They really need good screens though, as someone that wants to actually do work, I want higher res screens, I'm perfectly content to move my face closer to see the details, I want to read full pages in the height of a monitor, I really need at least 900px of height.
And matte screens! What's up with only the top-end MBP having a matte option? I want a computer, not a mirror.
When I thought about it, I found that there indeed has been no rude message in Slashdot, ever. So I propose we discuss constructively how to keep up this fine tradition and even improve it! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask me. Oh, and if you happen to be in the town, I'll definitely buy you a beer. Have a nice day.:)
As Win8 puts emphasis on the Modern UI apps, I have been pondering something. This summer when I dug into the world of creating graphical applications (Qt, GTK), I found out that the price for all the boilerplate code and abstractions was huge. That made me think that maybe HTML5/JS could actually be the nicer way to create complex UIs. Am I right or am I wrong? I have played with the idea of creating an e-mail application myself and, started to think about the option of actually creating the UI using HTML and all the business logic in C++. That approach seems to work relatively OK for apps like Steam, for example.
I like the stance of the Pirate Party and some other sensible parties who state: we will not prosecute downloading of pirated material until there is a viable legal alternative. Viable means: priced right, with a good, current selection of material, and respecting consumers rights to make personal copies, format shift, etc.
I understand what you mean, but to me that solution feels just a bit of a slippery slope. Will the pirates ever really be happy to the prices, selection, format shift? By responding with pirating more, we have seen that it creates this vicious cycle where the content producers will just add more crazy DRM to prevent piracy.
Pirating just gives the wrong message, it does not say clearly enough that the **AAs are full of shit, it mostly just says that you want stuff for free. I think a more constructive way is to not buy the product at all, or buy the product from a sane distribution channel (maybe old-fashioned record stores, GOG.com, and so on).
I guess one is supposed to be pro-piracy around here, but I am OK with piracy being reduced. If the artist(s) want a monetary compensation for their works, it's a fair deal. Of course if they set a price too high or make a crappy product, it's also fair for me to not buy it. But it's not a excuse to download it for free... Unless the producers choose so. For example if the anime studios feel that piracy has helped them, then why not just put up some free clips online in the future, by your own.
First provide some *working* examples. Then some real documentation (not Java Docs).
This is a thing that constantly bugs me with UNIX man pages. A couple of examples would get through the task much faster rather than by learning to be a ninja with the complete syntax. I was surprised to find that Windows PowerShell actually seems to have plenty of good examples for a lot of commands (for starters, you can try the command "get-help dir -examples").
Maybe it's a glamour thing too. "Hey, I wrote this cool app" gives you "Awesome!" as reply. "Hey, I wrote this excellent documentation" might just lead to [crickets.wav].
I was going to suggest the same. Allow the employees to use a slice of work time to work on some personal project. Maybe it would work in other companies than Google, too.
All the symbolic deliveries of ashes and dead roses was very romantic, but I guess that could happen. However, what's up with the "IT genius friend" part, who can somehow get the message senders' IP addresses and then trace them up to an accuracy of a house? I think the story got a bit twisted or is missing some information there.
I liked the part where they made the boy rerun various lines to see if the outcome of the discussion would be different. And they had previous attempts listed on a chalkboard. Who hasn't sometimes played around with the idea of trying various permutations and seeing how the future shapes.
By the way the bots kind of reminded me of Alyx's "dog" in Half-Life 2.
Why such a hurry? It's a hackathon! So the answer is: just for fun!
But anyway, Finns don't like to put out crap in general, so I predict there will still be quite good quality control. And if you need something that has been marinated for a longer time, there's plenty of textbooks available already.
Slashdot Mirror
I may be naive... But don't we already have a decentralized social network called the internet?
Internet is just a dumb network of computers. The thing that makes it social are the applications on top of it.
At least in the photo there seems to be a working platform for LEG.
They really need good screens though, as someone that wants to actually do work, I want higher res screens, I'm perfectly content to move my face closer to see the details, I want to read full pages in the height of a monitor, I really need at least 900px of height.
And matte screens! What's up with only the top-end MBP having a matte option? I want a computer, not a mirror.
When I thought about it, I found that there indeed has been no rude message in Slashdot, ever. So I propose we discuss constructively how to keep up this fine tradition and even improve it! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask me. Oh, and if you happen to be in the town, I'll definitely buy you a beer. Have a nice day. :)
As Win8 puts emphasis on the Modern UI apps, I have been pondering something. This summer when I dug into the world of creating graphical applications (Qt, GTK), I found out that the price for all the boilerplate code and abstractions was huge. That made me think that maybe HTML5/JS could actually be the nicer way to create complex UIs. Am I right or am I wrong? I have played with the idea of creating an e-mail application myself and, started to think about the option of actually creating the UI using HTML and all the business logic in C++. That approach seems to work relatively OK for apps like Steam, for example.
With this short name top domain - http://f.uk/ would come handy
If the enterprises of Korea (*.co.kr) would follow the idea, they could establish fu.kr.
Heh. Nothing that much against Apple products, but I have also found their advertising in the recent years to be quite syrupy, corny stuff.
Try outsourcing my R&D job in EE.
What kind of stuff do you create? If it's ok to ask.
Try kernelnewbies.org and Wikipedia also.
I'd actually like to see the day when a netbook running Linux can play smoothly YouTube videos in full screen, directly from the browser.
I like the stance of the Pirate Party and some other sensible parties who state: we will not prosecute downloading of pirated material until there is a viable legal alternative. Viable means: priced right, with a good, current selection of material, and respecting consumers rights to make personal copies, format shift, etc.
I understand what you mean, but to me that solution feels just a bit of a slippery slope. Will the pirates ever really be happy to the prices, selection, format shift? By responding with pirating more, we have seen that it creates this vicious cycle where the content producers will just add more crazy DRM to prevent piracy.
Pirating just gives the wrong message, it does not say clearly enough that the **AAs are full of shit, it mostly just says that you want stuff for free. I think a more constructive way is to not buy the product at all, or buy the product from a sane distribution channel (maybe old-fashioned record stores, GOG.com, and so on).
That does not send out a clear message. People have been downloading this stuff for free and that's exactly why they set up stricter laws.
I guess one is supposed to be pro-piracy around here, but I am OK with piracy being reduced. If the artist(s) want a monetary compensation for their works, it's a fair deal. Of course if they set a price too high or make a crappy product, it's also fair for me to not buy it. But it's not a excuse to download it for free... Unless the producers choose so. For example if the anime studios feel that piracy has helped them, then why not just put up some free clips online in the future, by your own.
I first couldn't figure out your message, but then realized you probably meant "Google was using GNU/Linux". FTFY.
I also slightly freaked out reading it.
First provide some *working* examples. Then some real documentation (not Java Docs).
This is a thing that constantly bugs me with UNIX man pages. A couple of examples would get through the task much faster rather than by learning to be a ninja with the complete syntax. I was surprised to find that Windows PowerShell actually seems to have plenty of good examples for a lot of commands (for starters, you can try the command "get-help dir -examples").
Maybe it's a glamour thing too. "Hey, I wrote this cool app" gives you "Awesome!" as reply. "Hey, I wrote this excellent documentation" might just lead to [crickets.wav].
I was going to suggest the same. Allow the employees to use a slice of work time to work on some personal project. Maybe it would work in other companies than Google, too.
Very nice phone. It's like the good old Nokia 3310.
Put your phone in your pocket when not using it. Problem solved.
Well kind of, but that solution goes to the same bin with fixing a leaking roof by putting buckets all around your house...
Which times?
All the symbolic deliveries of ashes and dead roses was very romantic, but I guess that could happen. However, what's up with the "IT genius friend" part, who can somehow get the message senders' IP addresses and then trace them up to an accuracy of a house? I think the story got a bit twisted or is missing some information there.
I liked the part where they made the boy rerun various lines to see if the outcome of the discussion would be different. And they had previous attempts listed on a chalkboard. Who hasn't sometimes played around with the idea of trying various permutations and seeing how the future shapes.
By the way the bots kind of reminded me of Alyx's "dog" in Half-Life 2.
Why such a hurry? It's a hackathon! So the answer is: just for fun!
But anyway, Finns don't like to put out crap in general, so I predict there will still be quite good quality control. And if you need something that has been marinated for a longer time, there's plenty of textbooks available already.
It is!
It should be obvious even by looking at the box.