Yeah, I followed Calvin's lead once and put "HELP I AM A BUG" right in the middle of a sentence in one of my papers. I got 117%. Yeah. 97% on the paper, 10% extra credit for typing, and 10% extra credit for handing it in early.
Who knows, maybe I'd have received 120% if it was not for Calvin and Hobbes' undue influence...
Hmm nobody else has said it so I'll blow my mod ability on this thread; Howard Stern is EXACTLY the reason why I will NOT get Sirius. I'm a total Apple fanboy but I wouldn't buy an iPod with Sirius for this same reason.
I guess though since nobody else has said it, I must be the only one on Slashdot who thinks that not only does Howard Stern seem to have nothing interesting to say, but I feel like my brain is filling with sewage every time I hear him say it.
Well, Sony's notebooks haven't been called "laptops" in a while. I'm happy to say that I'm a Powerbook user now, but maybe 4 years ago we got a 15" Sony Vaio. It got so hot it would burn my legs if I wore shorts, so I called Sony to get some warranty work done on my "laptop".
The woman's response was "that's why we don't call them laptops, sir". Apparently everything was within spec. Go figure.
Hmm, good point on the Volvo/Ford connection. I'm not sure what I was smoking there. I must have gotten mixed up with Saab for a moment.
Yeah, overall I agree with the person's post in that there's no reason for Apple to feel obligated to compete across the market. I also re-read the original post and noticed that it mentioned that Mercedes shouldn't drop the price on their HIGH END cars to compete with GM, so I'm an idiot and my response was completely pointless.
BTW, it's not Daimler Benz, but DaimlerChrysler. A company which makes vehicles like the $14,000 Dodge Neon and the similarly priced (on the low end) PT Cruiser.
GM, on the other hand, sells vehicles like the almost $50k Volvo S80 and the $75,000 Cadillac XLR, which certainly is aimed to compete with the Mercedes Benz SL. So while you could say that Mercedes-Benz and Saturn aren't really in the same market, Dodge & Buick certainly are.
Others have alluded to the fact that this is legal in Canada (so far), but since maybe you have trouble understanding that there are differences between the US and Canada, check out http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5182641.html. I think it explains the issue quite well.
One of greatest strengths of the football field (ff) as a unit of measurement is its flexibility. Of course, this is also one of its greater confusions and annoyances as well. It can be used as either a measurement of distance OR area. Some references for you:
a common informal unit of distance in the United States. Americans aren't quite agreed as to whether the unit is exactly 100 yards (91.44 meters), the distance between the goal lines on an American football field, or 120 yards (109.728 meters), the distance including the two end zones. (Canadian football fields are 10 yards longer.) The football field is also used sometimes as an informal unit of area; including the end zones, an American football field represents an area of 1.3223 acre or about 0.535 hectare. (http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictF.html)
I can't help noticing the number of times American reporters and news anchors measure distances and areas in units of football fields. Aircraft carriers, bomb craters, space shuttles and shopping centres are all dimensioned in football field units. I wouldn't be too surprised if a common abbreviation of "FF" were to enter the language. (http://www.blogscanada.ca/blog/default.aspx?date= 2003-10-10)
100 meters is a regular football field plus 10 meters. (http://www.map-reading.com/ch5-1.php)
If you look at http://www.charliefrench.com/PDF/Gr4Measur1.pdf , you'll even see that it's being taught in Grade 4 math as a unit of length.
Fascinating, really. I'm almost glad I took the time to look this up! Now I know how big a football field is. God bless America.
Ludicrous real estate prices are one reason people CAN buy stuff like this. Refinance $200k out of your house and you can do pretty much whatever you want. Of course, you're paying that off over the next 30 years or so, which turns your $300 iPod into a $700 iPod, but still...
No, you're probably not the only person who thinks that. OTOH, I have a server still running RH8.0 so by that token does it mean that something is "very broken" with Linux? Or maybe that HR8.0 has been rock solid on that server and the time taken to upgrade it does not currently justify the expense (in my time) of upgrading it?
I have a stuck blue pixel pretty much in the middle of my 12" Powerbook screen. While it's annoying when I'm watching a movie on it, the rest of the time I don't really even notice it. Actually I just looked for it, and had to wait for several photos to go through the screensaver before I could see it on a dark photo. I've been using it for about 1.5 years this way, and would return it except I'm in no hurry (I have Applecare) and I can't afford to be without the computer for the time it would take them to replace the screen.
Perhaps a more precise way to make the point would have been to say that while information itself is not biased, it appears to be impossible to communicate any piece of information without any bias being inserted or perceived.
Certainly stating that "Doctors have removed Terry Schiavo's feeding tube" does what most of us would consider an adequate job of communicating that information. That still doesn't make it completely without bias, especially when you consider both sides of the communication (i.e. with whom or what you are communicating).
Have you ever DONE karaoke? I have, once, and I wouldn't say it's for those with "a blistering lack of self-confidence". Rant all you want, but in this case I'd mod you "off-topic" rather than "insightful".
Aren't acronyms (I know this isn't technically an acronym, but then what IS it?) great? When I talk to my retired-farmer dad about AI, I think I'm talking about artificial intelligence, and HE thinks I'm talking about artificial insemination. I'll let you imagine the conversations.
And NO, artificial insemination is not what a lot of you/. geeks probably think it is...
Nobody who's been modded up has mentioned this yet, but before you quit a job you don't like, you should probably look at yourself first. WHY don't you like the job? What did you do to contribute to the poor situation you're in? Are you likely to do it again at the next place? Certainly there are a vareity of factors that could contribute to you not liking your job, but if you take some or all of those factors with you from job to job due to your own baggage, you're not doing anybody a favour.
Yeah, if you hate your job, and have done what you feel is reasonable to make things work out there and have been unable, by all means look for a new job. In my opinion, during the interview process people are allowed to have one or two jobs in their resume where things didn't work out for a specific reason, and if you can show that you did your part to make things work out, that can sometimes even be turned into a positive in an interview. However, I know if I see somebody getting laid off from job after job, or quitting, or whatever, it suggests a disturbing trend in my mind.
Also, to those of you who say to never quit until you have another job: while generally I'd agree with you, there are a lot of other things to life besides working. For instance, if you've worked at a job for a couple years and lived below your means, you should have some savings. Maybe this is the perfect opportunity to quit, send out a bunch of feelers on the job front, then grab your powerbook and mobile phone and mess around in Europe for a couple weeks while you play phone tag with all those recruiters. Or go snowboarding, fix your house up, or whatever it is that you've been dreaming about doing. Now isn't THAT better than bumming around hating life in your crappy cubicle in your crappy job?
Hey. In case anybody cares, there really isn't a need for VNC, as long as you're not using Windows 98 on your media server. Or maybe XP Home too. Windows NT-based operating systems (i.e. 2000 & XP Pro) allow you to use Terminal Services as you're doing to get into them. There's a Remote Desktop client available for both Linux and Mac OS X (www.rdesktop.org).
If you're using Linux as your media server, just connect to it using a remote X-Server. It might be a little less intuitive for a Windows user to understand, but you can locally display your programs on your client that are actually running on your server. The client can be Windows, Mac OS X or Linux. On free windows X server can be obtained at www.cygwin.com.
I'm sure you know all this, but this is just in case anyone else is reading your post looking for options.
I bought DSL for some friends as a present for a year for $25 per month from Sonic.net. From what my friends have told me they have been very happy with the service. If you look somewhere like DSLReports.com you might find that DSL in your area costs less than you think.
I know I'm not the first by any means to mention this here, but the more I think about it, the more it makes sense to me for Apple to license OS X to IBM. With IBM attempting to get out of the home/business PC market with its sale of that division to Lenovo, they have a wide opening in their product offerings. Or at least will have over the next few years as that plan gets executed.
IBM has the advantage of fabricating its own chips, and Apple could keep a portion of its hardware sales by co-designing the IBM hardware and making something off each sale. They would also of course make a software license fee. IBM would make a killing, and given the fact that they have been looking for UNIX-like alternatives to Windows on the desktop for years anyway (witness their Linux R&D) this would really jump-start that effort. IBM would of course continue to sell its Lenovo co-marketed Windows products, thereby making money off both OS choices as it weans people off Windows and onto OS X.
With IBM selling "Apple co-designed" IBM PPC business notebooks and workstations running OS X, it seems to me that this would be a great boost for both companies. It would also probably help spur further R&D on IBM's PPC line which would get us faster computers sooner.
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What is "HUMOR"?
Well, Sun is at least the centre of the solar system...
(I'm sorry. Really. I couldn't resist)
You know, some people actually LIVE in motor homes. Seen in this light, $2000 for a place to live doesn't sound too frivolous to me...
Who knows, maybe I'd have received 120% if it was not for Calvin and Hobbes' undue influence...
Why? This way they can still play as many "commercials" as they want...
Hmm nobody else has said it so I'll blow my mod ability on this thread; Howard Stern is EXACTLY the reason why I will NOT get Sirius. I'm a total Apple fanboy but I wouldn't buy an iPod with Sirius for this same reason.
I guess though since nobody else has said it, I must be the only one on Slashdot who thinks that not only does Howard Stern seem to have nothing interesting to say, but I feel like my brain is filling with sewage every time I hear him say it.
The woman's response was "that's why we don't call them laptops, sir". Apparently everything was within spec. Go figure.
Yeah, overall I agree with the person's post in that there's no reason for Apple to feel obligated to compete across the market. I also re-read the original post and noticed that it mentioned that Mercedes shouldn't drop the price on their HIGH END cars to compete with GM, so I'm an idiot and my response was completely pointless.
GM, on the other hand, sells vehicles like the almost $50k Volvo S80 and the $75,000 Cadillac XLR, which certainly is aimed to compete with the Mercedes Benz SL. So while you could say that Mercedes-Benz and Saturn aren't really in the same market, Dodge & Buick certainly are.
Others have alluded to the fact that this is legal in Canada (so far), but since maybe you have trouble understanding that there are differences between the US and Canada, check out http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5182641.html. I think it explains the issue quite well.
Fascinating, really. I'm almost glad I took the time to look this up! Now I know how big a football field is. God bless America.
Sadly, searching for "speed of light in football fields per fortnight" did not work :-(
Ludicrous real estate prices are one reason people CAN buy stuff like this. Refinance $200k out of your house and you can do pretty much whatever you want. Of course, you're paying that off over the next 30 years or so, which turns your $300 iPod into a $700 iPod, but still...
No, you're probably not the only person who thinks that. OTOH, I have a server still running RH8.0 so by that token does it mean that something is "very broken" with Linux? Or maybe that HR8.0 has been rock solid on that server and the time taken to upgrade it does not currently justify the expense (in my time) of upgrading it?
I have a stuck blue pixel pretty much in the middle of my 12" Powerbook screen. While it's annoying when I'm watching a movie on it, the rest of the time I don't really even notice it. Actually I just looked for it, and had to wait for several photos to go through the screensaver before I could see it on a dark photo. I've been using it for about 1.5 years this way, and would return it except I'm in no hurry (I have Applecare) and I can't afford to be without the computer for the time it would take them to replace the screen.
Certainly stating that "Doctors have removed Terry Schiavo's feeding tube" does what most of us would consider an adequate job of communicating that information. That still doesn't make it completely without bias, especially when you consider both sides of the communication (i.e. with whom or what you are communicating).
For 2+2=4, we'd have to be using at least base 5, FYI. At least using generally recognized mathematical symbols & understanding, blah blah blah.
Have you ever DONE karaoke? I have, once, and I wouldn't say it's for those with "a blistering lack of self-confidence". Rant all you want, but in this case I'd mod you "off-topic" rather than "insightful".
And NO, artificial insemination is not what a lot of you /. geeks probably think it is...
Bonus karma: reply to yourself explaining what you meant (assuming you had a cogent point to begin with)
Nobody who's been modded up has mentioned this yet, but before you quit a job you don't like, you should probably look at yourself first. WHY don't you like the job? What did you do to contribute to the poor situation you're in? Are you likely to do it again at the next place? Certainly there are a vareity of factors that could contribute to you not liking your job, but if you take some or all of those factors with you from job to job due to your own baggage, you're not doing anybody a favour.
Yeah, if you hate your job, and have done what you feel is reasonable to make things work out there and have been unable, by all means look for a new job. In my opinion, during the interview process people are allowed to have one or two jobs in their resume where things didn't work out for a specific reason, and if you can show that you did your part to make things work out, that can sometimes even be turned into a positive in an interview. However, I know if I see somebody getting laid off from job after job, or quitting, or whatever, it suggests a disturbing trend in my mind.
Also, to those of you who say to never quit until you have another job: while generally I'd agree with you, there are a lot of other things to life besides working. For instance, if you've worked at a job for a couple years and lived below your means, you should have some savings. Maybe this is the perfect opportunity to quit, send out a bunch of feelers on the job front, then grab your powerbook and mobile phone and mess around in Europe for a couple weeks while you play phone tag with all those recruiters. Or go snowboarding, fix your house up, or whatever it is that you've been dreaming about doing. Now isn't THAT better than bumming around hating life in your crappy cubicle in your crappy job?
Hey. In case anybody cares, there really isn't a need for VNC, as long as you're not using Windows 98 on your media server. Or maybe XP Home too. Windows NT-based operating systems (i.e. 2000 & XP Pro) allow you to use Terminal Services as you're doing to get into them. There's a Remote Desktop client available for both Linux and Mac OS X (www.rdesktop.org).
If you're using Linux as your media server, just connect to it using a remote X-Server. It might be a little less intuitive for a Windows user to understand, but you can locally display your programs on your client that are actually running on your server. The client can be Windows, Mac OS X or Linux. On free windows X server can be obtained at www.cygwin.com.
I'm sure you know all this, but this is just in case anyone else is reading your post looking for options.
I bought DSL for some friends as a present for a year for $25 per month from Sonic.net. From what my friends have told me they have been very happy with the service. If you look somewhere like DSLReports.com you might find that DSL in your area costs less than you think.
IBM has the advantage of fabricating its own chips, and Apple could keep a portion of its hardware sales by co-designing the IBM hardware and making something off each sale. They would also of course make a software license fee. IBM would make a killing, and given the fact that they have been looking for UNIX-like alternatives to Windows on the desktop for years anyway (witness their Linux R&D) this would really jump-start that effort. IBM would of course continue to sell its Lenovo co-marketed Windows products, thereby making money off both OS choices as it weans people off Windows and onto OS X.
With IBM selling "Apple co-designed" IBM PPC business notebooks and workstations running OS X, it seems to me that this would be a great boost for both companies. It would also probably help spur further R&D on IBM's PPC line which would get us faster computers sooner.
Not exactly what you described, but might achieve the same goals: ViewSonic airpanel