Alta Vista had a search mode where-in you could refine your search by it presenting a set of additional search terms that helped qualify the meaning of what you searched for.
This is in Google! I typed wine and if gave me a whole bunch of choices, like wine tasting and so on. Turn on JavaScript and it should work
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It better not be some stupid PR trick. If these guys put a big camera 24/7 next to a gushing leek, so all the people out of work can watch it on 24hr news, could you put it past them
Well people (and by people I mean you and me as well) believe a whole lot of things just because that's the way we were brought up. We have never really dug into our beliefs thoroughly. When it comes to politics it really is some sort of emotional connection, not fact based, facts can't change our minds when this is the case. Politicians like to play on our innate sense of belonging, our fears, not however our minds.
Ok good point but the problem maybe that they can't look at there own behaviour as the problem. To fixated on others. Like Paul Graham said jerks are not aware their being jerks. Having said this they then differ in that victims can not read people hence their problems, while bullies can read others but not them selves.
Mod this guy up.
If by this you mean they spot the vulnerability of their victims then I agree. But having an in built need to find victims to unload onto, then fixating on them, to do this and get away with it, they need to be good at covering there tracts not just selecting victims. If they aren't they will be looked at as an angry jerk and avoided as some sort of social out cast. Not speaking here from what has been written in the article just experience.
poor problem-solving skills within social situations
What does this mean, bullies not knowing how to interact are pent up with rage, and take it out on others. There’s one problem with this bullies are very good at reading people. Quite often they can bully under every bodies nose without arousing suspicion. They even have good mechanisms to handle tense situations (like being investigated), they can even lie effectively under these tense situations. How do you think they can get away with it.
If a hacker were a mere implementor, turning a spec into code, then he could just work his way through it from one end to the other like someone digging a ditch. But if the hacker is a creator, we have to take inspiration into account.
In hacking, like painting, work comes in cycles. Sometimes you get excited about some new project and you want to work sixteen hours a day on it. Other times nothing seems interesting.
To do good work you have to take these cycles into account, because they're affected by how you react to them. When you're driving a car with a manual transmission on a hill, you have to back off the clutch sometimes to avoid stalling. Backing off can likewise prevent ambition from stalling. In both painting and hacking there are some tasks that are terrifyingly ambitious, and others that are comfortingly routine. It's a good idea to save some easy tasks for moments when you would otherwise stall.
In hacking, this can literally mean saving up bugs. I like debugging: it's the one time that hacking is as straightforward as people think it is. You have a totally constrained problem, and all you have to do is solve it. Your program is supposed to do x. Instead it does y. Where does it go wrong? You know you're going to win in the end. It's as relaxing as painting a wall.
Luminaries such as Jamie Zawinski and Richard Stallman work long hours. Richard Stallman worked 70 hours a week creating GCC in the 80s. There is an Arabic saying "If you want to surpass others you have to burn the midnight oil" I suppose that's why their the best.
If a hacker were a mere implementor, turning a spec into code, then he could just work his way through it from one end to the other like someone digging a ditch. But if the hacker is a creator, we have to take inspiration into account.
In hacking, like painting, work comes in cycles. Sometimes you get excited about some new project and you want to work sixteen hours a day on it. Other times nothing seems interesting.
To do good work you have to take these cycles into account, because they're affected by how you react to them. When you're driving a car with a manual transmission on a hill, you have to back off the clutch sometimes to avoid stalling. Backing off can likewise prevent ambition from stalling. In both painting and hacking there are some tasks that are terrifyingly ambitious, and others that are comfortingly routine. It's a good idea to save some easy tasks for moments when you would otherwise stall.
In hacking, this can literally mean saving up bugs. I like debugging: it's the one time that hacking is as straightforward as people think it is. You have a totally constrained problem, and all you have to do is solve it. Your program is supposed to do x. Instead it does y. Where does it go wrong? You know you're going to win in the end. It's as relaxing as painting a wall.
Luminaries such as Jamie Zawinski and Richard Stallman work long hours. Richard Stallman worked 70 hours a week creating GCC in the 80s, I suppose that's why their the best.
The same could be said of the original ipod. There were other mp3 players, I just couldn't see why someone would pay $400 for one. As it happens there are many people who love their music. Walking around with your whole music collection is to good to pass up.
This ipad is not for me but if I was someone who went on holiday often, and read many books while away (there are many people like this) This ipad would be great. It would allow me to read as much as I like but buy more if needed, with no extra weight to carry around. Plus all the geeks, not to mention people who are victims of advertising, will allow apple to shift many units. If it can please the owners, and becomes a part of their lives it will make a packet. Don't forget these core users (people who read books) must number in there millions for apple to be interested in producing this gadget. Although they could be mistaken, business is no science, they have done there research and probably know better than you.
Before you ask about who goes on holiday with lots of books? Bill Gates does. Just because you think this is not what I want, does not mean some else will not want it.
Yes your right, I made a mistake. But what is it with Slashdoters/Geeks and not being able to explain yourself properly, that's at least as important as Grammar!
I highly recommend working through this book even if you'll never program assembly again... you'll be a vastly better programmer. -- Joel Spolsky, JoelOnSoftware.com
I don't know about the actual working conditions at Rockstar games (or any other companies in this industry) , the article could be an accurate representation of life at this company. However there was one thing that struck me about this article, it seems unlikely to be the work of a large group of people (Determined Devoted Wives of Rockstar San Diego employees).
The tone of the open letter was as if it had been written by an individual whose first language was not English, see below for examples.
Little is there to motivate continuation as they also have lost a free vacation week between Christmas and New Year.
Besides bonuses, financial appreciation has lacked in other aspects as well. For four consecutive years, salary raises have not adjusted properly to cover inflation.
This is the course that naturally presents itself, as either these conditions were manufactured from unawareness and actions to improve conditions will prove such innocence. Or if no action is seen after this letter, it clear that other aspects are the cause of the deteriorated conditions of Rockstar San Diego employees and must be further addressed.
that online advertising might never grow big enough to sustain the paper's high-cost, ambitious journalis
Inside the newsroom, the protracted talks have frustrated staffers who want clarity on where the paper is headed. “It’s a real problem,” one staffer explained. “It’s embarrassing and reflects badly on the Times that they can’t make a decision. They’re fighting among themselves.”
What makes the decision so agonizing for Sulzberger is that it involves not just business considerations, but ultimately a self-assessment of just what Times journalism is worth to the world.
“At some point we gotta charge for our product.”
This sounds like a bunch of desperate people. What the news industry seams to have lost track of is that the Internet is a new medium, unlike the printing press, radio stations or tv stations it not a business that
needs a large amount of capital to enter
is a synchronous meduim
Its seems silly to ignore these differences, and I doubt a successful business can be built, with out these issues being taken into account.
Perhaps some kind of low cost strategy, such as articles being written by free lancers (who would be paid on a commission/bonus only basis). There could then be a reply service which would allow another side to the story, giving the people who read the articles the two arguments to judge for them selves. Putting all of this online and allowing people to subscribe to a topic they find of interest (and delivering a individual paper) to your own home every day/week for a fee. This will give you Google like ability to profile users (address plus billing details) along with more effective targeted adverting. Its a lot more complicated than this but its a start.
Of cause this would open up another can of worms (big media is also about control of information)
Not true. I am trying to address the right questiontrying to deal with causes, not just symptoms and consequences.
What if they don't want you to address the causes, maybe the causes are a natrul effect of how business is done. Dealing with causes means changing how you do business.
Whooooosh Indeed!, it was just a pathetic attempt at humour. Its funny that he felt it was real. Below is my favorite bit.
Where does this person even get off thinking this is a good idea?
About the only person boneheaded enough to think this would be a good idea is George Bush.
PS I am not a left winger, Democrats can be much more effective in oppression than republicans. They convince people they have their best interests at heart.
Slashdot Mirror
This is in Google! I typed wine and if gave me a whole bunch of choices, like wine tasting and so on. Turn on JavaScript and it should work
Great news!
It better not be some stupid PR trick. If these guys put a big camera 24/7 next to a gushing leek, so all the people out of work can watch it on 24hr news, could you put it past them
Rubbish get it from the horse's mouth BPGlobalPR
Well people (and by people I mean you and me as well) believe a whole lot of things just because that's the way we were brought up. We have never really dug into our beliefs thoroughly.
When it comes to politics it really is some sort of emotional connection, not fact based, facts can't change our minds when this is the case. Politicians like to play on our innate sense of belonging, our fears, not however our minds.
no rage just questioning
Ok good point but the problem maybe that they can't look at there own behaviour as the problem. To fixated on others. Like Paul Graham said jerks are not aware their being jerks. Having said this they then differ in that victims can not read people hence their problems, while bullies can read others but not them selves.
Mod this guy up.
A: YOU!! ah where would we be wid out da white man
If by this you mean they spot the vulnerability of their victims then I agree. But having an in built need to find victims to unload onto, then fixating on them, to do this and get away with it, they need to be good at covering there tracts not just selecting victims. If they aren't they will be looked at as an angry jerk and avoided as some sort of social out cast. Not speaking here from what has been written in the article just experience.
What does this mean, bullies not knowing how to interact are pent up with rage, and take it out on others. There’s one problem with this bullies are very good at reading people. Quite often they can bully under every bodies nose without arousing suspicion. They even have good mechanisms to handle tense situations (like being investigated), they can even lie effectively under these tense situations. How do you think they can get away with it.
Luminaries such as Jamie Zawinski and Richard Stallman work long hours. Richard Stallman worked 70 hours a week creating GCC in the 80s. There is an Arabic saying "If you want to surpass others you have to burn the midnight oil" I suppose that's why their the best.
Luminaries such as Jamie Zawinski and Richard Stallman work long hours. Richard Stallman worked 70 hours a week creating GCC in the 80s, I suppose that's why their the best.
This ipad is not for me but if I was someone who went on holiday often, and read many books while away (there are many people like this) This ipad would be great. It would allow me to read as much as I like but buy more if needed, with no extra weight to carry around. Plus all the geeks, not to mention people who are victims of advertising, will allow apple to shift many units. If it can please the owners, and becomes a part of their lives it will make a packet. Don't forget these core users (people who read books) must number in there millions for apple to be interested in producing this gadget. Although they could be mistaken, business is no science, they have done there research and probably know better than you.
Before you ask about who goes on holiday with lots of books? Bill Gates does. Just because you think this is not what I want, does not mean some else will not want it.
Yes your right, I made a mistake. But what is it with Slashdoters/Geeks and not being able to explain yourself properly, that's at least as important as Grammar!
P. S. no mistakes of grammar in any responses, this is a crime punishable by death (executions will be met out by our own grammar Nazi unit).
First they are demonized, then they are to be invaded.
She's a human being, its sad that she has to go through this.
Programming from the Ground Up
The tone of the open letter was as if it had been written by an individual whose first language was not English, see below for examples.
Now why would they want do this!!!
This sounds like a bunch of desperate people. What the news industry seams to have lost track of is that the Internet is a new medium, unlike the printing press, radio stations or tv stations it not a business that
Its seems silly to ignore these differences, and I doubt a successful business can be built, with out these issues being taken into account.
Perhaps some kind of low cost strategy, such as articles being written by free lancers (who would be paid on a commission/bonus only basis). There could then be a reply service which would allow another side to the story, giving the people who read the articles the two arguments to judge for them selves. Putting all of this online and allowing people to subscribe to a topic they find of interest (and delivering a individual paper) to your own home every day/week for a fee. This will give you Google like ability to profile users (address plus billing details) along with more effective targeted adverting. Its a lot more complicated than this but its a start.
Of cause this would open up another can of worms (big media is also about control of information)
I dont know the details but does any one else have a macabre interest in whats going to happen to the NY times.
religious fanatics verses self serving and knee jerk reaction, in my opion.
Why!
What if they don't want you to address the causes, maybe the causes are a natrul effect of how business is done. Dealing with causes means changing how you do business.
Whooooosh Indeed!, it was just a pathetic attempt at humour. Its funny that he felt it was real. Below is my favorite bit.
About the only person boneheaded enough to think this would be a good idea is George Bush.
PS I am not a left winger, Democrats can be much more effective in oppression than republicans. They convince people they have their best interests at heart.