You may be smarter and better at their jobs but it's more likely that you know enough about their tasks to see how computers can make them more efficient and you boggle at how they aren't doing it THIS way because it would OBVIOUSLY be faster...
But while any bright person can tackle most clerical jobs with a touch of training, I wouldn't want to have 300 faculty grant accounts dropped in my lap to manage, or know all the relevant policies on academic probations.
So be happy you're smart and capable but don't be so quick to judge your clients -- it's often a different skill set AND mindset that separates you.
Yah, the Brotherhood has good atmosphere. They've changed the bar area around too for a little more of a pub feel. Just avoid the french fries.
"These taste like not-quite-defrosted potatoes."
"That's how they are," says the server.
If you remember the show Wings, then you probably remember the two quarreling brothers, the cute little female shop owner (Crystal Bernhardt), and Lowell the mechanic. Most residents of Nantucket most closely resemble Lowell. The rest of the cast seemed like tourists to me.:-)
I'll bite. While the iPhone lacks in some areas, I find its interface and usability far beyond any Blackberry, Palm, or Nokia phone I've ever used. And if I have to choose between an experience where everything I use is smooth, versus everything I uses is meh, but it also offers MMS and a central message storage area...I'll go with smooth.
So what's better than the iPhone? (It'll just be a matter of preference anyway -- I'm one of the lucky few who loves the iPhone keyboard.)
Erm, except for 3G usage, where the G1 and the Storm beat it, apparently.
I've never tried the G1, but I think one should stay away from comparing the Storm with anything. Even Blackberry will (hopefully) be shuffling that alongside the file that holds Windows Me and the Edsel.
And as far as battery life goes, I have a first-gen iPhone...I leave wireless on all day long and make only a couple calls a day. I use the web and check email frequently. Like that, it'll last 2 days before its battery dies. If I beat on the web -- say I'm a passenger on a trip or something and decide to surf the day through, it'll last about 10 hours. The longest I've ever had the battery last was about 2.5 days, and that was with almost no use whatsoever.
Thus far, I have yet to see an "iPhone killer" do anything of the sort.
The article headline simply says "Killer Phone". The story goes back to an incident on the Palm assembly lines. A young man who had only recently witnessed the birth of his first son mysteriously vanished during his midnight shift at the Palm Pre manufacturing plant. On the night of his disappearance, his newborn son, a natural wailer normally, was silent until dawn. Indeed his mother, cradling him in her arms, felt the hairs on her neck stand out as the child seemed to have a curious grin on his face and would give a baby's chuckle now and again.
In the morning, after a long, dark vigil, the mother put the giggling baby back in his crib, only to hear a strange beep coming from the blankets. Shuffling through the soft sheets, she found a prototype of the Palm Pre.
It having an easy-to-use touchscreen, she was able to quickly thumb her way around the icons of the phone. It was then she found the Photos icon in the top right corner. As she pressed the button, her son began to wail as if a limb was broken, but she couldn't take her eyes from the revealing photos. Her husband lying with another woman. Her husband in different positions with this woman. At dinner with this woman. At the river....all the while her son cried louder and louder until, sliding the photo of her husband holding the phone away and snapping a picture of him and his mistress locked in a deep kiss, her child's crying suddenly ended.
The next photo began a slide show of what happened at the Palm Pre processing plant on the midnight shift, eventually ending with what was left of her husband and the woman after attempting relations on a Palm Pre conveyer belt.
And her child began to giggle.
At least, that's how I heard the Palm Pre got its moniker as "Killer Phone".
Being from Nantucket, I don't get the joke. I even read the article (imagine that) to see if there was some reference. In fact, being a native of Nantucket allows me to charge you 50 cents for each use of the word "Nantucket" (it's actually $3000, but we divide the royalties up amongst the entire population -- 50 cents is just my cut). However, if you can pull some strings to get us our own statehood (which we've tried for before) or our own nuclear missile base (from "Boston Legal"), I'll let my 50 cents slide.
Well, you know, we weren't burning fences for heat or being rounded up and segregated by police squads for no proper reason (not en masse anyway).
We were headed in that direction, but happily we had an election and the entire planet Earth is crossing its fingers in the hope that Barack Obama steers us differently.
Yes, the ads are paying for the programming. But not for the access. That's what your cable bill is for -- to pay for the wiring and access to the programming.
But before cable TV access was free (in the U.S.) with a decent antenna (still is). We still had ads. You could then get cable and pay for a more reliable signal, and pay a little bit more for a channel with no ads (like HBO).
I believe the ad revenue was distributed not just to the programming but to the access points (antenna operation, broadcast stations, etc). I imagine that's still the case, only we're paying some pretty hefty fees for basic cable and heftier fees for a premium channel or two.
You made a nice analogy, but that doesn't mean someone isn't making bank off of us. I'm glad there's some competition now for TV access, but they seem to have standardized on $100/month for lots of HD stations and not many (if any) premium channels, so "competition" isn't really there unless you're a new subscriber.
Human's observe dogs observing but there's no lasting proof of processing by hounds -- no remaining data output. I write, therefore I am. Of course, with the advent of organized 1s and 0s, I may not be for much longer.
Yes, I remember the last time 2008 rolled around...we celebrated until dawn, frolicking in our pantaloons, firmly supported by our onion-garnished belts...
No mod points but your statement was dead on. Most people consider "investing" only in terms of cash accrued after purchase. If you purchase in a high end gaming computer, your investment in your enjoyment just increased (hopefully). Good call, drinkypoo.
Clue-stick for the clueless -- no matter who is in the White House, no matter who is on Capitol Hill, change happens in Washington very, very slowly.
Up until Bush's administration, most would have agreed. But he drove America into the ground in less than 8 years -- I don't think that qualifies as "slowly".
Only one thing will fix our broken democracy at this point -- revolution.
The wave of optimism that swept across the country on the lead up and election of Barak Obama is a type of revolution. Breaking down doors and brother against brother is a thing of the uncivilized past. Today, we vote. If it gets very bad, we impeach.
Just a note, any major that has to do with math and/or logic opens a lot of doors. You can program or do sys admin stuff (since you seem to like computers though your CS degree need not apply - but it won't hurt either).
You can also chase a law degree. Focus on Intellectual Property Rights if you want to stay on top of tech.
Otherwise, you sound like you're just starting out. IT jobs range from sys admins in small companies or departments in large companies (or colleges) but can also be more focused - mail admins, database admins, cluster admins, security (whole other ballpark there), networking, auditing, etc etc.
FTFA: "Also included are a few freebies. Every XPS 730 system comes with a free tool kit with all of the various screwdrivers you would need to tinker with your system, a free Dell XPS metal mouse pad and a free set of XPS branded Turtle Beach Ear Force HPA2 surround sound gaming headset."
I think it's beyond ridiculous that anyone would buy a $4,500+ PC for home / game use.
My dad, approaching 65 years young, purchased a Dell gaming rig recently for over $3K. He showed me the specs and I was surprised to find that I could have built a similar machine for at most half the price (sans warranty and support of course). But building a machine isn't hard, but it's got some nuances (power supply pins for one) and if you don't want to attempt it, you'll buy one pre-built. And who will you go to? The company you've heard of, or maybe even bought from before.
Hmm...not that I use Word, of course, for coding, but if I did use Word and was, well, looking for a suitable alternative for writing code, not that I am, what might you, err, recommend?
And where's the Save button for this comment thing...
All I know is that my graphics box (I call it a graphical) houses a nice little motherboard with a cute Intel chip, some hard drives, and I think I even have a sound card plugged into it.
I remember when the graphics "card" was simply part of the computer -- these days, all the other components are part of my graphical.
Well, concerning public Medicare which helps those over 65 -- if you've had a rough lifestyle, you'll be spending more Medicare money post-65 to keep yourself alive than the person who has done preventative techniques to support their health.
I sort of wish I could at least find a news source or three that doesn't try to sell me the news by adding all sorts of ridiculous sensationalism. I just want facts, researched, well-written, reviewed, facts.
Perhaps a socialized news service that doesn't get paid by the paper or the advertising hit? NPR doesn't count because it also has its bias (left).
But Medicare funds aren't endless, and people who don't take care of themselves end up draining from that fund faster than those who do. And the money for Medicare comes from my "property": taxes. So to say they are not "harming" me by being a burden on our public health care system isn't true.
If people want to live unhealthily through ignorance or choice, I've not a single problem with that, so long as it doesn't affect me. But with socialized medicine, it does.
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You may be smarter and better at their jobs but it's more likely that you know enough about their tasks to see how computers can make them more efficient and you boggle at how they aren't doing it THIS way because it would OBVIOUSLY be faster...
But while any bright person can tackle most clerical jobs with a touch of training, I wouldn't want to have 300 faculty grant accounts dropped in my lap to manage, or know all the relevant policies on academic probations.
So be happy you're smart and capable but don't be so quick to judge your clients -- it's often a different skill set AND mindset that separates you.
See...now that's worth a +1 informative. Thanks!
-- A Man from Nantucket
Yah, the Brotherhood has good atmosphere. They've changed the bar area around too for a little more of a pub feel. Just avoid the french fries.
"These taste like not-quite-defrosted potatoes."
"That's how they are," says the server.
If you remember the show Wings, then you probably remember the two quarreling brothers, the cute little female shop owner (Crystal Bernhardt), and Lowell the mechanic. Most residents of Nantucket most closely resemble Lowell. The rest of the cast seemed like tourists to me. :-)
I'll bite. While the iPhone lacks in some areas, I find its interface and usability far beyond any Blackberry, Palm, or Nokia phone I've ever used. And if I have to choose between an experience where everything I use is smooth, versus everything I uses is meh, but it also offers MMS and a central message storage area...I'll go with smooth.
So what's better than the iPhone? (It'll just be a matter of preference anyway -- I'm one of the lucky few who loves the iPhone keyboard.)
Erm, except for 3G usage, where the G1 and the Storm beat it, apparently.
I've never tried the G1, but I think one should stay away from comparing the Storm with anything. Even Blackberry will (hopefully) be shuffling that alongside the file that holds Windows Me and the Edsel.
And as far as battery life goes, I have a first-gen iPhone...I leave wireless on all day long and make only a couple calls a day. I use the web and check email frequently. Like that, it'll last 2 days before its battery dies. If I beat on the web -- say I'm a passenger on a trip or something and decide to surf the day through, it'll last about 10 hours. The longest I've ever had the battery last was about 2.5 days, and that was with almost no use whatsoever.
Thus far, I have yet to see an "iPhone killer" do anything of the sort.
The article headline simply says "Killer Phone". The story goes back to an incident on the Palm assembly lines. A young man who had only recently witnessed the birth of his first son mysteriously vanished during his midnight shift at the Palm Pre manufacturing plant. On the night of his disappearance, his newborn son, a natural wailer normally, was silent until dawn. Indeed his mother, cradling him in her arms, felt the hairs on her neck stand out as the child seemed to have a curious grin on his face and would give a baby's chuckle now and again.
In the morning, after a long, dark vigil, the mother put the giggling baby back in his crib, only to hear a strange beep coming from the blankets. Shuffling through the soft sheets, she found a prototype of the Palm Pre.
It having an easy-to-use touchscreen, she was able to quickly thumb her way around the icons of the phone. It was then she found the Photos icon in the top right corner. As she pressed the button, her son began to wail as if a limb was broken, but she couldn't take her eyes from the revealing photos. Her husband lying with another woman. Her husband in different positions with this woman. At dinner with this woman. At the river....all the while her son cried louder and louder until, sliding the photo of her husband holding the phone away and snapping a picture of him and his mistress locked in a deep kiss, her child's crying suddenly ended.
The next photo began a slide show of what happened at the Palm Pre processing plant on the midnight shift, eventually ending with what was left of her husband and the woman after attempting relations on a Palm Pre conveyer belt.
And her child began to giggle.
At least, that's how I heard the Palm Pre got its moniker as "Killer Phone".
Being from Nantucket, I don't get the joke. I even read the article (imagine that) to see if there was some reference. In fact, being a native of Nantucket allows me to charge you 50 cents for each use of the word "Nantucket" (it's actually $3000, but we divide the royalties up amongst the entire population -- 50 cents is just my cut). However, if you can pull some strings to get us our own statehood (which we've tried for before) or our own nuclear missile base (from "Boston Legal"), I'll let my 50 cents slide.
Well, you know, we weren't burning fences for heat or being rounded up and segregated by police squads for no proper reason (not en masse anyway).
We were headed in that direction, but happily we had an election and the entire planet Earth is crossing its fingers in the hope that Barack Obama steers us differently.
Yes, the ads are paying for the programming. But not for the access. That's what your cable bill is for -- to pay for the wiring and access to the programming.
But before cable TV access was free (in the U.S.) with a decent antenna (still is). We still had ads. You could then get cable and pay for a more reliable signal, and pay a little bit more for a channel with no ads (like HBO).
I believe the ad revenue was distributed not just to the programming but to the access points (antenna operation, broadcast stations, etc). I imagine that's still the case, only we're paying some pretty hefty fees for basic cable and heftier fees for a premium channel or two.
You made a nice analogy, but that doesn't mean someone isn't making bank off of us. I'm glad there's some competition now for TV access, but they seem to have standardized on $100/month for lots of HD stations and not many (if any) premium channels, so "competition" isn't really there unless you're a new subscriber.
Human's observe dogs observing but there's no lasting proof of processing by hounds -- no remaining data output. I write, therefore I am. Of course, with the advent of organized 1s and 0s, I may not be for much longer.
As always, 2008 proved to be an interesting year
Yes, I remember the last time 2008 rolled around...we celebrated until dawn, frolicking in our pantaloons, firmly supported by our onion-garnished belts...
No mod points but your statement was dead on. Most people consider "investing" only in terms of cash accrued after purchase. If you purchase in a high end gaming computer, your investment in your enjoyment just increased (hopefully). Good call, drinkypoo.
What sort of high-spec machine is our universe running on then?
Over 6 billion cores and counting...
Clue-stick for the clueless -- no matter who is in the White House, no matter who is on Capitol Hill, change happens in Washington very, very slowly.
Up until Bush's administration, most would have agreed. But he drove America into the ground in less than 8 years -- I don't think that qualifies as "slowly".
Only one thing will fix our broken democracy at this point -- revolution.
The wave of optimism that swept across the country on the lead up and election of Barak Obama is a type of revolution. Breaking down doors and brother against brother is a thing of the uncivilized past. Today, we vote. If it gets very bad, we impeach.
So I have one of these and I'm going to flame your elitism right off the Internet if I can finish wheeling before my battery r
Just a note, any major that has to do with math and/or logic opens a lot of doors. You can program or do sys admin stuff (since you seem to like computers though your CS degree need not apply - but it won't hurt either).
You can also chase a law degree. Focus on Intellectual Property Rights if you want to stay on top of tech.
Otherwise, you sound like you're just starting out. IT jobs range from sys admins in small companies or departments in large companies (or colleges) but can also be more focused - mail admins, database admins, cluster admins, security (whole other ballpark there), networking, auditing, etc etc.
Don't be bitter! There's an SSH client from the App Store you can use!
FTFA: "Also included are a few freebies. Every XPS 730 system comes with a free tool kit with all of the various screwdrivers you would need to tinker with your system, a free Dell XPS metal mouse pad and a free set of XPS branded Turtle Beach Ear Force HPA2 surround sound gaming headset."
I think it's beyond ridiculous that anyone would buy a $4,500+ PC for home / game use.
My dad, approaching 65 years young, purchased a Dell gaming rig recently for over $3K. He showed me the specs and I was surprised to find that I could have built a similar machine for at most half the price (sans warranty and support of course). But building a machine isn't hard, but it's got some nuances (power supply pins for one) and if you don't want to attempt it, you'll buy one pre-built. And who will you go to? The company you've heard of, or maybe even bought from before.
Unless you write your code in Word
Hmm...not that I use Word, of course, for coding, but if I did use Word and was, well, looking for a suitable alternative for writing code, not that I am, what might you, err, recommend?
And where's the Save button for this comment thing...
All I know is that my graphics box (I call it a graphical) houses a nice little motherboard with a cute Intel chip, some hard drives, and I think I even have a sound card plugged into it.
I remember when the graphics "card" was simply part of the computer -- these days, all the other components are part of my graphical.
I'm fairly certain you're wrong in your reasoning, but I also am not an expert on the subject so I could be wrong as well.
You're an old hand here at Slashdot, aren't you. ;-)
Well, concerning public Medicare which helps those over 65 -- if you've had a rough lifestyle, you'll be spending more Medicare money post-65 to keep yourself alive than the person who has done preventative techniques to support their health.
I sort of wish I could at least find a news source or three that doesn't try to sell me the news by adding all sorts of ridiculous sensationalism. I just want facts, researched, well-written, reviewed, facts.
Perhaps a socialized news service that doesn't get paid by the paper or the advertising hit? NPR doesn't count because it also has its bias (left).
But Medicare funds aren't endless, and people who don't take care of themselves end up draining from that fund faster than those who do. And the money for Medicare comes from my "property": taxes. So to say they are not "harming" me by being a burden on our public health care system isn't true.
If people want to live unhealthily through ignorance or choice, I've not a single problem with that, so long as it doesn't affect me. But with socialized medicine, it does.