$65,000 / year, in the south eastern United States, 1 year out of college w/ a CS degree. Software Developer and striving for Software Engineer (Windows and Web). I feel comfortable with what I make at this point, but I'm not satisfied for the long haul. Plan on ~$100,000 within five years. That's my goal and I'm sticking to it.
When the Olympics were in Atlanta back in 1996, the press (much of it foreign) lambasted the U.S. and ACOG (Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games) for all of the corporate advertising. London will be no different as far as the omnipresent billboards, electronic displays, banners, etc.
Don't believe your own hype. The only reason Moore joined the NRA was because he wanted to run for the NRA presidency and force it to support gun control.
"If you want a good car, you'll pay more than if you just want a cheap car..."
And how exactly does this fit into the open source 'free as in beer' philosophy? And going along those same lines, aren't Linux users always advocating that TCO for Linux is less than Windows? Assuming the parent is an open source advocate and not just a Mac fan, this comment is the exact opposite of everything I hear about open source.
I was thinking the same thing. I have a p.o.s. 500 MHz PIII laptop at work and it runs XP Pro. I can't run too many apps at once, but Outlook, SQL Enterprise Manager, and Visual Studio can all be run simutaneously. Here are the minimum requirements:
XP Pro:
PC with 300 megahertz or higher processor clock speed recommended; 233 MHz minimum required (single or dual processor system); * Intel Pentium/Celeron family, or AMD K6/Athlon/Duron family, or compatible processor recommended
128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended (64 MB minimum supported; may limit performance and some features)
1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available hard disk space*
Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitor
CD-ROM or DVD drive
Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
Linspire 5.0:
PC with 800 MHz or higher processor
128 MB of RAM (256 MB or higher recommended for best performance)
Hard drive with 4 GB free space
SVGA or higher resolution and monitor (3-D graphics accelerator card for some games, screen savers, etc.)
CD-ROM or DVD drive Keyboard & Mouse
Linspire-compatible sound card and speakers or headphones
Linspire-compatible 56 Kbps hardware modem, cable modem, or DSL modem
Ethernet card for Internet/LAN connectivity
I'm sure the guys/gals over at obsolete.com really appreciate somebody posting a link on/. that isn't even an integral part of the main story. Now their servers "couldn't sound any spookier if they added a Theremin".
Who cares? Lots of people care. And the last time I checked,/. was 'News for Nerds. Stuff that matters'. Considering half the nerds around here would give their first born child to work at Google, and considering the giant that Google has become in the IT industry, I would argue that Google's past, present, and future buy-outs have a significant impact on the lives of quite a few/.'ers. And by the way, technology and business go hand in hand. You can't have one without the other.
"college degrees, especially these days, are a guarantee of nothing other than having a piece of paper"
I hear this argument quite often when the topic of degrees comes up and it has almost zero real-world statistics to back it up. What a college degree guarantees is that if all other things are equal (experience, personality traits, communications skills, etc.), the individual with the degree will almost always be hired over the individual without a degree. I do some interviewing at my current position and this has held true every time. Most of the postions where a degree really makes a difference is in entry-level positions or positions that require 3-5 years experience. But you have to start somewhere, and getting that degree will surely help you find a better job when you are 22-23 than not having a degree.
"Perhaps I'm not able to understand appropriately where the fine line is between generating competition and driving out the major players in the market."
The line is when there is no more money to be made in that market. Microsoft obviously believes that they can make money in the graphics software market so they are releasing this product. If it's a better product for the money than Adobe, Macromedia, etc., then theoretically they should make money by taking cusomters away from their competition. I seriously doubt this will have any significant impact on Adobe however. Money is money though, so if a company thinks they can make a profit legally then nobody should be complaining.
I hate to break it to you, but your Mini is already out of date. It's a low-end, entry level machine with old tech (relatively speaking). Only it's desin is new.
"The open source community today [is a] subcontractor of American multinationals"
Big corporations getting free labor. Who would have thought they would take advantage of that? The CEOs, CTOs, etc. must be laughting their way to the bank when they see how many people are willing to do their work for free.
'It hardly seems possible, but by the end of 2007, all Burlington residents will be able to pay just one bill each month for their home phone service, broadband Internet connection and cable television channels. And they won't be making the check out to Verizon, or Adelphia.'
I would much rather pay a company than the government. At least I have the option to invest in that company if I have the desire. I really don't understand why so many people put so much faith in the Government.
"Law enforcement, both police and judges, must feel they are on the same side and under siege by the forces of crime"
They are on the same side of the law, but are completely different branches of government. In this case, the judicial branch is supposed to be a check on the executive branch, but it is hard to argue that they are doing their job with a 100% approval rate. There are very, very few private companies that do everything right, much less government agencies.
I'm guessing that TigerDirect was formed sometime in the '90's. Apple's OS X Tiger brand was created last year. How on Earth could Apple sue TigerDirect for trademark infringement?
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That email is extremely difficult to filter out because the only 'real' words are no, of, our, and, etc. Simple words that occur so many times in legitimate emails that most spam filters practically ignore them. But I have to wonder.. who would actualy 'cilck on the lnik bolew' anyway? I hate to use the term 'you get what you deserve', but if you are naive enough to click the link, then the problem isn't your spam filter, it's you.
Normally this would be the time to say RTFA. However, you don't even have to do that to figure this out...
RTFP (Read the Fucking Post):
"Sources expect an announcement of Tiger's completion sometime tomorrow"
"If you didn't get it yet, Jaguar was OS 11, Pnather was OS 12, Tiger is OS 13.
"
It looks like you are the one who doesn't get it. X is 10. All of the updates since the original have been just that, updates. My guess is that the OS will stay on 10 for a few more years and then get a complete overhaul and bump up to 11. This is just like every other piece of software on the market. Tiger is not 13.
There are two links in the post:
1. The.pdf
On the very first page in the title, it says:
"Review of the Transportation Security Administration's Role in the Use and Dissemination of Airline Passenger Data".
2. Schnieider's blog
The very first paragraph:
"The Transportaion Security Administration misled the public about its role in..."
"eventually landing on a copy of Windows XP with all the relevant features that installs on a Pentium II with 64 megs of RAM on a 1 gig hard drive with plenty of room to spare..."
Why is this so important? The PII was release in 1997 I believe. At the rate that hardware speeds are changing, why is it necessary to be able to install on hardware that is 8+ years old? Fry's had an ad in my local paper this past weekend for a compete system with a 2 GHz Celeron, 128 MB RAM, and a 40 GB hd for $179. At those prices, it doesn't make sense for Microsoft to spend millions of dollars on making XP capable of running on ancient hardware (actually, even the specs I mentioned are somewhat ancient). I have two machines, and one of them has a 700 MHz slot-A AMD Athlon with 256 MB RAM. It is running Windows XP Professional without a hitch. 64 MB of RAM is your biggest problem, but that is cheap these days as well.
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$65,000 / year, in the south eastern United States, 1 year out of college w/ a CS degree. Software Developer and striving for Software Engineer (Windows and Web). I feel comfortable with what I make at this point, but I'm not satisfied for the long haul. Plan on ~$100,000 within five years. That's my goal and I'm sticking to it.
Billions upon billions of dollars. That's why.
When the Olympics were in Atlanta back in 1996, the press (much of it foreign) lambasted the U.S. and ACOG (Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games) for all of the corporate advertising. London will be no different as far as the omnipresent billboards, electronic displays, banners, etc.
Don't believe your own hype. The only reason Moore joined the NRA was because he wanted to run for the NRA presidency and force it to support gun control.
And how exactly does this fit into the open source 'free as in beer' philosophy? And going along those same lines, aren't Linux users always advocating that TCO for Linux is less than Windows? Assuming the parent is an open source advocate and not just a Mac fan, this comment is the exact opposite of everything I hear about open source.
The entire article is about open source software, not all software. His statement is valid.
I was thinking the same thing. I have a p.o.s. 500 MHz PIII laptop at work and it runs XP Pro. I can't run too many apps at once, but Outlook, SQL Enterprise Manager, and Visual Studio can all be run simutaneously. Here are the minimum requirements:
XP Pro:
PC with 300 megahertz or higher processor clock speed recommended;
233 MHz minimum required (single or dual processor system);
* Intel Pentium/Celeron family, or AMD K6/Athlon/Duron family, or compatible processor recommended
128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended (64 MB minimum supported; may limit performance and some features)
1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available hard disk space*
Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitor
CD-ROM or DVD drive
Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
Linspire 5.0:
PC with 800 MHz or higher processor 128 MB of RAM (256 MB or higher recommended for best performance)
Hard drive with 4 GB free space
SVGA or higher resolution and monitor (3-D graphics accelerator card for some games, screen savers, etc.)
CD-ROM or DVD drive
Keyboard & Mouse
Linspire-compatible sound card and speakers or headphones
Linspire-compatible 56 Kbps hardware modem, cable modem, or DSL modem
Ethernet card for Internet/LAN connectivity
I'm sure the guys/gals over at obsolete.com really appreciate somebody posting a link on /. that isn't even an integral part of the main story. Now their servers "couldn't sound any spookier if they added a Theremin".
Who cares? Lots of people care. And the last time I checked, /. was 'News for Nerds. Stuff that matters'. Considering half the nerds around here would give their first born child to work at Google, and considering the giant that Google has become in the IT industry, I would argue that Google's past, present, and future buy-outs have a significant impact on the lives of quite a few /.'ers. And by the way, technology and business go hand in hand. You can't have one without the other.
I hear this argument quite often when the topic of degrees comes up and it has almost zero real-world statistics to back it up. What a college degree guarantees is that if all other things are equal (experience, personality traits, communications skills, etc.), the individual with the degree will almost always be hired over the individual without a degree. I do some interviewing at my current position and this has held true every time. Most of the postions where a degree really makes a difference is in entry-level positions or positions that require 3-5 years experience. But you have to start somewhere, and getting that degree will surely help you find a better job when you are 22-23 than not having a degree.
Dell's 'Business' machines aren't made to be highly efficient. They are made to be highly reliable.
The line is when there is no more money to be made in that market. Microsoft obviously believes that they can make money in the graphics software market so they are releasing this product. If it's a better product for the money than Adobe, Macromedia, etc., then theoretically they should make money by taking cusomters away from their competition. I seriously doubt this will have any significant impact on Adobe however. Money is money though, so if a company thinks they can make a profit legally then nobody should be complaining.
Just kidding, but here's another link to what seems to be a
Richard Feynman
I hate to break it to you, but your Mini is already out of date. It's a low-end, entry level machine with old tech (relatively speaking). Only it's desin is new.
"The open source community today [is a] subcontractor of American multinationals"
Big corporations getting free labor. Who would have thought they would take advantage of that? The CEOs, CTOs, etc. must be laughting their way to the bank when they see how many people are willing to do their work for free.
'It hardly seems possible, but by the end of 2007, all Burlington residents will be able to pay just one bill each month for their home phone service, broadband Internet connection and cable television channels. And they won't be making the check out to Verizon, or Adelphia.'
I would much rather pay a company than the government. At least I have the option to invest in that company if I have the desire. I really don't understand why so many people put so much faith in the Government.
100 feet isn't very high. And why so many significant figures? Were the measuring devices that accurate??
They are on the same side of the law, but are completely different branches of government. In this case, the judicial branch is supposed to be a check on the executive branch, but it is hard to argue that they are doing their job with a 100% approval rate. There are very, very few private companies that do everything right, much less government agencies.
I'm guessing that TigerDirect was formed sometime in the '90's. Apple's OS X Tiger brand was created last year. How on Earth could Apple sue TigerDirect for trademark infringement?
I acutally like the unpopped kernels. Well, the half-popped variety. Nice and crunchy. Yum.
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That email is extremely difficult to filter out because the only 'real' words are no, of, our, and, etc. Simple words that occur so many times in legitimate emails that most spam filters practically ignore them. But I have to wonder.. who would actualy 'cilck on the lnik bolew' anyway? I hate to use the term 'you get what you deserve', but if you are naive enough to click the link, then the problem isn't your spam filter, it's you.
Normally this would be the time to say RTFA. However, you don't even have to do that to figure this out... RTFP (Read the Fucking Post): "Sources expect an announcement of Tiger's completion sometime tomorrow"
It looks like you are the one who doesn't get it. X is 10. All of the updates since the original have been just that, updates. My guess is that the OS will stay on 10 for a few more years and then get a complete overhaul and bump up to 11. This is just like every other piece of software on the market. Tiger is not 13.
There are two links in the post: .pdf
1. The
On the very first page in the title, it says: "Review of the Transportation Security Administration's Role in the Use and Dissemination of Airline Passenger Data".
2. Schnieider's blog
The very first paragraph: "The Transportaion Security Administration misled the public about its role in..."
Why is this so important? The PII was release in 1997 I believe. At the rate that hardware speeds are changing, why is it necessary to be able to install on hardware that is 8+ years old? Fry's had an ad in my local paper this past weekend for a compete system with a 2 GHz Celeron, 128 MB RAM, and a 40 GB hd for $179. At those prices, it doesn't make sense for Microsoft to spend millions of dollars on making XP capable of running on ancient hardware (actually, even the specs I mentioned are somewhat ancient). I have two machines, and one of them has a 700 MHz slot-A AMD Athlon with 256 MB RAM. It is running Windows XP Professional without a hitch. 64 MB of RAM is your biggest problem, but that is cheap these days as well.