Let me get this straight... a couple of months ago when this was branded as Giant Software, it was GREAT!! Now that it's branded as MS software, the same product sucks?? Typical slashdot mentality.
Fucking Christ in Hell, this post waa a a +4 "insightful"?? It is a meaningless collage of horseshit, which does not even make sense when parsed into English. It's like those guys who scammed the French university to get Ph.D.'s in physics by writing obfuscated papers. You have been "tooken". My karma is low, because slashdot is a fucked up forum. kiss my lilly white ass, "editors".
This was +5 Insightful? This is fear mongering at its best. Plenty of 100% bonafide USDA-approved commercial apps use peer-to-peer technology. Nobody is talking about banning the technology. The talk is about banning the application of the technology for the purpose of violating copyright laws. If you have a problem with copyright laws, that's a separate issue. The original poster was correct in asserting that ease of implementation is a poor guide for the legal system to use in determining legality. Hell, mugging is not exactly complicated from an implementation perspective.
I don't know too much about how hard this Mars rover stuff is, but I think it is about the coolest way my tax dollars could possibly be spent. I'll give money to SE Asia to help recover from the tsunami, but I'll also give money to Spirit and Opportunity, because I think they represent the most noble intentions of mankind.
Should the game probably of been released as an expansion, sure.
Jesus Christ, when will teenagers realize that "should've" is not a contraction for "should of"? Here is how the above sentence should have read:
Should the game have been released as an expansion pack, probably
How can you ask whether the game should have probably been released as an expansion pack, and then answer your question with sure? You meant that either it surely should've been released as an expansion pack or it probably should've been released as an expansion pack; you can't mean both simultaneously.
I'm a Linux newbie, just installed Redhat 8.0 (that's what I had media for). Now how do I update it without manually resolving dependencies, and without paying Redhat or Novell to do it for me? I want an OS that is free, as in beer and as in don't waste my time. This is pretty easy to do with Windows, but it seems kind of convoluted with Linux.
I'm sick of all this "Linux is free" crap. Sure I can download a distro, but if I want any hope in hell of keeping it up to date, I have three choices: 1) subscribe for $$ to RHN or Novell's new Red Carpet Enterprise service, or 2) run a really old version of Red Carpet, or 3) waste a shitload of my time to figure out RPM dependencies and fetch individual packages from rpmfind.net. None of these is an acceptable solution, especially for the poor sap with a 56K dialup connection.
Look, "free" software is no longer free (and it never was for those with slow links).
Hmm... I can pay maybe $50 less for a computer with Linux instead of Windows, but then I have to figure all this shit out how to subscribe to an RPM dependency walking package to keep the thing up to date... OR I can just buy what everyone else is buying and get my OS updates for free via windowsupdate.com which XP SP2 will conveniently set up for me to do automatically?
"open source companies like Novell"... so where can I download the source code for ZENworks and Groupwise? Also, I'd like my free copy of SuSE, where do I get that from? And can I please get a link to the source code for Red Carpet?
Novell, open source? Puh-lease!
The most common response to help requests in Linux newsgroups is "RTFM". Sorry dipshit, I already "RTFM" and the reason I'm asking is because the answer wasn't in the fucking manual. Every instance where I've asked for help in Linux newsgroups has been an exercise in pain... sort through the crap from obvious 13 year olds who wouldn't know a template from a tampon, eventually get someone with minimal intelligence to say that, heck, I didn't write that kernel piece, you need to talk to Mr. Rogers.
As a CS grad student, I found Linux really cool. I could muck with what I needed to in order to get things to work. As a "software developer", I found that Windows kicked Linux's ass. Windows/MS kicks Linux ass on every count that is important to developers of real world software. Sure, Linux is swell if you are developing software intended to circumvent international copyright laws, or if you have a class project due at the end of the week. But MS provides a rich development environment, a reasonably stable API (at least compared to the Linux community), and actual support. Linux support = ask a newsgroup question / get insulted because the idiot who answered knows even less than you but at least he/she is defensive about their ignorance.
are you thinking about this field? Someone with a medical degree should be thinking biotech, unless the court order dictates that you "never touch another living creature again". You think I jest? It is not 1999 any more, despite what your Prince cassette tapes tell you.
Dear AC: This is slashdot. It's comment threads are full of what are known--in the vernacular--as "inside jokes." These "inside jokes" are pulled from various sources of pop culture; take the aforementioned post as an example.
I am a software engineer. But I also like stuff about germs. So I'm thinking about taking some classes on germs. Then I could be a medical doctor. What you say ! But I got Ph.D. already. Take off every Zig. You have no chance to survive make your time.
Basically, this guy just got a patent for the way in which you're supposed to convert an email address to a DNS name (RFC 1034): "Thus the mailbox HOSTMASTER@SRI-NIC.ARPA is represented as a domain name by HOSTMASTER.SRI-NIC.ARPA."
It is a bullshit question because every interviewing book on the planet tells you to prepare for it. I have interviewed a number of candidates for technical jobs, and would never even consider asking this question. If you are asking this question, then you are not qualified to be hiring IT professionals. It tells you absolutely NOTHING about the ability of this person to do the job, just whether they have read a book on interviewing. I will never understand why hiring managers don't ask relevant questions. One of our absolute best employees is a guy with little "work" experience, but the dude is an absolute expert on COM, and that came out in his interview with me and another engineer. The "managers" wanted to hire some shmuck with 25 years experience who didn't know the difference between #define and a static const. We engineers finally prevailed in the hiring process, because the talented youngster was much cheaper than the retarded guy with "experience".
I remember seeing job posts requiring 5+ years of Java experience in 1999, the last time I looked for a job. Oh, the irony. I guess they were specifically looking for James Gosling or a member of the Green Team.
If hiring managers want to get rid of the B.S. in resumes, then they need to get rid of the B.S. in their requirements. It's as simple as that.
Required proficiencies: Windows 2003 Server (5 years), Java (10 years), C++ (25 years)
Hey if you guys at NASA ever needed confirmation of the awe the rest of the world feels for your work, here it is. I'm a graduate of a NASA summer school and a couple of Ivy League universities. I'm living in Canada now, and when prospective Canadian employers have seen my resume, they could care less about the Ivy League degrees, they want to know about the NASA summer school. "You were at NASA? Wow, that is so cool." You guys rock, keep up the good work. 500 years from now people will remember "America" for NASA more than anything else.
SCO being located in Utah County (of "This is the Place" fame), I think you mean LDS not LSD. Darl is clearly on a mission from Kolob to rid the world of free software, which is the mortal enemy of all who love milk and mutliple 15 year old brides.
I realize this is a joke, but it raises a generic question about copyrighting computer source code and using design patterns. Could the author of a book on design patterns tweak the fine print of their copyright notice in such a way that they could SCO anyone who took their example of a Singleton pattern and implemented it?
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Giant == Good, MS == Bad. Same product, retards.
Let me get this straight... a couple of months ago when this was branded as Giant Software, it was GREAT!! Now that it's branded as MS software, the same product sucks?? Typical slashdot mentality.
That sounds more like a sentence than an opportunity.
Fucking Christ in Hell, this post waa a a +4 "insightful"?? It is a meaningless collage of horseshit, which does not even make sense when parsed into English. It's like those guys who scammed the French university to get Ph.D.'s in physics by writing obfuscated papers. You have been "tooken". My karma is low, because slashdot is a fucked up forum. kiss my lilly white ass, "editors".
This was +5 Insightful? This is fear mongering at its best. Plenty of 100% bonafide USDA-approved commercial apps use peer-to-peer technology. Nobody is talking about banning the technology. The talk is about banning the application of the technology for the purpose of violating copyright laws. If you have a problem with copyright laws, that's a separate issue. The original poster was correct in asserting that ease of implementation is a poor guide for the legal system to use in determining legality. Hell, mugging is not exactly complicated from an implementation perspective.
I don't know too much about how hard this Mars rover stuff is, but I think it is about the coolest way my tax dollars could possibly be spent. I'll give money to SE Asia to help recover from the tsunami, but I'll also give money to Spirit and Opportunity, because I think they represent the most noble intentions of mankind.
UNIX was built in the 1970's. It has reached retirement age, and then some.
I'm a Linux newbie, just installed Redhat 8.0 (that's what I had media for). Now how do I update it without manually resolving dependencies, and without paying Redhat or Novell to do it for me? I want an OS that is free, as in beer and as in don't waste my time. This is pretty easy to do with Windows, but it seems kind of convoluted with Linux.
I'm sick of all this "Linux is free" crap. Sure I can download a distro, but if I want any hope in hell of keeping it up to date, I have three choices: 1) subscribe for $$ to RHN or Novell's new Red Carpet Enterprise service, or 2) run a really old version of Red Carpet, or 3) waste a shitload of my time to figure out RPM dependencies and fetch individual packages from rpmfind.net. None of these is an acceptable solution, especially for the poor sap with a 56K dialup connection. Look, "free" software is no longer free (and it never was for those with slow links). Hmm... I can pay maybe $50 less for a computer with Linux instead of Windows, but then I have to figure all this shit out how to subscribe to an RPM dependency walking package to keep the thing up to date... OR I can just buy what everyone else is buying and get my OS updates for free via windowsupdate.com which XP SP2 will conveniently set up for me to do automatically?
"open source companies like Novell"... so where can I download the source code for ZENworks and Groupwise? Also, I'd like my free copy of SuSE, where do I get that from? And can I please get a link to the source code for Red Carpet? Novell, open source? Puh-lease!
The most common response to help requests in Linux newsgroups is "RTFM". Sorry dipshit, I already "RTFM" and the reason I'm asking is because the answer wasn't in the fucking manual. Every instance where I've asked for help in Linux newsgroups has been an exercise in pain... sort through the crap from obvious 13 year olds who wouldn't know a template from a tampon, eventually get someone with minimal intelligence to say that, heck, I didn't write that kernel piece, you need to talk to Mr. Rogers.
As a CS grad student, I found Linux really cool. I could muck with what I needed to in order to get things to work. As a "software developer", I found that Windows kicked Linux's ass. Windows/MS kicks Linux ass on every count that is important to developers of real world software. Sure, Linux is swell if you are developing software intended to circumvent international copyright laws, or if you have a class project due at the end of the week. But MS provides a rich development environment, a reasonably stable API (at least compared to the Linux community), and actual support. Linux support = ask a newsgroup question / get insulted because the idiot who answered knows even less than you but at least he/she is defensive about their ignorance.
You underestimate the power of the dark side. According to their mrq financials, MSFT has $59.7 billion in cash, so $10 billion would only be 1/6.
You mean like Ozzy Osbourne?
are you thinking about this field? Someone with a medical degree should be thinking biotech, unless the court order dictates that you "never touch another living creature again". You think I jest? It is not 1999 any more, despite what your Prince cassette tapes tell you.
I am a software engineer. But I also like stuff about germs. So I'm thinking about taking some classes on germs. Then I could be a medical doctor. What you say ! But I got Ph.D. already. Take off every Zig. You have no chance to survive make your time.
Where is the obligatory "All your rover are belong to us"?
Basically, this guy just got a patent for the way in which you're supposed to convert an email address to a DNS name (RFC 1034):
"Thus the mailbox
HOSTMASTER@SRI-NIC.ARPA is represented as a domain name by
HOSTMASTER.SRI-NIC.ARPA."
It is a bullshit question because every interviewing book on the planet tells you to prepare for it. I have interviewed a number of candidates for technical jobs, and would never even consider asking this question. If you are asking this question, then you are not qualified to be hiring IT professionals. It tells you absolutely NOTHING about the ability of this person to do the job, just whether they have read a book on interviewing. I will never understand why hiring managers don't ask relevant questions. One of our absolute best employees is a guy with little "work" experience, but the dude is an absolute expert on COM, and that came out in his interview with me and another engineer. The "managers" wanted to hire some shmuck with 25 years experience who didn't know the difference between #define and a static const. We engineers finally prevailed in the hiring process, because the talented youngster was much cheaper than the retarded guy with "experience".
I remember seeing job posts requiring 5+ years of Java experience in 1999, the last time I looked for a job. Oh, the irony. I guess they were specifically looking for James Gosling or a member of the Green Team. If hiring managers want to get rid of the B.S. in resumes, then they need to get rid of the B.S. in their requirements. It's as simple as that. Required proficiencies: Windows 2003 Server (5 years), Java (10 years), C++ (25 years)
Hey if you guys at NASA ever needed confirmation of the awe the rest of the world feels for your work, here it is. I'm a graduate of a NASA summer school and a couple of Ivy League universities. I'm living in Canada now, and when prospective Canadian employers have seen my resume, they could care less about the Ivy League degrees, they want to know about the NASA summer school. "You were at NASA? Wow, that is so cool." You guys rock, keep up the good work. 500 years from now people will remember "America" for NASA more than anything else.
SCO being located in Utah County (of "This is the Place" fame), I think you mean LDS not LSD. Darl is clearly on a mission from Kolob to rid the world of free software, which is the mortal enemy of all who love milk and mutliple 15 year old brides.
I realize this is a joke, but it raises a generic question about copyrighting computer source code and using design patterns. Could the author of a book on design patterns tweak the fine print of their copyright notice in such a way that they could SCO anyone who took their example of a Singleton pattern and implemented it?