The average consumer buys an HDTV and brags to all of their friends about how great it is and how clear the picture is, and if you ask them whether they upgraded their dish or cable service to get an HD signal, they have no clue what you're talking about.
Since you have an unlimited budget, get certification from Microsoft and Cisco. You might actually learn something, and it makes you more valuable at performance review time (valuable to your current company as well as potential new employers).
I'm curious--and jealous--as to how the OP landed this gig with no experience.
Reader 8 and 9 were tolerable, but Reader X seems like less of a reader app and more of a bloated advertisement for Adobe's other products. I suppose my machines will remain vulnerable but usable.
Am I the first to notice that the owner of the blog and author of the blog post that was linked to is the same person who made the submission to Slashdot?
The short answer is that you treat Facebook, Flickr, and other sites just like you did back in the Good Old Days--as a means of sharing, not as a means of storage. It's fine to upload and share the photos immediately, but you leave them on your device until you dock the device and download them all (in native resolution) to your computer. Then you can remove delete them from the device.
In December 2007, many of these state efforts became moot when the federal government enacted the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, which requires all general-purpose light bulbs that produce 310–2600 lumens of light[8] be 30% more energy efficient (similar to current halogen lamps) than current incandescent bulbs by 2012 to 2014. The efficiency standards will start with 100-watt bulbs in January 2012 and end with 40-watt bulbs in January 2014. Light bulbs outside of this range are exempt from the restrictions (historically, less than 40 Watts or more than 150 Watts). Also exempt are several classes of specialty lights, including appliance lamps, rough service bulbs, 3-way, colored lamps, and plant lights. By 2020, a second tier of restrictions would become effective, which requires all general-purpose bulbs to produce at least 45 lumens per watt (similar to current CFLs). Exemptions from the Act include reflector flood, 3-way, candelabra, colored, and other specialty bulbs.[29]
I agree it's a cable TV killer. Being able to watch series on demand with no ads is awesome.
The cable TV / telephone companies see the writing on the wall--they will provide only a connection, and consumers will be able to choose among various content providers like Netflix and have no reason to buy the "premium" cable TV package. This is the real reason Comcast and others are bitching and screaming about Netflix.
Were you viewing the same content on each device when you did this test?
I have seen an issue before where some content would barely stream, but other content would play fine in HD. Within a few hours, the problem disappeared. I assume that, at least some of the time, not all of the Netflix streaming library is available from the nearest/fastest location.
But they're "working on it." This from a company that has railed against Facebook and other sites for privacy violations. Here's an official Gawker response from a year and a half ago to give you an idea of their real attitude towards user privacy and account deletion:
Local telco just lowered their DSL prices. $150 / month gets you a 15 megabit connection. I have a cable connection but will have to switch to DSL due to unreliability. Won't be getting the 15 megabit plan, though.
Yes, there is such a thing as an unemployed attorney. At least one of my classmates has been laid off and was unemployed for a while before finding another job.
Also, Tier 1 will not get you hired anywhere. If you went to one of the top 25 law schools in the country, yes, you're very employable. If you were in the top 10% of your class at any other Tier 1, you're also very employable. The bottom 90% will have a much tougher go of it.
In my area, the only IT guy who is a "competitor" (and I use that term loosely) was fond of advising his customers that they didn't need antivirus programs on their Windows machines so long as they kept a backup.
Using induction loops under high tension power lines is largely an academic exercise. Mythbusters tested it and weren't able to get very much current at all. Additionally, utility companies generally have easements which prohibit the construction of new structures underneath power lines.
"The people you add to the Group are automatically members--they don't have to accept."
Given some of the bad apps that are on Facebook, this capability is rife for abuse. A shady application could presumably add all of your friends to some scammy group--and then all of your friends would have to remove themselves. What was so wrong with the old system where the invitee had to approve group invites?
"First remember that foreign students pay FAR more than we do to go to US schools."
Possibly if you consider the currency exchange rates and the economic resources of the countries they come from. But, at my undergraduate university, foreign students paid in-state tuition.
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Win7 runs fine with 4 GB or less. It runs fine on my 2 GB netbook and is showing 708 MB free as I type this.
Vista runs like shit no matter how much RAM you have.
I dunno about this. Anything above 4 GB has limited benefit for most users. And it's easier to add more RAM later than it is to replace the processor.
MobileMe is worth it for people who are concerned about their iPhone being lost or stolen. I also use the iDisk and the bookmark synchronization.
The average consumer buys an HDTV and brags to all of their friends about how great it is and how clear the picture is, and if you ask them whether they upgraded their dish or cable service to get an HD signal, they have no clue what you're talking about.
Since you have an unlimited budget, get certification from Microsoft and Cisco. You might actually learn something, and it makes you more valuable at performance review time (valuable to your current company as well as potential new employers).
I'm curious--and jealous--as to how the OP landed this gig with no experience.
The EU has had different, better automotive lighting standards for years, as well. The US has not managed to catch up to these, either.
Reader 8 and 9 were tolerable, but Reader X seems like less of a reader app and more of a bloated advertisement for Adobe's other products. I suppose my machines will remain vulnerable but usable.
Am I the first to notice that the owner of the blog and author of the blog post that was linked to is the same person who made the submission to Slashdot?
The short answer is that you treat Facebook, Flickr, and other sites just like you did back in the Good Old Days--as a means of sharing, not as a means of storage. It's fine to upload and share the photos immediately, but you leave them on your device until you dock the device and download them all (in native resolution) to your computer. Then you can remove delete them from the device.
They did mandate efficiency, not technology:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-out_of_incandescent_light_bulbs#Federal_legislation
In December 2007, many of these state efforts became moot when the federal government enacted the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, which requires all general-purpose light bulbs that produce 310–2600 lumens of light[8] be 30% more energy efficient (similar to current halogen lamps) than current incandescent bulbs by 2012 to 2014. The efficiency standards will start with 100-watt bulbs in January 2012 and end with 40-watt bulbs in January 2014.
Light bulbs outside of this range are exempt from the restrictions (historically, less than 40 Watts or more than 150 Watts). Also exempt are several classes of specialty lights, including appliance lamps, rough service bulbs, 3-way, colored lamps, and plant lights.
By 2020, a second tier of restrictions would become effective, which requires all general-purpose bulbs to produce at least 45 lumens per watt (similar to current CFLs). Exemptions from the Act include reflector flood, 3-way, candelabra, colored, and other specialty bulbs.[29]
Which one? If you're going to name names, might as well let us know the responsible ISP.
I agree it's a cable TV killer. Being able to watch series on demand with no ads is awesome.
The cable TV / telephone companies see the writing on the wall--they will provide only a connection, and consumers will be able to choose among various content providers like Netflix and have no reason to buy the "premium" cable TV package. This is the real reason Comcast and others are bitching and screaming about Netflix.
Were you viewing the same content on each device when you did this test?
I have seen an issue before where some content would barely stream, but other content would play fine in HD. Within a few hours, the problem disappeared. I assume that, at least some of the time, not all of the Netflix streaming library is available from the nearest/fastest location.
How long until someone figures out a way to extract the 85% ethanol from $3/gallon E85? Cheapest booze ever!
But they're "working on it." This from a company that has railed against Facebook and other sites for privacy violations. Here's an official Gawker response from a year and a half ago to give you an idea of their real attitude towards user privacy and account deletion:
Requesting purge of accounts
What a bunch of asshats.
Local telco just lowered their DSL prices. $150 / month gets you a 15 megabit connection. I have a cable connection but will have to switch to DSL due to unreliability. Won't be getting the 15 megabit plan, though.
Yes, there is such a thing as an unemployed attorney. At least one of my classmates has been laid off and was unemployed for a while before finding another job.
Also, Tier 1 will not get you hired anywhere. If you went to one of the top 25 law schools in the country, yes, you're very employable. If you were in the top 10% of your class at any other Tier 1, you're also very employable. The bottom 90% will have a much tougher go of it.
Sarah Palin opposed death panels because she realized it would be an easy decision for someone to pull the plug on her...
"You would rather they were on welfare? You don't like them, so you want to pay them to stay home and watch TV?"
Nah, Sarah and Bristol working at Wally World would be just fine by me. It's a job, not a career.
In my area, the only IT guy who is a "competitor" (and I use that term loosely) was fond of advising his customers that they didn't need antivirus programs on their Windows machines so long as they kept a backup.
Can someone logically explain why both she and her mother still have careers?
Using induction loops under high tension power lines is largely an academic exercise. Mythbusters tested it and weren't able to get very much current at all. Additionally, utility companies generally have easements which prohibit the construction of new structures underneath power lines.
"The people you add to the Group are automatically members--they don't have to accept."
Given some of the bad apps that are on Facebook, this capability is rife for abuse. A shady application could presumably add all of your friends to some scammy group--and then all of your friends would have to remove themselves. What was so wrong with the old system where the invitee had to approve group invites?
Dude, Slashdot becoming more like Digg is not something to brag about.
It's stuffed in your sofa cushion, along with the remote to your Netflix-enabled device.
"First remember that foreign students pay FAR more than we do to go to US schools."
Possibly if you consider the currency exchange rates and the economic resources of the countries they come from. But, at my undergraduate university, foreign students paid in-state tuition.