I bet you could make a ton more money selling magazine subscriptions than you could ever being a software engineer. Extorting forty subscriptions to Vibe out of someone would probably feed you for six months.
The problem is a lack of highly educated workers willing to work for the minimum wage or lower in the U.S....
Well, isn't that kind of a fundamentally flawed problem? As a person pursuing a degree in higher education (dropping $100,000+ on said education) I don't feel like it would be worth it to work for minimum wage or less. I mean, isn't that really one of the points of college, so you don't have to work minimum wage?
Seriously. Make your player not look like a pile of dog shit that was in the microwave for 10 minutes too long. When I install your software, I want to install that: your software. NOT a free trial of AOL, and furthermore, your player should speak only when spoken to (i.e. not get greedy and put itself in the menu bar and load on startup) and really, I only need one shortcut to it on my computer, not one on the desktop, one in the menu bar, one in the start button...etc.
Thanks but no thanks. I'll stick to iTunes. You say you guys at Real read Slashdot? Put your money where your mouth is.
Thurston Geometrization conjecture. I knew that guy was onto something. Saw him speak at an MAA meeting a few months ago, his brother is a physics professor at my school. Smart guy, understood the first 10 minutes of his talk though, being a lowly math undergrad and him being a Fields medal winner.
Mod parent up.
Article also generously says "This problem is like the Mount Everest of math conjectures, so everyone wants to be the first to climb it."
I'd say Riemann-zeta holds that title; at least now that FLT is done.
I had a similar issue with a WallStreet G3 laptop. The plug for the power adapter cracked on the motherboard. I called Apple, they told me to take it to a Apple Service Center, so, being the consumerist fool that I am, took it to CompUSA. They quoted me $2k to replace the motherboard, I told them to blow me.
Took it to the mom and pop computer shop RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET from CompUSA, $35 to open the computer up, and re-solder the AC connector onto the motherboard. Not even a diagnostic fee. The guy told me, "Oh yeah, we have seen alot of that, it'll be fixed in 15 minutes". I waited, he fixed it right in front of me, and I gave him $40 for being so customer-friendly.
Because of that, I buy every piece of hardware I need from this store. As a customer, I really appreciate doing business with a place that isn't out to gouge me for every dime I have.
There is no excuse for that kind of bullshit. If you make a product, make it fucking right. Don't pussyfoot around, and have the balls to own up to a mistake. Customers are number 1, customers make your business. Someone at Apple needs to drown themselves in a toilet to rectify this.
TeX has survived for so long, and will continue to thrive, because someone put some fucking throught into the design instead of into the ship date. If you write software, have the balls to make it good, don't be a pussy.
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The software may not have changed much, but the support sure has. If you are a corporation, and you make an operating system, that's the OS, what's needed for the computer to run applications, there is no excuse for dropping support for it. Ever.
Yes, I know of places where Windows 3.1 is still used (legacy database anyone?), and problems still arise. Even in 2003, I have troubleshot Windows 98, 95 and 3.1. And I'm not trying to be all high and mighty about Open Source, RedHat is putting their customers through the same bullshit.
To make the all too common analogy, if you have a car, and 5 years from now it breaks down, you bring it to a mechanic, he says "sorry, this model isn't supported anymore, time to upgrade!", what the hell do you say to that? The problem of software companies to stop supporting their products is ridiculous. If you're going to make something, do it right, don't pussyfoot around making a good product, and at least have the balls to admit to your mistake and fix it when the shit jumps off. Screw you all software engineers. Where the hell is my abacus?
So now not only do we have fragmentation of content, but also fragmentation of point of sale! This is gonna be reaaaaally good for the online music industry.
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I bet you could make a ton more money selling magazine subscriptions than you could ever being a software engineer. Extorting forty subscriptions to Vibe out of someone would probably feed you for six months.
Windows Vindaloo. Yum! Instead of crashing beyond recognition, it simply shoots fire out of the DVD drive to scald you.
The problem is a lack of highly educated workers willing to work for the minimum wage or lower in the U.S....
Well, isn't that kind of a fundamentally flawed problem? As a person pursuing a degree in higher education (dropping $100,000+ on said education) I don't feel like it would be worth it to work for minimum wage or less. I mean, isn't that really one of the points of college, so you don't have to work minimum wage?
Um, have you looked at all the crap iTunes puts to load at startup?
...still looking.
Like what?
Seriously. Make your player not look like a pile of dog shit that was in the microwave for 10 minutes too long. When I install your software, I want to install that: your software. NOT a free trial of AOL, and furthermore, your player should speak only when spoken to (i.e. not get greedy and put itself in the menu bar and load on startup) and really, I only need one shortcut to it on my computer, not one on the desktop, one in the menu bar, one in the start button...etc.
Thanks but no thanks. I'll stick to iTunes. You say you guys at Real read Slashdot? Put your money where your mouth is.
Score! Now I can run my own wayback machine!
I only have a 30G hard drive though, what do you guys think, bzip should take care of it?
Well, Google made a huge leap forward from the old-guard, of AltaVista & Yahoo...
Google search for the term search engine.
Long Term Effect? I don't have a job.
Sweet Jesus, thank you. Finally some with some brass balls here on /.
I was gonna say booze or suicide, whichever suits your life best.
Thurston Geometrization conjecture. I knew that guy was onto something. Saw him speak at an MAA meeting a few months ago, his brother is a physics professor at my school. Smart guy, understood the first 10 minutes of his talk though, being a lowly math undergrad and him being a Fields medal winner.
Mod parent up.
Article also generously says "This problem is like the Mount Everest of math conjectures, so everyone wants to be the first to climb it."
I'd say Riemann-zeta holds that title; at least now that FLT is done.
Make an example out of them. Nothing says obey me like a bloody head on a stick.
Excuse me, this is KDE. We don't tolerate that kind of krap.
WiFi lets us be the most productive we can be, no matter where we are.
...but Slashdot does not.
OMG u are so dumb. 802.11 wireless networking technology uses RADIO not ELECTRO-MAGNETIC waves!!!
:P
lololol
Is there some big difference between physics and mathematics in the line of reasoning you've employed?
Yes, but it is too large to fit in this margin.
All your joke are old to us.
...but nice revival.
I had a similar issue with a WallStreet G3 laptop. The plug for the power adapter cracked on the motherboard. I called Apple, they told me to take it to a Apple Service Center, so, being the consumerist fool that I am, took it to CompUSA. They quoted me $2k to replace the motherboard, I told them to blow me.
Took it to the mom and pop computer shop RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET from CompUSA, $35 to open the computer up, and re-solder the AC connector onto the motherboard. Not even a diagnostic fee. The guy told me, "Oh yeah, we have seen alot of that, it'll be fixed in 15 minutes". I waited, he fixed it right in front of me, and I gave him $40 for being so customer-friendly.
Because of that, I buy every piece of hardware I need from this store. As a customer, I really appreciate doing business with a place that isn't out to gouge me for every dime I have.
There is no excuse for that kind of bullshit. If you make a product, make it fucking right. Don't pussyfoot around, and have the balls to own up to a mistake. Customers are number 1, customers make your business. Someone at Apple needs to drown themselves in a toilet to rectify this.
This message typed from a PowerBook G4.
My CS project last semester. It shipped with no support, and a Segmentation Fault easter egg!
TeX has survived for so long, and will continue to thrive, because someone put some fucking throught into the design instead of into the ship date. If you write software, have the balls to make it good, don't be a pussy.
The software may not have changed much, but the support sure has. If you are a corporation, and you make an operating system, that's the OS, what's needed for the computer to run applications, there is no excuse for dropping support for it. Ever.
Yes, I know of places where Windows 3.1 is still used (legacy database anyone?), and problems still arise. Even in 2003, I have troubleshot Windows 98, 95 and 3.1. And I'm not trying to be all high and mighty about Open Source, RedHat is putting their customers through the same bullshit.
To make the all too common analogy, if you have a car, and 5 years from now it breaks down, you bring it to a mechanic, he says "sorry, this model isn't supported anymore, time to upgrade!", what the hell do you say to that? The problem of software companies to stop supporting their products is ridiculous. If you're going to make something, do it right, don't pussyfoot around making a good product, and at least have the balls to admit to your mistake and fix it when the shit jumps off. Screw you all software engineers. Where the hell is my abacus?
Oh come on. All managers really do is tell you to put the new cover letters on the TPS reports, and make sure you got the memo.
So now not only do we have fragmentation of content, but also fragmentation of point of sale! This is gonna be reaaaaally good for the online music industry.