People are not even remotely as dumb as this paints them!
One experiment shows that nicely: Someone set up a tablet PC with an Internet connection on a wall of an Indian slum, some years ago. After some weeks, they were browsing the web, watching videos on Youtube, etc.
Interestingly, being that supportive of stupidity is more a "civilized world" thing. If you're stupid in some hard place like a slum, in the middle of Africa, or on the mountains of South America, you won't get far. But this does not mean that people will not get far. It means that they expect themselves to come up with a solution, because they have to.
While here when we fail, we get a support here, a help there, and an assistance to wipe our asses. And naturally we begin to also expect it. I know so many people who just state that they are dumb. Because then someone else helps them, and life is easy. This is efficient *for them*, so why not?
But in these remote areas, I recommend just putting a very sturdy computer with Internet access in a room, so that it can not break or get dirty that quick, and then let people play with it. Let them try it out. I'd bet money that before your know it, they will know how to use that thing, and get out of it what they want. You will watch things, like a kid playing with it all day long, and the parents and friends then asking if the kid could find something for them. Etc.
I have trust in humanity, because of one simple fact: When life is hard, we excel in coming up with solutions that help us survive. And we hold that skill up very high, in so many movies, games, stories, etc, etc, etc.
Guess what. I burned the bridges in my last company too. In a way that let a 500 people company still talk about it one year later! And one year after that, I got a job offering from them. Begging for me to come back. I said no thanks, and that I will buy them for an apple and an egg. (Is it really "for a song" in english? Sounds strange.) Two years later, they closed the whole shop. Trying to sell the business shortly before it. For that apple and that egg (or that song if you want).:)
I'm not going to play that crooky lie of "ok, everything is ok". Because I will rather die than come back, begging for anything.
Sadly, lack of pride is a big problem nowadays. Which creates many slavery-like jobs for many people in the first place.
After all, managers *learn* that everything is ok with what they did.
Just like in a relationship with someone. *Actually talk to them and state the problem*.:)
You have your views, and I accept that. But I, for one, am sick and disgusted of people who always want to play nice to everyone, no matter what that asshole did on said, because "some time in the future, you may need him".
I proudly "burn those bridges". And then I live with it. Because there are tons of other opportunities. Other cities, jobs and countries to go. And even in the same city, with the same job, you still got enough choice.
Besides: Why do you see it this way around? I see it the healthy way around: He burned the bridge. He killed it. He was the idiot. And most importantly: He is the one, who now has to live without my skills. So if he continues to do that, he soon will be alone, knocking on my door. And I will be the one telling him that he should have done a better job in the past.
Stop seeing yourselves as "lower" than your previous "boss". You are on the same level. Yes he got the money. But you got the skills. Let's see him try to build a program out of paychecks. Yes there are others with such skills. But just like that, there are others with that kind of money.
If you're good, he will apply for a job below you in 5-10 years.:)
Maybe I will go broke, when that usually never happening event happens, that an old boss is my only hope left. But at least I will still be able to have some pride, instead of being someone who buckles when he has to face that type of egocentric person.
I very much doubt that. Because other than for us, they do not get punished for it. They usually get large compensations, and leave with a nice reference, shortly before everything crashes. Usually, all the blame then goes to the "end game" manager, who "ran this successful business down so quickly". That "end game" manager usually is a promoted straw-man from a lower level.
So they learn the opposite of what we developers learn. They learn that you can make good money with it, and apply for an even bigger job in the next company.:) I've seen it myself many times. I always hoped that I just had bad luck with my jobs. But I was not the only one with stories like this. And after all, Dilbert wasn't such a big success in our circles for nothing.;)
I would never hire a manager of such a failed company. To me they are the archetype PHBs. ^^
A developer/designer/grunt however... I bet after the shitty time he wants nothing more, that to finally work on something where he can freely state all the errors of management, that were ignored in the old company and that were so obvious. So if I clearly state, that in my company, I hire experts because of their expertise and that I will actually listen to them, I will get someone who really cares for the project, has much expertise on the risks of failing, and is motivated to finally get something that he really loves done.
Because in the end, making each and everyone of the team love what he/she's doing because they know that their work is significant and valuable, and first getting the respect, before expecting people to follow you, is what really counts.
So I can really imagine a "low-level" guy from a failed project having learned more than one from a successful project.:) But usually, I prefer to test this person myself, and make my own image, instead of judging him on something that I know nearly nothing about.
"I've said some stupid things and some wrong things, but not that. No one involved in computers would ever say that a certain amount of memory is enough for all time... I keep bumping into that silly quotation attributed to me that says 640K of memory is enough. There's never a citation; the quotation just floats like a rumor, repeated again and again."
Exactly. It sounds like straight out of the mouth of Zensursula, who enforced censorship and filtering of the net in Germany, to "fight against child porn", while is reality, it just results in a protective cover above the real child porn criminals.
A) Why would you want a security atrocity like graphics (including vector font rendering)? Aren't there enough security holes already? If anything, we should think about banning graphics from the Web? We should also ban JavaScript.
B) Why would you want a security atrocity like a markup language? Aren't there enough security holes already? If anything, we should think about banning markup languages from the Web? We should also ban layouting.
Conclusion) It's not about the technology. It's about implementing a proper API.
I for one, (and as a game designer) think that that lack of graphics is a good thing. If forces designers to make their games about creativity, good mechanics and a nice story again, instead of just adding bling-bling to them.
So if you've got a fast computer with an HD monitor and a wide open pipe, you'll see super high quality video at up to full 1080p HD. If you've got a dinky smartphone with mid-level data service, you'll see a constrained version of the same video.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but i distinctively remember that being a feature of the Real Server and Real Player, back in the days before videos were piped trough Flash.
Look up the track "The Wrongstars -- Drink 'til She's Beautiful". I only has one paragraph of text in it, but that one describes it perfectly. And in a fitting Russian (think GTA4, but stronger) accent too:
Actually, they can. You just have to use pure distilled water, optionally a special cleaning substance that does not attack the materials, and let it dry for a long time afterwards. I saved at least two keyboards with that method.
Oh, and how about keeping your dick below the table at all? Set your chair to the lowest position, <cillit-bang>and the problem is gooooooooone</cillit-bang>.
If this means that the other one does accept creationism, then he is by definition not a scientist. So my guess it, that that number is trash all by itself.:)
Oh, and this shows how sad of a time it really is.
Hmm... how many "scientists" did state that the sun revolves around the earth?
First of all, I do thing that Al-Quaeda is a bunch of crimial assholes. But let's be objective for a minute:
You are paying how many taxes to the US government? And how much of that budget goes into the war budget? And how many people were killed by US soldiers because of that war? (Hind: A multiple of that of all terrorist attacks ever.) So by your own definition you are not much better than that foundation, are you?
Now you might say that this as an unfair comparison, because the people that are killed by US soldiers are evil people, and the people killed by Al-Qaeda are good people. While I doubt that more than a small fraction of the people killed by Al-Qaeda were not good people, I also doubt that this is any different from the people killed by US soldiers. Simply because most people in the world are good and kind people, no matter where they are from or what they believe in. Or am I wrong with this?:)
I think killing people always is wrong. And I have the logic and philosophy to prove it. Because there never ever is an absolute right and wrong. These are things defined by society. They are relative to that society only. At least if you think trough the usual dogmas and social contitionings of "It's just right! I *know* it! (But I don't want to think about why!)" (aka. truthiness).
But at least, you are you. Which means you can change who you support, and not support murderers at all. It also means you can free yourself from any propaganda. (Of which the USA is the grand master of the "western" part of the world by the way. Remember the "orange revolution"? Well, turns out most the protesters were US agents and extras, including the stuff that went trough the news. As soon as the agents stopped having an eye on it, it flipped into the other direction.)
I am not saying that the US is bad. Or that the people there are bad. That would be a crime to state, in my eyes. I am just saying that they are not *better* than others. They are just like anybody else. Humans. With a criminal government. Like everybody else. ^^
No matter what side your so-called leaders are on: Free yourselves, and stop supporting murderers. Instead of just parroting the propaganda of your side, and calling all of the other side evil/worse per se.:)
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I agree. I bet most people down there are, even if not as much educated, still more intelligent, as many people here.
Because they have to. While we can just whine that life is to hard, and that we demand that someone wipes our ass. ^^
People are not even remotely as dumb as this paints them!
One experiment shows that nicely: Someone set up a tablet PC with an Internet connection on a wall of an Indian slum, some years ago.
After some weeks, they were browsing the web, watching videos on Youtube, etc.
Interestingly, being that supportive of stupidity is more a "civilized world" thing.
If you're stupid in some hard place like a slum, in the middle of Africa, or on the mountains of South America, you won't get far. But this does not mean that people will not get far. It means that they expect themselves to come up with a solution, because they have to.
While here when we fail, we get a support here, a help there, and an assistance to wipe our asses. And naturally we begin to also expect it. I know so many people who just state that they are dumb. Because then someone else helps them, and life is easy. This is efficient *for them*, so why not?
But in these remote areas, I recommend just putting a very sturdy computer with Internet access in a room, so that it can not break or get dirty that quick, and then let people play with it. Let them try it out.
I'd bet money that before your know it, they will know how to use that thing, and get out of it what they want.
You will watch things, like a kid playing with it all day long, and the parents and friends then asking if the kid could find something for them. Etc.
I have trust in humanity, because of one simple fact: When life is hard, we excel in coming up with solutions that help us survive. And we hold that skill up very high, in so many movies, games, stories, etc, etc, etc.
Guess what. I burned the bridges in my last company too. In a way that let a 500 people company still talk about it one year later! :)
And one year after that, I got a job offering from them. Begging for me to come back. I said no thanks, and that I will buy them for an apple and an egg. (Is it really "for a song" in english? Sounds strange.)
Two years later, they closed the whole shop. Trying to sell the business shortly before it. For that apple and that egg (or that song if you want).
I'm not going to play that crooky lie of "ok, everything is ok". Because I will rather die than come back, begging for anything.
Sadly, lack of pride is a big problem nowadays. Which creates many slavery-like jobs for many people in the first place.
After all, managers *learn* that everything is ok with what they did.
Just like in a relationship with someone. *Actually talk to them and state the problem*. :)
You have your views, and I accept that. But I, for one, am sick and disgusted of people who always want to play nice to everyone, no matter what that asshole did on said, because "some time in the future, you may need him".
I proudly "burn those bridges". And then I live with it. Because there are tons of other opportunities. Other cities, jobs and countries to go. And even in the same city, with the same job, you still got enough choice.
Besides: Why do you see it this way around? I see it the healthy way around:
He burned the bridge. He killed it. He was the idiot. And most importantly:
He is the one, who now has to live without my skills.
So if he continues to do that, he soon will be alone, knocking on my door. And I will be the one telling him that he should have done a better job in the past.
Stop seeing yourselves as "lower" than your previous "boss". You are on the same level. Yes he got the money. But you got the skills. Let's see him try to build a program out of paychecks.
Yes there are others with such skills. But just like that, there are others with that kind of money.
If you're good, he will apply for a job below you in 5-10 years. :)
Maybe I will go broke, when that usually never happening event happens, that an old boss is my only hope left. But at least I will still be able to have some pride, instead of being someone who buckles when he has to face that type of egocentric person.
I very much doubt that. Because other than for us, they do not get punished for it. They usually get large compensations, and leave with a nice reference, shortly before everything crashes. Usually, all the blame then goes to the "end game" manager, who "ran this successful business down so quickly". That "end game" manager usually is a promoted straw-man from a lower level.
So they learn the opposite of what we developers learn. They learn that you can make good money with it, and apply for an even bigger job in the next company. :) ;)
I've seen it myself many times. I always hoped that I just had bad luck with my jobs. But I was not the only one with stories like this. And after all, Dilbert wasn't such a big success in our circles for nothing.
I would never hire a manager of such a failed company. To me they are the archetype PHBs. ^^
A developer/designer/grunt however... I bet after the shitty time he wants nothing more, that to finally work on something where he can freely state all the errors of management, that were ignored in the old company and that were so obvious. So if I clearly state, that in my company, I hire experts because of their expertise and that I will actually listen to them, I will get someone who really cares for the project, has much expertise on the risks of failing, and is motivated to finally get something that he really loves done.
Because in the end, making each and everyone of the team love what he/she's doing because they know that their work is significant and valuable, and first getting the respect, before expecting people to follow you, is what really counts.
So I can really imagine a "low-level" guy from a failed project having learned more than one from a successful project. :)
But usually, I prefer to test this person myself, and make my own image, instead of judging him on something that I know nearly nothing about.
You had bullies? We had to stick our heads into the shithouse ourselves.
Bah. 5.25". If they offer a 8" one, then I'm interested!
Mooning, of course:
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"I've said some stupid things and some wrong things, but not that. No one involved in computers would ever say that a certain amount of memory is enough for all time ... I keep bumping into that silly quotation attributed to me that says 640K of memory is enough. There's never a citation; the quotation just floats like a rumor, repeated again and again."
There! He said it! (Emphasis mine.)
Wrong. He *stated* that he never actually said it. Which is quite a different thing.
Or do you believe Bill Gates on that one? ^^
Exactly. It sounds like straight out of the mouth of Zensursula, who enforced censorship and filtering of the net in Germany, to "fight against child porn", while is reality, it just results in a protective cover above the real child porn criminals.
Real Player / Real Server were already doing it at the beginning of the decade.
A) Why would you want a security atrocity like graphics (including vector font rendering)? Aren't there enough security holes already? If anything, we should think about banning graphics from the Web? We should also ban JavaScript.
B) Why would you want a security atrocity like a markup language? Aren't there enough security holes already? If anything, we should think about banning markup languages from the Web? We should also ban layouting.
Conclusion) It's not about the technology. It's about implementing a proper API.
I for one, (and as a game designer) think that that lack of graphics is a good thing. If forces designers to make their games about creativity, good mechanics and a nice story again, instead of just adding bling-bling to them.
So if you've got a fast computer with an HD monitor and a wide open pipe, you'll see super high quality video at up to full 1080p HD. If you've got a dinky smartphone with mid-level data service, you'll see a constrained version of the same video.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but i distinctively remember that being a feature of the Real Server and Real Player, back in the days before videos were piped trough Flash.
There are sites for that too!*
Rule 34 baby! It strikes again!
___
(* No. My fetish is another one.)
Apparently they are against full disclosure of exploits, because this would lead to the cracks in the first place.
Sounds to me like they are Microsoft PR workers in disguise. ^^
Look up the track "The Wrongstars -- Drink 'til She's Beautiful". I only has one paragraph of text in it, but that one describes it perfectly. And in a fitting Russian (think GTA4, but stronger) accent too:
(Click for the audio sample.)
Actually, they can. You just have to use pure distilled water, optionally a special cleaning substance that does not attack the materials, and let it dry for a long time afterwards. I saved at least two keyboards with that method.
Oh, and how about keeping your dick below the table at all? Set your chair to the lowest position, <cillit-bang>and the problem is gooooooooone</cillit-bang>.
If this means that the other one does accept creationism, then he is by definition not a scientist. :)
So my guess it, that that number is trash all by itself.
Oh, and this shows how sad of a time it really is.
Hmm... how many "scientists" did state that the sun revolves around the earth?
I *had* to think of the "safari" in Jurassic Park, when you mentioned this.
Didn't go so well, when that Mozilla arrived. ^^
Strange. In the preview, the superscript "2" was visible. And on submission, it is gone.
Of course, it should have been CO^2.
You're a lolcat?
Where's your caption?
that gives all its money to a bunch of murderer
First of all, I do thing that Al-Quaeda is a bunch of crimial assholes.
But let's be objective for a minute:
You are paying how many taxes to the US government?
And how much of that budget goes into the war budget?
And how many people were killed by US soldiers because of that war? (Hind: A multiple of that of all terrorist attacks ever.)
So by your own definition you are not much better than that foundation, are you?
Now you might say that this as an unfair comparison, because the people that are killed by US soldiers are evil people, and the people killed by Al-Qaeda are good people. :)
While I doubt that more than a small fraction of the people killed by Al-Qaeda were not good people, I also doubt that this is any different from the people killed by US soldiers.
Simply because most people in the world are good and kind people, no matter where they are from or what they believe in. Or am I wrong with this?
I think killing people always is wrong. And I have the logic and philosophy to prove it. Because there never ever is an absolute right and wrong. These are things defined by society. They are relative to that society only. At least if you think trough the usual dogmas and social contitionings of "It's just right! I *know* it! (But I don't want to think about why!)" (aka. truthiness).
But at least, you are you. Which means you can change who you support, and not support murderers at all. It also means you can free yourself from any propaganda. (Of which the USA is the grand master of the "western" part of the world by the way. Remember the "orange revolution"? Well, turns out most the protesters were US agents and extras, including the stuff that went trough the news. As soon as the agents stopped having an eye on it, it flipped into the other direction.)
I am not saying that the US is bad. Or that the people there are bad. That would be a crime to state, in my eyes. I am just saying that they are not *better* than others. They are just like anybody else. Humans. With a criminal government. Like everybody else. ^^
No matter what side your so-called leaders are on: Free yourselves, and stop supporting murderers. Instead of just parroting the propaganda of your side, and calling all of the other side evil/worse per se. :)