From Jerry Lerma and Terry Hogan: "The mapping of Springfield began in the Spring of 2001 when we realized that no adequate map of Springfield existed either online or in print.""
How can a country lose $300 billion in productivity and still be the most productive country in the world? Americans work longer hours, spend less time on vacation, work harder, and as a result your economy outpaces countries like Japan, whom you used to believe were insanely overworked.
This is another one of those monetary statistics that we can file under "overblown."
So basically you've managed to discover the one universal truth in employment: The only way to get anywhere doing anything is either in upper management, or by starting your own company, which puts you in upper management.
Management is the one area where you have any real choices. If you appear to have any choices otherwise, it's because management has created that choice. In other words, choice is an illusion created by people with power. Those people with power will happily screw you to get more. And the reason that they all believe that they're smarter than you (and they may just be right) is that they've already realized this and are actually working on getting out of the way of the giant axe that's coming their way, while you just sit there with the belief that everything will be OK if you only work a little harder.
50% of people are NOT dumber than the average person.
You don't understand how IQ works. It's completely graded to the curve, therefore, *exactly* half of the people have an IQ of 100 or below. And *exactly* half of the people have an IQ of 100 or above.
That and you obviously surround yourself with smart people. Otherwise you'd be made painfully aware of this fact.
Sure, and if you didn't know that "mouse" in Swedish is roughly analagous to "beaver" in North America, you could get into a lot of trouble with common computer hardware.:) And to think that "beaver" doesn't have any sexual connotations in many other english-speaking countries.
Of course, the reverse is true. Because you know, nothing sucks like an Electrolux!
What I want to know is, can these new-fangled airport security systems detect ceramic knives and guns?
Heh. You don't really think that anyone can hijack a plane anymore without fully automatic weapons and lots of ammo, do you?
A knife? The hijacker would get mobbed and beaten to death. The passengers already know that the liklihood of survival after a successful hijacking is nil, and they might as well die trying.
The people that have NO problem using Windows aren't calling you.
I also happen to work in sales. It's that small a company.
You want to know the percentage of people that need my help getting set up after they've paid? It's probably better than 90%. I quote 85% because a) it's safe, and b) a very few of those that call me to get set up need only a little nudge to get going and they're set.
Also, if you look at broadband bandwidth figures, any big broadband company will quote you the 10-90 rule. That is, 10% of the users use 90% of the bandwidth. And that's the places around here that don't bother charging for bandwidth usage and thus people take them for what they can get. It's only the 10% that actually know enough about computers and the internet to find and download music and movies that use all that bandwidth. If more people had a clue, then a higher percentage would take advantage of the all-you-can-eat places.
This isn't just my perception talking here. It's hard fact.
I have news for you. Not everyone is as good at using computers as you are.
The vast majority of people that use windows have no idea about the basic wordprocessing features it uses. They have no idea that you can type over a word that's highlighted to replace it, or that you can place the cursor somewhere using the mouse.
Three programs? These same people never have more than one window open at a time. They habitually close every window before opening another, because they honestly believe that you can't have more than one.
I've been doing technical support for about 8 years now, and believe me, 80+% of the people that have a computer have no clue whatsoever. It's just a fact of life for me. We of/. are the talented few for whom computers come naturally. Of course we don't think it's a big deal.
This new user base may be overseas, but they aren't retarded.
Spoken like a man who's never done tech support.
They don't need to be overseas to be retarded. They just need to be your average end-user.
85+% of the people that use the internet never use anything more complicated than MSN and e-mail.
Most of the people I have to talk to on the phone think they have to close any open windows before opening any more. Or for that matter, opening the Start menu. Even if they do have more than one open window, they have no idea how to switch between them.
These are all things that are the very simplest tasks to us, but most people have no idea about them. These are the people that make up Microsoft's target market.
The Sun Thin Clients require a monitor. While Sun offers 19inch LCD displays for $1,100 each, the Thin Clients do support any monitor that supports Display Identification Standard (DDC) ver. 1.2 or 2.1. There is more documentation on monitor needs on Sun's website. Other 19-inch monitors that appear to support the standard are priced at $800 to $1,100.
I've never known a library to use 19" monitors for anything, let alone 19" LCDs that cost 3 times more than the thin client they're attached to. In fact most I've seen use 15" or less (and I recall one library I used to frequent used 13" monochrome VAX dumb terminals, but needs have changed since then).
The fact of the matter is that we're dealing with the unwashed masses here, not uber multitaskers like call center employees or programmers.
Or for that matter, the ads that wallpaper telephone poles? And empty buildings? The banners pulled along by airplanes at the beach? Sidewalk chalk? Or the 1-800-get-junk signs stuck into the ground at every available point?
Oh yeah, perks are coming back into fashion alright! Look at the stunning package I get:
Free ADSL!(I work at an ISP) Computer upgrades every 5 years! (for my workstation, not at home) Air conditioning! (We just replaced the old clunker at work) And, um, an occasional day where the tech support calls aren't so frequent and I can actually get real work done! W00t!
I dont understand why solar-powered ion drives are not used on missions like this.
Because any spacecraft headed for planets inside earth's orbit will be falling towards the sun anyway, and thus accelerating. This makes a direct trip between Earth and Mercury very difficult because in order to acheive orbit around Mercury, you'd have to slow down a whole lot - more than a chemical rocket could produce and way, way more than an ion drive. Sending a probe on a path like this would essentially give it a stupidly long elliptical orbit around the sun or around Mercury and then the sun.
Also, you don't seriously believe that solar panels could withstand the heat and radiation on Mercury do you? At best they'd overload and burn themselves out, although a more likely scenario would be that they'd just evaporate.
Being a poor student on a budget, that doesn't mean I want a substandard CPU for my gaming needs.
(prices are today's, not "as of writing", thanks to newegg.com) MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R $83 Athlon 64 3000+ (10x200: 2GHz) $175 2 x 512MB Kingston HyperX PC4000 $168 (substituted Kingston 512MB Pc3200) HIS Radeon 9600 XT $385 80GB Western Digital SE 8MB Cache $59 Windows XP SP1 $0 VIA Hyperion 4in1 drivers 4.51 $0 ATI Catalyst 4.7. $0
Total: $870
Now, while that's not bad - especially for a gamer box - I'm currently working full time and without tuition and I can't spend that much. It's also worth noting that personally, my lack of dedication to school and my unwarranted dedication to Quake were the cause of my dropping out.
This guy is either lying to sell an article, or he needs to have his head screwed on straight and rearrange his priorities. Alternatively he's working for viperlair to work through college and the hardware in question doesn't actually belong to him. Viperlair doesn't seem to make that much money however.
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From Jerry Lerma and Terry Hogan: "The mapping of Springfield began in the Spring of 2001 when we realized that no adequate map of Springfield existed either online or in print.""
Bah. I think they just started doing it once came out because they needed a map for the game.
They misspelled "lostcause.org."
I'm sure you mean to say that it all makes perfect sense, expressed in dollars and cents.
I'm not talking about growth though, but more about where you are now. More interesting is that this has been going on for a few years now.
How can a country lose $300 billion in productivity and still be the most productive country in the world? Americans work longer hours, spend less time on vacation, work harder, and as a result your economy outpaces countries like Japan, whom you used to believe were insanely overworked.
This is another one of those monetary statistics that we can file under "overblown."
So basically you've managed to discover the one universal truth in employment: The only way to get anywhere doing anything is either in upper management, or by starting your own company, which puts you in upper management.
Management is the one area where you have any real choices. If you appear to have any choices otherwise, it's because management has created that choice. In other words, choice is an illusion created by people with power. Those people with power will happily screw you to get more. And the reason that they all believe that they're smarter than you (and they may just be right) is that they've already realized this and are actually working on getting out of the way of the giant axe that's coming their way, while you just sit there with the belief that everything will be OK if you only work a little harder.
Leave it to corporate America to find a way to make Lava Lamps something to stress out about.
Today we had a major outage on our ADSL network. It turns out that our friendly neighbourhood Telco had a problem on one of their VLANs.
I'm sure our customers will be pleased if this pans out.
50% of people are NOT dumber than the average person.
You don't understand how IQ works. It's completely graded to the curve, therefore, *exactly* half of the people have an IQ of 100 or below. And *exactly* half of the people have an IQ of 100 or above.
That and you obviously surround yourself with smart people. Otherwise you'd be made painfully aware of this fact.
Sure, and if you didn't know that "mouse" in Swedish is roughly analagous to "beaver" in North America, you could get into a lot of trouble with common computer hardware. :) And to think that "beaver" doesn't have any sexual connotations in many other english-speaking countries.
Of course, the reverse is true. Because you know, nothing sucks like an Electrolux!
I guess we won't be seeing any "Olympians go wild" videos anytime soon then.
What I want to know is, can these new-fangled airport security systems detect ceramic knives and guns?
Heh. You don't really think that anyone can hijack a plane anymore without fully automatic weapons and lots of ammo, do you?
A knife? The hijacker would get mobbed and beaten to death. The passengers already know that the liklihood of survival after a successful hijacking is nil, and they might as well die trying.
If I recall correctly, scuppers used to be some kind of a cleaning mechanism on a sailing ship.
I think a better reference would probably be "scuttled", which is typically what one does to intentionally sink a ship, while one is onboard.
The people that have NO problem using Windows aren't calling you.
I also happen to work in sales. It's that small a company.
You want to know the percentage of people that need my help getting set up after they've paid? It's probably better than 90%. I quote 85% because a) it's safe, and b) a very few of those that call me to get set up need only a little nudge to get going and they're set.
Also, if you look at broadband bandwidth figures, any big broadband company will quote you the 10-90 rule. That is, 10% of the users use 90% of the bandwidth. And that's the places around here that don't bother charging for bandwidth usage and thus people take them for what they can get. It's only the 10% that actually know enough about computers and the internet to find and download music and movies that use all that bandwidth. If more people had a clue, then a higher percentage would take advantage of the all-you-can-eat places.
This isn't just my perception talking here. It's hard fact.
I have news for you. Not everyone is as good at using computers as you are.
/. are the talented few for whom computers come naturally. Of course we don't think it's a big deal.
The vast majority of people that use windows have no idea about the basic wordprocessing features it uses. They have no idea that you can type over a word that's highlighted to replace it, or that you can place the cursor somewhere using the mouse.
Three programs? These same people never have more than one window open at a time. They habitually close every window before opening another, because they honestly believe that you can't have more than one.
I've been doing technical support for about 8 years now, and believe me, 80+% of the people that have a computer have no clue whatsoever. It's just a fact of life for me. We of
This new user base may be overseas, but they aren't retarded.
Spoken like a man who's never done tech support.
They don't need to be overseas to be retarded. They just need to be your average end-user.
85+% of the people that use the internet never use anything more complicated than MSN and e-mail.
Most of the people I have to talk to on the phone think they have to close any open windows before opening any more. Or for that matter, opening the Start menu. Even if they do have more than one open window, they have no idea how to switch between them.
These are all things that are the very simplest tasks to us, but most people have no idea about them. These are the people that make up Microsoft's target market.
The Sun Thin Clients require a monitor. While Sun offers 19inch LCD displays for $1,100 each, the Thin Clients do support any monitor that supports Display Identification Standard (DDC) ver. 1.2 or 2.1. There is more documentation on monitor needs on Sun's website. Other 19-inch monitors that appear to support the standard are priced at $800 to $1,100.
I've never known a library to use 19" monitors for anything, let alone 19" LCDs that cost 3 times more than the thin client they're attached to. In fact most I've seen use 15" or less (and I recall one library I used to frequent used 13" monochrome VAX dumb terminals, but needs have changed since then).
The fact of the matter is that we're dealing with the unwashed masses here, not uber multitaskers like call center employees or programmers.
So billboards subsidize... what exactly?
Or for that matter, the ads that wallpaper telephone poles? And empty buildings? The banners pulled along by airplanes at the beach? Sidewalk chalk? Or the 1-800-get-junk signs stuck into the ground at every available point?
Oh yeah, perks are coming back into fashion alright! Look at the stunning package I get:
Free ADSL!(I work at an ISP)
Computer upgrades every 5 years! (for my workstation, not at home)
Air conditioning! (We just replaced the old clunker at work)
And, um, an occasional day where the tech support calls aren't so frequent and I can actually get real work done! W00t!
It isn't going to get any cheaper to fix this as time goes on.
Just like the Y2K bug. But hey, we waited for the last minute on that one too, we can do it again!
I dont understand why solar-powered ion drives are not used on missions like this.
Because any spacecraft headed for planets inside earth's orbit will be falling towards the sun anyway, and thus accelerating. This makes a direct trip between Earth and Mercury very difficult because in order to acheive orbit around Mercury, you'd have to slow down a whole lot - more than a chemical rocket could produce and way, way more than an ion drive. Sending a probe on a path like this would essentially give it a stupidly long elliptical orbit around the sun or around Mercury and then the sun.
Also, you don't seriously believe that solar panels could withstand the heat and radiation on Mercury do you? At best they'd overload and burn themselves out, although a more likely scenario would be that they'd just evaporate.
What, do you think I'm retarded or something?
I mistook the article to say 9800, not 9600. That does take a large chunk out of the price, and makes a lot more sense.
This guy is either lying to sell an article, or he needs to have his head screwed on straight and rearrange his priorities. Alternatively he's working for viperlair to work through college and the hardware in question doesn't actually belong to him. Viperlair doesn't seem to make that much money however.
What's with the monster truck batmobile in the pictures section?
That's easy. SUVs are in. Big and ugly means manly. Really. It does.