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By his match the productivity gain doesn't outweigh the loss.
No, you're misinterpreting what is being said. He said, "within a reasonable limit of less than 20 per cent of their total time in the office are more productive by about nine per cent than those who don't."
Note that he did not say, "more productive by about nine per cent per hour." In other words, if Person A works 10 hours without breaks and makes 100 widgets, then Person B who works 8 hours and takes 2 hours worth of breaks will have produced 109 widgets.
I can write my app, I don't have to pay anyone or tell anyone.
Out of curiosity, is that actually true? Last time I checked, the only way to compile applications for the Windows Mobile platform required that you have at least the "Standard" edition of Visual Studio, which will set you back $250. The free Express version can't do it. While the Qt toolkit is free, it requires that you have Microsoft's Windows Mobile SDK installed, which requires that you have VS Standard installed, so that won't work, either.
Is there some free development solution I don't know about?
First, they don't need a cell phone, but one is useful because it provides them with a mechanism to quickly and easily communicate with people -- including you, for example, if they need to ask you a question or notify you about something. It also provides them with a mechanism to get help if there's an emergency.
Second, why do you believe there is some sort of "importance" threshold that you have to meet before you get a cell phone? They're just a tool. You don't need to be "important enough" to have one any more than you have to be important enough to own a screwdriver or a pencil.
I'm not even important enough to need a cellphone.
You also don't need a computer, or a car, or nice clothes. Hell, you don't even need kids. So why do you have any of them?
You remind me of a friend of mine who used to not have a cell phone capable of sending text messages. She would tell me how texting was totally useless, and she didn't understand why anybody would do it, and she didn't even want a phone that could send text messages.
Then her phone broke and she had to get a new one, and she couldn't find one that didn't allow text messaging. She was reluctant at first, but used it occasionally for giving people status updates about things like where she was at or if she was late for something, or asking people quick questions that didn't warrant a phone call. To make a long story short, now she uses her phone more for texting than making actual calls, and she can't stand the idea of not being able to send text messages.
Is this making any sense? Maybe the reason why you don't understand why having a cell phone is useful is because you haven't used one (or, at least, haven't used one for long enough to understand how it can be useful).
So, to prevent the hassle of having the item returned and getting negative feedback, I went to the store, yanked open a box, wrote down the serial number and left, and gave the guy the new serial number, he was happy. Does this make me a thief?
No, but it does make you an asshole. Some guy bought a game from the store and couldn't play it because the key was already taken, and the store won't give him a refund because they know he could have just lied about it not working. Good job, you caused some random guy to lose $50 because you didn't want negative feedback.
The right thing to do would have been to apologize to the guy you sold the game to and give him his money back.
I'm allowed to sell the shit I bought.
Then contact Valve and request that they transfer your CD key to somebody else. If they refuse, file a lawsuit.
If you have a headache and take a Tylenol, that's a proper use.
If you have a headache and take a whole bottle of Tylenol, that's abuse.
Ok, let's rephrase that now:
If you need to send a SMS and use Google's experimental SMS service, that's a proper use.
If you need to send a SMS and write an application that uses Google's experimental SMS service, charge people for it, and then publicize it as widely as you can, that's abuse.
Your buddy's 15-year-old game had to be rewritten for the Wii. The director, actors, editors, etc. have to do NOTHING to take a movie to another medium. Yeah, you can use a emulator -- but how many real people, i.e. Wal-Mart shoppers, use emulators?
Just thought I'd point out that, no, it wasn't rewritten. All those games on the Wii's Virtual Console are running in emulators. Do you honestly think they would go through and rewrite every single one of those games, even going so far as to reproduce the original glitches? You can also buy & download games for the original Xbox and Playstation over Xbox Live and the Playstation Network, too. If those Wal-mart shoppers have a current-gen system and have bought downloadable games, then yes, they're using emulators.
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Come on, I can't believe nobody else has said that yet.
As opposed to developing for Windows Mobile, where one can create applications just by thinking them into existence? Oh wait, I have to buy a PC to do WM development! Bummer.
On top of that, you have to purchase at least the Professional version of Visual Studio. The WM SDK won't work with the free Express versions. Qt might seem like a viable option, since it can target Windows Mobile, except that it requires the WM SDK to be installed, so you still need VS Pro.
Actually, it's titled 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door'. However, for the American market, like so many other movies, it was thought that the title wasn't clear enough.
Also, "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" is the name of a song by Bob Dylan, and the title of the movie is almost certainly a reference to it. They probably wanted to avoid any possible trademark issues, which wouldn't be a problem in Japan but could be in the US.
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Another "story" that's as lame as this and you're going on my ignore list. I haven't put an author on my/. ignore list since Jon Katz (although Zonk has come close a few times).
The only reason I haven't done it already is that your shotgun approach to posting random stories means that sometimes you post interesting ones, too, but that will be an acceptable loss if that's what I have to do to avoid crap like this.
So presumably those patents on the splash screen are now null and void ? Including the one for the implementation of the LZW algorithm, that they don't even own ?
The patent on the LZW algorithm expired over five years ago. You're free to use it for whatever you want now.
Nah, I'm still a fan of Exaile. Amarok2 has WAY too much junk that I don't need, and, at least in my experience, it's UI and startup/shutdown times are much slower than Exaile; that's pretty impressive considering that Exaile is written in Python.
Then again, I don't expect (or want) much from a music player other than a decent UI for playlist management and the ability to integrate with my iPod.
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Um, wxWidgets has been around for many years, and it can be used to write decent-looking GUIs for OS X, Windows, Linux, and many more operating systems.
While I think Qt's API is a bit nicer, it was already pretty easy to make cross-platform GUIs.
Er, where are you getting those numbers from? If we're talking about the Meyers-Briggs introversion/extroversion groups, the split is actually about 50/50. Source. And how do you define "intellectual", for that matter?
Don't lump all wireless mice together just because the ones you've used are bad. Weight is a valid complaint, but honestly, it's negligible enough that you'll never notice it after you've spend some time getting used to it. Logitech's wireless RF laser mice (I'm particular fond of the MX620) have an instant response time and a single battery charge will last over eight months. After using one for a while, I can't stand going back to a corded mouse and dealing with a cord constantly getting in the way.
Wireless mice don't suck -- your wireless mouse sucks. It's ok, I've noticed it with certain wireless mice before, especially Bluetooth mice. Try one of Logitech's RF laser mice, like the MX620 or LX8. There is absolutely no noticeable delay, and a pair of AA batteries will last over eight months even if you never turn the mouse off.
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By his match the productivity gain doesn't outweigh the loss.
No, you're misinterpreting what is being said. He said, "within a reasonable limit of less than 20 per cent of their total time in the office are more productive by about nine per cent than those who don't."
Note that he did not say, "more productive by about nine per cent per hour." In other words, if Person A works 10 hours without breaks and makes 100 widgets, then Person B who works 8 hours and takes 2 hours worth of breaks will have produced 109 widgets.
I can write my app, I don't have to pay anyone or tell anyone.
Out of curiosity, is that actually true? Last time I checked, the only way to compile applications for the Windows Mobile platform required that you have at least the "Standard" edition of Visual Studio, which will set you back $250. The free Express version can't do it. While the Qt toolkit is free, it requires that you have Microsoft's Windows Mobile SDK installed, which requires that you have VS Standard installed, so that won't work, either.
Is there some free development solution I don't know about?
Sure, why not.
Ok, a few things.
First, they don't need a cell phone, but one is useful because it provides them with a mechanism to quickly and easily communicate with people -- including you, for example, if they need to ask you a question or notify you about something. It also provides them with a mechanism to get help if there's an emergency.
Second, why do you believe there is some sort of "importance" threshold that you have to meet before you get a cell phone? They're just a tool. You don't need to be "important enough" to have one any more than you have to be important enough to own a screwdriver or a pencil.
I'm not even important enough to need a cellphone.
You also don't need a computer, or a car, or nice clothes. Hell, you don't even need kids. So why do you have any of them?
You remind me of a friend of mine who used to not have a cell phone capable of sending text messages. She would tell me how texting was totally useless, and she didn't understand why anybody would do it, and she didn't even want a phone that could send text messages.
Then her phone broke and she had to get a new one, and she couldn't find one that didn't allow text messaging. She was reluctant at first, but used it occasionally for giving people status updates about things like where she was at or if she was late for something, or asking people quick questions that didn't warrant a phone call. To make a long story short, now she uses her phone more for texting than making actual calls, and she can't stand the idea of not being able to send text messages.
Is this making any sense? Maybe the reason why you don't understand why having a cell phone is useful is because you haven't used one (or, at least, haven't used one for long enough to understand how it can be useful).
So how do you use a mouse with a Scottish accent?
Well, first, you've got to get it drunk...
So, to prevent the hassle of having the item returned and getting negative feedback, I went to the store, yanked open a box, wrote down the serial number and left, and gave the guy the new serial number, he was happy. Does this make me a thief?
No, but it does make you an asshole. Some guy bought a game from the store and couldn't play it because the key was already taken, and the store won't give him a refund because they know he could have just lied about it not working. Good job, you caused some random guy to lose $50 because you didn't want negative feedback.
The right thing to do would have been to apologize to the guy you sold the game to and give him his money back.
I'm allowed to sell the shit I bought.
Then contact Valve and request that they transfer your CD key to somebody else. If they refuse, file a lawsuit.
If you have a headache and take a Tylenol, that's a proper use.
If you have a headache and take a whole bottle of Tylenol, that's abuse.
Ok, let's rephrase that now:
If you need to send a SMS and use Google's experimental SMS service, that's a proper use.
If you need to send a SMS and write an application that uses Google's experimental SMS service, charge people for it, and then publicize it as widely as you can, that's abuse.
Does it make more sense when it's put that way?
Your buddy's 15-year-old game had to be rewritten for the Wii. The director, actors, editors, etc. have to do NOTHING to take a movie to another medium. Yeah, you can use a emulator -- but how many real people, i.e. Wal-Mart shoppers, use emulators?
Just thought I'd point out that, no, it wasn't rewritten. All those games on the Wii's Virtual Console are running in emulators. Do you honestly think they would go through and rewrite every single one of those games, even going so far as to reproduce the original glitches? You can also buy & download games for the original Xbox and Playstation over Xbox Live and the Playstation Network, too. If those Wal-mart shoppers have a current-gen system and have bought downloadable games, then yes, they're using emulators.
And carriages were transporting people everywhere back when automobile manufacturers were still figuring out how to build engines.
The fact that you were brought up in a Unix environment doesn't mean it's the best way to do things. Really.
I'm not saying that Windows is necessarily better -- just that being around longer doesn't automatically make you better, either.
To make the PSP more female friendly comes: Hannah Montana in a purple PSP bundle The Petz range (Ubisoft)
For the record, the attitude that this is what you have to do to make something "female friendly" is why it's not female friendly.
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Come on, I can't believe nobody else has said that yet.
..Sun's Virtual Box does it easier, quicker and got there first.
Does Virtual Box support SMP yet? I don't know if it counts as "quicker" if it can only use one of my cores.
For KDE 3.5 you have to use 8.04.
Actually, there is an unofficial KDE3.5 repository for Intrepid, and it works great: http://apt.pearsoncomputing.net/
Don't know what I'd do without it. (well, actually, I'd probably roll back to 8.04)
As opposed to developing for Windows Mobile, where one can create applications just by thinking them into existence? Oh wait, I have to buy a PC to do WM development! Bummer.
On top of that, you have to purchase at least the Professional version of Visual Studio. The WM SDK won't work with the free Express versions. Qt might seem like a viable option, since it can target Windows Mobile, except that it requires the WM SDK to be installed, so you still need VS Pro.
I could, but then I could just buy a nice silver CD/DVD in the first place instead, and remove the server requirement in the process...
You realize that SecuROM requires a server, too, right?
Actually, it's titled 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door'. However, for the American market, like so many other movies, it was thought that the title wasn't clear enough.
Also, "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" is the name of a song by Bob Dylan, and the title of the movie is almost certainly a reference to it. They probably wanted to avoid any possible trademark issues, which wouldn't be a problem in Japan but could be in the US.
Another "story" that's as lame as this and you're going on my ignore list. I haven't put an author on my /. ignore list since Jon Katz (although Zonk has come close a few times).
The only reason I haven't done it already is that your shotgun approach to posting random stories means that sometimes you post interesting ones, too, but that will be an acceptable loss if that's what I have to do to avoid crap like this.
So presumably those patents on the splash screen are now null and void ? Including the one for the implementation of the LZW algorithm, that they don't even own ?
The patent on the LZW algorithm expired over five years ago. You're free to use it for whatever you want now.
Exaile? Maybe not now Amarok2 is out.
Nah, I'm still a fan of Exaile. Amarok2 has WAY too much junk that I don't need, and, at least in my experience, it's UI and startup/shutdown times are much slower than Exaile; that's pretty impressive considering that Exaile is written in Python.
Then again, I don't expect (or want) much from a music player other than a decent UI for playlist management and the ability to integrate with my iPod.
Um, wxWidgets has been around for many years, and it can be used to write decent-looking GUIs for OS X, Windows, Linux, and many more operating systems.
While I think Qt's API is a bit nicer, it was already pretty easy to make cross-platform GUIs.
Er, where are you getting those numbers from? If we're talking about the Meyers-Briggs introversion/extroversion groups, the split is actually about 50/50. Source. And how do you define "intellectual", for that matter?
Stop pulling numbers out of thin air, please.
In reality, it's estimated that Windows has almost an 89% share, OS X is almost 10%, and Linux is slightly under 1%. And I have a source, too.
Don't lump all wireless mice together just because the ones you've used are bad. Weight is a valid complaint, but honestly, it's negligible enough that you'll never notice it after you've spend some time getting used to it. Logitech's wireless RF laser mice (I'm particular fond of the MX620) have an instant response time and a single battery charge will last over eight months. After using one for a while, I can't stand going back to a corded mouse and dealing with a cord constantly getting in the way.
Wireless mice don't suck -- your wireless mouse sucks. It's ok, I've noticed it with certain wireless mice before, especially Bluetooth mice. Try one of Logitech's RF laser mice, like the MX620 or LX8. There is absolutely no noticeable delay, and a pair of AA batteries will last over eight months even if you never turn the mouse off.