I think what it comes down to is what the employer is willing to tolerate. If you're the employer and you don't like the idea of your developer spending 20-30 hours a week doing research or thinking about coding rather than actually coding, then it's your prerogative to let that developer go.
Honestly, I don't give give a flying flip how long it takes someone to do a job, I just want them to do the job for the compensation that we agree upon.
I agree with the comment regarding being in the "zone." I don't code for a living anymore, but when I do, I can sometimes spend a full 9 hour day doing nothing but keyboard banging.
Interestingly, I'd like to point out that when you're coding and really straining your brain, you're burning a lot more calories than you might think. I always thought it weird after a 10 hour day of coding to go home feeling like I was physically exhausted. In reality, the brain is one of the highest consumers of energy in the body and so it makes sense to me now.
I use UMA with T-Mobile on 3 different phones (2 blackberry curves, one samsung unknown model, and one Nokia unknown model). Check T-Mob's site for the models.
I'm *very* happy with the results from these phones using wifi/UMA. The voice quality is great and I can definitely live with the occasional dropped call versus the terrible intermittent behavior I was receiving with my former solution.
My former solution involved Verizon Wireless using a CDMA booster that had an external antenna mounted on my roof. Let me tell you from personal experience: that sh*t don't work.
I even dropped my voice services on my landline ever since getting the T-Mobile service. It's terrific.
Sorry, but I have to disagree. Emergency services or necessary infrastructure cannot be lumped into the same category as what I do with my discretionary income. I pay property taxes to offset the costs of public schools, public services (like fire departments, road services, etc.). I do not property taxes, nor would I agree to pay them, to offset the costs of universal health insurance (note that I said health insurance, not health care). I also don't agree that all government services are meant for the betterment of society. We *are* society (both you and I) and we absolutely should be involved in deciding which services are in our best interest *as a whole*. If you think that a new service should be approved simply because the government knows best (and gee, they'd never act against our interest would they?), then where do you draw the line on being asked for consent?
Government is here to serve us not itself and if a new "service" seems like it is not in our best interest, then we definitely should question it and even fight it.
I heard something last night on NPR about perceptions (and acceptance) of gay marriage and the stats showed that the percentage of people accepting of gay marriage was inversely related to age. That means generational replacement will eventually solve that issue.
The big labels should be aware that their days are numbered because of this same phenomenon.
When all parents are teaching their kids that music should *not* cost 20 bucks for a cd, we'll win. Those kids will grow up and start their garage band in high school and decide that instead of doing summer jobs or a year of work before college, they'd rather promote their band online, give away music online, and do live gigs. When their band then becomes popular, they'll just keep doing what they're doing instead of giving their hard work away to a music label.
Someday maybe.
I think that people want to convince themselves that rock stars should live like slobs: lazy, unmotivated, party animals that don't give a shit about their "careers", but let's face it, no matter what you choose to do in life, you should have the opportunity to work hard at it, excel, and become successful. Record labels don't factor in to that statement.
yes indeed. I can play vob just fine, but it defaults to some (seemingly) random choice of the audio tracks and (for some files) can wind up being the wrong language leaving me unable to change the track.
I've got the latest firmware on both units but am still unable to play iso files or VIDEO_TS folders. The video is garbled and the audio stutters on *all* files that I try.
To me, this just goes to show that these units are not ready for production since I'm definitely not the only one out there that has described these issues. I wish they worked as advertised, but they don't.
Second this. I own the the A-100 and the A-110 and I wish I didn't.
I am unable to play something like half of the movies that I've ripped because they're in either ISO files or VIDEO_TS folder rips. Neither one of those formats actually work.
Also, I still am unable to change the dialog language on vob files...seems like a pretty basic damned function to me.
the RIAA has requested testing of their own anti-"pirate" air cannon that shoots a surge of electricity down a suspected "pirate's" electrical connection. Municipal utility companies: you're either with us or a godamn terrorist.
Actually, that's a pretty disgustingly realistic viewpoint of the issue. I'm sorry that you think Americans are competitive bastards who only care about winning, but you're wrong: if you don't come in first, then you lose. Pretty simple (even for a competitive bastard).
Now, I agree that whether I win or lose (note there's only two categories there) is irrelevant when it comes to the experience. I can still enjoy a competition thoroughly and lose miserably.
There have to be winners and there have to be losers. How dare you perpetuate the ridiculous notion that we should whitewash over a young person's obvious intellectual superiority with a healthy dose of "No one is any better than you."
Well, close, but I bet you didn't realize that the RIAA is responsible for a lot of the evil plots that are hatched because of the unnatural alliance between the major cell carriers and the large record producers (Big Telco and Big Recording...now it's musical!)...
meh...it's late.
Hey, I'd love to. I would. It just comes down to a matter of time (that I don't have). Unfortunately, I only have a few minutes here and there to "do my part" (just as Ray probably only has a few minutes here and there). I do spread "the good word" to my sphere of influence as much as I can, but I'm nowhere near popular and even if I were, I'm still not influencing as many as a national ad campaign would.
I guess I was hoping that someone else who had some time on their hands and some connections in the right places could put together a campaign that would be a start in educating people.
My involvement would be from a financial standpoint as would, I'm sure, several other people's, if they knew about it.
Its a pipe dream, I know, but that doesn't preclude it from ever happening...
You indeed have a good point. I realize that I made the assumption that your popularity on slashdot translates to recognition in real life.
Then again, anyone who is relatively well recognized in real life is probably also well-connected to the media conglomerates (who frown upon anyone suggesting that their Imaginary Property is worth less than they want everyone to think).
Hey NYCL, maybe you'd be interested in heading up a campaign to collect some funds from those of us in the know to educate the masses. I know from experience that the biggest problem with these court cases is ignorance. The judges sound like they're catching up, but I believe the persons on jury panels are still ignorant of the real dollar values involved and the facts surrounding the RIAA's abuses of the judicial system.
The first thing that comes to mind is that there are scads of advertisements from the MPAA and the RIAA that go to great lengths to equate copyright infringement with criminal theft (a very successful campaign I might point out based upon ignorant comments on this very website). What the world needs right now is not love, but balance. We're lacking *any* kind of counterpoint regarding consumer digital rights. I'd be thrilled to pieces to see one shred of advertisement (a billboard ad, paid ad time on network TV, etc.) that presented the opposition to the RIAA and the MPAA.
In short, if someone were to take the lead and head up a group that took funds from the public that were then used in a campaign of this sort, then I would be the first person in line to donate some cash.
I know, the EFF is *supposed* to be leading the charge on this, but I've seen not one physical manifestation of their efforts. Advertising on the Internet is cheap...but obviously not as effective as a commercial that equates stealing a car with downloading a song.
I honestly have never seen such cogent and logical reasoning on this topic. I know I'm being sycophantic, but this is (in clear language) exactly the philosophy I was digging around for and hadn't arrived at yet.
You're absolutely correct, but do remember that literal pennies add up to literal billions when you aggregate receiving literal pennies from millions of consumers.
It's about risk right now. For the studios, business is profiting very well by selling rights strictly to the "old school" distribution partners. What the studios need is for someone to demonstrate to them the market cap for distribution online and show them how much *better* they could be doing by distributing online.
Even then, if you're running a business that is making money hand over fist with a current business model (regardless of so-called pirating), then would you be ready to switch to some new business model that would put your entire business at risk? Probably not. Also remember that a lot of studios are publicly traded and that means that they are obligated to their shareholders. Their shareholders will likely want to make dividends at the end of the year, not lose money.
I'm as much for online distribution as anyone, so I'm doing my part by not subscribing to premium cable channels, not buying dvd's, and subscribing to the closest plan that exists for what I want: Netflix.
...do we let them freely into the rest of the world that they are so heavily influenced to hate and wish harm upon? Do we leave them there to rot and die...
Reality is different from what you wrote. The reality is that there are a large number of people in countries like North Korea and Iran that do not deserve to be pigeonholed as hatemongers. There are some that are brainwashed, sure. I, however, would not be so casual as to consider them *all* brainwashed.
Your kind of thinking is just as bad as someone who naively assumes that every stranger they meet is going to only wish them good intent.
Not everyone lives in an area where bicycling to work is feasible. For instance, I used to try to ride to work about 15 miles one way each day. That wasn't really a big deal until I had a kid and decided to stop risking my life going to work and back each day.
Our roads here are barely big enough for 2 cars to pass each other and don't have paved shoulders. Yet, I still see people riding on these roads. I think it's cool that they're not driving, but I know how dangerous it is and you won't catch me doing it.
Explain to me how you think that in a libertarian world, money speaks?
Regardless, I never said anything about a purely libertarian approach anyway. Stop assuming that someone who advocates for *some* libertarian approaches is advocating for *all* libertarian ideas.
I don't agree that all regulation is bad. I just want regulation to occur by the people *not* by the organizations that are supposed to be regulated!
If you desire rationalism, then perhaps you need to start re-examining your statements to find the rationalism in them.
You think that booms, busts, bank failures, and market failures happened independent of regulation and you'd be wrong. Those incidents *all* happened with regulation that was improperly applied.
You think that socialism is some kind of glorious pie in the sky solution just like other wacko anarchists think that pure capitalism is the solution. You're both wrong.
There is no simple answer to how involved a government should be in people's lives and nor should there be. There should *always* exist a conflict between the rights of the populace and the need to have a government that steps in to protect us from bad people and bad organizations.
Just as soon as that government oversteps it's bounds and starts ignoring the people, it's our responsibility to set the government straight. Unfortunately, we've failed to do so for several decades now and, consequently, we now find ourselves stuck with the current quagmire.
We will not return a balance to the rights of the people versus the government's job to protect us by electing someone who thinks that we can solve that issue by asserting the government into more areas of our lives.
Until you awake from your fantasy world where you think that a big government has your best interests at heart, you will never realize that you're living in a cage designed to *protect* you from yourself. Unless you're happy being treated like an invalid or a mental patient, then it's time for a change (*real* change, not lip service change).
I voted for the candidate who won't allow corps to continue their reign of terror against me, a citizen.
I don't give a shit about how small the government is or whether all the libertarian ideals come to fruition. I just want my government to start responding to me, a citizen and stop steamrolling me at the behest of these tyrannical organizations that seem hell-bent on destroying our nation.
You voted for a candidate who would happily let the RIAA (or the MPAA or whatever other evil organization is currently terrorizing our society) ruin your life, bankrupt you, and take away your rights. Congratulations you self righteous prick.
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I think what it comes down to is what the employer is willing to tolerate. If you're the employer and you don't like the idea of your developer spending 20-30 hours a week doing research or thinking about coding rather than actually coding, then it's your prerogative to let that developer go.
Honestly, I don't give give a flying flip how long it takes someone to do a job, I just want them to do the job for the compensation that we agree upon.
I agree with the comment regarding being in the "zone." I don't code for a living anymore, but when I do, I can sometimes spend a full 9 hour day doing nothing but keyboard banging.
Interestingly, I'd like to point out that when you're coding and really straining your brain, you're burning a lot more calories than you might think. I always thought it weird after a 10 hour day of coding to go home feeling like I was physically exhausted. In reality, the brain is one of the highest consumers of energy in the body and so it makes sense to me now.
I use UMA with T-Mobile on 3 different phones (2 blackberry curves, one samsung unknown model, and one Nokia unknown model). Check T-Mob's site for the models.
I'm *very* happy with the results from these phones using wifi/UMA. The voice quality is great and I can definitely live with the occasional dropped call versus the terrible intermittent behavior I was receiving with my former solution.
My former solution involved Verizon Wireless using a CDMA booster that had an external antenna mounted on my roof. Let me tell you from personal experience: that sh*t don't work.
I even dropped my voice services on my landline ever since getting the T-Mobile service. It's terrific.
Sorry, but I have to disagree. Emergency services or necessary infrastructure cannot be lumped into the same category as what I do with my discretionary income. I pay property taxes to offset the costs of public schools, public services (like fire departments, road services, etc.). I do not property taxes, nor would I agree to pay them, to offset the costs of universal health insurance (note that I said health insurance, not health care). I also don't agree that all government services are meant for the betterment of society. We *are* society (both you and I) and we absolutely should be involved in deciding which services are in our best interest *as a whole*. If you think that a new service should be approved simply because the government knows best (and gee, they'd never act against our interest would they?), then where do you draw the line on being asked for consent?
Government is here to serve us not itself and if a new "service" seems like it is not in our best interest, then we definitely should question it and even fight it.
Well said.
I heard something last night on NPR about perceptions (and acceptance) of gay marriage and the stats showed that the percentage of people accepting of gay marriage was inversely related to age. That means generational replacement will eventually solve that issue.
The big labels should be aware that their days are numbered because of this same phenomenon.
When all parents are teaching their kids that music should *not* cost 20 bucks for a cd, we'll win. Those kids will grow up and start their garage band in high school and decide that instead of doing summer jobs or a year of work before college, they'd rather promote their band online, give away music online, and do live gigs. When their band then becomes popular, they'll just keep doing what they're doing instead of giving their hard work away to a music label.
Someday maybe.
I think that people want to convince themselves that rock stars should live like slobs: lazy, unmotivated, party animals that don't give a shit about their "careers", but let's face it, no matter what you choose to do in life, you should have the opportunity to work hard at it, excel, and become successful. Record labels don't factor in to that statement.
yes indeed. I can play vob just fine, but it defaults to some (seemingly) random choice of the audio tracks and (for some files) can wind up being the wrong language leaving me unable to change the track.
I've got the latest firmware on both units but am still unable to play iso files or VIDEO_TS folders. The video is garbled and the audio stutters on *all* files that I try.
To me, this just goes to show that these units are not ready for production since I'm definitely not the only one out there that has described these issues. I wish they worked as advertised, but they don't.
Second this. I own the the A-100 and the A-110 and I wish I didn't.
I am unable to play something like half of the movies that I've ripped because they're in either ISO files or VIDEO_TS folder rips. Neither one of those formats actually work.
Also, I still am unable to change the dialog language on vob files...seems like a pretty basic damned function to me.
the RIAA has requested testing of their own anti-"pirate" air cannon that shoots a surge of electricity down a suspected "pirate's" electrical connection. Municipal utility companies: you're either with us or a godamn terrorist.
Actually, that's a pretty disgustingly realistic viewpoint of the issue. I'm sorry that you think Americans are competitive bastards who only care about winning, but you're wrong: if you don't come in first, then you lose. Pretty simple (even for a competitive bastard).
Now, I agree that whether I win or lose (note there's only two categories there) is irrelevant when it comes to the experience. I can still enjoy a competition thoroughly and lose miserably.
There have to be winners and there have to be losers. How dare you perpetuate the ridiculous notion that we should whitewash over a young person's obvious intellectual superiority with a healthy dose of "No one is any better than you."
Well, close, but I bet you didn't realize that the RIAA is responsible for a lot of the evil plots that are hatched because of the unnatural alliance between the major cell carriers and the large record producers (Big Telco and Big Recording...now it's musical!)...
meh...it's late.
Hey, I'd love to. I would. It just comes down to a matter of time (that I don't have). Unfortunately, I only have a few minutes here and there to "do my part" (just as Ray probably only has a few minutes here and there). I do spread "the good word" to my sphere of influence as much as I can, but I'm nowhere near popular and even if I were, I'm still not influencing as many as a national ad campaign would.
I guess I was hoping that someone else who had some time on their hands and some connections in the right places could put together a campaign that would be a start in educating people.
My involvement would be from a financial standpoint as would, I'm sure, several other people's, if they knew about it.
Its a pipe dream, I know, but that doesn't preclude it from ever happening...
You indeed have a good point. I realize that I made the assumption that your popularity on slashdot translates to recognition in real life.
Then again, anyone who is relatively well recognized in real life is probably also well-connected to the media conglomerates (who frown upon anyone suggesting that their Imaginary Property is worth less than they want everyone to think).
Hey NYCL, maybe you'd be interested in heading up a campaign to collect some funds from those of us in the know to educate the masses. I know from experience that the biggest problem with these court cases is ignorance. The judges sound like they're catching up, but I believe the persons on jury panels are still ignorant of the real dollar values involved and the facts surrounding the RIAA's abuses of the judicial system.
The first thing that comes to mind is that there are scads of advertisements from the MPAA and the RIAA that go to great lengths to equate copyright infringement with criminal theft (a very successful campaign I might point out based upon ignorant comments on this very website). What the world needs right now is not love, but balance. We're lacking *any* kind of counterpoint regarding consumer digital rights. I'd be thrilled to pieces to see one shred of advertisement (a billboard ad, paid ad time on network TV, etc.) that presented the opposition to the RIAA and the MPAA.
In short, if someone were to take the lead and head up a group that took funds from the public that were then used in a campaign of this sort, then I would be the first person in line to donate some cash.
I know, the EFF is *supposed* to be leading the charge on this, but I've seen not one physical manifestation of their efforts. Advertising on the Internet is cheap...but obviously not as effective as a commercial that equates stealing a car with downloading a song.
Anyone?
wow.
I honestly have never seen such cogent and logical reasoning on this topic. I know I'm being sycophantic, but this is (in clear language) exactly the philosophy I was digging around for and hadn't arrived at yet.
Carry on.
Amen.
lol. You got me. :)
You're absolutely correct, but do remember that literal pennies add up to literal billions when you aggregate receiving literal pennies from millions of consumers.
It's about risk right now. For the studios, business is profiting very well by selling rights strictly to the "old school" distribution partners. What the studios need is for someone to demonstrate to them the market cap for distribution online and show them how much *better* they could be doing by distributing online.
Even then, if you're running a business that is making money hand over fist with a current business model (regardless of so-called pirating), then would you be ready to switch to some new business model that would put your entire business at risk? Probably not. Also remember that a lot of studios are publicly traded and that means that they are obligated to their shareholders. Their shareholders will likely want to make dividends at the end of the year, not lose money.
I'm as much for online distribution as anyone, so I'm doing my part by not subscribing to premium cable channels, not buying dvd's, and subscribing to the closest plan that exists for what I want: Netflix.
Wow! Really? This is your response?
I wonder why there have been so many wars over religion.
done. unless...you mean semitic?
...do we let them freely into the rest of the world that they are so heavily influenced to hate and wish harm upon? Do we leave them there to rot and die...
Reality is different from what you wrote. The reality is that there are a large number of people in countries like North Korea and Iran that do not deserve to be pigeonholed as hatemongers. There are some that are brainwashed, sure. I, however, would not be so casual as to consider them *all* brainwashed.
Your kind of thinking is just as bad as someone who naively assumes that every stranger they meet is going to only wish them good intent.
actually...I'd put my money on most North Koreans being decent folks.
This is based upon the history of Japan and the people versus the leadership.
Maybe you didn't mean to sound hateful...but gee it was a pretty good bluff
Not everyone lives in an area where bicycling to work is feasible. For instance, I used to try to ride to work about 15 miles one way each day. That wasn't really a big deal until I had a kid and decided to stop risking my life going to work and back each day.
Our roads here are barely big enough for 2 cars to pass each other and don't have paved shoulders. Yet, I still see people riding on these roads. I think it's cool that they're not driving, but I know how dangerous it is and you won't catch me doing it.
Explain how this can be so?
Explain to me how you think that in a libertarian world, money speaks?
Regardless, I never said anything about a purely libertarian approach anyway. Stop assuming that someone who advocates for *some* libertarian approaches is advocating for *all* libertarian ideas.
I don't agree that all regulation is bad. I just want regulation to occur by the people *not* by the organizations that are supposed to be regulated!
If you desire rationalism, then perhaps you need to start re-examining your statements to find the rationalism in them.
You think that booms, busts, bank failures, and market failures happened independent of regulation and you'd be wrong. Those incidents *all* happened with regulation that was improperly applied.
You think that socialism is some kind of glorious pie in the sky solution just like other wacko anarchists think that pure capitalism is the solution. You're both wrong.
There is no simple answer to how involved a government should be in people's lives and nor should there be. There should *always* exist a conflict between the rights of the populace and the need to have a government that steps in to protect us from bad people and bad organizations.
Just as soon as that government oversteps it's bounds and starts ignoring the people, it's our responsibility to set the government straight. Unfortunately, we've failed to do so for several decades now and, consequently, we now find ourselves stuck with the current quagmire.
We will not return a balance to the rights of the people versus the government's job to protect us by electing someone who thinks that we can solve that issue by asserting the government into more areas of our lives.
Until you awake from your fantasy world where you think that a big government has your best interests at heart, you will never realize that you're living in a cage designed to *protect* you from yourself. Unless you're happy being treated like an invalid or a mental patient, then it's time for a change (*real* change, not lip service change).
I voted for the candidate who won't allow corps to continue their reign of terror against me, a citizen.
I don't give a shit about how small the government is or whether all the libertarian ideals come to fruition. I just want my government to start responding to me, a citizen and stop steamrolling me at the behest of these tyrannical organizations that seem hell-bent on destroying our nation.
You voted for a candidate who would happily let the RIAA (or the MPAA or whatever other evil organization is currently terrorizing our society) ruin your life, bankrupt you, and take away your rights. Congratulations you self righteous prick.
You, my unenlightened friend, have missed the point.
You have a vote and you are allowed to vote for whomever you choose. The end.
I may be scary-crazy, but at least I don't have to explain how I voted with some self-rationalizing screwed up logic.