And if they'd make available the proper controller for PCs, which is possible, then the entire controller preference issue also disappears, and all you're left with is a PC that looks better, runs better, is more flexible, and often less expensive to top it off. Perhaps what MS should have done is released the XBox controller for PCs instead of their money losing game division.
Actually, they may attempt to lay claim, but many of the concepts JRRT used were already in the public domain. Just research stories on dragons, rings, elves, trolls, magicians, etc etc etc.... They go back hundreds of years, across large swaths of cultures. I'm not belittling JRRT's accomplishments, he created a believable fictional world, after all, with deep rich storied history. That alone is worthy of respect, that he did it with a compelling set of stories to boot, and wrote lengthy works that people eagerly read, that's worthy of more, even if you didn't like the stories.
Should developers move back to OpenGL, then the API is relatively fixed, and these particular issues all go away. What's more, 1 codebase for all platforms, and then consoles will essentially die, to be replaced by commodity small form factor PCs that will perform better, are most likely upgradable regarding CPU, and just all around better. Since DirectX seems to be slower than OpenGL, there's no argument for coding to that proprietary API anymore anyway, and perhaps we really can move to a single graphics API, which would improve things across the board even if you can't take advantage of that one little hack on a specific system to get that 401 fps vs 400....
Wonderful ethical question, but if the human race is known for anything, its the non-subscription to the magazine which ponders over such things.
I don't know, Scientific American seems to have a decent subscription rate, for example, and is also known for covering topics such as this.
Someone will attempt to bring them back, now argue about how it should be done.
I agree, the first attempts are already being made (wooly mammoth) I'm not sure I see the argument, unless you're talking about a specific plague or major pest, and releasing them into the wild.
1) Obviously - where else would they go?
2) Humans have this nasty habit of wiping things out for food or convenience: mammoths, passenger pigeons, etc. It can be assumed that resurrected species will be considered valuable enough by their caretakers to avoid that fate for at least a while.
3) I agree, current zoos mostly suck, although there's new thought going into "zoos", like safari parks, where there's more room to roam, etc
4) Disagree, if we can resurrect it, we'll also have a good idea of what they eat, and we can probably recreate the flora as well (for herbivores)
5) Interest drives effort
One big problem is that many of these so called "Rockstars" are too interested in the technology rather than getting the job done. Technology to them is like fashion, you have to use the latest simply for bragging rights and ego when a proven more mature solution would be the correct descision to take.
Those would be posers, the real "rockstars" are those who just get the job done and are interested in the next product more than the one they just finished.
typing get-apt would have kept me out of trouble!:) I freely admitted it's been a while (SVN 1.6 reference would date it, as I'm sure that's been in the official repos for a while:) Using linux for servers generally doesn't have me installing anything via apt/yum/rpm anymore since most things I need are included in the base images I have, and ops guys generally take care of the maintenance and feeding afterwards.
Side note - love the negative mods - tell the truth, get modded down, like that will make the truth go away. Some mods need a life.
Yep, Ubuntu apt repo - it's AWESOME. Needed SVN version 1.6 for a project, Ubuntu's repos didn't have it, but did have instructions for linking to another repo that did. Be very careful when you link external repos and run get-apt. Needless to say, the next reboot resulted in a rebuild. Lesson learned. But never ever ever claim that apt is the be-all and end-all of package management. It has more than one challenge to its name, not the least of which would be making selective packages out of specific repos easily configurable. I'm not sure it's even possible at this point, and don't really care, as OSX does all the desktoppy things I need during my normal day, without that specific hurdle to jump through. I still use Linux as my primary server target, however.
I have yet to see a single offshore project "succeed". By succeed, I mean produce what was requested, anywhere near the time requested, within an order of magnitude of the initial cost estimate. This isn't a 1 or 2 story anecdotal type thing either, but across 50+ projects, 20 companies, and a set of colleagues across several industries.
What was the one thing all these offshore projects had in common? The desire to reduce cost because they perceived that their coders were replaceable objects randomly interchangeable with other burger turners, um, coders, as presented by the offshoring companies, completely neglecting several key factors: company knowledge, specialized talents, access to business owners and vice versa, cultural and communications gaps, and last, but not least, the utter dishonesty inherent in many offshore companies that exercise bait and switch tactics with personnel, no matter what you have in your contract.
This doesn't mean all outsourcing efforts fail. But if you outsource, it shouldn't be a core competency or business process, and if it is, it should be a relatively short term enhancement effort with intense participation and continuous turnover to internal resources. e.g., if you need 15 people to complete the project in 4 months, but only have 5, then complementing your staff with 10 outsourced people might be a good thing, provided internal people drive the project. Note also that this is "outsource", not necessarily "offshore", there's a difference, and it's huge.
Time to initial output is probably going to be longer, yes, but in theory the output will be higher quality (fewer bugs, fewer serious design flaws).
If that's true (I have no firsthand experience to say whether it is or not), then the higher quality output will more than make up for the time spent with less time spent downstream identifying and fixing the issues.
You're correct in one thing - everything you stated is pure speculation.
I don't think paired programming would help me when coding UI's (I am in the same boat as you). In fact, I strongly suspect that I'd be the boat anchor with the paired partner in that case.
Mine's been pretty much consistently <50% productivity for the pair.
Why, you ask? Because 2 senior people working on web services can knock out 2 web services in 'x' timeframe, or 1 when paired, in 'x' + 'y' timeframe, where 'y' is a number equal to or greater than 0. The same goes for any other component functions.
Neither, really. By my own admission, I'd not done as much to protect the machine as I could have done. A Windows 7 machine which had been run through windows update to ensure that it picked up every last security update and which had proper AV software installed would probably have had a better chance than something in default configuration with a single hurried pass through Windows Update.
If you think back to the history of Windows Updates during the lifespan of Vista, there were a lot of updates pushed out with a description like "fixed an issue with the execution of code via a network share".
I'm sorry - but you've just stated in significantly more words that "Yes, the state of Windows (in)security is still that bad".
Obama has not deficit spent at twice the rate of GWB, but, instead, has slowed deficit spending. See the slope of the deficit chart over the past 13 years. It's most informative. You'll learn several things, namely that GWB and the republicans (remember, they started with a super-majority IIRC) put in motion actions that doubled our debt in 8 years. Another thing to note about said debt is that Obama inherited 2 wars from GWB and the republicans, as well as the prescription medicare piece, which were all unfunded and added to the deficit during his term. The last thing to note is that after his first year, in 2010, the slope starts to decline. Everything before that is GWB/repub doing.
Now for the 2008 economic bubble crash - this was not merely the result of the housing bust. If you bought that, I have some ocean front property in Montana to sell you. The housing bust was the trigger, the real cause was CDS's, which were banned until 2001, when Republicans, under the guise of removing "excessive" regulation, undid the last major piece of legislation enacted to prevent a repeat of the 1929 stock market crash. CDSs are essentially bets on whether something will go up or down, nothing more, and nothing less. IOW, it's gambling. AIG was left holding the bag, and that's when everything crashed. You could also consider it a Ponzi scheme if you'd like. As long as the music keeps playing, everyone gets to "reap" the rewards. But at some point, the music stops, and everything crashes back down to reality. Goldman Sachs, naturally, with government backing and a substantial presence of former partners in the regulatory pieces of government, kept its "rewards", and managed to take out a competitor at the same time.
I got the kidding part at the end, or was that a sigh of resignation? (such is the nefarious nature of text based communications that tonal innuendo is lost)
What would you like run? Pretty sure you can go do a little research at www.insanelymac.com or www.tonymacx86.com for example and see some benchmarks on hackintoshes.
They were trying to explain the measured and perceived variations of climate across the globe with only primitive data (just a few decades of accurate temperature measurements and crop planting data (warmer springs, earlier plantings, cooler springs, delayed plantings) and dates of last frost, which could hurt a prematurely planted crop. So you'd expect variations all over the place. With more accurate measurements over a longer timeframe, a better understanding of the physical model (yet still incomplete) and better forensic data analysis, we've been able to generate a much better analysis that we believe gives a relatively accurate picture of where we are, where we are going, and why and how things we are doing are contributing.
Had injury/wrist surgery on right hand that essentially made me 1 handed (left at that) for about 2 months. I found a normal keyboard and using the mouse left-handed not all that hard to adapt to, although you do want a mouse that's not specifically "ergonomically" designed for right hand only. On the other hand, I'm somewhat ambidextrous, and I discovered during this time I can use chopsticks quite adequately left-handed, so your mileage might differ.
I'm pretty sure I imaged that CD and then ISO mounted it, and the software was none the wiser. It's been a while (15 years?), so I don't recall if I also downloaded a cracked exe or, horror of horrors, did a hex edit on that one.
Fair enough on the open part - it wasn't published (FaceTime). But, an analysis shows that all protocols used under the covers are open standards and well-vetted. iMessage uses similarly well vetted technology. That's not true with Skype's protocol stack, not to mention the history etc that remains out there.
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And if they'd make available the proper controller for PCs, which is possible, then the entire controller preference issue also disappears, and all you're left with is a PC that looks better, runs better, is more flexible, and often less expensive to top it off. Perhaps what MS should have done is released the XBox controller for PCs instead of their money losing game division.
Actually, they may attempt to lay claim, but many of the concepts JRRT used were already in the public domain. Just research stories on dragons, rings, elves, trolls, magicians, etc etc etc.... They go back hundreds of years, across large swaths of cultures. I'm not belittling JRRT's accomplishments, he created a believable fictional world, after all, with deep rich storied history. That alone is worthy of respect, that he did it with a compelling set of stories to boot, and wrote lengthy works that people eagerly read, that's worthy of more, even if you didn't like the stories.
Should developers move back to OpenGL, then the API is relatively fixed, and these particular issues all go away. What's more, 1 codebase for all platforms, and then consoles will essentially die, to be replaced by commodity small form factor PCs that will perform better, are most likely upgradable regarding CPU, and just all around better. Since DirectX seems to be slower than OpenGL, there's no argument for coding to that proprietary API anymore anyway, and perhaps we really can move to a single graphics API, which would improve things across the board even if you can't take advantage of that one little hack on a specific system to get that 401 fps vs 400....
Wonderful ethical question, but if the human race is known for anything, its the non-subscription to the magazine which ponders over such things.
I don't know, Scientific American seems to have a decent subscription rate, for example, and is also known for covering topics such as this.
Someone will attempt to bring them back, now argue about how it should be done.
I agree, the first attempts are already being made (wooly mammoth) I'm not sure I see the argument, unless you're talking about a specific plague or major pest, and releasing them into the wild.
1) Obviously - where else would they go?
2) Humans have this nasty habit of wiping things out for food or convenience: mammoths, passenger pigeons, etc. It can be assumed that resurrected species will be considered valuable enough by their caretakers to avoid that fate for at least a while.
3) I agree, current zoos mostly suck, although there's new thought going into "zoos", like safari parks, where there's more room to roam, etc
4) Disagree, if we can resurrect it, we'll also have a good idea of what they eat, and we can probably recreate the flora as well (for herbivores)
5) Interest drives effort
One big problem is that many of these so called "Rockstars" are too interested in the technology rather than getting the job done. Technology to them is like fashion, you have to use the latest simply for bragging rights and ego when a proven more mature solution would be the correct descision to take.
Those would be posers, the real "rockstars" are those who just get the job done and are interested in the next product more than the one they just finished.
otherwise known as the "missing Dark Matter"
Nope - could care less about Star Wars. But apparently you know Snooki.
Get over yourself and go back to watching Snooki...
typing get-apt would have kept me out of trouble! :) I freely admitted it's been a while (SVN 1.6 reference would date it, as I'm sure that's been in the official repos for a while:) Using linux for servers generally doesn't have me installing anything via apt/yum/rpm anymore since most things I need are included in the base images I have, and ops guys generally take care of the maintenance and feeding afterwards.
Side note - love the negative mods - tell the truth, get modded down, like that will make the truth go away. Some mods need a life.
Yep, Ubuntu apt repo - it's AWESOME. Needed SVN version 1.6 for a project, Ubuntu's repos didn't have it, but did have instructions for linking to another repo that did. Be very careful when you link external repos and run get-apt. Needless to say, the next reboot resulted in a rebuild. Lesson learned. But never ever ever claim that apt is the be-all and end-all of package management. It has more than one challenge to its name, not the least of which would be making selective packages out of specific repos easily configurable. I'm not sure it's even possible at this point, and don't really care, as OSX does all the desktoppy things I need during my normal day, without that specific hurdle to jump through. I still use Linux as my primary server target, however.
I have yet to see a single offshore project "succeed". By succeed, I mean produce what was requested, anywhere near the time requested, within an order of magnitude of the initial cost estimate. This isn't a 1 or 2 story anecdotal type thing either, but across 50+ projects, 20 companies, and a set of colleagues across several industries.
What was the one thing all these offshore projects had in common? The desire to reduce cost because they perceived that their coders were replaceable objects randomly interchangeable with other burger turners, um, coders, as presented by the offshoring companies, completely neglecting several key factors: company knowledge, specialized talents, access to business owners and vice versa, cultural and communications gaps, and last, but not least, the utter dishonesty inherent in many offshore companies that exercise bait and switch tactics with personnel, no matter what you have in your contract.
This doesn't mean all outsourcing efforts fail. But if you outsource, it shouldn't be a core competency or business process, and if it is, it should be a relatively short term enhancement effort with intense participation and continuous turnover to internal resources. e.g., if you need 15 people to complete the project in 4 months, but only have 5, then complementing your staff with 10 outsourced people might be a good thing, provided internal people drive the project. Note also that this is "outsource", not necessarily "offshore", there's a difference, and it's huge.
Time to initial output is probably going to be longer, yes, but in theory the output will be higher quality (fewer bugs, fewer serious design flaws).
If that's true (I have no firsthand experience to say whether it is or not), then the higher quality output will more than make up for the time spent with less time spent downstream identifying and fixing the issues.
You're correct in one thing - everything you stated is pure speculation.
I don't think paired programming would help me when coding UI's (I am in the same boat as you). In fact, I strongly suspect that I'd be the boat anchor with the paired partner in that case.
As much as I dislike windows, I tend to agree with you - that'd be a reversion to pre XP SP3 days, from what I recall.
Mine's been pretty much consistently <50% productivity for the pair.
Why, you ask? Because 2 senior people working on web services can knock out 2 web services in 'x' timeframe, or 1 when paired, in 'x' + 'y' timeframe, where 'y' is a number equal to or greater than 0. The same goes for any other component functions.
Neither, really. By my own admission, I'd not done as much to protect the machine as I could have done. A Windows 7 machine which had been run through windows update to ensure that it picked up every last security update and which had proper AV software installed would probably have had a better chance than something in default configuration with a single hurried pass through Windows Update.
If you think back to the history of Windows Updates during the lifespan of Vista, there were a lot of updates pushed out with a description like "fixed an issue with the execution of code via a network share".
I'm sorry - but you've just stated in significantly more words that "Yes, the state of Windows (in)security is still that bad".
Obama has not deficit spent at twice the rate of GWB, but, instead, has slowed deficit spending. See the slope of the deficit chart over the past 13 years. It's most informative. You'll learn several things, namely that GWB and the republicans (remember, they started with a super-majority IIRC) put in motion actions that doubled our debt in 8 years. Another thing to note about said debt is that Obama inherited 2 wars from GWB and the republicans, as well as the prescription medicare piece, which were all unfunded and added to the deficit during his term. The last thing to note is that after his first year, in 2010, the slope starts to decline. Everything before that is GWB/repub doing.
Now for the 2008 economic bubble crash - this was not merely the result of the housing bust. If you bought that, I have some ocean front property in Montana to sell you. The housing bust was the trigger, the real cause was CDS's, which were banned until 2001, when Republicans, under the guise of removing "excessive" regulation, undid the last major piece of legislation enacted to prevent a repeat of the 1929 stock market crash. CDSs are essentially bets on whether something will go up or down, nothing more, and nothing less. IOW, it's gambling. AIG was left holding the bag, and that's when everything crashed. You could also consider it a Ponzi scheme if you'd like. As long as the music keeps playing, everyone gets to "reap" the rewards. But at some point, the music stops, and everything crashes back down to reality. Goldman Sachs, naturally, with government backing and a substantial presence of former partners in the regulatory pieces of government, kept its "rewards", and managed to take out a competitor at the same time.
A bad joke is ....
I got the kidding part at the end, or was that a sigh of resignation? (such is the nefarious nature of text based communications that tonal innuendo is lost)
What would you like run? Pretty sure you can go do a little research at www.insanelymac.com or www.tonymacx86.com for example and see some benchmarks on hackintoshes.
Yep, recall the maze in Excel? How much bloat did that add to Excel?
They were trying to explain the measured and perceived variations of climate across the globe with only primitive data (just a few decades of accurate temperature measurements and crop planting data (warmer springs, earlier plantings, cooler springs, delayed plantings) and dates of last frost, which could hurt a prematurely planted crop. So you'd expect variations all over the place. With more accurate measurements over a longer timeframe, a better understanding of the physical model (yet still incomplete) and better forensic data analysis, we've been able to generate a much better analysis that we believe gives a relatively accurate picture of where we are, where we are going, and why and how things we are doing are contributing.
Had injury/wrist surgery on right hand that essentially made me 1 handed (left at that) for about 2 months. I found a normal keyboard and using the mouse left-handed not all that hard to adapt to, although you do want a mouse that's not specifically "ergonomically" designed for right hand only. On the other hand, I'm somewhat ambidextrous, and I discovered during this time I can use chopsticks quite adequately left-handed, so your mileage might differ.
I'm pretty sure I imaged that CD and then ISO mounted it, and the software was none the wiser. It's been a while (15 years?), so I don't recall if I also downloaded a cracked exe or, horror of horrors, did a hex edit on that one.
Fair enough on the open part - it wasn't published (FaceTime). But, an analysis shows that all protocols used under the covers are open standards and well-vetted. iMessage uses similarly well vetted technology. That's not true with Skype's protocol stack, not to mention the history etc that remains out there.
Google Hangouts - cool concept, semi-sucky execution.
Skype - private company, private "security" implementation, known logging of history..... need we go on? (and I didn't even mention, owned by MS)