I recently switched to mac OSX, partly because my windows machine finally gave up the ghost. I have to admit that the mac is much smoother than windows, and it's nice to not have to worry about maleware and run and anti-virus constantly. However in my experiance OSX is a little less stable than XP, my mac system crashes or locks up about every other week, while windows crashed on me about once every 4 months. Maybe I'm doing something wrong. Its also a pain in the arse to have to re-learn everything, for example I still can't figure out how to get an equation to pretty print to a jpg on a mac.
I've got bad news: groupthink sites like wikipedia generally don't bring out the best and most intelligent ideas. Generally a new bright idea is only going to be shared by a few people, and a democratic process will squash those ideas. Combine this with the fact that a majority belief in a statement doesn't make it true and you have serious problems for a site that wants to create an intelligent debate. For a more detailed analysis of the failings of sites like wikipedia see this article.
Let me try to figure out what that summary is saying. Here we go:
Some companies provide user friendly interfaces for running web servers.
WebFaction devloped a "better" user interface (because it uses AJAX?), that can do a bit more
So what? It doesn't sound revolutionary or innovative in the least. Was this supposed to be in the vendors section, because it certainly sounds like it?
Well if you are already committed to physically selling and buying items as a way to make money then you are certainly right, there is no reason not to use ebay. What I was pointing out is that there is no "free" way to make money. Beyond ebay's transaction fees you must also commit a decent amount of time and energy making it work and moving enough inventory to support yourself. I think that in the eyes of many doing this kind of job is so boring that it isn't worth the money, and that we would rather be doing something else even if it pays less.
A better question than "can you get rich on ebay?" is "is getting rich on ebay worth the time, boredom, and effort?". I think the answer is no, at least for me, as there are more interesting things I would rather be doing (see sig.).
Ah programming contests. Rewarding hackers who can whip together a slapdash product instead of those who can make a solid, secure, maintainable design. I salute you.
No, you simply have to send the signal below the noise floor. GPS uses this as well. Basically the singal is indistinguishable from background radiation unless you know exactly what you are looking for.
A book supposedly about information, but not a word on information theory. I guess it is for dummies after all. It's like talking about scientific revolutions without ever mentioning science.
This is a good illustration of why research funded by a corperation is more likely to achieve results than that of academics. Academics are free to pursue whatever is most interesting as they work, and it is ok to get off on a tangent as long as some papers come out of it. However if you work for a company you need to get results, hence this car. Of course this model doesn't work quite as well for theoretical physics, but well enough for the computer science. I suspect we would have AI already if it could be turned directly into a product.
You are a bit of a hypocrite John. You use an anonymous handle on slashdot, and by looking at your past posts it seems clear you didn't sign them all. Thus by your own logic you shouldn't have posted them. Maybe you should add your name to your sig.
worse than "first post!" ? I might also point you to this post which says basically the same thing, but has a 3. (oh and it contains a wikipedia link, ooh so hard to google for)
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No I'm running on a powerbook G4. Give up the ghost = hardware broken.
I recently switched to mac OSX, partly because my windows machine finally gave up the ghost. I have to admit that the mac is much smoother than windows, and it's nice to not have to worry about maleware and run and anti-virus constantly. However in my experiance OSX is a little less stable than XP, my mac system crashes or locks up about every other week, while windows crashed on me about once every 4 months. Maybe I'm doing something wrong. Its also a pain in the arse to have to re-learn everything, for example I still can't figure out how to get an equation to pretty print to a jpg on a mac.
I've got bad news: groupthink sites like wikipedia generally don't bring out the best and most intelligent ideas. Generally a new bright idea is only going to be shared by a few people, and a democratic process will squash those ideas. Combine this with the fact that a majority belief in a statement doesn't make it true and you have serious problems for a site that wants to create an intelligent debate. For a more detailed analysis of the failings of sites like wikipedia see this article.
Let me try to figure out what that summary is saying. Here we go:
Some companies provide user friendly interfaces for running web servers.
WebFaction devloped a "better" user interface (because it uses AJAX?), that can do a bit more
So what? It doesn't sound revolutionary or innovative in the least. Was this supposed to be in the vendors section, because it certainly sounds like it?
Well if you are already committed to physically selling and buying items as a way to make money then you are certainly right, there is no reason not to use ebay. What I was pointing out is that there is no "free" way to make money. Beyond ebay's transaction fees you must also commit a decent amount of time and energy making it work and moving enough inventory to support yourself. I think that in the eyes of many doing this kind of job is so boring that it isn't worth the money, and that we would rather be doing something else even if it pays less.
How you spend your time is your own choice. Its not like I'm forcing you to like philosophy. Get a grip.
A better question than "can you get rich on ebay?" is "is getting rich on ebay worth the time, boredom, and effort?". I think the answer is no, at least for me, as there are more interesting things I would rather be doing (see sig.).
Ah programming contests. Rewarding hackers who can whip together a slapdash product instead of those who can make a solid, secure, maintainable design. I salute you.
No, you simply have to send the signal below the noise floor. GPS uses this as well. Basically the singal is indistinguishable from background radiation unless you know exactly what you are looking for.
A book supposedly about information, but not a word on information theory. I guess it is for dummies after all. It's like talking about scientific revolutions without ever mentioning science.
Malcom: The wheel keeps turning Badger
Badger: That's only a problem for people on the rim
You do realize that for the most part Java has static typing? (For example compare its types to those in Lisp, Lua, ect)
Here's something I never got: why isn't sourceforge free and open source itself? It seems like it should be.
This is a good illustration of why research funded by a corperation is more likely to achieve results than that of academics. Academics are free to pursue whatever is most interesting as they work, and it is ok to get off on a tangent as long as some papers come out of it. However if you work for a company you need to get results, hence this car. Of course this model doesn't work quite as well for theoretical physics, but well enough for the computer science. I suspect we would have AI already if it could be turned directly into a product.
You are a bit of a hypocrite John. You use an anonymous handle on slashdot, and by looking at your past posts it seems clear you didn't sign them all. Thus by your own logic you shouldn't have posted them. Maybe you should add your name to your sig.
So if the engineer says no, and the safety officer says no then who is saying yes? Whose opinion could be more important than these two people?
Ha ha ha! Hilarious. You should get a stand-up routine: "Zealot For Hire" or "Linux Terrorist".
I disagree with you, thus I must be lying. How rational!
worse than "first post!" ? I might also point you to this post which says basically the same thing, but has a 3. (oh and it contains a wikipedia link, ooh so hard to google for)
Would it freak you out to know that I use a Mac?
Hear hear!
Modded down to -1 as "overrated". Hilarious. How is 0 overrated?
I guess I'm ahead of the game here, since I seem to already have one. (It's called my heart)
I like you, you make me laugh. I hope you don't mind if I share your comments with others too.
How could anything be better than flint for making arrowheads?