Well... I've been using the daily snapshots (4.0b9pre right now) and it is still sloooooow to start.
I like to call it "the beast". Usually, at the beginning of my working week, I start my computer "fresh". Then, after working on some stuff I decide I need to look at some webpage quickly; usually I ponder for about 5 seconds whether to launch Firefox or Google Chrome... and usually it Chrome wins because, during all the time Firefox starts I can already launch Chrome and search whatever I wanted to.
I like firefox and use it daily but it FEELS *reaaly* slow... Also, FF4 removed the status bar which is something I don't like (e.g. the URL of a destination web-page cannot be seen after hovering a link [it shows cut down in the address bar). It seems Mozilla is on the right track screwing and screwing with Firefox:(
Now that Opera has extensions, I will have to have a look... Unforutnately I am so additcted to TreeStyle tabs that it will be difficult to move.
Can you describe what is the game about?? I have seen some videos (a house burning or something) with 3D graphics that are equivalent to NES Super Mario Bros era.
I am really curious to know (in a nutshell) what is the gameplay about?
Is it an FPS? is it a Sim? is it something different?
I would not put "software engineering" in the list. IMO Software Engineering is a completely different beast than Comp Sci. (And I've got both a Soft. Eng. Bachellor and a Comp. Sci PhD).
The most that CS is related to Soft. Eng. is in the "formal proofing" of programs, which is highly theoretical (see Z specification language) and other theoretical aspects of systems analysis.
Whereas Soft. Engineering deals more with the *practical* side of developing software (requirements analysis, software design, development, testing and deployment)... going from asking prospective system users what they need to maintaining the software after it is installed.
I think it should be called "Computing Science" or "Systems Science"...
Really, nowadays CS students should be dealing with the theory of all kind of systems. This is what we (Comp. Sci.) can provide to the other sciences, the general knowledge of the functioning of abstract systems. Then you can apply it to any kind of "real system".
Software Engineering on the other hand, should be good for people who want to develop software and do programming as a life career.
IMHO as a Comp. Science PhD from a RAE 5 UK University, Computer Science is the study of the science of computing... as in Turing Machine computing. That is, Comp.Sci is about the theories of computation and algorithms... ALL of them.
The fact that you *could* apply those algorithms in an instrument (computer, calculator, abacus, etc) is a different thing.
On the other hand, Software Engineers (I am also one of those, per my Bachellor's degree in Software Engineering) are the people that focus on developing computer programs to solve problems. Thus, they should know the theory behind analyzing, designing, programming, debugging and deploying software systems.
Then you have Computer Technicians; these guys know their way around Operating Systems and computer programs. They also know (well... they used to, but nowadays...) the hardware setup of a PC and thus can easily replace hard drives, motherboards, sound cards; and troubleshoot computer problems.
Now, there are some people who have more than one of those skills... usually because they learnt it at different [school] levels or because they are self-taught.
During my PhD, I met several Computer Scientists who didn't know how to do an HTML page. I don't blame them. I am sure there are a lot of mathematicians that do not know how to use Mathematica, Octave or SPSS, or R, or any other of the thousand of tools.
A Google employee got in touch with The INQUIRER to clarify that Google's donation to the Eclipse project does not include the Codepro Analytix software which it had acquired through Instantiations. The donation only includes Codepro Profiler and Windowbuilder Pro.
Meanwhile, people doing real low-level or time-critical work use assembler/C/C++, and people doing real high-level work don't go for a primitive imperative language which looks like C/C++ with training wheels.
Meanwhile, people working "in the real world" embedded devices (from Refrigerators to DVD/BluRay players to Mobile phones) work in Java.
The majority of people working in assembler and low-level languages are usually doing some *very* specific development (i.e., they are a minority) or they are doing SDKs for people to use their hardware (so that third parties can program in Java).
The only store that gets any sort of store loyalty from me is Barnes and Noble, because I'm afraid if I don't, actual physical bookstores will cease to exist.
Regarding this... I was so sad the last time I went to "chesire oaks park" in the UK and discovered they had closed a :(
I love browsing bookstores. Back in Mexico I used to go with my parents for a trip to the bookstore when I was a kid (a big 4 floor bookstore) and they would buy any book I wanted. Nowadays I am usually a compulsive buyer when I am at a bookstore. Something that does not happen in Amazon and the like.
In Europe (where I live now) there are some products named "fair trade" which are a bit more expensive than the "generic" ones but the extra money is supposed to go to fair payment of the population. There are even some shops that have only "fair trade" stuff. Usually all the products are Latin American (Mexican Honey si señor!) or African.
Now, I do not know if something similar exists in the USA, however I can really justify paying a higher price for the same products in a shop if only to be fair with the people in the city. Kind of paying "fair trade" price to the local retailer.
That is also why it is good to buy in the local markets (fruits and vegetables)... here in Germany they also usually are fresher than the big supermarkets (fucking green bananas and mangoes, they are never ripe enough for me:(
Wow, seems Yahoo is silently but steadily imploding...
BTW, anyone who needs some alternatives to del.icio.us can start here (I needed to look, because I liked del.icio.us simplicity and thus have all my bookmarks there!).
1. Google/Yahoo/etc account that allows login in ONLY with one time-passwords (like Transaction Authentication Number). 2. All other web pages that allow to login to your account *only* with OpenID.
That way you only need to save AND print your TAN list (which is provided to you when you create your account... or one you active the "TAN based login") and then you can login to all the other sites using OpenID.
That over there would improve security a lot.
Unfortunately, Google does not even let you produce your own authentication mechanism (it was possible some time ago) due to the GALX value (no Iframe subscripting, no API to "login to google services and then redirect to gmail", etc)
If you buy a defective product that is *programmed* to delete your bought products at the command of someone else then it is YOUR choice.
Even though I don't like Sony products a lot, their ebook reader offers do not have this problem. You can buy a pdf or epub from ebooks.com and then do whatever you want with them; nobody but you can choose to delete the document.
This is really pure ownage. I do not have anything about Gawker sites (I only read Lifehacker from time to time) but if what everybody says (here and in Reddit) is true then these guys really deserved this bad karma.
They used crypt(), which means it's going to be relatively easy to crack everything in the file even if the users' passwords were strong. Why anyone would use crypt() for password hashing is beyond me.
So, what encrypting library would you recommend as an alternative? (I am really curious)
If Gawker, Slashdot or any other online sites that "require" a login account really valued your privacy they would maintain hashes of both your email and password.
Then, when you wanted to authenticate, they would only compare the hashed results of the data you provided with their stored hashes.
If you wanted to recover your password, they would as for your email and *IFF* the email you entered was found in the registries, then they would send a "password reset" page to the email you enter.
Of course, you really do not need an account to read the majority of those sites... I've been reading Lifehacker for a while and I have never made an account.
I pirated it for Wii about 1 year ago and played it with my wife until we finished all modes.
It was so good (or rather, we liked it so much) that a couple of weeks ago we visited the UK (I live in DE now) and bought the game at a Gamestation (or something like that) for 5 pounds.
Great multiplayer game... unfortunately these days there are very few fun multiplayer... shit, I remember enjoying playing "Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers" when I was a kid..
Now I am looking forward to try the new Donkey Kong game as it seems to have co-op multiplayer.
Well, I think both you and GP are right to a degree.
Sun did failed to establish competitive solutions (and thus monetize) using the assets they had (open source software, hardware, etc).
Instead, they got stuck on their relatively expensive hardware and as you childishly put it stick your fingers in your ears, squeeze your eyelids shut, and go "Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah!" at the top of your voice, and just keep on keepin' on,.
A good CEO would have identified potential business opportunities to leverage (gosh I hate this word) their open source software (think IBM Eclipse [free] and Rational software, RedHat Enterprise and Virtualization, Moodle Commercial Services, etc)to increase their income.
Exactly, and part of the reason the free alternatives exist is because Sun made them free (e.g. Openoffice, or Java open-source friendliness).
What Sun failed to do when open-sourcing their "valuable software assets" was to establish a business plan to go with it. RedHat has a business plan related to go with their open-source Linux distributions; IBM has a business plan to go with their Eclipse open-source software... Sun? even though I like them a lot... it is true that they were not business sound from a long time.
They had the complete vertical stack (hardware [Sparc], middleware [Java] and software [Solaris] and services [cloud services]) but never really came up with a business plan.
Again, it has been really good for us (the open source community, free software advocates) but it was terrible for the economic viability of the Sun corporation (thus resulting in its end).
Definitely, if all the valuable assets of your business is in software (Solaris, StarOffice, Java, etc) and you give away such software for free then your business does not make sense at all.
Jessica reportedly said later that she was upset that he had refused when she asked him to wear a condom.
Well shit, then if you are upset about that, then DO NOT FUCK THE GUY!
Oh crap, I am angry because you do not want to use a condom but WTF, fucking "with the world’s coolest people" (her words) is a one time no-brainer chance uh?
Slashdot Mirror
Well... I've been using the daily snapshots (4.0b9pre right now) and it is still sloooooow to start.
I like to call it "the beast". Usually, at the beginning of my working week, I start my computer "fresh". Then, after working on some stuff I decide I need to look at some webpage quickly; usually I ponder for about 5 seconds whether to launch Firefox or Google Chrome... and usually it Chrome wins because, during all the time Firefox starts I can already launch Chrome and search whatever I wanted to.
I like firefox and use it daily but it FEELS *reaaly* slow... Also, FF4 removed the status bar which is something I don't like (e.g. the URL of a destination web-page cannot be seen after hovering a link [it shows cut down in the address bar). It seems Mozilla is on the right track screwing and screwing with Firefox :(
Now that Opera has extensions, I will have to have a look... Unforutnately I am so additcted to TreeStyle tabs that it will be difficult to move.
Can you describe what is the game about?? I have seen some videos (a house burning or something) with 3D graphics that are equivalent to NES Super Mario Bros era.
I am really curious to know (in a nutshell) what is the gameplay about?
Is it an FPS? is it a Sim? is it something different?
I would not put "software engineering" in the list. IMO Software Engineering is a completely different beast than Comp Sci. (And I've got both a Soft. Eng. Bachellor and a Comp. Sci PhD).
The most that CS is related to Soft. Eng. is in the "formal proofing" of programs, which is highly theoretical (see Z specification language) and other theoretical aspects of systems analysis.
Whereas Soft. Engineering deals more with the *practical* side of developing software (requirements analysis, software design, development, testing and deployment)... going from asking prospective system users what they need to maintaining the software after it is installed.
I think it should be called "Computing Science" or "Systems Science"...
Really, nowadays CS students should be dealing with the theory of all kind of systems. This is what we (Comp. Sci.) can provide to the other sciences, the general knowledge of the functioning of abstract systems. Then you can apply it to any kind of "real system".
Software Engineering on the other hand, should be good for people who want to develop software and do programming as a life career.
LOGO is not a programming language, no matter who yells it at the top of their lungs.
Wow... the people doing real agent-based modelling research dare to differ with you [PDF].
IMHO as a Comp. Science PhD from a RAE 5 UK University, Computer Science is the study of the science of computing... as in Turing Machine computing. That is, Comp.Sci is about the theories of computation and algorithms... ALL of them.
The fact that you *could* apply those algorithms in an instrument (computer, calculator, abacus, etc) is a different thing.
On the other hand, Software Engineers (I am also one of those, per my Bachellor's degree in Software Engineering) are the people that focus on developing computer programs to solve problems. Thus, they should know the theory behind analyzing, designing, programming, debugging and deploying software systems.
Then you have Computer Technicians; these guys know their way around Operating Systems and computer programs. They also know (well... they used to, but nowadays...) the hardware setup of a PC and thus can easily replace hard drives, motherboards, sound cards; and troubleshoot computer problems.
Now, there are some people who have more than one of those skills... usually because they learnt it at different [school] levels or because they are self-taught.
During my PhD, I met several Computer Scientists who didn't know how to do an HTML page. I don't blame them. I am sure there are a lot of mathematicians that do not know how to use Mathematica, Octave or SPSS, or R, or any other of the thousand of tools.
A bit sad:
A Google employee got in touch with The INQUIRER to clarify that Google's donation to the Eclipse project does not include the Codepro Analytix software which it had acquired through Instantiations. The donation only includes Codepro Profiler and Windowbuilder Pro.
(sorry, I'm a bit drunk) Hahahahhahah
Meanwhile, people doing real low-level or time-critical work use assembler/C/C++, and people doing real high-level work don't go for a primitive imperative language which looks like C/C++ with training wheels.
Meanwhile, people working "in the real world" embedded devices (from Refrigerators to DVD/BluRay players to Mobile phones) work in Java.
The majority of people working in assembler and low-level languages are usually doing some *very* specific development (i.e., they are a minority) or they are doing SDKs for people to use their hardware (so that third parties can program in Java).
Yeah, dropbox is an excellent service, however I don't like that they only give 2GB in the free service.
Sheesh, for my web-email box I have more than 7GB (Gmail) for free.
THANK YOU! my thoughts exactly. Please mod this guy up.
Deffinitely...
a huge, prominent video right in the middle of the page
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAwwwwwnnn... I hate watching videos, specially when I just want to know a brief description of a technology.
I don't want to know HOW; I want to know WHAT. Isn't it what they teach you in business 101... have a clear and concise summary of your idea.
My question is... has this version a "portable" edition?
It is funny how Dropbox is one of the number of apps that *had* a feature and was removed later.
Nowadays you have to go through hoops to setup a portable version :(
The only store that gets any sort of store loyalty from me is Barnes and Noble, because I'm afraid if I don't, actual physical bookstores will cease to exist.
Regarding this... I was so sad the last time I went to "chesire oaks park" in the UK and discovered they had closed a :(
I love browsing bookstores. Back in Mexico I used to go with my parents for a trip to the bookstore when I was a kid (a big 4 floor bookstore) and they would buy any book I wanted. Nowadays I am usually a compulsive buyer when I am at a bookstore. Something that does not happen in Amazon and the like.
In Europe (where I live now) there are some products named "fair trade" which are a bit more expensive than the "generic" ones but the extra money is supposed to go to fair payment of the population. There are even some shops that have only "fair trade" stuff. Usually all the products are Latin American (Mexican Honey si señor!) or African.
Now, I do not know if something similar exists in the USA, however I can really justify paying a higher price for the same products in a shop if only to be fair with the people in the city. Kind of paying "fair trade" price to the local retailer.
That is also why it is good to buy in the local markets (fruits and vegetables)... here in Germany they also usually are fresher than the big supermarkets (fucking green bananas and mangoes, they are never ripe enough for me :(
Wow, seems Yahoo is silently but steadily imploding...
BTW, anyone who needs some alternatives to del.icio.us can start here (I needed to look, because I liked del.icio.us simplicity and thus have all my bookmarks there!).
What I would like to see is the following:
1. Google/Yahoo/etc account that allows login in ONLY with one time-passwords (like Transaction Authentication Number).
2. All other web pages that allow to login to your account *only* with OpenID.
That way you only need to save AND print your TAN list (which is provided to you when you create your account... or one you active the "TAN based login") and then you can login to all the other sites using OpenID.
That over there would improve security a lot.
Unfortunately, Google does not even let you produce your own authentication mechanism (it was possible some time ago) due to the GALX value (no Iframe subscripting, no API to "login to google services and then redirect to gmail", etc)
No, fuck it.
If you buy a defective product that is *programmed* to delete your bought products at the command of someone else then it is YOUR choice.
Even though I don't like Sony products a lot, their ebook reader offers do not have this problem. You can buy a pdf or epub from ebooks.com and then do whatever you want with them; nobody but you can choose to delete the document.
wow, someone mod this up.
This is really pure ownage. I do not have anything about Gawker sites (I only read Lifehacker from time to time) but if what everybody says (here and in Reddit) is true then these guys really deserved this bad karma.
They used crypt(), which means it's going to be relatively easy to crack everything in the file even if the users' passwords were strong. Why anyone would use crypt() for password hashing is beyond me.
So, what encrypting library would you recommend as an alternative? (I am really curious)
If Gawker, Slashdot or any other online sites that "require" a login account really valued your privacy they would maintain hashes of both your email and password.
Then, when you wanted to authenticate, they would only compare the hashed results of the data you provided with their stored hashes.
If you wanted to recover your password, they would as for your email and *IFF* the email you entered was found in the registries, then they would send a "password reset" page to the email you enter.
Of course, you really do not need an account to read the majority of those sites... I've been reading Lifehacker for a while and I have never made an account.
Recommendations...
The House of The Dead Overkill
I pirated it for Wii about 1 year ago and played it with my wife until we finished all modes.
It was so good (or rather, we liked it so much) that a couple of weeks ago we visited the UK (I live in DE now) and bought the game at a Gamestation (or something like that) for 5 pounds.
Great multiplayer game... unfortunately these days there are very few fun multiplayer... shit, I remember enjoying playing "Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers" when I was a kid..
Now I am looking forward to try the new Donkey Kong game as it seems to have co-op multiplayer.
Well, I think both you and GP are right to a degree.
Sun did failed to establish competitive solutions (and thus monetize) using the assets they had (open source software, hardware, etc).
Instead, they got stuck on their relatively expensive hardware and as you childishly put it stick your fingers in your ears, squeeze your eyelids shut, and go "Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah!" at the top of your voice, and just keep on keepin' on,.
A good CEO would have identified potential business opportunities to leverage (gosh I hate this word) their open source software (think IBM Eclipse [free] and Rational software, RedHat Enterprise and Virtualization, Moodle Commercial Services, etc)to increase their income.
Exactly, and part of the reason the free alternatives exist is because Sun made them free (e.g. Openoffice, or Java open-source friendliness).
What Sun failed to do when open-sourcing their "valuable software assets" was to establish a business plan to go with it. RedHat has a business plan related to go with their open-source Linux distributions; IBM has a business plan to go with their Eclipse open-source software... Sun? even though I like them a lot ... it is true that they were not business sound from a long time.
They had the complete vertical stack (hardware [Sparc], middleware [Java] and software [Solaris] and services [cloud services]) but never really came up with a business plan.
Again, it has been really good for us (the open source community, free software advocates) but it was terrible for the economic viability of the Sun corporation (thus resulting in its end).
Definitely, if all the valuable assets of your business is in software (Solaris, StarOffice, Java, etc) and you give away such software for free then your business does not make sense at all.
Hahah, the more I read the funnier it is:
Jessica reportedly said later that she was upset that he had refused when she asked him to wear a condom.
Well shit, then if you are upset about that, then DO NOT FUCK THE GUY!
Oh crap, I am angry because you do not want to use a condom but WTF, fucking "with the world’s coolest people" (her words) is a one time no-brainer chance uh?