It was actually one of the early e-ink devices (and not even a stunningly good example of one). Which was sort of my point...
I agree on the name, though. Sony has probably as bad a naming team as IBM or Apple.
You're dead on with the naming issues in the industry - it's especially bad at either edge. The ones composed entirely of numbers and a couple letters (video cards, for example) and the ones that are exceedingly word (like the MyTouch 3G) always annoy me.
I think the iPad is a pretty seriously poor name though. I get the whole concept of playing off the iPod (who doesn't?), but 1) Fujitsu already has a touchscreen device called that 2) Hasn't the 'i' thing been driven into the ground already?
Seriously. The first thing I thought of was the yellow jersey, not post it notes:D
This is proof that science isn't like religion, though - long established theories are constantly challenged and re-worked based on new evidence. Unlike religious views:)
I agree - I find that the same epub format book on my laptop or phone screen is harder to read late into the night than my e-ink PRS-505.
Even if given one of these iPads, it wouldn't replace that Sony. It might replace a Kindle if I had one, though - the Kindle is probably my least favorite form factor of all time.
My point being that while this isn't an ideal device, it may be more/less competitive based on what personal devices a person has.
I'm more disappointed by the form factor. It doesn't seem to be a 'comfortable' size, based on the pictures of the people holding it. I guess seeing one in a store would clear that up.
Actually, your statement works better with 'INSERT LANG HERE'...
I'm always surprised by how people seem to think that any language has a monopoly of some sort on sloppy and/or lazy coders. Been doing IT a long time, and the one thing that never changes is the sloppy/lazy code issue. It even predates programming, you know - look at infrastructure around the world for examples of "just toss something out there, hope it works".
I keep seeing these, and I wonder how long it will be until we have nothing but a blackberry style keyboard.
I guess I can't complain since I still use my Model M and LK463 keyboards, but laptops are getting to the point that the function keys are all remapped to random tasks (brightness, volume, etc) and we keep seeing random multi-media keys... yet stuff like num lock, scroll lock, print screen, break is getting pulled.
Maybe most suits don't spend anytime dealing with text? Powerpoint doesn't recognize break?
I seem to recall they were PDP-11 based initially, though that was probably before I started.
When I first logged in (300bps - oh the pain) I remember it was pretty much numeric menu-driven and had a very VAX feel to it.
Considering that I spent the rest of my computing time on VAXstations (and then AlphaStations, booyeah) CServe was very nice and familiar.
When they got all GUI and high-speed (CB was cool) and got GIFs and stuff, that was nice. I think I ended up dropping CServe while still on a 14.4 modem, using Win 311, maybe OS/2. I don't really recall because the 90s were a time of great sleep deprivation for me:D
I dropped it because I was working as a local sysop by that point and got my BBS/MUD/MOO/Archie/email access for free;)
Considering that what I hire are sober, professional, intelligent people who will have to pass an in-depth background check for security clearance; Yes.
You basically just told me "the system works".
I don't want people who can't handle stuffy places filled with politics. I want people who are level-headed, competent, and can be trusted to get the job done no matter what random stuff a client throws at them. If that client happens to be some weird.com holdover with a jeans and headshop t-shirt dress code, great. If it's a government contractor that requires suits and carefully worded emails, that's gotta be ok too.
There's 10% unemployment out there - don't join those ranks just because you think it's cool to be a frat boy at 35.
As another old Cserve person (11465,1123 - note the comma - later a dot when email became popular) I would say that any compuserve people who stayed post AOL buyout deserve to be singled out;)
Seriously though - yes. Embarrassing email addresses should not be used professionally. This isn't so much hotmail or msn or aol (provider level, like the article is about) as it is the actual address.
I will *not* consider 'partyd00d420@whatever' for a job. Sorry, just not going to happen.
Yeah - this was a real killer for me too. The company I was at was extremely grateful (thank goodness) but I keep seeing all these idiots who were not involved (either because they were still in school 10 years ago, or because they just don't get it) and it really does get me.
I think Y2K, the massive outsourcing wave that followed, and the complete destruction of IT as a viable career has really not yet caught up with us.
It will. The 2010 thing is just part of it. When the rest of the really skilled and dedicated people (like your wife, and many many others) have left, the void will be huge. It also won't be noticed for quite a while, because a side effect of a well designed system is that it can stand for quite a long time.
When it falls, however...
"Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it."
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I was running a Y2K lab at my company from 1999 to 2000, and we found a TON of serious problems. Nearly all of our internal stuff had major issues, as well as email, phone systems, backup systems, and several operating systems.
The tests I ran went from 1998->2012 in one year increments (with full tests by all teams at each year step) and most of those problems were nailed down.
I'm guessing not all shops tested much further out than 2001 or 2002 - probably due to poor planning and lack of funds. As it was we had to cut ours back to 2012 because of budget constraints, so I can only imagine other shops did likewise.
As much as I love the inherent vitriol of your comment, no - I've not yet been subject to a pay cut or laid off. I have been at shops that did mass closures (entire IT, whole company out of business, etc) but I've so far managed to elude the axe.
Typically, when management announces huge layoffs, I send my resume out and take an offer for the same pay or better.
I'm glad you have made it so long at your job, and had tiny pay cuts. I hope that means you aren't one of the people who can't find work:)
Great... just what a need. If you project the average hooters into a nude flight, it would be a half-dozen moderately attractive women and 300 hideous fat jocks and old men.
I'll pass, thanks. Just anesthetize me and stack me in a sleep tube for the flight:)
Sure I do: Target has quite a few CDs (not special super awesome multi-disc sets) in the $16-$40 range. Just depends on where you go:D
Of course, I'm not going to pay $23.29 for 'Interpol: Antics' when I can get it cheaper, but that doesn't mean they aren't trying to charge me that plus shipping.
To be blunt, I have noticed a MASSIVE decline in the quality, intelligence, and desire to do a 'good' job in the companies I've been at over the last 5 years. The outsourcing boom chronicled so nicely in Office Space and the like has not done anything to improve the quality of tech work.
I would say good IT people are probably 1 in 100 or less - the rest are either grossly incompetent, lazy, or completely burned out by carrying 2-3 times the workload that should be expected of them.
Always-on, always-on-call lifestyles and mentalities have driven many of the good rank and file (those not totally into IT for whatever reason, but still competent and savvy) out into pretty much ANY other field.
Heck, I know 8 amazing IT people who left last year when they became the 'last one standing' after massive outsourcing or layoffs. They decided that they would rather open barbershops, bookstores, coffeeshops, or go to the business side.
The people left are just ghastly. (I'm generalizing - there are still some amazing people, it's just that the *ratio* is so bad)
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Well, and to be fair, they've been selling these things since 2002, when Apple was still making (just) computers
http://www.dealtime.com/xPF-Fujitsu-Fujitsu-IPAD-100-10
It was actually one of the early e-ink devices (and not even a stunningly good example of one). Which was sort of my point...
I agree on the name, though. Sony has probably as bad a naming team as IBM or Apple.
You're dead on with the naming issues in the industry - it's especially bad at either edge. The ones composed entirely of numbers and a couple letters (video cards, for example) and the ones that are exceedingly word (like the MyTouch 3G) always annoy me.
I think the iPad is a pretty seriously poor name though. I get the whole concept of playing off the iPod (who doesn't?), but
1) Fujitsu already has a touchscreen device called that
2) Hasn't the 'i' thing been driven into the ground already?
Seriously. The first thing I thought of was the yellow jersey, not post it notes :D
This is proof that science isn't like religion, though - long established theories are constantly challenged and re-worked based on new evidence. :)
Unlike religious views
I agree - I find that the same epub format book on my laptop or phone screen is harder to read late into the night than my e-ink PRS-505.
Even if given one of these iPads, it wouldn't replace that Sony. It might replace a Kindle if I had one, though - the Kindle is probably my least favorite form factor of all time.
My point being that while this isn't an ideal device, it may be more/less competitive based on what personal devices a person has.
I'm more disappointed by the form factor. It doesn't seem to be a 'comfortable' size, based on the pictures of the people holding it. I guess seeing one in a store would clear that up.
Actually, your statement works better with 'INSERT LANG HERE'...
I'm always surprised by how people seem to think that any language has a monopoly of some sort on sloppy and/or lazy coders. Been doing IT a long time, and the one thing that never changes is the sloppy/lazy code issue. It even predates programming, you know - look at infrastructure around the world for examples of "just toss something out there, hope it works".
I keep seeing these, and I wonder how long it will be until we have nothing but a blackberry style keyboard.
I guess I can't complain since I still use my Model M and LK463 keyboards, but laptops are getting to the point that the function keys are all remapped to random tasks (brightness, volume, etc) and we keep seeing random multi-media keys... yet stuff like num lock, scroll lock, print screen, break is getting pulled.
Maybe most suits don't spend anytime dealing with text? Powerpoint doesn't recognize break?
Eye of the Beholder is, itself, just another in a series of that style of game.
Since it sounds like you aren't doing anything that has anything to do with it - how is it a remake? You're just making an RPG.
I seem to recall they were PDP-11 based initially, though that was probably before I started.
When I first logged in (300bps - oh the pain) I remember it was pretty much numeric menu-driven and had a very VAX feel to it.
Considering that I spent the rest of my computing time on VAXstations (and then AlphaStations, booyeah) CServe was very nice and familiar.
When they got all GUI and high-speed (CB was cool) and got GIFs and stuff, that was nice. I think I ended up dropping CServe while still on a 14.4 modem, using Win 311, maybe OS/2. I don't really recall because the 90s were a time of great sleep deprivation for me :D
I dropped it because I was working as a local sysop by that point and got my BBS/MUD/MOO/Archie/email access for free ;)
I wouldn't see an issue with that, I don't know about anyone else.
I think I even once hired someone who had something moderately amusing about SAP in their email address. Just nothing drug/sex/illegal/etc :)
Interestingly enough, I got that account when living in Palo Alto many years ago. I wonder why it would be in the Euro block?
As for 'lame', I would say that if it means nothing, or at least doesn't involve sex, drugs, or general idiotic references, it should be fine.
'KatieP1976' would be fine by me, while 'Sexykatie69' is not such a good idea :D
I go with a pretty bland first.last@service usually, but I've got nothing against any email that doesn't raise flags.
Honestly, any email that doesn't stand out is good - you want the person reading the resume, not hung up on the email address :)
Considering that what I hire are sober, professional, intelligent people who will have to pass an in-depth background check for security clearance; Yes.
You basically just told me "the system works".
I don't want people who can't handle stuffy places filled with politics. I want people who are level-headed, competent, and can be trusted to get the job done no matter what random stuff a client throws at them. If that client happens to be some weird .com holdover with a jeans and headshop t-shirt dress code, great. If it's a government contractor that requires suits and carefully worded emails, that's gotta be ok too.
There's 10% unemployment out there - don't join those ranks just because you think it's cool to be a frat boy at 35.
Yeah, no kidding. Nothing like *proving* you're irresponsible.
You mean like those .mac (later mobile me) accounts?
I don't know if that was supposed to be cool or what. I had a .mac account briefly but never used the address.
As another old Cserve person (11465,1123 - note the comma - later a dot when email became popular) I would say that any compuserve people who stayed post AOL buyout deserve to be singled out ;)
Seriously though - yes. Embarrassing email addresses should not be used professionally. This isn't so much hotmail or msn or aol (provider level, like the article is about) as it is the actual address.
I will *not* consider 'partyd00d420@whatever' for a job. Sorry, just not going to happen.
Yeah - this was a real killer for me too. The company I was at was extremely grateful (thank goodness) but I keep seeing all these idiots who were not involved (either because they were still in school 10 years ago, or because they just don't get it) and it really does get me.
I think Y2K, the massive outsourcing wave that followed, and the complete destruction of IT as a viable career has really not yet caught up with us.
It will. The 2010 thing is just part of it. When the rest of the really skilled and dedicated people (like your wife, and many many others) have left, the void will be huge. It also won't be noticed for quite a while, because a side effect of a well designed system is that it can stand for quite a long time.
When it falls, however...
"Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it."
I was running a Y2K lab at my company from 1999 to 2000, and we found a TON of serious problems. Nearly all of our internal stuff had major issues, as well as email, phone systems, backup systems, and several operating systems.
The tests I ran went from 1998->2012 in one year increments (with full tests by all teams at each year step) and most of those problems were nailed down.
I'm guessing not all shops tested much further out than 2001 or 2002 - probably due to poor planning and lack of funds. As it was we had to cut ours back to 2012 because of budget constraints, so I can only imagine other shops did likewise.
As much as I love the inherent vitriol of your comment, no - I've not yet been subject to a pay cut or laid off. I have been at shops that did mass closures (entire IT, whole company out of business, etc) but I've so far managed to elude the axe.
Typically, when management announces huge layoffs, I send my resume out and take an offer for the same pay or better.
I'm glad you have made it so long at your job, and had tiny pay cuts. I hope that means you aren't one of the people who can't find work :)
Hmmm, been quite a while, and still nothing. I'm guess it was just another astroturf.
Great... just what a need. If you project the average hooters into a nude flight, it would be a half-dozen moderately attractive women and 300 hideous fat jocks and old men.
I'll pass, thanks. Just anesthetize me and stack me in a sleep tube for the flight :)
Sure I do: Target has quite a few CDs (not special super awesome multi-disc sets) in the $16-$40 range. :D
Just depends on where you go
Of course, I'm not going to pay $23.29 for 'Interpol: Antics' when I can get it cheaper, but that doesn't mean they aren't trying to charge me that plus shipping.
Agree with that - when people are pressured to leave, the first ones to go are the ones who can easily find jobs. You know, the best talent.
The people who can't find jobs stay.
I'd make a comment about loyalty, but being loyal to a company in this era is like being loyal to an abusive spouse.
How about stones?
It's simply brilliant *tear*
1) Yes :D
2) Yes
3) Maybe
To be blunt, I have noticed a MASSIVE decline in the quality, intelligence, and desire to do a 'good' job in the companies I've been at over the last 5 years. The outsourcing boom chronicled so nicely in Office Space and the like has not done anything to improve the quality of tech work.
I would say good IT people are probably 1 in 100 or less - the rest are either grossly incompetent, lazy, or completely burned out by carrying 2-3 times the workload that should be expected of them.
Always-on, always-on-call lifestyles and mentalities have driven many of the good rank and file (those not totally into IT for whatever reason, but still competent and savvy) out into pretty much ANY other field.
Heck, I know 8 amazing IT people who left last year when they became the 'last one standing' after massive outsourcing or layoffs. They decided that they would rather open barbershops, bookstores, coffeeshops, or go to the business side.
The people left are just ghastly. (I'm generalizing - there are still some amazing people, it's just that the *ratio* is so bad)
It's working for me with Debian and Firefox - no user agent tricks or anything. Stupid article.