Oh COME ON! It's a deliberate joke name, picked purely to generate publicity! And seriously, if your chain is called "Gaylord", would you EVER pick "Palms" as the name of your hotel? Of course you wouldn't!
I swear I'm not making this up! Check the links if you don't believe me!
"Ow, ow!" indeed.
(But, as parent correctly predicts - I've never stayed at a Gaylord, or even "been in a Gaylord" for that matter. I did seriously consider staying one night so I could steal some bathrobes for some of my gaylord friends, though...)
I agree with your sentiments, but in my experience there's at least one more scenario where pair programming is benefitial - where neither coder A or coder B have any experience with the codebase in question. In cases like that, I've found it incredibly valuable to have someone to talk to and bounce ideas and suggestions off of while trying to figure out exactly what (nevermind how? or why?) a particular piece of code or sub-system does.
Mod parent up.
No, seriously. I mean it. A friend of the family had to retro-fit one of these systems to their house after one of them developed a nasty asthma (or some other lung disease, can't rememeber). The central vacuming gets rid of the dust MUCH BETTER than a traditional vacum does, and thus makes your hourse a much nicer place to live for everybody - especially those with breathing problems!
I don't have any first-hand experience, and I certainly can't improve on the many helpful and enlightening posts already added to this thread, but I would be like to recommend the Reciprocality Project, and their page about the ADHD, CFIDS and Acquired Autism connection.
A few years back, the top science teaching facility in Norway considered changing its name to the "Norwegian University of Technology and Science". They reconsidered when they realised they'd be NUTS.
Similar story occurred in England, too, when Northumbria University considered changing its name to "Cumbria University, Northumbria and Tyneside"...
I know it's bad form to reply to my own message, but here goes anyway -
So I rooted through the old disks. Sadly, no Monkey Island.
HOWEVER - I did find a copy of good old Leather Goddesses of Phobos, and it plays just DANDY in an XP command window (once you've downloaded and run ansi.com from here)!
Six minutes ago, I learned of ScummVM's 0.5.0 release. I downloaded and installed it, and pulled my Day of the Tentacle CD from my shelf.
As I am typing this, I'm watching the full talkie introduction playing in a window on my desktop, and I am looking forward to spending some quality time with Hoage, Laverne and Bernard.
I you at Lucas Arts were to support the ScummVM project, I am convinced you would be able to sell your entire back-catalog of SCUMM games to a wide audience - Macintosh users, Linux users and Windows users alike, especially considering the ease at which I got ScummVM to work, compared to the struggle I faced trying to get DOTT to run in a DOS window under Windows XP.
In the meanwhile, I'm of rooting through my two shoeboxes of old 3.5" floppies looking for Monkey Island I and II. Ah, the memories!
(Speaking of Monkey Island - that "monkey wrench" stunt you pulled in II was entirely uncalled for, btw...)
Look at any moddable game, but perhaps specifically at anything out of id software - they decide a "cut off" point for their functionality: stuff that's "core" to the engine goes in an EXE, stuff that should be moddable goes in a DLL. (Grossly over-simplified).
Would a similar distinction apply to your stuff, perhaps in reverse? Anything that goes in the framework DLL is Open Source?
Someone modded the parent "Insightful"?!?!? It's bad advice at best, a sackable offense at worst!
Who is AOL? Who has to approve? [...] An employee working for AOL releases code under the GPL (not talking about things done on his own time) it's under the gpl, he is a representative of the company.
You, Sir, are wrong. What's more, you're a moron. If you'd done any research, such as, say, read the recommendations on the GNU pages, you'd know that you're spewing utter rubbish.
GNU advices, among other things, that in order to release code under GPL, even WRITTEN ON YOUR OWN TIME, you should get a statement from your employer saying that they claim no ownership of the code.
If you write code ON COMPANY TIME, then guess what, hotshot, THE COMPANY OWNS IT. You can't do squat other than write it and debug it. You have NO RIGHTS to decide how it's licensed. You may make suggestions to your boss, who can talk to his boss who can... you get the idea.
Understand that the decision to release anything under GPL is a COMMERCIAL decision. We (coders, geeks, slashdotters, whatever) tend to view it as a philosophical decision, but it's not.
Will all due respect (AC's are still due respect, right?) I think you're missing the point. 14 years is a long time in any universe, be it computing or otherwise, but it is still a much SHORTER time than infinity (or, death+70+whatever Congress extends it by next time).
Yes, 14 year old books will be "somewhat out of date". BUT... it's starting to rebuild the creative commons, and it's a step in the right direction.
October 1994, issue 97 of "PC Plus". Almost 80MB of Slackware 2.0.0, kernel v 1.0.9. Manna from heaven, considering I only had a 9600 baud modem at the time. (Insert fancy maths here for calculating how long 80MB would take to download at 9600bps - about, what, 20 hours?)
Uhm, ok, who else did just spent 10 minutes (thoroughly) checking if IBM filter naughty words at the text-to-speech interface? Getting the female voices to utter favourable phrases regarding to one's studlyness, perhaps?
.. and often uttered in distressed tones at the end of a night out, usually by desperate males attempting to re-attach themselves to some female.
PHONEME! PLEASE PHONEME! I LOVE YOU! PHONEME!
I agree with ites - I think the recent "evolution" for mobile phones (and PDAs)has been in the wrong direction - more features per unit. I'd prefer to carry (slightly) more units doing fewer things better.
You're a phone? Good. Be a phone. Provide access to the (telephone) network (voice and data; WAP, GPRS, 3G, WiFi, etc.). Speak Bluetooth.
You're a PDA? Good. Be a PDA. Provide me with a calendar, appointments, contacts, etc. Speak Bluetooth. Speak to the phone, when I want to call one of my contacts, write SMS messages, or browse the web (WAP, GPRS, 3G, WiFi, what do you care, that's the PHONE's decision!)
You're a hands-free/headset? Good. Be a headset. (Be stereo, please!) Be very lightweight, use in-ear microphones. Speak Bluetooth. Speak Bluetooth to the PDA who'll be streaming you MP3s. Speak Bluetooth to the phone who'll interrupt the MP3s when I get an incoming call - or when I make an outgoing one.
Go further - think big. PA (Tannoy) systems should speak Bluetooth. My PDA knows which train I'm taking home - if the PA system is about to make an announcement regarding my train, mute my MP3s. If I'm on the phone, record the announcement and play it back when I hang up. (TiVo in your pocket, woo!)
We've only scratched the surface - Bluetooth is the enabler - but we should be thinking WAY beoynd "Oh yeah, Bluetooth headsets, that's neat." I for one DEMAND that whole "personal network" of gadgets I've been promised for so long!
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And if you did, and if you had a recruitment hotline ...
407-586-OWOW
I swear I'm not making this up! Check the links if you don't believe me!
"Ow, ow !" indeed.
(But, as parent correctly predicts - I've never stayed at a Gaylord, or even "been in a Gaylord" for that matter. I did seriously consider staying one night so I could steal some bathrobes for some of my gaylord friends, though ...)
Must have been surfing too much pr0n lately, my mouse pointer immediately hovered over the "Death by Fisting" text to see if it was a link ...
Oh - and you're way off topic, btw. RTFA =)
Dude - you could have spell-checked your post!
Mod parent up. No, seriously. I mean it. A friend of the family had to retro-fit one of these systems to their house after one of them developed a nasty asthma (or some other lung disease, can't rememeber). The central vacuming gets rid of the dust MUCH BETTER than a traditional vacum does, and thus makes your hourse a much nicer place to live for everybody - especially those with breathing problems!
Just in time code generation != just in time compilation
I don't have any first-hand experience, and I certainly can't improve on the many helpful and enlightening posts already added to this thread, but I would be like to recommend the Reciprocality Project, and their page about the ADHD, CFIDS and Acquired Autism connection.
Oh, wait ...
Similar story occurred in England, too, when Northumbria University considered changing its name to "Cumbria University, Northumbria and Tyneside" ...
So I rooted through the old disks. Sadly, no Monkey Island.
HOWEVER - I did find a copy of good old Leather Goddesses of Phobos, and it plays just DANDY in an XP command window (once you've downloaded and run ansi.com from here)!
I feel an urge. Suppose I should head northwest!
Six minutes ago, I learned of ScummVM's 0.5.0 release. I downloaded and installed it, and pulled my Day of the Tentacle CD from my shelf.
As I am typing this, I'm watching the full talkie introduction playing in a window on my desktop, and I am looking forward to spending some quality time with Hoage, Laverne and Bernard.
I you at Lucas Arts were to support the ScummVM project, I am convinced you would be able to sell your entire back-catalog of SCUMM games to a wide audience - Macintosh users, Linux users and Windows users alike, especially considering the ease at which I got ScummVM to work, compared to the struggle I faced trying to get DOTT to run in a DOS window under Windows XP.
In the meanwhile, I'm of rooting through my two shoeboxes of old 3.5" floppies looking for Monkey Island I and II. Ah, the memories!
(Speaking of Monkey Island - that "monkey wrench" stunt you pulled in II was entirely uncalled for, btw...)
Sincerely,
et cetera, et cetera
(PS - to the ScummVM team: Top job! Props!)
Look at any moddable game, but perhaps specifically at anything out of id software - they decide a "cut off" point for their functionality: stuff that's "core" to the engine goes in an EXE, stuff that should be moddable goes in a DLL. (Grossly over-simplified). Would a similar distinction apply to your stuff, perhaps in reverse? Anything that goes in the framework DLL is Open Source?
GNU advices, among other things, that in order to release code under GPL, even WRITTEN ON YOUR OWN TIME, you should get a statement from your employer saying that they claim no ownership of the code.
If you write code ON COMPANY TIME, then guess what, hotshot, THE COMPANY OWNS IT. You can't do squat other than write it and debug it. You have NO RIGHTS to decide how it's licensed. You may make suggestions to your boss, who can talk to his boss who can ... you get the idea.
Understand that the decision to release anything under GPL is a COMMERCIAL decision. We (coders, geeks, slashdotters, whatever) tend to view it as a philosophical decision, but it's not.
Karmawhoring links:
- GNU Coding Standards: Keeping Free Software Free
- GNU Coding Standards: Accepting Contributions
- FAQ: Assign copyright
Consider yourself ejucaited.Hmmm ... too popular? Oh. I don't buy from ECKO because it's misspelt and would make me look like an idiot ...
My hosts file maps all ("most") adservers to localhost, you insensitive clod!
Yes, 14 year old books will be "somewhat out of date". BUT ... it's starting to rebuild the creative commons, and it's a step in the right direction.
Positive? About Outlook? Uhm, this is Slashdot, right?
Slackware - everything you need and nothing you don't.
(That reminds me of the old Burger King campaign; "You've got it - your way". Damn. Hungry now ...)
Happy memories.
*raises glass* This one for you, Patrick, thanks.
Oh ... just me? *blush*
.. and often uttered in distressed tones at the end of a night out, usually by desperate males attempting to re-attach themselves to some female. PHONEME! PLEASE PHONEME! I LOVE YOU! PHONEME!
You're a phone? Good. Be a phone. Provide access to the (telephone) network (voice and data; WAP, GPRS, 3G, WiFi, etc.). Speak Bluetooth.
You're a PDA? Good. Be a PDA. Provide me with a calendar, appointments, contacts, etc. Speak Bluetooth. Speak to the phone, when I want to call one of my contacts, write SMS messages, or browse the web (WAP, GPRS, 3G, WiFi, what do you care, that's the PHONE's decision!)
You're a hands-free/headset? Good. Be a headset. (Be stereo, please!) Be very lightweight, use in-ear microphones. Speak Bluetooth. Speak Bluetooth to the PDA who'll be streaming you MP3s. Speak Bluetooth to the phone who'll interrupt the MP3s when I get an incoming call - or when I make an outgoing one.
Go further - think big. PA (Tannoy) systems should speak Bluetooth. My PDA knows which train I'm taking home - if the PA system is about to make an announcement regarding my train, mute my MP3s. If I'm on the phone, record the announcement and play it back when I hang up. (TiVo in your pocket, woo!)
We've only scratched the surface - Bluetooth is the enabler - but we should be thinking WAY beoynd "Oh yeah, Bluetooth headsets, that's neat." I for one DEMAND that whole "personal network" of gadgets I've been promised for so long!
If you have to/can't explain recursion to them, I pray to god they well BELOW average.
That said, I feel your pain.