Maybe you don't understand that some of us have either really large rent payments or commutes that would take well over an hour each way in a car. Oh, and my old car was shot, so I had to buy a new one. (Granted, I didn't need as much car as I bought, but my payments aren't that much more than any other new car.)
I have some savings, been working on it for a year or so now, but the first two years I was employed I was struggling to make ends meet. I understand their predicament.
I'm trying to buy a house now because apartments keep jacking the rent up to the point of absurdity (from $1155/month to $1270 for a 1 bedroom), and a mortgage ensures that I won't have that problem again.
1. As someone already mentioned, it's great as an alarm to remind me about meetings, etc.
2. I'm more likely to actually have it with me when I need to enter a new appointment than I was with pen and paper.
3. I frequently forgot to update my paper calendar when a new meeting was scheduled on the computer (Lotus Notes), or vice versa. I was usually pretty good about it, but mistakes happened.
4. Useful as a calculator.
I've only used a Palm III, so I can't compare it to other OS handhelds.
One other thing: I collect model railroad equipment in HO and N scale. Since people like me don't like to have the exact same equipment, I eventually plan to use the Palm to record everything I own, down to the numbers on the cars and engines, so that if I'm at a hobby shop I don't buy a duplicate of what I already own. (Yes, it's anal, I know.) Yes, I could do this with pen and paper, but that's just not as cool.;)
Another use: I am working on building a music database (ssshh...don't tell the RIAA), and I'd like to see if I can keep a stripped version of the 'most important' data in the Palm for easy access.
I've been using Slack for many years on desktop systems. Then, I tried Mandrake 8.2 a couple weeks ago on my laptop... I loved it so much that I installed it on my backup machine at the first opportunity.
Smooth, clean, easy config... Wow. It even configured my HP printer perfectly on the first try, which took hours of upgrading and recompiling packages under Slack 8. I haven't converted my main computer over yet (and probably won't for a while), but I doubt I'll ever install Slackware 8 on a workstation again. Mandrake's just too easy. I'm planning to try it on my mom's system...
No, he's right. I keep a clean desk, and frequently heard things like, "You need more work!"
Lately, work has spooled up to a high level, and I'm just not clearing it off every day like I used to. Guess what? I'm not hearing that I need more work, either!
I bought a car in 1999, and I frequently receive letters from companies that are trying to sell me the extended warranty (which I bought when I bought the car, actually). Same thing-they're confusing and imply that you aren't covered.
Of course, I'm sure Mercury was glad to sell them my name, vehicle make & model, address-everything but the fact that I bought an extended warranty already-to make these "special offers" possible.
There was a time when most people *didn't* get bachelor's degrees (now almost everyone gets at least that). No problem, companies still hired them.
However, that's changed: now, bachelors are basically required for most jobs, and the "standouts" are the people with a masters or a doctorate.
So, I agree (for now) that these aren't required. But, I bet in the future they will be. After all, what happens if the company you work for is purchased by another company, and that new company wants everyone to have some certification? You either earn it quickly or find a new job...
The flaw in your logic is that plenty of people don't want to be counted or just can't be bothered to return the forms, etc.
That means the Census Bureau has to send out people to knock on doors, set up appointments, and generally try to track down the people that didn't return the forms.
Then, they also have to count homeless people and such. That's not an easy task, either.
$50m isn't enough to count the people, at least not with any reasonable assurance of quality.
For me, a statistician, seeing "10 million to 100 million" just means they pulled numbers out of thin air. I'd like to see some of the methodology they used to find that "estimate". If they can't provide reasonable estimates, I'd prefer they didn't provide any numbers at all.
So, are there any other languages that go over the 43%?
My guess is that English makes up 43% of the material, but the other 57% is a mix of all of the rest of the languages, so that English is still way ahead.
Do you have any links for that statistic? I'm curious to see how much other languages really are used.
I once ordered a CD drive/sound card combo (remember those? It was a Soundblaster Pro 2 with a single-speed caddy drive.) that was shipped via UPS. When I got it, it looked like someone had taken a large grinding wheel to the corner of the box, right into the side of the drive. Needless to say, the drive didn't work (though the card did).
Fortunately, the company replaced it, but I was always left wondering what had happened to that box. The damage done to it was insane...
I like your idea in general, but I have some questions.
GM makes much more than cars. For example, they also make railroad locomotives. Would they have to have a second domain like www.gm.railroad for that division? Obviously there are a lot of other companies with a similar dilemma.
Your scheme would make more sense with the example I raised because (in theory) you'd go directly to the area in which you were interested.
You didn't mention country codes--would they be removed entirely? Or would there be a www.gm.cars.uk? (Assuming GMs are sold in the UK, which I don't know for certain.) That could be a nightmare for a large company like GM, because they'd have thousands of domains to maintain.
I used to run a moderated list (FYI, it was a mailing list for a bicycling team that I was on), and the users hated it: "You're limiting our free speech!!" And other such crap.
For example, someone would post a "For sale" message. Someone else would reply to it, but send it to the entire list. That's why we were moderating.
The solution hit me one day while I was dozing. Change the list so that replies go to the original sender rather than the list (unless you hit reply to all). Worked like a charm, everyone was quite happy. And I didn't have to read a dozen or so messages a day just to approve them. (I also took the opportunity to add a header to the subject line and some other things to make it easier to use.)
I still subscribe to the list though I no longer run it. They're still using those settings.:)
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Maybe you don't understand that some of us have either really large rent payments or commutes that would take well over an hour each way in a car. Oh, and my old car was shot, so I had to buy a new one. (Granted, I didn't need as much car as I bought, but my payments aren't that much more than any other new car.)
I have some savings, been working on it for a year or so now, but the first two years I was employed I was struggling to make ends meet. I understand their predicament.
I'm trying to buy a house now because apartments keep jacking the rent up to the point of absurdity (from $1155/month to $1270 for a 1 bedroom), and a mortgage ensures that I won't have that problem again.
--RJ
No, you didn't. At least not that I heard. ;)
A couple notes:
;)
1. As someone already mentioned, it's great as an alarm to remind me about meetings, etc.
2. I'm more likely to actually have it with me when I need to enter a new appointment than I was with pen and paper.
3. I frequently forgot to update my paper calendar when a new meeting was scheduled on the computer (Lotus Notes), or vice versa. I was usually pretty good about it, but mistakes happened.
4. Useful as a calculator.
I've only used a Palm III, so I can't compare it to other OS handhelds.
One other thing: I collect model railroad equipment in HO and N scale. Since people like me don't like to have the exact same equipment, I eventually plan to use the Palm to record everything I own, down to the numbers on the cars and engines, so that if I'm at a hobby shop I don't buy a duplicate of what I already own. (Yes, it's anal, I know.) Yes, I could do this with pen and paper, but that's just not as cool.
Another use: I am working on building a music database (ssshh...don't tell the RIAA), and I'd like to see if I can keep a stripped version of the 'most important' data in the Palm for easy access.
RJ
What companies in the US offer GSM service phones?
Other ideas:
Employees to install it...
Renovations to the room where it'll be that are required...
Lots of power cables...
--RJ
I wish I had mod points. Up up up! The open source community is no better if no one actually does the reviews...
Thanks.
--RJ
I've been using Slack for many years on desktop systems. Then, I tried Mandrake 8.2 a couple weeks ago on my laptop... I loved it so much that I installed it on my backup machine at the first opportunity.
Smooth, clean, easy config... Wow. It even configured my HP printer perfectly on the first try, which took hours of upgrading and recompiling packages under Slack 8. I haven't converted my main computer over yet (and probably won't for a while), but I doubt I'll ever install Slackware 8 on a workstation again. Mandrake's just too easy. I'm planning to try it on my mom's system...
No, he's right. I keep a clean desk, and frequently heard things like, "You need more work!"
Lately, work has spooled up to a high level, and I'm just not clearing it off every day like I used to. Guess what? I'm not hearing that I need more work, either!
Written by a close friend of mine (in his free time) for the Bureau's centenntiall celebration...
http://www.census.gov/mso/www/centennial/anthem.hI bought a car in 1999, and I frequently receive letters from companies that are trying to sell me the extended warranty (which I bought when I bought the car, actually). Same thing-they're confusing and imply that you aren't covered.
Of course, I'm sure Mercury was glad to sell them my name, vehicle make & model, address-everything but the fact that I bought an extended warranty already-to make these "special offers" possible.
--RJ
This type of thing has been true before.
There was a time when most people *didn't* get bachelor's degrees (now almost everyone gets at least that). No problem, companies still hired them.
However, that's changed: now, bachelors are basically required for most jobs, and the "standouts" are the people with a masters or a doctorate.
So, I agree (for now) that these aren't required. But, I bet in the future they will be. After all, what happens if the company you work for is purchased by another company, and that new company wants everyone to have some certification? You either earn it quickly or find a new job...
--RJ
The flaw in your logic is that plenty of people don't want to be counted or just can't be bothered to return the forms, etc.
That means the Census Bureau has to send out people to knock on doors, set up appointments, and generally try to track down the people that didn't return the forms.
Then, they also have to count homeless people and such. That's not an easy task, either.
$50m isn't enough to count the people, at least not with any reasonable assurance of quality.
--RJ
For me, a statistician, seeing "10 million to 100 million" just means they pulled numbers out of thin air. I'd like to see some of the methodology they used to find that "estimate". If they can't provide reasonable estimates, I'd prefer they didn't provide any numbers at all.
So, are there any other languages that go over the 43%?
My guess is that English makes up 43% of the material, but the other 57% is a mix of all of the rest of the languages, so that English is still way ahead.
Do you have any links for that statistic? I'm curious to see how much other languages really are used.
Thanks.
--RJ
The article made it sound like a lot of the destruction has already been accomplished. I want to know why the media took so long to report it?
It's almost as if it was embargoed until it was too late to stop it...
--RJ
I once ordered a CD drive/sound card combo (remember those? It was a Soundblaster Pro 2 with a single-speed caddy drive.) that was shipped via UPS. When I got it, it looked like someone had taken a large grinding wheel to the corner of the box, right into the side of the drive. Needless to say, the drive didn't work (though the card did).
Fortunately, the company replaced it, but I was always left wondering what had happened to that box. The damage done to it was insane...
--RJ
"Linux is appealing because of its price and performance, which can be less than with a comparable Unix-based system, Quandt said."
Sounds great...oh, wait, no it doesn't.
I like your idea in general, but I have some questions.
GM makes much more than cars. For example, they also make railroad locomotives. Would they have to have a second domain like www.gm.railroad for that division? Obviously there are a lot of other companies with a similar dilemma.
Your scheme would make more sense with the example I raised because (in theory) you'd go directly to the area in which you were interested.
You didn't mention country codes--would they be removed entirely? Or would there be a www.gm.cars.uk? (Assuming GMs are sold in the UK, which I don't know for certain.) That could be a nightmare for a large company like GM, because they'd have thousands of domains to maintain.
RJ
I used to run a moderated list (FYI, it was a mailing list for a bicycling team that I was on), and the users hated it: "You're limiting our free speech!!" And other such crap.
:)
For example, someone would post a "For sale" message. Someone else would reply to it, but send it to the entire list. That's why we were moderating.
The solution hit me one day while I was dozing. Change the list so that replies go to the original sender rather than the list (unless you hit reply to all). Worked like a charm, everyone was quite happy. And I didn't have to read a dozen or so messages a day just to approve them. (I also took the opportunity to add a header to the subject line and some other things to make it easier to use.)
I still subscribe to the list though I no longer run it. They're still using those settings.
--RJ
I'm always glad to see others that use the Dvorak. :)
Thanks!
--RJ
Maybe what we need, instead of a leader, is a PR department...
--RJ
Well, now I know why the network was so slow when I was at the University of Georgia!
--RJ
What's wrong with her outfit?
:)
When she starts dressing like Jennifer Lopez, then I'll say there's a problem.
--RJ
Oh, and Census counts non-citizens living in the US too. (Just to clarify.)
--RJ
We still have to count the citizens. That's what Census 2000 was for...
--RJ