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It's Not the 15th Birthday of Linux 261

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday March 19, 2009 @08:45AM from the burn-the-cake dept.

Glyn Moody writes "There's been a spate of celebrations of Linux's 15th birthday recently. What they're really marking is the 15th anniversary of version 1.0. But do version numbers matter for free software? The 'release early, release often' approach means there's generally little difference between version 0.99.14z, say, and version 1.0. In fact, drawing attention to such anniversaries is misguided, because it gives the impression that free software is created in the same way as traditional proprietary code, working towards a predetermined end-point according to a top-down plan. So how should we be choosing and celebrating free software's past achievements?"

Comment Re:What's their angle? (Score 1) 20

by FortKnox on Wednesday March 18, 2009 @12:43PM (#27243367) Attached to: NYT Reports IBM to acquire Sun for $6.5 Billion

There jvm is bug filled and error prone... and maybe they feel that websphere is threatened by glassfish?

And the ability to have the specs first and have websphere always being the first app server to apply all the new specs coming out can be a boon to marketshare, especially up against JBoss that is eating into websphere, heavily...

Comment Re:Super Mario 64 (Score 1) 10

by FortKnox on Monday March 16, 2009 @10:27AM (#27209821) Attached to: [WII] Browsing with Opera and Super Mario World

When we got my son a DS for christmas, it was the first game I purchased for him to play... yes there is a DS port to the game, and its just like the original (and, yes, he loves it).

Comment Easy... (Score 1) 25

by FortKnox on Monday March 16, 2009 @10:18AM (#27209671) Attached to: If you had to change careers - what would you rather be ...

Teacher
Game Designer
Chef
Carpenter/General Contractor
Professional Athlete (completely unpractical with my age and build, but wth, you said impractical was ok)

Comment #3 on a list by a very specific breakdown... (Score 1) 31

by FortKnox on Monday March 16, 2009 @10:10AM (#27209563) Attached to: 15 more years, atheism will be the #1 belief system in US

If you lump catholicism and all the variations of protestant together as one "Christianity", I think you'll find atheism still isn't close. Yeah, it may get bigger than the protestant sects, but won't get bigger than christianity (or just protestantism, if you ask me) anytime soon.

Comment Re:Siiiiiiigh (Score 1) 4

by FortKnox on Tuesday March 10, 2009 @09:15AM (#27133389) Attached to: STS-119

I've been lucky enough to visit Fl during launches twice. You can be as far away as daytona and still see the launch well... totally worth it to go see it :D

Robot Love Goes Bad 101

Posted by samzenpus on Monday March 09, 2009 @02:54PM from the become-my-robot-bride dept.

hundredrabh writes "Ever had a super needy girlfriend that demanded all your love and attention and would freak whenever you would leave her alone? Irritating, right? Now imagine the same situation, only with an asexual third-generation humanoid robot with 100kg arms. Such was the torture subjected upon Japanese researchers recently when their most advanced robot, capable of simulating human emotions, ditched its puppy love programming and switched over into stalker mode. Eventually the researchers had to decommission the robot, with a hope of bringing it back to life again."

Comment Re:Uh... (Score 1) 15

by FortKnox on Friday March 06, 2009 @05:28PM (#27097707) Attached to: Koria

I, unfortunately, cannot see the youtube clip, so I'm kinda in the dark... hope everything is well for both of you...

Comment Re:Depends... (Score 1) 9

by FortKnox on Tuesday March 03, 2009 @10:47AM (#27050925) Attached to: Tech Interviewing someone higher up than you?

Good stuff! Thanks.

And answers to the rest: He's getting a .net job, will be a placement, not consultant, so he isn't going to get my job, etc...

Journal Journal: Tech Interviewing someone higher up than you? 9

Journal by FortKnox on Monday March 02, 2009 @02:24PM

First of all, I don't want this published to the frontpage...
Having said that, I have a quick question. I'm a Java guy that manages a few younger java guys. I have been asked to tech a .net guy that (according to his resume) has managed over 30 developers. How do I tech a guy like that? Do I just stick with OO/patterns questions? I know how to tech a java guy, but one that has more experience than me is a daunting task...

Comment Exactly... (Score 1) 4

by FortKnox on Monday March 02, 2009 @11:09AM (#27040099) Attached to: [Wii] How Sony and Microsoft lost to Nintendo

The Wii is the console for those that don't game. True brilliance of Nintendo reclaiming the market...

Comment Re:Lots of good points above (Score 1) 30

by FortKnox on Monday February 23, 2009 @02:57PM (#26960249) Attached to: Wii == crappy gaming experience.

Wii Kart is pretty fun. You gotta take it a bit lightly, lest you get annoyed because your winning run was screwed by a well timed power up going to another character.

THIS! If you have a major lead in the last leg, you'll get destroyed by about 15 different powerups and end up in 7th place... frustrating as hell...

I'm a big lover of Metroid. Your typical FPS, but with different controls that makes it more 'natural'. Granted, I played the first two, and loved them... so it was a continuation of story for me...

Comment similar to a genetic algorithm... (Score 1) 4

by FortKnox on Thursday February 19, 2009 @02:51PM (#26919975) Attached to: Perl Meme

But to evolve a genetic algorithm, you can add a line, change a line, or delete a line...

Comment Re:Here's the problem... (Score 1) 11

by FortKnox on Tuesday February 17, 2009 @10:21AM (#26885975) Attached to: What would happen if we applied The Toyota Way to our lives?

Want a job in the US??? ;)

Comment Here's the problem... (Score 1) 11

by FortKnox on Monday February 16, 2009 @10:27AM (#26871843) Attached to: What would happen if we applied The Toyota Way to our lives?

... companies have tried to copy it, but it fails. Why? Because they copy the practices without understanding the principles. Its usually a culture change for every single person, and they all have to buy into it or it won't work.

FYI - agile theories, including scrum, are extremely close to TTW...

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