Online documentation is also ugly and hard to read.
The documentation on php.net is leaps and bounds better than the documentation on any other website I've found. The user comments are very helpful - quite often, my question is answered by one or more of the comments.
I also print out important e-mails.
You must work at my company, printing email seems to be popular here. Print it out, file it in a drawer. I just don't get it.
I have an NX7000, and I specifically configured it on the HP website to have a 9200. Screw the fine print. They either lied, or the deliberately misled. I don't understand why we allow the fine print. Say what the hell you mean.
NBC has found a nifty way to defeat Tivo - they change their shows to run from 8:00 to 8:31 (preventing you from recording an 8:30 show on another channel) or from 9:59 to 11:00 (preventing you from recording a 9:00 to 10:00 show on another channel). They debuted this on Thursday nights, but it has moved across their lineup now. Basically, I just watch less of NBC now, but if other channels start doing this, the Tivo won't work well unless I just record from one channel per night.
I'd love an update from Tivo that would allow me to side step this by setting a recording to start one minute late. Currently, you can have it start early and end late, but you can't make it start late, therefore it just won't record the program unless you do it manually.
They got a warrant BEFORE they used the program. Whatever the program did - read information from his PC or just return IP address - it was a valid, legal search. We should be considering this a victory for our rights. The only way I can see anyone complaining about this is if the warrant was improperly obtained, but it seems entirely reasonable to "search" the email address that has been attempting blackmail.
I'm still waiting to actually see the evidence that SCO claims is in the Linux source code.Apparently SCO is waiting to see the evidence as well. Why else would they keep asking everyone else to see if there is any?
Some of us have the ability to do two things at once, considering the fact that driving is a rather simple mental process, books should be outlawed too if laptops are, I see lots of people reading books on the road, and it takes more concentration for me to read in my car than glance over at mapquest on laptop.
The reason that certain distractions are being outlawed is that they avert your eyes from the road. It's not about mental complexity, it's about constant monitoring. When you are using a laptop or television, your eyes are not on the road. When the car in front of you hits his brakes or the car next to you cuts you off or the car on the side road pulls out in front of you or the deer runs in front of you or the cargo falls off the truck in front of you or the car in front of you blows out a tire, you need to be watching the road instead of looking at porn.
Maybe you're only 16 and haven't been driving long or maybe you live in an area with no other cars, but you need to recognize the fact that your driving environment can instantly and dramatically change. It doesn't take a smart person to avoid an accident, it takes someone who is paying attention. It's not myslef that I worry about while driving - it's all of the other people (and things - deer are pretty stupid).
If you don't trust that website, how about CBS Marketwatch or San Francisco Gate? They are both speculating, but they are larger press than MacRumors and ThinkSecret.
This is going to pretty much kill in the low end Flash-based player market. I was looking at Fry's this weekend, and everything in the $49-99 range only came w/ 128MB, upgradeable to 640. Even assuming that the low-end Apple mini-iPod is only 1-2GB, it's got those other players beat by a mile, and hey, it works w/ iTunes!
I just got a 10GB iPod for Christmas. If it were not given to me, I would never have purchased it. I have wanted an iPod since they were announced, but $300 is more than I think an MP3 player is worth. I looked at the sub $100 MP3 players several times, but none of them were as good as the iPod. It's just not even close (even when you ignore the storage capacity). If Apple truly delivers this product (1GB iPod for $100), it will be a smashing success. I think that I am not alone in looking for a low end iPod (of course, I'm looking no more).
I can't tell from their site what it takes to do this. Do you have to buy the base product for $2,500 and then add the server licenses for $50 each, or can you buy them separate? If the former, then if you only have 4 servers, it's $2,700.
Pay them $200 for your four servers. You get software and updates for a year, but no support.
How does hacking like this negatively impact end users?
Let's try this example: iTMS AAC is cracked. Apple fixes. Cracked again. Apple fixes. Cracked again. Apple fixes, but RIAA says game over. Now, people like me who like iTMS and use it legitimately can't use it anymore. I'd call that a negative impact.
If you or I so much as copy a song, it's a crime; if a large corporation claims to own your creation, it's buiness as usual. Welcome to modern corporate capitalism.
Yes, it's just so black and white, isn't it? Apple sells software. The employee is now competing with his employer using skills he honed and resources he gained while being paid by his employer. He's probably using software that his employer gave him (OS X/X Code). He might have been using hardware that his employer gave him. He might have had access to internal documents and specifications from his employer.
OpenOffice rocks. The new 1.1.0 is even better, since now you can make PDF files. Anyone paying $500 for Office XP needs to visit Openoffice.org.
I use OpenOffice at home. I won't use it (or recommend it) at work. MS Office exposes components that are used in many of our applications. Click a button in these apps, and your data is in an Excel spreadsheet open on your screen, or your customer list has just been pushed into Word, ready for your mail merge. Sure, I know how to do all of these things without the whiz-bang one click, but most of the users don't. Even if they did, why should I reduce their productivity by making them configure an export, run it, then import the text file into StarCalc?
One of the benefits that Microsoft gets by being the market leader is that software is written for it. StarOffice/OpenOffice has a large hurdle to overcome there.
supress this article ASAP? Everyone has to use Windows. It's important. For our economy. Or something.
Don't worry. Even the article author is running Windows - he's using VirtualPC. I fail to see what is interesting about the fact that you can do all your same stuff if you just continue to run Windows.
The Article was quite good actually.I recognize that. I was replying to the text of the main post, which exhibited strong preferences toward defining ISP as a provider of Internet access.
I've always thought this sounded like a crock. If I ring one of these people and badger them for their credit card number, or a $1000 donation, you can bet your ass they'll say "No" as often as it takes.
Think about it, when was the last time that a telemarketer called you offering a decent, quality product that someone would actually want to purchase? They are selling junk. The only way to sell some junk is to find a sucker.
People pay for the junk that they hock in infomercials and on HSN. Spend five minutes watching HSN and tell me they aren't aiming squarely at suckers.
Isn't that what the do-not-call list is made for? They could tell beforehand that you don't want them to call. But they insist they want to call you despite that and rule the list illegal. So, you're plainly wrong here
The whole controversy is over people that cannot say "No". That is who the telemarketing industry fears losing. There are a large number of people that can be persuaded to buy things they don't want. These people know they can't say no, and they sign up for the Do Not Call list so that they can avoid having to say "No".
The correct statement would be that the telemarketers would be happy to know ahead of time that you can and will say "No".
Unless you are looking for a job that requires a Masters or Ph. D. most managers just appreciate the fact that you took the time to go to school. Having a degree demonstrates to them that you can be taught and are willing to learn. Most of the time, where it comes from isn't a critical factor.
I completely disagree. If I post a job on Monster for a programmer, I'll get 100 resumes in no time. University of Phoenix and community colleges are sorting to the bottom, unless there is some solid work experience to bring them back up. There are just too many other candidates with better credentials.
The other major factor is what you majored in. I'm not looking for only CS majors, but I'm looking for people who majored in something that will make you think. I want Mathematics, Physics, or an engineering degree.
I recognize that there are good programmers with Marketing degrees or degrees from UoP. I don't want to spend a lot of time in interviews, and selecting difficult majors from strong universities gives me a better chance of finding a solid applicant in fewer tries.
At least trying to sell art for profit is wrong imho.
Is selling a television for profit wrong? What about software? What's the difference? All were created by people with the skills to create them. In all situations, they are purchased by people who lack either the time or the skills to create them. All are things that could otherwise be made by the purchaser, but the purchaser willingly chooses to purchase them instead.
People around here need to get over the fact that just because it doesn't have physical inputs it isn't of any value. When you buy software or music, you are paying for the time needed to create it. Time has value for people that have jobs and lives. In many situations, people pay for the time it took to have something done. This includes writing software, making music, and even the guy that mows your lawn. All of these people give you time.
If you don't find value in what they are selling you, don't pay for it. You are not somehow entitled to just take what they are offering without paying. The free market works by purchasers choosing the best alternative, whether that is something of lesser cost or something of greater cost. Your option in this market is to go after software that is offered for free or music that is offered for free. There happens to be plenty of both.
Yes, and once you start using RPN, you can't imagine going without it. It's truly brilliant. Plus, anyone that borrows your calculator will give it right back because they can't use it.
There is one drawback - I have a hard time with "regular" calculators. I tend to lose numbers because I expect the RPN behavior of keeping my stack.
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Online documentation is also ugly and hard to read.
The documentation on php.net is leaps and bounds better than the documentation on any other website I've found. The user comments are very helpful - quite often, my question is answered by one or more of the comments.
I also print out important e-mails.
You must work at my company, printing email seems to be popular here. Print it out, file it in a drawer. I just don't get it.
Always read the fine print.
I have an NX7000, and I specifically configured it on the HP website to have a 9200. Screw the fine print. They either lied, or the deliberately misled. I don't understand why we allow the fine print. Say what the hell you mean.
NBC has found a nifty way to defeat Tivo - they change their shows to run from 8:00 to 8:31 (preventing you from recording an 8:30 show on another channel) or from 9:59 to 11:00 (preventing you from recording a 9:00 to 10:00 show on another channel). They debuted this on Thursday nights, but it has moved across their lineup now. Basically, I just watch less of NBC now, but if other channels start doing this, the Tivo won't work well unless I just record from one channel per night.
I'd love an update from Tivo that would allow me to side step this by setting a recording to start one minute late. Currently, you can have it start early and end late, but you can't make it start late, therefore it just won't record the program unless you do it manually.
They got a warrant BEFORE they used the program. Whatever the program did - read information from his PC or just return IP address - it was a valid, legal search. We should be considering this a victory for our rights. The only way I can see anyone complaining about this is if the warrant was improperly obtained, but it seems entirely reasonable to "search" the email address that has been attempting blackmail.
I'm still waiting to actually see the evidence that SCO claims is in the Linux source code.Apparently SCO is waiting to see the evidence as well. Why else would they keep asking everyone else to see if there is any?
Some of us have the ability to do two things at once, considering the fact that driving is a rather simple mental process, books should be outlawed too if laptops are, I see lots of people reading books on the road, and it takes more concentration for me to read in my car than glance over at mapquest on laptop.
The reason that certain distractions are being outlawed is that they avert your eyes from the road. It's not about mental complexity, it's about constant monitoring. When you are using a laptop or television, your eyes are not on the road. When the car in front of you hits his brakes or the car next to you cuts you off or the car on the side road pulls out in front of you or the deer runs in front of you or the cargo falls off the truck in front of you or the car in front of you blows out a tire, you need to be watching the road instead of looking at porn.
Maybe you're only 16 and haven't been driving long or maybe you live in an area with no other cars, but you need to recognize the fact that your driving environment can instantly and dramatically change. It doesn't take a smart person to avoid an accident, it takes someone who is paying attention. It's not myslef that I worry about while driving - it's all of the other people (and things - deer are pretty stupid).
If you don't trust that website, how about CBS Marketwatch or San Francisco Gate? They are both speculating, but they are larger press than MacRumors and ThinkSecret.
I just got an 10GB iPod for Christmas and I was curious how the iPod holds up on a treadmill or a jog around the track?
Im also curious about how iTunes works? If i download some songs on my laptop and can move/play them on my home computer as well?
Your question will probably be better answered here.
This is going to pretty much kill in the low end
Flash-based player market. I was looking at Fry's this weekend, and everything in the $49-99 range only came w/ 128MB, upgradeable to 640. Even assuming that the low-end Apple mini-iPod is only 1-2GB, it's got those other players beat by a mile, and hey, it works w/ iTunes!
I just got a 10GB iPod for Christmas. If it were not given to me, I would never have purchased it. I have wanted an iPod since they were announced, but $300 is more than I think an MP3 player is worth. I looked at the sub $100 MP3 players several times, but none of them were as good as the iPod. It's just not even close (even when you ignore the storage capacity). If Apple truly delivers this product (1GB iPod for $100), it will be a smashing success. I think that I am not alone in looking for a low end iPod (of course, I'm looking no more).
Here in Seattle the weather forcasts are wrong more than they are right.
It's that way everywhere. Meteorology is not a science, it's voodoo!
I can't tell from their site what it takes to do this. Do you have to buy the base product for $2,500 and then add the server licenses for $50 each, or can you buy them separate? If the former, then if you only have 4 servers, it's $2,700.
Pay them $200 for your four servers. You get software and updates for a year, but no support.
How does hacking like this negatively impact end users?
Let's try this example: iTMS AAC is cracked. Apple fixes. Cracked again. Apple fixes. Cracked again. Apple fixes, but RIAA says game over. Now, people like me who like iTMS and use it legitimately can't use it anymore. I'd call that a negative impact.
If you or I so much as copy a song, it's a crime; if a large corporation claims to own your creation, it's buiness as usual. Welcome to modern corporate capitalism.
Yes, it's just so black and white, isn't it? Apple sells software. The employee is now competing with his employer using skills he honed and resources he gained while being paid by his employer. He's probably using software that his employer gave him (OS X/X Code). He might have been using hardware that his employer gave him. He might have had access to internal documents and specifications from his employer.
After all, since this is open source, the tweaking possibilities are literally endless
Our company has no one on staff with the skills to modify OpenOffice. A consultant or two would run the cost up past MS Office easily.
OpenOffice rocks. The new 1.1.0 is even better, since now you can make PDF files. Anyone paying $500 for Office XP needs to visit Openoffice.org.
I use OpenOffice at home. I won't use it (or recommend it) at work. MS Office exposes components that are used in many of our applications. Click a button in these apps, and your data is in an Excel spreadsheet open on your screen, or your customer list has just been pushed into Word, ready for your mail merge. Sure, I know how to do all of these things without the whiz-bang one click, but most of the users don't. Even if they did, why should I reduce their productivity by making them configure an export, run it, then import the text file into StarCalc?
One of the benefits that Microsoft gets by being the market leader is that software is written for it. StarOffice/OpenOffice has a large hurdle to overcome there.
What is she talking about?
She has no idea what she's talking about. The only thing more embarassing than her reviews is the fact that Slashdot continues to link them.
supress this article ASAP? Everyone has to use Windows. It's important. For our economy. Or something.
Don't worry. Even the article author is running Windows - he's using VirtualPC. I fail to see what is interesting about the fact that you can do all your same stuff if you just continue to run Windows.
The Article was quite good actually.I recognize that. I was replying to the text of the main post, which exhibited strong preferences toward defining ISP as a provider of Internet access.
The journos could claim indemnity by way of being a mere medium ;-)
No, Your Honor, this law does not affect me, you see; I am agar.
ISP = Internet Service Provider. Providing a website with content on the Internet is a service.
We've always associated ISP with Internet Access Provider, but is that really accurate? How is it defined withing the law?
I've always thought this sounded like a crock. If I ring one of these people and badger them for their credit card number, or a $1000 donation, you can bet your ass they'll say "No" as often as it takes.
Think about it, when was the last time that a telemarketer called you offering a decent, quality product that someone would actually want to purchase? They are selling junk. The only way to sell some junk is to find a sucker.
People pay for the junk that they hock in infomercials and on HSN. Spend five minutes watching HSN and tell me they aren't aiming squarely at suckers.
Isn't that what the do-not-call list is made for? They could tell beforehand that you don't want them to call. But they insist they want to call you despite that and rule the list illegal. So, you're plainly wrong here
The whole controversy is over people that cannot say "No". That is who the telemarketing industry fears losing. There are a large number of people that can be persuaded to buy things they don't want. These people know they can't say no, and they sign up for the Do Not Call list so that they can avoid having to say "No".
The correct statement would be that the telemarketers would be happy to know ahead of time that you can and will say "No".
Unless you are looking for a job that requires a Masters or Ph. D. most managers just appreciate the fact that you took the time to go to school. Having a degree demonstrates to them that you can be taught and are willing to learn. Most of the time, where it comes from isn't a critical factor.
I completely disagree. If I post a job on Monster for a programmer, I'll get 100 resumes in no time. University of Phoenix and community colleges are sorting to the bottom, unless there is some solid work experience to bring them back up. There are just too many other candidates with better credentials.
The other major factor is what you majored in. I'm not looking for only CS majors, but I'm looking for people who majored in something that will make you think. I want Mathematics, Physics, or an engineering degree.
I recognize that there are good programmers with Marketing degrees or degrees from UoP. I don't want to spend a lot of time in interviews, and selecting difficult majors from strong universities gives me a better chance of finding a solid applicant in fewer tries.
At least trying to sell art for profit is wrong imho.
Is selling a television for profit wrong? What about software? What's the difference? All were created by people with the skills to create them. In all situations, they are purchased by people who lack either the time or the skills to create them. All are things that could otherwise be made by the purchaser, but the purchaser willingly chooses to purchase them instead.
People around here need to get over the fact that just because it doesn't have physical inputs it isn't of any value. When you buy software or music, you are paying for the time needed to create it. Time has value for people that have jobs and lives. In many situations, people pay for the time it took to have something done. This includes writing software, making music, and even the guy that mows your lawn. All of these people give you time.
If you don't find value in what they are selling you, don't pay for it. You are not somehow entitled to just take what they are offering without paying. The free market works by purchasers choosing the best alternative, whether that is something of lesser cost or something of greater cost. Your option in this market is to go after software that is offered for free or music that is offered for free. There happens to be plenty of both.
Yes, and once you start using RPN, you can't imagine going without it. It's truly brilliant. Plus, anyone that borrows your calculator will give it right back because they can't use it.
There is one drawback - I have a hard time with "regular" calculators. I tend to lose numbers because I expect the RPN behavior of keeping my stack.