THERE IS NO FUCKING EXCUSE for not being able to support multiple browsers. if you're not supporting links, you're doing it wrong (seriously, how the hell are supposed to work blind's web readers if your site is a javascript meatball?)
This is a great rationale, but 'supporting' often means 'layout' and IE6 screws bacis JS as well...
now: no need to fix your site every time to have it working with every browser out there. USE A CROSSPLATFORM LIBRARY
Erm, no... From my experience there are still issues btw browsers even using these kinds of libraries.
I really want to take a moment to say that the.NET Framework really is excellent. The ability to mix and match different paradigms and languages in a clean an concise manner which is a joy to program in.
Yeah I know patents bla bla mono bla bla Novell bla bla Miguel bla bla.
I agree wholeheartedly. Even though I haven't played with IronPython yet, just C# but for me that's enough (even though it has its gotchas)
You wonder if our technology is developing faster than our enlightenment? We already have enough weapons to kill everybody on the planet 100 times over, and our top priority is watching "Jersey Shore"... does that answer your question?
Between Nuclear Weapons and Guidos, the choice is clear...
Now let's see, it's one thing to write incoherently, another thing is to write wrongly (that is not obeying proper grammar and spelling).
This is the way language evolves, this is why no one writes 'perchance', or uses ð anymore (well, except for Bjork:P)
And even though Englysh language scholars are much less picky (or rather, are not a total pain in the behind like let's say, French language scholars) my opinion of both (that is, those exclusively dealing with their mother tongue) is similar: those who can't do, teach. (yes, this is very biased and certainly doesn't apply for several professors, but still, for them, especially)
I actually do think that thermodynamics is one of the most, erm, 'prone to improvement' areas of science.
I'm not saying that they're wrong, I'm saying that they're taking a system with lots of particles and transforming that into a number. That really doesn't seem right.
Also, is there any scientific proof of the 2nd law? You know, an actual proof, deep testing like in QM and relativity?
(If you copy-paste the 'proof' in wikipedia I'm going to point that that's a math deduction, based on a postulate)
Estimating time can be near impossible when management doesn't know what it wants or hasn't defined the details. Which is extremely common.
I agree, and this is another problem, scope creep.
When you add in aggressive schedules and long bug/feature lists, the pressure to perform is enormous. Estimating development time accurately in the middle of all this is very difficult to get management on board with.
This is something that developers have to learn to deal with. You're right.
What I meant with that phrase is that, and several studies back that, is that developers consistently and almost predictably underestimate completion time of tasks.
They know that the unions WILL turn against them, cut good things like flexible hours and telecommuting, etc
Does this happen in the USA?
No.
Are you so sure about that?! Because what I mentioned comes from comments from several people, including on this site.
But why let logic and reason get in the way of a nice conservative frothy rant about the EVILS of Organized Labor.
You know, evils, like benefits, decent working conditions, fair pay, being able to say NO when management tries to say something like "Yeah, um, we're gonna need you to work 4-8 hours of unpaid overtime every night for the next year."
See? Evil evil evil! What do we think this is, Socialist France?
These are not evils. And most of it should be a government/legal issues.
What is evil is when workers agree on a 4x10 (4 days, 10 hours per day, per week) schedule and union says no (4x10 is better for the environment and everybody?! tough).
Evil is union forcing a strike when the majority is against it. (and this happens A LOT) So much for the wish of the majority.
Evil is union supporting the slackers and making sure the guy that barely does his job, or doesn't at all stays in the company.
When you find that magic bullet, please let us know. Meanwhile, corporations with their hands stuffed comfortably up politician's rectums,
Quitting would be a start. Internal organization and negotiation would be another (but not up to union level)
they've managed to convince everyone that unions are bad, mkay? Fucking ridiculous.
While power hungry bozos try to convince people that's better to form a union that's going to totally screw-up relations with employers (ok, in this case, can't get any worse), go against the wish of the majority of the employees (more than one time) and charge them on top of it.
Top developer mistake: UNDERESTIMATING development time 2nd place: being 'yes men' and get taken by the manager's attitude. 3rd place: taking your boss seriously 4th place: not standing up for BS like CMMI etc.
Unfortunately, most developers are too brainwashed | chickenshit | dysfunctional to unionize. "Oh, but our job is different." "We're not blue-collar workers!" "We'd lose our independence!"
There's nothing stopping workers from unionizing except themselves.
No, they know unions are bullshit. BULL FUCKING SHIT I SAID IT
They know that the unions WILL turn against them, cut good things like flexible hours and telecommuting, etc
Seems like it got under your skin a little, given the superfluous use of punctuation
No, I'm not a Christian, see my other phrase. It doesn't matter if you think Christianity is a religion of cannibal vampires (eat his flesh and drink his blood) because that's what I think as well.
Nothing I have said here has been remotely prejudiced toward anyone.
You brought up the word. And as I said, I may be biased against muslims but that's based on what I SAW and on THEIR ACTIONS, hence, not a prejudice (the word meaning 'pre-judgement')
It seems that's muslims that can't take criticism. Also, Islam hasn't changed as deeply as even Catholicism with time.
This one is really funny. How about - "Oh, and by the way, that's Al-Qaeda, not 'generic muslims' doing crap."
Most 'people from other religions' don't turn violent against random people because of religion.
Most acts of violence against other religions have been institutional events (holocaust, the cruzades, etc)
And it is not AQ torching cars in France, it is not AQ threating to kill cartoonists (or not just them), etc
It's not AQ that goes against Secular States, freedom of speech, woman and gay rights (granted, the GOP doesn't as well, but it's inside a democracy)
Don't you see your double standard? Again, I have no agenda here for or against Islam, for or against Christianity,
I have seen, and talked, and friended some (moderate) muslims, and I don't have anything against them.
I understand that there are countries with a huge population of moderate Islamists.
But Islam is a very 'either you're with us or against us' religion. Can't drink alcohol! Can't eat pork! Pray 3 times a day! And if you fail at this you're toast in the fire of doom. (I know about the several provision in the Kuran, to repay your faults, etc)
Can a woman walk in Iran without a head scarve?! That's like forcing a Muslim to drink alcohol. And prohibiting burkas in some countries is bad, not even close to that!
Compare this with most other religions. As an example, no one has the right to tell if a person is going to heaven or hell in catholicism.
And what they don't get (and you don't get as well) is atheism. And I'll leave at that.
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THERE IS NO FUCKING EXCUSE for not being able to support multiple browsers. if you're not supporting links, you're doing it wrong (seriously, how the hell are supposed to work blind's web readers if your site is a javascript meatball?)
This is a great rationale, but 'supporting' often means 'layout' and IE6 screws bacis JS as well...
now: no need to fix your site every time to have it working with every browser out there.
USE A CROSSPLATFORM LIBRARY
Erm, no... From my experience there are still issues btw browsers even using these kinds of libraries.
I really want to take a moment to say that the .NET Framework really is excellent. The ability to mix and match different paradigms and languages in a clean an concise manner which is a joy to program in.
Yeah I know patents bla bla mono bla bla Novell bla bla Miguel bla bla.
I agree wholeheartedly. Even though I haven't played with IronPython yet, just C# but for me that's enough (even though it has its gotchas)
I know someone is going to play smart-rear-end and create B# or something
Yeah, you see NUKULAR IS BAAD
Nuclear idiots prefer to not have medical supplies and choke on smog from coal plants while warming the planet than touching anythin NUKULAR...
You wonder if our technology is developing faster than our enlightenment? We already have enough weapons to kill everybody on the planet 100 times over, and our top priority is watching "Jersey Shore"... does that answer your question?
Between Nuclear Weapons and Guidos, the choice is clear...
I believe the movie you're looking for starred Harrison Ford and Rutger Hauer.
Rutger Hauer, I dunno, I only know of a movie with Harrison Ford and Sean Young. And an annoying blonde guy that keeps babbling at the end :P ...
next time you're at McDonalds (or whatever), while the person is filling your order, rotate the tray.
What I mean is, they'll probably put the burguer or soda first, then the fries, when there's only the first item in your tray, rotate it.
have fun
I would bet that on them not being CMMI certified and not writing their viruses in java...
But they will want power, and metal "maybe".
Well, ok the robots can have Manowar then...
Wanna settle the dispute? I would look for the following:
- strings (may get that from the fw image)
- syscalls (number and existence of basic syscalls)
- format of kext and other binaries
- kernel API
Does it match (like, 90%)?! Then iPhone runs OS X
The real breakthrough in computing will be computers that can replicate themselves.
Wonderful. Then we won't just have other humans competing for resources, but the damned robots as well!
Yeah, but they don't fight for the same resources...
Robots don't want meat, arable land, pure water, etc, etc (or, at least, I hope they won't)
'cuz the rant starts NOW.
Now let's see, it's one thing to write incoherently, another thing is to write wrongly (that is not obeying proper grammar and spelling).
This is the way language evolves, this is why no one writes 'perchance', or uses ð anymore (well, except for Bjork :P)
And even though Englysh language scholars are much less picky (or rather, are not a total pain in the behind like let's say, French language scholars) my opinion of both (that is, those exclusively dealing with their mother tongue) is similar: those who can't do, teach. (yes, this is very biased and certainly doesn't apply for several professors, but still, for them, especially)
But it can also run on very strong spirits if needed...
I actually do think that thermodynamics is one of the most, erm, 'prone to improvement' areas of science.
I'm not saying that they're wrong, I'm saying that they're taking a system with lots of particles and transforming that into a number. That really doesn't seem right.
Also, is there any scientific proof of the 2nd law? You know, an actual proof, deep testing like in QM and relativity?
(If you copy-paste the 'proof' in wikipedia I'm going to point that that's a math deduction, based on a postulate)
Yes, it will be renamed National Aerothings and Stuff Administration
So when did the UNION force you to give up flex-time and tele-commuting?
Do you want a specific date?! July 2007. They said it couldn't be done and that was it...
And since they are 'for the worker' they know what' best for everybody, doesn't they?!
Or is this just a made-up example of union-bashing?
I don't need to make anything up, unions comes up with and endless supply of bs.
But of course having a guaranteed supply of money is great and they can also pretend to be 'for the worker'
Never been in a union, have you? It shows. Unions don't take away flex-time, etc.
Come back when you've actually been a union-dues-paying member.
I live in a country that forces me to be part of a union.
The union dues are taken every year from my salary. And an ADDITIONAL fee (about $200) is taken every year unless I send them a hand written letter.
So instead of being screwed up by my employer, I'm screwed up by the employer AND the union, thanks guys.
Estimating time can be near impossible when management doesn't know what it wants or hasn't defined the details. Which is extremely common.
I agree, and this is another problem, scope creep.
When you add in aggressive schedules and long bug/feature lists, the pressure to perform is enormous. Estimating development time accurately in the middle of all this is very difficult to get management on board with.
This is something that developers have to learn to deal with. You're right.
What I meant with that phrase is that, and several studies back that, is that developers consistently and almost predictably underestimate completion time of tasks.
We have to keep that in mind at all times.
They know that the unions WILL turn against them, cut good things like flexible hours and telecommuting, etc
Does this happen in the USA?
No.
Are you so sure about that?! Because what I mentioned comes from comments from several people, including on this site.
But why let logic and reason get in the way of a nice conservative frothy rant about the EVILS of Organized Labor.
You know, evils, like benefits, decent working conditions, fair pay, being able to say NO when management tries to say something like "Yeah, um, we're gonna need you to work 4-8 hours of unpaid overtime every night for the next year."
See? Evil evil evil! What do we think this is, Socialist France?
These are not evils. And most of it should be a government/legal issues.
What is evil is when workers agree on a 4x10 (4 days, 10 hours per day, per week) schedule and union says no (4x10 is better for the environment and everybody?! tough).
Evil is union forcing a strike when the majority is against it. (and this happens A LOT) So much for the wish of the majority.
Evil is union supporting the slackers and making sure the guy that barely does his job, or doesn't at all stays in the company.
When you find that magic bullet, please let us know. Meanwhile, corporations with their hands stuffed comfortably up politician's rectums,
Quitting would be a start. Internal organization and negotiation would be another (but not up to union level)
they've managed to convince everyone that unions are bad, mkay? Fucking ridiculous.
While power hungry bozos try to convince people that's better to form a union that's going to totally screw-up relations with employers (ok, in this case, can't get any worse), go against the wish of the majority of the employees (more than one time) and charge them on top of it.
(looks like the government, doesn't it)
Fucking ridiculous.
I agree with you but I think you're missing the point.
I'm saying unions are bad like cancer is bad.
There are other ways of dealing with the situation that don't involve unions.
Maybe for showbiz people it works...
I hear this: "My bosses are morons that make everybody do crunch time, etc"
Makes me wonder: guys, LEAVE, everybody at once, right now! And make your own company. And treat developers like they should be treated.
If your bosses are morons it shouldn't be too difficult.
can I say 'THIS' a million times?!
This is not just for EA, it's for everybody.
Top developer mistake: UNDERESTIMATING development time
2nd place: being 'yes men' and get taken by the manager's attitude.
3rd place: taking your boss seriously
4th place: not standing up for BS like CMMI etc.
Unfortunately, most developers are too brainwashed | chickenshit | dysfunctional to unionize. "Oh, but our job is different." "We're not blue-collar workers!" "We'd lose our independence!"
There's nothing stopping workers from unionizing except themselves.
No, they know unions are bullshit. BULL FUCKING SHIT I SAID IT
They know that the unions WILL turn against them, cut good things like flexible hours and telecommuting, etc
So no
Seems like it got under your skin a little, given the superfluous use of punctuation
No, I'm not a Christian, see my other phrase. It doesn't matter if you think Christianity is a religion of cannibal vampires (eat his flesh and drink his blood) because that's what I think as well.
Nothing I have said here has been remotely prejudiced toward anyone.
You brought up the word. And as I said, I may be biased against muslims but that's based on what I SAW and on THEIR ACTIONS, hence, not a prejudice (the word meaning 'pre-judgement')
http://www.blameitonthevoices.com/2010/01/google-serving-cowardliness.html
It seems that's muslims that can't take criticism. Also, Islam hasn't changed as deeply as even Catholicism with time.
This one is really funny. How about - "Oh, and by the way, that's Al-Qaeda, not 'generic muslims' doing crap."
Most 'people from other religions' don't turn violent against random people because of religion.
Most acts of violence against other religions have been institutional events (holocaust, the cruzades, etc)
And it is not AQ torching cars in France, it is not AQ threating to kill cartoonists (or not just them), etc
It's not AQ that goes against Secular States, freedom of speech, woman and gay rights (granted, the GOP doesn't as well, but it's inside a democracy)
Don't you see your double standard? Again, I have no agenda here for or against Islam, for or against Christianity,
I have seen, and talked, and friended some (moderate) muslims, and I don't have anything against them.
I understand that there are countries with a huge population of moderate Islamists.
But Islam is a very 'either you're with us or against us' religion. Can't drink alcohol! Can't eat pork! Pray 3 times a day! And if you fail at this you're toast in the fire of doom. (I know about the several provision in the Kuran, to repay your faults, etc)
Can a woman walk in Iran without a head scarve?! That's like forcing a Muslim to drink alcohol. And prohibiting burkas in some countries is bad, not even close to that!
Compare this with most other religions. As an example, no one has the right to tell if a person is going to heaven or hell in catholicism.
And what they don't get (and you don't get as well) is atheism. And I'll leave at that.
-O:)