And there's nothing forbidding QM from playing nice with general relativity, either; we just don't know how it works yet. There are some models, like lattice quantum gravity, that seem quite promising.
Whatever happened to M theory (the successor to string theory)?
Don't underestimate the power of simply getting everyone in the same room talking.
And yet things like, oh, let me think... Linux, Apache, and dozens of other open-source software that is the backbone of the 'net (not to mention compilers like gcc and clang) somehow gets done by people scattered all over the planet.
Or do all humans (and tetrapods) have a bizarre
recurrent laryngeal nerve or
backwards eyeballs just to name two of several oddities you'd think an intelligent designer wouldn't design.
If you want a real history, I suggest going with documentary Triumph of the Nerds.
It's better, but it completely omits the major role that Commodore played at the time. To my knowledge, Commodore has never had any significant mention in any documentary or movie.
I've never purchased an Android device and even I can tell that it is a more flexible and capable platform.
Can you give specific examples of how exactly Android is such from a user's (not developer's) perspective, i.e., things a typical Android user can do that an iOS user can not?
[I]f a competitor produces a product in the same space[,] they will sue them and attempt to get injunctions in order to prevent them selling that product.
My comment was only in reference to Apple allowing (or not) 3rd-party browsers on iPhones. I made no comment on their lawsuits. As such, your response is irrelevant.
Apple's approach to deciding the market on its devices is anti-competitive behavior.
They're Apple's devices and should be allowed to do whatever they want with them. Don't like it? Don't buy one.
The difference with Microsoft is that they had a monopoly on virtually all other manufacturers' hardware since (at the time) they made no hardware of their own. Now that they make Surface, they should be allowed to do whatever they want with it. The market will decide its fate.
I do believe global warming is happening, however, I am not sure mankind is responsible for a majority of it.
At all other times in the planet's history when there have been periods of warming, it's taken orders of magnitude longer than the current period. The difference? This time is post industrial revolution and the wide-spread burning of fossil fuels. How do we know? Ice cores. But don't let the actual facts get in the way of your skepticism.
- Unified inbox; everything is in one spot.
- Different modes; EG: when I go to bed I have a mode called "bedtime" that only alerts me if something important from someone important comes in.
- Contact based alerts. So during the day when I'm at work my phone will only "ring" if it's my mom (she has cancer, so lay off) or my wife (only calls if it's important, sends a text otherwise).
iOS has all of that. So it really comes down to the fact that you prefer a physical keyboard.
I'm surprised they would allow remote access without a direct connection. It's vulnerable enough in that it relies on electronic timing and can be affected by external electromagnetic forces; but, to make it accessible via wireless/RF/whatever just seems like a bad idea through and though.
AFAIK, wireless access was designed in so doctors can tweak the settings without having to cut into the patient to make a wired connection.
E-mail? Whaaa, help! You mean everyone CCing me more bullshit. Not more e-mail, please!
You need to read more carefully. I wrote, "... have people send status update e-mail to the project leader..." I never said anything about sending e-mail to everybody on the team, via Cc or otherwise.
FYI: My current project does weekly progress updates by e-mail (to the whole group, contrary to my suggestion). I filter all such e-mail since I couldn't care less.
Knowing what coming down the pipe doesn't sound like the kind of information you get at Daily Stand-ups. Daily Stand-ups should only be about what everyone is currently doing, not what management has decided for the near-term future.
As for doing prototypes: if you're a good developer, your boss will know it and call on your for special tasks. Your boss should be your champion. (More generically, a boss should be the champion of everyone under him/her.) If your boss isn't your champion, you need a new boss.
Alternatively, nothing prevents you from talking to your boss whenever you please. Bosses should have an open-door policy.
In short, there are other (better) ways to accomplish what you want without needing anything so mind-bogglingy boring and a waste of most people's time as a Daily Stand-up.
I have always been curious about what everyone is doing, even operations and sales. I have found this knowledge extremely helpful for both my projects and my career.
In general, what problem(s), other than satisfying your curiosity, does having such knowledge solve? Please give concrete examples how such knowledge has actually helped you do your job or advance your career.
If you want to monitor the sprint's progress, have people send status update e-mail to the project leader or have the project leader go around go around and ask people individually. S/he's the only one who should care. There's no reason to force everybody into a room at the same time even if it's only for 15 minutes.
If someone's stuck and needs help, let him ask for help. If you have people on your team who hide and do nothing for a week, you should fire them.
As for meeting a team goal, if I agree to a deadline, I'm going to make that deadline. If I think I'm going to be late, I bring it to my boss's attention. If everybody did that, we'd all meet the team goal.
I work in a team only insofar as there are other people in my company who are all working on the same product. Just as an example, I really don't care what changes the guy who works on the parser is making or what his progress is since his work does not affect me being able to do my job.
BTW: I never said I work in an Agile environment. I didn't specify what my environment is. It's irrelevant to my point. All I described was my biggest problem with Agile.
... with Agile is the "Daily Stand-up." I don't care what anybody else is doing on a daily basis. Actually, for most people, I don't care what they're doing -- ever. All I care about is that people I work with (1) answer e-mail in a timely manner and (2) if I depend on their work, that they'll have it done when they say they will. (If they're going to miss a dead-line, only then do they need to bring it to my attention.)
What some other set of people whose work I don't depend on is doing in no way helps me do my job. I'm paid to do my job, not concern myself with everybody else's job.
Actually, yes, but for a very limited purpose. I live in San Francisco and the local transit agency, the
SFMTA
tweets system-wide status updates about
service disruptions or changes in real-time.
Now that Twitter has finally (!) added push notifications for those you follow, it's actually quite handy when using public transit here.
I also follow a couple of other local government things and that's about it.
If you have a group of talented developers,
all they really need to do is
programming, motherfucker.
(It helps if you read it in Samuel L. Jackson's voice.)
We implemented "robocalls" to serve as appointment reminders. Our patients seem to like and appreciate them. They are not opt-in, but a person can opt-out. These calls save time and money, because they reduce no-show rates and they also reduce incidences of people showing up unprepared for the service they need. ("You weren't supposed to eat this morning, unfortunately we can't do the procedure now.")
If people don't remember to show up, or show up unprepared, charge them for the appointment anyway. (Most doctor's offices I know of already charge for missed appointments.)
It's their problem, not yours.
Personally, I don't even need those little "appointment reminder" cards they give you... haven't needed them since I owned my first PDA (a Palm III back in the '90s) and now iPhone, i.e., something with a Calendar app.
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As long as I don't get any more "Sponsored tweets" (or anything else I didn't explicitly ask for), I don't care.
Whatever happened to M theory (the successor to string theory)?
And yet things like, oh, let me think... Linux, Apache, and dozens of other open-source software that is the backbone of the 'net (not to mention compilers like gcc and clang) somehow gets done by people scattered all over the planet.
Or do all humans (and tetrapods) have a bizarre recurrent laryngeal nerve or backwards eyeballs just to name two of several oddities you'd think an intelligent designer wouldn't design.
It's better, but it completely omits the major role that Commodore played at the time. To my knowledge, Commodore has never had any significant mention in any documentary or movie.
Can you give specific examples of how exactly Android is such from a user's (not developer's) perspective, i.e., things a typical Android user can do that an iOS user can not?
Except he didn't give proper credit. While Xerox had the first commercial sale of the mouse, it was invented by Doug Engelbart.
I'm all for stricter enforcement of traffic laws, but red light cameras simply don't work.
My comment was only in reference to Apple allowing (or not) 3rd-party browsers on iPhones. I made no comment on their lawsuits. As such, your response is irrelevant.
They're Apple's devices and should be allowed to do whatever they want with them. Don't like it? Don't buy one.
The difference with Microsoft is that they had a monopoly on virtually all other manufacturers' hardware since (at the time) they made no hardware of their own. Now that they make Surface, they should be allowed to do whatever they want with it. The market will decide its fate.
At all other times in the planet's history when there have been periods of warming, it's taken orders of magnitude longer than the current period. The difference? This time is post industrial revolution and the wide-spread burning of fossil fuels. How do we know? Ice cores. But don't let the actual facts get in the way of your skepticism.
iOS has all of that. So it really comes down to the fact that you prefer a physical keyboard.
AFAIK, wireless access was designed in so doctors can tweak the settings without having to cut into the patient to make a wired connection.
No, religion by itself is sufficient for crazy plans.
Yes. There is the "primary" username you log in with, but you can set up any number of "alias" profiles.
Yahoo Messenger has allowed users to have multiple chat nicknames with different profiles for years.
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You need to read more carefully. I wrote, "... have people send status update e-mail to the project leader ..." I never said anything about sending e-mail to everybody on the team, via Cc or otherwise.
FYI: My current project does weekly progress updates by e-mail (to the whole group, contrary to my suggestion). I filter all such e-mail since I couldn't care less.
Knowing what coming down the pipe doesn't sound like the kind of information you get at Daily Stand-ups. Daily Stand-ups should only be about what everyone is currently doing, not what management has decided for the near-term future.
As for doing prototypes: if you're a good developer, your boss will know it and call on your for special tasks. Your boss should be your champion. (More generically, a boss should be the champion of everyone under him/her.) If your boss isn't your champion, you need a new boss.
Alternatively, nothing prevents you from talking to your boss whenever you please. Bosses should have an open-door policy.
In short, there are other (better) ways to accomplish what you want without needing anything so mind-bogglingy boring and a waste of most people's time as a Daily Stand-up.
In general, what problem(s), other than satisfying your curiosity, does having such knowledge solve? Please give concrete examples how such knowledge has actually helped you do your job or advance your career.
If you want to monitor the sprint's progress, have people send status update e-mail to the project leader or have the project leader go around go around and ask people individually. S/he's the only one who should care. There's no reason to force everybody into a room at the same time even if it's only for 15 minutes.
If someone's stuck and needs help, let him ask for help. If you have people on your team who hide and do nothing for a week, you should fire them.
As for meeting a team goal, if I agree to a deadline, I'm going to make that deadline. If I think I'm going to be late, I bring it to my boss's attention. If everybody did that, we'd all meet the team goal.
I work in a team only insofar as there are other people in my company who are all working on the same product. Just as an example, I really don't care what changes the guy who works on the parser is making or what his progress is since his work does not affect me being able to do my job.
BTW: I never said I work in an Agile environment. I didn't specify what my environment is. It's irrelevant to my point. All I described was my biggest problem with Agile.
... with Agile is the "Daily Stand-up." I don't care what anybody else is doing on a daily basis. Actually, for most people, I don't care what they're doing -- ever. All I care about is that people I work with (1) answer e-mail in a timely manner and (2) if I depend on their work, that they'll have it done when they say they will. (If they're going to miss a dead-line, only then do they need to bring it to my attention.)
What some other set of people whose work I don't depend on is doing in no way helps me do my job. I'm paid to do my job, not concern myself with everybody else's job.
I also follow a couple of other local government things and that's about it.
If you have a group of talented developers, all they really need to do is programming, motherfucker. (It helps if you read it in Samuel L. Jackson's voice.)
If people don't remember to show up, or show up unprepared, charge them for the appointment anyway. (Most doctor's offices I know of already charge for missed appointments.) It's their problem, not yours.
Personally, I don't even need those little "appointment reminder" cards they give you... haven't needed them since I owned my first PDA (a Palm III back in the '90s) and now iPhone, i.e., something with a Calendar app.