What is gradual replacement of the most fragile subsystems, Alex?
I was trying to guess what this system is and concluded that must be FedEx's, or some other courier company's, package tracking system. Am I even close?
I agree that "Closed source is even worse in this respect..." but easter eggs are a marketing device not an indicator of code quality. It is something cool to entice people to buy their product. "Wow! Press alt-ctrl-pgup-pgdn-F1 and Duke-Nukem burps. Cool!"
I predict the Jackito will bring down not one but two companies due to poor sales. A new OS, a new method of interaction (all thumbs) and a whopper price ($600 USD and up) will lead to the demise of NOVINIT. Tactile display maker NISSHA will also go tits-up thinking they will sell 500,000 units for the Jackito.
So this myth of support for software needs to be put to bed, because from my vantage point, it simply isn't true.
Here's my perspective on this: Using a Windows app: We may have fixed it. Can you download and install the latest version 6.01d and see if the bug is still there? Using an OSS app: We may have fixed it. Can you compile the nightly build and see if the bug is still there? YMMV.
My point is that there will -always- be higher levels of services that a department can offer when its people are not buried under trivial nonsense like constantly changing baby Windows' diaper.
Now there's a visual metaphor for the OSS propaganda machine.
It seems government policies and telecom deregulation (in countries like Nigeria) are often the strongest forces determining a cafe's hourly rates.
Hi,
The price in Nigeria is high because of the number of people hitting it rich with the 419 scams. See this for details. $1000.00 goes a long way in West Africa.
"... anything to bring back the old-school BBS memories where online users were drawn from a single geographic location."
You seem to be mistaken about the BBS scene. People were only "drawn from a single geographic location" because it was all there was. At the time, going on a BBS was much better than connecting to one friend's computer.
Then the Internet and ISPs came along and one's audience increased way over the BBS. The BBS is now history.
From the Web site: "Developed at ETS and grounded in more than a decade of research, e-rater is designed to score essays based on an analysis of writing features as reflected in holistic scoring rubrics."
When you say stock cars, I presume you don't mean NASCAR stock cars, because those are about as close to normal cars as Linux is to Windows. In fact the Nascar headlights are just stickers on a custom-built body.
See http://auto.howstuffworks.com/nascar2.htm for details.
Magda Hzrova, the gypsy woman who channels through me, on occcasion has this curse for Microsoft: "Let it be on your heads if anyone dies from the Sasser virus. You have been warned!"
Don't worry. Sun's shareholders will vote out Mr. Jonathan Schwartz on his patootie if he tries to realign the company for competing in the low-end consumer market. Don't get me wrong, it is possible to compete in such a market but not with a company like Sun. He would have to spin-off a new company to assemble, test and ship without the expense of any R+D people to do this.
This is just a stupid move, and someone at Corel should almost certainly be fired over it.
Fired? It is obvious that Mr. Michael Cowpland is no longer at Corel from the phrasing of the press release. The phrases "pilot project" and "want to find out whether it's worth competing" are new words for Corel. Mr. Cowpland would have announced, "Corel is set to dominate the Linux market. We expect to have an 80% market share in one year. We are also hiring 100 new engineers to help with the task."
This is the most conservative press release I have seen from Corel.
People who want to name their first-born child, Br4d or J4n37, watch too much Rocky Horror, hang out on chat lines and shoudn't have children. I bet your wife leaves you.
Take a tip from an old software geezer. If a dimension (or a software requirement) is missing, go back to your boss (or the client) and get that information before you start machining (or coding).
Well, no mystery there, with the shit they have on now: Reality tv, movie of the week, music videos, infomercials, 60s sitcom nostalgia networks. Bah, purille crap.
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I was trying to guess what this system is and concluded that must be FedEx's, or some other courier company's, package tracking system. Am I even close?
I agree that "Closed source is even worse in this respect..." but easter eggs are a marketing device not an indicator of code quality. It is something cool to entice people to buy their product. "Wow! Press alt-ctrl-pgup-pgdn-F1 and Duke-Nukem burps. Cool!"
Hmmmm. Is she surfing the web and chatting with you from her side of your bed?
I predict the Jackito will bring down not one but two companies due to poor sales. A new OS, a new method of interaction (all thumbs) and a whopper price ($600 USD and up) will lead to the demise of
NOVINIT. Tactile display maker NISSHA will also go tits-up thinking they will sell 500,000 units for the Jackito.
Using a Windows app: We may have fixed it. Can you download and install the latest version 6.01d and see if the bug is still there?
Using an OSS app: We may have fixed it. Can you compile the nightly build and see if the bug is still there?
YMMV.
Now there's a visual metaphor for the OSS propaganda machine.
Sorry,
I clicked the "Submit" button too soon. Here is the part I didn't finish:
See this for bad news and this for a laugh.
Hi,
The price in Nigeria is high because of the number of people hitting it rich with the 419 scams. See this for details. $1000.00 goes a long way in West Africa.
What do the keyboard and mouse look like?
You seem to be mistaken about the BBS scene. People were only "drawn from a single geographic location" because it was all there was. At the time, going on a BBS was much better than connecting to one friend's computer.
Then the Internet and ISPs came along and one's audience increased way over the BBS. The BBS is now history.
From the Web site: "Developed at ETS and grounded in more than a decade of research, e-rater is designed to score essays based on an analysis of writing features as reflected in holistic scoring rubrics."
The ending of that sentence gets a zero from me.
Hi,
When you say stock cars, I presume you don't mean NASCAR stock cars, because those are about as close to normal cars as Linux is to Windows. In fact the Nascar headlights are just stickers on a custom-built body.
See http://auto.howstuffworks.com/nascar2.htm for details.
Magda Hzrova, the gypsy woman who channels through me, on occcasion has this curse for Microsoft: "Let it be on your heads if anyone dies from the
Sasser virus. You have been warned!"
I am now back to normal.
Virgina MagLev Project??
No, silly. "Back on track." Titty-boom! Although the misspelling of Virginia is an unintended joke.
Right. That's why Sun was recently seen in a Redmond park giving Microsoft a blow job for a cool 2 mil.
Actually, it cost 2 bil. because Sun swallowed.
Don't worry. Sun's shareholders will vote out Mr. Jonathan Schwartz on his patootie if he tries to realign the company for competing in the low-end consumer market. Don't get me wrong, it is possible to compete in such a market but not with a company like Sun. He would have to spin-off a new company to assemble, test and ship without the expense of any R+D people to do this.
Hi,
It's still there. Look at http://www.google.com/holidaylogos.html and click on the GCHEESE.
This is just a stupid move, and someone at Corel should almost certainly be fired over it.
Fired? It is obvious that Mr. Michael Cowpland is no longer at Corel from the phrasing of the press release. The phrases "pilot project" and "want to find out whether it's worth competing" are new words for Corel. Mr. Cowpland would have announced, "Corel is set to dominate the Linux market. We expect to have an 80% market share in one year. We are also hiring 100 new engineers to help with the task."
This is the most conservative press release I have seen from Corel.
People who want to name their first-born child, Br4d or J4n37, watch too much Rocky Horror, hang out on chat lines and shoudn't have children. I bet your wife leaves you.
Hi,
Take a tip from an old software geezer. If a dimension (or a software requirement) is missing, go back to your boss (or the client) and get that information before you start machining (or coding).
... writing a zillion unit tests for someone else's piss poor code that wasn't designed to be tested.
In my book, code that wasn't designed to be tested wasn't designed to be run either.
Well, no mystery there, with the shit they have on now: Reality tv, movie of the week, music videos, infomercials, 60s sitcom nostalgia networks. Bah, purille crap.
As in Brazil: Jonathan Pryce warbling his response to the singing telegram.