That's not true at all. Credit rating is important all over Europe too.
Having said that, it's a lot easier to get stuff fixed here. I've had a card cloned once and I called my bank - they reversed all of the charges, gave me an overdraft to cover me for any other pending charges and everything was fixed within a week.
Since then, I don't use my debit card anywhere anymore though:)
I'll be taking Sony to small claims court in the UK because of this once PSN comes back and I can register my portal 2 steam copy.
Basically, I would have traded portal 2 in over a week ago, but because I haven't been able to get the Steam copy registered yet (you have to associate your PSN account with your steam account first), I can't trade it in.
The price difference between what I'll get on the trade in when I get to vs 2 weeks ago will probably be about 2 quid. But I'm just doing it for the giggles.
Not in America any more. It's not going to be long before ISPs have TOS that mean you agree to arbitration. As soon as they have that, you can't bring a class suit anymore.
Apple might do that... But I bet they'd reverse it soon after.
The last 5 tech conferences I've been to, the Macbook Pro has had the highest presence of any specific manufacturer accounting for a large percentage of all present machines.
As soon as MacOS gets locked down like a phone, all of those developers and techs that currently use Apple for their desktops whether they are deploying to Unix or Windows will wander off to a new provider. And I don't think that Apple will want to lose all of those customers.
I tried to start a business like that in London and failed. Our business plan called for about 200 sq foot of space (including the cafe, safe storage, benches, entrance, etc.) and 1 person to be on site at any time at or around minimum wage. The idea was to have wood and metal areas, as well as an electronics area with different lighting and bench setups. We would also rent tools (plan called to partner with someone like HSS or B&Q).
The plan was to be open from 06:00 (to catch the before work crowd) to 23:00 to catch the after work crowd. We looked at a bunch of locations with easy access (less than 30 minutes on pubic transport) from the city centre.
Then we found that we'd need 2 people on duty at any time for health and safety reasons. And they'd need to have basic first aid training or we couldn't get insurance. So that raises the wages we'd need to pay. We looked at reducing the hours that we would open, and planned to just cater to the regular day and after work crowd. Surveys showed that this wouldn't impact us too much. But our costs were still spiraling.
Then we started to shop for insurance. And then we quit. The rates were just insane, and we couldn't build a single model where we'd be able to turn a profit. The only real cost we could cut to be able to afford the insurance was the rent, but this would put us further away from the centre and easy access, and that would limit our user-base.
I know that the guys who run the Oval motorcycle centre in South London ran into a lot of these problems, but they managed to push through and actually open up shop. I'm watching with interest to see how long they'll manage to stay open without turning into a regular garage.
You worry me and this post makes me even more certain that you shouldn't be allowed to run this server.
You see, there are several people who post to slashdot. Not all of these people agree on everything. That is why some people will recommend Google and others will recommend that you let IT do their job. You've come to a forum with thousands of people and you're expecting a single consistent voice ?
Of course it matters - many resources that we rely on in supply chains will run out at some point. Anything that saves these resources prolongs our ability to continue as the society we are.
Actually, joke all you like, but they did leave behind some advances. The rise of the 'buy random shit you don't need to online' market really helped change the way we look at just in time delivery to consumers. Many companies had to look at their entire logistics operation and change it.
So as a society, we are now able to deliver the right bits, quicker for less money than before.
Constant communication is important. Getting each member of the team to have their voice heard in a call each day reminds everyone that they're dealing with Real People(tm) and not just names behind e-mail addresses. If you have a travel budget, try and get 1 person to the bigger team now and then. This can be a PITA with visa requirements for South African's - not sure about your Singapore staff.
What about when you buy a new camera and the only way to get photoshop to open the files is to upgrade? You don't want the features but they don't back port camera raw to earlier versions of photoshop.
I had all my photography gear stolen and couldn't get the same model camera as I used to have.
There are still whole industries that are not served by open source software. And in other areas, the commercial stuff is still miles ahead from a UI and usability perspective.
I love OSS and I make my living from it, but you'd be nuts to believe that we don't need solutions that currently don't have an OSS offering.
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When putting people down, try to learn the difference between you're and your.
At least this guy is trying to do something.
He must be guilty then. I mean, he was convicted on those charges right? No? He wasn't? So actually, so far, he is innocent.
Here's an interesting blog where a serving police officer claims that 8 out of 10 rape claims in his area are nonsense - http://inspectorgadget.wordpress.com/2011/05/19/when-is-a-rape-not-a-rape-shock/
Just went to the QA team... after how many months of rude responses by members of the team, delays, uncertainty in what would happen and when?
Even the 5.6 release was a long delayed process leaving people with open security issues.
I've moved to Debian for my home machines, and we've moved from CentOS to RHEL at work, just to be able to get updates in a reasonable timeframe.
Rapid prototyping.
You can build something and take it to a VC without ever needing to solder a connection.
Why do you care so much ? How much less could you care?
That's not true at all. Credit rating is important all over Europe too.
Having said that, it's a lot easier to get stuff fixed here. I've had a card cloned once and I called my bank - they reversed all of the charges, gave me an overdraft to cover me for any other pending charges and everything was fixed within a week.
Since then, I don't use my debit card anywhere anymore though :)
I'll be taking Sony to small claims court in the UK because of this once PSN comes back and I can register my portal 2 steam copy.
Basically, I would have traded portal 2 in over a week ago, but because I haven't been able to get the Steam copy registered yet (you have to associate your PSN account with your steam account first), I can't trade it in.
The price difference between what I'll get on the trade in when I get to vs 2 weeks ago will probably be about 2 quid. But I'm just doing it for the giggles.
Not in America any more. It's not going to be long before ISPs have TOS that mean you agree to arbitration. As soon as they have that, you can't bring a class suit anymore.
What, like spotify? Except that already exists and apple doesn't get a cut of the subs at all. Keep trolling.
And when you want to talk to your mom? Or your sister in another country?
Badger!
More importantly, if it takes a woman 9 months to make a baby, why can't 9 women make a baby in 1 month!?
Apple might do that ... But I bet they'd reverse it soon after.
The last 5 tech conferences I've been to, the Macbook Pro has had the highest presence of any specific manufacturer accounting for a large percentage of all present machines.
As soon as MacOS gets locked down like a phone, all of those developers and techs that currently use Apple for their desktops whether they are deploying to Unix or Windows will wander off to a new provider. And I don't think that Apple will want to lose all of those customers.
It's nice that you have so much money or time that you can afford a house with a garage. I don't, so spaces like this are useful to me.
I tried to start a business like that in London and failed. Our business plan called for about 200 sq foot of space (including the cafe, safe storage, benches, entrance, etc.) and 1 person to be on site at any time at or around minimum wage. The idea was to have wood and metal areas, as well as an electronics area with different lighting and bench setups. We would also rent tools (plan called to partner with someone like HSS or B&Q).
The plan was to be open from 06:00 (to catch the before work crowd) to 23:00 to catch the after work crowd. We looked at a bunch of locations with easy access (less than 30 minutes on pubic transport) from the city centre.
Then we found that we'd need 2 people on duty at any time for health and safety reasons. And they'd need to have basic first aid training or we couldn't get insurance. So that raises the wages we'd need to pay. We looked at reducing the hours that we would open, and planned to just cater to the regular day and after work crowd. Surveys showed that this wouldn't impact us too much. But our costs were still spiraling.
Then we started to shop for insurance. And then we quit. The rates were just insane, and we couldn't build a single model where we'd be able to turn a profit. The only real cost we could cut to be able to afford the insurance was the rent, but this would put us further away from the centre and easy access, and that would limit our user-base.
I know that the guys who run the Oval motorcycle centre in South London ran into a lot of these problems, but they managed to push through and actually open up shop. I'm watching with interest to see how long they'll manage to stay open without turning into a regular garage.
Make up your mind ...
You worry me and this post makes me even more certain that you shouldn't be allowed to run this server.
You see, there are several people who post to slashdot. Not all of these people agree on everything. That is why some people will recommend Google and others will recommend that you let IT do their job. You've come to a forum with thousands of people and you're expecting a single consistent voice ?
Do you use Flash? Or Adobe Reader for PDFs ?
Of course it matters - many resources that we rely on in supply chains will run out at some point. Anything that saves these resources prolongs our ability to continue as the society we are.
Actually, joke all you like, but they did leave behind some advances. The rise of the 'buy random shit you don't need to online' market really helped change the way we look at just in time delivery to consumers. Many companies had to look at their entire logistics operation and change it.
So as a society, we are now able to deliver the right bits, quicker for less money than before.
Facebook doesn't even offer _that_ much.
There are LOADS of books available as eBooks in the USA that I can't buy in the UK.
I've tried to give them my money, but they don't seem to want it. Thank heavens for torrents.
Are you me? No, wait... I'm me... But that still sounds scary familiar.
Constant communication is important. Getting each member of the team to have their voice heard in a call each day reminds everyone that they're dealing with Real People(tm) and not just names behind e-mail addresses. If you have a travel budget, try and get 1 person to the bigger team now and then. This can be a PITA with visa requirements for South African's - not sure about your Singapore staff.
Yeah - and lose a load of the functionality of your workflow.
What about when you buy a new camera and the only way to get photoshop to open the files is to upgrade? You don't want the features but they don't back port camera raw to earlier versions of photoshop.
I had all my photography gear stolen and couldn't get the same model camera as I used to have.
You don't really believe that do you?
There are still whole industries that are not served by open source software. And in other areas, the commercial stuff is still miles ahead from a UI and usability perspective.
I love OSS and I make my living from it, but you'd be nuts to believe that we don't need solutions that currently don't have an OSS offering.