I'm all for objective comparisons we can all argue over but this one killed it for me.
$600 - The average price for PS2 on ebay in November 2000.
vs.
$600 - The price for the higher end PS3 when it releases in November 2006.
How is that a valid comparison? I wonder if the author is aware that the PS3's are going for up to $5000 on ebay right now. And there's also that gem about PS2's having DVD functionality:
Offered DVD playback at a price cheaper than most existing DVD players. "[PS2] put DVD on the map, pushing hardware prices down and forcing the viability of the format. (Gear Live)
From what I recall, DVD's were already kicking ass when PS2 came out. In fact, many people bought a PS2 because they liked the DVD functionality.
Don't go working for a company, especially a big one, and expect that you will be able to -- as a complete newbie -- convince them to change their ways just because you know of a technology that is "better". This hardly ever happens at small companies; how would you expect it to work at a big national one? Besides, you aren't saving them anything in your example. What are they going to do, retrain ALL their staff to use Python or fire every VB developer and re-hire the entire team? If a new guy came into a company and proposed it to switch its development platform, I'm pretty sure most people would stop taking that person seriuosly.
I understand what you're saying, but I don't fully agree.
He was trying to hire senior developers. What sense does it make to hire less than qualified developers for that position? Not only would it hurt morale when other developers why their leads are incompentent, but also... who the hell trains *them* to become more competent? If the senior person isn't 100% competent from the get-go, they aren't qualified for the position and shouldn't be hired -- especially if they want to call themselves a "senior" anything.
In IE 7, those pages look radically different. The page does NOT render like a regular XML file that or a txt file. It formats it all into a nice beautiful page. A quick rundown of how it works in IE7.
1. Each item in the feed is a row in a table that is nicely formatted almost like a catalogue. 2. There is a subscribe link at the top along with the title and an explanation about feeds. 3. But most interesting is the floating menu on the right that lets you sort the RSS feed by a variety of fields. For example, on the ebay listing, I can sort it by List Order (default), Buy it now price, Current auction price, Listing end time, Number of bids. I can filter the listing by Auctions vs Buy it now. I can filter it by category. It has a search-as-you type inline search bar too. The feed is downloaded (and I believe its dependencies) and keeps items archived, making the search even more useful. 4. Subscribing is much like booking marking. Clicking on the subscription takes you back to that formatted page. It also keeps tabs on anything new on that page.
Actually, it's quite impressive and innovative (number 3).
As a side note, viewing the source of the page garbles the XML.
1) The news of this delay came only 2 days before their supposed ship date. 2) They're STILL DEVELOPING THE SOFTWARE a week away from releasing it to the entire world!!
Maybe this is normal in smaller software development firms, but to me, it seems like they're being overly aggressive in getting the product out the door. This will likely become the most widely installed application on the face of the earth and yet they're still fixing (major) bugs a week before shipping?
Myspace will ultimately be worth nothing. Myspace is already past the height of its popularity, its just coasting on momentum which will run out eventually.
Why does that get rated insightful? You might as well start claiming Yahoo hit its peak and is only coasting on momentum too. Look at the alexa stats. I don't see any overall decline in myspace. It's had a solid year of growth. There's no way to conclude it's about to tumble into oblivion. In fact, the whole idea is that social networking IS about momentum -- once you have it, it's hard to lose it.
Your comment assumes Valve either never plays their own game, or that they're morons. Obviously buy spamming could be a problem. So you can restrict the amount of data that gets updated to the server PER LICENSE KEY. Maps that encourage one gun over another will obviously skew their stats. And those types of maps (awp map, anybody?) are relatively popular. Don't you think they would take that into consideration?
What if instead of total popularity, they looked at CHANGES in popularity, relative to that server's last data upload? Or what if they weight popularity of a gun based on how many DIFFERENT people buy it, seeing as some people absolutely love and stick to one or two guns (hmm, AK/M4?).
I just don't get why you'd condemn them based on such crazy assumptions. If you thought of that little exploit in 2 minutes, I'm pretty sure their product managers, programmers, and testers noticed it months ago.
You're right, you are not a regular user -- you fit the demographic of an early adopter. As such, a failure to cater to your "everyday" uses will hurt them a whole lot more than you give credit. Remember, lots of other MP3 players cost less than the iPod. They have a boat load more features and capacity, and yet they still failed to beat Apple.
"As reported on CircleID, the nation of Cameroon, which controls the.cm top level domain, has typo-squatted all of the.com domain space."
That ".com" should be ".cm." In an article about typo-squatting, could you at least make sure you don't typo the main premise of the article in a manner that significantly alters the story??
I can see the idea of having ads rotate on your desktop as a wall paper. Anything that *interferes* with the usage and operation of the operating system will significantly harm the OS's value to the consumer. Popup ads and drive by ad IMs is exactly the kind of thing that gave rise to the anti-spyware industry.
However, with the move towards making a visually appealing operating system a priority, I highly doubt MS will, in any forseeable future, introduce ads. The last thing you need is bright yellow flashing boxes with red text asking you to "click."
This is breaking news, but the entire point of this article just got destroyed with the news that myspace is looking to expundge these so-called widgets:
I'm pretty sure a big part of why these frameworks are popular come from the fact that they allow for smarter, fewer lines of code, ultimately making maintenance easier. Much of the lower level problems like database connectivity, optimization, resource management, etc. are handled by these frameworks and other higher level languages which in turn allow the developers to focus on the business logic, rather than debugging their latest build of the database.
At least that's why I assumed rapid developement frameworks caught on.
Wait, so where do these IT people get all these conglamoration of skills? Seems like you can't do it without several years of working history. If anything, that tells me the industry will start to heavily focus on internal training to ensure new and old IT staff can fill this new gap.
You aren't born with business/writing/accounting know-how, nor with IT knowledge. People already spend a lifetime trying to be an expert in their respective fields. You can't be an expert in every field, especially those that require distinctly different skills.
Slashdot Mirror
Fill it with the "used" water.
Zing!
vs.
How is that a valid comparison? I wonder if the author is aware that the PS3's are going for up to $5000 on ebay right now. And there's also that gem about PS2's having DVD functionality:
From what I recall, DVD's were already kicking ass when PS2 came out. In fact, many people bought a PS2 because they liked the DVD functionality.
You can't be serious...
Don't go working for a company, especially a big one, and expect that you will be able to -- as a complete newbie -- convince them to change their ways just because you know of a technology that is "better". This hardly ever happens at small companies; how would you expect it to work at a big national one? Besides, you aren't saving them anything in your example. What are they going to do, retrain ALL their staff to use Python or fire every VB developer and re-hire the entire team? If a new guy came into a company and proposed it to switch its development platform, I'm pretty sure most people would stop taking that person seriuosly.
Nah.
1. Someone who is money conscious and doesn't care about the "latest and greatest" gets a PS2. That consumer would have never bought a PS3.
2. Anybody who is a fan of Sony already has a PS2. Those people aren't buying more PS2s.
3. A truly uninformed consumer (read: non-gamers) are who Nintendo are most likely to woo. The PS3 is NOT what such a consumer would choose to buy.
What other major demographic is left to buy the PS2 who would have otherwise bought a PS3?
Delaying the console does NOT help Sony.
I understand what you're saying, but I don't fully agree.
He was trying to hire senior developers. What sense does it make to hire less than qualified developers for that position? Not only would it hurt morale when other developers why their leads are incompentent, but also... who the hell trains *them* to become more competent? If the senior person isn't 100% competent from the get-go, they aren't qualified for the position and shouldn't be hired -- especially if they want to call themselves a "senior" anything.
What ever happened to leaving flaming sacks of crap on a porch??
In IE 7, those pages look radically different. The page does NOT render like a regular XML file that or a txt file. It formats it all into a nice beautiful page. A quick rundown of how it works in IE7.
1. Each item in the feed is a row in a table that is nicely formatted almost like a catalogue.
2. There is a subscribe link at the top along with the title and an explanation about feeds.
3. But most interesting is the floating menu on the right that lets you sort the RSS feed by a variety of fields. For example, on the ebay listing, I can sort it by List Order (default), Buy it now price, Current auction price, Listing end time, Number of bids. I can filter the listing by Auctions vs Buy it now. I can filter it by category. It has a search-as-you type inline search bar too. The feed is downloaded (and I believe its dependencies) and keeps items archived, making the search even more useful.
4. Subscribing is much like booking marking. Clicking on the subscription takes you back to that formatted page. It also keeps tabs on anything new on that page.
Actually, it's quite impressive and innovative (number 3).
As a side note, viewing the source of the page garbles the XML.
Does anybody else find it very concerning that:
1) The news of this delay came only 2 days before their supposed ship date.
2) They're STILL DEVELOPING THE SOFTWARE a week away from releasing it to the entire world!!
Maybe this is normal in smaller software development firms, but to me, it seems like they're being overly aggressive in getting the product out the door. This will likely become the most widely installed application on the face of the earth and yet they're still fixing (major) bugs a week before shipping?
Why does that get rated insightful? You might as well start claiming Yahoo hit its peak and is only coasting on momentum too. Look at the alexa stats. I don't see any overall decline in myspace. It's had a solid year of growth. There's no way to conclude it's about to tumble into oblivion. In fact, the whole idea is that social networking IS about momentum -- once you have it, it's hard to lose it.
Dear ClosedSource,
I really enjoyed your quip about Slashdot being a club. You're too kind on the OP. You should really give him a piece of your mind!
Anyway, how's the dog? Is your neighbor still throwing trash in your yard? How's the wife?
Your pal,
Moochfish
P.S. Your hand writing was really hard to read last time... Could you use a type-writer this time?
Their legitimacy (or lack there of) doesn't make their counter claims any less legitimate.
Your comment assumes Valve either never plays their own game, or that they're morons. Obviously buy spamming could be a problem. So you can restrict the amount of data that gets updated to the server PER LICENSE KEY. Maps that encourage one gun over another will obviously skew their stats. And those types of maps (awp map, anybody?) are relatively popular. Don't you think they would take that into consideration?
What if instead of total popularity, they looked at CHANGES in popularity, relative to that server's last data upload? Or what if they weight popularity of a gun based on how many DIFFERENT people buy it, seeing as some people absolutely love and stick to one or two guns (hmm, AK/M4?).
I just don't get why you'd condemn them based on such crazy assumptions. If you thought of that little exploit in 2 minutes, I'm pretty sure their product managers, programmers, and testers noticed it months ago.
You're right, you are not a regular user -- you fit the demographic of an early adopter. As such, a failure to cater to your "everyday" uses will hurt them a whole lot more than you give credit. Remember, lots of other MP3 players cost less than the iPod. They have a boat load more features and capacity, and yet they still failed to beat Apple.
Talk about unexpected features...
p resentation/07.html
Check out the videos on this page, especially the ones near the bottom. Notice the relatively advanced photo editing features!
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/topics/wii_preview/
These videos show some pretty amazing functionality. Sony is probably pretty scared right now.
Anybody up for some hardcore skiing? I hear there's record snowfall in Hell right now!
In a decade or two, Earth will face its biggest threat yet to its landfill ecosystems...
~writes new MS-DOS compatible apps~
Is it Duke Nukem?
Crocodiles: 0.
Stingrays: 1.
"As reported on CircleID, the nation of Cameroon, which controls the .cm top level domain, has typo-squatted all of the .com domain space."
That ".com" should be ".cm." In an article about typo-squatting, could you at least make sure you don't typo the main premise of the article in a manner that significantly alters the story??
I can see the idea of having ads rotate on your desktop as a wall paper. Anything that *interferes* with the usage and operation of the operating system will significantly harm the OS's value to the consumer. Popup ads and drive by ad IMs is exactly the kind of thing that gave rise to the anti-spyware industry.
However, with the move towards making a visually appealing operating system a priority, I highly doubt MS will, in any forseeable future, introduce ads. The last thing you need is bright yellow flashing boxes with red text asking you to "click."
I think there's a perfect storm coming for people to stop using the term "perfect storm."
This is breaking news, but the entire point of this article just got destroyed with the news that myspace is looking to expundge these so-called widgets:
e atens-youtube-rockyou-and-hundreds-more/
http://mashable.com/2006/07/21/myspace-update-thr
Where's the part where Google tells Microsoft to stay out of internet search?
I'm pretty sure a big part of why these frameworks are popular come from the fact that they allow for smarter, fewer lines of code, ultimately making maintenance easier. Much of the lower level problems like database connectivity, optimization, resource management, etc. are handled by these frameworks and other higher level languages which in turn allow the developers to focus on the business logic, rather than debugging their latest build of the database.
At least that's why I assumed rapid developement frameworks caught on.
Wait, so where do these IT people get all these conglamoration of skills? Seems like you can't do it without several years of working history. If anything, that tells me the industry will start to heavily focus on internal training to ensure new and old IT staff can fill this new gap.
You aren't born with business/writing/accounting know-how, nor with IT knowledge. People already spend a lifetime trying to be an expert in their respective fields. You can't be an expert in every field, especially those that require distinctly different skills.