Is this some odd Canadian spelling of Defense? At first I just thought it was a type-o or a missed spell check, but ever place in the article that the word is used, it is spelled with a 'c'.
Software engineering is "Do X, Y, and Z except when A, B, but not C except when A and B and when user isnt E except when user is E and A and B and X and Y are not Z but Z is B when F is..."
Close, but not quite. software engineering is "I want it to do blassie. Make it do blassie by yesterday." Where 'blassie' is a loose concept and the developer has to determine and define the underlying logic.
*They* may have once been to blame, but anyone born since the mid-70's who has had health complications due to smoking is riding on their own ticket. From 3rd grade through high school I was pummeled with information about how unhealthy smoking was. When I picked up my first smoke in '94 I knew just as well how bad it was for me as when I put down my last smoke in 2003. No corporation was to blame for *MY* smoking habit. I was aware of the health risks, the damage it did to my body, and all the other potential health risks it gave me.
So maybe once upon a time blaming the tobacco industry was a valid excuse. But that time has long since past.
Agreed. This is a nock off. nothing suprising nor new. It is clearly labeled as non-Apple, and has some visible differences. While I would expect Apple to have grounds to sue for any patent infringement they can detect, the visible similarities I don't feel are worthy of an injunction. As for the $100M in damages, I think someone is going to need to do some math on that one. What was the geographic market the company was looking at? What was the revenue per unit? What were iShuffle sales like during the injunction?
Windows 2k retired from mainstream support on 6/30/2005. It is currently under extended support until 7/13/2010.
So for the next 3 1/2 years you will continue to receive security and critical patches, and you will be able to pay for support if you need it. So there's nothing to panic about yet.
After 2010 though, if MS doesn't extended support, you may want to look in a new direction. Possibly an emulator for Linux to run what ever 2k app you need, or a replacement for those apps you are using. Worst case scenario, (2k support ends and numerous viruses are released for it) you can still run it, you just have to take into consideration the extra security concerns.
There is no constitutional right to be heard, only to speak freely.
Even that is debatable. The original text of the constitution was that "Congress shale make no law..."
That doesn't mean you have some inalienable right to run your sock. It means that the government has no right to shut you up. Society as a whole on the other hand, can largely do as the like to promote or bury your words. 200 years of case law have altered the exact interpretation of that line, and I am not a case law expert, but I agree with your general statement that the game getting dropped from a private sector competition is not a constitutional issue.
They're ability to hold legal water only matters if 1) someone sues the government over abuses that they have no way of knowing have accured, or 2) if the speaker of the house changes her mind and moves forward with the impeachment process.
The bitch with #1 is that you need to be the subject of the abuse in order to be able to sue for it. But since the nature of the abuse is by design transparent, you pretty much have to have and insider leak the information to the victim. Until that happens, they are free to abuse these statements however they like.
-Rick
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· Score: 2, Interesting
As annoying as that summary was, I am somewhat interested in this book. I am attempted to motivate my management to look into some collaborative systems for documentation, and some mashup ideas I have for system integration. If this book provides anecdotal stories with factual backing (ie: costs, pros, cons, maintenance, motivation, etc...) then there may be something to it. Despite the summary's abusive use of buzzwords and slang.
It takes 2-5 years to make a AAA game. I would venture a guess that most game development studios fold, are bought out, or majorly restructure in 1-3 years.
Just 4 years? In the gaming industry 4 years is an eternity. How many of todays game studios existed 4 years ago? How many of the game studios of 4 years ago still exist today?
In the application development arena this is referred to as 'technology/methodology research'. My job description has a percentage of time assigned to just this. And thanks to some of the conversations I've had on/. I've implemented a number of technological solutions that have saved the company a significant amount of money.
Not sure on how a lawyer would bill it, but I'm covered;)
In paragraph 5 he claims that the machine that downloaded the songs was not connected via a wireless connection based solely on IP address. That's some magic trick! I have a wireless router in between a pair of firewalls at my house. If someone were to get on it and download IP, they would show up to the entire world as the same IP as my cable modem.
Also in paragraph 5 he sites the computer's Registry as additional proof that the machine was not connected to a wireless router. Which I suppose might have some validity, as a wireless driver would likely have some reference in the registry.
But then in paragraph 6 he states that he believes that the hard drive he reviewed is NOT the same one as the one that downloaded the IP. So if this hard drive is NOT the one that downloaded the IP, what does it matter that there is no proof in the registry?
The guy is a sham, throwing together half baked and highly biased inspections that don't even pass a rudimentary review.
The differences is most readers of/. are not lawyers, so asking questions about law on/. is kind of pointless.
Inversely, most readers of/. are technically adept, so asking questions about technical issues (like is this 'technical assessment' valid?) can be rewarding. Even if you are a lawyer.
So while the original poster's text was a bit over-acronymed, I can still understand the basic jist of it. Your post however appears to lack any merrit. I hope it was made in an attempt to ridicule the original poster's excessive use of acronyms, but it would have been significantly better had you used real acronyms.
RH has a tiny market share. Even if Ubuntu replaced every single RH desktop, it still wouldn't even make a blip on the radar. The competition that (still) matters the most, is Windows. And a 4 day turn around on defects is a heck of a lot better than the once a month for Windows.
Hardly. If I lived just a few miles closer to work I probably would have bought a Prius and battery pack. For in-city driving, or short commutes, full electric is untouchable for efficiency. Highway speeds are still in the domain of Diesels though. I'm still debating on the Fiero. my next engine for that will either be Diesel or (plug in) Electric.
My '06 VW Golf TDI was rated for 37/44 mpg and I average 42mpg (70/30 mix highway/city), and I'm not going light on the gas pedal. (Yes, I do track every tank in a spread sheet)
It's good that they are revamping the test, but it's bad that it may not accurately reflect the real life experiences that full electric drivers will experience.
So true. I have a friend who's entire family has an 'addictive' personality. His father was an alcoholic/gambler, his mother is a full fledged, kool-aide drinking, spiritual follower, his sister has traded numerous drug addictions for an almost scary dedication to Christ, and he himself has battled a slew of addictive behaviors.
Any single one of them, is more than capable of being a good contributing member of society, if they work at it. But all of them have the same trait that lends them to addictive behavior. It doesn't matter what the subject is, drugs, gambling, booze, MMOs, religion, they will get sucked in by anything that presents itself.
I'm all for helping people through psychology and chemical treatment to try to alter their thought patterns. I don't think those patterns should be used as an excuse by the person for their actions, or as a reason by others to detain that person.
Despite following the model of real world sports advertising
Ask the players of a NBA game if they can remember what the adds around the bleachers are. That model is designed to advertise to the audience of the game, not the players.
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Drat! I've been found out! My Canadian hate mongering is no longer secret! Burn in hell Canada! Down with the leaf! Hippies, the lot of ya!
errr, yeah.
-Rick
Is this some odd Canadian spelling of Defense? At first I just thought it was a type-o or a missed spell check, but ever place in the article that the word is used, it is spelled with a 'c'.
-Rick
Software engineering is "Do X, Y, and Z except when A, B, but not C except when A and B and when user isnt E except when user is E and A and B and X and Y are not Z but Z is B when F is ..."
Close, but not quite. software engineering is "I want it to do blassie. Make it do blassie by yesterday." Where 'blassie' is a loose concept and the developer has to determine and define the underlying logic.
-Rick
And there are yet even more supervisors and managers that have no business being in charge of developers.
-Rick
*They* may have once been to blame, but anyone born since the mid-70's who has had health complications due to smoking is riding on their own ticket. From 3rd grade through high school I was pummeled with information about how unhealthy smoking was. When I picked up my first smoke in '94 I knew just as well how bad it was for me as when I put down my last smoke in 2003. No corporation was to blame for *MY* smoking habit. I was aware of the health risks, the damage it did to my body, and all the other potential health risks it gave me.
So maybe once upon a time blaming the tobacco industry was a valid excuse. But that time has long since past.
-Rick
Agreed. This is a nock off. nothing suprising nor new. It is clearly labeled as non-Apple, and has some visible differences. While I would expect Apple to have grounds to sue for any patent infringement they can detect, the visible similarities I don't feel are worthy of an injunction. As for the $100M in damages, I think someone is going to need to do some math on that one. What was the geographic market the company was looking at? What was the revenue per unit? What were iShuffle sales like during the injunction?
-Rick
Or did they take it down?
Sorry, the page you requested was not found.
-Rick
Windows 2k retired from mainstream support on 6/30/2005. It is currently under extended support until 7/13/2010.
So for the next 3 1/2 years you will continue to receive security and critical patches, and you will be able to pay for support if you need it. So there's nothing to panic about yet.
After 2010 though, if MS doesn't extended support, you may want to look in a new direction. Possibly an emulator for Linux to run what ever 2k app you need, or a replacement for those apps you are using. Worst case scenario, (2k support ends and numerous viruses are released for it) you can still run it, you just have to take into consideration the extra security concerns.
Here is the page for MS's support life cycle info: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeselectindex
-Rick
There is no constitutional right to be heard, only to speak freely.
Even that is debatable. The original text of the constitution was that "Congress shale make no law..."
That doesn't mean you have some inalienable right to run your sock. It means that the government has no right to shut you up. Society as a whole on the other hand, can largely do as the like to promote or bury your words. 200 years of case law have altered the exact interpretation of that line, and I am not a case law expert, but I agree with your general statement that the game getting dropped from a private sector competition is not a constitutional issue.
-Rick
They're ability to hold legal water only matters if 1) someone sues the government over abuses that they have no way of knowing have accured, or 2) if the speaker of the house changes her mind and moves forward with the impeachment process.
The bitch with #1 is that you need to be the subject of the abuse in order to be able to sue for it. But since the nature of the abuse is by design transparent, you pretty much have to have and insider leak the information to the victim. Until that happens, they are free to abuse these statements however they like.
-Rick
As annoying as that summary was, I am somewhat interested in this book. I am attempted to motivate my management to look into some collaborative systems for documentation, and some mashup ideas I have for system integration. If this book provides anecdotal stories with factual backing (ie: costs, pros, cons, maintenance, motivation, etc...) then there may be something to it. Despite the summary's abusive use of buzzwords and slang.
-Rick
It takes 2-5 years to make a AAA game. I would venture a guess that most game development studios fold, are bought out, or majorly restructure in 1-3 years.
-Rick
just four years after Microsoft acquired Rare
Just 4 years? In the gaming industry 4 years is an eternity. How many of todays game studios existed 4 years ago? How many of the game studios of 4 years ago still exist today?
-Rick
In the application development arena this is referred to as 'technology/methodology research'. My job description has a percentage of time assigned to just this. And thanks to some of the conversations I've had on /. I've implemented a number of technological solutions that have saved the company a significant amount of money.
;)
Not sure on how a lawyer would bill it, but I'm covered
-Rick
In paragraph 5 he claims that the machine that downloaded the songs was not connected via a wireless connection based solely on IP address. That's some magic trick! I have a wireless router in between a pair of firewalls at my house. If someone were to get on it and download IP, they would show up to the entire world as the same IP as my cable modem.
Also in paragraph 5 he sites the computer's Registry as additional proof that the machine was not connected to a wireless router. Which I suppose might have some validity, as a wireless driver would likely have some reference in the registry.
But then in paragraph 6 he states that he believes that the hard drive he reviewed is NOT the same one as the one that downloaded the IP. So if this hard drive is NOT the one that downloaded the IP, what does it matter that there is no proof in the registry?
The guy is a sham, throwing together half baked and highly biased inspections that don't even pass a rudimentary review.
-Rick
The differences is most readers of /. are not lawyers, so asking questions about law on /. is kind of pointless.
/. are technically adept, so asking questions about technical issues (like is this 'technical assessment' valid?) can be rewarding. Even if you are a lawyer.
Inversely, most readers of
-Rick
For those of us who haven't used Kylix before, what IS Kylix?
-Rick
Unfortunatly, only one of those acronyms are on the Acronym Finder http://www.acronymfinder.com/
So while the original poster's text was a bit over-acronymed, I can still understand the basic jist of it. Your post however appears to lack any merrit. I hope it was made in an attempt to ridicule the original poster's excessive use of acronyms, but it would have been significantly better had you used real acronyms.
-Rick
RH has a tiny market share. Even if Ubuntu replaced every single RH desktop, it still wouldn't even make a blip on the radar. The competition that (still) matters the most, is Windows. And a 4 day turn around on defects is a heck of a lot better than the once a month for Windows.
-Rick
Hardly. If I lived just a few miles closer to work I probably would have bought a Prius and battery pack. For in-city driving, or short commutes, full electric is untouchable for efficiency. Highway speeds are still in the domain of Diesels though. I'm still debating on the Fiero. my next engine for that will either be Diesel or (plug in) Electric.
-Rick
My '06 VW Golf TDI was rated for 37/44 mpg and I average 42mpg (70/30 mix highway/city), and I'm not going light on the gas pedal. (Yes, I do track every tank in a spread sheet)
It's good that they are revamping the test, but it's bad that it may not accurately reflect the real life experiences that full electric drivers will experience.
-Rick
but what if your map maker is either charging $5 for each map, or his maps have his own advertisements on it?
-Rick
So true. I have a friend who's entire family has an 'addictive' personality. His father was an alcoholic/gambler, his mother is a full fledged, kool-aide drinking, spiritual follower, his sister has traded numerous drug addictions for an almost scary dedication to Christ, and he himself has battled a slew of addictive behaviors.
Any single one of them, is more than capable of being a good contributing member of society, if they work at it. But all of them have the same trait that lends them to addictive behavior. It doesn't matter what the subject is, drugs, gambling, booze, MMOs, religion, they will get sucked in by anything that presents itself.
I'm all for helping people through psychology and chemical treatment to try to alter their thought patterns. I don't think those patterns should be used as an excuse by the person for their actions, or as a reason by others to detain that person.
-Rick
I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one who misread that.
-Rick
Despite following the model of real world sports advertising
Ask the players of a NBA game if they can remember what the adds around the bleachers are. That model is designed to advertise to the audience of the game, not the players.
-Rick