A lot of developers suffer from ADD. Like right now I'm reading/. instead of working on updating some technical specifications.
ADD impacts you when the task seems overwhelming or requires too much thought. Instead of working on it, you'll find something else to do to keep busy.
Now you can get diagnoses by a doctor and start taking the pills and that's supposed to help.
The other thing to do is to try to break it down into smaller tasks that you can focus on without getting bored. Obviously this works better if you have someone who can help with this.
I have the same problem, I have something I want to do, know what I want to do, am really excited by it, but can't focus on it.
I have a Dell Inspiron E1505 that is three years old, it was loaded with the fastest processor, most memory, 7200 rpm harddrive, x1300 video card, best LCD screen(15" 1680x1050). I love the machine.
Looking on ebay, it appears I could get around $400 selling it now.
Ok, so I looked up similar vintage MacBook Pro, looks like they sell for $1000.
But here's the thing. I looked at the MBP, and at the time for the same configuration it was $2400. My Dell was $1200.
$2400-1000 = $1400 $1200-400 = 800.
Yeah, my Dell wasn't quite comparable to the Mac... not as fast of video, heavier, etc. But it did what I needed. So I agree with the original point that if you price out what you need you can get a cheaper machine and I don't think resale makes up for the difference.
Indeed, I don't see any difference between H1B holders and local talent. For every great one there's a really horrible one. There are lots of mediocre ones too.
agreed. H1B has become the new tech bubble. It's attracting a lot of really bad people who just want to get rich quick.
A long term strategy would be to use H1B for quality people, as well as developing quality talent within the US. Right now the H1B use for filling entry level positions appears to be distorting our ability to create local talent.
My experience over the past 15 years has been that H1B isn't used to bring in qualified people that we couldn't otherwise find in the US. It's being used to fill the entry level positions.
I don't know why, but it appears that by filling entry level with the H1B individuals this is distorting the free market within the US. Why do they need to go outside the country? Possibly because there has been a decline in people seeking ComSci and other similar degrees. Why would that be the case? Possibly because the IT industry has not addressed their salaries, or work/life balance issues. Possibly also because in my experience IT departments are extremely bad at recruiting out of college. Possibly also because IT departments are bad at developing talent.
Regardless, the influx of H1B individuals filling entry level positions is destroying the entire IT industry because we are no longer developing talent within the country.
This is actually a pretty major issue. Youw ant to call it tribalism, whatever. I'll certainly call it Nationalism. I think it is important for our country to have a functioning free market system, and the H1B system is distorting the free market and not allowing it to function properly.
I guess I don't see the Touch has having been a fundamental improvement as it doesn't really allow you to play any different content. I suppose it does give you a larger screen for video, and arguably it's useful for games.
Besides the Touch hasn't been that popular. Probably because the iPhone is essentially the same device but with a phone.
I don't know why they are pushing the Nanos in the stores, but they are. Given the price, and what you can now buy flash memory for it is surprising to me that they have not introduced a 32 or 64 gig version of the Nano already. But then they wouldn't have quite the profit margin.
Main point is, we're at the tail end of the iPod cycle. We're waiting for the next big thing. Not sure what that is.
I find it interesting that people claiming Microsoft should abandon the market because of Apple dominance are the same ones who said Microsoft could never sell more Xbox's then Sony Playstations, and yet we've seen where that led.
If one was *really* concerned about Global Warming, one would want a thermostat applied to the Sun. No one has suggested that. I find it remarkable the Sun stays as consistent as it does.
Actually last week on Nova they were talking about several studies that have occured over the years which measure the light hitting earth from the sun. They are not entirely certain why, but over the past 50 or so years they have measured less sunlight.
These measurements come from a study done by an Israeli scientist who measured actual light output, and then from a whole host of data that has been collected over one hundred years for agricultural purposes called the pan evaporation index.
One study done in Wisconsin following 9/11 noted an increase in temperature when the planes stopped flying, leading to a premise that perhaps the exhaust from jets is blanketing the earth and shielding us from sun light. Jets just being one cause, obviously pollution has a similar effect. The show noted that this started dramatically increasing in the 1990s which I suppose coincides with industrialization in India and China.
Now maybe it's not this, and it's sun spots as you say. That could only be determined by measuring solar light levels from a satellite located outside of our atmosphere.
It was an interesting show, and shows how complicated this is.
The claim that humans cannot impact the environment though is patently stupid, as there is thousands of years of evidence that contradicts it.
Seriously, I've been amazed at watching the ipod over the years. They came up at 40 gig and it was quite remarkable. I bought an 80 gig model about 2 years ago when they had introduced those. But now you go to the stores and it's hard to buy a classic. They are pushing the nano.
That's usually the first sign of a product hitting it's peak in the business cycle. When they stop caring about the consumer, and start pushing the models which have the highest profit.
If I were MS, I'd stay in this market. Apple hasn't changed the ipod fundamentally since they introduced the color screen and videos.
I don't know. The "Vista sucks" theme really started spreading.
What has been interesting to me is the number of people who I encounter that say they bought a new computer, and while they thought Vista would suck, it's ended up being the most stable computer they've ever had.
My Black Studies class was the single worst class I've taken,
Sounds to me like you choose this class hoping to pick a fight. I never took a Black Studies course, and never had any interest in such. Never had interest in Womens studies, or Religious studies either. I did take Cultural Geography and History to fulfill my electives in liberal arts but I found them interesting.
Lots of people here really seem to have a predisposition to disbelieve this. Skepticism is fine, because you don't know me or my son. I know my son, so I know that doubting what he says would be foolish.
I find your story HIGHLY unlikely. The only way a student can be thrown out of a class is if they are disruptive. Extremely disruptive. We're talking physical violence, or shouting and not allowing the class to proceed for a long time.
Children aren't stupid, and they're very manipulative.
The very fact that you are on this forum promoting this anecdote as some example of evil liberal professors will not be unknown to your child. He knows that this is going to be your reaction, that you have allowed preconceived notions to blind you from proper skepticism. So he's worded his version of the events to reinforce your behavior.
The red flag was when you said he made one mild statement, and the professor few into a rage and then he shut up. Come on, let's get real here. Nobody is going to fly into a rage because of one comment. Especially not a teacher who just asked for open comment.
What you just described is an event which will hit the newspapers. So while I'm very skeptical, I'm more then willing to believe your version of the events if you can send us a link to the school paper discussing this in more detail.
I tried to do this with my Pearl when we went on vacation. Thought I could use my laptop on the trip when we wanted to find where to go, etc.
First roadblock is the cost. I pay $30 for my Blackberry data plan, can browse the internet... unlimited data they say. Except if you want to tether it to a computer that is another $30.
Then half way through the trip it just plain stopped working. I had to "reboot" the Pearl to correct the problem, where rebooting means pulling the battery out.
Otherwise I actually felt the speeds were decent, faster than dialup... probably 120k/sec, and this was over old-school GSM(not 3G).
From what I have seen of SOX, nobody knows what it means... and the consultants are using it as an excuse to jack up their billable hours.
I sat in so many meetings where I'd have someone tell me that you have to do X to be compliant. Since doing X was a lot of work and it wasn't clear what the benefits were I'd ask what the actual policy was that we were trying to implement. Perhaps X wasn't the right solution.
Nobody knew!
People need to go back to the drawing board. Fire all the SOX consultants, and take some time to actually read the policy and then appropritately apply that with processes that are appropriate for your company.
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But any time Congress does something like this, it's really about protecting the pork.
I'm sure the Constellation has parts built in all 50 states so everybody get's a piece of the action.
It makes them feel better. Having your preconceived notions of how things work proven wrong is hard and makes your head hurt.
I'd love for you to give some specific examples.
Why is the eject button for the ipod so tiny when compared to the Sync button? yet it's constantly nagging about my having to eject the ipod.
So weird... One wonders if Apple has ever done any usability analysis of their software.
A lot of developers suffer from ADD. Like right now I'm reading /. instead of working on updating some technical specifications.
ADD impacts you when the task seems overwhelming or requires too much thought. Instead of working on it, you'll find something else to do to keep busy.
Now you can get diagnoses by a doctor and start taking the pills and that's supposed to help.
The other thing to do is to try to break it down into smaller tasks that you can focus on without getting bored. Obviously this works better if you have someone who can help with this.
I have the same problem, I have something I want to do, know what I want to do, am really excited by it, but can't focus on it.
Prior to 2003, Orin Hatch was frequently heralded here on /. as a great defender of consumer rights because he was always bashing on Hilary Rosen.
Then suddenly when they replaced Rosen with Mitch Bainwol, Hatch changed his tune. Now he was the greatest champion of everything the RIAA asked for.
One only needs to look up the political affiliations of Rosen and Bainwol to understand why. :-)
Normal doesn't make for a good story. Better if you add some hyperbole to it.
I have a Dell Inspiron E1505 that is three years old, it was loaded with the fastest processor, most memory, 7200 rpm harddrive, x1300 video card, best LCD screen(15" 1680x1050). I love the machine.
Looking on ebay, it appears I could get around $400 selling it now.
Ok, so I looked up similar vintage MacBook Pro, looks like they sell for $1000.
But here's the thing. I looked at the MBP, and at the time for the same configuration it was $2400. My Dell was $1200.
$2400-1000 = $1400
$1200-400 = 800.
Yeah, my Dell wasn't quite comparable to the Mac... not as fast of video, heavier, etc. But it did what I needed. So I agree with the original point that if you price out what you need you can get a cheaper machine and I don't think resale makes up for the difference.
It's interesting the conservatives are jumping up and down because the estimates are larger than the politically correct number. :-)
Then why do you keep reelecting her?
This is all Bill Clinton's fault!
agreed. H1B has become the new tech bubble. It's attracting a lot of really bad people who just want to get rich quick.
A long term strategy would be to use H1B for quality people, as well as developing quality talent within the US. Right now the H1B use for filling entry level positions appears to be distorting our ability to create local talent.
My experience over the past 15 years has been that H1B isn't used to bring in qualified people that we couldn't otherwise find in the US. It's being used to fill the entry level positions.
I don't know why, but it appears that by filling entry level with the H1B individuals this is distorting the free market within the US. Why do they need to go outside the country? Possibly because there has been a decline in people seeking ComSci and other similar degrees. Why would that be the case? Possibly because the IT industry has not addressed their salaries, or work/life balance issues. Possibly also because in my experience IT departments are extremely bad at recruiting out of college. Possibly also because IT departments are bad at developing talent.
Regardless, the influx of H1B individuals filling entry level positions is destroying the entire IT industry because we are no longer developing talent within the country.
This is actually a pretty major issue. Youw ant to call it tribalism, whatever. I'll certainly call it Nationalism. I think it is important for our country to have a functioning free market system, and the H1B system is distorting the free market and not allowing it to function properly.
I guess I don't see the Touch has having been a fundamental improvement as it doesn't really allow you to play any different content. I suppose it does give you a larger screen for video, and arguably it's useful for games.
Besides the Touch hasn't been that popular. Probably because the iPhone is essentially the same device but with a phone.
I don't know why they are pushing the Nanos in the stores, but they are. Given the price, and what you can now buy flash memory for it is surprising to me that they have not introduced a 32 or 64 gig version of the Nano already. But then they wouldn't have quite the profit margin.
Main point is, we're at the tail end of the iPod cycle. We're waiting for the next big thing. Not sure what that is.
I find it interesting that people claiming Microsoft should abandon the market because of Apple dominance are the same ones who said Microsoft could never sell more Xbox's then Sony Playstations, and yet we've seen where that led.
Actually last week on Nova they were talking about several studies that have occured over the years which measure the light hitting earth from the sun. They are not entirely certain why, but over the past 50 or so years they have measured less sunlight.
These measurements come from a study done by an Israeli scientist who measured actual light output, and then from a whole host of data that has been collected over one hundred years for agricultural purposes called the pan evaporation index.
One study done in Wisconsin following 9/11 noted an increase in temperature when the planes stopped flying, leading to a premise that perhaps the exhaust from jets is blanketing the earth and shielding us from sun light. Jets just being one cause, obviously pollution has a similar effect. The show noted that this started dramatically increasing in the 1990s which I suppose coincides with industrialization in India and China.
Now maybe it's not this, and it's sun spots as you say. That could only be determined by measuring solar light levels from a satellite located outside of our atmosphere.
It was an interesting show, and shows how complicated this is.
The claim that humans cannot impact the environment though is patently stupid, as there is thousands of years of evidence that contradicts it.
Seriously, I've been amazed at watching the ipod over the years. They came up at 40 gig and it was quite remarkable. I bought an 80 gig model about 2 years ago when they had introduced those. But now you go to the stores and it's hard to buy a classic. They are pushing the nano.
That's usually the first sign of a product hitting it's peak in the business cycle. When they stop caring about the consumer, and start pushing the models which have the highest profit.
If I were MS, I'd stay in this market. Apple hasn't changed the ipod fundamentally since they introduced the color screen and videos.
I don't know. The "Vista sucks" theme really started spreading.
What has been interesting to me is the number of people who I encounter that say they bought a new computer, and while they thought Vista would suck, it's ended up being the most stable computer they've ever had.
$198 divided by 950 Kwh is 20 cents a Kwh.
That's double what I pay. Sheesh.
Sounds to me like you choose this class hoping to pick a fight. I never took a Black Studies course, and never had any interest in such. Never had interest in Womens studies, or Religious studies either. I did take Cultural Geography and History to fulfill my electives in liberal arts but I found them interesting.
I find your story HIGHLY unlikely. The only way a student can be thrown out of a class is if they are disruptive. Extremely disruptive. We're talking physical violence, or shouting and not allowing the class to proceed for a long time.
Children aren't stupid, and they're very manipulative.
The very fact that you are on this forum promoting this anecdote as some example of evil liberal professors will not be unknown to your child. He knows that this is going to be your reaction, that you have allowed preconceived notions to blind you from proper skepticism. So he's worded his version of the events to reinforce your behavior.
The red flag was when you said he made one mild statement, and the professor few into a rage and then he shut up. Come on, let's get real here. Nobody is going to fly into a rage because of one comment. Especially not a teacher who just asked for open comment.
What you just described is an event which will hit the newspapers. So while I'm very skeptical, I'm more then willing to believe your version of the events if you can send us a link to the school paper discussing this in more detail.
Oh great a rant by someone who knows nothing, providing no insight into a problem.
Must be an Op-Ed from a media pundit.
And they wonder why blogs are replacing them?
This is a Communist government, they're quite used to forcing people to do things they don't want.
I tried to do this with my Pearl when we went on vacation. Thought I could use my laptop on the trip when we wanted to find where to go, etc.
First roadblock is the cost. I pay $30 for my Blackberry data plan, can browse the internet... unlimited data they say. Except if you want to tether it to a computer that is another $30.
Then half way through the trip it just plain stopped working. I had to "reboot" the Pearl to correct the problem, where rebooting means pulling the battery out.
Otherwise I actually felt the speeds were decent, faster than dialup... probably 120k/sec, and this was over old-school GSM(not 3G).
From what I have seen of SOX, nobody knows what it means... and the consultants are using it as an excuse to jack up their billable hours.
I sat in so many meetings where I'd have someone tell me that you have to do X to be compliant. Since doing X was a lot of work and it wasn't clear what the benefits were I'd ask what the actual policy was that we were trying to implement. Perhaps X wasn't the right solution.
Nobody knew!
People need to go back to the drawing board. Fire all the SOX consultants, and take some time to actually read the policy and then appropritately apply that with processes that are appropriate for your company.
So we'd be better off with air we can't breath and water we can't drink?