Ok. Would it be better to say "A couple engineers from XXX" where XXX is China or Australia or Malasia or Canada or Japan or France or Lousiana? Or perhaps not mention origin at all? Or, in the interest of political correctness, drop the entire item? I don't want to offend anyone.
I'm trying to learn about XP by reading the O'Reily XP Pocket guide, and "Agile & Iterative Development" by Craig Larman. My first takes are certainly not as critical as the "Refactored" book, but some of the points made seem reasonable to me.
My problems with XP are:
The XP references to test development skip over a huge can of worms. Where I work (a disk drive company), the product firmware engineers don't write, or even know, the test system languages, and we use more than a few. In addition , many of the tests are canned, or beyond our control, like WinBench. IMHO, test software needs it's own team. It is unreasonable to say the product firmware engineers will just "code up" a test to verify a new feature. The test code could involve as much work as the product feature.
Working in teams. We have a couple of asian engineers who don't seem to have a firm grasp of, how can I put this delicately, "personal hygiene". I would not like to be the "partner" of either one. We couldn't pair them together because they work in different disciplines. And most of the engineers here are code cowboys who would strongly rebel at having someone peer over their shoulder full time. Personally, I would have to troll slashdot from home, and how much fun is that?
I'm sure I could come up with more, but my pesky manager wants a 1x1 meeting now. Damn.
I'm curious where you folks are getting those ownership numbers.... For some reason, I can't see Steve listed in the insider list (Yahoo Finance) for either PIXR or AAPL
Is "Pleasing Mr. Jobs" the next title from Pixar? I hope he wasn't personally involved in the hardware selection process. I think that would constitute a very real conflict of interest. In these days of scrutiny to all corporate decisions, the G5 would have to truely excel by a wide margin, or some armchair CEO/boardmember would consider a stockholder lawsuit. I'm sorry I can read the story - I get a database connection error. I hope they aren't using Apple servers.
It would very useful to learn how to flip a coin (into the air), but not have it actually flip (end-over-end) as per the article. They implied that if the coin is oscillating or wobbling, people would not notice that it's not actually flipping. This could win me a lot of root beers!
The "both barrels" approach to marketing really turns me off, but I understand that's the only thing that the Hollywood establishment cares about. "Rendezvous" was one of my all-time favorite Clarke novels. I hope the movie goes into appropriately graphic detail about (queue "Pigs in Space" sound fx) : Sex In Space.
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My fiancee has had, or currently has:
Lyme disease
Fibromyalgia
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Chemical hyper-sensitivity
Back problems
Neck problems
Since she moved in with me (I have high speed internet), she has developed:
EMF sensitivity
Heel spurs
The disease this week (which coincides with an article in some magazine):
Leaky Gut.
All of these are real problems, with real discomfort, and real effects. Unfortunately, many do not have any concrete, widely accepted test, diagnosis, or treatment. Many also have more than their fair share of quack doctors who are entirely willing to try their pet theories on my lady as though she were some kind of lab rat with a blank checkbook.
The web is an amazing resource, with more information and pseudo-cures than can be digested or tried by an army of sufferers. This also makes for self diagnosis gone amok.
I really don't know where I'm going with this, except to underscore my extreme frustration with whaever it is she's got. I just hope it doesn't morph again next month.
Isn't a mere $200 discount a bit anemic for old, used equipment? Granted, less than a year old, but I sure couldn't sell last year's PC for that close to list. This also begs the question "Why were the V-Tech folks assembling a super computer using desktops when they could have waited a few months?". This sounds like how the gubmint works.
Purchase an Enjoyment Right (tm) to watch this movie now (for yourself).
Purchase an Enjoyment Right (tm) to watch this movie now (for another person).
Purchase an Enjoyment Right (tm) to enable the current DVD player to play this movie.
Purchase an Enjoyment Right (tm) to enable the current TV to display this movie.
Purchase an Enjoyment Right (tm) to watch the outtakes from this movie.
Purchase an Enjoyment Right (tm) to watch the commercials that accompanied the theatrical release of this movie.
Purchase an Enjoyment Right (tm) to watch previews of coming attractions.
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Thank you for choosing Disney products. Enjoy the movie!.
Pixar is a bunch of very creative folks with a lot of CPU horsepower, but no distribution channels. Disney is a very large, diversified company with a LOT of "pull" (or is it "push"?) with theaters and rental outfits. It doesn't matter how good the movie, if no one can view it.
I would like to learn the path to code density enlightenment via tantric sex. Are there any facilities in India to help me learn this practice (or practice this practice). Note: I'm willing to put in many hours per day on this.....
I'm pretty sure we're paying about $100 per month for Comcast "basic" digital cable, a single box, a cable modem, and ISP services. We experienced a nearby lightening strike the first week we had it, and the cable modem got toasted. Comcast came out within a day and replaced it. The internet side goes out occasionally (every 2-4 weeks or so), but comes back after I reset everything (cable modem, router, switch). I can't say for certain if this is the fault of Comcast, the cable modem, or the router. We have no premium channels, but their version of "on-demand" PPV, where "high demand" movies start every half hour or so. I sure wish the would put Discovery Wings on the "basic" package!
On the internet side, speed is good, but I don't recall the actual numbers. When RH releases a new kernel, it takes me less than 45 min to download (including source) and reboot. Comcast subcontracts newsgroup access to Giganews I'm allowed 1 Gbyte per month on the NNTP side. Anything over the limit eats into the next month's allotment, any "unused" limit does NOT carry over. Refreshing NNTP headers counts as traffic, so if I just sit around and hit "refresh", I'll eventually use up my entire month's allotment of bandwidth, but my headers would be right up to date!;-)
It's some Ok hardware, given the source (primative carbon-based species). We removed the antennas & cameras, and turned it into a coffee table. The CPU was slower than most MDAs (martianal data assistants), but provided us with a laugh. Junior ate the instrument package before we could stop him. Naughty grzybfyx!
Thanks.
My fiance has a very high sensitivity to chemicals and oders. She won't allow any computers to be running continuously in the house, because they "smell" -- they're only on when they're being used (I really hate having to turn my server on & off). I honestly can't smell anything, but will concede that there's a lot of components in a PC that can, when heated up, generate noxious fumes. Any technology that will limit this is welcome. Of course, a fanless box doesn't do anything to curb the emissions of the motherboard or it's components, but it (hopefully) will slow the dissemination of any airborne byproducts.
I really wish manufacturers would do something about this.
this rack-optimized server... has...
dual FireWire 800 ports, one FireWire 400 port, two USB 2.0 ports, an industry standard DB-9 serial port.
I guess I'm unsure on the concept of running down to the server room, opening the back door of a rack full of Xservers, and plugging my digital camcorder into the right one, whichever one that is. What am I missing here?
Granted, Firewire is good for more than digital video, like digital music and networking. But then with dual gigabit ethernets, who wants to daisy chain 1394 ports?
i'm transfixed by the politics of the matrix celluoid intermix. Pretentious comics too many tricks need a dose truth be told a reality hose a sanity fix. too much crap. directors snapped. feedback zapped. loop got cracked.
1 was provoking my brain was smoking existance is a dream the machine is stroking.
2 much kung foo used as the glue plot disappeared keanu shoulda too.
3 i didn't see previews are free it's all there story scree.
It's not as easy as hiring a bunch of Indian college grads. It requires a huge investment of time and money "up front", without which that 40% savings can turn into a 20% cost overrun.
NPR report link
(note: The Real version didn't work for me, but I think it's because of my company's overly anal firewall policies).
Slashdot Mirror
next unless /check enclosed/i or /goats\.ex/i ;
Ok. Would it be better to say "A couple engineers from XXX" where XXX is China or Australia or Malasia or Canada or Japan or France or Lousiana? Or perhaps not mention origin at all? Or, in the interest of political correctness, drop the entire item? I don't want to offend anyone.
My problems with XP are:
- The XP references to test development skip over a huge can of worms. Where I work (a disk drive company), the product firmware engineers don't write, or even know, the test system languages, and we use more than a few. In addition , many of the tests are canned, or beyond our control, like WinBench. IMHO, test software needs it's own team. It is unreasonable to say the product firmware engineers will just "code up" a test to verify a new feature. The test code could involve as much work as the product feature.
- Working in teams. We have a couple of asian engineers who don't seem to have a firm grasp of, how can I put this delicately, "personal hygiene". I would not like to be the "partner" of either one. We couldn't pair them together because they work in different disciplines. And most of the engineers here are code cowboys who would strongly rebel at having someone peer over their shoulder full time. Personally, I would have to troll slashdot from home, and how much fun is that?
I'm sure I could come up with more, but my pesky manager wants a 1x1 meeting now. Damn.I'm curious where you folks are getting those ownership numbers .... For some reason, I can't see Steve listed in the insider list (Yahoo Finance) for either PIXR or AAPL
Is "Pleasing Mr. Jobs" the next title from Pixar? I hope he wasn't personally involved in the hardware selection process. I think that would constitute a very real conflict of interest. In these days of scrutiny to all corporate decisions, the G5 would have to truely excel by a wide margin, or some armchair CEO/boardmember would consider a stockholder lawsuit. I'm sorry I can read the story - I get a database connection error. I hope they aren't using Apple servers.
Come on nano-tech!
It would very useful to learn how to flip a coin (into the air), but not have it actually flip (end-over-end) as per the article. They implied that if the coin is oscillating or wobbling, people would not notice that it's not actually flipping. This could win me a lot of root beers!
Oh wait. That looks like spillage from a different thread. Never mind.
The "both barrels" approach to marketing really turns me off, but I understand that's the only thing that the Hollywood establishment cares about. "Rendezvous" was one of my all-time favorite Clarke novels. I hope the movie goes into appropriately graphic detail about (queue "Pigs in Space" sound fx) : Sex In Space.
Since she moved in with me (I have high speed internet), she has developed:
The disease this week (which coincides with an article in some magazine):
All of these are real problems, with real discomfort, and real effects. Unfortunately, many do not have any concrete, widely accepted test, diagnosis, or treatment. Many also have more than their fair share of quack doctors who are entirely willing to try their pet theories on my lady as though she were some kind of lab rat with a blank checkbook.
The web is an amazing resource, with more information and pseudo-cures than can be digested or tried by an army of sufferers. This also makes for self diagnosis gone amok.
I really don't know where I'm going with this, except to underscore my extreme frustration with whaever it is she's got. I just hope it doesn't morph again next month.
I'm pretty sure that "backwards engineering" stuff is illegal now (for King George's subjects anyway), thanks to the Patriot act.
Isn't a mere $200 discount a bit anemic for old, used equipment? Granted, less than a year old, but I sure couldn't sell last year's PC for that close to list. This also begs the question "Why were the V-Tech folks assembling a super computer using desktops when they could have waited a few months?". This sounds like how the gubmint works.
Seriously though, foam earplugs are a very handy item, unless you want to buy your roomie a laptop, in which case I'ld like to move in as well.
NOTE: You must purchase a Disney certified Enjoyment Right (tm) for each person viewing any portion the movie. You must also purchase a right for each piece of equipment involved in the presentation of the movie. This right lasts for the duration of the movie, and then expires. Failure to purchase the correct number of rights is a felony offense. Inclusion of any missing, false or misleading information in the Enjoyment Right (tm) request form is a felony offense. Use of playback or presentation equipment which does not support Enjoyment Rights is a felony offense. Attempting to circumvent any portion of the Enjoyment Right restrictions, as outlined by the FBI, is a felony offense.
Thank you for choosing Disney products. Enjoy the movie!.
Pixar is a bunch of very creative folks with a lot of CPU horsepower, but no distribution channels. Disney is a very large, diversified company with a LOT of "pull" (or is it "push"?) with theaters and rental outfits. It doesn't matter how good the movie, if no one can view it.
I would like to learn the path to code density enlightenment via tantric sex. Are there any facilities in India to help me learn this practice (or practice this practice). Note: I'm willing to put in many hours per day on this.....
Kids these days. Just lookin for someplace to store their music files.
On the internet side, speed is good, but I don't recall the actual numbers. When RH releases a new kernel, it takes me less than 45 min to download (including source) and reboot. Comcast subcontracts newsgroup access to Giganews I'm allowed 1 Gbyte per month on the NNTP side. Anything over the limit eats into the next month's allotment, any "unused" limit does NOT carry over. Refreshing NNTP headers counts as traffic, so if I just sit around and hit "refresh", I'll eventually use up my entire month's allotment of bandwidth, but my headers would be right up to date! ;-)
It's some Ok hardware, given the source (primative carbon-based species). We removed the antennas & cameras, and turned it into a coffee table. The CPU was slower than most MDAs (martianal data assistants), but provided us with a laugh. Junior ate the instrument package before we could stop him. Naughty grzybfyx!
Thanks.
Sincerely, Marvin & Family
It seems that these two two acronyms, which are very different in meaning, are likely to show up in the context of computer-related discussions :
I really wish manufacturers would do something about this.
... ahwell, dere goes me karma den.
I guess I'm unsure on the concept of running down to the server room, opening the back door of a rack full of Xservers, and plugging my digital camcorder into the right one, whichever one that is. What am I missing here?
Granted, Firewire is good for more than digital video, like digital music and networking. But then with dual gigabit ethernets, who wants to daisy chain 1394 ports?
NPR report link
(note: The Real version didn't work for me, but I think it's because of my company's overly anal firewall policies).