MikkoApo - Slashdot User

Comment Re:yay! (Score 1) 214

by MikkoApo on Wednesday September 24, 2008 @02:39PM (#25140191) Attached to: Clean Code

I think the original metric is based on the sign of the WTFs. Positive WTFs are rare and usually the metric goes below zero, sometimes way below ;-)

Kidding aside, I'm just reading the book (chapter 2 - Meaningful Names) and from what I've read so far, the book seems really good and useful. In the beginning the author states that some of the guidelines might not work for everyone but at least the author gives a lot of food for thought.

Submission + - Seagate to be sold to Chinese tech company

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 25, 2007 @12:18PM

An anonymous reader writes: Chief executive William D. Watkins of Seagate Technology disclosed that an unnamed Chinese technology company is interested in buying Seagate. The offer causes concern among government officials because, even though disk drives are not export-controlled technology, there is fear that hard disks and drivers may be modified to include backdoors. This is of particular importance as Seagate manufactures harddisks with builtin encryption.

Submission + - Major Java EE 5 enhancements mean faster Apps

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 11, 2007 @05:18PM

An anonymous reader writes: Java EE 5 is a strong, significant release, making it the most complete platform for enterprise development. This article provides an overview of the new Java EE 5 specification, and its many significant enhancements. Clearly, major steps have been taken to addresses most of the criticisms surrounding past Java development. EJB 3.0 and JPA are powerful and easy to use technologies, and the improvements in JAX-WS make Web service development easier than ever before.

Submission + - The Java 6.0 Compiler API

Submitted by

Shunmuga Raja

on Wednesday April 04, 2007 @12:41AM

Shunmuga Raja writes: "One of the cool features available in Java 6.0 (Mustang) is the 'Java Compiler API'. This API is a result of the JSR (Java Specification Request) 199 which proposes that there must be a standard way to compile java source files. The result of the JSR is the new 'Java Compiler API' and one can use this new feature to compile java source files from within java files. Previously developers were depending on the low-level issues like starting a process representing the javac.exe. Though this feature is not intended to every one, Editors or IDE (Integrated Development Environment) can make much use of this new feature for compiling Java source files in a better manner.Read More"

Submission + - Douglas Adams: Exclusive Interview

Submitted by on Monday April 02, 2007 @05:57PM

An anonymous reader writes: Darker Matter has published an exclusive interview from 1979 with Douglas Adams. Except for brief excerpts in Penthouse, most of the interview hadn't been published. The first two parts of the interview are now online, with the last part following next month. http://www.darkermatter.com/issue1/douglas_adams.p hp

Submission + - Man Crushes Testicle With Wii Controller

Submitted by

Bony Tlair

on Sunday April 01, 2007 @06:37PM

Bony Tlair writes: "A Leeds accident and emergency unit reported that a man was admitted to hospital in the early hours of april the 1st with severe injuries to his testical after playing with his Nintendo Wii console in the nude. Doctors reported that he had apparently jerked his Wii so hard he accidently crushed a testicle by jamming the controller against a loose testical. Doctors advised him not play with his Wii again until the swelling went down. http://www.maxitmag.com/game-on/game-articles/man- crushes-testical-with-wii-controller.html"

Submission + - Lotus Notes on an open-source Java-based platform

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 01, 2007 @05:55PM

An anonymous reader writes: The big news in Lotus Notes V8 is that the Notes V8 client encapsulates all the code that is Lotus Notes within the Eclipse environment. Originally created as an integrated application development environment, its open, plug-in-based architecture has made Eclipse itself the foundation for rich client platform development. Lotus Notes V8 is built on Lotus Expeditor, IBM's universal managed-client software, which, in turn, is built on Eclipse.

Submission + - Major Record Labels Withdraw from RIAA

Submitted by

s3pHiRoTh

on Sunday April 01, 2007 @05:46PM

s3pHiRoTh writes: "Music industry executives announced this morning that they were withdrawing support for the trade group the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and launching a new representative body called Respect the Artist, Respect the Audience (RARA)."

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