They can already detect the bearded, lank haired unwashed, clothes filled with pizza crumbs and Jolt stains, Linux geeks from a mile off with fairly unsophisticated hardware already so it makes sense they go after everyone else now.
Seriously though this is becoming a disturbing trend. It used to be you were interviewed and that was the determining factor. Now its a gazillion interviews, medical tests, security interviews, psych profiles etc. This just seems like the next step when the tech becomes available, much as I despise the intrusion.
The stupid is part all this will be for some crap position. Do these companies realise that by offering me a tech arch contract they are not setting me on my way to galactic domination, its just another fucking contract to keep my bank manager happy!.
It looks like there were some 1350 odd state and federal authorised wiretaps. Anyone have any idea how credible this number is? Colour me paranoid but in the current climate I would have expected a much higher number. Or have I just misread the report (OK I admit I only glanced at it)
Of course not, because a tv is not a consumable, disposable resource like an ink cartridge. I hate to disappoint you and RoLi but the sad fact is HP staff do not come to your home or office and physically smash your printer. The cartridge is disabled, thats all. Your printer still works.
When you buy an inkjet you know you are going to have replace the cartridges. You know HP have expiration dates, if you dont like it or feel you wont get 'value' from your cartridge over a 2.5 - 4.5 year period then purchase from a different manufacturer or get a laserjet. You have a choice, no one is forcing you to buy HP kit
"Nobody forced HP to sell at a loss, that was their own bad decision."
HP's Imaging and Printing Systems group accounts for nearly all of the company's earnings -- this division earned $768 million in the second quarter alone
You have a very strange definition of bad decision making.
"Besides who gave HP (or you for that matter)"
I'm not deciding at all. If people want to buy printers and use them fine, if people want to buy printers and just leave then sitting there for decorative purposes thats fine by me also.
I'm sick because I suggested that if some one does not use a half full cartridge of in a 2.5 year period they probably dont need a printer, ignoring the fact they are still ahead on the deal because they got the printer for less than cost. You on the other hand suggest several random acts of psychotic violence. Hmmmm
Try this one. You leave you car sitting in your drive way for 30 months. Would you be surprised the gas you put in it has evaporated. Obviously the gas company has screwed you here, to force you to buy more. The battery is flat so the battery maufactured has also screwed you to force you to pay to have it recharged. The tyres are fucked as well from degredation, again to force you to purchase new tyres. Spot the conspiracy ??
Whos fault is this ?. Its your own for not using the damn thing for its intended purpose when you purchased it.
Its a fact of life these days that just about every consumer product you purchase has a built in life cycle. They are not intended to last forever.
In many cases the only reason these products are available at the price they are is becase in x years the manufacturer knows you will be back to purchase another one. It sucks but thats the way it is
Actually its not. Its 30 months in the printer or the cartridge hitting 4.5 years old, which ever comes first.
While this may be a nuisance for a very tiny number of people the timeframes seem reasonable to me. If you have a printer sitting with a single cartridge for more than 2 years you really dont need a printer.
"The idea that we depend on something that's inherently untrustworthy is very frightening," he says.
This is such crap. Software is not inherrently untrustworthy. The fatal incidents cited all appear more due to human error rather than software bugs, as has happened since man started building machines.
If software was so inherrently buggy no one would get on a plane or dare trust a traffic control signal.
As for making manufacturers liable, you can but I would expect a negatibe response rather than an improvement. I am in favour of anything that improves software quality but I think what is most overlooked when people talk about 'buggy' software is logic errors, and misinterpretation/misexplanation of user requirements. If the developers/manufactures are to be held liable should we not then turn around and litigate against the subject experts who helped build the use case's?. What about the users who misuse/abuse their software causing unexpected results or loss?
If developers/manufactures do become liable then the insurance and testing costs will probably drive the price of software beyond the reach of the individual.
So in a few years I will be able to blame my forgetfulness on burning protein when I work out. So my woman can either have me fit, trim and forgetful or sporting a splendid beer belly and able to remember those 142 yearly special occasions/aniversaries every woman seems to have.... well maybe remember some of them anyway
as a ridiculous exercise. Installing the JDK is not a hassle. If it is then you really dont want to be coding in Java. Neither do you really want to be compiling against anything less than 1.4.0. If for some reason you do the older JDK's are available from the Javasoft site along with the latest JDK's. The JDK also provides the source files which are an invaluable learning aid for Java.
Compiling 5 files will only get you the most trivial of examples in any case.
If you are only starting out there are many books available which come with a copy of a JDK, as do many IDE's such as IDEA and JBuilder. This would be better place to start. Trying to learn by remote compiling sound like a very painful experience to me.
Actually after his floppy hair appeared with her in Two Weeks Notice he begged Lucas to cast him in EP3 to restore some credibility to his acting career. Oh wait that was... nevermind.
I reckon my postie will be rightly pissed if he has to ride his bike all the way from the space station Post Office to my appartment. But he does need the exercise so if anyone wants to send mail to me this way.. feel free.
Thats a lot of money for something thats not particularly useful to the majority of people and likely to be dropped on the couch and then crushed under the weight of someones ass within a very short space of time
I dont think this is quite the same thing. IBM have invested heavily in their Websphere app server technology and this just looks like an attempt to squeeze Weblogic market share. Its more evidence that IBM see Webspere as a platform in and of itself.
It has the convenient side effect of putting the Lotus code base to work instead of sitting around doing nothing and if its well received new markets open on the desktop for IBM.
Personally I dislike Websphere but I think this is very clever idea which will go down well in the corporate sphere.
Slashdot Mirror
The software industry has known for years that the later you find a bug the more expensive and messy it is to resolve
one medical company is investigating nanomuscles in penile implants.
I dont believe this, now Slashdot is providing spammers with material. What is the world coming to !!
They can already detect the bearded, lank haired unwashed, clothes filled with pizza crumbs and Jolt stains, Linux geeks from a mile off with fairly unsophisticated hardware already so it makes sense they go after everyone else now.
Seriously though this is becoming a disturbing trend. It used to be you were interviewed and that was the determining factor. Now its a gazillion interviews, medical tests, security interviews, psych profiles etc. This just seems like the next step when the tech becomes available, much as I despise the intrusion.
The stupid is part all this will be for some crap position. Do these companies realise that by offering me a tech arch contract they are not setting me on my way to galactic domination, its just another fucking contract to keep my bank manager happy!.
when I get tired everything in my vision fades to black. I am always so relieved everything is still its proper colour the next morning.
It looks like there were some 1350 odd state and federal authorised wiretaps. Anyone have any idea how credible this number is? Colour me paranoid but in the current climate I would have expected a much higher number. Or have I just misread the report (OK I admit I only glanced at it)
Of course not, because a tv is not a consumable, disposable resource like an ink cartridge. I hate to disappoint you and RoLi but the sad fact is HP staff do not come to your home or office and physically smash your printer. The cartridge is disabled, thats all. Your printer still works.
When you buy an inkjet you know you are going to have replace the cartridges. You know HP have expiration dates, if you dont like it or feel you wont get 'value' from your cartridge over a 2.5 - 4.5 year period then purchase from a different manufacturer or get a laserjet. You have a choice, no one is forcing you to buy HP kit
"Nobody forced HP to sell at a loss, that was their own bad decision."
HP's Imaging and Printing Systems group accounts for nearly all of the company's earnings -- this division earned $768 million in the second quarter alone
You have a very strange definition of bad decision making.
"Besides who gave HP (or you for that matter)"
I'm not deciding at all. If people want to buy printers and use them fine, if people want to buy printers and just leave then sitting there for decorative purposes thats fine by me also.
LOL
I'm sick because I suggested that if some one does not use a half full cartridge of in a 2.5 year period they probably dont need a printer, ignoring the fact they are still ahead on the deal because they got the printer for less than cost. You on the other hand suggest several random acts of psychotic violence. Hmmmm
Your analogy is such bullshit.
Try this one. You leave you car sitting in your drive way for 30 months. Would you be surprised the gas you put in it has evaporated. Obviously the gas company has screwed you here, to force you to buy more. The battery is flat so the battery maufactured has also screwed you to force you to pay to have it recharged. The tyres are fucked as well from degredation, again to force you to purchase new tyres. Spot the conspiracy ??
Whos fault is this ?. Its your own for not using the damn thing for its intended purpose when you purchased it.
Its a fact of life these days that just about every consumer product you purchase has a built in life cycle. They are not intended to last forever. In many cases the only reason these products are available at the price they are is becase in x years the manufacturer knows you will be back to purchase another one. It sucks but thats the way it is
If the cartridges are sitting around that long then the printer is already useless, purely because of the fact that its owner is just not using it.
Actually its not. Its 30 months in the printer or the cartridge hitting 4.5 years old, which ever comes first.
While this may be a nuisance for a very tiny number of people the timeframes seem reasonable to me. If you have a printer sitting with a single cartridge for more than 2 years you really dont need a printer.
YES
NO
MAYBE
It is, the interview was really a seance
"The idea that we depend on something that's inherently untrustworthy is very frightening," he says.
This is such crap. Software is not inherrently untrustworthy. The fatal incidents cited all appear more due to human error rather than software bugs, as has happened since man started building machines.
If software was so inherrently buggy no one would get on a plane or dare trust a traffic control signal.
As for making manufacturers liable, you can but I would expect a negatibe response rather than an improvement. I am in favour of anything that improves software quality but I think what is most overlooked when people talk about 'buggy' software is logic errors, and misinterpretation/misexplanation of user requirements. If the developers/manufactures are to be held liable should we not then turn around and litigate against the subject experts who helped build the use case's?. What about the users who misuse/abuse their software causing unexpected results or loss?
If developers/manufactures do become liable then the insurance and testing costs will probably drive the price of software beyond the reach of the individual.
So in a few years I will be able to blame my forgetfulness on burning protein when I work out. So my woman can either have me fit, trim and forgetful or sporting a splendid beer belly and able to remember those 142 yearly special occasions/aniversaries every woman seems to have .... well maybe remember some of them anyway
A rotary disc on the surface of the mouse
are we going to do when we run out of space mouse space ????
Now you tell me. I just hired nature last week. She told me she had loads of experience coding on big projects.
as a ridiculous exercise. Installing the JDK is not a hassle. If it is then you really dont want to be coding in Java. Neither do you really want to be compiling against anything less than 1.4.0. If for some reason you do the older JDK's are available from the Javasoft site along with the latest JDK's. The JDK also provides the source files which are an invaluable learning aid for Java.
Compiling 5 files will only get you the most trivial of examples in any case.
If you are only starting out there are many books available which come with a copy of a JDK, as do many IDE's such as IDEA and JBuilder. This would be better place to start. Trying to learn by remote compiling sound like a very painful experience to me.
Should revolutionise computer usage when it gets more reliable in a few years. IBM have been at it for a while now.
Look at how quickly organisations leapt upon these tools to boost worker productivity to the point where they are ubiqutious now.
Actually after his floppy hair appeared with her in Two Weeks Notice he begged Lucas to cast him in EP3 to restore some credibility to his acting career. Oh wait that was ... nevermind.
I reckon my postie will be rightly pissed if he has to ride his bike all the way from the space station Post Office to my appartment. But he does need the exercise so if anyone wants to send mail to me this way .. feel free.
Thats a lot of money for something thats not particularly useful to the majority of people and likely to be dropped on the couch and then crushed under the weight of someones ass within a very short space of time
This just means that appropriate care must be taken as when dealing with other tiny organic machines such as bacteria and viruses.
I dont think this is quite the same thing. IBM have invested heavily in their Websphere app server technology and this just looks like an attempt to squeeze Weblogic market share. Its more evidence that IBM see Webspere as a platform in and of itself.
It has the convenient side effect of putting the Lotus code base to work instead of sitting around doing nothing and if its well received new markets open on the desktop for IBM.
Personally I dislike Websphere but I think this is very clever idea which will go down well in the corporate sphere.