well, having worked with a guy who has a doctorate (and was a low-level "professor") from OK State, I'm not surprised. The guy couldn't code his way out of a paper bag.
The problem is if I hire somebody and he/she cannot fix it, it is my responsibility. On the other hand, if I buy the software somewhere, I can blame the vendor. It is not about how to get the job done. It is the politics.
I'm quoting the AC because I have no mod points today. This is the reality. This is how the real world works. In terms of products, it is not about who has the best product, it's about marketing. Similarly, in the workforce, it's not about who has the highest IQ, it's about who plays the game the best.
The above is a great example of that and something I think many fail to understand. Getting ahead is about reducing risk of failure while enhancing the ability to take credit for sucess simultaneously. In the above scenario, if the project is a sucess (documentable, from an ROI proposition), you can take credit. If it is not, you can blame the vendor (maybe even suggest legal action if the SLA is written tight enough).
If I recommend an OSS solution, hire programmers to customize it, etc., and it fails, I'm out of a job (or at least don't get a bonus and/or fat raise).
I just got the new Oracle jdeveloper. 256mb Minimum. Why? Writtten in java. It was completely, utterly unusable on a p3 800 with 128 RAM. It's ok (but not a speed freak) on a brand new dell p4 1.8 ghz, 512meg ram!!!!
Java is Ok for the server, I guess, but please, leave it out of desktop apps. Too damn resource intensive.
Agreed, although I did play it (pirate tryout of course -- I NEVER buy a game without trying it and I couldn't locate a demo quickly, so I just fired up IRC).
It's for control freaks, as someone mentioned. People who like to control people, but tend to be frustrated in their attempts at real life control. Personally, control freaks have always eluded my comprehension. I can't control much of anything, let alone other people, so why would I want to play a video game and try? I don't get it.
But I wasn't replying to you. You had no link. The parent post said it had "gone by the waist-side". I'm assuming they meant wayside.
And I just went to my link I posted above, went thru the whole process of configuring a ludicrously expensive Dell Workstation, filled shipping info, etc. and got all the way to the point of where I entered my credit card information and stopped. I don't see anything preventing me from doing it.
Really. I was helping a guy from work fix something in his house. We needed a specialty appliance/plumbing part (something Lowe's or Home Despot wouldn't have). Ordinarily, I would go to my Yahoo, run a yellow pages search from Home or work saved location (in this case, I'd have to type his address in) for the nearest plumbing supply house in his neck of the woods, call 'em, print a map and roll, but he had no computer. 45 minutes later of flipping to the yellow pages, maps, etc, the task was done. I marvel at the amount of time saved on such Mundane tasks.
one the fun side: I recall during the Olypics my son and I flipped past Curling one night. My son thought it was cool, but we missed the beginning, so the rules were unclear. No problem. A quick trip to the computer during commercial break and the olympics site gave complete rules with nice video/flash multimedia animation to boot.
you can get a similiar addon for IE. Go to www.microsoft.com/ie, go downloads, then.. I think it is powertoys or utlities.. The search tool doesn't have google defined by default, but you have to go to the 5.0 downloads section. It works in ie 6 just fine.)
if the military is anything like the gov. agency I contract for, money is allocated in fiscal year budgets, period. That's better than public companies, which only look a quarter ahead.
I had a journalism professor who used to say you should substitute "damn" every time you want to write "very." It packs more punch and is a better read.
Nope. he's not stoned, he's just a Linux user who thinks that is "ease of use."
He doesn't realize that half the non geeks only attach documents to an email by using Word/Excel/Powerpoint's "mail this document" feature. I couldn't tell you the number of times I've had to show people how to attach a another kind of document (like a picture).
I tell my wife this all the time when she writes something not too smart from her work email (like bitching about her boss). Forget packet sniffing, If you think your sysadmin never gets bored and starts reading people's mail, you have much better faith in human nature than I do. I KNOW a sysadmin at a former company read mail. I caught him doing it.
I've actually seen something like that before. Does macromedia still basically only support ColdFusion for dynamic stuff? Sorry, but I have a lot of knowledge in ASP. I looked at CF and didn't see anything that made we want to switch. I'm already having trouble picking up a new platform in J2EE/Oracle and can't be bothered to learn a 3rd.
I do believe in Flash. I think that web apps have to take a step up in UI for large acceptance. Most HTML/Javascript UI's stink. But I have no desire to manually alter flash files to change content. And separating data/biz rules/display logic is crucial. I work on government sites and 508/disabled version of the site is required. I ain't maintaining two versions (three if I have to support Nutscrape, like the current project), especially if one of them means having the designer opening up a bunch of flash files and change them.
that's my point. I have nothing against flash, but it's doing a whole site in it is a maintenance nightmare, and I don't want to install flash on every machine I have.
right. That's why you shouldn't use FAT. using FAT on an NT/2000/XP kernel-based Windows and you throw security out the window. It's strictly a legacy thing.
Actually, I was thinking of this today after helping someone install a new video card. why can't HW manufacturers get together for a web site which has a repository for driver versions and locations to dl them from. That way when joe newbie gets a new card and the "new hardware found", he can just select "internet" for "search location" in the wizard. also, another wizard/app would check for updates. Windows update kinda does this for some hardware (I occasionally get notified of a new Nvidia driver, for instance), but it is spotty and windows only. There is no reason the above scenario couldn't work for any os (mac, linux, etc.)
A phone call and a question never hurts. I had a ticket a few weeks ago and wanted to keep it off my insurance record (had an accident last year and rates are high). Anyway, in Oklahoma City you can take the traffic school option ($95, but cheaper than the $100 ticket) and charge is dismissed and filed as a 10 MPH ticket (doesn't go on driving record).
Coolest thing? The driving school has an online option! I couldn't believe it! Not a bad site either. Nice tutorial and then mini "testlets". I've gotten about halfway thru in less than two hours.
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well, having worked with a guy who has a doctorate (and was a low-level "professor") from OK State, I'm not surprised. The guy couldn't code his way out of a paper bag.
The problem is if I hire somebody and he/she cannot fix it, it is my responsibility. On the other hand, if I buy the software somewhere, I can blame the vendor. It is not about how to get the job done. It is the politics.
I'm quoting the AC because I have no mod points today. This is the reality. This is how the real world works. In terms of products, it is not about who has the best product, it's about marketing. Similarly, in the workforce, it's not about who has the highest IQ, it's about who plays the game the best.
The above is a great example of that and something I think many fail to understand. Getting ahead is about reducing risk of failure while enhancing the ability to take credit for sucess simultaneously. In the above scenario, if the project is a sucess (documentable, from an ROI proposition), you can take credit. If it is not, you can blame the vendor (maybe even suggest legal action if the SLA is written tight enough).
If I recommend an OSS solution, hire programmers to customize it, etc., and it fails, I'm out of a job (or at least don't get a bonus and/or fat raise).
java app = shitloads of memory.
I just got the new Oracle jdeveloper. 256mb Minimum. Why? Writtten in java. It was completely, utterly unusable on a p3 800 with 128 RAM. It's ok (but not a speed freak) on a brand new dell p4 1.8 ghz, 512meg ram!!!!
Java is Ok for the server, I guess, but please, leave it out of desktop apps. Too damn resource intensive.
Agreed, although I did play it (pirate tryout of course -- I NEVER buy a game without trying it and I couldn't locate a demo quickly, so I just fired up IRC).
It's for control freaks, as someone mentioned. People who like to control people, but tend to be frustrated in their attempts at real life control. Personally, control freaks have always eluded my comprehension. I can't control much of anything, let alone other people, so why would I want to play a video game and try? I don't get it.
But I wasn't replying to you. You had no link. The parent post said it had "gone by the waist-side". I'm assuming they meant wayside.
And I just went to my link I posted above, went thru the whole process of configuring a ludicrously expensive Dell Workstation, filled shipping info, etc. and got all the way to the point of where I entered my credit card information and stopped. I don't see anything preventing me from doing it.
I realize this goes against the grain of many elite slashdot Linux HAXXORS, but maybe you could try checking the facts first?
Dell still offers Linux!
Just to set the record straight, it was a Harry Potter reference (My son and I read them)
oh bad, bad stupid Dobbie!
whoever the F&*(! modded this up needs their privs revoked.
1. They not only didn't read the article (it says Wall Street Journal), the ADMITTED it in the post.
2. It's really clever to use an "$" instead of S in MS right? Huh? Get it?
3. Everyone knows MSNBC has been lauded for being a surprisingly unbiased source for news about Microsoft anyway. Much better than, say, ZDnet.
Get a clue.
Really. I was helping a guy from work fix something in his house. We needed a specialty appliance/plumbing part (something Lowe's or Home Despot wouldn't have). Ordinarily, I would go to my Yahoo, run a yellow pages search from Home or work saved location (in this case, I'd have to type his address in) for the nearest plumbing supply house in his neck of the woods, call 'em, print a map and roll, but he had no computer. 45 minutes later of flipping to the yellow pages, maps, etc, the task was done. I marvel at the amount of time saved on such Mundane tasks.
one the fun side: I recall during the Olypics my son and I flipped past Curling one night. My son thought it was cool, but we missed the beginning, so the rules were unclear. No problem. A quick trip to the computer during commercial break and the olympics site gave complete rules with nice video/flash multimedia animation to boot.
you can get a similiar addon for IE. Go to www.microsoft.com/ie, go downloads, then .. I think it is powertoys or utlities.. The search tool doesn't have google defined by default, but you have to go to the 5.0 downloads section. It works in ie 6 just fine.)
if the military is anything like the gov. agency I contract for, money is allocated in fiscal year budgets, period. That's better than public companies, which only look a quarter ahead.
but the day it inserts:
"I'm afraid I can't do that Mitch"
I'm freaking unplugging it and becoming a luddite.
I had a journalism professor who used to say you should substitute "damn" every time you want to write "very." It packs more punch and is a better read.
quoting so, those not at -1 can see:
You Americans think that CNN is on the left?
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Is this some kind of joke? Do you really believe that?
The scary part is in America right now, it IS on the left. Really.
Nope. he's not stoned, he's just a Linux user who thinks that is "ease of use."
He doesn't realize that half the non geeks only attach documents to an email by using Word/Excel/Powerpoint's "mail this document" feature. I couldn't tell you the number of times I've had to show people how to attach a another kind of document (like a picture).
I tell my wife this all the time when she writes something not too smart from her work email (like bitching about her boss). Forget packet sniffing, If you think your sysadmin never gets bored and starts reading people's mail, you have much better faith in human nature than I do. I KNOW a sysadmin at a former company read mail. I caught him doing it.
Here's a clue: They're Lying. Their Lawyers are lying. this was settled with 98 Lite (which even works with ME).
Know why they are lying? Because that is a lawyer's job. It's also the job of the CEO when faced with a negotiation with a court. That's life.
I've actually seen something like that before. Does macromedia still basically only support ColdFusion for dynamic stuff? Sorry, but I have a lot of knowledge in ASP. I looked at CF and didn't see anything that made we want to switch. I'm already having trouble picking up a new platform in J2EE/Oracle and can't be bothered to learn a 3rd.
I do believe in Flash. I think that web apps have to take a step up in UI for large acceptance. Most HTML/Javascript UI's stink. But I have no desire to manually alter flash files to change content. And separating data/biz rules/display logic is crucial. I work on government sites and 508/disabled version of the site is required. I ain't maintaining two versions (three if I have to support Nutscrape, like the current project), especially if one of them means having the designer opening up a bunch of flash files and change them.
that's my point. I have nothing against flash, but it's doing a whole site in it is a maintenance nightmare, and I don't want to install flash on every machine I have.
right. That's why you shouldn't use FAT. using FAT on an NT/2000/XP kernel-based Windows and you throw security out the window. It's strictly a legacy thing.
ERROR: STACK OVERFLOW
Actually, I was thinking of this today after helping someone install a new video card. why can't HW manufacturers get together for a web site which has a repository for driver versions and locations to dl them from. That way when joe newbie gets a new card and the "new hardware found", he can just select "internet" for "search location" in the wizard. also, another wizard/app would check for updates. Windows update kinda does this for some hardware (I occasionally get notified of a new Nvidia driver, for instance), but it is spotty and windows only. There is no reason the above scenario couldn't work for any os (mac, linux, etc.)
A phone call and a question never hurts. I had a ticket a few weeks ago and wanted to keep it off my insurance record (had an accident last year and rates are high). Anyway, in Oklahoma City you can take the traffic school option ($95, but cheaper than the $100 ticket) and charge is dismissed and filed as a 10 MPH ticket (doesn't go on driving record).
Coolest thing? The driving school has an online option! I couldn't believe it! Not a bad site either. Nice tutorial and then mini "testlets". I've gotten about halfway thru in less than two hours.