|
If you check the subject line of my post, that's exactly what I meant. He sets up these ridiculous statements, and then claims that he disagrees with them. Nothing to see here, let's move on.
|
|
|
|
|
Ah. My apologies.
Software Zen: delete this;
|
|
|
|
|
+5 Now ... that ... was an eloquent vivisection ! 
I thought about titling the post "Puffington Host Breaks Wind," but felt it best to be a bit more subtle.
I'd rank this commentator right down there with Mary Jo Foley at Ziff-Davis, Andy "look at my latest freebie from Apple" Ihnatko, John Dvorak, Paul Thurrott, and whoever the editor is at CNET.
best, Bill
"Use the word 'cybernetics,' Norbert, because nobody knows what it means. This will always put you at an advantage in arguments." Claude Shannon (Information Theory scientist): letter to Norbert Weiner of M.I.T., circa 1940
|
|
|
|
|
Oh, I like Mary Jo; primarily because she asked me to explain what some slides meant and freely admitted that they were beyond her understanding. I found that level of candour refreshing.
|
|
|
|
|
There is an even simpler explanation: tech people like to complain. It doesn't matter if it's hardware or software. Every (nearly) person in their field of expertise must complain about everything in their sphere of visibility from design, layout, language, libraries, to the financial state of the company they work for, to what their customers want (even though they've never talked to their customers), to why the president of the company is incompetent because they don't know the difference between jQuery and Dojo.
Come on: admit it. We've all complained about things that we have no business complaining about. I used to do it. Often. Until I noticed when some of my co-workers doing it and realizing they hadn't a clue to the facts... and then I realized I didn't either.
People like that have no place in civilized society and every time they speak, we should just nod our heads and .
m.bergman
-- For Bruce Schneier, quanta only have one state : afraid.
|
|
|
|
|
I take it he still hasn't been able to fix that "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" error then? 
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
|
|
|
|
|
+1
"mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"
|
|
|
|
|
all the arguments about how to design and code software, and all the methodologies that come and go, i try to apply them to bridge building ... if they make sense for that then they have *some* merit
it is amazing how many of them don't though
"mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"
|
|
|
|
|
Good point. Sorta. Although, I'm not sure if it's entirely applicable, because it's sorta like saying "brain surgery is like bridge building, so the procedures that a brain surgeon would use should be applicable to bridge building otherwise they're crap".
But I get the general point, I think.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering” - Wernher von Braun
|
|
|
|
|
The puling infants he's quoting need to seriously man-up and deal with it.
Of course web technologies are crap. The web itself is less than 20 years old, and web programming about 15. Maturity? Bah. I'd be surprised if web programming ever matures, given the rate it's still evolving.
Scrum? Agile? Test-driven development? Every programming 'methodology' I've ever seen over the last 30 years in this field has had the same essential purpose. Make a machine that you could put mediocre or even poor quality programmers in, turn the crank, and get a quality product out. It won't ever work because it can't. You get good quality software from good quality programmers, who succeed despite whatever moronic methodology you force on them.
Certifications are essentially the same thing. It's like giving your auto mechanic a diploma for learning how to use a wrench. Worthless.
Software Zen: delete this;
|
|
|
|
|
Yep. "Pay peanuts, get monkeys" still applies. If you want quality out, you need to put quality in - and judging by the Q&A questions, they don't teach anything like quality to 'em to start with... 
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
|
|
|
|
|
That is SO quotable. Mind if I quote you on my blog?
Marc
|
|
|
|
|
I'd be honored  ; feel free, Marc.
Software Zen: delete this;
|
|
|
|
|
Gary R. Wheeler wrote: I'd be honored :-> ; feel free, Marc.
Done![^]
Thank you!
Marc
|
|
|
|
|
Yep. I have seen plenty of crap SW (ssen some good too).
In my experience crap SW comes form geeky programmers who can't let go of a pet feature, or process even when evident it is not usefull, good, or the best way of doing it, and weak team leaders who havent got the balls to ditch it from the product.
This results in weird logic on UIs, unexpected behaviour, inconsistent behaviour (and inconsistent UI layout/functionality) and general bizareness. They arent bugs, and the SW does work, if you can work out HOW to get it to work, but its a pig.
Geek engineering is not propper engineering!
==============================
Nothing to say.
|
|
|
|
|
Zack Morris? The Zack Morris? Wow he must have really got his sh*t together since his Bayside High Years.
"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. "
— Hunter S. Thompson
My comedy.
|
|
|
|
|
BillWoodruff wrote: The industry has backed itself into a corner and can’t even see that the way forward requires thinking outside the box
From my perspective, that is SO true.
Marc
|
|
|
|
|
Marc Clifton wrote: BillWoodruff wrote:
... uhhh ... No, Jon Evans wrote that puff-piece, and he quotes Ryan Dahl and Zack Morris.
This cusinarted worm on a newly mowed blade of old grass writes, with his dying blood: "the industry has not 'backed itself into a corner:' it was born in a corner, it has never been out of the corner, and it's corners all the way to the future."
best, Bill
"Use the word 'cybernetics,' Norbert, because nobody knows what it means. This will always put you at an advantage in arguments." Claude Shannon (Information Theory scientist): letter to Norbert Weiner of M.I.T., circa 1940
modified 9-Oct-11 13:43pm.
|
|
|
|
|
French trivia of the day.
Normally, "t" is pronounced, unless it is at the end of a word. Do you know why the "t" is not pronounced in the word "Montréal"? I will be replying to this message with the answer...
Somebody in an online forum wrote: INTJs never really joke. They make a point. The joke is just a gift wrapper.
|
|
|
|
|
AspDotNetDev wrote: Normally, "t" is pronounced, unless it is at the end of a word. Do you know why the "t" is not pronounced in the word "Montréal"? I will be replying to this message with the answer...
Because it used to be 2 words that, over time, became one. Proper noun, too, which seems to break the rules more than other types of words...
--
Harvey
|
|
|
|
|
Bah! You answered before I could reply (that earns you a 5). Yes, Montréal was named after mont Réal ("mont" translating to English as "mount"), a small mountain in Montréal. The words were combined, but the original pronunciation was retained.
The mountain is today known as Mont Royal.
Somebody in an online forum wrote: INTJs never really joke. They make a point. The joke is just a gift wrapper.
|
|
|
|
|
AspDotNetDev wrote: the "t" is not pronounced in the word "Montréal"
Oh? I thought it was. I always do.
|
|
|
|
|
Not if you are speaking French (perhaps somebody who actually speaks French can confirm that). In English, the "t" is pronounced.
Somebody in an online forum wrote: INTJs never really joke. They make a point. The joke is just a gift wrapper.
|
|
|
|
|
Alas, I can no longer ask my grandfather (who was born and raised in New Brunswick).
However, my father still has cousins in the Montreal area, maybe they'd know.
|
|
|
|
|
I love odd names and the history behind them! This is not French, and not Canadian related, but...
In the UK, the country is broken into loose regions called counties, and the county is used as part of the postal address. Many of the names are quite long, and shorthand is often used instead of the full version. "Cambs" for "Cambridgeshire", or "Midx" for "Middlesex". But "Hampshire" is shortened to "Hants" which doesn't seem to make much sense. Unless you go back to the Norman Conquest, and the Doomsday Book in 1080AD.
Then the scribes which were writing down everything the new King owned shortened the names for the first time, and Hampshire was known at the time as "Hantonscrire" (or "Province ruled from Hanton") and shortened to "Hants". The town of Hanton slowly became "Southampton" and "Hantonscrire" became "Hampshire", but the abbreviation never changed.
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
|
|
|
|
General 
News 
Suggestion 
Question 
Bug 
Answer 
Joke 
Praise 
Rant 
Admin 
Submit an article or tip
