I have a 21" P275 IBM CRT monitor on my main system at home. Max res: 2048 x 1536. However, I cannot read the text easily on menus and such at that res, so I have to knock it down one notch to 1920 x 1440.
Next to it, on my 2nd system, I have a ViewSonic 19" LCD with max res of 1280 x 1024. When I set them both to 1280 x 1024, it is a bit easier on my eyes to utilize the LCD to code on. I use white background, mostly black text color scheme in jEdit for my coding work. Some colors for function names, variables and the like, tweaked from jEdit's defaults.
I can turn the gamma down on the IBM a bit and it is then almost as easy on the eyes as my LCD. As a rule, I do like the additional screen real estate I get on the IBM when I crank up the resolution towards max, however.
If I was going to be coding for longer periods of time, I would do it on an LCD *and* would get a better resolution LCD monitor to increase the screen real estate also.
As far as surfing and posting on Slashdot, it is within my duties to monitor technical trends, which for me Slashdot is part of. Posting, well, that could be considered a gray area.:)
I help our sales people constantly from my job in our tech division. I know their job, so I know what they run into, know what the importances are, in regards to the tech they need to know. Plus, knowing how poor customer service effects sales, from my position, I also monitor the customer service lines to ensure our customers are serviced quickly *and* with a high level of technical knowledge and skill. Definitely a much broader view than the majority of our technical staff, but I help keep them in line as well.:)
Yeap, but then again, part of my job in the technical area was teaching sales and marketing people the "tech" side of things. And, given that I was a sales person in the area, I knew what to teach them. That included "you have to increase your technical knowledge on a continuing basis in order to do your job effectively". Some of those people are still with the company, in the Sales division going on 15 years now.
I was one of the few "sales person turned tech person" in this company, there has only been one other one besides me. Both of us were very successful in sales and have been even more successful in our technical positions. Not every sales person is cut out to be nor has the drive to become a tech person, in my own experience.
I was a salesman *and* first line technical support for a specialized computer-aided-design software company, starting 20 years ago. Did it for seven years.
Being sales *and* first line tech support, you get a very clear picture of what customer service or lack of it can do to your sales. I quickly got my technical knowledge up and that just increased my ability to sell.
After self-teaching myself programming (two languages) I moved into the division that handles the programming of my company.
From my own experience, sales and marketing people in a technical area *need* technical knowledge of what the heck they are selling *and* need to increase that knowledge, just like technical people need to keep up on top of technical issues, techniques, etc. In fact, it is *vital* for the success of a company that this occurs.
This is heavily abused also.
Local company, Tampa, Florida area, some years ago, got major tax breaks and other *cough* incentives *cough* to build a building not far from downtown and move their operations to that building.
Within a year or two, the business was sold to another company, who promptly moved the operations out of state.
So, the local community in regards to employment and some other revenue in the area that was generated, did not even come close to the tax and other incentives given to the original company. Yet, the CEO and other senior management, made a small fortune off of the sale of the business and walked away.
It's a shame, damn shame.
Because, Microsoft (senior management) cannot *stand* the thought that Microsoft would not own a market. Once they own it, what do they do?
Nothing! Why? Because, they own it, it's theirs, so why bother doing anything with it *except* to do things to try to further cement their monopolistic hold on things.
Notice that it was only *after* FireFox started gaining a foothold that Microsoft then started putting more development into IE. Very telling, indeed!
To the best of my knowledge, the judge can accept this voluntary dismissal or not, he can issue his own order regarding dismissal, like "with prejudice" and the like.
Well, the judge is the final arbiter, IIRC, on *how* the case is dismissed.
The RIAA is probably gonna get a bad spanking from the judge for this and other shenanigans on this particular case.
Al Gore is not a scientist, nor is he a global warming reseacher.
He is, however, one big wind bag and has probably contributed more carbon dioxide by just opening his mouth, than all people of earth combined.
I just tell them, like I have for credit cards, services and other things I have cancelled:
"Look, I called in to cancel my service (credit card, etc.). I didn't call for you to give me a sales pitch. There is nothing your company can do or say that will change that, so just cancel my service!"
Oh sure, I get the occasional "But sir, I have a great offer for you..." comment. I just cut them off, "I'm not interested in doing business with your company ever again, just cancel my service!"
I just do not let them BS me, has worked every time, with little or no transferring or on hold time.
I could care less what Microsoft calls their "open" licenses.
Wouldn't use any Microsoft license at all.
Any tie to Microsoft is a tie they can and will exploit, a liability no one can really afford.
I lived in Bakersfield, CA, in the 1970's when the shuttle was being tested. It's glide path many times took it right over head, enroute to Edwards.
And yes, it has two very distinct sonic booms. Loud ones, at least at that range and altitude.
Had to be taken to court first by the copyright holder. Then, Skype appealed. Only *then*, when Skype saw that there appeal was pretty much doomed, did they cave.
It would have been more *un-prick-like*, for them, when confronted by the copyright holder, to just have a little sit down and abided by the GPL right then. No court, no appeal, etc.
Politicians may *address* problems, but they do not solve them. Heck, in most cases, politicians make the problems *much worse*!
People, the general run-of-the-mill guy/gal that works at the local business, that helps with the local food bank or helps out at the nursing home when he/she can, *those* are the people that solve the problems.
Government just makes one big money-wasting mess of things as the history of the US (and other countries) shows. But, don't believe a word I say, do your own research.
The amount of money thrown at problems by politicians and the results gotten for all that money will shock you bug-eyed.
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I have a 21" P275 IBM CRT monitor on my main system at home. Max res: 2048 x 1536. However, I cannot read the text easily on menus and such at that res, so I have to knock it down one notch to 1920 x 1440. Next to it, on my 2nd system, I have a ViewSonic 19" LCD with max res of 1280 x 1024. When I set them both to 1280 x 1024, it is a bit easier on my eyes to utilize the LCD to code on. I use white background, mostly black text color scheme in jEdit for my coding work. Some colors for function names, variables and the like, tweaked from jEdit's defaults. I can turn the gamma down on the IBM a bit and it is then almost as easy on the eyes as my LCD. As a rule, I do like the additional screen real estate I get on the IBM when I crank up the resolution towards max, however. If I was going to be coding for longer periods of time, I would do it on an LCD *and* would get a better resolution LCD monitor to increase the screen real estate also.
the chairs that died to bring us this news....
The last thing in the world I want to do is buy *insurance* from Microsoft. The thought of that is just mind warping.
And Word *isn't* a bloated piece of shit? Hahahahah!
P.S.
As far as surfing and posting on Slashdot, it is within my duties to monitor technical trends, which for me Slashdot is part of. Posting, well, that could be considered a gray area. :)
am tired of these flat molecules. I want the largest, firmest and the most ample molecules that I can get my hands on...
Wait... was thinking of something else. Never mind.
Ding!
You hit the nail on the head.
I help our sales people constantly from my job in our tech division. I know their job, so I know what they run into, know what the importances are, in regards to the tech they need to know. Plus, knowing how poor customer service effects sales, from my position, I also monitor the customer service lines to ensure our customers are serviced quickly *and* with a high level of technical knowledge and skill. Definitely a much broader view than the majority of our technical staff, but I help keep them in line as well. :)
Yeap, but then again, part of my job in the technical area was teaching sales and marketing people the "tech" side of things. And, given that I was a sales person in the area, I knew what to teach them. That included "you have to increase your technical knowledge on a continuing basis in order to do your job effectively". Some of those people are still with the company, in the Sales division going on 15 years now. I was one of the few "sales person turned tech person" in this company, there has only been one other one besides me. Both of us were very successful in sales and have been even more successful in our technical positions. Not every sales person is cut out to be nor has the drive to become a tech person, in my own experience.
I was a salesman *and* first line technical support for a specialized computer-aided-design software company, starting 20 years ago. Did it for seven years. Being sales *and* first line tech support, you get a very clear picture of what customer service or lack of it can do to your sales. I quickly got my technical knowledge up and that just increased my ability to sell. After self-teaching myself programming (two languages) I moved into the division that handles the programming of my company. From my own experience, sales and marketing people in a technical area *need* technical knowledge of what the heck they are selling *and* need to increase that knowledge, just like technical people need to keep up on top of technical issues, techniques, etc. In fact, it is *vital* for the success of a company that this occurs.
I, for one, welcome our new Pig-Boy Overlords.
This is heavily abused also. Local company, Tampa, Florida area, some years ago, got major tax breaks and other *cough* incentives *cough* to build a building not far from downtown and move their operations to that building. Within a year or two, the business was sold to another company, who promptly moved the operations out of state. So, the local community in regards to employment and some other revenue in the area that was generated, did not even come close to the tax and other incentives given to the original company. Yet, the CEO and other senior management, made a small fortune off of the sale of the business and walked away. It's a shame, damn shame.
Yeah, how about, the U.S. revolution vs. the British, you know, the war of independence.
Because, Microsoft (senior management) cannot *stand* the thought that Microsoft would not own a market. Once they own it, what do they do? Nothing! Why? Because, they own it, it's theirs, so why bother doing anything with it *except* to do things to try to further cement their monopolistic hold on things. Notice that it was only *after* FireFox started gaining a foothold that Microsoft then started putting more development into IE. Very telling, indeed!
To the best of my knowledge, the judge can accept this voluntary dismissal or not, he can issue his own order regarding dismissal, like "with prejudice" and the like.
Well, the judge is the final arbiter, IIRC, on *how* the case is dismissed. The RIAA is probably gonna get a bad spanking from the judge for this and other shenanigans on this particular case.
Al Gore is not a scientist, nor is he a global warming reseacher. He is, however, one big wind bag and has probably contributed more carbon dioxide by just opening his mouth, than all people of earth combined.
But he is also clueless when it comes to the GPL. What a maroon.
Pfft, that's easy. You have one in each pocket, left and right, just in case....
Just because its vaporware, doesn't mean it will never be available. Wait, this is Microsoft... never mind.
I just tell them, like I have for credit cards, services and other things I have cancelled: "Look, I called in to cancel my service (credit card, etc.). I didn't call for you to give me a sales pitch. There is nothing your company can do or say that will change that, so just cancel my service!" Oh sure, I get the occasional "But sir, I have a great offer for you..." comment. I just cut them off, "I'm not interested in doing business with your company ever again, just cancel my service!" I just do not let them BS me, has worked every time, with little or no transferring or on hold time.
Godwin. You forgot Godwin's Law as one of the laws that drives /.
No really.
I could care less what Microsoft calls their "open" licenses. Wouldn't use any Microsoft license at all. Any tie to Microsoft is a tie they can and will exploit, a liability no one can really afford.
I lived in Bakersfield, CA, in the 1970's when the shuttle was being tested. It's glide path many times took it right over head, enroute to Edwards. And yes, it has two very distinct sonic booms. Loud ones, at least at that range and altitude.
Uh, Skype was a prick.
Had to be taken to court first by the copyright holder. Then, Skype appealed. Only *then*, when Skype saw that there appeal was pretty much doomed, did they cave.
It would have been more *un-prick-like*, for them, when confronted by the copyright holder, to just have a little sit down and abided by the GPL right then. No court, no appeal, etc.
Politicians may *address* problems, but they do not solve them. Heck, in most cases, politicians make the problems *much worse*!
People, the general run-of-the-mill guy/gal that works at the local business, that helps with the local food bank or helps out at the nursing home when he/she can, *those* are the people that solve the problems.
Government just makes one big money-wasting mess of things as the history of the US (and other countries) shows. But, don't believe a word I say, do your own research.
The amount of money thrown at problems by politicians and the results gotten for all that money will shock you bug-eyed.