Actually, the author tries to limit or re-define the definitions of various technical terms and offers many personal views and points in doing so. To disagree with the author does not necessarily mean to believe that there is no ambiguity in the usage of MVC; it could very well mean that you disagree with his particular views or conclusions, his method of analysis, or maybe even with his pedantic tone or dry exposition.
His comment at the beginning of the article does not acknowledge any of these subtleties, focusing only on disagreements to his overall, generic premise, which he then states (unequivocally) must be wrong.
It's like saying "2 plus 2 is *not* 5. It cannot be because of pink or yellow. Also, I won't argue about the answer, but I will tell you that I believe it is 3. To disagree with me is to believe 2 plus 2 is 5."
So, yes, his comment in the introduction of the article reduces to merely "if you disagree with me it means you are wrong".
And the point keeps on being missed: perhaps we should fight against the "herd mentality" so that good ideas are expressed and heard, but not for the same reasons we fight censorship. These are two different concepts that require different attention. Censorship implies oppression, or at least intent, which goes against some basic human rights.
To put censorship it in the same category as being ignored because there's too much noise and too little attention by the masses, is to trivialize the problem.
So, what you are saying is that censorship and being ignored both result in ideas not being heard, but that the two concepts mean different things. You just agreed with the parent poster's point: that the article was using the wrong term.
Actually, in my experience it is crappy restaurants that allow this, not the really good ones. For the record, it is my opinion that all chain restaurants are crappy.
Kaspersky has, I can assure you; they just figured that there will always be stupid programmers out there doing crap, buggy code, and decided to help mitigate the consequences.
As for Travelocity, they probably hired cheap programmers or a third-party contractor who employs inexperienced code monkeys. Bad programmers are more common than you think!
* Move to a less decidedly crappy neighborhood or at least farther away from the crack/meth houses. * Make sure your home-owner's insurance covers "catastrophic destruction by a nearby meth lab", or that your state includes stupid junkie blunders under "acts of god". * Do not assume that your neighbors are boiling acetone and about to blow up your house at any moment. * Actually compute the risk of your house being blown up by an exploding meth lab and rest better at night when you realize that the chances are pretty low.
>> If the UI is not themeable and you don't like it, you have to switch to a different player altogether. If it is themeable, you just need to switch to a different theme.
Aha! That must be the reason why everyone who is not satisfied with the UI of iTunes (because, according to a lot of people in this thread, it sucks) has dropped it in favor of a different player.
Right. Why is it that 5 years after its introduction we still hear of "iTunes killers" entering the OS X market, only to fizzle out as quickly as they were announced?
My opinion is that iTunes offers some fairly commonly used features, and executes them well; enough for most people to be satisfied with the application. Although I'm sure most self-professed geeks will disagree with me, I personally find the UI uncluttered, and easy and intuitive to use.
Agreed. But then it stands to reason that if you were passionate enough about an open source project in which you participated while employed in your previous job, you may still find time and interest to participate again once in a while when you come home after a grueling day at the local store.
So what you are saying, then, can be applied to any activity (not only open source, and not only software development), where people participate as a consequence of being gainly employed:
"The economic crisis will ultimately eliminate movie theaters and the entertainment industry"
"The economic crisis will ultimately eliminate licquor stores and the alcohol industry"
"The economic crisis will ultimately eliminate restaurants and the food industry"
Somehow, I don't think that was the point of the article, however misconstrued it was.
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Actually, it's eye of newt that cures the flu; tongue of toad cures baldness.
-dZ.
Yes, the plural of data is datums.
-dZ.
No, he meant jump up from within the elevator.
Whoosh!
-dZ.
No, that will be mother Russia. Chuck Norris will kick your evolutionary ass.
-dZ.
That's why it was released into the wild without SQA testing.
-dZ.
Whoosh!
>> 1. it just sounds cool
True, it sounds more "technical" than the more mundane "viruses". But I also believe in using proper words.
>> language isn't a top down authoritarian function, its trickle up from the bottom
Yeah, I only hear that from people who can't spell. (just kidding!)
Cheers!
-dZ.
Sorry to sound pedantic, but in case you weren't aware, the plural of "virus" is actually "viruses":
http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/plural-of-virus.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_of_virus
-dZ.
Actually, the author tries to limit or re-define the definitions of various technical terms and offers many personal views and points in doing so. To disagree with the author does not necessarily mean to believe that there is no ambiguity in the usage of MVC; it could very well mean that you disagree with his particular views or conclusions, his method of analysis, or maybe even with his pedantic tone or dry exposition.
His comment at the beginning of the article does not acknowledge any of these subtleties, focusing only on disagreements to his overall, generic premise, which he then states (unequivocally) must be wrong.
It's like saying "2 plus 2 is *not* 5. It cannot be because of pink or yellow. Also, I won't argue about the answer, but I will tell you that I believe it is 3. To disagree with me is to believe 2 plus 2 is 5."
So, yes, his comment in the introduction of the article reduces to merely "if you disagree with me it means you are wrong".
-dZ.
And the point keeps on being missed: perhaps we should fight against the "herd mentality" so that good ideas are expressed and heard, but not for the same reasons we fight censorship. These are two different concepts that require different attention. Censorship implies oppression, or at least intent, which goes against some basic human rights.
To put censorship it in the same category as being ignored because there's too much noise and too little attention by the masses, is to trivialize the problem.
-dZ.
So, what you are saying is that censorship and being ignored both result in ideas not being heard, but that the two concepts mean different things. You just agreed with the parent poster's point: that the article was using the wrong term.
-dZ.
So, again, the word censorship is being missued in the article.
-dZ.
Interesting signature, but I think you're forgetting something:
blood=100C
-dZ.
Actually, in my experience it is crappy restaurants that allow this, not the really good ones. For the record, it is my opinion that all chain restaurants are crappy.
-dZ.
But, wouldn't you catch this when you review your restaurant check, or your credit card bill?
Or am I the only one who checks these?
-dZ.
Well, of course, you should never underestimate the tenacity of stupid programmers.
Kaspersky has, I can assure you; they just figured that there will always be stupid programmers out there doing crap, buggy code, and decided to help mitigate the consequences.
As for Travelocity, they probably hired cheap programmers or a third-party contractor who employs inexperienced code monkeys. Bad programmers are more common than you think!
-dZ.
I agree. Headlines with "SQL injection" make me chuckle; but including Travelocity.com and other high profile sites in the victims list is priceless!
-dZ.
You forgot a few more options:
* Move to a less decidedly crappy neighborhood or at least farther away from the crack/meth houses.
* Make sure your home-owner's insurance covers "catastrophic destruction by a nearby meth lab", or that your state includes stupid junkie blunders under "acts of god".
* Do not assume that your neighbors are boiling acetone and about to blow up your house at any moment.
* Actually compute the risk of your house being blown up by an exploding meth lab and rest better at night when you realize that the chances are pretty low.
-dZ.
>> If the UI is not themeable and you don't like it, you have to switch to a different player altogether. If it is themeable, you just need to switch to a different theme.
Aha! That must be the reason why everyone who is not satisfied with the UI of iTunes (because, according to a lot of people in this thread, it sucks) has dropped it in favor of a different player.
Right. Why is it that 5 years after its introduction we still hear of "iTunes killers" entering the OS X market, only to fizzle out as quickly as they were announced?
My opinion is that iTunes offers some fairly commonly used features, and executes them well; enough for most people to be satisfied with the application. Although I'm sure most self-professed geeks will disagree with me, I personally find the UI uncluttered, and easy and intuitive to use.
-dZ.
Thank you for a well thought out comment; you have eloquently expressed what I was thinking.
If I had mod points, I'd give you some.
-dZ.
Agreed. But then it stands to reason that if you were passionate enough about an open source project in which you participated while employed in your previous job, you may still find time and interest to participate again once in a while when you come home after a grueling day at the local store.
-dZ.
So what you are saying, then, can be applied to any activity (not only open source, and not only software development), where people participate as a consequence of being gainly employed:
"The economic crisis will ultimately eliminate movie theaters and the entertainment industry"
"The economic crisis will ultimately eliminate licquor stores and the alcohol industry"
"The economic crisis will ultimately eliminate restaurants and the food industry"
Somehow, I don't think that was the point of the article, however misconstrued it was.
-dZ.
You, sir, have made my day.
Thanks for the laugh!
-dZ.
You're right in not being scared by Gore. If it wasn't for him, you wouldn't have your loverly interwebz on which to post this.
-dZ.