Certain regions are prone to have earth quakes, but not all regions, and not around Beijing. Almost all that do occur are in 2.5 - 5.4 magnitude rnage "Often felt, but only causes minor damage." Sichuan has had some bad earth quakes (8.0,etc) but it is not near Beijing.
It's a great security initiative! Everybody should do this. Considering it is impossible to electronically monitor what is typed on a manual type writer, and certainly it would be near impossible to copy the manually typed paper with today's technology.
The problem here is Amazon is not killing small or independent book stores with free shipping.
The problem is independent small book stores are typically overpriced, have poor customer service from a minimum wage clerk who doesnt care to assist, and worse don't have what i want to buy.
i love how retailers continue to have a big sook about unfair competition from online shopping, while totally ignorant of the fact they are not delivering what most customers want.
and not just price. i find Amazon customer service is *better* than most brick and mortar retail stores....
I just watched a video via archive.org "Blockbuster Customer Service Training" and found Most of the "bad service" examples to demonstrate typical retail experience.
Have you actually been using swift. Nice concept, buggy as hell implementation. Sure it's beta, but in my opinion it's too buggy even for beta release. and lack of support for fixed arrays in my opinion is strange...
This type of arrogance might explain why so many university graduates I work with are clueless on resolving real world problems within real world deadlines.
Scares the hell out of me how many SYS admins don't know what a Microsoft KB article is...
And you are not paying attention not knowing about "patch Tuesday" and where Microsoft announces out-of-band patches...
get WSUS and half the work done for you.
At first I thought this MEP was exaggerating the benefits of switching to ODF...but then since making the switch to PDF this morning I immediately began "real innovation" Before lunch I already had applied for 12 patents, written an innovative sci-fi novel, and designed a spring & summer fashin collection. In addition, with the help of Amazon & eBay I began experiencing the orgasmic elation of "real procurement"
For.NET libraries I use.NET reflector., and can integrate into real time debugging with Visual Studio. FxCop is no longer needed as its built into Visual Studio, run Code Analysis option. For analyzing Java Libraries I like free tool jd2gui. For native libraries on windows I like IDA Pro/OllyDbg/WinDbg/AppVerifier and the Windows App Certification kit in Windows 8.1 SDK.
This will be great once they fix the minute pause issue...then I won't have to remember people's names again and can reserve my brain capacity use for purposeful things like storing what I read on Slashdot
I have used WinTel...try MacOS, you'll wonder WTF you were doing. Ok you can do it with PC MacOS CoreAudio is vastly superior to what Windows offers with ASIO drivers. Get a Mac Mini if budget is an issue.
For serious music production use MacOS, its the right tool for the job. Get Logic Pro or Pro Tools for audio/midi recording, and Sibelius or Finale for score editing. If you want pain & suffering welcome to use open source alternatives.
I run Windows 8 Enterprise x64 on a MacBook Air via Bootcamp.I boot into MacOS only for music recording. I run Ubuntu in Hyper-V when needed.
Why I continue to use Windows
- Visual Studio 2012 for:NET and Win32 C++ coding, the integrated debugging tools, automated testing compatibility, integrated code analysis all seem superior to what I've tried in Linux
- Office 2013. Sorry LibreOffice/OpenOffice you're still playing catchup. Maybe for certain uses this may be OK, but for complex docs I work with MS Office is superior.
- bash is nice, PowerShell 3.0 far superior , and if I want bash can run it on windows anyway
- Windows is now very stable/secure even out of the box
- Internet Explorer is no longer the crappy browser it was
Windows ME, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 8. The same headlines "windows is over" over and over again. Maybe this time it's for real. Maybe it finally will be the year of the Linux Desktop, that was apparently supposed to happen every year for the past 10 years. Maybe by the end of 2013 we'll only use iPads to do all our work
so I've been using Surface RT 64 GB as my primary device now for several weeks.
The good
* working with office documents clearly superior than existing tablets
* jail break to run.NET (non-WPF) and re-compiled native apps to ARM is great. I have SharpDevelop, full C# IDE on tablet and it works great.
* remote desktop capabilities works great
* can achieve 80wpm+ on the "touch" cover
The bad:
* The Windows Store Apps/Games suck big time
* Windows Store Apps Quality
* Windows Store Apps Launch Speed
* No official SDK to compile desktop apps to ARM
* jailbreak required to run 3rd party desktop apps
* Mail app search is totally non functional for me (but works on my Windows 8 x64 dev)
* Not sure if Touch Cover will be durable
* Screen too reflective
* Auto brightness is either lacking totally or works poorly
* can't dual boot an alternate OS (yet)
* gcc not ported yet to target Windows RT (ARM) desktop apps
* WinDbg for ARM not publicly available
* citrix Client is TERRIBLE (worse than iPad/Android versions) HTML5 client is slightly better.
I find overall I'm happy with it,use it to remotely access full Virtual Desktop with external monitor and keyboard/mouse, and then take it away to cafes &c or crammed public transport for document reviews/editing/creation.
In my opinion main thing MS needs to do: unlock desktop apps (at least as system setting) and rapidly get QUALITY in Windows Store, and ensure apps like MAIL search works flawlessly and launch time is super quick.
I think the product has potential but if the app quality issue is no rectified fast doubt it can survive.
Speaking of Office & Visual Studio, sounds like you're in Windows...just need to enable High Contrast mode, a Windows settings - this will give office & visual studio black backgrounds...
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You can ask google anything you want and get an instant response 24/7 at http://www.google.com/ if you're not happy google's response go to http://www.bing.com/
Certain regions are prone to have earth quakes, but not all regions, and not around Beijing. Almost all that do occur are in 2.5 - 5.4 magnitude rnage "Often felt, but only causes minor damage." Sichuan has had some bad earth quakes (8.0,etc) but it is not near Beijing.
Don't worry the data will be safe in NSA's hands, as far as I know they've never had any data breaches/leakages before...
It's a great security initiative! Everybody should do this. Considering it is impossible to electronically monitor what is typed on a manual type writer, and certainly it would be near impossible to copy the manually typed paper with today's technology.
The problem here is Amazon is not killing small or independent book stores with free shipping. The problem is independent small book stores are typically overpriced, have poor customer service from a minimum wage clerk who doesnt care to assist, and worse don't have what i want to buy. i love how retailers continue to have a big sook about unfair competition from online shopping, while totally ignorant of the fact they are not delivering what most customers want. and not just price. i find Amazon customer service is *better* than most brick and mortar retail stores.... I just watched a video via archive.org "Blockbuster Customer Service Training" and found Most of the "bad service" examples to demonstrate typical retail experience.
Have you actually been using swift. Nice concept, buggy as hell implementation. Sure it's beta, but in my opinion it's too buggy even for beta release. and lack of support for fixed arrays in my opinion is strange...
NSA should be able to extract them from their communication s database
This type of arrogance might explain why so many university graduates I work with are clueless on resolving real world problems within real world deadlines.
hiring incompetent IT staff
Scares the hell out of me how many SYS admins don't know what a Microsoft KB article is... And you are not paying attention not knowing about "patch Tuesday" and where Microsoft announces out-of-band patches... get WSUS and half the work done for you.
At first I thought this MEP was exaggerating the benefits of switching to ODF...but then since making the switch to PDF this morning I immediately began "real innovation" Before lunch I already had applied for 12 patents, written an innovative sci-fi novel, and designed a spring & summer fashin collection. In addition, with the help of Amazon & eBay I began experiencing the orgasmic elation of "real procurement"
For .NET libraries I use .NET reflector., and can integrate into real time debugging with Visual Studio. FxCop is no longer needed as its built into Visual Studio, run Code Analysis option. For analyzing Java Libraries I like free tool jd2gui. For native libraries on windows I like IDA Pro/OllyDbg/WinDbg/AppVerifier and the Windows App Certification kit in Windows 8.1 SDK.
This will be great once they fix the minute pause issue...then I won't have to remember people's names again and can reserve my brain capacity use for purposeful things like storing what I read on Slashdot
I have used WinTel...try MacOS, you'll wonder WTF you were doing. Ok you can do it with PC MacOS CoreAudio is vastly superior to what Windows offers with ASIO drivers. Get a Mac Mini if budget is an issue.
For serious music production use MacOS, its the right tool for the job. Get Logic Pro or Pro Tools for audio/midi recording, and Sibelius or Finale for score editing. If you want pain & suffering welcome to use open source alternatives.
When is somebody going to raise an antitrust case against the EU?
obviously haven't used bing recently
I think the point is this is Slashdot and you can't say anything good about or recommend a Microsoft product here, it's sacrilegious.
why is this even posted to Slashdot?
and governments never would use money unswisely!!! and fraud? you'd have to be joking!!!
I run Windows 8 Enterprise x64 on a MacBook Air via Bootcamp.I boot into MacOS only for music recording. I run Ubuntu in Hyper-V when needed. Why I continue to use Windows - Visual Studio 2012 for :NET and Win32 C++ coding, the integrated debugging tools, automated testing compatibility, integrated code analysis all seem superior to what I've tried in Linux
- Office 2013. Sorry LibreOffice/OpenOffice you're still playing catchup. Maybe for certain uses this may be OK, but for complex docs I work with MS Office is superior.
- bash is nice, PowerShell 3.0 far superior , and if I want bash can run it on windows anyway
- Windows is now very stable/secure even out of the box
- Internet Explorer is no longer the crappy browser it was
"available anywhere in the world" YouTube is not available everywhere in the world. China for example.
Windows ME, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 8. The same headlines "windows is over" over and over again. Maybe this time it's for real. Maybe it finally will be the year of the Linux Desktop, that was apparently supposed to happen every year for the past 10 years. Maybe by the end of 2013 we'll only use iPads to do all our work
so I've been using Surface RT 64 GB as my primary device now for several weeks. The good * working with office documents clearly superior than existing tablets * jail break to run .NET (non-WPF) and re-compiled native apps to ARM is great. I have SharpDevelop, full C# IDE on tablet and it works great.
* remote desktop capabilities works great
* can achieve 80wpm+ on the "touch" cover
The bad:
* The Windows Store Apps/Games suck big time
* Windows Store Apps Quality
* Windows Store Apps Launch Speed
* No official SDK to compile desktop apps to ARM
* jailbreak required to run 3rd party desktop apps
* Mail app search is totally non functional for me (but works on my Windows 8 x64 dev)
* Not sure if Touch Cover will be durable
* Screen too reflective
* Auto brightness is either lacking totally or works poorly
* can't dual boot an alternate OS (yet)
* gcc not ported yet to target Windows RT (ARM) desktop apps
* WinDbg for ARM not publicly available
* citrix Client is TERRIBLE (worse than iPad/Android versions) HTML5 client is slightly better.
I find overall I'm happy with it,use it to remotely access full Virtual Desktop with external monitor and keyboard/mouse, and then take it away to cafes &c or crammed public transport for document reviews/editing/creation.
In my opinion main thing MS needs to do: unlock desktop apps (at least as system setting) and rapidly get QUALITY in Windows Store, and ensure apps like MAIL search works flawlessly and launch time is super quick.
I think the product has potential but if the app quality issue is no rectified fast doubt it can survive.
Speaking of Office & Visual Studio, sounds like you're in Windows...just need to enable High Contrast mode, a Windows settings - this will give office & visual studio black backgrounds...