This is a myth. There is only suitability to solve a problem within a given context. At first, it's "how fast can I bring this to market", then "how does this scale" (in terms of execution efficiency). Finally, "can I hire people to do this?"
The starting point is inevitably what the initial implementer is most familiar with (or infatuated with) at the moment.
You're right! Which is why I downloaded a really cool Chrome extension which does neat things like locate numbers in text and provide reference points. To whit:
Most people don't have an immediate idea of what 5000km [~ typical distance covered by the winner of the 24 hours of Le Mans automobile endurance race] or.001 mm [~ also called one micron] mean. Giving them a point of reference gives them a way of wrapping their heads around it.
Pfft. Everyone on any given team knows who is good and who is dead weight. Listen to people, and make appropriate decisions. Yes, metrics are good to show improvement over time, but a weak, immature and cowardly way to identify poor performers.
I suppose that local caching of something as relatively static as a textbook is out of the question? My dead-tree edition books were often cached for 5-20 years. Really, how frequently does arithmetic change from year to year? Literature? Science and "Social Studies" I buy as being a little more dynamic, but still within a year?
Depends, if you have a masters (or even BS) from Stanford in EE or CS with a very good GPA then I bow down before your study skills.
But I note how you don't bow to technological ability, or ability to independantly grasp concepts. I have met MSCS in my time who can't code their way out of a paper bag. Persistance is not a suitable replacement for cognative ability.
On second thought, perhaps that's rather appropriate.
Seriously though, the one-armed bandits are auditable. I'll bet the code is a closely guarded secret. I'll bet they're not running Windows under the hood. etc etc etc...
I do use OOo -- on a regular basis. It may be imperfect, but it's a far cry better than MSOffice in many ways and defecient in only unimportant features. It definately comes out ahead in the cost-benefit calculation.
Indeed. My wife was the victim of identity fraud. The police caught the perp with my wife's ID -- and LET HER GO. She's been stealing cars from rental agencies and running up Sam's Club credit and cell phone bills ever since -- and the cops know who she is, and how much of a scourge she can be...
It's notable that the State does not license the professional, but the Bar Assn (for lawyers) and the Medical Board (for MD/RN/Etc). States (not the US Gov't) make laws that require the professionals to be licensed by an authority.
This is the grant of government license to do a specific type of work. That's akin to the government granting the title of Lord, and is technically illegal.
That said, the idea itself is good -- but let ACM *and* IEEE *and* Sun *and* whatever other institution do certifications... That avoids the government regulation, and allows potential employers to select "qualified" individuals.
there's not enough HD stuff being broadcast yet to warrant the expensive display I'd need.
This is exactly the kind of attitude that holds back technological progress in HDTV. I mean, without an audience, how can we expect broadcasters to pony up the dough required to send HDTV signals. The advertisers won't want to pay the premiums for HDTV slots that nobody watches!
It's up to the general public to adopt technology, or important innovations (like wasting time with TV) will never happen!!!
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This is a myth. There is only suitability to solve a problem within a given context. At first, it's "how fast can I bring this to market", then "how does this scale" (in terms of execution efficiency). Finally, "can I hire people to do this?"
The starting point is inevitably what the initial implementer is most familiar with (or infatuated with) at the moment.
A few weeks ago, I wrote an article about how asinine this technology argument is.
This was eloquently described by Phil Karlton, and extended by Martin Fowler:
There are only 2 hard things in computer science: Cache invalidation, the naming of things, and off-by-one errors.
http://martinfowler.com/bliki/TwoHardThings.html
You're right! Which is why I downloaded a really cool Chrome extension which does neat things like locate numbers in text and provide reference points. To whit:
Most people don't have an immediate idea of what 5000km [~ typical distance covered by the winner of the 24 hours of Le Mans automobile endurance race] or .001 mm [~ also called one micron] mean. Giving them a point of reference gives them a way of wrapping their heads around it.
So the conclusion is "both work; each has some flakiness".
That's a long-winded way of saying "meh".
vi or emacs debates anyone?
I have my lesson - don't touch anythings you do NOT know very well.
Because this is a fantastic way to get to be an expert on new stuff.
Pfft. Everyone on any given team knows who is good and who is dead weight. Listen to people, and make appropriate decisions. Yes, metrics are good to show improvement over time, but a weak, immature and cowardly way to identify poor performers.
For that exact reason. It doesn't represent much license value to Adobe, so they figure they'll try to turn it into goodwill value.
The quality of first post trolls has really decreased in the last few years.
Rich people spending too much money results in inflation at a local level. Film at 11.
Bullshit.
A publisher could easily offer (as an example) a PKI based scheme to cache content for a specific period of time.
There are easy technical solutions to a variety of these kinds of issues.
I was never very good at adhering to fashion fads. I suppose that's why I wasn't very popular at school.
I suppose that local caching of something as relatively static as a textbook is out of the question? My dead-tree edition books were often cached for 5-20 years. Really, how frequently does arithmetic change from year to year? Literature? Science and "Social Studies" I buy as being a little more dynamic, but still within a year?
Some might argue that military service IS a treatment program of sorts...
I hate to compare voting to a game of chance.
On second thought, perhaps that's rather appropriate.
Seriously though, the one-armed bandits are auditable. I'll bet the code is a closely guarded secret. I'll bet they're not running Windows under the hood. etc etc etc...
Yes yes yes.. we all know it.
Cringley makes a good case about why we believe this might work, but probably won't.
I do use OOo -- on a regular basis. It may be imperfect, but it's a far cry better than MSOffice in many ways and defecient in only unimportant features. It definately comes out ahead in the cost-benefit calculation.
Isn't there a build of OpenOffice.org for osX? Wouldn't that be considered a "free, full-featured office suite"?
Indeed. My wife was the victim of identity fraud. The police caught the perp with my wife's ID -- and LET HER GO. She's been stealing cars from rental agencies and running up Sam's Club credit and cell phone bills ever since -- and the cops know who she is, and how much of a scourge she can be...
It's notable that the State does not license the professional, but the Bar Assn (for lawyers) and the Medical Board (for MD/RN/Etc). States (not the US Gov't) make laws that require the professionals to be licensed by an authority.
This is the grant of government license to do a specific type of work. That's akin to the government granting the title of Lord, and is technically illegal.
That said, the idea itself is good -- but let ACM *and* IEEE *and* Sun *and* whatever other institution do certifications... That avoids the government regulation, and allows potential employers to select "qualified" individuals.
Is this applet crashing anyone else's browser?
Yes. There are a number of port catalogue systems for FreeBSD too...
RTF HOWTO =)
This is exactly the kind of attitude that holds back technological progress in HDTV. I mean, without an audience, how can we expect broadcasters to pony up the dough required to send HDTV signals. The advertisers won't want to pay the premiums for HDTV slots that nobody watches!
It's up to the general public to adopt technology, or important innovations (like wasting time with TV) will never happen!!!
(tongue firmly planted in cheek...) ---