Like any good developer I'm ignoring what the customer asked for and trying to figure out what they need.;)
You want to be able to write to the card at more than 1.0 speed. Here's some random thoughts:
1. Have you tried a different reader? Fry's sells them for as little as $7.99 (Sorry, couldn't resist that one.) 2. Have you tried a different class of device? How about formatting in a camera or PDA and see if that allows you to then read/write at the faster speed on a PC. 3. Can you return or exchange it as defective? If it isn't transferring at the advertised rate then that assumption can be made. See if they can get to full speed at Fry's. 4. You didn't mention what versions of Ubuntu you tried, but is it current? How about Windows 7 or a live CD of another distro? (see #1)
Of all the ba-jillion cards out there the fact that you've had problems with two of them with the symptoms you describe makes me think the problem might be on your end. Just a guess. Either way, good luck.
Give him the choice between: A. Writing pseudocode to mow a yard and see if *you* can "execute" it; or B. Mow the yard himself. Bonus: Either one can generate a living wage.
Bingo! I purchased (and returned) a Windows 7 based netbook. Touch screen & finger does not equal mouse. The problem is the OS is built from the ground up to *not* be touchscreen friendly. Using a finger to poke at a narrow scrollbar on a 7" screen is a deal breaker for me.
I'm concerned that Reader and Flash will facilitate making my PC part of that attack on the government. And if Joshua taught me anything it was to instead play a nice game of chess. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086567/
From TFA and two links deep, the NY Times posted this clarification.
"So I went back to Mr. von Tetzchner for more details. He said that the development of the iPhone browser was more an "internal project" of some engineers than a product that management was committed to introducing. Indeed, development was halted after the company looked at the details of the license agreement in Apple's software development kit and realized that it would not be permitted. " 'We stopped the work because of the prohibitive license," Mr. von Tetzchner wrote in an e-mail message.' "
I love that the discussion is all over the place in true/. fashion (because some of the most interesting points are sidebar discussions). However, if it isn't advertised and the summary is vauge how am I supposed to know how far to twist my knickers? I use a Tivo which uses an IR blaster to change the set-top box. No Comcast P/DVR. My assumption is that Tivo appears to the set-top box no differently than a third party remote control. So is the Anonymous submission saying I can't change my channels? I seriously don't even know enough to start a search other than "Comcast $ucks" which will return far to many hits...
Until China learns how to act as responsible Internet citizens, I'll continue to blackhole as many of Chinese subnets as I can find both at work and home. Spam, malware, and every kind of crap comes from China, and I don't do business with any Chinese, so it's a no-brainer
I think a senior who has never used a computer before is still going to be confused by the finer details. I mean "What's a hyperlink?" "How do I make text bigger in iWork"? "How do I print?"
Actually, those concepts are more technical than is required for these devices. When you look at the apps (New York Times, for example), there are no hyperlinks. You tap with your finger and the article opens. Tap a picture to make it bigger. Slide to turn a page (like a book). To make it smaller you pinch. To make it bigger you do whatever the opposite of pinch is. It is very intuitive and natural. When all else fails, push the one button on the front and you get back home. Now all they need is an Clapper app to do that.
...it just seems ridiculous to not include USB ports.
Why stop there? How about a serial port for a GPS, a parallel port for a printer, or an IR port to sync an Palm. It's hard to win. Some folks like the legacy and some don't. For this particular discussion I'm on the side of smaller, lighter, and less power consumption (considering wifi and Bluetooth are built in).
The majority of posts here (and the article) accuse Microsoft of putting "profit over all else". However, when you do so you should also participate or risk becoming a Limousine Liberal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limousine_liberal. The easiest thing to do is stop buying items "Made in China". The harder part is to research each product you buy to determine how much Chinese labor/goods / profits are in that item. Some tech items are straightforward (Lenovo laptops and Cisco providing equipment to the Great Firewall), but according to CNN it isn't easy for consumers http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/07/26/china.products/index.html (50% of apple juice for example).
When you take a stand against Microsoft for their business practices in regard to Chinese rights then you should apply that standard across the board and avoid the businesses and products that conflict with your beliefs./soapbox
It's always nice to see companies following local laws.
Also from the article: "This section relies largely or entirely upon a single source. Please help improve this article by introducing appropriate citations of additional sources. (February 2010)"
by WhatAmIDoingHere (742870) writes: Alter Relationship sexwithanimals@gmail.com on Wednesday March 24, @04:15PM (#31605220) Homepage
There's a local hospital near me that added all the fancy iPhone stuff to their email system. One person uses an iPhone. Everyone else uses a Blackberry.
I was going to ask about "fancy iPhone stuff" until I saw the relationship between your user name / e-mail address / post involving a local hospital.
... or read the book "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair.
This goes much further than hiring a 15 year old. Here's a couple of excerpts:
"The minimum age for employment or work shall be 15 years of age, the minimum age for employment in that country, or the age for completing compulsory education in that country, whichever is higher." - It is the local standards enforced.
"Except in emergency or unusual situations, a workweek shall be restricted to 60 hours, including overtime, and workers shall take at least one day off every seven-days. All overtime shall be voluntary."
It goes on an on to specify things like safety guards on equipment, safety clothing, drinking water, toilets, etc. Things I've had even at my worst job.
Here's a generic description: "A sweatshop is a workplace where workers are subjected to extreme exploitation, including the lack of a living wages or benefits, poor and dangerous working conditions, and harsh and unnecessary discipline, such as verbal and physical abuse. Sweatshop workers are paid less than their daily expenses, thus they are never able to save any money to invest in their futures. They are trapped in a never-ending cycle (Embar, pars. 2-5)." and "Children between the ages of 10 to 16 are working up to 14 hours a day in factories in Shenzhen. It was also recorded that girls work in awful conditions for 13 to 14 hours a day from 7 a.m.- 10 p.m. with two one-hour breaks. "
More accurate, anyway. At any rate, I'll believe something has changed when I can talk to somebody who's not in India, knows something, can make a decision and can understand words like "I measured the Comcast line signal strengh for the last 24 hours and it dipped to just above zero 7 times in that period for a total of 95.4 minutes of non-functioning internet time so GET AN ENGINEER TO YOUR SWITCH AND DON'T SENT OUT THE LOCAL DUMBASS AGAIN."
While many of the comments (in the overall thread) are funny, I don't think they reflect reality. Sure, I would like to have more of a choice but that is a different issue.
I've been with Comcast for many years and I've never spoken to off-shore support. I suppose a quick Google would find if they do or not. Last week I was having trouble using VPN from home. I called Comcast and the call started as voice response which normally ticks me off, but after I told it "Internet" and "I cannot connect" my cable modem reset. Wow. After a few more seconds I was transferred to a live technician who gave me some technical information about my connection. He wasn't local but sometimes they are. In most every case I've discovered they are usually bored techies and enjoy talking to technical customers about the various pieces and will devulge detailed information.
The last physical visit to my home was for TV/Internet connection issues and they replaced every piece of equipment between my TV and the box on the telephone pole (I have a long run to the pole). The guys were local, intelligent, and new a heck of a lot about what they were doing including measuring signal strength as compared to cable modem proximity to my wireless router (Belkin - I'll get back with my first wife before I buy another one of your wireless routers, and Motorola - It's called shielding).
My town has various "depots" around town where you can go in and pick up/drop off equipment and talk to people face to face. The line moves fast and the folks there are a hoot. Sure, they want to sell you stuff and I keep saying "no". I have basic cable (only analog channels below 32) and Internet service.
So maybe your issues are regional or closer to home. Or maybe they are based on a previous experience. I do know that for a company that can tell me to bugger off they treat me well.
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Like any good developer I'm ignoring what the customer asked for and trying to figure out what they need. ;)
You want to be able to write to the card at more than 1.0 speed. Here's some random thoughts:
1. Have you tried a different reader? Fry's sells them for as little as $7.99 (Sorry, couldn't resist that one.)
2. Have you tried a different class of device? How about formatting in a camera or PDA and see if that allows you to then read/write at the faster speed on a PC.
3. Can you return or exchange it as defective? If it isn't transferring at the advertised rate then that assumption can be made. See if they can get to full speed at Fry's.
4. You didn't mention what versions of Ubuntu you tried, but is it current? How about Windows 7 or a live CD of another distro? (see #1)
Of all the ba-jillion cards out there the fact that you've had problems with two of them with the symptoms you describe makes me think the problem might be on your end. Just a guess. Either way, good luck.
Give him the choice between: A. Writing pseudocode to mow a yard and see if *you* can "execute" it; or B. Mow the yard himself. Bonus: Either one can generate a living wage.
10 REM Hello World in BASIC
20 PRINT "Hello World!"
Also, please teach him to hate Java and Flash. I'd consider it a personal favor.
Bingo! I purchased (and returned) a Windows 7 based netbook. Touch screen & finger does not equal mouse. The problem is the OS is built from the ground up to *not* be touchscreen friendly. Using a finger to poke at a narrow scrollbar on a 7" screen is a deal breaker for me.
Windows tablets have been available forever, and nobody much bought them.
Yeah, but to be fair, Europe's repeat sales didn't meet expectations while their distribution channel utilized Vikings for delivery.
AFAICT, the only biological attacks in the USA have been made by Federal employees.
Google is a good substitute if you can't actually go outside: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_go1613/is_2_16/ai_n29353152/ Unfortunately, when looking at an overrated post there is no good substitute for no mod points.
I recently forced my sister and her husband on to Opera because they kept getting new spyware every month.
Methinks the problem is not their browser.
I'm concerned that Reader and Flash will facilitate making my PC part of that attack on the government. And if Joshua taught me anything it was to instead play a nice game of chess. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086567/
From TFA and two links deep, the NY Times posted this clarification.
"So I went back to Mr. von Tetzchner for more details. He said that the development of the iPhone browser was more an "internal project" of some engineers than a product that management was committed to introducing. Indeed, development was halted after the company looked at the details of the license agreement in Apple's software development kit and realized that it would not be permitted.
" 'We stopped the work because of the prohibitive license," Mr. von Tetzchner wrote in an e-mail message.' "
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/03/why-you-will-not-see-opera-on-your-iphone/
The rejection was an assumption. Now you even know more.
Enroll early, and avoid the rush!
You insensitive clod! http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/04/12/225248/Red-Light-Camera-Ticket-Revenue-and-Short-Yellows?art_pos=3
I didn't read the article or the summary. The title was plenty.
I didn't read the article, the summary, or the title and you're both wrong.
I love that the discussion is all over the place in true /. fashion (because some of the most interesting points are sidebar discussions). However, if it isn't advertised and the summary is vauge how am I supposed to know how far to twist my knickers? I use a Tivo which uses an IR blaster to change the set-top box. No Comcast P/DVR. My assumption is that Tivo appears to the set-top box no differently than a third party remote control. So is the Anonymous submission saying I can't change my channels? I seriously don't even know enough to start a search other than "Comcast $ucks" which will return far to many hits...
Until China learns how to act as responsible Internet citizens, I'll continue to blackhole as many of Chinese subnets as I can find both at work and home. Spam, malware, and every kind of crap comes from China, and I don't do business with any Chinese, so it's a no-brainer
Well, since more SPAM comes from the US I assume you'll block those subnets too? http://www.spamhaus.org/statistics/countries.lasso
Also, in March the US was the source of most malware, but since you already have that blocked for SPAM you should also block Korea who for some reason in the month of April took the lead. http://www.infosecurity-us.com/view/8547/korea-reigns-as-king-of-malware-threats-/
In regard to China learning how to act as responsible Internet citizens, you are not leading by example.
I think a senior who has never used a computer before is still going to be confused by the finer details. I mean "What's a hyperlink?" "How do I make text bigger in iWork"? "How do I print?"
Actually, those concepts are more technical than is required for these devices. When you look at the apps (New York Times, for example), there are no hyperlinks. You tap with your finger and the article opens. Tap a picture to make it bigger. Slide to turn a page (like a book). To make it smaller you pinch. To make it bigger you do whatever the opposite of pinch is. It is very intuitive and natural. When all else fails, push the one button on the front and you get back home. Now all they need is an Clapper app to do that.
...it just seems ridiculous to not include USB ports.
Why stop there? How about a serial port for a GPS, a parallel port for a printer, or an IR port to sync an Palm. It's hard to win. Some folks like the legacy and some don't. For this particular discussion I'm on the side of smaller, lighter, and less power consumption (considering wifi and Bluetooth are built in).
People, snap out of it. Its just a tablet computer. They have been around for over 10 years and they have never been all that special.
They are now. I've never spotted a tablet computer in the wild, and now people are buying them like they're made out of Soylent Green.
The majority of posts here (and the article) accuse Microsoft of putting "profit over all else". However, when you do so you should also participate or risk becoming a Limousine Liberal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limousine_liberal. The easiest thing to do is stop buying items "Made in China". The harder part is to research each product you buy to determine how much Chinese labor /goods / profits are in that item. Some tech items are straightforward (Lenovo laptops and Cisco providing equipment to the Great Firewall), but according to CNN it isn't easy for consumers http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/07/26/china.products/index.html (50% of apple juice for example).
When you take a stand against Microsoft for their business practices in regard to Chinese rights then you should apply that standard across the board and avoid the businesses and products that conflict with your beliefs. /soapbox
It's always nice to see companies following local laws.
Also from the article:
"This section relies largely or entirely upon a single source. Please help improve this article by introducing appropriate citations of additional sources. (February 2010)"
Also, IBM's response:
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/828.wss
Would have posted earlier but /. was slow.
Thanks for stealing my Slashdot story submission.
by WhatAmIDoingHere (742870) writes: Alter Relationship sexwithanimals@gmail.com on Wednesday March 24, @04:15PM (#31605220) Homepage
There's a local hospital near me that added all the fancy iPhone stuff to their email system. One person uses an iPhone. Everyone else uses a Blackberry.
I was going to ask about "fancy iPhone stuff" until I saw the relationship between your user name / e-mail address / post involving a local hospital.
"maryimmaculate" and "Virgin Broadband" can be combined and counted as 12.
I assumed for a while that they're symptoms/carriers of some kind of malware, but didn't really worry about it since I don't use Windows.
Bravo, Slashot, for again working a Windows slam into an unrelated topic. The guy who constantly mentions that he doesn't own a TV is proud: http://www.theonion.com/articles/area-man-constantly-mentioning-he-doesnt-own-a-tel,429/
... or read the book "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair.
This goes much further than hiring a 15 year old. Here's a couple of excerpts:
"The minimum age for employment or work shall be 15 years of age, the minimum age for employment in that
country, or the age for completing compulsory education in that country, whichever is higher." - It is the local standards enforced.
"Except in emergency or unusual situations, a workweek shall be restricted to 60 hours,
including overtime, and workers shall take at least one day off every seven-days. All overtime
shall be voluntary."
It goes on an on to specify things like safety guards on equipment, safety clothing, drinking water, toilets, etc. Things I've had even at my worst job.
Here's a generic description: "A sweatshop is a workplace where workers are subjected to extreme exploitation, including the lack of a living wages or benefits, poor and dangerous working conditions, and harsh and unnecessary discipline, such as verbal and physical abuse. Sweatshop workers are paid less than their daily expenses, thus they are never able to save any money to invest in their futures. They are trapped in a never-ending cycle (Embar, pars. 2-5)." and "Children between the ages of 10 to 16 are working up to 14 hours a day in factories in Shenzhen. It was also recorded that girls work in awful conditions for 13 to 14 hours a day from 7 a.m.- 10 p.m. with two one-hour breaks. "
...is that the rootkit's version went from 3.25 (unpatched) to 3.26 (patched). That's a lot of versions we didn't know about.
More accurate, anyway. At any rate, I'll believe something has changed when I can talk to somebody who's not in India, knows something, can make a decision and can understand words like "I measured the Comcast line signal strengh for the last 24 hours and it dipped to just above zero 7 times in that period for a total of 95.4 minutes of non-functioning internet time so GET AN ENGINEER TO YOUR SWITCH AND DON'T SENT OUT THE LOCAL DUMBASS AGAIN."
While many of the comments (in the overall thread) are funny, I don't think they reflect reality. Sure, I would like to have more of a choice but that is a different issue.
I've been with Comcast for many years and I've never spoken to off-shore support. I suppose a quick Google would find if they do or not. Last week I was having trouble using VPN from home. I called Comcast and the call started as voice response which normally ticks me off, but after I told it "Internet" and "I cannot connect" my cable modem reset. Wow. After a few more seconds I was transferred to a live technician who gave me some technical information about my connection. He wasn't local but sometimes they are. In most every case I've discovered they are usually bored techies and enjoy talking to technical customers about the various pieces and will devulge detailed information.
The last physical visit to my home was for TV/Internet connection issues and they replaced every piece of equipment between my TV and the box on the telephone pole (I have a long run to the pole). The guys were local, intelligent, and new a heck of a lot about what they were doing including measuring signal strength as compared to cable modem proximity to my wireless router (Belkin - I'll get back with my first wife before I buy another one of your wireless routers, and Motorola - It's called shielding).
My town has various "depots" around town where you can go in and pick up/drop off equipment and talk to people face to face. The line moves fast and the folks there are a hoot. Sure, they want to sell you stuff and I keep saying "no". I have basic cable (only analog channels below 32) and Internet service.
So maybe your issues are regional or closer to home. Or maybe they are based on a previous experience. I do know that for a company that can tell me to bugger off they treat me well.