There was some talk a while ago about this. I gave it a shot back then and it was a CPU-hog. With the latest strides in JavaScript (both browsers & the technology), it might be worth another look:
Our food system needs a reboot. Required reading: Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollen. Mad cow disease comes from feeding cows to cows in an effort to have the most efficient system/process to get a cow to slaughter weight as soon as possible.
You could use the SiteSearch: you don't have to state you're using Google, but you do have to pay for it.
We use it on our $work site and since it's a business and we have over 5,000 pages, it's $500/year for access to the service and we get access to the XML data and can present it however we'd like.
Next, people complain about Linux usability? apt-get install mplayer k3b, etc? It is not harder, just different. In fact, having all of the software most people need in one place makes Linux easier for most people in many ways, specifically the way that possible-Bill rants about here. I recently had to convert a QuickTime.mov file to a Flash video.flv file on my Ubuntu system. Due to patents and what-not, the default ffmpeg install doesn't have support for the audio encoding, so my output was silent. I ended up having to follow these pretty technical instructions that would have scared off any non-tech's using the Linux desktop.
So having the software available is easier, but not if it's not fully enabled for whatever purpose you need.
Should it come to pass here, though, I imagine it won't be too hard to fit in w/ those guys who are in denial about their large waists and still buy small pants and wear 'em low (aka Dunlop's Disease). Of course, those guys are typically retired and don't have employers to appease, so they may launch a counter-revolution by buying large pants b/c they can.
Yes, agreed. This was a horrible article that seems underwhelmingly-researched. Totally missed the boat on CPAN, which most Perl folk would immediately tell you is the most compelling aspect to Perl. His negative points are either contradictory or uninformed:
D'uh. I wouldn't use Ruby or PHP for "ray-tracing... 3-D computer graphics", either
It seems like he's trying to reach for something negative, to the point of contradicting the same point that he said was positive. Seriously, if you're writing a shell script, are you really worried about porting it or its performance? All of the shell scripts I've written for our servers stay on our servers and are mostly cronjobs, where I don't care about how much memory or CPU time it takes.
Gee, I guess all my web work over the last 7 years in Perl is a waste and doesn't do anything good? HTML inlined in code? That's so 90's... hasn't he heard of Perl's MVC frameworks? CGI::Application, Catalyst, Template Toolkit, HTML::Template, etc. ?
Most Perl developers opt for Best Practices these days, rendering his point #4 obsolete.
The scary thing is that as a CIO "article", this just adds to the general perspective that Perl is outdated and unfit for where a lot of work is today (Web 2.0) and feeds it straight to the people who hire the developers.
My boss bought a Kindle and let me play with it earlier this week and I've been meaning to write a review of my thoughts, but given this, maybe I shouldn't.;)
It's a really neat device and if you're a bookworm and do any sort of commuting (where you can read) or traveling, this device will provide an endless amount of entertainment. As long as you're connected - my boss later found out that the Sprint network doesn't work at his house. My boss also doesn't like the ergonomics: when you turn it over to turn it off, you're likely to inadvertently hit the next/prev button.
When I first got my hands on it, I tried hooking it up to my Ubuntu box w/ its USB cable and it locked up the device after showing the USB screen. I wonder what the review-haters would say about that? "Ubuntu? That's a problem with your OS -- get a modern OS"
I wasn't around or knew about it when the FDA allowed HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup), but we're finding out now that it's pretty dangerous stuff and it's everywhere!
Learning the lesson from last time, let's leave well-enough alone! Or let's not let an industry dictate definitions based on cost and profits.
That's why we're in this mess now... it costs much more to eat healthy because we've driven market forces with a high demand for what "tastes good" vs. what's good for us.
...Full Support for Windows Vista and 64-bit versions of Windows
I'm calling shenanigans on that one - if there was support for 64-bit, it wouldn't install in "Program Files (x86)" (vs. "Program Files") and I don't see a separate 64-bit install exe on the FTP site.
I'm running it on a homebrew box that I just built with the AMD 64-bit X2 chipset and I've gotten several freezes, display driver crashes and even a repeating BSOD! I just recently upgraded my display driver, so hopefully that will help some, but I'm left with quite a distaste in my mouth from my experiences.
See if you can BSOD your computer:
1) get iTunes 7.1.1.5 2) import your mondo library 3) notice your music isn't being found b/c M$ has changed the "Documents and Settings/MPATH "directory to "Users/MPATH" 3.5) shutdown iTunes 4) backup your iTunes library.itl and XML file 5) open your iTunes library.itl in a text editor, wipe out all text and save 6) find & replace all bad paths to good paths in the XML file and save 7) start iTunes 8) it will import from your XML file and after a minute or two, voila! BSOD!
When I was buying the parts, I was looking at Win XP for 64-bit vs. Vista for 64-bit and it was a price difference ($140 vs. $150), so I went with Vista. Now I'm gonna play around with Ubuntu.
You should just pull out the Jim Rome Manual Buzzer - I heard that recently on his show and it's pretty hilarious.
Manual Buzzer: During a take about telemarketers, Rome disclosed that if he receives a telemarketing call at his home, he either gives the phone to his son Jake or runs the call by imitating the show's buzzer and hanging up. His "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!", dubbed "the manual buzzer," has since become a very popular soundbite and has replaced the show's original horn buzzer with the manual buzzer for running calls.
You know, when you pick up the phone and there's that lag... or someone starts with "Hello, sir/m'am - may I interest you in a new mortgage... a timeshare... a new religion?" Immediately shout out the Manual Buzzer and then hang up. Yeah, it's immature, but it's funny.
The reason why advertisements are "chauvinistic, alcohol-swilling" and resort to scantily-clad women is that the power demographic is 18-34 male. Psychology studies have shown that when you hit age 35, you lock in on the brands you use for different "Stuff". It's up to the advertisers to get their brands in front of that market, which has also been proven to be more susceptible to those type of ads.
Anyway, I came across that tidbit a while ago and thought it relevant and interesting...:)
When IE 4 came out, there was a Midnight Madness promotion where you'd get a free t-shirt if you were one of the first million(?) people who downloaded IE 4. I fell for that and never heard anything. Fast forward to 2005 and Opera has a similar promotion where the CEO will swim the Atlantic. I fell for that.
Fool me thrice? Don't think so. It's a gimmick that may have some people give MSN a shot, but the bottom line is always gonna lie w/ the user experience. Are they finding what they're looking for? Do they have to wade through a clunky user interface or countless "sponsored results" to find what they're looking for?
Now in reflection, I'm starting to see why I'm so cynical! Thanks, Internet!
Someone should do a study where we compare just how much of our money the government gets versus how much of the money England got from the colonists before they got fed up w/ all the taxes and revolted. My bet would be that we're currently paying about the same, if not more, to the US Gov't. than the colonists did back in the day.
We can all agree there's just too much pork, fat, expenses, waste, etc in government today. Let's address that before allowing the government to take even more money away.
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From the review:
But from what I can tell, Asus & Dell do not.
I think netbook customers will have to wait until 10/22 since the valid upgrade path is for Vista OEM'd products.
There was some talk a while ago about this. I gave it a shot back then and it was a CPU-hog. With the latest strides in JavaScript (both browsers & the technology), it might be worth another look:
https://bespin.mozilla.com/
Can you compile Firefox & Ubuntu yourself and get better performance, then?
Our food system needs a reboot. Required reading: Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollen. Mad cow disease comes from feeding cows to cows in an effort to have the most efficient system/process to get a cow to slaughter weight as soon as possible.
You could use the SiteSearch: you don't have to state you're using Google, but you do have to pay for it.
We use it on our $work site and since it's a business and we have over 5,000 pages, it's $500/year for access to the service and we get access to the XML data and can present it however we'd like.
So having the software available is easier, but not if it's not fully enabled for whatever purpose you need.
I realize that people in Japan are shorter (and thus, closer to the parts on the factory line), so that metric may work there, but here, we're taller and there are plenty of counter examples where a 33.5" waist is impossible or unhealthy.
Should it come to pass here, though, I imagine it won't be too hard to fit in w/ those guys who are in denial about their large waists and still buy small pants and wear 'em low (aka Dunlop's Disease). Of course, those guys are typically retired and don't have employers to appease, so they may launch a counter-revolution by buying large pants b/c they can.
The scary thing is that as a CIO "article", this just adds to the general perspective that Perl is outdated and unfit for where a lot of work is today (Web 2.0) and feeds it straight to the people who hire the developers.
Nothing to see here
My boss bought a Kindle and let me play with it earlier this week and I've been meaning to write a review of my thoughts, but given this, maybe I shouldn't. ;)
It's a really neat device and if you're a bookworm and do any sort of commuting (where you can read) or traveling, this device will provide an endless amount of entertainment. As long as you're connected - my boss later found out that the Sprint network doesn't work at his house. My boss also doesn't like the ergonomics: when you turn it over to turn it off, you're likely to inadvertently hit the next/prev button.
When I first got my hands on it, I tried hooking it up to my Ubuntu box w/ its USB cable and it locked up the device after showing the USB screen. I wonder what the review-haters would say about that? "Ubuntu? That's a problem with your OS -- get a modern OS"
I wasn't around or knew about it when the FDA allowed HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup), but we're finding out now that it's pretty dangerous stuff and it's everywhere!
... it costs much more to eat healthy because we've driven market forces with a high demand for what "tastes good" vs. what's good for us.
;)
Learning the lesson from last time, let's leave well-enough alone! Or let's not let an industry dictate definitions based on cost and profits.
That's why we're in this mess now
Ok, thanks for the soapbox!
I'm running it on a homebrew box that I just built with the AMD 64-bit X2 chipset and I've gotten several freezes, display driver crashes and even a repeating BSOD! I just recently upgraded my display driver, so hopefully that will help some, but I'm left with quite a distaste in my mouth from my experiences.
See if you can BSOD your computer:
1) get iTunes 7.1.1.5
2) import your mondo library
3) notice your music isn't being found b/c M$ has changed the "Documents and Settings/MPATH "directory to "Users/MPATH"
3.5) shutdown iTunes
4) backup your iTunes library.itl and XML file
5) open your iTunes library.itl in a text editor, wipe out all text and save
6) find & replace all bad paths to good paths in the XML file and save
7) start iTunes
8) it will import from your XML file and after a minute or two, voila! BSOD!
When I was buying the parts, I was looking at Win XP for 64-bit vs. Vista for 64-bit and it was a price difference ($140 vs. $150), so I went with Vista. Now I'm gonna play around with Ubuntu.
You should just pull out the Jim Rome Manual Buzzer - I heard that recently on his show and it's pretty hilarious.
You know, when you pick up the phone and there's that lag ... or someone starts with "Hello, sir/m'am - may I interest you in a new mortgage ... a timeshare ... a new religion?" Immediately shout out the Manual Buzzer and then hang up. Yeah, it's immature, but it's funny.
Source: Wiki
The reason why advertisements are "chauvinistic, alcohol-swilling" and resort to scantily-clad women is that the power demographic is 18-34 male. Psychology studies have shown that when you hit age 35, you lock in on the brands you use for different "Stuff". It's up to the advertisers to get their brands in front of that market, which has also been proven to be more susceptible to those type of ads.
:)
Anyway, I came across that tidbit a while ago and thought it relevant and interesting...
Find new space-age delicacies ... like popplers!
Yeah, but then they'll use that funding to also go after lame pursuits, too.
It's not the only tax ... my Vonage bill just went up again with state sales tax:
14.99 (500 minute plan)
0.99 (Regulatory Recovery Fee)
0.99 (Emergency 911 Cost Recovery)
1.19 (State Telecommunications Sales Tax)
0.51 (Federal Excise Tax)
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18.67
So, even with Vonage, we're getting taxed & fee'd, to the tune of 25% of the base cost.
When IE 4 came out, there was a Midnight Madness promotion where you'd get a free t-shirt if you were one of the first million(?) people who downloaded IE 4. I fell for that and never heard anything. Fast forward to 2005 and Opera has a similar promotion where the CEO will swim the Atlantic. I fell for that.
Fool me thrice? Don't think so. It's a gimmick that may have some people give MSN a shot, but the bottom line is always gonna lie w/ the user experience. Are they finding what they're looking for? Do they have to wade through a clunky user interface or countless "sponsored results" to find what they're looking for?
Now in reflection, I'm starting to see why I'm so cynical! Thanks, Internet!
Someone should do a study where we compare just how much of our money the government gets versus how much of the money England got from the colonists before they got fed up w/ all the taxes and revolted. My bet would be that we're currently paying about the same, if not more, to the US Gov't. than the colonists did back in the day.
We can all agree there's just too much pork, fat, expenses, waste, etc in government today. Let's address that before allowing the government to take even more money away.
With such a generic patent (wireless email) and success against RIM, will they go after the Treo next? Other "smartphones" ?
IANAL Disclaimer ... People can only go to jail if the government prosecutes. Civil suits cannot end with jailtime ... right?
Yeah, I'm tempted to link to the goat.se site, but I am a Beatles fan.
might as well go ahead & set up your legal fund donate button ... before they patent that!
Can you name your character CmdrTaco?