Will I get time off from work to enter a competition that I've never heard of (nor has my boss) and will I be compensated for the expenses incurred in travelling to Las Vegas and which ultimately proves only that I can write code under pressure in a town that you couldn't pay me to live in?
I would, but there are a few problems, the least of which is my inability to program above kindergarten level.
Well, there are plenty of tutorials and all kinds of examples out there, so nothing is really holding you back from learning, except for the same things that hold programmers back from creating all these neat accessibility upgrades.
One might ask the question: why is the onus on Microsoft to prove interoperability? They wrote the system, all they have to do is not make it harder for other products to work with theirs based on whatever standard the others are checking against.
In this particular case, I don't see where Microsoft has to lift a finger to help the other guys.
It hurts RIAA more than it hurts the public - by stopping podcasters from commenting on RIAA members releases, it actually helps the independent musicians who release their music under a more compatible license!
There's not downside here. RIAA members lose - we win.
And the best part is that they cut their own throats. How is that not a good thing?
If podcasters can no longer comment on music published by major labels, they'll move to commentary on indie musicians who release their rights for commentary purposes. RIAA members lose, indie musicians win, the public wins, some podcasters win, some lose. The key thing is that the major record companies lose a free publicity channel and we don't have to hear about their pablumized song releases.
This is great and all for them, but it doesn't change the fact that they still suck on quality. Windows Media Player may be produced by the Evil Empire, but it's still head and shoulders above Real.
Given what they're probably going to discuss (opening markets, etc.), Gates and the NPE (Northwest Power Elite) are probably more relevant than the President, since they've got all the money.
Punishment should be DIRECTLY related to the cost/impact of he crime.
Ah, but what about the virus makers who do untold billions in damages? Or hackers who jump onto an unguarded system and cause several million dollars in man-hours to be spent fixing the software?
Personally, I'd like to see their flesh boiled from their bones, but I'm occasionally vindictive. Reality is that most of those people couldn't afford to pay the cost of their crimes, nor come anywhere near close to doing so.
I also always turn off the auto close tag option under 'Code Hints' on the same dialog menu.
Under what circumstances would you want a tag unclosed? There are some tags (img,br, etc.) that are self-closing, but just about every other tag requires a closing tag.
As for the reformatting issue, I have not found that DW's code reformatting is a hindrance at all to writing compliant code. So, I'm wondering what circumstances you've found that it isn't writing compliant code.
He does raist a (badly-statded) but valid point. I too use OpenSSH on a daily basis, but have never used OpenBSD, nor am I likely to. Splitting the projects would be a good move from a user standpoint as you would eliminate the problems with users confusing the two, or feeling like they were getting ripped off by supporting a project they have no interest in.
What happens if a company develops intellectual property and releases it as GPL? Are they still required to report it?
I gather from a quick reading that simply using GPL software doesn't imply any risk, since the company in question does not own the IP outright. But if they are the original developers... what happens then?
I don't think we get to determine which blogs are useful and which blogs aren't, except in a personal sense. Sure, it might be nice to pretend to be the god of bloggers and smite the useless ones (and believe me, your smiting hand would get pretty tired), but in reality, the worth of a blog can only be objectively determined by it's creator. Our only control is binary: read or don't read.
If Walmart has a posse, then good for Walmart. I'm certainly not a fan, and it does bother me that some people are, but that's their choice. Until we get rid of this whole "free speech" thing, we're stuck with it.
Unfortunately, with those Senior Programmer II titles comes management responsibility (shoes, ties, underwear, telling Joe Haxxor he can't put Quake on his workstation, etc.). It's not worth it - hide, little programmers, don't let them know you can code, cos' pretty soon they won't let you.
The first time I visited the site, there was some sort of video tutorial about assembling a RoR site - which is absolutely useless if you're trying to find real information. That turned me off of Ruby almost instantly. There is a time and a place for video, but when you're trying to understand information and would prefer to go at your own pace, that is not it. I've never looked back - I have little reason to suspect that they've gotten any better.
Flash has it's place. Creating animated movies, for example.
And that's your entire argument?! In case you hadn't noticed, we have something called 'evolution' which applies to software use and development, among other things. While Flash may started out as a decent tool for creating animated movies, someone somewhere figured out that it would work just as well for creating eye-catching (and/or annoying ads).
The decision of what a given technology is good for is largely up to the consumers of that technology, not the engineers or creators. If I disagree with a particular usage as pertains to the web, I try avoid throwing around generalizations like "that sucks so no one should use it". There are enough ways to avoid the more annoying technologies (RealMedia, for instance) by simply not installing the codec in the first place.
As for online advertisement, if it gives the content creators/managers comfort that they can get enough revenue by placing a minimal annoyance on the page, then fine. I'd much rather adapt to ignoring the ads and continue getting the content for a minimal/free cost than have them spend time and ingenuity coming up with ways to tap our wallets, which would be the alternative without advertising.
In this case, it's a trade-off: free-ish content w/advertising, vs. no free content.
I can certainly agree with an argument that Flash and other media cause a problem for those with visual or audial handicaps, but the technology is improving and growing to the point that this will no longer be the case.
But I refuse to give any validity to the argument that the internet should be like it was in the beginning, especially since it's the users who make the decision, and the majority have either spoken up and requested the technology or failed to speak out against it. I do not see this as a moral issue, either, because society isn't going to collapse because Flash is or isn't in their extension. However, unconsidered arguments are very good at suppressing technology and it would just be a sad, sad thing to see a particularly harmless piece of software be suppressed because a small bunch of old fogeys decided that it wasn't good for the populace.
A major part of why the Internet is in such wide use today is because of media technologies like Flash. If you can offer a more valid reason than "get off my lawn, you damn Flashers" then perhaps you might be taken more seriously.
Instead, you've chose the position of the 80-year-old woman driving 20 in the fast lane.
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Will I get time off from work to enter a competition that I've never heard of (nor has my boss) and will I be compensated for the expenses incurred in travelling to Las Vegas and which ultimately proves only that I can write code under pressure in a town that you couldn't pay me to live in?
No.
I would, but there are a few problems, the least of which is my inability to program above kindergarten level.
... life.
Well, there are plenty of tutorials and all kinds of examples out there, so nothing is really holding you back from learning, except for the same things that hold programmers back from creating all these neat accessibility upgrades.
Time, money, interest
why was there an (African) pygmy out & about with a spear in the Australian outback?
Apparently, neither one of them used Google Maps.
One might ask the question: why is the onus on Microsoft to prove interoperability? They wrote the system, all they have to do is not make it harder for other products to work with theirs based on whatever standard the others are checking against.
In this particular case, I don't see where Microsoft has to lift a finger to help the other guys.
Maybe you should drink less before going to church.
Most people probably find out about Slashdot the moment their webserver goes up in a flaming heap of wreckage.
I can't imagine they're very happy about that.
It hurts RIAA more than it hurts the public - by stopping podcasters from commenting on RIAA members releases, it actually helps the independent musicians who release their music under a more compatible license!
There's not downside here. RIAA members lose - we win.
And the best part is that they cut their own throats. How is that not a good thing?
If podcasters can no longer comment on music published by major labels, they'll move to commentary on indie musicians who release their rights for commentary purposes. RIAA members lose, indie musicians win, the public wins, some podcasters win, some lose. The key thing is that the major record companies lose a free publicity channel and we don't have to hear about their pablumized song releases.
This is great and all for them, but it doesn't change the fact that they still suck on quality. Windows Media Player may be produced by the Evil Empire, but it's still head and shoulders above Real.
Given what they're probably going to discuss (opening markets, etc.), Gates and the NPE (Northwest Power Elite) are probably more relevant than the President, since they've got all the money.
It's Apple's 30th Anniversary, they haven't announced anything significant, and yet ...
You are all discussing Apple and it's products.
I'd say the RDF is working quite well.
Punishment should be DIRECTLY related to the cost/impact of he crime.
Ah, but what about the virus makers who do untold billions in damages? Or hackers who jump onto an unguarded system and cause several million dollars in man-hours to be spent fixing the software?
Personally, I'd like to see their flesh boiled from their bones, but I'm occasionally vindictive. Reality is that most of those people couldn't afford to pay the cost of their crimes, nor come anywhere near close to doing so.
As long as it doesn't interrupt the regular movie schedule, whatever.
And as long as they soundproof the theatre so there's no bleedover into the next one.
I also always turn off the auto close tag option under 'Code Hints' on the same dialog menu.
Under what circumstances would you want a tag unclosed? There are some tags (img,br, etc.) that are self-closing, but just about every other tag requires a closing tag.
As for the reformatting issue, I have not found that DW's code reformatting is a hindrance at all to writing compliant code. So, I'm wondering what circumstances you've found that it isn't writing compliant code.
They should spend their time doing something more useful.
Like tagging botmasters for the kill.
He does raist a (badly-statded) but valid point. I too use OpenSSH on a daily basis, but have never used OpenBSD, nor am I likely to. Splitting the projects would be a good move from a user standpoint as you would eliminate the problems with users confusing the two, or feeling like they were getting ripped off by supporting a project they have no interest in.
The most memorable starts with "Hey, watch this!"
..."
And ends with "Uh oh
What happens if a company develops intellectual property and releases it as GPL? Are they still required to report it?
... what happens then?
I gather from a quick reading that simply using GPL software doesn't imply any risk, since the company in question does not own the IP outright. But if they are the original developers
I don't think we get to determine which blogs are useful and which blogs aren't, except in a personal sense. Sure, it might be nice to pretend to be the god of bloggers and smite the useless ones (and believe me, your smiting hand would get pretty tired), but in reality, the worth of a blog can only be objectively determined by it's creator. Our only control is binary: read or don't read.
If Walmart has a posse, then good for Walmart. I'm certainly not a fan, and it does bother me that some people are, but that's their choice. Until we get rid of this whole "free speech" thing, we're stuck with it.
Unfortunately, with those Senior Programmer II titles comes management responsibility (shoes, ties, underwear, telling Joe Haxxor he can't put Quake on his workstation, etc.). It's not worth it - hide, little programmers, don't let them know you can code, cos' pretty soon they won't let you.
The first time I visited the site, there was some sort of video tutorial about assembling a RoR site - which is absolutely useless if you're trying to find real information. That turned me off of Ruby almost instantly. There is a time and a place for video, but when you're trying to understand information and would prefer to go at your own pace, that is not it. I've never looked back - I have little reason to suspect that they've gotten any better.
Flash has it's place. Creating animated movies, for example.
And that's your entire argument?! In case you hadn't noticed, we have something called 'evolution' which applies to software use and development, among other things. While Flash may started out as a decent tool for creating animated movies, someone somewhere figured out that it would work just as well for creating eye-catching (and/or annoying ads).
The decision of what a given technology is good for is largely up to the consumers of that technology, not the engineers or creators. If I disagree with a particular usage as pertains to the web, I try avoid throwing around generalizations like "that sucks so no one should use it". There are enough ways to avoid the more annoying technologies (RealMedia, for instance) by simply not installing the codec in the first place.
As for online advertisement, if it gives the content creators/managers comfort that they can get enough revenue by placing a minimal annoyance on the page, then fine. I'd much rather adapt to ignoring the ads and continue getting the content for a minimal/free cost than have them spend time and ingenuity coming up with ways to tap our wallets, which would be the alternative without advertising.
In this case, it's a trade-off: free-ish content w/advertising, vs. no free content.
I can certainly agree with an argument that Flash and other media cause a problem for those with visual or audial handicaps, but the technology is improving and growing to the point that this will no longer be the case.
But I refuse to give any validity to the argument that the internet should be like it was in the beginning, especially since it's the users who make the decision, and the majority have either spoken up and requested the technology or failed to speak out against it. I do not see this as a moral issue, either, because society isn't going to collapse because Flash is or isn't in their extension. However, unconsidered arguments are very good at suppressing technology and it would just be a sad, sad thing to see a particularly harmless piece of software be suppressed because a small bunch of old fogeys decided that it wasn't good for the populace.
A major part of why the Internet is in such wide use today is because of media technologies like Flash. If you can offer a more valid reason than "get off my lawn, you damn Flashers" then perhaps you might be taken more seriously.
Instead, you've chose the position of the 80-year-old woman driving 20 in the fast lane.
Adapt or die, old man.
Well, you could run around in a pinstripe suit ...
In fact, let's repurpose this whole crappy Valentine's Day and call it Talk Like a Mobster day.
I'm still waiting for the whole cat-head spider-legged robot thing.
You know, basically a robot that sleeps all day then suddenly has to be in another room *right the hell now*.