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by umjames 17y ago
I'm glad he hinted that there are a lot of people reverse telecommuting at their jobs. Even though companies usually try to stop this by monitoring their employees' desktop and network activity (which I think is wrong), it's nice to know p
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by umjames 17y ago
I see your point, but I think looking for a new job/relationship now rather than later is actually better for both parties involved. Sure, the party who finds out last will feel hurt (possibly betrayed) in the short term, but it's much bett
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by umjames 17y ago
I know that, in practice, this doesn't really help any, but employers that find out their employees are looking for another job and fire those employees because of it, are cutting their nose off to spite their face. If the employee was one
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by umjames 17y ago
So why doesn't Microsoft just announce that they will no longer be supporting IE6? What are the companies who have IE6-only applications going to do? They'll have to upgrade or consciously continue to use an obsolete browser. Did they sig
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by umjames 17y ago
What would have happened if Mint had said no, and then Intuit made a bigger offer to Wesabe (and they accepted)? People who were already used to using Intuit products might be tempted to try out Wesabe instead of Mint, making it that much
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by umjames 17y ago
Hate to sound pedantic, but the Java example is a little off. java.sql.PreparedStatements have their parameters start at index 1, not 0. So the first "?" is parameter 1 and the second is parameter 2. It's one of the few places in Java whe
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by umjames 17y ago
I didn't know the UK had a Monday Night Football. Well, with X-Men, they'll have a large pool of candidates for that 3rd announcer spot if Gruden gets another coaching gig.
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by umjames 17y ago
As a user, yes, but as a developer, there's some really awesome stuff in this release (both from the perspectives of the apps being developed and from the tools used to build them). Can't wait.
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Yes, http://store.apple.com/us/product/MAC_OS_X_SNGL?mco=NzgxMDc3...
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Not all of business believes in more efficiency as you describe it. I'd argue that most IT departments are just as much a jobs program as NASA, and probably for a lot of the same reasons.
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by umjames 17y ago
I used to work in Chesterbrook.
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Work in Cheltenham, live near Ambler and Willow Grove.
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Rotterdam, home of many a gabba track. Man, I miss that kind of music.
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by umjames 17y ago
That's not what I was implying. I was talking about the over-protective parents and adults who try so hard to shield their children from the bad things in the world (a noble idea), that they may unintentionally fail to prepare them for suc
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by umjames 17y ago
So, who will you be cheering for in these Apple/Google vs. the people fights? Personally in the Apple vs. the people fight, I'll be cheering for the people who decide that they can do a better job policing themselves and their children than
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by umjames 17y ago
I agree about Ruby not belonging on that list. If anything my learning of Ruby (and then Rails) soured any remaining interest I had in Java development. I'd really be interested to know why ramoq thinks Ruby is less suitable than Java. I'l
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by umjames 17y ago
What are the other languages that you prefer Java over?
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by umjames 17y ago
I think this accurately describes everyday for me in an IT department: Windows-only, Java-only, enterprise vendor-driven web development that must work in IE6? HDD indeed.
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by umjames 17y ago
It may seem obvious, but it's easier said than done. It's also very enticing to want to believe that a real shortcut exists, and there's plenty of writing out there in that vein. It's refreshing to have someone be honest enough with you to
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by umjames 17y ago
I agree about DRM on books being bad. That's what I love about Pragmatic Programmers' e-books, I can get a plain PDF that I can read on any device that can read it.
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by umjames 17y ago
Not to mention that in the ads they either: 1. Say the laptop has everything they need, but never tell you what that "everything" is, or, 2. Say the one thing that they want the laptop for, as if you only do one thing per laptop. Also, when
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by umjames 17y ago
There's nothing wrong with a rant, although I would have liked a longer one with more substance. I think there are a lot of other factors involved that contribute to the corporate IT stench, like the true motivations of IT management, bad p
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by umjames 17y ago
So does that mean that Bill should have missed a day of work instead?
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by umjames 17y ago
Thanks for the correction. Now that you mention it, I do remember that from many years ago. I bow to your higher Simpsons intellect.
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by umjames 17y ago
"The goggles, they do nothing!" Thanks Simpsons.
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by umjames 17y ago
I often find that when a boss is stuck in the dark ages of technology, the best route is to work around them. If they don't expicitly tell you how to do something, do it the way you want, but be prepared to fix it if something goes wrong.
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by umjames 17y ago
It seems to me that the main problem is CYA. A scientist shouldn't have to worry about maintaining their positions when trying something new or unorthodox. It seems to mirror what hackers experience when working for large or traditionally-m
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by umjames 17y ago
Apart from the keynote, everything else at WWDC (except the parties throughout the week) is under NDA. If you attend WWDC, you implicitly agree to be held under that NDA. This also means no pictures or videos of the sessions, so I don't kn
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by umjames 17y ago
Yes! I knew there was something food-related in the name but could think of it. Thanks.
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Because that's why there haven't been more regular computer users installing desktop apps written in Java: there was no single convenient place to get them! Seriously, most regular computer users don't care what language or technology was u

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