I'll have to agree with that one. Some of my outdoorsey friends have had problems with women using that as a filter and then treating them like fixer-uppers. Granted they were also to blame. If she says that she enjoys fishing and camping, don't say yes when she asks you about fine dining and shopping. Just be honest.
The solution is pretty easy, take Wikileaks back to what it was before Assange decided to turn it into a clearing house for major media outlets; just put the 'Wiki' back in it.
Makes me wonder what life will be like for someone who does charity work with the homeless.
"Well, We would like to give you a loan Mr. Smith, but half of your facebook friends have made comments about being broke, going into foreclosure and one was even eating out of a garbage can. We don't think you are the right candidate for a home loan. In spite of being gainfully employed for 30 years, the risk is just too great."
Yes, I know that is ridiculously low, I just pulled a random number. It should probably be something like $500 from $500,000 with the maker given completely rights to sue the idiots who buy into such a system.
This seems like the most equitable form of extortion I've ever seen come out of the entertainment industry, so at least I'll have to give the producers credit for not being complete pie-in-the-sky assholes ("We lost potential billions for the rest of time!")
I'd love to see this the other way around. Before a film begins shooting, I pay them $2, just me Joe-Blow consumer. I can pick whatever project I want to give cash to, though I have no input on the content. In exchange for the $2, I get a license. I can copy and past the movie wherever I want to after it goes through the initial theatrical release. I also get to keep the license for an indefinite period, as it is MY license for a movie I invested in with my money (the average consumer isn't going to throw it out on to torrents, because dammit, they already own a copy). If done right, you could create an environment where movies are pure profit.
Honestly, I really like that idea (friends voting on who the real friend is). You reach a certain point where it just isn't worth the time and effort to write a better bot while the average Facebook user has time make a hand-stitched devil costume, drive to Iowa and take a pic beside the road that says, "I'm the real Gary and I hate all of you."
Then again, I just like the idea of running users through ridiculous hoop when they create a password like, 'joanie372010' with a pic on the account that says, "Here is our sweet baby, Joanie. Born Feb 7th, 2010". Grrrrrrr.
The bizarre thing is that computer companies are trying to make their laptops beautiful these days. A.M.D. reps showed me, for example, a gorgeous new Hewlett-Packard ultralight laptop. Sleek. Shiny. Elegant.
Wow, David Pogue said something complimentary about a Win Laptop without immediately following it up with ", though utterly failing in light of Apple's recent MacBook Pro offerings."
I can't say it would kill Facebook, but I could see it hurting whats left of MySpace. Who goes there for anything other than music these days? Still, I wouldn't be too worried. Apple wants you to buy those songs, not listen to them.
[Puts tin foil hat on] The same reason there is a push behind FM in cellphones. iBiquity wants a paycheck and is very happy to cut deals to get hybrid receivers in as many devices as possible.[/Puts tin foil hat on]
Or it could have something to do with the range and poor reception of AM.
Let me grammar Nazi myself for a moment: "AOL and MSN were piggyback dial-up providers. Honestly, a better analogy for all of this would be your local phone carrier charging you extra for calling out to one of AOL or MSN's local access numbers while all other local numbers weren't (including their own $20/month dial-up service number)."
It only gives them an opportunity to monetize something they, well, already have monetized.
Somehow I don't see the masses fighting this. I've yet to see any large group of consumers rise up and complain about getting charged for processing, the process of processing any new tax that pops up on their phone bill. They just shrug their shoulders and live with the fact that their phone bill is now $5 more a month. Not that it matters. Disputing it will only result in getting their service canceled and restarted for a $30 reconnect fee and complaining about that just incurs another $30 reconnect fee. So instead we let Google and the other web companies fight the battle and they get to make life a little better for themselves. Sigh.
AOL and MSN were piggyback dial-up providers. A better analogy would be you local phone carrier charging you extra for calling out to one of AOL or MSN's local access numbers instead while all other local numbers weren't (including their own $20/month dial-up service).
I wouldn't compare a programmer to musician, mostly because of the 'rockstar' connotation. A musician is more 'artist' than 'artisan'. You aren't going to get that coding job because you have a ton of groupies (though the hiring process may sometimes appear that way). You are going to get it because you employer has a rough idea where your competencies lay and they know what they want you to do with them.
Honestly, potter comes to mind. A young potter makes a beautiful vases, one that customers clamor for, but they frequently explode in the kiln. Later on they realize how much time they have wasted and begin to respect the limitations of their medium and re-think the whole process. Finally, they begin to redefine their old ideas; show off the aesthetics they desired earlier with the craftsmanship they developed.
While I completely agree (and I've hoped for such a thing for a long, long time; it just seems so obvious), I wouldn't be surprised if there were contingents who find simple ethics far too altruistic to deserve of a government dime.
OK, now that I've spent out some nerd rage, forget basic programming; just teach them Discrete Math (and/or Logic). I didn't get this until college and it is a real shame that we don't teach it in every High School in the nation, not just GT programs or whatever they call it these days. It is almost a shame, we teach chemistry to millions of students who never use it after finishing the course (excluding SI), but we don't teach them something they should know every time they pick up a newspaper.
If there is still some time at the end of the year, let them try their hand at something like Karel the robot.
While I'd love to see every 9th grader leave with at least some general competency in my field, I also have to remind myself that 'IT' is just as much a lifestyle choice as it is a career path.
Looking at new hires, these new so-called, 'digital natives', I see bigger, glaring problems. They can't compose a simple e-mail. You can make all the arguments that the-times-they-are-a-changin', but doesn't make your company look like any less of an ass when an employee sends a client or customer an e-mail saying something like: HEAR R UR TAX DOX 4 2010, HOPE ITZ N TEH RITE FORMAT! LOL!
I'm sick and tired of seeing JeffKs come through the door.
I can't speak for everywhere, but here Democrats don't really run as Democrats.
Tom Powers for Governor - A True Republican. Dick Maynard for Governor - A real conservative Republican for a real America. Harry Patterson for Governor - Republican Leadership for a new Era of Conservative responsibility. Bill Smith - Value Candidate.
Whats the difference? We have had year of the Linux wireless router for almost a half decade (WRT54GL) and year of the Linux cell phone (Android) and almost no one noticed that Linux was under the hood. It was good for the consumer, good for the tinker and good for the manufacturer.
As for this, I'm seriously tempted to buy my mom "a new computer", just to see what happens.
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I'll have to agree with that one. Some of my outdoorsey friends have had problems with women using that as a filter and then treating them like fixer-uppers. Granted they were also to blame. If she says that she enjoys fishing and camping, don't say yes when she asks you about fine dining and shopping. Just be honest.
The solution is pretty easy, take Wikileaks back to what it was before Assange decided to turn it into a clearing house for major media outlets; just put the 'Wiki' back in it.
Makes me wonder what life will be like for someone who does charity work with the homeless.
"Well, We would like to give you a loan Mr. Smith, but half of your facebook friends have made comments about being broke, going into foreclosure and one was even eating out of a garbage can. We don't think you are the right candidate for a home loan. In spite of being gainfully employed for 30 years, the risk is just too great."
Yes, I know that is ridiculously low, I just pulled a random number. It should probably be something like $500 from $500,000 with the maker given completely rights to sue the idiots who buy into such a system.
This seems like the most equitable form of extortion I've ever seen come out of the entertainment industry, so at least I'll have to give the producers credit for not being complete pie-in-the-sky assholes ("We lost potential billions for the rest of time!")
I'd love to see this the other way around. Before a film begins shooting, I pay them $2, just me Joe-Blow consumer. I can pick whatever project I want to give cash to, though I have no input on the content. In exchange for the $2, I get a license. I can copy and past the movie wherever I want to after it goes through the initial theatrical release. I also get to keep the license for an indefinite period, as it is MY license for a movie I invested in with my money (the average consumer isn't going to throw it out on to torrents, because dammit, they already own a copy). If done right, you could create an environment where movies are pure profit.
Honestly, I really like that idea (friends voting on who the real friend is). You reach a certain point where it just isn't worth the time and effort to write a better bot while the average Facebook user has time make a hand-stitched devil costume, drive to Iowa and take a pic beside the road that says, "I'm the real Gary and I hate all of you."
Then again, I just like the idea of running users through ridiculous hoop when they create a password like, 'joanie372010' with a pic on the account that says, "Here is our sweet baby, Joanie. Born Feb 7th, 2010". Grrrrrrr.
The bizarre thing is that computer companies are trying to make their laptops beautiful these days. A.M.D. reps showed me, for example, a gorgeous new Hewlett-Packard ultralight laptop. Sleek. Shiny. Elegant.
Wow, David Pogue said something complimentary about a Win Laptop without immediately following it up with ", though utterly failing in light of Apple's recent MacBook Pro offerings."
Has he been Cringely'd?
I can't say it would kill Facebook, but I could see it hurting whats left of MySpace. Who goes there for anything other than music these days? Still, I wouldn't be too worried. Apple wants you to buy those songs, not listen to them.
Yes, they have entire channels on YouTube.
Honestly. No, I didn't.
[Puts tin foil hat on] The same reason there is a push behind FM in cellphones. iBiquity wants a paycheck and is very happy to cut deals to get hybrid receivers in as many devices as possible.[/Puts tin foil hat on]
Or it could have something to do with the range and poor reception of AM.
That's gonna be awesome for internet help-desk workers. How about creating a Flickr clone and calling it iFconfig?
Let me grammar Nazi myself for a moment: "AOL and MSN were piggyback dial-up providers. Honestly, a better analogy for all of this would be your local phone carrier charging you extra for calling out to one of AOL or MSN's local access numbers while all other local numbers weren't (including their own $20/month dial-up service number)."
It only gives them an opportunity to monetize something they, well, already have monetized.
Somehow I don't see the masses fighting this. I've yet to see any large group of consumers rise up and complain about getting charged for processing, the process of processing any new tax that pops up on their phone bill. They just shrug their shoulders and live with the fact that their phone bill is now $5 more a month. Not that it matters. Disputing it will only result in getting their service canceled and restarted for a $30 reconnect fee and complaining about that just incurs another $30 reconnect fee. So instead we let Google and the other web companies fight the battle and they get to make life a little better for themselves. Sigh.
AOL and MSN were piggyback dial-up providers. A better analogy would be you local phone carrier charging you extra for calling out to one of AOL or MSN's local access numbers instead while all other local numbers weren't (including their own $20/month dial-up service).
Is it just me or is it utterly retarded? Remember, this is not the ol' American South where most of the worlds idiocy emanates from.
So how is life down there?
Tolerate would be a better word. No one really likes the idea of being called out as a two-timing, cheap date who refuses to wear a rubber.
Isn't it obvious? So we can get crunk in space.
That's phase 4, consulting.
I wouldn't compare a programmer to musician, mostly because of the 'rockstar' connotation. A musician is more 'artist' than 'artisan'. You aren't going to get that coding job because you have a ton of groupies (though the hiring process may sometimes appear that way). You are going to get it because you employer has a rough idea where your competencies lay and they know what they want you to do with them.
Honestly, potter comes to mind. A young potter makes a beautiful vases, one that customers clamor for, but they frequently explode in the kiln. Later on they realize how much time they have wasted and begin to respect the limitations of their medium and re-think the whole process. Finally, they begin to redefine their old ideas; show off the aesthetics they desired earlier with the craftsmanship they developed.
While I completely agree (and I've hoped for such a thing for a long, long time; it just seems so obvious), I wouldn't be surprised if there were contingents who find simple ethics far too altruistic to deserve of a government dime.
OK, now that I've spent out some nerd rage, forget basic programming; just teach them Discrete Math (and/or Logic). I didn't get this until college and it is a real shame that we don't teach it in every High School in the nation, not just GT programs or whatever they call it these days. It is almost a shame, we teach chemistry to millions of students who never use it after finishing the course (excluding SI), but we don't teach them something they should know every time they pick up a newspaper.
If there is still some time at the end of the year, let them try their hand at something like Karel the robot.
While I'd love to see every 9th grader leave with at least some general competency in my field, I also have to remind myself that 'IT' is just as much a lifestyle choice as it is a career path.
Looking at new hires, these new so-called, 'digital natives', I see bigger, glaring problems. They can't compose a simple e-mail. You can make all the arguments that the-times-they-are-a-changin', but doesn't make your company look like any less of an ass when an employee sends a client or customer an e-mail saying something like: HEAR R UR TAX DOX 4 2010, HOPE ITZ N TEH RITE FORMAT! LOL!
I'm sick and tired of seeing JeffKs come through the door.
I can't speak for everywhere, but here Democrats don't really run as Democrats.
Tom Powers for Governor - A True Republican.
Dick Maynard for Governor - A real conservative Republican for a real America.
Harry Patterson for Governor - Republican Leadership for a new Era of Conservative responsibility.
Bill Smith - Value Candidate.
If it works in the real world, why not here?
Windows 7 doesn't (by default) use dark UI elements, there's no transparency for the task/menu bar,
Win7 Grue edition?
Whats the difference? We have had year of the Linux wireless router for almost a half decade (WRT54GL) and year of the Linux cell phone (Android) and almost no one noticed that Linux was under the hood. It was good for the consumer, good for the tinker and good for the manufacturer.
As for this, I'm seriously tempted to buy my mom "a new computer", just to see what happens.