A friend at work (we do 3D process plant design) just bought a 17" Dell laptop with more video RAM than either of my home SLI 256MB cards. This will be a good field machine but it still lacks screen space for detail work.
I don't see much groundbreaking innovation for personal computers/software in the western world much past 2010. After a certain point, 95% of all applications are "good enough" and further upgrades will tend to be less and less important and practical for the average buyer. Affordable 3D graphics (not for gaming, I mean) is one area where we might see improvements and additional interest though.
After all, software and computers are just an enabler to accomplish greater things, they do not do much all by themselves. One example I like is (non-software) engineering: if CAD, FEA and other computer-dependant fields magically went away tomorrow, would we, as a society worldwide, still be able to build things? Of course we would.
The creation of a software-reliant workforce is nice in the sense that you have a theoretically mobile workforce that is easily able to transfer (computer) skills to another field of work and thus cushion the impact of economic change. However, this tends to lead to button-pushers that see things only as the machine presents it.
Do you ever wonder where all the farts go? They go into the atmosphere and form the Fart Zone. It's just above the ozone layer. This is why we MUST PROTECT THE OZONE LAYER.
If anything happened to ozone layer, all those farts would fall back to earth. And NOT on their original owners.
In fluid processing industries, CSO is also a TLA for "car-sealed-open" (from old railroad car sealing technology; opposite is "car-sealed-closed", naturally) which refers to a valve which is locked in the open position, able to spew whatever content is in the pipes. Or tubes or trucks.
There are now adaptor USB thumb drive-like devices (that are a bit wider than the typical thumb drive) that you can swap SD cards (as used in some digital cameras, for example) in and out of. Mine is a cheap-o ~$20 model and flimsily plastic, but I think these will become much more popular and sturdy in the coming months as people discover the flexibility of the format.
I think some people put up an anti-mankind mindset to make themselves feel like they're hip and intellectual
No, it's more of a "holier-than-thou" poseur stance from people who are threatened and frightened by technology and the future. Plus, apparently, one can get laid by air-headed, young, attractive females by leaning this way.
Of particular note are those who whine about our species not leaving the planet soon enough before it is "ruined". These people must have a really low opinion of future generations' abilities and creativity - or maybe they're in fact telephone sanitizers and just don't realize it yet.
I disagree. If I'm looking at a stack of resumes and I'm busy (i.e., not a HR professional) I'll not likely pick up one that weighs a lot. A heavy CV usually indicates too much information (possibly padding) and someone who cannot (for ego reasons or whatever) summarize their own experience and qualifications.
Put a web link or note mentioning extra information instead. If the interviewer is interersted s/he'll call you for more details.
OK, so what happens if a beaver meets a beagle in a deathmatch over, say, a scented plastic chewy toy that happens to look like a small tasty log? Discovery Channel has been doing some dramatic animal vs. animal showdowns recently, so maybe this one would be interesting.
Make it one page with a short work history (past 5 years only) with dates, places and company names. In the opening blurb, condense your professional interests, accomplishments and goals into a short paragraph.
Graphically organize this information so that it is easy to digest at a glance, bolding important words as appropriate for the situation. Be honest and do not embellish or pad your experience, education or knowledge.
Since blinky LEDs and tiny batteries are cheap these days, you could always attach a few to those envelopes going to the places you *really* want to work for.
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"lappie"? Did you go to uni or do you babytalk-ize other words as well?
People that *need* a lot of screen space (CAD designers, digital artists) typically don't travel much.
A friend at work (we do 3D process plant design) just bought a 17" Dell laptop with more video RAM than either of my home SLI 256MB cards. This will be a good field machine but it still lacks screen space for detail work.
Works for me.
You know that the average IQ at Slashdot had decreased when comment writers cannot even spell, "sea shells" properly. What a bunch of losers you are.
Actually, I think it's the vibration that is worse.
I think most of us have occasionally stuck our hands under scalding water by accident
In French-speaking areas, water faucets are labelled F (froid) et C (chaude). Many a non-Francophone tourist has been burned (pun intended) by this.
I don't see much groundbreaking innovation for personal computers/software in the western world much past 2010. After a certain point, 95% of all applications are "good enough" and further upgrades will tend to be less and less important and practical for the average buyer. Affordable 3D graphics (not for gaming, I mean) is one area where we might see improvements and additional interest though.
After all, software and computers are just an enabler to accomplish greater things, they do not do much all by themselves. One example I like is (non-software) engineering: if CAD, FEA and other computer-dependant fields magically went away tomorrow, would we, as a society worldwide, still be able to build things? Of course we would.
The creation of a software-reliant workforce is nice in the sense that you have a theoretically mobile workforce that is easily able to transfer (computer) skills to another field of work and thus cushion the impact of economic change. However, this tends to lead to button-pushers that see things only as the machine presents it.
Do you ever wonder where all the farts go? They go into the atmosphere and form the Fart Zone. It's just above the ozone layer. This is why we MUST PROTECT THE OZONE LAYER.
If anything happened to ozone layer, all those farts would fall back to earth. And NOT on their original owners.
In fluid processing industries, CSO is also a TLA for "car-sealed-open" (from old railroad car sealing technology; opposite is "car-sealed-closed", naturally) which refers to a valve which is locked in the open position, able to spew whatever content is in the pipes. Or tubes or trucks.
Absolutely.
Isn't "Web 2.0" just DHTML?
There are now adaptor USB thumb drive-like devices (that are a bit wider than the typical thumb drive) that you can swap SD cards (as used in some digital cameras, for example) in and out of. Mine is a cheap-o ~$20 model and flimsily plastic, but I think these will become much more popular and sturdy in the coming months as people discover the flexibility of the format.
Using the term, "mutually exclusive" would have made you sound more intelligent. Or pretentious, depending of the reader's inference.
I think some people put up an anti-mankind mindset to make themselves feel like they're hip and intellectual
No, it's more of a "holier-than-thou" poseur stance from people who are threatened and frightened by technology and the future. Plus, apparently, one can get laid by air-headed, young, attractive females by leaning this way.
Of particular note are those who whine about our species not leaving the planet soon enough before it is "ruined". These people must have a really low opinion of future generations' abilities and creativity - or maybe they're in fact telephone sanitizers and just don't realize it yet.
That will also eschew the numbers.
Did you mean, "skew" or "obfuscate"?
Have you noticed how often the word, "absolutely" is used recently (mostly by marketing types in response to a question)?
Unfortunately, the USA is one huge NIH zone.
Better contrast between the currently open tab and the other tabs.
I disagree. If I'm looking at a stack of resumes and I'm busy (i.e., not a HR professional) I'll not likely pick up one that weighs a lot. A heavy CV usually indicates too much information (possibly padding) and someone who cannot (for ego reasons or whatever) summarize their own experience and qualifications.
Put a web link or note mentioning extra information instead. If the interviewer is interersted s/he'll call you for more details.
I'm curious to see where this goes.
Google is going to go after the education market and use video/animation to explain complicated subjects to otherwise bored learners.
OK, so what happens if a beaver meets a beagle in a deathmatch over, say, a scented plastic chewy toy that happens to look like a small tasty log? Discovery Channel has been doing some dramatic animal vs. animal showdowns recently, so maybe this one would be interesting.
Just count yourself fortunate that they've given up on their branding idea
[Whiney Homer voice] Does it go in the butt?
Whatever happened to donkeys and elephants, was that determined to be uncool somehow by "strategic marketing analysis" or something?
I think the new national critter for America should be the Lionowl if we are anthropomorphising animals.
But what do I know; my country's animal kingdom reps are beavers, mooses, geese and polar bears, none of which can catch an eagle.
Unless we built this flying beaver...
Make it one page with a short work history (past 5 years only) with dates, places and company names. In the opening blurb, condense your professional interests, accomplishments and goals into a short paragraph.
Graphically organize this information so that it is easy to digest at a glance, bolding important words as appropriate for the situation. Be honest and do not embellish or pad your experience, education or knowledge.
Since blinky LEDs and tiny batteries are cheap these days, you could always attach a few to those envelopes going to the places you *really* want to work for.