It sounds as though you were driving straight ahead, the point of impact could be the driver's side door of your vehicle if you were making a turn at the time.
Case in point, years ago I was stopped at a stop sign when another vehicle entered the intersection incorrectly and, while turning, drove the side of their vehicle across the front bumper of my stopped truck's metal front bumper. The side of their car crumpled, but my front bumper just had a little paint from their car on it.
Absolutely you should be willing to ask questions along the lines of "why should I come to work for your company". They should sell their company to you as much as you are selling your skillset to them.
You are dead on with your view on this topic. It irks me to no end when I end up having to explain, "that's a really interesting piece of software, unfortunately that's not what the specs/statement of work you have sitting right next to you says we are delivering to the customer."
More than likely they were looking to make it work at the lowest cost, but who knows how long ago that system was deisigned.
Microsoft just started to get a clue about security in the past couple years and they've been writing software for two decades!
Hopefully the ACLU can attack this on the basis that it profiles and discriminates against people under 50. Wild guess that those people making these laws are over 50 and don't want to be bothered with the inconvenience among other more serious implications.
Undercut the only real competition and drive them out of business by offering a free web browser then "extend and embrace" to make it incompatible with existing standards, brilliant!
Definitely a landscape keyboard, that was a deal breaker for me. Actually being able to use all features of the phone in landscape mode would be ideal.
Native support for third party apps would be great too!
I seriously doubt you have to worry about apt replacing ports ever. As slick as apt is to use on the x86 platform, I hear from my friends lucky enough to run 64-bit x86 Linux systems that there are all sorts of problems when trying to get apt working properly in that environment.
For instance when browsing the web, some of the plugins out there are only available in the 32-bit x86 flavor, not 64-bit. Fedora can use yum as the dependency checker and even my friend the die hard apt user has switched his systems to using yum for updates. Perhaps yum will become the new open source standard.
I especially do not like how the cursor moves in documents when scrolling using the keyboard.
How are you supposed to edit the text you are scrolling through if the cursor doesn't move along when scrolling using the keyboard?
Let me guess, you have to take your hand off the keyboard and click that one lonely mouse button. Not that I use the mouse all that often (aside from web browsing), but when I do it's utilizing all three buttons typically.
Okay, we all are aware that this story is a dup of a previous one, well everyone except the individual that allowed this story to make it to the slashdot front page again, so I would like to take a moment to change the topic and voice my gripe about cable television and the utter stupidity of the entire situation in general.
Why is it that the public at large is expected to foot the bill for cable television for the luxury of watching programming that includes commercials? Television networks as well as your cable company make tons of money on the advertising that goes into television programs. The only reason the networks are able to charge as much as they do for the commercials is because people watch the programming.
It seems to me that if someone pays to receive television channels (many of which can be received for free over the air) via cable or satellite they should be able to receive programming that does not include commercials at all. For example if I can watch FOX using an antenna for free what value am I getting by paying to get that identical programming with commercials over a cable line? Compare it to viewing content on a website for free with ads or opting to buy a subscription to view the content without ads, much like you can on slashdot. Now channels like HBO that do not include commercials I can see paying for because they are offering me original commercial free content, something I can not get otherwise.
There is certainly a market for commercial free programming as can be shown by the popularity of subscription based DVRs such as Tivo. Sure people like watching their favorite programs at their convenience, but really a large part of it is being able to do so without the commercials.
To put it simply, I am of the opinion that basic cable should be provided to everyone without cost because the ad content has already generated more than enough revenue to cover the cost of distribution. The cable companies also generate ad review by selling local commercial spots into the programming. The cable companies should be able to pass on their costs to the networks rather than the general public because the networks could not possibly charge the advertisers as much as they do without the viewers the cable companies provide.
Offering at least basic cable for free would greatly increase the potential number of viewers which would in turn allow the networks and cable companies to charge more for their advertisement spots. Compare it to the way that print ads are sold where the cost is based on total distribution; higher distribution equals higher revenue per ad sold. Television viewership is down greatly and I would suspect that this trend will continue unless something new and innovative is given a chance.
Another thing I would really like to see happen would be for the cable companies to allow you to pick the programming you would like to receive. There are only 10 to 20 channels at most I would be interested in watching if I did have cable. Perhaps I could warm up a little to paying a nominal amount, say less than $20 per month including all taxes, if I were able to hand pick which channels I could receive and at least a fair number of those would have to be commercial free (such as HBO).
The problem with accepting PO's would be that many companies like to push that 30 days to more like 45 or 60. The resources spent hounding those companies that took their sweet time to pay would kill the already low profit margin computer resellers operate their businesses on. It's a smart business move for Newegg in my opinion as most business can obtain lines of credit from other means than a vendor.
I couldn't possibly agree with you more. You've really hit the core of the issue here. The entire point of the H1-B program was to bring in the added man power when it was needed. That time has passed and we really need to take care of our own first.
The required talent definitely is here, we pump out more of it from our colleges every year, but continue to make it very difficult for Americans to find high tech work because so many H1-B's that are willing to work for lower pay fill the positions.
If you take a look at what Sun is currently charging for the Java Desktop, it just doesn't make financial sense at the current price point. I for one don't expect to see companies switching to a subscription model that charges $100 per system per year (granted the current pricing until December 2, 2004 is $50). To be competitive and offer the business community a truly compelling reason to switch to the Java Desktop, the price is going to need to come down just a bit more. What might be a motivating factor for a company to purchase a product using the subscription model, support perhaps? Well they do give you 60 days of support but the remaining 305 days of the year support will cost extra.
Check out this glove from Essential Reality. It reminds me of the powerglove from the original nintendo, but includes source code for Linux and M$ Windows. I've been considering picking up one just to try my hand at some 3D desktop interface programming.
Five percent of what amount of RAM though? I think the point of the little experiment was to add swap space to an older system without much system RAM. I would imagine that if you system only utilizes such a small percentage it is because you have a more proportionate total system RAM to your video RAM (unlike the system in the story submitted).
You should definitely consider replacing that hub that you and the other tenants use to go out on the T-1 with a switch. Your tests aren't really going to tell you much when you have a hub in the picture because you are creating a potential bottleneck before you even hit the T-1.
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Windows RT already failed on ARM.
It sounds as though you were driving straight ahead, the point of impact could be the driver's side door of your vehicle if you were making a turn at the time.
Case in point, years ago I was stopped at a stop sign when another vehicle entered the intersection incorrectly and, while turning, drove the side of their vehicle across the front bumper of my stopped truck's metal front bumper. The side of their car crumpled, but my front bumper just had a little paint from their car on it.
Right there with you, I had read /. for a year before I finally created an account. Could have had at least one fewer digit.
Wow, I feel like a noob. Honestly, this is the first time I've heard of the term "Rule 34".
4'x4'x4' sounds like a large enough space that even Kevin Smith would fit.
Okay, someone's obviously playing a joke. Either that or there's no longer any reason to have cable television.
Absolutely you should be willing to ask questions along the lines of "why should I come to work for your company". They should sell their company to you as much as you are selling your skillset to them.
You are dead on with your view on this topic. It irks me to no end when I end up having to explain, "that's a really interesting piece of software, unfortunately that's not what the specs/statement of work you have sitting right next to you says we are delivering to the customer."
More than likely they were looking to make it work at the lowest cost, but who knows how long ago that system was deisigned.
Microsoft just started to get a clue about security in the past couple years and they've been writing software for two decades!
I got quite the laugh out of your post, if I had any mod points right now you would have got one!
Hopefully the ACLU can attack this on the basis that it profiles and discriminates against people under 50. Wild guess that those people making these laws are over 50 and don't want to be bothered with the inconvenience among other more serious implications.
Can I virtualize their virtualization manager?
Undercut the only real competition and drive them out of business by offering a free web browser then "extend and embrace" to make it incompatible with existing standards, brilliant!
Definitely a landscape keyboard, that was a deal breaker for me. Actually being able to use all features of the phone in landscape mode would be ideal.
Native support for third party apps would be great too!
Either this sounds like a bahhhhhd idea to me! ;)
I seriously doubt you have to worry about apt replacing ports ever. As slick as apt is to use on the x86 platform, I hear from my friends lucky enough to run 64-bit x86 Linux systems that there are all sorts of problems when trying to get apt working properly in that environment.
For instance when browsing the web, some of the plugins out there are only available in the 32-bit x86 flavor, not 64-bit. Fedora can use yum as the dependency checker and even my friend the die hard apt user has switched his systems to using yum for updates. Perhaps yum will become the new open source standard.
I especially do not like how the cursor moves in documents when scrolling using the keyboard.
How are you supposed to edit the text you are scrolling through if the cursor doesn't move along when scrolling using the keyboard?
Let me guess, you have to take your hand off the keyboard and click that one lonely mouse button. Not that I use the mouse all that often (aside from web browsing), but when I do it's utilizing all three buttons typically.
Okay, we all are aware that this story is a dup of a previous one, well everyone except the individual that allowed this story to make it to the slashdot front page again, so I would like to take a moment to change the topic and voice my gripe about cable television and the utter stupidity of the entire situation in general.
Why is it that the public at large is expected to foot the bill for cable television for the luxury of watching programming that includes commercials? Television networks as well as your cable company make tons of money on the advertising that goes into television programs. The only reason the networks are able to charge as much as they do for the commercials is because people watch the programming.
It seems to me that if someone pays to receive television channels (many of which can be received for free over the air) via cable or satellite they should be able to receive programming that does not include commercials at all. For example if I can watch FOX using an antenna for free what value am I getting by paying to get that identical programming with commercials over a cable line? Compare it to viewing content on a website for free with ads or opting to buy a subscription to view the content without ads, much like you can on slashdot. Now channels like HBO that do not include commercials I can see paying for because they are offering me original commercial free content, something I can not get otherwise.
There is certainly a market for commercial free programming as can be shown by the popularity of subscription based DVRs such as Tivo. Sure people like watching their favorite programs at their convenience, but really a large part of it is being able to do so without the commercials.
To put it simply, I am of the opinion that basic cable should be provided to everyone without cost because the ad content has already generated more than enough revenue to cover the cost of distribution. The cable companies also generate ad review by selling local commercial spots into the programming. The cable companies should be able to pass on their costs to the networks rather than the general public because the networks could not possibly charge the advertisers as much as they do without the viewers the cable companies provide.
Offering at least basic cable for free would greatly increase the potential number of viewers which would in turn allow the networks and cable companies to charge more for their advertisement spots. Compare it to the way that print ads are sold where the cost is based on total distribution; higher distribution equals higher revenue per ad sold. Television viewership is down greatly and I would suspect that this trend will continue unless something new and innovative is given a chance.
Another thing I would really like to see happen would be for the cable companies to allow you to pick the programming you would like to receive. There are only 10 to 20 channels at most I would be interested in watching if I did have cable. Perhaps I could warm up a little to paying a nominal amount, say less than $20 per month including all taxes, if I were able to hand pick which channels I could receive and at least a fair number of those would have to be commercial free (such as HBO).
The problem with accepting PO's would be that many companies like to push that 30 days to more like 45 or 60. The resources spent hounding those companies that took their sweet time to pay would kill the already low profit margin computer resellers operate their businesses on. It's a smart business move for Newegg in my opinion as most business can obtain lines of credit from other means than a vendor.
I couldn't possibly agree with you more. You've really hit the core of the issue here. The entire point of the H1-B program was to bring in the added man power when it was needed. That time has passed and we really need to take care of our own first.
The required talent definitely is here, we pump out more of it from our colleges every year, but continue to make it very difficult for Americans to find high tech work because so many H1-B's that are willing to work for lower pay fill the positions.
If you take a look at what Sun is currently charging for the Java Desktop, it just doesn't make financial sense at the current price point. I for one don't expect to see companies switching to a subscription model that charges $100 per system per year (granted the current pricing until December 2, 2004 is $50). To be competitive and offer the business community a truly compelling reason to switch to the Java Desktop, the price is going to need to come down just a bit more.
What might be a motivating factor for a company to purchase a product using the subscription model, support perhaps? Well they do give you 60 days of support but the remaining 305 days of the year support will cost extra.
Check out this glove from Essential Reality. It reminds me of the powerglove from the original nintendo, but includes source code for Linux and M$ Windows. I've been considering picking up one just to try my hand at some 3D desktop interface programming.
Five percent of what amount of RAM though? I think the point of the little experiment was to add swap space to an older system without much system RAM. I would imagine that if you system only utilizes such a small percentage it is because you have a more proportionate total system RAM to your video RAM (unlike the system in the story submitted).
You should definitely consider replacing that hub that you and the other tenants use to go out on the T-1 with a switch. Your tests aren't really going to tell you much when you have a hub in the picture because you are creating a potential bottleneck before you even hit the T-1.
The GUI was actually first developed by Xerox PARC in the 1970's... just to let you know.