If they follow group think they get modded up. If the go against the grain they get modded down.
Sorry to disagree with you, but I've seen many pro-Microsoft (particular cases of course, or maybe just points of view) or anti-Linux rants get a +5 Insightful.
Of course, true statements often get moderated as insightful. Is it our fault that most statements against microsoft happen to be true?
when they closed my college for some stupid issue as charging $2/yr instead of 2c/yr for education.
I protested against them, and I got a death threat.
You CAN'T reason with riotters. You can only fight them, or fear them.
The problem with Muslim riotters is that if you fight them, they'll gather another 1,000,000 of them and call for a Jihad.
So what's left for me to do? Fear. I think these acts of protest have done much more to incite terror, than the 9/11 bombings.
So what do I want to do? I want the people who drew and published the cartoon, to say a public apology, and maybe even get whipped in public. This way the riotters will calm down.
But why do I want to do that? Because it's right? No, in fact it's awfully wrong. So, why would I want it?
The so-called analysts are NOT. Plus, there's the SELinux distribution promoted by the NSA, and it's as secure as Fort Knox. (well that's what you can say. And certainly your boss can't contradict the NSA, can he?;-) )
The algorithm does NOT multiply by 2, as stated in the patent. It multiplies by 3, and then substracts the original! As you can see, it's A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ALGORITHM!
"By what I could discover, the Yahoos appear to be the most unteachable of all Animals, their Capacities never reaching higher than to draw or carry Burthens. Yet I am of Opinion this Defect ariseth chiefly from a perverse, restive Disposition. For they are cunning, malicious, treacherous and revengeful. They are strong and hardy, but of a cowardly Spirit, and by consequence, insolent, abject, and cruel."
A logger object which keeps the messages in memory and flushes when the buffer gets full. By keeping the messages in memory, you'll be able to log in realtime.
The trick is not having two threads running at the same time. Or create one logger per thread. (Just be careful with avoiding deadlocks and all that multithreaded stuff)
If your app is multitier, have a logger for each tier. Altho it would be trickier.
They were already broke when Microsoft beat them with the monopolic practices. However, thanks to them we have Firefox, and the Mozilla Foundation has taken their place.
Maybe you're right, perhaps open sourcing the IDE wouldn't have been the right solution, but to provide it for free for noncommercial use. Oh well.
They ignored the Open Source movement (Linux included) and hobby programmers. After Microsoft had beat them with Visual Basic, they could only keep their loyal market. What's after that? Death.
They should have followed Netscape's example and opensource their IDEs.
But no - instead, they decided to overinflate their prices, and well, the rest is history (pun intended).
I couldn't bring myself to spend the time to finish Vice City, or get more than a few hours into San Andreas. They didn't seem like anything new, just more.
Is it just me, or can other people detect whenever a TV has been turned on (even with no signal)? It's like a faint high-pitched buzz, so I search for the source, and ta-da, the TV was turned on. It's the same with fluorescent lamps.
Something that strikes me is that the article (or the summary, whatever) says the same cells gave origin to the ears in humans.
but quite honestly, do we really need a "Center for Responsible Nanotechnology" right now?
One word: Cytotoxicity.
Nanotubes and buckyballs are so small that they can infest your lungs and bloodstream in no time. I recall reading a research paper about buckyballs being able to destroy DNA when they get to the cells. Just imagine the consequences from an outbreak in a nanomaterials factory.
This is NOT about grey goo and other sci-fi monsters... This is about potentially toxic materials (materials that nature is NOT prepared to deal with) on the loose. Do we know how to deal with such disasters? Is there a way to get rid of toxic molecules after they reach the sea? At least oil spills are somewhat recoverable because oil doesn't fall to the bottom of the sea, but what about soluble particles? What will happen to the species contaminated with them?
No, it's not a trivial problem. And as they say, better safe than sorry.
See, it's all about grey areas and blaming. Until there is a legislation, the parties will keep blaming each other whenever a death-related-with-gaming incident occurs. But with legislation, the parents can be rightfully blamed. "Oh, you let the kid have this mature-rated game. YOU'RE the one responsible!" (actually it's bad parenting, but at least we'd have an excuse to jail them).
Of course, evil gaming companies know that with legislation, they'll lose a great part of their revenue, and this is why they keep lobbying against these laws.
My current job was very interesting at first, but it's gotten somewhat boring. Actually I've been looking forward to a paycut to have more free hours so I can work on things I like, i.e. Open Source development. Currently i get too tired from the job to keep on going, but by programming on Open Source projects, I feel like I'm helping the world and all that.
I'd like you to ask yourself this question: "Do I see myself doing this for the next 20 years?" Note that I didn't say '... in the next 20 years', but 'during the next 20 years'. Sometimes a boring job really gets to your nerves, and as marriage, when it gets boring, you tend to stop liking it and then it goes all downhill.
Fortunately, jobs aren't marriages, and you can quit whenever you decide. So, this seems to be the moment of your decision. Plus, when you get the other job experience, later you'll be able to ask for a raise:)
I'd say go for it, I'm sure you won't regret the decision. And if you do regret it, at least you'll have gained the good experiences of the new job - something you can't gain in the current one, don't you think?:)
Adults have been using the "lets play a game" trick for years. "Lets play a game. Who can clean up their side of the room the fastest!" I cringe at how naive I used to be.
Hah! You say that because you always finished in second place, loser!:P
Excuse me, but I nowhere read that. Just because dreamweaver was included in the list of possible ports, it doesn't mean that Linux users need it.
Also, you took the tangent, instead of reviewing his points, you simply dismiss the whole argument because of something else he said.
Let's analyse his points, ok?
a) The menus - this may be fixed in 2.4, but it took a long time. b) The color space (CMYK) and depth (16-bit) c) The plugins
To make GIMP plugins, you need to compile them. He says Photoshop isn't an application, but a platform. And I think he's right. The GIMP, as good as it is^H^Hwas, has stalled in the stoneage, while Photoshop has evolved.
In my opinion, rewriting GIMP from scratch and making it extensible would be the best choice.
is that most jobs are for intranets, and companies which want to pay for support. Open Source doesn't have that - at least here in Mexico. Here the most demanded programmers are.NET. The only company which uses LAMP is the company i belong to, and that's because I was allowed to choose which platform I would program in - and that's because my boss is an old friend of my father, of the old guard.
Most companies, however, have been convinced with Microsoft/Sun/IBM advertisements, and they're asking for.NET and Java developers. There's no place in the mexican job market for open source coders like me:(
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If they follow group think they get modded up. If the go against the grain they get modded down.
Sorry to disagree with you, but I've seen many pro-Microsoft (particular cases of course, or maybe just points of view) or anti-Linux rants get a +5 Insightful.
Of course, true statements often get moderated as insightful. Is it our fault that most statements against microsoft happen to be true?
Disclaimer - I'm not a mod.
when they closed my college for some stupid issue as charging $2/yr instead of 2c/yr for education.
I protested against them, and I got a death threat.
You CAN'T reason with riotters. You can only fight them, or fear them.
The problem with Muslim riotters is that if you fight them, they'll gather another 1,000,000 of them and call for a Jihad.
So what's left for me to do? Fear. I think these acts of protest have done much more to incite terror, than the 9/11 bombings.
So what do I want to do? I want the people who drew and published the cartoon, to say a public apology, and maybe even get whipped in public. This way the riotters will calm down.
But why do I want to do that? Because it's right? No, in fact it's awfully wrong. So, why would I want it?
Because I fear.
So what has it got to do with Vista?
Um... the Flood?
The so-called analysts are NOT. Plus, there's the SELinux distribution promoted by the NSA, and it's as secure as Fort Knox. (well that's what you can say. And certainly your boss can't contradict the NSA, can he? ;-) )
I got it! Time's not a continuum, but a collection of random events!
(some time later...)
I got it! Time's not a continuum, but a collection of random events!
The algorithm does NOT multiply by 2, as stated in the patent. It multiplies by 3, and then substracts the original! As you can see, it's A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ALGORITHM!
"By what I could discover, the Yahoos appear to be the most unteachable of all Animals, their Capacities never reaching higher than to draw or carry Burthens. Yet I am of Opinion this Defect ariseth chiefly from a perverse, restive Disposition. For they are cunning, malicious, treacherous and revengeful. They are strong and hardy, but of a cowardly Spirit, and by consequence, insolent, abject, and cruel."
Gulliver's travels, part IV, chapter VIII.
A logger object which keeps the messages in memory and flushes when the buffer gets full. By keeping the messages in memory, you'll be able to log in realtime.
The trick is not having two threads running at the same time. Or create one logger per thread. (Just be careful with avoiding deadlocks and all that multithreaded stuff)
If your app is multitier, have a logger for each tier. Altho it would be trickier.
And where's netscape now?
They were already broke when Microsoft beat them with the monopolic practices. However, thanks to them we have Firefox, and the Mozilla Foundation has taken their place.
Maybe you're right, perhaps open sourcing the IDE wouldn't have been the right solution, but to provide it for free for noncommercial use. Oh well.
They ignored the Open Source movement (Linux included) and hobby programmers. After Microsoft had beat them with Visual Basic, they could only keep their loyal market. What's after that? Death.
They should have followed Netscape's example and opensource their IDEs.
But no - instead, they decided to overinflate their prices, and well, the rest is history (pun intended).
I couldn't bring myself to spend the time to finish Vice City, or get more than a few hours into San Andreas. They didn't seem like anything new, just more.
In related news... "Sequel Fatigue cause of slow sales?"
Who knew france would be the country to stick up for digital copy rights?
Well, they opposed Bush in his "omg teh terroristz lets bomb iraq!" madness.
Is it just me, or can other people detect whenever a TV has been turned on (even with no signal)? It's like a faint high-pitched buzz, so I search for the source, and ta-da, the TV was turned on. It's the same with fluorescent lamps.
Something that strikes me is that the article (or the summary, whatever) says the same cells gave origin to the ears in humans.
Or maybe i'm just jumping into conclusions.
but quite honestly, do we really need a "Center for Responsible Nanotechnology" right now?
One word: Cytotoxicity.
Nanotubes and buckyballs are so small that they can infest your lungs and bloodstream in no time. I recall reading a research paper about buckyballs being able to destroy DNA when they get to the cells.
Just imagine the consequences from an outbreak in a nanomaterials factory.
This is NOT about grey goo and other sci-fi monsters... This is about potentially toxic materials (materials that nature is NOT prepared to deal with) on the loose. Do we know how to deal with such disasters? Is there a way to get rid of toxic molecules after they reach the sea? At least oil spills are somewhat recoverable because oil doesn't fall to the bottom of the sea, but what about soluble particles? What will happen to the species contaminated with them?
No, it's not a trivial problem. And as they say, better safe than sorry.
Stallman belongs to the software-should-be-free area.
Creative Commons is for literature and other arts, way beyond his scope.
Besides, he said that he disagrees, not that he's going to do something about it, right? So, why should we worry about what he said?
See, it's all about grey areas and blaming. Until there is a legislation, the parties will keep blaming each other whenever a death-related-with-gaming incident occurs. But with legislation, the parents can be rightfully blamed. "Oh, you let the kid have this mature-rated game. YOU'RE the one responsible!" (actually it's bad parenting, but at least we'd have an excuse to jail them).
Of course, evil gaming companies know that with legislation, they'll lose a great part of their revenue, and this is why they keep lobbying against these laws.
My 2c.
My current job was very interesting at first, but it's gotten somewhat boring. Actually I've been looking forward to a paycut to have more free hours so I can work on things I like, i.e. Open Source development. Currently i get too tired from the job to keep on going, but by programming on Open Source projects, I feel like I'm helping the world and all that.
:)
:)
I'd like you to ask yourself this question: "Do I see myself doing this for the next 20 years?" Note that I didn't say '... in the next 20 years', but 'during the next 20 years'. Sometimes a boring job really gets to your nerves, and as marriage, when it gets boring, you tend to stop liking it and then it goes all downhill.
Fortunately, jobs aren't marriages, and you can quit whenever you decide. So, this seems to be the moment of your decision. Plus, when you get the other job experience, later you'll be able to ask for a raise
I'd say go for it, I'm sure you won't regret the decision. And if you do regret it, at least you'll have gained the good experiences of the new job - something you can't gain in the current one, don't you think?
Then the average Slashdotter must be feeling pretty safe right now.
Yeah, I'm sure that'll guard us against the evil that lurks within our mothers' basements!
Why did muTorrent have to be closed source? :-(
Adults have been using the "lets play a game" trick for years. "Lets play a game. Who can clean up their side of the room the fastest!" I cringe at how naive I used to be.
:P
Hah! You say that because you always finished in second place, loser!
Excuse me, but I nowhere read that. Just because dreamweaver was included in the list of possible ports, it doesn't mean that Linux users need it.
Also, you took the tangent, instead of reviewing his points, you simply dismiss the whole argument because of something else he said.
Let's analyse his points, ok?
a) The menus - this may be fixed in 2.4, but it took a long time.
b) The color space (CMYK) and depth (16-bit)
c) The plugins
To make GIMP plugins, you need to compile them. He says Photoshop isn't an application, but a platform. And I think he's right. The GIMP, as good as it is^H^Hwas, has stalled in the stoneage, while Photoshop has evolved.
In my opinion, rewriting GIMP from scratch and making it extensible would be the best choice.
...and they can't resize a picture. Sheesh. Let the slashdot effect teach 'em a lesson.
*Puts on karma-protection suit and helmet*
:P
*Turns on microphone - tweeeeeeet -*
*ahem ahem*
Ready?
Braaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiinnnsssssssss....
*Ducks*
is that most jobs are for intranets, and companies which want to pay for support. Open Source doesn't have that - at least here in Mexico. Here the most demanded programmers are .NET. The only company which uses LAMP is the company i belong to, and that's because I was allowed to choose which platform I would program in - and that's because my boss is an old friend of my father, of the old guard.
.NET and Java developers. There's no place in the mexican job market for open source coders like me :(
Most companies, however, have been convinced with Microsoft/Sun/IBM advertisements, and they're asking for
Can somebody explain me why we need TOUCHSCREEN monitors in a BATHROOM? :-S
I'd rather have voice recognition, thanks.