I don't play games, so maybe I got this wrong, but those are some really studid rules! Especially no. 1: so even Michael Jordan would have his WoW name changed if he used his own. WTF, he _IS_ Michael Jordan. And what is you use your regular name, like John Doe, and suddenly you win on some TV show or whatever? "Hey dude, now that you're famous, don't forget to change your name in WoW, because we can't have you running around pretending to be you!". pretty stupid I think.
Anyway, I think CmdrTaco should change Slashdot to not allow the string "World of Warcraft" to be submitted in stories or comment. Why? Well, because it's the rules...
The problem often comes back to ignorance from the market, who do not realize the current offerings from Novell.
Then Novell needs to get a good Marketing campaign. Something absolutely huge, that will create a hype surrounding their products. They need to unleash the equivalent of the Windows 95 hype. If they don't, they will never again play the role they once played. I sincerely believe that Novell has the product, the experience and the overall know-how to become a market leader, it's just that no one seems to notice.
I can't feel frameworks take away my control. It's like I want to do all those things myself, even though I know I can't do it as good as them. Also, I don't know if I can ever really understand what it is, only that I have to type something like:scaffold whatever and I'll hit the ground running. Wonderful, but...
I feel like the real skill of development lies in making stuff like that, and if it becomes defacto, all you do is build applications from building blocks. I feel it takes away some of the 'art' of development. You'd say, oh I build a nice webshop, and the other person would sya, what did you use, and your answer wouldn't be php, mysql, some html/css and javascripting. It'd be Ruby on Rails, of Smarty Templates combined with some Data Access layer, or a whole lot of those java spring/hibernate thingies. And all you did was tie up the ends.
I know it makes no sense not to use it, it's much a better choice. Make more money, easier, faster. But still, there's that feeling, know what I mean?
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That first note, fair enough, I'll put a comment in the code. The second one, I don't know. What does this mean for my project, it automatically becomes a CC licenced project? I might not want that.
But don't you all think this means that most 'normal' Apple users end up having 10 programs running at the end of a session? I mean, they are presumably not capable of understanding two-button mice, so do these designers believe they do know the difference between a window and the actual program or process? Or that the program/process is still running when they have stopped effectively using it?
You should perhaps observe the user in this moment: he has browsed, closed the window, and 20 minutes later starts browsing again. Does he 'switch' to the active Safari process, and choose to open another window on it, or does he just click the Safari icon on the bottom (ie: 'start Safari program')?
And having all these processes running, is that good for the resources, and the responsiveness of the computer?
Coming from Windows I always end up having like 7 programs running, but all I'm doing at that moment is browsing the web.
But when you have more mony, you just buy more things, since you keep wanting to 'improve' your life. The article states that winners of a lottery are back to normal happiness levels in a year.
And if you follow the news, rich people also get calls from bill collectors. The only way to not have bill collectors call you, is not to buy stuff. So as said before in thecomments, you should detach from material things.
This would mean money can not make you happier. As a great philisopher once said: "mo' money, mo' problems."
There is also an idea to make a slip in two parts, your vote only readable with both parts, one of which must be left behind. So you get the slip, read it to see it's ok, then take the top part of the slip with you and leave the bottom behind. No one can see what you have voted, but if it must be done, the gouvernment can with both parts of the slip.
Me being a lucky guy, I got to spend two full days (and probably another two or three) figuring out OS X at work. I have a good understanding of Windows, and the OS X has always freaked me out. But you know what? I've given it a couple of hours, reading articles online to solve small problems (how to display the desktop) and large problems (how to change the default workgroup when using samba) and I've learned quite a lot.
I now know how finder works (which is really new for me, but not quite bad), I've discovered NetInfo manager, where's the terminal, how to add users, make a user admin, boot verbose, directory access (I was surprised about the active directory options and all), what's a disk image, how to delete apps (although I don't trust that it can be so easy as to delete a folder), and lot's more.
There were some scares along the way, like seeing complete folders go up in some kind of magical *poof* of smoke, and other weird things. But I'm confident that another few days of fiddling around, and I'll feel right at home, a big hurdle being the BSD file system which I'm not familiar with. But hey, I'm throwing out ls -al and ps -acx like it's nothing, so I'll be ok.
And you know what I did when I sat down behind XP, I installed the resources from the CD and went to the command prompt. Isn't that weird?
There's really no point to my story, but since I've written this far, I'll just press submit anyway...
PS What's that key on the right side of keyboard above the numpad with an arrow pointing up and left?
2 more months and we should have VS2005, the devs promised it wouldn't touch code and would produce valid xhtml.
If it does, that's a good (although somewhat late) improvement (which should've been a free upgrade, since I consider the absence of that 'feature' a bug).
I'm reading The Corporation by Joel Bakan, he makes a good case suggesting Corporations have almost all requirements for being considered psychopaths. He also states this is by design, it's the way it should be in our current system.
So, the boss being a representative of the Corporation may show signs of being a psychopath. But this is his job, being selfish for the company, self absorbed, thinking he/the company is the best, not caring about anything or anyone, not facing consequences, it's all in the name of maxing profits.
But as Joel Bakan says, he's probably a 'normal' guy when he goes home. He has a family and all, the psycho thing is just work you know?
I bought his book. I don't know much about his software, but the book was very fun to read, very clever. He's a good writer, that's why people enjoy reading his articles.
I've wondered about that too. I think it's because in programming projects, doubling your resources after a certain amount will only end up halving your projectteams productivity. That's also why such an amazing % of IT projects are over-budget and over-time.
Not even MS can fix that, it seems inherent to the programming practice.
Burglars beware, robot guards are here. In an idea straight out of science fiction, robots could soon begin patrolling Japanese offices, shopping malls and banks to keep them safe from intruders.
Equipped with a camera and sensors, the Guardrobo D1, developed by Japanese security firm Sohgo Security Services Co, is designed to patrol along pre-programmed paths and keep an eye out for signs of trouble.
The 109cm tall robot will alert human guards via radio and by sending camera footage if it detects intruders, fires, or even water leaks.
Such robots are vital from a business standpoint when considering Japan's ageing population, Sohgo Security said.
"In the near future, it is certain that securing young and capable manpower will become even more difficult...and the security industry will feel the full brunt of the impact," the company said in a statement.
Around one in five Japanese are now 65 or over and the proportion is expected to rise to one in three in 2040, according to government data.
Sohgo Security is negotiating with several clients, and after an initial trial run hopes to begin offering a robot-assisted security system within a year, the company said.
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Also worth noting is that the first book was rewritten to better fit the later books
I don't play games, so maybe I got this wrong, but those are some really studid rules! Especially no. 1: so even Michael Jordan would have his WoW name changed if he used his own. WTF, he _IS_ Michael Jordan. And what is you use your regular name, like John Doe, and suddenly you win on some TV show or whatever? "Hey dude, now that you're famous, don't forget to change your name in WoW, because we can't have you running around pretending to be you!". pretty stupid I think.
Anyway, I think CmdrTaco should change Slashdot to not allow the string "World of Warcraft" to be submitted in stories or comment. Why? Well, because it's the rules...
The problem often comes back to ignorance from the market, who do not realize the current offerings from Novell.
Then Novell needs to get a good Marketing campaign. Something absolutely huge, that will create a hype surrounding their products. They need to unleash the equivalent of the Windows 95 hype. If they don't, they will never again play the role they once played. I sincerely believe that Novell has the product, the experience and the overall know-how to become a market leader, it's just that no one seems to notice.
I can't feel frameworks take away my control. It's like I want to do all those things myself, even though I know I can't do it as good as them. Also, I don't know if I can ever really understand what it is, only that I have to type something like :scaffold whatever and I'll hit the ground running. Wonderful, but...
I feel like the real skill of development lies in making stuff like that, and if it becomes defacto, all you do is build applications from building blocks. I feel it takes away some of the 'art' of development. You'd say, oh I build a nice webshop, and the other person would sya, what did you use, and your answer wouldn't be php, mysql, some html/css and javascripting. It'd be Ruby on Rails, of Smarty Templates combined with some Data Access layer, or a whole lot of those java spring/hibernate thingies. And all you did was tie up the ends.
I know it makes no sense not to use it, it's much a better choice. Make more money, easier, faster. But still, there's that feeling, know what I mean?
Attribution. You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor.
Share Alike. If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under a license identical to this one.
That first note, fair enough, I'll put a comment in the code. The second one, I don't know. What does this mean for my project, it automatically becomes a CC licenced project? I might not want that.
But don't you all think this means that most 'normal' Apple users end up having 10 programs running at the end of a session? I mean, they are presumably not capable of understanding two-button mice, so do these designers believe they do know the difference between a window and the actual program or process? Or that the program/process is still running when they have stopped effectively using it?
You should perhaps observe the user in this moment: he has browsed, closed the window, and 20 minutes later starts browsing again. Does he 'switch' to the active Safari process, and choose to open another window on it, or does he just click the Safari icon on the bottom (ie: 'start Safari program')?
And having all these processes running, is that good for the resources, and the responsiveness of the computer?
Coming from Windows I always end up having like 7 programs running, but all I'm doing at that moment is browsing the web.
But when you have more mony, you just buy more things, since you keep wanting to 'improve' your life. The article states that winners of a lottery are back to normal happiness levels in a year. And if you follow the news, rich people also get calls from bill collectors. The only way to not have bill collectors call you, is not to buy stuff. So as said before in thecomments, you should detach from material things. This would mean money can not make you happier. As a great philisopher once said: "mo' money, mo' problems."
Why are you surprised? this happens about 3 times a day on Slashdot. It could have said Apple would do it and I wouldn't have been surprised.
There is also an idea to make a slip in two parts, your vote only readable with both parts, one of which must be left behind. So you get the slip, read it to see it's ok, then take the top part of the slip with you and leave the bottom behind. No one can see what you have voted, but if it must be done, the gouvernment can with both parts of the slip.
Not just Office. How about Windows XP SP2, is it not 'good enough'? And what of Adobe CS 2?
Man, I wish it would go down like that! Because it just sounds really honest and actually makes sense (well, to me it does).
Perfection? Not really. Even the Finder has recently 'found' it's way into the Interface Hall of Shame.
I still haven't installed Linux, I have an ISO, but I can't find a crack...
I can't believe that on the day they give it away for free, you are whining about how it sucks to have to pay for Opera. It's never good huh?
Me being a lucky guy, I got to spend two full days (and probably another two or three) figuring out OS X at work. I have a good understanding of Windows, and the OS X has always freaked me out. But you know what? I've given it a couple of hours, reading articles online to solve small problems (how to display the desktop) and large problems (how to change the default workgroup when using samba) and I've learned quite a lot.
I now know how finder works (which is really new for me, but not quite bad), I've discovered NetInfo manager, where's the terminal, how to add users, make a user admin, boot verbose, directory access (I was surprised about the active directory options and all), what's a disk image, how to delete apps (although I don't trust that it can be so easy as to delete a folder), and lot's more.
There were some scares along the way, like seeing complete folders go up in some kind of magical *poof* of smoke, and other weird things. But I'm confident that another few days of fiddling around, and I'll feel right at home, a big hurdle being the BSD file system which I'm not familiar with. But hey, I'm throwing out ls -al and ps -acx like it's nothing, so I'll be ok.
And you know what I did when I sat down behind XP, I installed the resources from the CD and went to the command prompt. Isn't that weird?
There's really no point to my story, but since I've written this far, I'll just press submit anyway...
PS What's that key on the right side of keyboard above the numpad with an arrow pointing up and left?
2 more months and we should have VS2005, the devs promised it wouldn't touch code and would produce valid xhtml.
If it does, that's a good (although somewhat late) improvement (which should've been a free upgrade, since I consider the absence of that 'feature' a bug).
Even worse, SOA is dutch for a STD. Yes, one of those...
I'm reading The Corporation by Joel Bakan, he makes a good case suggesting Corporations have almost all requirements for being considered psychopaths. He also states this is by design, it's the way it should be in our current system.
So, the boss being a representative of the Corporation may show signs of being a psychopath. But this is his job, being selfish for the company, self absorbed, thinking he/the company is the best, not caring about anything or anyone, not facing consequences, it's all in the name of maxing profits.
But as Joel Bakan says, he's probably a 'normal' guy when he goes home. He has a family and all, the psycho thing is just work you know?
What if you never have brilliant ideas? I'll stick to php then...
Perhaps some comments on the XBox version as well
I bought his book. I don't know much about his software, but the book was very fun to read, very clever. He's a good writer, that's why people enjoy reading his articles.
Yes, there may be things you don't like but deal with it.
Oh they'll deal with allright. They have 'friends' in the government to help them deal with it.
I've wondered about that too. I think it's because in programming projects, doubling your resources after a certain amount will only end up halving your projectteams productivity. That's also why such an amazing % of IT projects are over-budget and over-time.
Not even MS can fix that, it seems inherent to the programming practice.
You must really hate mondays...
Burglars beware, robot guards are here. In an idea straight out of science fiction, robots could soon begin patrolling Japanese offices, shopping malls and banks to keep them safe from intruders.
Equipped with a camera and sensors, the Guardrobo D1, developed by Japanese security firm Sohgo Security Services Co, is designed to patrol along pre-programmed paths and keep an eye out for signs of trouble.
The 109cm tall robot will alert human guards via radio and by sending camera footage if it detects intruders, fires, or even water leaks.
Such robots are vital from a business standpoint when considering Japan's ageing population, Sohgo Security said.
"In the near future, it is certain that securing young and capable manpower will become even more difficult...and the security industry will feel the full brunt of the impact," the company said in a statement.
Around one in five Japanese are now 65 or over and the proportion is expected to rise to one in three in 2040, according to government data.
Sohgo Security is negotiating with several clients, and after an initial trial run hopes to begin offering a robot-assisted security system within a year, the company said.