...tech news is the field for people who really sucked at both technical writing and journalism...
Probably moreso, it's the field for people who can get stories and content out fast. One of the main reasons I check Slashdot and Google News regularly but not much else is that it get the information to me fast, and for that speed I sometimes pay the price by having to parse out the bad parts.
[rumor]Perhaps google will buy out a news entity in the future[/started]
My guess would be that, if Google bought a news entity, all the other news sources wouldn't have much trouble getting Google News killed. I think the chance of them doing that is very low, but simply because they don't have an interest in providing content.
From Google's Ten Principles: Google does search. Google does not do horoscopes, financial advice or chat. With the largest research group in the world focused exclusively on solving search problems, Google knows what it does well and how it could be done better.... Google's entire staff is dedicated to creating the perfect search engine and work tirelessly toward that goal.
The only real long-term benefit will be to us coders
Not true - valid XHTML has other advantages. For example, it's much easier for devices such as PDAs and phones and programs such as screen readers to parse and make sense of. Bandwidth savings is also relevant to users. Some of us, sometimes, are on slow connections. It's been well proven that having a site respond faster, even when the response is under a second to start with, makes the user experience much better.
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So, under this theory... everybody indexes their own content? Implying, everybody would provide legitimate "indexes" and not simply provide whatever is most likely to bring in search engine visitors? "Look, here's my index! My site has a MILLION pages of free porn warez!!" Indexing needs to be done by a third party, that's just the way it is.
It's interesting that you mention this. Jakob Nielsen did a great study that showed that people don't need to talk any louder on their cell to be annoying - it's naturally annoying to you because you only hear one side of the conversation. Read about it here.
...and more without having to wait for Windows to load...
Am I the only one who never turns my laptop off? Of the 4 years I've had laptops, they've been running or sleeping 99.5% of the time. I do use OS X (which wakes instantly rather than the load-what-was-in-RAM-from-disk behaviour in Windows) but is it really such a pain?
XHTML 2 has a number of problems, from backwards-compatibility to human editability. A much better successor for HTML forms is Web Forms 2.0, which is also being worked on by Mozilla, as well as other major players in the industry. Obviously the real challenge is forcing Microsoft to support it.
The sheer number of times he's suggested he'll never do any more Star Trek is starting to make me think he just says it to up the price he gets the next time he does it.
While extended versions can be great for people who "just can't get enough" of their favourite franchise, they can be annoying to those who just like movies. For example, while I like The Matrix movies, but if that robots-coming-through-the-roof-and-being-shot scene went any longer, I'd be reaching for my fast-forward button.
Of course the Extended Collectors' Editions are made with fans in mind, but sometimes that's the only one you can buy in the store. I ended up with the Extended edition of The Lion King, for example, that stuff that was new to me and took away from the nostalgia and wanes the kids' attentions pan. Just my $2/100.
This is very true. As a 18-25 year old, I only (and I mean only) watch TV when somebody else has it on and I get distracted by it. I know a fair number of people like this too, and not just geeks. I actually would rather have less channels, since normally after watching TV I feel annoyed with myself at wasting that time.
One of the main challenges I came across in developing a political game was that politics aren't inherently very fun. A racing game or hockey game that leans to the simulation side can still be really enjoyable, but an accurate political simulation tends to be slow-paced and not scale well to large numbers of players. Of course the easy way out is to add fun stuff like assassinations, the mafia, etc....
I've developed a web-based multiplayer politics game called Political Asylum. It focusses on the campaigning to get elected rather than running the country.
I worked at one of Canada's largest ISPs, as a customer service rep, but had direct SQL access to the database.
What happened was, they got me to help out with the intranet. I came across some code that connected directly to the user database (which was Oracle) and did a "SELECT FROM" query from it. Sure enough, the username and password it used had full permission to the database. I would have had no difficulty doing a "DELETE FROM" statement, let alone a "SELECT username FROM" statement.
For some reason I never used this for personal profit. Then again we already knew I was foolhardy, I was coding for their intranet at a Customer Service Rep wage...
On June 16, 2004, there was an internal demonstration at Skype of the alpha version of Skype for Mac.The alpha version worked well and the development team is working towards a beta launch of Skype for Mac in about 2-3 months. The other major OS that Skype doesn't support is Windows 98, and there aren't official plans for that as of yet.
It's working great, but STILL doesn't have an application in Windows 98. Am I the only person who really cares about this? (I know they say it'll be fixed for 1.0, but still...) It just looks unprofessional to have a little Windows icon there.
While not having to carry around textbooks is nice, and I'm never without a Palm or laptop, I have to admit I always prefer reading printed text. Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I just find printed text I can write on, fold, flip through, read in the sun, etc. to be a lot easier to read from.
Here's something to ponder. Why does somebody write a textbook? Is it because they enjoy the subject matter, enjoy writing, and want to write an engaging, accurate book? Or is it because one can charge large sums for such a textbook? Unfortunately it's often the latter.
While the idea of an epic "Commercial vs. Open" textbook rivalry akin to that seen in software is romantic, writing a textbook tends to be somewhat less pleasant, less rewarding, more expensive, and more exacting than writing software. I'd hate to think the foremost experts in fields may be discouraged from writing one day because they can't compete with free, mediocre sources.
Ha, actually you're right, it was copyright law the sued under. Mind you, in either case, the suit took so long I don't think it would have made a difference. The industry moves so fast that by the time one of those lawsuits completes, the point is often somewhat moot.
Exactly. What's the solution to this though? The more advanced technology becomes, the more it becomes an intrinsic part of our daily lives. The more this happens, the less 65 year old politicians will understand about daily life.
Thanks to software patents, Apple's ideas were saved from being blatantly ripped off - this is how they were able to retain market dominance. Oh, wait.
Well, even though their patents were broken, at least their rights were defended in court, and the offender learned never to do it again. Oh, wait.
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My multiplayer web-based game about political campaigns (though not about the US in particular.) - Political Asylum
Probably moreso, it's the field for people who can get stories and content out fast. One of the main reasons I check Slashdot and Google News regularly but not much else is that it get the information to me fast, and for that speed I sometimes pay the price by having to parse out the bad parts.
[rumor]Perhaps google will buy out a news entity in the future[/started]
My guess would be that, if Google bought a news entity, all the other news sources wouldn't have much trouble getting Google News killed. I think the chance of them doing that is very low, but simply because they don't have an interest in providing content.
From Google's Ten Principles: Google does search. Google does not do horoscopes, financial advice or chat. With the largest research group in the world focused exclusively on solving search problems, Google knows what it does well and how it could be done better. ... Google's entire staff is dedicated to creating the perfect search engine and work tirelessly toward that goal.
The only real long-term benefit will be to us coders
Not true - valid XHTML has other advantages. For example, it's much easier for devices such as PDAs and phones and programs such as screen readers to parse and make sense of. Bandwidth savings is also relevant to users. Some of us, sometimes, are on slow connections. It's been well proven that having a site respond faster, even when the response is under a second to start with, makes the user experience much better.
So, under this theory... everybody indexes their own content? Implying, everybody would provide legitimate "indexes" and not simply provide whatever is most likely to bring in search engine visitors? "Look, here's my index! My site has a MILLION pages of free porn warez!!" Indexing needs to be done by a third party, that's just the way it is.
It's interesting that you mention this. Jakob Nielsen did a great study that showed that people don't need to talk any louder on their cell to be annoying - it's naturally annoying to you because you only hear one side of the conversation. Read about it here.
Have you ever dealt with a cell phone carrier before? They care about two things. Profit, and keeping profit from competitors. So no, and no.
Am I the only one who never turns my laptop off? Of the 4 years I've had laptops, they've been running or sleeping 99.5% of the time. I do use OS X (which wakes instantly rather than the load-what-was-in-RAM-from-disk behaviour in Windows) but is it really such a pain?
XHTML 2 has a number of problems, from backwards-compatibility to human editability. A much better successor for HTML forms is Web Forms 2.0, which is also being worked on by Mozilla, as well as other major players in the industry. Obviously the real challenge is forcing Microsoft to support it.
The sheer number of times he's suggested he'll never do any more Star Trek is starting to make me think he just says it to up the price he gets the next time he does it.
I look forward to open, unbiased communication free of propoganda or heresay.
Actually, Google Groups 2 was already in beta for awhile a few months ago, but then they took it down.
While extended versions can be great for people who "just can't get enough" of their favourite franchise, they can be annoying to those who just like movies. For example, while I like The Matrix movies, but if that robots-coming-through-the-roof-and-being-shot scene went any longer, I'd be reaching for my fast-forward button.
Of course the Extended Collectors' Editions are made with fans in mind, but sometimes that's the only one you can buy in the store. I ended up with the Extended edition of The Lion King, for example, that stuff that was new to me and took away from the nostalgia and wanes the kids' attentions pan. Just my $2/100.
This is very true. As a 18-25 year old, I only (and I mean only) watch TV when somebody else has it on and I get distracted by it. I know a fair number of people like this too, and not just geeks. I actually would rather have less channels, since normally after watching TV I feel annoyed with myself at wasting that time.
One of the main challenges I came across in developing a political game was that politics aren't inherently very fun. A racing game or hockey game that leans to the simulation side can still be really enjoyable, but an accurate political simulation tends to be slow-paced and not scale well to large numbers of players. Of course the easy way out is to add fun stuff like assassinations, the mafia, etc....
I've developed a web-based multiplayer politics game called Political Asylum. It focusses on the campaigning to get elected rather than running the country.
I worked at one of Canada's largest ISPs, as a customer service rep, but had direct SQL access to the database. What happened was, they got me to help out with the intranet. I came across some code that connected directly to the user database (which was Oracle) and did a "SELECT FROM" query from it. Sure enough, the username and password it used had full permission to the database. I would have had no difficulty doing a "DELETE FROM" statement, let alone a "SELECT username FROM" statement. For some reason I never used this for personal profit. Then again we already knew I was foolhardy, I was coding for their intranet at a Customer Service Rep wage...
On June 16, 2004, there was an internal demonstration at Skype of the alpha version of Skype for Mac.The alpha version worked well and the development team is working towards a beta launch of Skype for Mac in about 2-3 months. The other major OS that Skype doesn't support is Windows 98, and there aren't official plans for that as of yet.
Application ICON that is. :P
It's working great, but STILL doesn't have an application in Windows 98. Am I the only person who really cares about this? (I know they say it'll be fixed for 1.0, but still...) It just looks unprofessional to have a little Windows icon there.
While not having to carry around textbooks is nice, and I'm never without a Palm or laptop, I have to admit I always prefer reading printed text. Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I just find printed text I can write on, fold, flip through, read in the sun, etc. to be a lot easier to read from.
Here's something to ponder. Why does somebody write a textbook? Is it because they enjoy the subject matter, enjoy writing, and want to write an engaging, accurate book? Or is it because one can charge large sums for such a textbook? Unfortunately it's often the latter.
While the idea of an epic "Commercial vs. Open" textbook rivalry akin to that seen in software is romantic, writing a textbook tends to be somewhat less pleasant, less rewarding, more expensive, and more exacting than writing software. I'd hate to think the foremost experts in fields may be discouraged from writing one day because they can't compete with free, mediocre sources.
Ha, actually you're right, it was copyright law the sued under. Mind you, in either case, the suit took so long I don't think it would have made a difference. The industry moves so fast that by the time one of those lawsuits completes, the point is often somewhat moot.
Exactly. What's the solution to this though? The more advanced technology becomes, the more it becomes an intrinsic part of our daily lives. The more this happens, the less 65 year old politicians will understand about daily life.
Thanks to software patents, Apple's ideas were saved from being blatantly ripped off - this is how they were able to retain market dominance. Oh, wait. Well, even though their patents were broken, at least their rights were defended in court, and the offender learned never to do it again. Oh, wait.