Who directed you to do that work on the other salesguys' systems? What would have happened if you just stopped doing it and concentrated on your own stuff?
Flex time, at least in the way I've always seen it implemented is: Work whatever hours you want to, as long as you get your eight hours in. Generally, this means being in most of the day, and ALWAYS be there for meetings, demos and customer visits. In practice, it's usually be in by 9 am or so...
The thing is, having you clock in at 7:30 and getting docked if you're not in by that time is not flex time. Calling a "cat" a "dog" doesn't make it one.
I have to say though, that if I were to find myself in that situation, I would clock out the SECOND the eight hours were up.
The Navy's been doing research on this stuff for years. The phonemes that the Amiga put out where amazingingly similiar to the Navy stuff I remember hearing. Here's a link to a Navy reference. I couldn't find any speech samples.
I think I'm mistaken about SoftVoice's stuff in regards to the Mac and Amiga not being related though. Sorry about that. Been a long time since I did Amiga stuff, and I'd completely forgotten about the SoftVoice work.
X10 doesn't have the same problem because once the X10 signal hits the fuse box, it doesn't pass by. There are solutions for home with two fuse boxes that specifically fix this problem.
No, the MacOS voice stuff had nothing to do with the Amiga. They both were derived from work originally done by the US Navy. That's why they both sounded similiar.
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I've written Java apps since the beginning, and it entirely depends on how you code stuff...which is true for any language.
I've done major projects using AWT, Swing and Java 3D. Hell, JBuilder uses Swing... I use that every day, and it works great cross-platform. Thank God I didn't have to do all my development on Windows, and I could stick with Solaris.
No Java 3D on the Mac did suck. When Apple reps came to talk to us about doing our Java 3D on Mac, they tried to tell us to use Quicktime 3D.
Java3D is on "hold", btw. Sun's now doing that OpenGL bindings to Java. I've used those, and it's pretty damn fast. A helluva lot faster than Java 3D was, but then, OpenGL isn't a scene graph API either. That's under Linux too. If you haven't seen it, check it out. It's great.
Sound....done some of that, but not enough,
I have to disagree with your conclusion though. Java's still my choice for most desktop apps.
Oh, stop it. You act like this is exclusively a Java thing. Grown-up programmers know when to use the right language for the right thing.
I've run into many more goofballs that think C/C++ is the "one true answer" to all of lifes ills, and then spend most of their time tracking down pointer problems with impossibly complicated code.
The point is, there's NO one language that should be used for everything.
What to do really tough number crunching? If you use C for something like that, most computational scientists would laugh in your face and head back to their Fortran programs... and they're right to do so, because for THEIR apps, Fortran is the thing to use.
1) J2ME is designed for Cell Phones, and works fine Many many applications are available for it. J2ME API 2.0 is out by the end of the year.
2) Java is a great language. I know many different languages, and I code in the language that's appropriate for the task. Just because YOU don't like it doesn't make it "ill designed". That's just silly.
3) Java is fine for platform independence. I code on Linux, and deploy on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows. It all works fine.
Quit spreading FUD about languages you don't like. If you're going to convince people to like something YOU like, point out why things YOU like are good...just stop spreading the FUD.
1.5 will be out in beta by the end of the year.
If you want to mess with Generics, they've been available for more than a year. You can get the implementation here
Start up time should be a lot better in the 1.4.2 release. Last JavaOne they specifically said work was being done on that. Further improvements are in 1.5 (when it comes out).
That's pretty easy to say when professors can sit back in their tenured jobs and screw over people that disagree with them, knowing full well that no one can touch them for doing it. That "So What" attitude you have is exactly the problem.
Everything's dual use. Box cutters that helped take down the planes two years ago were "dual use".
Bottom line, if you don't want to be funded by any agency, no one is breaking your arm to do it, or requiring you to stay where you are. That's your right. It's also someone elses right to be funded that way if they choose to be.
Reporters with bias do this ALL the time. If they'd just REPORT stories, that'd be fine. If they'd write their opinions in a column or editorial, that'd be fine.
The problem is, they frequently mix the two, and then pretend they don't have a bias in the story they're "reporting".
Sure....it's called a "video rental store" and the "library". Hell, you can do both at the library. Use that, if you like it, buy it. No need to download.
I called support because the dealer didn't want to take it back.
I wrote to support asking how much it would cost to fix the thing, never got a reply. I wrote back again each week for a few weeks. When I phoned them, they only had a recording that asked me to leave my name and number so they could call back. I did this several times.
I went through all the normal routine, like I have for any other product that went bad. My first hint that something was amiss should have been not being able to get it returned to the dealer. My bet is they have the same problem with Archos.
Like I said....never again. If other people want to buy from them, well, they can't say they haven't heard about these problems from other customers that got burned.
I have a nice little paperweight on my desk... it's supposedly an Archos MP3 player, but it sure doesn't act like one.
This thing broke shortly after I bought it, and despite repeated attempts to get through to their tech support (e-mail, phone), they just won't answer.
According to the website, the newer model can clean on all surfaces and automatically adjusts, and even has an arm to clean really close to walls. I'm betting it's a lot better at cleaning hardwood floors than the old one.
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Man, that bites.
Who directed you to do that work on the other salesguys' systems? What would have happened if you just stopped doing it and concentrated on your own stuff?
Flex time, at least in the way I've always seen it implemented is: Work whatever hours you want to, as long as you get your eight hours in. Generally, this means being in most of the day, and ALWAYS be there for meetings, demos and customer visits. In practice, it's usually be in by 9 am or so...
The thing is, having you clock in at 7:30 and getting docked if you're not in by that time is not flex time. Calling a "cat" a "dog" doesn't make it one.
I have to say though, that if I were to find myself in that situation, I would clock out the SECOND the eight hours were up.
You mean like the lawyers whose lawsuits are driving up malpractice insurance, and driving doctors out of business?
oh...wait...that's the Democrats that are supporting those weasels...
I think I'm mistaken about SoftVoice's stuff in regards to the Mac and Amiga not being related though. Sorry about that. Been a long time since I did Amiga stuff, and I'd completely forgotten about the SoftVoice work.
Here's the link to JOGL.
X10 doesn't have the same problem because once the X10 signal hits the fuse box, it doesn't pass by. There are solutions for home with two fuse boxes that specifically fix this problem.
No, the MacOS voice stuff had nothing to do with the Amiga. They both were derived from work originally done by the US Navy. That's why they both sounded similiar.
BZZZT! Wrong answer. Thanks for playing.
I've written Java apps since the beginning, and it entirely depends on how you code stuff...which is true for any language.
I've done major projects using AWT, Swing and Java 3D. Hell, JBuilder uses Swing... I use that every day, and it works great cross-platform. Thank God I didn't have to do all my development on Windows, and I could stick with Solaris.
No Java 3D on the Mac did suck. When Apple reps came to talk to us about doing our Java 3D on Mac, they tried to tell us to use Quicktime 3D.
Java3D is on "hold", btw. Sun's now doing that OpenGL bindings to Java. I've used those, and it's pretty damn fast. A helluva lot faster than Java 3D was, but then, OpenGL isn't a scene graph API either. That's under Linux too. If you haven't seen it, check it out. It's great.
Sound....done some of that, but not enough,
I have to disagree with your conclusion though. Java's still my choice for most desktop apps.
Better IDEs? That's like throwing a match on gasoline. Geesh, you might as well ask people which they prefer, vi or emacs.
I use JBuilder.
Oh, stop it. You act like this is exclusively a Java thing. Grown-up programmers know when to use the right language for the right thing.
I've run into many more goofballs that think C/C++ is the "one true answer" to all of lifes ills, and then spend most of their time tracking down pointer problems with impossibly complicated code.
The point is, there's NO one language that should be used for everything.
What to do really tough number crunching? If you use C for something like that, most computational scientists would laugh in your face and head back to their Fortran programs... and they're right to do so, because for THEIR apps, Fortran is the thing to use.
Your whole post is FUD.
1) J2ME is designed for Cell Phones, and works fine Many many applications are available for it. J2ME API 2.0 is out by the end of the year.
2) Java is a great language. I know many different languages, and I code in the language that's appropriate for the task. Just because YOU don't like it doesn't make it "ill designed". That's just silly.
3) Java is fine for platform independence. I code on Linux, and deploy on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows. It all works fine.
Quit spreading FUD about languages you don't like. If you're going to convince people to like something YOU like, point out why things YOU like are good...just stop spreading the FUD.
1.5 will be out in beta by the end of the year. If you want to mess with Generics, they've been available for more than a year. You can get the implementation here
Start up time should be a lot better in the 1.4.2 release. Last JavaOne they specifically said work was being done on that. Further improvements are in 1.5 (when it comes out).
Good comeback.
I agree with this, but the patent was given on the basis of doing this in a web browser.
That's pretty easy to say when professors can sit back in their tenured jobs and screw over people that disagree with them, knowing full well that no one can touch them for doing it. That "So What" attitude you have is exactly the problem.
Very luck indeed.
Everything's dual use. Box cutters that helped take down the planes two years ago were "dual use".
Bottom line, if you don't want to be funded by any agency, no one is breaking your arm to do it, or requiring you to stay where you are. That's your right. It's also someone elses right to be funded that way if they choose to be.
I agree with you.
Reporters with bias do this ALL the time. If they'd just REPORT stories, that'd be fine. If they'd write their opinions in a column or editorial, that'd be fine.
The problem is, they frequently mix the two, and then pretend they don't have a bias in the story they're "reporting".
Presidents are elected through the electoral college, not through popular vote.
57 million means nothing. Most people don't vote. Trying to draw a parallel between the two doesn't mean anything.
Sure....it's called a "video rental store" and the "library". Hell, you can do both at the library. Use that, if you like it, buy it. No need to download.
I called support because the dealer didn't want to take it back.
I wrote to support asking how much it would cost to fix the thing, never got a reply. I wrote back again each week for a few weeks. When I phoned them, they only had a recording that asked me to leave my name and number so they could call back. I did this several times.
I went through all the normal routine, like I have for any other product that went bad. My first hint that something was amiss should have been not being able to get it returned to the dealer. My bet is they have the same problem with Archos.
Like I said....never again. If other people want to buy from them, well, they can't say they haven't heard about these problems from other customers that got burned.
I have a nice little paperweight on my desk... it's supposedly an Archos MP3 player, but it sure doesn't act like one.
This thing broke shortly after I bought it, and despite repeated attempts to get through to their tech support (e-mail, phone), they just won't answer.
I'll never buy another Archos product again.
According to the website, the newer model can clean on all surfaces and automatically adjusts, and even has an arm to clean really close to walls. I'm betting it's a lot better at cleaning hardwood floors than the old one.