No problem there. At the rate it was downloading for me last night, it'll be a week before I even can install it. Stuck on "about 4 hours remaining" for 2 1/2 hours (and yes, it was downloading all the while).
The chemical plant I worked in during college had rail spurs right into some of the buildings. The factory around the corner from my house has its own spur as well.
I spent the entire day of Pathfinder's landing watching NASA TV and related channels. I was in complete awe every minute...and when the first images came down, that whole day of waiting was more than worth it.
It's not just about the cushioning (in fact, I prefer a less-cushioned seat in favor of properly-padded shorts). It's the geometry too. None of the seats on that site approach the design of the seat on my Gary Fisher.
Some people have been concerned about this for a while. Boeing is still trying to decide if they're going to test the 787 wings to the point of total structural failure because they're concerned about the amount of carbon fiber dust in the air resulting from breaking the wings. They don't want to have to clean all that up.
I think the exercise bike would probably be more apropos since employees could sit on it while they work
No thanks. I have an exercise bike at home. Can't use it. Within 10 minutes I'm numb. And that's with my cycling shorts. I have never seen a humanely-designed seat on a stationary bike.
I work in a "food culture". Company brings in breakfast the 15th of every month to celebrate everyones' birthdays for the month. Managers bring in bagels or similar for team members' birthdays. Quarterly giant buffet to go with our earnings announcements. Random departmental "pot luck days". This week we're getting lunch today and breakfast Friday to celebrate the imminent completion of our project.
That plus having a new kid at home...my eating habits have been horrific since I started here.
It doesn't even have to be that small of a company. I went from the US insurance/financial services division of an international conglomerate (after the company I originally worked for was bought out) to a much smaller company; maybe 300 people at our central office, a few hunderd more scattered up and down the east coast.
I see the CEO walking around; he knows my name (came to my desk, introduced himself, and chatted for about 15 minutes within 2 weeks of my arrival). I sit in meetings with another C-level officer even though I'm 3 "layers" away from her because she's that involved (involved, but not a micro-manager. she listens, guides & exerts pressure where needed). I'm directly involved in multiple projects which are having a very visible benefit to the whole business.
It's really awesome. I swore when I was trying to get out of my previous job that I wasn't going to work for another public company, but the culture here is outstanding and I don't regret the decision.
The upside? When we have big victories on my project (and because of the corporate culture, I do feel like I "own" part of the project), I'm visible.
The downside? When things crap out, I'm still visible. But that's only a downside if I can't turn things around.
My title isn't impressive, but I'd rather people in the company know me as "the guy who makes X work" than by some nebulous title someone made up.
Worse than that...I get that pop-up telling me no wireless networks are available. Perhaps it's because A) I'm on a wirednet work and B) my wireless card is turned off!
blockquote> i>2nd - I would never pay the apple-premium price to be able to run a wanna-be-OS OSX when I can run OpenBSD or FreeBSD years ahead of OSX ./i>/blockquote>Is there any software on *BSD which, for the user, matches the system-wide integration/interoperability that OS X offers? And I don't just mean the default Apple software, I mean the services which are available to any software.
It's not about the OS, it's about what it enables the user to do with it.
Slightly different keyboard layout. Only one trackpad button.
Any married man will tell you there are 3 words which can save your life in situations like this: Pick. Your. Battles. If she wants a Windows PC, get her a Windows PC - don't make a Mac into a "Windows PC".
Look at other points on the spectrum. I've been keeping an eye on Dell for a laptop for my wife because I get a discount through my employer. Configured with nearly identical specs to my MacBook, the Dell price is within 10% of the MacBook.
Unfortunately, my wife refuses to use MacOS so I can't just get her a MacBook - I have no idea how she'll cope with the XP to Vista transition.
to make copyright reform a central issue in the US elections
First you have to get more than 5% of the population aware that there's even a problem - and then convince them to care about it.
Me? I'm concerned about copyright issues, but I'm more concerned with the cost of putting food on my family's table (which, thanks in part to the corn lobby, is getting ridiculous) and the fact that our government has pissed away over a trillion dollars in Iraq with no end in sight.
Impressive; AIUI outside North America, "broadband" means fat pipes (by comparison).
My RoadRunner connection is advertised at 10Mb/sec, which works out to ~108MB per day if I were able to pull that rate for 24 hours continuous. They offered to upgrade me to 15Mb/sec (for a price, of course), which would take me up to ~162MB/day, but that's still weak compared to what I've heard one can get in Japan. They didn't offer to increase my upload speed, which is what I'd really prefer.
Perofrmance is one of the reasons I gave up on OOo/NeoOffice and took advantage of the Home Use program my employer offers as part of our MS licensing deal. $20 for MacOffice 2008 is a better value to me than OOo/NeoOffice right now. I can't reliably open Word documents for my wife using NeoOffice, and the whole suite is just a pig. Plus the graphing in the spreadsheet is more trouble than it needs to be as compared to Excel.
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If it's oil, we'll need to invade, post-haste.
No problem there. At the rate it was downloading for me last night, it'll be a week before I even can install it. Stuck on "about 4 hours remaining" for 2 1/2 hours (and yes, it was downloading all the while).
It depends upon how big an operation you are.
The chemical plant I worked in during college had rail spurs right into some of the buildings. The factory around the corner from my house has its own spur as well.
I spent the entire day of Pathfinder's landing watching NASA TV and related channels. I was in complete awe every minute...and when the first images came down, that whole day of waiting was more than worth it.
It's not just about the cushioning (in fact, I prefer a less-cushioned seat in favor of properly-padded shorts). It's the geometry too. None of the seats on that site approach the design of the seat on my Gary Fisher.
Some people have been concerned about this for a while. Boeing is still trying to decide if they're going to test the 787 wings to the point of total structural failure because they're concerned about the amount of carbon fiber dust in the air resulting from breaking the wings. They don't want to have to clean all that up.
Well, he's 18 months old at this point. And yes, he's a blast to play with. Not enough hours in the day.
At least get it right.
Doctah Jones! Doctah Jones!
I work in a "food culture". Company brings in breakfast the 15th of every month to celebrate everyones' birthdays for the month. Managers bring in bagels or similar for team members' birthdays. Quarterly giant buffet to go with our earnings announcements. Random departmental "pot luck days". This week we're getting lunch today and breakfast Friday to celebrate the imminent completion of our project.
That plus having a new kid at home...my eating habits have been horrific since I started here.
It doesn't even have to be that small of a company. I went from the US insurance/financial services division of an international conglomerate (after the company I originally worked for was bought out) to a much smaller company; maybe 300 people at our central office, a few hunderd more scattered up and down the east coast.
I see the CEO walking around; he knows my name (came to my desk, introduced himself, and chatted for about 15 minutes within 2 weeks of my arrival). I sit in meetings with another C-level officer even though I'm 3 "layers" away from her because she's that involved (involved, but not a micro-manager. she listens, guides & exerts pressure where needed). I'm directly involved in multiple projects which are having a very visible benefit to the whole business.
It's really awesome. I swore when I was trying to get out of my previous job that I wasn't going to work for another public company, but the culture here is outstanding and I don't regret the decision.
The upside? When we have big victories on my project (and because of the corporate culture, I do feel like I "own" part of the project), I'm visible.
The downside? When things crap out, I'm still visible. But that's only a downside if I can't turn things around.
My title isn't impressive, but I'd rather people in the company know me as "the guy who makes X work" than by some nebulous title someone made up.
Most of what value is, is perception.
Worse than that...I get that pop-up telling me no wireless networks are available. Perhaps it's because A) I'm on a wirednet work and B) my wireless card is turned off!
blockquote> i>2nd - I would never pay the apple-premium price to be able to run a wanna-be-OS OSX when I can run OpenBSD or FreeBSD years ahead of OSX . /i> /blockquote>Is there any software on *BSD which, for the user, matches the system-wide integration/interoperability that OS X offers? And I don't just mean the default Apple software, I mean the services which are available to any software.
It's not about the OS, it's about what it enables the user to do with it.
The point remains valid. The $1000 computer you buy which lasts 5 years gives you better value than the 2 $500 computers which only last 2 years each.
Slightly different keyboard layout. Only one trackpad button.
Any married man will tell you there are 3 words which can save your life in situations like this: Pick. Your. Battles. If she wants a Windows PC, get her a Windows PC - don't make a Mac into a "Windows PC".
Look at other points on the spectrum. I've been keeping an eye on Dell for a laptop for my wife because I get a discount through my employer. Configured with nearly identical specs to my MacBook, the Dell price is within 10% of the MacBook.
Unfortunately, my wife refuses to use MacOS so I can't just get her a MacBook - I have no idea how she'll cope with the XP to Vista transition.
What you describe is more closely related to electrical engineering than computer science.
You're right, of course - I just hit the wrong key for my units.
Me? I'm concerned about copyright issues, but I'm more concerned with the cost of putting food on my family's table (which, thanks in part to the corn lobby, is getting ridiculous) and the fact that our government has pissed away over a trillion dollars in Iraq with no end in sight.
Impressive; AIUI outside North America, "broadband" means fat pipes (by comparison).
My RoadRunner connection is advertised at 10Mb/sec, which works out to ~108MB per day if I were able to pull that rate for 24 hours continuous. They offered to upgrade me to 15Mb/sec (for a price, of course), which would take me up to ~162MB/day, but that's still weak compared to what I've heard one can get in Japan. They didn't offer to increase my upload speed, which is what I'd really prefer.
Perofrmance is one of the reasons I gave up on OOo/NeoOffice and took advantage of the Home Use program my employer offers as part of our MS licensing deal. $20 for MacOffice 2008 is a better value to me than OOo/NeoOffice right now. I can't reliably open Word documents for my wife using NeoOffice, and the whole suite is just a pig. Plus the graphing in the spreadsheet is more trouble than it needs to be as compared to Excel.