One reason I wouldn't do it for a potential $5000 is that somebody else might beat me to it. Why waste my time?
Why not post the request this way: "Wanted: Palm OS Programmer to create Bluetooth interface, willing to pay $5000 + royalties, only the most qualified will be selected, send your resume."?
I know there are non-professional programmers out there who will write amazing code for the challenge and fun but I have a family to feed.
This is true. Not wanting my signature digitally stored I usually draw a quick sketch. Someone going through the signature databases of the stores I frequent will be sure to discover my fine artwork.
Can they create a display that shows a distorted image such that someone with 20/20 vision and no astigmatism would see it blurry but someone with 20/400 and an astigmatism would see it perfectly?
I agree about programming. I prefer the design phase. I like to design a system to the point that programming it is a cinch. What really sucks about software development is not testing it is meetings. Meetings suck the fun out of programming. Stupid senseless timewasting meetings. Scott Adams hits the nail on the head about meetings every time.
Rexx is an awesome scripting language. Running under Kedit as KEXX, REXX is simply a powerful programming tool. I use it for convertion of data, and writing programs to write programs. I once generated a Kexx program that generated all the server side C and javascript with embedded SQL statements for accessing (add,update,delete,view,browse) an OBDC database using HTML. 5 lines of input could generate over 1200 lines of useable, commented code in 3 distinct languages. Kedit
Incidentally, Rexx now runs on a Palm Pilot: Jaxo Rexx It is really cool to instantly calculate 2**1000 on my palm and have all the digits print: 10715...page of digits omitted...069376 as a result on my PALM!
Yes I can see it now. You forehead your 3d visorays and cognize your intended party to have via the cerebral connector, you are connected in the virtual environment of the universal web, a breazy location on a nice beach... A few gestures later and the experience is disconnected and you find yourself and a few other unfortunates in terrible car wreck.
No. You should not try to drive while making a VR cell phone call.
Obvious troll but I had nothing better to do but bite. Perhaps together we can help to raise Intel and Dells stock prices!
I take umbrage at your calling me a stupid customer.
I have two Dells. I think Dells are excellent PCs. I have recommended purchase of Dells to my employers. My recommedations are responsible for having had over 100 Dells purchased. Dell PC's are solid, dependable and cost effective. Dell customer support is usually decent.
If you go and price parts for putting together your own PC, you will find that it is difficult to put your own PC together at a price less than an off-the-shelf Dell.
I think some of this "I hate Dell" stuff comes from people who own HP's, Compaqs, Gateways, or Apples, who are happy with their own PCs. Most PCs, from any manufacturer, work great. 99% of problems I fix as a consultant are software not hardware. Clients will often blame the computer when the problem is actually a software issue.
This "I hate Dell" Reminded me of the decals on the windows of Fords and Chevys with Calvin urinating on the other's decal.
It's hard to beat Dell's prices if you are purchasing a Windows PC. There is more to life than AMD market share. Most people could care less what the processor is as long as it will Internet Explorer, Outlook, and Office.
I am getting ready to build several PC's from scratch and I will probably base them on AMD processors. These PC's are going to be for edutainment rather than business.
I think it would be interesting to hear why you think "they build crappy computers suck big time". And why is it that "AMD is all that matters in the end"?
I went to CompUSA and looked at all the stuff. What I was really looking for was a replacement for my busted Visor Platinum. I can no longer write to it.
I considered the Treo 600. I like Visor. The problem with the Treo is you have to type using your thumbs. You cannot scrawl. I like to scrawl. The display seems smaller too. The Treo 600 is expensive but I was tempted by the $299 offer but I couldn't get around the 2-year lockin on the Sprint network. Mind you I have nothing against Sprint I just don't want to make 2 year commitments.
I looked at all the Windows Pocket PC's. I like them but I am happy with the Palm OS. For some reason, one of the pricy windows units took a long time to switch from one app to another for no good reason so that did in all the Windows PC's for me. I know how Windows on my PC does that sometimes and I could not bear it on my PDA.
Sorry, As far as I could tell, there was nothing running Symbian in the neighborhood. I would like to run Linux phone/PDA, but I like touching and feeling stuff before I buy it.
The Zire 72 is very slick looking. It has a 1.2 Megapixel cameral. It has twice the memory of my Visor Platinum. It has a new IBM 300+ MhZ processor. You can feel that the screen is very responsive. The screen is vivid. It has blue tooth built in, not sure if I'll ever have a use for it but I would like to. It has a slot for for more memory. It can store and play music. I don't need a PDA for music but it I could use it.
$299 was less than the price of my original Visor and the Zire seems about 10 times better in almost every way except that it does not have a Visor or a way to make a phone out of it like the visor does.
The Zire is getting it's first charge right now so I can't use it. I may come back and write some more after I have some experience.
Incidentally, it is damn hard to find a HP Ipaq 5555 in stock on the net. Anyone know what makes these so sold out? I played with one it seems too bulky. I like the Zire 72.
I want a chip/pc that acts like a Radioshack 1000-in-one electronics kit...only better. I could program a receiver and transmitter,...and a matter materializer.
I saw the Good Morning America broadcast (Ah, the joys of the technically unemployed)
It looked like a glass of water.
They poured it on each other's clothes then remarked that they were not even wet. They demoed the led monitor working under the "water".
What they didn't say, as far as I could tell, was: What does the stuff smell like? I imagine since it evaporated so fast that it would smell like dry cleaning fluid. What does it taste like? What happens if you drink the stuff?
First you give your employee a small raise and a big new title "Manager of Technical Services Team". Second you tell him that he is going to be in charge of a team of new employees. He won't even have to work. He can get everyone to do his work for him. He can just sit back and design stuff!
Once his charges have learned to do their job (his old job), he is expendable. He is also highly overpaid. Then you lay him off. Doesn't matter that he poured his blood sweat and tears into your company for 10 years without taking a single day off sick. Doesn't matter that he helped you make your first $10 million. Doesn't matter that he helped sell your product or made your customers happy. Doesn't matter that he saved your company several times or invented your latest product. What matters is he is obsolete and overpaid and bad for business. There is only one right thing to do. Fire him!
The new employees don't have to be Indian. They don't have to be foreign. It happened to me!
According to an article I found in Pravda, there is a boy who claims to have been a Martian in a past life. He says the Martians are still there, just moved underground when they lost their atmosphere. It seems he would know all about the oceans.
Loved that quip. I read the books but never got the sense that the story had ended. When I was sitting there watching the movie, I couldn't help but think "finally over...what a great epic movie!" at least 5 times. probably more.
Loved that quip "one [an oscar] for each ending". That person is a genius.
"Everyone is an idiot, not just the people with low SAT scores. The only differences among us is that we're idiots about different things at different times. No matter how smart you are, you spend much of your day being an idiot."
Would you mind posting an example of a Perl program that is "VERY good looking, and VERY easy to understand"?
I say you have to be a darn good Perl programmer to write VERY good looking and VERY easy to understand Perl code, and I have yet to meet one - I suppose I don't get around enough.
I think for most people having your grand drawing 500-600 Watts 24/7 is going to cost more than the $75 two times a year to keep it professionally tuned. Not to mention the cost of retrofitting this system. (Based on 7 cents / kilo Watt hour a typical rate:) N
500 watts x 24 hours/day x 30.5 days/month = 366,000 Total Watts 366,000 Total Watts / 1000 watts = 366 kilowatts 366 kWh x 7/kWh = $25.62/month; $307/year .
I write with a fountain pen and I am as technically literate and proficient as any of the other nerds reading this and probably more so than most. If I had learned to write with a fountain pen instead of a number 2 or a Bic, I might have become a writer of novels instead of a writer of code.
The fountain pen is the state-of-the-art writing instrument for transforming thought from a brain onto paper. With a good fountain pen, the nib adapts to the user such that it quickly and effortlessly moves over the paper leaving a precise, perfect line of ink of the color and thickness of your choosing.
The fountain pen in it's many forms is also a work of art. And it is continually being improved thanks to architects and engineers of fine writing instruments.
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One reason I wouldn't do it for a potential $5000 is that somebody else might beat me to it. Why waste my time?
Why not post the request this way: "Wanted: Palm OS Programmer to create Bluetooth interface, willing to pay $5000 + royalties, only the most qualified will be selected, send your resume."?
I know there are non-professional programmers out there who will write amazing code for the challenge and fun but I have a family to feed.
This is true. Not wanting my signature digitally stored I usually draw a quick sketch. Someone going through the signature databases of the stores I frequent will be sure to discover my fine artwork.
Can they create a display that shows a distorted image such that someone with 20/20 vision and no astigmatism would see it blurry but someone with 20/400 and an astigmatism would see it perfectly?
http://www.geocities.com/icaddict.geo/ (The Internet Chess Addict's Home).
I agree about programming. I prefer the design phase. I like to design a system to the point that programming it is a cinch. What really sucks about software development is not testing it is meetings. Meetings suck the fun out of programming. Stupid senseless timewasting meetings. Scott Adams hits the nail on the head about meetings every time.
Two questions come to what's left of my brain:
Can we build a cancer-prion to teach cancer cells to fold wrong? What would be the result in the body if we used them?
Incidentally, what did you find that was better? I think Kedit has stood the test of time with me.
Rexx is an awesome scripting language. Running under Kedit as KEXX, REXX is simply a powerful programming tool. I use it for convertion of data, and writing programs to write programs. I once generated a Kexx program that generated all the server side C and javascript with embedded SQL statements for accessing (add,update,delete,view,browse) an OBDC database using HTML. 5 lines of input could generate over 1200 lines of useable, commented code in 3 distinct languages. Kedit
Incidentally, Rexx now runs on a Palm Pilot:
Jaxo Rexx
It is really cool to instantly calculate 2**1000 on my palm and have all the digits print: 10715...page of digits omitted...069376 as a result on my PALM!
Yes I can see it now. You forehead your 3d visorays and cognize your intended party to have via the cerebral connector, you are connected in the virtual environment of the universal web, a breazy location on a nice beach... A few gestures later and the experience is disconnected and you find yourself and a few other unfortunates in terrible car wreck.
No. You should not try to drive while making a VR cell phone call.
Anonymous Coward,
Obvious troll but I had nothing better to do but bite. Perhaps together we can help to raise Intel and Dells stock prices!
I take umbrage at your calling me a stupid customer.
I have two Dells. I think Dells are excellent PCs. I have recommended purchase of Dells to my employers. My recommedations are responsible for having had over 100 Dells purchased. Dell PC's are solid, dependable and cost effective. Dell customer support is usually decent.
If you go and price parts for putting together your own PC, you will find that it is difficult to put your own PC together at a price less than an off-the-shelf Dell.
I think some of this "I hate Dell" stuff comes from people who own HP's, Compaqs, Gateways, or Apples, who are happy with their own PCs. Most
PCs, from any manufacturer, work great. 99% of problems I fix as a consultant are software not hardware. Clients will often blame the computer when the problem is actually a software issue.
This "I hate Dell" Reminded me of the decals on the windows of Fords and Chevys with Calvin urinating on the other's decal.
It's hard to beat Dell's prices if you are purchasing a Windows PC. There is more to life than AMD market share. Most people could care less what the processor is as long as it will Internet Explorer, Outlook, and Office.
I am getting ready to build several PC's from scratch and I will probably base them on AMD processors. These PC's are going to be for edutainment rather than business.
I think it would be interesting to hear why you think "they build crappy computers suck big time". And why is it that "AMD is all that matters in the end"?
One serious question. Why does it seem that life expectancy is going up?
I went to CompUSA and looked at all the stuff. What I was really looking for was a replacement for my busted Visor Platinum. I can no longer write to it.
I considered the Treo 600. I like Visor. The problem with the Treo is you have to type using your thumbs. You cannot scrawl. I like to scrawl. The display seems smaller too. The Treo 600 is expensive but I was tempted by the $299 offer but I couldn't get around the 2-year lockin on the Sprint network. Mind you I have nothing against Sprint I just don't want to make 2 year commitments.
I looked at all the Windows Pocket PC's. I like them but I am happy with the Palm OS. For some reason, one of the pricy windows units took a long time to switch from one app to another for no good reason so that did in all the Windows PC's for me. I know how Windows on my PC does that sometimes and I could not bear it on my PDA.
Sorry, As far as I could tell, there was nothing running Symbian in the neighborhood. I would like to run Linux phone/PDA, but I like touching and feeling stuff before I buy it.
The Zire 72 is very slick looking. It has a 1.2 Megapixel cameral. It has twice the memory of my Visor Platinum. It has a new IBM 300+ MhZ processor. You can feel that the screen is very responsive. The screen is vivid. It has blue tooth built in, not sure if I'll ever have a use for it but I would like to. It has a slot for for more memory. It can store and play music. I don't need a PDA for music but it I could use it.
$299 was less than the price of my original Visor and the Zire seems about 10 times better in almost every way except that it does not have a Visor or a way to make a phone out of it like the visor does.
The Zire is getting it's first charge right now so I can't use it. I may come back and write some more after I have some experience.
Incidentally, it is damn hard to find a HP Ipaq 5555 in stock on the net. Anyone know what makes these so sold out? I played with one it seems too bulky. I like the Zire 72.
I want a chip/pc that acts like a Radioshack 1000-in-one electronics kit...only better. I could program a receiver and transmitter, ...and a matter materializer.
I saw the Good Morning America broadcast (Ah, the joys of the technically unemployed)
It looked like a glass of water.
They poured it on each other's clothes then remarked that they were not even wet. They demoed the led monitor working under the "water".
What they didn't say, as far as I could tell, was:
What does the stuff smell like? I imagine since it evaporated so fast that it would smell like dry cleaning fluid.
What does it taste like?
What happens if you drink the stuff?
First you give your employee a small raise and a big new title "Manager of Technical Services Team". Second you tell him that he is going to be in charge of a team of new employees. He won't even have to work. He can get everyone to do his work for him. He can just sit back and design stuff!
Once his charges have learned to do their job (his old job), he is expendable. He is also highly overpaid. Then you lay him off. Doesn't matter that he poured his blood sweat and tears into your company for 10 years without taking a single day off sick. Doesn't matter that he helped you make your first $10 million. Doesn't matter that he helped sell your product or made your customers happy. Doesn't matter that he saved your company several times or invented your latest product. What matters is he is obsolete and overpaid and bad for business. There is only one right thing to do. Fire him!
The new employees don't have to be Indian. They don't have to be foreign. It happened to me!
This reminds me of the beginnings of the greeting card industry.
According to an article I found in Pravda, there is a boy who claims to have been a Martian in a past life. He says the Martians are still there, just moved underground when they lost their atmosphere. It seems he would know all about the oceans.
Here's the link:
The Boriska-Boy From Mars
Post an idea for how to get something for nothing on slashdot and you are sure to get 1000s of responses.
say "I'm a lot better looking than you. Understand. My name is Rexx!"
Loved that quip. I read the books but never got the sense that the story had ended. When I was sitting there watching the movie, I couldn't help but think "finally over...what a great epic movie!" at least 5 times. probably more.
Loved that quip "one [an oscar] for each ending". That person is a genius.
"Everyone is an idiot, not just the people with low SAT scores. The only differences among us is that we're idiots about different things at different times. No matter how smart you are, you spend much of your day being an idiot."
-Scott Adams (1957 - ), The Dilbert Principle
Thanks to: www.quotationspage.com
Would you mind posting an example of a Perl program that is "VERY good looking, and VERY easy to understand"?
I say you have to be a darn good Perl programmer to write VERY good looking and VERY easy to understand Perl code, and I have yet to meet one - I suppose I don't get around enough.
I think for most people having your grand drawing 500-600 Watts 24/7 is going to cost more than the $75 two times a year to keep it professionally tuned. Not to mention the cost of retrofitting this system. (Based on 7 cents / kilo Watt hour a typical rate:) N
500 watts x 24 hours/day x 30.5 days/month = 366,000 Total Watts
366,000 Total Watts / 1000 watts = 366 kilowatts
366 kWh x 7/kWh = $25.62/month; $307/year .
That's a respectable list of dudez but few compare to Wargames.
I write with a fountain pen and I am as technically literate and proficient as any of the other nerds reading this and probably more so than most. If I had learned to write with a fountain pen instead of a number 2 or a Bic, I might have become a writer of novels instead of a writer of code.
The fountain pen is the state-of-the-art writing instrument for transforming thought from a brain onto paper. With a good fountain pen, the nib adapts to the user such that it quickly and effortlessly moves over the paper leaving a precise, perfect line of ink of the color and thickness of your choosing.
The fountain pen in it's many forms is also a work of art. And it is continually being improved thanks to architects and engineers of fine writing instruments.
Here's an article on handwriting:
Handwriting is Key by Susan Bowen in a magazine dedicated to fine writing instruments Pen World International.