It wasn't clear to me if the Classic environment *would* support USB. Can anyone who has used DP4 comment?
I'm going to Paris tomorrow just for to grab a copy of OS X. Can't wait!
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I did my undergraduate (Math / Computer Science) in The States back in 1981, and just finished a Masters in Quantitative Finance at a University here in London.
How do the two systems compare? IMHO, education is a lot more rigorous here in the UK than back in The States.
The kids I went to night school with were far more focused and capable than what I remember from University in the late 70's, even accounting for the fact I'm comparing the Undergraduate / Postgraduate levels.
And one of my professors here is American, taught most recently at CMU in The States, and one day we got on the subject of US vs UK schools.
When he started at the University he was told that unlike The States, people can and do fail graduate school.
And he told me that the Universitys administration was most concerned about grade inflation.
I can vouch for that; on a scale of 0 to 100, I never in two years of school saw anyone get a grade above 80.
I work in Investment Banking IT, and am within sight of the big 50 myself. My advise to anyone working in IT, no matter what your firms line of business is to diversify your skills.
Learn all you can about the business! I have twenty years experience as a Software Engineer, with firms ranging from AT&T Bell Labs to Dow Jones but even so I just finshed a Masters in Quantitative Finance.
Two years at night school sure sucked big time, but if my employer kicks me out the door tomorrow I'm not too worried about finding another job.
Adding a business side qualification to a track record in programming really helps strengthen your position. And when push comes to shove and bodies are flying out the door its all about setting yourself apart from the rest of the crowd.
Think in basic terms - how useful you are to your employer? How many hats you can wear? Are they all "cut from the same cloth" - that is, do you only have strong tech skills, but lack management, presentation or analytic skills?
In the end, no matter how good or shitty the economy, or how many H1B visas are being offered this year or next its all up to you.
I'm not sure where Amazon is intending to go with this one, but I'm concerned about one possible outcome - what my Economics professors called 'Price Discrimination'.
Noting on one hand that Price Discrimination can't occur with perfect competition, but on the other hand that the Web is the most perfect vehicle developed to date to exploit comsumers, Amazon could selectively offer prices based on :
Region - "Let's charge those dumb Canadians more than the Americans!"
Group - This is probably the most scary one, since they could segregate the customer based into arbitrary groupings, and charge each the most they would pay, thus maximising revenue
Time - Charge different amounts based on time of day or night. Is there less price resistance amoung drunks? Amazon could find out pretty easily, noting that most people browing the web at 3AM Saturday morning probably have been drinking.
Form - Most retailers already do this, but this could be used in combination with the above list entries.
My best guess of what is going on is Amazon is trying to get some empirical data about demand elasticity, and more importantly how changes in price impact demand amoung various groups of people.
Funny thing about all of this is that I own the domains you-suck.com, you-suck.net and you-suck.org and someone in New York has been selling white T-Shirts with you-suck.com tastefully printed in sharp black letters.
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Where did you get the information that the install might render your box unbootable?
I've read all four PDF's on Apples web site about the Mac OSX install, and I've only seen the "usual" warnings about backing up, etc.
All my information is here; where did you get yours?
Also, Microsoft has charged for public betas in the past; why shouldn't Apple?
It wasn't clear to me if the Classic environment *would* support USB. Can anyone who has used DP4 comment? I'm going to Paris tomorrow just for to grab a copy of OS X. Can't wait!
2000-06-22 16:22:47 stopnapster.com ?!?? (articles,news) (rejected) * 2000-06-12 16:08:35 Rupter clone to be available in US (articles,news) (rejected) * 2000-06-11 17:36:39 Compaq iPaq + FlashROM = The First available Linux (articles,news) (rejected) * 2000-06-02 16:18:33 Iridium Saved? (articles,news) (rejected) * 2000-07-14 17:57:21 $1,0000 iPaq? (articles,news) (rejected) * 2000-07-17 12:34:26 Napster founder has copyright friendly startup (articles,news) (rejected) * 2000-07-25 14:22:54 Carnivore aint' the end! (articles,news) (rejected) * 2000-07-27 10:46:10 Did 'cha know that the "Deep Web" is 500 times lar (articles,news) (rejected) * 2000-07-28 11:51:04 House Hearings of FBIs Carnivore (articles,news) (rejected) * 2000-07-31 12:14:47 Ballmer compares Linux to Communism (articles,news) (rejected) * 2000-08-01 09:40:59 Iridium again! (articles,news) (rejected) * 2000-08-07 09:58:57 Hacker housewifes? (articles,news) (rejected) * 2000-08-07 13:36:23 IBM Develops Linux based wristwatch (articles,news) (rejected) * 2000-09-08 09:34:37 Sony to launch Transmeta laptop in October (articles,news) (rejected)
I did my undergraduate (Math / Computer Science) in The States back in 1981, and just finished a Masters in Quantitative Finance at a University here in London.
How do the two systems compare? IMHO, education is a lot more rigorous here in the UK than back in The States.
The kids I went to night school with were far more focused and capable than what I remember from University in the late 70's, even accounting for the fact I'm comparing the Undergraduate / Postgraduate levels.
And one of my professors here is American, taught most recently at CMU in The States, and one day we got on the subject of US vs UK schools.
When he started at the University he was told that unlike The States, people can and do fail graduate school.
And he told me that the Universitys administration was most concerned about grade inflation.
I can vouch for that; on a scale of 0 to 100, I never in two years of school saw anyone get a grade above 80.
I work in Investment Banking IT, and am within sight of the big 50 myself. My advise to anyone working in IT, no matter what your firms line of business is to diversify your skills.
Learn all you can about the business! I have twenty years experience as a Software Engineer, with firms ranging from AT&T Bell Labs to Dow Jones but even so I just finshed a Masters in Quantitative Finance.
Two years at night school sure sucked big time, but if my employer kicks me out the door tomorrow I'm not too worried about finding another job.
Adding a business side qualification to a track record in programming really helps strengthen your position. And when push comes to shove and bodies are flying out the door its all about setting yourself apart from the rest of the crowd.
Think in basic terms - how useful you are to your employer? How many hats you can wear? Are they all "cut from the same cloth" - that is, do you only have strong tech skills, but lack management, presentation or analytic skills?
In the end, no matter how good or shitty the economy, or how many H1B visas are being offered this year or next its all up to you.
Noting on one hand that Price Discrimination can't occur with perfect competition, but on the other hand that the Web is the most perfect vehicle developed to date to exploit comsumers, Amazon could selectively offer prices based on :
- Region - "Let's charge those dumb Canadians more than the Americans!"
- Group - This is probably the most scary one, since they could segregate the customer based into arbitrary groupings, and charge each the most they would pay, thus maximising revenue
- Time - Charge different amounts based on time of day or night. Is there less price resistance amoung drunks? Amazon could find out pretty easily, noting that most people browing the web at 3AM Saturday morning probably have been drinking.
- Form - Most retailers already do this, but this could be used in combination with the above list entries.
My best guess of what is going on is Amazon is trying to get some empirical data about demand elasticity, and more importantly how changes in price impact demand amoung various groups of people.what else would a proper Geek build?
Funny thing about all of this is that I own the domains you-suck.com, you-suck.net and you-suck.org and someone in New York has been selling white T-Shirts with you-suck.com tastefully printed in sharp black letters.
SomeoneSucks.com!