Some Tibetan Buddhists do that. Being a hermit forces you to look within yourself. And according to Buddhism, that's where enlightenment lies (assuming you don't go mad in the process). Of course, there are plenty of other ways to achieve the same thing.
I guess that depends on if you think the post was about the way things appear to be to some people, the way things are, or the way they should be. I took it as the later two. I know I can name more people who have contributed things to the world than I can rich people. And as for personal happiness, it's well known that being well off isn't everything. So over all, I think the post isn't true -- it's a false idea, which is why it should have been funny to anyone with their heads screwed on properly.
In other words, it didn't seem like it was posted as a reflection on materialism, but as materialism (satirical or not).
I hope he has success in selling his problems away, but I do wonder if he is actually solving anything and growing in terms of life experience. But it's hard (and possibly wrong) to judge these things.
The problem here on Slashdot is that people are confusing two different meanings of multitasking. When you multitask on a computer, you can still be only doing one task. Even then, many tasks (in the psychological sense) have sub-tasks. So the article doesn't really mean much at all when it comes to computers that can multitask, yet I bet there are are many posts here that will take it as something against computer multitasking.
Some of your problems are limited bugs, some are your opinions, perhaps a few of them are right. But how does listing a few bad things about OS X make it worse than Windows? I could come up with a pretty big list for that. In my experience, people who really think that Mac OS X is designed worse than Windows or Linux are programmers who have no idea how the average person thinks. And by average, I don't mean stupid, either.
Hey Steve: right-clicking and alt-commands. Learn it.
I believe he learned that many years ago. Some people are just a tad slow at catching on.
This must be a troll, because Bill Gates was just as clueless as most other programmers when it comes to knowing what experience the customer wants. Your post even reflects this by blaming the user. Microsoft's success comes from aggressive business tactics, not innovation. You don't need to be a genius to succeed when you're prepared to play dirty.
Please, let's all get over the horse and water drinking thing. Humans have a vastly more complex psychology and comparing the problem to a horse that isn't thirsty is just naive. Perhaps you should take a psych 101 and try to find some compassion.
The problem is, those that have no ambition often have self-esteem issues. Now, that may not strictly be the teacher's problem, but it is the school's problem. In my experience, they don't do anything about it, so the child gets nowhere. Teachers who don't appear to care certainly don't help the problem, either.
Could all this be because Steve Jobs is simply an excellent leader? Because he knows how to spot people with talent and how to use them?
That's the big problem with Microsoft: Poor leadership. Perhaps if making money is the only goal, there might be more to discuss, but in terms of making great products, Jobs clearly knows what he's doing.
As for Apple employees, who cares if your pay isn't as great, your boss yells at you, when you actually enjoy the things you work on. At least that's how I see it -- for me, working on boring projects is a real downer.
Not everybody's ego is pleased with a pat on the back. They need public accolades, more money, or a mix of both.
I don't think Steve Jobs wants people who are after fame and money working for him. I think he wants people who live for their job and are fine if they can do that comfortably and pay their bills, because they are the people who are the best at what they do.
Yeah, I did kinda point that out, probably not clear enough. Also, and I could be wrong here, but electronics generally aren't checked in the same way a mechanical components are, right? Do aeronautical engineers take apart the electronics and manually inspect each component on the PCB? My impression was that they relied on redundancy and well designed systems instead. Electronics are generally supposed to reduce maintainance over mechanical systems.
Also, there is no reason there can't be more strict servicing schemes for cars that need them. The new Accord has a accelerator by-wire system. Although, as the above poster mentioned, brake-by-wire probably won't be coming anytime soon. Although, steering may soon be at least partially by-wire.
Yeah, SSD. I've only seen the term more recently, but I'm no expert in that area. I'm assuming they are pretty much the same memory tech as flash drives, CF and SD cards, etc.? Although I know there is supposed to be a newer tech surfacing soon from Seagate or something, more suited laptops because of a greater number of re-writes before failure?
The only aspect of this I find puzzling is the scarcity and cost of firewire flash drives.
I think for the kinds tasks most people use key-chain-type flash drives for, USB is good enough. Perhaps it's because when people want the speed of Firewire, they're usually copying lots of data, possibly more than you average key-chain flash drive can hold. And for most people, compatibility/portability is a very important feature.
BTW. What is the new term for flash drives now that flash drives are starting to pop-up in laptops? I've always preferred "key-chain" over "thumb", but they both suck and I'm sure Sony would fire up their lawyers over "stick".
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What's with this paranoid idea that all governments are going to become corrupt to such a high degree sooner or later?
By your logic, there should be more gun-related crimes where I live. But there aren't. When a gun is involved, it's big national news.
If the mugger knew you could not defend yourself, he might take your wallet, then happily murder you so that you could not identify him later.
But most criminals don't want to kill someone over a wallet. Unless you have some stats to prove me wrong.
On the other hand, even if the mugger didn't think you had a gun, he may shoot you just to be safe.
And how often does this happen compared to when it doesn't and a person just gets mugged?
Some Tibetan Buddhists do that. Being a hermit forces you to look within yourself. And according to Buddhism, that's where enlightenment lies (assuming you don't go mad in the process). Of course, there are plenty of other ways to achieve the same thing.
I guess that depends on if you think the post was about the way things appear to be to some people, the way things are, or the way they should be. I took it as the later two. I know I can name more people who have contributed things to the world than I can rich people. And as for personal happiness, it's well known that being well off isn't everything. So over all, I think the post isn't true -- it's a false idea, which is why it should have been funny to anyone with their heads screwed on properly.
In other words, it didn't seem like it was posted as a reflection on materialism, but as materialism (satirical or not).
I hope he has success in selling his problems away, but I do wonder if he is actually solving anything and growing in terms of life experience. But it's hard (and possibly wrong) to judge these things.
I'm concerned that this was rated insightful, rather than funny.
I have ADD, too, and can relate.
The problem here on Slashdot is that people are confusing two different meanings of multitasking. When you multitask on a computer, you can still be only doing one task. Even then, many tasks (in the psychological sense) have sub-tasks. So the article doesn't really mean much at all when it comes to computers that can multitask, yet I bet there are are many posts here that will take it as something against computer multitasking.
I'm guessing the first line is a joke?
Some of your problems are limited bugs, some are your opinions, perhaps a few of them are right. But how does listing a few bad things about OS X make it worse than Windows? I could come up with a pretty big list for that. In my experience, people who really think that Mac OS X is designed worse than Windows or Linux are programmers who have no idea how the average person thinks. And by average, I don't mean stupid, either.
Hey Steve: right-clicking and alt-commands. Learn it.
I believe he learned that many years ago. Some people are just a tad slow at catching on.
This must be a troll, because Bill Gates was just as clueless as most other programmers when it comes to knowing what experience the customer wants. Your post even reflects this by blaming the user. Microsoft's success comes from aggressive business tactics, not innovation. You don't need to be a genius to succeed when you're prepared to play dirty.
On the other hand, switching to a different brand of soft drink is much easier than switching OSs.
Edison also tortured animals. So I guess there's an analogy to be made there, too, with Windows users.
Please, let's all get over the horse and water drinking thing. Humans have a vastly more complex psychology and comparing the problem to a horse that isn't thirsty is just naive. Perhaps you should take a psych 101 and try to find some compassion.
The problem is, those that have no ambition often have self-esteem issues. Now, that may not strictly be the teacher's problem, but it is the school's problem. In my experience, they don't do anything about it, so the child gets nowhere. Teachers who don't appear to care certainly don't help the problem, either.
It's teachers like this that sometimes make me wonder how much better our education systems would be if teachers were required to learn psychology.
I hope you are at least a uni teacher, and not a high-school or lower teacher, where you have much more of an influence on a person's development.
You do know what equal opportunity means, right?
How the hell this comment got to +5 is beyond me. It's so deranged I'm not even sure what the point was supposed to be.
Your qualifications, please?
Could all this be because Steve Jobs is simply an excellent leader? Because he knows how to spot people with talent and how to use them?
That's the big problem with Microsoft: Poor leadership. Perhaps if making money is the only goal, there might be more to discuss, but in terms of making great products, Jobs clearly knows what he's doing.
As for Apple employees, who cares if your pay isn't as great, your boss yells at you, when you actually enjoy the things you work on. At least that's how I see it -- for me, working on boring projects is a real downer.
Not everybody's ego is pleased with a pat on the back. They need public accolades, more money, or a mix of both.
I don't think Steve Jobs wants people who are after fame and money working for him. I think he wants people who live for their job and are fine if they can do that comfortably and pay their bills, because they are the people who are the best at what they do.
Perhaps they need to up the penalties where he lives or something.
Yeah, I did kinda point that out, probably not clear enough. Also, and I could be wrong here, but electronics generally aren't checked in the same way a mechanical components are, right? Do aeronautical engineers take apart the electronics and manually inspect each component on the PCB? My impression was that they relied on redundancy and well designed systems instead. Electronics are generally supposed to reduce maintainance over mechanical systems.
Also, there is no reason there can't be more strict servicing schemes for cars that need them. The new Accord has a accelerator by-wire system. Although, as the above poster mentioned, brake-by-wire probably won't be coming anytime soon. Although, steering may soon be at least partially by-wire.
Yeah, SSD. I've only seen the term more recently, but I'm no expert in that area. I'm assuming they are pretty much the same memory tech as flash drives, CF and SD cards, etc.? Although I know there is supposed to be a newer tech surfacing soon from Seagate or something, more suited laptops because of a greater number of re-writes before failure?
The only aspect of this I find puzzling is the scarcity and cost of firewire flash drives.
I think for the kinds tasks most people use key-chain-type flash drives for, USB is good enough. Perhaps it's because when people want the speed of Firewire, they're usually copying lots of data, possibly more than you average key-chain flash drive can hold. And for most people, compatibility/portability is a very important feature.
BTW. What is the new term for flash drives now that flash drives are starting to pop-up in laptops? I've always preferred "key-chain" over "thumb", but they both suck and I'm sure Sony would fire up their lawyers over "stick".