At times I forget to send them in. What should happen is the selling company, should take it upon themselves to handle the rebate for you in store, instead of you dealing with the nonsense paper trail of it.
Part of the problem is we aren't thought how to think about money. I would recommend "Personal Finances for Dummies". It's a good book that teaches you the fundamental understanding of how to view your money, and how to view life in terms of spending your cash.
For example, do you go to starbuck's every morning for that cup of $3 coffee every working day? If so, you will spend $15 a week (assuming you purchase only one cup a day). You spend about $345 a year. You could go for the cheaper coffee of course. Once you understand the way of life when it comes to your money, you will understand. Do you buy the P4/5Ghz machine when it comes out, or do you wait 6 months when it's reduced in price. No matter, there's high likelihood that in either case, you will get the same return from the item, unless of course you're during real time 3d rendering or something computationaly intensive.
One thing to definitely learn early is "compound interest". Put your money into an IRA or something equivalent for retirement and watch your money grow. That's one of the greatest things about this country.
I'll leave it at that, the best thing for you to do is read up on it. Learn for yourself first hand.
go for something that embodies you two as a unity, don't worry about tradition (gold and diamonds). Symbolize it with words and/or design or some metal that can also function as a sundial, or a compass, or something functional. Be different.
You haven't detailed the evils these tools pose to the users. As others have said already on the comments, check to see if they are violating any privacy agreements your site has in place.
If the software works, why reinvent the wheel? In some way, they just said you valuable time but not having you build something inhouse that's already available. If they are comfortable with it, then good.
I'm curious what you describe as being evil. If it helps to keep a site up and running, more efficiently if your companies main source of revenue is from the ads, then what's wrong with that? I prefer getting ads that are targetted to my interest. We all know a majority of us will not fill out a form of turn-ons/offs as for what we're interested in. Instead, user tracking is fine, as long as the site doesn't violate my privacy.
Also, I hope your complaint isn't about why they didn't decide to build it inhouse instead, then that just sounds more like a programmer's power struggle.
I feel you can do both. There is an importance for all involved to know what is it that the application should do before a line of code is started. It's like taking a road trip, I'm going from point A to point B along this route. But somewhere along the route I learn that one of the exits I was supposed to take was closed due to unforeseen events, so I take a short cut, it adds some time to my trip. I get back on course, and learn from someone along the way (you have to take a pitstop everyonce in awhile) that there's a short cut, I take it and save time.
Ultimately, everyone knew where we were heading, what we needed to do to get there, and how to compensate for unforeseen events. The same thing can apply to software design. You need to know your overall goal. That overall goal will never be the same as it will be when it's done, because we are creatures of trial and error. If you're building something for the first time that's never existed before, there's bound to be some changes. You probably won't drastically differ from the overall idea; ie: making a RTS game instead of the original idea of a turn-based rpg, unless the market just one accept it. Remember, we are creatures of trial and error. Somethings work the first time, and sometimes they don't. And when they don't you take a different approach to make it work.
I've worked in a situation where we built an in-house shopping cart system with user-filled products for a wholesale market place. Once we built it, we ran into something unexpected, we didn't account for item types. Sure we had the name of the item, the description, but we had no way to say in the system that a 'cap' and a 'hat' were the same. The shopping cart did everything as requested from the overview, but that one glitch, prevented a more enhanced search system.
As for building things that are already out of date, we still use software that is years old, does it mean that it's out of date? Well if you wish to equate the original planned designed to the outcome of the product, then yes it's true, but just because something might be out of date in that respect, doesn't mean it's out of use. So I'm not entirely sold on the out of date argument.
The main thing is to ensure everyone knows the following:
all individuals know the overview of the product, timeframes, and who is doing what in a general sense.
project managers have a good ear (figuratively speaking) and a knowledge for the technology, since that will be your point person with everyone. I think it's imperative to have a tech person with many years of experience as the PM since they have been in the programmer role and have a very good understanding of what's going on. If this person can get to know more than just what the thing does, such as howit works, then that person can help to identify any potential problems that might arise in other development areas.
code review, alot of people agree with it, but very few do it. "code review takes time" well fixing bugs or seeing wacky coding takes time as well, and if you get it right the first time and not rush it, then you should be ahead of the game. this can also be done with extreme programming with paired workers
have a road map available at all times. I've seen places with no clear map written down, and just general stuff floating around. I'm at least seeing user storys used, but those user stories should be feed into a larger document that details the project in all
have a list of everyone's skill sets available, making it easier to identify someone who might be familiar with a particular library, or personal experience
one other suggestion I would throw in:
It might help to rotate the members around a bit with different job assignments. For example, One person might work on fixing bugs, the other on adding features; flip the rolls, and have the two talk with each other about their processes in the job function and see if they learn from each other.
and most importantly, do the bar thing. it sees that thursdays works out best for people. you can all swap previous work condition stories. like "I remember when we had this one programmer who would store ALL OF THE USER'S DATA INCLUDING THEIR CREDIT CARD NUMBER in an unencrypted cookie, and my supervisor wouldn't fire him because he owned (as in responsible) the code for the registration."
doh! danm those april fool's submissions. But if parrot was a joke that become reality, it's still possible for someone to ask the slashdot community about their tongue, and show up on the cnn site for winning millions of dollars from a dentist for malpractice.
As the plaintiff walks out of the court house, with the verdict in his favor, he screams out loud "yhes, reams weely cumm truuu" while splatting spit on the crowd.
Why is it people think it's ok to ask the general public for advice? Look, you're seriously better off asking a doctor/dentist who isn't affiliated to the dentist who did the work, AND a lawyer who specializes in malpractice.
If you think asking a general populice would help, it probably won't. You will get a mixture of rights, wrongs and half truths. Go to a certifible source and get a real answer.
There are a number of options out there for this, and it make take care of the text rendering on the screen, and you can print from them as well. You can even read pdfs on some handhelds as well (I can on my zaurus).
I would recommend this route if you know some programming and you should be able to piece something together.
The size of the email limit is dependant on the job role of the person of the email account.
For example, a developer who primarily communicates with his peers in-house, and typically no one else, would only require a 5M account.
A sales/marketing person will need a much larger account because of the clients/customers they deal with. They usually have word docs/presentations coming from many resources. They are sending excel sheets and other files. Overall a sales/marketing erson will need an account the size of 25M.
I do agree with the idea that they might want to consider using a FTP account. Unforunately, those who are not techno savvy, might not like the idea, because it's something else they have to learn, and there's also te security issue involved; some individuals receive files that are not meant for others to see.
I would say look at the role of the person. Evaluate what their role is, and who they deal with often. Employees who deal with lots of clients need large email accounts, there's no way around it.
In my previous job, I had a similar situation. We had no admins, I doubled up as the unofficial sysadmin for the company. All the users ran Win98. The solution I came up with was to use a linux server with a large enough harddrive for file sharing, and setup up the linux box as a PDC using samba.
The main trick is to replace their "My Documents" folder to point to their personal directory on the file server. Remind the users to store all their files in that folder, and that should take care of backup issues, since many ppl do that already. Just ensure you have a good backup method for the file server. I don't recommend a CD Burner =) Have the company go out and get a tape backup.
Overall it shouldn't be too complez to setup, just a bit time consuming to setup/test. Have fun.
I decided to go to Alaska/Vancouver this past summer and enjoyed it. The lack of net access was a plus, but I did want to at least have access on board. The good thing, the cruise line, Royal Carribean, does have net access.
The downside of their net access be listed: - slow access, similar to a 56k modem. - has to use their equipment setup, could not use my laptop. - had to use their intergrated desktop envirnoment which is designed to charge the used by the minute, using your cabin card. - i could only use an older version of IE at the time which did not have java support.
The way I got around this was to use VNC viewer to connect to my office machine, and use what software I needed to on that side such as my email and instant messengaging clients.
Another thing to note is that some ports of call do have net access. I can recall 3 cities on my trip with their own net access. There could have been more, but I wasn't looking for them. They were usually in near plain site, because of the tourists.
If this is not up to your liking, then I would say bring your own satellite hardware. But if you're on vacation, then keep it that way. Enjoy the vacation and pretend you don't have access. That's pretty much what I did.
Think about it like this, if you hobby looks more important, or time consuming than your relationship, then you might be a geek.
Seriously speaking, you need to know when it becomes too much. Keep it to a closet or something. My girlfriend knows I'm a geek, but I know when a CAT5 network with dual access points per room, AND BATHROOM ports are a bit much. When you begin to look obsessed, that's when they run. Try to spend some time in her shoes and ask, 'is this a bit much'. The access point in the bathroom is a definite hell yea. And when you're in a relationship, you now have to think about the two of you. It isn't just your place, it's a place where you both live. The same way I'm sure you wouldn't like to see "Hello Kitty" items all over the place, I'm sure she wouldn't like to see routers/firewalls/switches/boxes all over.
Now maybe you installed access points that didn't match the color of the bathroom towels. That could easily be fixed by using cermaic plated switches, modfied for CAT5, and let her paint it. =)
If you want a system that is easy for all, then using a convention on the name of the user will be helpful. You don't want to create double-duty for the admins, and a scheme where the forgetful users ask the same question about an obstructed convention.
But if you're concerned about security, then you need to think about something else. Anytime you have a converntion system, there is always a possibility of security risk. Look at all the credit card companies, who use their algorithms to make unique numbers, that we can download code off the net to test, and create our own 'fake' numbers. So once you have a convention, there is always the potential for security risk.
If you want to ensure security, you might want to look into something like SecureID, or using time based logins, or some other stuff.
I've done this a few times so far, where I've had a 4 hr class talking about Linux. If you have 2 days (assumming 16 hours), then you definitely can cover alot more. One concern I have is crash courses can be alot to absorb, especially if you have GUI-centric users, trying to learn CLI.
My recommendations are based on the idea that your MS ppl are only used to MS, and may barely have any knowledge of other systems, and from what I've done so far in my 4hr classes.
My recommendations would be: - Command Line Interface: the understanding that this CLI is NOT DOS; this CLI is way more powerful than DOS could ever be. Use Bash, since it offers a nice set of features. Show them Piping Redirection, Job control, Multiple terminals, the bare essential CLI programs. - File system structure (use the analogy describing the difference between Windows 3 level structure, and linux 2 level structure), how mounting works, and file permissions. - The various file systems, and their benefits. - Understanding of what the Linux Kernel is and what are Linux Distrobutions. - Understanding of GNU and GPL. - The various major applications for Linux: Apache/Email/Databases/Samba/etc. with some concentration on LAMP (Linux/Apache/MySql/PostGreSQL/PHP/Perl) - Some of the more interesting projects like the Linux Terminal Server. - The GUI environment, describing it using the analogy of Windows 3.1/DOS to establish the base fundamentalism. Then get into details of how it works. The different Window managers, and the Desktop Envirnoments. Some of the office apps available on Linux. How to do configuration with GUI apps such as Linuxconf, Webmin, and the various other pieces that are installed. - Understanding of/etc/rc*,/etc/inittab, runlevels, how to get into single user mode. - Some troubleshooting items. Disk recover, adding more harddrives, altering partitions. - Might even want to show a dual boot setup.
Overall there will be a limit to what you can cover in two days. Everything else they can learn on their own, as long as you give them the essentials to get up and running.
I've worked in an envirnoment where I've experienced both the shared space and the cubicle setup. I personally prefer some level of privacy when I work, to allow for better focus on work. Part of the problem with an shared office is the numerous distractions: - Noise from other works: russling about / conversations & phone calls - Visual changes: things moving about from others - Personal space: people like a level of isolation when they work. - Personal hygiene: THIS I MUST EMPHASIZED. I've had a few workers, both visa and local workers, who at times may have a smell about themselves. Had one person who had such a smell that it would make me twitch.
I would recommend a shared office/space because it allows for better and faster communication, but definitely use some level of partitions, so that it is a combination of a cube and a shared envirnoment. Air fresheners are highly recommended, in this setup as well.
It's good to see someone keeping note of all the dotcom and regular company blunders of the past 3 years. Some of the items on this list I haven't even heard of. I just wish the list had all the names of every single exec involved in some of these ridiculous decisions, so that I don't work for them at some point in the future... when I can find a job. =)
I was expecting some typical geek/nerd related news. Congrats on the wedding.
Now since you have stolen a news slot from my daily reading, I'm expecting to now see an update to this when the wedding happens, and a website with webcam so it can feel the/. effect.
This box coupled with an LCD monitor would be a pretty cost efficient on power consumption. The SV24's power supply gives about 150W of power, which is about 80-100 less then a typical box system. As for the monitor, a 17" LCD monitor consumes 50W of power, while a CRT equivalent consumes 80-95W.
A saturated market of competition, stock holders wanting to see revenue increase every year, and customers willing to spend but so much... don't these companies realize you can only get but so much milk from the cow? Granted this story is an example of a much larger problem in our economy, but these excessive options we have between 300 tv channels between broadcast tv/cable/satellite, all the radio stations, along with the new satellite radio stations (1 currently available, 1 on the way), it's a bit much.
If there wasn't a saturated market of competition, we would get better quality programming, instead of filler quantity garbage. There would also be no need for trimming of programming allowing for more commercials. But until businesses and the world at large realizes this, I guess we are forced to deal with these business methods to maximize their profits, and to drain our pockets.
Unfortunately I don't know of any practicular resources specific to storage, but here is an old link about the IBM harddrive problems reported earlier on slashdot
I had a similar problem, specifically with the Desktar 75GB.
I went out and picked one up when it came out. The first once I purchased didn't work at all. The system couldn't detect the drive. I sent it back to the company I ordered from and received my second drive
My second drive installed fine. The drive seemed to sleep a bit often for some reason; I used it as a slave drive. Just less than two months of usage, the harddrive crashed on me. Lots of cool sounds (click-et-ti-clack click-et-ti-clack). I RMA'ed the product and received the third one
So far the third one seems ok, but I've only used it for 40 hours so far, so I'm expecting it to crash. This time around it's running on a non-critical machine, my gaming box.
Just my two cents on the IBM 75GB harddrives. Fortunately my IBM 16GB is still working fine and it's been in use for about 2 years now.
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At times I forget to send them in. What should happen is the selling company, should take it upon themselves to handle the rebate for you in store, instead of you dealing with the nonsense paper trail of it.
It's a philisophy, a way of life!
Part of the problem is we aren't thought how to think about money. I would recommend "Personal Finances for Dummies". It's a good book that teaches you the fundamental understanding of how to view your money, and how to view life in terms of spending your cash.
For example, do you go to starbuck's every morning for that cup of $3 coffee every working day? If so, you will spend $15 a week (assuming you purchase only one cup a day). You spend about $345 a year. You could go for the cheaper coffee of course. Once you understand the way of life when it comes to your money, you will understand. Do you buy the P4/5Ghz machine when it comes out, or do you wait 6 months when it's reduced in price. No matter, there's high likelihood that in either case, you will get the same return from the item, unless of course you're during real time 3d rendering or something computationaly intensive.
One thing to definitely learn early is "compound interest". Put your money into an IRA or something equivalent for retirement and watch your money grow. That's one of the greatest things about this country.
I'll leave it at that, the best thing for you to do is read up on it. Learn for yourself first hand.
go for something that embodies you two as a unity, don't worry about tradition (gold and diamonds). Symbolize it with words and/or design or some metal that can also function as a sundial, or a compass, or something functional. Be different.
You haven't detailed the evils these tools pose to the users. As others have said already on the comments, check to see if they are violating any privacy agreements your site has in place.
If the software works, why reinvent the wheel? In some way, they just said you valuable time but not having you build something inhouse that's already available. If they are comfortable with it, then good.
I'm curious what you describe as being evil. If it helps to keep a site up and running, more efficiently if your companies main source of revenue is from the ads, then what's wrong with that? I prefer getting ads that are targetted to my interest. We all know a majority of us will not fill out a form of turn-ons/offs as for what we're interested in. Instead, user tracking is fine, as long as the site doesn't violate my privacy.
Also, I hope your complaint isn't about why they didn't decide to build it inhouse instead, then that just sounds more like a programmer's power struggle.
I feel you can do both. There is an importance for all involved to know what is it that the application should do before a line of code is started. It's like taking a road trip, I'm going from point A to point B along this route. But somewhere along the route I learn that one of the exits I was supposed to take was closed due to unforeseen events, so I take a short cut, it adds some time to my trip. I get back on course, and learn from someone along the way (you have to take a pitstop everyonce in awhile) that there's a short cut, I take it and save time.
Ultimately, everyone knew where we were heading, what we needed to do to get there, and how to compensate for unforeseen events. The same thing can apply to software design. You need to know your overall goal. That overall goal will never be the same as it will be when it's done, because we are creatures of trial and error. If you're building something for the first time that's never existed before, there's bound to be some changes. You probably won't drastically differ from the overall idea; ie: making a RTS game instead of the original idea of a turn-based rpg, unless the market just one accept it. Remember, we are creatures of trial and error. Somethings work the first time, and sometimes they don't. And when they don't you take a different approach to make it work.
I've worked in a situation where we built an in-house shopping cart system with user-filled products for a wholesale market place. Once we built it, we ran into something unexpected, we didn't account for item types. Sure we had the name of the item, the description, but we had no way to say in the system that a 'cap' and a 'hat' were the same. The shopping cart did everything as requested from the overview, but that one glitch, prevented a more enhanced search system.
As for building things that are already out of date, we still use software that is years old, does it mean that it's out of date? Well if you wish to equate the original planned designed to the outcome of the product, then yes it's true, but just because something might be out of date in that respect, doesn't mean it's out of use. So I'm not entirely sold on the out of date argument.
one other suggestion I would throw in: It might help to rotate the members around a bit with different job assignments. For example, One person might work on fixing bugs, the other on adding features; flip the rolls, and have the two talk with each other about their processes in the job function and see if they learn from each other.
and most importantly, do the bar thing. it sees that thursdays works out best for people. you can all swap previous work condition stories. like "I remember when we had this one programmer who would store ALL OF THE USER'S DATA INCLUDING THEIR CREDIT CARD NUMBER in an unencrypted cookie, and my supervisor wouldn't fire him because he owned (as in responsible) the code for the registration."
=)
doh! danm those april fool's submissions. But if parrot was a joke that become reality, it's still possible for someone to ask the slashdot community about their tongue, and show up on the cnn site for winning millions of dollars from a dentist for malpractice.
As the plaintiff walks out of the court house, with the verdict in his favor, he screams out loud "yhes, reams weely cumm truuu" while splatting spit on the crowd.
Why is it people think it's ok to ask the general public for advice? Look, you're seriously better off asking a doctor/dentist who isn't affiliated to the dentist who did the work, AND a lawyer who specializes in malpractice.
If you think asking a general populice would help, it probably won't. You will get a mixture of rights, wrongs and half truths. Go to a certifible source and get a real answer.
There are a number of options out there for this, and it make take care of the text rendering on the screen, and you can print from them as well. You can even read pdfs on some handhelds as well (I can on my zaurus).
I would recommend this route if you know some programming and you should be able to piece something together.
Unforunately the quantity of java developers does not coincide with the quality you will get out of these java developers.
Throw a stone, you're bound to hit a couple, but take aim first if you want to hit a good one.
=)
They offer a good range of courses and two locations, 1 in LIC (Queens) and 1 at the Empire State Building. their site is http://www.netcominfo.com/
The size of the email limit is dependant on the job role of the person of the email account.
For example, a developer who primarily communicates with his peers in-house, and typically no one else, would only require a 5M account.
A sales/marketing person will need a much larger account because of the clients/customers they deal with. They usually have word docs/presentations coming from many resources. They are sending excel sheets and other files. Overall a sales/marketing erson will need an account the size of 25M.
I do agree with the idea that they might want to consider using a FTP account. Unforunately, those who are not techno savvy, might not like the idea, because it's something else they have to learn, and there's also te security issue involved; some individuals receive files that are not meant for others to see.
I would say look at the role of the person. Evaluate what their role is, and who they deal with often. Employees who deal with lots of clients need large email accounts, there's no way around it.
The wave of the future. Quicker to kill and polinate at the same time. Get them now while supplies last.
In my previous job, I had a similar situation. We had no admins, I doubled up as the unofficial sysadmin for the company. All the users ran Win98. The solution I came up with was to use a linux server with a large enough harddrive for file sharing, and setup up the linux box as a PDC using samba.
The main trick is to replace their "My Documents" folder to point to their personal directory on the file server. Remind the users to store all their files in that folder, and that should take care of backup issues, since many ppl do that already. Just ensure you have a good backup method for the file server. I don't recommend a CD Burner =) Have the company go out and get a tape backup.
Overall it shouldn't be too complez to setup, just a bit time consuming to setup/test. Have fun.
I decided to go to Alaska/Vancouver this past summer and enjoyed it. The lack of net access was a plus, but I did want to at least have access on board. The good thing, the cruise line, Royal Carribean, does have net access.
The downside of their net access be listed:
- slow access, similar to a 56k modem.
- has to use their equipment setup, could not use my laptop.
- had to use their intergrated desktop envirnoment which is designed to charge the used by the minute, using your cabin card.
- i could only use an older version of IE at the time which did not have java support.
The way I got around this was to use VNC viewer to connect to my office machine, and use what software I needed to on that side such as my email and instant messengaging clients.
Another thing to note is that some ports of call do have net access. I can recall 3 cities on my trip with their own net access. There could have been more, but I wasn't looking for them. They were usually in near plain site, because of the tourists.
If this is not up to your liking, then I would say bring your own satellite hardware. But if you're on vacation, then keep it that way. Enjoy the vacation and pretend you don't have access. That's pretty much what I did.
Think about it like this, if you hobby looks more important, or time consuming than your relationship, then you might be a geek.
Seriously speaking, you need to know when it becomes too much. Keep it to a closet or something. My girlfriend knows I'm a geek, but I know when a CAT5 network with dual access points per room, AND BATHROOM ports are a bit much. When you begin to look obsessed, that's when they run. Try to spend some time in her shoes and ask, 'is this a bit much'. The access point in the bathroom is a definite hell yea. And when you're in a relationship, you now have to think about the two of you. It isn't just your place, it's a place where you both live. The same way I'm sure you wouldn't like to see "Hello Kitty" items all over the place, I'm sure she wouldn't like to see routers/firewalls/switches/boxes all over.
Now maybe you installed access points that didn't match the color of the bathroom towels. That could easily be fixed by using cermaic plated switches, modfied for CAT5, and let her paint it. =)
If you want a system that is easy for all, then using a convention on the name of the user will be helpful. You don't want to create double-duty for the admins, and a scheme where the forgetful users ask the same question about an obstructed convention.
- firstname.[middle-int.]lastname
- FirstletterLastname[year_Of_graduation]
- lastname.firstname
But if you're concerned about security, then you need to think about something else. Anytime you have a converntion system, there is always a possibility of security risk. Look at all the credit card companies, who use their algorithms to make unique numbers, that we can download code off the net to test, and create our own 'fake' numbers. So once you have a convention, there is always the potential for security risk.
If you want to ensure security, you might want to look into something like SecureID, or using time based logins, or some other stuff.
I've done this a few times so far, where I've had a 4 hr class talking about Linux. If you have 2 days (assumming 16 hours), then you definitely can cover alot more. One concern I have is crash courses can be alot to absorb, especially if you have GUI-centric users, trying to learn CLI.
/etc/rc*, /etc/inittab, runlevels, how to get into single user mode.
My recommendations are based on the idea that your MS ppl are only used to MS, and may barely have any knowledge of other systems, and from what I've done so far in my 4hr classes.
My recommendations would be:
- Command Line Interface: the understanding that this CLI is NOT DOS; this CLI is way more powerful than DOS could ever be. Use Bash, since it offers a nice set of features. Show them Piping Redirection, Job control, Multiple terminals, the bare essential CLI programs.
- File system structure (use the analogy describing the difference between Windows 3 level structure, and linux 2 level structure), how mounting works, and file permissions.
- The various file systems, and their benefits.
- Understanding of what the Linux Kernel is and what are Linux Distrobutions.
- Understanding of GNU and GPL.
- The various major applications for Linux: Apache/Email/Databases/Samba/etc. with some concentration on LAMP (Linux/Apache/MySql/PostGreSQL/PHP/Perl)
- Some of the more interesting projects like the Linux Terminal Server.
- The GUI environment, describing it using the analogy of Windows 3.1/DOS to establish the base fundamentalism. Then get into details of how it works. The different Window managers, and the Desktop Envirnoments. Some of the office apps available on Linux. How to do configuration with GUI apps such as Linuxconf, Webmin, and the various other pieces that are installed.
- Understanding of
- Some troubleshooting items. Disk recover, adding more harddrives, altering partitions.
- Might even want to show a dual boot setup.
Overall there will be a limit to what you can cover in two days. Everything else they can learn on their own, as long as you give them the essentials to get up and running.
I've worked in an envirnoment where I've experienced both the shared space and the cubicle setup. I personally prefer some level of privacy when I work, to allow for better focus on work. Part of the problem with an shared office is the numerous distractions:
- Noise from other works: russling about / conversations & phone calls
- Visual changes: things moving about from others
- Personal space: people like a level of isolation when they work.
- Personal hygiene: THIS I MUST EMPHASIZED. I've had a few workers, both visa and local workers, who at times may have a smell about themselves. Had one person who had such a smell that it would make me twitch.
I would recommend a shared office/space because it allows for better and faster communication, but definitely use some level of partitions, so that it is a combination of a cube and a shared envirnoment. Air fresheners are highly recommended, in this setup as well.
It's good to see someone keeping note of all the dotcom and regular company blunders of the past 3 years. Some of the items on this list I haven't even heard of. I just wish the list had all the names of every single exec involved in some of these ridiculous decisions, so that I don't work for them at some point in the future... when I can find a job. =)
Babelfish of course.
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I was expecting some typical geek/nerd related news. Congrats on the wedding.
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Now since you have stolen a news slot from my daily reading, I'm expecting to now see an update to this when the wedding happens, and a website with webcam so it can feel the
This box coupled with an LCD monitor would be a pretty cost efficient on power consumption. The SV24's power supply gives about 150W of power, which is about 80-100 less then a typical box system. As for the monitor, a 17" LCD monitor consumes 50W of power, while a CRT equivalent consumes 80-95W.
A saturated market of competition, stock holders wanting to see revenue increase every year, and customers willing to spend but so much... don't these companies realize you can only get but so much milk from the cow? Granted this story is an example of a much larger problem in our economy, but these excessive options we have between 300 tv channels between broadcast tv/cable/satellite, all the radio stations, along with the new satellite radio stations (1 currently available, 1 on the way), it's a bit much.
If there wasn't a saturated market of competition, we would get better quality programming, instead of filler quantity garbage. There would also be no need for trimming of programming allowing for more commercials. But until businesses and the world at large realizes this, I guess we are forced to deal with these business methods to maximize their profits, and to drain our pockets.
Unfortunately I don't know of any practicular resources specific to storage, but here is an old link about the IBM harddrive problems reported earlier on slashdot
I had a similar problem, specifically with the Desktar 75GB.
- I went out and picked one up when it came out. The first once I purchased didn't work at all. The system couldn't detect the drive. I sent it back to the company I ordered from and received my second drive
- My second drive installed fine. The drive seemed to sleep a bit often for some reason; I used it as a slave drive. Just less than two months of usage, the harddrive crashed on me. Lots of cool sounds (click-et-ti-clack click-et-ti-clack). I RMA'ed the product and received the third one
- So far the third one seems ok, but I've only used it for 40 hours so far, so I'm expecting it to crash. This time around it's running on a non-critical machine, my gaming box.
Just my two cents on the IBM 75GB harddrives. Fortunately my IBM 16GB is still working fine and it's been in use for about 2 years now.