I was a long time TREO user, now switched to T-Mobile DASH (windows mobile).
Reasons:
- much, much, better form factor
- wi-fi I thought I'd miss the touch screen in Treo, so far I haven't. Only thing I miss is the ability to natively sync (calendar, contacts) in Linux; I have a windows machine for this - not ideal but works
After using my DASH for a few weeks, Treo feels like a BRICK. Also PALM put off doing a real WIFI mostly bowing to the pressures of phone companies.
Palm should get in gear and start innovating in hardware front, as opposed to slapping on different OSes on top of the same old phone.
I have waited for a better form factor Treo from 650. And after seeing not-so-exciting 680 and 700, I have moved on.
To me this 'palm linux announcement' just feels like the last ditch effort to appeal to 'developer community'.
From my experience, most IIT Engineering students won't even know CS:Source if it landed on their lap. Sure they are bright people who can solve differential equations in split seconds, but they are not so much into GAMING. I know this first hand, as I have friends from different IITs around India
Hey, I went to Melbourne Uni (http://www.unimelb.edu.au/). The CS course only taught 'plain C'. That is it! No other language!! We used to envy RMIT students who studied 'newest languages' like Java. But a lot of us learned C++ and Java on our own. So by 3rd year, most of us did our Graphics course project in C++. Learning a language on my own was a good experience.
I learned more 'practical' C++ (you know best practices, things to avoid when writing code for multiple platforms) on my first job. Now I exclusively program in Java for work and for personal projects.
There is no substitute for experience. For example in Java course they will teach you how wonderful Java RMI is to do remote-invocation..etc. You even probably wrote a small ping program using it. But when you try to solve a real world problem, say a CHAT program, this technique doesn't work, b/c RMI doesn't work very well over firewalls. So you revert to plain socket programming, that will work over firewalls. But it is still a long way from implementing Skype or BitTorrent protocol.
getting rid of catch-all is an idea worth trying. Right now I have bunch of different emails (amazon @ my domain . com....etc) which I use specifically for selected domains. I have to go create bunch of new accounts on my server, a hassle, but can't be more than a couple of dozen.
This is not a direct spam sent to my email. My SpamAssasin setup takes care of those.
These are spam sent to some one else with a FROM or REPLY-TO address as my email. Most of the time the sender's address doesn't exist (they use dictionary words), the mail bounces back to me. Sometimes the mail is flagged as spam and I get a warning notice 'not to send spam'. I know it is a dump program at the other end, that believes FROM line can't be forged.
I report spam to SpamCop, and use it as a high-score rule in my spamassasin setup. But these 'bounced' or returned messages are hard to filter, b/c they are 'unable to deliver' messages.
I am sure I am not the only one getting this. Any ideas how to combat this?
My setup:
personal domain ------fetchmail ----> local postfix ------> procmail / spamassasin ----> BINC IMAP server
One thing we (at work) use paypal for is to pay each other. When we go out for lunch/drinks, one guy in the group picks up the tab for the whole group and he sends paypal requests to the rest of us. We just pay him with a click. So simple, no need to scramble for cash or trying to break a $20 bill (b/c every one has 20s) to pay $11.34:-)
Does Google Checkout has this? I can't spot this from the 'take a tour' plug
This is a real nice feature and would really like to see it in GOOG version
TiVo should do this! THey are already setup as my DVR, they work over the Internet, so they can download movies un-attended. I think this would be a perfect fit for Tivo; Only if they can pull it off...
So what can an average citizen do to? Can we switch carriers? If enough customers dropped AT&T and moved to another carrier/provider, I think that will send the message.
Or this sniffing is done at 'backbone' level, no use of switching ISPs/carriers.
I live in SF Bay area. My ISP is RCN, my wireless provider is Cingular (part of AT&T, I think)
games based on Valve's game Engine look graphically more polished and have more realistic effects (fog, light diffusing through fog, moving water..etc). I have personally played quake2, ut2004, CounterStrike, CounterStrike-Source (or CS2). Haven't played doom3 or quake3.
is it a matter of DirectX vs. OpenGL?
no troll, just a gamer trying to get my head around the engine technology.
--- As of Jan 2006 here are your choices:
budget:
card 1 ($45)
card 2 ($50)
mid-level:
card 3 ($100)
card 4
gamer:
card 5 ($130)
crazy gamer:
card 6 ($450) --- I couldn't find one. The usual review sites have too much info for me to digest (latest GPU specs, how many million polygons..etc)
Does any one know a site like this that has uptodate info?
I attended a major Austalian University majoring in Comp Eng. Now I work in Silicon Valley. So I can talk about both worlds on a personal test.
Australia is a country with small population (20 mil) compared to US (~300 mil). There isn't a robust IT job market. This has lead to a massive 'IT recruiting' industry. These are the people who advertise with ludicrous(sp?) terms like
5years + Java experience is a must (this was when Java was publicly available for only 3 years)! Also the recruiter guy interviews you has very little knowledge of Tech field and will throw some standard tech questions
- why virtual destructiors for C++..etc
Also other useless crap like
- where do you see yourself in 3yrs, 5yrs, 10 yrs (do I really want to tell the guy, that I will start my own company in 5 yrs!)
- what is your weakness, how do you over come it
Also there is no shortage of other 'BS' like
- writing a good cover letter, cover letter?!
- going to interview with full suit & tie
When I came to Silicon valley (during the dotcom bubble), I went to a career fair, aced 3 interviews on the spot, went to the company for more interviews. Had another 5 interviews with Eng team and got a job offer, all within days. All interview questions were spot on, trying to figure out if I had really done the things I have mentioned in my resume. I was interviewed by geeks and architects who knew their deal. All the while wearing jeans & t-shirt!
When I went back to Aus (my wife is Aus) a recruiter tried to set me up for an interview. He said 'wear a business suit with a tie'. After working in Silicon Valley culture for years, I didn't have the stomach to go through the BS again. So I declined.
FOX has a pretty bad reputation when it comes to cartoons. Futurama airing times were screwed up because of baseball telecasts ran over time. And I know there were some troubles with Simpsons.
Given all this, why do Cartoon makers turn to Fox? For example Seth MacFarlene(sp?) given Fox 'Family Guy' and 'American Dad'. And Family Guy was almost killed. I haven't seen a new episode of American Dad in a long time.
Why can't the cartoon producers go to other networks (ABC, CBS...) ? Can some body throw some light on this?
that *easily* integrates
- version control system (svn)
- bug database (trac / bugzilla)
- managing automated builds (gather stats from issue tracking system for changelog..etc)
- run JUnit tests and aggregate stats (test pass, fail, cpu/memory profiling..etc)
- generate HTML pages
I know individual products exist for each, but combining them to have a kick-ass build system is not possible without a lot of GLUE code.
I really hate those red turning signals, combined with brake lights. It is hard to distinguish red-turn signal in a heavy traffic / merge area as every one is using brakes and it is a sea of RED.
Use YELLOW for turn signals. It is highly visible, and stands out. So I don't have to guess if you are tapping the brake or trying to come into my lane.
Does any body knows why auto makers do these RED turn signals? I honestly don't.
Damn right! <p> I have learned this lesson the hard way when I answered couple of 'survey' emails. I thought, 'Gee they really care about when I get the movie'. When ever I said I received them on the right date, then my movies will take 1 day extra to arrive. <p> I waited till the next survey and answered 'came a day late'. Movies have been prompt ever since. And I never bothered with the survey again.
I have been a Mandrake Club member for last 2 years. My membership expires in a few days and I am re-thinking my committment.
One thing I was dissappointed was the 'rpm voting of members'. When KDE 3.2 was released, there were no MDK packages any where in MDK website (or I couldn't find with thier search). Not even in club area. In the voting area, there were numerous requests for KDe3.2-mdk.rpms for MDK 9.2. But weeks went by without no response from MDK team. Finally I was so sick of waiting and installed through 'konstruct' (what a nice piece of software!).
So now that MDK is making some money and they are not as 'needy' as they were couple of years back, I'll probably skip renewing my membership.
Are there any other 'tangible' benefits for club members that I am not aware of?
I got tired waiting for kde 3.2 rpms for Mandrake 9.2. they were not available in the Mandrake-club, despite numerous votes for it. (Rant : Made me wonder what is the point of paying money for the club & voting for RPMs../rant)
Anyways, downloaded Konstruct, told it where I want it to install, and
cd meta/everything; make install that is it! The download/patch/compile/install went for 2 days!! And now I have a shiny kde 3.2 desktop to play around with.
I didn't have to delete my stock Mandrake kde rpms (too much hassel with all the dependancies).
Given how much trouble we have @ work on getting builds to work, I have gained enormous respect for Konstruct; it makes installing KDE a snap (okay a 2 day long snap:-)
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I was a long time TREO user, now switched to T-Mobile DASH (windows mobile).
Reasons:
- much, much, better form factor
- wi-fi
I thought I'd miss the touch screen in Treo, so far I haven't. Only thing I miss is the ability to natively sync (calendar, contacts) in Linux; I have a windows machine for this - not ideal but works
After using my DASH for a few weeks, Treo feels like a BRICK. Also PALM put off doing a real WIFI mostly bowing to the pressures of phone companies.
Palm should get in gear and start innovating in hardware front, as opposed to slapping on different OSes on top of the same old phone.
I have waited for a better form factor Treo from 650. And after seeing not-so-exciting 680 and 700, I have moved on.
To me this 'palm linux announcement' just feels like the last ditch effort to appeal to 'developer community'.
From my experience, most IIT Engineering students won't even know CS:Source if it landed on their lap. Sure they are bright people who can solve differential equations in split seconds, but they are not so much into GAMING. I know this first hand, as I have friends from different IITs around India
Any one had any success with realrates.com ?
Hey, I went to Melbourne Uni (http://www.unimelb.edu.au/). The CS course only taught 'plain C'. That is it! No other language!! We used to envy RMIT students who studied 'newest languages' like Java. But a lot of us learned C++ and Java on our own. So by 3rd year, most of us did our Graphics course project in C++. Learning a language on my own was a good experience.
..etc. You even probably wrote a small ping program using it. But when you try to solve a real world problem, say a CHAT program, this technique doesn't work, b/c RMI doesn't work very well over firewalls. So you revert to plain socket programming, that will work over firewalls. But it is still a long way from implementing Skype or BitTorrent protocol.
I learned more 'practical' C++ (you know best practices, things to avoid when writing code for multiple platforms) on my first job. Now I exclusively program in Java for work and for personal projects.
There is no substitute for experience. For example in Java course they will teach you how wonderful Java RMI is to do remote-invocation
best of luck
Good suggestions.
....etc) which I use specifically for selected domains.
getting rid of catch-all is an idea worth trying. Right now I have bunch of different emails (amazon @ my domain . com
I have to go create bunch of new accounts on my server, a hassle, but can't be more than a couple of dozen.
thanks!
This is not a direct spam sent to my email. My SpamAssasin setup takes care of those.
These are spam sent to some one else with a FROM or REPLY-TO address as my email. Most of the time the sender's address doesn't exist (they use dictionary words), the mail bounces back to me. Sometimes the mail is flagged as spam and I get a warning notice 'not to send spam'. I know it is a dump program at the other end, that believes FROM line can't be forged.
I report spam to SpamCop, and use it as a high-score rule in my spamassasin setup. But these 'bounced' or returned messages are hard to filter, b/c they are 'unable to deliver' messages.
I am sure I am not the only one getting this. Any ideas how to combat this?
My setup:
personal domain ------fetchmail ----> local postfix ------> procmail / spamassasin ----> BINC IMAP server
Thanks!
But..but,
You can drag the map!...see how it moves...
And now try your scroll wheel, see how it zooms in/out... neat eh?
Hello.... Nobel prize...here we come.
*end sarcasm*
No comparison at all folks, move along....
One thing we (at work) use paypal for is to pay each other. When we go out for lunch/drinks, one guy in the group picks up the tab for the whole group and he sends paypal requests to the rest of us. We just pay him with a click. So simple, no need to scramble for cash or trying to break a $20 bill (b/c every one has 20s) to pay $11.34 :-)
Does Google Checkout has this? I can't spot this from the 'take a tour' plug
This is a real nice feature and would really like to see it in GOOG version
TiVo should do this! THey are already setup as my DVR, they work over the Internet, so they can download movies un-attended. I think this would be a perfect fit for Tivo; Only if they can pull it off...
I am on a 5Mbps down / 1Mbps up plan. From DSL Reports speed tests I get 4570 kbps down and 740 kbps up. Pretty close to what I signed up for!
And haven't experienced an outtage so far and good tech support. So loose the KomKast and sign up for RCN if you can.
http://www.rcn.com/
So what can an average citizen do to? Can we switch carriers? If enough customers dropped AT&T and moved to another carrier/provider, I think that will send the message.
Or this sniffing is done at 'backbone' level, no use of switching ISPs/carriers.
I live in SF Bay area. My ISP is RCN, my wireless provider is Cingular (part of AT&T, I think)
Thanks
games based on Valve's game Engine look graphically more polished and have more realistic effects (fog, light diffusing through fog, moving water ..etc). I have personally played quake2, ut2004, CounterStrike, CounterStrike-Source (or CS2). Haven't played doom3 or quake3.
is it a matter of DirectX vs. OpenGL?
no troll, just a gamer trying to get my head around the engine technology.
that is the only server responding... so far :-)
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http://www.proximalabs.com/slashdot/redesign3.htm
--- ..etc)
As of Jan 2006 here are your choices:
budget:
card 1 ($45)
card 2 ($50)
mid-level:
card 3 ($100)
card 4
gamer:
card 5 ($130)
crazy gamer:
card 6 ($450)
---
I couldn't find one. The usual review sites have too much info for me to digest (latest GPU specs, how many million polygons
Does any one know a site like this that has uptodate info?
thanks so much
I attended a major Austalian University majoring in Comp Eng. Now I work in Silicon Valley. So I can talk about both worlds on a personal test.
..etc
Australia is a country with small population (20 mil) compared to US (~300 mil). There isn't a robust IT job market. This has lead to a massive 'IT recruiting' industry. These are the people who advertise with ludicrous(sp?) terms like
5years + Java experience is a must (this was when Java was publicly available for only 3 years)!
Also the recruiter guy interviews you has very little knowledge of Tech field and will throw some standard tech questions
- why virtual destructiors for C++
Also other useless crap like
- where do you see yourself in 3yrs, 5yrs, 10 yrs (do I really want to tell the guy, that I will start my own company in 5 yrs!)
- what is your weakness, how do you over come it
Also there is no shortage of other 'BS' like
- writing a good cover letter, cover letter?!
- going to interview with full suit & tie
When I came to Silicon valley (during the dotcom bubble), I went to a career fair, aced 3 interviews on the spot, went to the company for more interviews. Had another 5 interviews with Eng team and got a job offer, all within days. All interview questions were spot on, trying to figure out if I had really done the things I have mentioned in my resume. I was interviewed by geeks and architects who knew their deal. All the while wearing jeans & t-shirt!
When I went back to Aus (my wife is Aus) a recruiter tried to set me up for an interview. He said 'wear a business suit with a tie'. After working in Silicon Valley culture for years, I didn't have the stomach to go through the BS again. So I declined.
thanks for reading.
FOX has a pretty bad reputation when it comes to cartoons. Futurama airing times were screwed up because of baseball telecasts ran over time. And I know there were some troubles with Simpsons.
...) ? Can some body throw some light on this?
Given all this, why do Cartoon makers turn to Fox? For example Seth MacFarlene(sp?) given Fox 'Family Guy' and 'American Dad'. And Family Guy was almost killed. I haven't seen a new episode of American Dad in a long time.
Why can't the cartoon producers go to other networks (ABC, CBS
thanks
that *easily* integrates ..etc)
- version control system (svn)
- bug database (trac / bugzilla)
- managing automated builds (gather stats from issue tracking system for changelog..etc)
- run JUnit tests and aggregate stats (test pass, fail, cpu/memory profiling
- generate HTML pages
I know individual products exist for each, but combining them to have a kick-ass build system is not possible without a lot of GLUE code.
any one have any recommendations?
thanks
they consume like 500 pounds of pasta per week! (can't find the link to the article)
- Yahoo results
- Google results
I like the little javascript trick Yahoo does when moving the mouse over a result, the location is highlighted on the map.Pretty close features I'd say.
what would be the alternatives?
too bad, no DVD yet!
I really hate those red turning signals, combined with brake lights. It is hard to distinguish red-turn signal in a heavy traffic / merge area as every one is using brakes and it is a sea of RED.
Use YELLOW for turn signals. It is highly visible, and stands out. So I don't have to guess if you are tapping the brake or trying to come into my lane.
Does any body knows why auto makers do these RED turn signals? I honestly don't.
Damn right!
<p>
I have learned this lesson the hard way when I answered couple of 'survey' emails. I thought, 'Gee they really care about when I get the movie'. When ever I said I received them on the right date, then my movies will take 1 day extra to arrive.
<p>
I waited till the next survey and answered 'came a day late'. Movies have been prompt ever since. And I never bothered with the survey again.
I have been a Mandrake Club member for last 2 years. My membership expires in a few days and I am re-thinking my committment.
One thing I was dissappointed was the 'rpm voting of members'. When KDE 3.2 was released, there were no MDK packages any where in MDK website (or I couldn't find with thier search). Not even in club area. In the voting area, there were numerous requests for KDe3.2-mdk.rpms for MDK 9.2. But weeks went by without no response from MDK team. Finally I was so sick of waiting and installed through 'konstruct' (what a nice piece of software!).
So now that MDK is making some money and they are not as 'needy' as they were couple of years back, I'll probably skip renewing my membership.
Are there any other 'tangible' benefits for club members that I am not aware of?
I got tired waiting for kde 3.2 rpms for Mandrake 9.2. they were not available in the Mandrake-club, despite numerous votes for it. (Rant : Made me wonder what is the point of paying money for the club & voting for RPMs../rant)
Anyways, downloaded Konstruct, told it where I want it to install, and
cd meta/everything; make install
that is it! The download/patch/compile/install went for 2 days!! And now I have a shiny kde 3.2 desktop to play around with.
I didn't have to delete my stock Mandrake kde rpms (too much hassel with all the dependancies).
Given how much trouble we have @ work on getting builds to work, I have gained enormous respect for Konstruct; it makes installing KDE a snap (okay a 2 day long snap:-)