There's a couple links in the Pubs section that are recent (May and June 2010), but I'm not really certain those pubs add anything new to the content. I'm now beyond disappointed in Slashdot: breaking news posted hours after it stop being relevant; other news stories sometimes showing up a week later after the furor has passed, and everyone's forgotten about it and moved on; and now, news that is 3+ years old. Wow. Why am I here?
I think/. has officially jumped the shark. It's bad enough the "News" gets posted hours and days after it stopped being relevant, but now I'm required to wade through this gibberish? I thought I was having an acid flashback. The suspense was killing me, so I succumbed to the temptation and actually RTMFA (well, skimmed TFA because it was long and rambling and I stopped caring after the first paragraph, especially when I realized, with great disappointment, I was not having an acid flashback). I'm sure Malamud is a very lovely man (and apparently at least a borderline kook), but really? Why the fuck do I care? Did this really "Matter" enough to get promoted to a front page article? And what thesaurus lists "biographical drivel" as a synonym for "News?"
On the plus side, the discussion thus far has been quite entertaining.
Listen to the folks telling you to slow down and prioritize. Have a friendly talk with your boss about a promotion to go with the new responsibilities. Ask for help (even if you do not need it) from your boss prioritizing your responsibilities so you can get the most important things done in your 40 hours... this discussion will accomplish several things: your boss will understand exactly what and how much you have on your plate, you make it clear working more than 40 hours long-term is not desirable, hopefully some of your shit tasks get delegated elsewhere, and finally, you get some important satisfaction knowing you are making an effort to get control of the situation. Frankly, it sounds like you are on a sinking ship. If so, make a plan to get off the boat voluntarily.
If the situation does not improve, this is headed a very ugly direction. Stress can destroy your health, and burnout can last for years (perhaps a lifetime). I don't have words to describe how painful and destructive stress and burnout really are. Just take my word for it: Don't go there.
I am increasingly shocked how long it takes news to make it to Slashdot... sometimes it's days after the event. I've been frustrated to have posts for fresh news rejected, just to have the same story finally show up a couple days later when it's no longer really news. I just don't bother any more.
Slashdot is teetering on the verge of irrelevancy (or perhaps it's already fallen, but the eds haven't posted that article yet). "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters." Slashdot articles aren't "News." The information is old, stale, and discussed to death by the time it hits Slashdot. There is a point where the news is so old, the quality of the article simply no longer matters; Slashdot past that point long ago. The only reason I keep coming back is for the discussion. Digg and their ilk might be fast, but Slashdot article write-ups and commenters are far more interesting, intelligent, insightful (most of the time)... I don't have to put up with pages and pages of repetitive fucking ascii art jokes.
Yeah... one of my friends, who usually finds entertaining stuff, "like" the prom dress page. He's intelligent and computer savvy. I'm probably intelligent and even more computer savvy, but the combo of my friend posting that title got me. The real "stupid shit" that folks are clicking is the giant "click here to continue" on the page. That's where common sense says "time to hits the googles if ya really wanna know."
I second this recommendation. Encouraging him into learning map/level design is also good start. Once he gets hooked into that community, he'll naturally strive to take it to the next level and outdo his friends. One technique of getting kids interested is to create your own project and show it off, to get them to ask "hey, how did you do that?"... it always works out better if they invite you to be their mentor. Don't always be one step ahead of him, get him to teach you (i.e., encourage him when he discovers a new trick or technique on his own)... from a gaming perspective, it's kinda like earning an Achievement.
I'm a Photoshop user who is also pro-GIMP - I don't use it much, but I do evangelize the GIMP, Inkscape, and many other FOSS/FAIB software. I personally don't use a lot of these tools because I need more advanced tools, but I recognize both their usefulness for casual users and the benefit they serve as gateway drugs to the FOSS world.
I had an orgasm or two when I saw the PS video when it came out. I had another when I discovered the GIMP has a similar plug-in.
Well. I spent maybe an hour getting and installing Resynth, grabbing my own screenshots from the PS video, rounding up my own example photos, trying to duplicate the effect, trying to find some fucking documentation, trying to figure out exactly how the damned thing works, working out some error or another, waiting patiently for a process to complete, waiting impatiently for a process to complete, getting pissed I couldn't duplicate the results... Orgasm thwarted, I gave up without unlocking its secrets and haven't touched it since. At least I didn't have to bullshit Resynth with that "it's okay, it happens to everyone" line.
GIMP fanboys insulting PS users does not win GIMP or OSS any points. This kind of behavior tends to put people off. And kinda makes you sound like a dork. Try welcoming instead of attacking.
"The point was to help him KEEP his job. Apple already knew he lost it, now everyone knows. Public scrutiny helps pull back the veil"
I have to hope they asked Gray before releasing his name since the ding to his reputation may be worse than losing his dream job. Yes, maybe if Apple was already going to fire him, they'd have already done so a month after losing the thing. However, the Giz hitting the fan might have changed the situation.
Or, it was a purposeful leak, and he's got a little bonus coming in his next check.
1. Develop beautiful, functioning prototype for hot next gen gadget.
2. Drop said prototype in a bar in the middle of tech heaven.
3. Wait for tech media outlet to predictably get hold of prototype.
4. ???
5. Profit!!!
I'm not sure I understand the point of this article or what we're to discuss. This post and TFA seem to be half-finished thoughts with no conclusion. The OP appears to take credit for an idea that was hardly new in 2006 (or even 1996)... we've just been waiting for the technology to progress, miniaturize, ubiquitize to the point of feasibility. The OP's pointing out that he (like many people before, during, and after his 2006 article) was writing and thinking about the ideas around a "life recorder" seems to be the only point he's trying to make. Is he trying to claim he made a unique prediction? Is he trying to make a legal claim? Is he asking us to worship him as an all-seeing clairvoyant deity? Is he looking for a pat on the back? Is he trying to explain why he's going to beat up Rob Enderle? Is he trying to recycle some old content and make it relevant? Why are we here?
Agreed. Had I chosen to have children, I would have home-schooled them if my only other choice was to subject them to the public school system. However, the point really wasn't about my hypothetical kids, or the wisdom of the article's parents putting their kids in a public school. This kind of intrusiveness happens at charters and private schools, too.
Ladies and Gentlemen! Slashdot has officially jumped the shark! Show's over! Nothing to see here! Just keep moving along, exit's on the left. Fuck this. I'm headed to 4chan in search of a greater intellectual challenge.
This is one of the problems I have with the story: drugs taken legally are medicine... not only did the child have an expectation of privacy, but he's covered by some pretty heavy medical privacy laws to boot. Not sure how good the web cam images are, but the kid could have been taking any variety of medicines, vitamin E, flaxseed oil, etc. that are all very roughly the same size and shape as the candy. There were too many potential explanations for what the kid was doing, yet the administrator accuses him of drug abuse?
Is anyone even showing up for classes at the school? I woulda yanked my kid out of there in a heartbeat.
If the government uses someone else's copyrighted work, it abides by the existing copyright or negotiates the permissions and licensing as part of the contract... often, those contracts for work paid for by the government dictate the creator/author retains no rights and the work will be public domain. The purpose of requiring government works to be public domain is in part transparency and in part the fact that The People paid for the work and have a right to use it freely. Imho, contracted work should be public domain just like that of an employee, any copyright is far too restrictive and cumbersome, even CC.
Creative commons as the licensing agreement for public submissions of work is a great solution. I have freely contributed photos to the USFS under the agreement its distribution of the work would be public domain. I would have been more comfortable with a CC license given (a) I didn't do the work specifically for the government and (b) the government wasn't paying me for the work.
As noted earlier, "You can lead a horse to water..." I don't know that the problem is discrimination, but perhaps more related to the question: Why don't girls play video games? Is it upbringing? Is it society? Is it education? Is technology presenting itself in a way that is simply not attractive to women? From my experience, women earn cred in the tech world the same way men do, and when they've earned it, they're treated equally. Techies are usually so eager to have anyone who understands what they do and shares their love for it, they aren't about to turn anyone away over something silly like gender, skin color, or religion.
It's not necessary to masculinize girls to get them to grow up with a sense of equality. Don't force Barbie dolls on kids, but don't deny them either.
I am a computer scientist/engineer, I'm a woman, and I had Barbies, Kens, Skippers, Barbie's van, airplane, car, plus a giant disembodied Barbie head hair styling thing... I also had legos, lincoln logs, rubick's cubes, Lone Ranger toys, and Gumby toys. More importantly, I had books - Pippi Longstocking, Ayn Rand, Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys, and Isaac Asimov. Most importantly, I was never told I couldn't do something because I'm a girl (or for any other reason). I was allowed to explore any (feasible) pursuit my heart desired - horseback riding, little league cheer leading, art, hiking, science, math, electronics, gymnastics, carpentry, riflery, linguistics, and computing.
I wasn't raised to be a girl.
I wasn't raised to be a boy.
I wasn't raised to be a androgynous political statement.
I was raised to be a person. As a result, I can put on heels and a miniskirt and go out for a romantic night on the town, and get up the next day, toss on a backpack and go explore the wilderness for a week without a shower, makeup, or cell phone.
I agree: Equality starts at home. It's the whole package - what you give your kids, what you tell your kids, what you teach your kids, and, most importantly, what you show your kids. You are the most important role model in their lives.
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The real question is: Is Plone even still relevant?
There's a couple links in the Pubs section that are recent (May and June 2010), but I'm not really certain those pubs add anything new to the content. I'm now beyond disappointed in Slashdot: breaking news posted hours after it stop being relevant; other news stories sometimes showing up a week later after the furor has passed, and everyone's forgotten about it and moved on; and now, news that is 3+ years old. Wow. Why am I here?
I'll add my vote to Nuts and Volts - fun and fantastic mag.
What the unholy fuck is this?
I think /. has officially jumped the shark. It's bad enough the "News" gets posted hours and days after it stopped being relevant, but now I'm required to wade through this gibberish? I thought I was having an acid flashback. The suspense was killing me, so I succumbed to the temptation and actually RTMFA (well, skimmed TFA because it was long and rambling and I stopped caring after the first paragraph, especially when I realized, with great disappointment, I was not having an acid flashback). I'm sure Malamud is a very lovely man (and apparently at least a borderline kook), but really? Why the fuck do I care? Did this really "Matter" enough to get promoted to a front page article? And what thesaurus lists "biographical drivel" as a synonym for "News?"
On the plus side, the discussion thus far has been quite entertaining.
This is a nervous breakdown waiting to happen.
Listen to the folks telling you to slow down and prioritize. Have a friendly talk with your boss about a promotion to go with the new responsibilities. Ask for help (even if you do not need it) from your boss prioritizing your responsibilities so you can get the most important things done in your 40 hours... this discussion will accomplish several things: your boss will understand exactly what and how much you have on your plate, you make it clear working more than 40 hours long-term is not desirable, hopefully some of your shit tasks get delegated elsewhere, and finally, you get some important satisfaction knowing you are making an effort to get control of the situation. Frankly, it sounds like you are on a sinking ship. If so, make a plan to get off the boat voluntarily.
If the situation does not improve, this is headed a very ugly direction. Stress can destroy your health, and burnout can last for years (perhaps a lifetime). I don't have words to describe how painful and destructive stress and burnout really are. Just take my word for it: Don't go there.
I am increasingly shocked how long it takes news to make it to Slashdot... sometimes it's days after the event. I've been frustrated to have posts for fresh news rejected, just to have the same story finally show up a couple days later when it's no longer really news. I just don't bother any more.
Slashdot is teetering on the verge of irrelevancy (or perhaps it's already fallen, but the eds haven't posted that article yet). "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters." Slashdot articles aren't "News." The information is old, stale, and discussed to death by the time it hits Slashdot. There is a point where the news is so old, the quality of the article simply no longer matters; Slashdot past that point long ago. The only reason I keep coming back is for the discussion. Digg and their ilk might be fast, but Slashdot article write-ups and commenters are far more interesting, intelligent, insightful (most of the time)... I don't have to put up with pages and pages of repetitive fucking ascii art jokes.
It's slashdot... you should only be ashamed if you didn't recognize the reference immediately.
Yeah... one of my friends, who usually finds entertaining stuff, "like" the prom dress page. He's intelligent and computer savvy. I'm probably intelligent and even more computer savvy, but the combo of my friend posting that title got me. The real "stupid shit" that folks are clicking is the giant "click here to continue" on the page. That's where common sense says "time to hits the googles if ya really wanna know."
I second this recommendation. Encouraging him into learning map/level design is also good start. Once he gets hooked into that community, he'll naturally strive to take it to the next level and outdo his friends. One technique of getting kids interested is to create your own project and show it off, to get them to ask "hey, how did you do that?"... it always works out better if they invite you to be their mentor. Don't always be one step ahead of him, get him to teach you (i.e., encourage him when he discovers a new trick or technique on his own)... from a gaming perspective, it's kinda like earning an Achievement.
The suspense is killing me!!!!
I had an orgasm or two when I saw the PS video when it came out. I had another when I discovered the GIMP has a similar plug-in.
Well. I spent maybe an hour getting and installing Resynth, grabbing my own screenshots from the PS video, rounding up my own example photos, trying to duplicate the effect, trying to find some fucking documentation, trying to figure out exactly how the damned thing works, working out some error or another, waiting patiently for a process to complete, waiting impatiently for a process to complete, getting pissed I couldn't duplicate the results... Orgasm thwarted, I gave up without unlocking its secrets and haven't touched it since. At least I didn't have to bullshit Resynth with that "it's okay, it happens to everyone" line.
GIMP fanboys insulting PS users does not win GIMP or OSS any points. This kind of behavior tends to put people off. And kinda makes you sound like a dork. Try welcoming instead of attacking.
Huh. People actually use MATLAB outside of academia? All the scientists I know who do hardcore math use FORTRAN or IDL.
Also, Jason Chen pointed out:
I have to hope they asked Gray before releasing his name since the ding to his reputation may be worse than losing his dream job. Yes, maybe if Apple was already going to fire him, they'd have already done so a month after losing the thing. However, the Giz hitting the fan might have changed the situation.
Or, it was a purposeful leak, and he's got a little bonus coming in his next check.
1. Develop beautiful, functioning prototype for hot next gen gadget.
2. Drop said prototype in a bar in the middle of tech heaven.
3. Wait for tech media outlet to predictably get hold of prototype.
4. ???
5. Profit!!!
I'm not sure I understand the point of this article or what we're to discuss. This post and TFA seem to be half-finished thoughts with no conclusion. The OP appears to take credit for an idea that was hardly new in 2006 (or even 1996)... we've just been waiting for the technology to progress, miniaturize, ubiquitize to the point of feasibility. The OP's pointing out that he (like many people before, during, and after his 2006 article) was writing and thinking about the ideas around a "life recorder" seems to be the only point he's trying to make. Is he trying to claim he made a unique prediction? Is he trying to make a legal claim? Is he asking us to worship him as an all-seeing clairvoyant deity? Is he looking for a pat on the back? Is he trying to explain why he's going to beat up Rob Enderle? Is he trying to recycle some old content and make it relevant? Why are we here?
That's an ancient rumour. According to NewEgg, the supplier was IPEX.
Agreed. Had I chosen to have children, I would have home-schooled them if my only other choice was to subject them to the public school system. However, the point really wasn't about my hypothetical kids, or the wisdom of the article's parents putting their kids in a public school. This kind of intrusiveness happens at charters and private schools, too.
I'm glad you see my point.
Ladies and Gentlemen! Slashdot has officially jumped the shark! Show's over! Nothing to see here! Just keep moving along, exit's on the left. Fuck this. I'm headed to 4chan in search of a greater intellectual challenge.
This is one of the problems I have with the story: drugs taken legally are medicine... not only did the child have an expectation of privacy, but he's covered by some pretty heavy medical privacy laws to boot. Not sure how good the web cam images are, but the kid could have been taking any variety of medicines, vitamin E, flaxseed oil, etc. that are all very roughly the same size and shape as the candy. There were too many potential explanations for what the kid was doing, yet the administrator accuses him of drug abuse?
Is anyone even showing up for classes at the school? I woulda yanked my kid out of there in a heartbeat.
If the government uses someone else's copyrighted work, it abides by the existing copyright or negotiates the permissions and licensing as part of the contract... often, those contracts for work paid for by the government dictate the creator/author retains no rights and the work will be public domain. The purpose of requiring government works to be public domain is in part transparency and in part the fact that The People paid for the work and have a right to use it freely. Imho, contracted work should be public domain just like that of an employee, any copyright is far too restrictive and cumbersome, even CC.
Creative commons as the licensing agreement for public submissions of work is a great solution. I have freely contributed photos to the USFS under the agreement its distribution of the work would be public domain. I would have been more comfortable with a CC license given (a) I didn't do the work specifically for the government and (b) the government wasn't paying me for the work.
As mentioned elsewhere, federal government works cannot be copyrighted, period.
You should consider hiring a food taster.
As noted earlier, "You can lead a horse to water..." I don't know that the problem is discrimination, but perhaps more related to the question: Why don't girls play video games? Is it upbringing? Is it society? Is it education? Is technology presenting itself in a way that is simply not attractive to women? From my experience, women earn cred in the tech world the same way men do, and when they've earned it, they're treated equally. Techies are usually so eager to have anyone who understands what they do and shares their love for it, they aren't about to turn anyone away over something silly like gender, skin color, or religion.
It's not necessary to masculinize girls to get them to grow up with a sense of equality. Don't force Barbie dolls on kids, but don't deny them either.
I am a computer scientist/engineer, I'm a woman, and I had Barbies, Kens, Skippers, Barbie's van, airplane, car, plus a giant disembodied Barbie head hair styling thing... I also had legos, lincoln logs, rubick's cubes, Lone Ranger toys, and Gumby toys. More importantly, I had books - Pippi Longstocking, Ayn Rand, Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys, and Isaac Asimov. Most importantly, I was never told I couldn't do something because I'm a girl (or for any other reason). I was allowed to explore any (feasible) pursuit my heart desired - horseback riding, little league cheer leading, art, hiking, science, math, electronics, gymnastics, carpentry, riflery, linguistics, and computing.
I wasn't raised to be a girl.
I wasn't raised to be a boy.
I wasn't raised to be a androgynous political statement.
I was raised to be a person. As a result, I can put on heels and a miniskirt and go out for a romantic night on the town, and get up the next day, toss on a backpack and go explore the wilderness for a week without a shower, makeup, or cell phone.
I agree: Equality starts at home. It's the whole package - what you give your kids, what you tell your kids, what you teach your kids, and, most importantly, what you show your kids. You are the most important role model in their lives.
It's legal if you're patenting it for the government. However, the patent predates Stanton taking a job with the government, so the question is moot.