It has become incredibly obvious to me that I have absolutely no idea how the karma bonus thing works at all... what you just said is about 50% mystery to me.
On the other hand, I really don't care... I speak my mind and seem to do OK on the moderation front.
>>Yeah I guess that is why hotmail just shits all over gmail:)
>And MSN search vomits chairs at Google search.
I think the big difference being, neither of these things is part of the operating system. Microsoft owns the desktop and has a pretty solid portion of the server... any time they feel the need to enter and dominate a market that is based in Windows itself, they tend to be rather successful at it.
I personally wouldn't be terribly surprised to see VMWare continue to win for now, but as time goes on to see Microsoft insinuate itself more and more until it pushes VMWare out.
Not that I want this, mind you, but it wouldn't surprise me to see it happen.
All I was implying is that it's FOOLISH for the US not to act in its own interest, just as it would be foolish for any other country not to act in its own interest. To think otherwise is hypocrisy, nothing more.
Yeah, but I'm not so sure Glorious Leader's oil interests are our own best interest.
...but that's a symptom of the anti-intellectual ultra-conservative neo-puritans who have seemingly take over one of the two major parties in this country.
So, what accounts for the other party? Near as I can tell, they're both sucking pretty hard these days.
I know it's come up before, but the party system is certainly part of the problem. I personally believe in ala cart politics. Some of what I care about would be considered Republican and some of it would be considered Democrat. It would be nice to be able to elect somebody whose beliefs are based not on what his party has set as its agenda, but someone who has considered the individual issues and made a stand on each issue based on its merits.
Of course, I may be asking too much... but my original statement still stands. Both parties are sick and in need of emergency medical attention. I think we might have to put the ol' boy down, Skippy.;-).
Wait, are you trying to say that RMS doesn't support Microsoft's position as well as Gnu's position?!?!? I'm crushed, oh, woe is me! I used to think better of RMS. heheheheheheheh.
This was a fairly long time back, and it was Sirius that I tried. At this point, though, in protest against the RIAA I don't listen to non-free music any more... but that's an entirely different thread.
... and I want to lose the annoying freaking commercials. HD doesn't solve either problem,...
I didn't really find the number of commercial free streams available from satellite to be at all acceptable. I have often said I would be willing to pay for commercial free radio, but the satellite providers, at least when I was digging into it, offer an extremely limited subset of commercial free radio. The majority of their offerings have the same level of commercial infiltration that regular broadcast radio has.
I guess they figure it's like the difference between basic cable channels and premium cable channels, but I still didn't buy into it.
That would explain why none of the pictures in the "coloring book" include a "permission is granted to reproduce this image for personal use" anywhere on it.
at absolute best, it saves you 5 minutes of typing boilerplate class skeletons
The code generation from UML is only supposed to be the class skeletons, and I've got to ask... have you never written an application with more than a handful of classes? The time spent just building the skeletons for some of the applications I've written over the years has taken a helluva lot longer than 5 minutes.
I personally find class diagrams darned useful. I also find use case diagrams useful not because they help the programmer, but because they help to make sure that we correctly understand what the user is asking for.
From reading your post, though, I'm not entirely certain you have actually bothered to learn UML before you started to slam it. You say:
it just doesn't, and never can, portray all the information that text can
Anybody who knows UML knows that an incredible amount of the work is done in text. Sure, you can create state and activity diagrams for your use cases... or you can just attach textual documentation that is typically easier to create and much smaller than state or activity diagrams. This is what you are typically ENCOURAGED to do for anything but the most convoluted process... and when you have a very convoluted process, even text fails.
There are times that it is very useful to have pictures with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one.
UML is not the best solution for every development project, for very large projects with lots of developers involved, it can certainly make life easier.
Thus proving, once again, that the media is completely out of touch with modern culture. If they understood what was going on, the headline would read "Ninjas Pwn Pirates."
...that's 362.88 million dollars, or less than 1% of the pocket money Microsoft has, nevermind their total assets.
So c'mon, guys! If we're gonna get this job done quickly, we're gonna need your help! Everybody chip in, and we'll have 'em out of business in no time!
"Ohh look! It can download games over the internet!"
Uh... just like any other desktop.
I think you don't really understand what the real point behind GameTap is, then... it's not about the internet delivery, it's about the legitimization of emulation. We can now legally play a lot of the games we loved when we were kids, and also some relatively recent games as well. I think it's more than worth the $1/year I paid for it.
Haven't decided what I'll do after my beta tester almost free year is up... but abandonware isn't anymore.
That logical construct is going to be pretty strictly limited to imaginary societies, insofar as it's not actually a modus ponens argument - "if A, then B. B, therefore A" is in fact the fallacy of affirming the consequent. Modus ponens takes the form "If A, then B. A, therefore, B."
Oh, hell... you're right. I had meant to type "If A, then B. A, therefore B" but I'm going to blame my typo on the beautiful weather and the fact that I was inside, at work, and the air conditioning was down.
I'm not sure I believe in the existance of "common sense" anymore- and thus would rather have society run more like an operating system. Preferably one where there is a bug appeal process, but still at least deterministic instead of indeterministic.
heheheh... hard to argue with your statement about common sense in general, but I've seen a fair amount of common sense coming from judges. Maybe nobody else in the entire governmental process, but I have seen (as recently as this week) judges that can and do think.
Why not? If we believe in rule of law above all else, why should anybody be allowed to twist the construct to something less than absolute?
My concern is actually only 1 part abuse, and also 1 part flexibility for the law to adapt to an unusual circumstance.
Well, that's the fun part- if we code it all in boolean logic, we can replace the lawyers AND the judges with incorruptible expert systems....
I think you seriously misjudge the ability of the American political and legal system to corrupt anything. In order for your proposition to work, we would first need to replace our politicians with incorruptible expert systems... an idea that is not necessarily bad, but good luck convincing them to do it in the first place. Catch-22.
What we really need is to get the legislatures to write law in clear, boolean logic that anybody can follow and always come up with the same answer...
While legal loopholes most definitely get abused, having all laws be "absolute, black & white, this is the way it is" has a lot of potential to really break down in situations where a little bit of common sense can save the day.
That said, writing the laws more clearly is not a bad thing... just making it a strict logical construct such as Modus Ponens ("if A, then B. B, therefore A") will not work in a real society.
Besides, the shysters out there (which is not all lawyers, but enough of 'em) would find some way to abuse solid logical constructs too. Give a person enough time and motivation, and they'll find an exploit for any given situation.
I think you and the article author mean two different things. He means tech that was a failure. Not tech that is hated.
If that were so, then why would AOL be #1? Love it or hate it, it's hard to deny that AOL was incredibly successful... and they are managing to adapt to the current environment, though time will tell how successful they are at that. Regardless, I'm sorry, but the quoted section of your statement is entirely incorrect.
Slashdot Mirror
Someone should get a copy of the USA Today that says this, scan it in, and distribute it across the internet... using p2p. :D
That really does seem like a most apropos response to this...
What alternate universe did I wake up in this AM!!!
A kinder, gentler... oh, wait... wrong Bush.
Everyone stole that joke.
Yeah, but it's pretty funny how many people were probably thinking exactly that as they read the headline. I know that was going to be my response.
It has become incredibly obvious to me that I have absolutely no idea how the karma bonus thing works at all... what you just said is about 50% mystery to me.
On the other hand, I really don't care... I speak my mind and seem to do OK on the moderation front.
>>Yeah I guess that is why hotmail just shits all over gmail :)
>And MSN search vomits chairs at Google search.
I think the big difference being, neither of these things is part of the operating system. Microsoft owns the desktop and has a pretty solid portion of the server... any time they feel the need to enter and dominate a market that is based in Windows itself, they tend to be rather successful at it.
I personally wouldn't be terribly surprised to see VMWare continue to win for now, but as time goes on to see Microsoft insinuate itself more and more until it pushes VMWare out.
Not that I want this, mind you, but it wouldn't surprise me to see it happen.
Neither one of the major parties appeals to me, either. Too many extremists in each one...
Extremism does cause a lot of damage. I say... DEATH TO THE EXTREMISTS!
heheheheheheh
OK, seriously dude... when you feel the need to nitpick bad puns (is there any other kind?), then it's time to up your dose. heheheheheheh.
All I was implying is that it's FOOLISH for the US not to act in its own interest, just as it would be foolish for any other country not to act in its own interest. To think otherwise is hypocrisy, nothing more.
Yeah, but I'm not so sure Glorious Leader's oil interests are our own best interest.
So, what accounts for the other party? Near as I can tell, they're both sucking pretty hard these days.
I know it's come up before, but the party system is certainly part of the problem. I personally believe in ala cart politics. Some of what I care about would be considered Republican and some of it would be considered Democrat. It would be nice to be able to elect somebody whose beliefs are based not on what his party has set as its agenda, but someone who has considered the individual issues and made a stand on each issue based on its merits.
Of course, I may be asking too much... but my original statement still stands. Both parties are sick and in need of emergency medical attention. I think we might have to put the ol' boy down, Skippy. ;-).
Cheers!
I haven't heard RMS claim to be neutral lately
Wait, are you trying to say that RMS doesn't support Microsoft's position as well as Gnu's position?!?!? I'm crushed, oh, woe is me! I used to think better of RMS. heheheheheheheh.
I can almost imagine that there are fat purple elephants flying around in the sky, but it doesn't mean that it's true.
Ease up on the hyperbole.
Yeah, 'cause the United States has never gone to war to protect its business interests.
My mom poasts on /.?!
OK, I know, waaaaay off topic to respond to a signature, mod me down, whatever... but does your mom spell better than you do? ;-)
This was a fairly long time back, and it was Sirius that I tried. At this point, though, in protest against the RIAA I don't listen to non-free music any more... but that's an entirely different thread.
I didn't really find the number of commercial free streams available from satellite to be at all acceptable. I have often said I would be willing to pay for commercial free radio, but the satellite providers, at least when I was digging into it, offer an extremely limited subset of commercial free radio. The majority of their offerings have the same level of commercial infiltration that regular broadcast radio has.
I guess they figure it's like the difference between basic cable channels and premium cable channels, but I still didn't buy into it.
That would explain why none of the pictures in the "coloring book" include a "permission is granted to reproduce this image for personal use" anywhere on it.
at absolute best, it saves you 5 minutes of typing boilerplate class skeletons
The code generation from UML is only supposed to be the class skeletons, and I've got to ask... have you never written an application with more than a handful of classes? The time spent just building the skeletons for some of the applications I've written over the years has taken a helluva lot longer than 5 minutes.
I personally find class diagrams darned useful. I also find use case diagrams useful not because they help the programmer, but because they help to make sure that we correctly understand what the user is asking for.
From reading your post, though, I'm not entirely certain you have actually bothered to learn UML before you started to slam it. You say:
it just doesn't, and never can, portray all the information that text can
Anybody who knows UML knows that an incredible amount of the work is done in text. Sure, you can create state and activity diagrams for your use cases... or you can just attach textual documentation that is typically easier to create and much smaller than state or activity diagrams. This is what you are typically ENCOURAGED to do for anything but the most convoluted process... and when you have a very convoluted process, even text fails.
There are times that it is very useful to have pictures with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one.
UML is not the best solution for every development project, for very large projects with lots of developers involved, it can certainly make life easier.
Aha! But, your pet might be EATEN by another animal. This is how your favorite poodle can polymorph into a pit bull.
... but only for the amount of time it takes the pit bull to digest the poodle.
The headline would read: "Ninjas Own Pirates".
Thus proving, once again, that the media is completely out of touch with modern culture. If they understood what was going on, the headline would read "Ninjas Pwn Pirates."
My entire collection of Microsoft software consists of a bunch of old DOS floppies (and Microsoft C for DOS) in a shoebox somewhere in the garage
Actually, if you consider the anti-abandonware position, that should still hurt 'em, right?
So c'mon, guys! If we're gonna get this job done quickly, we're gonna need your help! Everybody chip in, and we'll have 'em out of business in no time!
GameTap.
"Ohh look! It can download games over the internet!"
Uh... just like any other desktop.
I think you don't really understand what the real point behind GameTap is, then... it's not about the internet delivery, it's about the legitimization of emulation. We can now legally play a lot of the games we loved when we were kids, and also some relatively recent games as well. I think it's more than worth the $1/year I paid for it.
Haven't decided what I'll do after my beta tester almost free year is up... but abandonware isn't anymore.
And don't even get me started reminiscing about the time before gravity was invented.
Propagation of the species was even more fun back then, though...
That logical construct is going to be pretty strictly limited to imaginary societies, insofar as it's not actually a modus ponens argument - "if A, then B. B, therefore A" is in fact the fallacy of affirming the consequent. Modus ponens takes the form "If A, then B. A, therefore, B."
Oh, hell... you're right. I had meant to type "If A, then B. A, therefore B" but I'm going to blame my typo on the beautiful weather and the fact that I was inside, at work, and the air conditioning was down.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it. heheheheh
I'm not sure I believe in the existance of "common sense" anymore- and thus would rather have society run more like an operating system. Preferably one where there is a bug appeal process, but still at least deterministic instead of indeterministic.
heheheh... hard to argue with your statement about common sense in general, but I've seen a fair amount of common sense coming from judges. Maybe nobody else in the entire governmental process, but I have seen (as recently as this week) judges that can and do think.
Why not? If we believe in rule of law above all else, why should anybody be allowed to twist the construct to something less than absolute?
My concern is actually only 1 part abuse, and also 1 part flexibility for the law to adapt to an unusual circumstance.
Well, that's the fun part- if we code it all in boolean logic, we can replace the lawyers AND the judges with incorruptible expert systems....
I think you seriously misjudge the ability of the American political and legal system to corrupt anything. In order for your proposition to work, we would first need to replace our politicians with incorruptible expert systems... an idea that is not necessarily bad, but good luck convincing them to do it in the first place. Catch-22.
What we really need is to get the legislatures to write law in clear, boolean logic that anybody can follow and always come up with the same answer...
While legal loopholes most definitely get abused, having all laws be "absolute, black & white, this is the way it is" has a lot of potential to really break down in situations where a little bit of common sense can save the day.
That said, writing the laws more clearly is not a bad thing... just making it a strict logical construct such as Modus Ponens ("if A, then B. B, therefore A") will not work in a real society.
Besides, the shysters out there (which is not all lawyers, but enough of 'em) would find some way to abuse solid logical constructs too. Give a person enough time and motivation, and they'll find an exploit for any given situation.
I think you and the article author mean two different things. He means tech that was a failure. Not tech that is hated.
If that were so, then why would AOL be #1? Love it or hate it, it's hard to deny that AOL was incredibly successful... and they are managing to adapt to the current environment, though time will tell how successful they are at that. Regardless, I'm sorry, but the quoted section of your statement is entirely incorrect.