Yep. You got it bra. Who says M$ can't learn from Sun? Remember when Solaris stopped coming with the development package and compilers? Of course, all that did was make Gnu dominant, but with this signed programs trick M$ obviates the third-party compiler issue. Wow.
This is a fair response, and you are right to point it out. (I should add that you should crucify some former 'civic boosters' on the tree as you go;)). But the pressure put on people to sell their land to developers was absolutely incredible. It went so far, cities were pressured by developers to condemn agricultural land under their powers of eminent domain as a public nuisance (people didn't like dust on their cars etc). It is too much to expect people to continue to resist indefinitely under the weight of community formed by vast numbers of new arrivals (and their money). With all respect, you are blaming the victim. Just ask the Native Americans.
OK, flame on. I'm sick and tired of all of you newbies and space alien invaders complaining about the place, when in fact it's your act of moving there that's made it so miserable. I remember when there were orchards, open fields, and individual towns, not one big LA-style sprawl, and Dionne Warwick's song wasn't a joke. The smog was always bad though (it's a valley, geeks, and cars didn't have emissions control).
So, to become part of the solution, go home to Madison or Madras or wherever you came from, and take your cars and condos with, thanks, and plant a plum tree on your way out. Flame off. Thanks for your kind attention...
I saw it. It's got some flaws, (the plot to put everyone's computer out of business is pretty ridiculous) but I loved it. Like me, the filmmaker is a native who hates what's been done to the place by aliens. There's some emotion in the picture for sure.
I disagree with Dr. Brin's self-assessment: this is not a rant, it's well thought out and carefully considered. It's the best piece of political commentary I've seen this entire (endless) campaign season. Should be read very carefully by all.
... that the machine was stolen by The Master? Perhaps the Doctor had a hand in its return, and all those jokes about winning WWII now are not so far off the mark! Oops, hold on a minute, got to use my Sonic Screwdriver to repel some pesky Daleks...
... Slashdot Effect destroying all sites on Internet one by one, gradually leading to global chaos, breakdown of civilization, and global environmental catastrophe.
I don't think anyone's mentioned this yet... Unauthorized notes have the potential for being flat-out wrong. This is ultimately damaging to the students. I've seen this happen when I was a TA: the answer to why a large number of students got an exam question identically wrong was *not* that they were cheating, but they all studied on the same notes that had errors. It's a consumer group with a short memory (they graduate, move on to other classes, etc) so they are vulnerable to scammers. This measure might (might!) help.
Lawyers (real ones) cost $100 / hr and up. Most people who post to/. are pretty low-rent operations and can't afford that (did you get the clue that this was Hemos' home and not Slashdot Corporate Headquarters)? Thus the large grey market in boneheaded amateur legal opinion. And increased resentment of attorneys. Nothing to do with/. per se but kind of a nationwide phenom. Private citizens should not have to retain attorneys to compel corporations to comply with the law! I'm with Hemos on this one, sorry.
Yeah, that's correct. They said the thrust would be 1-3 Newtons, which is quite a bit smaller than your average Estes rocket motor. That's not enough to overcome gravitational acceleration for anything with a mass greater than... oh damn I could never do math... 100 grams? Is that right? Something like that. Even if it did work in the atmosphere.
... 'nother poster said it was 'opera' -- hmm. Never heard it that way, I've heard it as opus of course (I was trying to be funny). Worth looking up in the unabridged oxford... off to the library
Ars always seems to be slashdotted when I try to read one of Siracusa's magnum opi (opuses?). C'mon VA, donate them some big servers (and bandwidth!). But based on what I've read soo far... I think my next home PC's gonna be a Mac running OS X! My family gets the gui chrome, I get/usr... marriage saved!;)
No, I agree. It's just that perhaps you develop a great, rewarding, productive relationship with your immediate team and management, and then the overlying corporation comes along and zeroes your budget because the marketing folks need a new printer. I think, cynicism or not, that you have to be prepared for that sort of thing. Now, if there's no overarching corporation....;)
You said: I've been working in American IT for a few years, and I'm totally sick of it. Recently, I got a job offer in
Germany, making a lot less money, but offering a steady 40 hour work week, 4 weeks vacation a year, and the
people I really liked. The corporation seemed to care whether I lived or died.
Write us back in a year and say whether the corporation actually cared or not. IMHO a corporation is a corporation, in SV or the Ruhr, and they won't actually care in the long run. But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong...
Excellent post. (imho) If only Katz were as clear and brief, there might be some more intelligent discussion on this worthwhile topic. I agree that there are serious pitfalls in the development of all of the technologies in your bulleted list./. posters are (usually?) much more technologically literate wrt net technology issues and fail to see (better: are less vulnerable too) some of the drawbacks percieved by the greater public.
Alpha chips were a dead technology? Keep saying that, it'll drive the price down! OK, an Ask/. question here: What MPI tools are available for Linux, like LAM? IOW, how does this clever guy do useful things with his Moonbase Alpha?
I thought this technology was supposed to
empower ordinary people, not prop up a technocratic elite and raise Electronic Warfare to a whole new level.
Sorry, that probably is exactly what it was supposed to do. Places like SRI and Rand got most of their funding from DOD.... possibly PARC had a substantial whack as well. The techno-elite of the '60 (like the techno-elite of today, imho) for the most part had no interest in empowering ordinary people (I'll grant Englebart an exception to this rule, but he was possibly unique). They needed to pay the mortgage on their house in Mountain View, Sunnyvale, or Menlo and keep those DOD contracts coming.
My experience is, that if source code is not specifically mentioned in the contract, it's up to the contractor whether or not to provide the source, and whether or not the agency puts it in PD is also up to them. Responsible agencies require the source from contractors, natch! But standard Fed procedure does not put source into the public domain unlike reports and data. This is just omission, not choice -- the committee is probably recommending that this be added to the standard Fed regs. Which reminds me, I've got an annual report to fill out for NSF... augh...
... Shere coincidence? Is that like Shere Khan, the tiger in the Jungle Book? Ok, sorry.;)
Seriously, you have a good point, I'd say insightful even, had I any mod points. OTOH, I wouldn't lump all talking heads together. Cringe is better than most, compare to (shudder) Dvorak or that guy Berst. On the gripping hand, I'd say it would be proper to define pundit as someone who makes outrageous statements in print to get people to look at the advertising...
Slashdot Mirror
Yep. You got it bra. Who says M$ can't learn from Sun? Remember when Solaris stopped coming with the development package and compilers? Of course, all that did was make Gnu dominant, but with this signed programs trick M$ obviates the third-party compiler issue. Wow.
This is a fair response, and you are right to point it out. (I should add that you should crucify some former 'civic boosters' on the tree as you go ;)). But the pressure put on people to sell their land to developers was absolutely incredible. It went so far, cities were pressured by developers to condemn agricultural land under their powers of eminent domain as a public nuisance (people didn't like dust on their cars etc). It is too much to expect people to continue to resist indefinitely under the weight of community formed by vast numbers of new arrivals (and their money). With all respect, you are blaming the victim. Just ask the Native Americans.
So, to become part of the solution, go home to Madison or Madras or wherever you came from, and take your cars and condos with, thanks, and plant a plum tree on your way out. Flame off. Thanks for your kind attention...
I saw it. It's got some flaws, (the plot to put everyone's computer out of business is pretty ridiculous) but I loved it. Like me, the filmmaker is a native who hates what's been done to the place by aliens. There's some emotion in the picture for sure.
I disagree with Dr. Brin's self-assessment: this is not a rant, it's well thought out and carefully considered. It's the best piece of political commentary I've seen this entire (endless) campaign season. Should be read very carefully by all.
... that the machine was stolen by The Master? Perhaps the Doctor had a hand in its return, and all those jokes about winning WWII now are not so far off the mark! Oops, hold on a minute, got to use my Sonic Screwdriver to repel some pesky Daleks ...
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=00/10/05/01423 5&pid=361#377
Read it and weep. Kid. ;)
Starting with discover.com ... ;)
I don't think anyone's mentioned this yet... Unauthorized notes have the potential for being flat-out wrong. This is ultimately damaging to the students. I've seen this happen when I was a TA: the answer to why a large number of students got an exam question identically wrong was *not* that they were cheating, but they all studied on the same notes that had errors. It's a consumer group with a short memory (they graduate, move on to other classes, etc) so they are vulnerable to scammers. This measure might (might!) help.
Lawyers (real ones) cost $100 / hr and up. Most people who post to /. are pretty low-rent operations and can't afford that (did you get the clue that this was Hemos' home and not Slashdot Corporate Headquarters)? Thus the large grey market in boneheaded amateur legal opinion. And increased resentment of attorneys. Nothing to do with /. per se but kind of a nationwide phenom. Private citizens should not have to retain attorneys to compel corporations to comply with the law! I'm with Hemos on this one, sorry.
The Analytical Engine!
All Hail Ada! (not the language, llamas)
First "First Computer" Post! ;)
Yeah, that's correct. They said the thrust would be 1-3 Newtons, which is quite a bit smaller than your average Estes rocket motor. That's not enough to overcome gravitational acceleration for anything with a mass greater than... oh damn I could never do math ... 100 grams? Is that right? Something like that. Even if it did work in the atmosphere.
Who wants to come back? I'm outta here. Alpha C, here I come!!!
... 'nother poster said it was 'opera' -- hmm. Never heard it that way, I've heard it as opus of course (I was trying to be funny). Worth looking up in the unabridged oxford ... off to the library
hmmm, sure? That's pretty cool. Magnum Opera, then. Most folks won't get it. They'll think it's the next version of a vaporware browser ;)
Ars always seems to be slashdotted when I try to read one of Siracusa's magnum opi (opuses?). C'mon VA, donate them some big servers (and bandwidth!). But based on what I've read soo far... I think my next home PC's gonna be a Mac running OS X! My family gets the gui chrome, I get /usr ... marriage saved! ;)
I KNEW IT! Stephen Hawking is George Clinton!!!!! (ever see them together? aha!) One Universe, under a Groove!
No, I agree. It's just that perhaps you develop a great, rewarding, productive relationship with your immediate team and management, and then the overlying corporation comes along and zeroes your budget because the marketing folks need a new printer. I think, cynicism or not, that you have to be prepared for that sort of thing. Now, if there's no overarching corporation.... ;)
I've been working in American IT for a few years, and I'm totally sick of it. Recently, I got a job offer in Germany, making a lot less money, but offering a steady 40 hour work week, 4 weeks vacation a year, and the people I really liked. The corporation seemed to care whether I lived or died.
Write us back in a year and say whether the corporation actually cared or not. IMHO a corporation is a corporation, in SV or the Ruhr, and they won't actually care in the long run. But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong...
I knew my parents were Martians! I knew it!!!!
Excellent post. (imho) If only Katz were as clear and brief, there might be some more intelligent discussion on this worthwhile topic. I agree that there are serious pitfalls in the development of all of the technologies in your bulleted list. /. posters are (usually?) much more technologically literate wrt net technology issues and fail to see (better: are less vulnerable too) some of the drawbacks percieved by the greater public.
Alpha chips were a dead technology? Keep saying that, it'll drive the price down! OK, an Ask /. question here: What MPI tools are available for Linux, like LAM? IOW, how does this clever guy do useful things with his Moonbase Alpha?
Sorry, that probably is exactly what it was supposed to do. Places like SRI and Rand got most of their funding from DOD.... possibly PARC had a substantial whack as well. The techno-elite of the '60 (like the techno-elite of today, imho) for the most part had no interest in empowering ordinary people (I'll grant Englebart an exception to this rule, but he was possibly unique). They needed to pay the mortgage on their house in Mountain View, Sunnyvale, or Menlo and keep those DOD contracts coming.
WWJD -- What Would Jimi Do?
WWJD -- What Would Jimi Do?
Seriously, you have a good point, I'd say insightful even, had I any mod points. OTOH, I wouldn't lump all talking heads together. Cringe is better than most, compare to (shudder) Dvorak or that guy Berst. On the gripping hand, I'd say it would be proper to define pundit as someone who makes outrageous statements in print to get people to look at the advertising ...
WWJD -- What Would Jimi Do?