I had to switch to classic design. D2 experience: No Java, no javascript, no flash, still crazy CPU usage, making my laptop hot and Firefox sputter. Noscript did nothing.
Good lord, what kind of ancient hardware are you running that can't handle a webpage.
Frankly, a 500MHz Pentium II should be able to handle/.
My phone should be able to handle/.
Something is very wrong when a webpage makes a browser use 99% CPU with javascript and java turned off!
there is nothing I hate more than a floating title bar.
The floating title bar and side bar make me feel like it's 1996 again. Frames could do the same thing without the waste of CPU (it's going crazy even with noscript!)
This one page alone is doing this to firefox:
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
18408 username 20 0 365m 117m 26m R 95.3 6.2 3:03.85 firefox-bin
It's constant and will not let up. Whoever let this get into production is an idiot. Time to disable javascript on/. now. *sigh*
DRM was a response to people not buying the white album again for every new audio technology. Police raids on warehouses filled with copied CDs were a response to piracy.
So when I buy an ebook with DRM on it, or a computer game with DRM on it, or a Blu-ray disc, I shouldn't think to myself, these are measures that I've got to put up with because I'm caught in a battle between people who produce the product I've bought, and those who want to live off those of us that are willing to pay. I should actually, according to you, be thinking "darn those old timers who wanted to listen to their Beatles album on a CD rather than a Vinyl without having to pay for it."
And can I just check that's what you were referring to? That you think DRM is a response to some people who had recordings on a record not wanting to pay for a CD? The vast amount of downloading of modern produced media that is done without paying for it, is just, you know, statistical noise in comparison to these ravening hordes of Beatles fans trying to save themselves the cost of a CD?
Maybe I wasn't talking specifically about the White Album, nor just about music. Maybe I wasn't even talking; maybe I was typing. Maybe I was typing about how DRM exploded into multiple markets only after device-shifting became popular, and explicitly prevented device shifting (until later, although that's still in place for some types of content). Maybe I'm feeding a troll. Maybe I'm the man your woman wishes you smell like. Maybe I'm riding a Unicorn...and before you make a virgin joke about the Unicorn, remember: I post on Slashdot.
But sir - the twitterati are already blogging and we've got multiple pingbacks inbound! If we don't cross-site script the XML to a recursive realtime JSON feed in the next thirty seconds we'll 404 the memebases! ALL OF THEM!
The linked story talks about the reasons for the protest in Cairo (namely, wanting the current president of 29 years out, and wanting the 29-year "state of emergency" and corresponding suspension of rights to stop). The summary here just talks about the actions taken against the protesters, and the blocking of Twitter.
Have you been asleep?
A revolution is happening in Tunisia. Protests similar to the beginnings there have been reported from Algeria. People are setting themselves on fire to make a statement. The Egyptian regime has been trying to control unrest by capping food and oil prices for the last few weeks.
Is it really necessary to point out what the Egyptians are unhappy about?
I'd even question what "perfect" social mobility is. Everyone moves from living on the street to living in the White House? Obviously that's ridiculous. There are reasons why it can't happen, but not one reason is due to a social or legal caste system where moving between classes is disallowed.
This same graduate who is now telling you why their college prof said certain things can't be done, as the non-educated employee is already more than halfway done writing the code to do what you asked for.
And then they get stuck at the point where more learned folk new there would be a barrier. But they beat their head against the wall for a week, fudge some stuff, and deliver a product that they think works, but really doesn't, all because they didn't know that P!=NP or P=NP, or whatever.
by Culture20 (968837) writes: on Tuesday January 26 2010, @10:08AM (#30904558)
I'm in software. I freely admit my spelling and grammar skills SUCK.:)
(re)Learning spelling would be a good idea. I'd hate to be the one to debug human resources code with a variable named
bool higher=False;/*Whether or not higher subject*/
which actually determined if someone was hired, but another coder thought it was a boolean for hierarchical levels, and was making it flip-flop between true/false.
Coders, as the future jacks of all trades, need to know a little of everything, and a lot of the fundamentals.
Still true 364 days later. A B.S. includes a little more forced general edg-umication to help a developer learn things like spelling.
If all you want is a "worker drone", the best place to look is the local McDonalds. Generally those aren't full of "strong leaders" personified by a commitment to "individual excellence".
I'd almost guarantee the McDonald's manager training program uses those words to describe McDonalds managers.
If it's an American McDonald's, they describe the manager's position as: "Fluent in English and Conversationally Fluent in Spanish"
DRM was a response to people not buying the white album again for every new audio technology. Police raids on warehouses filled with copied CDs were a response to piracy.
Obama is better than W only because he has a normal IQ.
All [Bush's] responses, action, statements, and decision all indicate average unthinking, non critical IQ.
So Bush is not Trig Palin after all? I'll take a well-read fighter pilot of slightly above average intelligence and with a good resume over a brilliant scholar with almost no resume any day.
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I had to switch to classic design. D2 experience: No Java, no javascript, no flash, still crazy CPU usage, making my laptop hot and Firefox sputter. Noscript did nothing.
Good lord, what kind of ancient hardware are you running that can't handle a webpage.
Frankly, a 500MHz Pentium II should be able to handle /. /.
My phone should be able to handle
Something is very wrong when a webpage makes a browser use 99% CPU with javascript and java turned off!
there is nothing I hate more than a floating title bar.
The floating title bar and side bar make me feel like it's 1996 again. Frames could do the same thing without the waste of CPU (it's going crazy even with noscript!)
*$@#&! Now it's making Firefox gray out for extended periods. I was even trying to give it a chance. NoScript to the rescue!
This one page alone is doing this to firefox:
/. now. *sigh*
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
18408 username 20 0 365m 117m 26m R 95.3 6.2 3:03.85 firefox-bin
It's constant and will not let up. Whoever let this get into production is an idiot. Time to disable javascript on
DRM was a response to people not buying the white album again for every new audio technology. Police raids on warehouses filled with copied CDs were a response to piracy.
So when I buy an ebook with DRM on it, or a computer game with DRM on it, or a Blu-ray disc, I shouldn't think to myself, these are measures that I've got to put up with because I'm caught in a battle between people who produce the product I've bought, and those who want to live off those of us that are willing to pay. I should actually, according to you, be thinking "darn those old timers who wanted to listen to their Beatles album on a CD rather than a Vinyl without having to pay for it." And can I just check that's what you were referring to? That you think DRM is a response to some people who had recordings on a record not wanting to pay for a CD? The vast amount of downloading of modern produced media that is done without paying for it, is just, you know, statistical noise in comparison to these ravening hordes of Beatles fans trying to save themselves the cost of a CD?
Maybe I wasn't talking specifically about the White Album, nor just about music. Maybe I wasn't even talking; maybe I was typing. Maybe I was typing about how DRM exploded into multiple markets only after device-shifting became popular, and explicitly prevented device shifting (until later, although that's still in place for some types of content). Maybe I'm feeding a troll. Maybe I'm the man your woman wishes you smell like. Maybe I'm riding a Unicorn. ..and before you make a virgin joke about the Unicorn, remember: I post on Slashdot.
datamine the cyber-zeigeist
But sir - the twitterati are already blogging and we've got multiple pingbacks inbound! If we don't cross-site script the XML to a recursive realtime JSON feed in the next thirty seconds we'll 404 the memebases! ALL OF THEM!
Go to the head of the class.
I love video games, but I hate "3D" movies. Now I'm ambivalent towards Ebert.
The linked story talks about the reasons for the protest in Cairo (namely, wanting the current president of 29 years out, and wanting the 29-year "state of emergency" and corresponding suspension of rights to stop). The summary here just talks about the actions taken against the protesters, and the blocking of Twitter.
Have you been asleep?
A revolution is happening in Tunisia. Protests similar to the beginnings there have been reported from Algeria. People are setting themselves on fire to make a statement. The Egyptian regime has been trying to control unrest by capping food and oil prices for the last few weeks.
Is it really necessary to point out what the Egyptians are unhappy about?
Yes. Not all of us live in Egypt.
Isn't it obvious?
No. Not all of us live in Egypt.
Only basement dwelling nerds who were thrown down the stairs as a baby think XKCD is funny.
Some day I hope to see the upstairs for real, but until then xkcd keeps me pacified.
FYI It's funded by the lottery.
So when enough people go to free college and stop being stupid with their money, the free college goes away?
even when the class system was in full swing, u had a commoner raise up(very) occasionally.
Only if she was very pretty and produced male heirs.
we don't have perfect social mobility
I'd even question what "perfect" social mobility is. Everyone moves from living on the street to living in the White House? Obviously that's ridiculous. There are reasons why it can't happen, but not one reason is due to a social or legal caste system where moving between classes is disallowed.
This same graduate who is now telling you why their college prof said certain things can't be done, as the non-educated employee is already more than halfway done writing the code to do what you asked for.
And then they get stuck at the point where more learned folk new there would be a barrier. But they beat their head against the wall for a week, fudge some stuff, and deliver a product that they think works, but really doesn't, all because they didn't know that P!=NP or P=NP, or whatever.
Float the rumor, datamine the cyber-zeigeist, and somebody order me lunch; I'm starving.
So in the real world you higher a CIS major right out of college for a PHP developer job
OMG, It's almost a year to the day!
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1524766&cid=30904558
by Culture20 (968837) writes: on Tuesday January 26 2010, @10:08AM (#30904558)
I'm in software. I freely admit my spelling and grammar skills SUCK. :)
(re)Learning spelling would be a good idea. I'd hate to be the one to debug human resources code with a variable named /*Whether or not higher subject*/
bool higher=False;
which actually determined if someone was hired, but another coder thought it was a boolean for hierarchical levels, and was making it flip-flop between true/false. Coders, as the future jacks of all trades, need to know a little of everything, and a lot of the fundamentals.
Still true 364 days later. A B.S. includes a little more forced general edg-umication to help a developer learn things like spelling.
Meeting a person and looking into their eyes is all I need to know.
That's how we hired the last shyster we fired.
Not to sound too offensive, but you were in high school when you were 18, sounds like you were off to a bad start to begin with.
I graduated from high school just after I turned 17, albeit I only attended 3.5 years.
A vast majority of people start their senior year at 18 years old, or become 18 during that year. Good for you at being in the 99%.
If all you want is a "worker drone", the best place to look is the local McDonalds. Generally those aren't full of "strong leaders" personified by a commitment to "individual excellence".
I'd almost guarantee the McDonald's manager training program uses those words to describe McDonalds managers.
If it's an American McDonald's, they describe the manager's position as: "Fluent in English and Conversationally Fluent in Spanish"
DRM was a response to piracy.
DRM was a response to people not buying the white album again for every new audio technology. Police raids on warehouses filled with copied CDs were a response to piracy.
And if the winner gets only 35% of the vote, it's hard for them to declare a "mandate" for their platform.
Obama is better than W only because he has a normal IQ.
All [Bush's] responses, action, statements, and decision all indicate average unthinking, non critical IQ.
So Bush is not Trig Palin after all? I'll take a well-read fighter pilot of slightly above average intelligence and with a good resume over a brilliant scholar with almost no resume any day.
What's the difference between the Chicago Mafia and the MafiAA again?
The Chicago Mafia's power to extort was limited to Chicago.
Not after we elected its Don to the Oval Office.
You know what they say: practical fusion energy is just 20 years away! It always has been 20 years away, and always will be 20 years away!
So we need a way to extend power cables 20 years into the future (or past, depending on which us you're considering).
If they claim it can be used to run a car - then you'll be able to write them off without further investigation.
Just like the guy who made the french fry oil powered car engine. Crackpot.