There's a special place in hell for people like you. Thanks for making driving more dangerous! You are not doing anyone any "favours" or preventing any accidents. People like you cause traffic jams.
Anyone who does any amount of commuting knows this to be a law of nature. Following too closely causes traffic jams! Even in heavy traffic, if people would just leave enough room for people to merge, there would be no traffic jam at all near on-ramps.
Matching the speed of cars in the adjacent lanes also messes up the flow of traffic. I hate this. When driving, always give room for other cars to pass you or enter your lane if they need to. Never drive shoulder to shoulder with a car in the adjacent lane. It's dangerous (blind spots) and impedes the flow of traffic because people can't get around you.
It all comes down to the fact that drivers need to be more altruistic and aware of their surroundings.
Not everyone is feeling the pinch of the recession. (I'm one of them) There are still plenty of jobs out there. Companies will always need skilled employees.
Whether manufacturers were scared of upsetting MS or whether MS actively bullied manufacturers is irrelevant. It's the same argument as the Linux desktop PC. Truth is, the only people that care about a Linux netbook are Linux fanboys. Your average Joe computer user doesn't care about your 'religious war'. He doesn't care about the OS as long as It Just Works (tm). In fact, he may even be upset if he got 'tricked' into buying a non-Windows netbook. (Why can't I view Office 2007 files? Why can't I view Silverlight websites like Netflix?)
The current strategy of "Let's put an XP theme over Linux and say it's just like Windows" used by the Linux camp is working as well as when Apple used it over a decade ago. In other words, it doesn't. Think different.
I think sites like Engadget and Gizmodo are killing Apple presentations. Not only are things leaked weeks leading up to the presentation, but they build up such high expectations that would be IMPOSSIBLE for any company to meet. The past few Apple presentations have been boring. The speakers looked like they were just going through the motions, because everything they were presenting had already been leaked! Whatever happened to being surprised? Maybe we don't deserve a "one more thing".
Also, from a business, marketing and technological standpoint, not every presentation can be revolutionary. That would require Apple engineers to make breakthroughs at an exponential rate! Good luck with that.
That's a very naive way to look at it. Sure, Apple generally sells the best looking products out there, but what really sets Apple apart is that they sell 'experiences' (i.e., UX). Computer geeks may dismiss this as gay 'designer speak', but products are about more than just the feature sets and aesthetics. Just look at the UX nightmare that is Vista. This is where Apple really innovates and how they breaks into new markets using 'old' technology. The line of Apple products are often called an ecosystem because of the cohesive end-to-end user experience they provide.
I find jobs that require C/C++ experience tend to have hefty job requirements, which beginning programmers just don't have. Having a CS degree helps, but you won't necessarily have the 5+ years of experience many jobs look for. So what do you do?
Pick up PHP, Perl, Java or Actionscript and get into web development. I find that there are a lot more companies willing to pick up inexperienced programmers in the web development field, than in the traditional development field. However, there is one caveat: except for Java, you will often find yourself cursing the lack of more powerful programming features because most of web development is done with scripting languages. However, all the algorithms and data structures you learned in class should carry over.
For those who didn't RTFA, it should be noted that Javascript 2.0 is actually ECMAScript 4.0 (ES4). Even if IE9 and FF4 supported ES4 completely, we'll still have to develop for the legacy browsers! Oy vey! Such is the life of a front-end web developer!
That being said, Flash Actionscript 3.0 (available now) includes many of the new features found in ES4 such as real classes. The next version of Actionscript will most likely be ES4-compliant.
Notable features in ES4 include: - Classes and interfaces - Generics - Packages and namespaces - Compile-time type checking - Constants - Operator overloading - Record types (i.e., structs or light-weight classes) - Typed arrays and hash maps - Iterators - Exceptions
Here here! The great things about Photoshop, compared to something like Word, is that every new version has a killer feature that improves my work flow immensely. Instead of just sitting on their monopoly, Adobe actually tries to genuinely improve their products with every version. There was a Wired article (I think) a while back that highlighted Adobe's efforts against this phantom competitor. I think it's great.
I used to use PSP during version 5, and loved it. Then they messed up the entire interface in version 6 and up. I tried it for months, but still hated it. That's when I switched to Photoshop. I've gone back a few times to newer versions of PSP, but they just seemed to get worse.
Photoshop is really not usable until you know about few dozen keyboard shortcuts. As long as the keyboard shortcuts remain the same, the GUI could do whatever it wants.
Very true. These new AJAX 'applications' are basically reinventing Java applets using the (unreliable) DOM. Applets were always derided because of abuses by developers (remember the 'lake' applet? or the applet rollover menues?) and because it was too slow for computers at the time. Sun's battle with MS didn't help its adoption either. Plus the Java runtime client was ginormous, relative to a Flash plugin. Applets were eventually replaced by Javascript and Flash.
The Nano is for people who wanted a Shuffle with a screen. For a while, the shuffle was the ONLY flash-based MP3 player from Apple and the lack of a screen totally killed it for many people.
This is very true in my area (Seattle). I was quite distressed after all the years of PHP I've done to see how little demand there was for PHP programmers. Java and.NET are king.
I think you're under the assumption that people buy entire albums off of iTunes. I don't have the figures, so I wouldn't know, but I certainly wouldn't buy a whole album from them. $0.99 per song is cheaper than buying a $5 single at the stores, or a $15 CD where you only like one song. Being able to choose individual songs was the biggest reason given by downloaders during the Napster days.
As for quality, one word: MP3. People could care less about quality.
The DRM can be easily dealt with.
I don't know about you, but in the US, the jewel case and cover art are nothing to get excited about. No imagination. In Asia, you get more out of a physical CD product; ie. pictures, stickers, postcards, creative packaging, creative materials, etc.
Here [Next] is [Next] my [Next] Mac [Next] Mini [Next] in [Next] a [Next] wall.
Very bad form indeed, and he basically set himself up for being Slashdotted. Yes, let's force several thousand people each to access your server 21 times.
Especially after watching the other movies. With so many things 'wrong' with movie endings, you'd figure fans would be able to 'fix' them. Apparently not.
Slashdot Mirror
There's a special place in hell for people like you. Thanks for making driving more dangerous! You are not doing anyone any "favours" or preventing any accidents. People like you cause traffic jams.
Anyone who does any amount of commuting knows this to be a law of nature. Following too closely causes traffic jams! Even in heavy traffic, if people would just leave enough room for people to merge, there would be no traffic jam at all near on-ramps.
Matching the speed of cars in the adjacent lanes also messes up the flow of traffic. I hate this. When driving, always give room for other cars to pass you or enter your lane if they need to. Never drive shoulder to shoulder with a car in the adjacent lane. It's dangerous (blind spots) and impedes the flow of traffic because people can't get around you.
It all comes down to the fact that drivers need to be more altruistic and aware of their surroundings.
Renting or buying used games is a MUCH smarter alternative. Too many games bought to only be played for 3weeks before collecting dust.
Not everyone is feeling the pinch of the recession. (I'm one of them) There are still plenty of jobs out there. Companies will always need skilled employees.
Whether manufacturers were scared of upsetting MS or whether MS actively bullied manufacturers is irrelevant. It's the same argument as the Linux desktop PC. Truth is, the only people that care about a Linux netbook are Linux fanboys. Your average Joe computer user doesn't care about your 'religious war'. He doesn't care about the OS as long as It Just Works (tm). In fact, he may even be upset if he got 'tricked' into buying a non-Windows netbook. (Why can't I view Office 2007 files? Why can't I view Silverlight websites like Netflix?)
The current strategy of "Let's put an XP theme over Linux and say it's just like Windows" used by the Linux camp is working as well as when Apple used it over a decade ago. In other words, it doesn't. Think different.
I think sites like Engadget and Gizmodo are killing Apple presentations. Not only are things leaked weeks leading up to the presentation, but they build up such high expectations that would be IMPOSSIBLE for any company to meet. The past few Apple presentations have been boring. The speakers looked like they were just going through the motions, because everything they were presenting had already been leaked! Whatever happened to being surprised? Maybe we don't deserve a "one more thing".
Also, from a business, marketing and technological standpoint, not every presentation can be revolutionary. That would require Apple engineers to make breakthroughs at an exponential rate! Good luck with that.
That's a very naive way to look at it. Sure, Apple generally sells the best looking products out there, but what really sets Apple apart is that they sell 'experiences' (i.e., UX). Computer geeks may dismiss this as gay 'designer speak', but products are about more than just the feature sets and aesthetics. Just look at the UX nightmare that is Vista. This is where Apple really innovates and how they breaks into new markets using 'old' technology. The line of Apple products are often called an ecosystem because of the cohesive end-to-end user experience they provide.
I find jobs that require C/C++ experience tend to have hefty job requirements, which beginning programmers just don't have. Having a CS degree helps, but you won't necessarily have the 5+ years of experience many jobs look for. So what do you do?
Pick up PHP, Perl, Java or Actionscript and get into web development. I find that there are a lot more companies willing to pick up inexperienced programmers in the web development field, than in the traditional development field. However, there is one caveat: except for Java, you will often find yourself cursing the lack of more powerful programming features because most of web development is done with scripting languages. However, all the algorithms and data structures you learned in class should carry over.
For those who didn't RTFA, it should be noted that Javascript 2.0 is actually ECMAScript 4.0 (ES4). Even if IE9 and FF4 supported ES4 completely, we'll still have to develop for the legacy browsers! Oy vey! Such is the life of a front-end web developer!
That being said, Flash Actionscript 3.0 (available now) includes many of the new features found in ES4 such as real classes. The next version of Actionscript will most likely be ES4-compliant.
Notable features in ES4 include:
- Classes and interfaces
- Generics
- Packages and namespaces
- Compile-time type checking
- Constants
- Operator overloading
- Record types (i.e., structs or light-weight classes)
- Typed arrays and hash maps
- Iterators
- Exceptions
More info: http://www.ecmascript.org/es4/spec/overview.pdf
Here here! The great things about Photoshop, compared to something like Word, is that every new version has a killer feature that improves my work flow immensely. Instead of just sitting on their monopoly, Adobe actually tries to genuinely improve their products with every version. There was a Wired article (I think) a while back that highlighted Adobe's efforts against this phantom competitor. I think it's great.
I used to use PSP during version 5, and loved it. Then they messed up the entire interface in version 6 and up. I tried it for months, but still hated it. That's when I switched to Photoshop. I've gone back a few times to newer versions of PSP, but they just seemed to get worse.
Photoshop is really not usable until you know about few dozen keyboard shortcuts. As long as the keyboard shortcuts remain the same, the GUI could do whatever it wants.
It was dugg 2 days ago... This server is getting twice owned!
The winner looks like the current Slashdot site with padding, background colours and javascript. The runner-up is a much better design.
Anyone who would've thought through Glass Windows a bit would've known how stupid and annoying the 'feature' would've been.
Wish I had mod points...
Very true. These new AJAX 'applications' are basically reinventing Java applets using the (unreliable) DOM. Applets were always derided because of abuses by developers (remember the 'lake' applet? or the applet rollover menues?) and because it was too slow for computers at the time. Sun's battle with MS didn't help its adoption either. Plus the Java runtime client was ginormous, relative to a Flash plugin. Applets were eventually replaced by Javascript and Flash.
ThinkFree's Office is very impressive, btw.
Here is the official Windows XP on Mac website: http://onmac.net/
The patch is available here: http://download.onmac.net/
The Nano is for people who wanted a Shuffle with a screen. For a while, the shuffle was the ONLY flash-based MP3 player from Apple and the lack of a screen totally killed it for many people.
This is very true in my area (Seattle). I was quite distressed after all the years of PHP I've done to see how little demand there was for PHP programmers. Java and .NET are king.
If you had read the article, you would've known this particular patent was rejected several times.
I think you're under the assumption that people buy entire albums off of iTunes. I don't have the figures, so I wouldn't know, but I certainly wouldn't buy a whole album from them. $0.99 per song is cheaper than buying a $5 single at the stores, or a $15 CD where you only like one song. Being able to choose individual songs was the biggest reason given by downloaders during the Napster days.
As for quality, one word: MP3. People could care less about quality.
The DRM can be easily dealt with.
I don't know about you, but in the US, the jewel case and cover art are nothing to get excited about. No imagination. In Asia, you get more out of a physical CD product; ie. pictures, stickers, postcards, creative packaging, creative materials, etc.
Very bad form indeed, and he basically set himself up for being Slashdotted. Yes, let's force several thousand people each to access your server 21 times.
It's his fault for making us click through 21 pages. Holy inefficiency, Batman!
Especially after watching the other movies. With so many things 'wrong' with movie endings, you'd figure fans would be able to 'fix' them. Apparently not.
You forgot the crying babies and ghetto/obnoxious movie patrons.