You know what, a bunch of you at work like to use the job and their co-workers as their social group, terrific, knock yourselves out. But it's not for everyone and the company is missing out on important talent if this is a condition of continued employment. How about just leaving people alone. They may actually have lunch together now and again spontaneously.
I'm looking forward to the software dev job situation swinging back the other way to where these touchy-feely companies are back on the short end of the bargaining stick. You clowns have too much power and you seem bored. Not a good combo. It's a job. We go there to solve problems, get paid and work.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to have lunch with my significant other. My current job supports me on this. Ciao.
Is this what happens when the shock sets in that there's no Steve to guide everything? Tweetdeck devs: If this kitchen's too hot, you may be excused. More room for developers who can handle it.
You may need glasses, my friend. This is what happened to me. Changing the res on monitors, trying to buy lower res LCDs. Finally went to the old eye doctor. And yep, you guessed it, time to start wearing glasses. All this bullshit magically stopped being a problem.
The game is well-made. It's fun and interesting to me. I have not found any bugginess so far. They produce a native Linux version. They don't harrass us with DRM.
I paid them US$20. That was my pick-a-price. Because, you know what?, the developers felt it was worth that much originally and I agree.
This isn't some contest where I have to make sure I win over the other tens of thousands of customers.
I did not know what ICCCM was until I looked it up on Wikipedia, where I found this:
"The ICCCM is notorious for being ambiguous and difficult to correctly implement [1]. Furthermore, some parts are obsolete or no longer practical to implement [2]."
I'd like to take this opportunity to suggest that people try something exciting and different! The xmonad window manager!
It's a tiling-style wm like ion, ratpoison and dwm (in fact it started out as a reimplementation of dwm's features with the addition of xinerama support). xmonad is very small, very fast, very stable. Written in the Haskell programming language. And supported by a very helpful and friendly bunch on #xmonad at freenode.
Try this kind of window manager, you may just like it quite a bit more than the conventional model of dragging and sizing your life away. I went from fluxbox to xmonad last summer and use it on everything, period. It's that good.
Cory Doctorow was been over this a couple of years ago when Sun came up with the (I'm guessing abandoned) idea of an Open Source DRM. Here, go read why it's oxymoronic: DRM != SSL
Any protection scheme where your customer and your attacker are the same party, doomed to failure, IMO.
Do not buy any DRM-encumbered products. Make a statement about this by not participating.
"RSS readers don't do anything with the DTD or try to access it at all. This didn't break anything."
You, sir, are wrong.
XML parsers (which RSS readers use to... you guessed it, parse the XML) will try to look at things referenced in the DOCTYPE declarations.
I guess I can vaguely understand the desire to have the 'authoritative' provider of the DTD in one place, but it's always made me uneasy to have this single point of failure for the potentially many consumers of a DTD.
It's apparently also made many of my employers over the past 10 years uneasy. I've had to take control of this situation many times at many jobs and change it so we host copies of DTDs ourselves (or remove the DOCTYPE altogether from documents).
There have also been times I've worked on software that otherwise did not need to have an internet connection available. This DOCTYPE business is a problem in that case.
And I thought: I doubt it. If anything, increasing security issues on the big intarweb will make people want more local apps and data storage, not less.
I think the build-a-big-shitty-OS era is drawing to a close. That I'll agree with.
When the last story was posted, I was shocked at the caliber of people who didn't know about Java's source code. The fact that the source has been available for about 7 years makes this incredibly frustrating.
I'm shocked too with a couple of things.
First, Java source code availability != open licensing. It's that simple folks. I've been able to get my hands on some part of Microsoft Windows source code since sometime in 1996. BFD. Even if Windows wasn't a flaming piece of crap, it has non-open licensing attached. Nothing to see here, Java remains restricted.
Second, Java isn't really a very good language. From where I sit, it's basically C++ running in a VM with the syntax cleaned up. And I say that as a full-time Java programmer for 10 years. I know this language intimately and I'm less impressed than ever. C++-alike isn't the only way to do an OO programming language.
I suppose it's a testament to Sun's marketing success that so many people and organizations care.
Actually, I don't think OS [Open Source] necessarily only means 'published code'. It also often includes the licensing to, among other things, protect the project from being exploited.
Ok, sure, you could buy off the developers with enough cash. Sounds logical given enough money. But the people involved in certain organized, open projects often do have the desire for it to exist outside of corporate control. I'd like to think that a large group of the developers would immediately fork, pick a different name, and continue on their way as before.
A company like Oracle could knock up a Linux distro in a short time but why bother
It seems to me it's similar to free web-based projects getting bought (like Craigs, Bloglines). The buyer is interested in the customers. In this case, the companies (and I guess individuals) who are already committed and/or excited about SuSE.
"...publishers are doing quite well not paying writers, so they refuse to pursue [other business models]. And those software companies who sell services on top of free code, without helping pay the freight of people writing that code, are doing the same thing"
Slashdot Mirror
You know what, a bunch of you at work like to use the job and their co-workers as their social group, terrific, knock yourselves out. But it's not for everyone and the company is missing out on important talent if this is a condition of continued employment. How about just leaving people alone. They may actually have lunch together now and again spontaneously.
I'm looking forward to the software dev job situation swinging back the other way to where these touchy-feely companies are back on the short end of the bargaining stick. You clowns have too much power and you seem bored. Not a good combo. It's a job. We go there to solve problems, get paid and work.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to have lunch with my significant other. My current job supports me on this. Ciao.
Is this what happens when the shock sets in that there's no Steve to guide everything? Tweetdeck devs: If this kitchen's too hot, you may be excused. More room for developers who can handle it.
You may need glasses, my friend. This is what happened to me. Changing the res on monitors, trying to buy lower res LCDs. Finally went to the old eye doctor. And yep, you guessed it, time to start wearing glasses. All this bullshit magically stopped being a problem.
The game is well-made. It's fun and interesting to me. I have not found any bugginess so far. They produce a native Linux version. They don't harrass us with DRM.
I paid them US$20. That was my pick-a-price. Because, you know what?, the developers felt it was worth that much originally and I agree.
This isn't some contest where I have to make sure I win over the other tens of thousands of customers.
Can the xmonad window manager be used in a desktop environment like KDE or Gnome?
Excellent question, AC! Yes, it is being used this way by some people with Gnome. Help with setting that up here.
I did not know what ICCCM was until I looked it up on Wikipedia, where I found this:
"The ICCCM is notorious for being ambiguous and difficult to correctly implement [1]. Furthermore, some parts are obsolete or no longer practical to implement [2]."
Interesting, thanks!
I'd like to take this opportunity to suggest that people try something exciting and different! The xmonad window manager!
It's a tiling-style wm like ion, ratpoison and dwm (in fact it started out as a reimplementation of dwm's features with the addition of xinerama support). xmonad is very small, very fast, very stable. Written in the Haskell programming language. And supported by a very helpful and friendly bunch on #xmonad at freenode.
Try this kind of window manager, you may just like it quite a bit more than the conventional model of dragging and sizing your life away. I went from fluxbox to xmonad last summer and use it on everything, period. It's that good.
Cory Doctorow was been over this a couple of years ago when Sun came up with the (I'm guessing abandoned) idea of an Open Source DRM. Here, go read why it's oxymoronic: DRM != SSL
Any protection scheme where your customer and your attacker are the same party, doomed to failure, IMO.
Do not buy any DRM-encumbered products. Make a statement about this by not participating.
Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean you are not, in fact, all out to get me.
If someone else can run arbitrary code on your computer without your permission, it's not YOUR computer any more.
Stop all use of Windows. We have a 100% no-Microsoft, no-Apple home. Stop making excuses and do it.
Eh, Java's a bit of a crappy language. I think Sun has Java'd the shark here.
You know, these fine operating systems (and others of their family) will never put you in the situation of being kicked out of your own box:
Debian GNU/Linux
Ubuntu
You might say it's against their "business plan" to behave that way towards users.
"RSS readers don't do anything with the DTD or try to access it at all. This didn't break anything."
You, sir, are wrong.
XML parsers (which RSS readers use to... you guessed it, parse the XML) will try to look at things referenced in the DOCTYPE declarations.
I guess I can vaguely understand the desire to have the 'authoritative' provider of the DTD in one place, but it's always made me uneasy to have this single point of failure for the potentially many consumers of a DTD.
It's apparently also made many of my employers over the past 10 years uneasy. I've had to take control of this situation many times at many jobs and change it so we host copies of DTDs ourselves (or remove the DOCTYPE altogether from documents).
There have also been times I've worked on software that otherwise did not need to have an internet connection available. This DOCTYPE business is a problem in that case.
I pledge to use the x86 architecture until Cliff learns the difference between "their" and "they're"
Yup, totally agree with you.
I read this:
"but the desktop era is drawing to a close"
And I thought: I doubt it. If anything, increasing security issues on the big intarweb will make people want more local apps and data storage, not less.
I think the build-a-big-shitty-OS era is drawing to a close. That I'll agree with.
the zune supports more file types than the ipod
mm, but not the most important one: ogg
Me, I won't use anything from either of these companies. Never had an iPod, never will.
"I really need something that will help me diagnose and fix problems with Windows PCs."
What would it be, exactly, that it's never done before? Worked reliably?
Couldn't resist.
I'm shocked too with a couple of things.
First, Java source code availability != open licensing. It's that simple folks. I've been able to get my hands on some part of Microsoft Windows source code since sometime in 1996. BFD. Even if Windows wasn't a flaming piece of crap, it has non-open licensing attached. Nothing to see here, Java remains restricted.
Second, Java isn't really a very good language. From where I sit, it's basically C++ running in a VM with the syntax cleaned up. And I say that as a full-time Java programmer for 10 years. I know this language intimately and I'm less impressed than ever. C++-alike isn't the only way to do an OO programming language.
I suppose it's a testament to Sun's marketing success that so many people and organizations care.
dmorelli on these-jokes-never-get-old
I can only paraphrase the Official Ninja Homepage website to say...
I think I will love the new Nintendo box with all of my body (including my wii wii).
Actually, I don't think OS [Open Source] necessarily only means 'published code'. It also often includes the licensing to, among other things, protect the project from being exploited.
Ok, sure, you could buy off the developers with enough cash. Sounds logical given enough money. But the people involved in certain organized, open projects often do have the desire for it to exist outside of corporate control. I'd like to think that a large group of the developers would immediately fork, pick a different name, and continue on their way as before.
It seems to me it's similar to free web-based projects getting bought (like Craigs, Bloglines). The buyer is interested in the customers. In this case, the companies (and I guess individuals) who are already committed and/or excited about SuSE.
This should not be modded "Troll" It's clearly "Funny"
I will state up front that I did not (and am not interested in) RTFA. However, I did have a great deal of trouble parsing this:
On a positive note, at least nobody butchered 'lose', 'loose' and the poor apostrophe.
I can only quote Master Shake: "It must be Obvious Day at Camp Stupid."
I'm no thoroughly-read RMS scholar, but I wonder if this fear of exploitation is part of the reason for the strictness of the GPL.
Also, funny this should come up, I just read this linked to by Linux Today:
Dana Blankenhorn (an IT journalist) writes: