Comment Re:There are 12 others - pick one. (Score 1) 154
We have a billion people using social networks for hours.
Well maybe we'll gain productivity if they get to work instead of wasting time!
Comment Re:Use it (Score 1) 532
The only way to learn the code is to work with it.
If you're new to a team, best thing you can do to learn a new codebase, is to reply to loads of support questions coming around, you'll have to dig in to understand how it works and reply to the questions. Same when there is a bug, try to find it, then work out a solution and ask your co-woker what he thinks about it. Also, a good test to see if you know your codebase is getting a call from your boss and be able to fix the bug over the phone when he explains it to you.
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Comment Re:It kills and eats small children for breakfast. (Score -1) 365
It's spelled "kernel".
Comment Re:Go Linux! (Score 2, Insightful) 444
Actually if you are thinking about high-end server, the few % you get with optimized calls, can be translated in $ with several digits. So if you paid someone less than that number, everybody wins.
How iPods Took Over the World 360
An anonymous reader writes "The Observer has a piece today about the iPod's ascension to dominance of the mp3 player market. The author argues that it's largely the result of clever business tactics and the iTunes music store." From the article: "The second thing about the iPod: it puts you, not them, in control. Basically, the record labels are devotees of the Henry Ford business model: 'You can have any music you want so long as it's what I want to give you.' But using the cyberspace jukebox, you're no longer at their mercy. You don't have to pay for the four filler tracks on every album. You don't have to buy albums at all. You can put country next to classical, punk next to jazz, Barry Manilow next to Placido Domingo (wait, that's a joke)."
CNET Accuses Apple of Over-Hyping Launch 382
An anonymous reader writes "A columnist at CNET is questioning whether Apple over-hyped last week's launch. From the article: 'Jobs' announcement of a new leather case for the iPod was especially ridiculous. Like the queen announcing a new toaster in Buckingham Palace. It seemed odd that Jobs was troubling himself to introduce fashion accessories to Apple's products.' Is Apple a victim of its own success? Can it hold a low-profile product launch anymore -- or do we inevitably expect too much?"
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It appears that PL/I (and its dialects) is, or will be, the most widely used higher level language for systems programming. -- J. Sammet
