Replication and compatability are very different things though. There are equivalent applications on the Mac of course, but these applications must not only be able to convert from Visio or Project format, but save in that format as well, because in most companies work is collaborative. Whilst there are no open formats, this is critical. If the equivalent software cannot work on documents produced by their coworkers using Visio or Project, and importantly vice versa, it's not a viable option. Corporate policy doesn't allow this to happen, regardless of whether someone is willing to expend all the extra time of dual-booting or virtualisation: (in general) corporate IT departments are not going to want to support it.
That is just plain wrong, a kid that doesn't know how to collaborate or be persistent enough to solve a problem, shouldn't have extra resources spent on them, they need a friggin lesson where teachers tell them how the rest of their lives will be.
Unfortunately, IMO, you have just described a large percentage of people, let alone school children. Just because you can already see that you will need these skills, doesn't mean most people can. When I was at school, I completely understood why I would need maths, but I couldn't see the value in working on a 'group' project when I could 'do' half the problems in my head. But the problem I was working on wasn't the specific maths problem or physics problem, it was the problem of getting people working together and working out how we could solve the problem. My job consists of collabarative problem solving, and if only half the people that work for me had those skills, I'd be able to spend so many more days doing things I wanted to do, rather than solving their problems for them rather than collaborating to solve their problems.
I think what is missing is that so many kids leave school with just 'instructions' that when they come across a problem or situation that they don't have the instructions for, they just stop. Even just looking for the cause of the problem is beyond a lot of people. If they are unable to even consider looking for the origin of the problem it indicates to me they have missed being taught simple problem solving, which is why I believe it is needed.
You are right that not all (even most) teaching can be based on this idea and there is a need for a lot of instructional teaching (e.g. mathematical methods, using correct grammar (and paragraphs:-p)), but at least some teaching including how to go about solving a problem with lateral thinking should be included.
Lastly, don't forget that spending the extra money so that the general level of education of a country can only ever be a Good Thing, since it means less time having to deal with those people, just as you say, for the rest of their lives. Not everyone can understand a concept just by reading about it, they have to see it.
Main client is for Windows, but there is a Java GUI as well, for OS X, Linux, Solaris, HP UX and even Windows....
And yes I use it everyday, as I am a SAP developer (okay, 'developer' in the broadest sense of the word!). It's preventing me from upgrading to Tiger, as Apple have to fix a bug before SAP will release the Netweaver version.
Now, if they'd only let me use a Mac at work, instead of making me run Excel on this hideous OS...
It might be a silly question, but what is stopping you? I work in a company where all non-server computers are Windows, and a good proportion of the servers are Windows as well (e.g. Exchange, Intranet, Portal servers etc). I got fed up of the BSODs I had on my laptop, and sheer amount of tiny annoyances of Windows, and bought myself a Powerbook two years ago.
It has been accepted, because there hasn't been any real issues. Admittedly I also bought Mac Office (Open Office on a Mac just doesn't cut it), and have found replacement applications for most things (e.g. xTime (and now Merlin) for MS Project, XCode for the little bits of external coding, JAVA GUI for SAP Development etc); the one issue I have is that we are switching all our customers servers to require full RSA/VPN access, and the implementation done is by obscuring the 'Shared Secret' (I know, I know, tell me about it), and since they would have to tell me that for the standard OS X client to be able to connect, they aren't too happy to do it. It's the only thing I have asked them to do for me because I have a different computer, so it is a shame really. All this means is that I have to have an XP desktop as well, so I can access those systems I need to. I have Virtual PC, if I really needed to run Win Aps.
For me, regarding Word and Excel, there are no issues unless you count (Windows) Word not recognising Quicktime pictures in documents.
You do realise that the free upgrade is probably because they oversold the economy seats? This happens with most major airlines, and United do it a lot. Getting a ticket is not an indication of there being spare seats! I used to fly London - Montreal regularly, and would get a free upgrade 75% of the time, because British Airways oversold economy by up to 80 seats in a 747.
Possible reason for this non-PVR functionality: all the different broadcast formats around the world? At the moment, the only consideration Apple has to make is for the power transformers.... I looked at Eye-TV, but it is only suitable for North America, and therefore useless for the rest of the world. There would need to be a PVR functionality that works in each region of the world, and until that becomes a reality, it is of little interest to include it directly in the box, perhaps also because of the time frame to get this to market.
Another possible reason: who is pushing for the Broadcast Flag - the exact same people that Apple is trying to court for this film-on-demand??
A language that was brought over from North of (modern) Netherlands, merged with some Celtic variations (Irish, Gaelic), then mutated by various other languages for 400 years (Danish, Nordic etc), then merged with Auld French from Latin for another couple hundred years, and then mutated by the input of all the languages of the Empire for another 500 years is never going to make any sense. If you want to understand how things have changed, try reading this book which makes a hell of a lot of sense on nonsense.
fighting fascism and fundamentalism in the middle east, with force, if necessary
The problem for a lot of non-Americans, is that they want to fight the 'fascism and fundamentalism' that they see in the US as well as that in the Middle East. Just as you will be the first to counter that argument by saying this corresponds to only 'part' of America, so the same rationale can be used to say it is only part of the Middle-East. Perhaps it is (some of) those in power in the Middle East that propel this fascism, but are you really so sure that isn't the case in the US? And from some of the rhetoric that comes out of the US (especially the 'inner-circle' of Neo-Cons in power at the moment), it often seems that this US fundamentalism is only hindering any progress in the Middle East.
an entire country moves from fascism to political freedom under his tutelage
Saying that Bush is a moron, and yet also giving him credit for tutoring Iraq on democracy? From a man (or at least the neo-cons in total) that 'stole' one election by use of a State governed by his brother? How is that different from Saddam having his relatives in power? Specifically not how they got there, but their use of the power? Are you 100% sure that there was no pressure on the judges in 2000? None of my US friends are, let alone others elsewhere in the world.
In essence, making the statement that it is the US that gives democracy and freedom to the world comes across as 'arrogant' and 'not credible' (rather than incredible). Many arguments could be put forward against this, least of all that is always US military that imposes the 'freedom' and so on. Not that all other countries can claim to be better, but thinking that America is best doesn't help either.
I don't think you are wrong to have faith in your fellow humans; I do think your lack of humility in your patriotism blinds any eloquence in your arguments, because most of your argument needs no reference to the US at all. I will leave you with an example of how it comes across: look at the implication in this sentence following, that the US knows better than everybody else. Is that what you really really believe?
your fellow human being knows what is best for them, the whole world over
But think of all the songs we would have to change, or at least change in some places - I mean, 4 o'clock in the morning, and it will continue to get light in some places, but it will start to get dark in others. This is a Boogie Night still here, but over there is now Boogie Day. Piano in the Dark would become Paino in the Light in some regions.
Suddenly we would be giving the record companies a reason to charge different amounts in different parts of the world, since they would have to record different versions of songs for different times...
You should never use the excuse of cultural normality to justify your actions
Ironic isn't it that you are using 'dumb' to mean 'bad' or 'stupid' (or at least as an equivalent) and that is a cultural norm that shouldn't be used as it propogates the idea that those unable to talk are either bad or stupid.... Easy to use a word and have no bad intention isn't it?
Hmm. After trying GeoURL, I discover that I am not at work, I am actually situated on the Willis Island Meteorological Station, External Territories of Australia, which handily is due South of Grenwich at 0 degrees longitude.
Fortunately that takes you directly to the coast of Australia and the beautiful scenery of the Great Barrier Reef. But I'm not alone, there are 117 of us on this uninhabited island. I thought that bush was suspicious!
Well, that's interesting, because I haven't paid an annual fee for a credit card for over ten years. Currently I have five different credit cards, none of which have fees, and have had various cards over that time. One of the current ones I hold (Morgan Stanley) has cashback - I make about 150 a year on that one as I pay off the balance at the end of each month. So, I guess that more than makes up for any discounts I get offered on items. I do get offers from two of them regularly, some of which I have taken up as well, but this doesn't really count as the discounts that I think you mean (e.g. money off at Virgin etc). And anyway, different poroducts suit different people. I am suprised though about the annual fees for credit cards.
As far as free currency conversion, this is definitely a good thing, but I got the impression that those companies offering that don't tend to give a very good exchange rate anyway. Personally I tend to use Amex abroad which doesn't charge fees for that, but I'm lucky enough to have the annual fee paid for me by the company where I work.
From my experience, the difference is between Mastercard and Visa: others like Amex Blue follow one or the other I suppose:
Mastercard: No interest charged until end of month, and then lowest interest amounts charged first cascading down, unless payments have been made in which case the lowest interest bearing amounts are deducted first (i.e. the highest interest accruing amounts they try to leave until last).
Visa: Interest charged from next day
Admittedly I have only experience of UK and US cards, and I know that there are great variations in Europe (no-one in UK would pay an annual fee for a credit card, whereas no-one in France thinks twice about paying it) but that seems to be the general rule. I have had a Mastercard as explained above, where cash started to accrue immediately, but this is the exception in the UK.
I'd never thought about this, but do we really have base 11? I see the zero represented by no fingers, but this is only literally for zero, as 10, 20, 30 are not represented by no fingers up and a third hand being used....
Once we get past zero, which is special anyway, aren't we using base ten? Otherwise ten would be all fingers, eleven would be no fingers, and twelve would be the one finger again, which isn't the case for me at least....
Although I can do an 'Oakenfold' when recording for myself or friends, for the sets out which are always longer, I just have to live with the gap in between. And yes, it has been so bad that I have a two hour gap inbetween... I don't wear a watch either!
Simplest way to do the Oakenfold is to have the timing showing time remaining. Then pick the records towards the end based on how much time is left. If you want to end with a particular record, and you know the length of that, then you have to have 'filler' records which you can use for short changes of twenty seconds to a couple of minutes.
I was seriously was not aware of any. I just searched for Portable MP3 recorders on Google, and all the results I took a _quick_ look at only mentioned MD recorders, and MP3 players (blasted Google bombers).
According to the comment above, Philips make one, and as you say, you know of three, so I have learnt something new. I'll have to search better, and see how they measure up, sound wise. Thanks.
Personally: 'Cos MD sounds better than MP3, I am not aware of any available MP3 recorders, especially not portable MP3 recorders. I use my MD as recording my (DJ) sets, and that is not just at home, but when I'm playing out.
However, I don't like the Sony MD, and have always had Sharp. If there is one thing that will definitely prevent me from using this is the DRM.
Yes, petrolheads are maligned. Yes, the NSX, WRX, Skyline (at least up until the last version) etc were cool cars. Yes, I can easily believe you would regularly pass Porsches, BMWs and Audis.
But (most) Japanese cars are just not as nice to drive as German cars. When you drive a BMW or Mercedes, you feel comfortable in them, whether at 40mph or at 120mph (the speed limit is just a suggestion!), because they glide, whereas the Japanese equivalents just feel that little bit rough. No doubt, the WRX or the Skyline can go faster than most, and are more fun, but as a car to enjoy, the German cars win out overall, because they have the speed, and yet the comfort as well.
I'd love to say that there were better British cars, but things like the MGF don't measure up. The TVR wasn't bad, but its little annoyances means it is not as enjoyable. I can't speak about Aston Martin, having never had the opportunity, but it's not really British any more.
So instead, why don't we just point and laugh at these guys?
This isn't always possible though: my house is over two hundred years old and has stone floors downstairs - so no crawl space! The extra difficulties of being on two storeys is another discussion agreed.
Having said that, if it was possible, I would have wired at least for the desktop machines, but when you can WEP and get cheap USB wireless adapters, wiring can be too much hassle!
When I first read this, my first thought is that it seems to be a sneaky way to introduce a European equivalent of the NSA, without the security concerns that would involve on each member nation of the EU. It might only have a small budget now, but if the general idea is not to be too obvious that makes sense. The fact that its role will be up for reassessment in four years time could be used as an indicator for that.
I'll put my tinfoil hat back in the cupboard for another day.
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Replication and compatability are very different things though. There are equivalent applications on the Mac of course, but these applications must not only be able to convert from Visio or Project format, but save in that format as well, because in most companies work is collaborative. Whilst there are no open formats, this is critical. If the equivalent software cannot work on documents produced by their coworkers using Visio or Project, and importantly vice versa, it's not a viable option. Corporate policy doesn't allow this to happen, regardless of whether someone is willing to expend all the extra time of dual-booting or virtualisation: (in general) corporate IT departments are not going to want to support it.
"london ... i rarely see them out there on the field"
I am not sure what you imply by 'field', but if you get on any train during rush hour in London you'll see them everywhere.
Unfortunately, IMO, you have just described a large percentage of people, let alone school children. Just because you can already see that you will need these skills, doesn't mean most people can. When I was at school, I completely understood why I would need maths, but I couldn't see the value in working on a 'group' project when I could 'do' half the problems in my head. But the problem I was working on wasn't the specific maths problem or physics problem, it was the problem of getting people working together and working out how we could solve the problem. My job consists of collabarative problem solving, and if only half the people that work for me had those skills, I'd be able to spend so many more days doing things I wanted to do, rather than solving their problems for them rather than collaborating to solve their problems.
I think what is missing is that so many kids leave school with just 'instructions' that when they come across a problem or situation that they don't have the instructions for, they just stop. Even just looking for the cause of the problem is beyond a lot of people. If they are unable to even consider looking for the origin of the problem it indicates to me they have missed being taught simple problem solving, which is why I believe it is needed.
You are right that not all (even most) teaching can be based on this idea and there is a need for a lot of instructional teaching (e.g. mathematical methods, using correct grammar (and paragraphs :-p)), but at least some teaching including how to go about solving a problem with lateral thinking should be included.
Lastly, don't forget that spending the extra money so that the general level of education of a country can only ever be a Good Thing, since it means less time having to deal with those people, just as you say, for the rest of their lives. Not everyone can understand a concept just by reading about it, they have to see it.
Main client is for Windows, but there is a Java GUI as well, for OS X, Linux, Solaris, HP UX and even Windows....
And yes I use it everyday, as I am a SAP developer (okay, 'developer' in the broadest sense of the word!). It's preventing me from upgrading to Tiger, as Apple have to fix a bug before SAP will release the Netweaver version.
Now, if they'd only let me use a Mac at work, instead of making me run Excel on this hideous OS...
It might be a silly question, but what is stopping you? I work in a company where all non-server computers are Windows, and a good proportion of the servers are Windows as well (e.g. Exchange, Intranet, Portal servers etc). I got fed up of the BSODs I had on my laptop, and sheer amount of tiny annoyances of Windows, and bought myself a Powerbook two years ago.
It has been accepted, because there hasn't been any real issues. Admittedly I also bought Mac Office (Open Office on a Mac just doesn't cut it), and have found replacement applications for most things (e.g. xTime (and now Merlin) for MS Project, XCode for the little bits of external coding, JAVA GUI for SAP Development etc); the one issue I have is that we are switching all our customers servers to require full RSA/VPN access, and the implementation done is by obscuring the 'Shared Secret' (I know, I know, tell me about it), and since they would have to tell me that for the standard OS X client to be able to connect, they aren't too happy to do it. It's the only thing I have asked them to do for me because I have a different computer, so it is a shame really. All this means is that I have to have an XP desktop as well, so I can access those systems I need to. I have Virtual PC, if I really needed to run Win Aps.
For me, regarding Word and Excel, there are no issues unless you count (Windows) Word not recognising Quicktime pictures in documents.
You do realise that the free upgrade is probably because they oversold the economy seats? This happens with most major airlines, and United do it a lot. Getting a ticket is not an indication of there being spare seats! I used to fly London - Montreal regularly, and would get a free upgrade 75% of the time, because British Airways oversold economy by up to 80 seats in a 747.
Another possible reason: who is pushing for the Broadcast Flag - the exact same people that Apple is trying to court for this film-on-demand??
Little in English spelling makes any sense to me.
A language that was brought over from North of (modern) Netherlands, merged with some Celtic variations (Irish, Gaelic), then mutated by various other languages for 400 years (Danish, Nordic etc), then merged with Auld French from Latin for another couple hundred years, and then mutated by the input of all the languages of the Empire for another 500 years is never going to make any sense. If you want to understand how things have changed, try reading this book which makes a hell of a lot of sense on nonsense.
The problem for a lot of non-Americans, is that they want to fight the 'fascism and fundamentalism' that they see in the US as well as that in the Middle East. Just as you will be the first to counter that argument by saying this corresponds to only 'part' of America, so the same rationale can be used to say it is only part of the Middle-East. Perhaps it is (some of) those in power in the Middle East that propel this fascism, but are you really so sure that isn't the case in the US? And from some of the rhetoric that comes out of the US (especially the 'inner-circle' of Neo-Cons in power at the moment), it often seems that this US fundamentalism is only hindering any progress in the Middle East.
an entire country moves from fascism to political freedom under his tutelage
Saying that Bush is a moron, and yet also giving him credit for tutoring Iraq on democracy? From a man (or at least the neo-cons in total) that 'stole' one election by use of a State governed by his brother? How is that different from Saddam having his relatives in power? Specifically not how they got there, but their use of the power? Are you 100% sure that there was no pressure on the judges in 2000? None of my US friends are, let alone others elsewhere in the world.
In essence, making the statement that it is the US that gives democracy and freedom to the world comes across as 'arrogant' and 'not credible' (rather than incredible). Many arguments could be put forward against this, least of all that is always US military that imposes the 'freedom' and so on. Not that all other countries can claim to be better, but thinking that America is best doesn't help either.
I don't think you are wrong to have faith in your fellow humans; I do think your lack of humility in your patriotism blinds any eloquence in your arguments, because most of your argument needs no reference to the US at all. I will leave you with an example of how it comes across: look at the implication in this sentence following, that the US knows better than everybody else. Is that what you really really believe?
your fellow human being knows what is best for them, the whole world over
it wouldn't make any practical difference
But think of all the songs we would have to change, or at least change in some places - I mean, 4 o'clock in the morning, and it will continue to get light in some places, but it will start to get dark in others. This is a Boogie Night still here, but over there is now Boogie Day. Piano in the Dark would become Paino in the Light in some regions.
Suddenly we would be giving the record companies a reason to charge different amounts in different parts of the world, since they would have to record different versions of songs for different times...
OS 9 is a manual typewriter compared to OS X. Apples and Oranges seriously. Let the wife use OS X and it might be one zombie less...
Admittedly not of the same size, but what has happened recently in Belarus and Georgia are good examples of what you say.
You should never use the excuse of cultural normality to justify your actions
Ironic isn't it that you are using 'dumb' to mean 'bad' or 'stupid' (or at least as an equivalent) and that is a cultural norm that shouldn't be used as it propogates the idea that those unable to talk are either bad or stupid.... Easy to use a word and have no bad intention isn't it?
The Phone: Nah, just more likely that like most people in Europe, he owns a Nokia phone...
Fortunately that takes you directly to the coast of Australia and the beautiful scenery of the Great Barrier Reef. But I'm not alone, there are 117 of us on this uninhabited island. I thought that bush was suspicious!
http://www.tvtome.com/FamilyGuy/
and this:
http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,13622,00.htm l?tnews
Could it be...?
As far as free currency conversion, this is definitely a good thing, but I got the impression that those companies offering that don't tend to give a very good exchange rate anyway. Personally I tend to use Amex abroad which doesn't charge fees for that, but I'm lucky enough to have the annual fee paid for me by the company where I work.
From my experience, the difference is between Mastercard and Visa: others like Amex Blue follow one or the other I suppose:
Admittedly I have only experience of UK and US cards, and I know that there are great variations in Europe (no-one in UK would pay an annual fee for a credit card, whereas no-one in France thinks twice about paying it) but that seems to be the general rule. I have had a Mastercard as explained above, where cash started to accrue immediately, but this is the exception in the UK.
Once we get past zero, which is special anyway, aren't we using base ten? Otherwise ten would be all fingers, eleven would be no fingers, and twelve would be the one finger again, which isn't the case for me at least....
Simplest way to do the Oakenfold is to have the timing showing time remaining. Then pick the records towards the end based on how much time is left. If you want to end with a particular record, and you know the length of that, then you have to have 'filler' records which you can use for short changes of twenty seconds to a couple of minutes.
According to the comment above, Philips make one, and as you say, you know of three, so I have learnt something new. I'll have to search better, and see how they measure up, sound wise. Thanks.
However, I don't like the Sony MD, and have always had Sharp. If there is one thing that will definitely prevent me from using this is the DRM.
But (most) Japanese cars are just not as nice to drive as German cars. When you drive a BMW or Mercedes, you feel comfortable in them, whether at 40mph or at 120mph (the speed limit is just a suggestion!), because they glide, whereas the Japanese equivalents just feel that little bit rough. No doubt, the WRX or the Skyline can go faster than most, and are more fun, but as a car to enjoy, the German cars win out overall, because they have the speed, and yet the comfort as well.
I'd love to say that there were better British cars, but things like the MGF don't measure up. The TVR wasn't bad, but its little annoyances means it is not as enjoyable. I can't speak about Aston Martin, having never had the opportunity, but it's not really British any more.
So instead, why don't we just point and laugh at these guys?
Having said that, if it was possible, I would have wired at least for the desktop machines, but when you can WEP and get cheap USB wireless adapters, wiring can be too much hassle!
I'll put my tinfoil hat back in the cupboard for another day.