mmm... yes, it would be better to find a job first, if only to avoid spending an additional 2+ years advancing in a degree that could very easily be a waste of time. if you're well qualified for a position that does not exist, or end up with a degree in something you hate, it ends up being nothing more than a bad experience to learn from and a credential that may or may not help you in a future job, depending on how well you can spin it.
as another grad student, i'd like to point out that (generally speaking) our attempts to unionize have little to nothing to do with the classes we take, and more to do with the shitty insurance plans the schools offer us. this applies to science students specifically, since we're paid to do research. we're not paying anyone to go to school; we're BEING paid to go, and that's very nice of them. however, our salaries don't allow for good insurance, and the school plans are often laughable. until someone loses their face to an exploding flask of refluxing HCl. then who laughs?
I'm curious as to why Apple hasn't come out with two different file sizes for their movie store - one for the iPod and one for tv. Perhaps they're waiting for front row to really move into the living room. With their emphasis on HD in iMovie, and H.264, to expect consumers to be satisfied buying shows at what, 320x240, is ridiculous. If they offered the option to buy both file sizes at once for the same price as buying one, it would make a lot more sense. It wouldn't make sense to offer the higher-resolution files for a premium, because consumers wouldn't be using the same file on their ipod anyway. Apple ought to simply keep the smaller size format for people who actually want to carry their movies around with them while offering the option of a larger one for home viewing.
I enjoyed your sarcasm in this remark. The bits about safety from sea to shining sea got me rofling for sure. And then the notion of the rule of law applying equally to all - brilliant!
I'd ask you the same question: Can you tell me why a Chinese worker ought to have a job over an American citizen? If you are a Chinese citizen, I can see your line of reasoning I suspect, however, you are an American with some sort of skewed version of world outreach. In your argument, regardless of where the job is done, so long as it is done for the least monetary compensation, then it is better for the everyone concerned. This of course breaks down when it is YOUR job, I'm sure, or does your altruism extend that far?
If lower priced consumer goods are your goal, then you're on the right track. This track also includes building up the (friendly, charitable, democratic and free) Chinese economy and training their workforce, while simultaneously draining our American one of experience.
People have been throwing Protectionism around like a bad word around here, but honestly, if your country isn't going to Protect you, then what good IS it?
A few American factory workers lost. But we all gained much cheaper hardware, a much larger gain.
Except those "few" american factory workers, of course. They're probably still on Tandy 386's or something. Exchanging the livelihood of a citizen in your own country for the opportunity to purchase a non-essential good is rather shrewd, isn't it? It's almost as though you're valuing your ability to consume over the ability of those factory workers to you know, eat and live in a house.
Or, as a radical sort of notion, revitalize one of the parties so that the two become distinguishable again. Rather than attempting to satisfy everyone and failing to satisfy anyone, the Democrats could suck it up and actually stand for something again. The Republicans do this better now, and have been for years while the D's twiddle and fiddle, trying to play catch up in someone else's game. Their "base" is the few registered D's left, and the masses of uninspired listless people who would vote if only there were someone who could find causes worth standing for, and stood for them.
The boom box looks like Apple jumped the shark. Why not get a multi-function box and plug the iPod into an AUX port? At least you get FM, and probably XM or Sirius if you want it. I don't really get the non-video iPod, though. My cell phone has an MP3 player, so another music player that doesn't record and lacks a radio at a price higher than my phone is questionable. Wonder what they will come up with next that will actually be interesting.
the way apple manages its products now isn't based on a wait-til-it's-perfect theme. it's more like, release-new-product-which-will-sell-just-as-well-a nd-then-upgrade-it-rapidly. this way the tech still makes it to market, but there are stepping stones. 350 dollar stepping stones.
hey slashdotters, how much longer until you scream for a burning google logo to go with the m$ broken windows one? you wonder how monopolies take control? by offering great services for free, or even better, for easy, building up a HUGE user base, and exploiting it.
you've seen them take unexpected business risks like censoring results in china and europe, more recently (although it's ALL been recently...) you've seen them begin gathering user data via google desktop. how can you be sooo against wiretaps and surveillance when it comes to the us gov't, and sooo upset with the adware outfits, and yet gladly welcome google's intrusive technologies?
give them negative feedback when they grow somewhere that seems out of bounds. try their products, but remember to be a good consumer, and demand what you want from the market. google is seemingly unstoppable now, and granted their products and services are unparalleled now, but remember your computing history.
It's no surprise that this sort of thing is going on. Wikipedia is an open forum, not an authoritative source. So long as it's public access, it will never become one either. Whether it's one person defending themself from attacks, be they true or untrue, or a legion of minions carefully grooming their overlord's public profile, it's still just an online source, with nothing but the public at large (gossip queens) as a reference.
This will hopefully remind people of the value of real research with an honest, earnest intention of discovering the whole story, and from there determining what the "truth" of the situation really is.
By the way, there is another program that IS freeware that does the same thing with amazon.com, but I can't remember the name:/
Yep. iTunes does the trick.
this is nothing different than amazon keeping track of what you buy and recommending stuff you'd be interested in. it's a marketplace, and they're just showing consumers new stuff they'd be likely to consume. they're not sending the NSA the newest beastie boys track you downloaded. i've found that generally the albums they pick for me to check out are either ones i own already, or ones i hope to get. it's a good service, and as far as privacy concerns go, this is sooo far down on the list it's not even funny. now if you'll excuse me, i have to go make an international phone call...
this is the year the ipod will move away from the dock for downloading files. you want a song? hit up iTMS using the built-in airport card and buy it anywhere there's a wireless signal. then with a little homebrew fun, share with your friends, willy-nilly.
science is surely alive, and along with the good you must remember all the bad, like all the wasteful projects being done right now. the projects leading nowhere, the projects with no other purpose than to keep a tenured professor in a nice home, regardless of how relevant or promising his actual research is. science produces good results as often as politics produces good policy.
Now go educate yourself. Regulation is/isn't a good/bad thing. Remember: moderation in all things. It makes for a boring personal life, but when it comes to society, it's pretty nice.
So are you saying you trust the UN? With so much of the expertise, history, and infrastructure of the internet within US borders, why shouldn't the FCC get first crack at regulation. When the time comes for the rest of the world to get really involved, let the member nations of the UN try to come up with a resolution outlining their administrative body. 300 years from now, when the resolution finally gets approved, the FCC-regulated internet will still exist (in some form), simply driven by American interests as opposed to no defined interests. Without regulation, you don't end up with common standards, and then you have those damn compatibility issues that keep cropping up every time someone innovates.
The FCC has as much jurisdiction as the US gov't/military want to provide it. Nowadays, when push comes to shove, American interests (economic, political, social, technological, etc) become global interests simply because there isn't another foreign body to withstand American pressure. The EU would be a nice check on American power, except when it comes to regulation like this, I don't think the EU would exactly be opposed. They might object to American control, but in the end they would support such regulation, if, for no other reason, to ensure easy monitoring for "security" and to drive profit.
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mmm... yes, it would be better to find a job first, if only to avoid spending an additional 2+ years advancing in a degree that could very easily be a waste of time. if you're well qualified for a position that does not exist, or end up with a degree in something you hate, it ends up being nothing more than a bad experience to learn from and a credential that may or may not help you in a future job, depending on how well you can spin it.
SLASHDOT editors - apple's released at least one update to the ipod since its debut, don't you think the icon ought to reflect this?
as another grad student, i'd like to point out that (generally speaking) our attempts to unionize have little to nothing to do with the classes we take, and more to do with the shitty insurance plans the schools offer us. this applies to science students specifically, since we're paid to do research. we're not paying anyone to go to school; we're BEING paid to go, and that's very nice of them. however, our salaries don't allow for good insurance, and the school plans are often laughable. until someone loses their face to an exploding flask of refluxing HCl. then who laughs?
we need nested voting threads to mod up the good ideas. like slashdot for presidential elections
Wait - protect whose rights? Which rights are you referring to? Our right to not be taxed on income? I don't think that's a right...
you have to soak it in the bathtub for an hour or so. throw it in the dryer afterwards. good as new.
if it works, let me know
don't forget about all us elite idiots.
we were the first ones!
I'm curious as to why Apple hasn't come out with two different file sizes for their movie store - one for the iPod and one for tv. Perhaps they're waiting for front row to really move into the living room. With their emphasis on HD in iMovie, and H.264, to expect consumers to be satisfied buying shows at what, 320x240, is ridiculous. If they offered the option to buy both file sizes at once for the same price as buying one, it would make a lot more sense. It wouldn't make sense to offer the higher-resolution files for a premium, because consumers wouldn't be using the same file on their ipod anyway. Apple ought to simply keep the smaller size format for people who actually want to carry their movies around with them while offering the option of a larger one for home viewing.
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I enjoyed your sarcasm in this remark. The bits about safety from sea to shining sea got me rofling for sure. And then the notion of the rule of law applying equally to all - brilliant!
you should do stand-up
I'd ask you the same question: Can you tell me why a Chinese worker ought to have a job over an American citizen? If you are a Chinese citizen, I can see your line of reasoning I suspect, however, you are an American with some sort of skewed version of world outreach. In your argument, regardless of where the job is done, so long as it is done for the least monetary compensation, then it is better for the everyone concerned. This of course breaks down when it is YOUR job, I'm sure, or does your altruism extend that far?
If lower priced consumer goods are your goal, then you're on the right track. This track also includes building up the (friendly, charitable, democratic and free) Chinese economy and training their workforce, while simultaneously draining our American one of experience.
People have been throwing Protectionism around like a bad word around here, but honestly, if your country isn't going to Protect you, then what good IS it?
A few American factory workers lost. But we all gained much cheaper hardware, a much larger gain.
Except those "few" american factory workers, of course. They're probably still on Tandy 386's or something. Exchanging the livelihood of a citizen in your own country for the opportunity to purchase a non-essential good is rather shrewd, isn't it? It's almost as though you're valuing your ability to consume over the ability of those factory workers to you know, eat and live in a house.
Or, as a radical sort of notion, revitalize one of the parties so that the two become distinguishable again. Rather than attempting to satisfy everyone and failing to satisfy anyone, the Democrats could suck it up and actually stand for something again. The Republicans do this better now, and have been for years while the D's twiddle and fiddle, trying to play catch up in someone else's game. Their "base" is the few registered D's left, and the masses of uninspired listless people who would vote if only there were someone who could find causes worth standing for, and stood for them.
Third party? No, I'd settle for two.
The boom box looks like Apple jumped the shark. Why not get a multi-function box and plug the iPod into an AUX port? At least you get FM, and probably XM or Sirius if you want it. I don't really get the non-video iPod, though. My cell phone has an MP3 player, so another music player that doesn't record and lacks a radio at a price higher than my phone is questionable. Wonder what they will come up with next that will actually be interesting.
a nd-then-upgrade-it-rapidly. this way the tech still makes it to market, but there are stepping stones. 350 dollar stepping stones.
the way apple manages its products now isn't based on a wait-til-it's-perfect theme. it's more like, release-new-product-which-will-sell-just-as-well-
that damn stereo is too expensive.
hey slashdotters, how much longer until you scream for a burning google logo to go with the m$ broken windows one? you wonder how monopolies take control? by offering great services for free, or even better, for easy, building up a HUGE user base, and exploiting it.
you've seen them take unexpected business risks like censoring results in china and europe, more recently (although it's ALL been recently...) you've seen them begin gathering user data via google desktop. how can you be sooo against wiretaps and surveillance when it comes to the us gov't, and sooo upset with the adware outfits, and yet gladly welcome google's intrusive technologies?
give them negative feedback when they grow somewhere that seems out of bounds. try their products, but remember to be a good consumer, and demand what you want from the market. google is seemingly unstoppable now, and granted their products and services are unparalleled now, but remember your computing history.
I wish the original poster had included a link to the original survey itself. I think it's nicer to be able to read the original document, rather than the distilled media copy.e /adcc/index.html
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/presasoffic
It's no surprise that this sort of thing is going on. Wikipedia is an open forum, not an authoritative source. So long as it's public access, it will never become one either. Whether it's one person defending themself from attacks, be they true or untrue, or a legion of minions carefully grooming their overlord's public profile, it's still just an online source, with nothing but the public at large (gossip queens) as a reference.
This will hopefully remind people of the value of real research with an honest, earnest intention of discovering the whole story, and from there determining what the "truth" of the situation really is.
By the way, there is another program that IS freeware that does the same thing with amazon.com, but I can't remember the name :/
Yep. iTunes does the trick.
this is nothing different than amazon keeping track of what you buy and recommending stuff you'd be interested in. it's a marketplace, and they're just showing consumers new stuff they'd be likely to consume. they're not sending the NSA the newest beastie boys track you downloaded. i've found that generally the albums they pick for me to check out are either ones i own already, or ones i hope to get. it's a good service, and as far as privacy concerns go, this is sooo far down on the list it's not even funny. now if you'll excuse me, i have to go make an international phone call...
They did mention the addition of downloadable episodes of saturday night live, which had previously been unavailable.
this is the year the ipod will move away from the dock for downloading files. you want a song? hit up iTMS using the built-in airport card and buy it anywhere there's a wireless signal. then with a little homebrew fun, share with your friends, willy-nilly.
this is going to be a HUGE year for filesharing.
science is surely alive, and along with the good you must remember all the bad, like all the wasteful projects being done right now. the projects leading nowhere, the projects with no other purpose than to keep a tenured professor in a nice home, regardless of how relevant or promising his actual research is. science produces good results as often as politics produces good policy.
Here's some wiki love FCC
Now go educate yourself. Regulation is/isn't a good/bad thing. Remember: moderation in all things. It makes for a boring personal life, but when it comes to society, it's pretty nice.
So are you saying you trust the UN? With so much of the expertise, history, and infrastructure of the internet within US borders, why shouldn't the FCC get first crack at regulation. When the time comes for the rest of the world to get really involved, let the member nations of the UN try to come up with a resolution outlining their administrative body. 300 years from now, when the resolution finally gets approved, the FCC-regulated internet will still exist (in some form), simply driven by American interests as opposed to no defined interests. Without regulation, you don't end up with common standards, and then you have those damn compatibility issues that keep cropping up every time someone innovates.
The FCC has as much jurisdiction as the US gov't/military want to provide it. Nowadays, when push comes to shove, American interests (economic, political, social, technological, etc) become global interests simply because there isn't another foreign body to withstand American pressure. The EU would be a nice check on American power, except when it comes to regulation like this, I don't think the EU would exactly be opposed. They might object to American control, but in the end they would support such regulation, if, for no other reason, to ensure easy monitoring for "security" and to drive profit.