True, those who are certified might not have any more a clue than those who never bothered with the test.
Now, let's take a little issue that's going to hit a lot of us where it hurts. A college education...
Many who graduate college, resent the fact they completely wasted their money, if infact their intentions were academic as they should have been. Not very many skills require much more than learning from a book and or consumer accessible and affordable equipment. Surgeons, might very well need "formal" training by an organization that has the wealth, clout and legal status to handle real human corpses. But a mathematician? A computer scientist? A philosopher? Not one mathematical concept, a math major might learn is only restricted to Harvard, Berkeley whereever. Even a state library of a town of only 1000 in the deep South amongst the very poor has enough math books to cover pretty much any knowledge a math major of any university could retain. So, as far as knowledge goes, college graduates might not enjoy realizing they wasted thousands of dollars and could have "enlightened" themselves for far cheaper as no library I ever visited had a cover charge.
So, what makes a degree or certificate important if they are fundamentally horsecrap in regards to academic retention and accomplishment with a dash of mental apptitude? Capitalism... one word, one idea that has put a severe dent in the quality of education from coast to coast, nation to nation continent to continent. 50 years ago, if any man had a degree in Chemistry... he was far more interested in "science" than any random man trying for a chem degree today (and if you say otherwise, in facing the norm, you're a bold faced liar). Today, odds are, the only reason the person claims he's interested in "science" is in hopes of a fat paycheck.
Who can blame him?
But, what I think has happened is the venture capitalists who invest money in companies. We really do have some idiots in America that just happened on enough money for serious investment, it's unbelievable how ignorant these people often are yet they drive around in Ferraris. Now, they want to make money, so they approach 'X' company. It's business, and so they will ask a lot of questions, some might seem personal, some might seem challanging or offensive but you have to ignore this becuase it's "business". They know absolutely nothing of the company or what it does other than it's "product"/"service" generates more money industry wide. So, for the sake of, 'We just want to see what we are buying!', they do know college degrees... and here is where acadamia takes the hit in quality. Becuase since they have no clue how to identify quality and skill, they have to rely on the faith of a college degree to imply that the company has "knowledgable" personal and isn't a bunch of pansies running about totally clueless. So, we have the domino effect. Companies want the money these morons want to give away, so they make effort to satisfy their concerns. Requiring college degrees to stare at the wall all day long... Then we have people who want those jobs, and the schools who want a good graduate rollout... next thing you know, an idiot is running down the street with a physics degree and couldn't ever explain why he tripped and bumped his head.
It's hard to identify what jobs should require a degree. A degree is supposed to imply a deep seeded interest in the subject, almost obssesive, but with a strong indication that the person happened to be distracted enough to take an interest in "college" which has nothing to do with "music", "math", "poetry"... But, other than obvious careers where to attain the skill would be very impractical for the average person to attain, then for all other jobs the only ones who should legally give preference to degreed applicants are those in Research and Development (where, they are actually researching and developing something groundbreaking and NEW. No, degree required for a chop shop simply being a systems integrator...)
But, that's my opinion on the matter, I'm certain many would disagree. (Oh, and I'm wasting money too as I'm currently in college. As I give my money, I say this, intellectually, it is a huge waste of time.)
Microsoft in an attempt to fabricate some image of functionality encourages the people at Myspace.com to use Microsoft Software to run the show.
So goes the reason for "This users profile is currently under routine maintenance", EVERY OTHER CLICK!
But, the guys at myspace were very clever. They decided to allow for personal modifications using HTML and CSS. CSS being as powerful as it is, is probably the most useful feature in customization in regard to Myspace.com
As a result, Myspace.com agreed to the bullying of Microsoft and fired back with the CSS gig. We all know how poor CSS support is in IE and we also have a gazillion users looking at standards and recommendations from standards oriented designers on Myspace.
All this boils down to one thing. Due to Myspace, people want the most bells and whistles, all that CSS can offer. In order to see all these bells and whistles, they should be using FireFox!!!!!
Millions flock to download FireFox, only to run over to Myspace for all the neat eye candy!
C'mon people. This is day one stuff! It's so apparent, it's like Conspiracy Theory 101!
Within this thread, there's a lot of talk about Apple deciding to sue or some elaborate explanation of a marketing technique ignoring theft of their operating system.
Hogwash, either or of the proposals!
Have we forgot, that not a single release of MacOS EVER required a product activation code? Not ONE. From MacOS 6 to MacOS Tiger, none of them during install ask for a activation code. Why, exactly would their original sentiment change regardless of hardware? It's also important to note, that there was a time when Apple WAS the big dog and it was hard to imagine they would ever be debunked. Yet, even with that much control, they never asked for an activation code; for those that seem to think Apples decision is based on their mid to late 90s business peril.
Apple has always assumed, perhaps as an explanation, that if you were installing MacOS then the hardware was likely Apples own. But, what about all the other 68k based solutions such as NeXT, Amiga, Atari and IBM workstations? Ah, yes, the ROM... whatever, we can't get around that? Apple has always been impartial about their OS, despite how anal they have appeared about their hardware propriety. Which makes sense, they are in the business of making money, and as a side with their own personal agendas and contracts. Now that they have decided to adopt Intel, I bet it will remain trivial, deductively, to install MacOS X on any ordinary Intel box. And the "why" is not "new", as I've pointed out that Apple has never jumped through fire to protect their OS.
Down town San Diego, is dotted with so many private and business, free access, WiFi spots that it's literally impossible to walk from City College to Seaport Village and not have free internet access the entire way through.
Starbucks, in such circumstances, must compete. Many of the coffee shops in the Gaslamp area, provide free WiFi.
In cases where there isn't free WiFi, such as further away in La Jolla, a Starbucks and T-Mobile combination only serves to entice an urge to simply hi-jack someone elses paid connection. Regardless of how you feel about this sort of activity, it would be the very thing to describe honest crime if crime at all. Besides, who sits in a Starbucks for any significant amount of time, only to have to pay that much for something practically akin to sand on the beach.
And just because my front door is open, doesn't mean anyone has permission to enter.
It is NOT the same! First, a wireless router is broadcasting it's self and if unsecured implies an open INVITATION! Not to mention, that a computer REQUESTS an IP only to be GRANTED, implicitly, by nature of the router ISSUING an IP address. Posting a sign outside your house reading, 'Open House' (at least in America) is an invitation for passerbys to just walk inside. Doing so, and you can't cry about people coming into your home. The police will tell you to take down the sign.
Racism is irrational, ignorant, stupid dislike of other races.
You should stop talking about what's irrational. Becuase, a rational, informed, and intellectual dislike of other races would like fall under racism to you.
The only reason you, and many others here are so beaten and scared to speak your mind about these issues is becuase the powers that be have invested years (re: end of WWII) to make sure a store owner respects the black mans dollar, all for the simple oppressive and arrogant view of the CEO to Coca Cola. Since you aren't that big, try this:
Accept a job to deal a large amount of drugs. At the end of the month, when you are short, tell him that you didn't want to sell to some people becuase they had funny shirts. See what happens. Capitalism you fool! The CEOs to major corporations don't care about your personal rights to make a choice [choice, the implied Devine Right, the very first thing given to Man in almost EVERY religion... choice], they want their money and they don't care if you have to put your head in the toilet to get it, wipe with silk, talk to a black man or recompose broken english from an immigrant. The only reason why corporations have influenced society to think racism is bad, is to maintain a consistant value for the dollar no matter who has it, or from what part of the country. It's even worse with globalization, now it's "racist" if you choose to boycott anything from France... (Talk about ignorant, that's nationalism. And, there's nothing wrong with that, I love my patriots, I'm a patriot.)
Bottom line, if I don't want to sit next to someone, I don't want to sit next to them. Sure, there's probably a reason, they might stink, they have a threatening tone to their voice and choice of words, they do not reflect my image, they are different in some way... so what? How many jocks are hanging out with the nerds playing Magick? Are they "racists", just becuase they choose to hang out with other sports savvy people? We must be racist, becuase we are computer geeks and we like computer'ish stuff and geeky stuff and like to chat with other geeky guys who might teach us something we are interested in.
Whatever... And, I purposely ignore the obligatory "I'm not racist" crap. Jump to conclusions if you wish, every person who has ever called another a racist is a hypocrite in every way, to include the very act of attempting to be agressive towards another group of people, for something far less tangible than skin color, but belief. Last time that was the social trend... I believe we refer to that as "The Crusades". How intelligent is that?
If all the legislatures were on E, they wouldn't give a hoot about what was done on Orkut, unless everyone at Orkut was willing to hand out massages.
Everyone at Google just might be raiding the bong though. Why else is their search engine so fast? Pot smokers NEED a very fast result else they'll forget why they are at the computer to begin with, much less why "Google" is on the screen.
Becuase vendors must sell Windows on their hardware, with the rare exceptions of some which might sell Linux preinstalled to only businesses, Windows is now seen as COTS; i.e. it came with the machine so use it.
Businesses are all about using COTS. They don't want to download third party software or utilities if such functionality exists already, even if the functionality is below par. An issue arose at work, where Solaris falls short in many ways to the utilities available on modern FreeBSD/Linux boxes. A "solution" existed for the particular task with generic Solaris, but was subpar. My idea to expand it's functionality was shot down simply becuase what was available already for Solaris.
I refuse to believe that drivers are an issue for Linux, as so many claim. I don't run into any more driver problems on Linux than I do on MacOS X or Windows. Sure, my MOTU 828mkII doesn't have Linux drivers, but it's Windows drivers aren't worth a flip either[1] and, well, that's why I have a Macintosh. There is only one peace of hardware I have that I don't use in Linux and that's a certain 802.11g mini-pci card in my laptop. I can use ndiswrappers for it, but I choose not to. So, there is a solution, I just choose not to use it.
Nonetheless, the two main problems with businesses adopting Linux is it's speed of development and the fact it's not distributed on a mass scale by the hardware manufacturers. Speed of development is a real issue and warrunts a paper in it's self, but it is a real issue. For a sum up, the problem is that companies often verify their configurations, and some applications absolutely requires it. Anyone who has worked with real life crypto can attest to the poor technology floating around the crypto industry. Hand held key generators that are slow, clunky with 1980s wrist watch LCDs... but they are certified for that task by the government, military etc. Air traffic control systems, power grid systems... Linux moves to fast, Microsoft, Sun can extend support on a particular version of their OS long enough for a configuration using Solaris or NT to pass through all the paper work and still be of age. Meanwhile, if you don't update your Linux box for six months, you are seriously behind. I don't think this is a problem and would never want to change it. But, it is a reason why a lot of systems don't adopt Linux. I bet the version of Linux that might be currently used in a mission critical application is really old.
[1] Now that Apple has purchased Logic and killed the Windows development, and MOTU refuses to port Digital Performer and/or Audio Desk to Windows, drivers for high end audio equipment is more a joke for Windows as Windows only has crap consumer level audio software. It's funny, Audacity for Linux is probably better or just as good as anything off the shelf for Windows.
If for anything else, most nationalities might be discribed as simply "a man on the moon". But, there is an exception. If he's from France, then it'll be "somebody from France is on the moon"
Im getting tired of listening to all that 'you dont patch is your fault', 'you use microsoft is your fault the system is attacked'.
It is your fault. The whole reason ignorance is bliss is becuase ignorance is unawares of it's actions and consequences.
While, I'll agree that a car thief is indeed a car thief and should be punished... but, the moron who left his Porsche 911 running and door wide open for an hour in a parking lot should be punished equally for provoking a crime by presenting grand opportunity.
There is a reasonable expectation on your part to protect your own interests and property. Failure to do so defaults your intentions and makes way for free game for any who wishes to take advantage.
You know Microsoft is not secure. You know you live in the ghetto with gunshots ringing every night.
You still use Microsoft, aware that it's not secure. You still leave your front door wide open during the day.
You come home to find a unusually clean house. And, you KNEW it was going to happen and you want to point the finger at the criminals? Maybe, whoever lost a fight with Mike Tyson, in the ring, can bring charges against Mike Tyson for assault and battery. Despite all the awareness and expectation of the conscience decision the fighters had when entering the ring... according to your world, it makes sense as a criminal is a criminal and a victim, no matter how dumb, is still a victim.
since people won't overtake a police car if they have to speed to do it.
Unbelievable! In the US, and Southern California in particular, the average speed of traffic is about 80mph regardless of the 65mph posted speed limit. 85-90mph is the norm for someone in a slight hurry, and I've past State Troopers at 95mph when they themselves were doing about 85-90mph. In the States, there's a few factors, safe conditions trump posted recommendations so if everyone is doing 80 then it's safer to do 80 than 65mph. Also, cops in the US usually only get anal about the speed limits at the end of the month when they need to report how many tickets they've issued. You get some people getting tickets for doing 70mph, which just being 5mph over the speed limit will get thrown out of traffic court but the police officer is still in good standing becuase he caught a speeder.
My last speeding ticket was going to San Diego from Los Angeles when I passed by a State Trooper at about 110mph. (I love German cars! Germany! You rock!) Even then, the ticket only reported 85mph and as easily as that is to contest, it's only a 178 dollar ticket.
Isn't it nice that we can still read Shakespeare's works 400 years after they were published?
Only a fool would simply notice familiarity in the written language of Shakespeare and ignore the fact he has no clue of it's original meaning and connotation or the probability that half of it is NOT original but transliteration from a completely bizarre and archaic form of English.
No, you CAN not "read" as in comprehend in full hardly any paragraph of an original peace from Shakespeare today. Some words like prepositions might be recognizable, some other words too but words routinely change meaning. Idioms change. Ideas are taken for granted. We see drapery atop a bed as a strong sophisticated and classical meaning, we might even see "rich". It's to keep insects, rodents and dirt and crude from dropping on you at night, long before electricity and when roofs weren't very clean or had insect infested straw/hay layers; how "rich" is that?! It's intended use is a most disgusting situation. So Shakespeare describes one in his works, and you get a totally different image.
Language has to evolve, otherwise it's not getting any better. And, for those who THINK they have authority over English--cough those Indians--a native English speaker is afforded the right of using the language the best way he see's fit regardless of what rules YOU were taught.
$400 for a PS3 $15000 for a HDTV with enough umph. $50-60 per game.
Or. $400 for a video card $600 bucks for a computer and decent monitor $40-50 per game.
Well... there goes my budget planning. TVs still suck, and even those that claim they are HDTV ready really aren't. They too require kick butt video cards, and they only deliver a fraction of the cards capabilities. There is NO way a console can have better graphics than a computer going through the average American TV. Anti-Aliasing, this that and the other... doesn't matter becuase the image is a postage stamp blown up to the size of two pillows (it's always going to look like shit)
You are seriously comparing one of the most horrific events of the 20th century, the slaughter and torture of millions of men, women, and children, to the "death" of a god damn office suite? Don't you think that this trivializes the real holocaust just a bit?
The holocaust, was logically made trivial by it's own zealot like insistance in media and social passing as to what evil and horror amounts to when compared to other attrocities at the very same time.
May I be the first to say:
Don't get angry when someone makes trivial remarks about the holocaust if you don't show the same typical ogligatory social comebacks with the following.
1) Stalin (Gulags)
Hitler only dreamed of killing as many people. 2) Churchill (Dresdon Germany)
Hitler could only dream of the cruelity. And, I don't give a damn what the Brits think about Churchill. 3) Vietnam (US killed just as many vietnamese, many of them innocent) 4) Po Pot 5) Ghengis Khan 6) Truman (Hiroshima/Nagasaki)
Hitler wasn't the worst. He wasn't even the worst in his time. Stalin was, by far. So, why don't you get all upset if someone jokes about the Russian Gulags? At least Hitler had a target and had enough sense to pick on someone else. And, stop acting as if there is some measure to define the barbarism and cruelity of any man, becuase frankly there isn't a group of people on this planet that isn't shamed by some part of their own history. Ask the Palestinians how they feel today!
Many years ago, believe it or not, MTV actually stood for "Music TeleVision". It was MTV, who coined the term VJ's for Video Jockeys in accordance to DJ's for Disc Jockeys. I do not think it's mere coincedence that everyone knows what a DJ is, but if you said VJ...
At one time, there were no commercials ever aired on MTV. The music videos streamed in, and MTV had their own short animations of around 30 seconds that basically reminded the person they are watching MTV. Once in a while, a VJ would have a word or two, maybe give some band gossip and it was back to playing the videos. Also, it's worth pointing out, that despite accusations of racism, they have yet to display as much musical diversity as they did when we were still drinking from Pizza Hut sponsered PacMan glasses (made of real glass even!).
Today is a different issue. IF you get to catch a glimpse of a video on MTV, it would be chopped up as if to say, 'alright enough of that let's get to what's really important, RealWorld drama!'. (Guns'n'Roses and their epic 8 minute songs, which drew lots of viewers such as November Rain and Estranged would probably never be aired in full these days). MTV is nothing more than teenage commercials. And the purpose of this post?
It's getting SO bad, it's no apparent to me they will permit "teen" infomercials on MTV.
Of course, they nolonger care that I don't watch MTV, I'm nolonger in their target age bracket. But when did this happen? When they first came out, adults as well as kids enjoyed watching music videos on MTV.
MTV has hard data to show that videos, obviously in the past, presented a direct relation to growing fanbase and market success of any particular band, to include record/cd sales. As if musicians aren't crapped on enough by the industry, MTV trades the bands success for a Gatorade contract for two hours a day for commercials. Oh, but then Noxima wants two hours out of the day too, and Nike, and MtDew(Pepsi); there's a long line. Oh, how quaint, MTV also aires all these stupid hour long shows and soap operas perfect for product placement. How much of the day goes towards playing Music Videos? Who knows, last time I glanced at MTV, they were doing some "Shout Outs" thing where the rare video would become a postage stamp on the screen, video audio lowers, all for some pimple face fat girl to blow kisses to her equally disgusting boyfriend. If I were a successful band, I would sue MTV for such a thing, making those videos aren't cheap; how dare MTV have the audacity to belittle the bands efforts. Full screen that puppy and crank up the volume, and to hell with the 30 minute (which you know they are going to air twice in one day) Microsoft XBox infomercial.
The only reason I do not purchase a hybrid car, is that those things do not have the ooomph of raw gasoline powered vehicles. I remember the article posted a while back, about the electric race car, and I understand that electric motors give instant torque--but that's why you either drop the clutch or torque break your hotrod. I do not forsee a reasonable future, where an electric car, with todays technology, can be purchased comparitevly to a powerful gasoline car. Some people do not like to go fast, that's fine, many others do. While I do not make my GTO raise up like in 'Fast and the Furious', the capability assures me that I can get up and go in a timely manner. Another important factor is the fact you can dramatically increase horsepower in a gasoline engine AND reduce overall weight. To increase power in an electric car, you have to ADD significant weight countering any improvements--batteries are very heavy, carry a Sears car battery through the parking lot. Electric cars are not a viable solution, unless they can find a way to produce the electricty within the same weight of a gasoline engine (which some cars, their engines are so small and made of aluminum, that the average person can hand pick the engine out of the car.) Until then, the average electric car will always be inferior to gasoline power. Just my opinion.
Some have expressed, stretchingly, that the issue is more than simply a vibrating console controller. I disagree; it IS simply a vibrating console controller. God forbid someone decide to put a variable capacitator on the electronic motor.
No matter how far you dig, there is nothing patentable about a PlayStation 2 controller. At least, how I envision patents. I feel that no idea that is inevitable should be granted a patent.
For instance. A steering wheel for a car. A fitting analogy to some claims that the Immersion issue is more than a simply "on/off" vibration feedback, one might say that Power Steering would then warrunt a patent. I say no. Anyone who has every driven a car without power steering, or had their power steering faulter, could see how apparent such an idea would be had the "technology" not been developed. I'm as certain as the sun will rise tomorrow, that the first person to drive a Model-T off the line was wondering if there was a way to make the steering easier. So, I feel that power steering is an obvious invention, and as such, the vibrating game console controller to further immerse the player into the game.
The assembly line was created, thanks to Henry Ford. During that time, machines assisted less qualified humans to complete complex tasks. Nolonger will a master shoe maker be needed, an idiot can inspect components down an assembly line.
During this time, a person who could screw ten screws into a peace of metal within a particular time frame could directly be translated to production and in turn relate to prospective profits. (Time cards were probably born.)
During the dawn of industrialism, economists and businessmen developed optimal management techniques in accordance to this model of production. It is a fixed model, you peace thirty components together in a day, that's thirty peaces of merchandise out the door; management is now tasked with optimizing output from workers.
Today, a lot of work is more what I call, artistic. A software developer or engineer has to create an idea and apply it. This is a far cry from simply grabbing a screw and twisting it into a peace of metal; there is much more involved and worse there is no reasonable time frame or consistancy in production.
The management techniques, economists, the business classes in schools and universities have not evolved from an assembly line managment goals to techniques to accomodate artistic development.
IBM tried many years ago. They tried to pay a developer by how many lines of code were written, we all know this leads to utter failure in quality design and robustness.
My point is, most companies are NOT going to adopt this model of management. They do not make sense of permitting a worker to spend 20% of his time on a personal project, becuase to them, that's 20% of the time away from production of their interests. The math hasn't been developed, and frankly, everything todays managers and businessmen were taught in school about management and business is completely wrong in regards to dynamic production.
I have to register, in affect purchase, a Windows binary in order to download the "free" Linux port.
I applaud their efforts, I really do. However, I rather they admit it's not free, and provide a means for Linux users to "purchase" the proprietary software ported to Linux. I purchase proprietary software for Linux, Cedega, Doom3. I purchase proprietary software that runs ontop of OSS software... MacOS X comes to mind...
It really doesn't make sense to buy a product I can not use in order to attain a "free" advertised product I CAN use. So, I'm sitting there with a Win32 binary, what am I going to do with it? They must be under the assumption, many Linux users dual boot. I haven't dual booted or ran Microsoft Windows on my personal computers since Windows 3.11. So, a win32 binary will do me no good and be deleted or maybe never even downloaded.
So, their stats show a surge in sales. Those sales are strongly indicative to Windows environments. And, their win32 code gurus get the pleasure I suspect. I want Linux to get the credit. And, only Linux. For example, I could have purchased a laptop from Sony cheaper than the one I purchased from nextcomputing.com. Infact, perhaps 500-1000 dollars less. But, since the guys at next nextcomputing.com can jot down a mark for a computer sold with only Linux pre-installed, that's a tick in the pool for investors to look at and ponder. It's already hard to analyze market trends with something like Linux. And let's face it, as far as investors go, Linux is only as big as companies say it is. Even though, any intelligent person can realize that any market stats on the use of Linux is greatly and even statistically grotesquely underestimated.
I think NeroLINUX should be available without the requirement to purchase a Windows binary. I'm sorry for the guys at Nero, if they are doing this to help the extravagant costs of Windows development tools, then that's a shame. If this is the case (to fund their Microsoft License costs) off of OSS dollars, then they should accept the fact that Win32 is going by the wayside or reconsider their negotiations... whatever needs to be done. I do not want my dollar going to Microsoft, period.
I'm ex-Navy (US Navy). One thing I noticed while serving was a distinct reaction us "smurfs" had when "kahkis" (officers and chiefs) were present. Neither group could relax. Relax in the sense of lowering formalities, we continued to show the exact same military bearing and the excessive drinking didn't start till the cheifs and officers left. I learned, that there is good reason to seperate your social life and your professional life and gaurd this seperation fiercly.
Companies enforcing their regulation beyond the scope of their assets (workspace as far as I'm concerned) is both ignoble, and if it's not illegal it should be.
Instead of companies accepting the fact they are increasingly subject to public opinion (Internet, blogs, free communications to Hong Kong etc.), they prefer to oppress us and fire those that pop off hints that investors and share holders might not have known. I bet companies wouldn't like it one bit if I told them that if I am to abide by their corporate policy, on my free time, then they should pay me the overtime ontop of my salary for 24hrs work per day; 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year. Microsoft wouldn't even last long with employee pay being that high!
I very much disagree with the extortion these companies are pushing onto the workers. But, there is a precedent that the companies might use.
I'm a government worker. I hold a clearance. I'm not paid 24/7 all year round to... maintain my clearance... however, I gladly do so becuase I work for the government and the nature of my job. It's complicated I suppose, here's the difference in another way... I gladly pay taxes to support my government, but I do not want to live under the thumb of a corporate monopoly. That's the best way I can put it. Companies are different, and they are in NO position to enforce their policies on me while I'm not on the clock.
I say that every person that works for any public company should open up a blog. Every one of us, and talk about our work on our blogs. They CAN'T fire the entire work force, even if they tried the government would step in and settle matters.
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"God was very moving and erotic *snort*"
"How erotic?"
"I was at 420 gigapascals!"
True, those who are certified might not have any more a clue than those who never bothered with the test.
Now, let's take a little issue that's going to hit a lot of us where it hurts. A college education...
Many who graduate college, resent the fact they completely wasted their money, if infact their intentions were academic as they should have been. Not very many skills require much more than learning from a book and or consumer accessible and affordable equipment. Surgeons, might very well need "formal" training by an organization that has the wealth, clout and legal status to handle real human corpses. But a mathematician? A computer scientist? A philosopher? Not one mathematical concept, a math major might learn is only restricted to Harvard, Berkeley whereever. Even a state library of a town of only 1000 in the deep South amongst the very poor has enough math books to cover pretty much any knowledge a math major of any university could retain. So, as far as knowledge goes, college graduates might not enjoy realizing they wasted thousands of dollars and could have "enlightened" themselves for far cheaper as no library I ever visited had a cover charge.
So, what makes a degree or certificate important if they are fundamentally horsecrap in regards to academic retention and accomplishment with a dash of mental apptitude? Capitalism... one word, one idea that has put a severe dent in the quality of education from coast to coast, nation to nation continent to continent. 50 years ago, if any man had a degree in Chemistry... he was far more interested in "science" than any random man trying for a chem degree today (and if you say otherwise, in facing the norm, you're a bold faced liar). Today, odds are, the only reason the person claims he's interested in "science" is in hopes of a fat paycheck.
Who can blame him?
But, what I think has happened is the venture capitalists who invest money in companies. We really do have some idiots in America that just happened on enough money for serious investment, it's unbelievable how ignorant these people often are yet they drive around in Ferraris. Now, they want to make money, so they approach 'X' company. It's business, and so they will ask a lot of questions, some might seem personal, some might seem challanging or offensive but you have to ignore this becuase it's "business". They know absolutely nothing of the company or what it does other than it's "product"/"service" generates more money industry wide. So, for the sake of, 'We just want to see what we are buying!', they do know college degrees... and here is where acadamia takes the hit in quality. Becuase since they have no clue how to identify quality and skill, they have to rely on the faith of a college degree to imply that the company has "knowledgable" personal and isn't a bunch of pansies running about totally clueless. So, we have the domino effect. Companies want the money these morons want to give away, so they make effort to satisfy their concerns. Requiring college degrees to stare at the wall all day long... Then we have people who want those jobs, and the schools who want a good graduate rollout... next thing you know, an idiot is running down the street with a physics degree and couldn't ever explain why he tripped and bumped his head.
It's hard to identify what jobs should require a degree. A degree is supposed to imply a deep seeded interest in the subject, almost obssesive, but with a strong indication that the person happened to be distracted enough to take an interest in "college" which has nothing to do with "music", "math", "poetry"... But, other than obvious careers where to attain the skill would be very impractical for the average person to attain, then for all other jobs the only ones who should legally give preference to degreed applicants are those in Research and Development (where, they are actually researching and developing something groundbreaking and NEW. No, degree required for a chop shop simply being a systems integrator...)
But, that's my opinion on the matter, I'm certain many would disagree. (Oh, and I'm wasting money too as I'm currently in college. As I give my money, I say this, intellectually, it is a huge waste of time.)
Microsoft in an attempt to fabricate some image of functionality encourages the people at Myspace.com to use Microsoft Software to run the show.
So goes the reason for "This users profile is currently under routine maintenance", EVERY OTHER CLICK!
But, the guys at myspace were very clever. They decided to allow for personal modifications using HTML and CSS. CSS being as powerful as it is, is probably the most useful feature in customization in regard to Myspace.com
As a result, Myspace.com agreed to the bullying of Microsoft and fired back with the CSS gig. We all know how poor CSS support is in IE and we also have a gazillion users looking at standards and recommendations from standards oriented designers on Myspace.
All this boils down to one thing. Due to Myspace, people want the most bells and whistles, all that CSS can offer. In order to see all these bells and whistles, they should be using FireFox!!!!!
Millions flock to download FireFox, only to run over to Myspace for all the neat eye candy!
C'mon people. This is day one stuff! It's so apparent, it's like Conspiracy Theory 101!
Within this thread, there's a lot of talk about Apple deciding to sue or some elaborate explanation of a marketing technique ignoring theft of their operating system.
Hogwash, either or of the proposals!
Have we forgot, that not a single release of MacOS EVER required a product activation code? Not ONE. From MacOS 6 to MacOS Tiger, none of them during install ask for a activation code. Why, exactly would their original sentiment change regardless of hardware? It's also important to note, that there was a time when Apple WAS the big dog and it was hard to imagine they would ever be debunked. Yet, even with that much control, they never asked for an activation code; for those that seem to think Apples decision is based on their mid to late 90s business peril.
Apple has always assumed, perhaps as an explanation, that if you were installing MacOS then the hardware was likely Apples own. But, what about all the other 68k based solutions such as NeXT, Amiga, Atari and IBM workstations? Ah, yes, the ROM... whatever, we can't get around that? Apple has always been impartial about their OS, despite how anal they have appeared about their hardware propriety. Which makes sense, they are in the business of making money, and as a side with their own personal agendas and contracts. Now that they have decided to adopt Intel, I bet it will remain trivial, deductively, to install MacOS X on any ordinary Intel box. And the "why" is not "new", as I've pointed out that Apple has never jumped through fire to protect their OS.
Down town San Diego, is dotted with so many private and business, free access, WiFi spots that it's literally impossible to walk from City College to Seaport Village and not have free internet access the entire way through.
Starbucks, in such circumstances, must compete. Many of the coffee shops in the Gaslamp area, provide free WiFi.
In cases where there isn't free WiFi, such as further away in La Jolla, a Starbucks and T-Mobile combination only serves to entice an urge to simply hi-jack someone elses paid connection. Regardless of how you feel about this sort of activity, it would be the very thing to describe honest crime if crime at all. Besides, who sits in a Starbucks for any significant amount of time, only to have to pay that much for something practically akin to sand on the beach.
And just because my front door is open, doesn't mean anyone has permission to enter.
It is NOT the same! First, a wireless router is broadcasting it's self and if unsecured implies an open INVITATION! Not to mention, that a computer REQUESTS an IP only to be GRANTED, implicitly, by nature of the router ISSUING an IP address. Posting a sign outside your house reading, 'Open House' (at least in America) is an invitation for passerbys to just walk inside. Doing so, and you can't cry about people coming into your home. The police will tell you to take down the sign.
Racism is irrational, ignorant, stupid dislike of other races.
You should stop talking about what's irrational. Becuase, a rational, informed, and intellectual dislike of other races would like fall under racism to you.
The only reason you, and many others here are so beaten and scared to speak your mind about these issues is becuase the powers that be have invested years (re: end of WWII) to make sure a store owner respects the black mans dollar, all for the simple oppressive and arrogant view of the CEO to Coca Cola. Since you aren't that big, try this:
Accept a job to deal a large amount of drugs. At the end of the month, when you are short, tell him that you didn't want to sell to some people becuase they had funny shirts. See what happens. Capitalism you fool! The CEOs to major corporations don't care about your personal rights to make a choice [choice, the implied Devine Right, the very first thing given to Man in almost EVERY religion... choice], they want their money and they don't care if you have to put your head in the toilet to get it, wipe with silk, talk to a black man or recompose broken english from an immigrant. The only reason why corporations have influenced society to think racism is bad, is to maintain a consistant value for the dollar no matter who has it, or from what part of the country. It's even worse with globalization, now it's "racist" if you choose to boycott anything from France... (Talk about ignorant, that's nationalism. And, there's nothing wrong with that, I love my patriots, I'm a patriot.)
Bottom line, if I don't want to sit next to someone, I don't want to sit next to them. Sure, there's probably a reason, they might stink, they have a threatening tone to their voice and choice of words, they do not reflect my image, they are different in some way... so what? How many jocks are hanging out with the nerds playing Magick? Are they "racists", just becuase they choose to hang out with other sports savvy people? We must be racist, becuase we are computer geeks and we like computer'ish stuff and geeky stuff and like to chat with other geeky guys who might teach us something we are interested in.
Whatever... And, I purposely ignore the obligatory "I'm not racist" crap. Jump to conclusions if you wish, every person who has ever called another a racist is a hypocrite in every way, to include the very act of attempting to be agressive towards another group of people, for something far less tangible than skin color, but belief. Last time that was the social trend... I believe we refer to that as "The Crusades". How intelligent is that?
If all the legislatures were on E, they wouldn't give a hoot about what was done on Orkut, unless everyone at Orkut was willing to hand out massages.
Everyone at Google just might be raiding the bong though. Why else is their search engine so fast? Pot smokers NEED a very fast result else they'll forget why they are at the computer to begin with, much less why "Google" is on the screen.
Becuase vendors must sell Windows on their hardware, with the rare exceptions of some which might sell Linux preinstalled to only businesses, Windows is now seen as COTS; i.e. it came with the machine so use it.
Businesses are all about using COTS. They don't want to download third party software or utilities if such functionality exists already, even if the functionality is below par. An issue arose at work, where Solaris falls short in many ways to the utilities available on modern FreeBSD/Linux boxes. A "solution" existed for the particular task with generic Solaris, but was subpar. My idea to expand it's functionality was shot down simply becuase what was available already for Solaris.
I refuse to believe that drivers are an issue for Linux, as so many claim. I don't run into any more driver problems on Linux than I do on MacOS X or Windows. Sure, my MOTU 828mkII doesn't have Linux drivers, but it's Windows drivers aren't worth a flip either[1] and, well, that's why I have a Macintosh. There is only one peace of hardware I have that I don't use in Linux and that's a certain 802.11g mini-pci card in my laptop. I can use ndiswrappers for it, but I choose not to. So, there is a solution, I just choose not to use it.
Nonetheless, the two main problems with businesses adopting Linux is it's speed of development and the fact it's not distributed on a mass scale by the hardware manufacturers. Speed of development is a real issue and warrunts a paper in it's self, but it is a real issue. For a sum up, the problem is that companies often verify their configurations, and some applications absolutely requires it. Anyone who has worked with real life crypto can attest to the poor technology floating around the crypto industry. Hand held key generators that are slow, clunky with 1980s wrist watch LCDs... but they are certified for that task by the government, military etc. Air traffic control systems, power grid systems... Linux moves to fast, Microsoft, Sun can extend support on a particular version of their OS long enough for a configuration using Solaris or NT to pass through all the paper work and still be of age. Meanwhile, if you don't update your Linux box for six months, you are seriously behind. I don't think this is a problem and would never want to change it. But, it is a reason why a lot of systems don't adopt Linux. I bet the version of Linux that might be currently used in a mission critical application is really old.
[1] Now that Apple has purchased Logic and killed the Windows development, and MOTU refuses to port Digital Performer and/or Audio Desk to Windows, drivers for high end audio equipment is more a joke for Windows as Windows only has crap consumer level audio software. It's funny, Audacity for Linux is probably better or just as good as anything off the shelf for Windows.
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If for anything else, most nationalities might be discribed as simply "a man on the moon". But, there is an exception. If he's from France, then it'll be "somebody from France is on the moon"
Im getting tired of listening to all that 'you dont patch is your fault', 'you use microsoft is your fault the system is attacked'.
It is your fault. The whole reason ignorance is bliss is becuase ignorance is unawares of it's actions and consequences.
While, I'll agree that a car thief is indeed a car thief and should be punished... but, the moron who left his Porsche 911 running and door wide open for an hour in a parking lot should be punished equally for provoking a crime by presenting grand opportunity.
There is a reasonable expectation on your part to protect your own interests and property. Failure to do so defaults your intentions and makes way for free game for any who wishes to take advantage.
You know Microsoft is not secure. You know you live in the ghetto with gunshots ringing every night.
You still use Microsoft, aware that it's not secure. You still leave your front door wide open during the day.
You come home to find a unusually clean house. And, you KNEW it was going to happen and you want to point the finger at the criminals? Maybe, whoever lost a fight with Mike Tyson, in the ring, can bring charges against Mike Tyson for assault and battery. Despite all the awareness and expectation of the conscience decision the fighters had when entering the ring... according to your world, it makes sense as a criminal is a criminal and a victim, no matter how dumb, is still a victim.
I just looked at it, and I garuntee that it can not do pinch harmonics, or various basic picking techniques such as down/up picking.
since people won't overtake a police car if they have to speed to do it.
Unbelievable! In the US, and Southern California in particular, the average speed of traffic is about 80mph regardless of the 65mph posted speed limit. 85-90mph is the norm for someone in a slight hurry, and I've past State Troopers at 95mph when they themselves were doing about 85-90mph. In the States, there's a few factors, safe conditions trump posted recommendations so if everyone is doing 80 then it's safer to do 80 than 65mph. Also, cops in the US usually only get anal about the speed limits at the end of the month when they need to report how many tickets they've issued. You get some people getting tickets for doing 70mph, which just being 5mph over the speed limit will get thrown out of traffic court but the police officer is still in good standing becuase he caught a speeder.
My last speeding ticket was going to San Diego from Los Angeles when I passed by a State Trooper at about 110mph. (I love German cars! Germany! You rock!) Even then, the ticket only reported 85mph and as easily as that is to contest, it's only a 178 dollar ticket.
Isn't it nice that we can still read Shakespeare's works 400 years after they were published?
Only a fool would simply notice familiarity in the written language of Shakespeare and ignore the fact he has no clue of it's original meaning and connotation or the probability that half of it is NOT original but transliteration from a completely bizarre and archaic form of English.
No, you CAN not "read" as in comprehend in full hardly any paragraph of an original peace from Shakespeare today. Some words like prepositions might be recognizable, some other words too but words routinely change meaning. Idioms change. Ideas are taken for granted. We see drapery atop a bed as a strong sophisticated and classical meaning, we might even see "rich". It's to keep insects, rodents and dirt and crude from dropping on you at night, long before electricity and when roofs weren't very clean or had insect infested straw/hay layers; how "rich" is that?! It's intended use is a most disgusting situation. So Shakespeare describes one in his works, and you get a totally different image.
Language has to evolve, otherwise it's not getting any better. And, for those who THINK they have authority over English--cough those Indians--a native English speaker is afforded the right of using the language the best way he see's fit regardless of what rules YOU were taught.
Let's see.
$400 for a PS3
$15000 for a HDTV with enough umph.
$50-60 per game.
Or.
$400 for a video card
$600 bucks for a computer and decent monitor
$40-50 per game.
Well... there goes my budget planning. TVs still suck, and even those that claim they are HDTV ready really aren't. They too require kick butt video cards, and they only deliver a fraction of the cards capabilities. There is NO way a console can have better graphics than a computer going through the average American TV. Anti-Aliasing, this that and the other... doesn't matter becuase the image is a postage stamp blown up to the size of two pillows (it's always going to look like shit)
You are seriously comparing one of the most horrific events of the 20th century, the slaughter and torture of millions of men, women, and children, to the "death" of a god damn office suite?
Don't you think that this trivializes the real holocaust just a bit?
The holocaust, was logically made trivial by it's own zealot like insistance in media and social passing as to what evil and horror amounts to when compared to other attrocities at the very same time.
May I be the first to say:
Don't get angry when someone makes trivial remarks about the holocaust if you don't show the same typical ogligatory social comebacks with the following.
1) Stalin (Gulags)
Hitler only dreamed of killing as many people.
2) Churchill (Dresdon Germany)
Hitler could only dream of the cruelity. And, I don't give a damn what the Brits think about Churchill.
3) Vietnam (US killed just as many vietnamese, many of them innocent)
4) Po Pot
5) Ghengis Khan
6) Truman (Hiroshima/Nagasaki)
Hitler wasn't the worst. He wasn't even the worst in his time. Stalin was, by far. So, why don't you get all upset if someone jokes about the Russian Gulags? At least Hitler had a target and had enough sense to pick on someone else. And, stop acting as if there is some measure to define the barbarism and cruelity of any man, becuase frankly there isn't a group of people on this planet that isn't shamed by some part of their own history. Ask the Palestinians how they feel today!
from Longhorn to Longtime
Many years ago, believe it or not, MTV actually stood for "Music TeleVision". It was MTV, who coined the term VJ's for Video Jockeys in accordance to DJ's for Disc Jockeys. I do not think it's mere coincedence that everyone knows what a DJ is, but if you said VJ...
At one time, there were no commercials ever aired on MTV. The music videos streamed in, and MTV had their own short animations of around 30 seconds that basically reminded the person they are watching MTV. Once in a while, a VJ would have a word or two, maybe give some band gossip and it was back to playing the videos. Also, it's worth pointing out, that despite accusations of racism, they have yet to display as much musical diversity as they did when we were still drinking from Pizza Hut sponsered PacMan glasses (made of real glass even!).
Today is a different issue. IF you get to catch a glimpse of a video on MTV, it would be chopped up as if to say, 'alright enough of that let's get to what's really important, RealWorld drama!'. (Guns'n'Roses and their epic 8 minute songs, which drew lots of viewers such as November Rain and Estranged would probably never be aired in full these days). MTV is nothing more than teenage commercials. And the purpose of this post?
It's getting SO bad, it's no apparent to me they will permit "teen" infomercials on MTV.
Of course, they nolonger care that I don't watch MTV, I'm nolonger in their target age bracket. But when did this happen? When they first came out, adults as well as kids enjoyed watching music videos on MTV.
MTV has hard data to show that videos, obviously in the past, presented a direct relation to growing fanbase and market success of any particular band, to include record/cd sales. As if musicians aren't crapped on enough by the industry, MTV trades the bands success for a Gatorade contract for two hours a day for commercials. Oh, but then Noxima wants two hours out of the day too, and Nike, and MtDew(Pepsi); there's a long line. Oh, how quaint, MTV also aires all these stupid hour long shows and soap operas perfect for product placement. How much of the day goes towards playing Music Videos? Who knows, last time I glanced at MTV, they were doing some "Shout Outs" thing where the rare video would become a postage stamp on the screen, video audio lowers, all for some pimple face fat girl to blow kisses to her equally disgusting boyfriend. If I were a successful band, I would sue MTV for such a thing, making those videos aren't cheap; how dare MTV have the audacity to belittle the bands efforts. Full screen that puppy and crank up the volume, and to hell with the 30 minute (which you know they are going to air twice in one day) Microsoft XBox infomercial.
The only reason I do not purchase a hybrid car, is that those things do not have the ooomph of raw gasoline powered vehicles. I remember the article posted a while back, about the electric race car, and I understand that electric motors give instant torque--but that's why you either drop the clutch or torque break your hotrod. I do not forsee a reasonable future, where an electric car, with todays technology, can be purchased comparitevly to a powerful gasoline car. Some people do not like to go fast, that's fine, many others do. While I do not make my GTO raise up like in 'Fast and the Furious', the capability assures me that I can get up and go in a timely manner. Another important factor is the fact you can dramatically increase horsepower in a gasoline engine AND reduce overall weight. To increase power in an electric car, you have to ADD significant weight countering any improvements--batteries are very heavy, carry a Sears car battery through the parking lot. Electric cars are not a viable solution, unless they can find a way to produce the electricty within the same weight of a gasoline engine (which some cars, their engines are so small and made of aluminum, that the average person can hand pick the engine out of the car.) Until then, the average electric car will always be inferior to gasoline power. Just my opinion.
Some have expressed, stretchingly, that the issue is more than simply a vibrating console controller. I disagree; it IS simply a vibrating console controller. God forbid someone decide to put a variable capacitator on the electronic motor.
No matter how far you dig, there is nothing patentable about a PlayStation 2 controller. At least, how I envision patents. I feel that no idea that is inevitable should be granted a patent.
For instance. A steering wheel for a car. A fitting analogy to some claims that the Immersion issue is more than a simply "on/off" vibration feedback, one might say that Power Steering would then warrunt a patent. I say no. Anyone who has every driven a car without power steering, or had their power steering faulter, could see how apparent such an idea would be had the "technology" not been developed. I'm as certain as the sun will rise tomorrow, that the first person to drive a Model-T off the line was wondering if there was a way to make the steering easier. So, I feel that power steering is an obvious invention, and as such, the vibrating game console controller to further immerse the player into the game.
The assembly line was created, thanks to Henry Ford. During that time, machines assisted less qualified humans to complete complex tasks. Nolonger will a master shoe maker be needed, an idiot can inspect components down an assembly line.
During this time, a person who could screw ten screws into a peace of metal within a particular time frame could directly be translated to production and in turn relate to prospective profits. (Time cards were probably born.)
During the dawn of industrialism, economists and businessmen developed optimal management techniques in accordance to this model of production. It is a fixed model, you peace thirty components together in a day, that's thirty peaces of merchandise out the door; management is now tasked with optimizing output from workers.
Today, a lot of work is more what I call, artistic. A software developer or engineer has to create an idea and apply it. This is a far cry from simply grabbing a screw and twisting it into a peace of metal; there is much more involved and worse there is no reasonable time frame or consistancy in production.
The management techniques, economists, the business classes in schools and universities have not evolved from an assembly line managment goals to techniques to accomodate artistic development.
IBM tried many years ago. They tried to pay a developer by how many lines of code were written, we all know this leads to utter failure in quality design and robustness.
My point is, most companies are NOT going to adopt this model of management. They do not make sense of permitting a worker to spend 20% of his time on a personal project, becuase to them, that's 20% of the time away from production of their interests. The math hasn't been developed, and frankly, everything todays managers and businessmen were taught in school about management and business is completely wrong in regards to dynamic production.
I have to register, in affect purchase, a Windows binary in order to download the "free" Linux port.
I applaud their efforts, I really do. However, I rather they admit it's not free, and provide a means for Linux users to "purchase" the proprietary software ported to Linux. I purchase proprietary software for Linux, Cedega, Doom3. I purchase proprietary software that runs ontop of OSS software... MacOS X comes to mind...
It really doesn't make sense to buy a product I can not use in order to attain a "free" advertised product I CAN use. So, I'm sitting there with a Win32 binary, what am I going to do with it? They must be under the assumption, many Linux users dual boot. I haven't dual booted or ran Microsoft Windows on my personal computers since Windows 3.11. So, a win32 binary will do me no good and be deleted or maybe never even downloaded.
So, their stats show a surge in sales. Those sales are strongly indicative to Windows environments. And, their win32 code gurus get the pleasure I suspect. I want Linux to get the credit. And, only Linux. For example, I could have purchased a laptop from Sony cheaper than the one I purchased from nextcomputing.com. Infact, perhaps 500-1000 dollars less. But, since the guys at next nextcomputing.com can jot down a mark for a computer sold with only Linux pre-installed, that's a tick in the pool for investors to look at and ponder. It's already hard to analyze market trends with something like Linux. And let's face it, as far as investors go, Linux is only as big as companies say it is. Even though, any intelligent person can realize that any market stats on the use of Linux is greatly and even statistically grotesquely underestimated.
I think NeroLINUX should be available without the requirement to purchase a Windows binary. I'm sorry for the guys at Nero, if they are doing this to help the extravagant costs of Windows development tools, then that's a shame. If this is the case (to fund their Microsoft License costs) off of OSS dollars, then they should accept the fact that Win32 is going by the wayside or reconsider their negotiations... whatever needs to be done. I do not want my dollar going to Microsoft, period.
I'm ex-Navy (US Navy). One thing I noticed while serving was a distinct reaction us "smurfs" had when "kahkis" (officers and chiefs) were present. Neither group could relax. Relax in the sense of lowering formalities, we continued to show the exact same military bearing and the excessive drinking didn't start till the cheifs and officers left. I learned, that there is good reason to seperate your social life and your professional life and gaurd this seperation fiercly.
Companies enforcing their regulation beyond the scope of their assets (workspace as far as I'm concerned) is both ignoble, and if it's not illegal it should be.
Instead of companies accepting the fact they are increasingly subject to public opinion (Internet, blogs, free communications to Hong Kong etc.), they prefer to oppress us and fire those that pop off hints that investors and share holders might not have known. I bet companies wouldn't like it one bit if I told them that if I am to abide by their corporate policy, on my free time, then they should pay me the overtime ontop of my salary for 24hrs work per day; 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year. Microsoft wouldn't even last long with employee pay being that high!
I very much disagree with the extortion these companies are pushing onto the workers. But, there is a precedent that the companies might use.
I'm a government worker. I hold a clearance. I'm not paid 24/7 all year round to... maintain my clearance... however, I gladly do so becuase I work for the government and the nature of my job. It's complicated I suppose, here's the difference in another way... I gladly pay taxes to support my government, but I do not want to live under the thumb of a corporate monopoly. That's the best way I can put it. Companies are different, and they are in NO position to enforce their policies on me while I'm not on the clock.
I say that every person that works for any public company should open up a blog. Every one of us, and talk about our work on our blogs. They CAN'T fire the entire work force, even if they tried the government would step in and settle matters.
Watch out, here comes Big-Business!