Predictably, the app was delivered late and over budget. Although the executives were publicly effusive and happy about the release, they were reported to be axing developers behind the scenes.
(If an app does nothing, is it still delivered late?)
"Show you what they know" could mean lots of things, but I'm going to go off on a marginally related topic for a second. Bear with me.
I'm surprised at the number of people who think the best (or only) way to interview applicants for programming jobs is to make them write code by hand.
I'd much rather hire someone whose skills need considerable development but has an excellent work ethic than hire a lazy coding wizard. (Of course, this assumes you're interviewing for a lower-level position, where most of my interviewing experience is.)
You were older, more deeply jaded, and had much higher expectations when you saw the prequels. Maybe they had the same effect on the six year olds in the theater audience that IV, V, and VI had on you and I when we were that age. It's hard to put ourselves in their shoes.
...a second major release of a GNU/Linux distribution with focus on freedom...
Well, that's different. The F/OSS crowd sure spends a lot of time and energy arguing about who's freer than who. When do we stop monkeying about with distros and kernel versions and get some actual work done?
Back when I first heard that SCO was taking on IBM claiming IP and patent infringement and what-have-you, I knew for certain they'd just cut their own throat (assuming the didn't change tack at some point - and they haven't).
I would have loved to short their stock then, but alas I was in grad school and didn't have the cash available. Too bad. Based on a rough guess of when that was, and todays quote of $0.18 per share for SCOX, I'd have made about ten bucks a share.
Oooh, you'll get insightful mods for that one. Anything sounds insightful if you just flip it around ("It's not the size of the dog in the fight..."). Unfortunately, you haven't contributed anything of value to the discussion.
There's a related principle that I think you're gunning for here: "If there's one or two people that you don't get along with, that's just life. If everyone around you is a jerk, then you're the asshole."
I'm not sure that applies here because the guy-asking-the-question had some specific things to which he was objecting. He didn't Ask Slashdot something general and whiny like "Why are my co-workers such fucking jerks?" For what it's worth, I think his dilemma is real, many of us in IT face the same problem, and his bringing it up for discussion is entirely valid.
This is what happens when propellerheads get paid to write books about love and sex. There's a lot more to love than what is tangible and quantifiable.
Should NASA be free to spend its own budget without Congressional oversight? Probably.
Absolutely not. NASA's budget comes out of my pocket, so I want some say in how it's spent. My congress critters represent me, and without their oversight I've got no say in the matter. Ditto the military, public schools, etc.
And yes, I realize that in practice I haven't got much say anyway, but the current arrangement is set forth by the Constitution.
"We believe it's important to put our money where our principles are," Eric Schmidt, Google's chairman and CEO, said in a statement.
"We believe it's important to develop new sources of revenue wherever we can to keep the stockholders happy," Eric Schmidt, Google's chairman and CEO, said in a statement.
"Consumers deserve more competition and innovation than they have in today's wireless world. No matter which bidder ultimately prevails, the real winners of this auction are American consumers who likely will see more choices than ever before in how they access the Internet.'"
"The stockholders require more diversity and multiple revenue streams to support our close-to-$700 stock price, otherwise they might start to get nervous and sell. We will be the real winners of this auction, but we'll frame it as a populist victory because the media's here and they want a sound byte."
I'm not opposed to companies making money by any means, but let's at least be honest with ourselves that Google isn't doing this out of a sense of altruism.
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Roger Penrose just happened to discover a phenomenon that has the same name as he does? Wow. What are the odds?
Predictably, the app was delivered late and over budget. Although the executives were publicly effusive and happy about the release, they were reported to be axing developers behind the scenes.
(If an app does nothing, is it still delivered late?)
Agreed. But only if it's in the form of a Broadway musical...
...on ice.
Toyota's coral is far superior to GM's. The Japanese - is there anything they can't do?
"Show you what they know" could mean lots of things, but I'm going to go off on a marginally related topic for a second. Bear with me.
I'm surprised at the number of people who think the best (or only) way to interview applicants for programming jobs is to make them write code by hand.
I'd much rather hire someone whose skills need considerable development but has an excellent work ethic than hire a lazy coding wizard. (Of course, this assumes you're interviewing for a lower-level position, where most of my interviewing experience is.)
35. Oh, I'm gonna be hating life next year.
You were older, more deeply jaded, and had much higher expectations when you saw the prequels. Maybe they had the same effect on the six year olds in the theater audience that IV, V, and VI had on you and I when we were that age. It's hard to put ourselves in their shoes.
There's a registry key that allows you to turn off *all* of those annoying bubbles. Go get you TweakUI, and you'll never see another bubble.
Well, that's different. The F/OSS crowd sure spends a lot of time and energy arguing about who's freer than who. When do we stop monkeying about with distros and kernel versions and get some actual work done?
Good points. That actually makes me feel a lot better, thanks!
Back when I first heard that SCO was taking on IBM claiming IP and patent infringement and what-have-you, I knew for certain they'd just cut their own throat (assuming the didn't change tack at some point - and they haven't).
I would have loved to short their stock then, but alas I was in grad school and didn't have the cash available. Too bad. Based on a rough guess of when that was, and todays quote of $0.18 per share for SCOX, I'd have made about ten bucks a share.
The personal desktop market isn't profitable when you have to compete against an illegal monopoly.
The monopoly itself is not illegal. Leveraging it to squash competition is illegal.
The complete explanation is complicated, but Godel, Escher Bach does a pretty good job of explaining. It's an older book, but a great read..
Oooh, you'll get insightful mods for that one. Anything sounds insightful if you just flip it around ("It's not the size of the dog in the fight..."). Unfortunately, you haven't contributed anything of value to the discussion.
There's a related principle that I think you're gunning for here: "If there's one or two people that you don't get along with, that's just life. If everyone around you is a jerk, then you're the asshole."
I'm not sure that applies here because the guy-asking-the-question had some specific things to which he was objecting. He didn't Ask Slashdot something general and whiny like "Why are my co-workers such fucking jerks?" For what it's worth, I think his dilemma is real, many of us in IT face the same problem, and his bringing it up for discussion is entirely valid.
What's a party? You mean like a fragfest?
That was funny!
Sincerely,
1994
3.2 billion-with-a-b dollars? Whoo, that really, really stinks. I wonder where Gartner pulled that number out of?
People already fall in love with a car, a boat, a Playstation, a video game character, a crack addicted ex... We can love anything. No news here.
Oo, good point. I'd mod you up, but my mod points expired last week.
This is what happens when propellerheads get paid to write books about love and sex. There's a lot more to love than what is tangible and quantifiable.
Fair enough. Start lobbying your congress critters to propose the necessary constitutional amendment.
Should NASA be free to spend its own budget without Congressional oversight? Probably.
Absolutely not. NASA's budget comes out of my pocket, so I want some say in how it's spent. My congress critters represent me, and without their oversight I've got no say in the matter. Ditto the military, public schools, etc.
And yes, I realize that in practice I haven't got much say anyway, but the current arrangement is set forth by the Constitution.
Why would they put language like that in place, why do they think they need to?
It must have something to with stem cells, I just can't quite put my finger on it...
They do, however, have jurisdiction over the U.S. budget.
I find Orlowski's anti-Wikipedia rants highly amusing. I bookmark them and go back to read them when I need a laugh. See here and here for examples.
But then, I really like El Reg. Wikipedia is a great idea, but Wikipedians need to be deflated of some of their self-importance every now and again.
"We believe it's important to put our money where our principles are," Eric Schmidt, Google's chairman and CEO, said in a statement.
"We believe it's important to develop new sources of revenue wherever we can to keep the stockholders happy," Eric Schmidt, Google's chairman and CEO, said in a statement.
"Consumers deserve more competition and innovation than they have in today's wireless world. No matter which bidder ultimately prevails, the real winners of this auction are American consumers who likely will see more choices than ever before in how they access the Internet.'"
"The stockholders require more diversity and multiple revenue streams to support our close-to-$700 stock price, otherwise they might start to get nervous and sell. We will be the real winners of this auction, but we'll frame it as a populist victory because the media's here and they want a sound byte."
I'm not opposed to companies making money by any means, but let's at least be honest with ourselves that Google isn't doing this out of a sense of altruism.