Comment Re:Step 1: Find a very large wall (Score 1) 532
Yes, you're right. If you figure out the links by hand, it will take alot longer, but you will learn alot more.
I was concentrating on the 'UML' part and the 'PROFIT!' part.
Comment Re:But what did Apple want? (Score 1) 401
How may of those friends have an iPhone?
3. But 2 of those are work phones, which were provided with heavy subsidy.
Only one friend outright bought the iPhone, and he waited until the 3GS model.
Alright, so those friends do know what the iPad will be about.
I have 3 friends with iPhones who like them and 2 friends who got rid of theirs.
I personally dislike the iPhone, but I probably will get an iPad sooner or later.
It all depends on how much tinkering and development will be allowed without
Apple's blessing.
I'm impressed by the iPad, not because of its specs or software. I'm impressed
because it is a work of art with microchips inside of it.
Comment Re:dumb question (Score 1) 175
I know, I thought about it right after I posted.
I have my own version of cat, so I have a bad habit of using it even when I don't need to.
Comment Gyroscopic effect? (Score 3, Interesting) 197
Flywheels have been used to store energy for ages, but do they change the handling of the car at all?
Boats can have gyroscopic roll stabilizers, but what effect does this flywheel have?
Comment Re:Step 1: Find a very large wall (Score 1) 532
Step 1: Find a very large wall
Step 2: Print out allthe code (in very small font) and paste the code up on the wall
Step 3: Identify all the classes, functions, DBs, etc.
Step 4: Create a visual map (on a white board) of how they're all linked together.
Step 5: PROFIT!
6: Write a program that does all these steps automatically.
7: PROFIT! (or get sued by the people who patented the process).
But seriously, isn't there a program that can do all this?
Comment Dear Sir (Score 1) 532
Dear Sir,
We have recently been placed in charge of inheritance of 40,000 loc, I have the
privilege to request your assistance to maintain the henceforth mentioned sum.
The above sum resulted from a contract, executed, commissioned and written five
years (5) ago by a foreign contractor. This action was however intentional and
since then the source has been in a suspended terminal awaiting the fg command.
We are now ready to transfer the source overseas and that is where you come in.
It is important to inform you that as outsourced servants, we are forbidden to
debug foreign code; that is why we require your assistance. You will be required
to debug and analyze the code and transfer the bug free code to our central
repository after which we will reimburse you for your time with post it notes
and slightly dated coffee creamer.
We are looking forward to doing this business with you and solicit absolute
confidentiality from you in this transaction. Please acknowledge receipt of
this letter, using the above Telefax number for more details regarding this
transaction. Also endeavor to send the requested information.
Submission + - Yale Switching to Gmail, Not Without Opposition (yaledailynews.com) 2
PwnSnake writes: While it makes sense for small (and large) corporations to move to Gmail, something seems amiss when a top private university decides to hand everything over to Google. Although most on campus seem to welcome the change, several organizations on campus have joined forces to call for a transparent process and get students and faculty thinking about the downsides of the switch. The problem is choice (users can already forward mail to Gmail; it doesn't make sense to force that option and not have a backup or opt-out mail server).
Comment Re:THIS is how you get "infinite" battery life (Score 5, Interesting) 96
Batteries have a limiting lifespan.
If they used a capacitor instead, this device would run virtually forever.
Place this in a solid glass marble, and it might last forever too.
Comment beowulf (Score 0, Redundant) 96
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these.
Forget that.
Imagine a Beowulf Swarm of these.
Comment The Strawminator (Score 1) 449
I'm going to inter-splice book pages of the Terminator and the wizard of Oz.
A bit of tape, and I will be famous!
Would this be my creation or that of Cameron and Baum?
What if I paraphrase the sources?
What if I rewrite everything in another language?
What if I don't tell anyone what my sources are?
The limits of what we view as original work are shifting, why would that which is applicable to music or other media, not be applicable to books?
If I paint Leonardo painting the last supper and his canvas covers most of my canvas, then at what point does this cease to be my painting and become a copy of his?
What about art not in the public domain?
Would Disney be upset if I painted one of their artists creating Mickey mouse?
The girls book has won numerous awards. I don't know how much of her book really is just a "copy" of someones work, and if these are in the public domain. But her book must be interesting, otherwise this debate would not exist. To me this would qualify as 'sampling' other art to create something unique.
If I drew an illustration and someone used a part of it without my permission, at what point would I be upset? I think I would be upset if the new work decreases the value of my own work.
There are so many what if's that would be answered differently depending on culture or century, - that I find it unreasonable to think that our view should be static.
Did she copy stuff? Yes
Did she combine it into a new and unique work? Yes
Did it negatively influence any of the (non-public domain yet) copyright holders? I highly doubt it.
Comment Re:But what did Apple want? (Score 1) 401
I disagree. Most of my friends are not hard core tinker happy nerds. And they were all underwhelmed with the iPad. In fact, I don't know a single person who was actually impressed by it.
How many of those friends have an iPhone?
If even a fraction of the people with iPhones will buy an iPad then it will be a success.
Apple is selling this as a new way to experience the internet. The hardware to accomplish this is not as impressive as the software.
Ideally - iPad software on something like the IdeaPad U1 would be great, but for now I think (for most people) a half-as-powerful Apple product has a better user-experience than a far superior (hardware-wise) product running another OS.
As for myself, if I had an iPad - then for me the priority would be to get an OS I can compile myself on it.
But I'm not most people.
Comment NASA, I'm on to you! (Score 1) 175
The EXIF data in the moon photographs will surely prove that the moon landings were faked.
Comment Re:dumb question (Score 2, Interesting) 175
For most of my photos, this works:
cat image_name.jpg | strings | more
Submission + - Bill Gates responds to the iPad. (bnet.com)
nicknamenotavailable writes: Brent Schlender had a chance to talk to Bill Gates about the iPad.
"You know, I'm a big believer in touch and digital reading, but I still think that some mixture of voice, the pen and a real keyboard — in other words a netbook — will be the mainstream on that," he said. "So, it's not like I sit there and feel the same way I did with iPhone where I say, `Oh my God, Microsoft didn't aim high enough.' It's a nice reader, but there's nothing on the iPad I look at and say, `Oh, I wish Microsoft had done it.'"
"You know, I'm a big believer in touch and digital reading, but I still think that some mixture of voice, the pen and a real keyboard — in other words a netbook — will be the mainstream on that," he said. "So, it's not like I sit there and feel the same way I did with iPhone where I say, `Oh my God, Microsoft didn't aim high enough.' It's a nice reader, but there's nothing on the iPad I look at and say, `Oh, I wish Microsoft had done it.'"
Submission + - Why don't employees follow IT recommendations? 2
An anonymous reader writes: I am the IT guy at a small (1-20 workers) office. We recently moved to a new location, during which we set up an online voicemail account with a major telco. Unfortunately, one computer (64 bit Vista with IE8) won't run the java applet used to listen to voicemails. Firefox handles it beautifully. I told the worker to just use Firefox, unless he needed IE for something. He responded with "Well, I don't feel like running Firefox all the time". He's the office manager, so there's not really a lot I can say. How do you IT folk implement and enforce this kind of thing?
