We saw that the police bent over backwards and ransacked a man's home when he possessed a missing iPhone of Apple's. But when a normal person loses an item and has a lead for the police to go on, they aren't interested. Just further proof that the justice system is bought and paid for by corporations, and they exist only to ensure that corporations make money. Sickening.
Chalk this up to experience. Hope you learned something. Usually, the information on a laptop is as valuable if not more valuable than the laptop itself. Don't save passwords in your browser (especially for webmail accounts, online banking, etc). Delete cookies after every browser session. Keep all your confidential documents in an encrypted container, using something like Truecrypt. Use strong passwords. Also, don't leave valuables like a TV, I-pod or laptop unattended in your vehicle.
While Chrome's lean UI can initially take some getting used to for former FF users (like myself), its actually quite a boon because Chrome's larger browsing area that is essential for most laptops' screen aspect ratio and smaller resolution. While Chrome lacks a dedicated searchbar for multiple search engines, one can be downloaded as an extension. I'm grateful for the new UI changes in FF beta because there are a few shortcomings of Google Chrome that I believe will not change anytime soon:
1. Chrome has no dedicated proxy settings (except thru CL arg). It relies on system proxy settings.
2. Chrome's extensions are not as powerful as FF's addons (ex: no NoScript)
3. Chrome still cannot do true adblocking (see #2). Current extensions only hide ads.
4. Chrome has a unique ID for its browsers, allowing Google to potentially track all its users.
Note that #2 can be overcome with hostfiles or Privoxy but using Privoxy makes #1 an issue. For anonymous browsing, #4 can be overcome with Tor, which also makes #1 an issue. While Chrome does have on-the-fly js blocking, it only works on a per-page basis and lacks the granularity and features of FF's NoScript addon.
It is a 3-D accelerated window desktop manager for *nix operating systems. It does for *nix what Aero does for Windows Vista and Windows 7. Basically, it is eye candy for your desktop providing 3d accelerated effects like window shadows, active window switcher effects, open/close window effects, etc. 3D managers usually incurs a performance penalty.
"And we're doing probably 10 times the amount of work a dedicated US-based employee does." At my last permanent job, I often had to put in time during the weekends to finish projects. Sometimes I had to pull an all-nighter, working 30+ hours straight...and all of that was on salary (no overtime pay). The average work week was 60 hours. No exaggerations.
Agreed, 100%. Companies first pretend to interview locally...They talk to qualified local candidates whom they have no intent to hire. Then, the companies throw up their hands and say to the government "we interviewed locally and couldn't find "qualified" candidates so we're going to hire HB1s...Oh, and as a bonus, it will save us money."
As a degreed tech professional with 14+ years of experience, I agree with Andy completely. In 2005, I was laid-off from a large company...After 8 years of loyal service and dedication, my job was outsourced to Taiwan.
Its not that they're idiots for not understanding what an engineer or scientist says. Its that some things are just esoteric, and cannot be explained easily. The trick is a finding correct and accurate analogy that the majority of the public can understand and relate to.
"We (The RIAA) were hoping to sue the service providers in addition to suing the end-user for making the illegal downloads. Waaah! Its not fair that you won't let us sue".
I recently made Chrome my default browser. I like it because its fast, has a small memory footprint and has a simple, intuitive UI. I'm not interested in useless additions that might turn it into bloat-ware. There are plenty of PDF readers out there already and there's no reason to integrate one into the browser.
A really good salesperson can sell anything BUT, a good engineer can make a product, for an implied need, that practically sells itself. If the customer is happy with the product, he/she will likely be a repeat customer. That is the ignored value of the engineer.
Maybe HTML5 is a step in the right direction. It would be nice to get rid of Adobe Flash, Silverlite, etc plugins that have security holes and make our browsers slow and bloated memory hogs.
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We saw that the police bent over backwards and ransacked a man's home when he possessed a missing iPhone of Apple's. But when a normal person loses an item and has a lead for the police to go on, they aren't interested. Just further proof that the justice system is bought and paid for by corporations, and they exist only to ensure that corporations make money. Sickening.
Sad but true.
Also, back your data up.
Chalk this up to experience. Hope you learned something. Usually, the information on a laptop is as valuable if not more valuable than the laptop itself. Don't save passwords in your browser (especially for webmail accounts, online banking, etc). Delete cookies after every browser session. Keep all your confidential documents in an encrypted container, using something like Truecrypt. Use strong passwords. Also, don't leave valuables like a TV, I-pod or laptop unattended in your vehicle.
The real planet of the apes... DAMN YOU
Funny how I had a similar comment with the famous Charlton Heston line and nobody got it.
"Damn them!!...Damn them all to hell!!!!"
I hear you. Adobe has no love for 64-bit linux :*(
While Chrome's lean UI can initially take some getting used to for former FF users (like myself), its actually quite a boon because Chrome's larger browsing area that is essential for most laptops' screen aspect ratio and smaller resolution. While Chrome lacks a dedicated searchbar for multiple search engines, one can be downloaded as an extension. I'm grateful for the new UI changes in FF beta because there are a few shortcomings of Google Chrome that I believe will not change anytime soon: 1. Chrome has no dedicated proxy settings (except thru CL arg). It relies on system proxy settings. 2. Chrome's extensions are not as powerful as FF's addons (ex: no NoScript) 3. Chrome still cannot do true adblocking (see #2). Current extensions only hide ads. 4. Chrome has a unique ID for its browsers, allowing Google to potentially track all its users. Note that #2 can be overcome with hostfiles or Privoxy but using Privoxy makes #1 an issue. For anonymous browsing, #4 can be overcome with Tor, which also makes #1 an issue. While Chrome does have on-the-fly js blocking, it only works on a per-page basis and lacks the granularity and features of FF's NoScript addon.
Wasn't that the name of the base in the 1970's Sci-fi series "Space 1999"?
It is a 3-D accelerated window desktop manager for *nix operating systems. It does for *nix what Aero does for Windows Vista and Windows 7. Basically, it is eye candy for your desktop providing 3d accelerated effects like window shadows, active window switcher effects, open/close window effects, etc. 3D managers usually incurs a performance penalty.
Don't blame the government. Blame the RIAA's and MPAA's lobbyists in Washington, who have the politicians in their back pockets.
"And we're doing probably 10 times the amount of work a dedicated US-based employee does." At my last permanent job, I often had to put in time during the weekends to finish projects. Sometimes I had to pull an all-nighter, working 30+ hours straight...and all of that was on salary (no overtime pay). The average work week was 60 hours. No exaggerations.
Agreed, 100%. Companies first pretend to interview locally...They talk to qualified local candidates whom they have no intent to hire. Then, the companies throw up their hands and say to the government "we interviewed locally and couldn't find "qualified" candidates so we're going to hire HB1s...Oh, and as a bonus, it will save us money."
As a degreed tech professional with 14+ years of experience, I agree with Andy completely. In 2005, I was laid-off from a large company...After 8 years of loyal service and dedication, my job was outsourced to Taiwan.
Use them as paperweights?
Its not that they're idiots for not understanding what an engineer or scientist says. Its that some things are just esoteric, and cannot be explained easily. The trick is a finding correct and accurate analogy that the majority of the public can understand and relate to.
Is that much of the public believes more in religion than science. In fact, they think of science as another religion.
"We (The RIAA) were hoping to sue the service providers in addition to suing the end-user for making the illegal downloads. Waaah! Its not fair that you won't let us sue".
"In one case, an author asked Kavoosi's crew to write a book to be published in his own name." I'll take a guess. Was it Sarah Palin?
I recently made Chrome my default browser. I like it because its fast, has a small memory footprint and has a simple, intuitive UI. I'm not interested in useless additions that might turn it into bloat-ware. There are plenty of PDF readers out there already and there's no reason to integrate one into the browser.
This extension should be do-able in Chrome/Chromium too.
A really good salesperson can sell anything BUT, a good engineer can make a product, for an implied need, that practically sells itself. If the customer is happy with the product, he/she will likely be a repeat customer. That is the ignored value of the engineer.
Maybe HTML5 is a step in the right direction. It would be nice to get rid of Adobe Flash, Silverlite, etc plugins that have security holes and make our browsers slow and bloated memory hogs.
Thanks but in light of this, I'll make a huge detour.
If he can't be trained to use a radar gun properly, then he's not qualified to guess what speed a vehicle is travelling...IMO.
Roblimo, what are you smoking?.....Can I have some?