macwarlock

I think it might be more interesting (and feel less like a FAQ) if the questions came from different personalities rather than trying to assume the visitor's internal monologue. Maybe at the bottom the visitor (who has been catching up on the 'chat') can be encouraged to join the conversation in a way that fits into the format more naturally than just the email link.

Overall, still refreshing to see a different take at engaging visitors.

Must be the overclock edition.

An OEM flux capacitor is normally rated for 1.21 Gigawatts (not 121). Plutonium or fission material must be converted to electrical power in a separate unit, but direct atmospheric charging is a viable alternative.

I also cut my programming teeth on mIRC scripting before later moving onto the web. Text manipulation, event driven arch, UI design with dialog boxes, all made very accessible!

Both styles have their merits, as evidence by WoW beginning to implement a 'timewalker' feature where players will be able to run old content dungeons with properly scaled stats (it will offer rewards useful for max level characters). There's just so much content in the game now, glad to see them making the most of it in a relevant way.

Apple keeps touting itself as the only company able to offer such end to end integration between hardware/software/services. If this is true, it would be nice to see them make a real effort to open more of it's code base to help improve the software ecosystem overall. Hell, they could open source all of OSX and I doubt it would have any effect on their overall revenue/market position, while gaining them serious brownie points in tech circles. I know it's not a huge incentive, but a geek can dream.

The A8 is fabbed using a new 20nm process, so part of the phone is more power in a smaller package.

I think rishabhsagar's metaphor of security through obscurity is indeed the issue. If the secretlink protected only by the difficulty in guessing the URL, and not an additional layer authentication for the person you are sharing it with, then it amounts to hiding something (a key) in plain sight and hoping for the best. Granted, I'm unsure if Google has a mechanism to throttle/block attempts at guessing Drive URLs.

Agreed, building on Pixelmator seems like a great fit. If nothing else, another great product from the team that's already creating some Photoshop converts would hopefully be a shot across Adobe's bow to keep them active in development of Lightroom.

It doesn't seem to me that the author is directly condemning the number of options, of lack of personal choice, but is one of many people who have sought more... pragmatism? unity? in some of the larger OSS environments.

If this was a conventional business, Microsoft for example, I would probably agree that more cooperation and tech sharing between the Xbox and Live divisions would be a good thing. Increase communication, reduce redundancies, all that good business stuff.

For some open source projects, like Gnome, I get the feeling the shaman is often strong than the salesman. Corporate help aside, the personal/emotional attachment of OSS contributors drives involvement in ways a big number next to market share percentage can't. But even steadfast contributors would like to see the product used, so Gnome and others aren't off the hook completely.

Should Gnome be more cooperative with 3rd party apps? Maybe. Personally, I'm thankful for the amount of quality OSS that let's a company, like Canonical, build on the shoulders of giants and offer a system better tailored for end users. That's where the request for cooperation is more realistic.

Still...

I haven't used Linux IM clients in a while but the Pidgin debacle made me wince a little.

According to wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipod_touch#Models) there is actually a difference in processors for the 1G/2G iPod Touch:

1st generation: ARM11 620 MHz (underclocked to 400 MHz, then 412 MHz)

2nd generation: ARM11 620 MHz (underclocked to 533 MHz),[1] with internal ARM7 core for Jazelle acceleration

This seems inline with my experiences. My 1G ipod touch seems slower than my sister's 2G.

Haven't had a chance to try it out myself, but Fever (http://feedafever.com/) has attracted some attention the last few months and looks promising. From the makers of Mint, 30$ a month a believe.

Crawl, walk, run. Everything takes time. Bonus points for reaching out for help; it's an important step that a lot of people don't take advantage of.

It's easy to see some of the cool apps and want to jump from Hello World to a production system, but programming, to me, has always been about incremental improvement and refinement. If you're having problems with more complex parts, try doing some research into what other people have contributed to the problem domain. Also, things like Yahoo pipes and other tools can help take some of the boilerplate burden off.

If you want it, keep at it. You'll learn a lot, probably make some new friends, and the community will be better for it. Best of luck.

"Best: What's a debugger?"

Run for your life.

Glad to see that the examples touched on the fact the being a good programmer has as much to do with interacting with people as it does code. Whether you're chained to a desk in the basement or working one on one with clients (or both?), I think the key is the programmer's flexibility.

The ability to think quickly and adapt smartly to sudden bugs/conflicts/requests can really help sort out the code monkeys from the wizards.

The 'Best' category kind of irks me; programming is an ongoing learning process. Always try to be a better programmer, never try to 'the best'.