And this is exactly why it's a crying shame that/. only goes up to +5.
A related one that I've fallen for when accepting jobs in the past, "We give bonuses every year!" and/or "Your salary is lower, but we always give bonuses that more than make up for it!"
Given the ridiculous prevalence of laptops with absolutely pathetic displays (1366x768 on a 15"? really?), "most" users aren't even going to need the integrated Intel 4th gen video. A dumb frame buffer would probably fit their needs.
I stopped buying Apple when they started wiring RAM into the motherboards of laptops again and replaced the user-serviceable hard drives with "it's not proprietary, but only we sell them!" SSD storage.
Apple doesn't care, I'm not in their market anymore. Which is a pity, because their laptops were great for software development.
Exactly this. When I decided my 2008-ish MacBook Pro needed replacing, all of Apple's decent hardware was locked down in ways I hate.
After searching for 15" laptops with decent display resolution (hint: 13whatever by 768 is not decent; 1400x900 is minimum for a 15"), I bought an IdeaPad Y500.
Great laptop, with easily replaceable battery, RAM, and disk, and an optical drive slot that you can replace with a fan or even a second video card. To get a similarly configured (but totally not upgradable or serviceable MacBook Pro) would cost nearly 4x as much, although it would have SSD storage instead of a small SSD cache and a big conventional disk.
Just wait for the next CEO decree, which prescribes an "open plan" office without walls, or offices, for everyone to "encourage collaboration". 'cause that's what all those cool startups who can't afford proper office space do out of necessity...
It's especially fantastic if you're in the sort of position that requires some kind of concentration and you're near folks who are on the phone constantly.
That's akin to saying you should ignore people with colour blindness when designing your UI. Or you should ignore cultural differences in meaning when you're designing icons.
Back when Apple (and a few other companies) actually adhered to user interface guidelines, they paid attention to these sorts of things. They're well-documented problems.
Apple may have had a problem with the CDDL; they had a finished (as in, good enough to release in beta format in various developer previews of OS X; I forget which cat though) port of ZFS, and pulled it just before release. Which is a shame.
Yeah, that's not going to happen. The fastest up-stream available from my home is around 50 Kbytes/second and has been for the past seven years. It would take something like 145 days for me to upload just my CD collection.
Also, I hope we all know better than to store anything interesting in The Cloud. The last couple of weeks must have been hard on folks like Dropbox...
I'm more concerned about companies ending up with monopolies on the world's wheat/corn/etc. supplies. The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi is set in a near-future world where "competition" between companies like Monsanto (in the form of genetically engineered diseases targeting your competitor's crops) has completely pooched the environment.
I'd like to see their data charges for each network while running these tests.
Also, I'd like them to come up here to Canada and re-run the tests. No, wait, I'd dread them doing that, it would show how awful our cellular networks really are...
While I agree with the first part (and hey, they can coast for a decade, so maybe they've got ample opportunity to get moving again), I don't agree with the second part.
iTunes sucked hard for many, many years while Jobs was at the helm, its awfulness isn't a feature of Tim Cook's days.
Europe's got fast, cheap Internet infrastructure... are they still mired in the 9-5, you-must-be-at-the-office mentality affecting North America? If folks need an 'office' for meetings or whatever, there are shared office space providers in a lot of big cities.
If the hiring/immigration laws are too onerous or whatever, try something completely different, don't keep dorking around with the same immigration trickery.
This sort of stinks of offshoring, but that's something companies already love, isn't it?
Yes, yes, I know Linux has some games, and I know Steam is there now, but take a good look at gaming on Mac. Steam's there, and some Cider-based ports of things, but it's still pretty bad, despite the optimism we all had five years ago. The games in the App Store are mostly ports of mobile things, not 'AAA' games. If Mac can't do it, I don't think Linux can.
I think the only other thing I use regularly that doesn't exist on Linux is Unity (the game development platform, not the awful UI).
Pretty much everything else I use is portable and/or has a decent equivalent.
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Step 2 is apparently "Sell company to Facebook" right now.
And this is exactly why it's a crying shame that /. only goes up to +5.
A related one that I've fallen for when accepting jobs in the past, "We give bonuses every year!" and/or "Your salary is lower, but we always give bonuses that more than make up for it!"
Given the ridiculous prevalence of laptops with absolutely pathetic displays (1366x768 on a 15"? really?), "most" users aren't even going to need the integrated Intel 4th gen video. A dumb frame buffer would probably fit their needs.
*shrug*
I stopped buying Apple when they started wiring RAM into the motherboards of laptops again and replaced the user-serviceable hard drives with "it's not proprietary, but only we sell them!" SSD storage.
Apple doesn't care, I'm not in their market anymore. Which is a pity, because their laptops were great for software development.
Just remember to skip using all the apps that use the WebView widget too.
Wait, RT doesn't stand for "Real Thing"?! :-O
Exactly this. When I decided my 2008-ish MacBook Pro needed replacing, all of Apple's decent hardware was locked down in ways I hate.
After searching for 15" laptops with decent display resolution (hint: 13whatever by 768 is not decent; 1400x900 is minimum for a 15"), I bought an IdeaPad Y500.
Great laptop, with easily replaceable battery, RAM, and disk, and an optical drive slot that you can replace with a fan or even a second video card. To get a similarly configured (but totally not upgradable or serviceable MacBook Pro) would cost nearly 4x as much, although it would have SSD storage instead of a small SSD cache and a big conventional disk.
That's a common problem with old drives called "sticktion" caused by the spindle lubricant drying out (if you know what I mean).
The fix is to leave it running, or give it a good twist along the spindle axis before you turn it on... once it's going it's fine.
Technically, my XBox 360, my BlackBerry Z10 and my son's Nintendo 3DS also run all of my favourite Windows 8 apps.
Just wait for the next CEO decree, which prescribes an "open plan" office without walls, or offices, for everyone to "encourage collaboration". 'cause that's what all those cool startups who can't afford proper office space do out of necessity...
It's especially fantastic if you're in the sort of position that requires some kind of concentration and you're near folks who are on the phone constantly.
Use a list comprehension:
That's akin to saying you should ignore people with colour blindness when designing your UI. Or you should ignore cultural differences in meaning when you're designing icons.
Back when Apple (and a few other companies) actually adhered to user interface guidelines, they paid attention to these sorts of things. They're well-documented problems.
Get off my lawn.
Wait, wait, wait. "Almost out of warranty" means still in warranty. You're crowing about getting normal warranty service?
I mean, sure, a lot of places will screw you around to try to get out of warranty service, but those ought to be the exception, not the rule.
Apple may have had a problem with the CDDL; they had a finished (as in, good enough to release in beta format in various developer previews of OS X; I forget which cat though) port of ZFS, and pulled it just before release. Which is a shame.
Stack overflow. Rights dumped.
Yeah, that's not going to happen. The fastest up-stream available from my home is around 50 Kbytes/second and has been for the past seven years. It would take something like 145 days for me to upload just my CD collection.
Also, I hope we all know better than to store anything interesting in The Cloud. The last couple of weeks must have been hard on folks like Dropbox...
They need to study the telecom oligarchs in Canada; they're doing the same thing for significantly less "investment" in lobbying!
I'm more concerned about companies ending up with monopolies on the world's wheat/corn/etc. supplies. The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi is set in a near-future world where "competition" between companies like Monsanto (in the form of genetically engineered diseases targeting your competitor's crops) has completely pooched the environment.
I'd like to see their data charges for each network while running these tests.
Also, I'd like them to come up here to Canada and re-run the tests. No, wait, I'd dread them doing that, it would show how awful our cellular networks really are...
While I agree with the first part (and hey, they can coast for a decade, so maybe they've got ample opportunity to get moving again), I don't agree with the second part.
iTunes sucked hard for many, many years while Jobs was at the helm, its awfulness isn't a feature of Tim Cook's days.
Then you'd be charged the No-Fee Convenience Fee, which is only $4.95 per month.
What's wrong with telecommuting?
Europe's got fast, cheap Internet infrastructure... are they still mired in the 9-5, you-must-be-at-the-office mentality affecting North America? If folks need an 'office' for meetings or whatever, there are shared office space providers in a lot of big cities.
If the hiring/immigration laws are too onerous or whatever, try something completely different, don't keep dorking around with the same immigration trickery.
This sort of stinks of offshoring, but that's something companies already love, isn't it?
Games. All the games.
Yes, yes, I know Linux has some games, and I know Steam is there now, but take a good look at gaming on Mac. Steam's there, and some Cider-based ports of things, but it's still pretty bad, despite the optimism we all had five years ago. The games in the App Store are mostly ports of mobile things, not 'AAA' games. If Mac can't do it, I don't think Linux can.
I think the only other thing I use regularly that doesn't exist on Linux is Unity (the game development platform, not the awful UI).
Pretty much everything else I use is portable and/or has a decent equivalent.
Fido in Canada just started bragging about doubling their data cap... to 400MB/mo. We seriously need some competition up here.