Office 2013 apps are desktop mode. Visio 2013 is desktop mode. Visual Studio 2012 is desktop mode. See a pattern here?
That Microsoft decided not to limit the market on their bread and butter apps to an OS that enterprises won't upgrade to for years even if it was a resounding success?
Exactly my point. So, if you were developing an application.. VLC for example.. you would be okay with taking a risk that the makers of win8 metro are not?
That software written before or built on software predating Metro might not be Metro? I know, I'm still waiting for Excel 2.0 to be a 32-bit Windows NT application.
Office 2013 was released 21 days before Win8. I believe they are intended to be run together.
Visual studio 2012 is what they want you to use to build metro apps with.
I'm a long time user of VLC. I use it on windows 8 currently. I don't want to see a metro version because metro apps are full screen only, and that's not for me. The regular VLC works just fine in win8 so basically they're raising money to more or less create a VLC skin...
On the other hand it could end up being the first metro app that's worth a flip. Every one I've tried so far has serious technical problems (for example Netflix and Skype).
As an aside, it's worth noting that even MS doesn't take metro seriously when it comes to actually selling applications. Office 2013 apps are desktop mode. Visio 2013 is desktop mode. Visual Studio 2012 is desktop mode. See a pattern here?
Exactly, what part of "anarchy" is not clear here? I wonder what it would be like to live in a world that simply relies and trusts in the goodness of your neighbors.
"sheeple" - If you think the government is bad now, it would be a lot worse if people who use that term had any real power.
I don't think our government's going to get any better or worse based solely on what words our elected officials use. I only say this based on over a decade in IT, where the names of everything have changed many, many times, but the problems haven't.
In that case you should be well aware that they're issues, not problems. Sheesh!
In the US and some other countries we have separation of church and state. That is not true of all countries. Israel is a Jewish country, it's not just a matter of that being the majority religion. Here's some throne room material to read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel
By the same token, Iran is a Islamic country (actually the name isn't really "Iran" it's "the Islamic republic of Iran". Here's more throne room material: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
He took a business risk trying to port the game to Windows RT and lost? Now he's crying about it? Great, yeah, it costs money to port things to new platforms. But that's why you do your research first! Hell, I'm not going around yelling how my non-existing game on Steam is selling bad!
But I know a thing or two about business and this is exactly why you research and don't cry about failed business decisions.
I agree, I mean based on the headline it sounds as though nearly every single user of RT purchased his game. What more could he want?
Problem is that many employers will say "yes" to sick time away from work. But years down the road promotions and opportunities will go to the employees who didn't go home sick. The only allowable solution is to hold employers liable if they permit sick employees to come to work and infect their coworkers or customers. Ambitious employees could end up attracting negative attention under such an environment if or when they try to conceal an illness just to get more facetime in the office. Of course, if they are genuinely ambitious and won't to prove their worth even when sick, then the work-from-home option is available to them.
In that model, an employee that successfully conceals an illness results in the employer losing money. It doesn't really solve the problem, though.
Actually it turns out we have a very long memory. We remembered gigabytes of data for several decades, as well as enough data about a machine we built decades ago to model it in excruciating detail, then used it to refine the calculations for a possible explanation for a miniscule discrepency in the speed of a relatively tiny object billions of miles away. I'd say that's pretty incredible.
Meanwhile most people can't figure out how to remember a secure password. How's that for contrast?
The crucial difference you seem to be missing is that this data was recorded on some medium. If you write down that secure password you won't forget it, and if you tried to remember all this data about the spacecraft it would be long gone.
Here's all the components I can think of using in the 80's, and what their function or lack thereof would be today:
Serial DB9 - I can still make these by hand! Definitely useful for many console RS232 equipment ports
Modems (v21/v22) - Doomsday is sure to come, always have a tinfoil hat, and dialup number at the ready
Many motherboards still ship with DB9 Serial ports. My Supermicro X8DAH+-f for example has one. I also keep my USRobotics Courier HST Dual Standard modem, mostly because I can't seem to part with something I paid so much for (no matter how useless it now is).
Pretty much, yeah. When you're one of the big guys in the prez' coterie, you get what you want, and Reid (D, NV) got what he wanted....of course, we still have to figure out where to put all the $#@%^! nuclear waste, but you know, at least Reid got what he wanted.
I propose we bury it in LA County, specifically Hollywood - earthquakes be damned.
The combination of the new nuclear waste and the human waste already stored there could form a singularity.
weve been stuck with a government that doesnt change since pretty much the end of the civil war. and that only slightly changed it from when the constitution was created in the first place. just look at how many useless parts of government there are... or how many parts dont make any sense at all... one of them for example is the electoral college.... which in the digital age is totally pointless.
There's a large percentage of Americans that think the problem is the government has changed far too much. Generally they're called "republicans". Right or wrong, there's clearly a huge disparity between this group and the group that shares your view. Personally, I think the division lends its-self to the idea that the country could be headed for a civil war.
The editing quality has really dropped around here since Taco left.
At Slashdot, "editing" or "editor" has an entirely different meaning than it does on other sites. There should be no expectations of quality, unless you simply enjoy disappointment.
Call quality of cellphones just is not sufficient for business teleconferences. People attending meetings with cellphones are frequently asked to drop rather than wasting many folks' time with "what? could you repeat that"
Cellphones are important too, but they're not quite a replacement for a landline in business.
Skype or other VOIP is fine, as long as you can access it from your location and your company does not forbid it. Many do, since it's trivial and legal to record audio from them unlike a land line telephone (in the US).
As for people not being able to figure out things like 3 way calling.... If I had someone that inept on my team they sure wouldn't be around long. Conference calling is something any elementary school child should be able to master in a few minutes.
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Office 2013 apps are desktop mode. Visio 2013 is desktop mode. Visual Studio 2012 is desktop mode. See a pattern here?
That Microsoft decided not to limit the market on their bread and butter apps to an OS that enterprises won't upgrade to for years even if it was a resounding success?
Exactly my point. So, if you were developing an application.. VLC for example.. you would be okay with taking a risk that the makers of win8 metro are not?
That software written before or built on software predating Metro might not be Metro? I know, I'm still waiting for Excel 2.0 to be a 32-bit Windows NT application.
Office 2013 was released 21 days before Win8. I believe they are intended to be run together.
Visual studio 2012 is what they want you to use to build metro apps with.
I'm a long time user of VLC. I use it on windows 8 currently. I don't want to see a metro version because metro apps are full screen only, and that's not for me. The regular VLC works just fine in win8 so basically they're raising money to more or less create a VLC skin...
On the other hand it could end up being the first metro app that's worth a flip. Every one I've tried so far has serious technical problems (for example Netflix and Skype).
As an aside, it's worth noting that even MS doesn't take metro seriously when it comes to actually selling applications. Office 2013 apps are desktop mode. Visio 2013 is desktop mode. Visual Studio 2012 is desktop mode. See a pattern here?
https://privatepaste.com/17c37f360e
"Try to determine if this is a person or a computer responding.","54041e7f42c444ce65298f70581d9b52""
what are those letters/numbers after every sentence?
Nasa's been trying to decode the language of the martians for a few years and that's as close as they've come to succeeding.
Exactly, what part of "anarchy" is not clear here? I wonder what it would be like to live in a world that simply relies and trusts in the goodness of your neighbors.
Ask your parents what it was like.
"sheeple" - If you think the government is bad now, it would be a lot worse if people who use that term had any real power.
I don't think our government's going to get any better or worse based solely on what words our elected officials use. I only say this based on over a decade in IT, where the names of everything have changed many, many times, but the problems haven't.
In that case you should be well aware that they're issues, not problems. Sheesh!
[Country] != [Majority Religion]
In the US and some other countries we have separation of church and state. That is not true of all countries. Israel is a Jewish country, it's not just a matter of that being the majority religion. Here's some throne room material to read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel
By the same token, Iran is a Islamic country (actually the name isn't really "Iran" it's "the Islamic republic of Iran". Here's more throne room material: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
So my point? He said "Israel" and Israel = Jews.
That you have to go picking at him like this? Really, this is the new classy Slashdot? Picking on Steve Jobs? Really?
Yeah, LEAVE BRITNEY SPEARS ALONE! err.. make that steve jobs. LEAVE STEVE JOBS ALONE!
Allow me to educate you with this link: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/lucid-gpu-graphics-thunderbolt-external,17520.html
If you didn't tell them, they'd never know you wanted doggy treat flavored condoms or condom shaped doggy treats.
He took a business risk trying to port the game to Windows RT and lost? Now he's crying about it? Great, yeah, it costs money to port things to new platforms. But that's why you do your research first! Hell, I'm not going around yelling how my non-existing game on Steam is selling bad! But I know a thing or two about business and this is exactly why you research and don't cry about failed business decisions.
I agree, I mean based on the headline it sounds as though nearly every single user of RT purchased his game. What more could he want?
Problem is that many employers will say "yes" to sick time away from work. But years down the road promotions and opportunities will go to the employees who didn't go home sick. The only allowable solution is to hold employers liable if they permit sick employees to come to work and infect their coworkers or customers. Ambitious employees could end up attracting negative attention under such an environment if or when they try to conceal an illness just to get more facetime in the office. Of course, if they are genuinely ambitious and won't to prove their worth even when sick, then the work-from-home option is available to them.
In that model, an employee that successfully conceals an illness results in the employer losing money. It doesn't really solve the problem, though.
Actually it turns out we have a very long memory. We remembered gigabytes of data for several decades, as well as enough data about a machine we built decades ago to model it in excruciating detail, then used it to refine the calculations for a possible explanation for a miniscule discrepency in the speed of a relatively tiny object billions of miles away. I'd say that's pretty incredible.
Meanwhile most people can't figure out how to remember a secure password. How's that for contrast?
The crucial difference you seem to be missing is that this data was recorded on some medium. If you write down that secure password you won't forget it, and if you tried to remember all this data about the spacecraft it would be long gone.
Too many !!
But were they "legitimate?"
I was merely pointing out that in this case, the obituary was good publicity.
Fortunately some of our laws were made during the brief time when the government was run by the people.
When was that? Or do you mean run by the people who were white male landowners who didn't pick the losing side in a recent war?
Yep, those are the ones I mean.
I think everyone knows that our governments hate freedom of speech.
Thank you, captain obvious. Fortunately some of our laws were made during the brief time when the government was run by the people.
Here's all the components I can think of using in the 80's, and what their function or lack thereof would be today: Serial DB9 - I can still make these by hand! Definitely useful for many console RS232 equipment ports Modems (v21/v22) - Doomsday is sure to come, always have a tinfoil hat, and dialup number at the ready
Many motherboards still ship with DB9 Serial ports. My Supermicro X8DAH+-f for example has one. I also keep my USRobotics Courier HST Dual Standard modem, mostly because I can't seem to part with something I paid so much for (no matter how useless it now is).
Pretty much, yeah. When you're one of the big guys in the prez' coterie, you get what you want, and Reid (D, NV) got what he wanted. ...of course, we still have to figure out where to put all the $#@%^! nuclear waste, but you know, at least Reid got what he wanted.
I propose we bury it in LA County, specifically Hollywood - earthquakes be damned.
The combination of the new nuclear waste and the human waste already stored there could form a singularity.
weve been stuck with a government that doesnt change since pretty much the end of the civil war. and that only slightly changed it from when the constitution was created in the first place. just look at how many useless parts of government there are... or how many parts dont make any sense at all... one of them for example is the electoral college.... which in the digital age is totally pointless.
There's a large percentage of Americans that think the problem is the government has changed far too much. Generally they're called "republicans". Right or wrong, there's clearly a huge disparity between this group and the group that shares your view. Personally, I think the division lends its-self to the idea that the country could be headed for a civil war.
"There is no such thing as bad publicity..."
"...except your own obituary." -- Brendan Behan
Jesus Christ disagrees.
Think MPAA. ;-)
If the MPAA had been around 300 million years ago human communication might not have evolved past cave carvings.
News for nerds, stuff that matters. Not news for zealots, stuff that might matter.
Mind you, they occasionally fail at the former, but this isn't one of those cases. It's news for nerds, and it matters.
Yeah, that whole science thing. Not for nerds - amirite?
The editing quality has really dropped around here since Taco left.
At Slashdot, "editing" or "editor" has an entirely different meaning than it does on other sites. There should be no expectations of quality, unless you simply enjoy disappointment.
Call quality of cellphones just is not sufficient for business teleconferences. People attending meetings with cellphones are frequently asked to drop rather than wasting many folks' time with "what? could you repeat that"
Cellphones are important too, but they're not quite a replacement for a landline in business.
Skype or other VOIP is fine, as long as you can access it from your location and your company does not forbid it. Many do, since it's trivial and legal to record audio from them unlike a land line telephone (in the US).
As for people not being able to figure out things like 3 way calling.... If I had someone that inept on my team they sure wouldn't be around long. Conference calling is something any elementary school child should be able to master in a few minutes.