Not intended to be a troll, but why do people bother commenting that they don't like seeing SCO stories? I mean, if I don't like potato peelers, I don't hang out in the kitchen utensils aisle and reminding the customers of my beliefs.
I...[gasp]...go somewhere else.
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I believe (sorry no link) it's against flight rules to have someone on board with no escape vehicle, so if one leaves, they all leave. This is why the max potential crew size was hacked from 7 to 3 when the Crew Return Vehicle (capable of carrying 7) was scrapped.
My younger brother used to visit me in college - he wasn't 21 yet and not in college himself. One time when he came up to visit, he ended up getting really shitfaced cause he thought he was gonna 'show us college boys how to drink.' His buddy ended up driving him home the next day, as he had one of those still-puking-the-next-evening hangovers. He had left his cigarettes in my dorm room and didn't have the stomach to venture out to buy more during his recovery. The next night, he thought about buying a pack, but felt it was as good a time as any to quit smoking.
This is probably 9 yrs ago and he still doesn't smoke.
Might not be what you had in mind for getting 'sick', but it might be another more near-term method.:)
Apparently you didn't see where Saddam was captured. A hole, covered by a rock, and only found due to compiling intelligence gathered from various sources. The initial sweep didn't find him, only upon a more thorough inspection did they find the rat. If you keep that in mind, how hard do you suppose it will be to WMDs?
That just reminded me of how different football (soccer to me) is outside the US. Our football is all about advertising and TV timeouts. I'd probably go nuts if somebody didn't interrupt the football game to tell me how cheap I can get the latest whatever at the nearest wherever.
Does anyone have experience getting a signal through brick houses? I've got both an SMC and Linksys.11g routers - neither do well beyond 30 feet when I'm outside.
I bought the Linksys last night as I plan to use it to expand the range. Ideas?
Tell that to packet8 - $20 per month, unlimited local and long distance. It isn't the telephone company offering lower prices, but VoIP in general leads to more $$ is your pocket.
Q: What markets are you targeting for the AMD Athlon 64 processor?
A: PC users are looking for industry-leading performance on today?s 32-bit applications with capability for the 64-bit future. A growing number of end users need to access large amounts data and/or physical memory, including gamers and people doing advanced content creation work with photos, video and other digital media. AMD is targeting these tech-savvy consumers and businesses who want outstanding 32-bit performance for today with 64-bit capabilities that will enable them to run tomorrow?s advanced operating systems and applications.
Quote (comparing Athlon 64 FX vs. Opteron, FX is a Athlon64 tweaked for gamers):
"Additionally, the processors differ in that the AMD Opteron processor features three HyperTransport links, compared to the one HyperTransport link of the AMD Athlon FX processor. They are also tested to different electrical specifications."
3) Several per clock? eh... pipelining helps push the average up. Don't we need to consider the size of the numbers being multiplied as well? Then perhaps a ratio of P4 to Athlon is more appropriate.
Athlon 64 - basically an Opteron (minus a little performance) but aimed at the desktop market. currently around $380. i really think this might be AMD's money train if OEM's will start putting them in desktops at the major retail chain level. (i'm not sure that'll happen until XP-64 bit is released:( but the great thing with Athlon 64, no need to buy all new software as it'll run your 32-bit apps too!! don't believe that can be said for the itanium.
Hope this doesn't come off trollish, but one idea that I just can't seem to get used to is how much people depend on their cell phones. Ten years ago, the price of cell calls were still pretty expensive - especially when it came to roaming. Now that prices are decent, it seems nobody puts their phone down. In the car, walking down the sidewalk, in the BATHROOM?!, the cellphone has sunk its teeth deep into a huge chunk of the population.
Maybe I'm a bit of an old school thinker, but I don't feel most people have a real need for a cell phone. Emergencies? Sure. But shooting the bull just cause you can...whatever.
I'm not against cell phones all together - they are a very useful technology. My wife uses one for her business as she is dispatched around town throughout the day. But it seems every teeny bopper not capable of spending some quiet moments to themselves has a chunk of plastic stuck to their head.
For me, well, I guess I'm holding out. Am I alone here?
Hello?....Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize you wree on the phone.
I don't disagree that documentation, testing, and a development process are good. What I am against is a new set of templates for our documentation every 18 months (usually just reformatting, but why touch the entire document just to bring it up to the latest and greatest standard?), or that we should implement a 50-line prologue at the top of each file that describes everything under the sun but then attempt to conform to guidelines that limit the size of each function to 100 lines of code?! Why can I not assume at least a fundamental understanding of our software when writing code? How much value added are all these extra steps? Document the high level functionality of the software, inside the code do the same so you don't/have/ to refer to external docs. Comment general behavior inline, and go into detailed explanation inline with any odd algorthims.
There's a happy medium to be found in the documentation world. I just think our group has drifted too far in the process direction. Bring back some accountability and responsibility to the developers.
I work in a lab of 23 people for a government contractor. The author's description of a closed source envirnoment is VERY much like ours.
The name of the game here is process. Don't get me wrong, process is good, but when it gets in the way of logical decision making, process is bad. And management's knee-jerk reaction any time there's a problem... add another step to the process. [rant mode elevating] Only half our lab are actually developers - 1 mgr, 4 sys admin types, 3 leads, and 2 process nazis. I've seen my coding time over the last 3 years go from around 50% to about 25% due to process "improvements". The rest of my time is spent in meetings, reviews, and documentation. You want that bug fixed? Well, you're looking at a month turnaround minimum. Yeah, it was a one-liner or two-liner, but we've got to cost the anomaly report, potential revisions and reviews for the requirements doc, the design doc, hand code over to CM, wait a week for them to build it and admin to configure, retest (sorry, that's full testing, we don't trust regression), test report, and acceptance meeting - each meeting has a three-day lead in which the documents must be released for review prior to the meeting. Any action items must be completed prior to moving to the next step in the process. Oh yeah, don't forget to do the paperwork associated with the original anomaly report...gotta get concurrence from the originator that your fix is legitimate. Oh, they're on vacation? Ok, hunt someone else down, explain the problem, show how to duplicate it, and if you're lucky they'll give you a thumbs up. Otherwise, give them time to look at it... Gotta get that CMM level 3, ya know.
Sorry to reply to myself, but I wanted to add: don't forget the value of developers working in the same environment as operations where they get to see how their software is being used. That saves us an assload of time here. I don't always have to go to the users and ask them about defaults or data paths they forgot to spec because I'm familiar with the system.
I can completely see that. For example, who here hasn't misinterpreted an email or a post on/., thinking someone was trolling or didn't realize they were joking around. There's a lot to say for face to face communication - voice inflection is difficult to put on paper.
The software process nazis will tell you that a correct requirements document allows an independent design and coding to requirements yields a good product. But how many projects skimp on requirements due to schedule and/or budget? Wait, here's an easier count - how many projects don't skimp on requirements?
What's worse than scripting? Reading the wrong one!!
My cable went down and after a day or so (I didn't want to be too impatient), I went ahead and called tech support to see if there were any outtages (Earthlink, FYI). After a 5 minute hold, the polite Indian female told me there wasn't an outtage, rather it was scheduled maintenance. What?! Scheduled maintenance that causes a downtime of more than 24 hrs? She reiterated that she was sorry and read the scheduled maintenance script again.
I maintained my composure and ended the phone call. When Earthlink emailed their survey regarding my satisfaction with my recent call to tech support, I told them to let their call reps know that it's ok to check into the problem or simply admit they don't know what's wrong. It's not ok to lie about it.
I had the cable company come out the next day and fix the line that was damaged when the neighbor ran into the hub with his lawnmower.
How is having 30 xterms open any better? Gimme music, email, a browser, and 5 or so xterms (3 for editing, 1 for compiling, 1 for executing) and I'm happy. Gimme a better method for switching between them and I'm in geek heaven.
spammers already have automated tools to handle address harvesting, maintaining address lists, and sending mail -- why should we be led to believe that processing the responses (even if they're fake) can't be automated to a certain extent? if i were to jump on the train to flood with bogus responses, i'd have to fill out a name and address and pertinent info, right? the spammer would counter by creating a name & address checker - bounce it off whitepages or mapquest...
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Not intended to be a troll, but why do people bother commenting that they don't like seeing SCO stories? I mean, if I don't like potato peelers, I don't hang out in the kitchen utensils aisle and reminding the customers of my beliefs.
I...[gasp]...go somewhere else.
I believe (sorry no link) it's against flight rules to have someone on board with no escape vehicle, so if one leaves, they all leave. This is why the max potential crew size was hacked from 7 to 3 when the Crew Return Vehicle (capable of carrying 7) was scrapped.
My younger brother used to visit me in college - he wasn't 21 yet and not in college himself. One time when he came up to visit, he ended up getting really shitfaced cause he thought he was gonna 'show us college boys how to drink.' His buddy ended up driving him home the next day, as he had one of those still-puking-the-next-evening hangovers. He had left his cigarettes in my dorm room and didn't have the stomach to venture out to buy more during his recovery. The next night, he thought about buying a pack, but felt it was as good a time as any to quit smoking.
:)
This is probably 9 yrs ago and he still doesn't smoke.
Might not be what you had in mind for getting 'sick', but it might be another more near-term method.
Everybody knows that powered flight would never be measured in meters. Al Gore didn't invent the metric system till 1972.
Apparently you didn't see where Saddam was captured. A hole, covered by a rock, and only found due to compiling intelligence gathered from various sources. The initial sweep didn't find him, only upon a more thorough inspection did they find the rat. If you keep that in mind, how hard do you suppose it will be to WMDs?
That just reminded me of how different football (soccer to me) is outside the US. Our football is all about advertising and TV timeouts. I'd probably go nuts if somebody didn't interrupt the football game to tell me how cheap I can get the latest whatever at the nearest wherever.
Does anyone have experience getting a signal through brick houses? I've got both an SMC and Linksys .11g routers - neither do well beyond 30 feet when I'm outside.
I bought the Linksys last night as I plan to use it to expand the range. Ideas?
Tell that to packet8 - $20 per month, unlimited local and long distance. It isn't the telephone company offering lower prices, but VoIP in general leads to more $$ is your pocket.
intially, athlon64 is 40-bit physical, 48-bit virtual. future versions may expand up to 64-bit.
:)
still, 1 TB is pretty attractive, but i think i'll stay with the 128 GB sticks
proof: heat sink and fan being pulled off of athlon64 and p4 (big d'load - 20MB)
oh, and shame on you for not chastizing him for putting two A's in athlon.
from the horse's mouth:
Q: What markets are you targeting for the AMD Athlon 64 processor?
A: PC users are looking for industry-leading performance on today?s 32-bit applications with capability for the 64-bit future. A growing number of end users need to access large amounts data and/or physical memory, including gamers and people doing advanced content creation work with photos, video and other digital media. AMD is targeting these tech-savvy consumers and businesses who want outstanding 32-bit performance for today with 64-bit capabilities that will enable them to run tomorrow?s advanced operating systems and applications.
Quote (comparing Athlon 64 FX vs. Opteron, FX is a Athlon64 tweaked for gamers):
"Additionally, the processors differ in that the AMD Opteron processor features three HyperTransport links, compared to the one HyperTransport link of the AMD Athlon FX processor. They are also tested to different electrical specifications."
since you said 'offshore' without thinking
mmm...ok. whatever.
offshore, regardless of perspective, pretty much means "not here."
only until it all goes offshore.
3) Several per clock? eh... pipelining helps push the average up. Don't we need to consider the size of the numbers being multiplied as well? Then perhaps a ratio of P4 to Athlon is more appropriate.
Athlon 64 - basically an Opteron (minus a little performance) but aimed at the desktop market. currently around $380. i really think this might be AMD's money train if OEM's will start putting them in desktops at the major retail chain level. (i'm not sure that'll happen until XP-64 bit is released :( but the great thing with Athlon 64, no need to buy all new software as it'll run your 32-bit apps too!! don't believe that can be said for the itanium.
Hope this doesn't come off trollish, but one idea that I just can't seem to get used to is how much people depend on their cell phones. Ten years ago, the price of cell calls were still pretty expensive - especially when it came to roaming. Now that prices are decent, it seems nobody puts their phone down. In the car, walking down the sidewalk, in the BATHROOM?!, the cellphone has sunk its teeth deep into a huge chunk of the population.
Maybe I'm a bit of an old school thinker, but I don't feel most people have a real need for a cell phone. Emergencies? Sure. But shooting the bull just cause you can...whatever.
I'm not against cell phones all together - they are a very useful technology. My wife uses one for her business as she is dispatched around town throughout the day. But it seems every teeny bopper not capable of spending some quiet moments to themselves has a chunk of plastic stuck to their head.
For me, well, I guess I'm holding out. Am I alone here?
Hello?....Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize you wree on the phone.
I don't disagree that documentation, testing, and a development process are good. What I am against is a new set of templates for our documentation every 18 months (usually just reformatting, but why touch the entire document just to bring it up to the latest and greatest standard?), or that we should implement a 50-line prologue at the top of each file that describes everything under the sun but then attempt to conform to guidelines that limit the size of each function to 100 lines of code?! Why can I not assume at least a fundamental understanding of our software when writing code? How much value added are all these extra steps? Document the high level functionality of the software, inside the code do the same so you don't /have/ to refer to external docs. Comment general behavior inline, and go into detailed explanation inline with any odd algorthims.
There's a happy medium to be found in the documentation world. I just think our group has drifted too far in the process direction. Bring back some accountability and responsibility to the developers.
I work in a lab of 23 people for a government contractor. The author's description of a closed source envirnoment is VERY much like ours.
... add another step to the process. [rant mode elevating] Only half our lab are actually developers - 1 mgr, 4 sys admin types, 3 leads, and 2 process nazis. I've seen my coding time over the last 3 years go from around 50% to about 25% due to process "improvements". The rest of my time is spent in meetings, reviews, and documentation. You want that bug fixed? Well, you're looking at a month turnaround minimum. Yeah, it was a one-liner or two-liner, but we've got to cost the anomaly report, potential revisions and reviews for the requirements doc, the design doc, hand code over to CM, wait a week for them to build it and admin to configure, retest (sorry, that's full testing, we don't trust regression), test report, and acceptance meeting - each meeting has a three-day lead in which the documents must be released for review prior to the meeting. Any action items must be completed prior to moving to the next step in the process. Oh yeah, don't forget to do the paperwork associated with the original anomaly report...gotta get concurrence from the originator that your fix is legitimate. Oh, they're on vacation? Ok, hunt someone else down, explain the problem, show how to duplicate it, and if you're lucky they'll give you a thumbs up. Otherwise, give them time to look at it... Gotta get that CMM level 3, ya know.
The name of the game here is process. Don't get me wrong, process is good, but when it gets in the way of logical decision making, process is bad. And management's knee-jerk reaction any time there's a problem
When's 5:00?
Sorry to reply to myself, but I wanted to add: don't forget the value of developers working in the same environment as operations where they get to see how their software is being used. That saves us an assload of time here. I don't always have to go to the users and ask them about defaults or data paths they forgot to spec because I'm familiar with the system.
I can completely see that. For example, who here hasn't misinterpreted an email or a post on /., thinking someone was trolling or didn't realize they were joking around. There's a lot to say for face to face communication - voice inflection is difficult to put on paper.
The software process nazis will tell you that a correct requirements document allows an independent design and coding to requirements yields a good product. But how many projects skimp on requirements due to schedule and/or budget? Wait, here's an easier count - how many projects don't skimp on requirements?
Take off, eh?
What's worse than scripting? Reading the wrong one!!
My cable went down and after a day or so (I didn't want to be too impatient), I went ahead and called tech support to see if there were any outtages (Earthlink, FYI). After a 5 minute hold, the polite Indian female told me there wasn't an outtage, rather it was scheduled maintenance. What?! Scheduled maintenance that causes a downtime of more than 24 hrs? She reiterated that she was sorry and read the scheduled maintenance script again.
I maintained my composure and ended the phone call. When Earthlink emailed their survey regarding my satisfaction with my recent call to tech support, I told them to let their call reps know that it's ok to check into the problem or simply admit they don't know what's wrong. It's not ok to lie about it.
I had the cable company come out the next day and fix the line that was damaged when the neighbor ran into the hub with his lawnmower.
How is having 30 xterms open any better? Gimme music, email, a browser, and 5 or so xterms (3 for editing, 1 for compiling, 1 for executing) and I'm happy. Gimme a better method for switching between them and I'm in geek heaven.
spammers already have automated tools to handle address harvesting, maintaining address lists, and sending mail -- why should we be led to believe that processing the responses (even if they're fake) can't be automated to a certain extent? if i were to jump on the train to flood with bogus responses, i'd have to fill out a name and address and pertinent info, right? the spammer would counter by creating a name & address checker - bounce it off whitepages or mapquest...