I can suggest that their choices are bad, but the customer is always right
Man, what's with the bleakness and the jaded talk? There is a middle ground here, don't you see? Of course, the customer is always right, but that doesn't mean that you can put in some of your own inspiration. Maybe put in a little graceful degradation here and there, a little convincing the client that he also should support blind users, or users that use a browser on a mobile phone, etc. There's some EXTRA business here and guess what: you can put in your own creativity as well.
And don't be afraid to tell them. If a client says "NO, I want it like THIS and THAT". Reply something like: "that's fine, however, our designers need some degree of freedom to be able to crank out the best designs -- I can't guarantee that everything will exactly be as you requested."
Sorry, my point was more along the lines that if you are trying to be a smart-ass, try to be a correct smart-ass.
And right you are! Me too, actually. I actually found it interesting that there were two statements about this in K&R. The misquoting analogy made me rolling on the floor...
When I used this laptop, I ran Linux. If you do as well, I advise using 'hdparm -S5/dev/hda' and laptop mode. That way, the harddisk spins down and this really cools the harddisk. You can noticeably feel the difference in warmth.
Well, in the past Dell hasn't always been so cool. Dell's laptop Latitude D600 had the harddisk located under the laptop its left palm area. It got hot, VERY hot. Dell never acknowledged this problem although lots of people suffered. See here or just search Google.
I've been working with Subversion, especially from within Eclipse using the Subclipse plugin. I had earlier experience with the CVS plugin that comes with Eclipse. This is with Eclipse 3.1.1, Subclipse 3.0.1 and Subversion server version "SVN/1.1.4".
Some bad differences:
Slow. While CVS isn't the fastest animal, I found some actions in Subversion even slower. And sometimes Subclipse just leaves you waiting up to tens of seconds when for example a conflict is detected. After posting on the excellent Subclipse mailing list, the problem was acknowledged. A few days later, a release was available through the Eclipse update screens which fixed this bug.
When entering the Team Synchronize perspective, it happened once that although the "Incoming/Outgoing mode" was selected, only the incoming files were displayed. Switching to "Incoming Mode" and back again showed everything. Hmm -- smelly!
Minor issue: when you have made a few changes and decide against it, you can right-click on the source and choose Replace With -> Latest from repository. Subclipse performs this, but Eclipse then asks something like "File changed on filesystem. Do you want to load the changed file into the editor?" Apparently, the integration isn't yet up-to-par.
Some differences I'm neutral about:
In the Synchronization perspective, sometimes you review changes in a file and decide they should be left out. Funny thing is, you can't right-click and select 'override and update'. It's greyed out for whatever reason.
When the repository contains a newer version, you often synchronize the file and choose 'override and commit' with the CVS plugin. With Subclipse, you synchronize, choose 'Mark as merged' and then commit.
Whenever an error occurs (for example, you tried to commit a file which had conflicts), a little exclamation mark is displayed at the left side of the filename. You always need to right-click and choose 'Mark resolved' before you can continue.
Directories are versioned as well. In the Synchronization perspective, you can't update a whole directory. Well, you can, but it doesn't disappear from the file list. You'll have to select the files as well as the directory.
I was used to the CVS plugin. When I wanted to start working on a project that was kept in CVS, I used to do menu File -> New -> Project, then choose CVS > Checkout project from CVS. The Subclipse plugin doesn't put itself in the New Projects wizard. Instead, go to the SVN Repository Exploring perspective, seek out your project its directory, right-click on it and choose Check out. You'll then get the option Check out as a project using the New Project wizard.
Good things:
You can just press 'Cancel' in whatever action -- Subclipse rolls back since Subversion uses transactions. With Eclipse's CVS plugin, this isn't possible (and with good reason or so I've heard).
About Subversion in general: when you check in, you basically create a new revision. It's the collection of files that has a version, not each individual file. The complete commit has one commit comment -- not each file.
About Subversion in general: symbolic links, permissions, everything's nicely stored.
My point was actually that the grantparent post was way off-topic with him waffling about his bug. Of course I agree this looks unprofessional. However, if you've logged a bug with Redhat, you'll know that often the "fix" was "reported upstream, closing". How professional this organization.
Microsoft Corp. is working with Bryn Mawr College and Georgia Tech on developing new ways to bring robotics technology into the classroom. Douglas Blank, a computer science professor at Bryn Mawr, said the goal will be to throw chairs with superhuman accuracy.
Why is this scored interesting? With every goddamn story about Firefox, Debian, Windows, RedHat or something, some sod comes crawling out of the woodwork to complain about his/her pet bug. Frankly, it's getting tiresome. Maybe you don't understand, but NOT EVERYONE CARES ABOUT YOUR PROBLEM.
SURVEY: MAJORITY OF WEB USERS ARE
FBI AGENTS POSING AS TEENAGE GIRLS
Survey Shows Evolving Web No Longer Dominated by Male Techies
NEW YORK, N.Y. (SatireWire.com) -- The Internet reached a demographic milestone this week as a new study revealed that for the first time, the majority of U.S. Internet users are FBI agents posing as teenage girls.
The report, by research firm Media Metrix, marks the first time the demographic group known as "males" has not been in the majority.
Chart of FBI Undercover Agents as Percent of All Web Users
According to the survey, which tracked online usage from January through July, 50.4 percent of U.S. Web users -- or nearly 38 million -- are FBI agents posing as teenage girls. That's still below the percentage of FBI agents posing as teenage girls in the overall population, which according to U.S. Census figures is 55.7 percent. However, the report noted that FBI agents posing as teenage girls represent the fastest growing segment of Web users, increasing 185 percent in the past 12 months.
"This study reveals that the Internet has come of age as a practical medium and is no longer dominated by the male techie crowd," said Randall Stinson, editor of American Demographics magazine. `These newcomers are saying, 'The Internet is about more than being a geek. It's about shopping and staying in touch with family and posing as a little girl to apprehend geeks.'"
Web sites catering to teenage girls corroborated the findings. "At least half" of Gurl.com's 1.3 million unique monthly visitors are FBI agents posing as teenage girls, said Gurl.com spokesperson Helen Kattrall. "It's easy to tell the difference," she said. "Real teens chat with each other about boys and school and celebrities. But FBI agents posing as teenage girls are never interested in girl-talk. They tend to write things like, 'Hi, I'm Emily. I'm almost 13, and I'm looking for a father figure willing to cross state lines.'"
In a statement, the FBI disputed the study's findings and insisted its agents are not working on that many cases. However, the bureau conceded it cannot rule out the possibility that some agents are posing as teenage girls in their free time.
In other survey findings:
More than 60 percent of female respondents say cybersex is equivalent to infidelity, but a staggering 92 percent of FBI agents posing as teenage girls approve of cybersex as long as it leads to an arrest and conviction.
Nearly one third of pedophiles say they actually go to teen sites in hopes of meeting FBI agents.
Four out of five men say they watch women's gymnastics and figure skating for the athleticism. Nine out of ten women say they are lying.
OK so you've narrowed down the group. If you repeat this a few times, you'll probably lose some of that frustration and either a) correctly identify the group you're referring to -- or more likely b) realize you're spouting nonsense.
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I really don't understand what's the problem.
You download the appropriate version (whatever client wants) and unpack it.
Then you copy it to /opt or /usr/local, whatever you prefer.
Then client sets JAVA_HOME=/opt/java-1.5.0 and PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
Man, what's with the bleakness and the jaded talk? There is a middle ground here, don't you see? Of course, the customer is always right, but that doesn't mean that you can put in some of your own inspiration. Maybe put in a little graceful degradation here and there, a little convincing the client that he also should support blind users, or users that use a browser on a mobile phone, etc. There's some EXTRA business here and guess what: you can put in your own creativity as well.
And don't be afraid to tell them. If a client says "NO, I want it like THIS and THAT". Reply something like: "that's fine, however, our designers need some degree of freedom to be able to crank out the best designs -- I can't guarantee that everything will exactly be as you requested."
Sorry, my point was more along the lines that if you are trying to be a smart-ass, try to be a correct smart-ass.
And right you are! Me too, actually. I actually found it interesting that there were two statements about this in K&R. The misquoting analogy made me rolling on the floor...
connect up strangers who need tech support
I'd happily play tech support. However, a real boon would be a future to filter the requester of said support, based on certain characteristics.
Female *clicks radiobutton*
Blonde *checks box*
Age *selects barely legal*
When I used this laptop, I ran Linux. If you do as well, I advise using 'hdparm -S5 /dev/hda' and laptop mode. That way, the harddisk spins down and this really cools the harddisk. You can noticeably feel the difference in warmth.
Well, in the past Dell hasn't always been so cool. Dell's laptop Latitude D600 had the harddisk located under the laptop its left palm area. It got hot, VERY hot. Dell never acknowledged this problem although lots of people suffered. See here or just search Google.
I've been working with Subversion, especially from within Eclipse using the Subclipse plugin. I had earlier experience with the CVS plugin that comes with Eclipse. This is with Eclipse 3.1.1, Subclipse 3.0.1 and Subversion server version "SVN/1.1.4".
Some bad differences:
Some differences I'm neutral about:
Good things:
LOL better order a few extra...
My point was actually that the grantparent post was way off-topic with him waffling about his bug. Of course I agree this looks unprofessional. However, if you've logged a bug with Redhat, you'll know that often the "fix" was "reported upstream, closing". How professional this organization.
Microsoft Corp. is working with Bryn Mawr College and Georgia Tech on developing new ways to bring robotics technology into the classroom. Douglas Blank, a computer science professor at Bryn Mawr, said the goal will be to throw chairs with superhuman accuracy.
Using two mice reminds me of Anakin Skywalker, with his two lightsabers. And I don't need to remind ANYONE here what happened to HIM.
Why is this scored interesting? With every goddamn story about Firefox, Debian, Windows, RedHat or something, some sod comes crawling out of the woodwork to complain about his/her pet bug. Frankly, it's getting tiresome. Maybe you don't understand, but NOT EVERYONE CARES ABOUT YOUR PROBLEM.
Uh.. I'm not a native speaker. But reading back, I can see the doublespeak... :-/
Just boot from CD.
Don't get excited. She didn't know what Firefox was, and was at least in her 50's...
:D
Damn! If only either of those statements evaluated to false...
If just one gen to flip, please flip my girlfriends bit. She has the burning desire to buy new clothes and shoes.
At the orientation, they had a woman from IT
So... which organization do you do your internship? I mean, I'm just showing some interest here, from one geek to another and all that.
"Leverage"... *scratch*
"standard"... *scratch*
"XML"... *scratch*
"microsoft"... *scratch*
Bullshit!
Copy/paste for the lazy masses:
SURVEY: MAJORITY OF WEB USERS ARE
FBI AGENTS POSING AS TEENAGE GIRLS
Survey Shows Evolving Web No Longer Dominated by Male Techies
NEW YORK, N.Y. (SatireWire.com) -- The Internet reached a demographic milestone this week as a new study revealed that for the first time, the majority of U.S. Internet users are FBI agents posing as teenage girls.
The report, by research firm Media Metrix, marks the first time the demographic group known as "males" has not been in the majority. Chart of FBI Undercover Agents as Percent of All Web Users
According to the survey, which tracked online usage from January through July, 50.4 percent of U.S. Web users -- or nearly 38 million -- are FBI agents posing as teenage girls. That's still below the percentage of FBI agents posing as teenage girls in the overall population, which according to U.S. Census figures is 55.7 percent. However, the report noted that FBI agents posing as teenage girls represent the fastest growing segment of Web users, increasing 185 percent in the past 12 months.
"This study reveals that the Internet has come of age as a practical medium and is no longer dominated by the male techie crowd," said Randall Stinson, editor of American Demographics magazine. `These newcomers are saying, 'The Internet is about more than being a geek. It's about shopping and staying in touch with family and posing as a little girl to apprehend geeks.'"
Web sites catering to teenage girls corroborated the findings. "At least half" of Gurl.com's 1.3 million unique monthly visitors are FBI agents posing as teenage girls, said Gurl.com spokesperson Helen Kattrall. "It's easy to tell the difference," she said. "Real teens chat with each other about boys and school and celebrities. But FBI agents posing as teenage girls are never interested in girl-talk. They tend to write things like, 'Hi, I'm Emily. I'm almost 13, and I'm looking for a father figure willing to cross state lines.'"
In a statement, the FBI disputed the study's findings and insisted its agents are not working on that many cases. However, the bureau conceded it cannot rule out the possibility that some agents are posing as teenage girls in their free time.
In other survey findings:
More than 60 percent of female respondents say cybersex is equivalent to infidelity, but a staggering 92 percent of FBI agents posing as teenage girls approve of cybersex as long as it leads to an arrest and conviction.
Nearly one third of pedophiles say they actually go to teen sites in hopes of meeting FBI agents.
Four out of five men say they watch women's gymnastics and figure skating for the athleticism. Nine out of ten women say they are lying.
OK so you've narrowed down the group. If you repeat this a few times, you'll probably lose some of that frustration and either a) correctly identify the group you're referring to -- or more likely b) realize you're spouting nonsense.