But does IBM honestly think that open-source
is the best path to creating successful software?
If so, how about an open-source WebSphere & DB2?
It would be great if IBM could use its muscle
to move Java forward in the areas that need it,
like advocating for open-source J2EE servers,
and ideally more sensible ways to deploy J2EE.
Anyone here playing with Java 1.5?
Sun made things more sensible like
autoboxing and generics and loops--
how about making J2EE more sensible?
IMHO, Sun & IBM both need this to happen
before MS gets momentum on the big servers.
If you want developers to help your project,
then please make it easier to contribute.
Show us your roadmap for development,
where you want us to contribute time,
and how we can get started helping you.
Make it easy to understand your software,
maybe by creating help files, diagrams,
real examples of how to use your software,
even comparisons to related software.
Source code comments are good;
technical overviews are even better.
Above all, get FEEDBACK from developers
on your source code and your documentation.
Is it clear? easy? How could it be easier?
The more your improve your documentation,
and your process for contributing code,
the more we can help you. Thanks!
I'm going to get flamed for this, but here goes...
Computers may be overrated in many schools,
but in some of the poorest and worst schools,
I absolutely advocate computer classes.
Here's why.
My best friend teaches basic computer skills
in one of the worst San Francisco high schools.
She regularly has problems with guns, drugs,
gangs, riots, pregancies, attacks, abuse,
lack of funds, bad admins, you name it.
In spite of all this, her kids are learning:
they learn to use the web, email, and Office.
These are the fundamental tools of research,
communication, and business presentation.
Why are these important?
Not because of what they are--
but because of what they inspire.
When these kids see that they can use these,
They are inspired, and see real-world success
as within their reach if they can work hard.
They gain confidence, which these kids *sorely* need.
They gain ways to learn more, even on their own time.
Should these kids learn critical thinking?
Read Shakespeare? Write essays? Of course.
But until they are inspired, all of that's moot-- and computers are inspiring these kids.
Would love to hear feedback about this,
or similar stories from other teachers.
Your approach of ordering the spam products
causes major problems if someone forges.
Example: a disgruntled employeee forges
many emails about his company's products.
When your anti-spam army calls for info,
they overload the company's phone system.
This is called a Joe Job, and is bad and wrong. Why? Imagine it done to a hospital phone line.
Spam is a real problem. This is not the answer.
If you want ideas, try this overview
"UltraSecure Mode" requires a special "Start Code" for invoking "UltraSecure Mode" and a "Secret Number" for unlocking the encrypted exam answers;
and our nifty "ExamOpener" utility software that "semi-automatically" retrieves exams from the floppy disks...
And cheaters get "Double Secret Probabtion"
then a nifty fine of "One Trillion Dollars"
and jail time in an "UltraSecure" cell
guarded by "Sharks With Laser Beams"
It's great to see these VOIP offerings.
But if you use local-number portability,
then something with your VOIP doesn't work,
you may not be able to switch things back.
If my auto-downloader gets the Linux kernel,
then a Microsot Word macro virus alters it,
then an Outlook worm sends it everywhere,
who exactly is liable for infringement on SCO?
Space.com article about Criswell,
including some commentary here
Excerpts:
Not everyone is ready to hook up to Criswell's lunar power supply, however.
"My own feeling is that he may well be right, but the idea is downstream," said Bryan Erb, president of the Sunsat Energy Council, based in Houston, Texas. The group backs a first-things-first approach, namely the building of satellite power stations in Earth orbit.
"It takes a big investment to get back to the moon," Erb said. "I just don't see a graceful migration path to get to a lunar power system without a massive up-front investment," he said.
Taking a wait-and-see attitude is Paul Werbos, program director for control networks and computational intelligence at the National Science Foundation. He recently co-sponsored with NASA a workshop that looked over the Criswell plan, among other space-research issues.
Werbos said that a critical aspect of Criswell's idea is use of tele-autonomy, that is, how to coordinate human beings on Earth with on-the-job robots stationed on the moon.
"That's the key concept in my mind in order to build any kind of large-scale space power system -- on the Earth or on the moon," he said. "How do you get robots smart enough to do their job under a kind of loose supervision arrangement?"
Walt Disney would have loved this move to full CG!
What does Walt think about technology?
Let's thaw him and ask!:)
From the strange-but-true department
here...
Walt Disney was fascinated with technology. It's no wonder the creator of Mickey Mouse had his body frozen. Immediately after his death on December 17, 1965, Walt Disney was placed into cryogenic suspension - in other words, frozen. The theory goes that anyone suspended and preserved can be brought back to life, if or when the cure is discovered for whatever that person died from. Technology will be able to revive them from cryogenic suspension. And so Walt Disney waits for the day he'll be brought back to life.
Slashdot Mirror
But does IBM honestly think that open-source
is the best path to creating successful software?
If so, how about an open-source WebSphere & DB2?
It would be great if IBM could use its muscle
to move Java forward in the areas that need it,
like advocating for open-source J2EE servers,
and ideally more sensible ways to deploy J2EE.
Anyone here playing with Java 1.5?
Sun made things more sensible like
autoboxing and generics and loops--
how about making J2EE more sensible?
IMHO, Sun & IBM both need this to happen
before MS gets momentum on the big servers.
Cheers, Joel
with saying like Kiss Me and Be Mine?
Now imagine her wearing them.
And only them. Whooo-hooo!
Candy hearts facts
Cheers, Joel
Can piano teachers please patent C# asap?
for a distributed decentralized DNS using JXTA,
which is the Java peer-to-peer framework.
The basic idea is to trust your peers,
rather than the centralized system now.
Of course that raises all kinds of questions;
still it's compelling to consider the approach.
The O'Reilly introduction is HERE
Cheers, Joel
tomorrow is a president vs. editorial reviews.
Maybe donate to the ACLU and EFF
to help them protect our freedom of speech online.
Cheers, Joel
be sure you understand your liability.
Like if a neighbor downloads too much,
or uploads to Kazaa, or hosts a game server,
does your service provider cut you off?
Good luck... sounds like a useful project!
Cheers, Joel
where it makes sense, but we are also very
conscious about not sharing where you want
the performance.
Welcome to the Microsoft business model. :)
and "The Art of Computer Game Design" here
and the related Game Design Wiki
Good luck! -Joel
can you actively communicate why you're best?
Example 1: you know your company inside & out
so you're in good position to build policies
that make more sense for your people and goals.
Example 2: make contacts with peers outside,
so you keep abreast of new tools and ideas,
and can compare your company with others.
Example 3: learn about outsourcers up-front:
what are their evaluation criteria, agendas,
client recommendations, successes and failures.
These put you in great position to show
why you know more-- and are worth more.
Good luck!
Cheers, Joel
or looked at JXTA recently,
it just got a *lot* better.
Check out the main website
and this review of JXTA 2 by DeveloperWorks
Cheers, Joel
then please make it easier to contribute.
Show us your roadmap for development,
where you want us to contribute time,
and how we can get started helping you.
Make it easy to understand your software,
maybe by creating help files, diagrams,
real examples of how to use your software,
even comparisons to related software.
Source code comments are good;
technical overviews are even better.
Above all, get FEEDBACK from developers
on your source code and your documentation.
Is it clear? easy? How could it be easier?
The more your improve your documentation,
and your process for contributing code,
the more we can help you. Thanks!
Cheers, Joel
any of these natural language tools
can be helpful for spam filtering?
Cheers, Joel
For an ongoing summary of ideas:
Junk Mail Guide
I welcome feedback & ideas...
I believe there's a good solution
that's still waiting to be found.
down a long flight of concrete stairs...
it bounced all the way to the bottom.
It survived with all data intact, :)
God bless Apple's case designers.
Computers may be overrated in many schools,
but in some of the poorest and worst schools,
I absolutely advocate computer classes.
Here's why.
My best friend teaches basic computer skills
in one of the worst San Francisco high schools.
She regularly has problems with guns, drugs,
gangs, riots, pregancies, attacks, abuse,
lack of funds, bad admins, you name it.
In spite of all this, her kids are learning:
they learn to use the web, email, and Office.
These are the fundamental tools of research,
communication, and business presentation.
Why are these important?
Not because of what they are--
but because of what they inspire.
When these kids see that they can use these,
They are inspired, and see real-world success
as within their reach if they can work hard.
They gain confidence, which these kids *sorely* need.
They gain ways to learn more, even on their own time.
Should these kids learn critical thinking?
Read Shakespeare? Write essays? Of course.
But until they are inspired, all of that's moot--
and computers are inspiring these kids.
Would love to hear feedback about this,
or similar stories from other teachers.
Cheers, Joel (joel@school.net)
becoming an "umbrella" project for
all projects that require communication
I think this hits the nail on the head--
developers *do* need an umbrella here,
one group to push apps toward one goal.
Simple examples are needing copy and paste,
drag and drop, and consistent mime types,
all so apps can coordinate data content.
Havoc points this out, and I hope his team
can push hard for these kinds of consistency.
Cheers, Joel
causes major problems if someone forges.
Example: a disgruntled employeee forges
many emails about his company's products.
When your anti-spam army calls for info,
they overload the company's phone system.
This is called a Joe Job, and is bad and wrong.
Why? Imagine it done to a hospital phone line.
Spam is a real problem. This is not the answer.
If you want ideas, try this overview
Cheers, Joel
for invoking "UltraSecure Mode" and a "Secret Number"
for unlocking the encrypted exam answers; and our nifty
"ExamOpener" utility software that "semi-automatically"
retrieves exams from the floppy disks...
And cheaters get "Double Secret Probabtion"
then a nifty fine of "One Trillion Dollars"
and jail time in an "UltraSecure" cell
guarded by "Sharks With Laser Beams"
But if you use local-number portability,
then something with your VOIP doesn't work,
you may not be able to switch things back.
Or am I missing something here?
Cheers, Joel
Can Slashdot patent anti-anti-anti-spam?
And recursively more anti- as well?
If my auto-downloader gets the Linux kernel,
then a Microsot Word macro virus alters it,
then an Outlook worm sends it everywhere,
who exactly is liable for infringement on SCO?
including some commentary here
Excerpts:
Not everyone is ready to hook up to Criswell's lunar power supply, however.
"My own feeling is that he may well be right, but the idea is downstream," said Bryan Erb, president of the Sunsat Energy Council, based in Houston, Texas. The group backs a first-things-first approach, namely the building of satellite power stations in Earth orbit.
"It takes a big investment to get back to the moon," Erb said. "I just don't see a graceful migration path to get to a lunar power system without a massive up-front investment," he said.
Taking a wait-and-see attitude is Paul Werbos, program director for control networks and computational intelligence at the National Science Foundation. He recently co-sponsored with NASA a workshop that looked over the Criswell plan, among other space-research issues.
Werbos said that a critical aspect of Criswell's idea is use of tele-autonomy, that is, how to coordinate human beings on Earth with on-the-job robots stationed on the moon.
"That's the key concept in my mind in order to build any kind of large-scale space power system -- on the Earth or on the moon," he said. "How do you get robots smart enough to do their job under a kind of loose supervision arrangement?"
What does Walt think about technology? :)
From the strange-but-true department
here...
Walt Disney was fascinated with technology. It's no wonder the creator of Mickey Mouse had his body frozen. Immediately after his death on December 17, 1965, Walt Disney was placed into cryogenic suspension - in other words, frozen. The theory goes that anyone suspended and preserved can be brought back to life, if or when the cure is discovered for whatever that person died from. Technology will be able to revive them from cryogenic suspension. And so Walt Disney waits for the day he'll be brought back to life.
Let's thaw him and ask!
that its new online multiplayer Matrix game
has been infected by a malicious computer virus.
The virus changes all player characters
to look and sound like the evil Agent Smith.
Warner executives say they are baffled:
"we certainly didn't see this coming,
and we're not sure yet how to fix it."
If AOL can remotely disable IE and Clippy, sign me up!