Seems like the biggest problem is that a bulb that provides light equivalent to a 30 watt incandescent is $190!! Thats a little steep when you can get compact flourescents for around $8.
I worked for a manager who had been a developer. After about a year, he decided that he hated managing. So, he went out and recruited a replacement for himself, and went back into development. I'm almost certain his salary remained the same.
Unfortunately, I haven't been in a Porsche in years. But I'd bet that if you drove one around the dealer's lot, you would notice a big difference between it, and, say, a Suburban (which is what I'd compare most MS products to).
No kidding. At a previous job, my boss insisted on buying the $200 RedHat pro version for setting up an internal web-server, even though I offered use of my copy of SuSE.
I'm playing Gabriel Knight (1) at the moment. Great story, gameplay, and sound, with voice-acting by Tim Curry and Mark Hamill. Other games I've played recently are Privateer (1), Wing Commander 3, and Ultima7/Serpent Isle. Sure, many games from the 80's, like KQ1, are fairly primitive and lacking in plot; but once 486's and CD's became common, the games became quite entertaining.
...but about 3000 people were killed in the WTC, while about 20000 worked there. That means that a lot of PC's, routers, and other high-tech gadgets need to be replaced.
In addition, all those 'smart' weapons are loaded with semiconductors, and they can only be used once.
Look in your phone book or local computer rag. Lots of discount stores will sell you exactly the parts you want, then put the whole thing together for a nominal cost, like $2, or even free.
This is straight out of Pohl & Kornbluth's "Venus, Inc" story from, I think, the late 50's. There was a giant hunk of chicken culture sold as "Chicken Little".
For me, the 'hard times' were the 70's, when I'd just gotten married, got my first software-engineer job at $23K/year, and found that a small 2-bedroom house in LA near my work would cost over $150K.
But I'm sure people who lived through the 30's and 40's also have their stories...
Actually OS/2 had DIVE and DART, which gave the same sort of performance you get from SDL. And Warp 3.0 ran fine on my 486 with 8Mb, certainly not an above-average machine at the time.
It's also 'impossible' to outlaw marijuana, since it's easy to grow on your windowsill or in your basement. But, the even remote possibility that guys with guns will break down your door, throw you in jail, and take your property is enough to deter most people from doing so.
Maybe a group of editors could start an online club ("Slush Busters"?) that would charge readers a small subscription, say $5/month. Members would have access to reviews and recommendations, and some of the money could be paid to the more widely-read authors.
Yep. My only CS classes taught us PL/1 and MIX, which I never had the chance to use in the real world. But PL/1 made learning C/C++ easy, and going from MIX to various other assemblers (HP/1000, Z/80) wasn't too big a step either.
I think humans already come with this capability builtin. Briefly, look directly at her eyes. If:
1. She looks away, she's probably not interested. 2. She looks back, smiling slightly, she might be interested. 3. She looks back and glares, she's definitely not interested. 4. She looks back and glares, then whispers something angrily to the 250-lb guy with his arm around her, you better fade into the crowd.
No kidding. I realized that the music had gotten really bad when my teenage daughter, who used to listen to the 'alternative rock' station, started switching the radio to the 'oldies' channel.
Good analysis. I find writing in Java to be a very pleasant experience. But when I'm searching for a utility on Freshmeat, the Java programs don't get even a glance. I'll always prefer programs that are faster and smaller to those that are slow and bloated.
Well, I was one of the earliest developers for the AtariST ('HabaWriter'); and frankly, the machine just wasn't all that cool. Seemed like every bit of hardware had its own power supply, and the whole thing was a jumble of cables. Also, the GEM component of TOS (its OS) was really buggy (although x86 GEM was solid and way ahead of anything MS had at the time).
It was kind of cool, though, having EMACS (actually, MINCE) as the editor.
As for fans of other platforms: I take it you haven't heard of TeamOS/2?
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"Instead of sound software engineering, we now have "Free Speech" flag-waving."
Er, okay. My experience, going back-and-forth between Solaris and Linux daily, is that they're of about the same quality, which is quite high.
And BTW, I like 'killall' on Linux, regardless of its history.
Seems like the biggest problem is that a bulb that provides light equivalent to a 30 watt incandescent is $190!! Thats a little steep when you can get compact flourescents for around $8.
...for the OS/2 version they promised about 7 years ago!
I worked for a manager who had been a developer. After about a year, he decided that he hated managing. So, he went out and recruited a replacement for himself, and went back into development. I'm almost certain his salary remained the same.
Unfortunately, I haven't been in a Porsche in years. But I'd bet that if you drove one around the dealer's lot, you would notice a big difference between it, and, say, a Suburban (which is what I'd compare most MS products to).
Does MS Office support frames? (For that matter, does GOBE?)
No kidding. At a previous job, my boss insisted on buying the $200 RedHat pro version for setting up an internal web-server, even though I offered use of my copy of SuSE.
Yes. It should be able to import ASCII text perfectly. And it should also be able to handle any other standard, documented formats, like, say, .PNG.
I'm playing Gabriel Knight (1) at the moment. Great story, gameplay, and sound, with voice-acting by Tim Curry and Mark Hamill. Other games I've played recently are Privateer (1), Wing Commander 3, and Ultima7/Serpent Isle. Sure, many games from the 80's, like KQ1, are fairly primitive and lacking in plot; but once 486's and CD's became common, the games became quite entertaining.
...but about 3000 people were killed in the WTC, while about 20000 worked there. That means that a lot of PC's, routers, and other high-tech gadgets need to be replaced.
In addition, all those 'smart' weapons are loaded with semiconductors, and they can only be used once.
Look in your phone book or local computer rag. Lots of discount stores will sell you exactly the parts you want, then put the whole thing together for a nominal cost, like $2, or even free.
We had one of those magnet-detecting cat doors, and had it set to keep the cat inside. She just bashed through it.
This is straight out of Pohl & Kornbluth's "Venus, Inc" story from, I think, the late 50's. There was a giant hunk of chicken culture sold as "Chicken Little".
For me, the 'hard times' were the 70's, when I'd just gotten married, got my first software-engineer job at $23K/year, and found that a small 2-bedroom house in LA near my work would cost over $150K.
But I'm sure people who lived through the 30's and 40's also have their stories...
You have a very good point. Another thing I've noticed is that many startups are founded by fairly recent immigrants.
...lots of comments can vastly improve your daily lines-of-code count:-)
Actually OS/2 had DIVE and DART, which gave the same sort of performance you get from SDL. And Warp 3.0 ran fine on my 486 with 8Mb, certainly not an above-average machine at the time.
It's also 'impossible' to outlaw marijuana, since it's easy to grow on your windowsill or in your basement. But, the even remote possibility that guys with guns will break down your door, throw you in jail, and take your property is enough to deter most people from doing so.
Maybe a group of editors could start an online club ("Slush Busters"?) that would charge readers a small subscription, say $5/month. Members would have access to reviews and recommendations, and some of the money could be paid to the more widely-read authors.
Yep. My only CS classes taught us PL/1 and MIX, which I never had the chance to use in the real world. But PL/1 made learning C/C++ easy, and going from MIX to various other assemblers (HP/1000, Z/80) wasn't too big a step either.
I think humans already come with this capability builtin. Briefly, look directly at her eyes.
If:
1. She looks away, she's probably not interested.
2. She looks back, smiling slightly, she might be interested.
3. She looks back and glares, she's definitely not interested.
4. She looks back and glares, then whispers something angrily to the 250-lb guy with his arm around her, you better fade into the crowd.
How about rewarding people who write (or document or test) Free software?
No kidding. I realized that the music had gotten really bad when my teenage daughter, who used to listen to the 'alternative rock' station, started switching the radio to the 'oldies' channel.
Good analysis. I find writing in Java to be a very pleasant experience. But when I'm searching for a utility on Freshmeat, the Java programs don't get even a glance. I'll always prefer programs that are faster and smaller to those that are slow and bloated.
Well, I was one of the earliest developers for the AtariST ('HabaWriter'); and frankly, the machine just wasn't all that cool. Seemed like every bit of hardware had its own power supply, and the whole thing was a jumble of cables. Also, the GEM component of TOS (its OS) was really buggy (although x86 GEM was solid and way ahead of anything MS had at the time).
It was kind of cool, though, having EMACS (actually, MINCE) as the editor.
As for fans of other platforms: I take it you haven't heard of TeamOS/2?