The ones putting good coffee houses out of business are the customers, not Starbucks. As noted by the beaten dead horse on this thread, lots of people around here consider Starbucks expensive and nasty. The bigger question is that if it's so bad, why do people keep going there? I think its the coolness factor of the starbucks cup. people love being seen carrying that starbucks cup - makes em feel uppity.
Cheers. TV Time came with one of the Linux distributions I installed, and I loved it. Unfortunately I'm looking for Windows software, because most of my time on the PC is using Cubase SX 2. So I need a windows port or something. But I second TV Time.
I've got an ATI TV tuner, and I hate the bundled applications. They crash all the time. ATI should bundle an app like this with the card. It's open source and free, why not? ATI can create a skin and stop developing their crappy software. I gotta install this, I've never seen this before and I'm all excited and stuff.
On a serious note, we should be using some kind of RFID on every American in IRAQ. No, I don't have all the answers, but it seems we could track people who are missing through satellite, before they get their heads cut off. Is there some technology available that isn't easily defeated or detected by captors?
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I don't think the slashdot editors have any obligation to notify the site owners. The page is on the Internet, it's a public thing. Plus, imagine some system where they get notified, contact adclick or whatever and start serving more ads to attract the slashdot crowd (profit!). If it's anyone's responsibility, it lies with the person that submitted the article to slashdot in the first place.
What motives would Novell have to do this? I thought the exchange connector was the product that brought in the cash as far as Ximian was concerned? Maybe the revenues were so minimal they decided to just open it up?
On a related note, this opens the door for others to create exchange compatible software, things could get interesting.
Good post. As I stated above, I took charge of a project one year in development. The existing code used Vectors in all cases. I don't think I've seen one actual arrayList. Vectors come in handy when you're reading database records and you don't know how many to expect, and you're using Double objects, etc. Since the bulk of the system was written already, I just used the existing methods to continue development. The company that wrote the bulk of the project had some "real" developers, if I'm not considered one. OK now.
Alright I'm gonna explain myself here. I learned how to program without ever taking a class. I can guarantee there are many more like me on Slashdot. I've learned on the job for about 6 years now. Not only am I good (I wouldn't say I'm an expert, I'm not a CS major or anything like that), but I'm much more talented than many I work with who have "degrees". I am the guy they go to when there's major work to be done, because I do it on time and have few bugs.
As to you point about recursion, I may not know the term, but I looked it up and I instantly recognized the ideas/implementation philosophies of breaking up a problem into smaller logical chunks, etc.
As for arraylists, I have to tell you that I use Vectors much more often than arraylists, and I don't use the collection classes very much. I'm the lead developer on a massive financial application (that works well!), but I took over the project after it had been in development for 1 year.
Maybe if I had a CS degree I would feel this sense of superiority that you have, but some of us "get it", by learning from other developer's code techniques rather than the textbook. But of course I have lots of reference materials to draw on too. And I do a good job and make good money, and get to play in a cool band too.
There lots of people out there who don't know what you know. Techworld, sounds so... official, it must be true! I was trying to expose a BS article without explicitly calling it that. I'm glad we're debunking it.
Yes it ships with Apache, but it's turned off by default. Actually, pretty much every network service is off unless the admin turns it on. By the way, I finally got my second story submitted!
I've been programming Enterprise Java for 4 years and I'm sure I would fail this test, since I don't know anything specific about either one of those terms. And yes, I'm a good programmer. Just a thought.
This is enough to stop me from washing my hair in the kitchen sink and hold off on rubbing the dirt off myself with my PC keyboard. Now I can't use the shower either!
Here in beautiful Glendale CA I only bough 2 losing Pepsi bottles, and I drink a lot of diet Pepsi. The bottles didn't show up until recently and i think they were playing catch up. I waited over a month after the promo started before I finally saw a bottle for sale. This could be a factor in the lower than expected numbers.
I think this is an important point. DVD's were not invented for Slashdot readers, they were invented for mass consumers to watch and rent movies. Nobody cares about Linux in the real world. They have a DVD player in their living room and in their Windows or Mac laptop/desktop. They have no problems viewing DVD's anywhere they want.
I'm not trolling here, but I'm supposed to believe that a guy that built his own high definition TV doesn't have or won't buy a 40 dollar DVD player from Costco?
I just don't see the problem with using the 6 line perl script to watch the damn DVD. Nobody's gonna break down your door and jail you for that, although it *is* stupid that it's an illegal act. I'd like to see the MPAA get a college student in jail for watching a DVD movie from blockbuster on his Red Hat laptop. It's never gonna happen.
A note on Editplus - It has a rabid following everywhere I've ever worked as soon as I told people about. It's the best text editor I've ever used and I wish they had it for Linux. On the mac I like subthaedit, google for it, it even lets people edit the same document in real time over the network with rendezvous.
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Just who the hell does this "Tim Berners-Lee" guy think he is anyway, sir?
The ones putting good coffee houses out of business are the customers, not Starbucks. As noted by the beaten dead horse on this thread, lots of people around here consider Starbucks expensive and nasty. The bigger question is that if it's so bad, why do people keep going there? I think its the coolness factor of the starbucks cup. people love being seen carrying that starbucks cup - makes em feel uppity.
By the way, not only is that frappucinno uppity, its loaded in fat and calories.
Someone just dared to call Starbucks a gourmet coffee. Stay in your seats, the coffee nazis will be arriving in 3...2...1...
I predict this fight to be like...nothing.
I would have preferred a Neo-ish response:
"This is like...whoah."
Cheers. TV Time came with one of the Linux distributions I installed, and I loved it. Unfortunately I'm looking for Windows software, because most of my time on the PC is using Cubase SX 2. So I need a windows port or something. But I second TV Time.
I've got an ATI TV tuner, and I hate the bundled applications. They crash all the time. ATI should bundle an app like this with the card. It's open source and free, why not? ATI can create a skin and stop developing their crappy software. I gotta install this, I've never seen this before and I'm all excited and stuff.
And who's to say that the aliens would have it all figured out? If they're traveling to us, it might be because they're looking for answers too.
On a serious note, we should be using some kind of RFID on every American in IRAQ. No, I don't have all the answers, but it seems we could track people who are missing through satellite, before they get their heads cut off. Is there some technology available that isn't easily defeated or detected by captors?
I don't think the slashdot editors have any obligation to notify the site owners. The page is on the Internet, it's a public thing. Plus, imagine some system where they get notified, contact adclick or whatever and start serving more ads to attract the slashdot crowd (profit!). If it's anyone's responsibility, it lies with the person that submitted the article to slashdot in the first place.
I for one am very proud of your mutltiple uses of the phrase "I for one". I for one welcome our new opinionized singular overlords.
What motives would Novell have to do this? I thought the exchange connector was the product that brought in the cash as far as Ximian was concerned? Maybe the revenues were so minimal they decided to just open it up?
On a related note, this opens the door for others to create exchange compatible software, things could get interesting.
I'm sorry but anyone who thinks Gollum has perfect skin needs a date with a jar of Oil of Olay.
I'm tired of this thread. Prepare to fast forward...FAST FORWARDING SIR!
Good post. As I stated above, I took charge of a project one year in development. The existing code used Vectors in all cases. I don't think I've seen one actual arrayList. Vectors come in handy when you're reading database records and you don't know how many to expect, and you're using Double objects, etc. Since the bulk of the system was written already, I just used the existing methods to continue development. The company that wrote the bulk of the project had some "real" developers, if I'm not considered one. OK now.
Alright I'm gonna explain myself here. I learned how to program without ever taking a class. I can guarantee there are many more like me on Slashdot. I've learned on the job for about 6 years now. Not only am I good (I wouldn't say I'm an expert, I'm not a CS major or anything like that), but I'm much more talented than many I work with who have "degrees". I am the guy they go to when there's major work to be done, because I do it on time and have few bugs.
As to you point about recursion, I may not know the term, but I looked it up and I instantly recognized the ideas/implementation philosophies of breaking up a problem into smaller logical chunks, etc.
As for arraylists, I have to tell you that I use Vectors much more often than arraylists, and I don't use the collection classes very much. I'm the lead developer on a massive financial application (that works well!), but I took over the project after it had been in development for 1 year.
Maybe if I had a CS degree I would feel this sense of superiority that you have, but some of us "get it", by learning from other developer's code techniques rather than the textbook. But of course I have lots of reference materials to draw on too. And I do a good job and make good money, and get to play in a cool band too.
There lots of people out there who don't know what you know. Techworld, sounds so ... official, it must be true! I was trying to expose a BS article without explicitly calling it that. I'm glad we're debunking it.
Yes it ships with Apache, but it's turned off by default. Actually, pretty much every network service is off unless the admin turns it on. By the way, I finally got my second story submitted!
I've been programming Enterprise Java for 4 years and I'm sure I would fail this test, since I don't know anything specific about either one of those terms. And yes, I'm a good programmer. Just a thought.
This is enough to stop me from washing my hair in the kitchen sink and hold off on rubbing the dirt off myself with my PC keyboard. Now I can't use the shower either!
Considering the website you're posting on, and your opinion on the matter, i find your post highly ironic.
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Here in beautiful Glendale CA I only bough 2 losing Pepsi bottles, and I drink a lot of diet Pepsi. The bottles didn't show up until recently and i think they were playing catch up. I waited over a month after the promo started before I finally saw a bottle for sale. This could be a factor in the lower than expected numbers.
I think this is an important point. DVD's were not invented for Slashdot readers, they were invented for mass consumers to watch and rent movies. Nobody cares about Linux in the real world. They have a DVD player in their living room and in their Windows or Mac laptop/desktop. They have no problems viewing DVD's anywhere they want.
I'm not trolling here, but I'm supposed to believe that a guy that built his own high definition TV doesn't have or won't buy a 40 dollar DVD player from Costco?
I just don't see the problem with using the 6 line perl script to watch the damn DVD. Nobody's gonna break down your door and jail you for that, although it *is* stupid that it's an illegal act. I'd like to see the MPAA get a college student in jail for watching a DVD movie from blockbuster on his Red Hat laptop. It's never gonna happen.
A note on Editplus - It has a rabid following everywhere I've ever worked as soon as I told people about. It's the best text editor I've ever used and I wish they had it for Linux. On the mac I like subthaedit, google for it, it even lets people edit the same document in real time over the network with rendezvous.