I'd be very interested in that. One thing I've started to wonder about is what will happen to my website after my death. Archive.org stopped archiving changes on my site in 2005 and it only did a so-so job of capturing things anyway. Ages after I'm gone, it's likely http websites may simply have gone away. I've started looking into services that will preserve my site for historical reasons, but I'd feel a lot better having it among a dedicated catalogue in a historical preservation.
Why? Microsoft still sells you the OS whether it's 7 or 8. I think we're way past the point where people give a damn about what OS is on the PC. People buy a shiny new computer for Christmas because it's "faster".
I'm really worried. I've actually said the W3C should do everything they're going to do. It's not like the world is gaining sanity, which means I'm the one going insane.
I'm wondering what they'll be doing for the doctype declaration though, since it doesn't indicate any version (which is short sighted in my opinion)
Wii games yes, gamecube games and controllers no. This will have a "pro" controller which looks a lot like an xbox controller you'll be able to use. There was also talk about GC games being available via download content, but that sounds like a hell of a download for a game. I'd assume download content you've purchased for the Wii will all still work.
Who would want to eat five apples in one sitting? Even if I were hungry, I'd probably just stop at one and wait till the next meal. At least pick a more appealing fruit like an orange.
It sounds like you've never had a good apple. I agree that the supermarket ones are disgusting (bland), but if you're lucky enough to live in a place where you can get them in season locally, they're very good. I think one of the problems America has, is that supermarket produce tastes terrible.. but it looks nice. I've been surprised when traveling abroad how much better plain food tastes. Over here we have to slather food in sauces just to make it edible.
The real world does not operate this way. You can 'grind' at a job for 10 years and still be laid off. You can 'grind' at your physical health your whole life but if you switch to an unhealthy lifestyle you will immediately begin losing this progress..
This is kind of BS really. Like you say, do you "grind" out a paycheck? How is that different than "grinding" out food? Why bother, you'll just get hungry again? Everything in the world can be taken away from you, that doesn't make all of life pointless. The key is to invest in "grinding" for the right things. This applies to things both virtual and real. If I spent 10 years building a replica model train world, it would look amazing. The fact that a tornado could destroy it doesn't invalidate the fact that I built it. Maybe I grind out 10 years in an online RPG, and then I have nothing to show for it. For some people, the memories and "good times" are enough. (Although I will agree that a lot of people stay on there due to addictive behaviors and don't appear to be enjoying themselves).
The point is that the publishers are to be compensated if anyone takes parts of the article or the full text and displays them somewhere else. There is not even so much debate about the intention itself, I think it's only fair if you reprint significant parts of an article (and thereby deprive the original author of advertisement revenue or subscription fees)
Are only "news sites" going to be blessed with this ability? It seems the implications for this would be far reaching and very bad. It would mean that Google would have to compensate anyone who wrote an original work. If it goes beyond Google, that means any site that cross posts content may be infringing on their "revenue stream". Sounds like a nirvana for lawyers, where natural function of the Internet cause infringement based on arbitrary interpretations.
Size has become the biggest concern for me as well. Sony makes the Xperia U which seems like a great size, but has small amount of memory, no SD card slot (seriously?) and lackluster battery. The Xperia Sola is slightly bigger, has an SD slot and more memory but has no forward facing camera. I'm kinda surprised that there is almost no competition in this category... maybe it wouldn't trouble me so much if it weren't Sony making the only options.
I've pretty much always used KDE (or fluxbox / i3 depending on what I'm doing), and have never liked Gnome. However the prospect of Gnome's death troubles me. We can't say for sure the software we use now isn't going to go in some assinine direction. If KDE completely screws up next, then where do us KDE users go for an equivalent desktop? Xfce and other options exist, but it's always been KDE and Gnome as the full featured options.I think the real health of either project depends on the strength of the other, and not having all the eggs in one basket is a good thing in open source.
I'm hopeful Gnome won't die, but if it gets to that point I hope it'll be forked so we can move on. And I hope it'll be so awesome that I'll switch from KDE:)
What's alarming about this is about how Vista is being written out of Microsoft support history so quickly. If I buy Windows 8, and it doesn't have the "critic mass" required, does that mean MS is going to quickly drop support on that too? Another reason to be wary of 8.
How in the heck is that harder than old folder-based start menu?
By the way you described it, none of it sounds at all intuitive. I haven't seen 8 in person so I can't say much about it. I do however know I have never seen an average person ever use the windows key (although I can hardly get along in windows without it myself).
Can't really see what was so awesome about a big cloud of glowing smoke.
That's a big part of the problem with them all going up at once. Within a few seconds the smoke clouds the fireworks. One of the biggest factors of a good fireworks display is allowing the smoke to disperse so you can see sparkles. That's why setting them off is done in progression, spaced in different parts of the sky, and why the biggest burst is the finally (no fireworks thereafter so smoke is no longer a factor).
It doesn't look like you read the entire article. $22k is the non adjusted raw sale profit. That's also $22k over 10 years, which may or may not be a good return depending on how you're considering how much is spent. If my math is right, if you spend $1400 per month instead of $1600 (break even point), you'd save $160 a month and make more money that purchasing that house using those calculations. It does not factor in taxes, insurance, and general house stuff - which I'd guess is going to be more than the left over profit, but that depends on a lot of factors.
Personally I reached the same conclusion as the article, but I also pay such cheap rent for my apartment I'd really have to be crazy to buy a house. If houses where I live weren't overpriced, and my rent were high that would be different. The point of the article wasn't "buying a house is bad", it's that you really need to look at the many factors involved to make a fair comparison. Even if you don't "make a profit", maybe you enjoy living in a house that much more to make it worth it. It seems to be a common mentality that you MUST buy a house because that's what Americans do and you OWN it, but I think the modern real estate market really preys on that mode of thinking. If you don't have a family (especially if you're single), renting may be the better choice.
I'm not going to claim that there aren't a lot of other things you need to do for good "culture", but one basic thing I see screwed up in most companies is always the same thing. Lack of communication. Not just programmers, just about every company in every department has a problem with this. The more people are allowed to speak, and people LISTEN to them, the better your environment will be.
That seems like circular logic. If they could be certified, and locked down they would be. As it stands now it's been shown that the e-prom can be replaced and thus the machines can't be guaranteed of security at the hardware level. Keeping in mind that these machines are intended to talk to something at the other end, and that part would also probably need modification. Tthe whole system was poorly thought out. It sounds like a lot of money wasted, but how much more should Ireland dump on it before they decide it's not going to work? See New York city Fog Creek debacle originally slated to cost about $83 million that went on to over $500 million.
That's not the way it was explained to me by Comcast. I haven't watched (cable) TV in years, and every now and then I get tempted to use them for internet only and save $12 off my bill. I could cancel the cable service, but then it costs $12 in "connection fees" or something like that if I don't have cable. I've gotten that answer many times over the years by Comcast reps on the phone. Maybe even before they took over Adelphia in my area. I'm also using the most expensive tier of internet service with the cheapest cable, so that may be different than how the lowest tier is priced. The article seems vague as to how the lowest tier is priced but I'd assume it becomes more disproportional the cheaper the plan gets.
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Sounds like my ex-wife. That's one experience I don't need to see replicated by technology.
No flash for IE10 on Windows 7. Another reason not to use Windows 8.
I'd be very interested in that. One thing I've started to wonder about is what will happen to my website after my death. Archive.org stopped archiving changes on my site in 2005 and it only did a so-so job of capturing things anyway. Ages after I'm gone, it's likely http websites may simply have gone away. I've started looking into services that will preserve my site for historical reasons, but I'd feel a lot better having it among a dedicated catalogue in a historical preservation.
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Why? Microsoft still sells you the OS whether it's 7 or 8. I think we're way past the point where people give a damn about what OS is on the PC. People buy a shiny new computer for Christmas because it's "faster".
I'm really worried. I've actually said the W3C should do everything they're going to do. It's not like the world is gaining sanity, which means I'm the one going insane.
I'm wondering what they'll be doing for the doctype declaration though, since it doesn't indicate any version (which is short sighted in my opinion)
Wii games yes, gamecube games and controllers no. This will have a "pro" controller which looks a lot like an xbox controller you'll be able to use. There was also talk about GC games being available via download content, but that sounds like a hell of a download for a game. I'd assume download content you've purchased for the Wii will all still work.
Who would want to eat five apples in one sitting? Even if I were hungry, I'd probably just stop at one and wait till the next meal. At least pick a more appealing fruit like an orange.
It sounds like you've never had a good apple. I agree that the supermarket ones are disgusting (bland), but if you're lucky enough to live in a place where you can get them in season locally, they're very good. I think one of the problems America has, is that supermarket produce tastes terrible .. but it looks nice. I've been surprised when traveling abroad how much better plain food tastes. Over here we have to slather food in sauces just to make it edible.
According to the Article:
The real world does not operate this way. You can 'grind' at a job for 10 years and still be laid off. You can 'grind' at your physical health your whole life but if you switch to an unhealthy lifestyle you will immediately begin losing this progress. .
This is kind of BS really. Like you say, do you "grind" out a paycheck? How is that different than "grinding" out food? Why bother, you'll just get hungry again? Everything in the world can be taken away from you, that doesn't make all of life pointless. The key is to invest in "grinding" for the right things. This applies to things both virtual and real. If I spent 10 years building a replica model train world, it would look amazing. The fact that a tornado could destroy it doesn't invalidate the fact that I built it. Maybe I grind out 10 years in an online RPG, and then I have nothing to show for it. For some people, the memories and "good times" are enough. (Although I will agree that a lot of people stay on there due to addictive behaviors and don't appear to be enjoying themselves).
I should be good to go then, because the memories I'll "recall" from AC/DC songs are way better than mine.
The point is that the publishers are to be compensated if anyone takes parts of the article or the full text and displays them somewhere else. There is not even so much debate about the intention itself, I think it's only fair if you reprint significant parts of an article (and thereby deprive the original author of advertisement revenue or subscription fees)
Are only "news sites" going to be blessed with this ability? It seems the implications for this would be far reaching and very bad. It would mean that Google would have to compensate anyone who wrote an original work. If it goes beyond Google, that means any site that cross posts content may be infringing on their "revenue stream". Sounds like a nirvana for lawyers, where natural function of the Internet cause infringement based on arbitrary interpretations.
Size has become the biggest concern for me as well. Sony makes the Xperia U which seems like a great size, but has small amount of memory, no SD card slot (seriously?) and lackluster battery. The Xperia Sola is slightly bigger, has an SD slot and more memory but has no forward facing camera. I'm kinda surprised that there is almost no competition in this category... maybe it wouldn't trouble me so much if it weren't Sony making the only options.
I've pretty much always used KDE (or fluxbox / i3 depending on what I'm doing), and have never liked Gnome. However the prospect of Gnome's death troubles me. We can't say for sure the software we use now isn't going to go in some assinine direction. If KDE completely screws up next, then where do us KDE users go for an equivalent desktop? Xfce and other options exist, but it's always been KDE and Gnome as the full featured options.I think the real health of either project depends on the strength of the other, and not having all the eggs in one basket is a good thing in open source.
I'm hopeful Gnome won't die, but if it gets to that point I hope it'll be forked so we can move on. And I hope it'll be so awesome that I'll switch from KDE :)
What's alarming about this is about how Vista is being written out of Microsoft support history so quickly. If I buy Windows 8, and it doesn't have the "critic mass" required, does that mean MS is going to quickly drop support on that too? Another reason to be wary of 8.
Is it just me, or does the interface as shown there look a LOT like Windows 1.0? What's old is new again I guess.
How in the heck is that harder than old folder-based start menu?
By the way you described it, none of it sounds at all intuitive. I haven't seen 8 in person so I can't say much about it. I do however know I have never seen an average person ever use the windows key (although I can hardly get along in windows without it myself).
Plot a graph and think consistency and near zero value.
Can't really see what was so awesome about a big cloud of glowing smoke.
That's a big part of the problem with them all going up at once. Within a few seconds the smoke clouds the fireworks. One of the biggest factors of a good fireworks display is allowing the smoke to disperse so you can see sparkles. That's why setting them off is done in progression, spaced in different parts of the sky, and why the biggest burst is the finally (no fireworks thereafter so smoke is no longer a factor).
It doesn't look like you read the entire article. $22k is the non adjusted raw sale profit. That's also $22k over 10 years, which may or may not be a good return depending on how you're considering how much is spent. If my math is right, if you spend $1400 per month instead of $1600 (break even point), you'd save $160 a month and make more money that purchasing that house using those calculations. It does not factor in taxes, insurance, and general house stuff - which I'd guess is going to be more than the left over profit, but that depends on a lot of factors.
Personally I reached the same conclusion as the article, but I also pay such cheap rent for my apartment I'd really have to be crazy to buy a house. If houses where I live weren't overpriced, and my rent were high that would be different. The point of the article wasn't "buying a house is bad", it's that you really need to look at the many factors involved to make a fair comparison. Even if you don't "make a profit", maybe you enjoy living in a house that much more to make it worth it. It seems to be a common mentality that you MUST buy a house because that's what Americans do and you OWN it, but I think the modern real estate market really preys on that mode of thinking. If you don't have a family (especially if you're single), renting may be the better choice.
Only if you burn an Apple.
My mistake, it looks like it wasn't Fog Creek but CityTime. Not sure why I rememberd that as Fog Creek.
This is one story. It was on slashdot as well a while back.
I'm not going to claim that there aren't a lot of other things you need to do for good "culture", but one basic thing I see screwed up in most companies is always the same thing. Lack of communication. Not just programmers, just about every company in every department has a problem with this. The more people are allowed to speak, and people LISTEN to them, the better your environment will be.
That seems like circular logic. If they could be certified, and locked down they would be. As it stands now it's been shown that the e-prom can be replaced and thus the machines can't be guaranteed of security at the hardware level. Keeping in mind that these machines are intended to talk to something at the other end, and that part would also probably need modification. Tthe whole system was poorly thought out. It sounds like a lot of money wasted, but how much more should Ireland dump on it before they decide it's not going to work? See New York city Fog Creek debacle originally slated to cost about $83 million that went on to over $500 million.
That's not the way it was explained to me by Comcast. I haven't watched (cable) TV in years, and every now and then I get tempted to use them for internet only and save $12 off my bill. I could cancel the cable service, but then it costs $12 in "connection fees" or something like that if I don't have cable. I've gotten that answer many times over the years by Comcast reps on the phone. Maybe even before they took over Adelphia in my area. I'm also using the most expensive tier of internet service with the cheapest cable, so that may be different than how the lowest tier is priced. The article seems vague as to how the lowest tier is priced but I'd assume it becomes more disproportional the cheaper the plan gets.