Literally. If it's a residential unit, there must be closets. Put a wall mounted AC in it and pack it full. Use two if you have them, and need the room.
"If I could offer a third alternative: skip them both for now and take a year off to walk across Tibet, or kayak down the Nile. You'll be working for the rest of your life. Do something fun with your youth."
If I was the type of person who could afford to up and do that I wouldn't need to worry about my career path.
You'd be surprised at what you can do without much money, if you let go of the idea that you have to jump on the "career path" right out of college.
...on what they each want you to do, and what you want to do. If you want to be the guy/girl who codes the next Excel interface (or more likely the one who chooses the next font for the Excel Help menu) go with Microsoft. If you want to develop applications that start with "g", go with Google.
Or, seriously, if you want/need a somewhat more traditional (all relative of course), go MSFT. If you want to be hip and work more flexibly, go GOOG. Google is obviously hot right now, but where exactly are they going? Will they survive and prosper through the Web 2.0 collapse? Microsoft, regardless of our personal opinions, has product, and cash. Lots of cash.
If I could offer a third alternative: skip them both for now and take a year off to walk across Tibet, or kayak down the Nile. You'll be working for the rest of your life. Do something fun with your youth.
Look, I think personal computers have proven to be a revolutionary addition to modern life, but poor and hungry kids in third world countries don't LIVE a modern life. They would be much better served by modern medicine, education, and help in removing the dictators who rape their own countries and KEEP those poor kids poor.
Actually, the Department of Commerce has become as important to foreign relations as the Department of State. Maybe even more so. State is concerned with PR, diplomacy and such. Commerce cuts deals worth billions of dollars; the prospect of being able or not to do business with the US is a much bigger stick than threatening to refer someone to the UN.
If a foreign power could gain access to internal Commerce discussions it would give them some leverage in negotiations; and in the realm of international business a little inside info can go a long way.
Starting in 7th grade I was placed in a course track called Unified Modern Mathematics. We were studying set theory, probability and statistics. It was fun, but pretty abstract for a 12 year old. The next year it got more abstract and I bailed out for a standard Algebra class. In Algebra I scored 100% on each and every exam, up to and including the NY Regents exam. Algebra was pure common sense to me.
The next year was Geometry. I failed it and had to retake it. I have the spatial cognition of a rock. Using the right/left brain theory I am all left. Although the math involved wasn't hard, it just flat out didn't sink in for me because of the spatial concepts involved.
People have individual minds and individual characteristics. For me Algebra was the last time math made sense. I still read about conceptual mathematics, Godel Escher Bach, as mentioned here elsewhere was fascinating, but I must admit I didn't follow along by doing the math he asked for.
"There's probably a better example of something that could equate with Han shooting Greedo first in the new trilogy"
I just watched Star Wars for the first time in a while (my daughter was finally ready). Han didn't "shoot first", he fired the ONLY shot.
And I don't think there are any moments like that for him to change in the last three movies, because they were crafted in such a way that none of the characters actually possessed a personality, they were just props, like so many talking light sabers.
However, I still believe, and do so on what I believe to be solid evidence, that the tempest over unauthorized copying and distribution of CDs belongs in a teapot. I agree that one should not engage in said behavior; but to claim that artists are being cheated out of millions of dollars through such behavior is ludicrous.
I'm 44 yo, and I remember well the rampant distribution of unauthorized cassette tape recordings at flea markets, concerts and amongst friends. The industry hasn't collapsed because of this, and won't. "Piracy" is wrong. It's unethical. It's never going away. It does not reduce musicians to beggars on the street.
"Don't fool yourself into thinking that any given artist wants you to pirate in lieu of paying, or that they make more money playing live than selling CD, or that they want to tour more to accomodate for lost sales."
One quick looks shows that Dave Matthews generated a total of $74 million in revenue in 2005. $57 million was from touring.
The only "musicians" who make more from albums than tours are the pop-tarts who can't sell concert tickets because they can't perform live.
Many successful bands give away their music and clean up on the road. Members of The Grateful Dead didn't go hungry over the last 25 years of their career together.
And how the hell did you manage to bring Ayn Rand into this?
"And the people who created all this content got paid how exactly?"
We have had artists and musicians for a few thousand years now. They produced some pretty good stuff without worrying about DRM.
"leave the new stuff for artists to make a living."
That statement confuses me. Is there some secret stash of new music that artists go to when they need a song? Or are you saying that only newly written songs should make money? How about old songs with new recordings? Old songs in a new package?
There are some strong examples of recording artists who made very little from selling albums, but got filthy rich by touring. The good thing about that model is that it means the labels and the RIAA get squat.
I have been playing video games for as long as they have existed. Never have I timed my usage of a game, never have I looked for some magic number of hours of gameplay.
Certainly we remember the people who could run through single player Quake in 24 seconds: does that mean Quake sucked (or, was that fact WHY Quake sucked?)
I am older now, and have a stack of unfinished games like the author of the article. I have had to become more discriminating in my choice of game to purchase; I just can't invest the time or mental energy to complete a Final Fantasy anymore. I did get through Star Wars Lego with my 6 year old daughter.....
First I start with The Open CD; install Firefox and give it the IE icon (because they can't find The Internet without it); then PDF Creator and Open Office. I explain the software to them, try to explain the OSS concept (most don't care) and ask them to give it a month or so. Most keep it.
The next step would be a Linux installation, but that is a conceptual challenge that far exceeds some open source apps.
No similarity at all. As young Herbert said in the intro to the first abomination bearing his name, he COULD have used Dad's notes to write the story of the Scattering as his father intended, or he could just write some backstory to Dune that he made up himself.
Bad choice, boyo.
Chris Tolkien doesn't write, he edits. He consulted closely with his father on the writing of the published works, and no one is more qualified to produce these versions of Prof. Tolkien's stories.
actually, most of the manuscripts he's worked on are in the library at Marquette(?) University, donated thus by his father.
If you prefer not to have read anything since the appendices to LOTR, then feel free not to.
As for the movies, they sucked, Jackson made significant changes to the plot just because he could, the acting was roundly horrible, the CG was obvious and not very convincing, and Liv Tyler is ugly.
and yes, Chris Tolkien has fed off the teat of his late father's creativity for a long time now. still, the literary joy of reading The Silmarillion, The Narn i Hin Hurun, The Lay of Leithian, and more, far outweighs whatever motives young Tolkien may have in editing and publishing these many works.
Prof. Tolkien, while living, tried and failed to publish the Silmarillion. The other works were never even close to publishable. yet he often talked and wrote of these tales having a life of their own, and I don't think he would object to their being shared with millions of fans.
I, for one, am grateful for the opportunity to have read of the First and Second ages of Tolkien's world.
"The professor should be shot for being a profiteering asshole. "
yeah, 2.50 is going to fund his retirement.
it seems like he is acknowledging the infrequent need for a recording, while also acknowledging that such recording is not a fundamental right. i'll go along with that.
my guess is that every recording will end up being shared, free, by his students on whatever the hip p2p network of the week is.
What if I'm invested in Google and I hear that they decided not to expand into cultivating opium poppies in Afghanistan? How much money am I losing by their decision not to produce heroin? Can I sue?
There is no requirement that a public corporation must do anything it can to maximize its profit. I cringe every time I see this argument used here.
I have never had it come remotely close to guessing what I want, and I do try to help it understand.
What's even worse in my book, though, is a system that makes you enter an account number and then transfers you to a rep who asks for your account number. I know it isn't hard to transfer the number along with the call, I admin a system that does just that.
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Literally. If it's a residential unit, there must be closets. Put a wall mounted AC in it and pack it full. Use two if you have them, and need the room.
You'd be surprised at what you can do without much money, if you let go of the idea that you have to jump on the "career path" right out of college.
...on what they each want you to do, and what you want to do. If you want to be the guy/girl who codes the next Excel interface (or more likely the one who chooses the next font for the Excel Help menu) go with Microsoft. If you want to develop applications that start with "g", go with Google.
Or, seriously, if you want/need a somewhat more traditional (all relative of course), go MSFT. If you want to be hip and work more flexibly, go GOOG. Google is obviously hot right now, but where exactly are they going? Will they survive and prosper through the Web 2.0 collapse? Microsoft, regardless of our personal opinions, has product, and cash. Lots of cash.
If I could offer a third alternative: skip them both for now and take a year off to walk across Tibet, or kayak down the Nile. You'll be working for the rest of your life. Do something fun with your youth.
Look, I think personal computers have proven to be a revolutionary addition to modern life, but poor and hungry kids in third world countries don't LIVE a modern life. They would be much better served by modern medicine, education, and help in removing the dictators who rape their own countries and KEEP those poor kids poor.
Nope.
Woody Allen.
Those who can, do.
Those who can't, teach.
Those who can't teach, teach gym.
Actually, the Department of Commerce has become as important to foreign relations as the Department of State. Maybe even more so. State is concerned with PR, diplomacy and such. Commerce cuts deals worth billions of dollars; the prospect of being able or not to do business with the US is a much bigger stick than threatening to refer someone to the UN.
If a foreign power could gain access to internal Commerce discussions it would give them some leverage in negotiations; and in the realm of international business a little inside info can go a long way.
Story: Company is allegedly thinking of using Linux as OS for new hardware device.
Response: I want the source. I want the source.
More responses: This does/doesn't violate GPL.
More responses: This is why we need/don't need GPL v3
Conclusion: The story was wrong, the device doesn't use Linux, there might be a way to boot Linux on it, but we don't know yet.
Starting in 7th grade I was placed in a course track called Unified Modern Mathematics. We were studying set theory, probability and statistics. It was fun, but pretty abstract for a 12 year old. The next year it got more abstract and I bailed out for a standard Algebra class. In Algebra I scored 100% on each and every exam, up to and including the NY Regents exam. Algebra was pure common sense to me.
The next year was Geometry. I failed it and had to retake it. I have the spatial cognition of a rock. Using the right/left brain theory I am all left. Although the math involved wasn't hard, it just flat out didn't sink in for me because of the spatial concepts involved.
People have individual minds and individual characteristics. For me Algebra was the last time math made sense. I still read about conceptual mathematics, Godel Escher Bach, as mentioned here elsewhere was fascinating, but I must admit I didn't follow along by doing the math he asked for.
"There's probably a better example of something that could equate with Han shooting Greedo first in the new trilogy"
I just watched Star Wars for the first time in a while (my daughter was finally ready). Han didn't "shoot first", he fired the ONLY shot.
And I don't think there are any moments like that for him to change in the last three movies, because they were crafted in such a way that none of the characters actually possessed a personality, they were just props, like so many talking light sabers.
didn't love the duck, but Lea Thompson was cute as hell.
Three movies too late.
Well said.
However, I still believe, and do so on what I believe to be solid evidence, that the tempest over unauthorized copying and distribution of CDs belongs in a teapot. I agree that one should not engage in said behavior; but to claim that artists are being cheated out of millions of dollars through such behavior is ludicrous.
I'm 44 yo, and I remember well the rampant distribution of unauthorized cassette tape recordings at flea markets, concerts and amongst friends. The industry hasn't collapsed because of this, and won't. "Piracy" is wrong. It's unethical. It's never going away. It does not reduce musicians to beggars on the street.
Cheers,
avh
"Don't fool yourself into thinking that any given artist wants you to pirate in lieu of paying, or that they make more money playing live than selling CD, or that they want to tour more to accomodate for lost sales."
One quick looks shows that Dave Matthews generated a total of $74 million in revenue in 2005. $57 million was from touring.
The only "musicians" who make more from albums than tours are the pop-tarts who can't sell concert tickets because they can't perform live.
Many successful bands give away their music and clean up on the road. Members of The Grateful Dead didn't go hungry over the last 25 years of their career together.
And how the hell did you manage to bring Ayn Rand into this?
"And the people who created all this content got paid how exactly?"
We have had artists and musicians for a few thousand years now. They produced some pretty good stuff without worrying about DRM.
"leave the new stuff for artists to make a living."
That statement confuses me. Is there some secret stash of new music that artists go to when they need a song? Or are you saying that only newly written songs should make money? How about old songs with new recordings? Old songs in a new package?
There are some strong examples of recording artists who made very little from selling albums, but got filthy rich by touring. The good thing about that model is that it means the labels and the RIAA get squat.
I have been playing video games for as long as they have existed. Never have I timed my usage of a game, never have I looked for some magic number of hours of gameplay.
Certainly we remember the people who could run through single player Quake in 24 seconds: does that mean Quake sucked (or, was that fact WHY Quake sucked?)
I am older now, and have a stack of unfinished games like the author of the article. I have had to become more discriminating in my choice of game to purchase; I just can't invest the time or mental energy to complete a Final Fantasy anymore. I did get through Star Wars Lego with my 6 year old daughter.....
First I start with The Open CD; install Firefox and give it the IE icon (because they can't find The Internet without it); then PDF Creator and Open Office. I explain the software to them, try to explain the OSS concept (most don't care) and ask them to give it a month or so. Most keep it.
The next step would be a Linux installation, but that is a conceptual challenge that far exceeds some open source apps.
Vista deployment will result in a 50% growth in IT employment. Yeah, I can sell that to my management.
quake for the blind: "there is an enemy at 11 o'clock. he is shooting at you. you're dead."
No similarity at all. As young Herbert said in the intro to the first abomination bearing his name, he COULD have used Dad's notes to write the story of the Scattering as his father intended, or he could just write some backstory to Dune that he made up himself.
Bad choice, boyo.
Chris Tolkien doesn't write, he edits. He consulted closely with his father on the writing of the published works, and no one is more qualified to produce these versions of Prof. Tolkien's stories.
actually, most of the manuscripts he's worked on are in the library at Marquette(?) University, donated thus by his father.
If you prefer not to have read anything since the appendices to LOTR, then feel free not to.
As for the movies, they sucked, Jackson made significant changes to the plot just because he could, the acting was roundly horrible, the CG was obvious and not very convincing, and Liv Tyler is ugly.
so there.
and yes, Chris Tolkien has fed off the teat of his late father's creativity for a long time now. still, the literary joy of reading The Silmarillion, The Narn i Hin Hurun, The Lay of Leithian, and more, far outweighs whatever motives young Tolkien may have in editing and publishing these many works.
Prof. Tolkien, while living, tried and failed to publish the Silmarillion. The other works were never even close to publishable. yet he often talked and wrote of these tales having a life of their own, and I don't think he would object to their being shared with millions of fans.
I, for one, am grateful for the opportunity to have read of the First and Second ages of Tolkien's world.
"The professor should be shot for being a profiteering asshole. "
yeah, 2.50 is going to fund his retirement.
it seems like he is acknowledging the infrequent need for a recording, while also acknowledging that such recording is not a fundamental right. i'll go along with that.
my guess is that every recording will end up being shared, free, by his students on whatever the hip p2p network of the week is.
What if I'm invested in Google and I hear that they decided not to expand into cultivating opium poppies in Afghanistan? How much money am I losing by their decision not to produce heroin? Can I sue?
There is no requirement that a public corporation must do anything it can to maximize its profit. I cringe every time I see this argument used here.
which explains why I feel like I've read all the good books.... at least all the good fiction.
games as storytelling, however, I might disagree with. some games tell stories, some do not.
game genres can be distilled into the following:
sports
shooting
jumping
thinking
thank you, and have a nice day.
I have never had it come remotely close to guessing what I want, and I do try to help it understand.
What's even worse in my book, though, is a system that makes you enter an account number and then transfers you to a rep who asks for your account number. I know it isn't hard to transfer the number along with the call, I admin a system that does just that.