From my POV you have the order of IM and email flipped around.
IM has higher priority and higher inconvenience than email.
If someone IMs you there is this expectation from he other side that you respond if you're showing online. So it's more
intrusive
With email there is no expectation like that from the other party
I agree, it's more like the second coming of smalltalk, which was a language way ahead of it's time.
Most people don't realize the power of ruby's meta-programming.
It's extremely powerful in the hands of a skilled developer.
And ruby's "performance problems" will soon be a thing of the past looking at the stats of ruby 1.9 and jruby.
Well to everyone his own poison. I did 10 years of java, switched to ruby and I'm not going back unless there would be a really, really good reason to use java for some niche component that absolutely can't be done in ruby.
I'd rather write some C/C++ and glue a ruby layer on top of it if I really desperately need performance.
No, of course it won't be a requirement but I can easily imagine that the "iphone simulator"
will work a lot better on macbooks with multitouch trackpads. At least you could test the gestures
the same way they work on the iphone.
I'm observing Apple's pattern of thinking and they always put these carrots in front of their customers to
upgrade to newer hardware.
Well that's where these multitouch features on the macbook air and the new macbook pros (if the rumors are true) will come in handy. Another reason to delay the SDK
I think you need to look at it as outsourced R&D for these companies.
A lot of these big companies are losing the ability to produce anything decent or innovative these days. So they leave the R&D to small startups which they then snatch up. It's cheaper for them.
The open source theme is there because it provides a pool of knowledge that can be shared between all these startups. In the past the internal R&D departements could only rely on an in-house pool which was much smaller (and is shrinking).
I was in particular thinking about a server scenario in a datacenter. IPv6 autoconf seems to be attractive even for servers because then
renumbers etc... become easy. In the V4 world you'd just use a static ip and be done with it
It seems like a bit of a configuration hassle to configure each server with the key to update the DNS server though and
having a DHCP server doing it for you looks like it's easier and more secure.
Having a stateless DHCP do the DNS update would be the best of both worlds but I haven't found any that has that feature.
One thing that has never been clear to me is how you do dynamic dns updates in an autoconf scenario. It's the DHCP server that typically does this on behalf on the client.
The black puff of smoke is very real. I've seen it many times on all kinds of cars and they didn't seem old or badly maintained.
I had the impression that the common thread was "fast" diesels like BMW 5 or 7 series but I would not swear on it. It may be more
visible on these high-performance diesels but that's the kind of diesel an american would want.
Now OTOH the polo and other similar sized cars do not stand a chance in California.
They are tiny compared to the prius and one needs to compare apples with apples.
Even the Jetta doesn't compare well when it comes to interior space. Compare it with something like a passat.
And the Jetta I rented was a manual, not an automatic and at least half of the driving I did was on the highway.
They still seem to behave badly on smog. I remember that a small european country (Belgium) recently had to declare a country-wide speed limit of 80 km/h because of smog.
That was definitely a first and this is a country with 50+% diesel cars. If you've ever seen the black puff of smoke that comes out of these "modern" european diesel cars when the driver floors it you'll realize that there is some rhetoric present from the diesel side also.
The country in question was flat but California has a lot of valleys which makes the smog problem worse. I for one am not looking forward to all these so-called clean diesels on california roads.
And BTW, I did rent a VW jetta last time I was over there and I got about 6.6 km/100km, which is 35 mpg, in real world driving. I wonder what car I need to rent next time to get to that 80 mpg value.
After dealing with IBM on several occasions it appears to me that IBM's business model is as follows:
1. Make your products as difficult to install and maintain as possible
2. Sell services to help your customers do things that they should have been able to do themselves in the first place if your products weren't that crappy.
Well, your mileage may vary.
I tried skype on a couple of calls from the US to europe using skypeout and the quality was so bad that I could not understand a word from the person on the other side. They could understand me fine though.
Within the US I had a bit more luck.
You must not have a lot of wildlife in your area. I recently found a couple of raccoons camping in my garage, snacking on the cat food. They conveniently came in through the cat door. Good that there is no cat door between the garage and the house and it will stay like that.
I replaced the cat door with a high tech one.
Now the cat has to meow a password before she can come in.
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Duh!
From my POV you have the order of IM and email flipped around. IM has higher priority and higher inconvenience than email. If someone IMs you there is this expectation from he other side that you respond if you're showing online. So it's more intrusive With email there is no expectation like that from the other party
I agree, it's more like the second coming of smalltalk, which was a language way ahead of it's time. Most people don't realize the power of ruby's meta-programming. It's extremely powerful in the hands of a skilled developer. And ruby's "performance problems" will soon be a thing of the past looking at the stats of ruby 1.9 and jruby. Well to everyone his own poison. I did 10 years of java, switched to ruby and I'm not going back unless there would be a really, really good reason to use java for some niche component that absolutely can't be done in ruby. I'd rather write some C/C++ and glue a ruby layer on top of it if I really desperately need performance.
That's because you clearly are too stupid to understand it. Stay with python
A lot of very skilled people don't consider J2EE interesting any more and will only apply for a J2EE job if they really, really have to.
No, of course it won't be a requirement but I can easily imagine that the "iphone simulator" will work a lot better on macbooks with multitouch trackpads. At least you could test the gestures the same way they work on the iphone. I'm observing Apple's pattern of thinking and they always put these carrots in front of their customers to upgrade to newer hardware.
Well that's where these multitouch features on the macbook air and the new macbook pros (if the rumors are true)
will come in handy. Another reason to delay the SDK
I think you need to look at it as outsourced R&D for these companies.
A lot of these big companies are losing the ability to produce anything decent or innovative these days.
So they leave the R&D to small startups which they then snatch up. It's cheaper for them.
The open source theme is there because it provides a pool of knowledge that can be shared between all these startups. In the past
the internal R&D departements could only rely on an in-house pool which was much smaller (and is shrinking).
I was in particular thinking about a server scenario in a datacenter. IPv6 autoconf seems to be attractive even for servers because then renumbers etc... become easy. In the V4 world you'd just use a static ip and be done with it
It seems like a bit of a configuration hassle to configure each server with the key to update the DNS server though and having a DHCP server doing it for you looks like it's easier and more secure.
Having a stateless DHCP do the DNS update would be the best of both worlds but I haven't found any that has that feature.
One thing that has never been clear to me is how you do dynamic dns updates in an autoconf scenario.
It's the DHCP server that typically does this on behalf on the client.
Can someone shed a light on that ?
The black puff of smoke is very real. I've seen it many times on all kinds of cars and they didn't seem old or badly maintained. I had the impression that the common thread was "fast" diesels like BMW 5 or 7 series but I would not swear on it. It may be more visible on these high-performance diesels but that's the kind of diesel an american would want. Now OTOH the polo and other similar sized cars do not stand a chance in California. They are tiny compared to the prius and one needs to compare apples with apples. Even the Jetta doesn't compare well when it comes to interior space. Compare it with something like a passat. And the Jetta I rented was a manual, not an automatic and at least half of the driving I did was on the highway.
They still seem to behave badly on smog.
I remember that a small european country (Belgium) recently had to declare a country-wide speed limit of 80 km/h because of smog.
That was definitely a first and this is a country with 50+% diesel cars. If you've ever seen the black puff of smoke that comes out
of these "modern" european diesel cars when the driver floors it you'll realize that there is some rhetoric present from the diesel side also.
The country in question was flat but California has a lot of valleys which makes the smog problem worse.
I for one am not looking forward to all these so-called clean diesels on california roads.
And BTW, I did rent a VW jetta last time I was over there and I got about 6.6 km/100km, which is 35 mpg, in real world driving. I wonder what car
I need to rent next time to get to that 80 mpg value.
It's very logical. Now you can also use your iMAC as an iWhiteboard.
Dont forget to add $200 for a pair of Bose Noise Canceling Headphones ....
So, that makes it about even...
A big hole found in ARSia mons ?????
Of course, where else would you find one ?
Wait till you see Lotus Notes version 8
It takes bloatware to a whole new level.
Written in java based on the eclipse rich client platform.
If it's anything like Sametime 7 it promises....
Your norwegian stinks : it's spelled "fjords"
Right, and engineers only drive trains....
How dare these bridge builders call themselves engineers. Where's the engine in that bridge ?
great idea, but .... how does you power bill look ?
Tomcat + Spring
Looks like someone just read it.
1. Make your products as difficult to install and maintain as possible
2. Sell services to help your customers do things that they should have been able to do themselves in the first place if your products weren't that crappy.
3. Profit !
No, it used to be an artsy SGI building I believe. At least they did not have to move the computers out when they changed the nameplate in front...
Well, your mileage may vary. I tried skype on a couple of calls from the US to europe using skypeout and the quality was so bad that I could not understand a word from the person on the other side. They could understand me fine though. Within the US I had a bit more luck.
I replaced the cat door with a high tech one. Now the cat has to meow a password before she can come in.