First of all, read "The Mythical Man Month" by Fred Brooks, if you haven't already.
Be realistic and conservative on your delivery dates. Defend them to the death.
Avoid micromanaging people, if possible, and insist on clear communication and concise documentation.
My personal suggestion: don't give up completely on being a developer. Keep a small, but important task to yourself. You will gain an even better view on how your team is working.
Backstory: I learned to program at age six on a Commore Vic-20. I decided to learn because games on the Vic sucked and programming was the only thing interesting one could do on it (even for a small child). Commodore BASIC was limited and quirky, but provided me with hundreds of hours of fine entertainment. One could pick it up quickly thanks to the programming manual that was bundled with every computer (take note).
When somebody asks me who had the most influence on me on my career choices and inspired me, I don't tell them it was Bill Gates or Steve Jobs, but Jack Tramiel. "Jack WHO?" "Never mind..."
If I had a kid and she told me she was interested in learning to program, I would pick Python. It is easy to learn and very deep, which good support for imperative and functional programming, other than OO. First thing, I would buy her a book. There are plenty around that start from the basics and work their way up to a simple but rewarding game using PyGame or Pyglet.
Back on the Vic I could only choose between BASIC (mediocre and slow) and Assembly (obscure and arcane). Today beginners can choose from so many options. The important thing is not knowing "where" to start, but "how". Buy a good book, and if you love what you learn, you'll never stop as long as you live.
As a commuter, I see plenty of netbooks. I never had the impression that they were going away. Heck, even Apple makes netbooks now. Even seen the "new" MacBook Air? It comes in 11 and 13 inch models.
As you said, this has absolutely nothing to do with free speech. I ask those who are criticizing the verdict: what if YOU woke up one morning and found out that Google is suggesting you are a paedophile or a crook, just because a group of determined individuals have been intentionally searching your name with those keywords? From the proceedings, it seems that this guy hasn't even been on trial for the crime of fraud and probably is the victim of his own competitors; he asked Google to remove these keywords and Google didn't comply, so he hired a laywer.
I loved adventure games when I was a child and have fond memories of Deja Vu, Leisure Suit Larry and Zak McKraken. My young age and the new technology made those virtual environments so fascinating. The primitive graphics added to the charm of those games, as you had to use your imagination to believe that the wobbly mass of pixels was actually Indiana Jones (The Last Crusade, Amiga).
With no Internet and solutions being published only in some computer magazines, those games could last months, which you would spend on analyzing every single pixel for clues, trying every possible item/action combination and pestering your friends about hints.
GNUstep's objective is to create a free and open source implementation of the Cocoa libraries, with some additional libraries. It does not target the OpenStep spec, which is antique and obsolete.
Proven with what? Our grasp of physics can only let us understand what probably happened minutes after the Big Bang occured. According to this model, complete removal of information occurs at the end of the cycle, or aeon, when black holes evaporate and the universe returns into a pristine state, just like a blank slate.
I think it's easier to understand what we are talking about if you imagine the universe as a white blanket.
Before the big bang occurs, the blanket perfectly smooth, just like it was well ironed. Then, a massive jolt causes it to fold, crease and wrinkle: this is information, i.e. matter. Entropy could probably act as a gradual, unstoppable force that gradually puts the blanket under tension again. The end of universe, therefore, is the return to a pristine state completely devoid of information. Suppose you spill a cup of coffee over the blanked: it is now tainted, but this doesn't necessary interfere with the distension process of prohibit the blanket from returning to a perfectly smooth state. However, if you take a look at the tainted blanket, it obviously isn't perfectly white as before.
Therefore, the Big Bang acts as a creator of new information, not as a destructor of previous information.
AmigaOS had true multitasking, a windowing UI called Intuition, multiple screen of varying resolution on top of each other and a hardware mouse cursor (via custom graphics chips such as Denise). It also had scripting languages such as Amiga Basic (by MS) and an ARexx interpreter.
A sincere question: why not fully embrace Python? It's not as popular as Java, i.e. one of the main of the main reasons to make it the primary platform, but it's still widespread, especially within Google itself. Maybe performance issues; even when the interpreter is reimplemented with a subset of libraries? I'm curious...
The demise of the PC has been called for for at least 20 years now. I remember similar headlines in the early nineties, claiming that home computer gaming industry would be beaten to pulp by japanese consoles like the Sega Genesis or the Super Famicom, mainly because it would be impossible to pirate a cartridge.
Nowadays, we have a massive user base connected to a cheap digital distribution network, the Internet, with no vendor lock on. You need the right technology and strong commitment to take advantage of such a powerful platform: that's what Valve did with Steam and, seven years later, it's still a great success.
When you are unable to provide insight or interesting arguments to a discussion, you blindly criticize, troll in other words. Let's hope that at some point of time we will find some real expert in the field to RTFA, and write something that's actually worth reading.
I don't understand what they're celebrating here, since its got videogame designers, characters and gamers, all on the same list! Also, it says "Class of 2010", but the nominees span more or less 30 years of history.
Anyway, I'd would nominate Rob Hubbard, a brilliant video game musician.
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Python programmers are the only ones not complaining about indentation in Python.
First of all, read "The Mythical Man Month" by Fred Brooks, if you haven't already.
Be realistic and conservative on your delivery dates. Defend them to the death.
Avoid micromanaging people, if possible, and insist on clear communication and concise documentation.
My personal suggestion: don't give up completely on being a developer. Keep a small, but important task to yourself. You will gain an even better view on how your team is working.
Backstory: I learned to program at age six on a Commore Vic-20. I decided to learn because games on the Vic sucked and programming was the only thing interesting one could do on it (even for a small child). Commodore BASIC was limited and quirky, but provided me with hundreds of hours of fine entertainment. One could pick it up quickly thanks to the programming manual that was bundled with every computer (take note).
When somebody asks me who had the most influence on me on my career choices and inspired me, I don't tell them it was Bill Gates or Steve Jobs, but Jack Tramiel. "Jack WHO?" "Never mind..."
If I had a kid and she told me she was interested in learning to program, I would pick Python. It is easy to learn and very deep, which good support for imperative and functional programming, other than OO. First thing, I would buy her a book. There are plenty around that start from the basics and work their way up to a simple but rewarding game using PyGame or Pyglet.
Back on the Vic I could only choose between BASIC (mediocre and slow) and Assembly (obscure and arcane). Today beginners can choose from so many options. The important thing is not knowing "where" to start, but "how". Buy a good book, and if you love what you learn, you'll never stop as long as you live.
As a commuter, I see plenty of netbooks. I never had the impression that they were going away. Heck, even Apple makes netbooks now. Even seen the "new" MacBook Air? It comes in 11 and 13 inch models.
> Merkel vows to replace nuclear power with alternatives that do not increase greenhouse gases
Really? Did she say that? Sounds like a contraddiction
Merkel: new gas and coal plants to replace nuclear (Reuters Fri Apr 15, 2011)
Seriously, it sounds like PR material.
Linus Torvalds is switching back to KDE. (j\k)
I wish I had mod points, so I'll reply...
As you said, this has absolutely nothing to do with free speech. I ask those who are criticizing the verdict: what if YOU woke up one morning and found out that Google is suggesting you are a paedophile or a crook, just because a group of determined individuals have been intentionally searching your name with those keywords? From the proceedings, it seems that this guy hasn't even been on trial for the crime of fraud and probably is the victim of his own competitors; he asked Google to remove these keywords and Google didn't comply, so he hired a laywer.
Don't forget Hyper Search
In Soviet Russia, UFOs hoax you?
What has this to do with the desktop? He is talking about CentOS (a distro commonly used on servers) and Django (a Web framework).
I loved adventure games when I was a child and have fond memories of Deja Vu, Leisure Suit Larry and Zak McKraken. My young age and the new technology made those virtual environments so fascinating. The primitive graphics added to the charm of those games, as you had to use your imagination to believe that the wobbly mass of pixels was actually Indiana Jones (The Last Crusade, Amiga).
With no Internet and solutions being published only in some computer magazines, those games could last months, which you would spend on analyzing every single pixel for clues, trying every possible item/action combination and pestering your friends about hints.
Good times.
GNUstep's objective is to create a free and open source implementation of the Cocoa libraries, with some additional libraries. It does not target the OpenStep spec, which is antique and obsolete.
Please read the definition
Proven with what? Our grasp of physics can only let us understand what probably happened minutes after the Big Bang occured. According to this model, complete removal of information occurs at the end of the cycle, or aeon, when black holes evaporate and the universe returns into a pristine state, just like a blank slate.
I think it's easier to understand what we are talking about if you imagine the universe as a white blanket.
Before the big bang occurs, the blanket perfectly smooth, just like it was well ironed. Then, a massive jolt causes it to fold, crease and wrinkle: this is information, i.e. matter. Entropy could probably act as a gradual, unstoppable force that gradually puts the blanket under tension again.
The end of universe, therefore, is the return to a pristine state completely devoid of information. Suppose you spill a cup of coffee over the blanked: it is now tainted, but this doesn't necessary interfere with the distension process of prohibit the blanket from returning to a perfectly smooth state. However, if you take a look at the tainted blanket, it obviously isn't perfectly white as before.
Therefore, the Big Bang acts as a creator of new information, not as a destructor of previous information.
AmigaOS had true multitasking, a windowing UI called Intuition, multiple screen of varying resolution on top of each other and a hardware mouse cursor (via custom graphics chips such as Denise). It also had scripting languages such as Amiga Basic (by MS) and an ARexx interpreter.
In 1986.
Seems a Major Major bug to me.
Since it's David Perry, I'd say it's Pepsi-flavoured Cool Spot
> These days i launch probes mining for palladium
Asteroids have DRM?
It surprises me that no-one has mentioned Keyboardr, which offers this kind of live search functionality.
A sincere question: why not fully embrace Python? It's not as popular as Java, i.e. one of the main of the main reasons to make it the primary platform, but it's still widespread, especially within Google itself. Maybe performance issues; even when the interpreter is reimplemented with a subset of libraries? I'm curious...
Just don't be too revealing about yourself in your instant messages :)
The demise of the PC has been called for for at least 20 years now. I remember similar headlines in the early nineties, claiming that home computer gaming industry would be beaten to pulp by japanese consoles like the Sega Genesis or the Super Famicom, mainly because it would be impossible to pirate a cartridge.
Nowadays, we have a massive user base connected to a cheap digital distribution network, the Internet, with no vendor lock on. You need the right technology and strong commitment to take advantage of such a powerful platform: that's what Valve did with Steam and, seven years later, it's still a great success.
When you are unable to provide insight or interesting arguments to a discussion, you blindly criticize, troll in other words. Let's hope that at some point of time we will find some real expert in the field to RTFA, and write something that's actually worth reading.
I don't understand what they're celebrating here, since its got videogame designers, characters and gamers, all on the same list! Also, it says "Class of 2010", but the nominees span more or less 30 years of history.
Anyway, I'd would nominate Rob Hubbard, a brilliant video game musician.
May I ask: what's your opinion on the TCO of "lots of little boxes" vs Big Iron, especially in terms of energy consumption and maintenance?