A good programmer will be able to write whatever code they're told to write.
That's just like saying a good heart surgeon will implant a plush toy in a patient's chest if he/she or the hospital manager asks. A good programmer understands computer's abilities and limitations as well as psychology of a user interacting with it. Just tell those people your chest hurts or you want a convenient way to publish a word document on the web and leave details to knowledgeable exports.
Microsoft programmers remind me of those doctors giving lethal injections in prisons.
Ok, if not license, state ID card, passport, SSN card or something of the kind. Stop talking in puzzles and tell us when you met (I also stayed in hotels cash-only 10 years ago) and how she managed to fly without a form of ID.
You do need ID for interstate travel. A driver license is needed to fly, obviously drive, check into a hotel, get a credit card, apply for a job or rent an apartment. Sure, you can hitchhike, live in a barrack with a dozen of illegal Mexicans and take cash jobs as a gardener. Kind of like those North Korean refugees in China. But how many political dissidents, which tend to be intellectual types, are cut out for such a lifestyle?
Yes I would. I would look at each research proposal individually and issue grants depending on the promise it shows. Just because existing research on embryonic stem cells didn't yield much useful results, doesn't mean that totally new directions of research are useless. Or, spend 10% of the money on that now and see if someone stumbles upon a breakthrough. Early human flight attempts were miserable failures, does it mean the society shouldn't have invested resources in anything besides ships?
When I buy an iPod (or a song on iTunes for that matter), its mine and I can use it however I please. If instead I am entering a contract that grants me limited access to software/hardware:
According to the law, it must benefit and contain obligations for both parties. In this case, Apple must either guarantee that I will not be locked out of access to the songs or provide a refund.
It must be signed by both parties at the inception
I will not pay sales tax. Stores can not advertise "sale" of an iPod or have a "buy" button next to a song.
Military/prison wardens/safe owners/fluctuence sufferers must, upon request, provide a copy of GPLed source code to the persons to whom they distributed the binary. If you survive an attack by a smart missile you have a right to get a copy of any derivative code it runs. Of course, government can instead use eminent domain laws and compensate Linus by paying him a fair market value of his work.
Sure, I use gas/other natural resources when there is no other convenient option. For example, my apartment complex doesn't have recycle bins and I can not be bothered to litter my living room with bottles and then drive to recycle them. However, I don't flaunt my resource consumption as a status symbol. There is nothing a BMW can do that a Honda Civic can not (this may be different if you are in Germany and commute on Autobahn). There is a difference between going to war and drinking from a skull coffee mug.
Why did you need your big, gas-guzzling SUV anyway? It's not "prettier" than Civic. Since you didn't get married until later, I assume you didn't have a large number of children. Your girlfriend couldn't have needed so many groceries.
You can't imagine why someone would spend extra money for a prettier car. There should only be two types of cars on the market: Dodge Caravans (for folks with kids) and Honda Civics.
Well, personally I have no idea why would someone drive around in a symbol of Abu Ghraib or dead bodies in New Orleans Superdome. Honda Civic is the prettiest car right now, because it's a hybrid accessible to the masses, unlike ultra-compact or experimental electric cars. On the other hand, if you regularly travel with more than 4 companions or with lots of gear, Dodge Caravan has good fuel efficiency for its class. Ivory is pretty too, but I think I will pass.
It's illegal for you to connect to my system and try to infect with it with a worm. From legal point of view, I could sue you from negligence even if you were not aware of the problem. For example, it's much easier/cheaper to secure your system with anti-malware tools than to absolutely secure your gun to make sure it's not used by someone to commit crime. I may decline to press charges, but there is no way you can complain if I take an appropriate action to stop further criminal activity, without intent to cause any unrelated damage to your property.
I would hope such cases are always resolved through mutual understanding rather than lawsuits though.
It's not so much performance as having a common hardware profile on which developers can rely. Outside vendors may not be eager to add a camera to all shipping products, include a graphics card that supports CoreImage/Video/Animation or especially migrate to a new architecture. This will fragment already limited market for OSX software and new versions of the OS itself.
Apple certainly has industrial design teams, but there is also precedent for outside design. Powerbook 100 was designed by Sony. New Macs are using Intel CPUs and motherboards, and contain so little proprietary hardware that slightly hacked MacOSX images run on Dell. The guts of iPod is a PortalPlayer or other 3rd party chip. iTunes used to be SoundJam and recently incorporated another formerly independent application to browse albums by cover. Even MacOSX itself used to be NextStep, although Steve Jobs was of course still involved. In the end it doesn't matter as long as Apple sells and supports the product and bets its reputation on its quality.
People have lost trust in quality of mainstream PC hardware and software, which is a big reason for growing Apple shipments in the first place. Nobody will trust a Mac from Dell. If Apple allows independent licensees at all, it should be a Japanese company line Sony or Panasonic. Even then there are many dangers. Licensees may not ship timely updates to hardware to run the latest releases of MacOSX. Look at how many PCs are still shipped with Intel integrated graphics which will suck on Vista. Does anyone really think the switch to Intel would have gone as quickly with 5 vendors who have their own investment in PPC macs? 3rd parties may not have support on the par with AppleCare and Genius Bar. By providing a complete package, Apple gives you one place which is going to be responsible for any problems you have with your purchase.
This doesn't mean Apple should design and build everything in house. iPod design is already done by several outside companies and I believe Powerbook is designed by Sony. It's just that they should approve what is actually shipped and how its supported to guarantee the quality.
Oh well, one "advantage" of switch to Intel processor is that Macs now run Windows viruses. As for future infections, well a buggy spotlight indexer can easily get owned by just mounting an iPod - no autoplay necessary.
In a humane society, we can not impose punishments that are grossly disproportionate to the crime. If you didn't kill anyone, you also get to live at least some portion of your life out of prison, even if we are at risk of your continued offenses. The hope is you will be deterred by your 10 year (or whatever) prison sentence. The alternative is life imprisonment for pickpockets, malware writers, scammers, reckless drivers...
Again, why should every application should limit itself to functionality of Internet Explorer 6 if all major browsers support plugins that can enable much more appropriate programming environment?
Why? Once VRAM and memory-mapped registered are brought into the processes' address space, why shouldn't most of the code run in user mode and, say, read IRQs from some/dev interface? Then it can allocate 1GB texture cache and rarely used portions of it can still get paged out if another process needs the memory more.
Dude, I am talking about regular native apps, not web forms. While you don't want to "download the whole Internet", I don't see why I should upload my every button click to google.
Once upon a time people were stuck with screens refreshing slowly on RS232-connected terminals or lags of busy centralized servers. Then they realized they can have a small computer right on their desk and get instant response. Why would anyone want to go back to retro lag? I am not saying applications shouldn't be installed or auto-updated form the web, but is JavaScript + text data files really a perfect client side UI? There is Java,.Net and even C++/Objective C in a virtualized sandbox.
Your or your acquaintance should still write a letter to Amnesty. They may not be able to do much right away, but if enough people complain, they will downgrade US in their report. If Congress changes hands this election, new leadership may be eager to flog the president's home state and make some token changes.
So by your logic, people with prior criminal record shouldn't get stiffer sentences than first time offenders? If you support existing practice, why should "positive record" not be considered in addition to criminal record? What's your problem with someone having a computer in jail if the costs are fully paid for by outside parties?
Wow, where did it take place - are things so bad in US? Were there any special circumstances that indicated he could use writing for harmful purposes? I would contact Amnesty International. Completely depriving someone of mental outlets can be considered a form of torture. How did all these dudes manage to write books in jail then?
Look at the post I was replying to - we are talking about Linus Torvalds, not Hans Reiser and about allowing him access to a computer if commits murder rather than just letting him go free. No, I don't believe jailed poets should be denied pen and paper and similar allowances should be made for other talented individuals. Otherwise we are punishing ourselves more than the criminal. As for first time murderers without a criminal background, well they already get more lenient sentences so I am not suggesting anything new. Except that if you did an extraordinary service to humanity, you should be given even more leniency. If you stopped a million murders by preventing a war, shouldn't people who were trying to start it go to electric chair before you are executed or put away for life for accidentally killing someone in a bar fight?
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A good programmer will be able to write whatever code they're told to write.
That's just like saying a good heart surgeon will implant a plush toy in a patient's chest if he/she or the hospital manager asks. A good programmer understands computer's abilities and limitations as well as psychology of a user interacting with it. Just tell those people your chest hurts or you want a convenient way to publish a word document on the web and leave details to knowledgeable exports.
Microsoft programmers remind me of those doctors giving lethal injections in prisons.
Ok, if not license, state ID card, passport, SSN card or something of the kind. Stop talking in puzzles and tell us when you met (I also stayed in hotels cash-only 10 years ago) and how she managed to fly without a form of ID.
You do need ID for interstate travel. A driver license is needed to fly, obviously drive, check into a hotel, get a credit card, apply for a job or rent an apartment. Sure, you can hitchhike, live in a barrack with a dozen of illegal Mexicans and take cash jobs as a gardener. Kind of like those North Korean refugees in China. But how many political dissidents, which tend to be intellectual types, are cut out for such a lifestyle?
Yes I would. I would look at each research proposal individually and issue grants depending on the promise it shows. Just because existing research on embryonic stem cells didn't yield much useful results, doesn't mean that totally new directions of research are useless. Or, spend 10% of the money on that now and see if someone stumbles upon a breakthrough. Early human flight attempts were miserable failures, does it mean the society shouldn't have invested resources in anything besides ships?
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When I buy an iPod (or a song on iTunes for that matter), its mine and I can use it however I please. If instead I am entering a contract that grants me limited access to software/hardware:
Stores can not advertise "sale" of an iPod or have a "buy" button next to a song.
All that's needed is to find a bug in one of the Spotlight importers. They scan any files on mounted volumes.
Military/prison wardens/safe owners/fluctuence sufferers must, upon request, provide a copy of GPLed source code to the persons to whom they distributed the binary. If you survive an attack by a smart missile you have a right to get a copy of any derivative code it runs. Of course, government can instead use eminent domain laws and compensate Linus by paying him a fair market value of his work.
Sure, I use gas/other natural resources when there is no other convenient option. For example, my apartment complex doesn't have recycle bins and I can not be bothered to litter my living room with bottles and then drive to recycle them. However, I don't flaunt my resource consumption as a status symbol. There is nothing a BMW can do that a Honda Civic can not (this may be different if you are in Germany and commute on Autobahn). There is a difference between going to war and drinking from a skull coffee mug.
Why did you need your big, gas-guzzling SUV anyway? It's not "prettier" than Civic. Since you didn't get married until later, I assume you didn't have a large number of children. Your girlfriend couldn't have needed so many groceries.
You can't imagine why someone would spend extra money for a prettier car. There should only be two types of cars on the market: Dodge Caravans (for folks with kids) and Honda Civics.
Well, personally I have no idea why would someone drive around in a symbol of Abu Ghraib or dead bodies in New Orleans Superdome. Honda Civic is the prettiest car right now, because it's a hybrid accessible to the masses, unlike ultra-compact or experimental electric cars. On the other hand, if you regularly travel with more than 4 companions or with lots of gear, Dodge Caravan has good fuel efficiency for its class. Ivory is pretty too, but I think I will pass.
It's illegal for you to connect to my system and try to infect with it with a worm. From legal point of view, I could sue you from negligence even if you were not aware of the problem. For example, it's much easier/cheaper to secure your system with anti-malware tools than to absolutely secure your gun to make sure it's not used by someone to commit crime. I may decline to press charges, but there is no way you can complain if I take an appropriate action to stop further criminal activity, without intent to cause any unrelated damage to your property.
I would hope such cases are always resolved through mutual understanding rather than lawsuits though.
It's not so much performance as having a common hardware profile on which developers can rely. Outside vendors may not be eager to add a camera to all shipping products, include a graphics card that supports CoreImage/Video/Animation or especially migrate to a new architecture. This will fragment already limited market for OSX software and new versions of the OS itself.
Apple certainly has industrial design teams, but there is also precedent for outside design. Powerbook 100 was designed by Sony. New Macs are using Intel CPUs and motherboards, and contain so little proprietary hardware that slightly hacked MacOSX images run on Dell. The guts of iPod is a PortalPlayer or other 3rd party chip. iTunes used to be SoundJam and recently incorporated another formerly independent application to browse albums by cover. Even MacOSX itself used to be NextStep, although Steve Jobs was of course still involved. In the end it doesn't matter as long as Apple sells and supports the product and bets its reputation on its quality.
People have lost trust in quality of mainstream PC hardware and software, which is a big reason for growing Apple shipments in the first place. Nobody will trust a Mac from Dell. If Apple allows independent licensees at all, it should be a Japanese company line Sony or Panasonic. Even then there are many dangers. Licensees may not ship timely updates to hardware to run the latest releases of MacOSX. Look at how many PCs are still shipped with Intel integrated graphics which will suck on Vista. Does anyone really think the switch to Intel would have gone as quickly with 5 vendors who have their own investment in PPC macs? 3rd parties may not have support on the par with AppleCare and Genius Bar. By providing a complete package, Apple gives you one place which is going to be responsible for any problems you have with your purchase.
This doesn't mean Apple should design and build everything in house. iPod design is already done by several outside companies and I believe Powerbook is designed by Sony. It's just that they should approve what is actually shipped and how its supported to guarantee the quality.
Oh well, one "advantage" of switch to Intel processor is that Macs now run Windows viruses. As for future infections, well a buggy spotlight indexer can easily get owned by just mounting an iPod - no autoplay necessary.
In a humane society, we can not impose punishments that are grossly disproportionate to the crime. If you didn't kill anyone, you also get to live at least some portion of your life out of prison, even if we are at risk of your continued offenses. The hope is you will be deterred by your 10 year (or whatever) prison sentence. The alternative is life imprisonment for pickpockets, malware writers, scammers, reckless drivers...
Again, why should every application should limit itself to functionality of Internet Explorer 6 if all major browsers support plugins that can enable much more appropriate programming environment?
It pretty much has to execute in kernel mode
/dev interface? Then it can allocate 1GB texture cache and rarely used portions of it can still get paged out if another process needs the memory more.
Why? Once VRAM and memory-mapped registered are brought into the processes' address space, why shouldn't most of the code run in user mode and, say, read IRQs from some
Dude, I am talking about regular native apps, not web forms. While you don't want to "download the whole Internet", I don't see why I should upload my every button click to google.
Once upon a time people were stuck with screens refreshing slowly on RS232-connected terminals or lags of busy centralized servers. Then they realized they can have a small computer right on their desk and get instant response. Why would anyone want to go back to retro lag? I am not saying applications shouldn't be installed or auto-updated form the web, but is JavaScript + text data files really a perfect client side UI? There is Java, .Net and even C++/Objective C in a virtualized sandbox.
Your or your acquaintance should still write a letter to Amnesty. They may not be able to do much right away, but if enough people complain, they will downgrade US in their report. If Congress changes hands this election, new leadership may be eager to flog the president's home state and make some token changes.
The DX API is having to be reverse engineered
and
Thing is that, from my understanding, DX development is *much* nicer than OpenGL
Wait, game writers find reverse-engineering undocumented API easier than writing to a public spec? Something doesn't compute.
So by your logic, people with prior criminal record shouldn't get stiffer sentences than first time offenders? If you support existing practice, why should "positive record" not be considered in addition to criminal record? What's your problem with someone having a computer in jail if the costs are fully paid for by outside parties?
Wow, where did it take place - are things so bad in US? Were there any special circumstances that indicated he could use writing for harmful purposes? I would contact Amnesty International. Completely depriving someone of mental outlets can be considered a form of torture. How did all these dudes manage to write books in jail then?
Look at the post I was replying to - we are talking about Linus Torvalds, not Hans Reiser and about allowing him access to a computer if commits murder rather than just letting him go free. No, I don't believe jailed poets should be denied pen and paper and similar allowances should be made for other talented individuals. Otherwise we are punishing ourselves more than the criminal. As for first time murderers without a criminal background, well they already get more lenient sentences so I am not suggesting anything new. Except that if you did an extraordinary service to humanity, you should be given even more leniency. If you stopped a million murders by preventing a war, shouldn't people who were trying to start it go to electric chair before you are executed or put away for life for accidentally killing someone in a bar fight?