there are probably gravitational perturbations to the Oort cloud or inner asteroid-belt that result in extinction-events but I also expect that there is another phenomena: the varying levels of cosmic rays as we pass through the galaxy's arms.
FWIW I like your explanation, simple concise, logical.
I'm just sayin'
... or to sell any information they have on you to the highest bidder
Nope, that's like saying hamburgers are a core part of cows.
You make hambugers out of cows, you don't make cows out of hamburgers.
You make TCP out of IP, you don't make IP out of TCP.
Yeah, it's a good thing no humans work as programmers or ever debug this thing
Agreed, but at the same time more people are staying home and watching DVDs
You say it isn't how it went down but I put to you that the bigger the company, the more insulated from everything the policy-makers are, in general.
And when you actually start to believe your own hype, well there's no telling what dumb things you might do.
The first person to get an additional head grafted onto their shoulders should be declared president of the galaxy!
We visit a Microsoft boardroom, where execs are discussing their future plans
Exec 1: Hey, I've got an idea, you know how on that android-y thingy, you can download free apps but to make their money back on them, the developers serve ads? Why don't we do that?
Exec 2: You mean serve people ads with software they've already paid for???
Exec1: Yeah!
Exec 3: Genius! Let's break for lunch!
Instead of asking questions like that, why don't you build Skype and any other software you're working on to NOT have backdoors
That way, if ever the machines DO try to take over the world, they won't have a bunch of convenient control channels in all the important software to do so.
Can 3D printers print 3D printers yet?
From everything I'm hearing, Agile appears to encourage laziness on the part of the client.
It's not that I don't want to satisfy the client, of course I do, it's just that the client has to do his part in specifying clearly what s/he wants. You know, specs.
And yes, sometimes the developer DOES know what the client wants better than the client does. A seasoned developer with knowledge/experience in the target domain will typically understand lots of things more in-depth and realistically than a client who simply has a pie-in-the-sky vision of things.
Oooh, called out by anonymous coward who doesn't postulate anything... Edgy
Honestly, I love the fact that linux is not mainstream on the desktop yet.
I live my (computing) life blissfully, untroubled by the rolling waves of forced upgrades and virus panics that everyone around is going through and I can just smile and say "sorry, I run linux, I have no idea how to fix that" when they ask me to help them with their mess.
I truly hope linux NEVER becomes mainstream.
Because they're obviously paying top-dollar for their staff and listening to their suggestions
When you have nothing left to say and have no innovation, you patent something very obvious.
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What if you were a mega-corporation with unlimited funding, access to the brightest researchers in bio-engineering and you were trying to corner the world's food supply.
You'd start by controlling agriculture; you'd develop seeds that would only germinate once, for example, to slowly drive farmers out of business.
Next, you'd want to definitively stop people from producing food on their own, so you'd develop an artificial means of pollenisation and then develop something like say a virus or bacteria or even a toxic compound that you'd release into the environment to get rid of the top natural pollinators so the only crops that could grow would be under your control.
Of course no corporation would ever do something like that, no one is that evil, right?
Still, it makes a nice plot for an eventual James Bond or other science-fiction...
They'll only hire you as a sysadmin
We live in an age where big corporations can legislate morality
Are we "thinking different" enough yet?
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Seems to me the easiest and safest bet is to prospect for suitable caves and then turn them into dwellings.
Any fabrication will be problematic at the beginning, we should do like our ancestors and use what's already there first.
Doesn't this mean the same problem is present in C#, as it is really just a clone of Java
I also agree; at one place I worked, many developers were in agreement that the code that another programmer (who had since moved on) had written was above-par.
I believe I can also appreciate concise, clear code from time to time, even when it comes from others.
To be fair though, it's usually the reverse