Looking at the iTune page for Season 5 and "The final season" What seems to be defined as the season pass includes 8 episodes plus the "making of" (which in my mind is fodder) to justify the cost of the so called season.
One great way is to promote innovation in a company. As some have noted, some people have families to think about outside of work that hacking on something new outside the office is not always a priority. In the office however you can encourage people to try something new by allowing a certain percentage of innovation time. Then once every 12-14 weeks allow debs to focus on their in ovation projects awarding the winning project.
You get: Devs trying something new New skills being bred New ideas for your workplace Possibly new productivity tools A great environment to work in People encouraged to work as a team
There is a lot of tech out there now and nurturing skills is very important especially if someone needs to decide if they want to stay employed.
It's not a question of whether you trust they are working or not, the tools still only allow limited communication. Getting a team to spike on something, IMO, requires them to be interactive at a more interpersonal level than using FaceTime or Skype.
Most companies get more team value from having the team co-located - especially with Agile practices. Having to work out "Where is ?" is a bitch when you are supposed to be getting a job done as a team (especially with Continuous Delivery).
I encourage my team to be in the office because we don't have just one person working on a feature or pumping out quick fixes all the time and when something goes wrong we all need to get on the job of fixing ASAP.
It's just not the interest of living in the city, companies are paying the salaries to live in the city, relocating people from anywhere in America to live in SF, if anything companies want you to be in SF.
The companies know having the staff co-located and being close to the action is going to be more productive than coordinating a team across the web.
1) Apple culture heavily weighted towards having latest shiny object
Well I'm not sure it's just the Apple culture. I for one like my shiny new objects whether they be Apple, Nintendo, Microsoft or.... hmmm... nope thats it.:)
> Theoretically... but this is science fiction > television... if it keeps the show going, > rules were made to be broken.
Well they easily broke that rule with the Master time and time again.... And there was nothing said about what point in her life the Rani had reached.
Then there is the so called time war that apparently wiped out all the timelords, yadi yadi yada.
Hey i like the new series, not too crazy about the breaking rules but if it keeps it alive for now then I'm in as well.
Besides there are alot of spin offs out there they can invest in as well, maybe the Faction Paradox war can breach our space once more?
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My point wasn't about Apple TV specifically, the quote I was replying to was about Apple in general:
> Apple's 'digital lifestyle' is cheap, highly limited crap with a high > price tag. With the money I save from NOT buying into this vicious > cycle of over-priced lock-in, lock-out, I'll buy myself a TiVo and > a Netflix/Blockbuster account (which is now shipping HDDVD and BluRay). > Larger selection, higher fidelity, more choices, choose to rent or > choose to buy.
Yes I own 3 Macs and the only turning point for me was the Unix kernel - Finally Apple introduces a command line capable OS!
I don't go for the simplicity but the power underneath and the fact it's no longer just something that looks good.
Besides, good luck finding decent support for a TiVo let alone someone who knows what one is in Australia!
Ouch, someone slept on a big hard apple last night!
Lighten up and get that apple shaped world off your shoulders!
> Apple's 'digital lifestyle' is cheap, highly limited crap with a high > price tag. With the money I save from NOT buying into this vicious > cycle of over-priced lock-in, lock-out, I'll buy myself a TiVo and > a Netflix/Blockbuster account (which is now shipping HDDVD and BluRay). > Larger selection, higher fidelity, more choices, choose to rent or > choose to buy.
You do realise not everyone in the world is an IT nerd/geek/(insert knowledgeable stereotype here) so you will probably understand why Apple keeps things so simple.
Apple is originally for those who prefer to click with one button, scroll through a limited list of options and at the same time offer complexity where it's needs for those that UNDERSTAND it.
If everything Apple sold had multiple buttons and options they would probably be called Sony or Microsoft.
I just don't know why people think they can pick up a keyboard and be considered master programmers...
This is one of the most ridiculous stories I have ever heard of.
Wants to protect her IP? All she has done is stripped down butt naked and placed herself on the sidewalk with a little sign saying "don't touch this" on her forehead.
Looking at this so called "protected site" there is no protection whatsoever!
Let's see, why don't we right click and copy some text.....hmmm that doesn't work. Ok, why not a select all and copy....BINGO! Now I have a copy of this first page! Let's paste this into Word!
But wait a minute the source code might be better cause we can easily just replicate the site down to the last p tag...Let's see, "view" menu, "View Source" and voila! oh wait a minute it looks blank and whats this? A notice saying source is not available? Foiled agai....oh I see! The scroll bar is telling me there is more on the page!
WooHoo! (in a Homer Simpson voice - yes even Homer Simpson canwork this one out)
Talk about absolute idiocy!
Ms Shell if your reading this, get off your arse and get a proper web designer to do your site and stop being cheap and pathetic.
It's been long known if you post content on the web it's there for the world to take what they want unless you protect it.
IF you want to show off your wares you place it in a glass cabinet with security cameras and alarms and any kind of protection you can use to prevent people from ripping off your content. If you want to advertise you create a summary that leads people to your product and describes what you are selling.
You do not put a diamond ring in the middle of the road and expect people to stand back and stare at it cause sooner than later someone is going to pick it up!
I have to agree with you, I think there were quite a few software publishing firms that were unaware on the proper utilisation of the analog triggers and used them instead for other uses.
IIRC there was an article outlining how nintendo was frustrated with publishers not utilising their technology the way it was supposed to be. And in all purposes there were alot of mis-uses of Nintendo technology. I guess it's Nintendo trying to be specific about a market who wants to be general.
And what was with the triggers clicking in if you depressed them all the way? That made no sense, and was never useful
The idea was that the shoulder buttons are a kind of analog as well. If you press so far down then the same level would be recognised as being pressed half way. Press all the way and your activating another function.
I think this was best seem in games like metroid prime and wind waker, if you press the left shoulder button down partway, you strafe slowly, press it further down the strafe accelerates. So technically the shulder buttons are dual feature, the slide and the click.
Yeah perhaps, but I've been a whovian for so long they all seem to come together as one.
I really see the Ninth Doctors adventures encapsulated in the books as continuing on from Survival (last of the original episodes to be broadcast) - it's hard to go so long without a televised series you just have to make the most of the books;)
One of the problems of having multiple companions (for Example the 5 th Doctor having Tegan, Nyssa and Adric) was that the writers had to either omit them for an episode or make the story more complex just to get the companions involved. Imagine having to work out where each of the assistants are in a story that should really be focusing on 1 person.
Looking back at the 5th Doctors era you'll find that the TARDIS crew were usually broken up into 2 groups of 2 never all out on their own.
Quite frankly I think having 2 companions is enough, for example the 8th Doctor with Anji and Fitz, or even re-use the concept of Compassion where they all travel inside one of the companions;-)
-- For those unaware, Compassion was the companion who was a living TARDIS (Type 102 to be exact) that the Doctor and Fitz travelled in for about 4-5 stories.
I've looked at Java 5 and I am really pushing for it to be adopted in my workplace. The new programming semantics make the code more readble and faster to program - the for loop for example, no more java.util.Iterator!
Annotations are kind of handy but when it comes to the JUnit 4 and TestNG methodology of testing it's embedding the tests in your code. The original idea for subclassing was so you had that separation of test code and production code - why double your production code with the test cases?
No doubt Java 6 is out next February and Java 7 the following february so how much longer can Java 1.4 be considered mainstram? NOTE I'm not saying it is not now as that is certainly the case.
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And learn the fundamentals!
Looking at the iTune page for Season 5 and "The final season" What seems to be defined as the season pass includes 8 episodes plus the "making of" (which in my mind is fodder) to justify the cost of the so called season.
It is kind of FUBU
One great way is to promote innovation in a company. As some have noted, some people have families to think about outside of work that hacking on something new outside the office is not always a priority. In the office however you can encourage people to try something new by allowing a certain percentage of innovation time. Then once every 12-14 weeks allow debs to focus on their in ovation projects awarding the winning project.
You get:
Devs trying something new
New skills being bred
New ideas for your workplace
Possibly new productivity tools
A great environment to work in
People encouraged to work as a team
There is a lot of tech out there now and nurturing skills is very important especially if someone needs to decide if they want to stay employed.
Hmmm.. maybe my sarcasm wasn't as apparent as I expected...
I'd still feel stupid holding the thing up to my ear...
What they are not doing is developing enterprise software! :)
It's not a question of whether you trust they are working or not, the tools still only allow limited communication. Getting a team to spike on something, IMO, requires them to be interactive at a more interpersonal level than using FaceTime or Skype.
Most companies get more team value from having the team co-located - especially with Agile practices. Having to work out "Where is ?" is a bitch when you are supposed to be getting a job done as a team (especially with Continuous Delivery).
I encourage my team to be in the office because we don't have just one person working on a feature or pumping out quick fixes all the time and when something goes wrong we all need to get on the job of fixing ASAP.
What? you're not allowed to be a developer if you're gay? Seriously!
It's just not the interest of living in the city, companies are paying the salaries to live in the city, relocating people from anywhere in America to live in SF, if anything companies want you to be in SF.
The companies know having the staff co-located and being close to the action is going to be more productive than coordinating a team across the web.
Why?
My iPod will sync before I plug it in?
1) Apple culture heavily weighted towards having latest shiny object
Well I'm not sure it's just the Apple culture. I for one like my shiny new objects whether they be Apple, Nintendo, Microsoft or.... hmmm... nope thats it. :)
> Theoretically... but this is science fiction
> television... if it keeps the show going,
> rules were made to be broken.
Well they easily broke that rule with the Master time and time again.... And there was nothing said about what point in her life the Rani had reached.
Then there is the so called time war that apparently wiped out all the timelords, yadi yadi yada.
Hey i like the new series, not too crazy about the breaking rules but if it keeps it alive for now then I'm in as well.
Besides there are alot of spin offs out there they can invest in as well, maybe the Faction Paradox war can breach our space once more?
My point wasn't about Apple TV specifically, the quote I was replying to was about Apple in general:
> Apple's 'digital lifestyle' is cheap, highly limited crap with a high
> price tag. With the money I save from NOT buying into this vicious
> cycle of over-priced lock-in, lock-out, I'll buy myself a TiVo and
> a Netflix/Blockbuster account (which is now shipping HDDVD and BluRay).
> Larger selection, higher fidelity, more choices, choose to rent or
> choose to buy.
Yes I own 3 Macs and the only turning point for me was the Unix kernel - Finally Apple introduces a command line capable OS!
I don't go for the simplicity but the power underneath and the fact it's no longer just something that looks good.
Besides, good luck finding decent support for a TiVo let alone someone who knows what one is in Australia!
Touche!
Ouch, someone slept on a big hard apple last night!
Lighten up and get that apple shaped world off your shoulders!
> Apple's 'digital lifestyle' is cheap, highly limited crap with a high
> price tag. With the money I save from NOT buying into this vicious
> cycle of over-priced lock-in, lock-out, I'll buy myself a TiVo and
> a Netflix/Blockbuster account (which is now shipping HDDVD and BluRay).
> Larger selection, higher fidelity, more choices, choose to rent or
> choose to buy.
You do realise not everyone in the world is an IT nerd/geek/(insert knowledgeable stereotype here) so you will probably understand why Apple keeps things so simple.
Apple is originally for those who prefer to click with one button, scroll through a limited list of options and at the same time offer complexity where it's needs for those that UNDERSTAND it.
If everything Apple sold had multiple buttons and options they would probably be called Sony or Microsoft.
I just don't know why people think they can pick up a keyboard and be considered master programmers...
This is one of the most ridiculous stories I have ever heard of.
Wants to protect her IP? All she has done is stripped down butt naked and placed herself on the sidewalk with a little sign saying "don't touch this" on her forehead.
Looking at this so called "protected site" there is no protection whatsoever!
Let's see, why don't we right click and copy some text.....hmmm that doesn't work. Ok, why not a select all and copy....BINGO! Now I have a copy of this first page! Let's paste this into Word!
But wait a minute the source code might be better cause we can easily just replicate the site down to the last p tag...Let's see, "view" menu, "View Source" and voila! oh wait a minute it looks blank and whats this? A notice saying source is not available? Foiled agai....oh I see! The scroll bar is telling me there is more on the page!
WooHoo! (in a Homer Simpson voice - yes even Homer Simpson canwork this one out)
Talk about absolute idiocy!
Ms Shell if your reading this, get off your arse and get a proper web designer to do your site and stop being cheap and pathetic.
It's been long known if you post content on the web it's there for the world to take what they want unless you protect it.
IF you want to show off your wares you place it in a glass cabinet with security cameras and alarms and any kind of protection you can use to prevent people from ripping off your content. If you want to advertise you create a summary that leads people to your product and describes what you are selling.
You do not put a diamond ring in the middle of the road and expect people to stand back and stare at it cause sooner than later someone is going to pick it up!
GET A FUCKING PROGRAMMER YOU IDIOT!
I have to agree with you, I think there were quite a few software publishing firms that were unaware on the proper utilisation of the analog triggers and used them instead for other uses.
IIRC there was an article outlining how nintendo was frustrated with publishers not utilising their technology the way it was supposed to be. And in all purposes there were alot of mis-uses of Nintendo technology. I guess it's Nintendo trying to be specific about a market who wants to be general.
The idea was that the shoulder buttons are a kind of analog as well. If you press so far down then the same level would be recognised as being pressed half way. Press all the way and your activating another function.
I think this was best seem in games like metroid prime and wind waker, if you press the left shoulder button down partway, you strafe slowly, press it further down the strafe accelerates. So technically the shulder buttons are dual feature, the slide and the click.
Yeah perhaps, but I've been a whovian for so long they all seem to come together as one.
;)
I really see the Ninth Doctors adventures encapsulated in the books as continuing on from Survival (last of the original episodes to be broadcast) - it's hard to go so long without a televised series you just have to make the most of the books
One of the problems of having multiple companions (for Example the 5 th Doctor having Tegan, Nyssa and Adric) was that the writers had to either omit them for an episode or make the story more complex just to get the companions involved. Imagine having to work out where each of the assistants are in a story that should really be focusing on 1 person.
;-)
Looking back at the 5th Doctors era you'll find that the TARDIS crew were usually broken up into 2 groups of 2 never all out on their own.
Quite frankly I think having 2 companions is enough, for example the 8th Doctor with Anji and Fitz, or even re-use the concept of Compassion where they all travel inside one of the companions
--
For those unaware, Compassion was the companion who was a living TARDIS (Type 102 to be exact) that the Doctor and Fitz travelled in for about 4-5 stories.
I've looked at Java 5 and I am really pushing for it to be adopted in my workplace. The new programming semantics make the code more readble and faster to program - the for loop for example, no more java.util.Iterator! Annotations are kind of handy but when it comes to the JUnit 4 and TestNG methodology of testing it's embedding the tests in your code. The original idea for subclassing was so you had that separation of test code and production code - why double your production code with the test cases? No doubt Java 6 is out next February and Java 7 the following february so how much longer can Java 1.4 be considered mainstram? NOTE I'm not saying it is not now as that is certainly the case.
Wouldn't that breach company privacy/non-disclosure agreements somehow?
...are pissed off now! It would have been so much easier without all that snow! ;-)