I make $75-$100 an hour writing Java. That's good enough for me.
I also write C and C++ when required, but that hasn't been for a while now. You use the most appropriate language for the job, and the server side belongs to Java, period.
"How on earth do you get a slider in fullscreen mode on VLC?"
I use VLC under OS X, and I get the slider by simply moving the mouse. It sort of just appears, then fades away when you're done with it. It's probably the same under Linux, although I mostly just use Kaffeine.
The main thing you missed was this: software, software, software. There is no tax software under Linux, no accounting software, and on and on. People argue about the OS, updates, installs, and other irrelevant crap. But no one in the real world cares too much about that stuff. They just want their software to run.
Thanks for the amazing response. Well, the Macbook is arriving today, and I did order it with 2 GB of ram. Sadly, the onboard video steals some of that, but whatever. I'm a programmer, so normally I have an editor open, a browser, Skype, my time tracker, 5 terminals (that's why I need tabs) and maybe one or two other things. The big memory hog for me will be running the huge enterprise Java apps I'm currently contracting on, and testing them, particularly when running a debugger. It just crushes my current Gentoo laptop with 1 GB of ram (and Java is where the money is, so that's where I am - no choice there).
I love KDE and I can't really imagine getting by without Kate, Umbrello (UML app), and Konsole. So I'll run those as X apps, until KDE compiles natively on OS X with the release of KDE 4 later this year. That will boost OS X in terms of free apps, particularly for developers. My problems will more or less be over with KDE 4.
I am looking forward to trying the iTunes store for TV shows. I've had mixed reports on video quality, but I'd love to be able to buy Battlestar Galactica and Sopranos episodes rather than downloading them.
Anyway, thanks again for the response; I appreciate the time you took.
"Conservapedia is an online resource and meeting place where we favor Christianity and America. Conservapedia has easy-to-use indexes to facilitate review of topics. You will much prefer using Conservapedia compared to Wikipedia if you want concise answers free of "political correctness"."
This site is an absolute comedy gold mine! Either that, or it's a huge troll.
Prove that I don't have a wonderful magical blue puppy (fluent in five languages, including the long-dead tongue of the Hittites) in my living room. You can't?
Do you see the problem? The burden of proof is on the claimant, not the claimee. Agnosticism is not a logically tenable position to hold.
As far as the terminal app goes, I need tabs, as I spend half my day in there. Well, KDE 4 will build natively on the Mac, so I'll have Konsole and everything else without having to resort to X11.
Anyway, thanks for the very complete response. I just ordered the MacBook now.
I'm buying a MacBook soon as my new development machine. Everything about it looks great, but I have a few unanswered questions. I've googled around a bit, but I need a developer perspective if possible.
1. The Mac Terminal app doesn't cut it. What's the best terminal app that compares to KDE's Konsole (tabs, colours, all that stuff)? I found something called iTerm - any good?
2. What's the Mac equivalent of/etc/init.d? Can I start/stop services like, say, snmpd, via ssh?
3. What are people's experiences with the rootless X environment? Stable? Well integrated? I ask because I have the feeling I'll be making heavy use of the Fink project and running the odd X app.
4. Does the Finder offer a tree view? I couldn't figure that thing out.
"Only Fox News' "Special Report With Brit Hume" and The Washington Times scored right of the average U.S. voter.
The most centrist outlet proved to be the "NewsHour With Jim Lehrer." CNN's "NewsNight With Aaron Brown" and ABC's "Good Morning America" were a close second and third."
Under the GPL, an Open Source license (note the caps), you are only entitled to the source if they distribute the binary to you. They can sell it if they like. Afterwards, you can go ahead and give away the source if you wish. In your own quoted definition, you can see that there's no restriction on how a party chooses to redistribute the code; however, the party receiving the code is not entitled to zero cost - it's up to the distributor. In other words, the license doesn't REQUIRE a fee, but there can be one.
Right now, for example, I'm contracting for a company who sells their code for tens of thousands of dollars under the GPL.
No, open source code is not necessarily free as in beer. Pay for the product, get the source as a form of insurance in case the company goes under, or you want to fix bugs or extend the functionality. Open source/free software is not a charity, unless it's a volunteer project.
No, that is incorrect. Under the GPL, they are only required to provide source if you pay for the binary. If you don't pay for the product, they don't have to give source code to you at all. Of course, once you buy it and have the source, you can redistribute it as you wish.
Many GPL products simply provide the source for download for anyone, but that's not a requirement of the license.
That's good information, thanks very much for responding. There are a number of albums I'd like to buy from there, simply because they were released in such limited quantities that they are extremely expensive to buy used (> $100).
Have you ever had trouble with handing over your credit card number to them? I've heard bad stories about buying from Russian mp3 sites - mysterious charges appearing, etc.
Because if it wasn't limited to Canadians only, then you guys would freak out and declare war, and then we'd have to head down there and torch the White House yet again. We don't want to do that - it's a nice building.
No, the whitespace enforces legibility when you have a team of 20 people working on the same code. It makes reviews and maintainence go smoothly. The code looks the same. You might have a theoretical issue with it, but in practise it works well and gets working code out the door quickly, which is all that counts, period.
Sadly, depending on people to behave well doesn't work, particularly in large projects. That's just life, I guess. Languages that enforce legibility (Python is great for that) lead to lower maintenance costs in the long run. And it's all about the bottom line.
My god, why is this modded up? Nature and Science are exactly the opposite to what this guy (who clearly has no familiarity with the subject) is talking about.
Slashdot Mirror
Look, I think everyone gets it now. You hate Sony. You really, really, really hate them a super-duper amount. Ooooohhh, that darned Sony!
Let's move on.
I make $75-$100 an hour writing Java. That's good enough for me.
I also write C and C++ when required, but that hasn't been for a while now. You use the most appropriate language for the job, and the server side belongs to Java, period.
"How on earth do you get a slider in fullscreen mode on VLC?"
I use VLC under OS X, and I get the slider by simply moving the mouse. It sort of just appears, then fades away when you're done with it. It's probably the same under Linux, although I mostly just use Kaffeine.
The main thing you missed was this: software, software, software. There is no tax software under Linux, no accounting software, and on and on. People argue about the OS, updates, installs, and other irrelevant crap. But no one in the real world cares too much about that stuff. They just want their software to run.
Hey,
Thanks for the amazing response. Well, the Macbook is arriving today, and I did order it with 2 GB of ram. Sadly, the onboard video steals some of that, but whatever. I'm a programmer, so normally I have an editor open, a browser, Skype, my time tracker, 5 terminals (that's why I need tabs) and maybe one or two other things. The big memory hog for me will be running the huge enterprise Java apps I'm currently contracting on, and testing them, particularly when running a debugger. It just crushes my current Gentoo laptop with 1 GB of ram (and Java is where the money is, so that's where I am - no choice there).
I love KDE and I can't really imagine getting by without Kate, Umbrello (UML app), and Konsole. So I'll run those as X apps, until KDE compiles natively on OS X with the release of KDE 4 later this year. That will boost OS X in terms of free apps, particularly for developers. My problems will more or less be over with KDE 4.
I am looking forward to trying the iTunes store for TV shows. I've had mixed reports on video quality, but I'd love to be able to buy Battlestar Galactica and Sopranos episodes rather than downloading them.
Anyway, thanks again for the response; I appreciate the time you took.
Hey, is this you, by chance?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab8xAaBWbVg
"Conservapedia is an online resource and meeting place where we favor Christianity and America. Conservapedia has easy-to-use indexes to facilitate review of topics. You will much prefer using Conservapedia compared to Wikipedia if you want concise answers free of "political correctness"."
This site is an absolute comedy gold mine! Either that, or it's a huge troll.
Prove that I don't have a wonderful magical blue puppy (fluent in five languages, including the long-dead tongue of the Hittites) in my living room. You can't?
Do you see the problem? The burden of proof is on the claimant, not the claimee. Agnosticism is not a logically tenable position to hold.
As far as the terminal app goes, I need tabs, as I spend half my day in there. Well, KDE 4 will build natively on the Mac, so I'll have Konsole and everything else without having to resort to X11.
Anyway, thanks for the very complete response. I just ordered the MacBook now.
Sorry for this offtopic post.
/etc/init.d? Can I start/stop services like, say, snmpd, via ssh?
I'm buying a MacBook soon as my new development machine. Everything about it looks great, but I have a few unanswered questions. I've googled around a bit, but I need a developer perspective if possible.
1. The Mac Terminal app doesn't cut it. What's the best terminal app that compares to KDE's Konsole (tabs, colours, all that stuff)? I found something called iTerm - any good?
2. What's the Mac equivalent of
3. What are people's experiences with the rootless X environment? Stable? Well integrated? I ask because I have the feeling I'll be making heavy use of the Fink project and running the odd X app.
4. Does the Finder offer a tree view? I couldn't figure that thing out.
Thanks to all who answer.
You are probably thinking of this: http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/page.asp?RelNum=6664
If so, you are wrong.
Key quote:
"Only Fox News' "Special Report With Brit Hume" and The Washington Times scored right of the average U.S. voter.
The most centrist outlet proved to be the "NewsHour With Jim Lehrer." CNN's "NewsNight With Aaron Brown" and ABC's "Good Morning America" were a close second and third."
Yeah, all those darned scientist types are just slapping their brows going "D'oh! Of course! We should read Slashdot more often!"
Come on, these are people who have studied this stuff forever. You think they haven't accounted for brain-dead obvious, common-sense stuff like this?
Under the GPL, an Open Source license (note the caps), you are only entitled to the source if they distribute the binary to you. They can sell it if they like. Afterwards, you can go ahead and give away the source if you wish. In your own quoted definition, you can see that there's no restriction on how a party chooses to redistribute the code; however, the party receiving the code is not entitled to zero cost - it's up to the distributor. In other words, the license doesn't REQUIRE a fee, but there can be one.
Right now, for example, I'm contracting for a company who sells their code for tens of thousands of dollars under the GPL.
Right, you are of course correct. I was addressing the specific complaint of payment.
No, open source code is not necessarily free as in beer. Pay for the product, get the source as a form of insurance in case the company goes under, or you want to fix bugs or extend the functionality. Open source/free software is not a charity, unless it's a volunteer project.
No, that is incorrect. Under the GPL, they are only required to provide source if you pay for the binary. If you don't pay for the product, they don't have to give source code to you at all. Of course, once you buy it and have the source, you can redistribute it as you wish.
Many GPL products simply provide the source for download for anyone, but that's not a requirement of the license.
That's good information, thanks very much for responding. There are a number of albums I'd like to buy from there, simply because they were released in such limited quantities that they are extremely expensive to buy used (> $100).
Have you ever had trouble with handing over your credit card number to them? I've heard bad stories about buying from Russian mp3 sites - mysterious charges appearing, etc.
Because if it wasn't limited to Canadians only, then you guys would freak out and declare war, and then we'd have to head down there and torch the White House yet again. We don't want to do that - it's a nice building.
Ah, another comment from someone who has never created something of value.
Sure, just as soon as you guys finally get around to separating church and state.
No, the whitespace enforces legibility when you have a team of 20 people working on the same code. It makes reviews and maintainence go smoothly. The code looks the same. You might have a theoretical issue with it, but in practise it works well and gets working code out the door quickly, which is all that counts, period.
His usage of "it's" is correct. It's = it is.
Sadly, depending on people to behave well doesn't work, particularly in large projects. That's just life, I guess. Languages that enforce legibility (Python is great for that) lead to lower maintenance costs in the long run. And it's all about the bottom line.
My god, why is this modded up? Nature and Science are exactly the opposite to what this guy (who clearly has no familiarity with the subject) is talking about.
Saved from what? Is that some religious thing? If so, why include a reference to that in your comment? All you do is totally discredit yourself.