it WetRAM (TM:-) and the attempt to back it up would probably result in it being different at the end of the process than at the beginning (and you know what does to your back up, don't your?)
We happen to use words to express the memes but we don't think in words.
Regardless, its the old: "I know you think you understand what you heard but I don't believe that you understand that what I said was not what I meant."
Man what a bummer... Given the average visualization skills, your mama might be good.
A stick figure with big boobs... Yuck.
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The same people who brought you "Nuclear, sorry, Nucular Cars," "Flying Cars," and what ever else doesn't require much imagination and even less knowledge of math and physics.
Apart from jobs that I took knowing they weren't going to last because I;]'m a project kind of guy, most of the companies I;ve worked ended getting bought/ sold or just dying.
My resume is filled with jobs that lasted two years. I'm hoping that this one will last longer than that but...
Localization of software is one of the easiest things to do *IF* your software is set up properly.
Coming from Canada, where everything is in French as well as in English, I learned very early on (like day dot,) that you had to set up your software without any strings in it.
By using only symbolic references and setting up a dictionary of text strings or icon references you can refer to any 'local' attribute without having to muck with the code.
By switching the dictionary you can then switch the language that your users see without any performence hits and without any code changes.
Furthermore, by laying out the text in ''plages'' and letting the dictionary fill in the details, you achieve a much simpler screen and.or prport layout.
Debugging is easier too since you refer to the symbols you used for programming instead of whatever your users refer to (as this changes almost from user to user.)
I worked in a shop that used IBM model 29 electro-mechanical calculators. If required about 40% humidity. They worked fine...
They bought a mini (a real piece of crap from Keronics, a Datya Gene knock-off) which would practically give of sparks when you went near it.
The chief consultant/vendor rep turned up the humidity.
I walked in and I thought I'd gone blind. There was cold steam blowing out of the humidifier and it was raining, (raining!) on the equipment. The guy who took care of the card punch equipment and the cards was having apoplexy at watching the company's accounts receivables dissolve before his eys.
I laughed so hard I almost choked and went up stairs and quit on the spot. No notice. No farewell. I had a job in a mainframe shop the following Monday.
Most music is execrable. Little more than noise. The ethics of the music industry are among the worst in history. They have absolutely no morals. Today's million seller is tomorrow's has-been and they make sure of that since they make their money on the churn.
How can you be surprised when the RIAA decides to sue the fringes of their market? They make more money selling elevator Musak. They don't give a rats' ass about the music. They care about their profits and they will kill you to protect 'em.
Spam is only a problem because people think that its "free" advertising.
But if you sue the butt off of somebody because he caused somebody to you spam, I don't think that the problem will last long...
If I ordered Viagra from every mother f*cker out there who's spamming me, I'd have priapism.
Enough is enough. My spam box is utterly filled with it. I refuse to buy anything from anybody who sends me span (not the spammers but their CLIENTS) and I wan't the damn sh*t stopped.
That is, some organization agrees with some individual the reward some measurable quantity of presence (duration) or labor (unit/piece work.)
Since the detection of presence or count of piece work is essential to the contract between employer and employee, it is not surprising that the employer, who is burdened with record keeping, calculating wages and the pre-tax, tax and post-tax deductions and issuing payment to the employee and everobody who has a legal claim to some portion of the remuneration, find some way to lower the cost of keeping track of the presence or units of work.
Since the costs of payroll processing are fixed, presence detection and/or piece-work counting is the only portion that can be automated to streamline the process.
If that smacks of "Big Brother"ism, would you rather have to argue about it and possibly not get paid at all?
Now what COULD be considered as "Big Brother"ism is if the same technology was used to provide other information. I don't think I'd want my boss to know when I'm having bladder problems as this does not really affect my thinking processes, just the frequency of my visits to the bathroom. That's just too much information.
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Its not that simple to get a visa to India. Without a visa you can't get hired.
Its not a viable option.
and the houses had straight walls and windows and were actually up to spec and code.
It was called Habitat.
Its because its in Chinese (Mandarin most likely.)
Your character set can't represent the ideograms.
What a brave new world we live in. With such people's in it.
When space itself is fair game for Spammers and the only way to see the stars is to be OFF THE F*CKING PLANET.
At least there's still day-time.
it WetRAM (TM :-) and the attempt to back it up would probably result in it being different at the end of the process than at the beginning (and you know what does to your back up, don't your?)
we think in memes.
We happen to use words to express the memes but we don't think in words.
Regardless, its the old: "I know you think you understand what you heard but I don't believe that you understand that what I said was not what I meant."
Whatever it takes to get people to stop shooting.
Of course I'd want it over a secure VPN too. No sense in letting the other guy pause the action while he reloads.
I hope that the military (imagine Doom, Quake etc., carrying all those weapons and ammo for real,) get over itself and lets a less powerful one go...
:-) to make way up and down the subway steps.
I don't need a ruggedized one (although in NYC it probably should be
I'd leave it in a heart-beat if I could find something that could pay me as well as this (even with 1 years unemployed after 9/11/01.)
I loathe I.T.
Man what a bummer... Given the average visualization skills, your mama might be good.
A stick figure with big boobs... Yuck.
The same people who brought you "Nuclear, sorry, Nucular Cars," "Flying Cars," and what ever else doesn't require much imagination and even less knowledge of math and physics.
Entreprenurial posers.
Still it sells magazines.
deserve it.
:-)
They brought computing to the masses (or would have if Xerox hadn't shot itself in the foot.)
But Apple followed up with the Lisa, which cost too much, and then the Mac.
Gates tagged along with Windows (which was stolen from IBM's Presentation Manager [which paid for its development.)
The rest is history.
Now if only they had thought or Relationships between Objects... (I have
I have the worst luck.
...
Apart from jobs that I took knowing they weren't going to last because I;]'m a project kind of guy, most of the companies I;ve worked ended getting bought/ sold or just dying.
My resume is filled with jobs that lasted two years. I'm hoping that this one will last longer than that but
Like the RIAA sells "educational" CDs?
I can see it now. "Compare 'Puff Daddy's latest marketing with [stick the name of some other (c)rap artiste who isn't one of the ones mailed out]"
Result: more sales.
What a bunch of %^$*) !
Time and time again... They're like cock-roaches.
Why not just fine their clients? Advertise something using spam, pay a fine, per delivered message.
The market for Spamming would die out.
I detect a hint of "Kultur Imperialism" in "Der Fuhrer" Gates.
Localization of software is one of the easiest things to do *IF* your software is set up properly.
Coming from Canada, where everything is in French as well as in English, I learned very early on (like day dot,) that you had to set up your software without any strings in it.
By using only symbolic references and setting up a dictionary of text strings or icon references you can refer to any 'local' attribute without having to muck with the code.
By switching the dictionary you can then switch the language that your users see without any performence hits and without any code changes.
Furthermore, by laying out the text in ''plages'' and letting the dictionary fill in the details, you achieve a much simpler screen and.or prport layout.
Debugging is easier too since you refer to the symbols you used for programming instead of whatever your users refer to (as this changes almost from user to user.)
I mean they have acid for blood, right?
And they bought them because to save money on PC clones. Get your facts straight... :-)
Anybody who knows how to crack a DLL can peel away all functionality and NOT having the docs actually helps.
You see what the people really wrote instead of what they neant to write.
His argument is old and worthless.
I worked in a shop that used IBM model 29 electro-mechanical calculators. If required about 40% humidity. They worked fine...
They bought a mini (a real piece of crap from Keronics, a Datya Gene knock-off) which would practically give of sparks when you went near it.
The chief consultant/vendor rep turned up the humidity.
I walked in and I thought I'd gone blind. There was cold steam blowing out of the humidifier and it was raining, (raining!) on the equipment. The guy who took care of the card punch equipment and the cards was having apoplexy at watching the company's accounts receivables dissolve before his eys.
I laughed so hard I almost choked and went up stairs and quit on the spot. No notice. No farewell. I had a job in a mainframe shop the following Monday.
Most music is execrable. Little more than noise. The ethics of the music industry are among the worst in history. They have absolutely no morals. Today's million seller is tomorrow's has-been and they make sure of that since they make their money on the churn.
How can you be surprised when the RIAA decides to sue the fringes of their market? They make more money selling elevator Musak. They don't give a rats' ass about the music. They care about their profits and they will kill you to protect 'em.
Pop ups (or under) are merely annoying.
Having to HAVE to watch a commercial is an affront.
I'm PAYING for my internet connection. Can't I have any friggin' peace?
Spam is only a problem because people think that its "free" advertising.
But if you sue the butt off of somebody because he caused somebody to you spam, I don't think that the problem will last long...
If I ordered Viagra from every mother f*cker out there who's spamming me, I'd have priapism.
Enough is enough. My spam box is utterly filled with it. I refuse to buy anything from anybody who sends me span (not the spammers but their CLIENTS) and I wan't the damn sh*t stopped.
That is, some organization agrees with some individual the reward some measurable quantity of presence (duration) or labor (unit/piece work.)
Since the detection of presence or count of piece work is essential to the contract between employer and employee, it is not surprising that the employer, who is burdened with record keeping, calculating wages and the pre-tax, tax and post-tax deductions and issuing payment to the employee and everobody who has a legal claim to some portion of the remuneration, find some way to lower the cost of keeping track of the presence or units of work.
Since the costs of payroll processing are fixed, presence detection and/or piece-work counting is the only portion that can be automated to streamline the process.
If that smacks of "Big Brother"ism, would you rather have to argue about it and possibly not get paid at all?
Now what COULD be considered as "Big Brother"ism is if the same technology was used to provide other information. I don't think I'd want my boss to know when I'm having bladder problems as this does not really affect my thinking processes, just the frequency of my visits to the bathroom. That's just too much information.