That could be, but Nvidia really messed up with their migration to 0.13 micron production for the FX line. They put all their eggs in one basket and promptly dropped it. The leaf blower (aka GeForceFX 5800) was a complete piece of junk. The 5900 has redeemed them in the eyes of many, but the next releases from either company is going to be key in establishing who the "leader" in the graphics market really is.
You think the Xbox is huge? Guess you don't go to many LAN parties. Try lugging a mid tower and 17" monitor around and you'll come to appreciate that little black box.
Thank god you are not the judge, because you've put the cart before the horse. SCO's claim (most likely BS) is that IBM improperly put copyrighted code in Linux. Therefore, the GPL cannot apply to that code.
I think the case is still bogus, but for a completely different reason.
Sorry, having worked as a paralegal for three years, "An understanding of the law, a stack of envelopes, and occasionally plane fare are more than enough" is rarely enough.
As a defendant you *MUST* pay the costs of a stenographer for any depositions and you can rarely get a witness in without them being properly deposed. Also, expert witnesses are rarely free. You normally have to pay for those. Then there is the cost of multiple plane tickets, if the trial is out of your area. Plus board, meals, etc. Then there are the amount of money you spend at Kinko's. Its downright amazing how many hundreds or thousands of dollars you can spend just on making copies of briefs, depositions, and interrogatories which you MUST pay yourself. There are many hidden costs involved in even a minor case.
The delays, the frivilous filings, the mountains of paperwork, hyperbole, press leaks, etc. That is what you are actually paying a lawyer for these days.
That's like saying I only pay my sysadmin to backup some files, reset my password, post on slashdot, and forget to apply patches. hmmm... Then again, I guess some places do pay their sysadmins to do just that.
His programming is above average. He's been doing it for 8 years. He's been there four years to my three. There is no denying his value, its just that he never stops complaining about how much work he has. Nearly everyone on his team hates him, because he's always whining about how tough he has it and that nobody else works as hard as he does.
The programmers can pretty much come an go as they please, just so long as they are present for certain meetings. Typically he comes in around 10am.
If you surveyed his teammates, nearly all of them would say...
a) They've got it pretty good considering what is happening in the marketplace.
b) Their boss is a decent guy who is both technically minded and protects them from upper management as best he can.
c) The deadlines can be tough, but are rarely unnecessary.
This guy would say...
a) This place is a labor camp.
b) The boss is a clueless prick who doesn't know his ass from his elbow.
c) The deadlines are always rushed and unwarranted.
BTW, its not the 20 minutes he spends jabbering at me, but the 60 he spends jabbering to the entire row of cubicles talking about how busy he is. Don't you get it? He spends about an hour a day telling people how busy he is. He never stops complaining about everything, his work, his schedule, the food in the lunchroom, his parking spot and is never appreciative of anything or anybody. Every little thing the company does to raise morale (although some are pathetic) is a slap in the face to him.
Wow what a narrow view of the world. Not all corporations are hell on earth. Not all people who claim they are being oppressed are. This guy creates his own misery and wallows in it. I have no sympathy for him. The guys who do good work and try and make the best of a bad situation and still get shit on; them I have a lot of sympathy for.
First of all, you don't know this guy and I am thoroughly amazed that you've never met someone like him. Wait a minute..... John is that you?
My first job as a DBA/System Admin was for a small 12 person company and it was the worst mistake I ever made. Sufficed it to say, I messed up and missed numerous warning signs, but I was young and naive. In my first week, I learned that my manager was a complete asshole who had single handedly driven away the last three DBA/SA's. He was extremely belligerent, a micro-manager, and an egotist. In the interview he was as nice as could be. I told him I was inexperienced in a lot of the areas he needed covered, but strong in some of the others. He assured me that there would be plenty of support for me in house to call upon. There was no internal support. I was supporting stuff I had only heard about and was finding myself sinking in quicksand. The job was way over my head and this guy never missed a chance to tell me that I had better get up to speed or they would have to let me go. Over the next two months he hired 8 people and 6 people left. I ended up putting my pager on his admin's desk, telling her goodbye and good luck and walked out with another individual.
I've always worked in small companies, and they can be very rewarding places to work for. You can really start to feel like family. You just have to be extra careful that they don't want you to wear more hats than you can handle.
Now I work for a 90,000+ company and I can tell you its got issues, but isn't all that bad. I think anywhere from 100 to 1000 is perfect.
While I think the parent's logic is fundamentally flawed, you must admit the tension between India and Pakistan was as tense if not worse than that of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Things have seemed to have 'lightened' up a bit, but for a while there was a lot of genuine concern amongst the Indian and Pakistani employees at my work.
I used to boycott Amazon, until I realized how much I could save and have saved.
BTW, I donate to the EFF and many other charitiable organizations. Even at the height of the 'One-Click' brouhaha and everyone claiming they were going to boycott Amazon, they were doing quite alright. IMHO, its better to save some money and do some real good with it then to waste it on an ineffectual boycott.
I agree, but surely you must concede that some people just like to play the victim just a little to often. We've got one programmer here who complains about how overworked he is, while he's hanging on my cube wall, coffee in his hand jabbering for 20 minutes until he moves on to the next person in the row. He's always working weekends and late nights because he can't manage his time, but in his mind its not his fault. We have some pretty good managers who try and set reasonable deadlines, but this dolt argues over every single one, including the easily obtainable ones. He's convinced himself that he is the only reasonable person in the company and that our managers are persecuting the programmers. Granted he's the worst I've ever had to work with, but there are a couple others that can get pretty close. The majority, however are well adjusted team players.
All I was saying was that most programmers could probably benefit from this book, but some are lost causes that will never be able to get control of their environment because they can't get control of themselves.
I'm not a programmer (DBA) and I'm thinking I need to pick this one up. I do an OK job interfacing with managers, but I can't help but feel that there is room for improvement.
I can think of a few programmers I need to loan it to after I purchase it. Although, I doubt it will help, they seem to enjoy their life in their "Poor Persecuted Programmer" bubble.
From what I've seen and heard, David Boies does not work on contingency. Lawyers of his caliber do two kinds of work.
1. High profile and higher paying corporate work.
2. Pro bono work for noble causes.
If he got paid by the government to prosecute MS in the anti-trust trial, I'd be willing to bet he's getting paid handsomely to represent SCO and not on contingent. He knows IBM all too well to know that they are going to be a pushover. Even with his skill, he has got to see the risk in this case and as such would have to be a fool to get paid on contingency.
Of course, I am speculating, but I would be willing to bet that he's getting paid his regular hourly rate to represent SCO. They're not exactly a charity case.
My take on the articles and multitude of links that the real issue is why is the BIA being habitually screwed when it comes to IT funding? I guess the department isn't "politically sexy enough".
Always knowing where that ever vital 'so small it should be reclassified as a nano-tool' screwdriver is would also be great.
Thats it! Sign me up! Seriously, I'm stopping on the way home to pick up a couple screwdrivers because my last flat-head has apparently run off with half my socks, and the extension cord.
Really, the only thing that differentiates this 'game console' from a standard, Windows-running PC is that it has no way to get data on or off of it except through a dedicated connection to Infinium Labs' own servers via your broadband ISP, plus the fact that if you try to open it up or modify it or grab data from the hard drive, bad things will happen, starting with violation of the terms under which you will lease or purchase the Phantom.
The first question is why would I want this when there are PS2's and Xbox's to be had for less money. Especially when you consider that this is going to retail for around $400 plus a $9.95 per month subscription fee and some games will have a seperate charge not included in the subscription (so I gathered, I wasn't certain if the 9.95 subscription was for a service or a lease). All told the cost of this device is going to be steep.
Now on to my next biggest concern. Downloading games over the internet is all well and good for some games, but you're still going to have to wait a long time for it to download. This becomes even more evident to those users who have substandard broadband providers like I do.
Don't get me wrong, I think software delivery over the web is the wave of the future. In fact, I download a large number of the software I use (legally), but some titles are just too damn big.
I don't got to parties anymore; I'm married with children.
To all you gamers out there, stop going to parties! You might meet girls. Unless you're worried about spending too much time playing games, in which case go. Because, once you meet a girl, she'll make sure you don't spend too much time in front of the computer.
Being proud has different levels. I am a gamer and a geek and proud, meaning I don't have to feel ashamed that I would rather play a game then watch "Must See TV". Some people think that playing games, any games, is a perversion. I know gamers who think they have to stay in the closet or others might think they are anti-social axe murderers.
I don't think he was saying that he spends 12 hours a day gaming, just that he doesn't feel the need to hide his hobby.
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The same thing MS is. Sun is currently paying lip service to its customers that want Linux. They don't like it anymore than MS.
That could be, but Nvidia really messed up with their migration to 0.13 micron production for the FX line. They put all their eggs in one basket and promptly dropped it. The leaf blower (aka GeForceFX 5800) was a complete piece of junk. The 5900 has redeemed them in the eyes of many, but the next releases from either company is going to be key in establishing who the "leader" in the graphics market really is.
You think the Xbox is huge? Guess you don't go to many LAN parties. Try lugging a mid tower and 17" monitor around and you'll come to appreciate that little black box.
I particularly like the ploy, "But we didn't realize we were giving it away."
Thank god you are not the judge, because you've put the cart before the horse. SCO's claim (most likely BS) is that IBM improperly put copyrighted code in Linux. Therefore, the GPL cannot apply to that code.
I think the case is still bogus, but for a completely different reason.
Sorry, having worked as a paralegal for three years, "An understanding of the law, a stack of envelopes, and occasionally plane fare are more than enough" is rarely enough.
As a defendant you *MUST* pay the costs of a stenographer for any depositions and you can rarely get a witness in without them being properly deposed. Also, expert witnesses are rarely free. You normally have to pay for those. Then there is the cost of multiple plane tickets, if the trial is out of your area. Plus board, meals, etc. Then there are the amount of money you spend at Kinko's. Its downright amazing how many hundreds or thousands of dollars you can spend just on making copies of briefs, depositions, and interrogatories which you MUST pay yourself. There are many hidden costs involved in even a minor case.
The delays, the frivilous filings, the mountains of paperwork, hyperbole, press leaks, etc. That is what you are actually paying a lawyer for these days.
That's like saying I only pay my sysadmin to backup some files, reset my password, post on slashdot, and forget to apply patches. hmmm... Then again, I guess some places do pay their sysadmins to do just that.
I wonder if Novell will have the cojones to back up their position and sue SCO.
The way things are going this going to become a "Royal Rumble".
Hmmm, anyone else think Ransom Love sounds like a Porn/Wrestling name?
His programming is above average. He's been doing it for 8 years. He's been there four years to my three. There is no denying his value, its just that he never stops complaining about how much work he has. Nearly everyone on his team hates him, because he's always whining about how tough he has it and that nobody else works as hard as he does.
The programmers can pretty much come an go as they please, just so long as they are present for certain meetings. Typically he comes in around 10am.
If you surveyed his teammates, nearly all of them would say...
a) They've got it pretty good considering what is happening in the marketplace.
b) Their boss is a decent guy who is both technically minded and protects them from upper management as best he can.
c) The deadlines can be tough, but are rarely unnecessary.
This guy would say...
a) This place is a labor camp.
b) The boss is a clueless prick who doesn't know his ass from his elbow.
c) The deadlines are always rushed and unwarranted.
BTW, its not the 20 minutes he spends jabbering at me, but the 60 he spends jabbering to the entire row of cubicles talking about how busy he is. Don't you get it? He spends about an hour a day telling people how busy he is. He never stops complaining about everything, his work, his schedule, the food in the lunchroom, his parking spot and is never appreciative of anything or anybody. Every little thing the company does to raise morale (although some are pathetic) is a slap in the face to him.
And the ONLY reason it would need protection in the first place is because of Scum sucking worthless POS companies like you SCO.
.. wtf. Are my servers suppose to give me hugs and kisses daily?
:) Never really knew what the love was for, now we know.
Now Now, don't beat around the bush, why don't you just come out and say whats on your mind.
And comfort
Peace Love Linux
I swear, the Iraqi Information Minister has got to be working for SCO!
Hey! Mr. President, SCO has weapons of mass destrubtion can bomb them now? PLEEEASE????
Seriously man, this is one of the funniest posts I've read in a while.
Wow what a narrow view of the world. Not all corporations are hell on earth. Not all people who claim they are being oppressed are. This guy creates his own misery and wallows in it. I have no sympathy for him. The guys who do good work and try and make the best of a bad situation and still get shit on; them I have a lot of sympathy for.
First of all, you don't know this guy and I am thoroughly amazed that you've never met someone like him. Wait a minute..... John is that you?
Consider this an honorary mod: +1 Man That Sucks
You're a genius! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Amd all this time I kept thinking there had to be someplace better. Now, I can go on with my life and be happy.
Mod this guy up please.
My first job as a DBA/System Admin was for a small 12 person company and it was the worst mistake I ever made. Sufficed it to say, I messed up and missed numerous warning signs, but I was young and naive. In my first week, I learned that my manager was a complete asshole who had single handedly driven away the last three DBA/SA's. He was extremely belligerent, a micro-manager, and an egotist. In the interview he was as nice as could be. I told him I was inexperienced in a lot of the areas he needed covered, but strong in some of the others. He assured me that there would be plenty of support for me in house to call upon. There was no internal support. I was supporting stuff I had only heard about and was finding myself sinking in quicksand. The job was way over my head and this guy never missed a chance to tell me that I had better get up to speed or they would have to let me go. Over the next two months he hired 8 people and 6 people left. I ended up putting my pager on his admin's desk, telling her goodbye and good luck and walked out with another individual.
I've always worked in small companies, and they can be very rewarding places to work for. You can really start to feel like family. You just have to be extra careful that they don't want you to wear more hats than you can handle.
Now I work for a 90,000+ company and I can tell you its got issues, but isn't all that bad. I think anywhere from 100 to 1000 is perfect.
While I think the parent's logic is fundamentally flawed, you must admit the tension between India and Pakistan was as tense if not worse than that of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Things have seemed to have 'lightened' up a bit, but for a while there was a lot of genuine concern amongst the Indian and Pakistani employees at my work.
I used to boycott Amazon, until I realized how much I could save and have saved.
BTW, I donate to the EFF and many other charitiable organizations. Even at the height of the 'One-Click' brouhaha and everyone claiming they were going to boycott Amazon, they were doing quite alright. IMHO, its better to save some money and do some real good with it then to waste it on an ineffectual boycott.
I agree, but surely you must concede that some people just like to play the victim just a little to often. We've got one programmer here who complains about how overworked he is, while he's hanging on my cube wall, coffee in his hand jabbering for 20 minutes until he moves on to the next person in the row. He's always working weekends and late nights because he can't manage his time, but in his mind its not his fault. We have some pretty good managers who try and set reasonable deadlines, but this dolt argues over every single one, including the easily obtainable ones. He's convinced himself that he is the only reasonable person in the company and that our managers are persecuting the programmers. Granted he's the worst I've ever had to work with, but there are a couple others that can get pretty close. The majority, however are well adjusted team players.
All I was saying was that most programmers could probably benefit from this book, but some are lost causes that will never be able to get control of their environment because they can't get control of themselves.
I'm not a programmer (DBA) and I'm thinking I need to pick this one up. I do an OK job interfacing with managers, but I can't help but feel that there is room for improvement.
I can think of a few programmers I need to loan it to after I purchase it. Although, I doubt it will help, they seem to enjoy their life in their "Poor Persecuted Programmer" bubble.
I'll have to keep his number handy in case I need a lawyer. :)
From what I've seen and heard, David Boies does not work on contingency. Lawyers of his caliber do two kinds of work.
1. High profile and higher paying corporate work.
2. Pro bono work for noble causes.
If he got paid by the government to prosecute MS in the anti-trust trial, I'd be willing to bet he's getting paid handsomely to represent SCO and not on contingent. He knows IBM all too well to know that they are going to be a pushover. Even with his skill, he has got to see the risk in this case and as such would have to be a fool to get paid on contingency.
Of course, I am speculating, but I would be willing to bet that he's getting paid his regular hourly rate to represent SCO. They're not exactly a charity case.
My take on the articles and multitude of links that the real issue is why is the BIA being habitually screwed when it comes to IT funding? I guess the department isn't "politically sexy enough".
Always knowing where that ever vital 'so small it should be reclassified as a nano-tool' screwdriver is would also be great.
Thats it! Sign me up! Seriously, I'm stopping on the way home to pick up a couple screwdrivers because my last flat-head has apparently run off with half my socks, and the extension cord.
Really, the only thing that differentiates this 'game console' from a standard, Windows-running PC is that it has no way to get data on or off of it except through a dedicated connection to Infinium Labs' own servers via your broadband ISP, plus the fact that if you try to open it up or modify it or grab data from the hard drive, bad things will happen, starting with violation of the terms under which you will lease or purchase the Phantom.
The first question is why would I want this when there are PS2's and Xbox's to be had for less money. Especially when you consider that this is going to retail for around $400 plus a $9.95 per month subscription fee and some games will have a seperate charge not included in the subscription (so I gathered, I wasn't certain if the 9.95 subscription was for a service or a lease). All told the cost of this device is going to be steep.
Now on to my next biggest concern. Downloading games over the internet is all well and good for some games, but you're still going to have to wait a long time for it to download. This becomes even more evident to those users who have substandard broadband providers like I do.
Don't get me wrong, I think software delivery over the web is the wave of the future. In fact, I download a large number of the software I use (legally), but some titles are just too damn big.
I don't got to parties anymore; I'm married with children.
To all you gamers out there, stop going to parties! You might meet girls. Unless you're worried about spending too much time playing games, in which case go. Because, once you meet a girl, she'll make sure you don't spend too much time in front of the computer.
Being proud has different levels. I am a gamer and a geek and proud, meaning I don't have to feel ashamed that I would rather play a game then watch "Must See TV". Some people think that playing games, any games, is a perversion. I know gamers who think they have to stay in the closet or others might think they are anti-social axe murderers.
I don't think he was saying that he spends 12 hours a day gaming, just that he doesn't feel the need to hide his hobby.
Hell we had NHL '94 Tourneys in our dorm. I can think of five guys who didn't play, and all of them had the hand eye coordination of Ray Charles.