Tamerlin

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by Tamerlin 16y ago
Most that engineering money is someone else's. Apple hasn't been designing its own machines since the x86 switch, really; they contracted their laptop manufacturing to the Big 3 (4?) laptop makes like everyone else. I remember the announcem
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I always wondered about that, but I think that part of the problem with XScale is that it ended up being so far behind. When Intel acquired XScale from DEC, they really only got the IP, not the people... so they had to waste a lot of time a
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by Tamerlin 16y ago
Although that's true, consider the larger context. One, Apple's market share has only been non-trivial in recent years, meaning since the x86 switch + the iPhone launch. Two, most viruses and hacks use the Trojan Horse method, basically att
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by Tamerlin 16y ago
Sad, but true. And I fear only getting worse since the latest trend is to get more for less, and quality keeps getting pushed lower on the priority list.
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by Tamerlin 16y ago
Source control applications don't generally worry about dependencies, and they also generally aren't concerned with multiple projects. Using .NET as an example, the SDK patches would include: Drivers DirectX XNA WPF BackOffice SQL Server (o
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by Tamerlin 16y ago
It's a good thing for photography that even though Kodak is fading out of film, film itself isn't quite dying. Last year at PMA there were 22 new emulsions announced and demoed, and there's still a market for even very large format film she
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by Tamerlin 16y ago
Most recruiters don't know what a programmer is to begin with.
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It's not actually a myth. There aren't very many UNIX-based operating systems in the hands of the average user, who is the prime target, since the users are the biggest vulnerability in any system. UNIX isn't inherently secure to begin with
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by Tamerlin 16y ago
"but fails to realize that the developer they are talking about simply has no say" I agree with you, and in particular this. My experience in craporate IT is exactly that. I've had a number of projects where we had a very specific set of op
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by Tamerlin 16y ago
I really with I knew. Even here in Seattle, surrounded by the likes of Amazon (probably the most technologically backward sweatshop in Washington), Google (who knows, the guy that did my phone interview was a dolt), Microsoft (probably the
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by Tamerlin 16y ago
"What a load of crap. I have worked for the same company for 12 years and have provided more value every year." It's not crap, you're the one who's fortunate. I can say with complete certainty that I've added next to no value to most of the
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by Tamerlin 16y ago
I couldn't agree more. What's worse still is that a lot of these people have figured out how to game the system. At my previous job (big company -- 175,000 people), we had a lot of "senior" staff floating around, and the common thread among
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by Tamerlin 16y ago
The clearance levels that I can remember are: confidential secret top secret top secret ssbi -- "single scope background investigation" top secret sci -- "secured compartmentalized information" IIRC There are probably others above that that
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by Tamerlin 16y ago
Read my post again. I did not say "mountain ranges don't suck energy out of the air." BTW, turbines don't 'suck energy out of the air', they slow down the moving air Those two statements are identical. Slowing down is sucking energy out of
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by Tamerlin 16y ago
That's not a good answer here. A mountain range isn't sucking the energy out of the system and sending into another one. The mountain range sucks the energy out of the air and transfers it elsewhere -- leading to the violent and unpredictab
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by Tamerlin 16y ago
It's miserable. The fact that it works (usually) just hides the fact that it's fragile and very leaky. A friend of mine who does large-scale systems designs (he designs power and cooling systems for little things like international airports
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by Tamerlin 16y ago
"I guess that's karma - dishonest behavior highlighted a minor design flaw, and now everyone is hung-up over the minor design flaw." The same thing happened to Intel with the Pentium 5 FDIV bug. By denying it, Intel turned a trivial bug int
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by Tamerlin 16y ago
"I just feel like it's going to look like I am quitting because this project sucks... er... because IS why I am quitting." Sounds like you answered your own question. Would you really WANT a reference from these people? I'm guessing no -- t
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by Tamerlin 16y ago
I agree, but it's also in line with how he responds to other problems -- largely, Apple's approach has been vehement denial combined with heavy spin doctoring. It's also how Apple responded to the performance comparisons -- like commissioni
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by Tamerlin 16y ago
"This shows some pretty neat "out-of-the-box" thinking about photography." Not really, it's just an extension of burst mode, which a LOT of photographers used as a crutch -- and continue to use as a crutch. Burst mode has value, but a lot o
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by Tamerlin 16y ago
It is, but that approach is a way of avoiding developing skill in photography, and instead putting effort into being a better editor. I don't shoot rapid-fire except when I'm shooting motion. The most skilled photographers generally don't s
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by Tamerlin 16y ago
I think the blame for that lies more on Ballmer than on Gates, but the point still holds. Microsoft could take a lesson from its own games division, though. It largely ignores them -- and they're largely successful and creative. :)
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I just wrote something similar in another reply. :)
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That's quite possible also. We also don't do long-distance airborne migrations, where the ability to innately determine your compass heading would be advantageous, since common weather phenomena like fog can easily hide significant landmark
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by Tamerlin 16y ago
"Exercising a clause" is by definition NOT breaching the contract -- it IS part of the contract. Home loans are based on collateral. You borrow money to take ownership of the collateral, and if you pay back the loan, you get to keep it. If
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by Tamerlin 16y ago
There have been a few stories on NPR about HOA's that have been foreclosing on people for being a few hundred dollars behind on their HOA dues. HOA's have a lot more power than they should, and there's been some push lately to create laws t
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by Tamerlin 16y ago
I'm in a situation where I lost income after getting laid off, and as a result my mortgage and HOA dues are now close to 50% of my monthly pay after taxes. This makes things rather tight, since I have other bills to pay also. Equity wise, I
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by Tamerlin 16y ago
NTP has precedent on its side which means that it has a good chance of winning, but it still seems fishy to me.
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It also serves to further the lack of religious freedom in our nation; even though the Constitution grants us that freedom, our own people take it away from each other. We're just less aggressive about it than the catholic church has been d
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by Tamerlin 16y ago
Hunting, maybe? If you're a creature like, say, a human, who is pretty much outclassed by every critter out there in terms of physical prowess, then the people most likely to survive are the ones that are good at hunting. The ones that hunt

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