I think you should try to rename an ODF file to.zip and open it with your favourite dezipper. Actually 7zip just can open them fine by selecting "open archive"... An archive, a folder... practically the same... So Apple does the same as ODF, just less efficient;-)
People are realizing more and more that phones are the future of mp3 players
Someone really got to explain me that logic someday. Why in hell would I want to drain the battery of my cellphone by playing music with it. My cellphone easily lasts a week without a recharge, which is not something I can say about my shuffle. So, if I suddenly started to use my cellphone, I'd have to recharge it every day, or risk missing an important call.
I know most people claim "integration", but I think it's missing the point of specialized devices. My Zire 31 can play MP3s and has more than enough space to hold a few (1GB SD card), but I never use it to play MP3s.
Summa summarum: if I'd go on the "integration bandwagon", I'd like to have a device that can hold 1GB of songs (=my Shuffle), function as a PDA (=my Zire) and be usable over a week without a charge (=my cellphone). I don't think that I'm going to find such a beast. Oh, and don't let me begin about cameras in cellphones... I now see tourist taking pics with cellphone cams, as if it were as good as a 5 year old 2Megapixel camera with real optics. *sigh*
There's a bunch of new structures (foreach comes to mind, as do generics in Collections.), but if you know 1.3/1.4, then you'll be up to speed in no time.
My suggestion is run, don't walk, to your computer and buy these tracks,
Exactly what I was planning to do... Not at home right now, but I'll do it as soon as I'm there. The only thing that is not clear is, if it's also available to Europeans. iTunes didn't accept European credit cards in the beginning either.
I'm not a math-pro either, but just an idea.... If you divide any number (except 0), by zero you can take the limit of either side and you get -Inf or +Inf. Now, keep in mind that 0 divided by any number (except 0) is always 0: f(x)= x/0 = 0 (x element of R\{0}).
Now combine the two... By using the first statement (using limits), the result of 0/0 should be either -Inf or +Inf. By using the second statement the result should be 0... Somehow, thus, 0/0 should be -Inf, +Inf and 0 at once. Not that I see that as a problem, but hey, as I said: IANAMathematician.
1... 2... 3... Ah, there, is the mathematician with the Clueb *Ouch!*;-)
Except that none of these cars are even remotely often spotted on our roads. If you want to have an idea what Europeans drive, think VW Golf 1.9TDi, Peugeot 306SW HDi, Renault Sénic.... Oh, and that's for family cars for medium-income families. Higher income will go for a VW Passat, Audi A4, BMW 320. Heck, most people here at work that have a company car don't get something beyond and Audi A3, BMW Series 1.
The belgian guy (above) was exaggerating with his 2.4l figure. That's pretty much the *highest* you'll see in Europe. Most people drive diesels and the entry levels are 1.7l or 1.9l. Most people stay at the entry-level, anything beyond is too expensive.
I bought a gas guzzeler back when gas was still affordable (~0.7€/l or 3.50$/gallon at current exchange rates)and I pay dearly for it now. However, my "gas guzzler" is pretty much economic in the eyes of an American. 1.8l gas engine, doing approx 25mpg (~10l/100km). Replacing is out of the question, I don't have enough money and a company car will bring my gross salary about 700€ down.
Well, they might have changed it, but both Underrated and Overrated did impact on your karma back in the day. Of course, Funny once counted in your karma rating too, but it was changed. Thing is: Underrated and Overrated are not subject to metamoderation. Usually, a moderator uses either Underrated or Overrated if he knows he's making a bad/unfair moderation and doesn't want to get "judged" by meta-moderation.
Of course, I got an Overrated mod on my original comment. I should have known that someone was bound to do that. (Not that I care too much, I was at the 50 cap for ages and I never went below Excellent after that... )
I that case: stop making jokes and make insightful comments....
Funny mods are a curse: your post gets more visible, but you don't get any karma for them. However, because your post is now more visible the odds are that some humourless dolt mods you "Overrated" which ensures you lose karma. I like being funny on slashdot as the next guy, but you do it for the sake of humour, not for getting karma.
Yeah, I loved my Revo+. Sure, I still have it but the battery is dead. I recall using my Revo+ to read my email connected over IR to my cellphone. Sweet times.
Well, until it died of course... and took away a shitload of stuff that I hadn't backed up yet. That was of course my own fault, but well...
The PDA I had before that was a Psion Siena, which I got for free from someone that upgraded to a Series 5mx. Before the Siena, I had an Atari Portfolio... The Portfolio was one of the coolest devices that I ever had....
Look, I've got a nice Ricoh CL2000 with nice power management. It cost a lot of money, and it will have to last for another 5 years. So, I'm okay with power savings... but the 4M+ goes into power management too. You don't hear them, and they don't use much power when not used. I know, I was in an office where they had 4 of those powered continously.
Don't diss old "office printers", they are perfect for light-home usage.
Besides, I doubt your new PC uses less power than your old one. Especially not at peak usage, and your old one did have power managment features... So that won't make a difference.
T9 libraries are available in Dutch, English, French and German. That's not the problem. Just imagine, I'd want to message a German friend and then a French friend. I'd be switching T9 languages all the time, and changing the T9 language usually is somewhere in the phone config. That's the real problem, not the fact that the libraries aren't there. (Except for that odd exception, I mentioned, but one can work around that since most people that know that language at least know French and German)
T9 is only useful if you live in a single language country and if your languages are supported. I regulary sent messages in Dutch, French, German, English and even an odd language called "Luxembourgish". Unless I switch the T9 language on my phone for each SMS I want to send, it's completely useless to me. Luxembourgish doesn't have a T9 library, so for that one I have to disable it anyway.
Typing SMSes without T9 isn't all that hard with a bit training;-)
Probably only works for SMS sent between two phones on the same provider.
Nah, it works over different providers and even internationally. Or otherwhise, I must have been dreaming sending +500 char SMSes to Germany, France and Belgium.
Well, I run Windows XP and all software I use is either free as in beer or free as in speech. So, I payed zero for the software I run. (Okay, I donated to several Open Source projects, but technically I didn't have to)
It is perfectly possible to run a Windows machine and never pay for software and stay legit. I mean, who actually paid for Windows? Technically they did, but from a users perspective, it came with "the computer".
So, really, how much is a Win XP Pro license again? 150€ I think could shell that out without having too much problems, if I built my own PC. (Vista will be more expensive, I might think twice there but it will be much harder to pirate than Win XP)
Must be you... Never had any problems and I use P-III machines on a regular basis. Never had a problem with file associations. They are simply nice and let you choose yourself what associations you want, instead of grabbing the associations like every fucking commercial Windows application. It's right there, in the "Options" menu.
But, hey, if you want to pay for saving a few seconds occasionally (even if I never found that 7Zip was slow), and have less archives that you can open without having a second tool, feel free to do so.
As I see it, there are two problems with starting a software company:
Well, both you and I see these problems, but let me guess: you are just like me a seasoned developer that has been exposed to open source. I for one use open source products everywhere I can, even on windows. As an example: on my company machine I had a legit version of WinZip. I uninstalled it an installed 7zip instead. Why? Because, 7zip is free and does the job way better than WinZip.
However, there are so many young developers that only have been exposed to the Windows world and still think that their next software product will be a killer. Sure, in highly specialized sectors, you might be able to sell software. With "highly specialized", I mean software that is used by a very small consumer base: doctors for example. I had a discussion with a young not-yet-out-of-school developer who thought that he was going to sell software to the public. I tried to convince him that software is a dead end and that he should go for service if he really wanted to start his own company. He wouldn't listen. I wonder if he made it. I never heard of him and his software ever again....
Everytime I have a "killer idea", the first thing I do is see if there is an open source solution. 99% of the time, I find one that suits my needs. The other 1% of the time, it was usually a silly idea in the first place;-)
I have considered becoming a bus driver. Won't help your back ache, but it most certainly isn't badly paid where I live. My brother is a bus driver and he makes as much (if not more) than I did as a just-from-school computer science guy that went into the code monkey profession. (And that was in the height of the dot-com bubble, but I went for the "steady" job...)
Out of us two, he most certainly has the more interesting job.... On top of that he has no degree that is worthy of mention and had much more fun in his teens.
Don't laugh... Drivers weren't always free as in beer, and perhaps sometimes they still aren't (but I wouldn't know). We payed the Iomega Drivers for OS/2 to run our Bernouilli Box. It's a long time ago, but paying drivers did exist. (Perhaps it was just shipping, I don't know... I was a teenager, and it was my dads computer)
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I think you should try to rename an ODF file to .zip and open it with your favourite dezipper. Actually 7zip just can open them fine by selecting "open archive"... An archive, a folder... practically the same... So Apple does the same as ODF, just less efficient ;-)
People are realizing more and more that phones are the future of mp3 players
Someone really got to explain me that logic someday. Why in hell would I want to drain the battery of my cellphone by playing music with it. My cellphone easily lasts a week without a recharge, which is not something I can say about my shuffle. So, if I suddenly started to use my cellphone, I'd have to recharge it every day, or risk missing an important call.
I know most people claim "integration", but I think it's missing the point of specialized devices. My Zire 31 can play MP3s and has more than enough space to hold a few (1GB SD card), but I never use it to play MP3s.
Summa summarum: if I'd go on the "integration bandwagon", I'd like to have a device that can hold 1GB of songs (=my Shuffle), function as a PDA (=my Zire) and be usable over a week without a charge (=my cellphone). I don't think that I'm going to find such a beast. Oh, and don't let me begin about cameras in cellphones... I now see tourist taking pics with cellphone cams, as if it were as good as a 5 year old 2Megapixel camera with real optics. *sigh*
There's a bunch of new structures (foreach comes to mind, as do generics in Collections.), but if you know 1.3/1.4, then you'll be up to speed in no time.
My suggestion is run, don't walk, to your computer and buy these tracks,
Exactly what I was planning to do... Not at home right now, but I'll do it as soon as I'm there. The only thing that is not clear is, if it's also available to Europeans. iTunes didn't accept European credit cards in the beginning either.
Awel, ik zen inderdaad nen echten Oelewapper vandaag da kik da ni gezien hem.... ;-(
With apologies to our english speaking friends.
And everything is made easier in name of "everybody being equal", everybody "needs" equal access
Strange... Is that the same United States that hailed individuality and personal freedom?
Signed: a confused European.
I'm not a math-pro either, but just an idea.... If you divide any number (except 0), by zero you can take the limit of either side and you get -Inf or +Inf. Now, keep in mind that 0 divided by any number (except 0) is always 0: f(x)= x/0 = 0 (x element of R\{0}).
Now combine the two... By using the first statement (using limits), the result of 0/0 should be either -Inf or +Inf. By using the second statement the result should be 0... Somehow, thus, 0/0 should be -Inf, +Inf and 0 at once. Not that I see that as a problem, but hey, as I said: IANAMathematician.
1... 2... 3... Ah, there, is the mathematician with the Clueb *Ouch!* ;-)
Except that none of these cars are even remotely often spotted on our roads. If you want to have an idea what Europeans drive, think VW Golf 1.9TDi, Peugeot 306SW HDi, Renault Sénic.... Oh, and that's for family cars for medium-income families. Higher income will go for a VW Passat, Audi A4, BMW 320. Heck, most people here at work that have a company car don't get something beyond and Audi A3, BMW Series 1.
The belgian guy (above) was exaggerating with his 2.4l figure. That's pretty much the *highest* you'll see in Europe. Most people drive diesels and the entry levels are 1.7l or 1.9l. Most people stay at the entry-level, anything beyond is too expensive.
I bought a gas guzzeler back when gas was still affordable (~0.7€/l or 3.50$/gallon at current exchange rates)and I pay dearly for it now. However, my "gas guzzler" is pretty much economic in the eyes of an American. 1.8l gas engine, doing approx 25mpg (~10l/100km). Replacing is out of the question, I don't have enough money and a company car will bring my gross salary about 700€ down.
Well, they might have changed it, but both Underrated and Overrated did impact on your karma back in the day. Of course, Funny once counted in your karma rating too, but it was changed. Thing is: Underrated and Overrated are not subject to metamoderation. Usually, a moderator uses either Underrated or Overrated if he knows he's making a bad/unfair moderation and doesn't want to get "judged" by meta-moderation.
Of course, I got an Overrated mod on my original comment. I should have known that someone was bound to do that. (Not that I care too much, I was at the 50 cap for ages and I never went below Excellent after that... )
I that case: stop making jokes and make insightful comments....
Funny mods are a curse: your post gets more visible, but you don't get any karma for them. However, because your post is now more visible the odds are that some humourless dolt mods you "Overrated" which ensures you lose karma. I like being funny on slashdot as the next guy, but you do it for the sake of humour, not for getting karma.
Yeah, I loved my Revo+. Sure, I still have it but the battery is dead. I recall using my Revo+ to read my email connected over IR to my cellphone. Sweet times.
Well, until it died of course... and took away a shitload of stuff that I hadn't backed up yet. That was of course my own fault, but well...
The PDA I had before that was a Psion Siena, which I got for free from someone that upgraded to a Series 5mx. Before the Siena, I had an Atari Portfolio... The Portfolio was one of the coolest devices that I ever had....
That's why ebay was invented. Either buy one there for less, or alternatively, buy one new and sell it on ebay after usage to recoup the costs.
inefficient 4M+
Look, I've got a nice Ricoh CL2000 with nice power management. It cost a lot of money, and it will have to last for another 5 years. So, I'm okay with power savings... but the 4M+ goes into power management too. You don't hear them, and they don't use much power when not used. I know, I was in an office where they had 4 of those powered continously.
Don't diss old "office printers", they are perfect for light-home usage.
Besides, I doubt your new PC uses less power than your old one. Especially not at peak usage, and your old one did have power managment features... So that won't make a difference.
I have no problem not answering my wife if she calls me on my cellphone.
The problem is coming home and having a furious wife.... I'd rather pick up the phone and not have to deal with a fury in the evening ;-)
But, yes, I recall the sweet times that I didn't have a cellphone. Aaaah, those were the times.... ;-)
T9 libraries are available in Dutch, English, French and German. That's not the problem. Just imagine, I'd want to message a German friend and then a French friend. I'd be switching T9 languages all the time, and changing the T9 language usually is somewhere in the phone config. That's the real problem, not the fact that the libraries aren't there. (Except for that odd exception, I mentioned, but one can work around that since most people that know that language at least know French and German)
T9 is only useful if you live in a single language country and if your languages are supported. I regulary sent messages in Dutch, French, German, English and even an odd language called "Luxembourgish". Unless I switch the T9 language on my phone for each SMS I want to send, it's completely useless to me. Luxembourgish doesn't have a T9 library, so for that one I have to disable it anyway.
Typing SMSes without T9 isn't all that hard with a bit training ;-)
Probably only works for SMS sent between two phones on the same provider.
Nah, it works over different providers and even internationally. Or otherwhise, I must have been dreaming sending +500 char SMSes to Germany, France and Belgium.
Part of the job? I guess you don't have a wife and/or mother? ;-) Leash is pretty damn approriate.
Well, I run Windows XP and all software I use is either free as in beer or free as in speech. So, I payed zero for the software I run. (Okay, I donated to several Open Source projects, but technically I didn't have to)
It is perfectly possible to run a Windows machine and never pay for software and stay legit. I mean, who actually paid for Windows? Technically they did, but from a users perspective, it came with "the computer".
So, really, how much is a Win XP Pro license again? 150€ I think could shell that out without having too much problems, if I built my own PC. (Vista will be more expensive, I might think twice there but it will be much harder to pirate than Win XP)
Nobody in the U.S. things education is necessary anyway anymore.
Perfectly illustrated... *sigh*
Must be you... Never had any problems and I use P-III machines on a regular basis. Never had a problem with file associations. They are simply nice and let you choose yourself what associations you want, instead of grabbing the associations like every fucking commercial Windows application. It's right there, in the "Options" menu.
But, hey, if you want to pay for saving a few seconds occasionally (even if I never found that 7Zip was slow), and have less archives that you can open without having a second tool, feel free to do so.
As I see it, there are two problems with starting a software company:
Well, both you and I see these problems, but let me guess: you are just like me a seasoned developer that has been exposed to open source. I for one use open source products everywhere I can, even on windows. As an example: on my company machine I had a legit version of WinZip. I uninstalled it an installed 7zip instead. Why? Because, 7zip is free and does the job way better than WinZip.
However, there are so many young developers that only have been exposed to the Windows world and still think that their next software product will be a killer. Sure, in highly specialized sectors, you might be able to sell software. With "highly specialized", I mean software that is used by a very small consumer base: doctors for example. I had a discussion with a young not-yet-out-of-school developer who thought that he was going to sell software to the public. I tried to convince him that software is a dead end and that he should go for service if he really wanted to start his own company. He wouldn't listen. I wonder if he made it. I never heard of him and his software ever again....
Everytime I have a "killer idea", the first thing I do is see if there is an open source solution. 99% of the time, I find one that suits my needs. The other 1% of the time, it was usually a silly idea in the first place ;-)
Only open banking sites from bookmarks, never links!
Bookmarks good, links bad?
Meeeeeh!I have considered becoming a bus driver. Won't help your back ache, but it most certainly isn't badly paid where I live. My brother is a bus driver and he makes as much (if not more) than I did as a just-from-school computer science guy that went into the code monkey profession. (And that was in the height of the dot-com bubble, but I went for the "steady" job...)
Out of us two, he most certainly has the more interesting job.... On top of that he has no degree that is worthy of mention and had much more fun in his teens.
Don't laugh... Drivers weren't always free as in beer, and perhaps sometimes they still aren't (but I wouldn't know). We payed the Iomega Drivers for OS/2 to run our Bernouilli Box. It's a long time ago, but paying drivers did exist. (Perhaps it was just shipping, I don't know... I was a teenager, and it was my dads computer)