Management makes short-term decisions, which means they completely ignore the long-term.
You have rightly identified one symptom. However, the markets and business schools are driving that thinking. Analysts only care about today's profit. Immediate results are everything. And they keep reinforcing this notion to American investors.
By extension then, thinking long-term is frowned on. This is picked up in the business schools and pushed out to management types. It also clouds the thinking or freezes the action of the boardroom.
In my software engineering class, my teacher vehemently states that Requirements are the Enemy of Design.
There is a reason why your professor is teaching rather than doing.
Most of software development in the real world is NOT a free-form pursuit of artistic expression. More likely you will find yourself working on software that is part of a larger system. And because it's part of a system, the components need to be able to work together on a number of levels. Lack of proper requirements management in a large scale software development effort is what leads to lawsuits. It also leads to solutions in search of a problem. VC-funded dot bombs that end up in the waste bin (instead of/bin). Further, if there are no requirements there's no way to test it. If there's no way to test it, you aren't going to be paid. That's life in the real world.
It is unlikely a surveillance blimp will deter many, but the first thought I had was that there had to be a link. The base may want to be able to identify more of those protesters that have only supporting roles and stay well behind the confrontation?
Next time, try a better grade of aluminum foil for your hat.
As a native of Akron, I can tell you that blimps are an emotional issue with residents of the region. We associate blimps with Goodyear and, by extension, the rubber companies. Prior to the late 1970s, Akron was the rubber capital of the world. There were scores of tire manufacturing plants. Likely as not, your father owed his job directly or indirectly to the rubber industry (either he worked in the plants, sold goods and services to the plants, or sold goods and services to people who worked in the plants). The rubber industry was the focal point of local pride.
Then the rubber union went on strike one last time... *poof*
NO more tires made in Akron. Tens of thousands of jobs eliminated. The whole local economy went in the sewer for the next 25 years.
Akron is just starting to come back. But in the minds of the those of us from Akron, anyone's blimp makes us think of the real thing (a Goodyear blimp) and the good old days.
Why compete? It would be more to the point if one of NASA's contractor's licensed the Energia technologies and simply modified them to NASA's specifications. It would also help Energia fund some of their more ambitious projects.
What's the point in reinventing the wheel?
Because you need a proper round wheel instead of the nine-sided appoximation of a wheel that's not designed for loads greater than 50kg.
You don't even need a boom mic. I've got a Jabra ear piece that doesn't need a boom. The nice trick would be a keyword that would facilitate activation of the comm link. Voice activation for all functions. The biggest problem with making it an entirely in-the-ear unit would be radiation from the antenna being that close to your melon.
That is a good observation and perhaps not bizarre at all. I think it might be even more basic to say that "war stimulates technology" and that, as a consequence, "war stimulates vocabulary." This is because new technologies generate their own terms of art, buzzwords, and jargon. Think of all the words and phrases that were coined to describe each aspect of those technologies that you identified -- launch pad, blast shield, telemetry, sound barrier, ejection seat, etc.
Although one might say they're actually acronyms, these are also examples of "war stimulates vocabulary":
radar fubar snafu jeep (from GP for "general purpose") GI (Govt Issue)
Apple licensed from Xerox the elements they incorporated. The lawsuit with Microsoft was that, having licensed Apple IP for earlier version(s) of Windows, Microsoft chose not to do so in a later version but continued to use Apple's IP. The judge in the case just didn't get it and sided with Microsoft.
Wonder if he works in the Patent Office these days?
"I saved several hundred dollars -- but had to buy a chemistry text book here in the US again, because I was shipped the international edition -- and the problem sets were completely different. "
See: metric v. english units of measure; satellite mission to mars
Marsh said he would discount any reports of a seven-figure cash payment.
The operative word here is discount, as in "take at less than full value". Meaning: "BS! We didn't pay seven figures! So yes, he IS disputing such a claim. And further...
"We did agree to a one time payment," he wrote, "however we did not agree to pay a 7 figure cash payment as reported in the media."
Eric's lost enough credibility lately that it might actually fly. Heck, I wouldn't be too surprised if it's just someone trolling him...
Okay, you've lost me. How has Eric lost credibility? What exactly is your beef with him (your allusion "It's really about time")? And while we're at it, your personal contribution to the Open Source community would be what... zilch?
The only people who are served by the secret ballot are those who would seek to manipulate that ballot in secret. And given the fact that this is exactly what has been happening all throughout American history it shouldn't surprise anyone that the same people who profit from election rigging are the same people who decide what gets taught in social studies class.
I'm going to guess that you're under the age of 30. You're obviously clueless.
You have NO RIGHT to know how I voted. All you need to know is the cumulative count of all votes.
If others want to announce how they vote, that's fine. But it's none of your damn business who or what I vote for. If you don't think that there has been, and still is, discrimination in this country (and others) based on one's vote you're a fool.
Consider the following issues: voting rights, race, immigration, labor rights, abortion, the environment, financial matters and general politics. ALL of these have engendered discrimination and violence against individuals and property brought about by the extreme polarization these topics generate.
In your idiotic way of thinking, we should have jurors pronounce their individual votes in court cases for the benefit of the losing side. So much easier for them to be targeted for retribution.
If you don't think those points stand up to scrutiny, you are obviously too young to have lived through much of the last century (I won't hold you accountable for the centuries prior) or thorougly ignorant when it comes to history.
Both your argument and the parent to which you responded are well-reasoned (novel in itself on Slashdot).
I believe a significant part of the problem with the primaries lies with the fourth estate. They are far too eager to be the first to peg the candidate of either party.
The result is over-simplification of everything in the political matrix: issues, character, polls, suitability, polls, experience, and polls. There is a significant lack these days of any real journalism in the primaries. Just rely on the machinery of the major parties for the daily pablum and slew coverage accordingly.
Take Dean for instance. The media blew one moment of exuberance out of all proportion and essentially killed off a viable candidate. "Tonight, yet another replay of footage that ceased to be newsworthy after its first showing. Shield the kiddies, we think we've discovered foaming at the mouth this time!"
It's patently absurd that the media manages to herd the general populace to one candidate before even 30% of the respective party voters have had their say.
As for the threat of Al-Queida... Well, one simply wonders why Osama Bin-Laden was 'allowed' to escape anyway. US Occupation of Afghanistan should have swallowed the middle-east until we captured him. Instead, we went to Iraq for an easier - more exposed target.
Have you considered the SIZE of the Middle East, let alone Afghanistan? That's a damn big area to "swallow". To say Bin-Laden was "allowed" to escape implies that he was ever captured to begin with.
Anybody who would be drawn to a political ideology purely based on what they oppose is, in my opinion, a dangerous person. Especially when mixed with the power, money and support that an organization like the Republican party has.
Newsflash - The Democrats have the SAME faults as the Republicans. If you don't see that, you're deluding yourself. They're still politicians. It's one of the few things I can agree with Nader about. And your first proposition would classify most of Dean's followers as dangerous. The only message that I ever heard Dean deliver was "Hate Bush". No answers, just hate the other guy.
The only thing that [REDACTED] gets out of this is publicity. Over and over they have proved to have absolutely nothing: no offices, no capital, no product, no sense.
I would suggest that we cease and desist with ANY discussion of non-existant companies suing over non-existant damage arising out of non-existant product. Therefore HardOCP, Slashdot, et al should simply remove all references to [REDACTED] and their alleged console the [REDACTED].
It's the only way to ensure that such sites aren't the victims of spurious legal action. Else they'd be accessories to fraud for perpetuating information about things that don't exist.
Again, this comes down to "We don't want to be inconvenienced". Why does that make the GPL community the agreived party in this matter? Why does the Linux source list contributors on the order of IBM, AT&T, et al?
This is idiocy. We are making SCO's FUD into FACT by behaving this way. "See? They just want to steal code! Look how they treat one of their own!" [sic, semantic differences between XFree86 and the FSF aside and invisible to Joe Jurist]
That's the kind of attitude that is going to pit the GPL community against everyone else. GPL is not the only license in town. Do you intend to imply that all of these other contributors are persona non grata?
And the moral of the story is: don't assign your copyright to anyone project that doesn't use the GPL. They can't be trusted.
And the second moral is: The FSF/GPL community can't be bothered to give you credit for your work. It's too much trouble. Ergo, you're at fault. Go pack sand.
And that's a fine bit of PR when we're fighting SCO and their FUD about IP and GPL.
Ahh yes, a Mk.1 series RF tuner. This tool is indispensible for precise analog tuning of recalcitrant feed horns on such classics as the AN/TPS-43E Height Finder Radar. If the Mk.1 is not a correct fit, I suggets the slightly larger Mk.2 (25 lbs) with the ball peen attachment.
I understand from the security folks that the Mk.2 is also an excellent reformatter for EOL'd hard drives.
What is the driving force to spend extra dollars for a tablet over a good laptop? What do you want to do with it? If you can answer that, it might help some of the folks here provide more relevant answers. If you can't answer that satisfactorily, that should tell you something.
Check with your prospective school. See what their requirements are and what sort of discounts/deals they offer to students who buy through the university. That should factor into your evaluation.
Imagine I had an OS program that required you to list 1,000 contributors each time it was run, divided by group, sorted alphabetically, blah blah blah. Now you're required to fill a user's screen with 1,000 names they'll never read, and you are unable to get around this requirement, short of writing your own program from scratch. What a waste of previously good OS code.
Imagine that you had actually taken the time to read the revised license for yourself rather than rely on others. Here then for the incredibly lazy are points 2 and 3 of the revised license:
2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution, and in the same place and form as other copyright, license and disclaimer information. 3. The end-user documentation included with the redistribution, if any, must include the following acknowledgment: "This product includes software developed by The XFree86 Project, Inc (http://www.xfree86.org/) and its contributors", in the same place and form as other third-party acknowledgments. Alternately, this acknowledgment may appear in the software itself, in the same form and location as other such third-party acknowledgments.
Nowhere in those statements are you required to post a damn thing on the screen as part of the binary. Note the repeated use of the words "documentation" as the basis for satisfying the conditions of the license. Give credit for using their code or don't use (steal?) their source to make your own app. These are the conditions for use. Disagree, fine. But don't distort the truth to make your argument sound better.
I'm still waiting for someone to provide a reasoned explanation for all this chest beating and general blather. As per usual, there's far to many instances of I-can't-be-bothered-to-RTFM and "the sky is falling".
Does anyone around here have an interest in watching a movie on a 1.5" (4 cm) lcd?
Perhaps not, but what about background images and ringtones? There are plenty of identifiable Disney IP that's already availble in those categories (albeit illegally). But there are also newer game machine/phone hybrids for the 12-20 set (as evidenced by the new model from Nokia). I'm sure those are not the last instance of such integrated functionality we'll see.
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Management makes short-term decisions, which means they completely ignore the long-term.
You have rightly identified one symptom. However, the markets and business schools are driving that thinking. Analysts only care about today's profit. Immediate results are everything. And they keep reinforcing this notion to American investors.
By extension then, thinking long-term is frowned on. This is picked up in the business schools and pushed out to management types. It also clouds the thinking or freezes the action of the boardroom.
In my software engineering class, my teacher vehemently states that Requirements are the Enemy of Design.
/bin). Further, if there are no requirements there's no way to test it. If there's no way to test it, you aren't going to be paid. That's life in the real world.
There is a reason why your professor is teaching rather than doing.
Most of software development in the real world is NOT a free-form pursuit of artistic expression. More likely you will find yourself working on software that is part of a larger system. And because it's part of a system, the components need to be able to work together on a number of levels. Lack of proper requirements management in a large scale software development effort is what leads to lawsuits. It also leads to solutions in search of a problem. VC-funded dot bombs that end up in the waste bin (instead of
It is unlikely a surveillance blimp will deter many, but the first thought I had was that there had to be a link. The base may want to be able to identify more of those protesters that have only supporting roles and stay well behind the confrontation?
Next time, try a better grade of aluminum foil for your hat.
As a native of Akron, I can tell you that blimps are an emotional issue with residents of the region. We associate blimps with Goodyear and, by extension, the rubber companies. Prior to the late 1970s, Akron was the rubber capital of the world. There were scores of tire manufacturing plants. Likely as not, your father owed his job directly or indirectly to the rubber industry (either he worked in the plants, sold goods and services to the plants, or sold goods and services to people who worked in the plants). The rubber industry was the focal point of local pride.
Then the rubber union went on strike one last time... *poof*
NO more tires made in Akron. Tens of thousands of jobs eliminated. The whole local economy went in the sewer for the next 25 years.
Akron is just starting to come back. But in the minds of the those of us from Akron, anyone's blimp makes us think of the real thing (a Goodyear blimp) and the good old days.
Having a bad experience the first two times, you went back to Autozone a third time because ... ?
The corollary I was raised on:
The leading cause of cancer in rats is research.
You've left the lens cap on your brain again, haven't you Pinky?
Why compete? It would be more to the point if one of NASA's contractor's licensed the Energia technologies and simply modified them to NASA's specifications. It would also help Energia fund some of their more ambitious projects.
What's the point in reinventing the wheel?
Because you need a proper round wheel instead of the nine-sided appoximation of a wheel that's not designed for loads greater than 50kg.
You don't even need a boom mic. I've got a Jabra ear piece that doesn't need a boom. The nice trick would be a keyword that would facilitate activation of the comm link. Voice activation for all functions. The biggest problem with making it an entirely in-the-ear unit would be radiation from the antenna being that close to your melon.
That is a good observation and perhaps not bizarre at all. I think it might be even more basic to say that "war stimulates technology" and that, as a consequence, "war stimulates vocabulary." This is because new technologies generate their own terms of art, buzzwords, and jargon. Think of all the words and phrases that were coined to describe each aspect of those technologies that you identified -- launch pad, blast shield, telemetry, sound barrier, ejection seat, etc.
Although one might say they're actually acronyms, these are also examples of "war stimulates vocabulary":
radar
fubar
snafu
jeep (from GP for "general purpose")
GI (Govt Issue)
Apple licensed from Xerox the elements they incorporated. The lawsuit with Microsoft was that, having licensed Apple IP for earlier version(s) of Windows, Microsoft chose not to do so in a later version but continued to use Apple's IP. The judge in the case just didn't get it and sided with Microsoft.
Wonder if he works in the Patent Office these days?
"I saved several hundred dollars -- but had to buy a chemistry text book here in the US again, because I was shipped the international edition -- and the problem sets were completely different. "
See: metric v. english units of measure; satellite mission to mars
Marsh said he would discount any reports of a seven-figure cash payment.
...
The operative word here is discount, as in "take at less than full value". Meaning: "BS! We didn't pay seven figures! So yes, he IS disputing such a claim. And further
"We did agree to a one time payment," he wrote, "however we did not agree to pay a 7 figure cash payment as reported in the media."
So that would be "Hell no" twice.
Eric's lost enough credibility lately that it might actually fly. Heck, I wouldn't be too surprised if it's just someone trolling him...
... zilch?
Okay, you've lost me. How has Eric lost credibility? What exactly is your beef with him (your allusion "It's really about time")?
And while we're at it, your personal contribution to the Open Source community would be what
The only people who are served by the secret ballot are those who would seek to manipulate that ballot in secret. And given the fact that this is exactly what has been happening all throughout American history it shouldn't surprise anyone that the same people who profit from election rigging are the same people who decide what gets taught in social studies class.
I'm going to guess that you're under the age of 30. You're obviously clueless.
You have NO RIGHT to know how I voted. All you need to know is the cumulative count of all votes.
If others want to announce how they vote, that's fine. But it's none of your damn business who or what I vote for. If you don't think that there has been, and still is, discrimination in this country (and others) based on one's vote you're a fool.
Consider the following issues: voting rights, race, immigration, labor rights, abortion, the environment, financial matters and general politics. ALL of these have engendered discrimination and violence against individuals and property brought about by the extreme polarization these topics generate.
In your idiotic way of thinking, we should have jurors pronounce their individual votes in court cases for the benefit of the losing side. So much easier for them to be targeted for retribution.
If you don't think those points stand up to scrutiny, you are obviously too young to have lived through much of the last century (I won't hold you accountable for the centuries prior) or thorougly ignorant when it comes to history.
Both your argument and the parent to which you responded are well-reasoned (novel in itself on Slashdot).
I believe a significant part of the problem with the primaries lies with the fourth estate. They are far too eager to be the first to peg the candidate of either party.
The result is over-simplification of everything in the political matrix: issues, character, polls, suitability, polls, experience, and polls. There is a significant lack these days of any real journalism in the primaries. Just rely on the machinery of the major parties for the daily pablum and slew coverage accordingly.
Take Dean for instance. The media blew one moment of exuberance out of all proportion and essentially killed off a viable candidate. "Tonight, yet another replay of footage that ceased to be newsworthy after its first showing. Shield the kiddies, we think we've discovered foaming at the mouth this time!"
It's patently absurd that the media manages to herd the general populace to one candidate before even 30% of the respective party voters have had their say.
As for the threat of Al-Queida... Well, one simply wonders why Osama Bin-Laden was 'allowed' to escape anyway. US Occupation of Afghanistan should have swallowed the middle-east until we captured him. Instead, we went to Iraq for an easier - more exposed target.
Have you considered the SIZE of the Middle East, let alone Afghanistan? That's a damn big area to "swallow". To say Bin-Laden was "allowed" to escape implies that he was ever captured to begin with.
Anybody who would be drawn to a political ideology purely based on what they oppose is, in my opinion, a dangerous person. Especially when mixed with the power, money and support that an organization like the Republican party has.
Newsflash - The Democrats have the SAME faults as the Republicans. If you don't see that, you're deluding yourself. They're still politicians. It's one of the few things I can agree with Nader about. And your first proposition would classify most of Dean's followers as dangerous. The only message that I ever heard Dean deliver was "Hate Bush". No answers, just hate the other guy.
The only thing that [REDACTED] gets out of this is publicity. Over and over they have proved to have absolutely nothing: no offices, no capital, no product, no sense.
I would suggest that we cease and desist with ANY discussion of non-existant companies suing over non-existant damage arising out of non-existant product. Therefore HardOCP, Slashdot, et al should simply remove all references to [REDACTED] and their alleged console the [REDACTED].
It's the only way to ensure that such sites aren't the victims of spurious legal action. Else they'd be accessories to fraud for perpetuating information about things that don't exist.
Again, this comes down to "We don't want to be inconvenienced ". Why does that make the GPL community the agreived party in this matter? Why does the Linux source list contributors on the order of IBM, AT&T, et al?
This is idiocy. We are making SCO's FUD into FACT by behaving this way. "See? They just want to steal code! Look how they treat one of their own!" [sic, semantic differences between XFree86 and the FSF aside and invisible to Joe Jurist]
That's the kind of attitude that is going to pit the GPL community against everyone else. GPL is not the only license in town. Do you intend to imply that all of these other contributors are persona non grata?
And the moral of the story is: don't assign your copyright to anyone project that doesn't use the GPL. They can't be trusted.
And the second moral is: The FSF/GPL community can't be bothered to give you credit for your work. It's too much trouble. Ergo, you're at fault. Go pack sand.
And that's a fine bit of PR when we're fighting SCO and their FUD about IP and GPL.
Ahh yes, a Mk.1 series RF tuner. This tool is indispensible for precise analog tuning of recalcitrant feed horns on such classics as the AN/TPS-43E Height Finder Radar. If the Mk.1 is not a correct fit, I suggets the slightly larger Mk.2 (25 lbs) with the ball peen attachment.
I understand from the security folks that the Mk.2 is also an excellent reformatter for EOL'd hard drives.
What is the driving force to spend extra dollars for a tablet over a good laptop? What do you want to do with it? If you can answer that, it might help some of the folks here provide more relevant answers. If you can't answer that satisfactorily, that should tell you something.
Check with your prospective school. See what their requirements are and what sort of discounts/deals they offer to students who buy through the university. That should factor into your evaluation.
Imagine I had an OS program that required you to list 1,000 contributors each time it was run, divided by group, sorted alphabetically, blah blah blah. Now you're required to fill a user's screen with 1,000 names they'll never read, and you are unable to get around this requirement, short of writing your own program from scratch. What a waste of previously good OS code.
Imagine that you had actually taken the time to read the revised license for yourself rather than rely on others. Here then for the incredibly lazy are points 2 and 3 of the revised license:
2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution, and in the same place and form as other copyright, license and disclaimer information.
3. The end-user documentation included with the redistribution, if any, must include the following acknowledgment: "This product includes software developed by The XFree86 Project, Inc (http://www.xfree86.org/) and its contributors", in the same place and form as other third-party acknowledgments. Alternately, this acknowledgment may appear in the software itself, in the same form and location as other such third-party acknowledgments.
Nowhere in those statements are you required to post a damn thing on the screen as part of the binary. Note the repeated use of the words "documentation" as the basis for satisfying the conditions of the license. Give credit for using their code or don't use (steal?) their source to make your own app. These are the conditions for use. Disagree, fine. But don't distort the truth to make your argument sound better.
I'm still waiting for someone to provide a reasoned explanation for all this chest beating and general blather. As per usual, there's far to many instances of I-can't-be-bothered-to-RTFM and "the sky is falling".
Does anyone around here have an interest in watching a movie on a 1.5" (4 cm) lcd?
Perhaps not, but what about background images and ringtones? There are plenty of identifiable Disney IP that's already availble in those categories (albeit illegally). But there are also newer game machine/phone hybrids for the 12-20 set (as evidenced by the new model from Nokia). I'm sure those are not the last instance of such integrated functionality we'll see.