Sounds like your company is anti-cellphone and you're pro-cellphone. In fact, you're so pro-cellphone that you've started using your own personal cellphone because you either couldn't or didn't get them to buy you one. So now you're irritated that they're forcing you to stop doing what you didn't get them to let you do in the first place.
Give it up man. You need to get to the heart of the matter and show them why THEY need to GIVE you a cellphone/pager/whatever. If it's part of your job, they need to pay for it... lock stock and barrel.
Don't use your stuff at work. If you need it, make THEM get you one.
How is this different than just taking measurements and duplicating a physical part? The measurements are just harder to read. It's like saying that using a micrometer to measure a calliper should be illegal, simply because the brake manufacturer doesn't want you copying their brakes. Isn't that what patents (not encryption) are for?
This is what I call a "wheel"... shhhhh... it's a trade secret!
I write so little now, it's actually become painful. My hand cramps up after even a couple sentaces. I agree with the other posters though, just slow down.
> I go to bed at night when I get sleepy It may sound odd, but that's too late. Pick a time about 8 hours prior to when you want to get up in the am and go to bed. When you get up, don't hit the snooze, get up. Your body will adjust.
Your "later and later" tendency is normal, but it's due to the fact that it's easier to stay up late without feeling tired. It's because you're not active. Try staying up as late while working on something (other than reading slashdot);) You'll "feel" tired sooner.
As with all things, liability. Once someone (or some thing in this case) takes control over the plane, they also take responsibilty for it. The first time a plane goes down and one of these things doesn't stop it (or worse, it causes it), the company that was dumb enough to make it is screwed.
Of course the fun starts now because we get to sue the airlines for _not_ having these "life saving devices" the next time a plane flies into a mountain.
Like the software industry dictates the kinds of games that are made. Game makers will make whatever the public wants because that's what brings home the bacon. Yet an other case of industy and politicians thinking backwards... that somehow _they_ drive the market. Follow the cash and you'll find the truth.
Hrm... In Soviet Russia, you drive the market! or is it In Soviet Russia, the market drives you! (ow, my head hurts)
Flight training isn't cheap. A good flight sim can help you learn quite a bit about flying, especially when it comes to instruments. When you start flying, you're overloaded with all kinds of new things for your brain to deal with. Sims can help with this sensory overload by getting you familiar with these things so that you can spend more of your time and brainpower on actually flying.
I think the most common complaint with sims is a tendency to form motor skill habits that relate to how a simulator flies and not to how an airplane flies. It's like trying to teach skiing or riding a bike with a sim.
Sounds like your company has a flex time policy, but your boss is a control freak (and from the sounds of it a morning person). Read your contract and your company flex policy. If you want it, you're going to have to fight for it. You'll probably have to get his boss involved. If you don't think you can win, leave. Life's too short for this crap.
Anyone that can get Linux to do what they want can deal with whatever GUI you throw at them.
Easy installers and package managers only get you so far. In the end, you need to understand what's going on. If you get that far, no GUI is going to be a problem.
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Sounds like your company is anti-cellphone and you're pro-cellphone. In fact, you're so pro-cellphone that you've started using your own personal cellphone because you either couldn't or didn't get them to buy you one. So now you're irritated that they're forcing you to stop doing what you didn't get them to let you do in the first place.
Give it up man.
You need to get to the heart of the matter and show them why THEY need to GIVE you a cellphone/pager/whatever. If it's part of your job, they need to pay for it... lock stock and barrel.
Don't use your stuff at work. If you need it, make THEM get you one.
OMG, there _is_ intelligent life out there after all!
:-\
Too bad no one will listen.
How is this different than just taking measurements and duplicating a physical part? The measurements are just harder to read. It's like saying that using a micrometer to measure a calliper should be illegal, simply because the brake manufacturer doesn't want you copying their brakes. Isn't that what patents (not encryption) are for?
This is what I call a "wheel"... shhhhh... it's a trade secret!
Follow your own lead... "I don't own one, don't need one (my SE616 and Powerbook is plenty)..."
Snag an old laptop off ebay and get a PCMCIA phone card to hook into that cellphone service.
I write so little now, it's actually become painful. My hand cramps up after even a couple sentaces. I agree with the other posters though, just slow down.
Good god man, Don't give them ideas.
How could they not see this coming? It's right there in Volume 5.
Everything's fine. According to the president himself, we don't have nuclear weapons... we have nukular weapons... a totally different thing.
*whew*
Bull.
I know and use unix. It's a pain.
Getting hardware to work is a pain.
Chasing dependancies is a pain.
Who cares what "trivial" problems an OS has if you can't see the CDRom or install software?
I'd love to ditch windows for Unix/Linux, but I don't have time for this nonsense.
Remember, when you use Open Source Software, the Terrorists win!
American -> America
Canadian -> Canadia
No problem eh?
> I go to bed at night when I get sleepy
;) You'll "feel" tired sooner.
It may sound odd, but that's too late. Pick a time about 8 hours prior to when you want to get up in the am and go to bed. When you get up, don't hit the snooze, get up. Your body will adjust.
Your "later and later" tendency is normal, but it's due to the fact that it's easier to stay up late without feeling tired. It's because you're not active. Try staying up as late while working on something (other than reading slashdot)
As with all things, liability.
Once someone (or some thing in this case) takes control over the plane, they also take responsibilty for it. The first time a plane goes down and one of these things doesn't stop it (or worse, it causes it), the company that was dumb enough to make it is screwed.
Of course the fun starts now because we get to sue the airlines for _not_ having these "life saving devices" the next time a plane flies into a mountain.
Oh, wait, I thought it said Blake Stonewall
My bad.
Like the software industry dictates the kinds of games that are made. Game makers will make whatever the public wants because that's what brings home the bacon. Yet an other case of industy and politicians thinking backwards... that somehow _they_ drive the market. Follow the cash and you'll find the truth.
Hrm...
In Soviet Russia, you drive the market!
or is it
In Soviet Russia, the market drives you!
(ow, my head hurts)
> I can't believe nobody else has thought of this before...
> we'd have to upgrade the whole internet
Yeah yeah, 5 nit picky things you _might_ not like about an ipod. Sure it's not perfect, but here's the thing... EVERYTHING ELSE OUT THERE SUCKS.
It's simple, elegant and easy to use. Why do you think they're selling like hotcakes (even though they're so F'ing expesive)?
Flight training isn't cheap. A good flight sim can help you learn quite a bit about flying, especially when it comes to instruments. When you start flying, you're overloaded with all kinds of new things for your brain to deal with. Sims can help with this sensory overload by getting you familiar with these things so that you can spend more of your time and brainpower on actually flying.
I think the most common complaint with sims is a tendency to form motor skill habits that relate to how a simulator flies and not to how an airplane flies. It's like trying to teach skiing or riding a bike with a sim.
HEY! You callin me stupid?!
Embrace, extend, close.
Become the standard, close out the competition.
Sounds like your company has a flex time policy, but your boss is a control freak (and from the sounds of it a morning person). Read your contract and your company flex policy. If you want it, you're going to have to fight for it. You'll probably have to get his boss involved. If you don't think you can win, leave. Life's too short for this crap.
Anyone that can get Linux to do what they want can deal with whatever GUI you throw at them.
Easy installers and package managers only get you so far. In the end, you need to understand what's going on. If you get that far, no GUI is going to be a problem.
If we could just get this working, we'd make so much money!!! Wait, why don't people like this? It would make us so much money!
Let's setup a payment system where you're nagged about every little thing we can think of... oh yeah, that's great. Ever driven down a toll road?
Things work when business start looking at things from the consumer's point of view, not the business's point of view. Hello Ipod/Itunes.
sheesh.
1) Listen to users
2) Give them what they want
3) Profit!