During the cold war, it was the USA that feared the Soviets -- about the Soviet plans to spread black carbon powder all over the arctic, to achieve two goals:- 1. More land for Soviets that is livable and Cultivable. 2. Drown the major US cities.
Heck I still remember reading many news articles in our magazines, back in the 70s, that went on and on on this topic.
Or, it could just be a psychological shock to the ex-soviet think-tanks in Russia, who always believed Global Warming was nothing but beneficial for Russia ( and now it turns out its not).
When you undergo such shock, your mind does not need to be on drugs to come up with irrational thoughts.
I mean, in the real world that I live & work in -- working on internal software projects...
It does not matter, how good a coder you are.
What matters is how well you "work with" the owner/manager, to address intangibles like "transitioning", "being a team player", "sticking to processes & best practices", "aligned with manager's priorities", "not being single-topic focussed", etc...
In the real world, there are the idea guys, who are invariably different from the implementation guys. Managers have no qualms with taking the idea-guy's idea, and asking someone else to implement it. Most of the time, this is because the idea guy's work ethic or reliability, is not up to snuff, in the estimation of the manager in charge.
Consider yourself fortunate that this is an even-number release from Microsoft.
For the next version, which my calculator says should be odd-numbered, you would be wise to refrain from opening your mouth or flexing your finger-muscles, in any attempt at Microsoft bashing.
That famous potrait of Obama, is him looking forward to the long-awaited Zune odd-version release.
The period: 1990 - 1995.
Users loved the free-to-do-what-we-feel-like PCs, versus the locked down UNIX clients and mainframe terminals.
I was still young. And many (including yours truly) felt the older crowd didn't get the need for freedom over the desktop (as experienced by a user).
15 years or so later, the cycle is complete.
Or at least I think the cycle should be complete -- I am wondering why there are so few, who don't agree that the "lack" of lockdown capability is a problem in the first place.
Just like in those days, the companies that love locked-down environments will stay the tried-n-true, while the rest revel in the freedom. Let the users bring in tools that makes them more collaborative and productive.
FOSS does not get stronger by avoiding malware & viruses - it gets stronger cuz it tackles hackers and viruses head-on.
Hi,
If you copy or move a file with Eclipse, you LOSE the entire history of that file.
Doing that is just a simple shortcut for the following sequence of actions:
1. "simple file copy" (like a "cp" command, or a drag-n-drop in desktop OSes).
2. DELETE the source. Yup!
3. Add the copy to the repository.
For some of us, keeping the history of every single change since 1-1-1970 is important. But that will be another thread.
Not true at all.
My Palm Treo is synced everyday with my Vista Laptop (for over 1 yr now)... ... that too from about 10 feet away via Bluetooth!
Also note: I had bought an el-cheapo USB-bluetooth adapter (eBay $10) and Bluetooth worked the moment I plugged it into Vista.
We've seen this Metric-hogwash replay innumerable times, when dealing with stuff flying around in the heavens.
If those europeans and europeans-wanna-be stopped using fancy units of measurements, and just plainly used the well-worn all-American "Inches/just-a-sec" for measurements, there would be no anomolies.
The only mm/sec I know, is the # of m&ms I can pop into my mouth per second.
Improving on parent post - by re-phrasing with the precise point.
Microsoft at this time is starving for any additional revenue on Client-OS division. And the way it works for this specific division, all of this additional revenue drops to the bottom line.
Microsoft has been getting TONS of additional revenue in other divisions, which DO NOT add to the bottom line.
I work for a company, that has an official policy that requires me to report to the INTERNAL legal department FIRST, instead of directly going to external entities. Find out about yours.
Next, take a look at press releases involving mergers in financial and industrial companies.
Note, how there is highest emphasis on cost savings, and very little mention of ideals and NEW business strategy after the merger.
Lastly, the kind of "merger" you are suggesting is typically done as a buyout of a small company by a much larger company.
See! This is what happens if you drop out of Business School.
For just a 0.1% Fee based on the deal value, I can help provide further advice.
My wife went to law school and is now a practicing Attorney at a pure IP (Intellectual Property) NYC firm for a few years now.
There is an ongoing mad scramble to snag IP assets of all kinds.
(Key word: ALL KINDS)
I have been a long time IT person, and I happen to also be able to this peek into this neo-IP world, so I have a sense of deja vu -- similar to the dot-com frenzied land-grab --except that there are NO joe six packs doing the investing, just ultra-rich+ultra-smart professionals.
If anything is copyrighted (not patented) it has value for an infinite time frame. Grab onto it.
This may be yettunnadder instance of where/. is wrong, and the market is right.
Oh wait!... ummmm. So the link does show something....
Oh Well. Before 9-11, I am quite sure this request by Muslims would have been quietly & immediately acquised to, and that too creatively. Now everyone is involved. Why the hell?
Oh yeah! Thanks for pointing it out. Obama is muslim. So US needs to be involved.
Why can't we have an arrangement on Wikipedia, that handles scandalous contents by using URL-links as used by some of the Hollywood web-rag-mags, which takes someone to a web page warning of scandalous contents, and then finally shows the in-the-news-photos?
Slashdot Mirror
During the cold war, it was the USA that feared the Soviets -- about the Soviet plans to spread black carbon powder all over the arctic, to achieve two goals:- 1. More land for Soviets that is livable and Cultivable. 2. Drown the major US cities.
Heck I still remember reading many news articles in our magazines, back in the 70s, that went on and on on this topic.
Or, it could just be a psychological shock to the ex-soviet think-tanks in Russia, who always believed Global Warming was nothing but beneficial for Russia ( and now it turns out its not).
When you undergo such shock, your mind does not need to be on drugs to come up with irrational thoughts.
Appalachian Cent(OS).
http://www.museumsusa.org/museums/info/1164138/
I mean, in the real world that I live & work in -- working on internal software projects...
It does not matter, how good a coder you are.
What matters is how well you "work with" the owner/manager, to address intangibles like "transitioning", "being a team player", "sticking to processes & best practices", "aligned with manager's priorities", "not being single-topic focussed", etc...
In the real world, there are the idea guys, who are invariably different from the implementation guys. Managers have no qualms with taking the idea-guy's idea, and asking someone else to implement it. Most of the time, this is because the idea guy's work ethic or reliability, is not up to snuff, in the estimation of the manager in charge.
Should I welcome the OSS world to the real-world?
Ahem.
Consider yourself fortunate that this is an even-number release from Microsoft.
For the next version, which my calculator says should be odd-numbered, you would be wise to refrain from opening your mouth or flexing your finger-muscles, in any attempt at Microsoft bashing.
That famous potrait of Obama, is him looking forward to the long-awaited Zune odd-version release.
Can someone please spare a few mod points for the parent, to bring it up to 5-Informative?
The period: 1990 - 1995.
Users loved the free-to-do-what-we-feel-like PCs, versus the locked down UNIX clients and mainframe terminals.
I was still young. And many (including yours truly) felt the older crowd didn't get the need for freedom over the desktop (as experienced by a user).
15 years or so later, the cycle is complete.
Or at least I think the cycle should be complete -- I am wondering why there are so few, who don't agree that the "lack" of lockdown capability is a problem in the first place.
Just like in those days, the companies that love locked-down environments will stay the tried-n-true, while the rest revel in the freedom. Let the users bring in tools that makes them more collaborative and productive.
FOSS does not get stronger by avoiding malware & viruses - it gets stronger cuz it tackles hackers and viruses head-on.
Hi, If you copy or move a file with Eclipse, you LOSE the entire history of that file.
Doing that is just a simple shortcut for the following sequence of actions:
1. "simple file copy" (like a "cp" command, or a drag-n-drop in desktop OSes).
2. DELETE the source. Yup!
3. Add the copy to the repository.
For some of us, keeping the history of every single change since 1-1-1970 is important. But that will be another thread.
Not true at all.
... that too from about 10 feet away via Bluetooth!
My Palm Treo is synced everyday with my Vista Laptop (for over 1 yr now)...
Also note: I had bought an el-cheapo USB-bluetooth adapter (eBay $10) and Bluetooth worked the moment I plugged it into Vista.
Mod Parent up.
eom
When its time to receive the grade for the course, you will see an A, but every employer you send the grades to, won't.
Or is that redundant?
Okay so the women half of "people" are covered in the article!
Are we gonna discuss the men half of "people"?
Does anyone have an idea if "men" believe in "Astrology" or rather in "Ass-troll-gy" or "Ass-measure-ology".
but my weekly astrology forecast this week says I will be successful with having the first post.
Congress debated endlessly on the wonderful savings from reduced lighting costs, when switching to DST.
Has that changed?
NO!
If Indianaians are using more A/C and more heating, its they who are at fault.
Not poor congress. *sniff*
Which is it?
If those europeans and europeans-wanna-be stopped using fancy units of measurements, and just plainly used the well-worn all-American "Inches/just-a-sec" for measurements, there would be no anomolies.
The only mm/sec I know, is the # of m&ms I can pop into my mouth per second.
Microsoft at this time is starving for any additional revenue on Client-OS division. And the way it works for this specific division, all of this additional revenue drops to the bottom line.
Microsoft has been getting TONS of additional revenue in other divisions, which DO NOT add to the bottom line.
See http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacyhowtofile.htm for how to report ANY event involving HIPAA violations (affecting anyone, not just you or your family).
I work for a company, that has an official policy that requires me to report to the INTERNAL legal department FIRST, instead of directly going to external entities. Find out about yours.
Vista is too complicated, and Vista support people, like the parent poster above, don't make it any easier (I know you tried, Rary).
I am sticking to my Windows ME.
First, Take a look at http://www.eep.com/merchant/newsite/samples/ee/ee0801.htm, for "Why Most Mergers Fail".
Next, take a look at press releases involving mergers in financial and industrial companies.
Note, how there is highest emphasis on cost savings, and very little mention of ideals and NEW business strategy after the merger.
Lastly, the kind of "merger" you are suggesting is typically done as a buyout of a small company by a much larger company.
See! This is what happens if you drop out of Business School.
For just a 0.1% Fee based on the deal value, I can help provide further advice.
Good Luck!
My wife went to law school and is now a practicing Attorney at a pure IP (Intellectual Property) NYC firm for a few years now.
/. is wrong, and the market is right.
There is an ongoing mad scramble to snag IP assets of all kinds.
(Key word: ALL KINDS)
I have been a long time IT person, and I happen to also be able to this peek into this neo-IP world, so I have a sense of deja vu -- similar to the dot-com frenzied land-grab --except that there are NO joe six packs doing the investing, just ultra-rich+ultra-smart professionals.
If anything is copyrighted (not patented) it has value for an infinite time frame. Grab onto it.
This may be yettunnadder instance of where
Its your ideals.
Watch out though.
Some or all militantly islamic people have an ideal that involves slicing your atheist throat, that lets them go to heaven for such a good deed.
Next some Dutch will declare the cartoons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyllands-Posten_Muhammad_cartoons_controversy aren't so bad and that its about a very momentous international event and so they expect those pictures to be on wikipedia too?
Oh wait! ... ummmm. So the link does show something....
Oh Well. Before 9-11, I am quite sure this request by Muslims would have been quietly & immediately acquised to, and that too creatively. Now everyone is involved. Why the hell?
Oh yeah! Thanks for pointing it out. Obama is muslim. So US needs to be involved.
Why can't we have an arrangement on Wikipedia, that handles scandalous contents by using URL-links as used by some of the Hollywood web-rag-mags, which takes someone to a web page warning of scandalous contents, and then finally shows the in-the-news-photos?