I don't think you necessarily need to own your own domain. There are some excellent pay for e-mail sites that support IMAP (sorry, POP sucks for me):
-> http://www.fastmail.fm - This is my provider. Excellent features, and you can even set your MX pointer to point to them. $20/year I think for 100MB IMAP + tons of features. Totally bad-ass.
-> http://www.mailsnare.net - I had a friend who went through these people, and although they don't support MX pointers, they seem to offer some pretty good bang for your buck. How about 100MB IMAP account for $15/year (+ setup fee)? At that price, why would anyone use Hotmail except for garbage accounts?
FastMail.fm also offer free accounts with 10MB. I would trust them more than Microsoft. Of course, it's cheap to upgrade your account and you get tons of cool features.
I didn't go with the CS degree because I am terrible at math. I think I could easily handle to programming, but I'm no good at math.
I agree that MIS is worthless, but nobody told me this 5 years ago. I guess the "Ask Slashdot" guy today had the right idea. Besides, everyone told me, "It doesn't matter what you major in as long as you get a degree," so I thought an MIS degree would be suitable.
As for the "drive through window" comment, fuck you coward bitch.
I don't think this is part of my problem, unless by "under 60k a year" you qualify "under $8.00 per hour. As I said, I've applied to everything, including retail jobs and have gotten nothing.
I went to a decent 4-year University (it's no Stanford, but it's reputation in the area is decent). After 6 months of searching, I've gotten turned down from EVERYTHING. Granted, I only have an MIS degree (let the flame wars begin!), but I've applied for every IT position in the area without success. Eventually, I moved on to apply for anything - secretary positions, retail positions, seminar planner, bank teller, you name it. Turned down for them all, even though I have way more experience than most of my peers (I worked full-time as a system admin while going to school for awhile, which sure beats most internships I've been told about).
In fact, before I graduated, I never got turned down for one single job. Now that I have my degree, I figure I've gotten turned down for at least 60.
Going to college was the worst thing I have ever done. Granted, I might have gotten further with CS or engineering, but with the same experience I can't imagine I'd be that much further...
Ok everyone, beging ripping on my attitude, school, GPA, blah blah blah. I know my potential and thanks to my degree I can't use it.
All employers want is experience and you can't get that in college, so you're basically SCREWED like the rest of us. Kill yourself now.
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I got one of these notices from them stating my domain was about to expire and I should renew. It made me stop and think for a moment, because I knew I wasn't registered through them (and I thought maybe it was sent on behalf of my registrar or something goofy), but then I realized they were just trying to get me to switch. Not really a tough decision on my part - stay with my current provider at $10/year or switch to them for $35/year.
I don't like to have to configure complex mouse drivers. I'm using Windows so I have to reload about once every 2 months, and I like a clean, simple install (which still takes many hours to redo with so many reboots). I use all default drivers when possible and try to get used to programs using as many defaults as possible.
I'm probably unique, but I also use a lot of different machines at work which can't be configured (easily) to my taste, so I prefer to get used to defaults... It's like using a split keyboard at home and then trying to use a standard keyboard on 50 computers at work. Not fun. I like my software the same way.
MDI stands for "Multiple Document Interface". It allows you to have multiple Windows nested within the main program (Photoshop is an example), instead of a Single Document Interface (SDI) with one window for the program (like Notepad, where each document open is another instance of Notepad running).
Not sure why this was funny, but you have the option of running it as MDI or SDI. The tabbed browsing is nice, but I don't like how you have to "Alt-Shift-Click" to do it. Why not just Shift- or Control- click like Mozilla? To me, this is an awesome feature, and I want it as easy to use as possible since I use it so frequently (as I suspect many other here do).
Tough choice for me between Mozilla and Opera. I like the speed (and don't mind paying for it), but it doesn't feel quite as "comfortable" as Mozilla does yet...
> The Internet is still only ~30 years old. We are still in the "early days."
True, but relatively speaking, in today's context the "early days" typically refers to pre-90's in my book. I know that's a large chunk, but the Internet got much more exciting with HTTP and HTML. Yeah, yeah, it was still cool before that, but only scratching the surface of its today's potential.
Most of the lusers I help think of "Internet" and "World Wide Web" as synonyms:)
Apparently at least two of us posted the link to the Springboard module on Intel, but *I* get modded as Redundant even though I was the first to post it. Check the timestamps, bitches.
Just send your complaint to abuse@panip.com. That should do the trick.
Seriously though, I think someone had this great idea that they would set up a company and website for the sole purpose of suing people for this sort of thing. Their website claims they use a Yahoo mail account for contact, and their phone number simply has an answering machine connected to it - no live answering.
Drat, they're running on Verio w/ IRIX. Good luck, geeks...
I think the parent's point was that nobody seemed to care that he was cleaning his keyboard with a vacuum at the end of the day, suggesting it is commonplace. One wonders if this was foreshadowing a future for us all where everything is sterile.
> Trouble is, a lot of sites look to ad revenue to pay for at least some of the cost of hosting and bandwidth.
First of all, this would be no different than what's in Google cache, which are often posted with Slashdot articles.
Second, if a site is Slashdotted, it has the maximum amount of viewers the site owners intended to visit at any given time, all exposed to their ads. Since they did not purchase the infrastructure to allow any more visitors to view their ads+content (by choice), it seems that they were not targetting anyone above that amount. So is it really a big deal if the rest of us see the content cached without ads?
I think there is a market for the size, just not for the associated price. I would love one of Dell's slimline notebooks, but my empty wallet says otherwise. I can get a powerful, standard notebook for much cheaper and deal with the size. Give time for prices to come down.
> that the law does not carry the mandate of the people.
On the surface this may seem true, but what is the alternative. Would we be able to enjoy as many of the works as we do today and in the same quality without copyright? Would we have the same innovation (DVD players and CDs) without copyright? Perhaps. I think people enjoy the benefits of copyright without actually admitting they like the laws. As much as I rant about high prices and being disallowed to do what I want with my media, where would we be today without copyright? I think most people dislike copyright laws because they want unrestricted trade of MP3 files they didn't purchase. Do you think we would have MP3 (or even as advanced computer technology) without copyright? Innovation would occur without a doubt, but at the same pace? We might be set back 100 years if copyright was never enacted.
Very neat, but would I be asked to upgrade to the Pro version every time I opened it? Perhaps I'd only be allowed to use one finger at a time and wait 30 minutes while my message manager (*cough* Outlook) loaded another OS (*cough* OS 9). I bet it would come in some cool psychadellic colors though.
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> Pity I don't have any mod points left. This is about the smartest thing I've heard on this topic.
*sigh* I guess the mod system works after all. The parent post you felt was so insightful couldn't have missed the point more if he/she tried. Did I miss the sarcasm boat here?
As said by another poster, the point of the article isn't to convince manufactures to use Win Embedded on PCs, but to prove that a modular version of Windows is possible (especially since (acording to another post) they are based on the same binaries).
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If you want to retain compatibility, you could try CrossOver Office from Code Weavers?. It's expensive, but an option.
> What's the cheapest hosting you can get? $15 a month? Over a hundred a year at least.
What planet are you from?!
Try $15 per year .
I don't think you necessarily need to own your own domain. There are some excellent pay for e-mail sites that support IMAP (sorry, POP sucks for me):
-> http://www.fastmail.fm - This is my provider. Excellent features, and you can even set your MX pointer to point to them. $20/year I think for 100MB IMAP + tons of features. Totally bad-ass.
-> http://www.mailsnare.net - I had a friend who went through these people, and although they don't support MX pointers, they seem to offer some pretty good bang for your buck. How about 100MB IMAP account for $15/year (+ setup fee)? At that price, why would anyone use Hotmail except for garbage accounts?
FastMail.fm also offer free accounts with 10MB. I would trust them more than Microsoft. Of course, it's cheap to upgrade your account and you get tons of cool features.
I didn't go with the CS degree because I am terrible at math. I think I could easily handle to programming, but I'm no good at math.
I agree that MIS is worthless, but nobody told me this 5 years ago. I guess the "Ask Slashdot" guy today had the right idea. Besides, everyone told me, "It doesn't matter what you major in as long as you get a degree," so I thought an MIS degree would be suitable.
As for the "drive through window" comment, fuck you coward bitch.
I don't think this is part of my problem, unless by "under 60k a year" you qualify "under $8.00 per hour. As I said, I've applied to everything, including retail jobs and have gotten nothing.
I went to a decent 4-year University (it's no Stanford, but it's reputation in the area is decent). After 6 months of searching, I've gotten turned down from EVERYTHING. Granted, I only have an MIS degree (let the flame wars begin!), but I've applied for every IT position in the area without success. Eventually, I moved on to apply for anything - secretary positions, retail positions, seminar planner, bank teller, you name it. Turned down for them all, even though I have way more experience than most of my peers (I worked full-time as a system admin while going to school for awhile, which sure beats most internships I've been told about).
In fact, before I graduated, I never got turned down for one single job. Now that I have my degree, I figure I've gotten turned down for at least 60.
Going to college was the worst thing I have ever done. Granted, I might have gotten further with CS or engineering, but with the same experience I can't imagine I'd be that much further...
Ok everyone, beging ripping on my attitude, school, GPA, blah blah blah. I know my potential and thanks to my degree I can't use it.
All employers want is experience and you can't get that in college, so you're basically SCREWED like the rest of us. Kill yourself now.
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> Does this really matter anymore?
Just skip over it. That's what I do when I read an article that doesn't apply to me. I'm sure every article on here doesn't apply to someone.
NOT Insightful.
I got one of these notices from them stating my domain was about to expire and I should renew. It made me stop and think for a moment, because I knew I wasn't registered through them (and I thought maybe it was sent on behalf of my registrar or something goofy), but then I realized they were just trying to get me to switch. Not really a tough decision on my part - stay with my current provider at $10/year or switch to them for $35/year.
How did this troll get modded up? Why don't you mod up the Recipe Troll while you're at it (browse at -1 for details).
So far, I've had luck browsing some of the buggiest Java applets I've come across. Looks great on this end! Incidentally, I'm running Windows 2000.
I don't like to have to configure complex mouse drivers. I'm using Windows so I have to reload about once every 2 months, and I like a clean, simple install (which still takes many hours to redo with so many reboots). I use all default drivers when possible and try to get used to programs using as many defaults as possible.
I'm probably unique, but I also use a lot of different machines at work which can't be configured (easily) to my taste, so I prefer to get used to defaults... It's like using a split keyboard at home and then trying to use a standard keyboard on 50 computers at work. Not fun. I like my software the same way.
Here I go, off on a tangent...
MDI stands for "Multiple Document Interface". It allows you to have multiple Windows nested within the main program (Photoshop is an example), instead of a Single Document Interface (SDI) with one window for the program (like Notepad, where each document open is another instance of Notepad running).
I didn't get the joke either...
Not sure why this was funny, but you have the option of running it as MDI or SDI. The tabbed browsing is nice, but I don't like how you have to "Alt-Shift-Click" to do it. Why not just Shift- or Control- click like Mozilla? To me, this is an awesome feature, and I want it as easy to use as possible since I use it so frequently (as I suspect many other here do).
Tough choice for me between Mozilla and Opera. I like the speed (and don't mind paying for it), but it doesn't feel quite as "comfortable" as Mozilla does yet...
> The Internet is still only ~30 years old. We are still in the "early days."
:)
True, but relatively speaking, in today's context the "early days" typically refers to pre-90's in my book. I know that's a large chunk, but the Internet got much more exciting with HTTP and HTML. Yeah, yeah, it was still cool before that, but only scratching the surface of its today's potential.
Most of the lusers I help think of "Internet" and "World Wide Web" as synonyms
Apparently at least two of us posted the link to the Springboard module on Intel, but *I* get modded as Redundant even though I was the first to post it. Check the timestamps, bitches.
More Karma burn! Booyah!
It appears they can be purchased online from Intel for $269. Not cheap, but nice if you really want 802.11b.
Just send your complaint to abuse@panip.com. That should do the trick.
Seriously though, I think someone had this great idea that they would set up a company and website for the sole purpose of suing people for this sort of thing. Their website claims they use a Yahoo mail account for contact, and their phone number simply has an answering machine connected to it - no live answering.
Drat, they're running on Verio w/ IRIX. Good luck, geeks...
I think the parent's point was that nobody seemed to care that he was cleaning his keyboard with a vacuum at the end of the day, suggesting it is commonplace. One wonders if this was foreshadowing a future for us all where everything is sterile.
We all watched the movie and got the point...
> Trouble is, a lot of sites look to ad revenue to pay for at least some of the cost of hosting and bandwidth.
First of all, this would be no different than what's in Google cache, which are often posted with Slashdot articles.
Second, if a site is Slashdotted, it has the maximum amount of viewers the site owners intended to visit at any given time, all exposed to their ads. Since they did not purchase the infrastructure to allow any more visitors to view their ads+content (by choice), it seems that they were not targetting anyone above that amount. So is it really a big deal if the rest of us see the content cached without ads?
I think there is a market for the size, just not for the associated price. I would love one of Dell's slimline notebooks, but my empty wallet says otherwise. I can get a powerful, standard notebook for much cheaper and deal with the size. Give time for prices to come down.
> that the law does not carry the mandate of the people.
On the surface this may seem true, but what is the alternative. Would we be able to enjoy as many of the works as we do today and in the same quality without copyright? Would we have the same innovation (DVD players and CDs) without copyright? Perhaps. I think people enjoy the benefits of copyright without actually admitting they like the laws. As much as I rant about high prices and being disallowed to do what I want with my media, where would we be today without copyright? I think most people dislike copyright laws because they want unrestricted trade of MP3 files they didn't purchase. Do you think we would have MP3 (or even as advanced computer technology) without copyright? Innovation would occur without a doubt, but at the same pace? We might be set back 100 years if copyright was never enacted.
Very neat, but would I be asked to upgrade to the Pro version every time I opened it? Perhaps I'd only be allowed to use one finger at a time and wait 30 minutes while my message manager (*cough* Outlook) loaded another OS (*cough* OS 9). I bet it would come in some cool psychadellic colors though.
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LOL, that's even more hard core than running Lynx (or IE 3 for that matter). Props to parent!
Agreed. I think a lot of people confuse an end of production with an end of support. From their Merger FAQ page:
"We are committed to ensuring that HP and Compaq products are supported according to the terms and conditions under which they were purchased."
I truely believe they will follow through with that promise.
> Pity I don't have any mod points left. This is about the smartest thing I've heard on this topic.
*sigh* I guess the mod system works after all. The parent post you felt was so insightful couldn't have missed the point more if he/she tried. Did I miss the sarcasm boat here?
As said by another poster, the point of the article isn't to convince manufactures to use Win Embedded on PCs, but to prove that a modular version of Windows is possible (especially since (acording to another post) they are based on the same binaries).