So their future behavior (smart) is going to be different from their past behavior (stupid). That is unlikely, and we shouldn't buy it. Like a good magician, he's directing you to look over here (we'll be smarter) while he does some stuff over here (palladium, intense lobbying efforts, and much much more).
M$ plays for keeps, and they want ALL the marbles. Remember that.
I'll tell you why I'm glad they don't produce family friendly versions: I'll end up renting them by mistake or because there is no other choice. BlockBuster would certainly carry the the family friendly version more often than not (they already do when a version like this exists).
How many times, if you buy this type of CD, have you purchased some music to find you just bought the clean version? I've done it several times, and it annoys the hell out of me. Sometimes it was my mistake (I wasn't careful enough), but sometimes not (labeling was not that clear).
Unlike audio CDs, when I rent a clean version of a flick I'll never know it (the clean CDs seem to often just have the "dirty" words dropped out). OK, never is a long time. When I rented the
Bad Lieutenant, the BlockBuster version had a rape scene deleted (character walks into a room and walks out, leaving me with the phrase "wtf?" on my lips) I eventually figured it out when talking with some friends about the movie. This is not what seeing movies should be about, figuring out when scenes you didn't get to see. The bizarre thing about this edit: there was no reason for it. Who would watch the R version and say "hey, that was a good movie" but when watching the NC-17 version would say "hey, that's over the top!". Crikey, the R version was already over the top!
another good Christopher Buckley read
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No one I've talked to that's gotten their degree after they've gotten their career started has regretted it.
and no one I've talked to that's not gotten their degree after they've gotten their career started has regretted it.
Seriously, if you jump the college ship for a career in which you are qualified, the lack of a degree will only have one effect in your early years: lower salary. As you get more experience (read: seniority), the gap between your salary with and without a degree will close. I'm not talking about dropping out and taking a job for which you are not qualified. All bets are off if you do that.
Interestingly, if you do a calculation comparing your lost salary (due to a lower wage) to what it would have cost to finish college (don't forget the lost wages while you did it). Often the drop out side is more profitable. It most definitely was for me.
I don't doubt that you and I can handle our 10k/10gb of images with ease. I'm more talking about people that don't have a lot of computer background. The people that are enthusiasts about photography, not computers. Those people (and I've talked with a lot of them) get very bored when you talk about these things (backups, file management), and often just wing it when it comes to their photos. Witness how many people got screwed when some of those web photo storage places went under... they had stored their *only* copy of their photos on a remote site!
This camera is probably the first to match the quality of a decent 35mm camera.
My D30 images printed professionally are indistinguishable from 35mm prints up to 20x30. Sooooo, you'll have to qualify your statement for me to believe it. Note that the quality of lenses (I use Canon L glass) contributes significantly to image quality.
though this camera will undoubtedly be used by pros. Most people don't realize how big a file an 11mp camera would produce at the highest quality setting, not to mention raw mode! I have a D30 (3.25mp) and the best quality jpg's are around 1mb. The D60 doubles that. Once you get a large number of images, size matters. I have 10+GB of D30 images. It means you have to have a good backup solution (read: not CD-ROM).
There's an
interesting article
in
Wired
that sheds light on this problem, sort of.
The article is relevant because the
problem is similar: being dangerously distracted.
Basically, it boils down to concentration.
People walking around talking on a phone aren't paying
attention to the important things,
like who is about to squash them.
People can't multi-task nearly as well as they assume,
which is why people get into these stupid situations.
What I don't understand is how is hearing 1/2 of a stupid conversation ANY DIFFERENT than hearing both sides??
Why is it that cell phones are banned in some coffee shops, for example, and people feel morally victorious? I mean, what's the damn difference, as the places are usually so damn loud you can't hear anyone else talk anywey?
I think people like to bitch. Today it's just the cell phone they're bitchin' about. Tomorrow it'll be something else.
Blockbuster is so powerful (ie, they purchase so many videos) they force the editing of movies to their standards (whatever those are). The last straw for me was the
Bad Lieutenant. The scene in which he rapes the nun was removed. I saw him go into the classroom and immediately exit the room. It wasn't until months later when I was discussing it with a friend who had seen the theatrical release that I discovered the scene had been removed, and badly.
I later read that "they" edit out objectionable content. I really don't know where the editing takes place, since the article I read didn't specify.
I have, however, had packages that would not install because of a failed dependency. I'm guessing that rpm was saving me from installation decay by not installing the packages.
Raw format is not an option for many because of two reasons:
1. time. Raw images take a LOT of processing power. Just viewing the damn things on my 1.4GHz Athlon takes 20 seconds. Also, the software from Canon sucks in other ways (UI) and is Windows only. That alone is a deal breaker for many here.
2. space. The jpg's from my D30 are about 1mb each. Raw format files are 4-5mb. I have taken 9000 pictures with my D30. Instead of 9GB of images I'd be looking at 45GB. That is not acceptable to me.
I rarely find that people fall down on the job because they lack intelligence, especially the kind it takes to solve these riddles. Many people don't use the intelligence they have because of laziness, bad habits, or can't communicate what they know. Most people are smart enough to hide this in interviews, too.
The reason people can't do their jobs, 99% of the time, is they don't play well with others and/or have poor communication skills.
Give me an above average, hard working, honest, good communicator over that prima donna MIT grad anyday. Don't get hung up on the MIT example, it could easily be Stanford, UC Berkeley, or whatever. The point is that institutions like these select for intelligence, and let's face it high intellegence and good communications skills rarely go hand in hand. It's a beautiful thing, though, when they do. (Lucky bastards!)
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... so 4 GB was both unaffordable and generally not needed. But the recent advent of Windows XP and digital media has changed all of that.
Gimme a break! The reason has nothing to do with Windows XP. It has to do with databases more than anything. Crikey.
The geeks need someone that can represent them in public, perhaps sit on this panel. The establishment are made up of people, just like you and me. Sure, they views are different. Their life experiences are different. However, they are just like you and me in one regard: when they are shouted at, the react in the negative.
We do not want our (anti-DRM) message to be delivered by bozos and idiots. We need someone that can be articulate and persuasive. Will that person please step forward?
Perhaps they are at the EFF (or are the EFF). The trip report didn't give many details as to why the EFF was locked out. Can anyone elaborate?
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So their future behavior (smart) is going to be different from their past behavior (stupid). That is unlikely, and we shouldn't buy it. Like a good magician, he's directing you to look over here (we'll be smarter) while he does some stuff over here (palladium, intense lobbying efforts, and much much more).
M$ plays for keeps, and they want ALL the marbles. Remember that.
How many times, if you buy this type of CD, have you purchased some music to find you just bought the clean version? I've done it several times, and it annoys the hell out of me. Sometimes it was my mistake (I wasn't careful enough), but sometimes not (labeling was not that clear).
Unlike audio CDs, when I rent a clean version of a flick I'll never know it (the clean CDs seem to often just have the "dirty" words dropped out). OK, never is a long time. When I rented the Bad Lieutenant, the BlockBuster version had a rape scene deleted (character walks into a room and walks out, leaving me with the phrase "wtf?" on my lips) I eventually figured it out when talking with some friends about the movie. This is not what seeing movies should be about, figuring out when scenes you didn't get to see. The bizarre thing about this edit: there was no reason for it. Who would watch the R version and say "hey, that was a good movie" but when watching the NC-17 version would say "hey, that's over the top!". Crikey, the R version was already over the top!
Thank You for Smoking, a biting satire of the cigarette industry.
Is that because Timothy thinks the elder Buckley is funny, too, or is Timothy a right wing nut?
Has anyone just asked Scott Fahlman if he remembers seeing it before his first use? It's not like he's hard to find or anything.
compressed or uncompressed? I'm talking compressed size.
Seriously, if you jump the college ship for a career in which you are qualified, the lack of a degree will only have one effect in your early years: lower salary. As you get more experience (read: seniority), the gap between your salary with and without a degree will close. I'm not talking about dropping out and taking a job for which you are not qualified. All bets are off if you do that.
Interestingly, if you do a calculation comparing your lost salary (due to a lower wage) to what it would have cost to finish college (don't forget the lost wages while you did it). Often the drop out side is more profitable. It most definitely was for me.
I don't doubt that you and I can handle our 10k/10gb of images with ease. I'm more talking about people that don't have a lot of computer background. The people that are enthusiasts about photography, not computers. Those people (and I've talked with a lot of them) get very bored when you talk about these things (backups, file management), and often just wing it when it comes to their photos. Witness how many people got screwed when some of those web photo storage places went under... they had stored their *only* copy of their photos on a remote site!
I'm talking compressed size, you're talking uncompressed, I'd guess.
My D30 images printed professionally are indistinguishable from 35mm prints up to 20x30. Sooooo, you'll have to qualify your statement for me to believe it. Note that the quality of lenses (I use Canon L glass) contributes significantly to image quality.
though this camera will undoubtedly be used by pros. Most people don't realize how big a file an 11mp camera would produce at the highest quality setting, not to mention raw mode! I have a D30 (3.25mp) and the best quality jpg's are around 1mb. The D60 doubles that. Once you get a large number of images, size matters. I have 10+GB of D30 images. It means you have to have a good backup solution (read: not CD-ROM).
There's an interesting article in Wired that sheds light on this problem, sort of. The article is relevant because the problem is similar: being dangerously distracted.
Basically, it boils down to concentration. People walking around talking on a phone aren't paying attention to the important things, like who is about to squash them. People can't multi-task nearly as well as they assume, which is why people get into these stupid situations.
What I don't understand is how is hearing 1/2 of a stupid conversation ANY DIFFERENT than hearing both sides??
Why is it that cell phones are banned in some coffee shops, for example, and people feel morally victorious? I mean, what's the damn difference, as the places are usually so damn loud you can't hear anyone else talk anywey?
I think people like to bitch. Today it's just the cell phone they're bitchin' about. Tomorrow it'll be something else.
Blockbuster is so powerful (ie, they purchase so many videos) they force the editing of movies to their standards (whatever those are). The last straw for me was the Bad Lieutenant. The scene in which he rapes the nun was removed. I saw him go into the classroom and immediately exit the room. It wasn't until months later when I was discussing it with a friend who had seen the theatrical release that I discovered the scene had been removed, and badly.
I later read that "they" edit out objectionable content. I really don't know where the editing takes place, since the article I read didn't specify.
Crikey!
Vernor Vinge has more rights to that claim than Gibson. True Names was published in 1981, 3 years ahead of Neuromancer.
The True Names reference above is for the re-release of a 20th anniversary edition, that includes 11 essays, one by RMS.
Scares me to think how fast it'll fall...
Good Australians say it early and often.
those hind legs! They can gore a man!
If you follow these rules, you too can attain that Australian aura.
I have, however, had packages that would not install because of a failed dependency. I'm guessing that rpm was saving me from installation decay by not installing the packages.
So, in 2 weeks they got nothing done. Possible causes:
1. Lazy.
2. Assigned tasks over their heads.
If it was #1, then your management gave you a bunch of losers for the project. If it was #2, your management probably suffers from #1.
Death by management failure. Very common.
The more data the more of a pain it is to backup. My current solution is using DVD+RW's. It's a pain, though.
As for the extra disk suggestion, you're partially right. I don't want to add more disks, because of heat and noise problems I already have.
Raw format is not an option for many because of two reasons:
1. time. Raw images take a LOT of processing power. Just viewing the damn things on my 1.4GHz Athlon takes 20 seconds. Also, the software from Canon sucks in other ways (UI) and is Windows only. That alone is a deal breaker for many here.
2. space. The jpg's from my D30 are about 1mb each. Raw format files are 4-5mb. I have taken 9000 pictures with my D30. Instead of 9GB of images I'd be looking at 45GB. That is not acceptable to me.
(and I'm a hiring manager)
I rarely find that people fall down on the job because they lack intelligence, especially the kind it takes to solve these riddles. Many people don't use the intelligence they have because of laziness, bad habits, or can't communicate what they know. Most people are smart enough to hide this in interviews, too.
The reason people can't do their jobs, 99% of the time, is they don't play well with others and/or have poor communication skills.
Give me an above average, hard working, honest, good communicator over that prima donna MIT grad anyday. Don't get hung up on the MIT example, it could easily be Stanford, UC Berkeley, or whatever. The point is that institutions like these select for intelligence, and let's face it high intellegence and good communications skills rarely go hand in hand. It's a beautiful thing, though, when they do. (Lucky bastards!)
Gimme a break! The reason has nothing to do with Windows XP. It has to do with databases more than anything. Crikey.
The geeks need someone that can represent them in public, perhaps sit on this panel. The establishment are made up of people, just like you and me. Sure, they views are different. Their life experiences are different. However, they are just like you and me in one regard: when they are shouted at, the react in the negative.
We do not want our (anti-DRM) message to be delivered by bozos and idiots. We need someone that can be articulate and persuasive. Will that person please step forward?
Perhaps they are at the EFF (or are the EFF). The trip report didn't give many details as to why the EFF was locked out. Can anyone elaborate?