I imagine that Starbucks is trying to keep identical settings for its entire network. This is very understandable as many of the people using their service won't be technically literate. The idea is you can just sit down and any connected Starbucks and start surfing with your laptop.
I imagine that it also simplfies their setup and network adminstration. By keeping it consistant there's no need to have to "look up" the settings for a certian location before doing any sort of mainance.
In other news, AOL has decided to start charging for their CDs. Every person who recieved a CD that was not sent back with a carefully worded description of why the reciever did not want it will be charged $12. These effects will be calculated for the last 3 years. Expect your bill soon
The problem was changing their UI. Think of M$ Word--do you really want three or more toolbars that stretching across 1024 pixels, a menu bar, a status bar, an autoshape bar, and a title bar squished on a 320x320 screen?
Someone obviously has worked out that problem: Full-featured word processor for Windows CE [softmaker.de]
Not Really. They haven't worked out the issue for a 320x320 screen.
From softmaker.de
System Requirements:
Handheld-PC (HPC or HPC Pro) with keyboard and a screen resolution of at least 640x240
(Emphisis added)
Selling people Linux machines with Wine isn't a win for Linux. You still have to shell out probably more cash for Office than for the machines themselves, and it's probably not going to work very well, turning even more people away from "things that are different".
Every Linux install is a victory for Linux. One more machine runing the OS. It doesn't matter what software is being run on the box. Linux machines with Wine is a win for Linux.
Do you mean to say "Selling people Linux machines with Wine isn't a win for OpenSource"? The Linux Movement != Open Source Movement. They are related but not the same thing. At the end of the day all the Linux Movement should care about is installed copies of Linux. They shouldn't care if you're running Open Office, Star Office or MS-Office under Wine.
Now I might be a bad example. I've never considered leaving a job because of salary. Anytime I've left a company it's been about corporate culture or moving to an opportunity where I can expand or better utilize my skills. No amount of money can make up for those things IMHO. If I have a position where I enjoy what I'm doing, am working with good, smart people who have a positive attitude and am making enough money to support myself and my family in the life style we want to live... why would I want to change jobs?
I feel if you stick around you would be branded as the "greedy" one. I have had expiriences where someone got an increase as a counter offer and was then passed up at the next couple of review/ stock option/ bonus cycles because "he got his already".
Most companies I have worked with tend to counter offer an employee as insurance. They'll then make sure that there is someone available to fill his shoes and will let him go at the next layoff/ review.
It really depends on how close you are to their node. The closer you are the stronger the signal the more likely that the split won't effect either service.
When we did try to add a strong password policy, the CEO and several executives of our company stated that it was simply too inconvenient for them.
I had this problem for a while. Eventually I got the Sr Execs to agree to a security audit so I could show them how vunerable we were. After running one of the password guessers (don't rememeber which one) I was able to crack 30% of the company in a few hours including all of the Sr Execs. To further identify the problem I printed a random message from each of their inboxes and brought them to the next meeting. The lightblubs were turned on.
After a year of College I had decided that I could do better in the outside world as I was learning "nothing important". Luckily I landed a job as a night operator / tape monkey at a company that paid for me to continue in college. The person I interviewed with basicly said "you're a smart guy; you don't want to hurt yourself by not getting a degree". It took an extra year but in the end I managed to get my degree and acculate expirience as I worked through the company (operations -> helpdesk -> systems admin -> systems programming). Since then I have repeated the process getting my MS and eventually my PhD.
I have found that both have their benefits. The degree will get me into stricter environments (banks, etc) where the expirience gets me into smaller companies such as startups.
Question, who's time zone do you schedule your meetings on?
You schedule them in the middle. I was doing some work with a team in Bulgaria. I'm on the East Coast there's a 9 hour difference as I recall. We scheduled meetings at 8:00a our time (5:00p their time). Regular meetings didn't take longer then an hour. Additionally they had their lead programmer working 10-6 their time so there would be an overlap for questions as needed.
people like you are more philisophically opposed with them tacking on something to their stealware that might make them money, than you're concerned with their terms of use.
Thank you for telling me how I feel... ever consider a career as a therapist? You seem to think that you are qualifed!
Personally I don't care about a company's business model. If Kazaar wants to go ahead and make money by using some of your processing power and lets you know it... God bless them, it's payment for their services.
IANAL, but I have several friends who are. In a discussion on this topic a while back I learned that you can't include items into the boiler plate language on a contract that wasn't "reasonable and customary". Anything that falls into that category needs to be listed up front and prominately. Now is co-opting your computer reasonable and customary? I personally don't think so but, again, IANAL. Now sending data advertisments to your machine is not a problem, IMHO. Tracking your movements and using your machine w/o your permission is a problem.
Yes they own the software but _you_ still own the machine. If the software is doing something other then the intended purpose whether that's gatering data about you or turning your machine into a node in a distributed processing network you should know about it. In clear, plain English (or whatever your native language is). It should not be burried in a multiple page document that can be understood if you have a J.D.
Not any more then commercial television. AOL/TW is making money off the ads, right? It's not a free service it's just not a fee based service. Free and fee based are not mutually exclusive. I usually don't defend AOL but heck, they have the right to dictate what products interface with their server.
Lets compare apples and apples. You're comparing Palm (the harware side of the company) with WinCE (an OS). There is more then one PalmOS unit with Color (Handsping Visor Prism, 2 Sony Units, Palm 505, Palm IIIc(soon to be the Palm 115),the Samsung Smartphone...) Keep in mind the WinCE is a number of vendors and to compare accurately we need to look at all Palm vendors.
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I imagine that it also simplfies their setup and network adminstration. By keeping it consistant there's no need to have to "look up" the settings for a certian location before doing any sort of mainance.
Mothra... that's a Bugzilla, right?
Keep on eye on H2k2.net. They will post MP3s of the sessions with the next few weeks.
No Today is Tuesday ... in Tuesdays we like the mpaa and despise the RIAA. Please the schedule is available in the FAQ
Wondering if the implant is blue (giving new meaning to bluetooth).
Image having one for ever tooth in your mouth you could have (wait for it).... a beowulf cluster of these.
Not Really. They haven't worked out the issue for a 320x320 screen.
From softmaker.de System Requirements:
Handheld-PC (HPC or HPC Pro) with keyboard and a screen resolution of at least 640x240 (Emphisis added)
Will it still ship with Wine? Will they have to rename it MoonShine for better acceptance?
Do you mean to say "Selling people Linux machines with Wine isn't a win for OpenSource"? The Linux Movement != Open Source Movement. They are related but not the same thing. At the end of the day all the Linux Movement should care about is installed copies of Linux. They shouldn't care if you're running Open Office, Star Office or MS-Office under Wine.
Now I might be a bad example. I've never considered leaving a job because of salary. Anytime I've left a company it's been about corporate culture or moving to an opportunity where I can expand or better utilize my skills. No amount of money can make up for those things IMHO. If I have a position where I enjoy what I'm doing, am working with good, smart people who have a positive attitude and am making enough money to support myself and my family in the life style we want to live ... why would I want to change jobs?
I feel if you stick around you would be branded as the "greedy" one. I have had expiriences where someone got an increase as a counter offer and was then passed up at the next couple of review/ stock option/ bonus cycles because "he got his already".
Most companies I have worked with tend to counter offer an employee as insurance. They'll then make sure that there is someone available to fill his shoes and will let him go at the next layoff/ review.
It really depends on how close you are to their node. The closer you are the stronger the signal the more likely that the split won't effect either service.
Palm will give it to you as part of the developers program which is free.
After a year of College I had decided that I could do better in the outside world as I was learning "nothing important". Luckily I landed a job as a night operator / tape monkey at a company that paid for me to continue in college. The person I interviewed with basicly said "you're a smart guy; you don't want to hurt yourself by not getting a degree". It took an extra year but in the end I managed to get my degree and acculate expirience as I worked through the company (operations -> helpdesk -> systems admin -> systems programming). Since then I have repeated the process getting my MS and eventually my PhD.
I have found that both have their benefits. The degree will get me into stricter environments (banks, etc) where the expirience gets me into smaller companies such as startups.
Thank you for telling me how I feel
Personally I don't care about a company's business model. If Kazaar wants to go ahead and make money by using some of your processing power and lets you know it... God bless them, it's payment for their services.
IANAL, but I have several friends who are. In a discussion on this topic a while back I learned that you can't include items into the boiler plate language on a contract that wasn't "reasonable and customary". Anything that falls into that category needs to be listed up front and prominately. Now is co-opting your computer reasonable and customary? I personally don't think so but, again, IANAL. Now sending data advertisments to your machine is not a problem, IMHO. Tracking your movements and using your machine w/o your permission is a problem.
Yes they own the software but _you_ still own the machine. If the software is doing something other then the intended purpose whether that's gatering data about you or turning your machine into a node in a distributed processing network you should know about it. In clear, plain English (or whatever your native language is). It should not be burried in a multiple page document that can be understood if you have a J.D.
Using the API and a dictionary I could find the most google smacks.
NO, for many reasons:
1) It is for _arm_ processors
2) Your Visor is not flash upgradable (I guess you could put the OS in RAM but as it's around 4M you wouldn't have much space to apps.
5 mins after this article was posted my boss was on the phone with the zoo. Now he's telling me to take a week off.
I can see it now. Instead of KLOCs we will have MOKP (millions of keys pressed). My boss would love it!
One would have to assume the Cox has a good number of option/shares in Red Hat. In the long run he will probably be better of receiving AOL shares.