PKI is, like, the man trying to keep me down. Skroo you verisign! I dont need to know that people i talk to over ssl actually are who they say they are. That's for, like, the man!
Downloads are taking so long and resulting in so many errors, i have to wonder if asking the subset of computer users with the most bandwidth (geeks) to all download a file at the same time without massively building out to handle the scale was a clever idea.
And by "i have to wonder", i'm thinking more "all aboard the fail boat"
The well known part isn't necessarily important, but if you're going to be a programmer, a solid computer science or engineering education won't serve you wrong. For as dime a dozen as neophyte java programmers are, people who have a grounding in computer science are like a breath of fresh air when interviewing people.
Try not to explicitly say "no" or "i'm not doing that" if possible. If it's something that wouldn't make sense to do or would end up in more work later, explain that to them, but try not to make it sound like arguing.
Ugh. "As soon as you have to work in a large software project" only works as an argument if nobody who's listening to you has also worked on a large software project. I believe there's a name for this fallacy, but it doesn't come straight to mind.
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How do you go about getting ideas for/stoking the creative muse for doing language design?
I don't think stressing the tension is going to accomplish anything. Developers aren't going to change *why* they develop. I suppose my point in posting was that *you* could do the (documentation/marketing/added libraries/hoohaa) needed.
Wherever the answer is, it's not going to be found in trying to change other people's motivations. That doesn't work.
The source code is out there. It's free. The developers don't *have* to write it. You are *completely* free, and even welcome to change it to your heart's content. Don't tell them what to do. Do it yourself! If you think that users are getting the short end of the stick, I'm sure that they'd be quite happy for you to take whatever efforts you felt necessary to make users happier. I gaurantee it.
If some code doesn't work as you want, don't bitch, don't post, avoid usenet, slashdot, and don't flame the developers. Fix it. Make the world a better place.
Yeah. Doctors are overpaid, too. And lawyers, for that matter. And CEOs. And anyone doing research in industry. And managers. I mean, really. The only equitable way would be to have everyone that's part of our economy come to a consensus as to what a fair wage for each job is, then mandate that. They'll ask you first. Cause, like, the economy could be wrong.
Opinions here are worthless. Everyone has an ax to grind regarding how much they should get paid.
How vague can one question get. There's piles of open source software. Huge piles. And "quality" is about as uselessly nonspecific as one can get. And has anybody measured it? This is a complete "how do i feel right now" question, which is influenced by the article, slashdot, and the burrito you ate for lunch.
I'd think that would be feasible for some tools, but not for all. I know the hype.. java's fast enough nowadays, etc, but I'd think the ability to use something like for network tools would probably only work on a case by case basis. Then, there's also that most of the net tools that have these buffer overflows already exist in C, and don't always exist in other languages. To use a tool written in java, it has to exist in java first.
Now, this is not to say that you're not right, and it's not a good idea. If it doesn't exist as you'd like, go write it! Please! Open up the source & let the world start helping you. If it's a good thing, soon everybody'll be using it, the world will be a better place, and this won't bug you anymore.:)
I think it doesn't have so much to do with a management mindset versus a programmer mindset so much as people just being people. If a programmer or manager can't communicate (which is not just getting across a notion, but also listening), then problems will persist. If there's open communication, problems get fixed. If people keep things to themselves, diseastah..
Is not worth arguing truth.. so many people have learned to have opinions whether or not they have any idea what they're talking about. Is what/. is famous for.
Er. Well. Actually, he can't take his ball and go home. If he quit, somebody else could play linus. To a degree, the other people maintaining trees *are*. It's nobody's baby, it's nobody's ball. It's open source. Isn't that kind've the point?
I'm amazed that anybody'd want to port linux to it. I mean. I understand the imperitive that linux is eventually ported to everything down to my socks, but honestly, what's the point? The ipod's pretty useful, but it wouldn't be nifty enough in a different capacity to get me all that excited about having it do anything else. There's plenty've other things far more hackable. Porting to an ipod (don't know how it'd work, don't know if it's possible, just as a concept) would seem kind've like development masturbation. Go get a gba instead and play with that.:)
Thank you. Thank you, thank you. I talk to *so* many future engineers (and engineers) who seem to think that all they need to be effective is the specific knowledge in their particular field. Things like communication, a grounding in the humanities, and some basic social skills are actually worth something. When I can actually understand what another engineer means rather than hearing a run-on mental core dump, it's soooo much easier to work with them. Users and managers appreciate people being able to convert geek-thought into something they can actually understand. A programmer does not exist in a vacuum. The problem is convincing many programmers of this.:)
My guess is that the reason he did it was that he thought it would be fun. And it's done. You complain about something that's been done, is available, and you can use if you want? If he had fun, it was worthwhile. If you want a gaming engine, or gba games, make em, post em, and say "eat that. you *should* have done it like *i* just did."
Thank you for telling me where my morals & values should be. I wasn't aware of it, but it turns out I really needed *you* to point out to me what I should be feeling & doing. Wow. I'm apparently so unworthy to make decisions on my own. Thank you for gracing us with your presence.
nod. i could see advantages to upgrading previous microsoft products, but this is nuts. even if it were cheap, i just plain don't need it. nt and 2000 work. for all their flaws, they can do 99.99% of the things i'm going to need to do with a computer. i can understand the whole "you get roped into upgrades by new apps only being available for the new ms whatever" argument, but i just don't think that's happening this time. either it will, and i'm wrong, or microsoft has gone seriously off the deep end. oh, well. whatever.
Please. Recognize, people. I know this response is just feeding the troll, well, sue me. What slashdot needs is an in-depth description of what trolling is, and how to recognize it linked to on the front page in some way that's REALLY REALLY OBVIOUS. Make it the first page people read when they get an account. Give them some little reminder on the front page. Then hopefully people will recognize trolls as not contributing to discussion.
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PKI is, like, the man trying to keep me down. Skroo you verisign! I dont need to know that people i talk to over ssl actually are who they say they are. That's for, like, the man!
Downloads are taking so long and resulting in so many errors, i have to wonder if asking the subset of computer users with the most bandwidth (geeks) to all download a file at the same time without massively building out to handle the scale was a clever idea. And by "i have to wonder", i'm thinking more "all aboard the fail boat"
The well known part isn't necessarily important, but if you're going to be a programmer, a solid computer science or engineering education won't serve you wrong. For as dime a dozen as neophyte java programmers are, people who have a grounding in computer science are like a breath of fresh air when interviewing people.
Try not to explicitly say "no" or "i'm not doing that" if possible. If it's something that wouldn't make sense to do or would end up in more work later, explain that to them, but try not to make it sound like arguing.
Ugh. "As soon as you have to work in a large software project" only works as an argument if nobody who's listening to you has also worked on a large software project. I believe there's a name for this fallacy, but it doesn't come straight to mind.
How do you go about getting ideas for/stoking the creative muse for doing language design?
I don't think stressing the tension is going to accomplish anything. Developers aren't going to change *why* they develop. I suppose my point in posting was that *you* could do the (documentation/marketing/added libraries/hoohaa) needed.
Wherever the answer is, it's not going to be found in trying to change other people's motivations. That doesn't work.
The source code is out there. It's free. The developers don't *have* to write it. You are *completely* free, and even welcome to change it to your heart's content. Don't tell them what to do. Do it yourself! If you think that users are getting the short end of the stick, I'm sure that they'd be quite happy for you to take whatever efforts you felt necessary to make users happier. I gaurantee it.
If some code doesn't work as you want, don't bitch, don't post, avoid usenet, slashdot, and don't flame the developers. Fix it. Make the world a better place.
Yeah. Doctors are overpaid, too. And lawyers, for that matter. And CEOs. And anyone doing research in industry. And managers. I mean, really. The only equitable way would be to have everyone that's part of our economy come to a consensus as to what a fair wage for each job is, then mandate that. They'll ask you first. Cause, like, the economy could be wrong.
Opinions here are worthless. Everyone has an ax to grind regarding how much they should get paid.
How vague can one question get. There's piles of open source software. Huge piles. And "quality" is about as uselessly nonspecific as one can get. And has anybody measured it? This is a complete "how do i feel right now" question, which is influenced by the article, slashdot, and the burrito you ate for lunch.
I'd think that would be feasible for some tools, but not for all. I know the hype.. java's fast enough nowadays, etc, but I'd think the ability to use something like for network tools would probably only work on a case by case basis. Then, there's also that most of the net tools that have these buffer overflows already exist in C, and don't always exist in other languages. To use a tool written in java, it has to exist in java first.
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Now, this is not to say that you're not right, and it's not a good idea. If it doesn't exist as you'd like, go write it! Please! Open up the source & let the world start helping you. If it's a good thing, soon everybody'll be using it, the world will be a better place, and this won't bug you anymore.
I think it doesn't have so much to do with a management mindset versus a programmer mindset so much as people just being people. If a programmer or manager can't communicate (which is not just getting across a notion, but also listening), then problems will persist. If there's open communication, problems get fixed. If people keep things to themselves, diseastah..
that is the coolest, nerdiest thing *ever*. Go, rob.. rule on
Is not worth arguing truth.. so many people have learned to have opinions whether or not they have any idea what they're talking about. Is what /. is famous for.
Er. Well. Actually, he can't take his ball and go home. If he quit, somebody else could play linus. To a degree, the other people maintaining trees *are*. It's nobody's baby, it's nobody's ball. It's open source. Isn't that kind've the point?
How is this a 5?
Summary: I'm a lawyer, bork's smart, he wasn't always about to fall off the right edge of the earth politically
I mean, honestly, I don't have anything better to say, but how did the moderation system come up with a 5?
I'm amazed that anybody'd want to port linux to it. I mean. I understand the imperitive that linux is eventually ported to everything down to my socks, but honestly, what's the point? The ipod's pretty useful, but it wouldn't be nifty enough in a different capacity to get me all that excited about having it do anything else. There's plenty've other things far more hackable. Porting to an ipod (don't know how it'd work, don't know if it's possible, just as a concept) would seem kind've like development masturbation. Go get a gba instead and play with that. :)
Because if he proved his statement, then you'd be happy. That's nirvana, for sure.
Thank you. Thank you, thank you. I talk to *so* many future engineers (and engineers) who seem to think that all they need to be effective is the specific knowledge in their particular field. Things like communication, a grounding in the humanities, and some basic social skills are actually worth something. When I can actually understand what another engineer means rather than hearing a run-on mental core dump, it's soooo much easier to work with them. Users and managers appreciate people being able to convert geek-thought into something they can actually understand. A programmer does not exist in a vacuum. The problem is convincing many programmers of this. :)
My guess is that the reason he did it was that he thought it would be fun. And it's done. You complain about something that's been done, is available, and you can use if you want? If he had fun, it was worthwhile. If you want a gaming engine, or gba games, make em, post em, and say "eat that. you *should* have done it like *i* just did."
Thank you for telling me where my morals & values should be. I wasn't aware of it, but it turns out I really needed *you* to point out to me what I should be feeling & doing. Wow. I'm apparently so unworthy to make decisions on my own. Thank you for gracing us with your presence.
Yeah. People suck. Good thing you're around to tell them so. What bastards they are.
nod. i could see advantages to upgrading previous microsoft products, but this is nuts. even if it were cheap, i just plain don't need it. nt and 2000 work. for all their flaws, they can do 99.99% of the things i'm going to need to do with a computer. i can understand the whole "you get roped into upgrades by new apps only being available for the new ms whatever" argument, but i just don't think that's happening this time. either it will, and i'm wrong, or microsoft has gone seriously off the deep end. oh, well. whatever.
Is it possible for an entire topic to be a troll?
Please. Recognize, people. I know this response is just feeding the troll, well, sue me. What slashdot needs is an in-depth description of what trolling is, and how to recognize it linked to on the front page in some way that's REALLY REALLY OBVIOUS. Make it the first page people read when they get an account. Give them some little reminder on the front page. Then hopefully people will recognize trolls as not contributing to discussion.