On the contrary, phrenology is not ridiculous, but rather quite useful.
When I encounter an individual whose head is covered with bumps I can immediately categorize them as either a windows user who has been banging their head in frustration, or a Slashdot reader who has done likewise following the latest SCO Follies.
Either from a bank or an ATM where you had to supply your id.
You are now associated with those bills. When you buy something, the cash register notes that it received bill A and gave bills X and Y as change. It becomes a simple game of connect the dots.
Hmm, business opportunity here:
Open a shop where people bring in their tagged money, it gets dumped in a large bin, shuffled together with everyone else's and redistributed. Charge a few percent for the service.
There was an old story, possibly apocryphal, about the USMC evaluating a piece of kit from DEC. A marine driving a forklift accidentally dropped a fighter jet engine on it, but the VAX wasn't damaged. The Marine Corps signed the purchase order that day.
That's because they hit it on the top.
Dropping a VAX is another matter.
The union grunts unloading it misjudged the height of the lift and dropped it about 8 inches. DOA
In fact, that's part of the problem. Anything feature you could possibly want from a Java IDE is out there. Some in NetBeans, some in Eclipse, some in JEdit, some in Idea, (the list goes on) but not all of them in one place.
The problem with Software Craftsmanship is that it is not what Bob & Alice Average want.
They want features. They want pretty whiz-bang interfaces. They want (or at least tolerate) talking paperclips. If it crashes or hangs every so often, so be it.
If they really wanted Craftsmanship do you really think Windows would be where it is today?
I doubt that DRM will be implemented in that fashion. Rather I expect the software vendor will use the cdr portion to burn unique a serial number on each cd. Probably with a digital signature as well, to prevent alteration.
You install it and the activation process registers that serial number with the manufacturer. If you make a copy, it carries with it your serial number. If that copy shows up on a site or is used for other activations, suddenly your software stops working.
On the positive side, it would be nice not to spend 2 hours looking for the original jewel case so you can reinstall windows for the second time this month. Sigh.
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When I encounter an individual whose head is covered with bumps I can immediately categorize them as either a windows user who has been banging their head in frustration, or a Slashdot reader who has done likewise following the latest SCO Follies.
Either from a bank or an ATM where you had to supply your id.
You are now associated with those bills. When you buy something, the cash register notes that it received bill A and gave bills X and Y as change. It becomes a simple game of connect the dots.
Hmm, business opportunity here:
Open a shop where people bring in their tagged money, it gets dumped in a large bin, shuffled together with everyone else's and redistributed. Charge a few percent for the service.
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Given the sparks you can get from microwaving non-microwavable items, I would assume RFIDs are probably rather easy to neutralize.
I'd love to see security's reaction when their scanners report the last 5 customers all left wearing a Mercedes M Class.
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I'm not playing until the machine gets pissed off when it spills its drink.
Hmm, you'll probably need to crank down the computers reactions as the night wears on to put the player and the machine on even footing.
Maybe an integrated breathalyzer to check how far gone is the player?
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That's because they hit it on the top.
Dropping a VAX is another matter.
The union grunts unloading it misjudged the height of the lift and dropped it about 8 inches. DOA
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This is about tools, not languages.
Tools should make your life easier, not harder. Unfortunately, many Java IDEs fail to take this concept quite far enough.
I've used NetBeans for several years, but having finished a few weeks of C# work, I am now missing the IDEs code folding.
Yes, I know that's available in JEdit.
In fact, that's part of the problem. Anything feature you could possibly want from a Java IDE is out there. Some in NetBeans, some in Eclipse, some in JEdit, some in Idea, (the list goes on) but not all of them in one place.
-- Aumaden
They want features. They want pretty whiz-bang interfaces. They want (or at least tolerate) talking paperclips. If it crashes or hangs every so often, so be it.
If they really wanted Craftsmanship do you really think Windows would be where it is today?
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Pennsylvania's Do-Not-Call law makes exceptions for:
Hopefully the politicos will take a lesson from Pennsylvania's AG and enforce this law.
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You install it and the activation process registers that serial number with the manufacturer. If you make a copy, it carries with it your serial number. If that copy shows up on a site or is used for other activations, suddenly your software stops working.
On the positive side, it would be nice not to spend 2 hours looking for the original jewel case so you can reinstall windows for the second time this month. Sigh.
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I don't know about the rest of you, but I certainly feel I can trust Microsoft to help themselves to as much of my privacy as possible! -- Aumaden
Because these are the demographics that need to be reached through product placement instead of commercials.