This was clearly an act of terrorism, trying to ruin a joyful event of 1/2 million people. 1/2 million people * 18 minutes = 17 years. They just wasted 17 years worth of time!
FUCKING TERRORISTS
Glad I don't work at a place like that. At my place when it is slow I am pretty much allowed to do whatever I want (managers approval). I usually tinker around with technology that I normaly do not get to use. Quite a bit of my tinkering arond has made me a better developer, as well as introduced new technology into our existing projects to make them even better.
My boss was so pleased with my "screwing around" that now he has implemented a google style "20% time" (as long as no major deadline for something) where we can do whatever he hell we want one day a week (although generally I find it more efffective saving the days and doing 4 days in a row). Can do anything from playing with technology, to reading tech magazines, reading development books
THe thing my manager loved the most that I did was screwing around with solr which we ended up implementing into our flagship product and upping revenue by 15%
You just proved his point. 10 seconds? That is insane. Shouldn't take more than 1-2 seconds to find the most common buttons, and 3-4 seconds to find even the most unused function,.
I work at a small company where we used to have a server colocated for $300 a month which included unlimited bandwidth and bit level backup. Not a bad deal.
About a year ago we decided to switch to AWS. We are now paying approx $200 give or take 20 bucks. After moving we have never had downtime, and also have great scalability. Oh, we also have 4 servers running 3 micro, and 1 medium. It was well worth the move, the scalability alone is amazing.
funny, me and my friends have no games to play right now, and since diablo 3 is 2 months away, I said, hey guys know what would be awesome? Firing up freelancer get some mods and screw around in that for the next 2 months.
We started playing it just last night and having a blast.
I really appluad microsoft for making that game.
I can't believe nothing close came out since. Jumpgate evolution looked really interesting but got canned.
No they shouldn't. The whole reason you get a console is because it just works. Don't have to worry if your video card is good enough, if you have enough ram, if you have the right drivers installed.. etc. You just plug it in, hook it up to a tv, and put your game in.
If you want upgradable consoles, then just use your pc and buy a controller.
Ok Eric Schmidt, I want to know your SSN, CC info, bank account numbers.
Oh you don't want me to know that? Guess you shouldn't do online banking, purchasing from amazon, etc.
Manage the iPads/iPhones are a complete nightmare. Just last week I had to upgrade about 80 iPad 1s from 3.2 to 5.0.1. They are work iPads but people were also allowed to use them as personal devices. This means each iPad had their corporate iTunes account on it, as well as their own.
When we did the upgrades we told everyone that if they want to preserve the data on their device they had to let us know their personal itunes account login info. Of course only a couple gave it to us. For the people that did give us the info we were able to do the upgrade preserving all of the data and apps, but for the ones that didn't we just wiped the entire device reinstalled the apps that needed to be on it and gave it back.
Then having to deal with about 60 whining people that all their apps are gone was a bitch but we basically told them to bad, it is a corporate device.
Not an ideal solution, but one way we got around it is that our purchasing department has their own iTunes account, then they buy and gift the app to the users. Still a giant PITA.
wow you're an asshole. You are basically saying "Fuck you" to the planet. You can't spend an extra 20 seconds throwing your banana peel into a composting bin instead of the garbage can?
Oh right, you can't spare the precious seconds because you must be too busy jacking off in your parents basement.
Perhaps move your stack of 10 pizza boxes, 20 cans of empty coke,and vacuum up the cockroaches, and you may have some room for the small composite bin
I mean I'm no tree hugger but really?
Although instead of making it mandatory, would be nice if they could somehow keep track of how much each person composts, and give a tax rebate based on that amount.
except teksavvy cable is horseshit right now. just look at their forums and all the complaints. yes people are leaving them to go to rogers... Insane right... but I am even contemplating it myself.
I am getting 1.5Mbps down during the evening when it is suppose to be a 24Mbps connection, they even did a POI upgrade last week that doubled capacity but they still had to do a stop sale in my area.
I have an android phone, but for my job I have been working a lot with iOS so would like to get an iPhone.
In Canada, rogers is starting to roll out LTE. I could buy an iPhone 4 now, but I will instead wait for the iPhone 5 and get that once it is out.. as I am sure it will have LTE.
I know there are a bunch of things that I should remember, but I don't because I know they are a quick google away...
It's similar to GPS. I have one and love it, but if you were to take it away I would have no idea how to get anywhere. My dad travels a lot, and knows a good portion of canada like the back of his hand. I ask how he remembers it all, and he said, "Easy, I don't rely on maps/gps"
He says he can't believe how stupid people are these days, and cant do "basic" math in their head and always have to use a calculator... I know I am a shining example of that.
so a third of a poll says they are going to cancel. lets take that at face value. Double price.. third leave.. well looks like it is still worth doubling the price!
Of course when push comes to shove, I am betting 1/2 of the people who say they are going to cancel, won't cancel.
wtf? this article is very interesting and has actually helped me immensely.
Just last week my boss told me to research other app stores besides android market to release our products in. While I definitely won't base all my "research" off this one article, it still helps.
you are right, and I agree with that, The short cables for $50 are a huge ripoff. I am just trying to point out that quality in an HDMI cable does matter for longer runs.
Sure a cheap $2 HDMI cable is just as good as a more expensive one for a short run (50') they sure as hell do matter.
I used to think the same thing, and I needed to do 3x60' runs. So I bought some cheap hdmi cables and ran them, no signal. Tried other 2.. same issue. Returned them, bought better quality ones (no monster cables, but better quality ones), and they ran perfect.
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This was clearly an act of terrorism, trying to ruin a joyful event of 1/2 million people. 1/2 million people * 18 minutes = 17 years. They just wasted 17 years worth of time! FUCKING TERRORISTS
Glad I don't work at a place like that. At my place when it is slow I am pretty much allowed to do whatever I want (managers approval). I usually tinker around with technology that I normaly do not get to use. Quite a bit of my tinkering arond has made me a better developer, as well as introduced new technology into our existing projects to make them even better. My boss was so pleased with my "screwing around" that now he has implemented a google style "20% time" (as long as no major deadline for something) where we can do whatever he hell we want one day a week (although generally I find it more efffective saving the days and doing 4 days in a row). Can do anything from playing with technology, to reading tech magazines, reading development books THe thing my manager loved the most that I did was screwing around with solr which we ended up implementing into our flagship product and upping revenue by 15%
You just proved his point. 10 seconds? That is insane. Shouldn't take more than 1-2 seconds to find the most common buttons, and 3-4 seconds to find even the most unused function,.
I work at a small company where we used to have a server colocated for $300 a month which included unlimited bandwidth and bit level backup. Not a bad deal. About a year ago we decided to switch to AWS. We are now paying approx $200 give or take 20 bucks. After moving we have never had downtime, and also have great scalability. Oh, we also have 4 servers running 3 micro, and 1 medium. It was well worth the move, the scalability alone is amazing.
There is no way that would let you out of a contract. They would tell you that you need to get another phone.
funny, me and my friends have no games to play right now, and since diablo 3 is 2 months away, I said, hey guys know what would be awesome? Firing up freelancer get some mods and screw around in that for the next 2 months. We started playing it just last night and having a blast. I really appluad microsoft for making that game. I can't believe nothing close came out since. Jumpgate evolution looked really interesting but got canned.
No they shouldn't. The whole reason you get a console is because it just works. Don't have to worry if your video card is good enough, if you have enough ram, if you have the right drivers installed.. etc. You just plug it in, hook it up to a tv, and put your game in. If you want upgradable consoles, then just use your pc and buy a controller.
Ok Eric Schmidt, I want to know your SSN, CC info, bank account numbers. Oh you don't want me to know that? Guess you shouldn't do online banking, purchasing from amazon, etc.
Manage the iPads/iPhones are a complete nightmare. Just last week I had to upgrade about 80 iPad 1s from 3.2 to 5.0.1. They are work iPads but people were also allowed to use them as personal devices. This means each iPad had their corporate iTunes account on it, as well as their own. When we did the upgrades we told everyone that if they want to preserve the data on their device they had to let us know their personal itunes account login info. Of course only a couple gave it to us. For the people that did give us the info we were able to do the upgrade preserving all of the data and apps, but for the ones that didn't we just wiped the entire device reinstalled the apps that needed to be on it and gave it back. Then having to deal with about 60 whining people that all their apps are gone was a bitch but we basically told them to bad, it is a corporate device.
Not an ideal solution, but one way we got around it is that our purchasing department has their own iTunes account, then they buy and gift the app to the users. Still a giant PITA.
wow you're an asshole. You are basically saying "Fuck you" to the planet. You can't spend an extra 20 seconds throwing your banana peel into a composting bin instead of the garbage can? Oh right, you can't spare the precious seconds because you must be too busy jacking off in your parents basement. Perhaps move your stack of 10 pizza boxes, 20 cans of empty coke,and vacuum up the cockroaches, and you may have some room for the small composite bin I mean I'm no tree hugger but really? Although instead of making it mandatory, would be nice if they could somehow keep track of how much each person composts, and give a tax rebate based on that amount.
Why set your standards so low...
except teksavvy cable is horseshit right now. just look at their forums and all the complaints. yes people are leaving them to go to rogers... Insane right... but I am even contemplating it myself. I am getting 1.5Mbps down during the evening when it is suppose to be a 24Mbps connection, they even did a POI upgrade last week that doubled capacity but they still had to do a stop sale in my area.
I have an android phone, but for my job I have been working a lot with iOS so would like to get an iPhone. In Canada, rogers is starting to roll out LTE. I could buy an iPhone 4 now, but I will instead wait for the iPhone 5 and get that once it is out.. as I am sure it will have LTE.
no kidding, the amount of clones is ridiculous, as much as I hate patents, you can't just blatantly rip off someone elses idea.
I know there are a bunch of things that I should remember, but I don't because I know they are a quick google away... It's similar to GPS. I have one and love it, but if you were to take it away I would have no idea how to get anywhere. My dad travels a lot, and knows a good portion of canada like the back of his hand. I ask how he remembers it all, and he said, "Easy, I don't rely on maps/gps" He says he can't believe how stupid people are these days, and cant do "basic" math in their head and always have to use a calculator... I know I am a shining example of that.
so a third of a poll says they are going to cancel. lets take that at face value. Double price.. third leave.. well looks like it is still worth doubling the price! Of course when push comes to shove, I am betting 1/2 of the people who say they are going to cancel, won't cancel.
Canada had ATI, but then sold it to AMD.
ok, ok, ok who has been whacking it -- while simultaneously holding their mic -- with their mic open?
wtf? this article is very interesting and has actually helped me immensely. Just last week my boss told me to research other app stores besides android market to release our products in. While I definitely won't base all my "research" off this one article, it still helps.
you are right, and I agree with that, The short cables for $50 are a huge ripoff. I am just trying to point out that quality in an HDMI cable does matter for longer runs.
Sure a cheap $2 HDMI cable is just as good as a more expensive one for a short run (50') they sure as hell do matter. I used to think the same thing, and I needed to do 3x60' runs. So I bought some cheap hdmi cables and ran them, no signal. Tried other 2.. same issue. Returned them, bought better quality ones (no monster cables, but better quality ones), and they ran perfect.
sure they "banned" it in Canada, but there is no way that they could have enforced it.
same...
Can't have something in the device that would add 1 mm to the thickness!