Most of the article seemed to be space-filler but one good point I have to agree with is
Sourceforge should start removing projects with less than 1% activity for the last six months (every week, they could propose several projects to be removed, and allow a month for the activity to increase)
I'm sick of so many going-nowhere projects cluttering up the categories. Most were probably a spark of an idea that didn't go anywhere - and never will - because its originator has decided to concentrate their attention elsewhere.
It should be a case of good housekeeping on Sourceforge's behalf if nothing else.
Yeah, that's what I meant. times, not %. the word "doh" would spring to mind but i'd probably get that confused too and end up saying something else entirely instead. ho hum.
I've got a Motorola T720 and to tell me it has a low battery, it lights up its two screens and beeps. Every few minutes. There is something very wrong with that I'm sure.
Really, when it comes down to it, do you need anything else? Sure, text messaging is a bonus and games are fun(ish) when you're stuck in a traffic jam but you only need to be able to dial, talk and listen to ruin someone's cinema experience.
There are more indepth articles about this here and here. The latter article discussed the motivation for the move in a little more depth:
"This is only going to help AMD and Fujitsu become as stronger competitor and move up in market position," said Krewell. "They are in better shape to challenge Intel because they appear as one stronger brand, rather than as two lesser brands."
I claim full responsibility for this development - after all, I spent £2500+ on a powerbook last week (which I really can't afford but you know, mmm, titanium...) so of course a cheaper option is going to be just around the corner...
There is a whole bunch of anti-war (and geek-related) satire over at the New World Odour. It's based in the UK but like US imperialism, humour flows around the world...
and linking that to yesterday's discussion about the lack of quality these days, i bet we won't have any/many of today's computers around in another 50 years time... or 50 days for some of them...
My old company's policy when everyone left was "oh, Nathan will do it." I ended up picking up the slack when everyone left or was encouraged to leave until I was doing the work of four or five people on the pay of one person, working 14 hours days and still getting very, very behind.
After a couple of months, "Nathan *did* do it" - it being quitting. I earn about half or what I used to but I work half the time too and have a much better quality of life so it hasn't been a bad compromise.
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While I can see the point of self-publishing for non-mainstream material, I would have thought any book worth publishing (and worth being read by others) would be picked up by a proper paper publisher - if they think the work can succeed, then they will want to make money from it.
If it was any good and the author had gone to the same effort to find an agent etc as it would take to organise self-publishing, then we'd be able to buy the book through regular sources - for a regular price - and it would probably enjoy greater success.
I live with a teacher and he complains about this all the time - as if kids and their usual bad spelling wasn't enough to contend with.
There was an article in the British TES (Times Educational Supplement) about this recently, and about how one student wrote a whole GCSE exam script in L33T/text message language: "Delete text message style, say examiners"
How can a music reviewer be expected to give a favourable review solely by listening to the said CDs on a Walkman?
All the Walkmans I've owned have given the music a really tinny sound - even the supposedly decent quality ones.
Even if they hooked up the output to a proper speakers, they still probably wouldn't get the quality you would get from a good stereo set up - which these guys would be used to.
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That reminds me of an old Dilbert strip:
Pointy-Haired-Boss: I think we should build an SQL database
Dilbert: *think* Uh-Oh
Dilbert: *thinks* Does he understand what he said or is it something he saw in a trade magazine ad?
Dilbert: *out loud* What color do you want that database?
Pointy-Haired-Boss: I think mauve has the most RAM
It's a great idea but it's just going to be another reason for suits to think they know more than us. *sigh*
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Funnily enough, Everybody loves Eric Raymond did a comic related to this on Friday... http://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond/archive/eler-2006- prediction-outtake
Most of the article seemed to be space-filler but one good point I have to agree with is
Sourceforge should start removing projects with less than 1% activity for the last six months (every week, they could propose several projects to be removed, and allow a month for the activity to increase)
I'm sick of so many going-nowhere projects cluttering up the categories. Most were probably a spark of an idea that didn't go anywhere - and never will - because its originator has decided to concentrate their attention elsewhere.
It should be a case of good housekeeping on Sourceforge's behalf if nothing else.
Yeah, that's what I meant. times, not %. the word "doh" would spring to mind but i'd probably get that confused too and end up saying something else entirely instead. ho hum.
They claim they couldn't read the "pay royalties" memo because it was a low-quality save and therefore too blurry...
Supposedly Forgent only has until 2004 to get all it can out of the patent.
Isn't a 384.6% return-on-investment enough for them to have got out of it already?
Our government ... would never misuse technology
Try telling that to the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - after Japan had already tried to surrender...
our neurotic computers refused to post them
(no shit, this is my second try at this message...)
your computer has been unpredictable every day since 24 August 95? surely its unpredictability is becoming predictable now?
I've got a Motorola T720 and to tell me it has a low battery, it lights up its two screens and beeps. Every few minutes. There is something very wrong with that I'm sure.
Dyna-Tac (1973)
Features: Talk, listen, dial
Really, when it comes down to it, do you need anything else? Sure, text messaging is a bonus and games are fun(ish) when you're stuck in a traffic jam but you only need to be able to dial, talk and listen to ruin someone's cinema experience.
Dr Martin Cooper placed the first cellular phone call, to a rival scientist
Do you think his first words were "ha ha! beat you!"?
That was Godzilla's fault...
There are more indepth articles about this here and here. The latter article discussed the motivation for the move in a little more depth:
"This is only going to help AMD and Fujitsu become as stronger competitor and move up in market position," said Krewell. "They are in better shape to challenge Intel because they appear as one stronger brand, rather than as two lesser brands."
What do you reckon the chances are of me being able to get hold of one of these babies for my car?
So I'm not sure what you are gaining over a regular Mac
What you are gaining? Not having to spend all the cash you'd pay for an Apple for a start...
I claim full responsibility for this development - after all, I spent £2500+ on a powerbook last week (which I really can't afford but you know, mmm, titanium...) so of course a cheaper option is going to be just around the corner...
Would you actually be able to kill anyone with a laser unless you were at point blank range or would it just slightly warm them to death?
I bet George Lucas will get a kick back for each one either way.
There is a whole bunch of anti-war (and geek-related) satire over at the New World Odour. It's based in the UK but like US imperialism, humour flows around the world...
Business Plan
1. Point out the repetitive nature of humour on /.
2. ???
3. Profit!
and linking that to yesterday's discussion about the lack of quality these days, i bet we won't have any/many of today's computers around in another 50 years time... or 50 days for some of them...
My old company's policy when everyone left was "oh, Nathan will do it." I ended up picking up the slack when everyone left or was encouraged to leave until I was doing the work of four or five people on the pay of one person, working 14 hours days and still getting very, very behind.
After a couple of months, "Nathan *did* do it" - it being quitting. I earn about half or what I used to but I work half the time too and have a much better quality of life so it hasn't been a bad compromise.
While I can see the point of self-publishing for non-mainstream material, I would have thought any book worth publishing (and worth being read by others) would be picked up by a proper paper publisher - if they think the work can succeed, then they will want to make money from it.
If it was any good and the author had gone to the same effort to find an agent etc as it would take to organise self-publishing, then we'd be able to buy the book through regular sources - for a regular price - and it would probably enjoy greater success.
I live with a teacher and he complains about this all the time - as if kids and their usual bad spelling wasn't enough to contend with.
There was an article in the British TES (Times Educational Supplement) about this recently, and about how one student wrote a whole GCSE exam script in L33T/text message language: "Delete text message style, say examiners"
How can a music reviewer be expected to give a favourable review solely by listening to the said CDs on a Walkman?
All the Walkmans I've owned have given the music a really tinny sound - even the supposedly decent quality ones.
Even if they hooked up the output to a proper speakers, they still probably wouldn't get the quality you would get from a good stereo set up - which these guys would be used to.
That reminds me of an old Dilbert strip:
Pointy-Haired-Boss: I think we should build an SQL database
Dilbert: *think* Uh-Oh
Dilbert: *thinks* Does he understand what he said or is it something he saw in a trade magazine ad?
Dilbert: *out loud* What color do you want that database?
Pointy-Haired-Boss: I think mauve has the most RAM
It's a great idea but it's just going to be another reason for suits to think they know more than us. *sigh*