Interesting that there appear to be no subjective or objective noise measurements (I did not read the entire article, as some moron has seen fit to split it across twelve pages). I remember when 7200 rpm drives first came out, they were aimed at the server market and a RAID array of them made the room sound like there was a generator running. The 7200 rpm drive in my recent iMac is whisper quiet by comparison.
I assume the newest 15,000 rpm drives are similarly noisy.
"I took over the position of CTO of an electronic payment company, and after one week, I figured a lot of critical systems are missing root password..."
Because the VW dealers in America don't hire mechanics with opposable thumbs, and they don't know how to properly work on TDI-engined vehicles. I will never own another VW product after the experiences my family and I have had with VW.
No wake-up delay. It does occasionally fail to recognize right clicks, which can be solved by turning the mouse off and then on again. The scroll ball tends to trap dust and stop working, so you have to clean it every month or so. Battery life is 2-3 weeks on rechargeable batteries. My memory is that the battery life is longer on disposable alkalines, and extremely long on the included lithium batteries. If you boot into Windows using Boot Camp, you'll have to click and move the mouse around to get it to resync with the machine.
I had a Logitech LX7 on my old PC before I upgraded to a Mac--it was a very nice, very ergonomic wireless mouse.
Tell your boss that it's a token ring LAN, and that the token has fallen out into the room somewhere. Put him to work looking for the token. In a week, tell him it must be in the Ethernet.
Can someone explain in plain English, for a non-Bio major, what the difference between prescription amphetamines (Ritalin, Adderall, Modafinil) and street methamphetamine, other than legality and doseage control, is?
So, are there any of these performance enhancers that don't require a blood workup and/or regular bloodwork to make sure you're not blowing up your liver? I don't like needles.
I've been through this with the couple of organizations that I do support for. Enabling automatic sleep mode makes the users think that the computer has "locked up" as it resumes from sleep mode (for all I know, it may have, I'm not there to witness it). They then restart the machine.
In most cases, the end users will tolerate having the monitor go to power save, and the couple of seconds it takes to wake up from that, but nothing more. The systems run at full bore 24/7. This also makes remote administration easier.
Apple has joined Microsoft's pay-per-use plan and plans to offer music rentals in the next version of iTunes. In keeping with Apple's theme as being less evil than Microsoft, Apple plans to charge only $0.30 each time you begin to play a song, whereas Microsoft plans to charge $0.50. Both companies plan to discontinue outright purchases later this year, claiming that pay-per-use will help stimulate the lagging economy. When asked to comment, Apple's new CEO, Steve Ballmer, said "you'll pay every time you listen, and you'll like it!"
I don't get many of those anymore, they're mostly for male enhancement pills. I have to go to a porn blog to fill the void left by the absence of hottie mail.
So further complicating the issue, (and no offense to people who have a BS or MS in IT) but I often hear that IT degrees are for people who couldn't make it in Computer Science.
I agree completely. At my undergrad school, Assembly Language was the weed-out class for CS majors. The professor was pretty OCD about code, comments, and how assignments were turned in, but that class, and indeed, the whole CS program, wasn't that difficult. I think a lot of the rejects ended up in the MIS program. The professors there were so worried about cheating that they required the students to set the desktop background to wallpaper with their name and the date on it, then take screenshots while they were completing an assignment (I shit you not). Who is going to cheat at an assignment to set up a wireless router? And how did that person get accepted into your program?
FWIW, I was able to figure out the stuff that they taught in those MIS classes (like fixing Windows boxen) from fixing machines for friends and family, without ever taking an MIS class.
I found that an MBA with a CS degree was the best for my own career. In general, I found that there are two career paths, and which one you choose depends on your personality/goals/ambitions... You can go either the technical management route or the business management route.
Translation: As I was reading Dilbert one day, I couldn't help wishing I was more like the boss with the pointy hair.
After receiving my CS degree, I went to law school. (Hey, it seemed like a good idea at the time...) The grading curve was brutal, and several times I wanted to quit, but things turned out okay. My first (lawyer) job was crappy. I lucked into my current (lawyer) job, which is a much better fit for me.
Regrets? I sometimes wonder what it would have been like if I had instead moved to Silicon Valley and gone to work for a tech company (and/or gone to grad school) there. In retrospect, my education and career path has been impressive, but conformist, and not terribly interesting. The grass is always greener, I guess. Still, if I had to move somewhere else, the probability of my finding a job as a lawyer like the one I have is higher than zero, but lower than the probability of my dating Hayden Panettiere (which itself is near zero). I'd have to fall back on my now-rusty tech skills to find a job that's a better fit. (What is this Ruby thing? And HTML? When I was in undergrad, we used C++ and assembly, and we liked it!)
Yes, I'm sure there is an "effort underway" at the chrysler5thavenue site to find out the real truth. Is that before or after they uncover the United States' pending annexation of Mexico?
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"You just add both interfaces to your bridge and stick the linux bridge in between..."
Does this sound dirty to anyone else?
Can you imagine being in charge of AT&T's security? I bet they are now having to monitor every post on /b/ for threats against AT&T.
Job description: "Reading posts about testicles and lolcats. Looking at pictures of naked women."
Interesting that there appear to be no subjective or objective noise measurements (I did not read the entire article, as some moron has seen fit to split it across twelve pages). I remember when 7200 rpm drives first came out, they were aimed at the server market and a RAID array of them made the room sound like there was a generator running. The 7200 rpm drive in my recent iMac is whisper quiet by comparison.
I assume the newest 15,000 rpm drives are similarly noisy.
Where's the Safari version?
I don't know about most men, but I appreciate that the satnav woman never gets irritated or upset no matter how many wrong turns I make.
Wow, I'm surprised this hasn't made the mainstream news. When did Apple open/buy a hospital?
YES! I love Top Hat Guy.
"I took over the position of CTO of an electronic payment company, and after one week, I figured a lot of critical systems are missing root password..."
Which company did you say you work for again?
Because the VW dealers in America don't hire mechanics with opposable thumbs, and they don't know how to properly work on TDI-engined vehicles. I will never own another VW product after the experiences my family and I have had with VW.
No wake-up delay. It does occasionally fail to recognize right clicks, which can be solved by turning the mouse off and then on again. The scroll ball tends to trap dust and stop working, so you have to clean it every month or so. Battery life is 2-3 weeks on rechargeable batteries. My memory is that the battery life is longer on disposable alkalines, and extremely long on the included lithium batteries. If you boot into Windows using Boot Camp, you'll have to click and move the mouse around to get it to resync with the machine.
I had a Logitech LX7 on my old PC before I upgraded to a Mac--it was a very nice, very ergonomic wireless mouse.
Tell your boss that it's a token ring LAN, and that the token has fallen out into the room somewhere. Put him to work looking for the token. In a week, tell him it must be in the Ethernet.
Can someone explain in plain English, for a non-Bio major, what the difference between prescription amphetamines (Ritalin, Adderall, Modafinil) and street methamphetamine, other than legality and doseage control, is?
So, are there any of these performance enhancers that don't require a blood workup and/or regular bloodwork to make sure you're not blowing up your liver? I don't like needles.
I've been through this with the couple of organizations that I do support for. Enabling automatic sleep mode makes the users think that the computer has "locked up" as it resumes from sleep mode (for all I know, it may have, I'm not there to witness it). They then restart the machine.
In most cases, the end users will tolerate having the monitor go to power save, and the couple of seconds it takes to wake up from that, but nothing more. The systems run at full bore 24/7. This also makes remote administration easier.
Apple has joined Microsoft's pay-per-use plan and plans to offer music rentals in the next version of iTunes. In keeping with Apple's theme as being less evil than Microsoft, Apple plans to charge only $0.30 each time you begin to play a song, whereas Microsoft plans to charge $0.50. Both companies plan to discontinue outright purchases later this year, claiming that pay-per-use will help stimulate the lagging economy. When asked to comment, Apple's new CEO, Steve Ballmer, said "you'll pay every time you listen, and you'll like it!"
I don't get many of those anymore, they're mostly for male enhancement pills. I have to go to a porn blog to fill the void left by the absence of hottie mail.
My sig reminds me... I'm also an iPhone owner. Can I get that on my User Achievement page also?
Dear Slashdot Tech Support,
I'm a Little Lebowski Urban Achiever. How do I get that achievement on my User Achievement page? Thanks.
So further complicating the issue, (and no offense to people who have a BS or MS in IT) but I often hear that IT degrees are for people who couldn't make it in Computer Science.
I agree completely. At my undergrad school, Assembly Language was the weed-out class for CS majors. The professor was pretty OCD about code, comments, and how assignments were turned in, but that class, and indeed, the whole CS program, wasn't that difficult. I think a lot of the rejects ended up in the MIS program. The professors there were so worried about cheating that they required the students to set the desktop background to wallpaper with their name and the date on it, then take screenshots while they were completing an assignment (I shit you not). Who is going to cheat at an assignment to set up a wireless router? And how did that person get accepted into your program?
FWIW, I was able to figure out the stuff that they taught in those MIS classes (like fixing Windows boxen) from fixing machines for friends and family, without ever taking an MIS class.
I found that an MBA with a CS degree was the best for my own career. In general, I found that there are two career paths, and which one you choose depends on your personality/goals/ambitions... You can go either the technical management route or the business management route.
Translation: As I was reading Dilbert one day, I couldn't help wishing I was more like the boss with the pointy hair.
I've oft heard that it's not what you learn at college, it's who you meet.
Except that nerds can go through a whole year of college and make a 4.0 without meeting anybody...
After receiving my CS degree, I went to law school. (Hey, it seemed like a good idea at the time...) The grading curve was brutal, and several times I wanted to quit, but things turned out okay. My first (lawyer) job was crappy. I lucked into my current (lawyer) job, which is a much better fit for me.
Regrets? I sometimes wonder what it would have been like if I had instead moved to Silicon Valley and gone to work for a tech company (and/or gone to grad school) there. In retrospect, my education and career path has been impressive, but conformist, and not terribly interesting. The grass is always greener, I guess. Still, if I had to move somewhere else, the probability of my finding a job as a lawyer like the one I have is higher than zero, but lower than the probability of my dating Hayden Panettiere (which itself is near zero). I'd have to fall back on my now-rusty tech skills to find a job that's a better fit. (What is this Ruby thing? And HTML? When I was in undergrad, we used C++ and assembly, and we liked it!)
You're in the desert, you see a tortoise lying on its back, struggling, and you're not helping -- why is that?
I love how the parent got modded "Informative."
FWIW, Kari is perfect just the way she is.
Yes, I'm sure there is an "effort underway" at the chrysler5thavenue site to find out the real truth. Is that before or after they uncover the United States' pending annexation of Mexico?