My rant-of-the-day goes to Google (docs).
I also thought that after all these years Google must have built a robust and intuitive product able to compete with MS office in terms of feature and compatibility. And decided to give it a try (using the latest Chrome). Conclusion is disappointment. Small docs lightly decorated (bold, italics, colors...) are usually ok either from MSO to GD or straight from/to GD. When it comes to create numerated chapters, margins, headers footers etc... you must count on your best of luck. It may or may not work the way you think it would. Talking bugs, missing features, compatibility issues / different rendering depending on where you view the doc etc... It sounds like Google Docs is an abandonned project.
To a larger extend I'm under the impression the problem covers many Google products. And this is where the rant takes place. There are many brilliant people at Google. And Google is expanding a lot. Good technicians become managers, new people fill the teams. Brilliant people move to the new or strategic projects. All of this, happening at a fast pace, results in very good ideas being implemented by brillant people, who move to management / something else to fill the new juicy positions created by an uncontrolled expansion. While those brilliant people enjoy the satisfaction of having given birth to spectacular novelties, the - initially good - products are then maintained by lower profile / new staff, not having the same level of motivation (creators vs maintainers, basically). Thus many products are left with obvious and annoying bugs for months or even years ( just to name a few, Maps (website) while in a foreign country ignoring language options and display names in local language ; Search now ignoring domains that are supposed to be filtered out based on settings etc... Just visit Google forums - bugs last for a long time, and replies from Google teams, when present, do not usually answer positively the initial question. All products have bugs - ok - but it seems the staff doesn't care much. It reminds me [not that bad yet, but gets closer] the Microsoft forums of the early 2000 where the MS staff only answered with arrogance ).
Some people may want to harvest the bee venom themselves... but provided that most of people confuse bees and wasps, that may be dangerous (yes, Maya the bee is actually a wasp).
Seriously, you wonder what human language you have to learn next? You're American, native English speaker? What do you need more than that? There are so many opportunities within the US, + companies abroad looking for English speakers - even in China, Japan, and most of European countries, there are plenty of foreign companies over there that would be happy to hire a native English speaker. But anyway, you want to stay in the US... Just learn a foreign language as a hobby, not seeking professional opportunities - that looks so snobbish.
Google included the map turn / tilt that was added to Apple Maps initially. Am I the only one being driven crazy by this feature that cannot be turned off? Just by zooming + or - with two fingers while turning a bit (which happens often and I've no Alzheimer), the top is no longer North oriented... highly annoying.
Actually... I hope the best for Darling - i.e. not the same future as Wine. Since 1993 the Wine team struggles to get Windows programs running on Linux, and after almost 20 years it's still a pita to have most of the win applis evolving smoothly under Wine. Not sure if it's MS fault, but we're still there, in 2012.
So maybe something changed(?). I've always been amazed by how CIOs behave in big organizations. The trend is "we change hardware on a regular basis" but regarding the OS (ie Windows) there's never been even a question about alternatives. Homogeneity (all the same OS) and certainly no revolution. The very high licensing cost is not even discussed - the same who chose the most expensive Verisign certificatea - CIOs are used to it, and it's budgeted. "That's the way it is". Microsoft may raise Enterprise licensing costs and I'm not sure they have to worry at all about the consequences in the industry.
To be fair, ESA (European S.A.) has also a few probes here and there, like Mars / Venus Express. But to be fair, NASA has always been very passionated about what they do and are very keen to share what they found. There are amazing apps about the various probes, where they are, their status, pictures they took etc... invaluable stuff for someone interested in astronomy/physics/more-than-the-ordinary.
Has anyone here ever paid more taxes than they owe
Probably not. But while paying 75k out of a 1B revenue is probably/certainly legal... that shows there is a problem with nowadays local and international laws / rules. The problem is that most of our economy rules are based on a system designed long ago, from a time where a man in a company did matter.
Slashdot Mirror
Why only EU?
Using an iPad I don't need any of the features above, HDMI USB et al.
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and they are wondering if this is a joke of some kind
is the time during one could have asked Mr Armstrong directly...
At least. Thanks.
Well it's easier to convert from K to C than from K to F (or C to F). Anyway, any temperature should be postfixed with the unit, especially here on /..
My rant-of-the-day goes to Google (docs). I also thought that after all these years Google must have built a robust and intuitive product able to compete with MS office in terms of feature and compatibility. And decided to give it a try (using the latest Chrome). Conclusion is disappointment. Small docs lightly decorated (bold, italics, colors...) are usually ok either from MSO to GD or straight from/to GD. When it comes to create numerated chapters, margins, headers footers etc... you must count on your best of luck. It may or may not work the way you think it would. Talking bugs, missing features, compatibility issues / different rendering depending on where you view the doc etc... It sounds like Google Docs is an abandonned project.
To a larger extend I'm under the impression the problem covers many Google products. And this is where the rant takes place. There are many brilliant people at Google. And Google is expanding a lot. Good technicians become managers, new people fill the teams. Brilliant people move to the new or strategic projects. All of this, happening at a fast pace, results in very good ideas being implemented by brillant people, who move to management / something else to fill the new juicy positions created by an uncontrolled expansion. While those brilliant people enjoy the satisfaction of having given birth to spectacular novelties, the - initially good - products are then maintained by lower profile / new staff, not having the same level of motivation (creators vs maintainers, basically). Thus many products are left with obvious and annoying bugs for months or even years ( just to name a few, Maps (website) while in a foreign country ignoring language options and display names in local language ; Search now ignoring domains that are supposed to be filtered out based on settings etc... Just visit Google forums - bugs last for a long time, and replies from Google teams, when present, do not usually answer positively the initial question. All products have bugs - ok - but it seems the staff doesn't care much. It reminds me [not that bad yet, but gets closer] the Microsoft forums of the early 2000 where the MS staff only answered with arrogance ).
Some people may want to harvest the bee venom themselves... but provided that most of people confuse bees and wasps, that may be dangerous (yes, Maya the bee is actually a wasp).
Seriously, you wonder what human language you have to learn next? You're American, native English speaker? What do you need more than that? There are so many opportunities within the US, + companies abroad looking for English speakers - even in China, Japan, and most of European countries, there are plenty of foreign companies over there that would be happy to hire a native English speaker. But anyway, you want to stay in the US... Just learn a foreign language as a hobby, not seeking professional opportunities - that looks so snobbish.
As long as it's on the Moon...
Yeah I know that - but needs to do that all the time is annoying.
Google included the map turn / tilt that was added to Apple Maps initially. Am I the only one being driven crazy by this feature that cannot be turned off? Just by zooming + or - with two fingers while turning a bit (which happens often and I've no Alzheimer), the top is no longer North oriented... highly annoying.
To be honest, I've not used wine much these last 1-2 years.
Actually... I hope the best for Darling - i.e. not the same future as Wine. Since 1993 the Wine team struggles to get Windows programs running on Linux, and after almost 20 years it's still a pita to have most of the win applis evolving smoothly under Wine. Not sure if it's MS fault, but we're still there, in 2012.
Great. With a bit of luck my new pending patent "Wheel" is on the way to be approved.
So maybe something changed(?). I've always been amazed by how CIOs behave in big organizations. The trend is "we change hardware on a regular basis" but regarding the OS (ie Windows) there's never been even a question about alternatives. Homogeneity (all the same OS) and certainly no revolution. The very high licensing cost is not even discussed - the same who chose the most expensive Verisign certificatea - CIOs are used to it, and it's budgeted. "That's the way it is". Microsoft may raise Enterprise licensing costs and I'm not sure they have to worry at all about the consequences in the industry.
All done by NASA
To be fair, ESA (European S.A.) has also a few probes here and there, like Mars / Venus Express. But to be fair, NASA has always been very passionated about what they do and are very keen to share what they found. There are amazing apps about the various probes, where they are, their status, pictures they took etc... invaluable stuff for someone interested in astronomy/physics/more-than-the-ordinary.
To increase my chances to meet Mr Obama in person!
Has anyone here ever paid more taxes than they owe
Probably not. But while paying 75k out of a 1B revenue is probably/certainly legal... that shows there is a problem with nowadays local and international laws / rules. The problem is that most of our economy rules are based on a system designed long ago, from a time where a man in a company did matter.
Sandy Island: reserve before departure
Gulf War I was 20 years ago... Some progress has been made in the meantime (just try the "AR missile" app!)
I hope they brought one of their microscopes up there ...
(or lichen)
I'll rather go for a fossil (of a ~bacteria)
Elections are over. So they probably have something, this time.
does that count?
as much as you are an AC and we hardly trust you. I owned several iPhone (now i5) and never experienced a crash - not even once.