Do you have experience in the Business Understanding of Language and Linguistics? If not, you'll want to take some Special High-Intensity Training course.
The phrase "Send it to me in an e-mail." is uttered far to often not because they need reminding or somehow didn't hear you just tell them that, but because they want it in writing.
Meh. That works both ways - anything not agreed upon in writing was never discussed. If you do work which you weren't asked to do in writing, don't expect to be praised or recognized for it.
2 - There were some neat concepts that were promised with Vista and never delivered, like the file abstraction stack, or WinFS. Now they might have time to do it right.
I would have been happy if they'd just fix the 259 char* filepath length restrictions. *sigh*
Surely people can not be this dumb, and this idea will fail... but no.
I know what you're thinking, 'cause right now I'm thinking the same thing. Actually, I've been thinking it ever since I got here: Why oh why didn't I take the BLUE pill?
The best programmers I've worked with are the ones with a diversity of interests, are very capable of interacting with others.
Your assertion is backed up by TFA:
Don't ever hire a dumb person thinking they're a good developer. They're not. If you can't have a great conversation with them in a relaxed social context, they're very likely not a good programmer. On the other hand, anyone who's clearly very smart at the very least has a strong potential to be a good or great programmer.
After prompting me if I wanted to open empty.txt, it segfaulted my Konqueror with this backtrace:
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libthread_db.so.1".
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread -1232832304 (LWP 8079)]
[KCrash handler]
#6 0xb609a9a1 in ?? () from/usr/lib/libkhtml.so.4
#7 0xb5f325d4 in ?? () from/usr/lib/libkhtml.so.4
#8 0x081e1f38 in ?? ()
#9 0xbfcde5a4 in ?? ()
#10 0xbfcde588 in ?? ()
#11 0xb60fe4fd in DOM::NodeFilter::acceptNode () from/usr/lib/libkhtml.so.4
Backtrace stopped: frame did not save the PC
I will never buy one, and when/if I propose to my girlfriend she's getting a ring with any gem other than a diamond. (And not because I'm some cheap-ass.)
Diamonds are so plentiful, they're only semi-precious by rarity. Tanzanite on the other hand, can be found in only one mine in the world.
If you watch the director's cut for the first time ever, you have absolutely no clue WTF is going on.
I went to see it (for the first time) in theaters just recently. I must concur that I had no clue WTF was going on (some of the time).
It was alright, but not something I'd think would have elevated to cult status without the background info of a voiceover - which, admittedly, I have never heard.
Unless you just want to save a couple of bucks, there's nothing magical about an Open Source product that makes it better.
Why yes, I/would/ like to save a couple of bucks thank-you-very-much.;)
More importantly though, I feel that calendaring and scheduling are two of the remaining strongholds of MS Windows with respect to business users. For nearly everything else there's a solid alternative: browsers, chat clients, media players, word processors, spreadsheets, etc all have viable replacements that are just an apt-get away.
In other words, what features do you use in MS products that you haven't found in the free/open source applications?
Sorry I wasn't clear enough in my initial question. What really impresses me about Outlook/Exchange is when you go to schedule a meeting, it allows you to see when all the participants, rooms and resources (like projectors) are available in a horizontal chart of sorts. People who are busy are marked off in blue, out of office is purple, etc. To find a time that works for everyone, you just scan across until you see a vertical bar of white (everyone free), or try to minimize conflicts.
I don't know of MS holds a patent on the UI, but I haven't seen it anywhere else. Also, with respect to calendaring, in Outlook you can open up several calendars (yours and others) side-by-side in order to see who's free when. It's a pretty simple bit of eye candy, but nonetheless, I've only seen it in Outlook.
I also use that button a whole lot more than the search button. A lot of times, I'll want to go back to a page I had found earlier doing a regular search. I may not remember the page - but I remember that it was first - so Tab Tab Enter.
I Feel Lucky works as a super DNS of sorts. It really depends on what you want:
If you want encyclopedic information, use Wikipedia.
If you want valid results for a heavily SEO'd term, use Mahalo.
If you want to go straight to a known site, "I Feel Lucky" (includes FF address bar)
If you're going for extremely long-tail, use Google
If Google were to abolish the I Feel Lucky button, overnight you'd see a Firefox extension, multiple Greasemonkey scripts, and probably a few PHP implementations which achieve the same - grabbing the first result and 302'ing you there.
Besides, of the quoted small percentage of people who use I Feel Lucky, I wonder what fraction are running AdBlock, and wouldn't see the ads anyway?
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Do you have experience in the Business Understanding of Language and Linguistics? If not, you'll want to take some Special High-Intensity Training course.
Meh. That works both ways - anything not agreed upon in writing was never discussed. If you do work which you weren't asked to do in writing, don't expect to be praised or recognized for it.
* http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/filenames.htm
I believe it's spelled "Tolkien"
I cant understand any of those, you insensitive clod!
After prompting me if I wanted to open empty.txt, it segfaulted my Konqueror with this backtrace:
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libthread_db.so.1".[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread -1232832304 (LWP 8079)]
[KCrash handler]
#6 0xb609a9a1 in ?? () from
#7 0xb5f325d4 in ?? () from
#8 0x081e1f38 in ?? ()
#9 0xbfcde5a4 in ?? ()
#10 0xbfcde588 in ?? ()
#11 0xb60fe4fd in DOM::NodeFilter::acceptNode () from
Backtrace stopped: frame did not save the PC
I think we have a zeroday on our hands boys!
Hey now. I just installed that "hosts" thingie, and now none of my IE toolbars or emoticon packs work. What gives!
Invocation of Chuck Norris usually kills a thread on the internet. Alas, what will it take for this one to die?
Googling oneself, how provincial! My Google Alert notifies me immediately.
Sssssshhhhhhhhh, they might hear you.
I went to see it (for the first time) in theaters just recently. I must concur that I had no clue WTF was going on (some of the time).
It was alright, but not something I'd think would have elevated to cult status without the background info of a voiceover - which, admittedly, I have never heard.
Why yes, I /would/ like to save a couple of bucks thank-you-very-much. ;)
More importantly though, I feel that calendaring and scheduling are two of the remaining strongholds of MS Windows with respect to business users. For nearly everything else there's a solid alternative: browsers, chat clients, media players, word processors, spreadsheets, etc all have viable replacements that are just an apt-get away.
Sorry I wasn't clear enough in my initial question. What really impresses me about Outlook/Exchange is when you go to schedule a meeting, it allows you to see when all the participants, rooms and resources (like projectors) are available in a horizontal chart of sorts. People who are busy are marked off in blue, out of office is purple, etc. To find a time that works for everyone, you just scan across until you see a vertical bar of white (everyone free), or try to minimize conflicts.
I don't know of MS holds a patent on the UI, but I haven't seen it anywhere else. Also, with respect to calendaring, in Outlook you can open up several calendars (yours and others) side-by-side in order to see who's free when. It's a pretty simple bit of eye candy, but nonetheless, I've only seen it in Outlook.
Listen up, maggots. You are not special. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else.
First you have to give up, first you have to *know*... not fear... *know*... that someday you're gonna die.
I also use that button a whole lot more than the search button. A lot of times, I'll want to go back to a page I had found earlier doing a regular search. I may not remember the page - but I remember that it was first - so Tab Tab Enter.
I Feel Lucky works as a super DNS of sorts. It really depends on what you want:
If Google were to abolish the I Feel Lucky button, overnight you'd see a Firefox extension, multiple Greasemonkey scripts, and probably a few PHP implementations which achieve the same - grabbing the first result and 302'ing you there.
Besides, of the quoted small percentage of people who use I Feel Lucky, I wonder what fraction are running AdBlock, and wouldn't see the ads anyway?
I don't want to fight you.
Stop it.
Put on the glasses.
I told you
I didn't want to be involved.
Dirty motherfucker.
Take a look. Put them on.
No!
I'm sorry.
Put the glasses on. Put them on!
Fuck you!