I'd like to strongly second DOCUMENTATION as a major item.
Theres nothing more annoying in the world then inheriting someone else's code to find out that there is no documenation on how they implemented their solution.
Comments are fine but they dont describe the architecture of the program, what servers are used, who the contact people are, what the business goals of the app are and more.
document, document, document!
The days of the adhoc hacker are gone. coding is a "profession" and should be treated like all other business initiatives.
In the arena of slashdot, sure its a sort of democratic system that brings out a specific view point or weighs in heavily of a specific subject matter but thats what this system is about. Finding out what the masses are in favour for. Yes is tramples all over minorities which means there is a gap left that could be exploited if someone can come up with a system that fixes it. Also, remember that all these opinions are of ONE demographic. I bet you slashdot would start leaning in a different direction if the target market wasnt linux zealot ms bashing computer geeks:)
remember, this is a comments system made specifically for bringing one persons viewpoint across. Sadly the masses want to hear ms bashing.
If you wanted to hear it from a different angle, try another site.
In the end, the world is what you perceive it to be. If you get stuck in one corner with only certain feedback getting to you, you perceive it to be a place entirely different than someone who manages to roam around and process feedback from a multitude of sources.
I for one have stopped turning on the 6 o'clock news. Suddenly my world has become less depressing and my perception of how much violence is around is at an all time low
Take a perfectly valid example of old procedural coders who work on mainframes.
Their bitter distaste (a steriotype, but valid in most cases nonetheless) for accepting new technologies has left them behind in their skillset.
one *could* argue that they are getting paid a premium these days so why should you change but I think the world has learned from that mistake and thus want people and system to adapt to change better.
The world today is an ever changing place (and increasing so too) where it is at your best interest to adapt. Like nature, those creatures that adapt go on to survive while the others simply are forgotten memories
agreed. I just tested it out myself and nothing major or life changing in it.
what it will be good for is getting firefox to the masses of people who ARE NOT computer geeks and know all about which plugins are what and how to go about installing these things.
Users in the end want simplicity. An analogy would be that I would consider this browser like a holiday package. Sure you can go out and buy a plane ticket, sort out the best value hotel, fix up transfers etc etc but for the 90% of the people who simply want a "holiday", the package is a great option. Its a no brainer to simply buy it.
Flock to me, is simply that. Everything you need to have a "social networking" expereince all rolled up into a good browser that so many zealots here promote.
I was just having a lunch discussion about this sort of thing. One of our engineers was telling me how he couldn't care less about all this blogging social sharing fandangle.
Which is fair enough.
This web 2.0 is rather new. It's still trying to be defined. What we are seeing at this stage is new technologies that allow for a greater social interaction. Meanwhile the underlying systems are creating an emergent intelligence that can provide you with a greater experience.
It's a new technology and who else is better than understanding new technology than youngsters?
I still recall the time when cellphones were starting to become the mainstream. The older folk kept on asking why anyone would want such a device. Turn the clock forward and pretty much the entire younger generation at that time now has a cellphone. They identified the capability and found new uses for the technology.
This web 2.0 buzz is simply that cycle repeating. No one has anything against you not giving a care about these new systems. but. what you should do is stand aside while the people that embrace that "moved cheese" start to live a better and fully life using the technologies designed specifically for this purpose
Thats where a homeostatic feedback system can really help.
Currently the web is a sort of one way medium. With flock, it can help it to become a 2 way medium much easier. Agents in this sort of system (People will then be able to filter out the data for the masses to consume.
Have a look at reddit.com Its a great example of how the wider community filters out the bad stuff.
Another is to take a look a slashdot. Its a two way system. You post, someone moderates. Overall it creates a collective emergent intelligence which filters out the bad stuff and leaves in information you desire. The higher the score, the better this system works.
The key part is of course the identity of an agent. I'm pretty sure someone isn't going to spend lots of time manually building up their karma just to get banned in one fell swoop by posting up a few ads. Its simply not cost effective.
Clearly you haven't read any of the comments let alone play the game.
Sure it costs $15 a month to play, but what sort of game do you play provides you with thousands of people in the same dynamic and ever expanding world to play with?
What sort of game can bring couples together so they play online at the same time? (there are more women playing this game than you can imagine)
I have for my entire life been an avid gamer. PacMan was one of my passions. I fired up pacman the other month and it sucked. Sure the retro feeling and simplicity is great but these days people expect more. And it turns out, LOTS of people expect more.
There is not bubble that is about to burst, only the sight of another bubble appearing that is larger and pushes the boundries even more.
it would probably also have a certain flaw in which those cavities between the display and the casing would eventually be filled with keyboard bits'n'crap which will be made even more obvious by the lit backdrop.
I know my cellphone screen suffers from a serious case of pocket lint syndrome.
try thinking outside the box for a moment. Who says the displays inside the keys have to move with the key. You could simply have the outside transparent shell push down around the display which would be flush mounted on circuit board.
You have some good points. No i've just got to get over the "i need a powerhouse laptop" idea in my head and go and grab a small cheap option.
lets hope the internet cafes in the places i go to allow me to connect. I've heard of some nightmare places that absolutely refuse you to use their network.
There's been some talk about those one time codes being set up here in nz too. I think they might integrate them with text messaging too.
I'm not sure about the U.S. but in other places, if they change your role a significant amount, then you have the right for a redunancy option.
I'm assuming you were some sort of *nix developer and if thats the case I think that could be basis enough for redundancy.
The next part is if you are confident your skills can land you another job easily.
I say it's good that you stick to your guns and choose the path that you want as opposed to be a sheep and following the rest of the herd.
Now the next step is the tweak that resume and come up with a good reason why you left your last job and word it in a way that doesn't make it seem like you abandoned your role.
Boycott WoW? hahaha!!! they don't call it warcrack for nothing you know?
Do you ever hear of junkies boycotting their fix due to price hikes?
In the end, it's a great game. Blizzard know they have a good game. Don't get me wrong here.. I'm not on their side, but I'll definitely pay whatever they ask for just to play the darned thing!
and this is why physics will never be cool.
imagine a bunch of nerds trying to say what they do is cool and then put a whole bunch of glitter around it such as "rap music".
now put that in front of kids and it will be cool as those people that came to your school to tell you how "uncool" smoking was. I know at least 15 people that started smoking after seeing those things.
Any sort of "in your face" push to kids is just going to make them rebel.
Any sort of hard work is going to make kids rebel.
Even today i try and tell kids that they can make video games by just learning math a bit more...
And as much as these kids are addicted to video games, math is not appealing as it is HARD TO DO.
kids just wanna be lazy and play the video games since that is EASY TO DO...
Here in NZ, we've been using it for a little while. i'm quite sure how successful it is but i use it a lot. check out this site http://www.mticket.net/
There's only once gripe with it. You have a cut off point thats about a day or so before the event in which they send the event owners a sheet that is used as a sort of 'guest list'. You can't stand outside a dance party and txt in your ticket and expect to be on the door:) Trust me, I've been there
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I'd like to strongly second DOCUMENTATION as a major item.
Theres nothing more annoying in the world then inheriting someone else's code to find out that there is no documenation on how they implemented their solution.
Comments are fine but they dont describe the architecture of the program, what servers are used, who the contact people are, what the business goals of the app are and more.
document, document, document!
The days of the adhoc hacker are gone. coding is a "profession" and should be treated like all other business initiatives.
Thats a matter of opinion and subject.
:)
In the arena of slashdot, sure its a sort of democratic system that brings out a specific view point or weighs in heavily of a specific subject matter but thats what this system is about. Finding out what the masses are in favour for. Yes is tramples all over minorities which means there is a gap left that could be exploited if someone can come up with a system that fixes it.
Also, remember that all these opinions are of ONE demographic. I bet you slashdot would start leaning in a different direction if the target market wasnt linux zealot ms bashing computer geeks
remember, this is a comments system made specifically for bringing one persons viewpoint across. Sadly the masses want to hear ms bashing.
If you wanted to hear it from a different angle, try another site.
In the end, the world is what you perceive it to be. If you get stuck in one corner with only certain feedback getting to you, you perceive it to be a place entirely different than someone who manages to roam around and process feedback from a multitude of sources.
I for one have stopped turning on the 6 o'clock news. Suddenly my world has become less depressing and my perception of how much violence is around is at an all time low
Agreed!
Take a perfectly valid example of old procedural coders who work on mainframes.
Their bitter distaste (a steriotype, but valid in most cases nonetheless) for accepting new technologies has left them behind in their skillset.
one *could* argue that they are getting paid a premium these days so why should you change but I think the world has learned from that mistake and thus want people and system to adapt to change better.
The world today is an ever changing place (and increasing so too) where it is at your best interest to adapt. Like nature, those creatures that adapt go on to survive while the others simply are forgotten memories
agreed.
I just tested it out myself and nothing major or life changing in it.
what it will be good for is getting firefox to the masses of people who ARE NOT computer geeks and know all about which plugins are what and how to go about installing these things.
Users in the end want simplicity. An analogy would be that I would consider this browser like a holiday package.
Sure you can go out and buy a plane ticket, sort out the best value hotel, fix up transfers etc etc but for the 90% of the people who simply want a "holiday", the package is a great option. Its a no brainer to simply buy it.
Flock to me, is simply that. Everything you need to have a "social networking" expereince all rolled up into a good browser that so many zealots here promote.
I was just having a lunch discussion about this sort of thing. One of our engineers was telling me how he couldn't care less about all this blogging social sharing fandangle.
Which is fair enough.
This web 2.0 is rather new. It's still trying to be defined. What we are seeing at this stage is new technologies that allow for a greater social interaction. Meanwhile the underlying systems are creating an emergent intelligence that can provide you with a greater experience.
It's a new technology and who else is better than understanding new technology than youngsters?
I still recall the time when cellphones were starting to become the mainstream. The older folk kept on asking why anyone would want such a device. Turn the clock forward and pretty much the entire younger generation at that time now has a cellphone. They identified the capability and found new uses for the technology.
This web 2.0 buzz is simply that cycle repeating. No one has anything against you not giving a care about these new systems. but. what you should do is stand aside while the people that embrace that "moved cheese" start to live a better and fully life using the technologies designed specifically for this purpose
Thats where a homeostatic feedback system can really help.
Currently the web is a sort of one way medium. With flock, it can help it to become a 2 way medium much easier.
Agents in this sort of system (People will then be able to filter out the data for the masses to consume.
Have a look at reddit.com
Its a great example of how the wider community filters out the bad stuff.
Another is to take a look a slashdot.
Its a two way system. You post, someone moderates.
Overall it creates a collective emergent intelligence which filters out the bad stuff and leaves in information you desire.
The higher the score, the better this system works.
The key part is of course the identity of an agent.
I'm pretty sure someone isn't going to spend lots of time manually building up their karma just to get banned in one fell swoop by posting up a few ads. Its simply not cost effective.
"I see another bubble about to burst here."
Clearly you haven't read any of the comments let alone play the game.
Sure it costs $15 a month to play, but what sort of game do you play provides you with thousands of people in the same dynamic and ever expanding world to play with?
What sort of game can bring couples together so they play online at the same time? (there are more women playing this game than you can imagine)
I have for my entire life been an avid gamer. PacMan was one of my passions. I fired up pacman the other month and it sucked. Sure the retro feeling and simplicity is great but these days people expect more. And it turns out, LOTS of people expect more.
There is not bubble that is about to burst, only the sight of another bubble appearing that is larger and pushes the boundries even more.
it would probably also have a certain flaw in which those cavities between the display and the casing would eventually be filled with keyboard bits'n'crap which will be made even more obvious by the lit backdrop.
I know my cellphone screen suffers from a serious case of pocket lint syndrome.
try thinking outside the box for a moment. Who says the displays inside the keys have to move with the key. You could simply have the outside transparent shell push down around the display which would be flush mounted on circuit board.
From the s9y forums:
http://www.s9y.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2034
Save yourself the hassle of doing a complete upgrade by simply downloading the new version an only copying the files from bundled-libs/XML/*
You have some good points. No i've just got to get over the "i need a powerhouse laptop" idea in my head and go and grab a small cheap option. lets hope the internet cafes in the places i go to allow me to connect. I've heard of some nightmare places that absolutely refuse you to use their network. There's been some talk about those one time codes being set up here in nz too. I think they might integrate them with text messaging too.
What if bringing your own computer is not an option?
Going backpacking through various cities whilst lugging around a laptop isn't very convenient.
Also being abroad, one needs to manage their funds in order to pay for various things.
Surely there has to be a way to get around all of this?
What about the "on screen keyboard" in windows? would that circumvent keyloggers or does that actually send out a keystroke?
or maybe i'm starting to become old? time to write a handwritten letter to slashdot now
Don't laugh.. this actually happened to me... TWICE!
I'm not sure about the U.S. but in other places, if they change your role a significant amount, then you have the right for a redunancy option.
I'm assuming you were some sort of *nix developer and if thats the case I think that could be basis enough for redundancy.
The next part is if you are confident your skills can land you another job easily.
I say it's good that you stick to your guns and choose the path that you want as opposed to be a sheep and following the rest of the herd.
Now the next step is the tweak that resume and come up with a good reason why you left your last job and word it in a way that doesn't make it seem like you abandoned your role.
"What cool thing will be cheap in a couple of years, leading my wife to ask, 'why didn't you plan for that'? "
woah woah woah.. hold the horse.
You have a wife that ACTUALLY wants you spend money on gadgets??!?!
where do i find one of those?
Boycott WoW? hahaha!!!
they don't call it warcrack for nothing you know?
Do you ever hear of junkies boycotting their fix due to price hikes?
In the end, it's a great game. Blizzard know they have a good game. Don't get me wrong here.. I'm not on their side, but I'll definitely pay whatever they ask for just to play the darned thing!
hooked
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Yes, doing all those kinds of things are cool and gets people interested... but when you place theory in front of them, they will tune out..
I guarantee it
and this is why physics will never be cool. imagine a bunch of nerds trying to say what they do is cool and then put a whole bunch of glitter around it such as "rap music". now put that in front of kids and it will be cool as those people that came to your school to tell you how "uncool" smoking was. I know at least 15 people that started smoking after seeing those things. Any sort of "in your face" push to kids is just going to make them rebel. Any sort of hard work is going to make kids rebel. Even today i try and tell kids that they can make video games by just learning math a bit more... And as much as these kids are addicted to video games, math is not appealing as it is HARD TO DO. kids just wanna be lazy and play the video games since that is EASY TO DO...
After reading that, all i can hear in my head is: "HACK THE GIBSON" :P
to make your bag even less appealing to thieves, you can always get one of the fine assortment of Hello Kitty bags.
how about finally being able to fit redhat onto one disk?
Here in NZ, we've been using it for a little while. i'm quite sure how successful it is but i use it a lot.
:)
check out this site
http://www.mticket.net/
There's only once gripe with it. You have a cut off point thats about a day or so before the event in which they send the event owners a sheet that is used as a sort of 'guest list'. You can't stand outside a dance party and txt in your ticket and expect to be on the door
Trust me, I've been there
I wonder how big the reward would be if you coded away from ingres? maybe $-1m in the form of lawsuits?