I haven't seen a movie in the theatre's since Austin Powers last flick... why?
- Time (I'm busy) - OnDemand (by Comcast) lets me watch what I want, when I want... and already paid for thanks to having some pay services (HBO and friends). - Money... movies are insane... you can spend close to $10 on tickets alone!!!! Or I can watch a movie on TV for the cost of the cable bill... hmmm... what am I doing? Movie at home, with good food... or expensive movie and crappy theatre food?
Yea... movie theater? go to hell. I'm watching cheap legal movies from the comfort of my own home. Want me back? Good food and low prices may work.
Oh yea, clean the sticky floor... it's like a booth in a strip club.
I have had 2 HD's (non-raid) for a couple years now. One of which is a 7200 RPM drive.
I don't think this would work as a RAID for power reasons. Unless some new battery technology really takes off... how could this be viable? I couldn't imagine if both drives were used at the same time. My laptop is normally plugged in (that's when I use the 2nd HD). But unplugged... it would be a nightmare.
Until nuclear batteries are perfected... this is vaporware in my mind.
I said that 3 years ago. Everyone here, and on other sites said I was a "nutcase", or "moron" or "idiot".
I'm in my senior year going for a Business Management Information Systems (MIS) degree. IMHO way more useful. I contribute to open source projects like Mozilla Firefox for extra coding experience as well as a few personal projects.
End result: I know a fair amount of the technical side of things. AND the business side of things.
Problem with a CS degree is it's a dead end job. The days of a geek making it into upper management are over. Sr. Programmer is as high as most will be able to get.
The technology evolves over time. In 20 years C++, Java, and.NET likely won't be cutting edge anymore (we hope now). So those skills don't work to well... you need to retrain anyway.
The business degree will still be good in 20 years.
There are several reasons why this is not only unnecesssary, but a bad thing:
People skills - computers don't promote them. They promote email, IM, skype. Not face to face communications. This is bad. To be successful in any job (yes even as a programmer) you need good people skills. Otherwise you won't get far in any job. You can easily teach someone to program later in life. You can't easly teach people skills. So your depriving them of a once in a lifetime lesson that is a requirement for any real job.
Dependancy - why does a kid need one? calculator? Spell checker? Easy answers? What's wrong with a kid learning to figure things out the hard way (like most of us did)? And appreciate the power modern technology gives us. Sometimes it's easy to forget how powerful computing is. ANd what life was like without it.
Skills - computers do cause certain skills to degrate (penmanship, mental math, speling research skills).
Excercise - yea, this is important. It's pretty much fact (there's virtually no evidence proving otherwise) that kids who are active when they are young (not behind a computer all day) are healthier than kids who are sedentary during their childhood. Because that lifestyle sticks with them as they get older.
IMHO there's no real reason a kid needs a computer more than a few hours a week until high school. No reason for their own laptop until late-highscool or even college.
Some people think throwing money at a child is good for them. But really, it just spoils them.
- Low cost. You can do all of them on open source platforms, no penalties. To scale java well, you often need third parties in the mix. ASP? Yea.
- Fast development. You can push out a webApp in much less time than you can in Java, or C++ no question about it.
- Scales (on the lower end) just as well, if not better than Java or C++, which requires a much higher investment (look how many shared hosting enviroments support Java well enough to actually use).
If you make it to being an amazon.com or an eBay, you can likely afford to re-engineer your app into something better. But if you spend to much on scaling at the start... you have nothing.
People forget that to have a successful business you need a business plan and the tech. Not just the tech.
That's what the dot com bubble was partly about. Lots of tech and jargon. But no business plans (except for a small few).
Think business plan
Example: Did a large chain like Subway, McDonalds, or Walmart start out with thousands of stores? Or build to that specification from day one? Or did they build a solid business first, then work on restructuring for that type of growth? Yea that's right. In fact, Sam Walton (Walmart founder) used to have a niche in a wall for each store he opened. That's how the accounting was done. Each store had a hole in the wall. That was the start of their accounting. Now they have a giant department, servers, computers, and certified accountants managing their accounts. But guess what. They didn't purchase that when he opened his first store.
Scalability only means something when you have a business plan
The study found that regular downloaders of unlicensed music spent an average of £5.52 a month on legal digital music.
This compares to just £1.27 spent by other music fans.
This is rather flawed logic.
People who steal (and likes) apples spend an average of $5.52 a month on purchasing apples.
Compared to just $1.27 spent by people who don't really like Apples.
How much did a person who likes Apples spend on apples before stealing?
That's the question to ask. That shows what the real impact on digital downloads is on the bottom line. Of course we'll never actually see that statistic from a reputable independant source.
The logic in the statistic is flawed. Making the data completely meaningless. Who cares how music lovers compare to non music lovers? That doesn't say anything about how downloading effects sales.
It tells us people who don't like music don't buy music, and people who like it, aquire it (legally and illegally). Well a 6 year old could have discovered that with much less research.
I think the cheapest solution is simply to get 2 IDE HD's and external enclosures.
Backup, and put in a safe deposit box at your bank.
Backup on the 2nd one, and switch.
Repeat.
Cheap, effective (banks are rather safe).
Only thing that won't prevent is a nuclear attack on your area (since your bank is likely only a few miles from your home). But in that case, do you really care about losing some porn?
I had only a few hundred this morning, now I have 3000. How can that really be? I haven't talked to anybody on AIM in ages./thinks it's just rand()// doesn't really care anyway./// good time killer though, props to the AOL dev's for something really fun.
If there is a terrorist bombing, we get money back (taxes).
Hold lawmakers accountable, so they create laws specifically for the purpose of prevention, not so they can brag about baseless legislation.
Americans know to look for a guarantee or a warranty on things... why do we hold manufacturers to these standards, but not self absorbed politicians.
I say we need a money back guarantee. If this fails in the next 10 years, we get refunded tax money.
If Apple can get attacked legally for iPod batteries that eventually don't hold their charge (because that's so serious), why not hold politicians in that type of arrangement?
Are iPod batteries more valued than safety?
/hates politics and stupid people with no priorities or ability to think for themselves.
Far from true. I've worked with a large company that used a CMS (Interwoven Teamsite). Just about every enterprise website is CMS powered. And for many good reasons:
- separate content and code - portability (apply a different presentation, and you can have xml output, html, wml, plain text, pdf, doc, ps, etc. etc) - management (most content contributors don't know anything about html. Only the content.
Here's a list of things I would do if I had access to one of the systems on that list:
- See how long it takes Windows ME to boot - See how long it takes pico to open - run 'top' - play a wicked ass game of pong - bitch about having so many CPU's and only 2 USB ports - see if I could get a video card with dual display support - fire up a spreadsheet and make a wicked ass multiplication table going really far (like 10X10!)/had an original IBM PC// bored
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I haven't seen a movie in the theatre's since Austin Powers last flick... why?
... movies are insane... you can spend close to $10 on tickets alone!!!! Or I can watch a movie on TV for the cost of the cable bill... hmmm... what am I doing? Movie at home, with good food... or expensive movie and crappy theatre food?
- Time (I'm busy)
- OnDemand (by Comcast) lets me watch what I want, when I want... and already paid for thanks to having some pay services (HBO and friends).
- Money
Yea... movie theater? go to hell. I'm watching cheap legal movies from the comfort of my own home. Want me back? Good food and low prices may work.
Oh yea, clean the sticky floor... it's like a booth in a strip club.
having 2 drives... I can confirm it does cut down life of the battery a bit.
The problem is also the screen. Nobody seems to want a 12" screen anymore. It's 15" or larger.
We want battery eating features... but don't have the power for them.
IMHO this makes giant portable computers. Not true laptops. There is a difference.
I have a Pentium 4M in a Thinkpad.
I have had 2 HD's (non-raid) for a couple years now. One of which is a 7200 RPM drive.
I don't think this would work as a RAID for power reasons. Unless some new battery technology really takes off... how could this be viable? I couldn't imagine if both drives were used at the same time. My laptop is normally plugged in (that's when I use the 2nd HD). But unplugged... it would be a nightmare.
Until nuclear batteries are perfected... this is vaporware in my mind.
Grey and only Grey.
There is no other Duct Tape.
Two words:
/sad, but true.
Duct Tape
add some plastic wrap, and it's Dept. Homeland Security Approved as well.
I said that 3 years ago. Everyone here, and on other sites said I was a "nutcase", or "moron" or "idiot".
.NET likely won't be cutting edge anymore (we hope now). So those skills don't work to well... you need to retrain anyway.
I'm in my senior year going for a Business Management Information Systems (MIS) degree. IMHO way more useful. I contribute to open source projects like Mozilla Firefox for extra coding experience as well as a few personal projects.
End result:
I know a fair amount of the technical side of things. AND the business side of things.
Problem with a CS degree is it's a dead end job. The days of a geek making it into upper management are over. Sr. Programmer is as high as most will be able to get.
The technology evolves over time. In 20 years C++, Java, and
The business degree will still be good in 20 years.
Nothing stops me from being a geek on my own.
This way, I have the best of both worlds.
I've seen people in both camps, but have yet to see a true pro/con list for each. Anyone care to share?
I've implemented RSS before, never bothered with ATOM, since RSS seems to be better supported client side.
What are the advantages/disadvantages of each standard?
This is a college dorm room staple.
I don't think it matters how good/bad it is. People will be playing it regardless.
My bet is EA knows that.
Google also has an office a block away. Bryant Park's services are sponsored by many companies around the area (HBO, Verizon, NYPL, etc.)
Not suprising.
HBO runs movies in the park during the summer. Doesn't mean they plan to buy netflix.
Well, I got a screenshot/mockup for anyone curious I think there's a fair chance this is accurate.
I didn't see any real selling point. There are many cheap Wireless AP's around. Nothing special per say about this.
If it had things like SNMP support, then I may be interested, as that would be a decent bargain.
Thanks to having a Human Resources Lawyer as a Professor for Legal Env. in college, I got this information very upfront:
NJ has clasified discrimination on the basis of Genetics at the same level as sex, orientation, religion, race, etc.
One of only a few places in the world to actually do this.
The law has been on the books for some time. It's clear cut discrimination. No real question about it.
In most places in the US though... it's 100% legal.
Ethically? Yea, it's pretty unethical.
There are several reasons why this is not only unnecesssary, but a bad thing:
IMHO there's no real reason a kid needs a computer more than a few hours a week until high school. No reason for their own laptop until late-highscool or even college.
Some people think throwing money at a child is good for them. But really, it just spoils them.
Kids these days.
/graduated highschool in 02
In my day, we had to raise our hands... until we lost circulation.
In the rain and snow too!
bah... kida today.
If someone writes a virus causing harm to the infamous BSOD (Blue Screen of Death), will microsoft pull it out?
Looks like Microsoft is giving into the terrorists!
I've had a 4 button mouse for over a decade now on my mac.
Go figure.
IMHO people who need more than one, likely just hook up their own keyboard/mouse.
Several reasons why this is a no brainer:
- Low cost. You can do all of them on open source platforms, no penalties. To scale java well, you often need third parties in the mix. ASP? Yea.
- Fast development. You can push out a webApp in much less time than you can in Java, or C++ no question about it.
- Scales (on the lower end) just as well, if not better than Java or C++, which requires a much higher investment (look how many shared hosting enviroments support Java well enough to actually use).
If you make it to being an amazon.com or an eBay, you can likely afford to re-engineer your app into something better. But if you spend to much on scaling at the start... you have nothing.
People forget that to have a successful business you need a business plan and the tech. Not just the tech.
That's what the dot com bubble was partly about. Lots of tech and jargon. But no business plans (except for a small few).
Think business plan
Example: Did a large chain like Subway, McDonalds, or Walmart start out with thousands of stores? Or build to that specification from day one? Or did they build a solid business first, then work on restructuring for that type of growth? Yea that's right. In fact, Sam Walton (Walmart founder) used to have a niche in a wall for each store he opened. That's how the accounting was done. Each store had a hole in the wall. That was the start of their accounting. Now they have a giant department, servers, computers, and certified accountants managing their accounts. But guess what. They didn't purchase that when he opened his first store.
Scalability only means something when you have a business plan
This is rather flawed logic.
How much did a person who likes Apples spend on apples before stealing?
That's the question to ask. That shows what the real impact on digital downloads is on the bottom line. Of course we'll never actually see that statistic from a reputable independant source.
The logic in the statistic is flawed. Making the data completely meaningless. Who cares how music lovers compare to non music lovers? That doesn't say anything about how downloading effects sales.
It tells us people who don't like music don't buy music, and people who like it, aquire it (legally and illegally). Well a 6 year old could have discovered that with much less research.
I was a fan of the Deskstar (Deathstar) line until my 75GXP started making strange noises. Pulled it before an actual failure (no data loss).
My IBM Thinkpad came with a TravelStar, slow, but it worked.
Then Hitachi Came out with the 7k60, the 7200 RPM 2.5" drive! It was bliss. A few weeks ago, disk errors all over the place.
Now I've been waiting a month for Seagate to ship it's new 7200 RPM 2.5" drive.
No more Hitachi for me. The drives aren't designed well. That's the bottom line. Fast? Yes, definately. But not reliable.
Hello to Seagate, home of the 5 year warranty.
I think the cheapest solution is simply to get 2 IDE HD's and external enclosures.
Backup, and put in a safe deposit box at your bank.
Backup on the 2nd one, and switch.
Repeat.
Cheap, effective (banks are rather safe).
Only thing that won't prevent is a nuclear attack on your area (since your bank is likely only a few miles from your home). But in that case, do you really care about losing some porn?
Hundreds to thousands is rather significant. It doesn't sound very likely that so many more people are online now.
About all who know me already were online this morning.
I had only a few hundred this morning, now I have 3000. How can that really be? I haven't talked to anybody on AIM in ages. /thinks it's just rand() // doesn't really care anyway. /// good time killer though, props to the AOL dev's for something really fun.
Why not?
/hates politics and stupid people with no priorities or ability to think for themselves.
If there is a terrorist bombing, we get money back (taxes).
Hold lawmakers accountable, so they create laws specifically for the purpose of prevention, not so they can brag about baseless legislation.
Americans know to look for a guarantee or a warranty on things... why do we hold manufacturers to these standards, but not self absorbed politicians.
I say we need a money back guarantee. If this fails in the next 10 years, we get refunded tax money.
If Apple can get attacked legally for iPod batteries that eventually don't hold their charge (because that's so serious), why not hold politicians in that type of arrangement?
Are iPod batteries more valued than safety?
Far from true. I've worked with a large company that used a CMS (Interwoven Teamsite). Just about every enterprise website is CMS powered. And for many good reasons:
- separate content and code
- portability (apply a different presentation, and you can have xml output, html, wml, plain text, pdf, doc, ps, etc. etc)
- management (most content contributors don't know anything about html. Only the content.
IMHO above comment is a troll.
Here's a list of things I would do if I had access to one of the systems on that list:
/had an original IBM PC // bored
- See how long it takes Windows ME to boot
- See how long it takes pico to open
- run 'top'
- play a wicked ass game of pong
- bitch about having so many CPU's and only 2 USB ports
- see if I could get a video card with dual display support
- fire up a spreadsheet and make a wicked ass multiplication table going really far (like 10X10!)