Depends... What's your definition of a negative frequency? A frequency out of phase with a positive one might qualify. I'm pretty sure you can make one of those... and Ars Technica had an article on negative frequency photons a while back too.
While I don't mind answering and helping people, it means I get none of my actual own work done.
Perhaps you misunderstand your job? Sounds like you're a team lead, and if so, a good part of your job is to help other people get their work done. If you don't have time to do the other tasks then you need to delegate them and help where necessary.
But, I prefer to find a balance in the middle, one that allows some of the freedoms of coders in a cave but with the feedback and guidance provided by the parts of the company that matter.
Wow. You're awesome. Shame the developers aren't one of the parts of the company that matter.
4. Do not promote your best developers to be managers...
I mostly agree with the list you've written, except for this part. It a) implies that a management role is more important rather than just a different role in the greater team, and b) you'll lose your best seniors if you don't give them a career path beyond just cutting more code.
Until organisations get over their manager > "resource" mentality they're doomed to mediocrity (at best). Yes culture matters, but that's not so much a factor of giving devs a free coke or the tools they ask for, it's about respect, it's about the team (including the testeres, analysts, PMs, etc) and about the collective way things roll. It's more about them than it is about you.
These resources are replacing India resources as those resources are getting harder to get. Not surprisingly, years of outsourcing to India has built an in country demand. The best and brightest head there because the hours are better, and often the pay is better too.
As for the Indian work quality... it varies. I have worked with some that were as good as any US tech, and some that are mere chair warmers. It definitely takes 2 to 4 to match a quality US resources, but you can afford to do that.
Any customer can demand US only resources if they are willing to pay for it... but they are willing to do so.
Please don't call them that. It's dehumanizing. They're people, perhaps employees, staff, or workers, but not "resources". Show some respect - they're the people that keep companies producing and keep the managers (who call them resources) employed.
its not a LAWFUL ORDER you fucking MORON. it a request. you can ignore it. crew are not LEOs. they cant issue lawful orders.
Federal Aviation Regulations require passenger compliance with lighted passenger information signs and crewmember instructions concerning the use of safety belts.
There are so many ways one could commit an act of terrorism at an airport without getting on a plane if one were so inclined (I'm not, by the way!) and every time I fly I see more.
The fact that you and others here feel the need to add disclaimers like "(I'm not, by the way!)" says a lot about the oppressiveness of the current regime. People are constantly aware that their comments may be monitored and there may be implications to speaking the truth.
For both BlackBerry and their "professional grade" but too-small PlayBook tablet, and for E-Ink and their lack of color devices on the market. To be fair, there is the jetBook Color which is targeted at the educational market... but it's the only one and I doubt anyone has made any additional aviation apps for it. Too bad they couldn't have leveraged their branding for the aviation market.
DMCA? I really don't think New Zealand should be deporting Germans for breaking American copyright laws. What's next? Deporting Africans for breaking Thailand's laws about disrespecting their king? The whole thing is stupid and makes a mockery of our country's sovereignty.
Do you really think Microsoft will produce movies you want to watch?
Do you think Hollywood does that now? Fuck them. I don't care if their little circle gets broken up. There are plenty of creative people to take their place with more ethical and sustainable business models, and we don't need their supply chain anymore. Google or Microsoft or Apple could easily handle distributing any media immediately, globally, from any source, and the real artists still left in the industry would be falling over themselves to get a fair slice and to stay relevant in the new world.
This is how it looks everywhere that the USA has reach, I'm just glad that the Polish people are standing up and making noise about it, and that your news organizations are independent enough to keep it in the news. We should all learn from your example.
Dropbox, iCloud, Facebook, and virtually every other US-based service will drop their trousers for the FBI or the RIAA and give them full access to your files, no questions asked. MegaUpload didn't. The people controlling the US economy (and government) won't be happy with any company that doesn't give them a backdoor.
Not just your files. If they have that and they have access to account information - and they do now that they've seized MegaUpload's assets - then they know who you are and what you've been uploading and downloading. Perhaps you will be the next target for extradition or arrest at the border.
I have to wonder if that was the real intent of this take-down. Not to take MegaUpload offline, but to tell the world that Hollywood Pwns j00 and your government. That nowhere is safe from their reach.
So if the move was intended to strike fear in to the hearts of computer geeks everywhere they may be surprised to find intense anger instead. Perhaps we're on the brink of the first true digital war.
As a New Zealander, I can assure you that I am both pissed-off and concerned about the implications. I love the land here but if anyone has a sane and safe country to emigrate to, please let me know, because I fear that our politicians have sold it out from under us.
Slashdot Mirror
Depends... What's your definition of a negative frequency? A frequency out of phase with a positive one might qualify. I'm pretty sure you can make one of those... and Ars Technica had an article on negative frequency photons a while back too.
While I don't mind answering and helping people, it means I get none of my actual own work done.
Perhaps you misunderstand your job? Sounds like you're a team lead, and if so, a good part of your job is to help other people get their work done. If you don't have time to do the other tasks then you need to delegate them and help where necessary.
But, I prefer to find a balance in the middle, one that allows some of the freedoms of coders in a cave but with the feedback and guidance provided by the parts of the company that matter.
Wow. You're awesome. Shame the developers aren't one of the parts of the company that matter.
4. Do not promote your best developers to be managers...
I mostly agree with the list you've written, except for this part. It a) implies that a management role is more important rather than just a different role in the greater team, and b) you'll lose your best seniors if you don't give them a career path beyond just cutting more code.
Until organisations get over their manager > "resource" mentality they're doomed to mediocrity (at best). Yes culture matters, but that's not so much a factor of giving devs a free coke or the tools they ask for, it's about respect, it's about the team (including the testeres, analysts, PMs, etc) and about the collective way things roll. It's more about them than it is about you.
What about blind people? They have no problem using real buttons, how will they be able to use the new 'smart' system?
They probably shouldn't be driving anyway.
These resources are replacing India resources as those resources are getting harder to get. Not surprisingly, years of outsourcing to India has built an in country demand. The best and brightest head there because the hours are better, and often the pay is better too.
As for the Indian work quality... it varies. I have worked with some that were as good as any US tech, and some that are mere chair warmers.
It definitely takes 2 to 4 to match a quality US resources, but you can afford to do that.
Any customer can demand US only resources if they are willing to pay for it... but they are willing to do so.
Please don't call them that. It's dehumanizing. They're people, perhaps employees, staff, or workers, but not "resources". Show some respect - they're the people that keep companies producing and keep the managers (who call them resources) employed.
Give us our freedom back you assholes.
Asking nicely has never worked. If it's freedom you want, you have to take it and then you have to defend it.
"Lest we forget"
I suspect that Zuck needs to work on investor relations somewhat...
What rhymes with Zuck that he doesn't give?
its not a LAWFUL ORDER you fucking MORON. it a request. you can ignore it.
crew are not LEOs. they cant issue lawful orders.
Federal Aviation Regulations require passenger compliance with lighted passenger information signs and crewmember instructions concerning the use of safety belts.
So sit down, buckle your seat belt, and STFU.
There are so many ways one could commit an act of terrorism at an airport without getting on a plane if one were so inclined (I'm not, by the way!) and every time I fly I see more.
The fact that you and others here feel the need to add disclaimers like "(I'm not, by the way!)" says a lot about the oppressiveness of the current regime. People are constantly aware that their comments may be monitored and there may be implications to speaking the truth.
I think I've heard this story before somewhere...
Interesting theory and similar to things I've wondered about too. It might one of those theories that's very difficult to prove either way.
The big problem with amateur radio is that commercial traffic is not allowed. That is, no connection to the internet.
Who said internet access has to be commercial? At the low bitrates you're talking about there would be plenty of people donating their bandwidth.
It certainly didn't help that computer manufacturers have treated AMD as a budget CPU for many years.
Not all of them. Like you say, AMD needs to improve their marketing, right across the performance spectrum.
Is that not already available through OBD2?
I'm surprised they haven't run out of goons and lawyers. Trespassing on rural farms and making threats is a good way to wind up shot.
Missed Opportunity.
For both BlackBerry and their "professional grade" but too-small PlayBook tablet, and for E-Ink and their lack of color devices on the market. To be fair, there is the jetBook Color which is targeted at the educational market... but it's the only one and I doubt anyone has made any additional aviation apps for it. Too bad they couldn't have leveraged their branding for the aviation market.
Just generate a random file and demand that the accused shall provide a "decyption key".
It won't matter what key I give them. They'll never be able to decrypt /dev/random
Surely that's between the songwriter and the recording artist, is it not?
Yeah, 'cause downloading bad movies is more fun with 9,6kbps over iRIDIUM....
It would probably be cheaper to make the movie than download it over iRIDIUM...
DMCA? I really don't think New Zealand should be deporting Germans for breaking American copyright laws. What's next? Deporting Africans for breaking Thailand's laws about disrespecting their king? The whole thing is stupid and makes a mockery of our country's sovereignty.
We've had separation of Church and State for a long time. Maybe it's now time for separation of Business and State.
Do you really think Microsoft will produce movies you want to watch?
Do you think Hollywood does that now? Fuck them. I don't care if their little circle gets broken up. There are plenty of creative people to take their place with more ethical and sustainable business models, and we don't need their supply chain anymore. Google or Microsoft or Apple could easily handle distributing any media immediately, globally, from any source, and the real artists still left in the industry would be falling over themselves to get a fair slice and to stay relevant in the new world.
I beg to differ.
This is how it looks everywhere that the USA has reach, I'm just glad that the Polish people are standing up and making noise about it, and that your news organizations are independent enough to keep it in the news. We should all learn from your example.
Dropbox, iCloud, Facebook, and virtually every other US-based service will drop their trousers for the FBI or the RIAA and give them full access to your files, no questions asked. MegaUpload didn't. The people controlling the US economy (and government) won't be happy with any company that doesn't give them a backdoor.
Not just your files. If they have that and they have access to account information - and they do now that they've seized MegaUpload's assets - then they know who you are and what you've been uploading and downloading. Perhaps you will be the next target for extradition or arrest at the border.
I have to wonder if that was the real intent of this take-down. Not to take MegaUpload offline, but to tell the world that Hollywood Pwns j00 and your government. That nowhere is safe from their reach.
So if the move was intended to strike fear in to the hearts of computer geeks everywhere they may be surprised to find intense anger instead. Perhaps we're on the brink of the first true digital war.
As a New Zealander, I can assure you that I am both pissed-off and concerned about the implications. I love the land here but if anyone has a sane and safe country to emigrate to, please let me know, because I fear that our politicians have sold it out from under us.