It's all just T-Rexes in F16s... On Dec 3, 2008, at 5:18 AM, Dan Shaya wrote:
> > Or maybe, the sort of man who rides a bird, casts no shadow .... > > On Dec 3, 10:56 am, Hairless_ape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I can tell it's a fake: Look at the birds shadow! The man riding it >> casts no shadow!!!! >> >> On Dec 3, 7:16 am, "Amarjeet Singh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >> >> >>> http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3145/3072952565_68a28ba7bf_o.jpg >> >>> Regards >> >>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Joshua Marinacci >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>>> I suddenly had a vision of a crane (the bird kind, not the >>>> construction kind) in flight with a gigantic jet turbine strapped >>>> to >>>> it's back. :) >>>> On Dec 2, 2008, at 11:19 PM, Christian Catchpole wrote: >> >>>>> Yeah. I want to get a crane and put a turbine on it... That >>>>> would be >>>>> cool. >> >>>>> On Dec 3, 3:01 pm, Joshua Marinacci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>> On Dec 2, 2008, at 7:33 PM, Alexey Zinger wrote: >> >>>>>>> There was a discussion about predictability of custom design >>>>>>> vs mass >>>>>>> production. Yes, a lot of software developers work on highly >>>>>>> customized solutions. But why would it be any other way? >>>>>>> Software >>>>>>> development is by definition writing new software. And most >>>>>>> of the >>>>>>> clients that can afford a significant amount of good developers' >>>>>>> time are in enterprise space. So a lot of us are working on >>>>>>> custom >>>>>>> solutions for big players and in our spare time we play with >>>>>>> projects near and dear to our heart. While many of us are >>>>>>> keen on >>>>>>> writing software for fun as well as work, no one in their >>>>>>> right mind >>>>>>> would sit down and write a custom web browser for their >>>>>>> relatives; >>>>>>> rather, we tell them to go download Firefox. >> >>>>>>> I see this is as being no different than what you see with, >>>>>>> let's >>>>>>> say, mechanical engineering. Highly customized solutions >>>>>>> exist and >>>>>>> are in demand, just not by your average person, who is content >>>>>>> with >>>>>>> going to a store and buying a mass-produced solution (car, >>>>>>> drill, >>>>>>> vacuum cleaner), whereas enterprise customers usually work >>>>>>> closely >>>>>>> with R&D and get that turbine or plane or crane designed and >>>>>>> manufactured to their specifications. It's just that most of >>>>>>> us not >>>>>>> working in those industries, we're not as aware of that type of >>>>>>> work. And when those people go home, a lot of them devote their >>>>>>> time and expertise to "fun" projects. >> >>>>>> So do they work on open source cranes and turbines at home? That >>>>>> would >>>>>> be pretty damn cool! >>>>>> -j >> >>>>>>> Alexey >> >>> -- >>> Amarjeet Singh >>> Phone: +91-98712-76661- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
