I gave up on Blueray. It's PITA DRM turned me off so much, I quit and returned my BR player. Stupid Sony POS wouldn't play legally-purchased BR discs. Wanted to "upgrade" the key. Still wouldn't play after the fuggin' firmware upgrade so I threw in the towel.
ISIS is not a centralized enemy as we once had way back in WW II. They're a bunch of little "cells" that are doing their own thing. It would be impossible to "nuke them" as "they" aren't in any one place or country.
Even the nutty Muslims have no centralized governing body. They're interpreting their religion on the fly with likely thousands of nutjobs coming up with their own interpretation of what is "right" and "wrong" so it's impossible to put pressure on any leadership because there is none.
Since WW II, we've encountered a whole different type of war. One of small groups and in some cases, guerrilla warfare (Vietnam) which again,had little centralization as a target.
Agreed. Also paying a premium for a hybrid or electric car can buy a LOT of gasoline for a high mileage Honda Civic or Toyota Corolla, etc. I doubt if one would break even during the lifetime of most of the cars. There would be a few exceptions but very few.
I took freshman high school typing. I was the only male in the class way back when. I found it was one of the most-useful classes I ever attended.
I agree that in the computer age, typing is a necessity. Also, I used to type a lot of technical reports. It's obviously necessary for the same reason.
Most librarians are government "workers". I doubt if they'll take on any other challenges without a pay raise. The city next to me charges developers a fee for building libraries. However, that doesn't pay for the librarians so they shut the library down most of the time.
They won't allow volunteers to staff it because of union regulations.
Hewlett-Packard (the old company) before the split had more employees in India than it had in the U.S.
So, I'd say it's already happened.
There is no shortage of qualified SW engineers in the U.S. Heck, even the University of California is outsourcing part of it's I.T. to India while it concurrently produces C.S. graduates.
It's an issue of money, not technical capability that causes outsourcing to cheap countries and importing H1-B people.
Wait until the bunch reaches retirement age. They'll cry because they didn't save for their retirement and hoped it would be "taken care of".
With companies eliminating their pensions and retirement programs, it's up to THEM to prepare for their retirement and they won't be doing that because of an immediate gratification approach to life.
Fortunately, I'll be dead by then so I won't have to worry about it.
I have sort of a photographic memory. When I see things of this nature (not specifically) it really sticks in my mind.
I even turn my head when I see a dead cat on the road. The image sticks with me and I don't want it there.
I say outsource the dastardly job to India. We pollute other countries with chemicals, we may as well pollute their minds too (if they'll take the job).
If you look at the "new and improved" Yahoo Finance, it's unusable. 'Not sure how they're messing with it but with some PCs, it allows one to use the old format but on others, they have a totally fucked up version with lots of white space, mini graphs, dropping user's buy prices and more crap. If one reads the comments on the new format, over 95% absolutely hate it.
I've found I can revert to the old format by clearing cookies.
Fucking with Yahoo Portfolio, changing its format to something useless (over 90% of the comments hate it) Interspersing ads with news. Making Yahoo Finance "news" appear to be stories with content equal to The National Enquirer. Making their news page the same. Radically increasing the cost of a paid email service, whose only use is to screen out irritating ads. The "security stuff" that was ignored for years and kept from users for years.
I use the for my junk email address. If I have to go to the effort of changing it to altaba.com, I'll just pull the plug on them. I'm a paying customer FWIW (didn't want the ads with the email).
I use TuneInRadio and Pandora in my car. Run in to my car stereo via Aux. input or in one, I can do bluetooth (but don't, Aux is easier).
I also have a 132 GB iPod with all of my music. In one car, I replaced the stock radio (DIN standard) with a new Kenwood radio that has a USB input for a flash drive. I dump albums I recently purchased on the flash drive and listen to them via the USB port because it's just so easy and I don't have to worry about iPod being put away for potential theft reasons.
I made the mistake of upgrading my iTunes once. It was awful in that it wouldn't provide lists of songs. Just big icons of albums which required lots of effort to collate.
I downgraded my iTunes and it wasn't easy. 'Had to remove all Apple related programs (including Quicktime). Had to edit files.
PITA.
I stream music via TuneInRadio and Pandora. For my stuff, I use an ipod. If I want "cloud music", I use Amazon. I never buy music via iTunes because I prefer the.mp3 format for transportability. Apple is so hung up on DRM that it makes their products unusable.
I use an easy to read analog watch. I don't have to press any buttons to find the time and I can do it quickly.
I've found that analog watches give me a spatial representation of time. Seeing the minute hand on the 10, for example gives me a gut fell regarding how long it'll be when the hour is reached. I don't get that from digital time pieces.
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I gave up on Blueray. It's PITA DRM turned me off so much, I quit and returned my BR player. Stupid Sony POS wouldn't play legally-purchased BR discs. Wanted to "upgrade" the key. Still wouldn't play after the fuggin' firmware upgrade so I threw in the towel.
I watch SD discs.
I've seen situations where it can take 2+ years for DVDs to propagate to say.. Netflix.
I watch a lot of BBC documentaries and many of them NEVER reach Netflix or other sources.
If I really want to watch it, I buy the DVD (and hack my player to be region code free or watch it using VLC).
I buy DVDs when I can't find the video anywhere else online (and I know how to find things online).
I don't buy a lot of them but (for example) David Attenborough's BBC documentaries take a long time to propagate to other sources.
Same goes with concert videos in some cases.
Yes and no.
Some areas don't have decent internet and streaming video isn't practical (or possible).
You are mistaken.
Candygram. :-)
We need to counter with a landshark.
ISIS is not a centralized enemy as we once had way back in WW II. They're a bunch of little "cells" that are doing their own thing. It would be impossible to "nuke them" as "they" aren't in any one place or country.
Even the nutty Muslims have no centralized governing body. They're interpreting their religion on the fly with likely thousands of nutjobs coming up with their own interpretation of what is "right" and "wrong" so it's impossible to put pressure on any leadership because there is none.
Since WW II, we've encountered a whole different type of war. One of small groups and in some cases, guerrilla warfare (Vietnam) which again,had little centralization as a target.
Agreed. Also paying a premium for a hybrid or electric car can buy a LOT of gasoline for a high mileage Honda Civic or Toyota Corolla, etc. I doubt if one would break even during the lifetime of most of the cars. There would be a few exceptions but very few.
I took freshman high school typing. I was the only male in the class way back when. I found it was one of the most-useful classes I ever attended.
I agree that in the computer age, typing is a necessity. Also, I used to type a lot of technical reports. It's obviously necessary for the same reason.
Most librarians are government "workers". I doubt if they'll take on any other challenges without a pay raise. The city next to me charges developers a fee for building libraries. However, that doesn't pay for the librarians so they shut the library down most of the time.
They won't allow volunteers to staff it because of union regulations.
And first to get outsourced to India.
Much like the University of California sending out it's I.T. to India whilst they produce Computer Science graduates.
Hewlett-Packard (the old company) before the split had more employees in India than it had in the U.S.
So, I'd say it's already happened.
There is no shortage of qualified SW engineers in the U.S. Heck, even the University of California is outsourcing part of it's I.T. to India while it concurrently produces C.S. graduates.
It's an issue of money, not technical capability that causes outsourcing to cheap countries and importing H1-B people.
Wait until the bunch reaches retirement age. They'll cry because they didn't save for their retirement and hoped it would be "taken care of".
With companies eliminating their pensions and retirement programs, it's up to THEM to prepare for their retirement and they won't be doing that because of an immediate gratification approach to life.
Fortunately, I'll be dead by then so I won't have to worry about it.
Nothing fancy. I can hear a definite difference between FLAC and MP3 files on my old Marantz receiver with some JBL speakers.
You're full of shit.
I left a large computer company in the Bay Area to work for (drum roll) the same large computer company, living in a rural area about 130 miles away.
Rural != "dumb".
You are not dumb but instead, an ignorant fool.
BTW, Obamacare raised my partner's medical insurance 111.7% and hardly anyone in the area will accept her "platinum policy" .
I have sort of a photographic memory. When I see things of this nature (not specifically) it really sticks in my mind.
I even turn my head when I see a dead cat on the road. The image sticks with me and I don't want it there.
I say outsource the dastardly job to India. We pollute other countries with chemicals, we may as well pollute their minds too (if they'll take the job).
Outsource it to India.
Google portfoliio.
If you look at the "new and improved" Yahoo Finance, it's unusable. 'Not sure how they're messing with it but with some PCs, it allows one to use the old format but on others, they have a totally fucked up version with lots of white space, mini graphs, dropping user's buy prices and more crap. If one reads the comments on the new format, over 95% absolutely hate it.
I've found I can revert to the old format by clearing cookies.
Some (not all) of Yahoo's problems:
Fucking with Yahoo Portfolio, changing its format to something useless (over 90% of the comments hate it)
Interspersing ads with news.
Making Yahoo Finance "news" appear to be stories with content equal to The National Enquirer.
Making their news page the same.
Radically increasing the cost of a paid email service, whose only use is to screen out irritating ads.
The "security stuff" that was ignored for years and kept from users for years.
Then Mary Barra (GM) followed by
Meg Whitman (what's left of HP)
Great performers here.
I use the for my junk email address.
If I have to go to the effort of changing it to altaba.com, I'll just pull the plug on them.
I'm a paying customer FWIW (didn't want the ads with the email).
I've seen some estimates (googling "Marissa Mayer Severance" as high as $110 million.
That's pretty good for running a company further into the ground. I would have done it for half the price.
"Time to spend more time with the family" as they say.
I use TuneInRadio and Pandora in my car. Run in to my car stereo via Aux. input or in one, I can do bluetooth (but don't, Aux is easier).
I also have a 132 GB iPod with all of my music. In one car, I replaced the stock radio (DIN standard) with a new Kenwood radio that has a USB input for a flash drive. I dump albums I recently purchased on the flash drive and listen to them via the USB port because it's just so easy and I don't have to worry about iPod being put away for potential theft reasons.
Agreed. The newer UIs really suck.
I made the mistake of upgrading my iTunes once. It was awful in that it wouldn't provide lists of songs. Just big icons of albums which required lots of effort to collate.
I downgraded my iTunes and it wasn't easy. 'Had to remove all Apple related programs (including Quicktime). Had to edit files.
PITA.
I stream music via TuneInRadio and Pandora. For my stuff, I use an ipod. If I want "cloud music", I use Amazon. I never buy music via iTunes because I prefer the .mp3 format for transportability. Apple is so hung up on DRM that it makes their products unusable.
I use an easy to read analog watch. I don't have to press any buttons to find the time and I can do it quickly.
I've found that analog watches give me a spatial representation of time. Seeing the minute hand on the 10, for example gives me a gut fell regarding how long it'll be when the hour is reached. I don't get that from digital time pieces.
Keep it simple.