How do you come up with a summary that concludes that something is "3 times better" than something else? I want to know the formula that produces such a result.
Wow, and they were doing identical tasks? Tell me, why not just replace the Windows machines with the Linux ones then? Because they weren't doing the same tasks? Oh I understand now...
"We found out FreeBSD scales 3 times better than windows 2000 advanced server."
If that was your results then I wouldn't have paid you either. It was "3 times better" at what? Scaling? That makes no sense. It is able to serve 3 times as many static web pages in one minute? It is able to share a volume with 3 times as many users four an hour?
Please share your results with us so we can analyze them.
Additionally a lot of pressure will be put on them by their VC's to maximize shareholder returns as soon as possible. I predict once that happens, Google will lose their focus and attempt to get into some business (music, "content" distribution) that they know nothing about.
I know I have already been marked as flamebait in my earlier port for daring to go against slashdot groupthink, but here are 3 facts:
1) Office doesn't cost $450
2) Office comes bundled with the HP machines in most cases
3) People still bring home Office CD's from work, because the licensing for Corporate versions doesn't require online registration
Saying that everyone has the same basic needs is quite different from saying that "everyone is the same" and "no one is better than anyone else". That is typical garbage that the media has been trying to shove down our throats by repeating it over and over.
BTW, I doubt your colleagues are typical of people of their cultures. The accepted Western cultures and values enough to emigrate to the Western world.
I KNOW that the Western world is better, no matter how many times Sesame Street claims that "we are all the same and should all love one another".
"Everyone is the same as everyone else and we live on the same planet. Brits, Americans are no better or worse than Iraqis, Iranians, North Koreans or any other nationals"
That is baloney polically correct crap, and you know it. Everyone is not the same as everyone else. Different cultures have different values. Are you saying that the average Iranian is the same as the average Swede? There is a reason that some cultures succeed and others live in poverty and despair. How about being honest?
"With voice recognition software, how do you know that the software "hears" exactly what you say? If you say somethign like "What are my appointments for the thirteenth?" and it hears, "What are my appointments for the thirtieth?" you would be receiving the wrong information"
Good question. Well made applications provide feedback on the query. For instance, in this case the application would say back to you: "Your appointments on the THIRTIETH are...". You would then know that the information returned is not what you asked for.
"The weather IS getting warmer, and this is based on fact. December to February is much warmer"
Compared to what? 100 years ago? 200 years ago? 1000 years? a million? As a (supposed) professor and researcher you should appreciate the importance of being accurate in this context.
Is it warmer due to humans, or due to some other mechanism we don't understand? Plotting charts of the last 100 years temperatures and saying "Yup, it sure is getting warmer" isn't research.
The author is a member of the W3C XForms Working Group, so he knows what he is talking about. This guide is a great starting point for getting to grips with XForms whether or not you are already familiar with HTML forms. This is a much better place to start than the XForms spec, which is pretty impenetrable to your average forms author. Micah takes you through the basics, shows you where XForms fits with other W3C standards, and gets you started with authoring. Once you are feeling a bit more confident this book serves as an excellent reference. One of the really nice things about the book is that there isn't too much of it. It gives a good grounding in the subject without any waffle. In the course of my work I have spoken to several others who have similarly found Micahas book to be an essential starting point to XForms, and a solid reference book.
I've been programming applications professionally for 10 years and I don't "need" any of those things. I don't even know what those terms are. multimethods? method combination?
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...don't take investment advice from slashdotters. They think that everyone is migrating to Linux and Open Source.
Who knows? Lets mod him down to be safe...
Oh well, "him and Gibson". Guess what guys, scifi is a niche in the industry. Most people who are into books don't know the scifi names.
Now names such as Saul Bellow, Sartre, Hemingway, Faulker - those are people bookworms know.
I have read Stephensons books, and although entertaining to me as an engineer, it is not a serious piece of literature.
How do you come up with a summary that concludes that something is "3 times better" than something else? I want to know the formula that produces such a result.
Wow, and they were doing identical tasks? Tell me, why not just replace the Windows machines with the Linux ones then? Because they weren't doing the same tasks? Oh I understand now...
"We found out FreeBSD scales 3 times better than windows 2000 advanced server."
If that was your results then I wouldn't have paid you either. It was "3 times better" at what? Scaling? That makes no sense. It is able to serve 3 times as many static web pages in one minute? It is able to share a volume with 3 times as many users four an hour?
Please share your results with us so we can analyze them.
I am a "bookworm" and have never heard of him. Is he scifi or something? A little more info my garner a bit more interest in the subject.
Additionally a lot of pressure will be put on them by their VC's to maximize shareholder returns as soon as possible. I predict once that happens, Google will lose their focus and attempt to get into some business (music, "content" distribution) that they know nothing about.
Uh, it still doesn't change the fact that it is aid to those that receive it, no matter what the INTENTIONS of the act were.
Moron.
They are subsidies for the farmers. They are aid for the recipient of the stamps.
Idiot.
I know I have already been marked as flamebait in my earlier port for daring to go against slashdot groupthink, but here are 3 facts: 1) Office doesn't cost $450 2) Office comes bundled with the HP machines in most cases 3) People still bring home Office CD's from work, because the licensing for Corporate versions doesn't require online registration
"Microsoft's pricing and online activation system has already pretty much removed office from consumer pc's."
Oh brother. I think I can stop reading this one right here.
Saying that everyone has the same basic needs is quite different from saying that "everyone is the same" and "no one is better than anyone else". That is typical garbage that the media has been trying to shove down our throats by repeating it over and over.
BTW, I doubt your colleagues are typical of people of their cultures. The accepted Western cultures and values enough to emigrate to the Western world.
I KNOW that the Western world is better, no matter how many times Sesame Street claims that "we are all the same and should all love one another".
VaLinux (parent company of slashdot) is producing tools that make OFFSHORING EASIER. Check out their press releases at:
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http://www.vasoftware.com/press.php/2003/1164.h
and
http://www.vasoftware.com/press.php/2003/1165.h
They are in cahoots with IBM to see how they can move as many jobs as possible "off shore"
"Everyone is the same as everyone else and we live on the same planet. Brits, Americans are no better or worse than Iraqis, Iranians, North Koreans or any other nationals"
That is baloney polically correct crap, and you know it. Everyone is not the same as everyone else. Different cultures have different values. Are you saying that the average Iranian is the same as the average Swede?
There is a reason that some cultures succeed and others live in poverty and despair. How about being honest?
"Christ dude", I think he was pointing out that "CUT THE MUSTER" is NOT INCORRECT, but the phrase "CUT THE MUSTARD IS".
Actually I didn't know that either, and I thank him for pointing that out.
What is a "Linux Processor"?
"With voice recognition software, how do you know that the software "hears" exactly what you say? If you say somethign like "What are my appointments for the thirteenth?" and it hears, "What are my appointments for the thirtieth?" you would be receiving the wrong information"
Good question. Well made applications provide feedback on the query. For instance, in this case the application would say back to you: "Your appointments on the THIRTIETH are...". You would then know that the information returned is not what you asked for.
Well there you go. Via your ancedote you have disproved 20 years of scientific debunking of a myth!
Acid rain? What is this, the 1980's? Acid rain is a myth that has been debunked for years.
"The weather IS getting warmer, and this is based on fact. December to February is much warmer"
Compared to what? 100 years ago? 200 years ago? 1000 years? a million?
As a (supposed) professor and researcher you should appreciate the importance of being accurate in this context.
Is it warmer due to humans, or due to some other mechanism we don't understand? Plotting charts of the last 100 years temperatures and saying "Yup, it sure is getting warmer" isn't research.
The author is a member of the W3C XForms Working Group, so he knows what he is talking about. This guide is a great starting point for getting to grips with XForms whether or not you are already familiar with HTML forms. This is a much better place to start than the XForms spec, which is pretty impenetrable to your average forms author. Micah takes you through the basics, shows you where XForms fits with other W3C standards, and gets you started with authoring. Once you are feeling a bit more confident this book serves as an excellent reference. One of the really nice things about the book is that there isn't too much of it. It gives a good grounding in the subject without any waffle. In the course of my work I have spoken to several others who have similarly found Micahas book to be an essential starting point to XForms, and a solid reference book.
Is there equivalent functionality to XForms in the ASP and .NET space? Or is there support for XForms in .NET/ASP already (I don't see any)?
Thanks!
Are you part of the Michigan Militia? It sounds like it.
I've been programming applications professionally for 10 years and I don't "need" any of those things. I don't even know what those terms are. multimethods? method combination?