If you told me that my business needed to take 4 months to do something, I'd tell you it had better be revenue-generating.
If you're Google, and you're thinking long term (something severely lacking with many people), it is revenue generating...especially if they're in the forefront of providing support for the technology.
If you're running virus scanning software, make sure it's not scanning into JAR files or anything like that. McAfee was doing so at the last place I worked and Eclipse ran *extremely* slow. We got IT to disable JAR scanning on our development machines, and Eclipse actually ran quickly.
adding more people to the team will always be counterproductive since they'd only slow down the people who need to be 100% focused on finishing things up
Fixed that for you.
If there are any manager types reading this - THIS IS TRUE. More people does not make a project quicker to market. In fact, it has the reverse effect for a variety of reasons. A great book about this is The Mythical Man Month by Frederick P. Brooks. Please. Read. Do it for all of us techs-types who already know this.
STFU. In America, the "poor" are only poor because they are lazy or just plain stupid. Anyone who is willing to work hard and make a few sacrifices can easily get as much wealth as they desire.
I'll (sort of) agree with your first part. Most of the "poor" people I know really just don't make the effort to change and improve their life. (Of course, your comment doesn't take into account unlucky streaks, people who have mental health issues, etc.)
As for "making a few sacrifices" and "easily getting as much wealth as they desire" - not so. This works for some people, but if it was so easy, we'd have a lot more rich people. But, instead, we have a lot of middle class. (Which, arguably, for many countries, America's middle class IS rich.) To become part of the super rich, you have to come up with something awesome AND be able to sell it/market it well, you have to know the right people, or you just have to have pure dumb luck and know how to manage money afterwards. (Lottery winners have pure dumb luck, but many of them have no clue how to manage money and end back up in the poor house.)
or that new amazing thing called going outside. I hear the 3D is amazing.
Nah. It's totally overrated. First, it's *way* overpriced. Second, the developers couldn't even agree on how to create it, so it's full of bugs and littered with bits of trash left-over from the process. Additionally, there are just things that the AI does that will make you smack your forehead in disgust. And some of the designs are just crazy. The platypus object, for example - multiple inheritance gone crazy.
In case you haven't noticed, iTunes DRM is pretty much gone (and, if it's not, it's rapidly getting there). Just look for the plus sign next to the songs to know that it's DRM-free.
The only places CDs are still widely used are car CD players, home hi-fi systems, and DJ booths.
Actually, I would say even those are becoming obsolete. I don't play "real" CDs in my car anymore. I have an MP3/WMA CD player, so I burn my songs (I can fit ~170 songs on one CD). There's no reason for me to do otherwise.
Also, at two weddings I was just at, the DJ just brought his laptop. No reason to bring stacks and cases of CDs. Music sounded great, and we had a huge selection of songs that he could instantly look up for requests, etc.
I appreciated the poster's response, and I'm glad he cares about what his government is doing. The problem is, not enough people do care about things bigger than, "OMG!!!11! WHO'S WINNING AMERICAN IDOL!!11!!" There are so many more important things to be involved with in this world and the snarky kind of comment that you just made is not necessary, not appreciated, and pretty much shows what's wrong with the way our world is currently being run (where only a few people have power because everybody else says "I really can't do anything so why should I try?").
Well, yeah, but no. What goes on Facebook is public, but the real problem here is the expansion of the government (in this case, the UK) into areas that they do not belong for reasons that are, arguably, pretty stupid.
Additionally, some parts of Facebook are "private." IM conversations between friends, and the messages that pass between people on Facebook are two things I can think of. Those are not available to the general public (at least not via normal means).
But, again, the growth of the government into citizens private lives is the more important issue. Aren't any of the UK citizens concerned?
But I guess if a sign said, "DO NOT TOUCH! 1 MILLION VOLTS!" you'd touch it just because you were curious, right?
Well, some people would (as Cathbard pointed out - YouTube is full of people like this). And, I am thankful for those people. That's why I won't do such a thing because I already know the result.
I am typically pretty good with self-control. And, I now understand your point (it came off very different in your first post, which is why I responded), and I agree with it.
Of course, there is always going to be someone who can't resist. So, as many of the other discussions point out, other actions have to be put in place to handle this.
During one trial that I was a juror for, the prosecution put on a police officer who stated something that was patently not true. The freeware public defender did not challenge it. I was faced with a dilemma -- quickly verify my correct knowledge (just in case I remembered wrong) or go with the police testimony, and convict an innocent man.
Can you expand on this? I'm curious what was said that was false that would have caused a man to be guilty and that you corrected.
If the fact that the supposedly most intelligent creatures on the planet can't control themselves for one month to not look at something they aren't supposed to look at, then not having access to electronic devices is the price one must pay.
Actually, I think it's the fact that we ARE the most intelligent creatures on the planet which is why we DON'T WANT to control ourselves for one month. Humans, by nature, are very curious. We always want to learn more, we always want to see what other people did in various situations or what the results were, etc, etc. And, with the advent of internet always being on all the time, it's so easy to look up this information, humans just do it.
And, as a side note, your comments seems to indicate that you have perfect self-control in every area of your life. My guess is that you don't. "Pot calling Kettle...come in Mr. Kettle..."
I personally was very interested in teaching about software and computers until I reached college. Then, when I started researching it, I realized how little teachers made and I could make twice as much as some "long term" teachers as my starting salary in industry.
Additionally, teacher's unions don't help. It's impossible (pretty much) to fire a bad teacher. I can think of a few teachers who needed to go while I was in school. (And I was a good student, too. I liked most of my teachers.) I can think of one in particular who flat out said, "I really dislike all of you. It's too bad I can't quit." With an attitude like that, no wonder our students aren't learning. (On the flip side, my favorite teacher inspired me to start writing, and I've loved it ever since.)
If you've seen any episode of Jay Leno's Jaywalking, you wouldn't be surprised that so few Americans are knowledgeable about a particular topic. Politics, science, history, current news events, etc. The fact of the matter is that most people just don't care. People are concerned about themselves first, things that directly affect them, second, and everything else a distant third.
The way I see it, there are two different arguments going on.
You seem to be referring to how satisfied you are with an operating system. Cool. But in your first post, it sounded like you were talking about the development time of a said release of an operating system (which is what girlintraining brought up). This is where the disconnect is.
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What's next? Video texting?
Been there. Done that, old man. We're now onto Googlefacevidtweettubing.
Everybody's doing it.
Lastly, why didn't Google (of all companies) bake IPv6 in to these main apps when they were first written?
Because, just as you said, Google hires the best. These guys needed a challenge. They gave themselves one.
(I'm kidding.)
If you told me that my business needed to take 4 months to do something, I'd tell you it had better be revenue-generating.
If you're Google, and you're thinking long term (something severely lacking with many people), it is revenue generating...especially if they're in the forefront of providing support for the technology.
Something you may want to check...
If you're running virus scanning software, make sure it's not scanning into JAR files or anything like that. McAfee was doing so at the last place I worked and Eclipse ran *extremely* slow. We got IT to disable JAR scanning on our development machines, and Eclipse actually ran quickly.
Just something to look at.
-1, Ewwwww
So...let me get this straight...they're open sourcing their Windows code base?
I'm here all week. The veal is amazing!
adding more people to the team will always be counterproductive since they'd only slow down the people who need to be 100% focused on finishing things up
Fixed that for you.
If there are any manager types reading this - THIS IS TRUE. More people does not make a project quicker to market. In fact, it has the reverse effect for a variety of reasons. A great book about this is The Mythical Man Month by Frederick P. Brooks. Please. Read. Do it for all of us techs-types who already know this.
STFU. In America, the "poor" are only poor because they are lazy or just plain stupid. Anyone who is willing to work hard and make a few sacrifices can easily get as much wealth as they desire.
I'll (sort of) agree with your first part. Most of the "poor" people I know really just don't make the effort to change and improve their life. (Of course, your comment doesn't take into account unlucky streaks, people who have mental health issues, etc.)
As for "making a few sacrifices" and "easily getting as much wealth as they desire" - not so. This works for some people, but if it was so easy, we'd have a lot more rich people. But, instead, we have a lot of middle class. (Which, arguably, for many countries, America's middle class IS rich.) To become part of the super rich, you have to come up with something awesome AND be able to sell it/market it well, you have to know the right people, or you just have to have pure dumb luck and know how to manage money afterwards. (Lottery winners have pure dumb luck, but many of them have no clue how to manage money and end back up in the poor house.)
or that new amazing thing called going outside. I hear the 3D is amazing.
Nah. It's totally overrated. First, it's *way* overpriced. Second, the developers couldn't even agree on how to create it, so it's full of bugs and littered with bits of trash left-over from the process. Additionally, there are just things that the AI does that will make you smack your forehead in disgust. And some of the designs are just crazy. The platypus object, for example - multiple inheritance gone crazy.
I'd recommend waiting until the next version.
No fighting ITunes DRM to play on other devices
In case you haven't noticed, iTunes DRM is pretty much gone (and, if it's not, it's rapidly getting there). Just look for the plus sign next to the songs to know that it's DRM-free.
The only places CDs are still widely used are car CD players, home hi-fi systems, and DJ booths.
Actually, I would say even those are becoming obsolete. I don't play "real" CDs in my car anymore. I have an MP3/WMA CD player, so I burn my songs (I can fit ~170 songs on one CD). There's no reason for me to do otherwise.
Also, at two weddings I was just at, the DJ just brought his laptop. No reason to bring stacks and cases of CDs. Music sounded great, and we had a huge selection of songs that he could instantly look up for requests, etc.
-1 Troll
I appreciated the poster's response, and I'm glad he cares about what his government is doing. The problem is, not enough people do care about things bigger than, "OMG!!!11! WHO'S WINNING AMERICAN IDOL!!11!!" There are so many more important things to be involved with in this world and the snarky kind of comment that you just made is not necessary, not appreciated, and pretty much shows what's wrong with the way our world is currently being run (where only a few people have power because everybody else says "I really can't do anything so why should I try?").
I totally tried "Massive Open Collaboration" on my homework and tests in high school. I most definitely came up with this idea first.
And, no, I still don't understand basic algebra? Why do you ask?
Well, yeah, but no. What goes on Facebook is public, but the real problem here is the expansion of the government (in this case, the UK) into areas that they do not belong for reasons that are, arguably, pretty stupid.
Additionally, some parts of Facebook are "private." IM conversations between friends, and the messages that pass between people on Facebook are two things I can think of. Those are not available to the general public (at least not via normal means).
But, again, the growth of the government into citizens private lives is the more important issue. Aren't any of the UK citizens concerned?
But I guess if a sign said, "DO NOT TOUCH! 1 MILLION VOLTS!" you'd touch it just because you were curious, right?
Well, some people would (as Cathbard pointed out - YouTube is full of people like this). And, I am thankful for those people. That's why I won't do such a thing because I already know the result.
I am typically pretty good with self-control. And, I now understand your point (it came off very different in your first post, which is why I responded), and I agree with it.
Of course, there is always going to be someone who can't resist. So, as many of the other discussions point out, other actions have to be put in place to handle this.
Think it'd have trouble towing my bass boat.
Yeah. Especially while in the air...
Indeed, while I think flying cars like this one may find a niche, I don't think they will ever take off on a large scale.
Hahahaha. Whether you intended it or not, this was actually a pretty funny joke. Flying cars...not taking off. Get it?
During one trial that I was a juror for, the prosecution put on a police officer who stated something that was patently not true. The freeware public defender did not challenge it. I was faced with a dilemma -- quickly verify my correct knowledge (just in case I remembered wrong) or go with the police testimony, and convict an innocent man.
Can you expand on this? I'm curious what was said that was false that would have caused a man to be guilty and that you corrected.
If the fact that the supposedly most intelligent creatures on the planet can't control themselves for one month to not look at something they aren't supposed to look at, then not having access to electronic devices is the price one must pay.
Actually, I think it's the fact that we ARE the most intelligent creatures on the planet which is why we DON'T WANT to control ourselves for one month. Humans, by nature, are very curious. We always want to learn more, we always want to see what other people did in various situations or what the results were, etc, etc. And, with the advent of internet always being on all the time, it's so easy to look up this information, humans just do it.
And, as a side note, your comments seems to indicate that you have perfect self-control in every area of your life. My guess is that you don't. "Pot calling Kettle...come in Mr. Kettle..."
Mod +infinity Insightful.
You, sir, have said some of the best things I have read in awhile.
The real solution is, "Pay teachers more money."
I personally was very interested in teaching about software and computers until I reached college. Then, when I started researching it, I realized how little teachers made and I could make twice as much as some "long term" teachers as my starting salary in industry.
Additionally, teacher's unions don't help. It's impossible (pretty much) to fire a bad teacher. I can think of a few teachers who needed to go while I was in school. (And I was a good student, too. I liked most of my teachers.) I can think of one in particular who flat out said, "I really dislike all of you. It's too bad I can't quit." With an attitude like that, no wonder our students aren't learning. (On the flip side, my favorite teacher inspired me to start writing, and I've loved it ever since.)
If you've seen any episode of Jay Leno's Jaywalking, you wouldn't be surprised that so few Americans are knowledgeable about a particular topic. Politics, science, history, current news events, etc. The fact of the matter is that most people just don't care. People are concerned about themselves first, things that directly affect them, second, and everything else a distant third.
Obviously, I am not being invited to the right meetings; I must be doing something right.
Depends on what everybody is drooling over...
I second that - haven't been able to find anything on completely removing the Reader. Anybody have this information?
The way I see it, there are two different arguments going on.
You seem to be referring to how satisfied you are with an operating system. Cool. But in your first post, it sounded like you were talking about the development time of a said release of an operating system (which is what girlintraining brought up). This is where the disconnect is.