The vast majority of my job requests are done verbally. As it turns out, I'm able to remember things from moment to moment without creating accountability problems. Much like I did before email was commonly available. Believe it or not, the world functioned prior to email and signed memos certainly weren't required for every task.
But my point is that treating email as golden opportunities for legal action is likely to push people away from using email for anything even remotely sensitive.
And I think that the more these types of decisions are made, the more people will revert to using phones for communications. I'm unclear as to why email is treated so much differently than other forms of communication. It's not as if an email should be any more (or less) binding than a verbal communication.
Well, I really don't have an issue with the word "brouhaha". It's something journalists roll out to sensationalize a story. Much like "beleaguered" or "oft maligned".
However, this story headline has a much better version of that tactic... "admits". Which implies that there was either denial or that they have been accused of something and are now confessing. That may not be the exact dictionary definition, but that's the implication when using the word - particularly in this context.
Based upon the story, the correct word is "claims". It is Nvidia that will be in a position to "admit" there's a problem, because they are the ones that "claimed" there was no problem with Apple systems while Apple is now "claiming" Nvidia's statement to be false.
Again, these are not strictly dictionary definitions nor are they exact legal jargon. They are based upon the implied meanings of those words when used in everyday language.
As an aside, my favorite use of that tactic is when the word "alleged" is rolled out. Basically, anything can be "alleged", but journalists roll it out when they want to cast doubt on an issue.
There are 32 NFL teams. Even if we assume that every team had a need for another quarterback each year (they don't), that would still be a total of 32 job openings nationwide.
A QB has a career span of roughly 15 years before having to retire.
Millions of people are willing to pay large amounts of money to watch them work.
Basically, the professions aren't even remotely comparable. And, honestly, I'm pretty happy that money isn't a primary motivator for mathematicians. The last thing I want to be seeing in the news is the latest drunken escapade of some overpaid math star.
I was going to give the humor impaired dude some crap, but you defend yourself way better than I ever could. Although I am stuck with some obnoxious FHLH (as opposed to FLCL I suppose) quotes running through my head now. "Looks like sody pop. Watch it fizz."
Tell me, why is it better to have these bunched together into a single menu where you can't differentiate what's open and what isn't?
P.S. I bet I hit -1, Flamebait in less than 2 minutes for this, but I'm asking an honest question and would appreciate an well-thought-out answer from someone.
It's hard to give a well-thought-out answer to an erroneous statement/question. Prior to 10.5 (Leopard), there was a black triangle beneath an icon when the application it represented was running. In Leopard, there's a glowing blue dot beneath it.
Trinity is pretty stable. Well, aside from the occasional SQL Server crashes and/or database corruption requiring sometimes hours of downtime to rebuild.
Yup. Quite stable.
I really have to think this whole thing was a slashvertisement, since the system structure has been pretty well known for a while. It's not as if they keep it a dark secret - they post plenty of updates at their website. I'm particularly suspicious of it being a/vert since it didn't point to Wikipedia which, last I checked (back in March or April) had all of this technical info already.
He's complaint was about studies complaining about other studies. He was also complaining about a study. -- Fuck y'all.
Now we see the fallacy of your argument. Go back and read what he said again. He wasn't complaining about the study. He was complaining about the story and the author's complaining based upon their study. Possibly might be also referring to people commenting here complaining, but then he never said that specifically.
I was thinking the same thing. I suspect Percival Lowell would have been happy that the discovery was made on a mission run, in part, from the observatory bearing his name.
I'm quite certain if you paid as much for your data as NASA is for theirs, your ISP would be more than happy to run a dedicated OC-3 to your house. They might even toss in a complementary handjob.
I was somewhat disappointed that the NASA page discusses the data in terms of how many CDs they would fill; however, at least they didn't try to tell me how many football fields would be required to lay the CDs edge-to-edge.
Well - mostly true. However, their software supports Intel & PPC. Which includes the most recent version of OS X. Rumor has it that won't be the case for the next version.
And that exact same market segment is completely dissatisfied with the type of lower end system being discussed here. In fact, there aren't enough games available for OS X for these guys to even consider running it. So it wouldn't matter what kind of system Apple came out with. They aren't part of any possible potential market.
The simple truth is that using Windows/Linux is a cost benefit analysis performed by the end user. You get the most product for your money using a traditional PC
But apparently your simple truth doesn't include the fact the using Macs is also a cost benefit analysis performed by the end user. You get the most product for your money using a Mac [I'm applying the same standards you did - end user analysis - and then making the conclusion that supports my argument as if I were somehow every end user - same as you did].
The "each window is the child of an application" versus "each window is an instance of the application" difference between MacOS and Windows was the biggest difference for me to adjust to on the Mac. However, I mostly prefer it. For starters, I have a core set of apps I keep open because I don't care to relaunch them. I can also easily hide all of the windows of any app if choose. But the key benefit is that I can close ALL of my windows at once. Netscape chose to implement that mode for Windows, but it's the exception rather than the norm. Jaunting about trying to kill off every instance of an app can be a real drag.
Anyway - I'm probably repetitious on the above, so to get to my real point in posting a response: the ability to have an app close when the last window closes is fully available to all OS X developers. Whether they choose to implement it is up to them, but it's as simple as catching a message (in ObjC it's an override) that is sent to every app when its last window closes. From the OS X viewpoint, utilities should generally implement that behavior (calculators, preferences, installers, that type of thing - unfortunately I don't see a lot of consistency along those lines). But the last thing I want Photoshop to do is completely shutdown because I chose to close a window and didn't realize it was the last of my Photoshop documents that was open. It forces me to think more about the application and all of the documents it's managing and less about what I'm trying to accomplish.
Just for my own safety, how big is "large"? My main email account is approaching 1GB - should I be concerned? Or, more to the point, should I do some actual housekeeping rather than just letting things pile up?
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The vast majority of my job requests are done verbally. As it turns out, I'm able to remember things from moment to moment without creating accountability problems. Much like I did before email was commonly available. Believe it or not, the world functioned prior to email and signed memos certainly weren't required for every task.
But my point is that treating email as golden opportunities for legal action is likely to push people away from using email for anything even remotely sensitive.
And I think that the more these types of decisions are made, the more people will revert to using phones for communications. I'm unclear as to why email is treated so much differently than other forms of communication. It's not as if an email should be any more (or less) binding than a verbal communication.
Well, I really don't have an issue with the word "brouhaha". It's something journalists roll out to sensationalize a story. Much like "beleaguered" or "oft maligned".
However, this story headline has a much better version of that tactic... "admits". Which implies that there was either denial or that they have been accused of something and are now confessing. That may not be the exact dictionary definition, but that's the implication when using the word - particularly in this context.
Based upon the story, the correct word is "claims". It is Nvidia that will be in a position to "admit" there's a problem, because they are the ones that "claimed" there was no problem with Apple systems while Apple is now "claiming" Nvidia's statement to be false.
Again, these are not strictly dictionary definitions nor are they exact legal jargon. They are based upon the implied meanings of those words when used in everyday language.
As an aside, my favorite use of that tactic is when the word "alleged" is rolled out. Basically, anything can be "alleged", but journalists roll it out when they want to cast doubt on an issue.
Basically, the professions aren't even remotely comparable. And, honestly, I'm pretty happy that money isn't a primary motivator for mathematicians. The last thing I want to be seeing in the news is the latest drunken escapade of some overpaid math star.
I was going to give the humor impaired dude some crap, but you defend yourself way better than I ever could. Although I am stuck with some obnoxious FHLH (as opposed to FLCL I suppose) quotes running through my head now. "Looks like sody pop. Watch it fizz."
It's hard to give a well-thought-out answer to an erroneous statement/question. Prior to 10.5 (Leopard), there was a black triangle beneath an icon when the application it represented was running. In Leopard, there's a glowing blue dot beneath it.
Trinity is pretty stable. Well, aside from the occasional SQL Server crashes and/or database corruption requiring sometimes hours of downtime to rebuild.
Yup. Quite stable.
I really have to think this whole thing was a slashvertisement, since the system structure has been pretty well known for a while. It's not as if they keep it a dark secret - they post plenty of updates at their website. I'm particularly suspicious of it being a /vert since it didn't point to Wikipedia which, last I checked (back in March or April) had all of this technical info already.
Kick yourself for ignoring the gas gauge on empty for the last 40 miles?
In my world it's called Delicious Library.
Mine came with my Wired subscription...
Now we see the fallacy of your argument. Go back and read what he said again. He wasn't complaining about the study. He was complaining about the story and the author's complaining based upon their study. Possibly might be also referring to people commenting here complaining, but then he never said that specifically.
Oh - and - a heartfelt "fuck you" back at ya.
I was thinking the same thing. I suspect Percival Lowell would have been happy that the discovery was made on a mission run, in part, from the observatory bearing his name.
Or complimentary, depending upon your happy ending preferences [damn I hate it when I write the wrong one of those two].
I'm quite certain if you paid as much for your data as NASA is for theirs, your ISP would be more than happy to run a dedicated OC-3 to your house. They might even toss in a complementary handjob.
Longer than that. It only has LOS with earth for 16 hours a day and uses 10 to 11 of those hours for data transmittal.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/spacecraft/communication.html
I was somewhat disappointed that the NASA page discusses the data in terms of how many CDs they would fill; however, at least they didn't try to tell me how many football fields would be required to lay the CDs edge-to-edge.
Well - mostly true. However, their software supports Intel & PPC. Which includes the most recent version of OS X. Rumor has it that won't be the case for the next version.
Because you said something nice about Apple?
And that exact same market segment is completely dissatisfied with the type of lower end system being discussed here. In fact, there aren't enough games available for OS X for these guys to even consider running it. So it wouldn't matter what kind of system Apple came out with. They aren't part of any possible potential market.
But apparently your simple truth doesn't include the fact the using Macs is also a cost benefit analysis performed by the end user. You get the most product for your money using a Mac [I'm applying the same standards you did - end user analysis - and then making the conclusion that supports my argument as if I were somehow every end user - same as you did].
The "each window is the child of an application" versus "each window is an instance of the application" difference between MacOS and Windows was the biggest difference for me to adjust to on the Mac. However, I mostly prefer it. For starters, I have a core set of apps I keep open because I don't care to relaunch them. I can also easily hide all of the windows of any app if choose. But the key benefit is that I can close ALL of my windows at once. Netscape chose to implement that mode for Windows, but it's the exception rather than the norm. Jaunting about trying to kill off every instance of an app can be a real drag.
Anyway - I'm probably repetitious on the above, so to get to my real point in posting a response: the ability to have an app close when the last window closes is fully available to all OS X developers. Whether they choose to implement it is up to them, but it's as simple as catching a message (in ObjC it's an override) that is sent to every app when its last window closes. From the OS X viewpoint, utilities should generally implement that behavior (calculators, preferences, installers, that type of thing - unfortunately I don't see a lot of consistency along those lines). But the last thing I want Photoshop to do is completely shutdown because I chose to close a window and didn't realize it was the last of my Photoshop documents that was open. It forces me to think more about the application and all of the documents it's managing and less about what I'm trying to accomplish.
If I could mod you funny I would. Hopefully there's still a mod or two out there without an impaired sense of humor.
Whatever happened to the [+1 Prima donna] mod?
Groovy. Thanks for the info. Maybe I'll turn on quotas to remind me when I start encroaching on that 2GB range.
Just for my own safety, how big is "large"? My main email account is approaching 1GB - should I be concerned? Or, more to the point, should I do some actual housekeeping rather than just letting things pile up?
I can't even begin to imagine how much effort you must have put into that parody.