If it's just a browser for accessing the web, I'd install linux (running Firefox) on those computers. You can access any research material online in this configuration.
Wouldn't a company that has spanned that many decades have a better understanding of software engineering and have a better grasp at making deadlines?
Unfortunately, no. You can't turn a 31-year-old cruise liner as quickly as you can turn a 4 passenger ski-boat. Small companies succeed by agility; Large companies succeed by dieing.
You sound remarkably like an Apple "shill". Your post includes no fewer than 4 perfectly capitalized "NeXTSTEP" words; it sounds very provocatuer considering Apple's history with Next, and the poor spelling typically found in emotional slashdot replies (except for mine, because I'm better than everyone).
That said, OS X does completely rock my world (as my desktop of choice). I can't wait to see what Leopard/Cheetah will bring...
I call BS. What "large customers" are clamoring for all the great updates that Vista will bring? Every major corpration that I've ever seen is bent on stability and steady IT deployments. NOT shoot from the hip, let's jump on this tech because it's "the latest per our IT department". Executives care about the bottom line, not the latest software release - unless it's MSeBaysoft(with the Paypal module).
Worse, congress debated over a flag admendment and has been complaigning about part of 1 billion wasted during katrina, but does nothing about our deficts, the corruption, or even the 10s of billions wasted in iraq (where is the money that was suppose to build up their infrastructure?). God help us.
Ten's of Billions of dollars in Iraq?
Try $360 Billion. And as a result, I feel less safe, not more safe. Thanks for looking out GW.
Writing _does_ work. Political Leaders know that for every letter they receive, there are 20,000 (or some other number more appropriate for their district) other people that feel the same way. It's just the person that wrote the letter felt strongly enough about it to write the letter.
Emailing them may work also, but I don't think it has the same significance as a letter in hand.
For smaller CD arrays, we use a used CDR spindle. Once the CD's are gone, it makes for a nice holding area for discs. That said, don't put your only copy of your most valuable disc (which you shouldn't have... -...[the single copy, that is]) on it. When seeking a disc, you just dump the discs into your hand and shuffle through them. It's not as efficient as a CD case, but it's the smallest form factor you can get.
86 the Jewel cases. Unless you're shipping a CD, or using it in some other light industrial environment (ex. a labeling requirement) they are crap.
Your best bet is to get a decent sized CD wallet, and just take the time to flip through the discs. Using a decent briefcase sized storage wallet, you can [humanly] "read" 8 discs per page turn. It really doesn't take that long to find a disc.
Not only that, but I would imagine that if they put that finger near a super-strong neodynminum(sp) magnet, it would probably rip the little magnet right out of their finger. I don't know how many times I've banged my knucles while playing with 2 of those. If my hands got within about 8 inches of each other, one would jump out of my hand and smack the other hand/magnet.
Having a little magnet ripped out of your finger certainly doesn't sound very fun.
He's actually right. If your main source of revenue is advertising dollars, your biggest asset is your "client base" and all the information you have about them - basically a big database about who likes what and how you can contact them. Put those two things together, and you have a goldmine for corporate marketing/advertising departments. They even have a very ubiquitous software application called "Goldmine" (a CRM app).
Joe Q. Public likes Jessica R. Abbit, but he's a high-schooler on a budget. Instead of sending him the add for the Tacori Diamond bracelet, let's send him the advertisement for the CVS box-o-chocolates. He's more likely to respond to that ad, which results in increased revenue for GOOG.
Information is valuable. Organized information that no one else has is "invaluable"!
I can't believe that a MegaCorporation based out of Washington State would find new roots in good-ole'-boy Texas. I wonder if it has anything to do with $Big Oil, $President $Bush, $Corrupt Government, and consumer/constituent abuse?
Nah, I'm probably just being a consipiracy nerd. It's clearly just sheer coincidence.
Distribute customized code just for them. Modify your originals in a few ways that would make tracing a leak to the internet unique to them. In this way, the burden of protecting the IP is on your client. Make sure there are very stiff penalties in the contract (and that your corp. attorney stresses this to them). If it does leak out, at least you can get damages.
The odds of being killed in a terrorist attack are probably worse than being killed by lightning. The current Bush Administration is not there for the American people, they are there for the big oil money. Why has America not gone after Saudi Arabia, where 9 of the hijackers were from? Why are our borders still porous?
The only way to coral "free" people into a "monarchial" society, is to use fear.
You're assuming that he _can_ move close to work. If his employer is at Cheyenne mountain, or Roswell New Mexico, he doesn't have that option. Employees are flown in on a commercialesque airline from a normal airline terminal/local airport.
I commute 45 minutes each way, 5 days a week. At first it sucks, but eventually you adapt and it becomes great thinking time. The only reason I commute is for my family; if it weren't for that, I wouldn't do it.
I don't see anything stoping them. eBay has consistently refused to accomodate non-IE users with their picture viewing software. Since eBay is all.asp, this really doesn't come as a surprise.
I figure Paypal is the next aquisition peice of the puzzle; oh wait, they're already 0wned by eBay.
1) allow major market leaders to dominate the industry 2) aquire them 3) profit! 4) fsck the consumer 5) laugh en-route to the bank
Wow. And I could make "Hello World" show up faster on my screen if I wrote it in assembly. The question remains, at what point to get to the point of diminishing returns? With bandwidth increasing (along with processing power), why change the entire infrastructure of the net?
Oh, I bet I know why. So they can remove support for.JPG from Internet Explorer in 2010 and try to 0wn the net.
No thanks. I'll stick with tried and true, standards based formats.
For those of you that aren't following, your olfactory senses are connected via the sinuses to your tear ducts (that produce mucous lube for your eyes), and they are related to taste.
Not only that, but you can taste the drop fluid as it comes into your sinuses. Yum.
Controversely, you can also blow air bubbles out of your tear ducts. Next time you're underwater, close your nose (and mouth) and blow really hard. You'll become airheaded underwater, and you may feel tiny air bubbles coming up. Wee.
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If it's just a browser for accessing the web, I'd install linux (running Firefox) on those computers. You can access any research material online in this configuration.
Wouldn't a company that has spanned that many decades have a better understanding of software engineering and have a better grasp at making deadlines?
Unfortunately, no. You can't turn a 31-year-old cruise liner as quickly as you can turn a 4 passenger ski-boat. Small companies succeed by agility; Large companies succeed by dieing.
You sound remarkably like an Apple "shill". Your post includes no fewer than 4 perfectly capitalized "NeXTSTEP" words; it sounds very provocatuer considering Apple's history with Next, and the poor spelling typically found in emotional slashdot replies (except for mine, because I'm better than everyone).
That said, OS X does completely rock my world (as my desktop of choice). I can't wait to see what Leopard/Cheetah will bring...
I call BS. What "large customers" are clamoring for all the great updates that Vista will bring? Every major corpration that I've ever seen is bent on stability and steady IT deployments. NOT shoot from the hip, let's jump on this tech because it's "the latest per our IT department". Executives care about the bottom line, not the latest software release - unless it's MSeBaysoft(with the Paypal module).
I'd love to see one large customer named.
Who the fuck votes for these guys?
The people that control the Diebold machines.
That was written when George H. Bush was the head of the CIA. The CIA worked _with_ Manuel Norieaga on many things back in those days.
Worse, congress debated over a flag admendment and has been complaigning about part of 1 billion wasted during katrina, but does nothing about our deficts, the corruption, or even the 10s of billions wasted in iraq (where is the money that was suppose to build up their infrastructure?). God help us.
Ten's of Billions of dollars in Iraq?
Try $360 Billion. And as a result, I feel less safe, not more safe. Thanks for looking out GW.
Writing _does_ work. Political Leaders know that for every letter they receive, there are 20,000 (or some other number more appropriate for their district) other people that feel the same way. It's just the person that wrote the letter felt strongly enough about it to write the letter.
Emailing them may work also, but I don't think it has the same significance as a letter in hand.
For smaller CD arrays, we use a used CDR spindle. Once the CD's are gone, it makes for a nice holding area for discs. That said, don't put your only copy of your most valuable disc (which you shouldn't have... - ...[the single copy, that is]) on it. When seeking a disc, you just dump the discs into your hand and shuffle through them. It's not as efficient as a CD case, but it's the smallest form factor you can get.
86 the Jewel cases. Unless you're shipping a CD, or using it in some other light industrial environment (ex. a labeling requirement) they are crap.
Your best bet is to get a decent sized CD wallet, and just take the time to flip through the discs. Using a decent briefcase sized storage wallet, you can [humanly] "read" 8 discs per page turn. It really doesn't take that long to find a disc.
More importantly, how can a High School keep you from graduating if you're not breaking the law?
If you've completed your core requirements, they can't stop you from graduating...
Not only that, but I would imagine that if they put that finger near a super-strong neodynminum(sp) magnet, it would probably rip the little magnet right out of their finger. I don't know how many times I've banged my knucles while playing with 2 of those. If my hands got within about 8 inches of each other, one would jump out of my hand and smack the other hand/magnet.
Having a little magnet ripped out of your finger certainly doesn't sound very fun.
He's actually right. If your main source of revenue is advertising dollars, your biggest asset is your "client base" and all the information you have about them - basically a big database about who likes what and how you can contact them. Put those two things together, and you have a goldmine for corporate marketing/advertising departments. They even have a very ubiquitous software application called "Goldmine" (a CRM app).
Joe Q. Public likes Jessica R. Abbit, but he's a high-schooler on a budget. Instead of sending him the add for the Tacori Diamond bracelet, let's send him the advertisement for the CVS box-o-chocolates. He's more likely to respond to that ad, which results in increased revenue for GOOG.
Information is valuable. Organized information that no one else has is "invaluable"!
I can't believe that a MegaCorporation based out of Washington State would find new roots in good-ole'-boy Texas. I wonder if it has anything to do with $Big Oil, $President $Bush, $Corrupt Government, and consumer/constituent abuse?
Nah, I'm probably just being a consipiracy nerd. It's clearly just sheer coincidence.
Distribute customized code just for them. Modify your originals in a few ways that would make tracing a leak to the internet unique to them. In this way, the burden of protecting the IP is on your client. Make sure there are very stiff penalties in the contract (and that your corp. attorney stresses this to them). If it does leak out, at least you can get damages.
The odds of being killed in a terrorist attack are probably worse than being killed by lightning. The current Bush Administration is not there for the American people, they are there for the big oil money. Why has America not gone after Saudi Arabia, where 9 of the hijackers were from? Why are our borders still porous?
The only way to coral "free" people into a "monarchial" society, is to use fear.
You're assuming that he _can_ move close to work. If his employer is at Cheyenne mountain, or Roswell New Mexico, he doesn't have that option. Employees are flown in on a commercialesque airline from a normal airline terminal/local airport.
I commute 45 minutes each way, 5 days a week. At first it sucks, but eventually you adapt and it becomes great thinking time. The only reason I commute is for my family; if it weren't for that, I wouldn't do it.
Commuting is a sheer waste of time...
I don't see anything stoping them. eBay has consistently refused to accomodate non-IE users with their picture viewing software. Since eBay is all .asp, this really doesn't come as a surprise.
I figure Paypal is the next aquisition peice of the puzzle; oh wait, they're already 0wned by eBay.
1) allow major market leaders to dominate the industry
2) aquire them
3) profit!
4) fsck the consumer
5) laugh en-route to the bank
Wow. And I could make "Hello World" show up faster on my screen if I wrote it in assembly. The question remains, at what point to get to the point of diminishing returns? With bandwidth increasing (along with processing power), why change the entire infrastructure of the net?
.JPG from Internet Explorer in 2010 and try to 0wn the net.
Oh, I bet I know why. So they can remove support for
No thanks. I'll stick with tried and true, standards based formats.
The only way would be to browse the internet from a completely anonymous place like a public library.
* Ducks *
I feel your pain. I'm turning 30 on May 18th and I can't believe I share the same astrological sign with the Taco - Taurus Dragon.
Heh - I'm kidding. I've met him in person, and he seems like a really good guy.
Happy Birthday Commissioner!!!
We write the software in-house.
Why not write the software in-house?
Well said. This submission sounds extremely shillish and tactical.
If I didn't know better, I'd think that "ScuttleMonkey" was trying to sink slashdot.
But what do I know?
Seriously. Try not using CLI for everything and see if that helps your problem.
Voice recognition is still hit-or-miss.
For those of you that aren't following, your olfactory senses are connected via the sinuses to your tear ducts (that produce mucous lube for your eyes), and they are related to taste.
Not only that, but you can taste the drop fluid as it comes into your sinuses. Yum.
Controversely, you can also blow air bubbles out of your tear ducts. Next time you're underwater, close your nose (and mouth) and blow really hard. You'll become airheaded underwater, and you may feel tiny air bubbles coming up. Wee.