When Apple's iPhones had bad reception because the users held it a certain way, Job's only reply was 'don't hold it that way'.
Do I really want this approach to apply to my "i-vehicle" when driving and my life is at stake?
Apple would not partner with an automaker. Instead they would take their typical walled garden approach by designing their own car around their smart device and selling it at a substantial profit...but Apple fans would buy the car, no matter what the cost. Of course the problem then arises that the vehicles have to drive on 3rd party roads...That would be the next level in Apple conquest.
Sounds like an expansion of their Walled Garden approach to things. Where does it end? Will they build a little town or city that their employees and families have to live in with border checkpoints to prevent concept prototypes from being accidentally left behind in public bars?
I was never a big fan of Unity but I'm not crazy about the Gnome3 shell or Gnome2 shells, either.
I'm thinking of switching to Lubuntu or some other distro that uses LXDE desktop.
I just want an old-school desktop that's simple and intuitive but I still want to use Compiz and the heavier apps like LibreOffice.
I'm open to other suggestions, as my search continues.
As the owner of an ad-supported Kindle, I couldn't disagree more. The only ads are at the bottom of the main menu screen (where all of the available books in your library are listed) and the "screen saver". Totally unobtrusive.
Well, I have the same kindle but without the adds. I've heard the adds only show up on the main screen, not while you're actually reading a book. How can you be sure Jobs intended to use a similar method of unobtrusive adds?
Science fiction writers had envisioned we would already be at this stage in space commercialization by now. Since reality has been a far cry from fiction (and lags behind), I wondered if space commercialization would ever be realized in my lifetime. Cancellation of the shuttle (with prospects of a replacement uncertain) doesn't help...but, reading this article about asteroid mining brings me renewed hope.
I spent over 15 years of my life as an electrical engineer before I decided to make a career transition into application software development. I went back to school for a mscs and recently got my first entry-level software engineer position, 4 months before (and 4 credits shy) of graduation. I did it at age 41. That flies in the face of the Bloomberg schmuck's article.
"When it gets to real life jobs, all three areas of studies often give us a similar career path."
Sort of, yes. Computer Engineers usually go onto become system-level developers in software (as in OS, drivers, etc) and/or Hardware (HDL, VLSI, PCB design, etc). Whereas computer science and software engineers do application-level software development. There sometimes is a fine line between the two.
I am a fan of some of his works. Actually, I'm a fan of good sci fi literature in general but "Snow Crash" is among my favorites. I have yet to read the sequel. Anyway, I think its noble but misguided for him to foot some of the blame because I don't see how it could in any way shape or form be his fault. His novels are often dark and distopian but I never came away thinking his novels convey a message to eschew science and technology.
This is a huge problem for almost every manufacturer. Take a look at the HP DV series of laptops for example. Why are we picking on Apple and not the GPU manufacturers here?
maybe because Apple reneged on their promise. That's reason enough.
It's worse to put the Federal government in charge. What happens when the Federally approved (and mandated) curriculum starts to include the very things you mentioned? Keep things under local and state control and worry about the education system in your own back yard. If people in other states want to teach their kids a science curriculum that conforms to a literal interpretation of the bible, so be it. I'll trust the science/engineering schools to weed out the unqualified applicants.
LOL but the federal government IS IN charge and has been for a fairly long time. Its very unlikely it would mandate such things because that goes against certain parts of the U.S. Constitution...like the 1st Amendment, which includes separation of church and state. However unlikely, if the Federal government ever did mandate such a curriculum, then we as Americans deserve to be fucked for allowing such a backwards culture to completely manifest our government.
Let me pose this question to you: Suppose, you get a great job opportunity in another state. Hypothetically, the states control the school curricula as you favor. Now suppose you have two children in grammar school and your job offer is in a state that preaches from 1600's Puritanist educational standards, eschewing any modern science or math...Or perhaps you are Catholic and the school system is based entirely on Mormonism or maybe some Pentecostal/Evangelical sect. What then?
"Free" is such a vague term subject to loose interpretation. However, I would say that anything that is under a license is not free because it does have restrictions, including some monetary ones.
Uh oh, the horses are out! Better close the barn door.
The first company to truly manage to do unlimited, no bullshit wireless internet and not treat its customers like shit is going to make a fucking fortune.
Yes but they might get sued by the Comcasts, TimeWarners and other providers that currently price-gouge and lock their customers into land-line service.
Each state would need only 1 administrative body to administer all schools in that state and to establish curricula for the whole state.
Of course this will be next to impossible to achieve due to every bum hicksville town believing from the gut religious thinking is the best way to manage education and who cares what the rest of the country does.
Right, so that's part of the reason why its a bad idea to have each state manage its own curriculum. The end result is no unified standard, which also complicates college enrollment and admission. What chance does a kid have of getting into a good engineering or science school if he/she has been been taught since Kindergarden that Jebuz rode dinosaurs, that evolution is just a theory, that creationism is science, etc?
oh lord no..NET is pretty much the a mixup of Visual Basic and Java. It uses the worst aspects of VB like references and the worst parts of Java, like garbage collection and horrible memory use and performance.
At least MS has realised its not quite good enough.
Garbage Collection = bad? Ah, then you must be a C/C++ programmer:)
BTW, do you know the latest standard for C++ includes garbage collection?
True as ever! I wonder how many more messy high-profile cases Java will cause before it dies... or if Oracle's schmoozing against Google might end up decimating their platform in industry, thereby preventing such cases.
With Java's popularity in mobile apps and server-side enterprise software, I doubt it will be "killed" anytime soon.
Unless Microsoft decides to support dot net across multiple platforms, it will never be a viable replacement.
So let me get this straight...You are not part of the marketing department but the marketing folks are asking you and the rest of the company to do their jobs for them??? That's what it sounds like to me.
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Whining iHater. Oh, that's right, you're waiting for Apple to come out with something first
Oh, you mean like Newton, Lisa, Apple III, eWorld, Apple TV...Any of those ring a bell?
When Apple's iPhones had bad reception because the users held it a certain way, Job's only reply was 'don't hold it that way'. Do I really want this approach to apply to my "i-vehicle" when driving and my life is at stake?
Apple would not partner with an automaker. Instead they would take their typical walled garden approach by designing their own car around their smart device and selling it at a substantial profit...but Apple fans would buy the car, no matter what the cost. Of course the problem then arises that the vehicles have to drive on 3rd party roads...That would be the next level in Apple conquest.
Sounds like an expansion of their Walled Garden approach to things. Where does it end? Will they build a little town or city that their employees and families have to live in with border checkpoints to prevent concept prototypes from being accidentally left behind in public bars?
Newer versions of Mint have the Gnome 3 desktop but the shell is modified to have the Gnome 2 appearance, as I understand it.
I was never a big fan of Unity but I'm not crazy about the Gnome3 shell or Gnome2 shells, either. I'm thinking of switching to Lubuntu or some other distro that uses LXDE desktop. I just want an old-school desktop that's simple and intuitive but I still want to use Compiz and the heavier apps like LibreOffice. I'm open to other suggestions, as my search continues.
As the owner of an ad-supported Kindle, I couldn't disagree more. The only ads are at the bottom of the main menu screen (where all of the available books in your library are listed) and the "screen saver". Totally unobtrusive.
Well, I have the same kindle but without the adds. I've heard the adds only show up on the main screen, not while you're actually reading a book. How can you be sure Jobs intended to use a similar method of unobtrusive adds?
Its a feature...not an exploit.
Science fiction writers had envisioned we would already be at this stage in space commercialization by now. Since reality has been a far cry from fiction (and lags behind), I wondered if space commercialization would ever be realized in my lifetime. Cancellation of the shuttle (with prospects of a replacement uncertain) doesn't help...but, reading this article about asteroid mining brings me renewed hope.
I spent over 15 years of my life as an electrical engineer before I decided to make a career transition into application software development. I went back to school for a mscs and recently got my first entry-level software engineer position, 4 months before (and 4 credits shy) of graduation. I did it at age 41. That flies in the face of the Bloomberg schmuck's article.
"When it gets to real life jobs, all three areas of studies often give us a similar career path." Sort of, yes. Computer Engineers usually go onto become system-level developers in software (as in OS, drivers, etc) and/or Hardware (HDL, VLSI, PCB design, etc). Whereas computer science and software engineers do application-level software development. There sometimes is a fine line between the two.
and theology. Conservaturds are big on theology
I am a fan of some of his works. Actually, I'm a fan of good sci fi literature in general but "Snow Crash" is among my favorites. I have yet to read the sequel. Anyway, I think its noble but misguided for him to foot some of the blame because I don't see how it could in any way shape or form be his fault. His novels are often dark and distopian but I never came away thinking his novels convey a message to eschew science and technology.
This is a huge problem for almost every manufacturer. Take a look at the HP DV series of laptops for example. Why are we picking on Apple and not the GPU manufacturers here?
maybe because Apple reneged on their promise. That's reason enough.
It's worse to put the Federal government in charge. What happens when the Federally approved (and mandated) curriculum starts to include the very things you mentioned? Keep things under local and state control and worry about the education system in your own back yard. If people in other states want to teach their kids a science curriculum that conforms to a literal interpretation of the bible, so be it. I'll trust the science/engineering schools to weed out the unqualified applicants.
LOL but the federal government IS IN charge and has been for a fairly long time. Its very unlikely it would mandate such things because that goes against certain parts of the U.S. Constitution...like the 1st Amendment, which includes separation of church and state. However unlikely, if the Federal government ever did mandate such a curriculum, then we as Americans deserve to be fucked for allowing such a backwards culture to completely manifest our government. Let me pose this question to you: Suppose, you get a great job opportunity in another state. Hypothetically, the states control the school curricula as you favor. Now suppose you have two children in grammar school and your job offer is in a state that preaches from 1600's Puritanist educational standards, eschewing any modern science or math...Or perhaps you are Catholic and the school system is based entirely on Mormonism or maybe some Pentecostal/Evangelical sect. What then?
"Free" is such a vague term subject to loose interpretation. However, I would say that anything that is under a license is not free because it does have restrictions, including some monetary ones.
Uh oh, the horses are out! Better close the barn door.
The first company to truly manage to do unlimited, no bullshit wireless internet and not treat its customers like shit is going to make a fucking fortune.
Yes but they might get sued by the Comcasts, TimeWarners and other providers that currently price-gouge and lock their customers into land-line service.
Each state would need only 1 administrative body to administer all schools in that state and to establish curricula for the whole state.
Of course this will be next to impossible to achieve due to every bum hicksville town believing from the gut religious thinking is the best way to manage education and who cares what the rest of the country does.
Right, so that's part of the reason why its a bad idea to have each state manage its own curriculum. The end result is no unified standard, which also complicates college enrollment and admission. What chance does a kid have of getting into a good engineering or science school if he/she has been been taught since Kindergarden that Jebuz rode dinosaurs, that evolution is just a theory, that creationism is science, etc?
oh lord no. .NET is pretty much the a mixup of Visual Basic and Java. It uses the worst aspects of VB like references and the worst parts of Java, like garbage collection and horrible memory use and performance.
At least MS has realised its not quite good enough.
Garbage Collection = bad? Ah, then you must be a C/C++ programmer :)
BTW, do you know the latest standard for C++ includes garbage collection?
True as ever! I wonder how many more messy high-profile cases Java will cause before it dies... or if Oracle's schmoozing against Google might end up decimating their platform in industry, thereby preventing such cases.
With Java's popularity in mobile apps and server-side enterprise software, I doubt it will be "killed" anytime soon. Unless Microsoft decides to support dot net across multiple platforms, it will never be a viable replacement.
oh, I don't know. If Oracle manage to kill Java entirely due to this lawsuit then we might all be winners. :-) :-)
Are you another dot net fan?
So let me get this straight...You are not part of the marketing department but the marketing folks are asking you and the rest of the company to do their jobs for them??? That's what it sounds like to me.
Ben and Jerry's has an ice cream recipe book (probably still sells on Amazon), which includes among many other flavors, BEER SORBET *yum*.
I'd like to see other states follow the example Maryland set.
I thought Unity is actually very similar to the shell used in Gnome 3. Personally, I think its better than the Gnome 3 shell.