I see what you're saying, and no, I'd not looked at the basic maintenance.
Because I never had to, exactly as you say.
I guess I mistook 'complexity' for 'power' (a common problem with Linux people - "Look how powerful it is" is often a synonym for "Look how many indecipherable options it has") - they sure haven't removed any of the Unix power...
OS X has actually REMOVED a lot of complexity in the underlying UNIX.
I have to disagree... It's all still there (just go to the command line and see:)
But I agree it's abstracted a lot of it. You can do pretty much all of the common tasks in the 'obvious' way. And if you really want to know how many of your files have the words 'cat' and 'dog' but not 'mouse' you still have all the Unixy goodness of perl, awk, sed....
because of a middle of the day Microsoft update download, I had a miserable workout (yawn, big deal, who cares...), and was unable to give a live demo of my product to a potential customer (which I think is really a big deal!)
You do know you can choose the time of the day that XP updates itself, right?
On SP1, I go to 'Start->Control Panel->Automatic Updates' and the button 'Automatic (recommended)' has a nifty little pull down that says 'Every Day at 1am'.
Or you can choose to have XP tell you they're available (and in fact bug the hell out of you about it) but NOT download them...
So unless I've been trolled, I hope your 'large corporation' client isn't reading this, and rethinking offering their business to a guy who can't configure his PC:)
Mark
PS If this has changed in SP2, it's not my fault. Blame Bill.
I hope that when [...] the DVD version of this movie comes out that it does not become a lame MPEG copy of the movie with a bunch of boring stuff thrown on as "extras".
Unlikely, because it has to live up to the BBC DVD of the TV series... (Which Amazon seems to think is not out yet, but I've had it over a year).
Special features include:
Making Of
Extra Footage
Peter Jones Intro
Original Trailer
Communicate
Behind The Scenes
Animatronics Feature
Pebble Mill Appearance By Rod Lord And Alan J Bell
Production Notes
Out Takes
Photo Gallery
Easter Eggs
So you get lots of information about the making of the radio series, a 'retrospective' documentary with some of the actors in character, information about how the effects were done, and much much more.
Oh, and the slightly naff BBC TV series, which people inexplicably didn't watch:)
Try Empire, a British film magazine that has been panicking over the Hitchhiker's movie since it was first announced, and has now released their full review.
4 stars (out of 5) and the quickie write up says:
Mostly harmless. A very British, very funny sci-fi misadventure that's guaranteed to win converts. Want to go to The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe now, please.
They admit it's not perfect, but their review's a damn sight more positive than the linked one.
As we said, those hardcore Hitchhikers out there have little to worry about. Although they should be warned that the movie's faithfulness means all its best jokes will be very familiar. For them, it's more a case of basking comfortably in the nostalgia than laughing out loud. But if you're new to all this, and have no idea about the significance of towels, or what a whale and a bowl of petunias have in common, then, boy, are you in for a treat...
Unless of course, you do a check to see if the Google results actually refer to me! (Hint, only one does).
I trust when you say 'people have been not hired' you mean 'people have been given a chance to confirm if an offensive item on the internet was written by them or not, and if they confirm it, they have not been hired', right? Because someone could sign up to (say) a violent hate-group's online website with your name tomorrow, post incitment, racist tracts, and God knows what else, and the first you'll know of it is when you get fired by some over-zealous HR rep? Please note, this is not a threat!:) Or less disastrously, you could be mistaken for a fat emulsifier...
This is a good idea, but it's also helpful (where possible) to put the subtitles in the same language as the audio.
I am always amazed how much more I understand when I do this in German, a language I speak relatively well. If you can scan the same words in the same language, your comprehension of the spoken word goes up immensely. Just imagine a native speaker slurring words together, pronouncing them differently than you're expecting... This technique helps you pick out the words, gives you another chance to catch something you might have missed, as the parent poster said about the English subtitles, without having to worry about translating in your head.
I'd recommend you do this for a movie you already know though - you will miss bits, and you'd hate to find you've not enjoyed a movie because your language skills weren't up to the task!
Considering you can get a Logitech 6-button wireless mouse w/ scroll wheel for ~$28, I don't know why anyone would buy the Apple product.
Not to justify $69, but the Apple one is Bluetooth, and works with a (built-in, if you prefer) Bluetooth dongle, rather than the Logitech's PS2/USB remote receiver dongle.
Minor point, but Apple users tend to prefer the aesthetics of not having extra bits plugged in everywhere:)
Mark
PS Cue dozens of people finding cheaper Bluetooth meeces now!
They have their own web application that you can fill in online, in addition to allowing you to upload your returns from the commercial software packages.
And it works in Safari under Mac OS X! SO I assume it'll work under Firefox too, but I've not tried it yet (last year, Firefox wasn't stable enough for me to try;)
Mark
PS And it's easier than doing it on paper, because it supresses all the questions that aren't relevant any more - so when you say 'I didn't sell any shares this year' it stops asking you about it and jumps to the next section. Easy!
I ask because what you describe is exactly what is supposed to happen.
Well, yes and no - you're correct, the software keeps going back to QA until they say 'ok, it's good enough':) But it's an oversimplification.
I'm not trying to say you don't know this; I assume you know that QA isn't something you bolt on after the coding is done & you think you finished... in a perfect world, QA are involved in every step of the design and implementation process, checking your design, documentation, assumptions, test frameworks, everything...
And you're right - this guy's (implied) attitude of 'QA are just there to stop me shipping' is a problem, but equally so are some people's attitudes (not necessarily yours) that 'QA is just there to test the final builds'.
I've seen any number of projects go right off the timeline because the testers got something that wasn't any good, and 'QA' was a rubber-stamp that they applied when the testers were done (or when the ship date arrived, whichever happened first). If QA had been involved from the get-go, they ought to have insisted on unit tests, function tests and all the others that were listed in a previous post, and I won't repeat here...
I work for a telecom company (if you know which one, you also know I don't speak for them) and when I'm abroad roaming and someone calls me from home, I sometimes get these types of numbers.
Basically it means they're not passing a proper caller ID, but also not telling the destination network that the number is not for display.
I suspect it's a network identifier, for accounting purposes within the telco. All it means is that whoever is calling is calling from overseas... That's not to say it's not a scam - but it doesn't mean it necessarily is!
I did the same math in the UK here, where it was (IO think) £10 a month, or £200 up front.
I decided I would pay £400 for a 'smart VCR' in the end (£200 unit price, £200 lifetime sub) because I figured I'd get 20 months out of it. If not, I'd complain very loudly...:)
Nearly 3 years on, it's had a new hard disk, but only for capacity reasons (and I waited until the 'break even' point to do that, just in case).
If it dies now, I'll suck it up and use the box to make my own MythTV unit - it's looking like they have enough compelling features to make it worthwhile, but not enough to make me throw away my free TiVo service...
And in the UK, SkyPlus is taking off - so the market is there, TiVo was just too soon!
PS I remember seeing an American guide book once that referred to Scotland as 'quite a big country' and advised that visitors allow a whole day to visit.
I have yet to find an online company selling properly configured systems for a reasonable price.
And that's what he wanted, or have I mis-understood 'turnkey'...?
The fact is, if you know Linux well, maintaining a Linux based RAID array for home use is perfectly reasonable and generally quite painless. I build an inexpensive 4 drive 480GB RAID array a few years ago that I've been delighted with since. I have survived a disk failure with minimal downtime and no data loss.
Whenever my employer (and I don't speak for them, by the way) offers something as 'turnkey' it means that the customer turns the key in the lock of the door, and the system is right there working for them. That's what he asked for. I suspect what he meant was, "can I just put 2 hard disks in my PC and download a package to do it all for me" which would still be better than 'if you know Linux well'.
People answered the question that was asked, not the implied 'can Linux do this for less money than Apple'...
Mark
PS, I'm not flaming you, many of your points are valid - but the question wasn't what a lot of people have been answering.
I have one of these too - it worked with OS X (drivers weren't included, but they were wasy to find on Samsung's site), which was why I bought it in the first place.
And with the latest Airport Extreme firmware, I can print wirelessly! I need to get it printing from my PC, but the Mac spotted it immediately via Rendezvous...
I think the 1210 is obsolete now, but considering I paid £90 for it, I reckon some of Samsung's 'higher end' printers would be well worth a look.
Certainly when it comes time for me to buy a duplexing colour one, I shall start there...
Yep, I have one myself... (as my original article stated)
he should have sent Apple an email or called them, because they'd have given him some of his money back
Perhaps they do this as a goodwill gesture for those who complain - it's not a policy as far as I know (and I doubt it will continue if everyone does it!)
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Maybe they could do a trilogy of prequels. Unfortunately a trilogy would be best started on an even number so that two of the three would be good.
Maybe they could start with Episode 4? Oh, wait - it's been done.
Mark
I see what you're saying, and no, I'd not looked at the basic maintenance.
Because I never had to, exactly as you say.
I guess I mistook 'complexity' for 'power' (a common problem with Linux people - "Look how powerful it is" is often a synonym for "Look how many indecipherable options it has") - they sure haven't removed any of the Unix power...
Mark
OS X has actually REMOVED a lot of complexity in the underlying UNIX.
:)
I have to disagree... It's all still there (just go to the command line and see
But I agree it's abstracted a lot of it. You can do pretty much all of the common tasks in the 'obvious' way. And if you really want to know how many of your files have the words 'cat' and 'dog' but not 'mouse' you still have all the Unixy goodness of perl, awk, sed....
Mark
Why does it not ask you?
It can. The 'default' setting is off. If you enable it, then defaults to 'just do it' mode.
You can (as I said in my original comment):
Or you can choose to have XP tell you they're available (and in fact bug the hell out of you about it) but NOT download them...
Mark
Ha ha, made you think!
Mark
because of a middle of the day Microsoft update download, I had a miserable workout (yawn, big deal, who cares...), and was unable to give a live demo of my product to a potential customer (which I think is really a big deal!)
:)
You do know you can choose the time of the day that XP updates itself, right?
On SP1, I go to 'Start->Control Panel->Automatic Updates' and the button 'Automatic (recommended)' has a nifty little pull down that says 'Every Day at 1am'.
Or you can choose to have XP tell you they're available (and in fact bug the hell out of you about it) but NOT download them...
So unless I've been trolled, I hope your 'large corporation' client isn't reading this, and rethinking offering their business to a guy who can't configure his PC
Mark
PS If this has changed in SP2, it's not my fault. Blame Bill.
So, what we're actually saying is that the jerk of firefox users is negative.
:)
Certainly all the jerks on here are very negative.
Mark
PS
Unlikely, because it has to live up to the BBC DVD of the TV series... (Which Amazon seems to think is not out yet, but I've had it over a year).
Special features include:
So you get lots of information about the making of the radio series, a 'retrospective' documentary with some of the actors in character, information about how the effects were done, and much much more.
Oh, and the slightly naff BBC TV series, which people inexplicably didn't watch
Mark
Try Empire, a British film magazine that has been panicking over the Hitchhiker's movie since it was first announced, and has now released their full review.
4 stars (out of 5) and the quickie write up says:
Mostly harmless. A very British, very funny sci-fi misadventure that's guaranteed to win converts. Want to go to The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe now, please.
They admit it's not perfect, but their review's a damn sight more positive than the linked one.
As we said, those hardcore Hitchhikers out there have little to worry about. Although they should be warned that the movie's faithfulness means all its best jokes will be very familiar. For them, it's more a case of basking comfortably in the nostalgia than laughing out loud. But if you're new to all this, and have no idea about the significance of towels, or what a whale and a bowl of petunias have in common, then, boy, are you in for a treat...
Mark
We always 'google' our perspective new-hires.
:) Or less disastrously, you could be mistaken for a fat emulsifier...
Cool, so I can now add Sound Recording Engineer, Psychology Seminars and speeches, photography and Apple Advocacy & consulting to my Resume...
Unless of course, you do a check to see if the Google results actually refer to me! (Hint, only one does).
I trust when you say 'people have been not hired' you mean 'people have been given a chance to confirm if an offensive item on the internet was written by them or not, and if they confirm it, they have not been hired', right? Because someone could sign up to (say) a violent hate-group's online website with your name tomorrow, post incitment, racist tracts, and God knows what else, and the first you'll know of it is when you get fired by some over-zealous HR rep? Please note, this is not a threat!
Mark Hood
I'm not former Sierra Online Senior Vice President either.
Your formula is going to fail when year 10000 rolls around. And won't you feel stupid for your shortsightedness then?
:)
Hey, 1999 called and wants its Y2K joke back.
Couldn't resist
Mark
I think I can help.
It goes:
1. In Soviet Russia, the IRS audits YOU.
2. You audit them.
3. ???
4. Profit!
I feel dirty.
Mark
PS 5. Hot grits.
This is a good idea, but it's also helpful (where possible) to put the subtitles in the same language as the audio.
I am always amazed how much more I understand when I do this in German, a language I speak relatively well. If you can scan the same words in the same language, your comprehension of the spoken word goes up immensely. Just imagine a native speaker slurring words together, pronouncing them differently than you're expecting... This technique helps you pick out the words, gives you another chance to catch something you might have missed, as the parent poster said about the English subtitles, without having to worry about translating in your head.
I'd recommend you do this for a movie you already know though - you will miss bits, and you'd hate to find you've not enjoyed a movie because your language skills weren't up to the task!
Mark
Considering you can get a Logitech 6-button wireless mouse w/ scroll wheel for ~$28, I don't know why anyone would buy the Apple product.
:)
Not to justify $69, but the Apple one is Bluetooth, and works with a (built-in, if you prefer) Bluetooth dongle, rather than the Logitech's PS2/USB remote receiver dongle.
Minor point, but Apple users tend to prefer the aesthetics of not having extra bits plugged in everywhere
Mark
PS Cue dozens of people finding cheaper Bluetooth meeces now!
They have their own web application that you can fill in online, in addition to allowing you to upload your returns from the commercial software packages.
;)
And it works in Safari under Mac OS X! SO I assume it'll work under Firefox too, but I've not tried it yet (last year, Firefox wasn't stable enough for me to try
Mark
PS And it's easier than doing it on paper, because it supresses all the questions that aren't relevant any more - so when you say 'I didn't sell any shares this year' it stops asking you about it and jumps to the next section. Easy!
I ask because what you describe is exactly what is supposed to happen.
:) But it's an oversimplification.
Well, yes and no - you're correct, the software keeps going back to QA until they say 'ok, it's good enough'
I'm not trying to say you don't know this; I assume you know that QA isn't something you bolt on after the coding is done & you think you finished... in a perfect world, QA are involved in every step of the design and implementation process, checking your design, documentation, assumptions, test frameworks, everything...
And you're right - this guy's (implied) attitude of 'QA are just there to stop me shipping' is a problem, but equally so are some people's attitudes (not necessarily yours) that 'QA is just there to test the final builds'.
I've seen any number of projects go right off the timeline because the testers got something that wasn't any good, and 'QA' was a rubber-stamp that they applied when the testers were done (or when the ship date arrived, whichever happened first). If QA had been involved from the get-go, they ought to have insisted on unit tests, function tests and all the others that were listed in a previous post, and I won't repeat here...
Mark
The question isn't why this made the front page, but whether the same story will be on tomorrow's /.
Oh it will, but without the disclaimer 'this looks like a fake'...
Mark
Yup.
I work for a telecom company (if you know which one, you also know I don't speak for them) and when I'm abroad roaming and someone calls me from home, I sometimes get these types of numbers.
Basically it means they're not passing a proper caller ID, but also not telling the destination network that the number is not for display.
I suspect it's a network identifier, for accounting purposes within the telco. All it means is that whoever is calling is calling from overseas... That's not to say it's not a scam - but it doesn't mean it necessarily is!
Mark
I did the same math in the UK here, where it was (IO think) £10 a month, or £200 up front.
:)
I decided I would pay £400 for a 'smart VCR' in the end (£200 unit price, £200 lifetime sub) because I figured I'd get 20 months out of it. If not, I'd complain very loudly...
Nearly 3 years on, it's had a new hard disk, but only for capacity reasons (and I waited until the 'break even' point to do that, just in case).
If it dies now, I'll suck it up and use the box to make my own MythTV unit - it's looking like they have enough compelling features to make it worthwhile, but not enough to make me throw away my free TiVo service...
And in the UK, SkyPlus is taking off - so the market is there, TiVo was just too soon!
Yup, it has been...
Mark
Um... where's England?
Just to the south of Scotland. HTH.
Mark
PS I remember seeing an American guide book once that referred to Scotland as 'quite a big country' and advised that visitors allow a whole day to visit.
I have yet to find an online company selling properly configured systems for a reasonable price.
And that's what he wanted, or have I mis-understood 'turnkey'...?
The fact is, if you know Linux well, maintaining a Linux based RAID array for home use is perfectly reasonable and generally quite painless. I build an inexpensive 4 drive 480GB RAID array a few years ago that I've been delighted with since. I have survived a disk failure with minimal downtime and no data loss.
Whenever my employer (and I don't speak for them, by the way) offers something as 'turnkey' it means that the customer turns the key in the lock of the door, and the system is right there working for them. That's what he asked for. I suspect what he meant was, "can I just put 2 hard disks in my PC and download a package to do it all for me" which would still be better than 'if you know Linux well'.
People answered the question that was asked, not the implied 'can Linux do this for less money than Apple'...
Mark
PS, I'm not flaming you, many of your points are valid - but the question wasn't what a lot of people have been answering.
I have one of these too - it worked with OS X (drivers weren't included, but they were wasy to find on Samsung's site), which was why I bought it in the first place.
And with the latest Airport Extreme firmware, I can print wirelessly! I need to get it printing from my PC, but the Mac spotted it immediately via Rendezvous...
I think the 1210 is obsolete now, but considering I paid £90 for it, I reckon some of Samsung's 'higher end' printers would be well worth a look.
Certainly when it comes time for me to buy a duplexing colour one, I shall start there...
Mark
I didn't mention, but he's in the UK and the UK Store Policy doesn't have that clause.
Perhaps he could/should have complained, but on the face of it, he gets nothing...
Mark
1) Was there even a 30GB iPod?
Yep, I have one myself... (as my original article stated)
he should have sent Apple an email or called them, because they'd have given him some of his money back
Perhaps they do this as a goodwill gesture for those who complain - it's not a policy as far as I know (and I doubt it will continue if everyone does it!)