A huge part of the corruption in the US is our Legal System. I am thoroughly convinced that our legal system as it is now is such an ingrained part of our society and government that we are doomed. It will only get worse and worse. It feeds itself. I have no idea what the answer is... I just can't help but notice the problem.
"Placebo effect" implies a perceived improvement. I think it's obvious by the number of times people push elevator close door or street "walk" buttons, or fiddle with office thermostats, there is no perceived improvement.
Most "commercial" software must do everything (or multiple things) and by nature are complex. But to your point, what would YOU be willing to pay for, and can you give examples? Everyone likes to pick on MS Office, but I use it at work, and it does a ton of stuff all pretty well. Integration with Outlook and other MS apps is not all that bad considering the scope. But, that's big and complex, and has a UI. You're making a comparison of apples and tomatos.
Forgetting Linux apps completely, I'll pick an app that does fit your criteria... Irfanview. Small, robust, fast, and well worth the price - free. I am sure with a little thought you can come up with some too.
Microsoft is anything but late to this party. They have been trying to launch a tablet for over a decade now. They've tried again, and again, and again, and they have failed every single time.
I've lost count of how many times they have tried, but it goes all the way back to Windows 95 for Pen Computing, or whatever it was called.
And someone fat fingered an email along the way, said "we need to get this damn table product OUT THE DOOR" and a couple of years later, we have the Surface.
As long as there are people who will yell "YEAHHHHH !!", cheer over nothing, and flock to pay money for this stuff, George Lucas will continue to do it. He's proven who he is over the years. I am embarrassed for him and everyone involved....and a little for myself, for even bothering to comment on it. I am honestly shocked that people are still that enthralled with Star Wars. I grew out of it when I was a kid, and lost all interest after Episode 1 came out.
I've tried listening to public-domain music.. I just haven't found anything I really like
I didn't say "public domain music". I said licensed under Creative Commons.
Buuut, the post I was replying to did say "public domain" music.
You're right, there's no Lady Gaga or Brittney Spears licensed under Creative Commons. But there's is a lot of really great music.
And to be fair... nowhere did *I* imply that Britney Spears or Lady Gaga are good music.... in fact, I really don't know who Lady Gaga is, or why everyone is always referring to her in conversations. I don't watch E! or read People Magazine.... I know it would take about 10 seconds to do a search and find out... but honestly, I don't care and it would be a wasted 10 seconds.
Meh. I've tried listening to public-domain music.. I just haven't found anything I really like. But really, the same could be said for most music.
The reason people use certain songs are because they are well known. And there's nothing wrong with that. In fact, there is nothing wrong with using copyrighted music. The key thing is "having permission to use it" and that is what is broken. This just points out yet another reason why the ability to buy/sell copyrights to songs (or anything for that matter) is just plain wrong. It goes against the entire point of copyright.
The system is broken, this is just another hole in the dyke. It will be plugged, another will appear... rinse, repeat. There will always be ways around silly copyrights.
Now that they have this set of tests, do the same thing on WinXP and Vista.
But since I use Linux, I really don't care all that much about this test in the first place. Firefox for me, Opera as a backup, Konqueror bringing up the rear, and XP/IE7 on Virtualbox for those teeth-gritting (but getting more rare) occasions when it is absolutely the last option.
It wasn't designed to operate for only 90 days. The intention was for it to last at least 90 days. But certainly nobody cut corners during construction because of that, so "that part can fail after 100 days".
I'm surprised GIMP doesn't do what you want.. I love it.
On the two monitor thing, I ran them for years and LOVED it. I still miss some things about it. The problem wasn't really in setting them up the first time... it was when something changed. I don't remember if it was in the video driver, X, or kernel updates... but every so often it took fiddling with to get it right.
Maybe it was my video card at the time - Nvidia GeForce4 MX440. I switched to an ATI, but had bigger issues with drivers. Of course, this was all a couple of years ago.. things always just seem to get better and better with Kubuntu.
When I checked for updates this morning, it asked if I wanted to upgrade to the newest version. I did. In the last 10 years, this will be first time I will (hopefully) have a successful upgrade. In the past, all the way back to RedHat 5.something upgrades have killed me and I've had to do a fresh install. I was always running 2 monitors, and that seemed to be a never-ending battle re-configuring X. I've gone from RedHat to SuSE to Mandrake to Kubuntu.
Having said that, I recently built a new computer with Intel quad-core and ditched the 2 monitors in favor of a big flat screen... so I did a fresh install of 9.04 64-bit Kubuntu. I've been loving it! There have been a few things I didn't care for, but even KDE4 is OK, and Compiz is great.
The medical field need serious help... but not from ex-IT people. Unless of course you were one of those people who jumped on the IT bandwagon 10 years ago because you heard you could make good money at it. If that's the case, then you didn't belong here anyway. Believe me, I've thought about getting out of it too, sometimes it just isn't fun anymore. But I think it could be a lot worse elsewhere, so I'm staying put.
Actually, I've strayed from my pure IT roots in my job - I'm a manager now. I manage a testing team. It has taken me a while to develop the skills at it, and to NOT see everything as a technical problem... but it's been good. I went from Unix shell scripting right out of college ('93) to system testing, then a few other technical testing roles, learning about process improvement, management, etc. etc. The money situation kind of took care of itself a few years ago when the economy nosedived. I'm making less now than I was 5 years ago. But I am very happy with my job, and I have stayed true to my tech roots... Linux has been my OS of choice at home for 10 years now.
But in the end - do what YOU want. Sometimes taking a huge leap is a great thing, and can change your life.
I prefer to work for human beings, who are wrong sometimes and can admit it. I try and present that image to my employees as well. It's OK to be wrong sometimes. It's OK to not know the answer. The good people will admit that and try to figure out the answer. The jerks blame someone else or quickly change the topic.
I don't understand why these two things are mutually exclusive. I have found that often times the most competent people aren't the ones who think they know everything, it's the ones who are willing to try and learn. There's no reason to not be both of these things. Try being the person who's right and nobody likes.... see how that works out for you.
I work for a large bank... suddenly, our mandated IE 7, which used to allow you to add other search engines, now only allows Bing. (in the search bar.. it isn't like they've blocked Google). But it is still quite annoying, and things like this don't get deployed by accident to thousands of employees.
I'll add to that - drink lots of water. Not only is it good for your system, but you have to walk to take more bathroom breaks.
Good food - make smart choices, and E a t S l o w l y
Do simple, quick exercises throughout the day that will burn some extra calories... - drop and do 10 pushups. Once those get easy, increase to 20, or do them slow/fast/hold. - do 10 squats. Increase to 20, or hold them when you get better. - stretch. It'll warm your body up. - get some grippers, or stress ball. I would *HIGHLY* recommend the Captains of Crush grippers from IronMind. I have the trainer, #1, and #2. They have since come out with weaker ones than the trainer, but they are all great.
Will all of this replace a good 30-60 minute workout in a gym? Not at all. But it is better than doing nothing.
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A huge part of the corruption in the US is our Legal System. I am thoroughly convinced that our legal system as it is now is such an ingrained part of our society and government that we are doomed. It will only get worse and worse. It feeds itself. I have no idea what the answer is... I just can't help but notice the problem.
We won't have our uptime to brag about anymore!
"Placebo effect" implies a perceived improvement. I think it's obvious by the number of times people push elevator close door or street "walk" buttons, or fiddle with office thermostats, there is no perceived improvement.
Most "commercial" software must do everything (or multiple things) and by nature are complex. But to your point, what would YOU be willing to pay for, and can you give examples? Everyone likes to pick on MS Office, but I use it at work, and it does a ton of stuff all pretty well. Integration with Outlook and other MS apps is not all that bad considering the scope. But, that's big and complex, and has a UI. You're making a comparison of apples and tomatos.
Forgetting Linux apps completely, I'll pick an app that does fit your criteria... Irfanview. Small, robust, fast, and well worth the price - free. I am sure with a little thought you can come up with some too.
Microsoft is anything but late to this party. They have been trying to launch a tablet for over a decade now. They've tried again, and again, and again, and they have failed every single time.
I've lost count of how many times they have tried, but it goes all the way back to Windows 95 for Pen Computing, or whatever it was called.
And someone fat fingered an email along the way, said "we need to get this damn table product OUT THE DOOR" and a couple of years later, we have the Surface.
Hopefully you didn't promise anything like this....
Better make that 2012, they're having some problems migrating from the Knockknock engine to the Insovietrussia engine.
Idiot! That's because you have to migrate the Insovietrussia engine to the Knockknock engine !!
Um, what the hell is a merg? and 'of' != 'have', for crying out loud.
Great, thanks ! So much stuff in the repositories... not sure how I missed this. But it's now installed.
But I went out and checked, and Chrome is now available for Linux. Sweet. Downloaded the 64-bit version and it is pretty fast.
I think I'll still keep FF as my default, but it's always good to have other browser options. (now I have Konq, Opera, and Chrome as 'backups')
As long as there are people who will yell "YEAHHHHH !!", cheer over nothing, and flock to pay money for this stuff, George Lucas will continue to do it. He's proven who he is over the years. I am embarrassed for him and everyone involved. ...and a little for myself, for even bothering to comment on it. I am honestly shocked that people are still that enthralled with Star Wars. I grew out of it when I was a kid, and lost all interest after Episode 1 came out.
I didn't say "public domain music". I said licensed under Creative Commons.
Buuut, the post I was replying to did say "public domain" music.
You're right, there's no Lady Gaga or Brittney Spears licensed under Creative Commons. But there's is a lot of really great music.
And to be fair... nowhere did *I* imply that Britney Spears or Lady Gaga are good music.... in fact, I really don't know who Lady Gaga is, or why everyone is always referring to her in conversations. I don't watch E! or read People Magazine.... I know it would take about 10 seconds to do a search and find out... but honestly, I don't care and it would be a wasted 10 seconds.
Meh. I've tried listening to public-domain music.. I just haven't found anything I really like. But really, the same could be said for most music.
The reason people use certain songs are because they are well known. And there's nothing wrong with that. In fact, there is nothing wrong with using copyrighted music. The key thing is "having permission to use it" and that is what is broken. This just points out yet another reason why the ability to buy/sell copyrights to songs (or anything for that matter) is just plain wrong. It goes against the entire point of copyright.
The system is broken, this is just another hole in the dyke. It will be plugged, another will appear... rinse, repeat. There will always be ways around silly copyrights.
Now that they have this set of tests, do the same thing on WinXP and Vista.
But since I use Linux, I really don't care all that much about this test in the first place. Firefox for me, Opera as a backup, Konqueror bringing up the rear, and XP/IE7 on Virtualbox for those teeth-gritting (but getting more rare) occasions when it is absolutely the last option.
It wasn't designed to operate for only 90 days. The intention was for it to last at least 90 days. But certainly nobody cut corners during construction because of that, so "that part can fail after 100 days".
Right... it's not like it was designed by GM.
I'm surprised GIMP doesn't do what you want.. I love it.
On the two monitor thing, I ran them for years and LOVED it. I still miss some things about it. The problem wasn't really in setting them up the first time... it was when something changed. I don't remember if it was in the video driver, X, or kernel updates... but every so often it took fiddling with to get it right.
Maybe it was my video card at the time - Nvidia GeForce4 MX440. I switched to an ATI, but had bigger issues with drivers. Of course, this was all a couple of years ago.. things always just seem to get better and better with Kubuntu.
Everything looks OK so far...
When I checked for updates this morning, it asked if I wanted to upgrade to the newest version. I did. In the last 10 years, this will be first time I will (hopefully) have a successful upgrade. In the past, all the way back to RedHat 5.something upgrades have killed me and I've had to do a fresh install. I was always running 2 monitors, and that seemed to be a never-ending battle re-configuring X. I've gone from RedHat to SuSE to Mandrake to Kubuntu.
Having said that, I recently built a new computer with Intel quad-core and ditched the 2 monitors in favor of a big flat screen... so I did a fresh install of 9.04 64-bit Kubuntu. I've been loving it! There have been a few things I didn't care for, but even KDE4 is OK, and Compiz is great.
Still crossing my fingers. :)
The medical field need serious help... but not from ex-IT people. Unless of course you were one of those people who jumped on the IT bandwagon 10 years ago because you heard you could make good money at it. If that's the case, then you didn't belong here anyway. Believe me, I've thought about getting out of it too, sometimes it just isn't fun anymore. But I think it could be a lot worse elsewhere, so I'm staying put.
Actually, I've strayed from my pure IT roots in my job - I'm a manager now. I manage a testing team. It has taken me a while to develop the skills at it, and to NOT see everything as a technical problem... but it's been good. I went from Unix shell scripting right out of college ('93) to system testing, then a few other technical testing roles, learning about process improvement, management, etc. etc. The money situation kind of took care of itself a few years ago when the economy nosedived. I'm making less now than I was 5 years ago. But I am very happy with my job, and I have stayed true to my tech roots... Linux has been my OS of choice at home for 10 years now.
But in the end - do what YOU want. Sometimes taking a huge leap is a great thing, and can change your life.
I prefer to work for human beings, who are wrong sometimes and can admit it. I try and present that image to my employees as well. It's OK to be wrong sometimes. It's OK to not know the answer. The good people will admit that and try to figure out the answer. The jerks blame someone else or quickly change the topic.
I don't understand why these two things are mutually exclusive. I have found that often times the most competent people aren't the ones who think they know everything, it's the ones who are willing to try and learn. There's no reason to not be both of these things. Try being the person who's right and nobody likes.... see how that works out for you.
I thought they invented history for a reason.
To make sure you don't have to apologize for your atrocities because history is always written by the winner?
Or as the current situation stands, by those who accomplished the mission but have yet to declare themselves as having "won" anything.
didn't notice this was posted as AC
I work for a large bank... suddenly, our mandated IE 7, which used to allow you to add other search engines, now only allows Bing. (in the search bar.. it isn't like they've blocked Google). But it is still quite annoying, and things like this don't get deployed by accident to thousands of employees.
I'll add to that - drink lots of water. Not only is it good for your system, but you have to walk to take more bathroom breaks.
Good food - make smart choices, and E a t S l o w l y
Do simple, quick exercises throughout the day that will burn some extra calories...
- drop and do 10 pushups. Once those get easy, increase to 20, or do them slow/fast/hold.
- do 10 squats. Increase to 20, or hold them when you get better.
- stretch. It'll warm your body up.
- get some grippers, or stress ball. I would *HIGHLY* recommend the Captains of Crush grippers from IronMind. I have the trainer, #1, and #2. They have since come out with weaker ones than the trainer, but they are all great.
Will all of this replace a good 30-60 minute workout in a gym? Not at all. But it is better than doing nothing.
Sheesh.