I agree, although the article actually says "IT Degree", which probably translates to a degree from DeVry or the like.
What they should be paying for is an Informatics degree -- it includes the technical aspects of hacking (programming languages from a pragmatic standpoint), but combines it with the social and communication elements you mentioned.
It's not only cost reduction they are going for here, but simplicity and durability. While the screen is still fragile, using flash instead of a HD, and building a more durable case make it more appropriate for children than the Satellite.
So the comparison is acutally $400 for this vs. $400 + new HD + broken hinges repair cost + etc.
I'm sorry, but you are simply mistaken, or naive. Back when I did "user support" in a medium-sized company, shared calendars (using Exchange) was one of the basic, core applications that users relied one. Typically this meant a assistant managing their boss's calendars, but we also had people managing multiple calendars, department calendars, shared group calendars, etc. -- all from a single MS Outlook instance.
You've both hit on excellent points, but I think I can add by pointing out that if the goal is "productivity" rather than measurement, then encoding information so that we can maximize our existent abilities makes sense.
Silly example -- let's say you need to sort thousands of bitmap files based on whether they have a certain pattern in them, you could do it by opening each file in a hex editor and reading the values until you find the pattern. OR, you could display them all thumbnail-style, and sort them by glancing at each image.
I wonder if the capture cards can detect this signal? I use cheap bttv-based cards, and I would be surprised if they are "aware" of the V-chip. But I like being surprised!
This is the type of thing that someone could jump on -- make a flickr competitor that doesn't have the photographic focus -- maybe add features that the MMORPG people want, and they will flock from flickr fast!
Should we still care about this? I mean, if the text is a statement of fact, then the idea isn't really owned in any sense -- somebody just wants to take credit for it. So by honoring this idea of plagiarism, we're just feeding their narcissism.
And if the text is an opinion, and the author passes someone else's opinion off for their own... well, isn't that just a credit to the original author's ability to persuade?
Perhaps it is the string of words themselves -- something in the pure linguistic art that the author seeks protection for. But again, by allowing the author to claim credit, wouldn't we just breeding egotism?
I say forget this idea of "ownership" and just be glad you were able contribute to the conversation.
Wow, apparently you didn't read even the first paragraph of the article, in which the author explains how the artile was originally written in Dutch, and then translated to English.
I think that is a reasonable explanation for the mixed-language screen shots.
I vote for this one -- but with JJ Abrams at the helm, the story will be told as a series of flashbacks that slowly reveal the truth -- that Kirk and Spock were lovers!
According to the US Economic Census, the Oil industry employs about 95,000 people inside the US. The US has lost 2.6 Million manufacturing jobs since 2001.
Gas stations, etc., would still need to exist -- they would just sell a different fuel.
Your English isn't quite perfect, you know. I noticed several sentence fragments, inconsistent punctuation, and a few misspelled words.
What I'm getting at is your standard is too high. Sounds like you found Japanese to be too hard, and would prefer if no one else succeeded, so you feel better.
No mod points, so I will just reply in agreement. My girlfriend and I bought a washer and dryer pair to go with our new house, and we found GE's Adora series for a total of under $1500.00. We've had a great experience with them, and I actually like doing laundry with them, as they have a cool interface with lots of "power user" options.
Unfortunately, I fear that the gov't may not wise up in this way, as their priorities are different. Why does Bush prefer to spend money on weapons instead of satellites? Weapons have a shorter product cycle. If you're running your war properly, you've got to buy new weapons all the time -- bombs are a one-time-use item, you know!
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, et al., are simply doing what's best for business! Too bad for us they are in the business of selling weapon systems, drilling for oil, providing security services, and consulting on "homeland security". You gotta have a long-running war to get any serious return on investment. Good thing those terrorists are so numerous!
When they finally win this "War on Terror" they plan to declare a "War on War".
Well, there's always LVM, but with two 500MB disks, you still only have 1Gb of space, minus whatever swap space you allocate. Better off running those machines as X-terminals, or from a livecd, if they can boot from one.
You raise an excellent point, and reminds me of the sense of wonder that inspired westerners in the 15th and 16th centuries to set sail for lands that existed only in legend. (Of course, they probably had rough maps purchased from the Chinese, who had been to these places 75 years earlier).
What I'd really like to see is version of Opera that I can download for free and run on my WinCE 4.1 webpad. I hate being stuck with IE 5.5 and having phishers steal my essence or whatever.
I know! And have you seen the yellow shirts that some people wear!? I mean really, I would NEVER wear a yellow shirt! Why do manufacturers keep making their shirts in colors I don't want!?
Really, does anybody want anything other than the bland, gray shirts with pictures of my cat ironed onto it?
I'm not saying I want those things -- I'm saying Clinton was about as far left as my bellybutton. Socialized medicine I'll give you -- but like you said, it failed. And redistribution of wealth? Don't mistake welfare/workfare for redistribution -- and taxing doesn't count, either, since it just flows back into the hands of the rich gov't contractors. I mean actual, "Mr. Gates, your house is now rent-controlled apartments for the underpriviledged", redistribution.
Since when was Clinton a leftist? Was he for redistribution of wealth? Socialization of the means of production?
Seriously, take a look at some truly left-leaning countries like Sweden or even France, and try to understand that we have NOTHING even on the left side of the fence in the US.
Our political spectrum ranges from center to fascist, and the ship is listing to starboard.
Just wait until you need reading glasses, and all those comments about "why do we need something as big as a book?" will go away.
Best thing about this is that the text could be zoomed on the fly -- no more having to by larger print versions as you age.
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I agree, although the article actually says "IT Degree", which probably translates to a degree from DeVry or the like.
What they should be paying for is an Informatics degree -- it includes the technical aspects of hacking (programming languages from a pragmatic standpoint), but combines it with the social and communication elements you mentioned.
It's not only cost reduction they are going for here, but simplicity and durability. While the screen is still fragile, using flash instead of a HD, and building a more durable case make it more appropriate for children than the Satellite.
So the comparison is acutally $400 for this vs. $400 + new HD + broken hinges repair cost + etc.
I'm sorry, but you are simply mistaken, or naive. Back when I did "user support" in a medium-sized company, shared calendars (using Exchange) was one of the basic, core applications that users relied one. Typically this meant a assistant managing their boss's calendars, but we also had people managing multiple calendars, department calendars, shared group calendars, etc. -- all from a single MS Outlook instance.
You've both hit on excellent points, but I think I can add by pointing out that if the goal is "productivity" rather than measurement, then encoding information so that we can maximize our existent abilities makes sense.
Silly example -- let's say you need to sort thousands of bitmap files based on whether they have a certain pattern in them, you could do it by opening each file in a hex editor and reading the values until you find the pattern. OR, you could display them all thumbnail-style, and sort them by glancing at each image.
I wonder if the capture cards can detect this signal? I use cheap bttv-based cards, and I would be surprised if they are "aware" of the V-chip. But I like being surprised!
Not to sound like a logical positivist or anything, but I think you are simply disagreeing on the meaning of the word "ideal".
If the light is visible, just take two pictures:
This method may require multiple pictures in order to facilitate secondary image processing to remove images of your hand.
Alternate method: Substitute raised middle finger for hand
This is the type of thing that someone could jump on -- make a flickr competitor that doesn't have the photographic focus -- maybe add features that the MMORPG people want, and they will flock from flickr fast!
Should we still care about this? I mean, if the text is a statement of fact, then the idea isn't really owned in any sense -- somebody just wants to take credit for it. So by honoring this idea of plagiarism, we're just feeding their narcissism.
And if the text is an opinion, and the author passes someone else's opinion off for their own... well, isn't that just a credit to the original author's ability to persuade?
Perhaps it is the string of words themselves -- something in the pure linguistic art that the author seeks protection for. But again, by allowing the author to claim credit, wouldn't we just breeding egotism?
I say forget this idea of "ownership" and just be glad you were able contribute to the conversation.
Yeah, it will probably be called something like 802.11n or something, and use TCP/IP or the like to encode individual packets of information.
The way things are going, we won't be broadcasting much longer, either.
Wow, apparently you didn't read even the first paragraph of the article, in which the author explains how the artile was originally written in Dutch, and then translated to English.
I think that is a reasonable explanation for the mixed-language screen shots.
I vote for this one -- but with JJ Abrams at the helm, the story will be told as a series of flashbacks that slowly reveal the truth -- that Kirk and Spock were lovers!
According to the US Economic Census, the Oil industry employs about 95,000 people inside the US. The US has lost 2.6 Million manufacturing jobs since 2001.
Gas stations, etc., would still need to exist -- they would just sell a different fuel.
Your English isn't quite perfect, you know. I noticed several sentence fragments, inconsistent punctuation, and a few misspelled words.
What I'm getting at is your standard is too high. Sounds like you found Japanese to be too hard, and would prefer if no one else succeeded, so you feel better.
No mod points, so I will just reply in agreement. My girlfriend and I bought a washer and dryer pair to go with our new house, and we found GE's Adora series for a total of under $1500.00. We've had a great experience with them, and I actually like doing laundry with them, as they have a cool interface with lots of "power user" options.
Unfortunately, I fear that the gov't may not wise up in this way, as their priorities are different. Why does Bush prefer to spend money on weapons instead of satellites? Weapons have a shorter product cycle. If you're running your war properly, you've got to buy new weapons all the time -- bombs are a one-time-use item, you know!
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, et al., are simply doing what's best for business! Too bad for us they are in the business of selling weapon systems, drilling for oil, providing security services, and consulting on "homeland security". You gotta have a long-running war to get any serious return on investment. Good thing those terrorists are so numerous!
When they finally win this "War on Terror" they plan to declare a "War on War".
Well, there's always LVM, but with two 500MB disks, you still only have 1Gb of space, minus whatever swap space you allocate. Better off running those machines as X-terminals, or from a livecd, if they can boot from one.
You raise an excellent point, and reminds me of the sense of wonder that inspired westerners in the 15th and 16th centuries to set sail for lands that existed only in legend. (Of course, they probably had rough maps purchased from the Chinese, who had been to these places 75 years earlier).
What I'd really like to see is version of Opera that I can download for free and run on my WinCE 4.1 webpad. I hate being stuck with IE 5.5 and having phishers steal my essence or whatever.
I know! And have you seen the yellow shirts that some people wear!? I mean really, I would NEVER wear a yellow shirt! Why do manufacturers keep making their shirts in colors I don't want!?
Really, does anybody want anything other than the bland, gray shirts with pictures of my cat ironed onto it?
Are you saying humans didn't write the Bible? Don't tell me it was teh aliens!
I'm not saying I want those things -- I'm saying Clinton was about as far left as my bellybutton. Socialized medicine I'll give you -- but like you said, it failed. And redistribution of wealth? Don't mistake welfare/workfare for redistribution -- and taxing doesn't count, either, since it just flows back into the hands of the rich gov't contractors. I mean actual, "Mr. Gates, your house is now rent-controlled apartments for the underpriviledged", redistribution.
Since when was Clinton a leftist? Was he for redistribution of wealth? Socialization of the means of production?
Seriously, take a look at some truly left-leaning countries like Sweden or even France, and try to understand that we have NOTHING even on the left side of the fence in the US.
Our political spectrum ranges from center to fascist, and the ship is listing to starboard.
Just wait until you need reading glasses, and all those comments about "why do we need something as big as a book?" will go away. Best thing about this is that the text could be zoomed on the fly -- no more having to by larger print versions as you age.