"I propose that we as a community insist that all distros make the default screensaver be one that randomly displays a different detailed credit for one of the authors of Linux software every 60 seconds."
This will certainly be the doom for open source software, specially Linux. Would you, or any company use software that displayed beards and glasses every minute? Let me answer that for you:
-For God's sake, I'll pay for It! just get off the screen!
The article belongs to the 60's together with a description of X generation languages and/or Samuel's Checkers Player. The author describes a scenario, where primitive logical constructs are the real deal: A logical exercise, involution, simplification , a lot of work. It seems that we are going to end up coding microcode as an academic excerise.
If we not destroy ourselves, in 100 years the machines will take care of us, code writing included.
My manager push certain "patent pending" communication protocol spec, so I could implement the ideas on it to solve the particular problem we were dealing with. After careful examination I concluded that the patent application was bogus; there was nothing original about it, plus, it did not satisfy its own claims (recognized later, in private, by the author). It took me a week or so (I have 10+ years of experience on the field) to go through the documentation due to the redundant, hyped and pompous language used to describe the "invention". I am absolutely sure that the patent office is not going to notice anything abnormal in this application; the author will receive the appropriate incentives and recognition, the company will add one more patent to its intellectual property list and at the end of the year you may be able to see countless reports, wired infoporn included, with inflated "innovation indexes". The real, objective value added: 0. Welcome to the innovation machine.
Already in 1983 I saw Logo as useless and a waste of time. As a learning tool, it is just deceptive or even damaging to try to use it to introduce programming to children... At the time, basic, 6502, assembler, display lists, player missile graphics and the mysteries of ANTIC were far more engaging and useful. I was 13 years old. Years later, my brother, 8, was already programming his first game following the same steps.
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From the article:
"I propose that we as a community insist that all distros make the default screensaver be one that randomly displays a different detailed credit for one of the authors of Linux software every 60 seconds."
This will certainly be the doom for open source software, specially Linux. Would you, or any company use software that displayed beards and glasses every minute? Let me answer that for you: -For God's sake, I'll pay for It! just get off the screen!
If we not destroy ourselves, in 100 years the machines will take care of us, code writing included.
My manager push certain "patent pending" communication protocol spec, so I could implement the ideas on it to solve the particular problem we were dealing with. After careful examination I concluded that the patent application was bogus; there was nothing original about it, plus, it did not satisfy its own claims (recognized later, in private, by the author). It took me a week or so (I have 10+ years of experience on the field) to go through the documentation due to the redundant, hyped and pompous language used to describe the "invention". I am absolutely sure that the patent office is not going to notice anything abnormal in this application; the author will receive the appropriate incentives and recognition, the company will add one more patent to its intellectual property list and at the end of the year you may be able to see countless reports, wired infoporn included, with inflated "innovation indexes". The real, objective value added: 0. Welcome to the innovation machine.
FileZilla rocks!
- Not enough busses. Amount of people and traffic underestimated. The infrastructure (busses and roads) did not evolve to accommodate the IT rush.
- Express busses run until 6 PM or so... if you live just "outside" and miss the bus, you will have to ride 3.
- OTrain has only one route...
- No Subway.
Tables are available at bus stops. You can also call for an estimation.Essentially, get a car or take a cab.
Already in 1983 I saw Logo as useless and a waste of time. As a learning tool, it is just deceptive or even damaging to try to use it to introduce programming to children... At the time, basic, 6502, assembler, display lists, player missile graphics and the mysteries of ANTIC were far more engaging and useful. I was 13 years old. Years later, my brother, 8, was already programming his first game following the same steps.