I've used diff and patch in the past to manage templates in some static HTML pages I was working on. Worked great and I already had the tools installed to boot.
As a general rule it is 1/2 * annual salary/1000 = Hourly Rate. So for $100,000 you would charge $50/hr.
I believe your math is off. You need to charge $50/hr just to bring in that $100,000 (assuming a 40 hour work week). Then you have to pay taxes on that, etc. If you want to actually make $100,000 you would have to charge at least $100/hr and in reality probably more than that.
... If you are a software developer you do your job of developing software.
But I like to write software, design graphics, and do interface design. And if I have to stick to a single one job from the afromentioned list I get bored fast. My ideal job encompasses all those areas.
I find your comment humours because I find Windows to have less integration and interoperability than KDE (which I use) has.
Look at some of the technologies that KDE brings to the table. Kparts, DCOP, KIO, etc. Windows implements some similar features, but they are not as accessable and thus rarely used. Not to mention all my KDE apps look the same (and GTK+ apps too, using the Qt GTK+ theme). Windows on the other hand has programs like Microsoft Office that do not even come close to following the look and feel of Windows.
Hardly. First off, ask the RIAA if this kind of tax is enough to get them off your case.
I'm not sure what the RIAA has to do with Canada. As for the CIRA, they aren't very happy with the rulings with regard to file sharing, but unless they are able to change the current laws they are out of luck.
Hopefully mozilla decodes the jpgs itself before rendering them on windows.
It does. But Mozilla had almost the exact same problem with both BMP and PNG in the last week or two. So it's not just Microsoft who has vulnerable image decoders.
Gnome strikes me as a more "UNIXy" kind of desktop environment
Yet KDE adheres closer to the UNIX philosophy in my opinion. Most applications are built using small components (KParts) joined together to form a larger application. Also processes can communicate with each other with ease via DCOP, which almost gives the power of the command line's pipes to GUI applications.
From what I've seen with Gnome apps is that they do not try to do any of that and instead try to be monolithic like you most often see on non-UNIX systems.
KDE is on about the same level as Windows for ease of use as far as I'm concerned. The problem with KDE is that it has the worst defaults. If these seven people sat down at a default KDE install I can see why they made those complaints.
If you spend some significant time customizing KDE it turns into a beautiful desktop environment. But the average user isn't apt to customize anything beyond maybe the desktop background so I believe KDE needs to see some more sensible defaults in the future.
cattle farming...excellent examples of jobs that can't easily be outsourced:-P
Cattle farming can be done anywhere in the world where the conditions are suitable for raising cattle. It's no big deal to ship the meat around.
Interestingly though, the exact opposite has happend in the US. In the past a sizable portion of the beef came from Canada. Now virtually none of it crosses the border.
What doesn't make sense is why they use userAgent for OSX.
OSX returns "Mac" I assume. So that code allos them to identify between OSX and OS<=9.
What also doesn't make sense is why they used client-side Javascript for the rotating screenshot image, when they're already doing server-side scripting to include the latest RSS information, or why they have the screenshot as the background image for a DIV instead of an inline IMG.
Perhaps the page is generated by a cronjob so it wouldn't be random until the next time the page is updated. And the image is a background image because you can't insert inline images with CSS. If you look at the page without style-sheets you'll see why you'd want that image in the CSS file as opposed to the HTML.
I wasn't talking about lauching a program from the command line. I was talking about using the program from the command line. KDE is more than just a "bloated window manager" you know.
I don't know what interfaces the KDE developers might use, but the command might look something like this:
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I've used diff and patch in the past to manage templates in some static HTML pages I was working on. Worked great and I already had the tools installed to boot.
No one bitches about how Photoshop on the Mac has a very similar UI.
No one bitches about how Photoshop on UNIX has almost the exact same UI.
Put the damn toolbox inside the application window already goddamnit.
Not even Photoshop uses MDI on UNIX. Why would the GIMP want to?
I've heard that's also not true anymore. But I don't work at Microsoft so I cannot confirm or deny.
Seems like a convoluted solution, but it really works quite well.
In fact, on my machine at least, the Qt GTK+ theme is faster than the native GTK+ themes. The only problem is that it's still a bit buggy.
As a general rule it is 1/2 * annual salary /1000 = Hourly Rate. So for $100,000 you would charge $50/hr.
I believe your math is off. You need to charge $50/hr just to bring in that $100,000 (assuming a 40 hour work week). Then you have to pay taxes on that, etc. If you want to actually make $100,000 you would have to charge at least $100/hr and in reality probably more than that.
Works just fine with my toshiba touchpad... All I have to do is run my finger down the right side and it simulates a scroll wheel.
Of course it's only a windows feature...
My touchpad does that too. But it's only an X feature. It doesn't work in Windows.
You're right about that. Firefox alone uses more memory than all of KDE and Konqueror combined. And they say KDE is bloated.
Rekall doesn't seem too bad. But I think the real question is, why would you want to use something like MS Access at all?
This will enable greater amounts of food to be made with the same number of people, thus alleviating world hunger.
What about all the surplus food we already have? Growing even more food will not solve the problem.
... If you are a software developer you do your job of developing software.
But I like to write software, design graphics, and do interface design. And if I have to stick to a single one job from the afromentioned list I get bored fast. My ideal job encompasses all those areas.
whats so hard about loading a transparent PNG anyway?
What's even worse is that IE does support transparent PNGs, if you apply a filter to it. Why can that be the default action for PNGs?
I find your comment humours because I find Windows to have less integration and interoperability than KDE (which I use) has.
Look at some of the technologies that KDE brings to the table. Kparts, DCOP, KIO, etc. Windows implements some similar features, but they are not as accessable and thus rarely used. Not to mention all my KDE apps look the same (and GTK+ apps too, using the Qt GTK+ theme). Windows on the other hand has programs like Microsoft Office that do not even come close to following the look and feel of Windows.
I'm not sure what the RIAA has to do with Canada. As for the CIRA, they aren't very happy with the rulings with regard to file sharing, but unless they are able to change the current laws they are out of luck.
I for one think it's a great tax. Artists get their money from the blank media, and we are free to copy their music as we see fit. It's win-win.
Maybe he is planning on buying Apple? Which would mean that MacOS would become Windows.
Hopefully mozilla decodes the jpgs itself before rendering them on windows.
It does. But Mozilla had almost the exact same problem with both BMP and PNG in the last week or two. So it's not just Microsoft who has vulnerable image decoders.
Gnome strikes me as a more "UNIXy" kind of desktop environment
Yet KDE adheres closer to the UNIX philosophy in my opinion. Most applications are built using small components (KParts) joined together to form a larger application. Also processes can communicate with each other with ease via DCOP, which almost gives the power of the command line's pipes to GUI applications.
From what I've seen with Gnome apps is that they do not try to do any of that and instead try to be monolithic like you most often see on non-UNIX systems.
KDE is on about the same level as Windows for ease of use as far as I'm concerned. The problem with KDE is that it has the worst defaults. If these seven people sat down at a default KDE install I can see why they made those complaints.
If you spend some significant time customizing KDE it turns into a beautiful desktop environment. But the average user isn't apt to customize anything beyond maybe the desktop background so I believe KDE needs to see some more sensible defaults in the future.
cattle farming...excellent examples of jobs that can't easily be outsourced :-P
Cattle farming can be done anywhere in the world where the conditions are suitable for raising cattle. It's no big deal to ship the meat around.
Interestingly though, the exact opposite has happend in the US. In the past a sizable portion of the beef came from Canada. Now virtually none of it crosses the border.
I'm sorry, where does it say "Desktop" in that article?
It's over on the left hand navigation menu.
The sensible solution is to allow the trial to occur in the place where the damage is done.
But what if it was legal to shoot someone in New York, but not in Ontario?
OSX returns "Mac" I assume. So that code allos them to identify between OSX and OS<=9.
Perhaps the page is generated by a cronjob so it wouldn't be random until the next time the page is updated. And the image is a background image because you can't insert inline images with CSS. If you look at the page without style-sheets you'll see why you'd want that image in the CSS file as opposed to the HTML.
Will we be seeing controls on browsers that can view gmail next?
We have since the initial launch. Konqueror still doesn't work.
I don't know what interfaces the KDE developers might use, but the command might look something like this: