I don't think 30 is too old. If you have the passion and determination to guide you through, I think you'll do just fine. Not everyone knows what they want to do in life at a early age. Hell, some people just coast through life not ever knowing their calling. It's not uncommon for some people to change careers several times throughout their lifetime with some going back to school to start all over again.
Well, the "society" is just a collection of individuals. Individuals and their views. To change a society, you have to influence the people in it.
People generally want to be respected and liked by their peers. And "in a materialistic society", part of the way people are judged is material wealth. It's hard to decide to not be materialistic when that means people you know will look down on you.
Yes, it's definitely an individual problem, not "just" a societal one - if you pick your friends right, you'll know people that won't think less of you because of the size of your (parent's) basement. But the more materialistic societies make it that much harder - the same people that would be able to resist in one culture would collapse and go with the crowd in a different one.
I got the same problem after playing Half-Life 2 for too long (i.e. more than 30 minutes). You may want to try chewing ginger root, taking ginger capsules or dramamine.
From what I've read, the problem occurs when your brain receives movement signals from you eyes while your inner ear tells your brain that you're sitting still. I've heard that the higher the frame rate, the more intense the nausea and that if you lower the frame rate a bit (for exampe, by turning up the resolution, setting the antialiasing and anisotropic filtering higher, etc.) it can help minimize the sickness.
Over time though, you'll probably develop a tolerance for it like I did.
C|net had a story on this a while back too, and with pictures.
Can't help feel that these are not going to offer the rock solid reliability that IBM's are/were known for.
"I'm not sure what it takes to be an English-language poet (as opposed to code poet) at Apple, but this one stinks. And running one OS, even a fully-copyrighted, commercial OS, on hardware its creator did not intend for it is not piracy -- it's fair use."
Actually, it's called a violation of their user license agreement.
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This license allows you to install, use and run one copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-labeled computer at a time. You agree not to install, use or run the Apple Software on any non-Apple-labeled computer, or to enable others to do so.
Oh, I don't know... Maybe the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution?
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Like most Americans, rank-and-file employees of Home Depot Inc. must reach into their own pockets to pay taxes.
But not Robert Nardelli, the home-improvement retailer's chief executive. Under his employment contract, Home Depot picks up a big chunk of his federal and state income taxes. Specifically, the company is obliged to reimburse its CEO for taxes due on a slew of perks, including a high-end luxury car, his family's travel on Home Depot jets and forgiveness of a $10 million loan. Last year, these payments amounted to at least $3.3 million, topping Mr. Nardelli's $2 million base salary.
Amid soaring CEO compensation, a number of companies are paying extra sums to cover executives' personal tax bills. Many companies are paying taxes due on core elements of executive pay, such as stock grants, signing bonuses and severance packages. Others are reimbursing taxes on corporate perquisites, which are treated as income by the Internal Revenue Service. They run the gamut from personal travel aboard corporate jets to country-club memberships and shopping excursions....
Some examples of tax gross-ups:
Federated Department Stores Inc., which owns Macy's and Bloomingdale's, compensates executives for taxes due on big merchandise discounts they receive in company stores. The company said in a filing that the discounts and related tax gross-ups totaled about $300,000 for its top executives in 2004, including more than $100,000 for one vice chairman, Ronald Tysoe...
In an effort to shield executives from any tax bite on their pay, gross-ups can quickly spiral into huge sums. When a company reimburses executives for their tax payments, that creates new taxable compensation. The company then has to cover taxes on that new amount, which creates yet more taxable pay, and so on. The spiral ends when the ever-decreasing amount of new income reaches zero, or close to it.
The bottom line: Grossing up an executive for taxes on $1 million can easily cost an additional $700,000 to $900,000. In some circumstances, gross-up reimbursements can be more than double the covered pay.
Tax gross-ups have proliferated for one major reason, many compensation experts say: They allow companies to quietly pay more to top managers at a time when executive compensation is increasingly controversial.
If you want to check out another MMORPG, you can get a 10-day free trial of World of Warcraft from File Planet, or a 14-day trial from the current issue of Maxim Magazine (with Cindy Crawford on the cover).
I did the 10-day trial from File Planet and ended up buying the game.
Instead of dropping $300 on a new console (i.e. XBOX 360, PS3) every couple of years or so, I'll use the $300 toward a new GPU since I prefer gaming on my computer. So, in the end it works to be the same thing.
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I don't think 30 is too old. If you have the passion and determination to guide you through, I think you'll do just fine. Not everyone knows what they want to do in life at a early age. Hell, some people just coast through life not ever knowing their calling. It's not uncommon for some people to change careers several times throughout their lifetime with some going back to school to start all over again.
My guess is because this is about Dell reflecting on 25 years of PCs.... PCs which IBM basically invented. Thus, the IBM logo.
Not sure what you mean by Apple "combining the consumer and pro brand into 'MacBook'," but:
MacBook = consumer-class notebook
MacBook Pro = professional-class notebook
Well, the "society" is just a collection of individuals. Individuals and their views. To change a society, you have to influence the people in it.
People generally want to be respected and liked by their peers. And "in a materialistic society", part of the way people are judged is material wealth. It's hard to decide to not be materialistic when that means people you know will look down on you.
Yes, it's definitely an individual problem, not "just" a societal one - if you pick your friends right, you'll know people that won't think less of you because of the size of your (parent's) basement. But the more materialistic societies make it that much harder - the same people that would be able to resist in one culture would collapse and go with the crowd in a different one.
What hasn't helped my writing is following the /. style of editing and spelling. Sigh.
but still important is to run Windows Update immediately after you install Windows.
What we all want to know is will there be ponies?
My eyes! My eyes!
I got the same problem after playing Half-Life 2 for too long (i.e. more than 30 minutes). You may want to try chewing ginger root, taking ginger capsules or dramamine.
From what I've read, the problem occurs when your brain receives movement signals from you eyes while your inner ear tells your brain that you're sitting still. I've heard that the higher the frame rate, the more intense the nausea and that if you lower the frame rate a bit (for exampe, by turning up the resolution, setting the antialiasing and anisotropic filtering higher, etc.) it can help minimize the sickness.
Over time though, you'll probably develop a tolerance for it like I did.
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C|net had a story on this a while back too, and with pictures. Can't help feel that these are not going to offer the rock solid reliability that IBM's are/were known for.
Actually, it's called a violation of their user license agreement.
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And here I was expecting to see a picture of your wife sitting on the top shelf of your office next to one of the computers. ;)
[ says to himself ]
Please let it be MySpace. Please let it be MySpace.
FYI, iWork '06 is not standard. It's just a trial version.
Odd that this is PPC code and not universal binary, what with Apple moving to Intel and all...
I assume you meant Ophthalmologist.
Umm... The same way you get to become the President of the USA?
If you want to check out another MMORPG, you can get a 10-day free trial of World of Warcraft from File Planet, or a 14-day trial from the current issue of Maxim Magazine (with Cindy Crawford on the cover). I did the 10-day trial from File Planet and ended up buying the game.
I look at it this way:
Instead of dropping $300 on a new console (i.e. XBOX 360, PS3) every couple of years or so, I'll use the $300 toward a new GPU since I prefer gaming on my computer. So, in the end it works to be the same thing.
Or, you could just buy the 6800GS for $229 and save $100 to use toward your next GPU upgrade, which I think is smarter.
Hmm... That's pretty interesting
Nope. I'd say it's a fashion statement. They want everyone to know that they have an iPod. It's the cool thing to have.