You don't say your sorry, that wouldn't be good. People don't forgive their co workers and project leaders if they say they are sorry. But they do forgive project leaders if they do own up to their mistakes.
You wouldn't say sorry if you screwed up a project? Maybe this is a cultural difference, but I find that people will generally forgive you more easily if you aplogise. Apologising in itself is paramount to admitting responsibility.
I would agree that it's very important to be able to own up to one's mistakes. Some people seem to find it hard to do this and perhaps see it as a sign of weakness. These people will probably find it harder to win people's trust and forgiveness.
Admit it when you make a mistake or get things wrong, and learn to say sorry. People will find it easier to forgive you.
Remember that there's no "I" in team. Do what's best for the team at all times and never let things get personal.
Expect software projects to take longer than people initially think. Dilbert once said that to come up with a realistic estimate, you take your initial estimate and multiply it by eight. He has a point there.
I have worked with PMs who can do none of these things and it is no fun working with them at all (that's an understatement).
Sorry, Perl is a compiled language, not an interpreted language
You're half right - Perl is compiled into byecode which is interpreted.
can you say JIT ?
JIT compilers compile to machine code - Perl doesn't uses a JIT compiler.
If you want to compare the performance of 2 things, you don't do it by having a theoretical discussion of their features.
It should be fairly easy to accept that a JIT compiler is going to produce faster running code than a bytecode interpreter. Anyway, here are some benchmarks (sorry, no Perl).
Actually you can solve this entire compile/execute problem when using Perl by using mod_perl instead of just a Perl CGI.
That only goes half way - the Perl code is still being interpretted for each page request, the difference being that each request is not run in a new process as is the case with CGI. The GP's point is that Java is faster because it is compiled, not interpretted, which is still a valid point even when you run mod_perl.
I'm not versed in his history at MS but I do recall him being noted as a very talented developer by top MS executives.
Just playing devil's advocate here, how would top executives know how to spot a talented developer? There's a developer at my work that people think is "very talented" because he's always boasting about how good and fast he is, inflating his own accomplishments and stroking people's egos. Realistically, he's an average developer, but he fools the "top executives" because they all come from a sales and marketing background and wouldn't know how to spot a talented developer if one landed right in front of their noses.
If at first you don't succeed... [slashdot.org] Try again! For what it's worth I thought it was funny both times:)
Translation: Hey! He told that joke last time! BTW it's an excellent joke! Harrumph, I'll have his karma if no-one else wants it.
Remind me not to go out for a drink with you.
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Van Gogh's art isn't very good. He was almost certainly manic during his most prolific period, when he would produce as many as 800 paintings or drawings a year (or so; can't remember the precise figure). Compared to the other French impressionists (assuming that you count van Gogh as an impressionist), his works are rushed and it shows.
Almost certainly art is not just about beauty, so the fact that his work is rushed doesn't necessarily mean it's not good. IMHO art is more about the emotional experience that it gives to the viewer, which is of course highly subjective. The terms "good" and "bad" should be used loosely to descibe art given its highly subjective nature - one man's messy accident is another man's Jackson Pollock, one man's soiled bed is another man's Tracey Emin.
It may or may not be a coincidence that [Van Gogh's] art isn't very good as these things go.
That's a bit of a sweeping statement isn't it? Whilst I trust you are fully qualified to make that assertion (haha), there may be people who don't quite agree.
Freelance graphic artists generally come with their own tools. E.g. a mac, a copy of photoshop etc. You probably wouldn't have a graphic artist working onsite for a small project - they would work from their own office using their own tools.
Yeap - the kernel is too big to fit on a floppy since FC2 - it suddenly grew to 5 megs. I presume they thought "what the hell - it won't fit on a floppy" and bulked loads of extra bits and bobs in there.
Something that does perplex me about call centres, though, is that a lot of these Indians, though they do speak english, are extremely difficult to understand
I don't find that surprising. I have just as much trouble understanding Brummies, Scousers, Geordies and Glaswegians, not to mention Americans, Australians, Irish and South Africans.
As a consumer, you have choice. You can choose not to buy from corporations whose policies encourage exploitation. Walmart is a good example - their aggressive purchasing policies leave the supplier little choice but to cut corners or be priced out of the market.
wouldent it be nice if we held international corporations to provide the same level of economic and humanitarian funding outside the country, and taxed the pajamas out of importers that don't
Nice idea, but that may hinder huge rich corporations becoming huger and richer. In corporate America, that idea ain't going to go down to well.
Sorry, but your test doesn't relly tell anything.
iexplore.exe is just a wrapper
The grandparent is talking about pointing the desktop/taskbar IE shortcuts to firefox, and how the user complains only if the shortcut uses a mozilla icon rather than an IE icon. IWhether or not IE is a wrapper makes no difference!
After the incident, one of the men shot the other in the foot, at which point the second called him a "f**king n00b teamkiller" and tried to ban his IP.
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You don't say your sorry, that wouldn't be good. People don't forgive their co workers and project leaders if they say they are sorry. But they do forgive project leaders if they do own up to their mistakes.
You wouldn't say sorry if you screwed up a project? Maybe this is a cultural difference, but I find that people will generally forgive you more easily if you aplogise. Apologising in itself is paramount to admitting responsibility.
I would agree that it's very important to be able to own up to one's mistakes. Some people seem to find it hard to do this and perhaps see it as a sign of weakness. These people will probably find it harder to win people's trust and forgiveness.
Admit it when you make a mistake or get things wrong, and learn to say sorry. People will find it easier to forgive you.
Remember that there's no "I" in team. Do what's best for the team at all times and never let things get personal.
Expect software projects to take longer than people initially think. Dilbert once said that to come up with a realistic estimate, you take your initial estimate and multiply it by eight. He has a point there.
I have worked with PMs who can do none of these things and it is no fun working with them at all (that's an understatement).
Sorry, Perl is a compiled language, not an interpreted language
You're half right - Perl is compiled into byecode which is interpreted.
can you say JIT ?
JIT compilers compile to machine code - Perl doesn't uses a JIT compiler.
If you want to compare the performance of 2 things, you don't do it by having a theoretical discussion of their features.
It should be fairly easy to accept that a JIT compiler is going to produce faster running code than a bytecode interpreter. Anyway, here are some benchmarks (sorry, no Perl).
The best part is when I launch it and watch as my hard disk is formatted - magic!
That's nothing - my IE has a cool purple monkey and pops up helpful special offers periodically.
Large herd of buffaloes takes more time to cross river than small herd..
No real or imagined similarity between programmers and buffaloes is implied.
Actually you can solve this entire compile/execute problem when using Perl by using mod_perl instead of just a Perl CGI.
That only goes half way - the Perl code is still being interpretted for each page request, the difference being that each request is not run in a new process as is the case with CGI. The GP's point is that Java is faster because it is compiled, not interpretted, which is still a valid point even when you run mod_perl.
Sounds like your room mate has a problem. You should refer him/her to online gamers anonymous.
I'm not versed in his history at MS but I do recall him being noted as a very talented developer by top MS executives.
Just playing devil's advocate here, how would top executives know how to spot a talented developer? There's a developer at my work that people think is "very talented" because he's always boasting about how good and fast he is, inflating his own accomplishments and stroking people's egos. Realistically, he's an average developer, but he fools the "top executives" because they all come from a sales and marketing background and wouldn't know how to spot a talented developer if one landed right in front of their noses.
If at first you don't succeed... [slashdot.org] Try again! For what it's worth I thought it was funny both times :)
Translation: Hey! He told that joke last time! BTW it's an excellent joke! Harrumph, I'll have his karma if no-one else wants it.
Remind me not to go out for a drink with you.
I had a dropped laptop with damaged hard disk sectors that wouldn't boot. I booted knoppix and managed to recover about 98% of my files from an NTFS partition.
Thanks, knoppix!
Van Gogh's art isn't very good. He was almost certainly manic during his most prolific period, when he would produce as many as 800 paintings or drawings a year (or so; can't remember the precise figure). Compared to the other French impressionists (assuming that you count van Gogh as an impressionist), his works are rushed and it shows.
Almost certainly art is not just about beauty, so the fact that his work is rushed doesn't necessarily mean it's not good. IMHO art is more about the emotional experience that it gives to the viewer, which is of course highly subjective. The terms "good" and "bad" should be used loosely to descibe art given its highly subjective nature - one man's messy accident is another man's Jackson Pollock, one man's soiled bed is another man's Tracey Emin.
It may or may not be a coincidence that [Van Gogh's] art isn't very good as these things go.
That's a bit of a sweeping statement isn't it? Whilst I trust you are fully qualified to make that assertion (haha), there may be people who don't quite agree.
Freelance graphic artists generally come with their own tools. E.g. a mac, a copy of photoshop etc. You probably wouldn't have a graphic artist working onsite for a small project - they would work from their own office using their own tools.
Okay the next time you get in a car and drive on a road, you are supporting drunk driving.
Cue round of failed car analogies.
Yeap - the kernel is too big to fit on a floppy since FC2 - it suddenly grew to 5 megs. I presume they thought "what the hell - it won't fit on a floppy" and bulked loads of extra bits and bobs in there.
Something that does perplex me about call centres, though, is that a lot of these Indians, though they do speak english, are extremely difficult to understand
I don't find that surprising. I have just as much trouble understanding Brummies, Scousers, Geordies and Glaswegians, not to mention Americans, Australians, Irish and South Africans.
Do we really have a choice?
As a consumer, you have choice. You can choose not to buy from corporations whose policies encourage exploitation. Walmart is a good example - their aggressive purchasing policies leave the supplier little choice but to cut corners or be priced out of the market.
wouldent it be nice if we held international corporations to provide the same level of economic and humanitarian funding outside the country, and taxed the pajamas out of importers that don't
Nice idea, but that may hinder huge rich corporations becoming huger and richer. In corporate America, that idea ain't going to go down to well.
In addition, India's call center business is almost 100% U.S. customers
Rubbish. In the UK we also have call centre jobs outsourced to India.
It doesn't sound like you're too happy about it. Do you have an issue with women doing things men have done traditionally?
you've been fooled by the thread mode hiding some posts and still showing their children
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D'oh! OK then, you comment does make sense
Sorry, but your test doesn't relly tell anything. iexplore.exe is just a wrapper
The grandparent is talking about pointing the desktop/taskbar IE shortcuts to firefox, and how the user complains only if the shortcut uses a mozilla icon rather than an IE icon. IWhether or not IE is a wrapper makes no difference!
Surely that should be disabled pensioner, not disability pensioner. Ahh well, there's no accounting for grammar on /. stories.
Modded me overrated, ehh. Bit too close to the truth was it? Or just no sense of humor today?
After the incident, one of the men shot the other in the foot, at which point the second called him a "f**king n00b teamkiller" and tried to ban his IP.