Hmmmm, outsourcing to Canada eh? Maybe that's why I haven't had trouble finding work through the dot.bomb.:)
Seriously though, you guys/gals must be making a butt load of money down there. I thought I was pretty comfortable with what I was making. I can easily survive in a pretty expensive city (relative to Canada) on what I make now. I live in Toronto. If my salary is 40% lower than yours then either you live in a really expensive city (New York? The Bay area?) or you guyz are overpaid:)
I've been looking for something like this, but for video. If this thing had video output as well, man, that'd be cool. I could watch all those DivX's that I... ummm... backed up from my DVDs.. yeah, that's it, on my TV!
I don't think you can compare this to the whole cell phone industry.
There's 1 HUGE difference that you guys are forgetting about. When you buy a cell phone, you already expect, (and can't use without) a subscription to a cell phone carrier. So it's already expected you're going to be paying someone $$$/mth for the cell phone service itself. In that case, why not go for the free phone?!
Shift over to computers. Most people don't think you're even suppose to buy software. They think the cost is in the hardware. They buy a computer and then just download or copy the software. Try convincing those people that now instead of that model, you're just gonna pay us $$$/mth instead for the rest of your life. That's a lot harder than it sounds. They're going to be wondering what it is they're paying per month that they already couldn't get for free before!
Isn't that a little young?
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I don't know about the rest of you, but I hope my kids don't take a liking to computers at such a young age. I'm going to try to keep them away from computers for as long as I can. I'd rather them "play" the old school way. Take them outside as much as possible. Make them do more physical activities.
The problem with the Bad Guy hiding in the shadows is that he has an advantage: you are illuminated, he isn't. Take away the lights, and the Bad Guy's advantage evaporates.
Ahhh, but you need to re-read my post carefully. I said "would people *FEEL* safe...". The general public perception is that it is safer in well lit areas. My main point was that there was too much light, so I would want to reduce the light, not take it away completely.
So, here's the thing. Your argument is quite right if there was absolutely NO light. However, in a reduced light setting, the BadGuy now has more cover, and since he's still unsuspected, that would give him the advantage.
Actually, it was one of the most beautiful nights I've seen in Toronto, ON, Canada.:) I could actually see the stars, and it happened to be around the time when mars was nice and visible to the naked eye.
In fact, I wish we didn't have so many lights on at night. I don't think we need all the lights that we do have on after the sun sets. I'd say we could do with half, it'll save a lot of energy and it'd be a lot more pleasant. Of course the flip side of this is safety. Would people feel as safe walking around downtown anymore? Probably not. Oh well. It was fun while it lasted.
PS I live in downtown Toronto, and it's generally quite bright even at 3am.
Legal Settlements: The two companies are settling and terminating their lawsuit in the United States. Sun is also satisfied that the agreements announced today satisfy the objectives it was pursuing in the EU actions pending against Microsoft.
[ emphasis was added by me ]
I thought Sun was the primary driver behind the whole thing in the first place. What's going to happen now?
However, subscribers to Microsoft's Software Assurance program are discovering that it can have some very real repercussions. According to NetworkWorld, many licencees are discovering that due to slipping release dates, many thousands of dollars spent on these contracts have brought them zero return.
That's exactly what I thought when I saw the story about XP Reloaded. Even wrote a little tidbit on my website about it. This is why I think they're doing an XP Reloaded release. I guess it's going to be too little too late?
on the new nokias being in funny layouts?! I know I'm not the only one, but sometimes, I only know phone numbers by pattern recognition on a proper numeric pad!:) If I use a phone with a different layout, man, there goes a bunch of my friends!:)
What bugs me most is that (apparently) millions of people feel cavalier copyright infringement is their right, giving the content cartels the push they need to get laws that get in the way of innocent behavior.
I think you're missing the point. I totally agree with copyright infringement. I'm one of few that actually own all the CDs to the music I have in mp3 format.
However, Mrs. Ward doesn't download music. The RIAA just comes in and bullies an ISP into giving them personal information about their customers. And in this case, the wrong one! Why is it that the RIAA can just randomly pick IPs and say, give me information about this person. Where as the law enforcement need to go through a heap load of paper work to PROVE they have the right person, and that they need access to this information. Doesn't that seem wrong to you?!
I would be surprised if there were any common law country where the identify of users of an IP address were NOT subject to subpoena in a civil suit. Why should it be? There's no presumption of confidentiality.
b) Bell, probably the biggest ISP in cananda (also the biggest provider of phonelines!!!) has this document about private customer information.
Ummm yeah.. In most countries (I'd bet), even the police would have to get a warrant of some sort, before they can just get this information from a company. Why on God's green earth does an association of stupid record labels, have the power to bypass all these laws?!?!?
yea, i agree with you, i'd be pissed as hell about getting wrongfully sued
Getting wrongfully sued is only half of it though! Remember, it's the freakin' US law that gave the RIAA the power to just force companies to give YOUR private information away. THAT is the thing that bugs me most.
I'm so glad to be Canadian now, more than ever. I can't imagine a company anywhere else in the world with so much power that they can force an ISP to divulge personal information about their users just because they said so. I mean. Now they've got the address and name of a user that didn't do anything wrong. Can Mrs. Ward sue someone?! Invasion of privacy?! No? I'm probably the furthest possible thing from a lawyer so I wouldn't know, but if that happened to me, I'd be a little more then ticked.
Universal health care? Check. Lax marijuana laws? Check. Can marry another man if for some reason I was feeling saucey? Check. and now freedom to share music?
Are they accepting applications??
Applications? Just show up to the border with a beer in your hand (preferrably a Canadian brand) and tell'em you here to watch the hockey game! Presto! You're in!
on the serious side.. the parent post is very true. Part of the reason why the GB(A)s do so well is because you can lug it around for a whole day without worry of charging or changing batteries.
the specs of the sony psp sounds all good and stuff, but it sure does sound like it'll take a lot of juice.
another thing. form factor. The GB(A)s have been quite small. With all these features, can they make it small enough. Come to think of it. Knowing sony, yeah.. they probably will be able to make it small enough. Now I'm curious! And this is coming from a Nintendor whore!:)
In *MY* experience. (Note the emphasis on MY!:) I found that there are a lot of people who came from Web Design and are NOT programmers that join the ranks of so called programming after they've learned how to handle a form in perl/cgi. Then they continue on, with no formal knowledge of simple data structures, for example, and tackle bigger projects. It's THESE people that the managers should be scared of. I know I sure am! I've had my share of going through ugly code, and I must say, the worst comes from these types of people. Generally, programmers that program in a more structured language like Java/C have better background/training. It's not to say that there aren't great scripters. There most certainly are, and I love working with these people. The problem I see is the ones with no theory that "pick up" programming working on larger projects!
I don't mean to sound rude, (I'm a NEXII owner and have been waiting a LONG time for this) but how do you know q2 2003? I've looked on their site, and couldn't find any info.:(
I've received email from them about this before and was informed that they are indeed working on it. But I've never heard a date from them.
The way I see it. The more browsers out there the better. The battle is not what engine gets used, but rather, having enough browsers out there that *aren't* IE so that the stupid web designers would get off their lazy asses and author HTML properly (ie. follow the W3C recommendations? Duh? Isn't that what they're there for?) So that EVERYONE! can view their pages! No more 'IE only' crappy pages. That's my hope anyways.
PS Yeah, I know. Long run-on sentance. What can you do?:)
The serial port underneath the system will be the gateway to the device and will include a port to enable multiplayer games.
NB: Emphasis on serial port was added by me
If you look at the unit, you can see that it most likely plugs into the high speed port and NOT the serial port. Which would also mean it would allow you to keep that broadbad adaptor in there. Smart and beautiful design if you ask me.
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Hmmmm, outsourcing to Canada eh? Maybe that's why I haven't had trouble finding work through the dot.bomb. :)
:)
Seriously though, you guys/gals must be making a butt load of money down there. I thought I was pretty comfortable with what I was making. I can easily survive in a pretty expensive city (relative to Canada) on what I make now. I live in Toronto. If my salary is 40% lower than yours then either you live in a really expensive city (New York? The Bay area?) or you guyz are overpaid
I've been looking for something like this, but for video. If this thing had video output as well, man, that'd be cool. I could watch all those DivX's that I ... ummm ... backed up from my DVDs .. yeah, that's it, on my TV!
:)
Here's hoping to Airport Express v.2.0!
I don't think you can compare this to the whole cell phone industry.
There's 1 HUGE difference that you guys are forgetting about. When you buy a cell phone, you already expect, (and can't use without) a subscription to a cell phone carrier. So it's already expected you're going to be paying someone $$$/mth for the cell phone service itself. In that case, why not go for the free phone?!
Shift over to computers. Most people don't think you're even suppose to buy software. They think the cost is in the hardware. They buy a computer and then just download or copy the software. Try convincing those people that now instead of that model, you're just gonna pay us $$$/mth instead for the rest of your life. That's a lot harder than it sounds. They're going to be wondering what it is they're paying per month that they already couldn't get for free before!
I don't know about the rest of you, but I hope my kids don't take a liking to computers at such a young age. I'm going to try to keep them away from computers for as long as I can. I'd rather them "play" the old school way. Take them outside as much as possible. Make them do more physical activities.
Lights = safety? Not neccesarily.
The problem with the Bad Guy hiding in the shadows is that he has an advantage: you are illuminated, he isn't. Take away the lights, and the Bad Guy's advantage evaporates.
Ahhh, but you need to re-read my post carefully. I said "would people *FEEL* safe
So, here's the thing. Your argument is quite right if there was absolutely NO light. However, in a reduced light setting, the BadGuy now has more cover, and since he's still unsuspected, that would give him the advantage.
Actually, it was one of the most beautiful nights I've seen in Toronto, ON, Canada. :) I could actually see the stars, and it happened to be around the time when mars was nice and visible to the naked eye.
In fact, I wish we didn't have so many lights on at night. I don't think we need all the lights that we do have on after the sun sets. I'd say we could do with half, it'll save a lot of energy and it'd be a lot more pleasant. Of course the flip side of this is safety. Would people feel as safe walking around downtown anymore? Probably not. Oh well. It was fun while it lasted.
PS I live in downtown Toronto, and it's generally quite bright even at 3am.
From the article:
Legal Settlements: The two companies are settling and terminating their lawsuit in the United States. Sun is also satisfied that the agreements announced today satisfy the objectives it was pursuing in the EU actions pending against Microsoft.
[ emphasis was added by me ]
I thought Sun was the primary driver behind the whole thing in the first place. What's going to happen now?
1600x1200, for example, is the standard 2.0 megapixel resolution (but 1600x1200 is actually only 192k pixels).
Ummm, you mean 1,920k pixels right?
However, subscribers to Microsoft's Software Assurance program are discovering that it can have some very real repercussions. According to NetworkWorld, many licencees are discovering that due to slipping release dates, many thousands of dollars spent on these contracts have brought them zero return.
That's exactly what I thought when I saw the story about XP Reloaded. Even wrote a little tidbit on my website about it. This is why I think they're doing an XP Reloaded release. I guess it's going to be too little too late?
on the new nokias being in funny layouts?! I know I'm not the only one, but sometimes, I only know phone numbers by pattern recognition on a proper numeric pad! :) If I use a phone with a different layout, man, there goes a bunch of my friends! :)
... admit it!
I know you do it too
What bugs me most is that (apparently) millions of people feel cavalier copyright infringement is their right, giving the content cartels the push they need to get laws that get in the way of innocent behavior.
I think you're missing the point. I totally agree with copyright infringement. I'm one of few that actually own all the CDs to the music I have in mp3 format.
However, Mrs. Ward doesn't download music. The RIAA just comes in and bullies an ISP into giving them personal information about their customers. And in this case, the wrong one! Why is it that the RIAA can just randomly pick IPs and say, give me information about this person. Where as the law enforcement need to go through a heap load of paper work to PROVE they have the right person, and that they need access to this information. Doesn't that seem wrong to you?!
I would be surprised if there were any common law country where the identify of users of an IP address were NOT subject to subpoena in a civil suit. Why should it be? There's no presumption of confidentiality.
.. In most countries (I'd bet), even the police would have to get a warrant of some sort, before they can just get this information from a company. Why on God's green earth does an association of stupid record labels, have the power to bypass all these laws?!?!?
a) The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
b) Bell, probably the biggest ISP in cananda (also the biggest provider of phonelines!!!) has this document about private customer information.
Ummm yeah
My impression of Canada on IP is that they fall in line behind the U.S. for fear of trade retaliation like higher tariffs.
I beg to differ.
yea, i agree with you, i'd be pissed as hell about getting wrongfully sued
Getting wrongfully sued is only half of it though! Remember, it's the freakin' US law that gave the RIAA the power to just force companies to give YOUR private information away. THAT is the thing that bugs me most.
I'm so glad to be Canadian now, more than ever. I can't imagine a company anywhere else in the world with so much power that they can force an ISP to divulge personal information about their users just because they said so. I mean. Now they've got the address and name of a user that didn't do anything wrong. Can Mrs. Ward sue someone?! Invasion of privacy?! No? I'm probably the furthest possible thing from a lawyer so I wouldn't know, but if that happened to me, I'd be a little more then ticked.
Universal health care? Check.
Lax marijuana laws? Check.
Can marry another man if for some reason I was feeling saucey? Check.
and now freedom to share music?
Are they accepting applications??
Applications? Just show up to the border with a beer in your hand (preferrably a Canadian brand) and tell'em you here to watch the hockey game! Presto! You're in!
GO LEAFS GO!
on the serious side .. the parent post is very true. Part of the reason why the GB(A)s do so well is because you can lug it around for a whole day without worry of charging or changing batteries.
.. they probably will be able to make it small enough. Now I'm curious! And this is coming from a Nintendor whore! :)
the specs of the sony psp sounds all good and stuff, but it sure does sound like it'll take a lot of juice.
another thing. form factor. The GB(A)s have been quite small. With all these features, can they make it small enough. Come to think of it. Knowing sony, yeah
It's not like my car, where it degrades over time.
Hahah. Ever heard of Service Packs?
In *MY* experience. (Note the emphasis on MY! :) I found that there are a lot of people who came from Web Design and are NOT programmers that join the ranks of so called programming after they've learned how to handle a form in perl/cgi. Then they continue on, with no formal knowledge of simple data structures, for example, and tackle bigger projects. It's THESE people that the managers should be scared of. I know I sure am! I've had my share of going through ugly code, and I must say, the worst comes from these types of people. Generally, programmers that program in a more structured language like Java/C have better background/training. It's not to say that there aren't great scripters. There most certainly are, and I love working with these people. The problem I see is the ones with no theory that "pick up" programming working on larger projects!
My $0.02 CDN
I don't mean to sound rude, (I'm a NEXII owner and have been waiting a LONG time for this) but how do you know q2 2003? I've looked on their site, and couldn't find any info. :(
I've received email from them about this before and was informed that they are indeed working on it. But I've never heard a date from them.
The way I see it. The more browsers out there the better. The battle is not what engine gets used, but rather, having enough browsers out there that *aren't* IE so that the stupid web designers would get off their lazy asses and author HTML properly (ie. follow the W3C recommendations? Duh? Isn't that what they're there for?) So that EVERYONE! can view their pages! No more 'IE only' crappy pages. That's my hope anyways.
:)
PS Yeah, I know. Long run-on sentance. What can you do?
How much cheaper can you get than free? Jeez. I know
Madhya Pradesh in the background I see laughing?
The serial port underneath the system will be the gateway to the device and will include a port to enable multiplayer games.
NB: Emphasis on serial port was added by me
If you look at the unit, you can see that it most likely plugs into the high speed port and NOT the serial port. Which would also mean it would allow you to keep that broadbad adaptor in there. Smart and beautiful design if you ask me.
They're a private company.