I don't generally find Flash interesting. I either find it entertaining (flash-based games, video sites like Youtube, Hulu, etc...), or irritating (flash-based ads, particularly those with sound or that overlay content, "splash pages", or "sites" that break my browser controls, forcing me into whatever nightmarish non-standard navigation method the designer thought up).
FlashBlock in Firefox and ClickToFlash in Safari (Adblock for both as well) completely fix this. They allow the entertaining content to be reached, while preventing the irritating content from being forced upon me.
I blew my first opportunity at college. I simply wasn't ready for the freedom. I slacked off, and didn't take it seriously. I did "OK" grade-wise, but lost much of my financial aid, and couldn't make it for a second year.
Spent the next few years maturing. Moved out of my folks house after finding that I simply couldn't live with them anymore. Moved in with my then-girlfriend (now wife) in her college dorm for a while. Eventually got our first apartment. Was in shit retail jobs for a few years.
Networking is everything. One of the guys I knew from a retail gig ended up manager of a dial-up tech-support department, and got me a job there. Busted my ass in that tech-support hellhole, sponged every bit of knowledge I could, and eventually moved into Web Design, then Web Development. I kept picking up server admin experience along the way.
Got a job offer on the east coast for more than twice what I was making, doing a webmaster/admin gig. Moved. The bubble burst, the company went under, and I was unemployed for a little more than a year and a half. What sucked was that the jobs I was applying for either rejected me out of hand (no degree), or were just far enough outside my experience that they didn't want to take a chance. I hadn't built up a significant enough volume of experience to open those doors without the degree.
Finally, after more applications and resumes than I can count, I got a sysadmin position at a small company. Intolerable conditions and expectations were the order of the day. After about 3 years of that, I needed to get out.
And that's how I landed my current job, as the second sysadmin at a slightly larger company. I'd finally accumulated a large enough body of experience in my field that my lack of a degree wasn't a concern. I had exceptional references, which I'm sure helped quite a bit. Great people here, and a much better environment. We're understaffed - but then again, who isn't? In this economy, I'd much rather have too much work (and reasonable expectations) than not enough!
Unfortunately, I disagree with his position on Copyright, otherwise I agree, he'd make a fine choice in comparison to the choices the reigning parties have put forth.
So put it out with a big sign that says "Free Stuff - Please Take!". Then the night before the garbage collectors show up, take down the sign, but leave whatever remains.
So, give me a tier where I *can* get the HQ feeds that make my HD set look brilliant, and give you a LQ tier where you get a few more channels for the same price.
Choice here seems like it would be a wonderful thing. Not that it matters to the cable companies...
I'm sure according to the law, that'd be like seeing someone with their front door open, walking inside and taking their stuff.
Not so. In your example, the owner no longer has their "stuff". With the case of Wifi, it's more along the lines of seeing a large, comfortable couch sitting on the sidewalk as you walk by. You sit on the couch for a while and enjoy the breeze, then you get up and walk away.
Now, it's obvious that *someone* owns that couch. It being on the sidewalk (a public place), with no signage or other means of deterring folks from sitting upon it, means there's nothing to stop you from having a seat, nor anything to tell you that anyone doesn't want you sitting there.
While you're sitting on the couch, you're taking up space. If many people sit on the couch, folks will get crowded, or some may be unable to sit down. However, you don't take up all of the couch yourself. And, once you get up, that space is now available for someone else.
Once you leave, the situation is exactly the same as it was before you arrived. Noone has been deprived of any property.
I've told the religious folks I know that I have a simple, easily-fulfilled condition to consider joining their religion. "God" (or whatever), needs to come down and have a cup of coffee with me. I'll even pay, if said higher-being is a cheapskate. He/She/It performs some action that proves it is what He/She/It says it is, and then we have a conversation about why my *personal* worship is required. Basically a friendly job interview for the position of "supreme being so far as I'm concerned".
I figure for an omnipotent, omnipresent being, this is a fairly trivial task.
So far, none have taken me up on the offer, so I remain religion-neutral;P
Yup. Still love my 2x2GHz G5, but it's starting to show its age, and I'd love to upgrade it. The Mini's a bit underpowered, and the Pro is a bit more than I really need (and a bit more than I'm willing to spend at the moment)
What I'd love to see:
Headless desktop Mac, decent processor, 2GB ram (upgradable to 4GB), 2xPCIe slots (SLI =) ), 1xPCI slot, 1xOptical bay, 2x3.5" HDD bays, maybe an eSATA port (although I'd deal with USB/FW400/FW800 for external storage if needbe), *quiet* fans.
Put that in a case a bit smaller than the current Mac Pro, price it reasonably, and I'd buy it today.
...and thus exactly why he'll never do it, nor will anyone that does get any significant media attention.
Noone wants to hear "You're not doing what you should to keep your kids safe/healthy/mentally balanced/out of jail/from killing their classmates." Instead, they want to hear "These games are teaching kids to murder each other! It's not *your* fault as parents for dissuading them from taking the lives of their fellow students, or getting them the psychological help they need -- no, it's those damned video games! You're a great parent!"
Mind you, the most vocal critics of the GTA games that I've known are ones who bought the (M-rated) games for their 13 year old kids, and then were disgusted by what they saw.
I have gigantic monkey-hands, and I've never had a problem reaching the sticks on a Dualshock. I'd imagine if your hands are much smaller (less distance between the second knuckle of the index finger and the base of the thumb) you might have to reach back a little (or use just your fingertips on the triggers...?).
Instead of banning anything, just make a person liable for a false alarm ($500 fine or something) if he reports something in this nature unless he's using equipment certified by some type of standards agency and not some dollar store device.
If it's not that much of a problem -- forget the fine and just set up a task force to respond/investigate these matters. Be thankful that multiple people are looking out for free and leave it at that.
Better yet, start an investigation into the faulty equipment, and make the *manufacturers* liable for the real-world consequences of their devices giving a false alarm. Assuming proper operation, the operator shouldn't be at fault for the device being defective.
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TrollTech: $150 million MySQL: 1 BILLION!
GTK: ?
Priceless. There are some things money can't buy. For everything else, there's...aww heck, you know.
Maybe things are different where you are, but I've been working in the web for 8.5 years now and I can't think of a single person I've worked with who has used a Mac in their day to day work. Quite a few have owned them, yes, but I can't think of any who actually used them at work. YMMV, but in my experience a Mac is hardly a typical set-up for a web developer.
Similar time in the industry here, and in every single place I've worked, there's been at least one, if not several Mac webdev people.
Perhaps "typical" is a bit strong, but it's certainly not unusual or uncommon.
"It's not *specifically* for Mars, that's just where the next test will be. Eventually we'd like to take this tech to exploring the moons of Jupiter, or even beyond the confines of the Sol system, once we figure out a way to travel greater distances efficiently. Oh, and since we're going there anyway, mightaswell do some research there too, right? Would hate to waste the opportunity."
Just takes the right spin. Might help to take it to the Moon first, for extra cred.
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Some others:
Maniacal Macaw
Medicated Moose
Masticating Mole-Rat
Moronic Mouse
Materially-Insignificant Manatee
s/interesting/irritating/
I don't generally find Flash interesting. I either find it entertaining (flash-based games, video sites like Youtube, Hulu, etc...), or irritating (flash-based ads, particularly those with sound or that overlay content, "splash pages", or "sites" that break my browser controls, forcing me into whatever nightmarish non-standard navigation method the designer thought up).
FlashBlock in Firefox and ClickToFlash in Safari (Adblock for both as well) completely fix this. They allow the entertaining content to be reached, while preventing the irritating content from being forced upon me.
This is exactly the path I ended up taking.
I blew my first opportunity at college. I simply wasn't ready for the freedom. I slacked off, and didn't take it seriously. I did "OK" grade-wise, but lost much of my financial aid, and couldn't make it for a second year.
Spent the next few years maturing. Moved out of my folks house after finding that I simply couldn't live with them anymore. Moved in with my then-girlfriend (now wife) in her college dorm for a while. Eventually got our first apartment. Was in shit retail jobs for a few years.
Networking is everything. One of the guys I knew from a retail gig ended up manager of a dial-up tech-support department, and got me a job there. Busted my ass in that tech-support hellhole, sponged every bit of knowledge I could, and eventually moved into Web Design, then Web Development. I kept picking up server admin experience along the way.
Got a job offer on the east coast for more than twice what I was making, doing a webmaster/admin gig. Moved. The bubble burst, the company went under, and I was unemployed for a little more than a year and a half. What sucked was that the jobs I was applying for either rejected me out of hand (no degree), or were just far enough outside my experience that they didn't want to take a chance. I hadn't built up a significant enough volume of experience to open those doors without the degree.
Finally, after more applications and resumes than I can count, I got a sysadmin position at a small company. Intolerable conditions and expectations were the order of the day. After about 3 years of that, I needed to get out.
And that's how I landed my current job, as the second sysadmin at a slightly larger company. I'd finally accumulated a large enough body of experience in my field that my lack of a degree wasn't a concern. I had exceptional references, which I'm sure helped quite a bit. Great people here, and a much better environment. We're understaffed - but then again, who isn't? In this economy, I'd much rather have too much work (and reasonable expectations) than not enough!
Unfortunately, I disagree with his position on Copyright, otherwise I agree, he'd make a fine choice in comparison to the choices the reigning parties have put forth.
It seemed to work on my 24" iMac last night. Quality wasn't particularly good, but it did work, and seemed to have no issues running fullscreen.
So put it out with a big sign that says "Free Stuff - Please Take!". Then the night before the garbage collectors show up, take down the sign, but leave whatever remains.
If it happened in Ohio, how can we be sure it didn't happen elsewhere? Since there are no records, we can't.
How do the numbers change if we apply this same logic to each state where these machines were used?
So, give me a tier where I *can* get the HQ feeds that make my HD set look brilliant, and give you a LQ tier where you get a few more channels for the same price.
Choice here seems like it would be a wonderful thing. Not that it matters to the cable companies...
Not so. In your example, the owner no longer has their "stuff". With the case of Wifi, it's more along the lines of seeing a large, comfortable couch sitting on the sidewalk as you walk by. You sit on the couch for a while and enjoy the breeze, then you get up and walk away.
Now, it's obvious that *someone* owns that couch. It being on the sidewalk (a public place), with no signage or other means of deterring folks from sitting upon it, means there's nothing to stop you from having a seat, nor anything to tell you that anyone doesn't want you sitting there.
While you're sitting on the couch, you're taking up space. If many people sit on the couch, folks will get crowded, or some may be unable to sit down. However, you don't take up all of the couch yourself. And, once you get up, that space is now available for someone else.
Once you leave, the situation is exactly the same as it was before you arrived. Noone has been deprived of any property.
I've told the religious folks I know that I have a simple, easily-fulfilled condition to consider joining their religion. "God" (or whatever), needs to come down and have a cup of coffee with me. I'll even pay, if said higher-being is a cheapskate. He/She/It performs some action that proves it is what He/She/It says it is, and then we have a conversation about why my *personal* worship is required. Basically a friendly job interview for the position of "supreme being so far as I'm concerned".
;P
I figure for an omnipotent, omnipresent being, this is a fairly trivial task.
So far, none have taken me up on the offer, so I remain religion-neutral
Let me know when they go to plaid. =)
A semi-auto pistol is probably the worst firearm to have when facing the zombie hordes. A compact shotgun, on the other hand...
Great...now I'm hungry
Yup. Still love my 2x2GHz G5, but it's starting to show its age, and I'd love to upgrade it. The Mini's a bit underpowered, and the Pro is a bit more than I really need (and a bit more than I'm willing to spend at the moment)
What I'd love to see:
Headless desktop Mac, decent processor, 2GB ram (upgradable to 4GB), 2xPCIe slots (SLI =) ), 1xPCI slot, 1xOptical bay, 2x3.5" HDD bays, maybe an eSATA port (although I'd deal with USB/FW400/FW800 for external storage if needbe), *quiet* fans.
Put that in a case a bit smaller than the current Mac Pro, price it reasonably, and I'd buy it today.
...and thus exactly why he'll never do it, nor will anyone that does get any significant media attention.
Noone wants to hear "You're not doing what you should to keep your kids safe/healthy/mentally balanced/out of jail/from killing their classmates." Instead, they want to hear "These games are teaching kids to murder each other! It's not *your* fault as parents for dissuading them from taking the lives of their fellow students, or getting them the psychological help they need -- no, it's those damned video games! You're a great parent!"
Mind you, the most vocal critics of the GTA games that I've known are ones who bought the (M-rated) games for their 13 year old kids, and then were disgusted by what they saw.
You mean one of these?
Hori DoA4 Arcade Stick
I have gigantic monkey-hands, and I've never had a problem reaching the sticks on a Dualshock. I'd imagine if your hands are much smaller (less distance between the second knuckle of the index finger and the base of the thumb) you might have to reach back a little (or use just your fingertips on the triggers...?).
Ebay begs to disagree...
Better yet, start an investigation into the faulty equipment, and make the *manufacturers* liable for the real-world consequences of their devices giving a false alarm. Assuming proper operation, the operator shouldn't be at fault for the device being defective.
Priceless. There are some things money can't buy. For everything else, there's...aww heck, you know.
So you could have personal theme music?
Looks like the Prince has some rolling to do.
Maybe things are different where you are, but I've been working in the web for 8.5 years now and I can't think of a single person I've worked with who has used a Mac in their day to day work. Quite a few have owned them, yes, but I can't think of any who actually used them at work. YMMV, but in my experience a Mac is hardly a typical set-up for a web developer.
Similar time in the industry here, and in every single place I've worked, there's been at least one, if not several Mac webdev people.
Perhaps "typical" is a bit strong, but it's certainly not unusual or uncommon.
"It's not *specifically* for Mars, that's just where the next test will be. Eventually we'd like to take this tech to exploring the moons of Jupiter, or even beyond the confines of the Sol system, once we figure out a way to travel greater distances efficiently. Oh, and since we're going there anyway, mightaswell do some research there too, right? Would hate to waste the opportunity."
Just takes the right spin. Might help to take it to the Moon first, for extra cred.