IANAD (..not a developer) but the hardware discount doesn't kick-in at the free sign-up level --- you have to be a paid member. Even then, it's still worth it if you're planning a major hardware purchase.
Call center work is not necessarily permanent. It is a burnout job in India just as phone "customer service" work is in the U.S. [...] and besides, all those jobs will go to the Philippines sooner or later, anyway, so why bother? [emphasis added]
I read this as I'm sitting in my company's customer service center in the Philippines. Our customer service reps here already have a loyal following amongst our customers. It's largely cultural: Filipinos place great emphasis on compromise and tactful, mutually face-saving resolution of any conflict. That cultural predilection goes a long way in handling customers, no matter what the issue. Plus the reps here are always smiling and singing; it seems silly but it's repesentative of the general attitude in this office.The customer senses it, and eats it up.
It's not the files they'd subpoena --- it's the human readable documents. Handing over encrypted documents in response to a subpoena would probably get you slapped with a contempt of court charge. It's the equivalent of saying, "Yeah you can have the documents but only ina 5,000 year old dead language." Ok not equivalent but close --- there's a better chance of deciphering a 5,000 year old dead language.
Philippines is different, primarily due to a couple centuries of colonization by Spain and the US. The former brought Catholicism and Christian first names, the latter brought English as a common language --- English is the language of instruction, business and politics. The local languages are still widely spoken in social settings (and even at work when a concept isn't clear in English), and I'm beginning to pick up Cebuanno already.
And it's not "just like back home"... it's westernized, but that doesn't make it the same.
My company just asked me to relocate to the Philippines for a 1-2 years (minimum) so they have someone on-site at all times. Now keep in mind my situation is different from most people in the tech industry --- I'm keeping my hourly wage, and the company is covering my housing expenses (I would have a 3-bedroom villa in a gated community, a maid, a security guard and a driver --- all that is costing them less than US$1000/month). So the deal is sweeter than moving to India, but the principles are the same.
Right now I'm in the middle of my first trip to the Philippines and it's been... a trip to say the least. Everything about this experience has been positive, largely because Filipinos seem, as a whole, a happy, gregarious people.
Everyone here speaks at least some English and anyone with an office job speaks exceptional English. The only place we ever stumble is on phrases and idioms. (Quite honestly English here is on average better than in the states --- McDonald's employees speak better English than they do in the US)
Food is American friendly... if you absolutely must, there's McDonalds, KFC, PizzaHut, etc. but the local food is also quite good. Markets and grocery stores are fine, and you can certainly muster American fare from what you can find there. And everything is cheap --- I ate for about $3/day last week and, last night, splurged and bought a $10 meal at a resort restaraunt.
After that I went out to one of the hottest clubs in the city and spent about $30 on cover charge, a couple drinks for myself, and a round for 15 of my coworkers. (When I say coworkers I mean "very intelligent, funny, cute, single women all under 30" we'll leave it at that.)
My advice -- don't reject the idea of moving overseas outright. Regardless if you come back ahead or not, it's going to be a great life experience and be a nice item on your resume.
Jesus man.... you should have called the EPA. I work for a company that does acid etched zinc as part of our product line. The environemental and health quality are tightly regulated. Even our plant in China is much cleaner and safer than that.
It sounds like you scanned as 16-bit channels instead of 8-bit. Most of Photoshop 7's filters and retouching tools don't work at all w/ 16-bit channels.
Was it Apple branded or was it 3rd party? Because to my knowledge Apple doesn't make it's own dock connector --> RCA patch. For what it's worth, the Apple store online has a kit from Monster Cable which includes the mini-stereo to RCA connector, a dock connectior to firewire cable, a dock, & the power adpater. That's USD80 and actually worth it. The dock and the power adapter will cost you $80 by themselves if purchased separately.
I think you just got hit by a greedy retailer --- no reason to blame Apple for that.
Buy at Target and open up a Target card - instant 10% off your entire purchase plus they send you a couple more "10% of an entire day's shopping" coupons in the mail w/ your actual card. On a big ticket item like an iPod it really helps; plus you can load up on other XMas electronic goodies and save a bundle.
ipodsdirtysecret.com was registered on Nov. 20 and the site went live on Nov 23. The first verified reports of an official iPod battery replacement program hit Nov. 18.
Please explin to us how the video precipitated the battery replacement program.
1) Students who actually need Photoshop (i.e., art and design students) are going to use Photoshop. Anything else in place of Photoshop is a career-limiting move.
2) The company I work for has 16 artists. We just bought a 20 seat license of the Adobe CS through our VAR. We'll make-up the entire cost in about 4-5 days. (Note this is a relatively small company). The efficiency gains from one of the new features in Illustrator will actually make us money and save us time
3) The third world is doing one of three things: i) pirating regardless ii) using older versions because of older hardware iii) having better things to worry about than computers, let alone Photoshop.
Something similar happened with our film processor (processes film which comes out of the imagesetter). It beeps when it wants chemicals --- cleaning crew turned it off.
Know what happens to unheated, unstirred chemical in a fim processor? It solidifies into a crystalline mess.
You might have some settings wrong in Directory Access. Search the built-in system help for "Directory Access" --- it's suprisingly informative and technical. There's a section on enabling auto discovery for SMB hosts; I'm guessing your default workgroup is different than what your Windows machines are on.
Slashdot Mirror
IANAD (..not a developer) but the hardware discount doesn't kick-in at the free sign-up level --- you have to be a paid member. Even then, it's still worth it if you're planning a major hardware purchase.
great googley goodness http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2002/11/2 7/sms.html
I read this as I'm sitting in my company's customer service center in the Philippines. Our customer service reps here already have a loyal following amongst our customers. It's largely cultural: Filipinos place great emphasis on compromise and tactful, mutually face-saving resolution of any conflict. That cultural predilection goes a long way in handling customers, no matter what the issue. Plus the reps here are always smiling and singing; it seems silly but it's repesentative of the general attitude in this office.The customer senses it, and eats it up.
It's not the files they'd subpoena --- it's the human readable documents. Handing over encrypted documents in response to a subpoena would probably get you slapped with a contempt of court charge. It's the equivalent of saying, "Yeah you can have the documents but only ina 5,000 year old dead language." Ok not equivalent but close --- there's a better chance of deciphering a 5,000 year old dead language.
Philippines is different, primarily due to a couple centuries of colonization by Spain and the US. The former brought Catholicism and Christian first names, the latter brought English as a common language --- English is the language of instruction, business and politics. The local languages are still widely spoken in social settings (and even at work when a concept isn't clear in English), and I'm beginning to pick up Cebuanno already.
... it's westernized, but that doesn't make it the same.
And it's not "just like back home"
Bzzzzt... wrong island. I feel safer here than I do at home.
My company just asked me to relocate to the Philippines for a 1-2 years (minimum) so they have someone on-site at all times. Now keep in mind my situation is different from most people in the tech industry --- I'm keeping my hourly wage, and the company is covering my housing expenses (I would have a 3-bedroom villa in a gated community, a maid, a security guard and a driver --- all that is costing them less than US$1000/month). So the deal is sweeter than moving to India, but the principles are the same.
Right now I'm in the middle of my first trip to the Philippines and it's been... a trip to say the least. Everything about this experience has been positive, largely because Filipinos seem, as a whole, a happy, gregarious people.
Everyone here speaks at least some English and anyone with an office job speaks exceptional English. The only place we ever stumble is on phrases and idioms. (Quite honestly English here is on average better than in the states --- McDonald's employees speak better English than they do in the US)
Food is American friendly... if you absolutely must, there's McDonalds, KFC, PizzaHut, etc. but the local food is also quite good. Markets and grocery stores are fine, and you can certainly muster American fare from what you can find there. And everything is cheap --- I ate for about $3/day last week and, last night, splurged and bought a $10 meal at a resort restaraunt.
After that I went out to one of the hottest clubs in the city and spent about $30 on cover charge, a couple drinks for myself, and a round for 15 of my coworkers. (When I say coworkers I mean "very intelligent, funny, cute, single women all under 30" we'll leave it at that.)
My advice -- don't reject the idea of moving overseas outright. Regardless if you come back ahead or not, it's going to be a great life experience and be a nice item on your resume.
Jesus man.... you should have called the EPA. I work for a company that does acid etched zinc as part of our product line. The environemental and health quality are tightly regulated. Even our plant in China is much cleaner and safer than that.
ZD Net quotes Phil Schiller as saying "HP Blue"
It sounds like you scanned as 16-bit channels instead of 8-bit. Most of Photoshop 7's filters and retouching tools don't work at all w/ 16-bit channels.
Just return it and reorder? I don't see what the problem is...
The second picture looks like the mess in the alley behind my building --- Minneapolis, not Shanghai.
Was it Apple branded or was it 3rd party? Because to my knowledge Apple doesn't make it's own dock connector --> RCA patch. For what it's worth, the Apple store online has a kit from Monster Cable which includes the mini-stereo to RCA connector, a dock connectior to firewire cable, a dock, & the power adpater. That's USD80 and actually worth it. The dock and the power adapter will cost you $80 by themselves if purchased separately. I think you just got hit by a greedy retailer --- no reason to blame Apple for that.
Just curious - about how many tracks have you bought off iTMS? I'm at about 170 and haven't gotten anything.
Buy at Target and open up a Target card - instant 10% off your entire purchase plus they send you a couple more "10% of an entire day's shopping" coupons in the mail w/ your actual card. On a big ticket item like an iPod it really helps; plus you can load up on other XMas electronic goodies and save a bundle.
ipodsdirtysecret.com was registered on Nov. 20 and the site went live on Nov 23. The first verified reports of an official iPod battery replacement program hit Nov. 18.
Please explin to us how the video precipitated the battery replacement program.
10.0 --> 10.1 wasn't $20 for everyone. You could walk into an Apple store and they'd give you the CDs for free.
Hmm...USB 2.0 makes it a lot easier for me to use than 1394, I only have one computer with 1394, I have 4 with USB 2.0.
iPod Dock Connector to FireWire and USB 2.0 Cable (Windows PC only)
Oh yeah... and by the way... the Archos Studio contains NiMH AA's. When they go dead, replace them for about $8. Can you do that with an iPod?
How often do you replace the batteries? Every night when I get home from work, I drop my iPod in the dock and it's fully charged by morning.
Even if the iPod battery needs to be replaced yearly (not likely), my battery bill is still probably cheaper.
Problems with that:
1) Students who actually need Photoshop (i.e., art and design students) are going to use Photoshop. Anything else in place of Photoshop is a career-limiting move.
2) The company I work for has 16 artists. We just bought a 20 seat license of the Adobe CS through our VAR. We'll make-up the entire cost in about 4-5 days. (Note this is a relatively small company). The efficiency gains from one of the new features in Illustrator will actually make us money and save us time
3) The third world is doing one of three things: i) pirating regardless ii) using older versions because of older hardware iii) having better things to worry about than computers, let alone Photoshop.
I still rip MP3 (128k VBR) but I'm interested in saving a bit of space...
Or keep ripping at 128k when you switch to AAC --- you'll get much better quality.
HQ torrent
Do not mod me up.
Something similar happened with our film processor (processes film which comes out of the imagesetter). It beeps when it wants chemicals --- cleaning crew turned it off. Know what happens to unheated, unstirred chemical in a fim processor? It solidifies into a crystalline mess.
Farmers are already doing exactly that.
You might have some settings wrong in Directory Access. Search the built-in system help for "Directory Access" --- it's suprisingly informative and technical. There's a section on enabling auto discovery for SMB hosts; I'm guessing your default workgroup is different than what your Windows machines are on.