You're going to go all RIAA and start suing people who were never even at the theatre, who've never seen the movie? Amish parents? A dog who wandered in?
I'm a professional programmer, and spend about 50 hours a week typing, between work and home. I've found the best way to keep from having hand/wrist problems is to get regular exercise. I haul my ass to the gym 2-3 times a week like clockwork to lift weights and run. Since I've started, my hand problems have cleared up completely.
I like trackballs too. It's a mystery to me as well why they're not more widely available.
I'm not a gamer at all, but for years I've said that Quicken was the only thing keeping me from switching Linux full-time. (Yes, I know there are FOSS bookkeeping packages out there. Quicken is excellent, though, so any switch is a step down in my mind.)
Then I realized it doesn't matter which operating system I run as long as I can do what I need to do. I was only trying to switch to Linux for ideological reasons, not for any practical reason. The act of switching over was going to involve a lot of time, effort, and possibly expense, and if there was no "business reason" to go through all that, it would largely be for nought. If I had a mission-critical app I needed to run that only ran on Mac or Linux or whatever, then I'd switch, but I'd have to jump over with both feet. I don't want my music, pictures, documents, finances, etc., spread all over multiple machines (or multiple partitions of different types.) My mission-critical app is Quicken...so I continue to run Windows.
So don't look at it as "I'd switch over completely, but..." Instead, look at it as "Apps drive the OS I use. I need the following app(s): ________, which is/are well supported on _______, so my OS is ________."
Dell's already the 800 lb. gorilla of PC sales. Businesses are already pretty much buying from them no matter what. Where else is an enterprise-size company to turn for thousands of PCs? Acer? IBM? Hewlett Packard? Dell:PCs::Google:Search Engines. How much more influence do they need before they turn dishonest?
Ballistic missiles aren't that small, and cruise missiles don't fly that high or fast. A paranoid enemy spotting this thing on radar is more likely to say to himself "WTF?" (or the Arab/Russian equivalent thereof.)
Even if it did burn cleaner, I've heard that my car, specifically, gets 2-3mpg more when filled up at stations without ethanol.
Ethanol has a lower energy density than gasoline, so you have to burn more of it to get the same amount of push. So as you'd expect, mileage varies inversely with increased ethanol percentage.
Oh, it'd be reversible. We can always drive more and bigger vehicles, stop carpooling so much, remove all the scrubbers we've installed in industrial smokestacks, and etc.
...microsoft design[s] with its own profitability in mind...
A publicly traded corporation seeks to make money for its shareholders? Git out of here!
A comp[an]y has every right to do this...
Well, then that's that.
They won't make much money if they're actually working against their users, which kind of negates your entire post. (Here comes the ol' +5 insightful/. fliparound: "You're not the customer...you're the product." Wait for it...)
I've been hearing the same "the future of computing is home automation" line for at least 15 years. Yeah yeah, the computer's going to turn on the coffee maker in the morning, shut off the back porch light at night and keep tabs on who called during the day.
I call fluff piece. Weren't we supposed to be vacationing on the moon by now?
I've never heard of JRuby before this. However, according to the Wikipedia entry, it allows you to run Ruby code within Java. Cool. Further down, it says you can also run Java code within Ruby within Java.
Whoa.
So, can you run Ruby code within Java within Ruby within Java? What about running Java code within Ruby within Java within Ruby within Java?
FTFA: So instead of hiring a contract programmer, you could use Primavera for Services to identify in-house developers who haven't got a lot on their plates, Seka says. In that way, you could gradually transfer work from an outside source to an inside one, without abruptly ending the relationship with your outsourcer.
Except that "in-house developers who haven't got a lot on their plates" are also generally the ones who are unmotivated, lazy, and much prefer to hide in the cracks while collecting their paycheck. The good ones don't stay idle for long - they'll find work to do if necessary. You can try transferring work to the Wallys, but they just simply won't do it.
-- begin script excerpt -- CBG (walking down sidewalk, reading comic book aloud to himself): "But aqua-girl, you can't marry a man without gills. You're from two different worlds!"
(Sees nuclear-tipped missile flying directly at him)
CBG (covered in encroaching missile-shadow): Oh, I've wasted my life.
(Mushroom cloud) -- end script excerpt --
I'm not saying you've wasted your life, zyl0x, but this crossed my mind and seemed appropriate.
That's the first O'Reilly book I've encountered that's been so thoroughly unsatisfactory. A shame, really. I'd like to believe this is an exception to the rule rather than the harbinger of a general downard trend in the quality of O'Reilly books.
...THE LESS YOU FUCKING TALK ABOUT IT THE LESS ATTENTION IT WILL GET FROM THE SHITBAGS WHO RUIN EVERYTHING...
Hello. I am one of the shitbags who ruins everything. Thanks to your shouting, newsgroups as a piracy vector has come to our attention. MPAA goons are on their way to your front door. Remain where you are. Good day.
Woychowsky repeats himself a lot. What's more, he says the same things over and over. In other words, he'll say something, and then re-phrase it with almost exactly the same words.
As I've mentioned, he seems to keep repeating himself
but you can't plug in your old carts-- you have to buy them from nintendo...
That's just as well. I don't have any of my old carts anyway. Most of them were lost in the sands of time or stopped working for some reason. Back in the day, a neighborhood kid popped my Zelda cart out of the machine and removed it without powering down and without holding in the reset button, which toasted the batteries.
Ah, batteries in cartridges, to provide "memory" from game to game...good times, man. Life's just gotten more complex since then.
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Now that's a slippery slope!
I'm a professional programmer, and spend about 50 hours a week typing, between work and home. I've found the best way to keep from having hand/wrist problems is to get regular exercise. I haul my ass to the gym 2-3 times a week like clockwork to lift weights and run. Since I've started, my hand problems have cleared up completely.
I like trackballs too. It's a mystery to me as well why they're not more widely available.
I'm not a gamer at all, but for years I've said that Quicken was the only thing keeping me from switching Linux full-time. (Yes, I know there are FOSS bookkeeping packages out there. Quicken is excellent, though, so any switch is a step down in my mind.)
Then I realized it doesn't matter which operating system I run as long as I can do what I need to do. I was only trying to switch to Linux for ideological reasons, not for any practical reason. The act of switching over was going to involve a lot of time, effort, and possibly expense, and if there was no "business reason" to go through all that, it would largely be for nought. If I had a mission-critical app I needed to run that only ran on Mac or Linux or whatever, then I'd switch, but I'd have to jump over with both feet. I don't want my music, pictures, documents, finances, etc., spread all over multiple machines (or multiple partitions of different types.) My mission-critical app is Quicken...so I continue to run Windows.
So don't look at it as "I'd switch over completely, but..." Instead, look at it as "Apps drive the OS I use. I need the following app(s): ________, which is/are well supported on _______, so my OS is ________."
Don't we usually call this Astroturfing?
Yeah, but nobody else does.
Dell's already the 800 lb. gorilla of PC sales. Businesses are already pretty much buying from them no matter what. Where else is an enterprise-size company to turn for thousands of PCs? Acer? IBM? Hewlett Packard? Dell:PCs::Google:Search Engines. How much more influence do they need before they turn dishonest?
Ballistic missiles aren't that small, and cruise missiles don't fly that high or fast. A paranoid enemy spotting this thing on radar is more likely to say to himself "WTF?" (or the Arab/Russian equivalent thereof.)
I see what you did there.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: it's hard to find drivers for Linux.
Even if it did burn cleaner, I've heard that my car, specifically, gets 2-3mpg more when filled up at stations without ethanol.
Ethanol has a lower energy density than gasoline, so you have to burn more of it to get the same amount of push. So as you'd expect, mileage varies inversely with increased ethanol percentage.
Any scandal that erupts out of this is largely Ad Hominem.
Your statement is mostly a hasty generalization...a different kind of fallacy.
Oh, it'd be reversible. We can always drive more and bigger vehicles, stop carpooling so much, remove all the scrubbers we've installed in industrial smokestacks, and etc.
A publicly traded corporation seeks to make money for its shareholders? Git out of here!
A comp[an]y has every right to do this...
Well, then that's that.
They won't make much money if they're actually working against their users, which kind of negates your entire post. (Here comes the ol' +5 insightful /. fliparound: "You're not the customer...you're the product." Wait for it...)
I've been hearing the same "the future of computing is home automation" line for at least 15 years. Yeah yeah, the computer's going to turn on the coffee maker in the morning, shut off the back porch light at night and keep tabs on who called during the day.
I call fluff piece. Weren't we supposed to be vacationing on the moon by now?
I thought this was hilarious. I actually laughed out loud. I lack mod points, though. Bummer.
I've never heard of JRuby before this. However, according to the Wikipedia entry, it allows you to run Ruby code within Java. Cool. Further down, it says you can also run Java code within Ruby within Java.
Whoa.
So, can you run Ruby code within Java within Ruby within Java? What about running Java code within Ruby within Java within Ruby within Java?
My head hurts...
I'll bet the folks in Redmond are looking at these numbers and wondering just how to get IE's numbers that low.
That is some beautiful spin right there. Have you considered a career in politics?
FTFA: So instead of hiring a contract programmer, you could use Primavera for Services to identify in-house developers who haven't got a lot on their plates, Seka says. In that way, you could gradually transfer work from an outside source to an inside one, without abruptly ending the relationship with your outsourcer.
Except that "in-house developers who haven't got a lot on their plates" are also generally the ones who are unmotivated, lazy, and much prefer to hide in the cracks while collecting their paycheck. The good ones don't stay idle for long - they'll find work to do if necessary. You can try transferring work to the Wallys, but they just simply won't do it.
-- begin script excerpt --
CBG (walking down sidewalk, reading comic book aloud to himself): "But aqua-girl, you can't marry a man without gills. You're from two different worlds!"
(Sees nuclear-tipped missile flying directly at him)
CBG (covered in encroaching missile-shadow): Oh, I've wasted my life.
(Mushroom cloud)
-- end script excerpt --
I'm not saying you've wasted your life, zyl0x, but this crossed my mind and seemed appropriate.
I was surprised by the general shittiness of Ruby In a Nutshell. I found it difficult to use to actually learn ruby. On a co-worker's recommendation, I picked up a copy of Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide, which I've been much more happy with.
That's the first O'Reilly book I've encountered that's been so thoroughly unsatisfactory. A shame, really. I'd like to believe this is an exception to the rule rather than the harbinger of a general downard trend in the quality of O'Reilly books.
Anyone who has a table saw set up in a finished basement is already a chooch, frozen salmon notwithstanding.
Hello. I am one of the shitbags who ruins everything. Thanks to your shouting, newsgroups as a piracy vector has come to our attention. MPAA goons are on their way to your front door. Remain where you are. Good day.
"Hasta La....Apple.....APPLE!!"
I lack mod points, but goddamn that was funny. *wipes away tear*
Woychowsky repeats himself a lot. What's more, he says the same things over and over. In other words, he'll say something, and then re-phrase it with almost exactly the same words.
As I've mentioned, he seems to keep repeating himself
Cool Dugg+...oh..WTF...wrong site?
There are other sites?
but you can't plug in your old carts-- you have to buy them from nintendo...
That's just as well. I don't have any of my old carts anyway. Most of them were lost in the sands of time or stopped working for some reason. Back in the day, a neighborhood kid popped my Zelda cart out of the machine and removed it without powering down and without holding in the reset button, which toasted the batteries.
Ah, batteries in cartridges, to provide "memory" from game to game...good times, man. Life's just gotten more complex since then.