Caps on memory, bandwith, etc are nothing new...but what would be new is for these companies to develop, promote, and offer support on the use of their services. For instance, cell phones; most cell phones have an easy to access number of used minutes. If they are going to cap, then they need a real-time tool to allow the user to get to their bandwith numbers, otherwise one has to wonder where they get their results.
AOL, while awful in many ways, at least keeps track of their hours.
On the negative side, I cannot wait to pay extra to download these larger than ever ads that keep "popping up".
Charge, but add service, benefit, like a real company!
Just last week, we're running around taking that stupid gator off of machines, because of this very issue.
This app, http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10106-108-638 06.html?tag=upd, seems to do a decent job of getting rid if it and others.
These components are frightening, especially when you see the number of registry entries that are nothing more than entries for Active X (or Active Ads) components.
I don't know about everyone else, but some of these animated ads make it difficult to read articles. For instance, I love certain articles at Salon, but I have to print them out in order to focus...especially when the ad contains blood and large breasted women.
Try driving down the road with one of those things flashing in your windshield.
A valid argument against using the MS platform and languages such as C# is that learning in that enviroment creates a knowledge set that is limited to that enviroment, while learning in a more *nix type of environment encourages using multiple tools (languages) for different kinds of jobs. I've made this same argument at work, stating that I have no intention of having just VB and C# on my resume for the last couple of years, and it seemed to work. Our CS department does not do windows at all, by the way, and has no intention to do so in the near future.
If one as a developer cannot show progress in a matter that can be understood by manager types, then it seems to me that managers often then lean heavily on trivial numbers, such as lines of code or made up completion dates, just so they can put it all into a report. So I think how a developer communicates to the outside world (if they are in that position) makes a huge difference on how their achievement is rated.
Just imagine...sites such as thinkgeek.com could garner useful statistics about their customers, statistics that answer such difficult questions as:
1. Are "geeks" the majority of people that order from thinkgeek? 2. Do most thinkgeek consumers own a computer? 3. Do some of the people that order the Perl shirts program in Perl, or do they mostly program in VB? 4. Are women truly the majority of their purchasing audience as first guessed? 5. Is the first thing noticed by most users on the site the first thing that comes up in the middle of the screen within one's line of sight? 6. Do people that buy mugs also drink Dr. Enuf? Water? Milk?
This kind of thinking is so exciting, I so wish I was in marketing.
I totally agree, and I should have said as such because I have used Perl a ton for non web stuff, but I honestly don't know PHP and Python outside of web publishing, but I'm sure I'll run into it sooner or later.
and if he was talking about only web based development, then does that not include all of the web scripting languages, such as PHP, Python, Perl, etc, etc, etc.
Oh why even bother commenting...these stupid little rimshots from ZD are nothing more than attempts to capture the glory days of pitting WP against Word against Ami Pro.
then I think they should. Microsoft seems to often be very critical of anything they don't sell, however, and http was being used to serve web pages while MS was still in Windows 3.11, were they not?
And I do understand the protocols evolve and emerge, so again if they have some ideas, they should develop, offer, and advance - it's not as if they don't have a few R&D dollars.
Of course, most that probably glanced at the article thought it meant that one will no longer have to see http:// in the address bar.
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There is one benefit to working temp jobs that I would suggest anyone take full advantage of - read the internal postings.
I temped in Chicago for one year during the tech boom period, and had no trouble interviewing for system support and programming work, and eventually landed one. The cool thing about this method was that I would just jot the info down while in the break room and call the next day.
While employers are looking for education / experience, they are also very well aware that some guru with ten years of background might not contribute that much more than "the temp fellow that has a decent resume, everyone seems to like, and seems to know how to brew coffee instead of leaving it for the next person to do." Or at least that is the angle I would take if I was not the guru. I just always thought of the temp work as rent payers and a good way to scope out companies I might like to work for.
I wonder if temping at an HP corporate office would have yielded a different tale?
Yeah, right on. All of those movies that depict aliens learning about us through "broadcast television"...track them down and make them pay up.
Not only does this infringe upon copyrights, but it also could spell the end of humankind as we know it, as they always learn so much from this pirated material.
The more I watch the news, especially since September 11, the more I realize there is very little new information dispersed to the masses. Instead I see people waving signs, but no mention is given to their history or how those signs were written in English. News, more and more I think, just tells us mostly what we want to hear or think we would hear.
It seems to me that one of the primary purposes of advertising is to sell you things you didn't know you needed. So if advertising is so targeted that the commercials and products only reflect ones already forged tastes, then how does that help to sell more widgets? Like the news, this sounds like a way to sell us what we already know about or what we already want, and doesn't seem to lend itself to increasing sales or opening new markets.
I am currently reading the Mars series by Kim Stanley Robinson, and find many of the ideas presented in book to be very in line with some of the few published scientific papers I have read. And I think they are very well written as well.
Just curious about other authors that are considered to be very good regarding the Mars topic. Any recommendations?
Microsoft surely does know how to garner attention through what initially seems to be a poor decision.
I was glad to see Mozilla and Oprah mentioned, however. Sort of like everytime MS downplays Linux, they mention their name. Good or bad I'm not sure. I'm actually more angry about their stupid search redirect.
I'm totally out of the loop in regards to what Novell has been up to of late, but I was surprised to see them run some commercials several times tonight. Any reason they are showing up on the tube more?
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I used to train 8 hour days, breaking for lunch, 5 days a week. Web design, some SQL, etc.
It was tiring, more so for me I think than the students, but they stayed awake when they were learning something new.
So it stands that security is a new topic to the Microsoft programmers!
Caps on memory, bandwith, etc are nothing new...but what would be new is for these companies to develop, promote, and offer support on the use of their services. For instance, cell phones; most cell phones have an easy to access number of used minutes. If they are going to cap, then they need a real-time tool to allow the user to get to their bandwith numbers, otherwise one has to wonder where they get their results.
AOL, while awful in many ways, at least keeps track of their hours.
On the negative side, I cannot wait to pay extra to download these larger than ever ads that keep "popping up".
Charge, but add service, benefit, like a real company!
Just last week, we're running around taking that stupid gator off of machines, because of this very issue.
8 06.html?tag=upd,
This app, http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10106-108-63
seems to do a decent job of getting rid if it and others.
These components are frightening, especially when you see the number of registry entries that are nothing more than entries for Active X (or Active Ads) components.
Sounds like this thing would be a good platform for custom apps used throughout an organization - not just the checking Outlook/to do list crowd.
Even Apple's old PDA was marketed as such, so I'm sure this is being pushed to hospitals, factories, etc.
I don't know about everyone else, but some of these animated ads make it difficult to read articles. For instance, I love certain articles at Salon, but I have to print them out in order to focus...especially when the ad contains blood and large breasted women.
Try driving down the road with one of those things flashing in your windshield.
A valid argument against using the MS platform and languages such as C# is that learning in that enviroment creates a knowledge set that is limited to that enviroment, while learning in a more *nix type of environment encourages using multiple tools (languages) for different kinds of jobs. I've made this same argument at work, stating that I have no intention of having just VB and C# on my resume for the last couple of years, and it seemed to work. Our CS department does not do windows at all, by the way, and has no intention to do so in the near future.
Hmmm...I think your suggestion to use IceWM makes the best point of all; pick the window manager of choice, or avoid the GUI completely.
Despite KDE's looks, Linux users still can choose to use something else. I cannot think of a bigger difference.
If one as a developer cannot show progress in a matter that can be understood by manager types, then it seems to me that managers often then lean heavily on trivial numbers, such as lines of code or made up completion dates, just so they can put it all into a report. So I think how a developer communicates to the outside world (if they are in that position) makes a huge difference on how their achievement is rated.
Just imagine...sites such as thinkgeek.com could garner useful statistics about their customers, statistics that answer such difficult questions as:
1. Are "geeks" the majority of people that order from thinkgeek?
2. Do most thinkgeek consumers own a computer?
3. Do some of the people that order the Perl shirts program in Perl, or do they mostly program in VB?
4. Are women truly the majority of their purchasing audience as first guessed?
5. Is the first thing noticed by most users on the site the first thing that comes up in the middle of the screen within one's line of sight?
6. Do people that buy mugs also drink Dr. Enuf? Water? Milk?
This kind of thinking is so exciting, I so wish I was in marketing.
I totally agree, and I should have said as such because I have used Perl a ton for non web stuff, but I honestly don't know PHP and Python outside of web publishing, but I'm sure I'll run into it sooner or later.
and if he was talking about only web based development, then does that not include all of the web scripting languages, such as PHP, Python, Perl, etc, etc, etc.
Oh why even bother commenting...these stupid little rimshots from ZD are nothing more than attempts to capture the glory days of pitting WP against Word against Ami Pro.
then I think they should. Microsoft seems to often be very critical of anything they don't sell, however, and http was being used to serve web pages while MS was still in Windows 3.11, were they not?
And I do understand the protocols evolve and emerge, so again if they have some ideas, they should develop, offer, and advance - it's not as if they don't have a few R&D dollars.
Of course, most that probably glanced at the article thought it meant that one will no longer have to see http:// in the address bar.
http://www.theonion.com/onion3311/microsoftpatents .html
Except the for fact that the current article seems to be based in fact.
Intercal for aspiring politicians?
There is one benefit to working temp jobs that I would suggest anyone take full advantage of - read the internal postings.
I temped in Chicago for one year during the tech boom period, and had no trouble interviewing for system support and programming work, and eventually landed one. The cool thing about this method was that I would just jot the info down while in the break room and call the next day.
While employers are looking for education / experience, they are also very well aware that some guru with ten years of background might not contribute that much more than "the temp fellow that has a decent resume, everyone seems to like, and seems to know how to brew coffee instead of leaving it for the next person to do." Or at least that is the angle I would take if I was not the guru. I just always thought of the temp work as rent payers and a good way to scope out companies I might like to work for.
I wonder if temping at an HP corporate office would have yielded a different tale?
Yeah, right on. All of those movies that depict aliens learning about us through "broadcast television"...track them down and make them pay up.
Not only does this infringe upon copyrights, but it also could spell the end of humankind as we know it, as they always learn so much from this pirated material.
The more I watch the news, especially since September 11, the more I realize there is very little new information dispersed to the masses. Instead I see people waving signs, but no mention is given to their history or how those signs were written in English. News, more and more I think, just tells us mostly what we want to hear or think we would hear.
It seems to me that one of the primary purposes of advertising is to sell you things you didn't know you needed. So if advertising is so targeted that the commercials and products only reflect ones already forged tastes, then how does that help to sell more widgets? Like the news, this sounds like a way to sell us what we already know about or what we already want, and doesn't seem to lend itself to increasing sales or opening new markets.
I am currently reading the Mars series by Kim Stanley Robinson, and find many of the ideas presented in book to be very in line with some of the few published scientific papers I have read. And I think they are very well written as well.
Just curious about other authors that are considered to be very good regarding the Mars topic. Any recommendations?
Microsoft surely does know how to garner attention through what initially seems to be a poor decision.
I was glad to see Mozilla and Oprah mentioned, however. Sort of like everytime MS downplays Linux, they mention their name. Good or bad I'm not sure. I'm actually more angry about their stupid search redirect.
I'm totally out of the loop in regards to what Novell has been up to of late, but I was surprised to see them run some commercials several times tonight. Any reason they are showing up on the tube more?