Bugs aren't really bugs when you call them features. Nor are there ever any problems, only issues. And having customers pay for tech support is the ultimate kick to the groin. Thanks Bill!
Content-based filtering seems to be the only thing that would stop users from simply using a 3rd party proxy, nph-proxy or anonymizer. I don't know how well cyber-nanny-whatever works or if it just blocks IPs, but I this this court order is a bit premature in terms of technology.
Of course, if we could just get all the porn sites to include some meta tags...
The question I see is, if the RIAA's intimidation/anti-consumer tactics (or DRM-etc) gain significant ground, and downloading mp3s, movies, etc becomes too difficult, will home users really need a 300kbps connection? (I'd never go back to a 56k modem that never connected faster than 22k, but that's just me).
Actually, now that I wrote that, I think they do--who knows what else will take the place of them though. A real-time slashdot feed perhaps?
Eddings' books are my favorite series-- it's true that the Belgariad/Mallorean series' and the Elenium/Tamuli series are very similar in content, but they're both very fun to read. His non-series books are very good too, especially his latest one... can't recall the name off the top of my head, though.
Google has IMHO the best search-engine technology around. However, the time is coming for more intelligent engines--content based searching is around the corner, and I'm sure that development is being done at Google. I want to search for pictures by content (not by filename). I want a larger set of query commands (NEAR, etc). Kartoo has an intuitive (and addicting) interface, and the ties it generates are... cool.
I don't think google losing some contracts will mean very much. Anyone can piggy back off of them, and if they can make a better product, more power to them, but I think google is around to stay.
Any word on an IPO?
I attended Hofstra University on Long Island, NY as an undergraduate (Computer Science and Math). I was told all about how their program was one of the "top in the country", which, though I did not fully believe, trusted was at least "up there". By my second year, the school dropped down a tier (I think tier 2 --> 3 or 3 --> 4). The CS department was full of part time adjunt faculty that were terrible teachers. The equipment would have been new in 1975, and there were no real resources.
I decided to go onto graduate school at Cornell (Comp Sci), and the differences were absolutely amazing. I learned more in the year at Cornell than I did in the 3 1/2 at Hofstra.
I would recommend to anyone who can get into a top CS school to go there-- scholarships, etc to lesser (crap) schools do not help you at all. If I could go back, I wouldn't have gone to Hofstra, it was a waste of 3 1/2 years, and I'm far behind where I would have been if I had gone straight to a better school.
Ok here's what I found out:
Amazon Review (the one in the original message):
"The foot cream is another triple treat as it softens, heals and disinfects. It contains camphor if there is a need for soothing dry skin, and a natural disinfectant, Tea Tree Oil to banish any potential odors. It's a true treat for your feet!"
Now, here's a paragraph written on a web page selling the foot cream: (http://www.beautysak.com/products.asp?mode=m&mid= 110)
"A 3-in-1 product that softens, heals, and disinfects. Contains soothing Camphor to heal painful cracking. Naturally disinfecitng Tea Tree Oil kills odor-causing bacteria, and Dead Sea minerals provide the ultimate in softening."
I totally agree that the quality of electronics has declined in recent years. I learned my lesson years ago when I purchased an expensive CD-R drive (HP 4020i). It just died almost a year later (within a few weeks of warranty), so they sent me a new one (the 6020). That one lasted about a month, and then died too. I've gone through 3 more drives since then, but instead of spending $350-$400 on one, I got the cheapest drive pricewatch could offer. Counter-argument, I bought/assembled a dual pentium 2 "the mother of all computers" back when 266 mhz was good. Spent a fortune on it. It lasted for 2 years, then the motherboard committed suicide (power-supply melted the motherboard). So much for quality. For certain things, price equals quality. For others, it's just a perception issue ($200 jeans are just the same as $20 ones).
That's my $0.02.
Alright, I'm just a home user, I don't have $thousands to spend on a tape loader and DAT/DLT/AIT/ETC tapes. I need a better solution. I see only DVD-R as a viable solution, but even 5-gig per disc means that I'll need close to 100 discs to do a full backup. I want a 10 TB hard drive with an attached, automatic, 200 TB will-never-fail backup medium.
Ok, I dream.
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Operator overloading seemed good at first until:
Dog d1 = new Dog();
Dog d2 = new Dog();
Dog d3 = d1 + d2;
Just because you can do something, doesn't make it right. The 2% of coders that can use it correctly will have to suffer because the rest can't.
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Accessibility at the expense of aesthetics isn't the answer. My $0.02 would be that we obviously need to have web pages display on non-IE6 devices (cell phones, watches, microchips embedded in your brain), but we also need to let the pages look nice in M$ browsers--sorry guys, IE6 just acts nicer. Maybe this is already being done, but if I were to design a web page that people would need to access from anywhere, I'd either first try to develop a rendering standard (extend css for support for more media), or have foo.html for IE6, foo.whatever.html for PDA with some level of compatibility, foo.bar.html for another device, etc. Since it'll be years unti a rendering standard comes out, it seems the only way to support everyone. It sucks.
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Bugs aren't really bugs when you call them features. Nor are there ever any problems, only issues. And having customers pay for tech support is the ultimate kick to the groin.
Thanks Bill!
Content-based filtering seems to be the only thing that would stop users from simply using a 3rd party proxy, nph-proxy or anonymizer. I don't know how well cyber-nanny-whatever works or if it just blocks IPs, but I this this court order is a bit premature in terms of technology.
Of course, if we could just get all the porn sites to include some meta tags...
I think morale would sky-rocket if finance, marketing, advertising, etc girls were mixed along with development.
for ( c : i ) { //blah blah blah
}
foreach $c (@i) {
#blah blah blah
}
I can't wait! Next thing I want:
System.out.println("YES!") if (a==b);
The question I see is, if the RIAA's intimidation/anti-consumer tactics (or DRM-etc) gain significant ground, and downloading mp3s, movies, etc becomes too difficult, will home users really need a 300kbps connection? (I'd never go back to a 56k modem that never connected faster than 22k, but that's just me).
Actually, now that I wrote that, I think they do--who knows what else will take the place of them though. A real-time slashdot feed perhaps?
Eddings' books are my favorite series-- it's true that the Belgariad/Mallorean series' and the Elenium/Tamuli series are very similar in content, but they're both very fun to read. His non-series books are very good too, especially his latest one... can't recall the name off the top of my head, though.
Good point, I was hoping to be in and out. It would make up for the royal beating I took with Comparator(IDID) years back.
Google has IMHO the best search-engine technology around. However, the time is coming for more intelligent engines--content based searching is around the corner, and I'm sure that development is being done at Google. I want to search for pictures by content (not by filename). I want a larger set of query commands (NEAR, etc). Kartoo has an intuitive (and addicting) interface, and the ties it generates are... cool.
I don't think google losing some contracts will mean very much. Anyone can piggy back off of them, and if they can make a better product, more power to them, but I think google is around to stay.
Any word on an IPO?
Well, they've got an 8.8 BILLION year margin for error now.
Ok I'm 100% sure that the universe is between 23 and infinity billion years old.
I attended Hofstra University on Long Island, NY as an undergraduate (Computer Science and Math). I was told all about how their program was one of the "top in the country", which, though I did not fully believe, trusted was at least "up there". By my second year, the school dropped down a tier (I think tier 2 --> 3 or 3 --> 4). The CS department was full of part time adjunt faculty that were terrible teachers. The equipment would have been new in 1975, and there were no real resources.
I decided to go onto graduate school at Cornell (Comp Sci), and the differences were absolutely amazing. I learned more in the year at Cornell than I did in the 3 1/2 at Hofstra.
I would recommend to anyone who can get into a top CS school to go there-- scholarships, etc to lesser (crap) schools do not help you at all. If I could go back, I wouldn't have gone to Hofstra, it was a waste of 3 1/2 years, and I'm far behind where I would have been if I had gone straight to a better school.
and Google was a guy, I'd sooo marry him.
Ok here's what I found out:
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Amazon Review (the one in the original message):
"The foot cream is another triple treat as it softens, heals and disinfects. It contains camphor if there is a need for soothing dry skin, and a natural disinfectant, Tea Tree Oil to banish any potential odors. It's a true treat for your feet!"
Now, here's a paragraph written on a web page selling the foot cream: (http://www.beautysak.com/products.asp?mode=m&mid
"A 3-in-1 product that softens, heals, and disinfects. Contains soothing Camphor to heal painful cracking. Naturally disinfecitng Tea Tree Oil kills odor-causing bacteria, and Dead Sea minerals provide the ultimate in softening."
Something rotten in the state of wherever.
I totally agree that the quality of electronics has declined in recent years. I learned my lesson years ago when I purchased an expensive CD-R drive (HP 4020i). It just died almost a year later (within a few weeks of warranty), so they sent me a new one (the 6020). That one lasted about a month, and then died too. I've gone through 3 more drives since then, but instead of spending $350-$400 on one, I got the cheapest drive pricewatch could offer. Counter-argument, I bought/assembled a dual pentium 2 "the mother of all computers" back when 266 mhz was good. Spent a fortune on it. It lasted for 2 years, then the motherboard committed suicide (power-supply melted the motherboard). So much for quality. For certain things, price equals quality. For others, it's just a perception issue ($200 jeans are just the same as $20 ones). That's my $0.02.
Alright, I'm just a home user, I don't have $thousands to spend on a tape loader and DAT/DLT/AIT/ETC tapes. I need a better solution. I see only DVD-R as a viable solution, but even 5-gig per disc means that I'll need close to 100 discs to do a full backup. I want a 10 TB hard drive with an attached, automatic, 200 TB will-never-fail backup medium. Ok, I dream.
Operator overloading seemed good at first until: Dog d1 = new Dog(); Dog d2 = new Dog(); Dog d3 = d1 + d2; Just because you can do something, doesn't make it right. The 2% of coders that can use it correctly will have to suffer because the rest can't. M
Accessibility at the expense of aesthetics isn't the answer. My $0.02 would be that we obviously need to have web pages display on non-IE6 devices (cell phones, watches, microchips embedded in your brain), but we also need to let the pages look nice in M$ browsers--sorry guys, IE6 just acts nicer. Maybe this is already being done, but if I were to design a web page that people would need to access from anywhere, I'd either first try to develop a rendering standard (extend css for support for more media), or have foo.html for IE6, foo.whatever.html for PDA with some level of compatibility, foo.bar.html for another device, etc. Since it'll be years unti a rendering standard comes out, it seems the only way to support everyone. It sucks.