Maybe they should just tax readers of slashdot. They should tax the slashdot effect! That would raise plenty of cash directly from all the fat sedentary video game playing snacking nerds!
I was thinking PHP is probably most like McDonalds. Perl is probably like Burger King (have it YOUR way..). I could probably spend a lot of time thinking of food analogies for all the languages...
But damnit, its right there, oh so conveniently located on the way to work, and sometimes a greasy cheeseburger just hits the spot, even though you know you'll pay for it later in heartburn and much later in high cholesterol and love handles, even though right now its really cheap on the wallet.
Its a guilty pleasure.
And while you're sucking down that greaseball burger, you see the local soup and salad restaraunt and think "next time, I'll eat right.."
But come the next day and you see that taco joint and..
It seems likely that there would be more than just one floating mass of trash. And there are certainly more than one enterprising individual like yourself out there (like, say, myself). Which leads to the logical progression of warring floating garbage nations...
The past decade of iPod dominance has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that neither a laundry list of features nor a very appealing price can compete with cool factor and a really nice user experience.
Dan Aris
I think the past 20+ years of Windows-PC dominance has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that a laundry list of features and an appealing price can beat the sh*t out of cool factor and a really nice user experience..
Yes, you missed something. MVC is also one of the most misunderstood design patterns in the world. The modern use of the idea is not quite what the inventor intended it to be.
This is right up there with other common marketing statements you see on products and services, such as:
"Under new management". Translated: our new management wont screw you over like the old ones did, apparently. "Improved flavor!". Translated: now it actually tastes good, because apparently before, it did not. "10% larger!". Translated: now there's actually enough product to be worth the price and it might satisfy your hunger.
Of course, that is true. True instincts are genetic influences and not thought patterns, so nobody could truly have an instinct about programming, or art, or any recent intellectual persuit.
"instincts" in this case are based on training, experience, etc. Just like what is often referred to as "luck" is really not a random thing at all, but based on knowing when to be in the right places at around the right times to increase your odds of getting lucky.
I can only assume (hope) this person has been programming for some time and has some experiences, just not professional ones.
That is to say, don't be adverse to doing it the way a more experienced programmer has asked you to do it. Its ok to except the wisdom of another programmer, you don't have to reinvent everything.
Conversely, if you have the instincts of a good programmer (if not, you should be doing something else) and something strikes you as not ideal, don't be afraid to test it and see. And if you're right, don't be afraid to tell your superior what you've come up with. But do it with tact and respect.
That, really, I think covers the biggest issues. Because anybody who's not willing to learn from others and anyone who's not able to test things and improve them where it makes sense to do so, all while maintaining good communication skills, is not someone who should be programming.
.. Most people just really don't give a fsck about crappy low res cameras on their phones?
Maybe, just maybe, most people, most of the time, just want to make phone calls.
Maybe.
Nah, that's rediculous.. who am I kidding? I love taking low res, badly focussed, washed out looking pictures and than being forced to PAY just to upload them to a clumsy unintuitive website so I can do something with them.
Or maybe people are tired of having to constantly upgrade or replace their phones and the novelty of these extra features just doesn't matter anymore when really they'd rather have a phone that just works and doesn't fall apart after a year.
nah. I must be smoking crack. Coolness and New Hotness is way more important than quality and usability. Who am I kidding. I must be an alien.
You know, I'm really getting tired of things being referred to as like LEGO. This is nothing like LEGO. Its more like Capsella or something: much more limited, cool nonetheless for what it can do, but nothing remotely close to the raw flexibility of LEGO.
oh, yes, the obligatory profit. Damn, I keep forgetting my memes.
Imagine a beowulf cluster of these; because I, for one, welcome our disagree-mailing overlords who probably don't use linux and who certainly feel as though they are being censo@#$@#[NO CARRIER]
-- You have removed from system for over memeing. All your base are belong to us.
You know, I was going to post a whole rant about how you got me all excited to read about some really funny emails from a bunch of idiot readers only to find you only posted two of them, and only the first one was kinda funny.
But then I realized maybe the whole point of setting us up for nothing was to see how many irate people would sent you hate mail and post rants about the pointlessness of this article, thus bringing the whole thing full circle:
10 Get irate email 20 post lame article about it 30 goto 10
Not sure what the point of launching a PBX into the air for a minute or two would be, other than to say I have written code that has been airborne (and saying that I launched it myself is even better than it just being on the entertainment system of an airplane which I can already claim..)
You might have long enough to place one call.:)
So is there a gumstix that could run Trixbox on it?
For something like this, a kite or balloon would make more sense...
yeah I am well aware that you can get the stuff if you look for it online (in fact my father sold his homemade [and as far as I know is the only thing remotely like it] silver [and 12 other colors] jap tissue [its only slightly heavier than white] by mail order).
But its not like it used to be. Maybe because I live "in the city" (orange county, ca) there's nowhere to go fly anymore, it may be different in other parts of the usa. Around here there's nowhere that I know of to fly (unless you want to risk hitting someone). I am guessing there's places to go fly RC planes, thats much more popular, though I dont know where.
I plan on doing a little model airplane activity at my daughter's school to try and get the kids interested in the hobby...
Open space is the main issue. All the places we used to fly are now golf fields and such. It is frowned upon almost anywhere unless you go out to the desert where there's nobody to care.
But it used to be you could go into any kmart and find models and tools and supplies.
I am not that old, and I remember even in the early 80's where it started to become hard to get things. Sometimes, I was not allowed to buy simple things like glue and paint without a parent (guess they thought I was going to sniff it or something).
Rockets are even harder. I am actually suprised you can still get some estes items at certain rare stores. No idea where you'd launch the suckers though. I bet I'd get a nice crowd going at the local park if I set up to launch some rockets (that is, not just one little one, but really did it like we used to with multiple large rockets, etc). until the cops showed up.
Anything truly homemade would probably get me on a list somewhere of potentially dangerous people..
It really saddens me that my kids cant enjoy the hobbies I did as a child. I built model planes (freeflight! oh no, no controler!). This involved knowledge of structural design, use of assorted adhesives (yay Hot Stuff!) and even composite structures using carbon fibers for strength.
I also did rockets. When I couldn't afford the estes engines, I created my own experiments using match heads... I had an old book from the 60's that showed how to make rockets using metal tubes and sulfer-zinc powder. Never made one of those though because even in the late 70's it wasn't easy to find.
I ended up being a computer programmer after a short stint in engineering. The critical skills gained from these "hobbies" as a child I think greatly effect my abilities today, no matter what kind of work I am doing.
My kids will probably grow up learning to program computers, but, how long before the things I do on a computer today will be things that will get my kids into trouble if they do it?
I've actually been tested in this fashion for more than one job.
My previous job, they had several developers come in and ask me pretty good questions about objected oriented design and features in the latest languages etc, as well as giving me a written test where I had to write code snippets and such.
In another recent interview, they asked me what my general solution to a problem would be. I told them my answer, then they told me what they were planning to do, and I told them "why use XML in database BLOBS when you can do the same thing faster and more storage efficient using relational tables". I didn't get that job. Thankfully.
Sometimes the tests work good for the prospective employee as well -- you don't want to work for people you know aren't going to listen to your ideas (or worse, even understand what you are talking about).
Slashdot Mirror
Or reading slashdot?
hmm.
Maybe they should just tax readers of slashdot. They should tax the slashdot effect! That would raise plenty of cash directly from all the fat sedentary video game playing snacking nerds!
I was thinking PHP is probably most like McDonalds. Perl is probably like Burger King (have it YOUR way..). I could probably spend a lot of time thinking of food analogies for all the languages...
PHP: its like fast food..
You know its bad for you...
You feel like crap after eating it...
But damnit, its right there, oh so conveniently located on the way to work, and sometimes a greasy cheeseburger just hits the spot, even though you know you'll pay for it later in heartburn and much later in high cholesterol and love handles, even though right now its really cheap on the wallet.
Its a guilty pleasure.
And while you're sucking down that greaseball burger, you see the local soup and salad restaraunt and think "next time, I'll eat right.."
But come the next day and you see that taco joint and..
It seems likely that there would be more than just one floating mass of trash. And there are certainly more than one enterprising individual like yourself out there (like, say, myself). Which leads to the logical progression of warring floating garbage nations...
Garbagania will rise to conquer all!
Work out how much money the record companies think they are losing from piracy
Setup filtering on the ISP's networks to prevent file sharing.
charge people even more for their internet connections while throttling the speed.
Record companies get their money (well, so they think)
ISP's provide less service for more money.
Win win.
Unless you are a customer, in which case its a lose lose. Less access to music, less access to internet, pay more money.
This is the easy solution that will actually be implemented.
The past decade of iPod dominance has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that neither a laundry list of features nor a very appealing price can compete with cool factor and a really nice user experience.
Dan Aris
I think the past 20+ years of Windows-PC dominance has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that a laundry list of features and an appealing price can beat the sh*t out of cool factor and a really nice user experience..
Yes, you missed something. MVC is also one of the most misunderstood design patterns in the world. The modern use of the idea is not quite what the inventor intended it to be.
There, fixed that for you.
This is right up there with other common marketing statements you see on products and services, such as:
"Under new management". Translated: our new management wont screw you over like the old ones did, apparently.
"Improved flavor!". Translated: now it actually tastes good, because apparently before, it did not.
"10% larger!". Translated: now there's actually enough product to be worth the price and it might satisfy your hunger.
What are these substances? Where can I get some?
I just turned 38 and my knee-jerk reaction to this article is find something to save my brain before my next birthday.
Please save me.
This explains why some slashdotters are such huge dicks.
Of course, that is true. True instincts are genetic influences and not thought patterns, so nobody could truly have an instinct about programming, or art, or any recent intellectual persuit.
"instincts" in this case are based on training, experience, etc. Just like what is often referred to as "luck" is really not a random thing at all, but based on knowing when to be in the right places at around the right times to increase your odds of getting lucky.
I can only assume (hope) this person has been programming for some time and has some experiences, just not professional ones.
That is to say, don't be adverse to doing it the way a more experienced programmer has asked you to do it. Its ok to except the wisdom of another programmer, you don't have to reinvent everything.
Conversely, if you have the instincts of a good programmer (if not, you should be doing something else) and something strikes you as not ideal, don't be afraid to test it and see. And if you're right, don't be afraid to tell your superior what you've come up with. But do it with tact and respect.
That, really, I think covers the biggest issues. Because anybody who's not willing to learn from others and anyone who's not able to test things and improve them where it makes sense to do so, all while maintaining good communication skills, is not someone who should be programming.
.. Most people just really don't give a fsck about crappy low res cameras on their phones?
Maybe, just maybe, most people, most of the time, just want to make phone calls.
Maybe.
Nah, that's rediculous.. who am I kidding? I love taking low res, badly focussed, washed out looking pictures and than being forced to PAY just to upload them to a clumsy unintuitive website so I can do something with them.
Or maybe people are tired of having to constantly upgrade or replace their phones and the novelty of these extra features just doesn't matter anymore when really they'd rather have a phone that just works and doesn't fall apart after a year.
nah. I must be smoking crack. Coolness and New Hotness is way more important than quality and usability. Who am I kidding. I must be an alien.
.. that kid levitated his house with his Amiga..
You know, I'm really getting tired of things being referred to as like LEGO. This is nothing like LEGO. Its more like Capsella or something: much more limited, cool nonetheless for what it can do, but nothing remotely close to the raw flexibility of LEGO.
$irateEmails = new email();
foreach ($irateEmail as $mail) {
$mail->post();
profit();
}
Happy now?
oh, yes, the obligatory profit. Damn, I keep forgetting my memes.
Imagine a beowulf cluster of these; because I, for one, welcome our disagree-mailing overlords who probably don't use linux and who certainly feel as though they are being censo@#$@#[NO CARRIER]
--
You have removed from system for over memeing. All your base are belong to us.
You know, I was going to post a whole rant about how you got me all excited to read about some really funny emails from a bunch of idiot readers only to find you only posted two of them, and only the first one was kinda funny.
But then I realized maybe the whole point of setting us up for nothing was to see how many irate people would sent you hate mail and post rants about the pointlessness of this article, thus bringing the whole thing full circle:
10 Get irate email
20 post lame article about it
30 goto 10
Not sure what the point of launching a PBX into the air for a minute or two would be, other than to say I have written code that has been airborne (and saying that I launched it myself is even better than it just being on the entertainment system of an airplane which I can already claim..)
You might have long enough to place one call. :)
So is there a gumstix that could run Trixbox on it?
For something like this, a kite or balloon would make more sense...
yeah I am well aware that you can get the stuff if you look for it online (in fact my father sold his homemade [and as far as I know is the only thing remotely like it] silver [and 12 other colors] jap tissue [its only slightly heavier than white] by mail order).
But its not like it used to be. Maybe because I live "in the city" (orange county, ca) there's nowhere to go fly anymore, it may be different in other parts of the usa. Around here there's nowhere that I know of to fly (unless you want to risk hitting someone). I am guessing there's places to go fly RC planes, thats much more popular, though I dont know where.
I plan on doing a little model airplane activity at my daughter's school to try and get the kids interested in the hobby...
Open space is the main issue. All the places we used to fly are now golf fields and such. It is frowned upon almost anywhere unless you go out to the desert where there's nobody to care.
But it used to be you could go into any kmart and find models and tools and supplies.
I am not that old, and I remember even in the early 80's where it started to become hard to get things. Sometimes, I was not allowed to buy simple things like glue and paint without a parent (guess they thought I was going to sniff it or something).
Rockets are even harder. I am actually suprised you can still get some estes items at certain rare stores. No idea where you'd launch the suckers though. I bet I'd get a nice crowd going at the local park if I set up to launch some rockets (that is, not just one little one, but really did it like we used to with multiple large rockets, etc). until the cops showed up.
Anything truly homemade would probably get me on a list somewhere of potentially dangerous people..
It really saddens me that my kids cant enjoy the hobbies I did as a child. I built model planes (freeflight! oh no, no controler!). This involved knowledge of structural design, use of assorted adhesives (yay Hot Stuff!) and even composite structures using carbon fibers for strength.
I also did rockets. When I couldn't afford the estes engines, I created my own experiments using match heads... I had an old book from the 60's that showed how to make rockets using metal tubes and sulfer-zinc powder. Never made one of those though because even in the late 70's it wasn't easy to find.
I ended up being a computer programmer after a short stint in engineering. The critical skills gained from these "hobbies" as a child I think greatly effect my abilities today, no matter what kind of work I am doing.
My kids will probably grow up learning to program computers, but, how long before the things I do on a computer today will be things that will get my kids into trouble if they do it?
Then at some point your wife will demand that you get rid of some of that junk.
Considering the alternative, you will find it quite easy to decide what to throw out, and quickly, before bedtime...
Also, companies will feel pretty queasy about their highly sensitive data being hosted on some MS server somewhere...
Thats why I am sure they will still be quite happy to sell you a windows based server to host your stuff on.
I've actually been tested in this fashion for more than one job.
My previous job, they had several developers come in and ask me pretty good questions about objected oriented design and features in the latest languages etc, as well as giving me a written test where I had to write code snippets and such.
In another recent interview, they asked me what my general solution to a problem would be. I told them my answer, then they told me what they were planning to do, and I told them "why use XML in database BLOBS when you can do the same thing faster and more storage efficient using relational tables". I didn't get that job. Thankfully.
Sometimes the tests work good for the prospective employee as well -- you don't want to work for people you know aren't going to listen to your ideas (or worse, even understand what you are talking about).