Graphical and dataflow-based programming is much different, and it's not going to be a seamless transition. However, after working with it heavily for as little as 4 months, I am HOOKED. If you sent me your C code, I'd be lost and frustrated. Now, if someone sends me their LabVIEW code, I can "just see it" -- like Neo at the end of the Matrix. It's hard to explain, but it just makes sense at a glance now.
Another cool thing that Slashdotters would like is that there is a LabVIEW forum that is supported by both National Instruments employees and LabVIEW enthusiasts. Some guys in there just love helping you out, just as you've seen in the Linux community. forums.ni.com. Very friendly community (although if you are a flamer, NI employees won't say anything, but other customers sure will!)
So try to understand it before bashing it, or just ignore it. But LabVIEW *IS* a programming language -- just something much different than anything you're used to.
PS: No, LabVIEW is not open source. But it's "open enough" for most people.
Oh, and if you check the job listings, you'll see that knowing LabVIEW can get you a very nice salary in some industries. It's the defacto standard for anything in test and measurement, and is branching out to other things now.
What "we"?? The company I work at does none of those things, and the network runs almost perfectly. There is a balance.
But also realize how much the worms of 2003 and 2004 cost corporations. I saw it first hand when working in a plant, and it was seriously disastrous. I can understand why they don't want that to happen again.
If surfing "bad" sites is THAT important to you, perhaps its time to get your resume out to a company that trusts its employees more. Or quit complaining to a bunch of slashdotters and present a true solution that benefits everyone. There are ways to have both security and usability.
I kinda feel bad for the Intel marketing teams. They're actually very good at what they do -- but their R&D counterparts are not. Marketing is NOT fun when you are marking a piece of shit product. If I were in that situation for more than a year, I'd probably leave. There's only so much demoralization you can handle.
2006 is going to continue the trends of demoralization at Intel. You think anyone inside is all revved up about this "Leap Ahead" bullcrap? Come on..
From an outsider's point of view (I'm an American), Europe is quite a different beast than most other outsiders realize.
I work for a company that sells hardware and software, and the demand for more Linux support has gone up dramatically from overseas - and we're responding with success.
I personally think that their Linux requests are a bit out of spite (they have MS contracts, the project managers involved are just sick of Microsoft) -- but whichever way you cut it, Microsoft should probably begin playing nice because that's where they're going to lose customers. And Korea.
Did you know that this is the exact passage that made me lose the faith at the ripe age of 7?
Basically, I asked the Sunday School teacher why they didn't GIVE that poor old woman the money... she had no answer except the garbage about how special her gift was compared to others.
At that point, I realized it for what it is: This is just a bunch of bullshit storytelling and I don't need it
How about some open source drug testing? Opening the whole thing up, making it completely public, would really help with cheating and all the other dirty garbage that goes on behind the scenes.
If you're surprised by this (and with you living in Portland, THAT surprises me), then you obviously don't understand the Dead's fan base. They dominated for years, and made history with how well they succeeded in their "open" live music marketing tactics. The following is absolutely rabid. Don't you remember how crazy things were when Jerry died?
You're definitely right. In all seriousness, I find alcohol to be a nice solution to this problem on the weekends too, and don't feel one bit bad about it.
WiMax is about to "cross the chasm", and companies successfully installing it out there aren't going to wait around for something better. WiMax is here and it works. Yes, it'll get replaced someday, but it has the momentum and the marketing hype, and I don't see anything beating it out anytime too soon.
Is Microsoft already resigning to playing second-fiddle to ALL of Google's ideas? Can they not innovate anything on their own?
Microsoft is an industry-leading company (whether y'all like it or not) -- for them to begin copying everything Google does establishes Google's domination over them.
They just keep making the door wider and wider for Google to step right into their own markets with behavior like this. I firmly believe that the Microsoft marketing machine is making some serious mistakes in their fight against Google.
Consumer Reports is probably the coolest and generally most informative magazine out there. When they test stuff, they TEST it. I used to read my dad's every month. I should get my own subscription now.
If Sun is going to play catch up, they better go back to Marketing 101. Who are they marketing to anyway? They're seriously way too far behind to think they can attack the entire market with their smaller resource pool.
It's time they get their feet back into niche markets and market it accordingly. They're gonna bite off WAY more than they can chew.
I bought stock in AMD when they announced the K7 (only high school money, not a whole lot, but it's still fun), way back. Right now it's even (so you can say I've taken a loss after inflation), but an AMD investment is looking better and better.
All Intel has right now is mud-slinging and politics as far as the chip war is going. AMD is slowly breaking it, but it's TOUGH to break the Intel-rules mentality. Years of work are slowly coming along.
I've been doing this forever. I run Linux on my main machine, but use my old Win98 laptop with the Winamp plugin to send my stuff to my iPod. Don't have time to mess around with the iPod in Linux right now (hhaha but ironically, i have time to check slashdot today).
Wal-Mart is smart. Too smart, in fact. They know that this type of business is NOT their strength, so why let it bring them down? Just not a segment of the market that they can dominate... so why kill themselves trying when they can have a strategic alliance with a leader?
AWESOME post. Thank you very much, I never thought of it that way. You just made me smarter, which is great this weekend since I drank roughly 40 beerse during it.
For an easy example -- I have quite horrible vision (thanks Dad! I still love ya tho) -- Were I in the caveman days, I don't know if I would have lasted to have that many kids.
But since I can obviously get around with my vision fixed, I am around to reproduce and pass on my awful vision (which isn't even as bad as many others). Just one easy example... but physically, science is enabling us to live with some pretty stinkin bad traits.
Mental evolution? I duno. I see 2 different branches going - lately smart people generally mate with smart people. And then I see stupid people getting more booty and having more kids with each other than the smart people! If that social aspect keeps up, it will be interesting to see where it leads.
What would have been better was him screaming like that, and then he goes to the woman in the ad "nasty pop-up..." and then the screen flashes "SHOULD HAVE USED FIREFOX", and point you to getfirefox.com.
That's the marketing angle I would like for firefox. Not that it's better through addition (which it is), but appeal to people because it's better through subtraction (less bullshit that IE lets through).
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Whoa there, cowboys. Before anyone starts trashing LabVIEW or defending it too harshly, I'd highly recommend doing things the right way.
First off, you can demo LabVIEW online at this link or download an evaluation version at this link (pretty big download).
Next, check out the LabVIEW Introduction Course - 3 Hours Long or preferably the LabVIEW Introduction course - 6 Hours Long. I believe these were written for LabVIEW 7 (latest version is 8.0.1), but you can still get the idea.
Graphical and dataflow-based programming is much different, and it's not going to be a seamless transition. However, after working with it heavily for as little as 4 months, I am HOOKED. If you sent me your C code, I'd be lost and frustrated. Now, if someone sends me their LabVIEW code, I can "just see it" -- like Neo at the end of the Matrix. It's hard to explain, but it just makes sense at a glance now.
Another cool thing that Slashdotters would like is that there is a LabVIEW forum that is supported by both National Instruments employees and LabVIEW enthusiasts. Some guys in there just love helping you out, just as you've seen in the Linux community. forums.ni.com. Very friendly community (although if you are a flamer, NI employees won't say anything, but other customers sure will!)
So try to understand it before bashing it, or just ignore it. But LabVIEW *IS* a programming language -- just something much different than anything you're used to.
PS: No, LabVIEW is not open source. But it's "open enough" for most people.
Oh, and if you check the job listings, you'll see that knowing LabVIEW can get you a very nice salary in some industries. It's the defacto standard for anything in test and measurement, and is branching out to other things now.
Shareholders don't care about "stifling dissent". Shareholders care about their pockets and their investments -- after all, thats why they invest.
"Don't be evil" died the day Google went IPO. But hey, they made a killer product and wanted to become billionaires. I really don't blame them.
But also realize how much the worms of 2003 and 2004 cost corporations. I saw it first hand when working in a plant, and it was seriously disastrous. I can understand why they don't want that to happen again.
If surfing "bad" sites is THAT important to you, perhaps its time to get your resume out to a company that trusts its employees more. Or quit complaining to a bunch of slashdotters and present a true solution that benefits everyone. There are ways to have both security and usability.
I wonder how many other business execs really take that guy seriously anymore. I'd just ask to deal with someone else.
2006 is going to continue the trends of demoralization at Intel. You think anyone inside is all revved up about this "Leap Ahead" bullcrap? Come on..
I work for a company that sells hardware and software, and the demand for more Linux support has gone up dramatically from overseas - and we're responding with success.
I personally think that their Linux requests are a bit out of spite (they have MS contracts, the project managers involved are just sick of Microsoft) -- but whichever way you cut it, Microsoft should probably begin playing nice because that's where they're going to lose customers. And Korea.
Did you know that this is the exact passage that made me lose the faith at the ripe age of 7?
Basically, I asked the Sunday School teacher why they didn't GIVE that poor old woman the money... she had no answer except the garbage about how special her gift was compared to others.
At that point, I realized it for what it is: This is just a bunch of bullshit storytelling and I don't need it
Anyway, how scary must it be to receive one of these letters? I can imagine losing my stool after some company writes me a letter like that
How about some open source drug testing? Opening the whole thing up, making it completely public, would really help with cheating and all the other dirty garbage that goes on behind the scenes.
If you're surprised by this (and with you living in Portland, THAT surprises me), then you obviously don't understand the Dead's fan base. They dominated for years, and made history with how well they succeeded in their "open" live music marketing tactics. The following is absolutely rabid. Don't you remember how crazy things were when Jerry died?
You're definitely right. In all seriousness, I find alcohol to be a nice solution to this problem on the weekends too, and don't feel one bit bad about it.
It's their company and their rules, they can do whatever they want.
There is nothing more aggravating sitting next to a whiny coworker. Negative energy drains EVERYONE. Recommended reading: "How Full Is Your Bucket?"
WiMax is about to "cross the chasm", and companies successfully installing it out there aren't going to wait around for something better. WiMax is here and it works. Yes, it'll get replaced someday, but it has the momentum and the marketing hype, and I don't see anything beating it out anytime too soon.
Microsoft is an industry-leading company (whether y'all like it or not) -- for them to begin copying everything Google does establishes Google's domination over them.
They just keep making the door wider and wider for Google to step right into their own markets with behavior like this. I firmly believe that the Microsoft marketing machine is making some serious mistakes in their fight against Google.
Consumer Reports is probably the coolest and generally most informative magazine out there. When they test stuff, they TEST it. I used to read my dad's every month. I should get my own subscription now.
It's time they get their feet back into niche markets and market it accordingly. They're gonna bite off WAY more than they can chew.
... is National Instruments' LabVIEW. Amazing stuff.
All Intel has right now is mud-slinging and politics as far as the chip war is going. AMD is slowly breaking it, but it's TOUGH to break the Intel-rules mentality. Years of work are slowly coming along.
Looks like all of those people from around the world will be getting paid for doing nothing while the site's slashdotted!
Here's the Win98 iPod USB driver that I use to get it to talk to the Winamp plugin.
Wal-Mart is smart. Too smart, in fact. They know that this type of business is NOT their strength, so why let it bring them down? Just not a segment of the market that they can dominate... so why kill themselves trying when they can have a strategic alliance with a leader?
Ummm... why not? If you're paying a baby sitter, make them enforce the damned rules or get another one.
Or sign them up for an after-school sport/chess club/activity/whatever. No TV there.
AWESOME post. Thank you very much, I never thought of it that way. You just made me smarter, which is great this weekend since I drank roughly 40 beerse during it.
For an easy example -- I have quite horrible vision (thanks Dad! I still love ya tho) -- Were I in the caveman days, I don't know if I would have lasted to have that many kids.
But since I can obviously get around with my vision fixed, I am around to reproduce and pass on my awful vision (which isn't even as bad as many others). Just one easy example... but physically, science is enabling us to live with some pretty stinkin bad traits.
Mental evolution? I duno. I see 2 different branches going - lately smart people generally mate with smart people. And then I see stupid people getting more booty and having more kids with each other than the smart people! If that social aspect keeps up, it will be interesting to see where it leads.
What would have been better was him screaming like that, and then he goes to the woman in the ad "nasty pop-up..." and then the screen flashes "SHOULD HAVE USED FIREFOX", and point you to getfirefox.com.
That's the marketing angle I would like for firefox. Not that it's better through addition (which it is), but appeal to people because it's better through subtraction (less bullshit that IE lets through).