Yup. Reminds me of the early web pag days remember, when a 'site' had a 'Entry tunnel' and a 'Exit tunnel'. And everyone just bookmarked the important 'site' page that had the relavent info?
Same thing, except these days when a site informs me "Flash is Required to View this Site" I backspace to Google and find a 'Less Stupid' company.
Oh look, theres another BRILLIANT idea for Google....they could mark site 'Flash Only' in the summary, then I could avoid them all together.
No, I believe its a jar.exe 1.6 error msg stating it cannot open the JAR file. Zip notwithstanding, its an error. The customers really hate it when it doesn't work.
I try not to make stuff up. I will try to replicate the issue and post the err msg tomorrow.
Tcl biggest selling point now is the packaging and deployement.
I've written apps in a lot of languages, and deployed them all. Absolutely nothing beats Tcl for cross platform deployments. I got a starkit for ppc405, wrote my app on x86. A simple script packaged it all up in less than 2Mb. Another few lines, and I had a win32, linux and ppc405 single file executable(for each) ready to go.
We also use java, which requires a separate 20Mb JRE install, whether its in your distro or not, you still need it, and the right version. Oh and Java 1.5 and Java 1.6 jar classes are incompatible, HAHA. And how many of you out there have a JRE for ppc405 (not a Mac, but a older series used in embedded systems)? Tcl is deployed on far more architectures.
The 8.4 and later versions are very fast and lightweight.
Making a gui in Tk is fine and simple, and well, you're gonna make a gui in Tk if you use Perl, Python, Ruby anyway.
All those other tools could learn from the Tcl packaging design.
"A superstar programmer who's been around a while will ask about the build environment, version control system, and bug tracking system that you use, as the answers to these questions are great warning signs of a broken shop (and managers haven't been trained to lie about these questions the way they lie about typical work hours, project planning, and what your responsibilities will be once hired)."
Amen brother, preach it. If a shop is using PVCS RUN dont walk to the exit, do not wait to get your parking ticket validated.
PVCS is what we use and we call it a BDPOS. Broke Dick Piece of Shit.
And the IT dept. Do they support the programming staff, of merely say NO to everything. Our IT is worse than useless, they are IN THE WAY of progress.
Sorry had to vent, today I was told by IT they didn't have memory for the computer they gave me. Repeat, did not have memory for the computer hardware they give to every employee. No spare parts? WTF kind of IT dept is that? I meant to say no parts for the computer they LEASE the software dept. IT thinks they are a cost center, making money for the company. Oh I wish the original owner was still here, he would have fired all them dam useless SOBs in a microsecond. Getting in the way of a BILLION dollar contract, get the F*&^ out of my company. Right now!
"It appears that each little division of Microsoft is their own little fiefdom. Take a common DLL - comctl32.dll (common controls). Windows ships with one version. Office ships with another version. Applications (using Visual Studio Redistributables) ship with a third version! Each has features that aren't in the others, so Windows apps get one look, Office another look, and 3rd party apps yet another look."
THAT is a software ENGINEERING discipline problem. DO NOT get me started on developers who are so stupid as to release different functional versions of DLLs with the SAME VERSION NUMBER. Yes I have been there, and YES even M$ did that. And that my friends is one of thousands of problems with M$.
Thats why Vista is so big, each app is now carrying its own version of every DLL. So instead of 1 copy of comctl32.dll you now have 42 copies.
But even my XP laptop has installed some update the last 5 times I've started and stopped it, so is this really related to just Vista?
Yes, Avalon Hill died about 10-12 years ago. Printing costs went thru the roof.
Hasbro bought them up.
So now Hasbro sits on about 300+ titles from AH AND about 700+ titles that were Jame Dunnigans SPI (Simulations Publications Inc), plus who knows how many other indy/assorted titles.
But when you say Hasbro Management has BRAIN I disagree. There was quite a lull in the action, but there there are a few companies catering to the old wargamers crowd.
Hasbro should spin off an adult wargames/simulations company and republish these older titles. But probably they are just waiting for someone to publish a game titled 'Diplomacy' so they can sue them!
I get my kicks from DecisionGames.com now.
Oh and the Wii is fun. People like 'wireless' controllers that work right. But when do I get to use our DSs as controllers for Wii games???
This is exactly what we did. Our project was growing so fast that the knowledgeable workers were being bogged down all day trying to get the new hires up to speed.
So we had this wiki thing that had been on a server for like a year with a few of us just tinkering.
Then for each of those FAQs we got from the new folks, we started a page and began pointing the people there. After a short time, management sees that then gets all on board (surprised the heck out of me).
So while we have the really archaic and hard to use 'official' SOP docs, most day to day work/task/howtos are going into our wiki.
And we now have 3 other projects on board as well.
But be warned: It DOES take work to maintain, keep up to date, and move older stuff to some different location as that information becomes obsolete. We have 1 tech writer dedicated (about 15-20% of her time) to maintaining and updating information.
Perhaps he was dictating, or using Voice Recognition???
LAUNCELOT: Oh, come on! MAYNARD: Well, that's what it says. ARTHUR: Look, if he was dying, he wouldn't bother to carve 'aaggggh'. He'd
just say it! MAYNARD: Well, that's what's carved in the rock! GALAHAD: Perhaps he was dictating. ARTHUR: Oh, shut up. Well, does it say anything else? MAYNARD: No. Just, 'uuggggggh'. LAUNCELOT: Aauuggghhh. ARTHUR: Aaauggh.
I think labels should stick ok. They are not clear, but tranlucent, so labels on the inside are visible. I usually just write on the cds, and can read them ok.
I always liked Cyberguys, they have odd little things one might need occasionally.
These folks have more kinds of cd/dvd holders than you could possible need. And thousands of other things CompUSA never even thought to carry. http://www.cyberguys.com/
Oh and heres the 4up in flexible polypropelene so it wont shatter like the styrene ones And color coded to boot. And cheaper.
Well just ask Verizon why you can't transfer files using OBX (bluetooth) then?
Oh, cause they disable OBX file transfers thats why.
Verizon cripples the software on their phones. Just go to PhoneScoop.com, look up your phone and see what features are disabled. You might just be shocked.
And when will they ever get a calendar app that works? Allows trnsfers to others, and my pc/yahoo account?
No, we like to solve problems, usually by writing code, that runs on a computer.
But 90% of what I do is 'make work': checklists, typing crap into DOORs, code reviews (usually weeks after its already in the codebase!!! wtf?), status meetings, putting out fires - emergency problems in the systems, constantly patching issues with manufacturing and QA.
1. Games that didn't take 15 minutes to NAVIGATE to the point you can play.
games that make you setup a bazillion things just to play, make the default player name 'Sam'
and lets play!
2. Level Load Times at 3 seconds max.
waiting for levels to load is a pure waste of time...
There was a real boon of these in the late 1990s. By 2006 they were mostly gone. At least the DoD ones we looked at/for. What used to take us weeks to look over were down to 5 or 6 listings.
By the 3rd phase you were supposed to be in a position to turn these R&D tasks into real commercial products.
One was even Cheneys little betting scheme, Predictive Markets.
Somebody look them up, I can't, damn work filters...
The Cynic Project, and Ghost in the Machine
One of these 2 was turning over $100K US in cd sales alone, about 8 years ago on mp3.com.
The vitally important thing is that the IDEA of making on your own CAN WORK. Seems to me the only thing really lacking is a unified 'NetBoard' say from Google or Yahoo, that scans all the mp3 boards/sites and creates a top 100 per category.
In fact being an asshole, I would 1. create 'NetBoard' for google, then 2. bendover the RIAA for funding to KEEP IT OFF of google.:^)
Slashdot Mirror
Yeah, but when they install M$ Game 'whatever' it still won't run! :^)
Hey, it said 'Win2000 or BETTER'!
Yup. Reminds me of the early web pag days remember, when a 'site' had a 'Entry tunnel' and a 'Exit tunnel'.
And everyone just bookmarked the important 'site' page that had the relavent info?
Same thing, except these days when a site informs me "Flash is Required to View this Site"
I backspace to Google and find a 'Less Stupid' company.
Oh look, theres another BRILLIANT idea for Google....they could mark site 'Flash Only' in the summary, then I could avoid them all together.
No, I believe its a jar.exe 1.6 error msg stating it cannot open the JAR file. Zip notwithstanding, its an error. The customers really hate it when it doesn't work.
I try not to make stuff up. I will try to replicate the issue and post the err msg tomorrow.
Wrong.
Tcl biggest selling point now is the packaging and deployement.
I've written apps in a lot of languages, and deployed them all. Absolutely nothing beats Tcl for cross platform deployments. I got a starkit for ppc405, wrote my app on x86. A simple script packaged it all up in less than 2Mb.
Another few lines, and I had a win32, linux and ppc405 single file executable(for each) ready to go.
We also use java, which requires a separate 20Mb JRE install, whether its in your distro or not, you still need it, and the right version. Oh and Java 1.5 and Java 1.6 jar classes are incompatible, HAHA. And how many of you out there have a JRE for ppc405 (not a Mac, but a older series used in embedded systems)? Tcl is deployed on far more architectures.
The 8.4 and later versions are very fast and lightweight.
Making a gui in Tk is fine and simple, and well, you're gonna make a gui in Tk if you use Perl, Python, Ruby anyway.
All those other tools could learn from the Tcl packaging design.
"A superstar programmer who's been around a while will ask about the build environment, version control system, and bug tracking system that you use, as the answers to these questions are great warning signs of a broken shop (and managers haven't been trained to lie about these questions the way they lie about typical work hours, project planning, and what your responsibilities will be once hired)."
Amen brother, preach it. If a shop is using PVCS RUN dont walk to the exit, do not wait to get your parking ticket validated.
PVCS is what we use and we call it a BDPOS. Broke Dick Piece of Shit.
And the IT dept. Do they support the programming staff, of merely say NO to everything. Our IT is worse than useless, they are IN THE WAY of progress.
Sorry had to vent, today I was told by IT they didn't have memory for the computer they gave me. Repeat, did not have memory for the computer hardware they give to every employee. No spare parts? WTF kind of IT dept is that? I meant to say no parts for the computer they LEASE the software dept. IT thinks they are a cost center, making money for the company. Oh I wish the original owner was still here, he would have fired all them dam useless SOBs in a microsecond. Getting in the way of a BILLION dollar contract, get the F*&^ out of my company. Right now!
As you can tell no superstars work for us...
Apocalypse Ponies, my Little Ponies....
(little girl voice): I'm war pony (flames couch)
(little girl voice): A I am (evil deep voice) DEATH PONY!
google: robot chicken apocalypse pony
"It appears that each little division of Microsoft is their own little fiefdom. Take a common DLL - comctl32.dll (common controls). Windows ships with one version. Office ships with another version. Applications (using Visual Studio Redistributables) ship with a third version! Each has features that aren't in the others, so Windows apps get one look, Office another look, and 3rd party apps yet another look."
THAT is a software ENGINEERING discipline problem. DO NOT get me started on developers who are so stupid as to release different functional versions of DLLs with the SAME VERSION NUMBER. Yes I have been there, and YES even M$ did that.
And that my friends is one of thousands of problems with M$.
Thats why Vista is so big, each app is now carrying its own version of every DLL. So instead of 1 copy of comctl32.dll you now have 42 copies.
But even my XP laptop has installed some update the last 5 times I've started and stopped it, so is this really related to just Vista?
Dude, George, Pal, Buddy...
Just let Seth Green and the boys over at Robot Chicken do a few new spots for ya!
Now THATs funny stuff.
I got to go pick up a few Power Convertors.
Yes, Avalon Hill died about 10-12 years ago.
Printing costs went thru the roof.
Hasbro bought them up.
So now Hasbro sits on about 300+ titles from AH AND about 700+ titles that were Jame Dunnigans SPI (Simulations Publications Inc), plus who knows how many other indy/assorted titles.
But when you say Hasbro Management has BRAIN I disagree. There was quite a lull in the action, but there there are a few companies catering to the old wargamers crowd.
Hasbro should spin off an adult wargames/simulations company and republish these older titles. But probably they are just waiting for someone to publish a game titled 'Diplomacy' so they can sue them!
I get my kicks from DecisionGames.com now.
Oh and the Wii is fun. People like 'wireless' controllers that work right.
But when do I get to use our DSs as controllers for Wii games???
This is exactly what we did. Our project was growing so fast that the knowledgeable workers were being bogged down all day trying to get the new hires up to speed.
So we had this wiki thing that had been on a server for like a year with a few of us just tinkering.
Then for each of those FAQs we got from the new folks, we started a page and began pointing the people there. After a short time, management sees that then gets all on board (surprised the heck out of me).
So while we have the really archaic and hard to use 'official' SOP docs, most day to day work/task/howtos are going into our wiki.
And we now have 3 other projects on board as well.
But be warned: It DOES take work to maintain, keep up to date, and move older stuff to some different location as that information becomes obsolete. We have 1 tech writer dedicated (about 15-20% of her time) to maintaining and updating information.
Perhaps he was dictating, or using Voice Recognition???
LAUNCELOT: Oh, come on!
MAYNARD: Well, that's what it says.
ARTHUR: Look, if he was dying, he wouldn't bother to carve 'aaggggh'. He'd
just say it!
MAYNARD: Well, that's what's carved in the rock!
GALAHAD: Perhaps he was dictating.
ARTHUR: Oh, shut up. Well, does it say anything else?
MAYNARD: No. Just, 'uuggggggh'.
LAUNCELOT: Aauuggghhh.
ARTHUR: Aaauggh.
Aha, you are SO WRONG!
Q: How many developers does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: NONE. Thats a HARDWARE problem!
Ok, yeah use the internet was lame. Apologies.
I think labels should stick ok. They are not clear, but tranlucent, so labels on the inside are visible. I usually just write on the cds, and can read them ok.
I always liked Cyberguys, they have odd little things one might need occasionally.
Wow, use the internet.
These folks have more kinds of cd/dvd holders than you could possible need.
And thousands of other things CompUSA never even thought to carry.
http://www.cyberguys.com/
Oh and heres the 4up in flexible polypropelene so it wont shatter like the styrene ones
And color coded to boot. And cheaper.
http://www.cyberguys.com/templates/SearchDetail.asp?productID=2794
Not locked huh?
Well just ask Verizon why you can't transfer files using OBX (bluetooth) then?
Oh, cause they disable OBX file transfers thats why.
Verizon cripples the software on their phones. Just go to PhoneScoop.com, look up your phone and see what features are disabled. You might just be shocked.
And when will they ever get a calendar app that works? Allows trnsfers to others, and my pc/yahoo account?
Agreed.
This is more akin to 'Perpetual Meeting' in my view.
"Most developers I know like to work."
No, we like to solve problems, usually by writing code, that runs on a computer.
But 90% of what I do is 'make work': checklists, typing crap into DOORs, code reviews (usually weeks after its already in the codebase!!! wtf?), status meetings, putting out fires - emergency problems in the systems, constantly patching issues with manufacturing and QA.
You sir, must report to the Ministry of Love.
It is painfully clear that you either 1) Have a working memory, or B) can read.
These 2 things are unacceptable in the USA now.
Cluckshot once told me, "We are the kind of people Democrats hate, we have a memory."
Please read your term of use agreement first. If you get AT&T (formerly Bellsouth,net), the the TOS says you can't share an 'open wifi' connection.
NOW hwo does that make you feel? Superior. All of the comms corps want to control everything. Its really sad, really.
1. Games that didn't take 15 minutes to NAVIGATE to the point you can play.
games that make you setup a bazillion things just to play, make the default player name 'Sam'
and lets play!
2. Level Load Times at 3 seconds max.
waiting for levels to load is a pure waste of time...
Hey George,
Get Seth Green to help ya out there, his star wars stuff is funny sh!t.
The Family Guy spoof was even better.
Must have been one of those rare rounds, as we often looked at Army, AirForce and Navy listings.
And yeah, most of them were very well populated.
There was a real boon of these in the late 1990s. By 2006 they were mostly gone.
At least the DoD ones we looked at/for. What used to take us weeks to look over were down to 5 or 6 listings.
By the 3rd phase you were supposed to be in a position to turn these R&D tasks into real commercial products.
One was even Cheneys little betting scheme, Predictive Markets.
Somebody look them up, I can't, damn work filters...
:^)
The Cynic Project, and Ghost in the Machine
One of these 2 was turning over $100K US in cd sales alone, about 8 years ago on mp3.com.
The vitally important thing is that the IDEA of making on your own CAN WORK. Seems to me the only thing really lacking is a unified 'NetBoard' say from Google or Yahoo, that scans all the mp3 boards/sites and creates a top 100 per category.
In fact being an asshole, I would 1. create 'NetBoard' for google, then 2. bendover the RIAA for funding to KEEP IT OFF of google.
letters 'PFM occurs here' in it ???