I've seen it run on a Mac as well. Not very useful for you, I admit, but it is definately not Windows-Only if you want to develop for Palm. With recent rumors about Apple doing a Palm based handheld as well, and Palm being very popular among Apple engineers for some time, well, that's no surprise, I guess.
I could point to some of the features in the Mac edition that saved me that amount of money many times over.
It's not how much it costs, it's how many hours you can get home earlier and snuggle with your girlfriend instead of wondering where the fsck that bug is hiding. Now that must be worth something to you, right?:-)
well, I've owned a Mac since 1985, developed on it since then, so don't for one moment think I was dissing Apple. I am however very displeased with everybody jumping the bandwagon.
well, I've owned a Mac since 1985, developed on it since then, so don't for one moment thing I was dissing Apple. I am however very displeased with everybody jumping the bandwagon.
QuickTime and Flash can happily co-exist. Different Goals. QuickTime does a *lot* of things, some of which Flash does also (and sometimes better), but with all the video expertise in QuickTime, and a *great* graphics engine, and some great web stuff in Flahs, there's no reason for one to 'kill' the other in the market.
Personally, I'd like to see a new keyboard, aimed for the marketing managers, with the "i" and "e" removed, so they can't point to iMacs sold through eCommerce as The Way To Do It. We've seen more than enough lower case prefixes, thank you very much...
In a lot of European countries, you don't need to learn the language right away. I know of some US immigrants here in Holland who actually found it difficult to learn Dutch, not because the language is difficult, but because so many Dutch folks speak English, and are proud of it. I know of one case where a guy was learning Dutch, and bought some bread in a bakery, using his new skills, and got answered in English, because of his slight accent.
What's your skill set? I'm sure there's work for you over here...
There's a very short list of authors whose books I'll buy without second thoughts (except when there's "edited by.." in front of the name), and I'm pleasantly surprised to see one of them on slashdot. But, please, don't take the comments here too seriously, there's a lot of folks here who shoot from the hip when posting. Often, it's because they care deeply about something. Since Ender is something I read and re-read, I can understand their feelings. It just doesn't make them 'right'.
-John (Now if only I could get you to the Netherlands for a signing session:-)
Looks like somebody with a network sniffer, a few free hours, and perl could hack up something that looks to them like a regular user, while the owner of said perl scripts has free dsl access without the advertisement horror. Now, personally, I avoid free providers like this, their service tends to suck bowling balls through a garden hose, and I'm a firm believer of tanstaafl, but I always wonder...
On the contrary. It proves you've got a damn good developer, who knows how to pick the right tool to do a succesful Hail Mary, and who has the know-how to pull it off. Good job.
The first company to really clusterfuck on this issue will be made into toast - with the mindshare Open Source has in the press increasing everyday, a company had better be very careful when doing something stoopid.
Aha, well, that clarifies it a bit, thanks. Do you know why people feel it's "safe"? Perhaps they don't trust you enough to go hourly, feeling you might go overboard, or use it 'against' them in reviews? (feel free to continue this through e-mail if you think it'll add to the discussion. From the looks of it, the rest of/. is giving you much valuable feedback)
From your short description, it sounds like the weak overtime is not really a problem for your co-workers - if it were, they'd probably jump at your suggestion. Is it a problem that they are not eager enough to put in extra hours to get the job done? Is that your problem? Because if it is, you need to look at working conditions other than pay - find a way to make folks care about the project, care enough to be proud when a milestone is reached, and when you've reached that state they'll be more than happy to discuss perks like the amount of overtime pay. If the work is uninteresting, the amount of overtime pay is irrelevant, folks will leave at five no matter what.
Of course, I'm over-simplyfying, but you really didn't give me much background to work with:-)
What I want to know is how many Europeans speak non-European languages. I would bet that the answer is that there are no more Europeans that speak Persian than there are Americans.
You'd be surprised. Europe is a pretty popular destination for political refugees from that region, so there's more exposure.. -John
John Carmack shows some of the signs of a Great Developer: he's willing to admit he doesn't know something but will try to find out, he's willing to admit he made a mistake but will put effort into fixing it, he's willing to admit others are better at some things than he is, he wants his work to be really, really good, he's willing to learn.
Oh, and 'focus', of course:-)
Take note folks, if you want to learn from somebody else, John Carmack is a great source!
I remember opening up a Pippin (the failed mac game console), and making the cable from the motherboard to the cd player just a tad bit longer, enough to support an extra hard disk...
Before we fall all over Cringley, please notice that he doesn't really specify why, exactly, he thinks it's flawed. You might try to read between lines and conclude stuff, but please, don't. I'd love to see him expand on his statements, and I suggest/. invites him to do so here, but before that happens, breathe, count to ten (backwars, in hebrew) before you post.
Stop worrying - you've got the mindset right, the rest will follow. You're showing a clear understanding that there's more to it than studying facts at U. and are willing to investigate. So, go ahead, and just try to do things that appear to be fun. You'll find yourself a 'geek' soon enough if you ruthlessly follow up on this feeling..:-)
Rob, give it some time after you change things. Changing things every two weeks is not going to give you a 'stable' solution, and will merely confuse a lot of people.
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I've seen it run on a Mac as well. Not very useful for you, I admit, but it is definately not Windows-Only if you want to develop for Palm. With recent rumors about Apple doing a Palm based handheld as well, and Palm being very popular among Apple engineers for some time, well, that's no surprise, I guess.
I could point to some of the features in the Mac edition that saved me that amount of money many times over.
:-)
It's not how much it costs, it's how many hours you can get home earlier and snuggle with your girlfriend instead of wondering where the fsck that bug is hiding. Now that must be worth something to you, right?
-John
well, I've owned a Mac since 1985, developed on it since then, so don't for one moment think I was dissing Apple. I am however very displeased with everybody jumping the bandwagon.
well, I've owned a Mac since 1985, developed on it since then, so don't for one moment thing I was dissing Apple. I am however very displeased with everybody jumping the bandwagon.
QuickTime and Flash can happily co-exist. Different Goals. QuickTime does a *lot* of things, some of which Flash does also (and sometimes better), but with all the video expertise in QuickTime, and a *great* graphics engine, and some great web stuff in Flahs, there's no reason for one to 'kill' the other in the market.
Personally, I'd like to see a new keyboard, aimed for the marketing managers, with the "i" and "e" removed, so they can't point to iMacs sold through eCommerce as The Way To Do It. We've seen more than enough lower case prefixes, thank you very much...
In a lot of European countries, you don't need to learn the language right away. I know of some US immigrants here in Holland who actually found it difficult to learn Dutch, not because the language is difficult, but because so many Dutch folks speak English, and are proud of it. I know of one case where a guy was learning Dutch, and bought some bread in a bakery, using his new skills, and got answered in English, because of his slight accent.
What's your skill set? I'm sure there's work for you over here...
-John
I suggest you take a look at how Greenpeace handled the Brent Spar situation with Shell.
-John
There's a very short list of authors whose books I'll buy without second thoughts (except when there's "edited by.." in front of the name), and I'm pleasantly surprised to see one of them on slashdot. But, please, don't take the comments here too seriously, there's a lot of folks here who shoot from the hip when posting. Often, it's because they care deeply about something. Since Ender is something I read and re-read, I can understand their feelings. It just doesn't make them 'right'.
:-)
-John
(Now if only I could get you to the Netherlands for a signing session
Looks like somebody with a network sniffer, a few free hours, and perl could hack up something that looks to them like a regular user, while the owner of said perl scripts has free dsl access without the advertisement horror.
Now, personally, I avoid free providers like this, their service tends to suck bowling balls through a garden hose, and I'm a firm believer of tanstaafl, but I always wonder...
-John
What does this prove? Absolute nothing.
On the contrary. It proves you've got a damn good developer, who knows how to pick the right tool to do a succesful Hail Mary, and who has the know-how to pull it off. Good job.
-John
Well, I'd consider Shell to be 'big', and they failed..
-John
Remember Brent Spar? I'm sure Shell does.
The first company to really clusterfuck on this issue will be made into toast - with the mindshare Open Source has in the press increasing everyday, a company had better be very careful when doing something stoopid.
-John
After all, there is no "raw material" to create software, other than a compiler and good mind.
Exactly. You should see the brain drain in some small third world countries. For some, the brain drain is what is keeping them third world.
-John
Aha, well, that clarifies it a bit, thanks. Do you know why people feel it's "safe"? Perhaps they don't trust you enough to go hourly, feeling you might go overboard, or use it 'against' them in reviews? (feel free to continue this through e-mail if you think it'll add to the discussion. From the looks of it, the rest of /. is giving you much valuable feedback)
-John
I'm much more motivated by trust and respect and challenge.
:-)
You've just listed the most important ways to get people to care about a project
-John
From your short description, it sounds like the weak overtime is not really a problem for your co-workers - if it were, they'd probably jump at your suggestion. Is it a problem that they are not eager enough to put in extra hours to get the job done? Is that your problem? Because if it is, you need to look at working conditions other than pay - find a way to make folks care about the project, care enough to be proud when a milestone is reached, and when you've reached that state they'll be more than happy to discuss perks like the amount of overtime pay. If the work is uninteresting, the amount of overtime pay is irrelevant, folks will leave at five no matter what.
:-)
Of course, I'm over-simplyfying, but you really didn't give me much background to work with
-John
What I want to know is how many Europeans speak non-European languages. I would bet that the answer is that there are no more Europeans that speak Persian than there are Americans.
You'd be surprised. Europe is a pretty popular destination for political refugees from that region, so there's more exposure..
-John
in your iList of prefixes, you forgot the one that really start to *** me off, the i.
I wonder which state will clame to be the iState...
-John
From the looks of it, it's a very boring release, meaning that this is a release of something that simply works, does what one expects it to do.
Now don't get me wrong, that is actually very good news. No scandals, no ugly crashes, just a good product.
Point is, how to tell the world?
-John
John Carmack shows some of the signs of a Great Developer: he's willing to admit he doesn't know something but will try to find out, he's willing to admit he made a mistake but will put effort into fixing it, he's willing to admit others are better at some things than he is, he wants his work to be really, really good, he's willing to learn.
:-)
Oh, and 'focus', of course
Take note folks, if you want to learn from somebody else, John Carmack is a great source!
-John
I remember opening up a Pippin (the failed mac game console), and making the cable from the motherboard to the cd player just a tad bit longer, enough to support an extra hard disk...
But then again, that was scsi...
-John
Before we fall all over Cringley, please notice that he doesn't really specify why, exactly, he thinks it's flawed. You might try to read between lines and conclude stuff, but please, don't. I'd love to see him expand on his statements, and I suggest /. invites him to do so here, but before that happens, breathe, count to ten (backwars, in hebrew) before you post.
-John
Stop worrying - you've got the mindset right, the rest will follow. :-)
You're showing a clear understanding that there's more to it than studying facts at U. and are willing to investigate. So, go ahead, and just try to do things that appear to be fun. You'll find yourself a 'geek' soon enough if you ruthlessly follow up on this feeling..
-John
Rob, give it some time after you change things. Changing things every two weeks is not going to give you a 'stable' solution, and will merely confuse a lot of people.