At my high school in Mexico City we had an old teacher who taught Greek & Latin, he was considered quite an erudite, Also I'm pretty sure that greek & latin ARE required for any recognized highschool in Mexico, (then again maybe the whole education system needs to be modernized in Mexico), of course it was just one class, and with one class we never got the knowledge needed to solve this exam.. I'm glad I can at least read the words and understand the general meaning.
Well I still Love C and believe me nothing would give me more joy to hear it is back at #1, but being realistic and at least for Mexico (I mean the country) It would be "way easier" to get a job doing some Java programming than C programming. Of course most of the programming jobs here are for corporate applications and not much related to servers, services, or applications for end users.
On the other hand trends usually hit us a bit late and if there is really a downturn we might see it later than in the good old US.
The policy in my current company is that NO DATA is shared unless we have a "Non Disclosure Agreement" (NDA) Signed with the company/consultant that needs to work with our data. Have your legal department prepare such an agreement with items such as penalties for improper use of the information..
This kind of agreement sometimes scare consultants or companies, and it's cause for some struggle, but in the end if they can't handle the responsibility over your data then you should find someone who can.
Uses the same amount of electricity as a solar-powered calculator, so that it can be passively powered rather than rely on batteries. All it needs to do is display text at a decent resolution, enough that it's readable without eyestrain, and scroll about as fast as a 300 baud modem used to be able to put text on a screen back in the day.
durable enough that I can take it places, drop it, let it get wet, and worry about as much about damage as I would a book, or less.
Screen is readable under the same lighting conditions as traditional print on paper -- particularly under bright sunlight. I don't want a backlight for reading in the dark as much as I want to be able to read in daylight.
Nice features:
Extendable via a USB port -- let me plug in a keyboard for annotations and note-taking.
Let me also use that USB port to directly access the storage on the device.
I don't need wifi (too energy-costly) or network connectivity, as long as I can plug it into something that has that capability, such as my cell phone or a laptop or other IP node, and share its connection.
..Adding to this nice to have list:
(Disclaimer: I don't have an ebook reader now, so maybe some of the stuff I suggest is already added.)
1. Have the Ability to Mark text & Copy it as notes to a Removable Memory Card (or USB device), so people can use it to quote something on essays, articles, etc.. (ok maybe I'll get sued just for proposing "fair use" of content through an electronic device.
2. Make it look less nerdy, c'mon I look nerd enough with just the Cell Phone & a Hands Free Bluetooth on my ear, having a plastic tablet with an eink (or whatever) screen on it it's not going to help.. How about a classy leather covered reader (like some of those expensive notebooks you can buy at barnes & nobles) that looks slick. I would expect at least some luxury for a goddam $400 reader! and besides I could open it on the subway without people snooping around or maybe even try to steal it..
3. On another post someone suggested that he likes books because he always knows where he is in the book by looking at the width of the remaining pages.. Well this seems nice enough, maybe the interface needs to be tweaked and instead of a scroll bar (or whatever it uses now to move through the book) it needs to pop up a graphical representation of the "bulk of remaining pages" or "previous pages" on the side of the page and allow people to move to a certain page by selecting a point along the width of this "bulk of pages".
4. It must Allow transfer of ebooks to other devices, so i can 'lend' my book to a friend. The content would automagically dissapear from my friends ebook after a month or so. (c'mon I know that most DRM content management implementations already allows for this), This would not make me think twice of lending a book again.. (no more lost friends or lost books) The publisher should know that this would be great marketing for a book.
5. How about transfering content to another ebook?, has any device failed on someone while remaining somewhat operational (bad screen, or something similar). Does the device has an option to transfer information to another ebook?, If I'm going to invest in my ebooks I really want them to 'move with me' I don't want to fill an ebook device only to die on me and having to buy everything again, or even worse, be forever chained to and old crappy ebook reader just because of my content, even iPods allow content transfer.
If an effort is going to be made then let's make something that beats the c... out of regular cars, maybe something like the deceased electric Car!, surely somebody still has knowledge about it.. But just in case..
Well, well at least in Mexico wire type is no problem since it's not regulated and of course it isn't likely that you'll burn your concrete home. On the other hand trying to make a hole through a concrete wall is quite some exercise..
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At my high school in Mexico City we had an old teacher who taught Greek & Latin, he was considered quite an erudite, Also I'm pretty sure that greek & latin ARE required for any recognized highschool in Mexico, (then again maybe the whole education system needs to be modernized in Mexico), of course it was just one class, and with one class we never got the knowledge needed to solve this exam.. I'm glad I can at least read the words and understand the general meaning.
Well I still Love C and believe me nothing would give me more joy to hear it is back at #1, but being realistic and at least for Mexico (I mean the country) It would be "way easier" to get a job doing some Java programming than C programming. Of course most of the programming jobs here are for corporate applications and not much related to servers, services, or applications for end users.
On the other hand trends usually hit us a bit late and if there is really a downturn we might see it later than in the good old US.
C'mon!!
Just buy an external drive and save everything you do there.. when requested just turn in the laptop and keep your drive..
The policy in my current company is that NO DATA is shared unless we have a "Non Disclosure Agreement" (NDA) Signed with the company/consultant that needs to work with our data. Have your legal department prepare such an agreement with items such as penalties for improper use of the information..
This kind of agreement sometimes scare consultants or companies, and it's cause for some struggle, but in the end if they can't handle the responsibility over your data then you should find someone who can.
Nice features:
- Extendable via a USB port -- let me plug in a keyboard for annotations and note-taking.
- Let me also use that USB port to directly access the storage on the device.
- I don't need wifi (too energy-costly) or network connectivity, as long as I can plug it into something that has that capability, such as my cell phone or a laptop or other IP node, and share its connection.
..Adding to this nice to have list:(Disclaimer: I don't have an ebook reader now, so maybe some of the stuff I suggest is already added.)
1. Have the Ability to Mark text & Copy it as notes to a Removable Memory Card (or USB device), so people can use it to quote something on essays, articles, etc.. (ok maybe I'll get sued just for proposing "fair use" of content through an electronic device.
2. Make it look less nerdy, c'mon I look nerd enough with just the Cell Phone & a Hands Free Bluetooth on my ear, having a plastic tablet with an eink (or whatever) screen on it it's not going to help.. How about a classy leather covered reader (like some of those expensive notebooks you can buy at barnes & nobles) that looks slick. I would expect at least some luxury for a goddam $400 reader! and besides I could open it on the subway without people snooping around or maybe even try to steal it..
3. On another post someone suggested that he likes books because he always knows where he is in the book by looking at the width of the remaining pages.. Well this seems nice enough, maybe the interface needs to be tweaked and instead of a scroll bar (or whatever it uses now to move through the book) it needs to pop up a graphical representation of the "bulk of remaining pages" or "previous pages" on the side of the page and allow people to move to a certain page by selecting a point along the width of this "bulk of pages".
4. It must Allow transfer of ebooks to other devices, so i can 'lend' my book to a friend. The content would automagically dissapear from my friends ebook after a month or so. (c'mon I know that most DRM content management implementations already allows for this), This would not make me think twice of lending a book again.. (no more lost friends or lost books) The publisher should know that this would be great marketing for a book.
5. How about transfering content to another ebook?, has any device failed on someone while remaining somewhat operational (bad screen, or something similar). Does the device has an option to transfer information to another ebook?, If I'm going to invest in my ebooks I really want them to 'move with me' I don't want to fill an ebook device only to die on me and having to buy everything again, or even worse, be forever chained to and old crappy ebook reader just because of my content, even iPods allow content transfer.
Ok I'm ready to be flamed now..
If an effort is going to be made then let's make something that beats the c... out of regular cars, maybe something like the deceased electric Car!, surely somebody still has knowledge about it..
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But just in case..
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Well, well at least in Mexico wire type is no problem since it's not regulated and of course it isn't likely that you'll burn your concrete home.
On the other hand trying to make a hole through a concrete wall is quite some exercise..