Income is wealth (as much as anything else can be called wealth anyway).
But FOSS frees up capital to create wealth in other ways. The market for software is a drain on the economy (when looked at globally), and its destruction would be a plus (just as if people were freely repairing your windows). Saying that companies must spend money on software to help the economy is the broken window fallacy, and something I would expect from a communist (or at least one whom was trained by them in economics).
Do NOT use QuickBooks POS if you already use Quickbooks and invoice custoemr/send out statements. We purchased it on the promise of strong integration between the products, but it was not there. It would screw up customer and vendor addresses when syncing between the products, and the point of sale system has strange and seemingly random limitations.
The POS is also strongly person as customer oriented, and if you work with companies as customers it gets funny.
It was more in direct response too:
And with a small machine, like his Vaio (or with a machine like an Asus EEE), you've got a small screen and a small keyboard. He can go for 10 minutes or so, but it is just too painful to write for hours on those. Those also have horrible battery life. The reviewer that liked the Air appeared to be comparing it to a pretty stupid machine for his needs. Perhaps an uncramped vaio would be a solution, but not one I have experience with.
My wife has a Presario V3000. It cost less than $800 (I actually think it was 650, but may of been 750)over a year ago. It is about 5 lbs, doesn't get too hot, has a full keyboard, extra ports, and a DVD player.
It is more flimsily made than the two and a half times as expensive Mac Book Air, but it has help up fairly well to daily use.
The overall design is quite attractive too. I don't know why someone would buy a cramped Vaio, if an entry level Compaq can be cool, light, and have a full keyboard, there are bound to be others too.
I would add to that Acrobat (full version), and really don't personally see how Photoshop is so much more valuable than the rest of the Creative Suite, but I defer to the fact that everyone else thinks it is, but Ghost Script is no Acrobat Distiller, and GhostView no Acrobat Professional. And then we add in the proprietary features and it is a must.
I can fake Photoshop (GIMP), InDesign/Quark for simple things (Scribus, which is even decent in making PDFs), Illustrator (InkSpace), but I cannot fake a signed PDF without the recipient knowing (I can sign it with PGP, but that is useless). The PDF optimizer and pre-flight tools are worthwhile too, as is the full fledged form editor.
1) Many of them are arrogant enough to think they are Alpha Geeks. 2) Many of them are the Alpha Geek in their pack of non-geeks (including family and friends).
I assure you the graphic designers I work with are the go to computer people in their family, being younger and working on computers. Though none of them currently employed are arrogant enough to think they are computer experts, a few we have hired (and let go) have been. Their influence in purchasing is probably similar to mine (I have the extended benifit of making recomendation to them to a degree, but usally limited to "I want a Mac, which one?" or "I want a PC, what should I be looking for?", and being lazy/polite I answer their question directly, not recomending "no, get a PC, not a Mac, and get Linux". I do encourage anyone interested in 3D design to look at blender's website, but onl because it is free, not Free.
I think it is more a matter that the University is entrusted with a lot of your personal data (all network traffic, your social security number etc.). The University should fight to not release that information unless they are compelled, otherwise they are not being a good custodian of your information.
I would hate for a list of every dirty website I went to in open court only to be deemed innocent in the end.
I bet if the minimums went up the money would come out of other parts of the budget.
If all the people in the various guilds got more at a minimum it would likely hurt those in said guilds getting 8 figures/movie or 6/TV episode
Just like an increase in football (US) minimum wage would decrease the pay of those making more than it (Movie/TV cost is not a hard limit, but is probably similar to one).
Drop down menus that hide rarely used options are a bad idea for 2 reasons.
1) stuff used commonly starts to be done by shortcut or muscle memory, and large menus don't interfere too much. 2) stuff used rarely should be easier to find (not likely to know where it is) not harder, and should not break the muscle memory buy moving things.
I will say the new office is quite alright though. A lot of stuff is hard to find, but it is the truly unused/one time use for power user stuff. And the way they setup the styles in word makes it all worth it. It does feel a little wasteful in space though, losing 2 inches of hight when most monitors are wide now anyway.
Any significant trial (over 1 week) that I have been involved in (between a half dozen and a dozen) the judge essentially let any employed jurors (especially small business owners) off the hook if they said it was a hardship to them or the company they worked for.
I bet this dropped the intelligence of the jury. Also, half is below median intelligence, I bet that like wages over half are below average.
I am happy to pay for my incoming calls if it means that people aren't overly reluctant to call me (look at phone cards or services like jajah.com for an idea of the price). I would need a home phone if that were not the case. We can call the who is paying for the minutes thing a wash though, it really is a matter of taste.
Free SMS is nice, and in the US costs $15.00/month with voice plan (I pay 5 for 300 SMS), or $30/month if all you want is SMS internet and email (unlimited, but no voice).
The US phone rates are really quite cheap.
In the UK for example an SMS is half a minutes worth of time (http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/mobile-phones/offers/) with the closest 2 plans being $60 and $60 (I get no nights and weekends so the $60 is essentially the same plan but with no internet and no messages (I can trade 500 minutes for free weekends were I to choose).
A look at the pay as you go plans reveal some higher expenses too.
How does it su ck to have a choice between free/cheap phone with contract or expensive phone with none?
I pay $58/month for 300 SMS, 1500 minutes, and GPRS internet.
True, I am stuck in this situation (well my contract expired over a year ago, but fot the 12 months before that I was trapped), but it is a plan I have not seen matched in Europe, and my phone was free.
2) Microsoft is indicating they would replace all non-Microsoft at Yahoo with Microsoft technology with phrases like "combination enables synergies related to scale economics". This is great market speak for lay off all that oppose the Microsoft initiatives and move to a common, Microsoft-centric platform.
1) presumably more powerful than a handgun (increasing livelihood of strong bounce and hit if behind someone (though they probably have ammunition that doesn't penetrate)) 2) It feels like more bullets in the air in general (though it probably is single shot mode) 3) It felt like when I visited Guatamala in the early 90's (definitely was not a particularly safe time)
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Income is wealth (as much as anything else can be called wealth anyway).
But FOSS frees up capital to create wealth in other ways. The market for software is a drain on the economy (when looked at globally), and its destruction would be a plus (just as if people were freely repairing your windows). Saying that companies must spend money on software to help the economy is the broken window fallacy, and something I would expect from a communist (or at least one whom was trained by them in economics).
I am tagging this article brokenwindow BTW.
Frozen Bubble?
Are you kidding?
That is no original at all.
Just a warning to any reading this.
Do NOT use QuickBooks POS if you already use Quickbooks and invoice custoemr/send out statements. We purchased it on the promise of strong integration between the products, but it was not there. It would screw up customer and vendor addresses when syncing between the products, and the point of sale system has strange and seemingly random limitations.
The POS is also strongly person as customer oriented, and if you work with companies as customers it gets funny.
I am not convinced by that story though.
My wife has a Presario V3000. It cost less than $800 (I actually think it was 650, but may of been 750)over a year ago. It is about 5 lbs, doesn't get too hot, has a full keyboard, extra ports, and a DVD player.
It is more flimsily made than the two and a half times as expensive Mac Book Air, but it has help up fairly well to daily use.
The overall design is quite attractive too. I don't know why someone would buy a cramped Vaio, if an entry level Compaq can be cool, light, and have a full keyboard, there are bound to be others too.
I would add to that Acrobat (full version), and really don't personally see how Photoshop is so much more valuable than the rest of the Creative Suite, but I defer to the fact that everyone else thinks it is, but Ghost Script is no Acrobat Distiller, and GhostView no Acrobat Professional. And then we add in the proprietary features and it is a must.
I can fake Photoshop (GIMP), InDesign/Quark for simple things (Scribus, which is even decent in making PDFs), Illustrator (InkSpace), but I cannot fake a signed PDF without the recipient knowing (I can sign it with PGP, but that is useless). The PDF optimizer and pre-flight tools are worthwhile too, as is the full fledged form editor.
Imagine the confusion when Hard Disk camcorders became available.
1) Many of them are arrogant enough to think they are Alpha Geeks.
2) Many of them are the Alpha Geek in their pack of non-geeks (including family and friends).
I assure you the graphic designers I work with are the go to computer people in their family, being younger and working on computers. Though none of them currently employed are arrogant enough to think they are computer experts, a few we have hired (and let go) have been. Their influence in purchasing is probably similar to mine (I have the extended benifit of making recomendation to them to a degree, but usally limited to "I want a Mac, which one?" or "I want a PC, what should I be looking for?", and being lazy/polite I answer their question directly, not recomending "no, get a PC, not a Mac, and get Linux". I do encourage anyone interested in 3D design to look at blender's website, but onl because it is free, not Free.
Self destruct systems have mass and volume. That is a very tight resource on something sent into space.
I think it is more a matter that the University is entrusted with a lot of your personal data (all network traffic, your social security number etc.). The University should fight to not release that information unless they are compelled, otherwise they are not being a good custodian of your information.
I would hate for a list of every dirty website I went to in open court only to be deemed innocent in the end.
I bet if the minimums went up the money would come out of other parts of the budget.
If all the people in the various guilds got more at a minimum it would likely hurt those in said guilds getting 8 figures/movie or 6/TV episode
Just like an increase in football (US) minimum wage would decrease the pay of those making more than it (Movie/TV cost is not a hard limit, but is probably similar to one).
What would be cool though is fridge that checks it´s contents and tells you recipes along with thigns you could make with just a little extra.
It would solve the "there's nothing to make, but the fridge is full" dilemma.
You really should rent TV shows to.
There is a lot on TV that is better than movies, the ability to really develop characters makes a difference.
Only watching movies would be like only reading short stories, and you are missing out on a lot.
Drop down menus that hide rarely used options are a bad idea for 2 reasons.
1) stuff used commonly starts to be done by shortcut or muscle memory, and large menus don't interfere too much.
2) stuff used rarely should be easier to find (not likely to know where it is) not harder, and should not break the muscle memory buy moving things.
I will say the new office is quite alright though. A lot of stuff is hard to find, but it is the truly unused/one time use for power user stuff. And the way they setup the styles in word makes it all worth it. It does feel a little wasteful in space though, losing 2 inches of hight when most monitors are wide now anyway.
Half the jury?
Any significant trial (over 1 week) that I have been involved in (between a half dozen and a dozen) the judge essentially let any employed jurors (especially small business owners) off the hook if they said it was a hardship to them or the company they worked for.
I bet this dropped the intelligence of the jury. Also, half is below median intelligence, I bet that like wages over half are below average.
Stalin.
Hell,
Even the atheists have been responsible for some atrocities.
This post had an add as a reply
I like that though hate the inline adds.
Whatever happened to tasteful extra adds when they put them in (those were the square ones)?
I wish whoever had the genius idea to interfere with discussions gets a plague.
I am happy to pay for my incoming calls if it means that people aren't overly reluctant to call me (look at phone cards or services like jajah.com for an idea of the price). I would need a home phone if that were not the case. We can call the who is paying for the minutes thing a wash though, it really is a matter of taste.
Free SMS is nice, and in the US costs $15.00/month with voice plan (I pay 5 for 300 SMS), or $30/month if all you want is SMS internet and email (unlimited, but no voice).
The US phone rates are really quite cheap.
In the UK for example an SMS is half a minutes worth of time (http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/mobile-phones/offers/) with the closest 2 plans being $60 and $60 (I get no nights and weekends so the $60 is essentially the same plan but with no internet and no messages (I can trade 500 minutes for free weekends were I to choose).
A look at the pay as you go plans reveal some higher expenses too.
http://www.t-mobilesimgiveaway.co.uk/?WT.mc_id=ON-TM-W-Special
I'll Bite,
Not the original poster.
I'll do it because charity is good, even though I don't think 6000 troops makes a major war.
The only real objection I have is that the should winner get to pick the charity.
How does it su ck to have a choice between free/cheap phone with contract or expensive phone with none?
I pay $58/month for 300 SMS, 1500 minutes, and GPRS internet.
True, I am stuck in this situation (well my contract expired over a year ago, but fot the 12 months before that I was trapped), but it is a plan I have not seen matched in Europe, and my phone was free.
I just logged in using my gmail accound and it worked great.\
I am torn between using Picasa2 under WINE, or open source for my photos, it works that well.
Picassa runs pretty well in WINE
I don't have a web album, but it really looks like it would work if I logged in.
It installed in WINE with absolutely zero fuss.
2) Microsoft is indicating they would replace all non-Microsoft at Yahoo with Microsoft technology with phrases like "combination enables synergies related to scale economics". This is great market speak for lay off all that oppose the Microsoft initiatives and move to a common, Microsoft-centric platform.
Hope that goes better than hotmail.com
The 3 things that worried me about it were:
1) presumably more powerful than a handgun (increasing livelihood of strong bounce and hit if behind someone (though they probably have ammunition that doesn't penetrate))
2) It feels like more bullets in the air in general (though it probably is single shot mode)
3) It felt like when I visited Guatamala in the early 90's (definitely was not a particularly safe time)