That was my thoughts exactly upon reading the article. Why is it I had to come work in the US, rather than finding a job in my own country? I make more than twice as much in US dollars than I was making in Canadian dollars. Where's the incentive to stay?
Are there jobs available in reasonable numbers and at reasonable rates for, umm Java/J2EE programmers? Sysadmins? Systems architects? Other geek professions?
No. I actually had to come to Michigan to find a job. Of course, I live in Windsor - Automotive Capital of Canada (and not much else). Toronto, BC, Calgary and Edmonton all likely have much better opportunities for someone looking for work in IT.
I suppose I get the best of both worlds - work in the US, but still live in Canada. If only the damn US dollar would turn around.:)
"...I moved there from Texas, by the way. Get this, man, I left in Houston, Texas, my apartment 1400 square feet, balcony 30 floors up, air conditioning centralised, dishwasher, washer, dryer free parking.. drumroll... four hundred dollars a month.. what a fucking idiot, huh? I feel like a real moron. I moved to an apartment where I can touch one wall with one hand, the other wall with that foot.. one thousand dollars a month! It's super moron! I can answer the door, answer the phone, take a leak, take a shower all at once for I am super moron!" -- Bill Hicks, RIP
I would assume Intel's dual core's are the same, though I haven't looked into them much. Indeed, it looks like they use 1mb L2 per processor (Found here.
On the other hand, the cores of an AthlonX2 get to discuss with one another through a special link while regular multiprocessor have to use the FSB (or HyperThreading for AMD's Opterons) link
That's HyperTransport, not HyperThreading (I'm sure that's what you meant):)
tough to upgrade? Indeed, what with all that DDR memory, PCI/PCI-E slots, and USB and Firewire interfaces, its absolutely impossible to upgrade those worthless machines! How dare they use industry standards!
Sadly, it wasn't their money. They actually collected donations from people online to do this. I'm not sure what's worse - that they used other people's money to do this, or that these people willingly donated their money to this cause.
Intel's sales will again beat AMD's by several fold. The reason seems to be that most PC and server purchases are not intended for games, beyond Solitare of course, and people prefer the reliability, power savings and lower temperatures of the Intel chips.
Did you miss the part where they said this chip consumes more power and runs hotter than Opterons?
I think we are in agreement, because you say you "might be a little bummed" and "would likely wait" thats exactly how I would feel, and what I would do.
I suppose. I wouldn't feel wronged by Apple had I gone out and purchased one, and received the slightly lower performing model instead of the new one.
No, comparing it to flaws in an LCD is NOT "more direct and legitimate" - there's nothing wrong with the 1.4 GHz Mini - matter of fact, you're getting exactly what it says on the box. Only on slashdot could someone say the possibility of getting MORE than you paid for is underhanded.
Were I in the market for a Mac Mini right now, and I didn't know about this, I'd go buy one. Maybe I'd be surprised, maybe not. If I purchased one, and received a 1.4 GHz cpu, and later found out about the upgraded models, I might be a little bummed, but I still got what I paid for. Now, were I on the market for one right now, and I happened to read slashdot before logging on to Apple's website to submit my order, I'd think twice about it, and likely wait until Apple confirmed all new models being shipped were of the 1.5 GHz variety.
Could someone tell me why are they wrong? And if they are not wrong, what is this US opposition? If the USA doesn't like living in a world where there are multiple countries to deal with, they can just close their borders and shut down their trade. Noone will miss them.
Hold on a second.. I might - they're my fucking employer..
I live in Canada, work in the US.. and I rather enjoy my job thank you very much!
If we want to get into off the shelf equivalents, I'll remind you that most Linux distros contain everything to get a usable computer straight off the bat. If you want to do the same with Microsoft software, you've still got to buy Office (at least $300 more) not to mention the time taken to go and obtain and install it.
No, actually. No it is not. If you read the article, you'd see they're simply running KDE in a Window on an OS X desktop. While the method you posted certainly works, it's NOT the method detailed in the article.
Quite frankly this is something that needs to happen more on Slashdot. Just because you know what KDE is doesn't mean everybody else does.
That'd be all fine and dandy, if the summary was actually correct. As it stands, the summary will give someone the wrong correction of what KDE actually is. Being misinformed is worse than being uninformed, IMHO.
It feels like a horrible waste to throw away such cool chars.
You're not. Your characters will remain on the servers, in case you ever decide to come back. I decided to quick back in April, and recently joined up again. Granted, my characters weren't as high as yours, but I found the game much more enjoyable when I came back.
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That was my thoughts exactly upon reading the article. Why is it I had to come work in the US, rather than finding a job in my own country? I make more than twice as much in US dollars than I was making in Canadian dollars. Where's the incentive to stay?
Don't kick the baby...
Are there jobs available in reasonable numbers and at reasonable rates for, umm Java/J2EE programmers? Sysadmins? Systems architects? Other geek professions?
:)
No. I actually had to come to Michigan to find a job. Of course, I live in Windsor - Automotive Capital of Canada (and not much else). Toronto, BC, Calgary and Edmonton all likely have much better opportunities for someone looking for work in IT.
I suppose I get the best of both worlds - work in the US, but still live in Canada. If only the damn US dollar would turn around.
"...I moved there from Texas, by the way. Get this, man, I left in Houston, Texas, my apartment 1400 square feet, balcony 30 floors up, air conditioning centralised, dishwasher, washer, dryer free parking.. drumroll... four hundred dollars a month.. what a fucking idiot, huh? I feel like a real moron. I moved to an apartment where I can touch one wall with one hand, the other wall with that foot.. one thousand dollars a month! It's super moron! I can answer the door, answer the phone, take a leak, take a shower all at once for I am super moron!" -- Bill Hicks, RIP
We have a no-flush urinal in the bathroom where I live
You live in a bathroom?
Indeed. I still have a PS2 I purchased on launch day with its original dvd-rom drive. Works great.
I would assume Intel's dual core's are the same, though I haven't looked into them much. Indeed, it looks like they use 1mb L2 per processor (Found here.
Each core on an Athlon 64 X2 has its own dedicated L2 cache. Pretty graph here.
On the other hand, the cores of an AthlonX2 get to discuss with one another through a special link while regular multiprocessor have to use the FSB (or HyperThreading for AMD's Opterons) link
:)
That's HyperTransport, not HyperThreading (I'm sure that's what you meant)
tough to upgrade? Indeed, what with all that DDR memory, PCI/PCI-E slots, and USB and Firewire interfaces, its absolutely impossible to upgrade those worthless machines! How dare they use industry standards!
Oh, I dunno, maybe RIS?
Maybe the GP is a PC gamer... or a non-gamer.
We don't use plain paper? I recall placing a big X in the circle next to my candidate of choice in the last federal election.
Or was that paper not plain? Maybe it was recycled?
Yes, I'm sure that's it, and it has nothing to do with the fact the joke's been done to death countless times before.
A complete waste of my time and their money.
Sadly, it wasn't their money. They actually collected donations from people online to do this. I'm not sure what's worse - that they used other people's money to do this, or that these people willingly donated their money to this cause.
lousy setup.
CTF did make it in (GTA: Liberty City Stories is out now).
Intel's sales will again beat AMD's by several fold. The reason seems to be that most PC and server purchases are not intended for games, beyond Solitare of course, and people prefer the reliability, power savings and lower temperatures of the Intel chips.
Did you miss the part where they said this chip consumes more power and runs hotter than Opterons?
I think we are in agreement, because you say you "might be a little bummed" and "would likely wait" thats exactly how I would feel, and what I would do.
I suppose. I wouldn't feel wronged by Apple had I gone out and purchased one, and received the slightly lower performing model instead of the new one.
No, comparing it to flaws in an LCD is NOT "more direct and legitimate" - there's nothing wrong with the 1.4 GHz Mini - matter of fact, you're getting exactly what it says on the box. Only on slashdot could someone say the possibility of getting MORE than you paid for is underhanded.
Were I in the market for a Mac Mini right now, and I didn't know about this, I'd go buy one. Maybe I'd be surprised, maybe not. If I purchased one, and received a 1.4 GHz cpu, and later found out about the upgraded models, I might be a little bummed, but I still got what I paid for. Now, were I on the market for one right now, and I happened to read slashdot before logging on to Apple's website to submit my order, I'd think twice about it, and likely wait until Apple confirmed all new models being shipped were of the 1.5 GHz variety.
Could someone tell me why are they wrong? And if they are not wrong, what is this US opposition? If the USA doesn't like living in a world where there are multiple countries to deal with, they can just close their borders and shut down their trade. Noone will miss them.
Hold on a second.. I might - they're my fucking employer..
I live in Canada, work in the US.. and I rather enjoy my job thank you very much!
If we want to get into off the shelf equivalents, I'll remind you that most Linux distros contain everything to get a usable computer straight off the bat. If you want to do the same with Microsoft software, you've still got to buy Office (at least $300 more) not to mention the time taken to go and obtain and install it.
You can't use OpenOffice on Windows?
Yes. actually. Yes it is.
No, actually. No it is not. If you read the article, you'd see they're simply running KDE in a Window on an OS X desktop. While the method you posted certainly works, it's NOT the method detailed in the article.
Quite frankly this is something that needs to happen more on Slashdot. Just because you know what KDE is doesn't mean everybody else does.
That'd be all fine and dandy, if the summary was actually correct. As it stands, the summary will give someone the wrong correction of what KDE actually is. Being misinformed is worse than being uninformed, IMHO.
It feels like a horrible waste to throw away such cool chars.
You're not. Your characters will remain on the servers, in case you ever decide to come back. I decided to quick back in April, and recently joined up again. Granted, my characters weren't as high as yours, but I found the game much more enjoyable when I came back.