I am a Canadian software developer, and I've been subcontracted by an India-based software company for various work (at typical, fair American rates). Is that outsourcing or insourcing?
You mean like Mac OS 9 running on a G3, or System 8.whatever running on a PowerMac 6100, executing 68000 code? I'm pretty sure the 68k emulator was in software...
Maybe I'm reading this page [wimaxforum.org] wrong, but does it say WiMax gets 268mbps each way?
Indeed, it does. And it's either an embarrassing typographical error (for an official page from the consortium entitled "Technical Information"), or else it's unremarkable; 268 milibits per second is less than what 802.11g gives today...
I'm sure it's usually just a vehicle for the "editors" to boost their own egos. The general tone from slashdot "mangement" seems to be that this is their playground, and they frankly couldn't give much rat ass about integrity (of journalism, literacy or otherwise) if it comes above their ability to treat the contributors and readers like playthings.
After all, we keep trudging back here like sheep, don't we...
I could see a 4 MP camera that would attach right to the bottom of the iPod.
That would be ridiculous... makes about as much sense as a cell phone with a large number of MP. Oh yay, fifteen million pixels of an image that has been improperly framed, focused, metered or exposed. What's the point?
To an iPod user whose collection consists primarily of music from CDs that I own as well as other sources for which I have proper authorization, this is a kick in the shins. I might as well declare in the news that most people named Steve Ballmer beat their wives.
I read this story Saturday evening and the tubes that Iraq was shopping for were of a much greater tolerance than needed for their small artilery rockets.
Oh, so they were well built. We should then admonish all of our local civil engineers and workmen for constructing sound bridges and buildings!
Oh, okay. So the nuclear-electric stations that produce power for much of Ontario "could" be re-engineered for evil usage. Better start bombing Canada!
Don't tell me you're one of those guys who reads "pull in case of fire" on the alarm panel, and pulls the thing, just in case there's a fire?
Actually, let me apologise slightly for the tone of my initial reply.
"What the hell are you smoking" should really have been directed at the moderators (+4 insightful?!), as I now realise (hope) your post was intended to be funny.
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I am a Canadian software developer, and I've been subcontracted by an India-based software company for various work (at typical, fair American rates). Is that outsourcing or insourcing?
Thought that was interesting.
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- iPod Updater 3.0.4 (2004-10-20)
Where do you get this from? The linked page only lists 3.0.1 for the current click-wheel iPods, and other 3.x versions for the others.
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You mean like Mac OS 9 running on a G3, or System 8.whatever running on a PowerMac 6100, executing 68000 code? I'm pretty sure the 68k emulator was in software...
-ben
Maybe I'm reading this page [wimaxforum.org] wrong, but does it say WiMax gets 268mbps each way?
Indeed, it does. And it's either an embarrassing typographical error (for an official page from the consortium entitled "Technical Information"), or else it's unremarkable; 268 milibits per second is less than what 802.11g gives today...
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I'm sure it's usually just a vehicle for the "editors" to boost their own egos. The general tone from slashdot "mangement" seems to be that this is their playground, and they frankly couldn't give much rat ass about integrity (of journalism, literacy or otherwise) if it comes above their ability to treat the contributors and readers like playthings.
After all, we keep trudging back here like sheep, don't we...
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Yeah, exactly. Stairs, and the wheel, are pretty old too. Perhaps we should study mandating elevators powered by square motors for all homes!
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slamming on the gas and destroying buildings and killing pedestrians because they thought it was the break pedal
Apparently in this case it was the break pedal.
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I took a shit this morning. Then I flushed!
Thank you slashdot for reporting; I expect my royalty cheque in the mail.
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I could see a 4 MP camera that would attach right to the bottom of the iPod.
That would be ridiculous... makes about as much sense as a cell phone with a large number of MP. Oh yay, fifteen million pixels of an image that has been improperly framed, focused, metered or exposed. What's the point?
-ben
Here's a hint: if you're one of those idiots who insists on giving your kid a name with "unique" spelling, at least don't pick a "gaye" name.
Hey now, are you disrespecting Marvin's mother?
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My housemate's dad drew some roofing diagrams on the corner of the newspaper today. If I scan it in, can I get a slashdot article too?
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To an iPod user whose collection consists primarily of music from CDs that I own as well as other sources for which I have proper authorization, this is a kick in the shins. I might as well declare in the news that most people named Steve Ballmer beat their wives.
-ben
I read this story Saturday evening and the tubes that Iraq was shopping for were of a much greater tolerance than needed for their small artilery rockets.
Oh, so they were well built. We should then admonish all of our local civil engineers and workmen for constructing sound bridges and buildings!
-ben
Oh, okay. So the nuclear-electric stations that produce power for much of Ontario "could" be re-engineered for evil usage. Better start bombing Canada!
Don't tell me you're one of those guys who reads "pull in case of fire" on the alarm panel, and pulls the thing, just in case there's a fire?
-ben
The article doesn't try to infer some kind of conspiracy from this
Of course it doesn't; the article is inanimate, and can form no opinions of its own.
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people don't think twice about agreeing to the EULA.
What makes you say that anybody is agreeing to them? We're just clicking a button that lies beneath a bunch of opaque verbiage that we skip over.
Or has the validity of these "EULAs" been legally tested somewhere that I missed?
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"It is amazing given the amount of breach in the canister just how clean it is inside."
Are you saying that some breach reaked into the cannister?! Werr... at reast this way we can be sure it is squeaky-crean!
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Sew two ewe, their our know wrong wheys too spell uh whirred? Clarity of communication is not important? Etc.
I expect at least high-school level English from a publication or person that wants to be respected by a public audience. Is that unreasonable?
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because either Forbes can't spell "principal", or the guys who wrote the agreement couldn't.
What is the content principle, anyway? That music shall be pleasurable? Sounds good to me...
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Not surprising, since things like phase shift and whatnot could be decoded from a composite wave.
But that doesn't address my question at all.
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"5.1 headphones"? Can someone explain this to me?
Last I checked, most humans have two ears, and one headphone goes over each ear. What about the other 3.1?
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Holy crap, that's less than a quarter of a cent per song! Not bad at all. :)
In seriousness though, visiting the site and poking around for 2 minutes did not reveal to me what their actual price structure is. Ah well.
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It's unpossible
That ain't bad grammar; its just a made-up words.
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How many of you suckers are paying slashdot for the privilege of reading these ads?
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Actually, let me apologise slightly for the tone of my initial reply.
"What the hell are you smoking" should really have been directed at the moderators (+4 insightful?!), as I now realise (hope) your post was intended to be funny.
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