It sounds like they have source control, they just don't have proper processes to only take prod code from source control.
They need leadership, without leadership buy-in, there's no way that's going to change. Until the cost of going down exceeds the costs of changing their ways, don't expect any changes.
As for XP - bah! It has some sound ideas (test test test) but that's about it. XP is a guaranteed nightmare down the road for maintenance (good for POCs though0. The meetings are actually a detriment in about 95% of the cases (I'll grant they're good sometimes) since most devolve into merely "I worked on X, Y, Z, and am behind on J" type things that just waste everyone's time. Team leads should know if someone's behind, with a 1-2 min discussion touching base with devs, otherwise, leave them to work instead of interrupting their day with a pointless "15 min" meeting. I've never seen these things be 15 minutes precisely because of the everyone feels obligated to mutter on longer than the previous person so they seem to be doing something important syndrome. If you require meetings, the team lead should summarize, and then call on anyone needing to supply deeper info, otherwise a small open session for questions, and off to work you go.
1) No html email - text only, have some sense about attachments. 2) No porn sites 3) No warez sites 4) No IM software, ICQ in particular (and no goddamn free MSN smileys... of all the asinine crap...) 5) No P2P software 6) Use a properly configured router (RTFM) 7) Keep your OS up to date
1) doesn't matter, use a smart email program (ie, not Outlook) 2) don't use IE, turn off all Java/Javascript functionality, set security to high, set cache to '0' and cookies to session only 3) see #2 4) Don't use MSN, AIM, or Yahoo!. Use a third party IM client. 5) Use a "good" P2P client. Azereus seems fine. What you download is another story. Linux distros? No problem. 6) Absolutely! No inbound connections, all outbound NAT'd is a good first step. 7) Not necessary if you do the above. All automatic inbound vectors are stopped, and most browsing vectors are also stopped. That's 90+% of the issues. Stupidity for clicking trojans etc are unstoppable, unless you just don't allow people to click.
Run, don't walk, away from "extreme programming". About the only thing "extreme" about "extreme programming" is the cost for maintenance after the initial release.
Basically - $750 fine for $0.70 theft is considered unconstitutionally severe, or something like that. (IANAL etc, blah blah blah) Next the RIAA will be wanting to cut off hands....
I still think/. ought to give them a 1 year subscription (or even lifetime subscription) bonus. After all, how often do you get to break/. merely with a post?
If you're spending 60% of your life at work, you work too much.
There's 8760 hours in a 365 day year. You work 2080 of those, of which up to 80 are holidays, another minimum 80 are vacation, and 0-104 (13 sick days) are sick time. So, at most, you should be working no more than a scheduled 1920 hours. You should sleep 2920 (@ 8 hours a night, who gets that?) leaving 3920 awake time, of which 500 or so are spent in traffic on average (@ 2 hours a day for 260 days).
So you've still got a minimum of 3420 hours that's yours. (39% of your total time, almost 59% of your awake non-work/commuting time). Just remember that whatever of that pool you give your employer is just that, something you give. Oh, and that's only for the years you work. Most people do retire eventually, one way or the other, and most don't start until they're 18 at least, and I would hazard that those on/. don't start until 21 at the earliest.
So why does it seem like you're working all the time? Stress.
You might want to reconnect - they might be hiring at a nice premium salary to boot.
OS/2 hobbyist? Wow. I have been toying with the idea to install OS/2 Server and Warp4 on a modern CPU system, and see how they work. I know Server is required for multiple CPUs/Cores, if it will even work. That should be interesting in and of itself:) Got any links for that process?
Yes, IS is a huge difference in cost. If I can ever convince my wife that a elns is worth over $1k, I'll try them both out and see if IS is worth it (I know lots swear by it, but it really depends on your shooting habits and how unstable you are;)
As for the macro lens, that 100mm looks very attractive now, and it is EF instead of EF-S to boot. A double bonus!
What makes you think Americans don't already have lots of points of view?
Seriously, what makes you think Americans are a homogeneous mass?
That said, I agree with the underlying theme of your statements - America has gotten away from defending individual freedoms, which is what it was all about originally. Perhaps we should get back to doing just that.
You mean the 70-200 f/2.8, right? And it's more like $1600-1800, right?
Actually, yeah (sheepsih grin - typos get me everytime;) Although, I was looking around, and you can get that lens for merely $1079.
You should get that camera out and dust it off a little more often. I've taken nearly 5K pictures in 6 months with my 350D:-) Actually, that probably just shows you're a better photographer than I am
Not hardly, lots of mine aren't that great either. Only a few hundred are worth keeping, and of those only a handful approach "good" with maybe 1 or 2 subjectively falling into the "great" category. I especially like the shot of my left shoe:) I'd hazard a guess that I just have less time than you.
I'll check out Bibblepro, I saw the earlier reference. As for that 100-400, it's out of my league also at the moment. When I was searching for a couple of things, I noticed that the 100mm f2.8 USM macro is listed for as low as $379, if that helps your decision making any. I think I found my Xmas present for my wife to give to me...
The 17-200mm F2 lens. It's about $1200-1400, but it's the one I've been salivating over since I got my camera a mere 10 months ago. It's almost a "does anything" lens. The write-ups on it are very positive. Tamron makes some decent short and macro lenses, although they tend to be noisier and heavier than Canon according to reviews, and Sigma's I've had for 30 years, they're a fine lens for their cost.
BTW, in that 10 month time period I've taken over 2K pictures. That's more pictures than I've taken on film in 5 years, primarily because of the costs associated with film and development. Not to mention that with iPhoto and Photoshop on a Mac, organizing and dealing with various issues of the pictures are cake. I'm looking at getting Capture One or something like it to more effectively display and deal with the RAW output I'm now solely using (Capture One allows for simple and quick batch process of white balance, for instance). DSLRs are definitely the way to go.
That 50mm F1.8 prime lens is a great little lens, but I'm also looking for something shorter, as it requires you to be quite a ways back from your subject if you want anything more than a face. I can't decide if I want just the 17-200 lens (perhaps a little bulky) or just buy another shorter prime. The one thing with primes are no telephoto. (Duh:) Then again, you don't suffer from any of the shortcomings of variable focus lenses and they're generally lighter too.
I also am thinking of getting a 60mm Macro EFS lens (about 90mm for portrait) This lens isn't too expensive at about $400, is fast, and will allow for interesting nature photography among other things.
Very true. However, with a decent pipe and proper website design, using Akamai will be slower.
I have worked with Akamai and speed is not a reason to use them, redundancy and capacity are. Akamai also has other issues, such as with websites that may have CMS of some sort running that changes often may have issues with their cache. It's usually a 5-30m (depending upon your customer clout) to get that cleared. Meanwhile, you can have a broken website. Fun fun fun.
What made you think I thought you didn't have a degree? I merely stated that those that I know started off in different tech areas that were not directly CS related at the time, and many that I work with now are not CS type majors, but have degrees ending in 'E', as in engineering of some sort, with the implication that they were not computer related either.
I agree with your GPA statement, and even a top-tier school won't guarantee you anything. What will is who you know (that good ole boy network is alive and strong).
I too graduated during that wonderful collapse, I even went back for an MS because of it, then just couldn't tolerate the abuse for the PhD, and jumped into the market at or near the bottom. With an MS and job offers in my field, I was offered less salary than the average Dominos Pizza driver took home at that time. Now that's sobering. It will also explain why I have no sympathy for the whining that goes on today, because you can at least get a job, it just doesn't pay 6 figures like you'd like it to. Back then, you were lucky if you could get a job that wasn't flipping burgers, although the pay difference was pretty small.
You did what I should have. I, like so many at the time, went off and tried to become a rocket scientist.;) Graduated when the entire defense industry began its collapse and the rise of computers started, making the job I originally wanted to do much less in demand, because computers had orders of magnitude effects on productivity (thus greatly reducing the demand for what I wanted to do)
The nursing shortage could be fixed by providing nurses with better pay and hours. I have a friend who's been a nurse for over 10 years, and the shifts they work are ridiculous, to say the least, especially for the pay.
I'm pretty sure most in the sub-6 ids started in a tech field and moved to computing because that was where the money was going and the potential for advancement was.
At least most folks in the computer industry that I know have a degree in something other than CS, usually something ending with an E.
I've got to agree with that - looks flashy, worst interface I've ever experienced on a cell phone. I've had 12 different models to date, only 1 motorolla - never again until they fix that address book.
They're an extremely innovative company that produces lawsuits.
Lawsuits, unlike regular suits, are not available for sale, they're given to you like the evil eye. They don't even have the courtesy of being rejectable, and upon offering, proceed to suck every dime it can out of the intended recipients hide. The more innovative the lawsuit, the faster and longer it can suck dimes.
Ok, I'll buy that on the interface issue - the backing out of menu issue is annoying, but not overly so, and I certainly don't want some of the other "features" that someone else might want.;)
On the playlist issue, I think the confusion comes about when going to your playlist - the list shows up in order, whether shuffle is on or not. Playing songs however (just confirmed) does result in a shuffle. The shuffle songs options is a bit confusing.
On two-way transfers, yes, I'd like it to go back to my main computer, at least the playlist. Here's a scenario: I rate songs on my ipod, the songs don't get updated on my original playlist. I delete items off my playlist directly on my iPod, the playlist on the computer also never updates. These symptoms are not user friendly, and they should work transparently, with maybe a pop-up that you've got changes between the two, would you like to see the updates. I'm not even talking about transferring songs back and forth, just the meta-info. As for songs, if they're not DRM'd, e.g., they're my content, what difference does it make to Apple how/when I transfer them? They're not Apple's to worry about or "sanction" one way or the other.
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It sounds like they have source control, they just don't have proper processes to only take prod code from source control.
They need leadership, without leadership buy-in, there's no way that's going to change. Until the cost of going down exceeds the costs of changing their ways, don't expect any changes.
As for XP - bah! It has some sound ideas (test test test) but that's about it. XP is a guaranteed nightmare down the road for maintenance (good for POCs though0. The meetings are actually a detriment in about 95% of the cases (I'll grant they're good sometimes) since most devolve into merely "I worked on X, Y, Z, and am behind on J" type things that just waste everyone's time. Team leads should know if someone's behind, with a 1-2 min discussion touching base with devs, otherwise, leave them to work instead of interrupting their day with a pointless "15 min" meeting. I've never seen these things be 15 minutes precisely because of the everyone feels obligated to mutter on longer than the previous person so they seem to be doing something important syndrome. If you require meetings, the team lead should summarize, and then call on anyone needing to supply deeper info, otherwise a small open session for questions, and off to work you go.
1) doesn't matter, use a smart email program (ie, not Outlook)
2) don't use IE, turn off all Java/Javascript functionality, set security to high, set cache to '0' and cookies to session only
3) see #2
4) Don't use MSN, AIM, or Yahoo!. Use a third party IM client.
5) Use a "good" P2P client. Azereus seems fine. What you download is another story. Linux distros? No problem.
6) Absolutely! No inbound connections, all outbound NAT'd is a good first step.
7) Not necessary if you do the above. All automatic inbound vectors are stopped, and most browsing vectors are also stopped. That's 90+% of the issues. Stupidity for clicking trojans etc are unstoppable, unless you just don't allow people to click.
Run, don't walk, away from "extreme programming". About the only thing "extreme" about "extreme programming" is the cost for maintenance after the initial release.
Basically - $750 fine for $0.70 theft is considered unconstitutionally severe, or something like that. (IANAL etc, blah blah blah) Next the RIAA will be wanting to cut off hands....
I still think /. ought to give them a 1 year subscription (or even lifetime subscription) bonus. After all, how often do you get to break /. merely with a post?
If you're spending 60% of your life at work, you work too much.
/. don't start until 21 at the earliest.
There's 8760 hours in a 365 day year. You work 2080 of those, of which up to 80 are holidays, another minimum 80 are vacation, and 0-104 (13 sick days) are sick time. So, at most, you should be working no more than a scheduled 1920 hours. You should sleep 2920 (@ 8 hours a night, who gets that?) leaving 3920 awake time, of which 500 or so are spent in traffic on average (@ 2 hours a day for 260 days).
So you've still got a minimum of 3420 hours that's yours. (39% of your total time, almost 59% of your awake non-work/commuting time). Just remember that whatever of that pool you give your employer is just that, something you give. Oh, and that's only for the years you work. Most people do retire eventually, one way or the other, and most don't start until they're 18 at least, and I would hazard that those on
So why does it seem like you're working all the time? Stress.
Just point to elephants - huge brains, not smarter than us, we think.
You might want to reconnect - they might be hiring at a nice premium salary to boot.
:) Got any links for that process?
OS/2 hobbyist? Wow. I have been toying with the idea to install OS/2 Server and Warp4 on a modern CPU system, and see how they work. I know Server is required for multiple CPUs/Cores, if it will even work. That should be interesting in and of itself
Yes, IS is a huge difference in cost. If I can ever convince my wife that a elns is worth over $1k, I'll try them both out and see if IS is worth it (I know lots swear by it, but it really depends on your shooting habits and how unstable you are;)
As for the macro lens, that 100mm looks very attractive now, and it is EF instead of EF-S to boot. A double bonus!
What makes you think Americans don't already have lots of points of view?
Seriously, what makes you think Americans are a homogeneous mass?
That said, I agree with the underlying theme of your statements - America has gotten away from defending individual freedoms, which is what it was all about originally. Perhaps we should get back to doing just that.
Even with the invective. Spot on.
Actually, yeah (sheepsih grin - typos get me everytime;) Although, I was looking around, and you can get that lens for merely $1079.
Not hardly, lots of mine aren't that great either. Only a few hundred are worth keeping, and of those only a handful approach "good" with maybe 1 or 2 subjectively falling into the "great" category. I especially like the shot of my left shoe
I'll check out Bibblepro, I saw the earlier reference. As for that 100-400, it's out of my league also at the moment. When I was searching for a couple of things, I noticed that the 100mm f2.8 USM macro is listed for as low as $379, if that helps your decision making any. I think I found my Xmas present for my wife to give to me...
The 17-200mm F2 lens. It's about $1200-1400, but it's the one I've been salivating over since I got my camera a mere 10 months ago. It's almost a "does anything" lens. The write-ups on it are very positive. Tamron makes some decent short and macro lenses, although they tend to be noisier and heavier than Canon according to reviews, and Sigma's I've had for 30 years, they're a fine lens for their cost.
BTW, in that 10 month time period I've taken over 2K pictures. That's more pictures than I've taken on film in 5 years, primarily because of the costs associated with film and development. Not to mention that with iPhoto and Photoshop on a Mac, organizing and dealing with various issues of the pictures are cake. I'm looking at getting Capture One or something like it to more effectively display and deal with the RAW output I'm now solely using (Capture One allows for simple and quick batch process of white balance, for instance). DSLRs are definitely the way to go.
That 50mm F1.8 prime lens is a great little lens, but I'm also looking for something shorter, as it requires you to be quite a ways back from your subject if you want anything more than a face. I can't decide if I want just the 17-200 lens (perhaps a little bulky) or just buy another shorter prime. The one thing with primes are no telephoto. (Duh:) Then again, you don't suffer from any of the shortcomings of variable focus lenses and they're generally lighter too.
I also am thinking of getting a 60mm Macro EFS lens (about 90mm for portrait) This lens isn't too expensive at about $400, is fast, and will allow for interesting nature photography among other things.
Remove Slashdotter plugin....
Get a faster pipe.
or, just load multiple stories and deal with it.
Personally, I like the new feature, because I no longer have to reload an entire page to get to 1 comment.
Very true. However, with a decent pipe and proper website design, using Akamai will be slower.
I have worked with Akamai and speed is not a reason to use them, redundancy and capacity are. Akamai also has other issues, such as with websites that may have CMS of some sort running that changes often may have issues with their cache. It's usually a 5-30m (depending upon your customer clout) to get that cleared. Meanwhile, you can have a broken website. Fun fun fun.
What made you think I thought you didn't have a degree? I merely stated that those that I know started off in different tech areas that were not directly CS related at the time, and many that I work with now are not CS type majors, but have degrees ending in 'E', as in engineering of some sort, with the implication that they were not computer related either.
I agree with your GPA statement, and even a top-tier school won't guarantee you anything. What will is who you know (that good ole boy network is alive and strong).
I too graduated during that wonderful collapse, I even went back for an MS because of it, then just couldn't tolerate the abuse for the PhD, and jumped into the market at or near the bottom. With an MS and job offers in my field, I was offered less salary than the average Dominos Pizza driver took home at that time. Now that's sobering. It will also explain why I have no sympathy for the whining that goes on today, because you can at least get a job, it just doesn't pay 6 figures like you'd like it to. Back then, you were lucky if you could get a job that wasn't flipping burgers, although the pay difference was pretty small.
You did what I should have. I, like so many at the time, went off and tried to become a rocket scientist. ;) Graduated when the entire defense industry began its collapse and the rise of computers started, making the job I originally wanted to do much less in demand, because computers had orders of magnitude effects on productivity (thus greatly reducing the demand for what I wanted to do)
The nursing shortage could be fixed by providing nurses with better pay and hours. I have a friend who's been a nurse for over 10 years, and the shifts they work are ridiculous, to say the least, especially for the pay.
I'm pretty sure most in the sub-6 ids started in a tech field and moved to computing because that was where the money was going and the potential for advancement was.
At least most folks in the computer industry that I know have a degree in something other than CS, usually something ending with an E.
Try Samsung or LG. Much better UIs, so much better, in fact, that the Razr's form factor doesn't entice me in the least.
I've got to agree with that - looks flashy, worst interface I've ever experienced on a cell phone. I've had 12 different models to date, only 1 motorolla - never again until they fix that address book.
LOL! I wish I had mod points.
They're an extremely innovative company that produces lawsuits.
Lawsuits, unlike regular suits, are not available for sale, they're given to you like the evil eye. They don't even have the courtesy of being rejectable, and upon offering, proceed to suck every dime it can out of the intended recipients hide. The more innovative the lawsuit, the faster and longer it can suck dimes.
Ok, I'll buy that on the interface issue - the backing out of menu issue is annoying, but not overly so, and I certainly don't want some of the other "features" that someone else might want. ;)
On the playlist issue, I think the confusion comes about when going to your playlist - the list shows up in order, whether shuffle is on or not. Playing songs however (just confirmed) does result in a shuffle. The shuffle songs options is a bit confusing.
On two-way transfers, yes, I'd like it to go back to my main computer, at least the playlist. Here's a scenario: I rate songs on my ipod, the songs don't get updated on my original playlist. I delete items off my playlist directly on my iPod, the playlist on the computer also never updates. These symptoms are not user friendly, and they should work transparently, with maybe a pop-up that you've got changes between the two, would you like to see the updates. I'm not even talking about transferring songs back and forth, just the meta-info. As for songs, if they're not DRM'd, e.g., they're my content, what difference does it make to Apple how/when I transfer them? They're not Apple's to worry about or "sanction" one way or the other.
What's a payphone?
Are those getting to be about as rare as US postal mailboxes?