Actually you need a mix of dungeon creators and players. I was one of those who went from playing to creating a whole world with detailed societies, scenarios, and many complex dungeons, and I'd much rather innovate than fight fires. Of course, I can't pass it on now that they've changed all the rules. Negative armor classes rule!:-D
Not everyone hates their job. If you have only "employees who need constant supervision to work", then you or your company is probably the real problem. I mean there are people who do a conscientious job cleaning toilets or collecting garbage.
> That being said, I am going to (*gasp*) agree with him on one point. Having a bunch of programmers sitting around does not accomplish anything.
He didn't say, "sitting around"; he said, "doing their own thing". If you believe the data in Peopleware by Tom Demarco and Timothy Lister, this is actually a way to boost productivity and innovation. Most companies tie their software developers down with risk adverse processes, which stifle innovation and productivity.
People really should learn about computing history and computer science before posting, then we wouldn't have to filter through such FUD-fueled nonsense.
MS says: If we didn't have a monopoly, users would be overwhelmed by choices. Ignoramus: Gosh that sounds about right.
MS says: If we didn't have a monopoly, ISVs would go broke trying to support all the different platforms. Ignoramus: Gosh that sounds about right.
MS says: If we didn't have a monopoly, some other platform would have all the virus problems. Ignoramus: Gosh that sounds about right.
Mod'ed as interesting? There must be a lot of ignoramuses out there!
...what most people rail against is the illegal monopoly Microsoft established in the operating system market, without which, operating system independence for applications would have been established a long time ago.
XASMML (eXtensible ASseMbler Markup Language) will enable your corporation to share data with customers with the speed of hardware! This exciting NEW [sic] concept in computer science will eliminate inefficiencies in the transmission stream, and allow you to beat competitiors to the market! Now included free with Office XPASM!:-D
> You started programming in 1982? Programming was alot more of a magical/black-box back then.
Err. Just how young are you? Try looking at the history of computer science before posting such garbage. If you really want to measure how far programming has come, just look at the level of abstraction of the programming language. Guess what? (Except for embedded) We were programming in 3GL back then, and we are still programming in 3GL today.
Because too many software "craftsmen" think "methodologies... are all bullshit". They believe they are artists, not scientists, and reject rigor as untried academic exercises that stifle creativity.
After all Microsoft established it's monopoly on a high quality OS (i.e., Windows) over the much inferior quality OSes like OS/2, AmigaOS, MacOS, *nix,...;->
... to promote their products. Why not get the whole university to jump on board? It's not much different from their ultra cheap software deals (e.g., Office for $20 if you're a student at xyzU). Another attempt at lock-in. As long as the government continues to ignore their predatory practices, they will maintain their monopoly on the market. Mac OS X or Linux might eventually push them down to only an 80% share, but as the antitrust case becomes a distant memory, they'll tighten the screws again and reestablish 90+.
Sure just open in OpenOffice and export to PDF, or open in some other office application, print to file with a postscript printer driver and run ps2pdf and then send it. Same interoperability we've had for years.;-)
The company is throwing away a third of your salary, if the office space isn't well designed.
To paraphrase: "The advocates of [open plan seating] produced not one shred of evidence that [knowledge worker] effectiveness would not be impaired.... The only method we have seen to confirm claims that open plan improves productivity is proof by repeated assertion."
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To crack the whip? Doesn't your arm get tired?
Actually you need a mix of dungeon creators and players. I was one of those who went from playing to creating a whole world with detailed societies, scenarios, and many complex dungeons, and I'd much rather innovate than fight fires. Of course, I can't pass it on now that they've changed all the rules. Negative armor classes rule! :-D
Not everyone hates their job. If you have only "employees who need constant supervision to work", then you or your company is probably the real problem. I mean there are people who do a conscientious job cleaning toilets or collecting garbage.
> That being said, I am going to (*gasp*) agree with him on one point. Having a bunch of programmers sitting around does not accomplish anything.
He didn't say, "sitting around"; he said, "doing their own thing". If you believe the data in Peopleware by Tom Demarco and Timothy Lister, this is actually a way to boost productivity and innovation. Most companies tie their software developers down with risk adverse processes, which stifle innovation and productivity.
Last time I checked niche magazines never step on their niche, and even non-niche magazines don't cross their advertisers.
Try to find a review of eComStation 2.0 beta 4 in any current PC (Windows or non-Windows) print magazine.
People really should learn about computing history and computer science before posting, then we wouldn't have to filter through such FUD-fueled nonsense.
MS says: If we didn't have a monopoly, users would be overwhelmed by choices.
Ignoramus: Gosh that sounds about right.
MS says: If we didn't have a monopoly, ISVs would go broke trying to support all the different platforms.
Ignoramus: Gosh that sounds about right.
MS says: If we didn't have a monopoly, some other platform would have all the virus problems.
Ignoramus: Gosh that sounds about right.
Mod'ed as interesting? There must be a lot of ignoramuses out there!
...what most people rail against is the illegal monopoly Microsoft established in the operating system market, without which, operating system independence for applications would have been established a long time ago.
Gates has always been an impediment to home PC advancement. :-D
Blah, blah, blah, Microsoft, blah, blah, blah, security ...
Where's the news?
REXX, PL/1, Basic, Pascal, Modula, Oberon, ...
;-)
It would be interesting to see which is used by more languages, '==' or '='?
XASMML (eXtensible ASseMbler Markup Language) will enable your corporation to share data with customers with the speed of hardware! This exciting NEW [sic] concept in computer science will eliminate inefficiencies in the transmission stream, and allow you to beat competitiors to the market! :-D
Now included free with Office XPASM!
Doesn't running Windows already turn your computer into a zombie?
Do yourself (and your company) a HUGE favor and buy a copy of Peopleware by Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister.
> You started programming in 1982? Programming was alot more of a magical/black-box back then.
Err. Just how young are you? Try looking at the history of computer science before posting such garbage. If you really want to measure how far programming has come, just look at the level of abstraction of the programming language. Guess what? (Except for embedded) We were programming in 3GL back then, and we are still programming in 3GL today.
Disruptive to no end!
Because too many software "craftsmen" think "methodologies ... are all bullshit". They believe they are artists, not scientists, and reject rigor as untried academic exercises that stifle creativity.
Microsoft should buy OS/2 from IBM.
After all Microsoft established it's monopoly on a high quality OS (i.e., Windows) over the much inferior quality OSes like OS/2, AmigaOS, MacOS, *nix, ... ;->
... to promote their products. Why not get the whole university to jump on board? It's not much different from their ultra cheap software deals (e.g., Office for $20 if you're a student at xyzU). Another attempt at lock-in. As long as the government continues to ignore their predatory practices, they will maintain their monopoly on the market.
Mac OS X or Linux might eventually push them down to only an 80% share, but as the antitrust case becomes a distant memory, they'll tighten the screws again and reestablish 90+.
(Yet Another Markup Language Format)
:-D
Wow an open source markup language for sharing documents! What innovation! >:->
I wonder if it'll become as highly used as TeX, Postscript or RTF?
Sure just open in OpenOffice and export to PDF, or open in some other office application, print to file with a postscript printer driver and run ps2pdf and then send it. ;-)
Same interoperability we've had for years.
...always trying to get back to the cheese(unapologetic, anti-competitive, monopoly position).
My kids are getting older and Disney Golf just isn't cutting it anymore. ;-)
The company is throwing away a third of your salary, if the office space isn't well designed.
... The only method we have seen to confirm claims that open plan improves productivity is proof by repeated assertion."
To paraphrase: "The advocates of [open plan seating] produced not one shred of evidence that [knowledge worker] effectiveness would not be impaired.
Haven't we already seen this many times before?