I say ATT needs to improve their network or die. If they can't innovate and build a better network then someone else will step up to the plate. I don't feel sorry for them.
When android phones really start to become ubiquitous on other networks in 2010 those carriers will have to deal with the same issue, but I am willing to bet you that they won't suffer problems like ATT has, because they did things in the proper order, network first and then the phone. I think for ATT it is really about a misappropriation of money. Spend money wisely and invest in infrastructure, then roll out the smartphone.
ATT has had so many complaints with the iPhone that ATT is NOW being forced to invest in infrastructure, the problem is it is going to take a while for the benefits to show up. Hence, we get idiotic ideas like tiered pricing, because users are so upset about the state of the network they are willing to do anything to see service improve.
The ideal solution in that case is NOT frameworks. It's to have runtime patches available that make your code run predictably on all browsers. That way if you need to support a new browser, you just add a new patch so that it functions predictably. (If necessary.) Since such patches tend to function based on whether or not a particular feature exists rather than the browser itself, they automatically deactivate when the browser maker finally gets it right.
So how do you know what DOM elements you need to write run-time patches for? Most likely the answer is you either (A) had a problem with something behaving correctly in browser X or (B) you know browser X has certain deficiencies when it comes to supporting the JavaScript standard. In both cases the developer has to have knowledge about how different browsers behave for different elements in order to know that they need to write a run-time patch to test if a particular DOM element exists or not. Otherwise if you just assume you are going to write run-time patches for all DOM elements you are "not quite sure about" then you will have a lot of extraneous code.
The point of a lot of frameworks including GWT is that the application developer does not need to keep up with the rapidly changing compatibility issues of all the different browsers. This significantly decreases development time and ensures that the code the developer writes is widely compatible across the major browsers.
Now there still might be compatibility issues even using a framework, b/c a framework may not have knowledge of all browser compatibility issues and in these cases you will still have to track down the issue yourself. The point is that these cases are pretty rare using the frameworks and across a whole project the time savings benefits will outweigh the time developers spend tracking down these rare issues.
I'm a big believer in the 80/20 or 90/10 rule, and I think the odds are actually a lot better than that when using frameworks for your code.
This type of tsunami is the exact same as what is predicted will ultimately wipe out most of the Eastern Seaboard. It will make Katrina and even the tsunami that hit in the Indian Ocean look like a cake walk.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2004/aug/10/science.spain
Many people assume that a CS degree is a degree in programming, it's not. A CS degree teaches you how to use computers and the science/math associated with computers to solve problems. It's about learning the theory and concepts and often programming languages are used to provide a context for the concepts. I took many courses where we never even touched a computer. A good example is any kind of Algorithm Design, Discrete Math, or Combinatorics course.
Now obviously, since you are working with computers you should, ordinarily, come into contact with programming languages and amass programming skills, but this is not always the case. There are many brilliant computer scientists that would probably make pretty poor software developers.
I actually ran into one individual who didn't have a clue what Linux was, yet we had been using Unix based systems for a lot of our coursework. I think there are those people who stick to the curriculum and really don't branch outside of it. I'm not sure if this applies to the OP, but it is not unheard of and in fact many of these people can do quite well for themselves.
Yes, but the point is that it encourages and allows behaviour that is not desirable in a corporate development environment - local checkins. You CAN push your changes to it but equally you CAN just check stuff in locally. In some contexts this is great - but I think in corporate environments it promotes risky behaviour. What's the difference between that and using a centralized VCS where the users are keeping copies of the code, but aren't checking in their changes?
Best testimonial ever...
"Now that I have Gmail Paper, I understand the difference between labels and folders. I had one message with two labels, but when I tried to stick the paper version into two filing cabinets at the same time, it just wouldn't go."
Mayumi M., Associate
I agree completely. If these MIT guys don't start a company based on this technology somebody else better, because it seems obvious to me that this is the best wireless power solution to date and it seems like it would be easy to standardize the industry on it. Is there any news on what these guys are currently doing with the technology?
Check out the PEAR project's solution. http://pear.php.net/package/MDB2. The code at PEAR is normally high caliber and will make your own PHP code much more robust.
Just out of curiosity what were you going to use GWT to do in your web app? For instance, if you have your existing AJAX framework that was communicating with your server and fetching the data and all you wanted to do was say display that data, perhaps in some sort of tree structure or whatever, you could write a JSNI method for your GWT code that accepts the data from the existing ajax framework. So in this case your existing AJAX framework would be doing the heavy lifting of communicating with the server and then GWT would be in charge of displaying that information. I would be interested in hearing more about your own particular scenario that made using GWT difficult.
You shouldn't need to know what the compiled javascript looks like. If you need to access methods within your compiled JavaScript you can use JSNI to create hooks into your google web app. This way you can write your own external methods in javascript and set/get data in the compiled google web app. I had an existing inventory system that I implemented this very way. Perhaps you had other issues besides this, but if this was your main reason perhaps GWT deserves another look. I have found the code to be highly stable and it does a good job of abstracting the different browser javascript implementations, so it frees me from having to worry so much about browser compatibility.
How exactly is renting movies online an original or novel idea? I think Netflix is feeling the pinch in their pockets from Blockbuster and is resorting to some desperate measures. I really hope the courts send a message to businesses that patent lawsuits are not just another source of income.
I'll tell you why.... price. A lot of people may want a console, but don't want to pay a shit ton to play it on the fancy new HDTV. You think within 5 years time HDTV will be as pervasive as regular tvs? Heck even if it was that is around the time that Nintendo will be releasing there new console and I'm sure it will have HD support if the technology has become pervasive. I think this is a smart move. One of the reasons I own a gamecube was because I could get it for under a hundred dollars. I never would have gotten it if it was the same price as the XBox. Driving up the cost for a minority market technology is not a smart move.
It may be a technical problem, but how long till this "ubiquitous" solution comes to fruition. Besides doing something like this would not just be addressing email fraud phishing scams, but any kind of identity theft. Financial institutions understand one thing and that is money. You want to drive home a point and get them to solve the problem make them responsible.
We live in a capitalistic society. This means that the best way to get someone or some company or a bunch of companies to pay attention to an issue and take action is to hit them in the pocket books. No company will stand idly by while they go under do to penalities for not preventing fraud. Financial institutions have huge amounts of money at their disposal, couple that with the fact that you hold them financially responsible for this fraud and this means they will get something done and they will get it done right. You want a good book to read go out and read "Free to Choose" by Milton Friedman it will teach you all about the Free Market System that we live in. Money and competition drives the world and if you want to grab the bull by the horns you better grab his wallet first.
I don't understand why the school wants to ruin these kids lives. If they are convicted of third degree felonies it will be like shackling them for life. From then on they will have to check that little box "Have you ever been convicted of a felony?" Christ these are high school students cut them a break! This country has all sorts of laws for different things with some very harsh punishments. Most of the time though those punishments are never carried out, because people normally realize it's better to cut people a break and let the accused be a contributing member of society. What are these kids going to become if they are convicted of third degree felonies? I personally think that there is better than a good chance that they will start acting out because of it. Maybe start getting into more serious trouble. Look at it from an example, people get speeding tickets all the time and sometime those tickets are for going 15 or 20 miles over the legal limit. I don't know about all states, but for at least some police officers could take you to jail for that. Do they do that normally? Answer, no. They may write you an expensive ticket, but they realize that people make mistakes and it's not worth it to prosecute them to the full extent of the law. Just because the school can fuck up these kids doesn't mean they should. Give them community service, at least then they are taking responsibility and contributing to the community all at the same time. I think the school is on a power trip of retribution for their own flawed policies. I just hope that this whole thing comes back to bite the people in charge at the school in their ass.
I think the main reason is that OO is just not important when writing simple scripts that are taking information say from an HTML form and inputting into a database or some other simple yet highly used task. Most people that are using PHP on a shared hosting provider will probably not need to use any OO features. Now, the PEAR project for PHP does provide good abstraction for the language and I think makes PHP a much more usable system for higher end projects. I guess what I am trying to say is that for the common joe PHP is simple and gets the job done and if there is an easy way to do something normally people will flock to that solution. And I also think that PHP as of version 5 has become a much more mature option for even high end companies.
I think I would perfer a single large lcd. Having a gap in the middle is the most annoying thing ever. I think my preference ultimately would be a wall mounted lcd. Now that would be sweet indeed.
PC gaming is far from dead. For example Warcraft III: Frozen Throne can only be played on PC. In fact if they designed it for console I would still rather play it for the PC simply because the numerous shortcuts that exist dictate that I need numerous keys to correspond. This is something a console simply doesn't have. Transgaming's subscription model of 5 dollars a month is one of the best I have seen around in the open source community and as you said the fact that Apple is still around provides an excellent example of the survivability of niche companies.
No definitely not everyone... I know a lot of people that have entertainment centers (with tv of course) and their desk is against the wall next to the wall the tv is against and so there back is to the tv and they have to look over there shoulder at it or at least turn to their right somewhat.
Space... As I have lived in many small singles and doubles over my tenure in college I can say that having a tv tuner card has provided me with a lot of extra space. Plus it is also to be able to do things online and watch tv all at the same time. With a separate TV you would ordinarily have to look away from the computer screen to see what is happening on TV, unless you had your TV sitting right next to your computer.
I agree with you. There are quite a few icons on slashdot that don't even get half as many stories as gentoo. Some examples are eplus, GNUstep, TurboLinux, even OS9. I think it is definitely passed time for a gentoo icon.
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I say ATT needs to improve their network or die. If they can't innovate and build a better network then someone else will step up to the plate. I don't feel sorry for them.
When android phones really start to become ubiquitous on other networks in 2010 those carriers will have to deal with the same issue, but I am willing to bet you that they won't suffer problems like ATT has, because they did things in the proper order, network first and then the phone. I think for ATT it is really about a misappropriation of money. Spend money wisely and invest in infrastructure, then roll out the smartphone.
ATT has had so many complaints with the iPhone that ATT is NOW being forced to invest in infrastructure, the problem is it is going to take a while for the benefits to show up. Hence, we get idiotic ideas like tiered pricing, because users are so upset about the state of the network they are willing to do anything to see service improve.
The ideal solution in that case is NOT frameworks. It's to have runtime patches available that make your code run predictably on all browsers. That way if you need to support a new browser, you just add a new patch so that it functions predictably. (If necessary.) Since such patches tend to function based on whether or not a particular feature exists rather than the browser itself, they automatically deactivate when the browser maker finally gets it right.
So how do you know what DOM elements you need to write run-time patches for? Most likely the answer is you either (A) had a problem with something behaving correctly in browser X or (B) you know browser X has certain deficiencies when it comes to supporting the JavaScript standard. In both cases the developer has to have knowledge about how different browsers behave for different elements in order to know that they need to write a run-time patch to test if a particular DOM element exists or not. Otherwise if you just assume you are going to write run-time patches for all DOM elements you are "not quite sure about" then you will have a lot of extraneous code.
The point of a lot of frameworks including GWT is that the application developer does not need to keep up with the rapidly changing compatibility issues of all the different browsers. This significantly decreases development time and ensures that the code the developer writes is widely compatible across the major browsers.
Now there still might be compatibility issues even using a framework, b/c a framework may not have knowledge of all browser compatibility issues and in these cases you will still have to track down the issue yourself. The point is that these cases are pretty rare using the frameworks and across a whole project the time savings benefits will outweigh the time developers spend tracking down these rare issues.
I'm a big believer in the 80/20 or 90/10 rule, and I think the odds are actually a lot better than that when using frameworks for your code.
This type of tsunami is the exact same as what is predicted will ultimately wipe out most of the Eastern Seaboard. It will make Katrina and even the tsunami that hit in the Indian Ocean look like a cake walk. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2004/aug/10/science.spain
Many people assume that a CS degree is a degree in programming, it's not. A CS degree teaches you how to use computers and the science/math associated with computers to solve problems. It's about learning the theory and concepts and often programming languages are used to provide a context for the concepts. I took many courses where we never even touched a computer. A good example is any kind of Algorithm Design, Discrete Math, or Combinatorics course.
Now obviously, since you are working with computers you should, ordinarily, come into contact with programming languages and amass programming skills, but this is not always the case. There are many brilliant computer scientists that would probably make pretty poor software developers.
I actually ran into one individual who didn't have a clue what Linux was, yet we had been using Unix based systems for a lot of our coursework. I think there are those people who stick to the curriculum and really don't branch outside of it. I'm not sure if this applies to the OP, but it is not unheard of and in fact many of these people can do quite well for themselves.
Best testimonial ever... "Now that I have Gmail Paper, I understand the difference between labels and folders. I had one message with two labels, but when I tried to stick the paper version into two filing cabinets at the same time, it just wouldn't go." Mayumi M., Associate
Maybe if CNN or another major news outlet picked this up it would gain the attention it deserves.
I agree completely. If these MIT guys don't start a company based on this technology somebody else better, because it seems obvious to me that this is the best wireless power solution to date and it seems like it would be easy to standardize the industry on it. Is there any news on what these guys are currently doing with the technology?
Check out the PEAR project's solution. http://pear.php.net/package/MDB2. The code at PEAR is normally high caliber and will make your own PHP code much more robust.
Just out of curiosity what were you going to use GWT to do in your web app? For instance, if you have your existing AJAX framework that was communicating with your server and fetching the data and all you wanted to do was say display that data, perhaps in some sort of tree structure or whatever, you could write a JSNI method for your GWT code that accepts the data from the existing ajax framework. So in this case your existing AJAX framework would be doing the heavy lifting of communicating with the server and then GWT would be in charge of displaying that information. I would be interested in hearing more about your own particular scenario that made using GWT difficult.
You shouldn't need to know what the compiled javascript looks like. If you need to access methods within your compiled JavaScript you can use JSNI to create hooks into your google web app. This way you can write your own external methods in javascript and set/get data in the compiled google web app. I had an existing inventory system that I implemented this very way. Perhaps you had other issues besides this, but if this was your main reason perhaps GWT deserves another look. I have found the code to be highly stable and it does a good job of abstracting the different browser javascript implementations, so it frees me from having to worry so much about browser compatibility.
-Xan
How exactly is renting movies online an original or novel idea? I think Netflix is feeling the pinch in their pockets from Blockbuster and is resorting to some desperate measures. I really hope the courts send a message to businesses that patent lawsuits are not just another source of income.
I'll tell you why.... price. A lot of people may want a console, but don't want to pay a shit ton to play it on the fancy new HDTV. You think within 5 years time HDTV will be as pervasive as regular tvs? Heck even if it was that is around the time that Nintendo will be releasing there new console and I'm sure it will have HD support if the technology has become pervasive. I think this is a smart move. One of the reasons I own a gamecube was because I could get it for under a hundred dollars. I never would have gotten it if it was the same price as the XBox. Driving up the cost for a minority market technology is not a smart move.
It may be a technical problem, but how long till this "ubiquitous" solution comes to fruition. Besides doing something like this would not just be addressing email fraud phishing scams, but any kind of identity theft. Financial institutions understand one thing and that is money. You want to drive home a point and get them to solve the problem make them responsible.
We live in a capitalistic society. This means that the best way to get someone or some company or a bunch of companies to pay attention to an issue and take action is to hit them in the pocket books. No company will stand idly by while they go under do to penalities for not preventing fraud. Financial institutions have huge amounts of money at their disposal, couple that with the fact that you hold them financially responsible for this fraud and this means they will get something done and they will get it done right. You want a good book to read go out and read "Free to Choose" by Milton Friedman it will teach you all about the Free Market System that we live in. Money and competition drives the world and if you want to grab the bull by the horns you better grab his wallet first.
I don't understand why the school wants to ruin these kids lives. If they are convicted of third degree felonies it will be like shackling them for life. From then on they will have to check that little box "Have you ever been convicted of a felony?" Christ these are high school students cut them a break! This country has all sorts of laws for different things with some very harsh punishments. Most of the time though those punishments are never carried out, because people normally realize it's better to cut people a break and let the accused be a contributing member of society. What are these kids going to become if they are convicted of third degree felonies? I personally think that there is better than a good chance that they will start acting out because of it. Maybe start getting into more serious trouble. Look at it from an example, people get speeding tickets all the time and sometime those tickets are for going 15 or 20 miles over the legal limit. I don't know about all states, but for at least some police officers could take you to jail for that. Do they do that normally? Answer, no. They may write you an expensive ticket, but they realize that people make mistakes and it's not worth it to prosecute them to the full extent of the law. Just because the school can fuck up these kids doesn't mean they should. Give them community service, at least then they are taking responsibility and contributing to the community all at the same time. I think the school is on a power trip of retribution for their own flawed policies. I just hope that this whole thing comes back to bite the people in charge at the school in their ass.
if I had mod points I would give them to you. I read slashdot for tech news not politics.
I think the main reason is that OO is just not important when writing simple scripts that are taking information say from an HTML form and inputting into a database or some other simple yet highly used task. Most people that are using PHP on a shared hosting provider will probably not need to use any OO features. Now, the PEAR project for PHP does provide good abstraction for the language and I think makes PHP a much more usable system for higher end projects. I guess what I am trying to say is that for the common joe PHP is simple and gets the job done and if there is an easy way to do something normally people will flock to that solution. And I also think that PHP as of version 5 has become a much more mature option for even high end companies.
I think I would perfer a single large lcd. Having a gap in the middle is the most annoying thing ever. I think my preference ultimately would be a wall mounted lcd. Now that would be sweet indeed.
I need to get me a piece of that. :-)
yea or the landsharks selling candygrams?
PC gaming is far from dead. For example Warcraft III: Frozen Throne can only be played on PC. In fact if they designed it for console I would still rather play it for the PC simply because the numerous shortcuts that exist dictate that I need numerous keys to correspond. This is something a console simply doesn't have. Transgaming's subscription model of 5 dollars a month is one of the best I have seen around in the open source community and as you said the fact that Apple is still around provides an excellent example of the survivability of niche companies.
No definitely not everyone... I know a lot of people that have entertainment centers (with tv of course) and their desk is against the wall next to the wall the tv is against and so there back is to the tv and they have to look over there shoulder at it or at least turn to their right somewhat.
Space... As I have lived in many small singles and doubles over my tenure in college I can say that having a tv tuner card has provided me with a lot of extra space. Plus it is also to be able to do things online and watch tv all at the same time. With a separate TV you would ordinarily have to look away from the computer screen to see what is happening on TV, unless you had your TV sitting right next to your computer.
I agree with you. There are quite a few icons on slashdot that don't even get half as many stories as gentoo. Some examples are eplus, GNUstep, TurboLinux, even OS9. I think it is definitely passed time for a gentoo icon.