While I don't think ranting on the web is the answer to these problems, I really wish there was a better means of finding honest, competent doctors. I have dealt with a lot of quacks in the past few years, but that may be my area (South Florida.)
I don't think blogging about it does much except make both parties look bad.
If you survived hurricane katrina and need to file a FEMA claim, the likelyhood that you have a working PC (or at least access to it) is pretty low. Most people that will NEED FEMA aid are going to be filing via PAPER or PHONE, probably with assistance from their shetler.
These claims aren't for frivolity. If you have a working computer and have access to it, you don't need to file. If you didn't have other insurance and are not in a dire situation then it's really on you to repair.
HDMI > Bandwidth than DVI, works for both monitors and televisions, BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE with DVI.
I don't have anything that can even handle 1080p yet. 90% of television isn't even broadcasting progressively, let alone HD res. I can't buy DVD's in HD yet.
Why do I need another cable/TV when I am far from fully utilizing the one I have?
Regardless of what IE7 supports or doesn't I'd like to encourage all designers and developers for the web to code according to standards.
Ignore IE only tricks, make your sites work according to standards. If IE can't render them correctly that's impetus for MS to fix their app. If users can't view your site correctly with IE make sure they're provided with alternatives, and that they know it's IE at fault.
I'm all for DIY, and clever uses of technology. This however, was not one. The mini is a pretty little pc. It's tiny, aesthetically pleasing... heck it's something to show off, not hide.
So this guy cut it up, added a couple plates to his wall, cluttered his table top with some wires and.. for what? Saving less than 1 square foot of countertop.
We should have awards for best misuse of good technology.
1) Document Everything 2) Alert the owners/management of the company. Impress upon them how serious this is, and how it won't be tolerated. Most likely it's just one employee with a wild hair up his... and not a representation of their company's intent. 3) Give them a time frame to address it/correct their problem 4) If it happens again let them know you're considering legal action.
There's no excuse for this behavior. Would you tolerate someone skulking around your building looking for open doors and windows?
Being as I work with computers for a living, I can't avoid spam during work hours.
I don't have a problem with it at home. Stuff still sneaks through and I see it, but it's not like the torrential outpouring I deal with professionally.
I am very glad it degrades well, but javascript is never a solution. The goal of any web developer worth his salt is to make something universally compatible, intuitive, functional, AND good looking regardless of extensions or security settings.
It's a nice hack admittedly. Heck I may even use it on personal sites.
I can build a better looking shelf, however I'm not sure why I'd build a shelf for a notebook when I can put it anywhere I need.
Doesn't that remove the point of having a notebook? You can get a more powerful computer for less money if it's going to be deskbound. If you need to use your desk area then *move* the notebook.
Microsoft is one of the few large companies that has a brain about hiring. I could go to any number of IT or Software positions at the drop of a hat all it takes is a nice resume, an average ability to hold conversation and a bit of BS + confidence -- NO SKILLS.
Microsoft's clever little quizes actually put people on the spot and make them show that they can think instead of only doing what's expected. I think it's brilliant.
It's HARD to find good candidates looking at resumes. You can chuck about 50% of them off the bat, and interview the best of the remaining but there is absolutely no guarantee any of those people will have what it takes. Even after an interview I'm often uncertain if the person has the skills I need, or just good sales and BS skill.
I run an anime club in Florida. Florida has 4 good sized anime conventions a year (3000+ attendees.) Our club has about 1500 members. If it weren't for fansubs there would be a very small fraction of anime fans and releases.
Fansubs are the primary avenue we find out about series, become attached to them, and subsequently buy them as they are released. We're ravenous. We buy the dvds even if we have the fansubs. We buy action figures, posters, art books, etc. Most of the members are college kids without a lot of money, and they still buy.
I can't tell you how many times I've been at a convention, talking to directors of american releases (usually voice actors themselves,) or employees of distribution companies about fan subs. The vast majority download them and watch them themselves. Their take on it is "don't buy them, don't buy bootlegs, don't seek them out after the show is licensed and airing/available here."
I can't think of any better marketing research than looking at what's popular in fansubs.
Yeah, some people will download a fansub, and not buy the show. Some maliciously, some not. Most cases people just check the show out, don't like it, so don't buy it.
Very important to every aspect of media piracy in this information age:
Just because someone "steals" something over the internet doesn't mean they would have bought it had they not been able to download it.
almost assurance that some clever hacker will make 'X for x86' run on commodity hardware, I'm doubting the willingness of most IT and development houses to even give the Carbon and Cocoa APIs a first glance.
Doesn't this make the platform all the MORE attractive? People like OSX, people are INFATUATED with it. The main barrier people have is the expensive (and sometimes viewed as inferior) hardware. Now that's not an issue, and if OSX for x86 is able to run on my crappy bargain basement PC, wouldnt' that mean MORE market for OSX software?
Why wouldn't you? You're going to be running the same apps, on the same platform (software) and it's a good processor.
The pc market has *never* been a "wait six months then buy," market. Everything changes too fast. Why would people deny themselves the tools they want (or need) waiting for the upgrades? Upgrades and changes will ALWAYS bee just over the horizon.
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MS and Intel have a lot of weight. This will probably cause both standards to be released, and then the superior marketing will win.
With MS and Intel backing, superior marketing will likely be HD-DVD, and again we will be left with the inferior format.
... n/m
If I was a hardware designer, I'd do things like that all the time and wait to see who noticed.
If you can build a good XP emulator from the ground up in 15 days, you don't need a lousy $10k
That was the most useful slashdot reply I have ever seen, and I've been reading since it was chips & dips.
Thanks!
While I don't think ranting on the web is the answer to these problems, I really wish there was a better means of finding honest, competent doctors. I have dealt with a lot of quacks in the past few years, but that may be my area (South Florida.)
I don't think blogging about it does much except make both parties look bad.
If you survived hurricane katrina and need to file a FEMA claim, the likelyhood that you have a working PC (or at least access to it) is pretty low. Most people that will NEED FEMA aid are going to be filing via PAPER or PHONE, probably with assistance from their shetler.
These claims aren't for frivolity. If you have a working computer and have access to it, you don't need to file. If you didn't have other insurance and are not in a dire situation then it's really on you to repair.
Since when is a $1k PC a "Budget System?"
I bought a mac for $1200, I could have had similar raw performance for like $300.
HDMI > Bandwidth than DVI, works for both monitors and televisions, BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE with DVI.
I don't have anything that can even handle 1080p yet. 90% of television isn't even broadcasting progressively, let alone HD res. I can't buy DVD's in HD yet.
Why do I need another cable/TV when I am far from fully utilizing the one I have?
Very customizeable as far as work flow and organization.
http://www.taskperfect.com/
Regardless of what IE7 supports or doesn't I'd like to encourage all designers and developers for the web to code according to standards.
Ignore IE only tricks, make your sites work according to standards. If IE can't render them correctly that's impetus for MS to fix their app. If users can't view your site correctly with IE make sure they're provided with alternatives, and that they know it's IE at fault.
I'm all for DIY, and clever uses of technology. This however, was not one. The mini is a pretty little pc. It's tiny, aesthetically pleasing... heck it's something to show off, not hide.
So this guy cut it up, added a couple plates to his wall, cluttered his table top with some wires and.. for what? Saving less than 1 square foot of countertop.
We should have awards for best misuse of good technology.
1) Document Everything
2) Alert the owners/management of the company. Impress upon them how serious this is, and how it won't be tolerated. Most likely it's just one employee with a wild hair up his... and not a representation of their company's intent.
3) Give them a time frame to address it/correct their problem
4) If it happens again let them know you're considering legal action.
There's no excuse for this behavior. Would you tolerate someone skulking around your building looking for open doors and windows?
Being as I work with computers for a living, I can't avoid spam during work hours.
I don't have a problem with it at home. Stuff still sneaks through and I see it, but it's not like the torrential outpouring I deal with professionally.
If I were to post it tens of thousands of times over years--constantly harassing you, giving you no means of escape from it...
then yeah, I think you'd be justified in offing me.
Someone removed a person who makes their living by harassing (and possibly defrauding) people?
I'd say that's justice!
They do it to allow a day pass to go in and out, without being used by multiple people.
Seems like a nicely elegant solution to me!
I think this is up to the end users and not the software. CMS systems are generic enough to be "anything that needs a CMS" oriented.
I am very glad it degrades well, but javascript is never a solution. The goal of any web developer worth his salt is to make something universally compatible, intuitive, functional, AND good looking regardless of extensions or security settings.
It's a nice hack admittedly. Heck I may even use it on personal sites.
I can build a better looking shelf, however I'm not sure why I'd build a shelf for a notebook when I can put it anywhere I need.
Doesn't that remove the point of having a notebook? You can get a more powerful computer for less money if it's going to be deskbound. If you need to use your desk area then *move* the notebook.
Did I oversleep and it's April 1 again?
Microsoft is one of the few large companies that has a brain about hiring. I could go to any number of IT or Software positions at the drop of a hat all it takes is a nice resume, an average ability to hold conversation and a bit of BS + confidence -- NO SKILLS.
Microsoft's clever little quizes actually put people on the spot and make them show that they can think instead of only doing what's expected. I think it's brilliant.
It's HARD to find good candidates looking at resumes. You can chuck about 50% of them off the bat, and interview the best of the remaining but there is absolutely no guarantee any of those people will have what it takes. Even after an interview I'm often uncertain if the person has the skills I need, or just good sales and BS skill.
I run an anime club in Florida. Florida has 4 good sized anime conventions a year (3000+ attendees.) Our club has about 1500 members. If it weren't for fansubs there would be a very small fraction of anime fans and releases.
Fansubs are the primary avenue we find out about series, become attached to them, and subsequently buy them as they are released. We're ravenous. We buy the dvds even if we have the fansubs. We buy action figures, posters, art books, etc. Most of the members are college kids without a lot of money, and they still buy.
I can't tell you how many times I've been at a convention, talking to directors of american releases (usually voice actors themselves,) or employees of distribution companies about fan subs. The vast majority download them and watch them themselves. Their take on it is "don't buy them, don't buy bootlegs, don't seek them out after the show is licensed and airing/available here."
I can't think of any better marketing research than looking at what's popular in fansubs.
Yeah, some people will download a fansub, and not buy the show. Some maliciously, some not. Most cases people just check the show out, don't like it, so don't buy it.
Very important to every aspect of media piracy in this information age:
Just because someone "steals" something over the internet doesn't mean they would have bought it had they not been able to download it.
almost assurance that some clever hacker will make 'X for x86' run on commodity hardware, I'm doubting the willingness of most IT and development houses to even give the Carbon and Cocoa APIs a first glance.
Doesn't this make the platform all the MORE attractive? People like OSX, people are INFATUATED with it. The main barrier people have is the expensive (and sometimes viewed as inferior) hardware. Now that's not an issue, and if OSX for x86 is able to run on my crappy bargain basement PC, wouldnt' that mean MORE market for OSX software?
I am, for one.
Why wouldn't you? You're going to be running the same apps, on the same platform (software) and it's a good processor.
The pc market has *never* been a "wait six months then buy," market. Everything changes too fast. Why would people deny themselves the tools they want (or need) waiting for the upgrades? Upgrades and changes will ALWAYS bee just over the horizon.