And judging by the design of it, he hasn't updated it since then.
There's a certain amount of irony on posting a comment like that on this site, which isn't exactly known for it's recently-updated, slick design.:-)
The best way to run a software company is not to do what all the other software companies have done in recent years, since those generally turned out to flop miserably.
Perhaps the best model for an IT company is an old fashioned one -- Start small, don't spend money you don't have, and try to keep your customers happy. If you try to go at breakneck development speeds on a skeleton crew, you wind up overextending the company, becoming unstable, and then falling apart after a few bad quarters.
This is the same old stuff, though perhaps rehashed with a "hip, new attitude". Take a look at the characters page, which simplifies them to their dull roles: "The Fugitive", "The Mercenary", "The Pilot", "The Doctor", etc. They're two dimensional. Cardboard. Those aren't characters, they're placeholders around which some jokes and special effects can be wrapped.
I'm not saying that Star Trek/Wars is much better, but at least they *tried* to have characters. Firefly is looking like an old war movie with "The Black Guy", "The Loose Cannon", and of course, "The Pointexter."
And what's the gripping premise?
Set 500 years in the future in the wake of a universal civil war, FIREFLY tells the tale of Serenity, a small transport spaceship without a homeport. Captain Malcolm ("Mal") Reynolds commands Serenity for legitimate transport and salvage runs, as well as, more "entrepreneurial" endeavors.
Oooh, groundbreaking stuff there.
So give me a break already. Yeah there's a new sci-fi show. If we're lucky, there'll be some new hot chicks every week. But don't make the mistake of thinking this is groundbreaking, original material. Enjoy it for what it is.
Everyone's jumping on internet filtering services, saying that they're "censoring" sites and violating their first amendment rights.
Hasn't it occurred to anyone that this filtering services *also* have a right to say what they think is good and bad? That they have first amendment rights too?
And if people choose to use those services, shouldn't they have a right to select from a variety of independent, somewhat autonomous services, rather than a bunch of sites that only censor what the government says they're allowed to censor?
What kind of libertarian buys this rubbish?
If your site gets blacklisted by some company, tough crap for you. If they blacklist you and catch crap for it from the public, tough crap for them. But let's not get into this pansy liberal government regulation nonsense. Nobody's constitutional rights are being violated. Sheesh.
But a Yahoo login is different from a universal login, since it only applies to one site. If users are accustomed to using the same account in varying sites, it's easy enough to say on your website "To download this MP3, just enter your Passport login and password..." with an official-looking screen, and boom, you've got as many accounts as you want.
The real problem with these roaming, universal profiles is that when someone gets your password, they have your password for EVERYTHING. Mail, finances, medical, whatever. It's *very* easy to trick people into filling out a bogus form that captures their logins and passwords.
Would you have your house, your car, your office, and your secret cash box all use the same key? It's all very convenient until someone else finds the key....
The RIAA has recently filed a lawsuit against Chalkmakers of America (CA), alleging that the primary purpose of the "chalk" device is to transcribe and distribute lyrics of copyrighted songs.
Score one for us Latter-day Saints. Now if only the comments would last five minutes without obligatory mentions of polygamy, jello, large families, missionaries or cults, we'd have it made.
As an addendum to this, what is it about the corporate culture at Google that makes it work so well while other "hip" dot coms went down the toilet? What's the magic ingredient that made Google turn out differently?
Monument by ThreeRing is a soon-to-be-released CMS built on the.NET framework. This gives it MS compatibility (as well as web service functionality if you need to interact with other platforms), but here's the hook: It's an open-source project. All the source code, for binaries, scripts, etc., is provided when it is purchased.
They also have a smaller application called Torpedo (also open-source.NET) which is suitable for weblogs, small business sites, etc.
It's always reassuring when companies such as Disney that are generally understood to be Evil(tm) break down and go for things developed by the forces of Good(tm).
Next thing we know, MS will switch their website over to Apache....
Boy, it's a good thing these problems only affect Micro$oft server software, because it sure would be a pain in the neck if...
...oh, wait.
You mean *nix admins actually have to worry about patches and service packs too?
Don't get me wrong, I don't intend this to be an "I told you so!" from the MS camp to the *nix camp, but rather a polite reminder that all admins have to keep up with their patches, service packs, and whatever. You can't just install Apache and let it go. You need to know what you're doing.
There's a difference between an "admin" and "someone who installed some software".
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It's just a shame that Linux doesn't have a clean install/uninstall system like Microsoft Windows, which gets it right every time.
Err...nevermind.
Seriously, though, the magic of open source is that if something doesn't work well, people can develop an alternative to it. As Ashcroft would say, "If you don't develop innovative new technologies, then Microsoft has already won...."
In any other industry, this would obviously be recognized as illegal client poaching, but as with so many other things, it gets overlooked or misunderstood because it has to do with the Internet.
These are neither new nor complicated issues; There are precedents for all of them in the non-Internet realm -- but it's been taking judges and lawyers a long time to realize that.
Apparently, those black dots on a alligator are really "dome pressure receptors", which alligators use to detect changes in water pressure caused by ripples in the water. The alligator then does some fancy triangulation, and can then detect precisely where its prey is."
Perhaps I'm mistaken, but isn't that essentially what ears do?
Somehow I'm suspecting that this is a ploy to promote this guy's weblog. Has there been any fact-checking done on this? Phone calls? News sources other than a cheap (free?) Blogger hosting service?
It's a good thing we have Slashdot to point us to reliable articles hosted on some guy's blog. How else would we find them among the 99.98% of blogs that post complete crap?
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And judging by the design of it, he hasn't updated it since then. There's a certain amount of irony on posting a comment like that on this site, which isn't exactly known for it's recently-updated, slick design. :-)
You know, it's funny how "special interest groups" are evil -- unless they're us.
I don't give a flying flip if my posts get modded up or not. The .sig just helps drive traffic to the site linked. That's all.
Perhaps the best model for an IT company is an old fashioned one -- Start small, don't spend money you don't have, and try to keep your customers happy. If you try to go at breakneck development speeds on a skeleton crew, you wind up overextending the company, becoming unstable, and then falling apart after a few bad quarters.
Slow and low -- that is the tempo.
I'm not saying that Star Trek/Wars is much better, but at least they *tried* to have characters. Firefly is looking like an old war movie with "The Black Guy", "The Loose Cannon", and of course, "The Pointexter."
And what's the gripping premise?
Oooh, groundbreaking stuff there.So give me a break already. Yeah there's a new sci-fi show. If we're lucky, there'll be some new hot chicks every week. But don't make the mistake of thinking this is groundbreaking, original material. Enjoy it for what it is.
Hasn't it occurred to anyone that this filtering services *also* have a right to say what they think is good and bad? That they have first amendment rights too?
And if people choose to use those services, shouldn't they have a right to select from a variety of independent, somewhat autonomous services, rather than a bunch of sites that only censor what the government says they're allowed to censor?
What kind of libertarian buys this rubbish?
If your site gets blacklisted by some company, tough crap for you. If they blacklist you and catch crap for it from the public, tough crap for them. But let's not get into this pansy liberal government regulation nonsense. Nobody's constitutional rights are being violated. Sheesh.
But a Yahoo login is different from a universal login, since it only applies to one site. If users are accustomed to using the same account in varying sites, it's easy enough to say on your website "To download this MP3, just enter your Passport login and password..." with an official-looking screen, and boom, you've got as many accounts as you want.
Would you have your house, your car, your office, and your secret cash box all use the same key? It's all very convenient until someone else finds the key....
Funny how those decades happened to coincide with eras of particularly heavy drug use!
Forget plates and cups, what about self-cleaning armpits and genital regions?
Personally, I'm holding out for anti-helium. That'll make me sound like Barry White, right?
The RIAA has recently filed a lawsuit against Chalkmakers of America (CA), alleging that the primary purpose of the "chalk" device is to transcribe and distribute lyrics of copyrighted songs.
Score one for us Latter-day Saints. Now if only the comments would last five minutes without obligatory mentions of polygamy, jello, large families, missionaries or cults, we'd have it made.
As an addendum to this, what is it about the corporate culture at Google that makes it work so well while other "hip" dot coms went down the toilet? What's the magic ingredient that made Google turn out differently?
They also have a smaller application called Torpedo (also open-source .NET) which is suitable for weblogs, small business sites, etc.
Next thing we know, MS will switch their website over to Apache....
...oh, wait.
You mean *nix admins actually have to worry about patches and service packs too?
Don't get me wrong, I don't intend this to be an "I told you so!" from the MS camp to the *nix camp, but rather a polite reminder that all admins have to keep up with their patches, service packs, and whatever. You can't just install Apache and let it go. You need to know what you're doing.
There's a difference between an "admin" and "someone who installed some software".
Err...nevermind.
Seriously, though, the magic of open source is that if something doesn't work well, people can develop an alternative to it. As Ashcroft would say, "If you don't develop innovative new technologies, then Microsoft has already won...."
I love it. Brilliant hack.
I think he knows that, he was just using the cell phone thing as an example of how religious issues can be sparked by new technology.
Brother, do you have any idea how *few* SWF LDS read Slashdot? Maybe if you mention Johnny Lingo you'll get a better response... ;)
These are neither new nor complicated issues; There are precedents for all of them in the non-Internet realm -- but it's been taking judges and lawyers a long time to realize that.
Perhaps I'm mistaken, but isn't that essentially what ears do?
Somehow I'm suspecting that this is a ploy to promote this guy's weblog. Has there been any fact-checking done on this? Phone calls? News sources other than a cheap (free?) Blogger hosting service?
It's a good thing we have Slashdot to point us to reliable articles hosted on some guy's blog. How else would we find them among the 99.98% of blogs that post complete crap?