1. Type "x=" from the keyboard
2. Choose a fraction from the template....
11. Tab 3 times to move to the denominator, and type "2a".
Even more dramatic....
Can you imagine saying the following using "Visual" tools (I am making up a dummy sentence here):
The equation for the roots of a polynomial is \myPolyRoots{a}{b}{c}, which, in set form is turns to \myPolyRoots{A}{B}{C} in the context of an array, or \myPolyRoots{x}{y}{z} in the context of random variables...
Or, more from a programmer's point of view... Imagine not having functions or subroutines, and one can imagine using "Visual" tools for large documents.
I read quite a few posts talking about what a dollar can buy in India, with most examples talking about a meal at a restaurant or a road side shack. That seems to be from the perspective of a "college student/single guy" outlook.
Another way of looking at what a dollar can buy is by looking at what the corresponding monthly expenses would be like. Eating out is sort of a luxury/uncommon in many places in India (let alone, gasp, everyday!). People cook at home -- and that gets the costs down significantly. In fact, I remember reading somewhere on how one can have a healthy meal for dollar a day per person in the US (something about buying things that are in season, etc.)
A dollar a day is very low for one person even in India. The picture may appear more depressing if we look at that money from the perspective of western eating habits.
It seems that the other promising uses such as killing cancerous cells, triggering programmed cell death, etc., are described as "surgery without the needle".
That's what I did for my TV... The green LED power light was on the front of the LCD panel and was impossible to ignore -- so, I put on a small, black tape over it. The tape itself is not noticeable, so, I can watch movies without the LED looking like a flashlight.
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I have been a Vonage customer for a while and got the IPO email. However, the requirement seems to be that one needs to be a US citizen (which I am not). I wonder what the reason for this requirement is. I tried calling their number, but that was just a "outsourced" prospectus company. I am willing to risk a few bucks but seems like I may not get a chance.
"No one will ever ask you for your account number or pin. This is not so much a new twist as good old basic social engineering."
Many credit card companies usually ask for the account number. In fact, I had one company asking for SSN. Once I signed up for a silly credit card to get the "goodies", and they approved it. I didn't use it at all, and was hit with a yearly fee. Fine. I call the number that came in the email, and the first thing was "please enter your SSN number". It took me a while to figure out whether it was the right thing or not. Eventually found out that it was the correct company.
S
"Altough this raises several other issues, this is THE SOLUTION to spam."
Hmm... In that case, don't you think the cure seems to be worse than the disease? Reminds me of the New Hampshire license plates... "Live Free or Die".
Several extensions broke down. "Compact Menu" -- had to go to the home page to reinstall (Firefox said no updates found), "Cute Menus" broke completely. "Mnenhy" broke.
BTW, the update installation caught me by surprise. When FF asked confirmation for update, I checked the option "later" (meaning, ask later). Next time I started, FF updated itself, and broke some extensions.
Any experts know whether the default installation of FC5 can see disks of size more than 2TB? We have problems in making FC3 see the disk, and were planning on testing with FC4. It appears that we may as well jump to FC5. Any thoughts on this?
The company has over 90% market share in several segments, and has been tried and convicted of using the monopolistic powers *illegally*. The summary "why do we keep calling Microsoft a monopoly?" is silly. The article could easily have been written by a Microsoft lawyer. The headline looks to be fit for Fox News.
As far as I know (from cousins, friends, and general chat from India), there is still a strong demand for the outsourced jobs. Almost tens of resumes per open position, so the prediction of "short fall" looks to be based on shaky ground. There are so many factors involved: there is a large pool of current workers, not all positions require an "IT" degree, and that many jobs may not be created (may move to other countries, or be simply automated).
The unemployment rate in India is still staggeringly high, and the couple of million jobs that *might* be created will be quickly gobbled up.
I suspect that the industry agenda is to continue to have a huge surplus of applicants (or even increase the applicants to positions ratio), so that they can put a downward pressure on the salaries. I'd call it Walmart-ization of the IT (and non-IT) outsourced industry.
I realy do wonder just whats going to happen to the heirs to his fortune... i mean realy... does any one have any clue what the Jnr Gates s are going to do with the worlds largest inheritance...
The couple of articles below will answer probably a majority of questions.
Excerpt on why Buffet thinks Gates is able to manage philanthropy better than Buffet: "FORTUNE: You have different philosophies about philanthropy, with Bill giving a lot of his money away today and Warren waiting until he dies to give it away. What arguments would you make to the other that your way is the right way? BUFFETT: Well, I think his way is better. He and Melinda, they're devoting a huge amount of money, terrific brains, and heart to it. That's a great combination. I couldn't have done that when I was in my 40s and added anything meaningful. At my age now, you can argue that a very significant percentage of the money has been made. And I don't need the stock to control Berkshire, so it may make sense to do something very significant before I die."
"Susan Buffett, who works in Washington as an administrative assistant to the editor of U.S. News & World Report and is married to a public interest lawyer, admits her father's position is tough to live with. 'My dad is one of the most honest, principled, good guys I know,' she says. 'And I basically agree with him. But it's sort of strange when you know most parents want to buy things for their kids and all you need is a small sum of money --to fix up the kitchen, not to go to the beach for six months. He won't give it to us on principle. All my life my father has been teaching us. Well, I feel I've learned the lesson. At a certain point you can stop.'"
Right now, the car drivers don't have a choice other than have the "joy of driving". I enjoy driving very much, but there have been many times when I had bouts of micro-sleep while driving, and some times I had to pull over for a little nap.
So, even the people that immensely enjoy driving may want this feature. Also, what is the great joy driving on an interstate bumper-to-bumper?
A few years ago, K-Mart introduced automated checkouts (with all the buzz words of "convenience", "automatic", "quick"). It caused a lot of problems. The solution: K-Mart started putting notices that said, "To improve customer service, we are opeing more checkout lanes with a cashier" (the same ones that they closed earlier). In MBA speak, they have made two "improvements" in a space of a year!
The scientific review process is not as rigorous as it used to be, say ten to twenty years ago. There are so many journals popping up and it is fairly easy to publish minor variations of research work in different journals. Moreover, the cost of the articles (anywhere from 10 to 25 dollars per article) makes it difficult for a casual scientist to look at the article easily (unless one's organization subscribes to the journal).
There is also not an easy avenue for feedback. Not rating scheme -- nothing. Just about the only measure one can use is "how many times is the article cited, and by who [important because a group may be citing their own articles again and again]".
The journals can probably reduce costs by getting rid of the paper version (fancy printouts and frequently the articles are either read online before the paper copy arrives or the paper copy is never opened).
Looking back at your post, it seems like I agree with most of what you say. However, I believe free availability is a good thing, as there are many avenues for cutting costs.
Some firms (mostly consulting firms) *insist* on.doc format because they can strip off all details about the person and make it a "company resource". They will add the consulting company logo and details of the company and hmmm... pim^H^H^H market the resume.
That is primarily the reason for some companies wanting only a word doc. They don't have to do a lot of work to "personalize" the resume.
I've had every other favorite book of mine trashed - Lord of the Rings...
If you think the LOTR movies "trashed" the books, then you would probably not like *any adaptation* of a book. As you said, if you don't want "images from the movie to stick" in your mind, the best bet is to not watch it. So, you don't really need to go with any review -- you seem to have an issue with the visual medium itself.
I have seen it in one work place... There were these bunch of guys that would behave very rudely and often refuse to even say Hi to coworkers. These rude guys were in biz-dev and some alpha-male techies. Initially, people thought these guys were some bigshots. Later on, they realized that it is mainly posturing.
I am not saying that it is always the case. I belive it is a rare case where multiple a*holes ended up in a small group. But, the lesson to be taken is sometimes things are not what they seem.
I use LaTeX heavily for writing documents, and there is a good chance that google searches will bring up some pr0n sites. Example: there is a command \enlargethispage -- I can imagine what results one would get while typing "latex enlarge" in Google.
Funny? It is more like insightful... I was talking to a colleague (a part-time student researcher) about why he should be full time (he spends all the time at the university anyway), and his logic was that "I don't need the money now, and if I get more money, I wouldn't know what to do with it, so I may go crazy with wanting more and more money." Coming from an early twenties kid, is is surely quite thought provoking.
I am sure there would be the opposites of this kid, who will always be bitter irrespective of how much they get.
In developing countries, there is already a serious imbalance in male/female ratio, with about 800-900 females per 1000 males. Fortunately, the trend is a little bit reversed in developed countries. If the designer babies techniques come to developing countries, it will further push the female/male ratio down.
One would assume that with fewer women, the women will have additional power, but in male-dominated societies (in many developing countries), lower number of women may in fact lead to more oppression of women (they may end up viewed as "precious property").
I clicked on Pride and Prejudice -- the page is an image (dynamically generated with search phrases highlighted). My gripes: (1) context menus are disabled (so, may be difficult to save the image from the page), and (2) there is a big "copyrighted material" sign on the side. In my opinion, they should have scanned the public domain version of the novel -- like what Gutenberg does...
Profile manager icons ARE created. Have a REALLY good look in start -> programs -> Mozilla Firefox -> profile manager I think the grandparent post is correct. I checked my installation (FF 1.0 on WinXP) there is no profile manager. I always use "firefox -P" for launching profile manager.
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Can you imagine doing...
1. Type "x=" from the keyboard
2. Choose a fraction from the template.
11. Tab 3 times to move to the denominator, and type "2a".
Even more dramatic....
Can you imagine saying the following using "Visual" tools (I am making up a dummy sentence here):
The equation for the roots of a polynomial is \myPolyRoots{a}{b}{c}, which, in set form is turns to \myPolyRoots{A}{B}{C} in the context of an array, or \myPolyRoots{x}{y}{z} in the context of random variables...
Or, more from a programmer's point of view... Imagine not having functions or subroutines, and one can imagine using "Visual" tools for large documents.
S
10 bucks per CD? Better option is to get the DVD Decrypter and donate a few bucks to the developers :)
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I read quite a few posts talking about what a dollar can buy in India, with most examples talking about a meal at a restaurant or a road side shack. That seems to be from the perspective of a "college student/single guy" outlook.
Another way of looking at what a dollar can buy is by looking at what the corresponding monthly expenses would be like. Eating out is sort of a luxury/uncommon in many places in India (let alone, gasp, everyday!). People cook at home -- and that gets the costs down significantly. In fact, I remember reading somewhere on how one can have a healthy meal for dollar a day per person in the US (something about buying things that are in season, etc.)
A dollar a day is very low for one person even in India. The picture may appear more depressing if we look at that money from the perspective of western eating habits.
S
It seems that the other promising uses such as killing cancerous cells, triggering programmed cell death, etc., are described as "surgery without the needle".
S
That's what I did for my TV... The green LED power light was on the front of the LCD panel and was impossible to ignore -- so, I put on a small, black tape over it. The tape itself is not noticeable, so, I can watch movies without the LED looking like a flashlight.
S
I have been a Vonage customer for a while and got the IPO email. However, the requirement seems to be that one needs to be a US citizen (which I am not). I wonder what the reason for this requirement is. I tried calling their number, but that was just a "outsourced" prospectus company. I am willing to risk a few bucks but seems like I may not get a chance.
S
Many credit card companies usually ask for the account number. In fact, I had one company asking for SSN. Once I signed up for a silly credit card to get the "goodies", and they approved it. I didn't use it at all, and was hit with a yearly fee. Fine. I call the number that came in the email, and the first thing was "please enter your SSN number". It took me a while to figure out whether it was the right thing or not. Eventually found out that it was the correct company. S
"Altough this raises several other issues, this is THE SOLUTION to spam."
Hmm... In that case, don't you think the cure seems to be worse than the disease? Reminds me of the New Hampshire license plates... "Live Free or Die".
S
Several extensions broke down. "Compact Menu" -- had to go to the home page to reinstall (Firefox said no updates found), "Cute Menus" broke completely. "Mnenhy" broke.
BTW, the update installation caught me by surprise. When FF asked confirmation for update, I checked the option "later" (meaning, ask later). Next time I started, FF updated itself, and broke some extensions.
S
Any experts know whether the default installation of FC5 can see disks of size more than 2TB? We have problems in making FC3 see the disk, and were planning on testing with FC4. It appears that we may as well jump to FC5. Any thoughts on this?
S
The company has over 90% market share in several segments, and has been tried and convicted of using the monopolistic powers *illegally*. The summary "why do we keep calling Microsoft a monopoly?" is silly. The article could easily have been written by a Microsoft lawyer. The headline looks to be fit for Fox News.
S
As far as I know (from cousins, friends, and general chat from India), there is still a strong demand for the outsourced jobs. Almost tens of resumes per open position, so the prediction of "short fall" looks to be based on shaky ground. There are so many factors involved: there is a large pool of current workers, not all positions require an "IT" degree, and that many jobs may not be created (may move to other countries, or be simply automated).
The unemployment rate in India is still staggeringly high, and the couple of million jobs that *might* be created will be quickly gobbled up.
I suspect that the industry agenda is to continue to have a huge surplus of applicants (or even increase the applicants to positions ratio), so that they can put a downward pressure on the salaries. I'd call it Walmart-ization of the IT (and non-IT) outsourced industry.
S
I realy do wonder just whats going to happen to the heirs to his fortune... i mean realy... does any one have any clue what the Jnr Gates s are going to do with the worlds largest inheritance...
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The couple of articles below will answer probably a majority of questions.
Check the conversation between Gates and Buffet on this topic to see that their views are fairly noble indeed:
http://www.fortune.com/fortune/technology/article
Excerpt on why Buffet thinks Gates is able to manage philanthropy better than Buffet:
"FORTUNE: You have different philosophies about philanthropy, with Bill giving a lot of his money away today and Warren waiting until he dies to give it away. What arguments would you make to the other that your way is the right way?
BUFFETT: Well, I think his way is better. He and Melinda, they're devoting a huge amount of money, terrific brains, and heart to it. That's a great combination. I couldn't have done that when I was in my 40s and added anything meaningful. At my age now, you can argue that a very significant percentage of the money has been made. And I don't need the stock to control Berkshire, so it may make sense to do something very significant before I die."
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While you are it, please see this old (1986) article about Buffet (referenced from the earlier one) titled "Should You Leave It All to the Children":
http://www.fortune.com/fortune/articles/0,15114,1
"Susan Buffett, who works in Washington as an administrative assistant to the editor of U.S. News & World Report and is married to a public interest lawyer, admits her father's position is tough to live with. 'My dad is one of the most honest, principled, good guys I know,' she says. 'And I basically agree with him. But it's sort of strange when you know most parents want to buy things for their kids and all you need is a small sum of money --to fix up the kitchen, not to go to the beach for six months. He won't give it to us on principle. All my life my father has been teaching us. Well, I feel I've learned the lesson. At a certain point you can stop.'"
S
Right now, the car drivers don't have a choice other than have the "joy of driving". I enjoy driving very much, but there have been many times when I had bouts of micro-sleep while driving, and some times I had to pull over for a little nap.
So, even the people that immensely enjoy driving may want this feature. Also, what is the great joy driving on an interstate bumper-to-bumper?
S
A few years ago, K-Mart introduced automated checkouts (with all the buzz words of "convenience", "automatic", "quick"). It caused a lot of problems. The solution: K-Mart started putting notices that said, "To improve customer service, we are opeing more checkout lanes with a cashier" (the same ones that they closed earlier). In MBA speak, they have made two "improvements" in a space of a year!
S
Sign of the exhaustion of /.'ers with Googledot?
S
The scientific review process is not as rigorous as it used to be, say ten to twenty years ago. There are so many journals popping up and it is fairly easy to publish minor variations of research work in different journals. Moreover, the cost of the articles (anywhere from 10 to 25 dollars per article) makes it difficult for a casual scientist to look at the article easily (unless one's organization subscribes to the journal).
There is also not an easy avenue for feedback. Not rating scheme -- nothing. Just about the only measure one can use is "how many times is the article cited, and by who [important because a group may be citing their own articles again and again]".
The journals can probably reduce costs by getting rid of the paper version (fancy printouts and frequently the articles are either read online before the paper copy arrives or the paper copy is never opened).
Looking back at your post, it seems like I agree with most of what you say. However, I believe free availability is a good thing, as there are many avenues for cutting costs.
S
Some firms (mostly consulting firms) *insist* on .doc format because they can strip off all details about the person and make it a "company resource". They will add the consulting company logo and details of the company and hmmm... pim^H^H^H market the resume.
That is primarily the reason for some companies wanting only a word doc. They don't have to do a lot of work to "personalize" the resume.
S
I've had every other favorite book of mine trashed - Lord of the Rings...
If you think the LOTR movies "trashed" the books, then you would probably not like *any adaptation* of a book. As you said, if you don't want "images from the movie to stick" in your mind, the best bet is to not watch it. So, you don't really need to go with any review -- you seem to have an issue with the visual medium itself.
S
I have seen it in one work place... There were these bunch of guys that would behave very rudely and often refuse to even say Hi to coworkers. These rude guys were in biz-dev and some alpha-male techies. Initially, people thought these guys were some bigshots. Later on, they realized that it is mainly posturing.
I am not saying that it is always the case. I belive it is a rare case where multiple a*holes ended up in a small group. But, the lesson to be taken is sometimes things are not what they seem.
S
I use LaTeX heavily for writing documents, and there is a good chance that google searches will bring up some pr0n sites. Example: there is a command \enlargethispage -- I can imagine what results one would get while typing "latex enlarge" in Google.
S
Funny? It is more like insightful... I was talking to a colleague (a part-time student researcher) about why he should be full time (he spends all the time at the university anyway), and his logic was that "I don't need the money now, and if I get more money, I wouldn't know what to do with it, so I may go crazy with wanting more and more money." Coming from an early twenties kid, is is surely quite thought provoking.
I am sure there would be the opposites of this kid, who will always be bitter irrespective of how much they get.
S
In developing countries, there is already a serious imbalance in male/female ratio, with about 800-900 females per 1000 males. Fortunately, the trend is a little bit reversed in developed countries. If the designer babies techniques come to developing countries, it will further push the female/male ratio down.
One would assume that with fewer women, the women will have additional power, but in male-dominated societies (in many developing countries), lower number of women may in fact lead to more oppression of women (they may end up viewed as "precious property").
It is very scary.
S
I clicked on Pride and Prejudice -- the page is an image (dynamically generated with search phrases highlighted). My gripes: (1) context menus are disabled (so, may be difficult to save the image from the page), and (2) there is a big "copyrighted material" sign on the side. In my opinion, they should have scanned the public domain version of the novel -- like what Gutenberg does...
S
Profile manager icons ARE created. Have a REALLY good look in start -> programs -> Mozilla Firefox -> profile manager
I think the grandparent post is correct. I checked my installation (FF 1.0 on WinXP) there is no profile manager. I always use "firefox -P" for launching profile manager.
S