Obviously it has to be either Linux or OSX, because between them they command what, 2% of the market? With that kind of momentum, they are unstoppable.
Why not just call the cc company and do a chargeback? I had a web host who wouldn't/couldn't cancel the account, so I called the cc company and did a chargeback. They called me to cancel the account if I would agree to pull the chargeback. I did.
Ok, I propose we create a new programming language called FUD. Variables will be assumed to have their most sinister values and be impossible to verify.
But they also want to be able to rice out their car [computer] with weird stuff that is given away free on the internet from sources that they can't be bothered to identify or take basic precautions about.
We wouldn't sympathize with anyone who fiddled with their engine when they installed a "Nitrous Unit Of Extraas Booostinger" that they got for free from some guy on the street but we accept that kind of thing from computer users. Then we blame the machine instead of the moron using it.
What's the "Godwin" equivalent that describes a global warming thread in which the Hummer is invoked as an all-purpose bludgeon to tar the other side of an argument?
We ask this of intern candidates and find it useful. With application: Resume, writing sample, and code sample.
Usually the writing sample is some essay from their civ class. Their code is some class assignment as well. (CS students have reams of this stuff). If any one of the three is awful, they don't get a callback. (hoo boy! and do some stink).
In the interview, we ask them to explain the code, and ask why did you do X here instead of Y. If you had another hour what would you change first, etc. We also google it to see if it has been downloaded.
Then we whiteboard them, then we ask them to actually write some code. The code sample isn't the only thing we use, but it plays a useful role. It rules out the obviously bad coders, gives us something concrete to talk about (some candidates get really nervous and this can help them get started), and provides an early look at what they can do.
Um, last time I checked, they had basically zero enterprise presence. The CIO may like his ipod, but they are hardly a major IT vendor at the corporate level. I mean, Lenovo isn't on the list, but Apple is?
This isn't just India. Lots of places stress rote memorization, content, if you will over the ability to do something with that content.
I had a couple of non-Western interns who were absolutely worthless unless I told them exactly what I wanted done. It was easier to do the work myself.
And it provides almost no useful information! Want to know top referrers month to month? Sorry! We aggregated all the data and there's no way to do that. Want to know how many users have.NET 1.0,.NET 1.1 and.NET 2.0. Sorry! Don't track that. etc.
Sure, its free and open source, but I'll take useful over free any day.
Paul Thurrott is at it again with his seemingly never-ending supply of linkbait, generating page views for his advertisers by beathlessly stating Vista is great one week and it sucks the next.
It is misleading to claim 370K per student because that doesn't take into account the lifetime value of the facility. An honest accounting would divide the cost plus upkeep by the number of students who will use the school over the lifetime of the project.
The same analyis would damn any infrastructure project. "120 million bucks for a bridge, just to move 1 car across the river!?"...Now, if your goal is to lie with statistics, that's an excellent bit of math.
Of course, this may still be a stupid idea, you shouldn't need to distort the picture to make your case.
Note that a "low income human" who has a PC and broadband connection is not only richer than (at least) 95% of people alive today, but richer than all but a tiny fraction of all of the people who have ever lived.
"Poor college students" aren't, "instantaneous price repair" *is* theft, and no, you don't get a pony.
It also means that in addition to making a believeable piece of paper, the bad guys now need a believable electronic version too. More people == bigger conspiracy == harder to pull off.
Oh, wait, this is slashdot, where terrorists are all Lex Luthor geniuses instead of the morons they are in real life.
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Obviously it has to be either Linux or OSX, because between them they command what, 2% of the market? With that kind of momentum, they are unstoppable.
I'm betting something new and not big PC based.
You mean to tell me my bounce flood is what happens *with* spf?
I'd hate to see it without.
And then the "restore" partition is configured in a way that only allows "restore to factory presets"--including all the crap!
I'm looking at you Acer!
Why not just call the cc company and do a chargeback? I had a web host who wouldn't/couldn't cancel the account, so I called the cc company and did a chargeback. They called me to cancel the account if I would agree to pull the chargeback. I did.
Much easier than jumping through their hoops.
I *love* the M$ moniker! Without reading the submission, I know immediately that the author is an idiot. It saves a bunch of time.
Nah, FUD is inherently cross-platform.
>(or was it written in FUD?)
Ok, I propose we create a new programming language called FUD. Variables will be assumed to have their most sinister values and be impossible to verify.
But they also want to be able to rice out their car [computer] with weird stuff that is given away free on the internet from sources that they can't be bothered to identify or take basic precautions about.
We wouldn't sympathize with anyone who fiddled with their engine when they installed a "Nitrous Unit Of Extraas Booostinger" that they got for free from some guy on the street but we accept that kind of thing from computer users. Then we blame the machine instead of the moron using it.
What's the "Godwin" equivalent that describes a global warming thread in which the Hummer is invoked as an all-purpose bludgeon to tar the other side of an argument?
>The summary is misleading, if not wholly inaccurate.
This is slashdot.
We ask this of intern candidates and find it useful. With application: Resume, writing sample, and code sample.
Usually the writing sample is some essay from their civ class. Their code is some class assignment as well. (CS students have reams of this stuff). If any one of the three is awful, they don't get a callback. (hoo boy! and do some stink).
In the interview, we ask them to explain the code, and ask why did you do X here instead of Y. If you had another hour what would you change first, etc. We also google it to see if it has been downloaded.
Then we whiteboard them, then we ask them to actually write some code. The code sample isn't the only thing we use, but it plays a useful role. It rules out the obviously bad coders, gives us something concrete to talk about (some candidates get really nervous and this can help them get started), and provides an early look at what they can do.
Um, last time I checked, they had basically zero enterprise presence. The CIO may like his ipod, but they are hardly a major IT vendor at the corporate level. I mean, Lenovo isn't on the list, but Apple is?
This isn't just India. Lots of places stress rote memorization, content, if you will over the ability to do something with that content.
I had a couple of non-Western interns who were absolutely worthless unless I told them exactly what I wanted done. It was easier to do the work myself.
But ignorance is no obstacle to the groupthink.
yeah but why let ignorance get in the way of MS bashing?
>The problem is a shitty OS from Redmond
sure, no huge investment in existing infrastructure there...
And it provides almost no useful information! Want to know top referrers month to month? Sorry! We aggregated all the data and there's no way to do that. Want to know how many users have .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1 and .NET 2.0. Sorry! Don't track that. etc.
Sure, its free and open source, but I'll take useful over free any day.
...light, nimble and ALWAYS ON.
pick any two.
I'd be happy if laptops carried a couple of external video ports so I can hook it up to two external monitors.
Wow.
Do you really believe bittorrent is mainly about inux distros, game patches, movies that are in the public domain?
If so, welcome to Earth. You must be new here.
One suggestion: don't.
More accurate to say :
Paul Thurrott is at it again with his seemingly never-ending supply of linkbait, generating page views for his advertisers by beathlessly stating Vista is great one week and it sucks the next.
It is misleading to claim 370K per student because that doesn't take into account the lifetime value of the facility. An honest accounting would divide the cost plus upkeep by the number of students who will use the school over the lifetime of the project.
...Now, if your goal is to lie with statistics, that's an excellent bit of math.
The same analyis would damn any infrastructure project. "120 million bucks for a bridge, just to move 1 car across the river!?"
Of course, this may still be a stupid idea, you shouldn't need to distort the picture to make your case.
Note that a "low income human" who has a PC and broadband connection is not only richer than (at least) 95% of people alive today, but richer than all but a tiny fraction of all of the people who have ever lived.
"Poor college students" aren't, "instantaneous price repair" *is* theft, and no, you don't get a pony.
It also means that in addition to making a believeable piece of paper, the bad guys now need a believable electronic version too. More people == bigger conspiracy == harder to pull off.
Oh, wait, this is slashdot, where terrorists are all Lex Luthor geniuses instead of the morons they are in real life.