With comcast we get 8 Mb Down and something rediculous like 256k up. I'd gladly trade someof that download speed for upload speed.
I just started using services to print digital pictures for me and I'd sure like to not have to take 20 minutes every time I want to upload them all for processing.
There are some very simple techniques that companies can use to raise morale.
1) When folks are made to work overtime so the company can boost it's end of (quarter|month|year) numbers, the staff should actually get paid a little something extra.
2) Don't announce in a company meeting in november that "We are in a better place financially that we ever have been, with X million in cash reserve", then a month later include a "we're soooo sorry" letter in paychecks explaining how "we are unable to give a Christmas bonus this year" because of budgetary reasons.
3) Actually give raises following stellar reviews. Unless you have a raise attached to my glowing review, I don't give a shit about the review or my performance.
4) Try not to populate the management staff with incompetent friends of the CEO. At least, if you are going to hire idiot friends, try to keep that on the DL.
5) After you fire, oops, I mean "lay off" a dozen people, don't brag at a company event a week later, after about 12 beers, that you can't wait until your 7 series BMW order arrives. Jackass...
6) Avoid gathering the staff together at an after hours meeting in an attempt to "rally the troops" so a deadline can be hit, then take the rest of the week off and be out of contact while fires rage.
There are alot of French people in Canada so NEITHER country really matters.
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After 10 years of development here's my take on your list:
Perl - Pretty easy to learn and extremely well supported. It's not quick, but a swiss army knife every programmer should know how to use. Runs on nearly every platform.
JSP/JAVA - Ahhhkk. I remember learning how to use this when it was going to rule the world. 99% of all development does not need this very heavy platform Any platform. Good developer community. Haven't done anything serious with this (or j2EE) for years.
PHP - I learned Perl first and LOVE PHP's syntax and built in functions for PDF and database manipulations. Hate the exploits that pop up. MS/Windows.ASP - Crap. Always was. MS only.NET - Very smart move on MS to bring traditional programmers into the web fold. Pain in the ass to perform menial tasks and build out applications with multiple developers, even with Source Control. MS Only
Coldfusion - Easy to learn and code, built on top of Java and code compiles down to bytecode. Works seamlessly with existing Java objects and code. Now as quick as jsp/.net. Seamless integration with all major datbases and most smaller ones. Extremely rapid development time and stable. Runs on ANY platform that runs Java and code does not generally need modification to do so.
Prosecuter: Your Honor, Mr. Smith was travelling at a high rate of speed, swerving side to side. He was pulled over, and the officer, upon approaching the car could smell alcohol. Mr. Smith was asked to submit to a breathalyzer test which he agreed to. His blood alcohol level was 1.6, twice the legal limit.
Defense Attorney: Your Honor, this is preposterous. How can anyone sit there and expect me to think that the machine they are using is accurate. I have good information that these machines are in fact filled with raspberry jam and spit out completely random numbers. In fact, your honor, if you look hard enough you can even find a hack that will convert the machine into an mp3 player. It's quite obvious that we need to examine the source code that runs this snack dispenser or let my client go.
Judge: I'm going to ask you for the last time. Remove the foil hat, the glare off of it is really starting to bug me.
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I would expect the shucksters in the audio cable, oops sorry I mean "interconnect" industry are already scrambling to invent the $350 1 meter cat10X Supafly Interconnect that will make your digital speakers sound so much better!
Funny story, I was at an Abt and was looking for some composite video cables. A salesman brought me over to an HDTV that was playing a DVD using these $185 composite cables that I just had to see. The sets were identical and I was asked which picture looked better. I picked one and he said, "Yea. That's the set with these." A few ore people came by and also said that this picture was definitely better. Another salesman walks up and is going to demonstrate the same thing to another customer. However, this time he points to the other set as having these "special cables". That customer says, "Wow. That picture is much better. Brighter and better color."
I second set actually was using the better cables and the one that several people said had the better image was not even using composite cables but generic AUDIO dubbing cables!
Won't this have a negative effect on the minis since some folks would rather just wait than to roll the dice and maybe get an upgraded model?
I'd be somewhat ticked if my neighbor bought one and got the upgraded one and I got the spec on the box. Now, I admit, I knew what I was buying but it would have been nice to get that little surpise upon opening the box.
When the little old lady gets scammed by the door to door hucksters, I think the bank SHOULD be responsbile for her withdrawing money and giving it to them.
when the fly-by-night contractors roll into town and scam people out of their money in remodeling scams, the bank SHOULD be responsible!
It's high time these banks and big corporations take some responsibility and protect the stupid.
I guess we could just wait and let Darwin sort it out.
Distributing (even for free) tools (whether physical devices or software) that allow circumventing copy protection mechanisms will be illegal. (this includes DVD rippers, tools that allow copying copy-protected CDs, etc)
things that are now illegal:
black pens.. Hate to allow those crooks to get around the "gill the gap" trick on those protected CD's
all recording devices
Speakers. In case the microphone ban doesn't go through
Read what it says: This subsection does NOT apply to:
importation, for the private use of the importer and not for distribution, by any person with respect to no more than one copy or phonorecord of any one work at any one time, or by any person arriving from outside the United States with respect to copies or phonorecords forming part of such person's personal baggage; or
There is a retailer called "The Great Escape" that uses Redhat Linux for their POS.
When checking out I said to the cashier, "Cool! You guys use linux for your registers" and she was like, "What is that?". I said "It's the operating system you are using, rather than Windows" and she said, "Oh yea. I like these better than the pc's"
What I have found is the liberal bosses are extremely motivated by fear. That is what makes up most liberals after all. A liberal boss will often act counter to their supposed moral high ground out of fear that their job or business will fail.
And after all, we all know that liberals can not accept defeat. Win at any cost.
My conservative bosses? They were right out there with their intentions. We want to make money. We want to be successful. The conservative bosses oddly have been the ones who I've seen be able to motivate staff successfully. Conservative owners or bosses ultimately don't care who's doing the job as long as they are the best for the job. This is against everything the liberal will have you believe. they want you to think that the conservatives would rather give the job to some cracker who can't spell over a minority who can do the job.
When you get out in the real world, you will see that conservatives, driven by money or success or power or their accumulation of cheese hire the people who can get the job done.
Twenty-somthing Ta's teaching a class because the professor is off spending his six digit income somewhere.
It's rediculous. I did not pay 20k a year to learn from some fucktard TA with a chip on their shoulder because they think they are hot shit. I want a professor with a TEACHING degree.
Also. Less math specific students because the american public education system has degraded into the "lowest common denominator" method of teaching. No pun intended.
Wet Dream It was April the forty-first Being a quadruple leap year I was driving in downtown Atlantis My barracuda was in the shop So I was in a rented stingray And it was overheating So I pulled into a Shell Station They said I'd blown a seal I said, "Fix the damn thing And leave my private life out of it Okay pal?" While they were doing that I walked over to a place called the Oyster Bar, a real dive But I knew the owner He used to play for the Dolphins I said "Hi Gil" You have to yell, he's hard of herring CHORUS: Think I had a wet dream Cruisin' thru the Gulf Stream Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Wet dream
Gil was also down on his luck Fact is he was barely keeping his head below water I bellied up to the sandbar He poured me the usual Rusty snail, hold the grunion Shaken not stirred With a peanut butter and jellyfish sandwich on the side Heavy on the mako I slipped him a fin On porpoise I was feeling good I even dropped a sand dollar in the box for Jerry's squids For the halibut Well the place was crowded We were packed in like sardines They were all there to listen to the big band sounds of Tommy Dorsal What sole Tommy was rockin' the place with a very popular tuna Salmon Chanted Evening And the stage was surrounded by screaming groupers Probably there to see the bass player One of them was this cute little yellowtail And she's giving me the eye So I figured this is my chance for a little fun You know, piece of Pisces But she said things I just couldn't fathom She was too deep, seemed to be under a lot of pressure Boy, could she drink She drank like a . . . She drank a lot I said "What's your sign" She said "Aquarium" I said "Great, let's get tanked"
CHORUS: Think I had a wet dream Cruisin' thru the Gulf Stream Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Wet dream
I invited her to my place for a midnight bait I said "Come on baby, it'll only take a few minnows" She threw me that same old line "Not tonight, I gotta haddock" And she wasn't kidding either Cause in came the biggest, meanest looking haddock I'd ever seen come down the pike He was covered with mussels He came over to me and said "Listen, shrimp, don't you come trollin' around here" What a crab This guy was steamed I could see the anchor in his eyes I turned to him, I said "A-balone, you're just being shellfish" Well, I knew it was going to be trouble and so did Gil 'Cause he was already on the phone to the cods The haddock hits me with a sucker punch I catch him with a left hook He eels over It was a fluke but there he was Lying on the deck, flat as a mackerel Kelpless I said "Forget the cods Gil This guy's gonna need a sturgeon" Well, the yellowtail was impressed with the way I landed her boyfriend She came over to me, she said "Hey, big boy, you're really a game fish What's your name" I said "Marlin"
CHORUS: Think I had a wet dream Cruisin' thru the Gulf Stream Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Wet dream Well, from then on we had a whale of a time I took her to dinner, I took her to dance I bought her a bouquet of flounders And then I went home with her And what did I get for my trouble A case of the clams
CHORUS: Think I had a wet dream Cruisin' thru the Gulf Stream Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Wet dream Cruisin' thru the Gulf Stream Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Wet dream Cruisin' thru the Gulf Stream Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
There is a very simple method to deter hijackers from entering the cockpit. Some of the pros:
1) The technology already exists 2) The cost is mostly a one time. Maintenance on the system is extremely low and defects are even lower. 3) The tech can NOT be thwarted by electonics that may be carried on to the plane by hijackers. 4) The tech will incapacitate the hijacker until the plane can safely land. 5) The cost is low compared to a plane-by-plane fitting of wireless. 6) The tech is already in use in many countries already.
It's called giving the pilots a fucking 9mm pistol. For you nancies, we'll give them a stun gun to use first and then fall back to the gun as a last resort.
this surely story very interesting you can't think it's not. I am sure i know you believe it might not could really happen but this seems it is proven hearing this proof story.
Just as Genesis fills that need of those to believe that some mystical entity created life, panspermia fills the need of those who don't believe in creation.
An unknown force causing the creation of life.
Just wait a week, "scientists" will have a new explanation.
At least the creationist folks stick to their theory.
I wish I had 10 mod points for you. I'd mod you way up.
us liberals because we're coming to clean up your mess and take out the trash.
This is an ironic analogy since it's probably what their mommies told them to do after doing their homework. Too bad they aren't reading more history and social studies. They would find that not everyone can be reasoned or negotiated with. Sometimes the only solution is to wipe their armpit of a country off the map.
Oh wait, you're likely one of those fucktards who think that our expansive 125 year recorded history of weather and climate are enough to prove the changes in climate are the fault of the US and particularly the "right".
Just typical arrogance and ignorance coming from the tree huggers who think they have all the answers.
Wow. Eric. I am very impressed. Way to drive home that the Open Source movement is not just a few uber geeks with attitudes of superiority and anti-capitalism belief systems.
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With comcast we get 8 Mb Down and something rediculous like 256k up. I'd gladly trade someof that download speed for upload speed.
I just started using services to print digital pictures for me and I'd sure like to not have to take 20 minutes every time I want to upload them all for processing.
There are some very simple techniques that companies can use to raise morale.
1) When folks are made to work overtime so the company can boost it's end of (quarter|month|year) numbers, the staff should actually get paid a little something extra.
2) Don't announce in a company meeting in november that "We are in a better place financially that we ever have been, with X million in cash reserve", then a month later include a "we're soooo sorry" letter in paychecks explaining how "we are unable to give a Christmas bonus this year" because of budgetary reasons.
3) Actually give raises following stellar reviews. Unless you have a raise attached to my glowing review, I don't give a shit about the review or my performance.
4) Try not to populate the management staff with incompetent friends of the CEO. At least, if you are going to hire idiot friends, try to keep that on the DL.
5) After you fire, oops, I mean "lay off" a dozen people, don't brag at a company event a week later, after about 12 beers, that you can't wait until your 7 series BMW order arrives. Jackass...
6) Avoid gathering the staff together at an after hours meeting in an attempt to "rally the troops" so a deadline can be hit, then take the rest of the week off and be out of contact while fires rage.
And these are just the obvious ones.
Dude,
There are alot of French people in Canada so NEITHER country really matters.
After 10 years of development here's my take on your list:
.ASP - Crap. Always was. MS only .NET - Very smart move on MS to bring traditional programmers into the web fold. Pain in the ass to perform menial tasks and build out applications with multiple developers, even with Source Control. MS Only
Perl - Pretty easy to learn and extremely well supported. It's not quick, but a swiss army knife every programmer should know how to use. Runs on nearly every platform.
JSP/JAVA - Ahhhkk. I remember learning how to use this when it was going to rule the world. 99% of all development does not need this very heavy platform Any platform. Good developer community. Haven't done anything serious with this (or j2EE) for years.
PHP - I learned Perl first and LOVE PHP's syntax and built in functions for PDF and database manipulations. Hate the exploits that pop up. MS/Windows
Coldfusion - Easy to learn and code, built on top of Java and code compiles down to bytecode. Works seamlessly with existing Java objects and code. Now as quick as jsp/.net. Seamless integration with all major datbases and most smaller ones. Extremely rapid development time and stable. Runs on ANY platform that runs Java and code does not generally need modification to do so.
Prosecuter: Your Honor, Mr. Smith was travelling at a high rate of speed, swerving side to side. He was pulled over, and the officer, upon approaching the car could smell alcohol. Mr. Smith was asked to submit to a breathalyzer test which he agreed to. His blood alcohol level was 1.6, twice the legal limit.
Defense Attorney: Your Honor, this is preposterous. How can anyone sit there and expect me to think that the machine they are using is accurate. I have good information that these machines are in fact filled with raspberry jam and spit out completely random numbers. In fact, your honor, if you look hard enough you can even find a hack that will convert the machine into an mp3 player. It's quite obvious that we need to examine the source code that runs this snack dispenser or let my client go.
Judge: I'm going to ask you for the last time. Remove the foil hat, the glare off of it is really starting to bug me.
I would expect the shucksters in the audio cable, oops sorry I mean "interconnect" industry are already scrambling to invent the $350 1 meter cat10X Supafly Interconnect that will make your digital speakers sound so much better!
Funny story, I was at an Abt and was looking for some composite video cables. A salesman brought me over to an HDTV that was playing a DVD using these $185 composite cables that I just had to see. The sets were identical and I was asked which picture looked better. I picked one and he said, "Yea. That's the set with these." A few ore people came by and also said that this picture was definitely better. Another salesman walks up and is going to demonstrate the same thing to another customer. However, this time he points to the other set as having these "special cables". That customer says, "Wow. That picture is much better. Brighter and better color."
I second set actually was using the better cables and the one that several people said had the better image was not even using composite cables but generic AUDIO dubbing cables!
Won't this have a negative effect on the minis since some folks would rather just wait than to roll the dice and maybe get an upgraded model?
I'd be somewhat ticked if my neighbor bought one and got the upgraded one and I got the spec on the box. Now, I admit, I knew what I was buying but it would have been nice to get that little surpise upon opening the box.
When the little old lady gets scammed by the door to door hucksters, I think the bank SHOULD be responsbile for her withdrawing money and giving it to them.
when the fly-by-night contractors roll into town and scam people out of their money in remodeling scams, the bank SHOULD be responsible!
It's high time these banks and big corporations take some responsibility and protect the stupid.
I guess we could just wait and let Darwin sort it out.
things that are now illegal:
Read what it says:
This subsection does NOT apply to:
importation, for the private use of the importer and not for distribution, by any person with respect to no more than one copy or phonorecord of any one work at any one time, or by any person arriving from outside the United States with respect to copies or phonorecords forming part of such person's personal baggage; or
So as long as import for private use, I'm cool.
However, I will be ZERO tracks for
Am I unique? They've lost out millions because they just don't understand the price point yet.
There is a retailer called "The Great Escape" that uses Redhat Linux for their POS.
When checking out I said to the cashier, "Cool! You guys use linux for your registers" and she was like, "What is that?". I said "It's the operating system you are using, rather than Windows" and she said, "Oh yea. I like these better than the pc's"
Oddly, there is a lot of truth to this.
What I have found is the liberal bosses are extremely motivated by fear. That is what makes up most liberals after all. A liberal boss will often act counter to their supposed moral high ground out of fear that their job or business will fail.
And after all, we all know that liberals can not accept defeat. Win at any cost.
My conservative bosses? They were right out there with their intentions. We want to make money. We want to be successful. The conservative bosses oddly have been the ones who I've seen be able to motivate staff successfully. Conservative owners or bosses ultimately don't care who's doing the job as long as they are the best for the job. This is against everything the liberal will have you believe. they want you to think that the conservatives would rather give the job to some cracker who can't spell over a minority who can do the job.
When you get out in the real world, you will see that conservatives, driven by money or success or power or their accumulation of cheese hire the people who can get the job done.
Twenty-somthing Ta's teaching a class because the professor is off spending his six digit income somewhere.
It's rediculous. I did not pay 20k a year to learn from some fucktard TA with a chip on their shoulder because they think they are hot shit. I want a professor with a TEACHING degree.
Also. Less math specific students because the american public education system has degraded into the "lowest common denominator" method of teaching. No pun intended.
Sounds like a Kip Adotta Fan
Wet Dream
It was April the forty-first Being a quadruple leap year I was driving in downtown Atlantis My barracuda was in the shop So I was in a rented stingray And it was overheating So I pulled into a Shell Station They said I'd blown a seal I said, "Fix the damn thing And leave my private life out of it Okay pal?" While they were doing that I walked over to a place called the Oyster Bar, a real dive But I knew the owner He used to play for the Dolphins I said "Hi Gil" You have to yell, he's hard of herring CHORUS:
Think I had a wet dream
Cruisin' thru the Gulf Stream
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Wet dream
Gil was also down on his luck Fact is he was barely keeping his head below water I bellied up to the sandbar He poured me the usual Rusty snail, hold the grunion Shaken not stirred With a peanut butter and jellyfish sandwich on the side Heavy on the mako I slipped him a fin On porpoise I was feeling good I even dropped a sand dollar in the box for Jerry's squids For the halibut Well the place was crowded We were packed in like sardines They were all there to listen to the big band sounds of Tommy Dorsal What sole Tommy was rockin' the place with a very popular tuna Salmon Chanted Evening And the stage was surrounded by screaming groupers Probably there to see the bass player One of them was this cute little yellowtail And she's giving me the eye So I figured this is my chance for a little fun You know, piece of Pisces But she said things I just couldn't fathom She was too deep, seemed to be under a lot of pressure Boy, could she drink She drank like a . . . She drank a lot I said "What's your sign" She said "Aquarium" I said "Great, let's get tanked"
CHORUS:
Think I had a wet dream
Cruisin' thru the Gulf Stream
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Wet dream
I invited her to my place for a midnight bait I said "Come on baby, it'll only take a few minnows" She threw me that same old line "Not tonight, I gotta haddock" And she wasn't kidding either Cause in came the biggest, meanest looking haddock I'd ever seen come down the pike He was covered with mussels He came over to me and said "Listen, shrimp, don't you come trollin' around here" What a crab This guy was steamed I could see the anchor in his eyes I turned to him, I said "A-balone, you're just being shellfish" Well, I knew it was going to be trouble and so did Gil 'Cause he was already on the phone to the cods The haddock hits me with a sucker punch I catch him with a left hook He eels over It was a fluke but there he was Lying on the deck, flat as a mackerel Kelpless I said "Forget the cods Gil This guy's gonna need a sturgeon" Well, the yellowtail was impressed with the way I landed her boyfriend She came over to me, she said "Hey, big boy, you're really a game fish What's your name" I said "Marlin"
CHORUS:
Think I had a wet dream
Cruisin' thru the Gulf Stream
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Wet dream
Well, from then on we had a whale of a time I took her to dinner, I took her to dance I bought her a bouquet of flounders And then I went home with her And what did I get for my trouble A case of the clams
CHORUS:
Think I had a wet dream
Cruisin' thru the Gulf Stream
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Wet dream Cruisin' thru the Gulf Stream Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Wet dream Cruisin' thru the Gulf Stream Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
ha! Dude. I about pissed myself when I read the second install routine.
I wish I had mod points, you'd get em.
But since this post isn't a "LinUx ru73z Dude, w1nd0wz SuX0rS", you'll likely get modded a flamebait or troll.
There is a very simple method to deter hijackers from entering the cockpit. Some of the pros:
1) The technology already exists
2) The cost is mostly a one time. Maintenance on the system is extremely low and defects are even lower.
3) The tech can NOT be thwarted by electonics that may be carried on to the plane by hijackers.
4) The tech will incapacitate the hijacker until the plane can safely land.
5) The cost is low compared to a plane-by-plane fitting of wireless.
6) The tech is already in use in many countries already.
It's called giving the pilots a fucking 9mm pistol. For you nancies, we'll give them a stun gun to use first and then fall back to the gun as a last resort.
How can this be?
I don't get it. How can allowing anyone to take the source, re-compile it and redistribute it cause this to happen?
This only happens with closed source code!
I'm stumped.
this surely story very interesting you can't think it's not. I am sure i know you believe it might not could really happen but this seems it is proven hearing this proof story.
Just as Genesis fills that need of those to believe that some mystical entity created life, panspermia fills the need of those who don't believe in creation.
An unknown force causing the creation of life.
Just wait a week, "scientists" will have a new explanation.
At least the creationist folks stick to their theory.
I wish I had 10 mod points for you. I'd mod you way up.
us liberals because we're coming to clean up your mess and take out the trash.
This is an ironic analogy since it's probably what their mommies told them to do after doing their homework. Too bad they aren't reading more history and social studies. They would find that not everyone can be reasoned or negotiated with. Sometimes the only solution is to wipe their armpit of a country off the map.
I didn't realize the american democrats ran singapore.
Are you a complete idiot?
Oh wait, you're likely one of those fucktards who think that our expansive 125 year recorded history of weather and climate are enough to prove the changes in climate are the fault of the US and particularly the "right".
Just typical arrogance and ignorance coming from the tree huggers who think they have all the answers.
Wow. Eric. I am very impressed. Way to drive home that the Open Source movement is not just a few uber geeks with attitudes of superiority and anti-capitalism belief systems.
You really upped our stock. thanks buddy.
would be telling your boss that you are not really qualified for the job since you are asking a bunch of people at slashdot.
If you choose to give it a try, give Kerio mail a looksee. I set up four dual xeon machines using a small SAN that supported 250,000 users.
SMTP, Secure SMTP, POP, Secure POP, IMAP, Secure IMAP, and secure webmail. All in the same package.
Uptime? Not sure exactly but I would imagine well past 99% in the 6 months I was there.