I don't understand why people still go to headhunters. Even if this mysterious honest recruitment firm did exist, they'd still be taking a lot of money that could be going to your salary (they have to make a profit somehow), and they'll always be bad at matching you up with a company, because if they knew what they were talking about, they'd have a real job.
Every single job I've ever had was the result of me knowing somebody who either worked for the company, or was a friend of someone in management. Any time I've ever gone on an interview that a headhunter found me, it was a complete fiasco. I'm a java programmer, and most of the time they sent me to companies looking for a javascript guy.
They also simply tended to be crappy jobs, which is why they had to pay a headhunter to find them employees. An appealing job will attract an employee with little effort. A good employee who's been in the business for a while and knows some people will usually be able to find their way to it.
... It's SO expensive to live there, and all you get is a tiny apartment, not a house which builds equity...
You're confusing "urban environments" with "New York City." I live in Baltimore, which has a ridiculously low cost of living for a big city. On a modest working income, I own a large single family home with a pool, wraparound porch, back yard, etc. You can get a decent 1BR apartment here for about $300/mo, if you don't need all that. Most of the city is also built into active communities, centering around local shops and markets in walking distance. The mass transit sucks, but the city is small enough that you can bike pretty much anywhere.
Yes, I work, usually about 60 hours/week. I also manage to find the time to cook a decent meal every night, exercise daily, read books, install gentoo, etc. I've never understood why people complain about lack of time, unless they have a family. As long as you aren't burdened with time sinks like TV and traffic, 16-18 hours a day is plenty of time to get everything done.
I actually experimented with polyphasic ("uberman") sleep cycles, which allows you to practically live without sleeping, but I found that simply managing my time better is much easier, and just as productive.
If you're buying in bulk, I assume we're talking non-perishables. Non-perishables can be easily and cheaply ordered online (just order in advance and choose slow shipping). It might come out to a few dollars more, but you'll more than make up for it in the gas and wear & tear on your car.
Ever try and ride a bike with 10 bags of groceries? I agree that people waste fuel and cause more pollution by taking cars for short trips but sometimes you just need the carrying capacity.
Why do you need 10 bags of groceries? Do you have 15 children, or something? My shopping consists of mostly fresh vegetables, fish, and dairy, which I walk to the local farmers' market 2-3 times a week to get. That way, it's fresher, and never more than could fit in a basket.
Since I bike to work, the only thing I ever use my car for is going "specialty" shopping, usually for things like cat litter, which is a bit too heavy for carrying. If only there was some sort of a website from which I could order these things, and have them delivered right to my house...
It seems like a distributed filesystem might be overkill for your needs. If what you really want is the appearance of a single common machine, why not just pick one as a server, and set up your other boxes as X clients. You can even pull out most of their memory and storage, and stick it in the server, thus turning them all into pretty powerful machines.
The battery life on these things may not be too bad for a phone, but it's really short for a watch. With a phone, you just stick it in a cradle when you walk in the door, but with this thing you'd have to actually take off your watch in the evenings.
Wouldn't that kinda defeat the purpose of having it always available on your wrist, if you have to take it off all the time, and remember to put it on in the mornings?
Where's the novelty in the output format that the first usable computer used at the beginning of time?
Your definition of "usable" may differ from mine, but I would say the first usable computer didn't have a text display, but just a bunch of flashing lights.
So, it really has a lot more in common with banner ads, so text ads would be the next logical step. The only problem is when you'll have to submit your order for the product with punch cards.
Just for the record, I use vi, but I've heard really great things about Emacspeak. I've talked to a number of wearable computing folks who use prefer an audio interface to their wearable (over the expensive and bulky HMDs on the market today), and they all operate entirely in Emacs, because of this.
You bastard! Not only do you build up my hopes of getting a portable NES, only to let me down when I see that there's only 1000 of these in existence, but you follow it up by letting me know that I won't even be able to play one of my favorite games on an emulator?
What's next? Are you going to shoot one of my cats?
BTW, I thought it was actually commonplace at one point to USE the backup everyday, and keep the originals in a safe place. Back when floppy drives were all the rage.
Yeah, I remember buying games on 5.25" floppies, and the manual would clearly state that you should never play the game directly from the disk, but from a copy of the disk. I guess the argument is that CDs are less fragile, so this is no longer valid. I disagree, as I scratch & break CDs all the time.
Those code wheels were also a much more entertaining copy prevention device than the DMCA.
Good thing its got four buttons then. The other two are on the top endge where your index finger rests.
So it does. I should have RTFA'd a little closer. My point still stands, though, as the SNES controller has 6 buttons. I suppose you could map the L&R buttons to the other 2 buttons on the front of the SNES controller (I think they were X&Y, but I'm not positive), but that would make for a really awkward layout for most games. Also, you still wouldn't have the L&R buttons on the SNES controller, which are occasionally used.
So, yeah, it's better than 2, and might work for some games, but it would be a lot better if there were 2 more buttons.
Well, I certainly appreciate the information on the construction quality, but your piracy comment is a bit out of line. IANAL, but I believe emulators are legal. Posessing a ROM for a cartridge you own, as a backup, is legal. Posessing a ROM for a cartridge you don't own is illegal.
A perfectly legitimate use for this unit would be consolidation. Say I own a Game Boy and a NES. I could get the ROMs for all of my carts, and put them on this thing, so I'd only have to carry around the one unit, but still play all of my games that I legally purchased.
I think you might have a little bit of trouble with the SNES emulation, with only 2 buttons.
A portable NES emulator is still pretty cool, though. It'd be nice to be able to crank up Mike Tyson's Punch Out to alleviate a little bit of aggression when sitting in a traffic jam.
Make sure you're running the latest JVM, too. 4.01 had a ridiculous speed increase, to the point of wondering what the heck was wrong with all the previous versions.
Gah, my fingers are faster than my brain, today. That should have been 1.4.1.
I'm using a Pentium 2 with a 233MHz processor. I can't run jEdit, JBuilder or NetBeans on here because they're too damn slow!
How much RAM have you got? I run jEdit on a 300MHz mobile P2 (which is probably comparable to a 233, when uplugged) with 128Megs RAM, and jEdit runs like a charm. I actually use NetBeans, too, although I must agree that it is very slow, but still usable if I really need to.
If you don't run any of the slower plugins (like XML or SpeedJava), jEdit should run decently on your system, even without that much RAM, too. I have my installation capped out at 16M, and it only runs out of memory if I open up a really big file (in which case I have a seperate script to launch it with a higher cap).
Make sure you're running the latest JVM, too. 4.01 had a ridiculous speed increase, to the point of wondering what the heck was wrong with all the previous versions.
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I don't understand why people still go to headhunters. Even if this mysterious honest recruitment firm did exist, they'd still be taking a lot of money that could be going to your salary (they have to make a profit somehow), and they'll always be bad at matching you up with a company, because if they knew what they were talking about, they'd have a real job.
Every single job I've ever had was the result of me knowing somebody who either worked for the company, or was a friend of someone in management. Any time I've ever gone on an interview that a headhunter found me, it was a complete fiasco. I'm a java programmer, and most of the time they sent me to companies looking for a javascript guy.
They also simply tended to be crappy jobs, which is why they had to pay a headhunter to find them employees. An appealing job will attract an employee with little effort. A good employee who's been in the business for a while and knows some people will usually be able to find their way to it.
Great device, but it looks like the wily "" tag is a bit beyond their technical abilities.
Can somebody tell me what the ending is? I'm too busy writing code to read it.
On Error Resume Next
I guess as soon as they offer housing and, then the dream of corporate feudalism will be complete. ;)
You think you're kidding, but you're not.
A/S/L? KTHXBY!
... If WalMart can sell used cars (probably real estate at some point too!) ...
I know this is OT, but I thought you would like to know:
Wal-Mart already does real estate (warning: there's flash in there).
... It's SO expensive to live there, and all you get is a tiny apartment, not a house which builds equity ...
You're confusing "urban environments" with "New York City." I live in Baltimore, which has a ridiculously low cost of living for a big city. On a modest working income, I own a large single family home with a pool, wraparound porch, back yard, etc. You can get a decent 1BR apartment here for about $300/mo, if you don't need all that. Most of the city is also built into active communities, centering around local shops and markets in walking distance. The mass transit sucks, but the city is small enough that you can bike pretty much anywhere.
Yes, I work, usually about 60 hours/week. I also manage to find the time to cook a decent meal every night, exercise daily, read books, install gentoo, etc. I've never understood why people complain about lack of time, unless they have a family. As long as you aren't burdened with time sinks like TV and traffic, 16-18 hours a day is plenty of time to get everything done.
I actually experimented with polyphasic ("uberman") sleep cycles, which allows you to practically live without sleeping, but I found that simply managing my time better is much easier, and just as productive.
If you're buying in bulk, I assume we're talking non-perishables. Non-perishables can be easily and cheaply ordered online (just order in advance and choose slow shipping). It might come out to a few dollars more, but you'll more than make up for it in the gas and wear & tear on your car.
Ever try and ride a bike with 10 bags of groceries? I agree that people waste fuel and cause more pollution by taking cars for short trips but sometimes you just need the carrying capacity.
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Why do you need 10 bags of groceries? Do you have 15 children, or something? My shopping consists of mostly fresh vegetables, fish, and dairy, which I walk to the local farmers' market 2-3 times a week to get. That way, it's fresher, and never more than could fit in a basket.
Since I bike to work, the only thing I ever use my car for is going "specialty" shopping, usually for things like cat litter, which is a bit too heavy for carrying. If only there was some sort of a website from which I could order these things, and have them delivered right to my house
It seems like a distributed filesystem might be overkill for your needs. If what you really want is the appearance of a single common machine, why not just pick one as a server, and set up your other boxes as X clients. You can even pull out most of their memory and storage, and stick it in the server, thus turning them all into pretty powerful machines.
To paraphrase Edsger Dijkstra:
"The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim"
The battery life on these things may not be too bad for a phone, but it's really short for a watch. With a phone, you just stick it in a cradle when you walk in the door, but with this thing you'd have to actually take off your watch in the evenings.
Wouldn't that kinda defeat the purpose of having it always available on your wrist, if you have to take it off all the time, and remember to put it on in the mornings?
Where's the novelty in the output format that the first usable computer used at the beginning of time?
Your definition of "usable" may differ from mine, but I would say the first usable computer didn't have a text display, but just a bunch of flashing lights.
So, it really has a lot more in common with banner ads, so text ads would be the next logical step. The only problem is when you'll have to submit your order for the product with punch cards.
Just for the record, I use vi, but I've heard really great things about Emacspeak. I've talked to a number of wearable computing folks who use prefer an audio interface to their wearable (over the expensive and bulky HMDs on the market today), and they all operate entirely in Emacs, because of this.
I think you just answered your own question.
You bastard! Not only do you build up my hopes of getting a portable NES, only to let me down when I see that there's only 1000 of these in existence, but you follow it up by letting me know that I won't even be able to play one of my favorite games on an emulator?
What's next? Are you going to shoot one of my cats?
BTW, I thought it was actually commonplace at one point to USE the backup everyday, and keep the originals in a safe place. Back when floppy drives were all the rage.
Yeah, I remember buying games on 5.25" floppies, and the manual would clearly state that you should never play the game directly from the disk, but from a copy of the disk. I guess the argument is that CDs are less fragile, so this is no longer valid. I disagree, as I scratch & break CDs all the time.
Those code wheels were also a much more entertaining copy prevention device than the DMCA.
Good thing its got four buttons then. The other two are on the top endge where your index finger rests.
So it does. I should have RTFA'd a little closer. My point still stands, though, as the SNES controller has 6 buttons. I suppose you could map the L&R buttons to the other 2 buttons on the front of the SNES controller (I think they were X&Y, but I'm not positive), but that would make for a really awkward layout for most games. Also, you still wouldn't have the L&R buttons on the SNES controller, which are occasionally used.
So, yeah, it's better than 2, and might work for some games, but it would be a lot better if there were 2 more buttons.
Well, I certainly appreciate the information on the construction quality, but your piracy comment is a bit out of line. IANAL, but I believe emulators are legal. Posessing a ROM for a cartridge you own, as a backup, is legal. Posessing a ROM for a cartridge you don't own is illegal.
A perfectly legitimate use for this unit would be consolidation. Say I own a Game Boy and a NES. I could get the ROMs for all of my carts, and put them on this thing, so I'd only have to carry around the one unit, but still play all of my games that I legally purchased.
I think you might have a little bit of trouble with the SNES emulation, with only 2 buttons.
A portable NES emulator is still pretty cool, though. It'd be nice to be able to crank up Mike Tyson's Punch Out to alleviate a little bit of aggression when sitting in a traffic jam.
Make sure you're running the latest JVM, too. 4.01 had a ridiculous speed increase, to the point of wondering what the heck was wrong with all the previous versions.
Gah, my fingers are faster than my brain, today. That should have been 1.4.1.
I'm using a Pentium 2 with a 233MHz processor. I can't run jEdit, JBuilder or NetBeans on here because they're too damn slow!
How much RAM have you got? I run jEdit on a 300MHz mobile P2 (which is probably comparable to a 233, when uplugged) with 128Megs RAM, and jEdit runs like a charm. I actually use NetBeans, too, although I must agree that it is very slow, but still usable if I really need to.
If you don't run any of the slower plugins (like XML or SpeedJava), jEdit should run decently on your system, even without that much RAM, too. I have my installation capped out at 16M, and it only runs out of memory if I open up a really big file (in which case I have a seperate script to launch it with a higher cap).
Make sure you're running the latest JVM, too. 4.01 had a ridiculous speed increase, to the point of wondering what the heck was wrong with all the previous versions.