The Radio Amateurs Handbook published by the American Radio Relay League. It along with the CRC were every electrical engineers bible when I went to school.
I no longer have a copy of the CRC but I do have a 25th anniversary issue (1948) of the Handbook from before my time. (not much though)
a few years ago I didn't care much about work/life balance. Working long hours at
something I loved (embedded development) was what I wanted. But, the longer I worked the less important work became and the more important other things did.
The companies I worked for still wanted extra hours (salaried of
course so they didn't have to pay extra) and overriding dedication. My observation is that the more the work force aged and became
more balanced between young go-getters and older experienced
programmers the less desire there has been to be that dedicated.
Some do, but overall it's not as important.
Now that I'm retired I'm still loving the programming side, but I get to do what I want, and all the other things that make life worthwhile.
Much to my surprise the Foscam FI9821P that I recently purchased requires a plugin of some kind so it only works on Windows and Macs. You can't even log into it for configuration without the plugin. I managed to work around it with an Android app but it's not what I would prefer.
The previous model (FI9821W V2) required no plugin and worked fine without one.
Not sure where my next purchase will come from but it certainly won't be a Foscam unless they change things.
My Mother (now in her late 80's) has been using Linux and KDE since I gave her a computer back in the 90's. I had it dual boot for a while but finally gave that up when I spent far to much time fighting windows. By then she was comfortable with Linux and only needed one windows program that I was able to run under Wine.
Other family members have accounts on the same machine so they have net access when visiting ( less of an issue now with tablets and laptops) and I handle the admin details. I'll be visiting her this weekend and will probably spend less than an hour updating and checking logs. My last visit to do this was Christmas.
"Or how about a Sound Oasis Sound Therapy Pillow for $38? The speakers are in the pillow, you don't feel them,
and you can drift to sleep with music playing without disturbing whoever is trying to sleep next to you."
No one here has someone sleeping next to them. Crank those suckers up to 11.
Over 50% wasted white space when I go full screen is not going to make it an enjoyable experience. Slashdot has a chance here to one-up YouTube and get it right.
... there is definitely a sliding scale of regimes who have nukes, and if you put canada on the top of your scale, you have to agree, iran falls down on the low end. so where do you draw the line between "i'm uncomfortable with this" and "no fucking way"
After 40+ years of programming it's still a Wild Assed Guess.
You're never given enough time to prepare your estimate, marketing has already determined the delivery date, and management doesn't know what it is you're supposed to create anyway.,
It's a secondary offense and you have to do something else wrong before they'll pull you over. Until it's a real ban with real consequences you won't see a behavior change because most drivers figure they won't be pulled over for it.
I've had Clearwire service for something lilke three years now, Speeds were good, reliability the same, and I''ve anxiously awaited the deployment of WiMax.
Now that I have it, it doesn't work at all.
The old system gave me 2-3 bars of signal from a site about 5 miles away, WiMax gives me nothing. There's a new site only ten blocks away, and from it I get nothing unless I put the modem ten feet above my roof (I taped it to a pole to test)
Clear's recommendation? Find a way to permanently mount my modem above the roof or switch to another service.
"Have you ever subscribed to even one high-traffic mailing list?"
Actually I do, more than a few. And no I don't do it because it's my job.
My email client sorts them into mail boxes and I read them when I have time. I do get behind, but I can run thru a couple of hundred postings looking for the interesting ones and catch up quickly.
Remove the web interface and create a mailing list instead.
Online web forums are a pain in the butt, deliver it to my mailbox and I'll probably read it. Put it on a website somewhere with a klunky interface and I'll seldom bother.
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The Radio Amateurs Handbook published by the American Radio Relay League.
It along with the CRC were every electrical engineers bible when I went to school.
I no longer have a copy of the CRC but I do have a 25th anniversary issue (1948) of the Handbook from before my time. (not much though)
a few years ago I didn't care much about work/life balance. Working long hours at
something I loved (embedded development) was what I wanted.
But, the longer I worked the less important work became and the
more important other things did.
The companies I worked for still wanted extra hours (salaried of
course so they didn't have to pay extra) and overriding dedication.
My observation is that the more the work force aged and became
more balanced between young go-getters and older experienced
programmers the less desire there has been to be that dedicated.
Some do, but overall it's not as important.
Now that I'm retired I'm still loving the programming side, but I get to do what I want, and all the other things that make life worthwhile.
On the other hand, if for some reason you phone number changes, bye-bye account.
Get a Google Voice number
Not all of them.
Much to my surprise the Foscam FI9821P that I recently purchased requires a plugin of some kind so it only works on Windows and Macs. You can't even log into it for configuration without the plugin. I managed to work around it with an Android app but it's not what I would prefer.
The previous model (FI9821W V2) required no plugin and worked fine without one.
Not sure where my next purchase will come from but it certainly won't be a Foscam unless they change things.
all too well, (shaking my head), all too well
it's like deja-vu all over again...
My Mother (now in her late 80's) has been using Linux and KDE since I gave her a computer back in the 90's. I had it dual boot for a while but finally gave that up when I spent far to much time fighting windows. By then she was comfortable with Linux and only needed one windows program that I was able to run under Wine.
Other family members have accounts on the same machine so they have net access when visiting ( less of an issue now with tablets and laptops) and I handle the admin details. I'll be visiting her this weekend and will probably spend less than an hour updating and checking logs. My last visit to do this was Christmas.
It's a no-brainer.
the digital group -
http://www.pc-history.org/digital.htm
http://www.bytecollector.com/the_digital_group.htm
"Or how about a Sound Oasis Sound Therapy Pillow for $38? The speakers are in the pillow, you don't feel them,
and you can drift to sleep with music playing without disturbing whoever is trying to sleep next to you."
No one here has someone sleeping next to them.
Crank those suckers up to 11.
'
Do not want.
Over 50% wasted white space when I go full screen is not going to make it an enjoyable experience.
Slashdot has a chance here to one-up YouTube and get it right.
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Lotto - A tax on people who are bad at math
We have running code, lets see the RFC.
...
there is definitely a sliding scale of regimes who have nukes, and if you put canada on the top of your scale, you have to agree, iran falls down on the low end. so where do you draw the line between "i'm uncomfortable with this" and "no fucking way"
Right below Canada.
After 40+ years of programming it's still a Wild Assed Guess.
You're never given enough time to prepare your estimate, marketing has already
determined the delivery date, and management doesn't know what it is you're
supposed to create anyway.,
It's a secondary offense and you have to do something else wrong before they'll pull you over.
Until it's a real ban with real consequences you won't see a behavior change because most drivers figure they won't be pulled over for it.
I've had Clearwire service for something lilke three years now, Speeds were good, reliability the same, and I''ve anxiously awaited the deployment of WiMax.
Now that I have it, it doesn't work at all.
The old system gave me 2-3 bars of signal from a site about 5 miles away, WiMax gives me nothing.
There's a new site only ten blocks away, and from it I get nothing unless I put the modem ten feet above my roof (I taped it to a pole to test)
Clear's recommendation?
Find a way to permanently mount my modem above the roof or switch to another service.
With this kind of support, they're going to die.
Clear can't seem to give me coverage from a site 10 blocks away over flat terrain.
Their solution?
Either mount the modem in a box 5-10 feet above my roof or switch to Comcrap.
When they switch off their old network in a few weeks their going to loose yet
another customer.
It's spelled 'pedantry' :-)
"grammer pendantry" is for those who make jewelry with words.
Google wasn't around then, and I suspect that there may have been much
more charcoal then clay in the ones we used.
They made satisfyingly large booms, and great rockets.
Then again I will admit that when we got our hands on some powdered
charcoal it worked much better. (don't ask)
Darn, now I need to change my password.
So, you never made gunpowder as a kid?
charcoal briquettes, saltpeter and sulfur.
grind fine, mix, pack into empty CO2 cartridges
add dynamite fuse, crimp
stand back (way back)
I know, I know, I'm lucky to have all my body parts.
But it sure was fun :-)
I've been seeing them for about a week or so.
Firefox 3.0.11
Konqueror 3.5.9
Very annoying
More like the Evils of Access.
to surround it all by a blink tag
Just don't crank it up to 11
Actually I do, more than a few. And no I don't do it because it's my job. My email client sorts them into mail boxes and I read them when I have time. I do get behind, but I can run thru a couple of hundred postings looking for the interesting ones and catch up quickly.
"Yahoo Groups sucks"
There, fixed that for you
Remove the web interface and create a mailing list instead.
Online web forums are a pain in the butt, deliver it to my mailbox and I'll probably read it. Put it on a website somewhere with a klunky interface and I'll seldom bother.