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Category: Software engineering

03/20/07

English (US) Apollo: the Flash Virtual Machine is getting better

It was bound to happen. Macromedia's (well, Adobe's) Flash player finally evolved into a very complete Virtual Machine. They call it Apollo. It basically solves the same problem Java has tried to solve for years: write once, run anywhere. Though it… more »

09/22/05

English (US) Efficient vs. effective

Guy 1: I am so efficient I can fold 100 parachutes in a hour. Guy 2: I am so effective I can fold 100 parachutes and every single one of them will open right. Would you rather give your parachutes to the efficient or to the effective guy? Now wh… more »

01/21/03

English (US) Quote of the day - Computers and programmers

Permalink 08:22:37 pm, by Francois Planque Email , Categories: Development, Geek!, Software engineering
"A computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are, in short, a dangerously perfect match." -- Bill Bryson. more »