Unfortunately the new boss wants to get rid of local engineers/programmers and just hire people from India. Unification with the lowest bidder and quality, yep, that will definitely fix everything, lol.
I completely agree about wanting the quality. I have a good quality big screen and can notice the difference between DVD and Blu Ray easily, I watch TV shows that are compressed, but I want to see quality from a full feature movie.
The only problem I have is all the stupid ads and crap I have to wade through to get to the movie, just let me watch the movie I paid for!!!!!
My metal key can get wet, get dropped and still work. My electronic remote can't get wet, the battery could die, it could stop working from being dropped. Electronics are more convenient but not more reliable in my opinion.
However as long as we don't use Retina Scans, I definitely don't want Snake Plissken's friends scooping out my eye to steal my vehicle:-$
If it needs to be in proximity to a watch, there must be some kind of signal reception going on. So.... depending on the method, there is a reasonable chance of a signal jammer being developed (by the police or the bad guys.)
It would really suck to go for your gun to find a jamming field was present and you were screwed. Not very cool.
After using the Logitech M570, I find I get better control and speed with my Trackball. http://www.logitech.com/en-ca/...
When sitting on the couch, I can easily position the M570 trackball to allow for comfortable gaming without a movement surface. The ability to spin 180 deg with a trackball is instant, for FPS it is awesome. However it does take a bit of getting used to, but it is better in my opinion than a mouse.
I also have no pain when gaming for much longer than I should admit at times, lol.
The laws were meant to be tools to go after the bad guys, not to be used like a legalistic moron/hall monitor.
Just saying he is following the law is a cop out (pardon the pun) there are many laws that the police use their discretion on, and for good reason.
Texting at a stop light may be a so-so call (maybe the light turns green and you hold people up), but using a GPS on a phone as long as it is mounted where a normal GPS would be, is just Nazi crap.
One of the problems I see, is that the management types hiring the H1B people assume they are getting people at the same skill level, but statistically, the skill level is much worse, particularly from India. There were some studies on the quality of education awhile back, so I won't go into too much detail. But many of the H1B people lie or greatly exaggerate their eduction which in many cases is not provable. The management types are just happy their payouts are less, in reality they are getting garbage products and robbing jobs from truly qualified workers that could produce a quality product. (statistically, not always).
The other problem besides ignorance from the accountant types hiring the H1B's thinking they are getting a deal, is that people seem to be more and more ok with putting out crap products. The days of true quality seem to be going away. Now it is just, get it out quick and fast and cheap. Innovation is just a buzz word no one wants to pay for any longer (for many companies, there are a couple still trying to compete doing it right)
Shutting down Egyptology Research is going to seriously slow down our progress on the Stargate.
If Egyptology Research is not allowed to progress Daniel Jackson will never figure out the secrets which follows that the Ga'ould will most definitely defeat Earth.
I am sure that Kinsey is behind all of this, we should never trust the NID, they will stoop to any level to take control of the Stargate;-)
Can I sign people up, perhaps my ex:-)
It would be great to have her on the moon..... do we still pay spousal support if people are no longer on the planet ?
Unfortunately due to Apples extreme restrictions, similar to what Microsoft was sued for when it came to competing Browsers running on their platform, a user can not change the default browser or map app, or anything else for that matter. So users will need to copy and past addresses from their contact list continually, rather than click on a user and have the desired map come up. However this is just one of the Apple limitations that keep a user from getting the experience they want instead of being stuck with the dictated way Apple thinks it should be.
Considering the stupid move by Apple to get rid of Google Maps and replace it with an obviously inferior product I can't believe people are jumping on the IOS update.
I personally will be sticking with IOS5 until either Google is allowed to release a nice mapping app for IOS6, or Apple gets their act in gear and does some serious database work to fix the junk maps they released.
It would have been nice to have what I hear is a semi-working SIRI in Canada, but after being sold on SIRI for the 4S and finding out later most of SIRI was not supported in Canada, I am accustomed to disappointment, lol.
But as you say, most Apple users are non-technicals that just flock to the coolest fad like businessmen riding Harleys etc.
I will be moving to Android as soon as my current contract is up. Apple is toast in my books after the ridiculous patent war they apparently won against Samsung; as a developer I can't support those types of cheesy patents.
Did you seriously expect a Korean Company, or a company from any other country for that matter, to get a fair shake against a U.S. company in a U.S. court with a U.S. Jury? Not Likely.
I develop hardware and firmware and definitely do not support stealing designs, but from what I have seen, these Apple patents are a complete joke that should trigger patent reform if anything, not be used to destroy fair competition.
In my opinion this decision will hurt consumers with a lack of competition. How many shapes can you come up with economically that allow a screen to be held in your hand, ie a Rectangle. What is the most efficient way of arranging icons on that screen, i.e. vertical and horizontally aligned, just like the short cuts on your PC OS, which also happens to be a rectangular screen. Perhaps all the PC manufacturers and Microsoft should sue Apple for infringement.
I just hope Samsung can still sell in Canada, however with the U.S. sales screwed over I am sure the support for after market addons will drop in a big way.
Missing "work?" No, I've been missing a lot of meetings.
(For managerial, talking is working. For technical staff, meetings are precisely the opposite of work.)
For obvious reasons it is important to have some meetings to nail down design spec's etc. However from my experience with weekly, bi-weekly updates on progress etc. those meetings are completely unproductive and serve to set the project back further. The bizarre lack of logic from typical U.S. corporate types is that if the project falls behind a little, they immediately call for more status update meetings, which in-turn causes the project to fall behind more.
It would be so cool to have a situation where non-technical management types actually trusted their work force, and had a "how can I help / what do you need" attitude. But for now, I guess having a pay check is a nice thing:-)
I think the reason those who conscientiously object to Apple's suits but not to (most) of the other telecom suits is that lawsuits have been Apple's first line of (de|of)fense, and their stated goal is not to secure licensing. No other technology company that makes actual products does that. They sue to force licensing of their patents (whether the patent is valid is irrelevant to the point I'm making, by the way). Motorola's lawsuit is the first non-Apple-filed suit I can think of which is not designed to force licensing, and this can in no way be considered their first line move. Apple doesn't want licensing fees; they want scorched earth. They nuke first and ask questions never.
Let's face it: Apple does not produce technology. They design products using nearly 100% tech created by other companies. They excel at specifications, packaging, and marketing. They popularize new technology that other people actually invent, and then they use design patents to keeps the companies who actually developed the technology as weapons against those companies who make their existence possible.
I'm not saying other companies haven't done shitty things in the cell phone wars, but when it comes to the way lawsuits are used Apple is in a class itself.
Yeah, Our 'fiscal conservative' govn't that blew through the liberal's surplus, and is creating the largest deficit in the history of the nation. Some fucking fiscal conservatism that is.
I'm old enough to have lived through provincial NDP governments, and they've been the most fiscally sound we've ever had, while at the same time increasing social programs.
tory times are tough times.
Tory times are tough times, because they need to tighten the belt after the NDP governments have had a spending spree on fiscally irresponsible dreams. People forget what it is like to have the NDP in after numerous terms then screw up and vote them in, after a couple years they realize the mistake and get the Tories back to try and get the finances back in order.
I also agree with this list, however I can't qualify Singapore.
But please do not come to Canada unless you are going to pull your weight. We have too many people sucking off of our system already, which is making it tough on everyone who does pay.
This reminds me of the TV series "Salvage One" that played a long time ago. They developed monohydrazene fuel and built a self contained reusable rocket ship from junkyard parts:-) I think Andy Griffith was the main dude:-)
Statistically most Americans do come across as "dumb" or "ignorant" to other countries. For whatever reason most Americans seem to be very uneducated about the rest of the world. I am not saying Americans are less intelligent, just uneducated about other countries compared to European's, Canadian's, etc.
Plus being the only country in the world still clinging to an antiquated Standard Measurement system doesn't help, lol.
Google is over stepping its bounds. They should stay focussed on making better products and not mess around with lame things like same sex marriage.
Are they after brownie points with minorities now, have they stooped low enough to play the games of politicians ?
This is disappointing.
Not to nit pick, but:
Bleach is a strong BASE, not an acid (however they are adding things to traditional bleach for clothing use, so.... ??)
Ammonia NH3 is a weak base, Ammonium NH4 is an Acid
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Unfortunately the new boss wants to get rid of local engineers/programmers and just hire people from India. Unification with the lowest bidder and quality, yep, that will definitely fix everything, lol.
I completely agree about wanting the quality. I have a good quality big screen and can notice the difference between DVD and Blu Ray easily, I watch TV shows that are compressed, but I want to see quality from a full feature movie. The only problem I have is all the stupid ads and crap I have to wade through to get to the movie, just let me watch the movie I paid for!!!!!
My metal key can get wet, get dropped and still work. My electronic remote can't get wet, the battery could die, it could stop working from being dropped. Electronics are more convenient but not more reliable in my opinion. However as long as we don't use Retina Scans, I definitely don't want Snake Plissken's friends scooping out my eye to steal my vehicle :-$
If it needs to be in proximity to a watch, there must be some kind of signal reception going on. So.... depending on the method, there is a reasonable chance of a signal jammer being developed (by the police or the bad guys.) It would really suck to go for your gun to find a jamming field was present and you were screwed. Not very cool.
After using the Logitech M570, I find I get better control and speed with my Trackball. http://www.logitech.com/en-ca/... When sitting on the couch, I can easily position the M570 trackball to allow for comfortable gaming without a movement surface. The ability to spin 180 deg with a trackball is instant, for FPS it is awesome. However it does take a bit of getting used to, but it is better in my opinion than a mouse. I also have no pain when gaming for much longer than I should admit at times, lol.
The laws were meant to be tools to go after the bad guys, not to be used like a legalistic moron/hall monitor. Just saying he is following the law is a cop out (pardon the pun) there are many laws that the police use their discretion on, and for good reason. Texting at a stop light may be a so-so call (maybe the light turns green and you hold people up), but using a GPS on a phone as long as it is mounted where a normal GPS would be, is just Nazi crap.
One of the problems I see, is that the management types hiring the H1B people assume they are getting people at the same skill level, but statistically, the skill level is much worse, particularly from India. There were some studies on the quality of education awhile back, so I won't go into too much detail. But many of the H1B people lie or greatly exaggerate their eduction which in many cases is not provable. The management types are just happy their payouts are less, in reality they are getting garbage products and robbing jobs from truly qualified workers that could produce a quality product. (statistically, not always). The other problem besides ignorance from the accountant types hiring the H1B's thinking they are getting a deal, is that people seem to be more and more ok with putting out crap products. The days of true quality seem to be going away. Now it is just, get it out quick and fast and cheap. Innovation is just a buzz word no one wants to pay for any longer (for many companies, there are a couple still trying to compete doing it right)
How does the standup desk work? I have not heard of that before. Are you saying your desk is 4-5 feet high and you code standing?
So it is ok to be outspoken about pro gay rights, but it isn't ok to be outspoken against it. So much for free speech.
Shutting down Egyptology Research is going to seriously slow down our progress on the Stargate. If Egyptology Research is not allowed to progress Daniel Jackson will never figure out the secrets which follows that the Ga'ould will most definitely defeat Earth. I am sure that Kinsey is behind all of this, we should never trust the NID, they will stoop to any level to take control of the Stargate ;-)
Can I sign people up, perhaps my ex :-)
It would be great to have her on the moon..... do we still pay spousal support if people are no longer on the planet ?
I don't believe World of Warcraft runs on Linux yet.
Unfortunately due to Apples extreme restrictions, similar to what Microsoft was sued for when it came to competing Browsers running on their platform, a user can not change the default browser or map app, or anything else for that matter. So users will need to copy and past addresses from their contact list continually, rather than click on a user and have the desired map come up. However this is just one of the Apple limitations that keep a user from getting the experience they want instead of being stuck with the dictated way Apple thinks it should be. Considering the stupid move by Apple to get rid of Google Maps and replace it with an obviously inferior product I can't believe people are jumping on the IOS update. I personally will be sticking with IOS5 until either Google is allowed to release a nice mapping app for IOS6, or Apple gets their act in gear and does some serious database work to fix the junk maps they released. It would have been nice to have what I hear is a semi-working SIRI in Canada, but after being sold on SIRI for the 4S and finding out later most of SIRI was not supported in Canada, I am accustomed to disappointment, lol. But as you say, most Apple users are non-technicals that just flock to the coolest fad like businessmen riding Harleys etc. I will be moving to Android as soon as my current contract is up. Apple is toast in my books after the ridiculous patent war they apparently won against Samsung; as a developer I can't support those types of cheesy patents.
Did you seriously expect a Korean Company, or a company from any other country for that matter, to get a fair shake against a U.S. company in a U.S. court with a U.S. Jury? Not Likely. I develop hardware and firmware and definitely do not support stealing designs, but from what I have seen, these Apple patents are a complete joke that should trigger patent reform if anything, not be used to destroy fair competition. In my opinion this decision will hurt consumers with a lack of competition. How many shapes can you come up with economically that allow a screen to be held in your hand, ie a Rectangle. What is the most efficient way of arranging icons on that screen, i.e. vertical and horizontally aligned, just like the short cuts on your PC OS, which also happens to be a rectangular screen. Perhaps all the PC manufacturers and Microsoft should sue Apple for infringement. I just hope Samsung can still sell in Canada, however with the U.S. sales screwed over I am sure the support for after market addons will drop in a big way.
I work 90 minutes a day. That feels about right to me.
You must be a stay at home parent with no job, with kids in school.
Missing "work?" No, I've been missing a lot of meetings.
(For managerial, talking is working. For technical staff, meetings are precisely the opposite of work.)
For obvious reasons it is important to have some meetings to nail down design spec's etc. However from my experience with weekly, bi-weekly updates on progress etc. those meetings are completely unproductive and serve to set the project back further. The bizarre lack of logic from typical U.S. corporate types is that if the project falls behind a little, they immediately call for more status update meetings, which in-turn causes the project to fall behind more. It would be so cool to have a situation where non-technical management types actually trusted their work force, and had a "how can I help / what do you need" attitude. But for now, I guess having a pay check is a nice thing :-)
I think the reason those who conscientiously object to Apple's suits but not to (most) of the other telecom suits is that lawsuits have been Apple's first line of (de|of)fense, and their stated goal is not to secure licensing. No other technology company that makes actual products does that. They sue to force licensing of their patents (whether the patent is valid is irrelevant to the point I'm making, by the way). Motorola's lawsuit is the first non-Apple-filed suit I can think of which is not designed to force licensing, and this can in no way be considered their first line move. Apple doesn't want licensing fees; they want scorched earth. They nuke first and ask questions never.
Let's face it: Apple does not produce technology. They design products using nearly 100% tech created by other companies. They excel at specifications, packaging, and marketing. They popularize new technology that other people actually invent, and then they use design patents to keeps the companies who actually developed the technology as weapons against those companies who make their existence possible.
I'm not saying other companies haven't done shitty things in the cell phone wars, but when it comes to the way lawsuits are used Apple is in a class itself.
Very well said
People need to give up on Breeder type reactors and go with a much safer Can-do reactor design, that also is more flexible with the fuel it uses. imo
Yeah, Our 'fiscal conservative' govn't that blew through the liberal's surplus, and is creating the largest deficit in the history of the nation. Some fucking fiscal conservatism that is.
I'm old enough to have lived through provincial NDP governments, and they've been the most fiscally sound we've ever had, while at the same time increasing social programs.
tory times are tough times.
Tory times are tough times, because they need to tighten the belt after the NDP governments have had a spending spree on fiscally irresponsible dreams. People forget what it is like to have the NDP in after numerous terms then screw up and vote them in, after a couple years they realize the mistake and get the Tories back to try and get the finances back in order.
I also agree with this list, however I can't qualify Singapore. But please do not come to Canada unless you are going to pull your weight. We have too many people sucking off of our system already, which is making it tough on everyone who does pay.
This reminds me of the TV series "Salvage One" that played a long time ago. They developed monohydrazene fuel and built a self contained reusable rocket ship from junkyard parts :-) I think Andy Griffith was the main dude :-)
Statistically most Americans do come across as "dumb" or "ignorant" to other countries. For whatever reason most Americans seem to be very uneducated about the rest of the world. I am not saying Americans are less intelligent, just uneducated about other countries compared to European's, Canadian's, etc. Plus being the only country in the world still clinging to an antiquated Standard Measurement system doesn't help, lol.
Google is over stepping its bounds. They should stay focussed on making better products and not mess around with lame things like same sex marriage. Are they after brownie points with minorities now, have they stooped low enough to play the games of politicians ? This is disappointing.
I liked the "overclocking the powersupply" comment, lol
Not to nit pick, but: Bleach is a strong BASE, not an acid (however they are adding things to traditional bleach for clothing use, so.... ??) Ammonia NH3 is a weak base, Ammonium NH4 is an Acid