My friends back in India got an SMS from their carriers that Blackberry service was down. People buy blackberries ( from carriers or otherwise ) and we all know it cannot function as a smartphone if RIM's servers are down. Carriers have a partnership with RIM ( and separate BlackBerry plans ) - it's a good thing to let people know when your subscribers depend on your servers being up.
I should have been a bit more clear. I have friends and family around the world ( especially South East Asia and Europe ) and I keep in touch with them using BBM. Since the last 3 days BBM service has been sporadic at best.
Also once I checked my inbox I can see that I've actually missed emails ( emails in my corporate + personal GMail account which are there in my inbox but not on my phone )
Like many software consultants who travel all over the world, I have family and friends on BBM from many different countries.
I have also come to rely on the blackberry for IM and email on the move.
To make things worse, I also bought a BB Playbook which pairs nicely with my BB.
And since it cant do email over wifi, the Playbook has also become essentially unusable for me. I'm on BIS ( not BES )
I would have been fine if I got a text message from ROGERS saying "hey BB service is down we'll be back in 3 days" - instead I am experiencing silent and sporadic outages.
RIM, you've let me down.
You go it completely wrong. Agile or Waterfall cannot fix people problems.
Processes ( or lack thereof ) cannot fix people problems.
In the ideal Agile world, they'd have functional tests written for this functionality and if only the functional tests were 'green' would the software be released. Releasing frequently does not mean releasing unfinished software. Agile does not force you to be on the upgrade trademill. In fact, Agile says that at the end of every iteration the software is ready to be released. It might not have all the features that you'd want ( software typically never has all the features that you want ) - but the features that you have released will be complete and (mostly) free of defects.
Lack of functional tests cannot be put down to a failure of Agile. It's exactly the opposite. If you do not have test coverage ( unit integration and functional) you cannot release working software frequently. Thus you're not agile.
I travel a lot and so do my friends. We use What'sApp and/or BBM to keep SMS-like communication channels open.
It's like SMS+MMS ( picture / video sharing ) - works well over wifi ( so you do not pay data roaming ) and helps me keep in touch with my near and dear ones.
Also you can create chat rooms using these - a real benefit in a world where you can get rarely talk to a bunch of people at the same time physically.
It's a world where people are moving farther and farther away from each other physically. With some tools and effort, one can have the second best option.
The Apollo moon landings happened 15 years before I was born. My country might have a manned spaceflight program by 2016 - but I am not too sure.
I would like to see human beings land on the Moon. The US is probably the only country in the world which terrific combination of resources, $$ and the experience of having done it before.
It might sound dreamy and unreal - but I think in addition to helping technology grow by leaps and bounds - it also helps a society share a dream.
In the episode "1968" of the TV Mini-series "From the Earth to the Moon" US is shown as a nation in turmoil. RFK is assassinated as is Martin Luther King Jr. There is the Vietnam war abroad and the rioting and protests at home.
The first manned lunar flight - Apollo 8 - takes place. Even in times as troubled as those , the nation rejoiced. People felt happy and felt that they were a part of something special. As is shown in the TV series - a woman writes a telegram to the astronauts "You saved 1968"
The whole world celebrated Apollo 11. It is an iconic moment in history even now.
We have undergone a communication revolution - people can be brought "closer" to space flight.
Lets land a human being on the moon. Or an asteroid. Or maybe Mars ( given the current situation it sounds far fetched )
Let us be a part of a time which will be remembered by history.
If any lawmaker / lobbyist is reading this - I would request you to try your hardest to push this through Congress.
it's a decision you wont regret - you'll be proud of it.
Now that Apple is moving away from Java and we dont have Java SE 7 downloads from Apple I do not see Java SE 7 downloads on Oracle's page as well. Is building OpenJDK on mac the only option left?
This is just a waste of time and money by our government. There are people who dont get to eat , who get denied basic human rights and who dont get safe water to drink. None of them have the time, the energy or the means to come on Facebook and Twitter and crib/complain about it.
This is just Indian politicians and bureaucrats trying to sound "cool"
LB/2003 was real good stuff. they took up a moderate view instead of the usual hardline stuff that goes on..
i mean they were realistic and they were good.
we must keep in mind that linux for the desktop has not really arrived.
it will, but not yet
for servers nothing gets even close, as we all know
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"News for Nerds. Stuff that matters" I guess they think this is the only site we visit.
Giant Sand Worms.
Like the ones shown in the movie "Tremors" ?
My friends back in India got an SMS from their carriers that Blackberry service was down. People buy blackberries ( from carriers or otherwise ) and we all know it cannot function as a smartphone if RIM's servers are down. Carriers have a partnership with RIM ( and separate BlackBerry plans ) - it's a good thing to let people know when your subscribers depend on your servers being up.
I should have been a bit more clear. I have friends and family around the world ( especially South East Asia and Europe ) and I keep in touch with them using BBM. Since the last 3 days BBM service has been sporadic at best. Also once I checked my inbox I can see that I've actually missed emails ( emails in my corporate + personal GMail account which are there in my inbox but not on my phone )
Like many software consultants who travel all over the world, I have family and friends on BBM from many different countries. I have also come to rely on the blackberry for IM and email on the move. To make things worse, I also bought a BB Playbook which pairs nicely with my BB. And since it cant do email over wifi, the Playbook has also become essentially unusable for me. I'm on BIS ( not BES ) I would have been fine if I got a text message from ROGERS saying "hey BB service is down we'll be back in 3 days" - instead I am experiencing silent and sporadic outages. RIM, you've let me down.
You go it completely wrong. Agile or Waterfall cannot fix people problems. Processes ( or lack thereof ) cannot fix people problems. In the ideal Agile world, they'd have functional tests written for this functionality and if only the functional tests were 'green' would the software be released. Releasing frequently does not mean releasing unfinished software. Agile does not force you to be on the upgrade trademill. In fact, Agile says that at the end of every iteration the software is ready to be released. It might not have all the features that you'd want ( software typically never has all the features that you want ) - but the features that you have released will be complete and (mostly) free of defects. Lack of functional tests cannot be put down to a failure of Agile. It's exactly the opposite. If you do not have test coverage ( unit integration and functional) you cannot release working software frequently. Thus you're not agile.
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I would say that's still on the higher side.
On the same machine, if I try with Safari 5.1 it takes around 300 MB of RAM
It's a world where people are moving farther and farther away from each other physically. With some tools and effort, one can have the second best option.
I would like to see human beings land on the Moon. The US is probably the only country in the world which terrific combination of resources, $$ and the experience of having done it before.
It might sound dreamy and unreal - but I think in addition to helping technology grow by leaps and bounds - it also helps a society share a dream. In the episode "1968" of the TV Mini-series "From the Earth to the Moon" US is shown as a nation in turmoil. RFK is assassinated as is Martin Luther King Jr. There is the Vietnam war abroad and the rioting and protests at home.
The first manned lunar flight - Apollo 8 - takes place. Even in times as troubled as those , the nation rejoiced. People felt happy and felt that they were a part of something special. As is shown in the TV series - a woman writes a telegram to the astronauts "You saved 1968"
The whole world celebrated Apollo 11. It is an iconic moment in history even now.
We have undergone a communication revolution - people can be brought "closer" to space flight. Lets land a human being on the moon. Or an asteroid. Or maybe Mars ( given the current situation it sounds far fetched )
Let us be a part of a time which will be remembered by history.
If any lawmaker / lobbyist is reading this - I would request you to try your hardest to push this through Congress.
it's a decision you wont regret - you'll be proud of it.
This might be a good reason for me to buy a TouchPad. Good hardware , great price and it's an Android Tablet now.
Now that Apple is moving away from Java and we dont have Java SE 7 downloads from Apple I do not see Java SE 7 downloads on Oracle's page as well. Is building OpenJDK on mac the only option left?
...that voting with paper is aaaaoouuut ?
I have used C++ with the Qt framework from Nokia ( formely Trolltech ) and it's a JOY to program in.
This is just a waste of time and money by our government. There are people who dont get to eat , who get denied basic human rights and who dont get safe water to drink. None of them have the time, the energy or the means to come on Facebook and Twitter and crib/complain about it. This is just Indian politicians and bureaucrats trying to sound "cool"
LB/2003 was real good stuff. they took up a moderate view instead of the usual hardline stuff that goes on ..
i mean they were realistic and they were good.
we must keep in mind that linux for the desktop has not really arrived.
it will, but not yet
for servers nothing gets even close, as we all know