While your statements may be true and valid I don't think that I would want to base a business off selling a machine that costs seven figures and would only be marketable to that remaining 0.1% and expect to be around in a few years. I think that the flexability of the PC in clusters is good enough for most applications and they can throw student labor and people with phd's at the rest on the software end. Just like the PC market itself windows is good enough to do the job but nobody would say that it is perfect.
Well do it right with wallplate and short patchcord and it's not that bad in the bathroom (with a laptop of course) . The garage I only keep the monitor and keyboard in the garage the computer is actually in the adjacent room.
With all of the controversy over who is responsible for downloads off of someones access point I will stay wired just to be safe. I can at least provide some kind of physical security over cat5 runs.
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LAZY! The herd mentality of 95% of browsers will be able to view my work and screw the rest. Well do what you like but it's not that hard to code for 100% of web browsers.
Not to mention not all internet related software are browsers. What of search engine spiders? That fancy flash menu will not get you high page ranking on most search engines.
Not to mention anything that IE can do can be done openly if you are creative and not opposed to learning a new technology. If your only reason for going IE only is so that you can continue to design with FrontPage well I will be seeing you soon in the unemployment line as your coding skills will suffer. How employable will YOU be if your current job goes bye bye! Don't do it only for your boss but for yourself go standards compliant.
Awww what the hell I don't care about Karma.
Re:How does a web designer mess up your computer?
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So your saying that the browser is safe if you refrain from using it? Avoiding sites is not a security model. Who is in charge of selecting sites that are safe to use? This is just ridiculous.
I am not a statistician but the clients I have do not use IE as it is not available on UNIX platforms. I will kill anyone that brings OSX on the mac as an alternative. I should not have made it sound like such a blanket statement but this is my experience. Coding for IE only is a bad idea as it does cut page views. If there is no alternative for your customers to view your products then guess where they will go? A competitor that can code cross browser.
Thats fine as many corps that I code for have managers using non MS browsers. Your way may be fine if you are selling to the direct public but for corporate sales you had better be standards compliant. Even if you sell to the public directly how much harder is it to make your site standards compliant? It's not in fact it's easier. I will wrap up my arguement with the fact if I were your manager you would be in hot water for cutting 5% of sales right off the top.
Totally agreed most people think it's ok as long as I don't get busted. This guy deserves to lose the money as he already got his warnings during orientation and im sure that there is a clear outline in thier student handbook. So in my opinion he was already adequately warned.
Im sure that the only warning that is needed is the one you get in orientation. How about the rules in the student handbook. See now that is 2 warnings right in the door. Stupid of him to risk it anyhow and im sure he was aware that this could happen.
Not completely you may be screwed on Unreal but warcraft works under transgamings version of WINE. In fact it got the highest rating for compatibility they have.
I wonder how many people will turn in thier friends, family etc.. for cash that they they may or may not get. Seems to me like microsoft will get a flood of calls from people that have friends and stuff that like programming. Whoes to say what they were programming. What about false accusations by the technically inept?
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"Ear plugs. Then you don't gotta listen to nuthing. And it's a hell of lot cheaper. And it covers a vast range of applications. Anyone got a jammer for a screaming baby? no? is that any less annoying than a cell phone yakker?
Uh huh, that's what I thought..."
Yea including the audio on the film that I paid to watch. As far as kids go I have two (2 and 7) I can honestly say that there are many events that people should get a sitter and get over it. That is bad social etiquette every bit as bad as a cellphone if not worse. I do not know how many times I have gone to a nice dinner and a movie with my wife to get bombarded by a bunch of screaming kids. If I wanted that I would go home and take care of my own kids. There should be some place that you can get away from it all.
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"In fact most of the time is the prof's phone and they promptly stop the lecture to answer."
What ever happened to using voice mail then calling people back. Maby there ought to be some 12 step program for this kind of behavior.
Cellphone Anonymous or CA for short. I could hear it now...
I was a 16 call a day addict. I lost my house because I had to take a call while I was cooking and was so wrapped up in the conversation I dident even notice the smoke.
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" Society also once had a phone booth on every corner. Those phone booth's are fast disappearing now and the only alternative is a cell phone."
Well if a place has a stated policy of no cellphones then I would think they should have an area to make calls from that would not be jammed or install payphones in a location away from the "silent area".
Re:Why was it illegal there though?
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"There is something wrong with anyone who thinks they need to control people in that situation."
Well I would say that for one the establishment owner should have final say if cellphone use is acceptable. I don't know how many people are present in the DMV in your area but where I live there are a lot (like 70 to 80 people at any given time) of people present. The place is very loud as it is without cellphones and it makes it very hard just to speak across the counter to the clerk. Add just 20 of those people on cellphones trying to shout over the crowd to somebody else only makes things worse. I guess the short and skinny is that the policy is in place for a reason and users should respect it or leave.
Re:Agreed, inconsiderate users are the problem
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I agree totally it is cell users that do not excercise discression that are the problem. The ideal I like about jamming as a policy is that nobody has to be reminded of this as the instrument of annoyance is disabled. If they want to regain use of thier phone then leave the establishment. Cell users can protest by taking thier business elsewhere.
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"I think the judgement is pretty simple: you should be able to use your cell phone wherever you can also talk to other people face to face."
People are allowed to talk face to face in museums and libararys but only when necessary. I would say that a cell call in these places is probably not necessary. This is also true in most really nice restaraunts as most usually keep the volume down unless they get a few too many drinks in them. If this happens usually a manager will have to address you and your party. The jammer should only be used in a place with a stated policy at the door. Then it would be up to you to stay or go somewhere else.
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"There is a place to get away from all of this, and it is called 'home' with a noise maker, or the country. Welcome to the real world dude."
I am not advocating doing this everywhere but in places that the owners of the business want some kind of silence. It is thier business that you are in and if they deem silence is the best policy then they should be allowed to enforce this by any means at thier disposal including jamming. If you do not like the policy and it is clearly stated you have the right to take your business elsewhere.
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Your analogy is flawed. Web pages do not chatter behind me while im watching a movie. Computer use is a mostly silent activity. You are comparing apples to oranges. There are many places to get away from computers now anyhow. I wonder why you feel the need to protect others that are abusing this technology anyway. Are you one of those people that are fielding calls in a movie theatre?
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While your statements may be true and valid I don't think that I would want to base a business off selling a machine that costs seven figures and would only be marketable to that remaining 0.1% and expect to be around in a few years. I think that the flexability of the PC in clusters is good enough for most applications and they can throw student labor and people with phd's at the rest on the software end. Just like the PC market itself windows is good enough to do the job but nobody would say that it is perfect.
Well do it right with wallplate and short patchcord and it's not that bad in the bathroom (with a laptop of course) . The garage I only keep the monitor and keyboard in the garage the computer is actually in the adjacent room.
With all of the controversy over who is responsible for downloads off of someones access point I will stay wired just to be safe. I can at least provide some kind of physical security over cat5 runs.
Yea but video for chat would kill the fantasy. Nobody wants to see a bunch of half naked 40+ bald guys that pretend to be women!
Good now maby I can pay the rent!!!
LAZY! The herd mentality of 95% of browsers will be able to view my work and screw the rest. Well do what you like but it's not that hard to code for 100% of web browsers.
Not to mention not all internet related software are browsers. What of search engine spiders? That fancy flash menu will not get you high page ranking on most search engines.
Not to mention anything that IE can do can be done openly if you are creative and not opposed to learning a new technology. If your only reason for going IE only is so that you can continue to design with FrontPage well I will be seeing you soon in the unemployment line as your coding skills will suffer. How employable will YOU be if your current job goes bye bye! Don't do it only for your boss but for yourself go standards compliant.
Awww what the hell I don't care about Karma.
So your saying that the browser is safe if you refrain from using it? Avoiding sites is not a security model. Who is in charge of selecting sites that are safe to use? This is just ridiculous.
I am not a statistician but the clients I have do not use IE as it is not available on UNIX platforms. I will kill anyone that brings OSX on the mac as an alternative. I should not have made it sound like such a blanket statement but this is my experience. Coding for IE only is a bad idea as it does cut page views. If there is no alternative for your customers to view your products then guess where they will go? A competitor that can code cross browser.
Thats fine as many corps that I code for have managers using non MS browsers. Your way may be fine if you are selling to the direct public but for corporate sales you had better be standards compliant. Even if you sell to the public directly how much harder is it to make your site standards compliant? It's not in fact it's easier. I will wrap up my arguement with the fact if I were your manager you would be in hot water for cutting 5% of sales right off the top.
Totally agreed most people think it's ok as long as I don't get busted. This guy deserves to lose the money as he already got his warnings during orientation and im sure that there is a clear outline in thier student handbook. So in my opinion he was already adequately warned.
Im sure that the only warning that is needed is the one you get in orientation. How about the rules in the student handbook. See now that is 2 warnings right in the door. Stupid of him to risk it anyhow and im sure he was aware that this could happen.
Burgulars will start suing homeowners for unsafe conditions. Oh wait ... nevermind
That has got to be comforting to people making 64 bit OS's. There is code waiting!
Now finally a way to make your 64bit computer feel more like your 32bit ones.
I was going from the listings on the web site and the games compatibility list.
Some people need to switch to decaf.
Not completely you may be screwed on Unreal but warcraft works under transgamings version of WINE. In fact it got the highest rating for compatibility they have.
www.transgaming.com
I wonder how many people will turn in thier friends, family etc.. for cash that they they may or may not get. Seems to me like microsoft will get a flood of calls from people that have friends and stuff that like programming. Whoes to say what they were programming. What about false accusations by the technically inept?
Can we say Pizza Hut delivery?
"Ear plugs. Then you don't gotta listen to nuthing. And it's a hell of lot cheaper. And it covers a vast range of applications. Anyone got a jammer for a screaming baby? no? is that any less annoying than a cell phone yakker?
Uh huh, that's what I thought..."
Yea including the audio on the film that I paid to watch. As far as kids go I have two (2 and 7) I can honestly say that there are many events that people should get a sitter and get over it. That is bad social etiquette every bit as bad as a cellphone if not worse. I do not know how many times I have gone to a nice dinner and a movie with my wife to get bombarded by a bunch of screaming kids. If I wanted that I would go home and take care of my own kids. There should be some place that you can get away from it all.
"In fact most of the time is the prof's phone and they promptly stop the lecture to answer."
What ever happened to using voice mail then calling people back. Maby there ought to be some 12 step program for this kind of behavior.
Cellphone Anonymous or CA for short. I could hear it now...
I was a 16 call a day addict. I lost my house because I had to take a call while I was cooking and was so wrapped up in the conversation I dident even notice the smoke.
" Society also once had a phone booth on every corner. Those phone booth's are fast disappearing now and the only alternative is a cell phone."
Well if a place has a stated policy of no cellphones then I would think they should have an area to make calls from that would not be jammed or install payphones in a location away from the "silent area".
"There is something wrong with anyone who thinks they need to control people in that situation."
Well I would say that for one the establishment owner should have final say if cellphone use is acceptable. I don't know how many people are present in the DMV in your area but where I live there are a lot (like 70 to 80 people at any given time) of people present. The place is very loud as it is without cellphones and it makes it very hard just to speak across the counter to the clerk. Add just 20 of those people on cellphones trying to shout over the crowd to somebody else only makes things worse. I guess the short and skinny is that the policy is in place for a reason and users should respect it or leave.
I agree totally it is cell users that do not excercise discression that are the problem. The ideal I like about jamming as a policy is that nobody has to be reminded of this as the instrument of annoyance is disabled. If they want to regain use of thier phone then leave the establishment. Cell users can protest by taking thier business elsewhere.
"I think the judgement is pretty simple: you should be able to use your cell phone wherever you can also talk to other people face to face."
People are allowed to talk face to face in museums and libararys but only when necessary. I would say that a cell call in these places is probably not necessary. This is also true in most really nice restaraunts as most usually keep the volume down unless they get a few too many drinks in them. If this happens usually a manager will have to address you and your party. The jammer should only be used in a place with a stated policy at the door. Then it would be up to you to stay or go somewhere else.
"There is a place to get away from all of this, and it is called 'home' with a noise maker, or the country. Welcome to the real world dude."
I am not advocating doing this everywhere but in places that the owners of the business want some kind of silence. It is thier business that you are in and if they deem silence is the best policy then they should be allowed to enforce this by any means at thier disposal including jamming. If you do not like the policy and it is clearly stated you have the right to take your business elsewhere.
Your analogy is flawed. Web pages do not chatter behind me while im watching a movie. Computer use is a mostly silent activity. You are comparing apples to oranges. There are many places to get away from computers now anyhow. I wonder why you feel the need to protect others that are abusing this technology anyway. Are you one of those people that are fielding calls in a movie theatre?