There's no way I can keep track of the 200-odd different passwords I have - so they all end up being simple variants of the same one. Federated single sign on would be a boon - if it was handled correctly.
Why is bloat bad? The size of your application only matters if it's going to cause problems - otherwise who gives a rat's ass?
Sure, if your code is intended for the "lean mean programming competition 2005" then you want it to be slimline, but if it's heading for your customer's PCs then you have to fulfill their criteria, and size of application is probably 23rd on their wish list.
It's _supposed_ to look clean. When Arthur and Ford arrive it still has the promotional magazines lying around on it - it's only been stolen a few days before...
Depends what you mean by 'long hours' - my brother works for a games company, and while crunch time sucked, he _normally_ works 10-11 hour days, purely because he wants to help produce great games and _loves_ his job.
And I only back up my important documents to offsite - about 100MB goes to a web-based site (ibackup.com)
Everything else gets backed up to a hard drive on my flatmate's machine - and from his to mine. It's not perfect, but for replacable stuff it's good enough.
DVDs are good enough for current games/tv and other media.
By the time the next generation of media finally makes it into production we're going to be downloading everything.
Seriously - the way that things are going everything's going to be available via download, and unless you're stuck out in the middle of nowhere your bandwidth will be high enough toget it faster than the time it takes you to walk to the shops and back.
I'd like to be able to tag messages with meta-data (like "To Do" or "Mum's Birthday" or "Project 257") and then be able to produce searches based on that.
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And when I used 6 different computers on a regular basis?
There's no way I can keep track of the 200-odd different passwords I have - so they all end up being simple variants of the same one. Federated single sign on would be a boon - if it was handled correctly.
Your portable can play MP3. Your Tivo can play MP3. Your friends can play MP3.
Why not just rip to high-quality MP3 and have done?
I'm getting a "torrent unauthorised" off of that...
I happily import things from all over the world.
I use this for my personal calendar and it works very well. It's not as good for group projects, but it's not bad for free.
Writing your own app really isn't a solution for most people, they have 5000 other things they should be doing with their time.
Obviously, whatever they use should use a database, but it's the interface and application that actually matter.
I ignore it. And so does my DVD player.
Didn't disappoint me. I didn't see why the sequel to a film had to be in the same genre.
Why is bloat bad? The size of your application only matters if it's going to cause problems - otherwise who gives a rat's ass?
Sure, if your code is intended for the "lean mean programming competition 2005" then you want it to be slimline, but if it's heading for your customer's PCs then you have to fulfill their criteria, and size of application is probably 23rd on their wish list.
You have a domain - why aren't you using _it_ as your SMTP server? Then you would set it up with a domainkey and bingo - you'd be unforgeable.
It's _supposed_ to look clean. When Arthur and Ford arrive it still has the promotional magazines lying around on it - it's only been stolen a few days before...
Depends what you mean by 'long hours' - my brother works for a games company, and while crunch time sucked, he _normally_ works 10-11 hour days, purely because he wants to help produce great games and _loves_ his job.
I've had HalfLife2 on my PC for weeks now.
Have you got it yet?
And I only back up my important documents to offsite - about 100MB goes to a web-based site (ibackup.com)
Everything else gets backed up to a hard drive on my flatmate's machine - and from his to mine. It's not perfect, but for replacable stuff it's good enough.
DVDs are good enough for current games/tv and other media.
By the time the next generation of media finally makes it into production we're going to be downloading everything.
Seriously - the way that things are going everything's going to be available via download, and unless you're stuck out in the middle of nowhere your bandwidth will be high enough toget it faster than the time it takes you to walk to the shops and back.
Wrong.
I get paid my salary for a 35 hour week. If I work more hours during the week then I build up flextime, which I can work less hours to get rid of.
If I work the weekend then I get time and a half or double time, depending on the circumstances.
I'm a developer, for a large financial company (1100 IS people here...)
Just remember to move to a new PC every couple of years, and back up the most important data, and you'll be fine!
I have files that are 15 years old purely because every time I move PC I copy all the data onto the new one.
They make more money - in the long run.
Nobody should be allowed to talk in public without a license from the government.
There's an option to "purge" on exit, which does that.
No, I have no idea why it doesn't do that automatically...
Exchange has an IMAP connector, which will allow any IMAP client (like Thunderbird) to connect to it.
You'll need to get your Sysadmin to enable it though...
They're also available in other products. The Bat! has had Saved Searches for a while.
I'd like to be able to tag messages with meta-data (like "To Do" or "Mum's Birthday" or "Project 257") and then be able to produce searches based on that.
It means that more than 0.01% of people can put a computer together.
It means that people have time for doing something more productive than toggling dip-switches in order to get the OS into RAM.
I mean, sure, folding cable doesn't excite me at all, but I want computers to be easier to use, not go back to the days of punch-cards.
Livejournal can act as an RSS reader, and lists their most popular feeds here:
http://www.livejournal.com/syn/list.bml
Calvin & Hobbes, Neil Gaiman, The Onion, Wil Wheaton and the BBC should start you off...