and not the fact that people are using the word google as an abbreviation for "to search google"
WordSpy defined google as:
google
(GOO.gul) v. To use an Internet search engine such as google.com to look for information related to a new or potential girlfriend or boyfriend. (Note that Google(TM) is a trademark of Google Technologies Inc.)
I disagree.
If I told someone to "google jbuilder" I mean to tell them to search google.com for the string "jbuilder" and am not suggesting that they use some other search engine like yahoo.com or astalavista.box.sk. And the phrase about "related to a new or potential girlfriend or boyfriend" seems silly and wrong in this case.
I suggest a simpler definition be used:
google
(GOO.gul) v. To use google.com to look for information. (Note that Google(TM) is a trademark of Google Technologies Inc.)
This definition would allow people to continue to use google as a verb, and at the same time is not watering down google's trademark because it explicitly and exclusively refers to Google Technologies.
You're right. You might not get rich being an engineer, but you should be able to live comfortably.
One of engineering's joys is the satisfaction of creating products. To see your ideas become realities. Engineering is a tough dicipline and requires real talent, and (like you said)hard work to be successful. It is hard to imagine someone doing it just for the money.
I know a few engineers who are very well off (massive houses, (net income>1,000,000/yr), helicopters etc) . One thing they each have in common is that they have paid their dues in the trenches then after deveoping an expertise in certain fields each one started his own business.
Three engineers and three accountants were traveling by train to a conference. At the station, the three accountants each bought tickets and watched as the three engineers bought only one ticket. "How are three people going to travel on only one ticket?" asked an accountant."Watch and you'll see", answered an engineer. They all boarded the train. The accountants took their respective seats, but the three engineers all crammed into a rest room and closed the door behind them. Shortly after the train departed, the conductor came around collecting tickets. He knocked on the restroom door and said, "Ticket, please". The door opened just a crack and a single arm emerged with a ticket in hand. The conductor took it and moved on. The accountants saw this and agreed it was a quite clever idea. So, after the conference, the accountants decide to copy the engineers on the return trip and save some money (being clever with money, and all that). When they got to the station, they bought a single ticket for the return trip. To their astonishment, the engineers didn't buy a ticket at all. "How are you going to ride without a ticket"? said one perplexed accountant."Watch and you'll see", answered an engineer. When they boarded the train, the three accountants crammed into a restroom and the three engineers crammed into another one nearby. The train departed. Shortly afterward, one of the engineers left his restroom and walked over to the restroom where the accountants were hiding. He knocked on the door and said, "Ticket, please".
More likely the CEO/CFO/CTO will appoint someone else to research and recommend.
It has been my experience that in companies without a full time tech staff that the younger eager employees are often tasked with making purchasing decisions, and asked to participate in director meetings when technical insight is required.
On the topic of desktop software was CRM (customer relations management) intentially left off the list or just overlooked. Time management is probably the second biggest killer app for businesses next to spreadsheets. Some open source alternatives are available like compier
According to the uspto web site this patent was filed in September 1999. I remember reading an article in Java Pro magazine around the same time on how to build a test flexible testing web-app using servlets, and xml.
A quick google search produced this article by Claude Duguay in April 1999. Six months before "Inventors" Anderson and Stack filed their patent.
The article is a bit dry, but provides excellent instruction for anyone considering to build an online testing application. The original magazine publication included all the source code. (The online version requires you to be a JavaPro subscriber to download the code.)
40-bit is worse than a joke. This product is worthless.
So what if the security system on this harddrive is crackable? It doesn't mean this product is worthless.
I am sure that there are some situations where a product like this could be usefull.
In small towns smash and grab attacks happen all the time. Some petty thief steals a truck, drives it through a small business' store front, grabs the first 5 computers he can find, then drives away before the police arrive. A friend of mine who has an accounting practice was the victom of such a theft. He was a little upset that his last backup was 7 days ago but was more concerned about his clients data.
A smash-and-grabber might attempt to profit from information on a stolen harddrive if it is easily accessible but more likely than not he just wants to resell the merchandise and get rid of it.
While a 40bit encryption system is childsplay for some crackers it is most likely well beyond the ability of the local thieves in my neighborhood, and therefore is enough security to protect against some circumstances. If my friend had used a hard-drive like this he would probably have felt more secure about his lost hardware and data.
Can you imagine if car designers were held to the same standards as web programmers?
The car would have to be impenetrable.
The windows would be made of bullet proof glass.
Every car would have a chasis that can handle a 10 cylinder diesel engine because you never know when you might need to scale that car's requirements and make it tow 5 tonne trailers.
And if someone figured out a way to pick your car's locks you would have to recall every one of them for upgrades.
I love how the slashdot 'ideals' against big business only surface when it has something to do with Microsoft,
You too, dear Anonymous poster, are part of this slashdot community and like all communities you will find diversity of opinions. Did you read this morning's article Don't eat the white snow either? It's clear that many slashdotters are concerned about environmental "ideals".
Assuming that you really are a girl coder I'll try to give you some insight into picking up guys.
We are really easy to pick up, just give us the slightest bit of encouragement and we will do the rest.
Go to a bar and look for a guy that fits your description of "decent". When you spot him smile at him.
If I saw a red-head at a bar with a spark of intelligence in her eyes I would be interested and ask her to dance. Many of the girls at bars look shallow so you'll have a selling "point of significant difference". Maybe your chosen guy is a little shy so walk close to him at the bar. Smile at him again and let him know you're interested. If he still doesn't make the move then ask him to dance.
If it works great. If not go back to phase 1. Look for another decent guy.
Believe it or not some cute girls do read slashdot.
I met 3 of them last summer driving home from Clinton to Vancouver (BC Canada).
While heading down the highway I spotted a car with three cute girls, and realized that I had met one of them in Clinton. I pulled over at the next rest stop (appropriatly the town's name was 'Hope') hoping they would stop. They did.
These girls were cute so I naturally assumed that they knew nothing about computers and when one of them asked what I do for a living I gave them the dumbed down version: "I write software". I totally misjudged them. One of them is a CS major at a local University, and they all read and post to slashdot.
So there are at least three cute girls who read slashdot. I've met them.
However your odds of meeting them online are pretty slim.
I have been wondering about ant for a while. I work for a small company (two java programmers) I use MacOSX at work, and the other guy uses Windows, we both use JBuilder.
Is there anything that ant could do in this situation that JBuilder (which has downloadable 'free beer' versions available) couldn't or is ant more useful in situations where not everybody is using the same IDE.
I am no fan of Microsoft but will defend them for a moment.
The article never said that Windows XP activation servers were infected by the worm just that the servers were "offline". In other words the servers are not compromised but are currently unreachable due to a denial of service attack.
Q.What other industry can produce a product that is 90% crap and 10% okay, and expect the consumer to willingly pay for all 100% of it?
A.The cable company. My basic cable package is about 20 bucks for 28 channels. On top of the basic package there is only one other station that I would like and that's the space channel. But can you buy just one station from the cable company? Nope you have to buy a package that includes your desired station. In my case the package is 15 dollars and has one station that I want and about 9 stations that are useless to me.(Needless to just keep the basic package instead of paying an extra 15 dollars for mostly crap).
By the way, the recording industry in Canada has managed to lobby a 20% levy [cb-cda.gc.ca] on each blank CD-R that is sold (21 cents on a $1 CD). That eliminated the last moral reservations I had with copying music (now that the artists get my money anyway).
We recently had a co-op student working for us (fresh out of BCIT). It seems that the law classes in Canadian schools support your theory. He said that his business law prof confirmed that the levy legalizes copying and sharing music cd's in Canada.
Slashdot Mirror
and not the fact that people are using the word google as an abbreviation for "to search google"
WordSpy defined google as:
I disagree.
If I told someone to "google jbuilder" I mean to tell them to search google.com for the string "jbuilder" and am not suggesting that they use some other search engine like yahoo.com or astalavista.box.sk. And the phrase about "related to a new or potential girlfriend or boyfriend" seems silly and wrong in this case.
I suggest a simpler definition be used:This definition would allow people to continue to use google as a verb, and at the same time is not watering down google's trademark because it explicitly and exclusively refers to Google Technologies.
You're right. You might not get rich being an engineer, but you should be able to live comfortably.
One of engineering's joys is the satisfaction of creating products. To see your ideas become realities. Engineering is a tough dicipline and requires real talent, and (like you said)hard work to be successful. It is hard to imagine someone doing it just for the money.
I know a few engineers who are very well off (massive houses, (net income>1,000,000/yr), helicopters etc) . One thing they each have in common is that they have paid their dues in the trenches then after deveoping an expertise in certain fields each one started his own business.
Why I want Linux on XBox
The XBox is quiet.
Ever listem to one running? The only noise you hear is the dvd spinning, and even that is well muffled.
The X-Box's Pentium III 733-MHz, with 64meg RAM, and an 8gig hard drive could make a nice little test server for home.
Microsoft has no friends left.
Sure it has... Some dumbass named George Williamson or something...
And an army of MCSE's
Developers! Developers! Developers!
Three engineers and three accountants were traveling by train to a conference. At the station, the three accountants each bought tickets and watched as the three engineers bought only one ticket. "How are three people going to travel on only one ticket?" asked an accountant."Watch and you'll see", answered an engineer.
They all boarded the train. The accountants took their respective seats, but the three engineers all crammed into a rest room and closed the door behind them. Shortly after the train departed, the conductor came around collecting tickets. He knocked on the restroom door and said, "Ticket, please". The door opened just a crack and a single arm emerged with a ticket in hand. The conductor took it and moved on. The accountants saw this and agreed it was a quite clever idea.
So, after the conference, the accountants decide to copy the engineers on the return trip and save some money (being clever with money, and all that). When they got to the station, they bought a single ticket for the return trip. To their astonishment, the engineers didn't buy a ticket at all. "How are you going to ride without a ticket"? said one perplexed accountant."Watch and you'll see", answered an engineer. When they boarded the train, the three accountants crammed into a restroom and the three engineers crammed into another one nearby. The train departed. Shortly afterward, one of the engineers left his restroom and walked over to the restroom where the accountants were hiding.
He knocked on the door and said, "Ticket, please".
evolution of a programmer
Does anybody here do anything special to market their web sites?
What works?
What doesn't?
Where did you learn these tricks?
I ask these questions because last Friday someone asked me how to market web sites and I really had no answer for him.
Well done. You have the skills of a master troll.
If anyone else is looking for a funny/informative/insightful article that outlines tested techniques for slashdot trolling I recommned this article
More likely the CEO/CFO/CTO will appoint someone else to research and recommend.
It has been my experience that in companies without a full time tech staff that the younger eager employees are often tasked with making purchasing decisions, and asked to participate in director meetings when technical insight is required.
Open source could really use better marketing.
On the topic of desktop software was CRM (customer relations management) intentially left off the list or just overlooked. Time management is probably the second biggest killer app for businesses next to spreadsheets. Some open source alternatives are available like compier
Offtopic? It's funny.
If you can't laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at?
or as Russel Lynnes said:
If you can't ignore an insult, top it;
if you can't top it, laugh it off;
and if you can't laugh it off, it's probably deserved.
Anybody who brews beer at home knows that keeping the equipment sterile is essential to producing a quality beer.
Using a washing machine is a novel solution.
According to the uspto web site this patent was filed in September 1999. I remember reading an article in Java Pro magazine around the same time on how to build a test flexible testing web-app using servlets, and xml.
A quick google search produced this article by Claude Duguay in April 1999. Six months before "Inventors" Anderson and Stack filed their patent.
The article is a bit dry, but provides excellent instruction for anyone considering to build an online testing application. The original magazine publication included all the source code. (The online version requires you to be a JavaPro subscriber to download the code.)
40-bit is worse than a joke. This product is worthless.
So what if the security system on this harddrive is crackable? It doesn't mean this product is worthless.
I am sure that there are some situations where a product like this could be usefull.
In small towns smash and grab attacks happen all the time. Some petty thief steals a truck, drives it through a small business' store front, grabs the first 5 computers he can find, then drives away before the police arrive. A friend of mine who has an accounting practice was the victom of such a theft. He was a little upset that his last backup was 7 days ago but was more concerned about his clients data.
A smash-and-grabber might attempt to profit from information on a stolen harddrive if it is easily accessible but more likely than not he just wants to resell the merchandise and get rid of it.
While a 40bit encryption system is childsplay for some crackers it is most likely well beyond the ability of the local thieves in my neighborhood, and therefore is enough security to protect against some circumstances. If my friend had used a hard-drive like this he would probably have felt more secure about his lost hardware and data.
Can you imagine if car designers were held to the same standards as web programmers?
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Connor of the Clan Cameron.
You too, dear Anonymous poster, are part of this slashdot community and like all communities you will find diversity of opinions. Did you read this morning's article Don't eat the white snow either? It's clear that many slashdotters are concerned about environmental "ideals".
Assuming that you really are a girl coder I'll try to give you some insight into picking up guys.
We are really easy to pick up, just give us the slightest bit of encouragement and we will do the rest.
Go to a bar and look for a guy that fits your description of "decent". When you spot him smile at him.
If I saw a red-head at a bar with a spark of intelligence in her eyes I would be interested and ask her to dance. Many of the girls at bars look shallow so you'll have a selling "point of significant difference". Maybe your chosen guy is a little shy so walk close to him at the bar. Smile at him again and let him know you're interested. If he still doesn't make the move then ask him to dance.
If it works great. If not go back to phase 1. Look for another decent guy.
ps. Ever been to Clinton, BC?
Believe it or not some cute girls do read slashdot. I met 3 of them last summer driving home from Clinton to Vancouver (BC Canada). While heading down the highway I spotted a car with three cute girls, and realized that I had met one of them in Clinton. I pulled over at the next rest stop (appropriatly the town's name was 'Hope') hoping they would stop. They did. These girls were cute so I naturally assumed that they knew nothing about computers and when one of them asked what I do for a living I gave them the dumbed down version: "I write software". I totally misjudged them. One of them is a CS major at a local University, and they all read and post to slashdot. So there are at least three cute girls who read slashdot. I've met them. However your odds of meeting them online are pretty slim.
I have been wondering about ant for a while. I work for a small company (two java programmers) I use MacOSX at work, and the other guy uses Windows, we both use JBuilder.
Is there anything that ant could do in this situation that JBuilder (which has downloadable 'free beer' versions available) couldn't or is ant more useful in situations where not everybody is using the same IDE.
I am no fan of Microsoft but will defend them for a moment. The article never said that Windows XP activation servers were infected by the worm just that the servers were "offline". In other words the servers are not compromised but are currently unreachable due to a denial of service attack.
A.The cable company. My basic cable package is about 20 bucks for 28 channels. On top of the basic package there is only one other station that I would like and that's the space channel. But can you buy just one station from the cable company? Nope you have to buy a package that includes your desired station. In my case the package is 15 dollars and has one station that I want and about 9 stations that are useless to me.(Needless to just keep the basic package instead of paying an extra 15 dollars for mostly crap).
By the way, the recording industry in Canada has managed to lobby a 20% levy [cb-cda.gc.ca] on each blank CD-R that is sold (21 cents on a $1 CD). That eliminated the last moral reservations I had with copying music (now that the artists get my money anyway).
We recently had a co-op student working for us (fresh out of BCIT). It seems that the law classes in Canadian schools support your theory. He said that his business law prof confirmed that the levy legalizes copying and sharing music cd's in Canada.
and the funnel web spiders, and the many poisonous snakes, and jelly fish, and . . .
Speaking of emabarrassment - I'm feeling a little sheepish myself because it is people like me who have helped get Mandrake in this awkward position.
I have downloaded and used isos for:
Mandrake 8.0
Mandrake Single Network Firewall
Mandrake 8.1
Mandrake Corporate Server
Mandrake 9.0
At work everytime I have a server problem there is usually an easy Mandrake solution.
At home I have used the most recent version of Mandrake for the last 3 or 4 releases. Yet to date I have not paid a dime.
Well today is the day I will pony up and stop being a complete leach. Sadly I can't afford much 'cause this is an expensive time of year.