...I have a bit of a perspective into both worlds. My industrial psych class in college was the first time I was exposed to personality tests, specifically the Myers-Briggs. I love them, and still do. They can help you understand yourself and get some insight into the possible motivations of others. (Not a surprising statement, coming from an INFP.:P )
That being said, they should not be used in the hiring process. I think they're useful in the workplace as a way for team members to understand each other and try to see things from others' perspective. (Why does Bob freak out when I move things on his desk? Oh yeah, he's a Judgmental. Why doesn't Frank make decisions until the last possible moment? Ya, he's a Perceptive.)
And before you perceptives have a hissy fit, those are just general tendencies, not permanent categories you're pigeon holed in. And don't you judgmental go pigeon holing. And ain't you thinkers just clever for seeing the self referential contradiction there.;)
Managers shouldn't use these personality tests to form teams. Personality is just too complex to manipulate like that, especially in groups. But they can be used by the individual members to help them interact better with their team mates.
I don't know, man. I'm not happy with this development, but the title of your post makes things pretty easy to decide: pander to industry that's slowly destroying the planet (oil) or pander to an industry that makes obscene amounts of money from entertainment. (Hollywood)
1/2 hour for $1000, eh? And in another 5-10 years we'll cut that in half or more, both time and cost. It looks like the instant gene sequencing tech from GATTACA will be with us in most of our lifetimes. But even with this announced breakthough it'll be functionally the same.
Definition 3 is the least applicable to the context in which "speculate" was used in the comments. I've written word sense disambiguation NLP software that could figure that out better than you could.
Is Zero__Kelvin a self assessment of the activity between your ears? Or are you just a stone cold idiot?
Things are getting lean, and the wolves come out when the food runs low. You're seeing the same dynamic between AMD/Intel/NVidia right now with AMD's open sourcing of it's graphics card firmware. You force the competition to expend resources at a time that it can't afford to do so, even if it costs you more resources. The gamble is that they'll break before you do.
This is "a race to the bottom" where the "bottom" is "fully open".
You're not kidding, and it's true in more ways than one. This decision must be seen in light of current economic conditions.
1) Economy is tanking, and probably won't recover fully until 2010. It's the perfect time to put pressure on your competitors, especially pressures that require them to expend more resources. 2) As the economy tanks, more labor talent becomes available that you can't hire due to limited resources. It's a perfect time to utilize open source developers because a) they're available, and b) they're motivated. 3) As a result, when the economy recovers you have a better talent pool to hire from, and a more vibrant open source community.
Some may see item 2 as exploititive, but it's a two way street: AMD is giving up intellectual property and the open source developer gives up time and effort. The result of those two losses is a net gain for everyone.
I was being ironical, as viola players are sad, depressed, superfluous members of the orchestra. They'd no doubt be happier working on SOX compliance instead of being snobbered all over by the first violins.:)
For maximum freakout potential you'll need two things:
1) A microphone 2) Speech recognition software
Set the microphone up in a hidden place where it will pick up speech from folks hanging around your desk, and connect it to your computer. Set up the speech recognition software so it will spit out text to the LED display's interface.
Viola! Instant "Have we entered the twilight zone?" machine!
I tend to agree, but not necessarily on logical or rational grounds.
Take evolution as an example. In general, evolution as produced more complexity, not less. If it tended to produce less complexity, we wouldn't exist. There are certainly pressures towards lower complexity, but they do not win out.
So as a meta heuristic, I'd rather follow the example of evolution, and not Occam.
And your comment about Occam's bias towards what you know is spot on.
My Anonymous Coward has never written a sensible metaphor, and i plan on writing them one for christmas.
As well as never writing, they seem to have have no notion of when they apply but they fully intend to take it for a spin on slashdot to broadcast their ignorance to the world.
Can someone explain to them when a car metaphor applies? preferably they should explin that computer use is not a life or death activity, like driving, so the skill requirements to operate a computer are not as critical as those of driving a car.
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...I have a bit of a perspective into both worlds. My industrial psych class in college was the first time I was exposed to personality tests, specifically the Myers-Briggs. I love them, and still do. They can help you understand yourself and get some insight into the possible motivations of others. (Not a surprising statement, coming from an INFP. :P )
That being said, they should not be used in the hiring process. I think they're useful in the workplace as a way for team members to understand each other and try to see things from others' perspective. (Why does Bob freak out when I move things on his desk? Oh yeah, he's a Judgmental. Why doesn't Frank make decisions until the last possible moment? Ya, he's a Perceptive.)
And before you perceptives have a hissy fit, those are just general tendencies, not permanent categories you're pigeon holed in. And don't you judgmental go pigeon holing. And ain't you thinkers just clever for seeing the self referential contradiction there. ;)
Managers shouldn't use these personality tests to form teams. Personality is just too complex to manipulate like that, especially in groups. But they can be used by the individual members to help them interact better with their team mates.
And, if you're on a WAN in Chicago, the choice could be: X.25 or 6to4?
We tried your way.
The economy crashed and burned.
And, no, it didn't fail because of too much regulation. Please.
STFU and get out of the way.
I don't know, man. I'm not happy with this development, but the title of your post makes things pretty easy to decide: pander to industry that's slowly destroying the planet (oil) or pander to an industry that makes obscene amounts of money from entertainment. (Hollywood)
In that case I welcome our DRM loving overlords.
1/2 hour for $1000, eh? And in another 5-10 years we'll cut that in half or more, both time and cost. It looks like the instant gene sequencing tech from GATTACA will be with us in most of our lifetimes. But even with this announced breakthough it'll be functionally the same.
Yes, I agree with you. But a small few should fail to be pragmatic. They motivate us pragmatists make the unreal real.
When I worked at Microsoft id Access tech support back in 94-95 we had a name for the animated office assistant: SFRB
Stupid Fucking Red Ball
You forget who I love feeding.
Of course! I love feeding paranoid agitated people. It's a hobby.
But I'm done for the day. Have a great 2010.
May I suggest Haldol?
Do I need to point out to you that you just contradicted yourself?
I think I do.
My, my, aren't we in a snit today?
Back away from the keyboard, bubba.
Definition 3 is the least applicable to the context in which "speculate" was used in the comments. I've written word sense disambiguation NLP software that could figure that out better than you could.
Is Zero__Kelvin a self assessment of the activity between your ears? Or are you just a stone cold idiot?
Things are getting lean, and the wolves come out when the food runs low. You're seeing the same dynamic between AMD/Intel/NVidia right now with AMD's open sourcing of it's graphics card firmware. You force the competition to expend resources at a time that it can't afford to do so, even if it costs you more resources. The gamble is that they'll break before you do.
They're playing chicken.
None of those definitions back up your assertion.
Because if you're informed, by definition, there's no need to speculate.
You're not kidding, and it's true in more ways than one. This decision must be seen in light of current economic conditions.
1) Economy is tanking, and probably won't recover fully until 2010. It's the perfect time to put pressure on your competitors, especially pressures that require them to expend more resources.
2) As the economy tanks, more labor talent becomes available that you can't hire due to limited resources. It's a perfect time to utilize open source developers because a) they're available, and b) they're motivated.
3) As a result, when the economy recovers you have a better talent pool to hire from, and a more vibrant open source community.
Some may see item 2 as exploititive, but it's a two way street: AMD is giving up intellectual property and the open source developer gives up time and effort. The result of those two losses is a net gain for everyone.
Ah, but that's the point. Geeks who would play first person pacman would already have the board memorized. :)
The story's icon inspires me: Pac Man should be revived as a first person eater!
I was being ironical, as viola players are sad, depressed, superfluous members of the orchestra. They'd no doubt be happier working on SOX compliance instead of being snobbered all over by the first violins. :)
Typo?
For maximum freakout potential you'll need two things:
1) A microphone
2) Speech recognition software
Set the microphone up in a hidden place where it will pick up speech from folks hanging around your desk, and connect it to your computer. Set up the speech recognition software so it will spit out text to the LED display's interface.
Viola! Instant "Have we entered the twilight zone?" machine!
I tend to agree, but not necessarily on logical or rational grounds.
Take evolution as an example. In general, evolution as produced more complexity, not less. If it tended to produce less complexity, we wouldn't exist. There are certainly pressures towards lower complexity, but they do not win out.
So as a meta heuristic, I'd rather follow the example of evolution, and not Occam.
And your comment about Occam's bias towards what you know is spot on.
My Anonymous Coward has never written a sensible metaphor, and i plan on writing them one for christmas.
As well as never writing, they seem to have have no notion of when they apply but they fully intend to take it for a spin on slashdot to broadcast their ignorance to the world.
Can someone explain to them when a car metaphor applies? preferably they should explin that computer use is not a life or death activity, like driving, so the skill requirements to operate a computer are not as critical as those of driving a car.
Well, I read Knuth to my daughter every night, and she's not in college yet.
She's 16 months old.
Of course, her name is Ada, so that should tell you something.