Obviously, you haven't heard of eXtreme Programming. It requires you to run test suites before checking in code changes. That means you can read/. without any loss of productivity, because you (well, actually, your machine) continues to work.
How about games based on historical events (like one where you survive the French Revolution) or on novels?
Seems to me that the apparent lack of creativity is just a marketing decision, in that first-person shooters and sports games have the greatest sales potential.
You don't let every would-be code monkey work on your game. If you create your project on SourceForge, you get to determine who the members are, and they're the only ones who can check in changes.
I hope you're right. The company I work for has been getting hit by the 'analysts' because we haven't had layoffs like a couple of our competitors. As both an employee and a stockholder, I hope our execs. are doing the right thing.
Yes, OS/2 was good, and I was also a big fan back in the day. But I think a lot of people avoided it because they didn't trust IBM to own the desktop (although I never understand why they trusted MS).
Linux gives everyone a level playing field, and that's a big part of the reason more companies and analysts are willing to accept it.
I think you got that right; there's a bit of a class war going on, and the techies, for now, are on the losing end.
Also, what is a 'greedy' salary when houses cost $200K+ in less expensive areas, and $500K+ in many parts of California? Who are the people who own those houses, and how much do they make?
Okay, WE do. But I've come to the conclusion that "middle America", the sort of people that support GWB, don't give a s#!t if the geeks they made fun of in high-school are seeing hard times. Hell, they've put up with declining job opportunities for years. Their average salaries are around $35K, so they're not going to feel sorry for a bunch of nerds who were making $100K, and who might now have to flip burgers.
Maybe it's not really "free" as in beer, but "free" as in speech. So they have to pay for the beer, but it comes with its recipe. And they can use that to make their own beer, as long as they include the recipe with any modifications they've made.
Get a pair of Spike Spiders for $300. Gets my cheepie FWD car to the ski areas with no problem (on the extremely rare occasions when the roads aren't plowed).
I live in the states, and the SUV craze is one of the stupidest things I could have imagined, perhaps because I lived through the recurring gas shortages in the 70's.
I've got to agree. A lot of these complaints make me think of an SUV driver who complains that "Porsche's are junk" because shifting is too hard and the ride isn't as smooth as he's used to.
"Ideas" in software are almost never original. From what I've seen, what makes a new company successful is implementation and marketing.
An example is the group I work with, which started out as 4-5 self-funded individuals writing an inexpensive x86/DOS version of products which already existed, but which cost $1,000's and only ran on big hardware. They became extremely profitable within a couple years, and were eventually bought out by a larger company.
My first thought (admitedly not having looked at Dice for over a year), was that they added Linux to the ridiculous lists of qualifications that most ads already have. IE:
6 years Windows XP experience 10 years Java 2.459 5 years JCL 12 years COBOL... 5 years RedHat Linux 9.1
What about the first (and 2nd and 3rd) issue that a user has with a Windows box, like a virus or BSOD or sudden inability to print?
I work in an engineering group with a mixture of Windows and Linux machines. The Windows boxes need virus scans and updates all the time, while the Linux boxes rarely get touched.
I first used MSDOS in the early 80's, right around the time I learned to use Unix (on a VAX and a 68K-based PC). At the time, I thought DOS was a piece of junk, and didn't even compare favorably to the proprietary Z80 OS that I'd been using up to that point.
I don't ever recall liking anything from MS, and I knew few "techies" that did.
Would be cool if this could work with a computer. Instead of "focus-follows-mouse", I'd like to have "focus-follows-eyes". Lots of times, I'll look at a window and start to type in it, then realize that I hadn't moved the mouse over it to get focus.
Actually, they might, knowing that you'd rather get the insurance money than get your car back, and that the police will care a lot more about recovering a Porsche than a junker.
True. And the really dumb ones fall for the radio ads that ask, "Can you afford only $35/week for the computer of your dreams?" Then they end up spending around $2000 for an x86 PC anyway.
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Obviously, you haven't heard of eXtreme Programming. It requires you to run test suites before checking in code changes. That means you can read /. without any loss of productivity, because you (well, actually, your machine) continues to work.
You're right. In the past, the director would probably have a secretary to filter his mail, answer the phone, and arrange appointments.
How about games based on historical events (like one where you survive the French Revolution) or on novels?
Seems to me that the apparent lack of creativity is just a marketing decision, in that first-person shooters and sports games have the greatest sales potential.
You don't let every would-be code monkey work on your game. If you create your project on SourceForge, you get to determine who the members are, and they're the only ones who can check in changes.
I hope you're right. The company I work for has been getting hit by the 'analysts' because we haven't had layoffs like a couple of our competitors. As both an employee and a stockholder, I hope our execs. are doing the right thing.
...we're all dead. But it's nice if, until then, we can work at jobs that utilize our skills and have a chance to earn a decent living.
I don't see stocks doing so well these last few years. Looks to me like the savings are more likely going into the executives' pockets.
Yes, OS/2 was good, and I was also a big fan back in the day. But I think a lot of people avoided it because they didn't trust IBM to own the desktop (although I never understand why they trusted MS).
Linux gives everyone a level playing field, and that's a big part of the reason more companies and analysts are willing to accept it.
I think you got that right; there's a bit of a class war going on, and the techies, for now, are on the losing end.
Also, what is a 'greedy' salary when houses cost $200K+ in less expensive areas, and $500K+ in many parts of California? Who are the people who own those houses, and how much do they make?
And don't forget that at the start of each new project, you have to implement new linked-list, dynamic-array, and hash-table code...
Actually, before STL, that was pretty much the case if you changed jobs.
Okay, WE do. But I've come to the conclusion that "middle America", the sort of people that support GWB, don't give a s#!t if the geeks they made fun of in high-school are seeing hard times. Hell, they've put up with declining job opportunities for years. Their average salaries are around $35K, so they're not going to feel sorry for a bunch of nerds who were making $100K, and who might now have to flip burgers.
Maybe it's not really "free" as in beer, but "free" as in speech. So they have to pay for the beer, but it comes with its recipe. And they can use that to make their own beer, as long as they include the recipe with any modifications they've made.
Get a pair of Spike Spiders for $300. Gets my cheepie FWD car to the ski areas with no problem (on the extremely rare occasions when the roads aren't plowed).
I live in the states, and the SUV craze is one of the stupidest things I could have imagined, perhaps because I lived through the recurring gas shortages in the 70's.
I've got to agree. A lot of these complaints make me think of an SUV driver who complains that "Porsche's are junk" because shifting is too hard and the ride isn't as smooth as he's used to.
"Ideas" in software are almost never original. From what I've seen, what makes a new company successful is implementation and marketing.
An example is the group I work with, which started out as 4-5 self-funded individuals writing an inexpensive x86/DOS version of products which already existed, but which cost $1,000's and only ran on big hardware. They became extremely profitable within a couple years, and were eventually bought out by a larger company.
My first thought (admitedly not having looked at Dice for over a year), was that they added Linux to the ridiculous lists of qualifications that most ads already have. IE:
...
6 years Windows XP experience
10 years Java 2.459
5 years JCL
12 years COBOL
5 years RedHat Linux 9.1
I'd just been learning to use Unix on a VAX, and thought it was cool that I could create filenames with spaces in them.
But then I couldn't figure out how to delete them, until I discovered that wildcards could do the trick:
rm * *
What about the first (and 2nd and 3rd) issue that a user has with a Windows box, like a virus or BSOD or sudden inability to print?
I work in an engineering group with a mixture of Windows and Linux machines. The Windows boxes need virus scans and updates all the time, while the Linux boxes rarely get touched.
I first used MSDOS in the early 80's, right around the time I learned to use Unix (on a VAX and a 68K-based PC). At the time, I thought DOS was a piece of junk, and didn't even compare favorably to the proprietary Z80 OS that I'd been using up to that point.
I don't ever recall liking anything from MS, and I knew few "techies" that did.
Would be cool if this could work with a computer. Instead of "focus-follows-mouse", I'd like to have "focus-follows-eyes". Lots of times, I'll look at a window and start to type in it, then realize that I hadn't moved the mouse over it to get focus.
Well, I own the ASCII standard, and you owe me .001 cent for each ASCII character you used in that statement.
And if you care to argue, I'm counting those characters too.
Actually, they might, knowing that you'd rather get the insurance money than get your car back, and that the police will care a lot more about recovering a Porsche than a junker.
True. And the really dumb ones fall for the radio ads that ask, "Can you afford only $35/week for the computer of your dreams?" Then they end up spending around $2000 for an x86 PC anyway.