It comes down to one thing. If you can get your hands on one or more Wiis that you don't need, it's free money. You can think what you want, but I successfully bought two Wiis on Amazon yesterday and I'm going to sell them on Ebay to help pay for Christmas presents. Why not? If you want to make money, it's not that hard.
It's not like I'm stealing bread from a little kid's mouth. It's a freaking GAME CONSOLE! Totally superfluous item. If people want to pay a little extra to take advantage of my buying skills, then so be it.
They have a much stronger hold on the advertising market
Google's hold on the advertising market lasts only as long as they bring hordes of searchers to the companies that advertise. As far as I know, Google is not the only company that provides an AdWords form of income. If the number of searchers drop to a certain level, they will simply switch to whichever search engine takes over.
Again, none of this is as difficult as getting everyday users to switch to a new OS.
Google has anything but a monopoly. The search business can easily go to an engine that performs better. Google has most of the market share because they are quite simply the best at performing searches.
Microsoft on the other hand plays in a completely different arena. Switching from one OS to another is nearly impossible for many users and at least difficult for most.
No, Google has a long way to go before they become anything like Microsoft, no matter what their tactics may appear like.
Ubuntu has basically stolen all the hype mandriva used to have hasn't it?
Mandriva used to be one of the only 'gratuis' distros which had a nice desktop by default
didn't it pioneer the way towards 'point and click', 'just working'?
I grew up in SC and you can walk down the street and find people with IS and other tech degrees. These young adults are stocking shelves at K-Mart...
While I'm sure there are some cities in the U.S. that are suffering for a lack of IT jobs, it doesn't mean this is common everywhere. Available jobs of each type tend to group in certain areas. If those people were to move here, NY, I bet they would have no problem finding a job. I know several managers in companies who simply cannot find qualified candidates for needed positions. There are many other cities in the U.S. like this.
Maybe if the job market sucks in your area, it might be time to look for a new job market.
There's only one problem. While it is a blog, there are no google ads or any other revenue generating advertisement. I agree that the content of the article is pretty common sense, but at least it isn't blog spam.
You can't make this kind of drastic change to the interface of the most widely used office suite in the world. It's absurd.
OMFG!!! The interface changed!! You've got to feel a little for Microsoft sometimes. One of the few times they try to truly innovate and they get slammed because the interface actually changed. How can you innovate without changing interface at least some? If it's worse than the old interface, ok. But that's not even the complaint from a lot of people. They just don't like the fact that it changed. Oh well, I'm sure the billions they rake in despite this will keep them from taking it too much to heart.
Nice cherry picking there. Here's the page you got that link from. Pretty much every chart shows 2005 was a good year for jobs, except the one you linked to which was clearly a blip on the overall trend of lower unemployment and a higher percentage of employed workforce.
Here are some direct links to back it up:
Chart 1-2. The unemployment rate is down from its most recent peak in June 2003 (PDF)
Chart 1-6. The percentage of the population that is employed has trended up since September 2003 (PDF)
Parent: Yeah, well, it's easy to drive less when you don't have a job to go to. (With link to bureau of labor and statistics)
Umm... Did you even read the site you linked to? Here are the latest numbers right on the front page. Spectacular numbers, all of them. People most certainly have jobs to go to. Probably just that more are working from home and driving less when on vacation.
Unemployment Rate: History 4.4% in Oct 2006
Change in Unemployment Level: History -238,000 in Oct 2006
Change in Employment Level: History +437,000 in Oct 2006
Change in Civilian Labor Force Level: History +199,000 in Oct 2006
Pencil and paper?! Bah! Why get bogged down with those new age mental encumbrances.
When I get an assignment, I immediately pack my bags for a retreat high atop the canopy in the Amazon. I hunt for food and use the blood of my kill to jot down the design of my project on the backs of baby turtle shells, each representing a piece of functionality. Then I let them loose on the ground and follow them for days. Those that live through the ordeal will have a hollowed place in my design.
When faced with a workforce shortage, in no other field has the answer been to import skilled labor from other countries. The answer has always been to increase pay until the appropriate number of skilled candidates are attracted.
Allowing companies to import all of the skilled labor at cheap prices sets the stage for a dangerous trend. Ultimately it will sink wages throughout the workforce as companies see they can start trying this in other fields.
The government seems to think it has to use tarrifs to protect the iron industry but actively participates in the lowering of wages in the IT field.
I sincerely hope this starts to become a bigger issue and the word gets out. Undoubtedly if other fields start getting hit, the politicians will start to feel the pressure.
Yes, lots of other phone companies have made promises about bringing FTTH utopia, however the difference is that Verizon is already doing it. They've been rolling it out in several places around the northeast for a while now.
Yes, we do need this. Web sites have had years to create an obvious standard for the mobile version of web sites. Guess what? It never happened. This creates one. Now, it will be very easy for someone on a mobile phone to find the mobile version of there favorite site.
If you've ever tried surfing the web on a mobile, you would understand the hope this finally brings to that current mess.
one is only listed as unemployed in the US, when one is drawing unemployment benefits.
This is often stated as the way the unemployment rate is determined, but it is completely wrong.
The method by which the U.S. goverment determines the unemployment rate is far more accurate than that. They do a survey every month of 60,000 households collecting various data including employment status. It's really quite detailed and the methodology seems to be pretty good.
but wasnt hezbollah elected into the position of palistinan government recently?
No, that was Hamas. While they hsve similar goals, that being the destruction of Israel, they are two distinct terrorist groups. Even the U.N. wants Hezbollah disarmed. They're not helping anyone by provoking Israel.
The cost of this computer is actually much higher than $9 million. If you rtfa, you'll see that much of the computer was effectively donated by outside companies. The CPU design was done by Hitachi. Intel supplied other hardware as well as SGI Japan. None of this is factored into the $9 mil. It's likely that the actual cost was many multiples of that.
So I'll assume you have all your money stored in your mattress and not locked up with some company that you have to "trust". Also, I bet you have never used web based software to do your taxes. Credit cards? That's for those who want to give away all their freedom to companies that sell any and all your information to the highest bidder. Right?
Yeah, I thought not. Welcome to the 2000's. You are already trusting your life to companies. It's just a matter of whether this company is really trustworthy. We'll see...
You're running Windows 98!!? DOS 1.0 is the way to GOOOO!! Anything later and you're just paying for a bunch of crap bolted onto a pristine computing environment. Excuse me while I get back to my vintage Wordperfect 2.20...
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It comes down to one thing. If you can get your hands on one or more Wiis that you don't need, it's free money. You can think what you want, but I successfully bought two Wiis on Amazon yesterday and I'm going to sell them on Ebay to help pay for Christmas presents. Why not? If you want to make money, it's not that hard.
It's not like I'm stealing bread from a little kid's mouth. It's a freaking GAME CONSOLE! Totally superfluous item. If people want to pay a little extra to take advantage of my buying skills, then so be it.
Google's hold on the advertising market lasts only as long as they bring hordes of searchers to the companies that advertise. As far as I know, Google is not the only company that provides an AdWords form of income. If the number of searchers drop to a certain level, they will simply switch to whichever search engine takes over.
Again, none of this is as difficult as getting everyday users to switch to a new OS.
Google has anything but a monopoly. The search business can easily go to an engine that performs better. Google has most of the market share because they are quite simply the best at performing searches.
Microsoft on the other hand plays in a completely different arena. Switching from one OS to another is nearly impossible for many users and at least difficult for most.
No, Google has a long way to go before they become anything like Microsoft, no matter what their tactics may appear like.
There, hope that helps.
Mandriva used to be one of the only 'gratuis' distros which had a nice desktop by default
didn't it pioneer the way towards 'point and click', 'just working'?
Yes.
I'd hit that so hard whoever pulled me out would become the king of England.
To computers, the more important year is 2009 when we'll have 1000000000000000000000000000000 PC's!
Yeah, been there. Only problem is steppin in witch. Good or bad, that crap is a b!tch to get off your boots.
While I'm sure there are some cities in the U.S. that are suffering for a lack of IT jobs, it doesn't mean this is common everywhere. Available jobs of each type tend to group in certain areas. If those people were to move here, NY, I bet they would have no problem finding a job. I know several managers in companies who simply cannot find qualified candidates for needed positions. There are many other cities in the U.S. like this.
Maybe if the job market sucks in your area, it might be time to look for a new job market.
You're right. I forgot I have adblock running.
There's only one problem. While it is a blog, there are no google ads or any other revenue generating advertisement. I agree that the content of the article is pretty common sense, but at least it isn't blog spam.
OMFG!!! The interface changed!! You've got to feel a little for Microsoft sometimes. One of the few times they try to truly innovate and they get slammed because the interface actually changed. How can you innovate without changing interface at least some? If it's worse than the old interface, ok. But that's not even the complaint from a lot of people. They just don't like the fact that it changed. Oh well, I'm sure the billions they rake in despite this will keep them from taking it too much to heart.
Here are some direct links to back it up:
Chart 1-2. The unemployment rate is down from its most recent peak in June 2003 (PDF)
Chart 1-6. The percentage of the population that is employed has trended up since September 2003 (PDF)
Parent:
Yeah, well, it's easy to drive less when you don't have a job to go to. (With link to bureau of labor and statistics)
Umm... Did you even read the site you linked to? Here are the latest numbers right on the front page. Spectacular numbers, all of them. People most certainly have jobs to go to. Probably just that more are working from home and driving less when on vacation.
Unemployment Rate:
History 4.4% in Oct 2006
Change in Unemployment Level:
History -238,000 in Oct 2006
Change in Employment Level:
History +437,000 in Oct 2006
Change in Civilian Labor Force Level:
History +199,000 in Oct 2006
Pencil and paper?! Bah! Why get bogged down with those new age mental encumbrances.
When I get an assignment, I immediately pack my bags for a retreat high atop the canopy in the Amazon. I hunt for food and use the blood of my kill to jot down the design of my project on the backs of baby turtle shells, each representing a piece of functionality. Then I let them loose on the ground and follow them for days. Those that live through the ordeal will have a hollowed place in my design.
When faced with a workforce shortage, in no other field has the answer been to import skilled labor from other countries. The answer has always been to increase pay until the appropriate number of skilled candidates are attracted.
Allowing companies to import all of the skilled labor at cheap prices sets the stage for a dangerous trend. Ultimately it will sink wages throughout the workforce as companies see they can start trying this in other fields.
The government seems to think it has to use tarrifs to protect the iron industry but actively participates in the lowering of wages in the IT field.
I sincerely hope this starts to become a bigger issue and the word gets out. Undoubtedly if other fields start getting hit, the politicians will start to feel the pressure.
These people are stupid. Using the right search, you can find Playstation 3 on ebay for much less.
This has been around for ages and in much higher resultion. It's called a window.
Yes, lots of other phone companies have made promises about bringing FTTH utopia, however the difference is that Verizon is already doing it. They've been rolling it out in several places around the northeast for a while now.
Here's a blog with lots of details on how the installation is done: http://www.bricklin.com/fiosinstall.htm.
Yes, we do need this. Web sites have had years to create an obvious standard for the mobile version of web sites. Guess what? It never happened. This creates one. Now, it will be very easy for someone on a mobile phone to find the mobile version of there favorite site.
If you've ever tried surfing the web on a mobile, you would understand the hope this finally brings to that current mess.
This is often stated as the way the unemployment rate is determined, but it is completely wrong.
The method by which the U.S. goverment determines the unemployment rate is far more accurate than that. They do a survey every month of 60,000 households collecting various data including employment status. It's really quite detailed and the methodology seems to be pretty good.
No, that was Hamas. While they hsve similar goals, that being the destruction of Israel, they are two distinct terrorist groups. Even the U.N. wants Hezbollah disarmed. They're not helping anyone by provoking Israel.
The cost of this computer is actually much higher than $9 million. If you rtfa, you'll see that much of the computer was effectively donated by outside companies. The CPU design was done by Hitachi. Intel supplied other hardware as well as SGI Japan. None of this is factored into the $9 mil. It's likely that the actual cost was many multiples of that.
So I'll assume you have all your money stored in your mattress and not locked up with some company that you have to "trust". Also, I bet you have never used web based software to do your taxes. Credit cards? That's for those who want to give away all their freedom to companies that sell any and all your information to the highest bidder. Right?
Yeah, I thought not. Welcome to the 2000's. You are already trusting your life to companies. It's just a matter of whether this company is really trustworthy. We'll see...
You're running Windows 98!!? DOS 1.0 is the way to GOOOO!! Anything later and you're just paying for a bunch of crap bolted onto a pristine computing environment. Excuse me while I get back to my vintage Wordperfect 2.20...